IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Four-Run 4th Paces Wings Win

Published on August 1, 2018 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Rochester Red Wings beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 6-2 Wednesday night at Frontier Field. The series and homestand wraps up with a 12:35 p.m. game Thursday afternoon.

Rochester got on the board in the bottom of the second, as Jon Kemmer ignited a spark with a two-out double off of Scranton starter Erick Swanson. The following batter, Jordan Pacheco, brought him in with an RBI single to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.

The RailRiders retaliated in the third inning after Wilkin Castillo drove in two runs off Red Wings starting pitcher Zack Littell on an RBI single, giving Scranton a 2-1 advantage.

In the fourth, Willians Astudillo and LaMonte Wade each got on base safely with consecutive hits, while Kennys Vargas reached on a walk. With the bases loaded, Kemmer knocked in all three baserunners on an RBI triple, putting the Red Wings ahead 4-2. With two outs, Taylor Motter hit an RBI double, scoring Kemmer and extending the lead to 5-2.

Rochester added to their lead in the fifth after Tyler Austin led the inning off with a 421-foot home run. The solo shot was Austin's second home run in two days with the Red Wings.

Swanson went 4.1 innings before being relieved, allowing six runs on eight hits while striking out four and allowing one walk. He threw 86 pitches, 58 for strikes.

After six innings, Littell allowed two runs on five hits while striking out three and allowing two walks. He threw 97 pitches, 60 for strikes. In relief, the Red Wings called upon Ryne Harper.

Harper worked two innings, allowing no hits and striking out four. Alan Busenitz worked a perfect ninth inning for the Wings. .

The Red Wings out-hit the RailRiders 11-5. Kemmer had two hits, three RBI and scored two runs.

Winning pitcher: Littell (3-4)

Losing pitcher: Swanson (1-2)

Save: none

NOTES: RHP Chase De Jong has been activated and will start Thursday's afternoon game...OF Byron Buxton (left wrist) has been placed on the disabled list.

THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY

1986 - Rochester defeated the Mud Hens 1-0 in Toledo to put them in first place in the International League for the first time all season. The victory was mostly due to the excellent pitching of Mike Skinner who picked up his ninth win of the season in a complete game two hit shutout.

THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY

1951 - The 31-year baseball career of George "Specs" Toporcer ends when an eye ailment forces him to step down as the manager of the Buffalo Bisons. Toporcer, who will eventually become blind when treatment fails to save his sight, is remembered as being the first Major League infielder to wear glasses. He played in over 1,100 International League games with Syracuse, Rochester, and Jersey City, including four seasons as a player/manager. Toporcer was inducted into the IL Hall of Fame in 1949, two years before his retirement from the game.

BORN ON THIS DAY

1770- William Clark (American explorer), 1971- Fred Lester (American football player), 1979- Jason Momoa (American actor)

IT HAPPENED THIS DAY

1941 - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.

1973 - Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway. With a 2-2 score in the top of the ninth, Munson, attempting to score from third base on a missed bunt, crashes into Fiskand they both come up swinging. Boston wins 3-2 in the bottom of the inning.

1994 - Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. became only the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games as the Orioles beat Minnesota, 1-0.

NUMBER ONE SONG ON THIS DAY

1957- Elvis Presley- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear ", 1976- Elton John and Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", 2015-OMI - "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"

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