Red Wings

By CHUCKIE MAGGIO If you're a 22-year-old Matt Garza, and you've just thrown a 126-pitch complete game, you log 20 minutes on the exercise bike before meeting the media. It didn't say much for the Charlotte Knights' bats that Garza, after firing 97-mph fastballs deep into the ninth on July 25, 2006, had the capacity to break another sweat at Frontier Field that … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Garza shuts out Knights

By IAIN HIGGINS Kevin West followed a go-ahead single from Chris Heintz with a three-run home run on this day in 2005, to secure a 6-2 Rochester Red Wings win over the Durham Bulls in front of 5,805 fans at Frontier Field.  Soon-to-be IL Rookie of the Year Francisco Liriano held Durham to five hits and two runs in his seven innings of work, fanning five along the way. Beau Kemp … [Read more...] about This Day In Red Wings History: Kevin West caps late surge with three-run bomb

By TOM GARIGEN July 23, 1990 At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Dan Boone didn’t exactly cut an imposing presence on the mound. But when the left-hander’s knuckleball was dancing, he might as well have been Randy Johnson atop the hill. That’s exactly what happened on this day 30 years ago, as Boone stood tall and capped a tremendous Rochester pitching display by no-hitting the … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Boone tosses no-hitter as Wings sweep Chiefs

By JOHN LIKANJE Mark Bowden may not have been the Red Wings' ace in 1988, but he pitched like one against Columbus. The 6-foot southpaw beat the Clippers, 3-1, to improve his record to 3-0 against the division rivals. The victory snapped a three-game skid for the Red Wings in a stretch in which they had lost five of seven. Bowden hurled 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball, limiting … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Bowden dominates Columbus again