Baseball Month in Rochester - May 13
Published on May 13, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
ROCHESTER, NY - The Empire State Yankees tonight host Day 13 of Baseball Month in Rochester at Frontier Field. The details for May 13:
GAME INFO: Durham Bulls (RHP Chris Archer) at Empire State Yankees (LHP Manny Banuelos), 1:05 p.m.
HOSTED ORGANIZATION IN SUITE: Rochester Children's Scholarship Fund, which helps academically promising city high school students with financial need reach their dreams
RAFFLE ITEMS: Trot Nixon autographed photo, Jose Canseco autographed photo, A.J. Burnett autographed baseball, Ben Revere autographed baseball,
Dellin Betances autographed baseball
SPIKES AND MITTSY APPEARANCE: Dunkin' Donuts, 2299 Culver Road (9:30 - 10:30 a.m.)
YESTERDAY'S RAFFLE TOTAL: $347
MONTH-TO-DATE TOTAL: $4,443
YESTERDAY'S ATTENDANCE: 1,978
MONTH-TO-DATE ATTENDANCE: 37,855
Raffle tickets will be sold through the fifth inning. They are $1 apiece, six for $5, and an arm's length for $10. Winners will be announced at the end of the sixth inning.
Nixon enjoyed a 12-year major career with the Boston Red Sox (1996-2006), Cleveland Indians (2007), and New York Mets (2008), winning a World Series title with the Sox in 2004. Canseco enjoyed a 17-year big league career, earning All-Star honors six times and hitting 462 home runs. Burnett this year pitches for the Pittsburgh Pirates is in his 14th major league season. He pitched three seasons for the Yankees from 2009-11.
Spikes and Mittsy have traveled 408 miles thus far during Baseball Month in Rochester.
International League Stories from May 13, 2012
- Knights Fall Short in Comeback, Lose 7-6 to Bisons on Sunday - Charlotte Knights
- Late Comeback Seals Chiefs' Fifth Straight Win - Syracuse Mets
- Hassan Delivers the Goods for Pawtucket - Pawtucket Red Sox
- Tides Top Tribe 2-0 - Indianapolis Indians
- Durham Spoils Excellent Effort from Banuelos with 3-1 Win - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
- Chien-Ming Wang to Start Again for Chiefs - Syracuse Mets
- Gwinnett Braves, Toledo Mud Hens Postponed - Gwinnett Stripers
- IronPigs Game Notes - Lehigh Valley IronPigs
- Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - Sunday, May 13 at Syracuse - Rochester Red Wings
- Bisons Notes - Buffalo at Charlotte - Buffalo Bisons
- Baseball Month in Rochester - May 13 - Rochester Red Wings
- Indians Outlast Norfolk 5-4 in Fourteen - Indianapolis Indians
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