Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com Lewis Thorpe turned in a quality start in his Triple-A debut, but it wasn't enough as Columbus clipped the Wings, 3-2, Wednesday afternoon to win the three-game set at Huntington Park. Thorpe's debut could not have started better as he struck out the side in the first inning. In the second frame he was aided by a tremendous, home … [Read more...] about Thorpe solid in debut, but Wings lose 3-2, Wednesday
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Buxton homers, Gonsalves deals in Wings 8-0 win, Tuesday
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer and Stephen Gonsalves tossed six scoreless innings as the Red Wings flew past the Columbus Clippers 8-0 Tuesday night at Huntington Park. Buxton - who had played in just three games since July 14 due to a wrist injury - blew the game open with a line drive, three-run homer off Luke … [Read more...] about Buxton homers, Gonsalves deals in Wings 8-0 win, Tuesday
Wings’ Kemmer takes an off-the-beaten-path journey to pro ball
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA If it was possible to plot a path to professional baseball with a GPS device, Jon Kemmer still wouldn't be playing for the Rochester Red Wings. Garmin couldn't have pointed the way to MLB. Tom Tom could not have done so either. Even Google Maps wouldn't have directed Kemmer from tiny Shippenville, Pa., — population 449 in the 2016 census — to the … [Read more...] about Wings’ Kemmer takes an off-the-beaten-path journey to pro ball
‘You win some. You lose some:’ Night after Wings win by 11, Charlotte beats Rochester by 6
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — When a reporter mentioned to Red Wings manager Joel Skinner postgame that if the second and third innings hadn’t happened, Rochester would’ve won, he put his head in his right hand. The reporter chuckled, and said, “Can’t do that.” “No you can’t,” Skinner replied. It’s true that Rochester outscored Charlotte across the game’s other … [Read more...] about ‘You win some. You lose some:’ Night after Wings win by 11, Charlotte beats Rochester by 6
Plates (Red Wings) serve up 14-3 win
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com By Nick Sciarratta and Donnie Moffat The Rochester Plates beat the Toledo Mud Hens 14-3 Thursday night at Frontier Field. It did not take long for the Plates to score as Taylor Motter hit a lead-off home run, his fifth of the year in the bottom of the first off Mud Hens starting pitcher Phillippe Aumont to give the Plates an … [Read more...] about Plates (Red Wings) serve up 14-3 win