Red Wings Game Notes
June 21, 2014 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Saturday, June 21 (5:35 p.m.)
Rochester Red Wings (41-33) @ Buffalo Bisons (35-36) - Coca-Cola Field, Buffalo, NY
G1: RHP Trevor May (7-4, 2.77) vs. RHP Deck McGuire (3-1, 4.50)
G2: LHP Scott Diamond (3-6, 6.68) vs. LHP Raul Valdes (1-1, 4.61)
TONIGHT'S GAMES: The Red Wings play games two and three of their five-game series against the Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) tonight in a doubleheader at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo. First pitch of Game One is scheduled 5:35 p.m. The Wings dropped the opener to fall 3.0 GB of Syracuse in the IL North as Rochester is just 5-7 over their last 12 games after a 26-game stretch in which they went 20-6 . Buffalo, coming off a 4-6 road trip, is 7.5 GB in the North in 5th place. Despite last night's win, the Bisons are just 10-17 over their last 27 games.
- Even with the loss Friday, the Wings are 9-5 over their last 14 road games after their 8-G road losing streak 5/5-12.
LET'S PLAY TWO!: The Wings have thrived in doubleheaders this season, sweeping three and splitting one. Their 7-1 record in twinbill contests is the best mark in the league. No one else in the IL has won more than 4 doubleheader games . Rochester has earned twinbill sweeps over SWB (4/8), LHV (4/12) and CHA (6/4) this season while splitting a doubleheader with Pawtucket (4/17). The Bisons are 2-6 in doubleheader games this season.
MORE ABOUT LAST NIGHT..:
- The Wings blew their largest lead of the season (3 runs) to lose a game...ROC also blew a 3-R lead to BUF on 4/6 @ FF.
- The Red Wings lost their first series opener since May 9 @ TOL...ROC had won 9 straight series openers
- The Wings lost for just the 7th time (3 in the last 4 games though) when leading after 5 innings this season.
- Rochester tied a nine-inning game season high with 7 walks (4 in the 8th inning which led to 2 runs).
MAGNIFICENT MAY: RHP Trevor May will get the ball in Game One tonight making his 14th start of the season and first against the Bisons. In his last start (6/16 vs. PAW), May tossed a career-high 8 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks while striking out a tied for season-high 11 batters (also, 5/1 vs. LOU). May now ranks among IL leaders in SO (2nd; 78), BAA (2nd; .199), WHIP (5th, 1.11) and ERA (8th, 2.77) . Over his last 7 starts, May is 6-1 with a 1.38 ERA. On the season, May is 5-1 with a 1.45 ERA in 8 starts at Frontier Field, but is just 2-3, 5.40 ERA in 5 road starts.
- May has allowed 5 or fewer hits in 10 of his 13 starts this season and 2 or fewer BB in 8 of 13 starts.
- May had a 34-inning streak w/o allowing an ER at home (5/13-6/16) -- spanning 4+ games started.
DIAMOND IN GAME 2: Southpaw Scott Diamond will briefly return to the rotation to make a spot start in Game 2. Diamond was moved to the bullpen after going 3-6, 7.32 ERA thru 11 starts this season . He made his first relief appearance since 7/27/08 w/ Myrtle Beach on 6/13 v. LHV (3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H). Diamond had the highest ERA (7.32) & WHIP (1.75) among all qualifying pitchers in IL & had allowed the most ER (45) in IL when he made his 1st relief outing.
- Diamond started Opening Day in Buffalo on April 3 (L; 2.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER)...he became first LHP to start Opening Day for the Red Wings since Glen Perkins in 2008 and just the second in the last 20 years.
THE NEW GUY: The Red Wings added a reliever to the mix on Saturday when RHP Mark Hamburger was transferred to Rochester from Double-A New Britain where he was 0-0 with a save and a 3.60 ERA (4 ER/10.0 IP) in 6 outings. Hamburger began the season by serving a 50-game suspension for a second violation of a drug of abuse. The St. Paul, MN native spent all of 2013 pitching for the St. Paul Saints of the independent American Association where he went 6-8, 3.26 ERA in 21 starts. Hamburger was originally signed by the Twins as an undrafted free agent in 2007 but was traded to Texas in 2008 for LHP Eddie Guardado. Hamburger - who has pitched in 5 MLB games with TEX in 2011 - has also pitched in the San Diego and Houston organizations.
HOT WINGS: INF Doug Bernier is batting .338 (25-for-74) with a HR, 3 2B, and 15 RBI over his last 24 games...INF Deibinson Romero has a hit in 19 of his last 24 games, hitting .322 (28-87) with 8 doubles, 2 home runs and 12 RBI...OF Wilkin Ramirez - who has 5 doubles in his last 6 games - has a hit in 17 of his last 20 games, hitting .321 (25-78) with 9 doubles, 2 homers and 11 RBI... After going 2-for-24 (.083) over his first 7 games with Rochester, Chris Colabello is 20-for-62 (.323) over his last 18 games with 4 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI and a .425 OBP.
FOR STARTERS: Over the last 39 games (since May 12), the Wings starting rotation is 20-9 with a 2.84 ERA (69 ER/218.2 IP). Over this 39-game stretch, only six times has a starter allowed more than 3 ER in a start. If you take out Scott Diamond's last 4 starts (16 ER in 20.2 IP), the rest of the starting rotation has pitched to a 2.41 ERA (53 ER/198.0 IP) since May 12. If you take out Diamond's starts on the year (3-6, 7.32 ERA in 11 GS), Wings starters are 25-15 with a 2.77 ERA (105 ER/340.2 IP) for the SEASON.
- 3 Wings starters rank in the Top 10 in the IL in ERA (Pino, 2nd; Johnson, 7th; and May, 8th).
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