
Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - August 12 vs. Lehigh Valley
August 12, 2023 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Lehigh Valley IronPigs (23-13, 59-50) vs. Rochester Red Wings (18-19, 52-58)
Saturday - 6:45 p.m. ET - Innovative Field - Rochester, NY
Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Live, MiLB.TV
RHP Shaun Anderson (1-0, 3.86) vs. RHP Jackson Rutledge (1-1, 5.58)
MARVIN'S ROOM: The Rochester Red Wings dropped their third straight game against Lehigh Valley, falling 8-2 Friday night...SS RICHIE MARTIN logged the only multi-hit effort of the day for the Wings, while LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN extended his team-leading hitting streak to seven games...CF CODY WILSON logged a double, while improving his batting average to .400 (4-for-10) over the course of the series...RHP AMOS WILLINGHAM logged 2.1 scoreless innings of relief of RHP WILY PERALTA, his first appearance with Rochester since 7/27...the Wings look to pick up their first win since Tuesday, as they send RHP JACKSON RUTLEDGE to the mound against IronPigs RHP Shaun Anderson.
RICHIE RICH: SS RICHIE MARTIN logged his first extra-base hit since 7/16 in last night's contest, going 2-for-4 with a double...the Detroit native has now hit safely in three of his last four games dating back to 8/8...
Yesterday's performance marked his first two-hit day at the plate since 7/5 against BUF.
HOME SWEET HOME: Despite the loss last night, the Wings post a 29-24 record at home this season, versus a 23-34 record in road games...should they finish the season above .500 at Innovative Field, it would be the first time doing so since 2019.
DOUBLE TROUBLE: CF CODY WILSON roped his second double in his last three games in the sixth inning of last night's loss, as part of a 1-for-3 night at the plate with a run scored...this marks the most doubles he's collected in a three-game span since 9/3-6/2022 with Wilmington (3)...
The Wings have now collected 10 or more doubles in 13 of their 20 series this season.
METRO KIE-BOOMIN': 3B CARTER KIEBOOM extended his on-base streak to a team-leading 12 games with a 1-for-4 night at the plate...the righty is hitting .333 (16-for-48) while reaching base at a .396 clip since the streak began on 6/6...
Kieboom has reached base safely in 26 of 30 games played with the Wings this season.
FAMOUS AMOS: RHP AMOS WILLINGHAM appeared in his first game for the Wings since 7/27, working 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, striking out one and, surrendering one hit...the outing marked Rochester's longest scoreless appearance by a pitcher since RHP LUIS REYES worked three scoreless frames on 8/3 against SWB...
This season, Willingham holds the second-lowest ERA (2.76, 5 ER/16.1 IP) amongst Wings' relievers (min. 10 app.).
ANOTHA ONE:LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN extended his hitting streak to a team-leading seven games (since 8/2) with a single in the bottom of the ninth as part of a 1-for-4 day at the plate while adding a run scored...Blankenhorn now has seven hits this series, the most since he collected nine hits through six games from 7/4-9 against BUF...
The Pennsylvania native's 1.421 OPS since 8/1 ranks second in the International League behind Luken Baker (MEM).
IN MY FEELINGS:Rochester pitchers allowed six runs in the fourth inning to Lehigh Valley, the most fourth-inning runs since 8/25/2022 against IND when Wings arms gave up eight runs...this season, Rochester holds a 6.22 ERA (76 ER/ 110.0 IP) in the fourth inning, the second-highest ERA in the International League...the six-run inning moved the Wings' run differential in the fourth frame to -19, the third-worst run differential (-28 6th inning, -23 third inning)...
Wings pitching hasn't held a fourth-inning ERA below 5 since 2019 (4.63, 72 ER/140.0 IP).
HEY, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE: Wings pitchers combined for four walks last night, after allowing 25 free passes through the first three games of the series...four walks is tied for the fewest base-on-balls allowed by the pitching staff in a game since they walked two on 7/28 at Worcester...
Since 8/1, Rochester has allowed the fourth-most walks in the International League (59), while Lehigh Valley has surrendered the third-most (61).
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