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
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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
Pinckney homers twice as Wings open road trip with 8-5 win over Jacksonville
BY DAN GLICKMAN Center fielder Andrew Pinckney homered twice as part of a three-hit, five-RBI night as the Rochester Red Wings opened a two-week road trip with a win against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, 8-5. Pinckney, who leads the team in round-trippers with 20, opened scoring with a two-run blast to right in the first before later making it 5-0 with another two-run … [Read more...] about Pinckney homers twice as Wings open road trip with 8-5 win over Jacksonville
After rain, Red Wings drop Toledo series finale, 13-4
BY DAN GLICKMAN ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester Red Wings finished their two-week home stand... eventually. After a relatively uneventful first inning, the heavens opened up, bringing a veritable monsoon of rain to the series finale with the Toledo Mud Hens into delay. Once the skies cleared, the tarp was removed, and a slight-more-than-an-hour-long delay came to an end, the … [Read more...] about After rain, Red Wings drop Toledo series finale, 13-4
Late Toledo home runs leave Wings out of reach in 14-4 defeat
BY DAN GLICKMAN ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Only minutes before two straight home runs took the energy out of the Innovative Field crowd, it seemed like the Rochester Red Wings were about to jump ahead of the Toledo Mud Hens. With two outs in the sixth, catcher Francisco Mejia, a veteran of portions of seven MLB seasons, got hold of an 85.5 MPH splitter left near the center of the … [Read more...] about Late Toledo home runs leave Wings out of reach in 14-4 defeat