This Day in Red Wings History: Grich goes deep in front of All-Star Game home crowd
Bobby Grich led six Red Wings selected to the Midsummer Classic to a 15-13 victory over the New York Yankees in front of a capacity crowd of 11,001 spectators…..
This Date in Red Wings History: Pair of future World Series starters duel in 15-inning affair
Mike Boddicker completed 13 of his 25 starts for the Wings in 1980. He was promoted to Baltimore later in the season and made his major-league debut on October 4…
This Day in Red Wings History: Short of perfection, Yan still cruises on birthday
The turnout was quite impressive, as 9,535 fans filled Frontier Field. Esteban Yan’s co-workers came bearing gifts of 12 hits and 15 runs, which made up for isolating him in the “break room” late in the afternoon…
This Day in Red Wings History: Olympians handle Wings in exhibition
The chant rang through Silver Stadium on 1984’s Summer Solstice, a scene Rochester baseball fans would likely pay triple to hear today.
“USA! USA! USA!”
This Day in Red Wings History: Baker slings two-hitter in Wings victory
Baker was nearly unhittable before giving way to Kemp, allowing just two hits and three walks in six innings. Baker struck out eight Mud Hens as he improved to 2-0 with Rochester…
This Date in Red Wings History: Corky Miller and the Wings squeeze past Toledo
Terry Tiffee had worked his way to third base by way of a leadoff double and a sacrifice from Josh Rabe in the bottom of the 11th inning…
This Date in Red Wings History: Late rally lifts Wings past Mud Hens
After Rob Bowen doubled in a run, Tyner tallied a rare extra-base hit to give the Wings the lead. Tyner entered the game with six extra-base hits in 244 at bats before doubling twice on the night…
This Day in Red Wings History: Easter comes through in a pinch
On June 17, 1961, Luke Easter’s pinch-hit, two-run single lifted the Wings to a 7-6 win over the Richmond Virginians…..
This Day in Red Wings History: Heintz’s heroics in field save Wings victory
When just looking at the box score, Chris Heintz’s line read two hits in five at bats with two runs scored and three RBI. That included a three-run homer and a rally-starting double. However, it was his glove work that had his manager’s attention at the end of the game…
This Day in Red Wings History: Wings use double-digit fifth to power past Columbus
Joe Hall’s home run was the big blast in a disastrous all-around frame for Columbus. Bien Figueroa scored Rochester’s second run of the game on an error by left fielder Mark Dalesandro. Brad Tyler scored on a wild pitch, as did Jarvis Brown…