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August 31, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Rochester Red Wings (78-60, 3rd place IL North) Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins vs. Syracuse Chiefs (59-78, 6th place, IL North) Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals

GAME TIME: 7:05 pm SEASON SERIES: Wings lead 12-6

PROMOTIONS: Frontier Field Magnet Giveaway Presented By Foodlink | 2,500 fans The first 2,500 fans will receive a Frontier Field Magnet courtesy of Foodlink.$1 Wednesdays Presented By Democrat & Chronicle, Zweigle's & DiPaolo Baking Company Every Wednesday get $1 Zweigle's hot dogs, cracker jacks, peanuts and chips courtesy of Democrat & Chronicle, Zweigle's and DiPaolo Baking Company.

Complete home game promotions details at RedWingsBaseball.com/Fun

TICKETS: Call 423-WING (9464) or RedWingsBaseball.com/Tickets

PREVIEW: The Red Wings remain 3.5 games behind Lehigh Valley for the IL wild card playoff spot, after both teams won on Tuesday night. The Wings will finish the season with five games against the IronPigs, including the final two home games here Thursday and Friday night.RHP Jose Berrios (10-5, 2.44 ERA) makes his first start since being optioned to the Wings from Minnesota last week. Berrios is 7-1 with a 1.84 ERA in eight home starts this season; he's 2-0, 1.06 ERA with a complete game win against the Chiefs. RHP Joe Ross makes his third start for Syracuse, as part of a major league rehab assignment with Washington. Ross is 0-2 with a 6.35 ERA in two previous rehab outings with the Chiefs; he will be followed on the mound by RHP Austin Voth (7-8, 3.37).

Player to Watch: Syracuse INF Matt Skole is hitting.314 in 16 games against the Wings this season, with a homer, 6 RBI and 7 walks.

Former Wings: LHP Sean Burnett; pitching coach Bob Milacki.

Player Moves: none

Hot Wings: INF James Beresford is batting .583 (7-12) in his last three games with 4 RBI ...C John Ryan Murphy is batting .545 (6-11) in his last three games.

These players on the Syracuse roster were listed in Baseball America's list of the top 30 prospects in the Nationals organizaton: RHP Austin Voth (#9)...C Pedro Severino (#11)...INF Chris Bostick (#25).

Updates on any weather-related gate opening/game time changes or postponements will be posted frequently on our home page media wall, and on our official Twitter page. For more information on how we communicate weather-related updates with our fans, please click here.

WEATHER FORECAST: Click here for the latest weather from Frontier Field.

LOCAL RADIO BROADCAST: Fox Sports 1280 AUDIO WEBCAST: Click here to access the live audio webcast with Josh Whetzel, The Voice of the Red Wings ©

LOCAL TV: none. INTERNET TV: Click here to watch on MiLB.TV (subscription required)

REDWINGSBASEBALL.COM/MiLB.COM GAMEDAY Gameday provides real-time pitch-by-pitch coverage for every Red Wings game. You can find Gameday in the Game Status Module on our home page, above the linescore; look for the Gameday text link.

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