ROCHESTER, N.Y. – For seven of the nine innings on Saturday night against the Buffalo Bisons, the Rochester Red Wings were clearly the better team. Recovering from a three-run first, they'd scrapped their way back to tie it, 3-3, heading into the ninth. Sadly for the Wings, baseball games are nine innings, and at the end of the ninth, they'd fallen to their thruway rivals, 4-3, … [Read more...] about First and final innings lose it for Red Wings, 4-3
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Jose Tena bails out bullpen, walks off Buffalo for 8-7 Red Wings win
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - After splitting the first two games of their final home series of the season against the Buffalo Bisons, the Rochester Red Wings had a chance to move ahead in the series on Thursday. It looked, however, like once again the team would be let down by its bullpen, which blew a 5-4 lead in the seventh and then allowed Buffalo to jump ahead 7-5 in the top of the … [Read more...] about Jose Tena bails out bullpen, walks off Buffalo for 8-7 Red Wings win
Alvarez, Nunez called up as Red Wings come off series win in Jacksonville
BY DAN GLICKMAN A day after completing a series win in Jacksonville, the Rochester Red Wings saw two of their players earn call-ups to the Washington Nationals: infielder Nasim Nunez and starting pitcher Andrew Alvarez, with Alvarez immediately making an impression in "The Show." Alvarez, who went a deceptive 3-7 with a team-leading 4.10 ERA in 25 games and 123 innings … [Read more...] about Alvarez, Nunez called up as Red Wings come off series win in Jacksonville
Pinckney makes it a 20/30 season as Wings beat Jacksonville, 6-1
BY DAN GLICKMAN Center fielder Andrew Pinckney made history on Friday as the first player in Rochester Red Wings history with a season of 20-or-more home runs and 30-or-more steals, going three-for-five with an RBI and three steals as the Red Wings beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Jacksonville, 6-1. Pinckney, who leads the Red Wings with 20 home runs, reached the … [Read more...] about Pinckney makes it a 20/30 season as Wings beat Jacksonville, 6-1
Red Wings win with ninth-inning rally in Jacksonville, 6-5
BY DAN GLICKMAN The Rochester Red Wings made it two straight against the first-half International League champion Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Wednesday, taking a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth on a two-run Christian Franklin single and then holding the lead in the bottom half. The two-out, bases-loaded grounder up the middle from the right fielder capped a … [Read more...] about Red Wings win with ninth-inning rally in Jacksonville, 6-5