Home Game Preview 9.2.16
September 2, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Rochester Red Wings (80-60, 3rd place IL North) Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (82-57, 2nd place, IL North) Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies
GAME TIME: 7:05 pm SEASON SERIES: IronPigs lead 9-5
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PREVIEW: The Red Wings are now 2.5 games behind Lehigh Valley for the IL wild card playoff spot, after the Red Wings defeated the IronPigs 1-0 Wednesday night. If the Wings win the next four games in a row, they will clinch the Wild Card.LHP Jason Wheeler will take the mound for the Red Wings in tonight's matchup. Wheeler is 11-5 with a 3.23 ERA this season. He last faced Lehigh Valley on August 7. Wheeler threw six innings with eight hits, four earned runs, four walks and one strikeout and earned a loss for that game. He most recently pitched on August 28 against Scranton/WB when he picked up his fifth loss of the season after throwing seven innings with six hits, three earned runs, two walks and three strikeouts. IronPigs right-hander Ben Lively is second in the league in ERA, just ahead of Wheeler. He has six wins in his last 7 starts including an August 7 win against the Wings. Lively was 7-0, 1.87 ERA at Double-A Reading before being promoted to Lehigh Valley.
Player to Watch: Lehigh Valley C Andrew Knapp is batting .421 this season against the Red Wings with 16 hits, four doubles, one home run and three RBI.
Former Wings: none
Player Moves: none
Hot Wings: INF Reynaldo Rodriguez is batting .355 against Lehigh Valley this season with 11 hits, three doubles and one RBI.
These players on the Lehigh Valley roster were listed in Baseball America's list of the top 10 prospects in the Phillies organizaton: SS J.P. Crawford (#1), OF Nick Williams (#2), C Andrew Knapp (#4)
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