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Baseball Month in Rochester - May 5

Published on May 5, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


ROCHESTER, NY - The Rochester Red Wings tonight host a doubleheader for Day 5 of Baseball Month in Rochester at Frontier Field. The details for May 5:

GAME INFO: Buffalo Bisons (RHP Dylan Owen and LHP Garrett Olson) at Rochester Red Wings (RHP P.J. Walters and TBD), 5:05 p.m.

HOSTED ORGANIZATION IN SUITE: Reality Check, a teenager-run anti-tobacco effort at local schools

RAFFLE ITEMS: Joe Mauer autographed and framed Sports Illustrated cover, Mookie Wilson autographed photo, Brian Dozier autographed baseball,

Brandon Laird autographed baseball

YESTERDAY'S RAFFLE TOTAL: $410

MONTH-TO-DATE TOTAL: $1,317

SPIKES AND MITTSY APPEARANCES: Victor Little League and Fairport Little League

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.

Mauer played five games for the Red Wings in 2004 and has since enjoyed a nine-year major league career with the Minnesota Twins. Wilson spent 12 seasons in the majors with the New York Mets (1980-89) and Toronto Blue Jays (1989-91). He hit the ground ball that went through the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

Spikes and Mittsy have traveled 161 miles thus far during Baseball Month in Rochester.

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