Rochester Red Wings Post-Game Notes - Rochester 7, Durham 6

BLACK EYED PEAS WOULD BE PROUD: The Red Wings reached the halfway point of the 2012 season with a 33-39 record...it is their best record at this juncture since the 2009 club was 34-38.

WALK-OFF WINNER: Wilkin Ramirez hit a 2-run walk-off home run with one out and an 0-2 count in the 9th to give the Red Wings a 7-6 win...it was the club's first walk-off homer since May 6, 2011, when Steve Singleton hit a 3-run shot in the 9th to beat Gwinnett 7-5.

WALK-OFF WINNER: Wilkin Ramirez has homered in 2 straight games and in 3 of his last 6 contests...he has 5 home runs overall to share the team lead with Matt Carson, Michael Hollimon, and Clete Thomas.

THAT WAS FUN: The Red Wings notched their 2nd walk-off win, the first since June 7, when Matt Carson's RBI single in 13th beat Norfolk (Orioles) 2-1...tonight marked Rochester's 6th win in its last at-bat and 13th come-from-behind victory.

PLAYING WELL: The Red Wings are 19-16 beginning May 15 and 24-23 beginning May 3...Rochester is 23-18 at Frontier Field overall, including a 19-14 mark as the home team.

THAT WAS CLOSE: The Red Wings improved to 10-9 in one-run games, including 3 straight wins...they are 9-6 in one-run games at Frontier Field.

THAT'S A LOT OF HOMERS: The Red Wings have homered in 7 straight games, their longest stretch since homering 10 games in a row July 16-26, 2009.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: The Red Wings banged out 11 hits in the first 6 innings after collecting only 11 hits in the first 2 games of this series vs. Durham...the 2 teams combined for 30 hits tonight, the most in a game this season for the Red Wings and their opponent...7 of the 9 Red Wings' hitters had multi-hit games.

MATT'S BAT: Matt Carson homered for the 3rd time in the last 4 games...that stretch includes a 2-homer effort Sunday at Louisville.

CALLING ON CALEB: Caleb Thielbar made his Triple-A debut with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.

COLE DANCE: Cole De Vries worked 9.0 consecutive scoreless innings until allowing a run in the 3rd inning.

GET WELL SOON: Prior to the game, righthanders Carlos Gutierrez and Lester Oliveros were placed on the 7-Day Disabled List with right shoulder and right elbow injuries, respectively...to take their place on the 25-man roster, righthander Bobby Lanigan and lefthander Caleb Thielbar were transferred from Double-A New Britain.

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