By JOHN LIKANJE ROCHESTER, N.Y. - It has been a joy ride of a summer for Cooper Crunick. In early June, the 6-foot-1 right-hander lifted a sectional title block with his fellow Canandaigua teammates. Now, in late July, Crunick pitched another team to a title: the Wings to the 2019 Intercollegiate Baseball League championship. "It's been a fantastic summer," Crunick said … [Read more...] about Vintage Cooper: Crunick dominates on the mound, leads Wings to ICBL title
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Wings drop series finale
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A late-inning rally came unglued. The Rochester Red Wings erased an early-inning deficit before falling to the Norfolk Tides, 9-7 Thursday afternoon at Frontier Field. DJ Stewart and Ryan Mountcastle connected on back-to-back ninth inning solo shots off Wings reliever Gabriel Moya as the Tides took the finale of the three-game … [Read more...] about Wings drop series finale
Wings pound Norfolk for second straight night
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- If only the Rochester Red Wings played more games against the Norfolk Tides. For the second straight night, the Wings rocked Norfolk pitching. Six different batters recorded multi-hit nights in a 10-5 Rochester victory. "Hitting’s contagious," said Wings nine-hole man Jimmy Kerrigan who was one of four players with three hits. "It’s … [Read more...] about Wings pound Norfolk for second straight night
Heyen: 9 lessons I’ve learned from two seasons of covering Rayson Miller
By BILLY HEYEN Rayson Miller Post 899 heads to the American Legion baseball state tournament in Utica this weekend. It’s the second-straight year at states for RM. As the prominence of Legion ball in Rochester has declined, Rayson Miller has remained a beacon of what it’s all about. Last year, I was able to go and cover states, and I followed RM for much of the last two … [Read more...] about Heyen: 9 lessons I’ve learned from two seasons of covering Rayson Miller
Bostick, Cullen, Mendick and Scott combine for big night from Section V alums
By PAUL GOTHAM One player went yard against his hometown team. Another connected on a walk-off single. A third hit a bomb, and one more tossed five-plus scoreless innings. Section V alums Chris Bostick, Greg Cullen, Danny Mendick and Adam Scott did work on minor league diamonds Tuesday night. Bostick connected on his 12th home run of the season - a two-run shot in the … [Read more...] about Bostick, Cullen, Mendick and Scott combine for big night from Section V alums