By PAUL GOTHAM What is it they say about a sleeping giant? Less than 18 hours after being held without a run for more than 13 innings, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders rapped 13 hits in an 8-3 win over the Rochester Red Wings in the final weekday matinee of the regular season at Frontier Field, Thursday. The International League's most potent offense connected on … [Read more...] about Fourth inning dooms Wings in loss to RailRiders
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Wings sweep first place ‘Riders
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com By Nick Sciarratta, Jim Erbland and Ben Weber The Rochester Red Wings swept the first place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 5-4 and 1-0 in a doubleheader Wednesday evening at Frontier Field. With the sweep, the Wings moved to within 5.5 games of first place, and increased their lead to four games over Lehigh Valey for the wild card … [Read more...] about Wings sweep first place ‘Riders
Griggs commits to play at UConn
Tyler Griggs has two more seasons to terrorize local high school pitchers. On Wednesday, the junior infielder put plans in place for his baseball career after graduation from McQuaid Jesuit. As announced on social media and first reported by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Griggs committed to play Division I baseball with the University of Connecticut Huskies. The … [Read more...] about Griggs commits to play at UConn
Red Wings, RailRiders Suspended Tuesday Night
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com ROCHESTER, NY – Tuesday night’s game between the Rochester Red Wings and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at Frontier Field was suspended with one out and runners on first and third in the top of the 4th inning with the game tied 4-4. The first game will resume at 5:05 p.m. and will be a nine-inning game. Upon completion of game one there will … [Read more...] about Red Wings, RailRiders Suspended Tuesday Night
A tough night for the umpires
By Kevin Oklobzija Where's Ian Kinsler when you need him? His voice of reason -- also known as deserving criticism of bad umpiring after his critique of Angel Hernandez last week -- sure could have been used at Frontier Field on Monday night, when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre defeated the Rochester Red Wings 4-3. This wasn't a night of sparkling moments, or easy calls, for … [Read more...] about A tough night for the umpires