Rochester improved to 42-42 on July 5th with a 6-3 win over Pawtucket. Ten days later, Leonardo Reginatto, a steady infielder with the 2017 club, went on the disabled list and did not return. Two days after that Zack Granite, who hit .340 last season, also went to the DL…
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Told on Friday night that he would not be joining the Minnesota Twins in September, Byron Buxton put an end to his season on Saturday. Buxton’s stall in the Rochester Red Wings clubhouse is empty, meaning he has played his lats game of the summer. Major League rosters expanded from 25 to […]
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Zander Wiel‘s introduction to Triple-A didn’t go anywhere near the way he expected. In his first eight games, he managed to collect just three hits in 28 official at-bats and struck out 10 times. Can we hit the reset button? Why yes, yes we can. Wiel is making sure he finishes the […]
The final homestand of the season continues with a 6:05 p.m. game Sunday night, with fireworks after the game…
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Byron Buxton‘s season of frustration now has an added dose of disappointment. It doesn’t appear that the Minnesota Twins will be bringing back Buxton to the big-league team as the Major League roster limit expands from 25 to 40 on Saturday. Following Friday’s 3-1 loss to Lehigh Valley, Buxton was not told […]
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA So here was the situation in the top of the sixth inning on Friday night when the Rochester Red Wings began the final weekend of the season: Runners on second and third, two outs, and the International League’s most valuable player is coming up to face left-handed starter Lewis Thorpe. This is, […]
Rochester begins the 140-game season with seven on the road at Lehigh Valley (April 4-7) and Syracuse (April 8-10) before the Home Opener on Thursday, April 11 vs. the IronPigs. The first homestand of the season consists of six games with the IronPigs and Chiefs before the first off day on April 18…
The 6,315 on hand Thursday night, though, saw the Plates (Rochester’s season-longThursday night moniker) knock 11 hits – eight of those from the first five in the order…
After an hour and a half rain delay that moved the first pitch to 8:35 PM, Buffalo threatened “early” but could not score against Rochester starting pitcher Chase De Jong, and the Rochester Red Wings defeated the Buffalo Wings 4-1 Wednesday evening at Frontier Field…
Rochester pushed across three runs in the bottom of the third after Gordon and Petit each singled to begin the inning. With a pair on, Kennys Vargas doubled into the left field gap as the Wings retook the lead 4-3. Vargas increased his average to .317 (13-for-41) with 10 RBI over his last 12 games…