IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Red Wings Game Notes

Published on August 30, 2014 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


RED WINGS GAME NOTES - Saturday, August 30 (7:05 p.m.)

Buffalo Bisons (75-65) @ Rochester Red Wings (76-65) - Frontier Field, Rochester, NY

LHP Brad Mills (1-1, 3.91) vs. RHP Alex Meyer (7-6, 3.41)

TONIGHT'S GAME: The Red Wings play their final regular season home game of the season tonight (7:05 p.m.) as they wrap up a two-game set against the Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) at Frontier Field. After winning the opener last night, the Wings have won 8 of their last 12 to remain in the playoff hunt -- just 2.0 GB of Pawtucket with 3 games to play. The Bisons - who own the tied for most wins in the IL in August (18) - are a 1/2-game back of Rochester and in 4th-place in the IL North. The Bisons are seeking their first playoff appearance since the 2005 season.

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS:

- A Wings win AND Pawtucket win would mean the Wings would have to win both games in PAW on Sun & Mon to advance.

- A Wings win AND Pawtucket loss would mean the Wings would still have to win both games in PAW to advance.

- A Wings loss AND Pawtucket loss would mean the Wings would have to sweep PAW AND have BUF lose 1 of last 2 G (@ SYR).

- A Wings loss AND Pawtucket win would eliminate the Wings from postseason contention.

*Wings still control their own destiny -- 3 straight wins to end the year will ensure ROC's 2nd straight trip to the playoffs.

WITH A WIN TONIGHT...:

- The Wings will win 3 straight games for the first time since a 6-game win streak, July 22-27.

- The Wings will their 77th game of the season -- matching their win total from the 2013 season.

AT THE GATE: After a season-high crowd of 12,662 (largest since July 4, 2011 - 12,729) on Friday, the Wings year-to-date attendance is now 411,256. With a crowd of 9,496 tonight the Wings would surpass last year's total attendance despite losing 6 openings (3 more than last season). The 6 postponements is the most in one season at Frontier Field since 2005 (6). The Wings drew 420,751 in 69 openings last season, 414,398 in 68 openings in 2012 and 448,024 in 69 openings in 2011.

MEYER MAGIC: The Wings send RHP Alex Meyer to the mound to make his 27th start of the season tonight and his 14th at Frontier Field where he is 5-3, 3.13 ERA (22 ER/63.1 IP). This will be Meyer's 5th start against the Bisons this season, going 0-1, 4.87 ERA (11 ER/20.1 IP) in his first 4 GS vs. BUF. Two of Meyer's four double-digit strikeout performances this season have come against the Bisons (7/8 v. BUF & 8/20 @ BUF). Although Buffalo also owns 4 of the 10 HR he's surrendered this year (Francisco, LaRoche, Chambers & Mastroianni).

- Meyer, who leads all of Triple-A in SO (153), could become first Wing to lead the IL in SO since B. Bonser in 2005 (168 K).

HOME COOKIN': The Wings play their final home game of the regular season Saturday night at Frontier Field where they own the best home record in the IL. Their 45 home wins are three more than any other team in the league and tied for most in all of Triple-A baseball (Nashville, 45-26). With a win tonight, the Wings would win 46 games at home for the first time since 2008 (46-26). In the Gene Glynn era (2012- ), the Wings have the best home record of any team in the IL at 126-89 (.584). During that span DUR is 125-89 & IND is 125-90.

- ROC has scored 59 more runs at home, has hit 14 more home runs and batted 24 points better (.279 home BA) at Frontier Field in just one more home game than road contest. Also, 9 of ROC's 12 SHO this season have come at home.

E-FREE: With an error-free game last night, the Wings have set a new season high of 7 straight games without committing an error. The last Wings error was made by Chris Colabello in the 6th inning of Game 2 of a DH on August 22 @ SYR - a span of 58 innings. The Wings previous season-high was 56 innings without an error from July 26-August 2. Rochester has committed only 13 errors in August and have now made the 6th fewest errors in the IL this season (99). The Wings committed 102 errors last season, but had a 114-inning, 12-game errorless streak from July 21-August 1.

HOT WINGS: Over his last 19 G, INF Pedro Florimon is hitting .338 (23-68) w/ 7 2B, 3 3B, HR, and 14 RBI...Over his last 14 G, C/OF Chris Herrmann is batting .367 (18-49) with 6 2B, 3 HR, 7 R and 8 RBI...OF Eric Farris has a hit in 10 of his last 13 G, batting .372 (16-43) w/ 3 2B, HR & 5 RBI...OF Daniel Ortiz is batting .333 (22-for-66) with 6 2B, 2 HR and 9 RBI in 22 August games...Since July 1, OF Chris Rahl is batting .340 (36-for-106) with 16 RBI in 31 games.

REALLY GOOD RELIEF: Over the last 15 games, the Wings bullpen has posted a 1.64 ERA (9 ER/49.1 IP). With 2 games still to go this month, the bullpen has already thrown 11 2/3 more innings (104.0 IP) than in any other month this season. Still, the unit has posted a 3.55 ERA and gone 11-for-13 in save chances. The relief corps has been one of the strong suits of the team this season posting a 3.17 season ERA -- although the bullpen's ERA was 2.77 over the first 3 months of the year.

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