Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - Friday, August 3 at Toledo (Tigers)
August 3, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012 w FIFTH THIRD FIELD
GAME #113 - ROAD GAME #59 - 7:00 P.M.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS (56-56) at TOLEDO MUD HENS (44-69)
RHP SHAIRON MARTIS (1-1, 7.88) vs. LHP ADAM WILK (4-10, 2.97)
MUDHENS WRESTLING: The Rochester Red Wings tonight play the 2nd game of their 4-game series at Toledo (Tigers), continuing an 8-game roadtrip that started with a 3-1 series win at Columbus (Indians) and a 4-1 triumph in yesterday's opener at Fifth Third Field. Rochester returns to Frontier Field Monday for a 6-game homestand, which includes a 4-game series against Empire State (Yankees) and a 2-game set against Pawtucket (Red Sox).
ROSTER NEWS: Right-handed pitcher P.J. Walters tomorrow will make a rehab start at Toledo, his 3rd since the Twins placed him on the 15-Day Disabled List June 14 with right shoulder inflammation. His other starts came July 1 vs. Empire State and July 6 vs. Pawtucket before he was recalled from rehab due to the same injury.
a Righthander Lester Oliveros today was placed on the 7-Day DL with loose bodies in his right elbow. Oliveros also missed 22 games from June 20-July 13 while on the DL with a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament. He went 0-1 with 2 saves and a 1.69 ERA (2 ER/10.2 IP) in 6 games after returning from his first DL stint. The 24-year-old is 1-2 with 6 saves and a 3.07 ERA in 19 games with the Red Wings overall.
BREAKING BAD: The Red Wings have won 4 games in a row and are back to the .500 mark for the first time since having a 51-51 record entering play on July 23. The Wings were last one game over .500 at 50-49 after a 14-8 win at Norfolk (Orioles) July 19. Rochester's season-high watermark was 3 games above the break-even point at 5-2 after a 2-1 victory April 11 vs. Pawtucket.
a The Red Wings' 4-game winning streak is a season high for the 5th time. A victory tonight would give the Red Wings their longest winning streak since a 5-game run August 10-14, 2010. That streak started with the 2nd game of an August 10 doubleheader.
a The 4-game winning streak is the longest active winning streak in the International League.
a The Wings have also won a season-high 4 straight road games. It is Rochester's longest road winning streak since April 8-19, 2011, when they won 4 in a row. A victory tonight would give the Red Wings their longest road winning streak since April 28-May 2, 2007, when they won 5 in a row away from Frontier Field.
CREAM OF THE CROP: The Red Wings are a league-best 19-11 beginning July 1, 1.0 game ahead of Columbus in that time. A look at the best records in the IL since the start of July:
Rank Team Record
1. 19-11
2. A0 18-12
3. Indianapolis (Pirates) 18-13
T4. Charlotte (White Sox) 16-13
0 16-13
a The Red Wings are 36-26 since sitting a season-worst 10 games below .500 at 20-30 on May 28. Going back further, Rochester is 42-33 beginning May 15 and 47-40 beginning May 3.
WINNING WAYS: At 56-56, the Red Wings are off to their best 112-game start since 2007, when they were 60-52. The 2011 club was 24 games under .500 at 44-68 at this point last season and finished 53-91. The 2010 team was 32 games below .500 at 40-72 at this juncture and went on to finish only 49-95.
a Rochester is looking for its first winning season since the 2008 club finished 74-70.
ROAD TO SUCCESS: The Red Wings are just 20-30 in true road games, but they have won 4 straight, 8 of their last 12, and 9 of their last 14 away from Frontier Field. Rochester has won only 3 road series all year, winning 3 of 4 games at Louisville (Reds) June 14-17, Norfolk (Orioles) July 16-19, and Columbus.
a The Red Wings, meanwhile, are 36-26 at Frontier Field, a record that includes an 8-8 mark as the "road" team against Empire State.
SERIES BUSINESS: With last night's victory, t he Red Wings clinched their 5th season series win of 2012 after winning only one in 2011. The Wings have season series wins against Charlotte (5-3), Columbus (6-2), Louisville (6-2), Norfolk (6-2), and Toledo. The Red Wings' lone season series victory in 2011 came against Louisville (5-3). They had none in 2010 while the 2009 club had 6.
a The Red Wings are 34-23 against teams outside the IL North Division and just 22-33 against division rivals.
PICKING UP THE PACE: Since managing only one hit July 27 vs. Syracuse (Nationals), the Red Wings' offense has logged 10 or more hits in a season-high 5 straight games. They are batting .324 (67-for-207) during the 5-game tear.
a The Wings last collected 10 or more hits in at least 5 consecutive games August 14-19, 2010, when they had a 5-game streak. They last logged 10 or more hits in at least 6 consecutive games August 13-19, 2009, when they had an 8-game streak.
a The Red Wings have homered at least once in 7 straight games (14 total). Their season-high homer streak is 8 games from June 14-21.
NO ONE LEFT BEHIND: The Red Wings enter tonight's game against lefthander Adam Wilk having won 6 games in a row with an opposing left-handed starter. The Wings last lost a contest with a southpaw on the hill June 30, when they fell 6-4 to Empire State and its lefty starter Mike O'Connor.
BAKER'S DOZEN?: Chris Parmelee enters tonight's game with an 12-game hitting streak, the longest by a Red Wing in 2012. Parmelee is batting .415 (22-for-53) with 5 homers and 16 RBI during the tear. He has also hit safely in 16 of his last 17 games, batting .389 (28-for-72).
a Parmelee has 3 homers in his last 2 games and 6 homers in his last 7 contests. He has 10 in just 37 games with the Red Wings overall.
a Parmelee has recorded an RBI in 7 straight games (12 total), the longest such streak by a Red Wing since Jeff Bailey's 7-game tear July 26-August 2, 2011 (10 total). No Red Wing since at least 2004 has registered an 8-game RBI streak. In fact, the only other Red Wing with a 7-game RBI streak since the start of the 2005 season is Randy Ruiz, who turned the trick July 25-31, 2008 (11 total).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
0 Opponent Time Probable A0 TV/Radio
Saturday, August 4 at Toledo 7:00 p.m. RHP P.J. Walters (3-1, 2.76) vs. LHP Casey Crosby (6-4, A0 WHTK 1280 AM
Sunday, August 5 at Toledo 6:00 p.m. RHP Esmerling Vasquez (5-5, 3.62) vs. RHP Brooks Brown (3-3, A0 WHTK 1280 AM
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