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August 23, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
The Rochester Plates beat the Pawtucket Red Sox 5-1 Thursday night at Frontier Field, in front of a Plates Night crowd of 10, 027. Rochester returns home on August 28th for the final homestand of the season against Buffalo and Lehigh Valley.
Plates "opener" Nick Anderson, was replaced in the top of the second inning by Zack Littell. Anderson finished with 1.0 innings thrown, allowed one hit, one walk and had two strikeouts. Anderson threw 22 pitches, 14 for strikes.
The Plates struck first in the bottom of the second inning after a solo home run by Jon Kemmer, his fourth of the year against Red Sox starting pitcher Josh A. Austin, to give the Plates a 1-0 lead.
The Red Sox threatened with two on and two outs in the top of the fourth inning. Plates left fielder LaMonte Wade, threw out Josh Ockimey at the plate after a single to end the inning.
The Plates added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning after an RBI double by Kennys Vargas that scored Willians Astudillo from first to make the score 2-0. Later in the inning, Kemmer hit an RBI single that scored Vargas to make the score 3-0.
Littell was replaced by Andrew Vasquez, who made his Triple-A debut with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. Littell finished with 5.2 innings, allowed six hits and had six strikeouts. Littell threw 98 pitches, 70 for strikes.
Fernando Rodriguez replaced Smith in the bottom of the seventh inning. Smith finished with 6.0 innings, allowed five hits, three earned runs, two walks and had six strikeouts. Smith threw 88 pitches, 54 for strikes.
In the top of the eighth, Vasquez got into a bases loaded jam with one out. A ground ball allowed a run to score and make it a 3-1 Plates lead.
The Plates extended the lead in the bottom of the eighth after an RBI single by Astudillo, scoring Nick Gordon to give the Plates a 4-1 lead. Later in the inning, Wade hit an RBI single that scored Astudillo to make the score 5-1.
Vasquez worked 1.1 innings, allowing two hits, an earned run, and a walk with two strikeouts. Ryan Eades worked the ninth inning for the Plates.
The Red Sox out-hit the Plates 10 to 8.
Winning pitcher: Littell (5-6)
Losing pitcher: Smith (5-5)
Save: none
NOTES: The Plates added LHP Andrew Vasquez from Double-A Chattanooga and made his Triple-A debut... Willians Astudillo and Kennys Vargas increased their hitting streaks to five games.
THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY
2002 - Eddy Garabito hit a two out bunt single, driving in Brian Roberts for the winning run in a 13 inning 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Bisons. Roberts, who was bothered by the flu, backed out of a race against thoroughbred Zippy Chippy before the game, but was feeling well enough to score the game winner. The win was Rochester's fifth in six games.
2005 - Brian Buchanan's 10th inning single scored Jason Tyner with the winning run, and the Red Wings defeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3-2 Tuesday night. Travis Bowyer picked up the final out and recorded his 22nd save of the season, tying the club's single season save record. The win, coupled with Syracuse's 7-5 win in Buffalo, brings the Red Wings back to within two games of the first place Bisons.
2006 - Val Majewski's ninth inning solo home run powered the Ottawa Lynx over the Red Wings 4-3 Wednesday night at Frontier Field. Andres Torres gave the Wings a good opportunity for an early advantage, leading off the game with his eighth triple of the season.
THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY
1927 - The Toronto Maple Leafs earn their most convincing victory of the season as the defending International League champions crush Reading by the score of 14-0. Right-handed hurler John "Augie" Prudhomme allows only four Keystones to reach base, all by walk. The 9-inning no-hitter is one of his League-best five shutouts during the 1927 season. The Maple Leafs please the home crowd this afternoon, but ultimately could finish no higher than 4th place (89-78) in their quest to repeat as IL champions. (Almost exactly one year later Prudhomme would fire another no-hitter, beating Jersey City 5-0 on August 22, 1928).
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