By CHUCKIE MAGGIO A 38-year-old pitcher, in any setting, is an unorthodox sight on a baseball roster in 2020. When you consider Luke Easter was exactly five years older than starting pitcher Bob Keegan, however, the Rochester Red Wings hardly seemed to notice. Rochester's elder statesmen taught the Miami Marlins a lesson on Aug. 8, 1959, pacing a 5-0 victory at Silver … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Keegan and Easter continue Wings domination of Miami
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This Day In Red Wings History: Wings squash late rally
By IAIN HIGGINS Rochester Red Wings leftfielder Luis Maza homered twice while Brian Buchanan and Corky Miller slugged a home run apiece in a tight shootout with Ottawa on this day in 2005. Closer Willie Eyre put a stop to Ottawa’s ninth inning rally, giving the Wings an 12-11 road win at Lynx Stadium. Maza’s first home run came in the second inning, dinging the left-field foul … [Read more...] about This Day In Red Wings History: Wings squash late rally
This Day in Red Wings History: Streaking Gerhart lifts Wings over Clippers
By TOM GARIGEN August 6, 1986 Luck can often play a big role in the game of baseball. A lucky bounce can mean the difference between fair or foul, a hit or an out, and a win or a loss. Over the course of a season, those breaks can sometimes make or break a team’s chances. Ken Gerhart wasn’t always on the good end of the luck spectrum. His promising 1987 season with the … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Streaking Gerhart lifts Wings over Clippers
This Day in Red Wings History: Beene whips past Winnipeg
By JOHN LIKANJE Fred Beene was Frank Bertaina's sidekick in the Red Wings rotation during the 1970 season. Bertaina compiled a 12-3 record and hurled 11 complete games in 22 starts. Beene sported a 9-3 mark and went the distance eight times in 13 trips to the bump. Beene most likely would've matched Bertaina's numbers if not for a broken leg suffered on Opening Day. But the … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Beene whips past Winnipeg
This Day in Red Wings History: Red Wings slug past Marlins
By PAUL CIFONELLI Miami Marlins' starting pitcher, Rodolfo Arias no-hit the Rochester Red Wings in 1958. Two years later, he failed to record an out and the Wings smacked seven extra-base hits in an 8-5 victory. Billy Harrell and Jim Frey were the top two batters in the Red Wings' lineup and hit back-to-back homers to start the bottom of the first. After Johnny Glenn's … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Red Wings slug past Marlins