By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Tyler Austin and Brandon Drury have both spent time with the New York Yankees this season. They’re major league-level hitters stuck in Triple-A because of a numbers crunch. In the sixth inning Saturday, they showed their hitting abilities. Rochester’s Aaron Slegers had thrown five shutout innings to begin the ball … [Read more...] about One slider that caught ‘a little bit too much’ plate does in Rochester, Slegers
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Buxton’s goal: more aggression, fewer strikeouts
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Byron Buxton said he needs to be more aggressive at the plate. He also said he needs to cut down on his strikeouts. The trick will be figuring out how to do both, but Buxton knows that's exactly what he must do to get back in the Minnesota Twins lineup. He succeeded with part of that dichotomy on Friday night in helping the Rochester Red Wings to … [Read more...] about Buxton’s goal: more aggression, fewer strikeouts
Granite delivers (finally) as Wings win in 10
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When you string three capital letters together, followed by a number, you'd better be talking about a television network and not baseball statistics. FSN1 is just fine. RBI1, not so much. Unless, of course, that first RBI of the season provides a walk-0ff, extra-inning victory as it did on Thursday night for the Rochester Red Wings. Zack Granite's … [Read more...] about Granite delivers (finally) as Wings win in 10
Adams possesses basketball IQ that is NBA-ready
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Regular season NBA results rarely ever stick with me for an extended amount of time, but I knew I was going to hear about the Boston Celtics’ loss to the Chicago Bulls on Feb. 16, 2017. I’ve been a Celtics fan for as long as I’ve followed the sport. I was annoyed when officials called a phantom foul call on Marcus Smart with a second left that gave Bulls … [Read more...] about Adams possesses basketball IQ that is NBA-ready
Amerks re-sign Paetsch to one-year AHL contract
Courtesy of Amerks.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Rochester Americans General Manager Randy Sexton announced today that the team has re-signed defenseman Nathan Paetsch to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Paetsch returned for his third stint with the Amerks in 2017-18, posting nine assists and 16 penalty minutes in 22 games while serving as assistant captain. He also … [Read more...] about Amerks re-sign Paetsch to one-year AHL contract