By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- For the eighth time in the past nine games, the Rochester Red Wings collected double-digit hits. It didn't matter. The Syracuse Mets scored four runs in the seventh and added the go-ahead tally one frame later as Rochester fell 7-6 Tuesday night in front of 9,744 fans at Frontier Field. Drew Maggi and Tomás Telis collected three … [Read more...] about Seventh-inning stumble: Wings fall to Syracuse
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Rooker’s blast caps late-inning rally; Wings down Syracuse
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Rochester Red Wings entered play Monday night hitting .177 (11-for-62) with runners in scoring position over their previous four games. Brent Rooker and the Wings did an about face with that trend. Rooker's 13th home run of the season capped a late-inning rally which saw Rochester erase a four-run deficit and go on to beat the … [Read more...] about Rooker’s blast caps late-inning rally; Wings down Syracuse
Rayson Miller embraces ‘playoff atmosphere’ in win over Irondequoit
By BILLY HEYEN PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Rayson Miller Post had allowed Irondequoit Post to tie it up in the top of the fifth. The energy that Rayson Miller had come out of the gate with was at risk of being for naught. But then Grant Rodriguez sat back on a pitch and pushed it toward the right side. The ball trickled past the second baseman’s glove and into right field. The … [Read more...] about Rayson Miller embraces ‘playoff atmosphere’ in win over Irondequoit
ICBL Monday: Ewell breaks out for Flyin’ Fish; Wings come out on top in slugfest
LAKE MONSTERS 2 FLYIN' FISH 7 Hayden Ewell (Southern New Hampshire) connected for a pair of extra-base hits and drove in four runs as the Flyin' Fish (9-8) snapped a three-game losing streak. The junior doubled in Jorge Oropeza (Alfred State College) and Andrew Zibuck to give the Flyin' Fish a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning. Ewell then scored on a single by Sean Sheets (Keuka … [Read more...] about ICBL Monday: Ewell breaks out for Flyin’ Fish; Wings come out on top in slugfest
Hilton’s Jon Schwind to pitch to close friend Josh Bell in Home Run Derby
By BILLY HEYEN As part of Jon Schwind’s bachelor party before his 2014 wedding, he, his brothers and friends went to Hilton’s varsity baseball field for an impromptu home run derby. Among the friends in attendance was Josh Bell, current Pittsburgh Pirates’ slugger. Schwind won that home run derby at the field he’d played on in high school, besting Bell. Next Monday, … [Read more...] about Hilton’s Jon Schwind to pitch to close friend Josh Bell in Home Run Derby