By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Former Rochester Red Wings and current Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kohl Stewart informed the team Friday that he is opting out of the 2020 Major League Baseball season. Stewart, a right-hander from Houston who compiled an 8-6 record and 5.14 ERA for Rochester in 2019 and signed with the Orioles last November, is a Type 1 diabetic. The medical condition puts … [Read more...] about Kohl Stewart opts out of 2020 season
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This Day in Red Wings History: Jimenez gets skidding Wings on right side of the ledger
By PAUL GOTHAM D'Angelo Jimenez did not earn a reputation as a power hitter during his time in the Bigs, but on this day in 2010 the Dominican Republic native powered the visiting Rochester Red Wings to a 12-10 win over the Charlotte Knights. Jimenez blasted his fourth and fifth home runs of the season and drove in six runs to help the Wings stop a nine-game losing streak. … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Jimenez gets skidding Wings on right side of the ledger
This Day in Red Wings History: Double the shutouts for sweeping Wings
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO To say the Rochester Red Wings were peaking at the right time in the dog days of summer 1976 would be a massive understatement. The Richmond Braves were the latest victims of the bulldozing Red Wings club on August 2 of that year, failing to score a run in Rochester's doubleheader sweep. Randy Stein and Scott McGregor each went the distance, combining to … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Double the shutouts for sweeping Wings
This Day in Red Wings History: Dodson knocks a pair of homers, Wings score rare ’90s win at Pawtucket
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Bo Dodson's lone season with the Rochester Red Wings featured eight home runs and two triples, neither number relatively high in the team's lineup. Fans who happened through the McCoy Stadium turnstiles on August 1, 1998 may have mistaken Dodson for Mark McGwire. Dodson recorded two of those home runs and a triple that day, powering Rochester to an 8-1 rout of … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Dodson knocks a pair of homers, Wings score rare ’90s win at Pawtucket
This Day In Red Wings History: Rochester bests Richmond thanks to Valle’s late homer
By IAIN HIGGINS John Valle went 4-for-4 with the game-winning home run. Danny Gonzalez provided the defense, and the Rochester Red Wings downed the Richmond Braves, 2-1 in front of 12,498 at Silver Stadium on San Diego Chicken night in 1980. Valle singled in the first, doubled in the third and sixth, and connected on a solo shot in the eighth for the game winner. Ed Putnam … [Read more...] about This Day In Red Wings History: Rochester bests Richmond thanks to Valle’s late homer