Plates Serve up 14-3 Home Win
August 9, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
The Rochester Plates beat the Toledo Mud Hens 14-3 Thursday night at Frontier Field.
It did not take long for the Plates to score as Taylor Motter hit a lead-off home run, his fifth of the year in the bottom of the first off Mud Hens starting pitcher Phillippe Aumont to give the Plates an early 1-0 lead. The Plates added to their lead after a sacrifice fly from Kennys Vargas that scored Nick Gordon from third making the score 2-0. Next batter, Jon Kemmer, hit a two-run home run, his second of the year that also scored Tyler Austin, giving the Plates a 4-0 lead.
The Plates extended their lead in the bottom of the second after Austin hit a three-run home run, his ninth of the year which scored Jeremy Hazelbaker and Motter, making the score 7-0.
The Mud Hens answered in the top of the third against Plates starting pitcher, Stephen Gonsalves after Kade Scivicque hit an RBI double, making the score 7-1.
Paul Voelker replaced Aumont in the top of the third. Aumont finished with 2.0 innings thrown, allowed four hits, seven earned runs, three walks and had two strikeouts. Aumont threw 54 pitches, 31 for strikes.
The Plates added to their lead in the bottom of the third after an error in the infield scored Vargas, making the score 8-1. Later in the inning, Kemmer scored on an infield ground ball to make the score 9-1. Hazelbaker added a two-run home run, his second of the year that scored Edgar Corcino, making the score 11-1.
The Plates scored in the bottom of the fourth after a sacrifice fly from Vargas which scored Austin, making the score 12-1.
The Mud Hens scored in the top of the sixth after an RBI double from Dawel Lugo, making the score 12-2. Lugo would come into score after a wild pitch making the score 12-3.
The Plates added to the lead in the bottom of the sixth after a two-run home run by Vargas, his 15th of the year to make the score 14-3.
Jake Reed replaced Gonsalves in the top of the seventh inning. Gonsalves finished with 6.0 innings thrown, allowed three hits, three earned runs, three walks and had nine strikeouts. Gonsalves threw 98 pitches, 65 for strikes.
Reed worked two perfect innings with four strikeouts. Ryne Harper pitched the ninth inning, allowing a single and fanning one batter.
The Plates out-hit the Mud Hens 11-4. Austin finished a double short of the cycle, and scored three runs while driving in three.
Winning pitcher: Gonsalves (8-3)
Losing pitcher: Aumont (2-4)
Save: none
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NOTES: The Plates set season high for home runs in a game with five, as well as a season high for runs with 14.
THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY
1933- The Rochester Red Wings absorbed two losses against the Newark Bears, 8-5 and 7-2. The losses drop the Wings to a tie for second place with Baltimore.
THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY
1998- The International League becomes the first National Association League to draw 5 million fans in a single season. Bolstered by the Triple-A realignment and expansion that gave the League 14 clubs, the IL shatters Minor League Baseball's all-time attendance record for a single season in 1998. Large crowds in Columbus, Norfolk, Ottawa, Rochester, and Toledo, plus attendances in excess of 10,000 in Buffalo and Indianapolis push the League over the 5 million mark on this historic August day. Less than three weeks later the IL will reach the once unthinkable total of 6 million fans, ultimately finishing the season with a League-wide attendance of 6,481,906. Buffalo set the IL's alltime attendance record for a club, drawing 768,749 fans in 1998.
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