Bats Top Wings 2-0
July 18, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
The Louisville Bats blanked the Rochester Red Wings 2-0 Wednesday night at Frontier Field, before a crowd of 9,139. The Wings host the Norfolk Tides (Orioles) in a doubleheader Thursday beginning at 5:05 p.m.
Red Wings starter Stephen Gonsalves made it through the first two innings without allowing a hit, before Blake Trahan singled in the top of the third.
Homer Bailey started on the mound for the Bats as part of a major league rehab assignment from the Reds. After allowing a walk and a hit in his first three batters, Bailey settled down and struck out three of the next seven batters he faced.
After Kennys Vargas led off the bottom of the fourth with a single to right field, LaMonte Wade hit a hard line drive to left, but a diving catch by Phillip Ervin stifled a potential go-ahead RBI.
Gonsalves' day was over after six innings pitched, allowing zero runs on three hits, five walks, and three strikeouts. Gonsalves threw 100 pitches, 56 of them for strikes.
John Curtiss, pitching in relief of Gonsalves, found himself with runners on second and third and one out in the top half of the seventh when Trahan attempted to squeeze Stuart Turner home from third on a bunt. Curtiss, however, responded quickly off the mound and met Turner at home to tag him out, stopping the Bats from putting the game's first run on the board. Curtiss then walked the next batter to load the bases, and a single by Ervin scored Chadwick Tromp to give Louisville a 1-0 lead.
Jimmy Herget took the mound in the top of the eighth, ending Bailey's day after seven innings pitched, having allowed zero runs on four hits, three walks, and three strikeouts. Bailey threw 110 pitches, 67 of them for strikes, as part of arguably one of his best pitching performances of his rehab stint.
The Bats added a run in the top of the ninth inning against Tyler Duffey for a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth against closer Kevin Quackenbush, the Wings put the tying runs on base with one out after singles from Wade and Andy Wilkins. However, Quackenbush struck out one and got pinch hitter Edgar Corcino to pop out to center, ending the game.
The Bats out-hit the Wings 8-6.
Winning pitcher: Bailey (2-2)
Losing pitcher: Curtiss (2-3)
Save: Quackenbush (14)
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NOTES: INF Alex Perez joined the Red Wings Wednesday after being promoted from Double-A Chattanooga. He went 0-for-2 with a walk in his Red Wings debut.
THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY
1967 - Lloyd Fourroux hit a pinch hit two run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over Richmond at Red Wings Stadium. The win put Rochester 1.5 games ahead of the Braves for first place in the International League.
2005 - Roosevelt Brown collected four RBIs and scored three runs to lead Charlotte to a 13-5 victory over Rochester on Monday at Knights Stadium. Jason Bartlett went 4-for-5 with two homers, three RBI and three runs scored for Rochester. RHP Scott Baker was awarded Internation League Pitcher-of-the-Week for the week of July 11-17. Baker, 23, is currently tied for 5th in ERA (3.01).
THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY
1944 - Stan West, a rookie right-hander for the Baltimore Orioles, etches his name in the IL Record Book by throwing a 9-inning no-hitter against the Jersey City Giants. West walks only two men and strikes out six in the 5-0 victory. His counterpart this day is Louis Polli, who is making his first start after being sent to Jersey City from the New York Giants. Ironically it would be Polli who records the International League's next 9-inning no-hitter, victimizing Newark the following season.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1963- Lonnie Young (American Football Player), 1967- Vin Diesel (American Actor), 1979- Deion Branch (American Football Player)
IT HAPPENED THIS DAY
1912 -The Chicago Cubs had twenty-one hits in eleven innings but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath stole home.
1970- Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning of San Francisco's 10-1 romp over Montreal.
1987 - Don Mattingly tied Dale Long 31-year-old Major League record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees' 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers
NUMBER ONE SONG ON THIS DAY
1982 - Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger", 1995- TLC - "Waterfalls" , 2005- Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
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