Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - August 9 at Scranton/WB
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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - August 9 at Scranton/WB

Published on August 9, 2026 under International League (IL)
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Rochester Red Wings (22-16, 67-44) vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (23-13, 60-50)

Sunday - 1:35 p.m. ET - PNC Field - Moosic, PA

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Sports Live

RHP Chandler Champlain (7-5, 4.00) vs. RHP Brendan Beck (9-2, 2.69)

THE ELECTRIC CITY: Looking to win four-straight Saturday evening and take the series, the Rochester Red Wings moved to a season-high 23 games over .500 and are now just 2.5 games back in the International League second half with a 9-0 shutout victory over the Scranton/WB Railriders...the Red Wings offense exploded with four home runs for the second-straight night and third time in their last four games, while notching three other extra-base hits for a total of seven...on the mound, seven different Rochester arms combined to hold Scranton/WB scoreless on seven hits...Rochester looks to finish the series off with its fifth straight win in the finale this afternoon, sending RHP CHANDLER CHAMPLAIN to the mound against RailRiders right-hander Brendan Beck... Red Wings manager MATT LECROY comes into today with exactly 999 wins in his managerial career, 385 with Rochester. With a win today, the Red Wings will finish above .500 at PNC Field for the first time since 2016 (4-3).

THE CHAMP IS HERE: RHP CHANDLER CHAMPLAIN will be tasked with his 15th start (22nd app.) in this afternoon's series finale against the RailRiders...the California native took the loss in Tuesday night's series opener, allowing four runs (2 ER), on five hits over 2.2 innings of relief, with one strikeout and no walks...over the course of the season, Champlain ranks third among qualified International League pitchers with a 1.07 WHIP, and sixth with a 4.00 ERA (43 ER/96.2 IP), a .237 BAA and 96.2 innings pitched...he is just 3.0 innings shy of 600.0 in his professional career...

As the starting pitcher in 2026, the 27-year-old is 6-1 with a 3.27 ERA (27 ER/74.1 IP), with a 0.86 WHIP and .199 BAA...a 0.86 WHIP is the lowest of any IL SP (min. 50.0 IP), and seventh-lowest in Minor League Baseball.

HOT WINGS: With last night's victory, the Red Wings moved to a season-high 23 games over .500 for the first time since they finished the 1997 season 83-58...they are now just 2.5 games back of first-place Worcester and Durham in the International League second half, despite having the most wins in Triple-A (67) and second-most (T-2nd with AA TUL) in Minor League Baseball...34 of those wins have been on the road, and another victory this afternoon would be tied for the most wins away from home (35 in '24, '18) since 2017 (39).

FREQUENT FLYERS: The Red Wings connected on four home runs for the second-straight night, and third time in their last four games...this is the first time the Red Wings have hit at least four homers in back-to-back games since 7/29 & 7/30 in 2025 against CLT, and is just the second time they have done so against the RailRiders since at least 2004 (5/9, 5/11-G1 in 2024)...since the series began on 8/4, Rochester ranks second in the International League behind Columbus (16) and third in Minor League baseball with 14 home runs...this is tied for the most homers the Red Wings have hit in a single series this season (14 vs. SYR, 5/25-31), and are the most on the road since last season's series in Charlotte (17).

PINEDA-RADE: RF LEANDRO PINEDA homered for the second-straight contest in last night's win, and finished 2-for-3 while adding an RBI double and a second run scored...this is just the second time that the Venezuela native has homered in back-to-back games in his professional career, with the first coming on 5/18 & 5/19 in 2024 with High-A Jersey Shore (PHI)...he has picked up a hit in seven of his first 10 Triple-A games since joining on 7/25, leading all qualified Red Wings in batting average (.343), SLG (.800), OPS (1.215), total bases (28), and extra-base hits (8) in that span... Pineda's solo homer in the sixth marked the 250th RBI of his professional career.

TREY IT AIN'T SO: LF TREY LIPSCOMB continued his torrid stretch with his fourth multi-hit performance in his last five games in last night's victory, going 2-for-5 with his 20th homer of the season, while adding a double and a pair of runs scored...he has now picked up a hit in six consecutive games dating back to the series finale against Syracuse on 8/2, tied for the International League-lead with 11 total hits over the course of the streak...his home run in the ninth traveled 420 feet, pulling him into a tie with Abimelec Ortiz for the team lead with his ninth home run this season to land at least 400 feet away from home plate...it was the 50th of his Minor League career and 35th as a Red Wing, second-most of any player in the Nationals era (since 2021) behind Travis Blankenhorn (49)... Lipscomb and YOHANDY MORALES are just the third pair of right-handed Red Wings hitters to hit 20 homers in the same season since ESL Ballpark opened in 1997...they join Wilin Rosario (20) and Zander Wiel (24) in 2019, and Ryan Minor (21) and Julio Vinas (20) in 1999.

KINGS LANDING: Leading things off for the Red Wings last night, SS SEAVER KING led off the ballgame with his sixth homer as a Red Wing on the third pitch of the game, a 403-foot shot off rehabbing New York Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón...it marked the Red Wings' fourth leadoff homer of the season, and first since Christian Franklin went deep on 6/7 at Lehigh Valley...King finished the contest 2-for-3, later adding a single, two walks, and three runs scored...in seven games since returning from the Injured List on 7/3,0 the Georgia native is reaching base at a .424 clip, drawing six walks while notching three XBH (HR, 2 2B) with eight runs scored... Coming into this afternoon's series finale, King carries a .370/.449/.740 slash line with 14 XBH (6 HR, 3B, 11 2B) and 24 RBI across 18 day games with Rochester and Double-A Harrisburg.

YO CATCH THESE HANDS!: 1B YOHANDY MORALES smashed another ball out of PNC Field in a 1-for-4 night at the plate in Saturday's blowout win over the Rail Riders...the home run was his second in as many games since coming off the injured list on 8/7...the former Miami Hurricane is slashing .290/.375/.522 with eight extra-base hits and 13 RBI in 69 career at-bats against Scranton/WB...after missing 15 games due to injury, Morales still leads all Nationals Minor Leaguers in home runs (23) and SLG (.553), while ranking second in OPS (.926), and third in RBI (65), hits (98), total bases (183), and runs (69)... In his career, Morales is hitting .300 (3-for-10) with a home run and a double against RailRiders starter this afternoon, RHP Brendan Beck.

NO FLY ZONE: Seven Red Wings pitchers combined to shut out Scranton/WB on just seven hits last night, their sixth shutout of the season and second against the RailRiders (4/22)...RHP CONNOR VAN SCOYOC and RHP EDDY YEAN were the only arms to turn in more than 1.0 inning of work, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings apiece...since returning from the All-Star break on 7/17, the Red Wings pitching staff leads all Triple-A teams and ranks second in full-season Minor League Baseball with a 3.23 ERA (62 ER/173.0 IP), trailing only Single-A Hickory (TEX, 3.13)...they also rank second in Triple-A with a .223 BAA and 13 holds, and have allowed the third-fewest hits (145)... Seven pitchers are the most used by the Red Wings in a shutout since at least 2004.

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