By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Location, location, location. Keibert Ruiz mashed fly balls to right field in consecutive innings on Thursday evening that cratered on the Sahlen Field warning track and into Cullen Large’s glove for outs. Ruiz, batting just .115 since joining Rochester in the Max Scherzer/Trea Turner blockbuster, narrowly missed his first multi-home run game as a Red Wing … [Read more...] about Home runs the difference as Red Wings edged by Buffalo
Buffalo Bisons
Five-run second dooms Red Wings in Buffalo
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Tyler Eppler’s spot start began with an eight-pitch, 1-2-3 inning that suggested he could pitch deep into Wednesday’s game at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field. Eppler, taking Sean Nolin’s turn in the rotation after Nolin’s contract was selected by Washington, didn’t complete two innings. The Bisons tagged Eppler for five runs and five hits, chasing the 28-year-old … [Read more...] about Five-run second dooms Red Wings in Buffalo
Walks, situational hitting cost Red Wings in defeat
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The video board graphic is prominently displayed in left field whenever an opposing pitcher loses a batter to an inning-opening base-on-balls. “Walks will haunt,” it reads as cartoon ghosts roam a dark forest. Walks haunted the home team on Thursday night, as the Rochester Red Wings gifted Buffalo seven free passes. Three of the Bisons' four runs were … [Read more...] about Walks, situational hitting cost Red Wings in defeat
Wild Wings let Saturday night slip
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The Rochester Red Wings lapsed in fundamentals in Saturday night’s loss to Buffalo. Rochester issued multiple walks apiece to the second, third and cleanup hitters in the Bisons’ lineup and hit a batter with the bases loaded. Starting pitcher Sterling Sharp tossed two wild pitches; Kyle Lobstein threw one as well. The Red Wings committed two errors, each … [Read more...] about Wild Wings let Saturday night slip
Wings can’t match Bisons’ hitting in 5-0 blanking
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO A bloop double, eight-pitch walk and home run defined Josh Rogers’s Frontier Field debut on Friday evening. Rogers, who won his first two decisions as a Red Wing after being signed to a minor-league contract on June 4, retired the first seven Buffalo Bisons that strode to the plate. The third and fourth innings proved to be the 26-year-old’s undoing, as … [Read more...] about Wings can’t match Bisons’ hitting in 5-0 blanking