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Wings Timely With Win

July 26, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Before a paid attendence of 10,340, the Red Wings defeated the Syracuse Chiefs Thursday afternoon 3-2 at Frontier Field in just 2 hours and 17 minutes after a walk-off hit by Glenn Williams in the bottom of the ninth. The Wings scored twice in the first inning and after seven shutout innings by starter Brian Bass and a blown save by closer Bobby Korecky, came back to escape with a clutch victory in the bottom of the 9th.

In the first inning, Matt Tolbert looked to kick start the Red Wings offense by laying down a perfect bunt toward third for an infield hit. Darnell McDonald, just sent down by the Twins yesterday, sent a 3-2 pitch just inside the first base bag for a single, advancing Tolbert to third. Garrett Jones proceeded to take a 1-0 offering to right, just out of the reach of the outfielder, for an RBI double, leaving runners at second and third. Chris Heintz hit a grounder in the hole at short, ruled an infield single, that the shortstop could not come up with cleanly and Jones attempted to move up to third, but was thrown out when the fielder quickly tracked down the loose ball. Jose Morales grounded back to the pitcher to leave one stranded.

The Chiefs responded in the second when John-Ford Griffin hit a sinking line drive that fooled Denard Span and fell in for a hit. However, a quick double play by Bass eliminated any scoring opportunities. A nice running play by Span, however, ended the inning.

After the second, Bass settled in and began crafting a gem. In the third inning Robinzon Diaz swung and lost the handle of the bat having it fly into the stands on a swinging strike three. The next batter, Ray Olmedo, also lost his grip and sent his bat flying to the backstop. Both batters struck out.

After retiring 14 in a row, Bass finally gave up a single up the middle in the top of the 7th inning. However, the base runner was erased on another double play. He would finish the day with seven shutout innings, seven strikeouts and only three hits allowed and did not walk a batter.

Korecky came in for the top of the 9th trying to close out the win. A leadoff single to Diaz brought the tying run to the plate. After inducing a fielder's choice, Russ Adams connected for a two-run home run to tie the ball game. After allowing another hit to Kevin Barker, Korecky was taken out in favor of Carmen Cali who got a popup to send the game to the bottom of the 9th.

After a ground out by Morales, Tommy Watkins stretched a single to center into a double, sliding in just ahead of the tag. In scoring position with one out, Williams stepped up to hit right-handed against the left-hander Mike Venafro, who came into the game in the eighth. But Chiefs manager Doug Davis opted to bring in righty Ryan Houston, allowing the switch-hitting Williams to bat left-handed. With a batting average 100 points higher against right-handers, Williams responded with a drive to right that allowed Watkins to score easily with the winning run.

NOTES: The Red Wings have now won nine of their last 10 games vs. Syracuse at Frontier Field (Red Wings have outscored Syracuse 51-30 during this 10-game stretch). Rochester hasn't lost a season series vs. Syracuse since 2000 (58-45 record since 2001)....DePaula has been lights out his last 11 games, going 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA. In 21.2 innings of work, DePaula has allowed just three runs on 14 hits while walking just three and striking out 23. Opponents! are batting just .194 (14-for-72) against him during this 10-game stretch.... The Red Wings held a ceremony Wednesday afternoon to unveil a statue of Morrie Silver, who organized the stock drive to save baseball in Rochester in late 1956.


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