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
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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
Long ball haunts Red Wings for second straight night
BY JONATHAN SKUZA ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Red Wings (20-27, 47-72) were bitten by the long ball for a second straight night as they fell to the Toledo Mud Hens (29-18, 68-54) 7-4 Wednesday night. ”It’s a tough one,” Red Wings manager Matt LeCroy said. “It’s been our Achilles heel all year, where we have had leads and weren’t able to hang on to them.” Rochester … [Read more...] about Long ball haunts Red Wings for second straight night
Red Wings ambushed by the long ball
BY JONATHAN SKUZA ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Rochester Red Wings (20-26, 47-71) surrendered five home runs as they fell 12-4 to the Toledo Mud Hens (28-18, 67-54) Tuesday evening. ”We didn’t get the shut down inning that we kinda needed,” Red Wings manager Matt LeCroy said. “That’s when the game went downhill, and we just never got back in the game and that was the … [Read more...] about Red Wings ambushed by the long ball