Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - August 13 vs. Lehigh Valley
August 13, 2023 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Lehigh Valley IronPigs (23-14, 59-51) vs. Rochester Red Wings (19-19, 53-58)
Sunday, August 13, 2023 - 1:05 p.m. ET - Innovative Field - Rochester, NY
Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Live, MiLB.TV
RHP Tyler Phillips (0-1, 2.70) vs. RHP Tommy Romero (4-4, 5.65)
THE BOYS ARE BACK: The Rochester Red Wings took down the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 4-1, last night to snap a three-game losing streak and move back to .500 in the second half...LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN launched his 20th home run of the season, a season-high for the Pennsylvania native, and becomes the first left handed Wings batter since Garrett Jones in 2008 to hit 20 homers...RHP JACKSON RUTLEDGE worked five shutout innings in his start, Rochester's first starting pitcher to not allow a run since 7/30 at WOR ( RHP Wily Peralta)...3B ERICK MEJIA collected his third triple of the season, an RBI knock to drive in his 370th runner in professional baseball spanning over 12 seasons...RHP TOMMY ROMERO will take the mound for the second time this series against the first place IronPigs...the Wings are looking to split the series down the middle with a win today going up against the Pigs' RHP Tyler Phillips.
HALL OF FAME COMPANY: LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN launched his team-leading 20th home run of the season in the first, becoming the first Red Wing lefty to launch 20 homers in a season since Red Wings Hall of Famer Garrett Jones hit 23 in 2008...the Pennsylvania native went 2-for-3, adding a hit by pitch and two runs scored in the contest, extending his team-leading hitting streak to eight games (.452, 14-for-31 since 8/2)...20 homers is the most in a season for Blankenhorn in his professional career...
His solo shot traveled 461 feet, the furthest home run by a Red Wing this season, and second-furthest across the International League Saturday night (Johnathan Rodriguez, 464 ft.)...he has also accounted for the hardest hit home run by a Red Wing this season (112 MPH on 4/12 vs. BUF).
Blankenhorn has now scored a run in seven-straight games, the longest streak for a Wings hitter since Daniel Palka (5/20-27/2021).
JACKSON (SCORELESS) 5: RHP JACKSON RUTLEDGE worked five scoreless innings on the mound, allowing two hits while striking out and walking two...the start was Rutledge's third outing of five or more innings without allowing a run this season (2 with ROC, 1 with HBG)...
The scoreless outing marked Rochester's first by a starting pitcher since RHP WILY PERALTA on 7/30 at WOR.
Rutledge tossed 28 of the 30 hardest pitches in the game, topping out at 97.9 MPH.
MEJIA MAGIC: 3B ERICK MEJIA logged his third triple of the season as part of a 1-for-3 night with two RBI, his first three-bagger since 7/18 vs. DUR...Mejia has now tied his 2022 three-bagger total ...Mejia has now driven in a runner in three-straight games for the first time since 7/8-15...his second RBI marked his 370th professional runner driven in 889 games.
NO SOUP FOR YOU: The Wings pitching staff combined to allow one earned on six hits last night, their fewest runs allowed since 7/30 at WOR...RHP JACKSON RUTLEDGE turned in 5.0 scoreless innings, before LHP TIM CATE, RHP LUIS REYES, and RHP GERSON MORENO combined allow one earned through the final four frames...
Cate has now worked nine scoreless outings through 15 appearances with the Wings, while Reyes has the lowest ERA (1.17, 1 ER/7.2 IP) among Rochester pitchers this month (min 2 app.).
After scoring in all nine frames Thursday night, the IronPigs have only scored in three of their last 18 innings.
LEFT TURN CLUB: Rochester hitters collected two extra base hits in the win, including a first-inning home run from LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN and a sixth-inning triple from 3B ERICK MEJIA...this marked the first time Wings hitters had two extra base hits without recording a double at Innovative Field since 9/4/2022 against Toledo...
Since 7/1, Rochester has the third-most triples (10) and is tied for the sixth-most doubles (68) in the International League.
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SINGLES, NOTHING EXTRA: Rochester pitchers did now allow an extra-base hit to the IronPigs in last night's win, marking the first time since 6/18 against SWB, and fourth time this season that the Wings staff did not give up any extra-base hits...the win marked their first game this series not allowing a home run and first time not allowing a long ball to the IronPigs since 9/15/2022 (17 games).
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