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Indians Snap Wings' Streak

July 15, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Indianapolis Indians pounded out 17 hits, beating Rochester 16-3 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Tommy Watkins homered, and Chris Heintz had two hits and two RBI as Indianapolis ended the Wings' five-game win streak. Rochester leaves Monday for a 10-game, eight-day roadtrip to Syracuse and Ottawa; the Wings return home Jul! y 24 for a four-game homestand.

Rochester started Dave Gassner let Indianapolis take an early lead in the first. Lead-off batter Russ Johnson hit a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Shortstop Watkins was able to hold Johnson on second as he caught a driving low ball for the second out. Brad Eldred then smacked a line drive down the third base line to plate Johnson and give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gassner then struck out the final batter to end the inning.

The Red Wings picked up a pair of first inning hits against Indians starter Kip Bouknight, but couldn't pick up a run. The Indians came right back against Gassner in the second, combining two hits and two walks to score one run and load the bases for Brian Bixler. Bixler, 1-for-6 in his previous bases-loaded at-bats this season, belted a grand slam off Gassner over the wall in left to stake Indianapolis to a 6-0 lead.

The Indians knocked Gassner out of the game in the third, picking up three more runs and bringing Brad Baker out of the Rochester bullpen and into the game. Baker allowed one hit, and one walk before striking out the final batter to end the inning.

The Wings offense struggled since the first inning with no hits until the fifth, when Watkins smashed a solo home run into the left field bullpen to put the Wings on the scoreboard. The Indians were not phased as they were able to retire the next two batters holding their lead, 9-1.

Yurendell de Caster started the top of the sixth by walloping a solo home run into the Wings bullpen to take back the nine run lead, bringing the score to 10-1. The Indians scored again as a ground rule double by Michael Ryan; Ryan scored by a line drive down the third base line from Luis Matos. Matos was brought home on a base hit to center field by Luis Ordaz, increasing the Indians lead 12-1.

Casilla led off the bottom of the sixth with a line drive to center field for a single. He moved to second from another line drive to center field by Matthew LeCroy. Both moved into scoring position as Doug Deeds grounded out. With two outs, Heintz singled to left field, plating Casilla and bringing the score to 12-2. LeCroy and Heintz were stranded on base as the inning ended from a pop foul to third by Brian Buscher.

The Wings tried to turn their luck in the seventh by making multiple defensive changes. They were unsuccesful as an error by Casilla and two singles allowed by Baker loaded the bases with no outs. Baker then walked in the next two runs before manager Stan Cliburn brought in Julio DePaula, who started by hitting Matos with a pitch, giving another run to the Indians. Matos was upset and took a long time walking to first, while talking to umpire Rob Healey; Healey then warned both dugouts, which prompted a spriited discussion with Indians manager Trent Jewitt. It took Rochester seven batters before they were able to get the first out of the inning, followed by a double play to end the inning. The Indians recorded four runs for the inning, bringing their lead to 16-2.

Indianapolis starter Kip Bouknight was cruising along into the eighth when he hit Gil Velazquez with a pitch; Bouknight and Jewitt were ejected, and Mark Corey came in to pitch. Heintz delivered his second run-scoring hit of the day off Corey, who struggled with his control and loaded the bases after two consecutive walks. Corey went to a full count on Oeltjen, who took a called third strike to end the inning.

NOTES: The total runs and hits were each the most given up by the Rochester pitching staff this season..Buscher went 0-for-3 with a walk, ending a six-game hitting streak during which he hit .571 (12-for-21) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBI. Buscher had five multi-hit games during the six-game hitting streak. Buscher has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI ... The Red Wings offense had crushed the ball during the five-game winning streak that ended Sunday, batting .353 (60-for-170) as a team. Before Sunday's loss, Rochester's offense had a great start to July batting .305 (120-for-393) as a team with 10 or more hits in seven of 12 games.

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