IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Mets Rally in 7th to Defeat Wings

Published on July 2, 2019 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


A night after bashing 17 hits and winning with a late home run, the Rochester Red Wings built a 6-2 lead against the Syracuse Mets Monday night at Frontier Field. But the Mets rallied late and defeated the Red Wings 7-6, despite 13 hits by the Rochester offense. Tomas Telis and Drew Maggi each had three hits, and starting pitcher Devin Smeltzer struck out six in 5.0 innings of work before a Pride Night crowd of 9,744.

The series and homestand wraps up Wednesday night with an Independence Day eve celebration, and the biggest fireworks show of the season.

Winning Pitcher:

Gilliam (2-0)

Losing Pitcher:

Torres (2-1

Save: Peterson (3)

Red Wings starter Devin Smeltzer found himself in a jam early in the top of the third inning. With the bases loaded and nobody out Smeltzer hit Danny Espinosa with a pitch, giving the Mets the 1-0 lead. Smeltzer battled back and retired the next three batters he faced, striking out two. .

Smeltzer was looking to retire his sixth batter in a row until Tim Tebow hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth, extending the Mets' lead to 2-0. With speedster Rajai Davis at first base, Smeltzer picked Davis off for the third out.

Mets starter and former Red Wing Ervin Santana kept the Red Wing's bats in check through the first three inning, allowing three hits. In the bottom of the fourth the Red Wings struck back to back, two-out singles to put runners at first and second. Tomas Telis delivered a two-out single, scoring Zander Wiel from second base and pulling the Wings to within a run at t 2-1.

Smeltzer found himself in a groove in the fifth inning, recording a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts.

In the bottom of the fifth the Red Wings tied the game up at 2-2. Nick Gordon got the inning started with a walk and then Drew Maggi hit a double down the third base line allowing Gordon to come all the way around to score. With Maggi at second, Brent Rooker drilled a single off the wall in left to put the Red Wings up 3-2.

Santana's night was finished following the Rooker at bat. Santana finished with 4.1 innings pitched, allowing eight hits, three earned runs, two walks, two strikeouts, on 81 pitches with 51 for strikes.

Smeltzer pitched 5.0 innings and gave up seven hits. Smeltzer was charged with two earned runs, did not walk a batter, and fanned six; he threw 88 pitches, 61 for strikes.

Jake Reed took over on the mound in the top of the sixth inning. Reed found himself in a jam with runners on first and second with one out, but Reed struck out the next two batters to keep the lead.

Jaylen Davis started the bottom of the sixth inning with a home run, putting the Wings up 4-2. The Davis home run marked the Wings' 98th home run of the season - surpassing last year's season total of 97. Telis reached first with a single and then advanced following a throwing error. Gordon took advantage and smacked a double, bringing in Telis for a 5-2 lead. Maggi followed with his third hit of the game, a single to shallow right which scored Gordon, putting the Wings up 6-2.

Syracuse came back in the seventh to tie the game 6-6. Reed struggled allowing four hits and three runs in the seventh, prompting a pitching change with Carlos Torres replacing Reed.

Davis tripled off Torres in the top of the eighth inning, then scored the go ahead run on a wild pitch for a 7-6 Mets lead.

Syracuse had runners at second and third with two outs in the ninth inning, but Torres got out of the jam with a strikeout to end the threat.

Rooker led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk, but Tim Peterson set down the next three batters to end the game.

NOTES: Brent Rooker extended his on-base streak to 20 games with his single in the fifth inning...Drew Maggi extended his on-base streak to 12 games with a single in the the sixth inning...Jake Cave extended his hit streak to nine games with his first inning single...LaMonte Wade, Jr. now has a 13-game on base streak.

THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY

1989 - Clutch Pitching, Timely Single Propels Wings to Victory. Thanks to another strong start by Dave Johnson, Rochester was able to hold off the Tidewater Tides for a 2-1 road victory. The Wings received all the run support they would need in the second, as a single by Tim Dulin drove home two runs, and Johnson would handle the Tides from there. Johnson (5-4) was brilliant for the Wings, allowing only one run on six hits, striking out seven Tides over eight and 2/3 innings. After getting two outs in the ninth, Wings first-year skipper Greg Biagini called upon reliever Steve Culkar to finish the game, and Culkar retired the Tides, picking up his first save of the 1989 season. Francisco Melendez also had a big day at the plate, rapping out three singles, and scoring one of the Wings runs. The Wings (43-39) remained in second place with the win, trailing Syracuse by 7.5 games.

1999 - Rochester scored one run in the ninth and four runs in the top of the eleventh to come back and beat the Lynx 6-2 in an 11 inning game in Ottawa. Wings pitcher Dave Evans allowed only one hit and 0 runs in extra innings to pick up his first victory of the season. The win was Rochester's third in a row.

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