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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - Friday, May 18 vs. Louisville

May 18, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 w FRONTIER FIELD

GAME #41 - HOME GAME #18 - 7:05 P.M.

LOUISVILLE BATS (13-29) at ROCHESTER RED WINGS (16-24)

LHP JEFF FRANCIS (2-4, 4.17) vs. RHP LIAM HENDRIKS (1-0, 1.54)

DO THE SAMBA: The Rochester Red Wings tonight close out their 4-game series with Louisville (Reds) and tomorrow welcome Gwinnett (Braves) for the start of another 4-game series. Rochester will take Wednesday off and then hit the road for 8 games, including a pair of 4-game sets at Gwinnett and Charlotte (White Sox).

a The Red Wings' game vs. Gwinnett on Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. (5:05 a.m. in Hawaii) will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable Sports and simulcast nationally on MLB Network.

a Beginning tomorrow, the Red Wings will play 8 straight games against Gwinnett. The club hasn't had that long of a stretch against one team since playing Louisville 8 games in a row June 9-17, 2007. The Wings went 3-5 in those games to quickly wrap up the season series.

BASEBALL MONTH IN ROCHESTER: The Red Wings and Monroe County have proclaimed May as "Baseball Month in Rochester." Frontier Field is hosting games on 26 of the 31 days in the month, as the Empire State Yankees share the downtown ballpark with the Red Wings. Today in Rochester for the Louisville-Red Wings game:

a Hosted organization in suite: Volunteers of America - Western New York, which works to break the cycle of poverty

a Spikes appearance: Dansville Elementary School (Dansville, NY)

a Raffle items: Andy Parrino autographed Padres jersey, Josh Hamilton autographed bat, Nick Markakis autographed bat, Garrett Jones autographed baseball, Tsuyoshi Nishioka autographed baseball, Brandon Laird autographed baseball

a Money raised from the raffle last night: $237...Month-to-date total: $5,549...all money goes to the organizations being hosted in the suite

A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA: The Red Wings last night played their 2nd extra-inning game, an 11-inning affair that is the club's longest of the year. The Wings lost 5-4 in 8 innings in the first game of an April 26 doubleheader vs. Syracuse (Nationals).

a Rochester went 18 games into the season without playing extra innings until that April 26 contest vs. Syracuse. It was the longest such streak to start a season since 2003, when the Red Wings played 11 innings in their 31st game May 7 at Durham (Rays). The Wings won 4-3 that day.

a The Red Wings played 12 extra-inning games in 2011, including 2 against Louisville. The Wings went 4-8 in those contests, including a 2-0 mark against the Bats.

NEW YEAR, SAME RECORD: Rochester has started its season 16-24 for the 2nd straight year. The Red Wings last year lost their 41st game, a 9-3 setback vs. Syracuse. Should the Wings win tonight, it would mark their best 41-game start since the 2009 club went 21-20.

a The Red Wings are 7-10 in May, yet are in within reach of their first winning calendar month since August 2009, when they went 17-15.

a Sean Burroughs leads current Red Wings with a .313 (10-for-32) average in 11 games in May.

SERIES BUSINESS: A victory tonight would give t he Red Wings their first win of a series longer than 2 games. Each of Rochester's 3 series wins have been 2-game sweeps: April 5-6 at Syracuse, April 20-22 vs. Lehigh Valley (Phillies), and May 5 vs. Buffalo (Mets). The Wings have split 3 of their 4 four-game series.

a The Red Wings have won 3 of their last 4 season series against Louisville, the lone loss coming in 2010 with a 3-5 record.

LOW FIVE: The Red Wings have scored 5 runs or less in 38 of their 40 games, the lone exceptions being Opening Day at Syracuse (a 7-3 win) and Thursday at Pawtucket (a 7-6 loss). The Wings have scored 5 or more runs on 8 occasions and are 6-2 in those games.

a Rochester ranks last in the International League with 118 runs scored, 21 fewer than the next closest team Lehigh Valley (139).

START ME UP: Red Wings starting pitchers have posted just one victory in the last 9 games. Jeff Manship, who leads current Red Wings with 3 wins (his other 2 wins came as a reliever), was victorious Wednesday vs. Louisville.

a 7 of the Red Wings' 16 wins have come from starters Scott Diamond and P.J. Walters, both of whom are now with the Twins. Diamond pitches tonight at Milwaukee.

a Red Wings starters are 10-12 with a 3.73 ERA (85 ER/205.0 IP).

COUNTRYMEN: Two players on the Red Wings' active roster hail from Australia: Brendan Wise and tonight's starter, Liam Hendriks. In fact, 6 countries are being represented by the Red Wings, including Canada (Rene Tosoni), Dominican Republic (Pedro Florimon, Wilkin Ramirez, and Esmerling Vasquez), Japan (Tsuyoshi Nishioka), Venezuela (Deolis Guerra and Lester Oliveros), and the United States. Rene Rivera, not to go unnoticed, is a native of Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY: In 2004, Randy Johnson tosses the 17th perfect game in baseball history, a 2-0 win at Atlanta...in 1990, Hall of Famer and current Lehigh Valley manager Ryne Sandberg commits an error in a 7-0 loss at Houston, ending his major league-record errorless streak at 123 games...Joe Morgan had the previous record of 91 games...also, a happy 75th birthday today to former Oriole and Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

0 Opponent Time Probable A0 TV/Radio

Saturday, May 19 vs. Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. LHP Yohan Flande (1-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Cole DeVries (0-4, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Sunday, May 20 vs. Gwinnett 1:05 p.m. RHP Todd Redmond (3-3, 2.84) vs. LHP Luke French (0-0, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Monday, May 21 vs. Gwinnett 7:05 p.m. RHP Jair Jurrjens (2-0, 2.05) vs. RHP Jeff Manship (3-1, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Tuesday, May 22 vs. Gwinnett 11:05 a.m. RHP Julio Teheran vs. RHP Daryl Thompson (1-4, 4.42) TWCS, MLB/WYSL 1040 AM, FM 92.1

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