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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - July 28 vs. Scranton-W/B

Published on July 28, 2022 under International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Scranton-W/B RailRiders (47-48) vs. Rochester Red Wings (47-48)

Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 11:05 a.m. ET - Frontier Field - Rochester, NY

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio | TV: MiLB.tv

RHP Hayden Wesneski (6-7, 3.39) vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (5-8, 7.95)

A WIN RECESSION: The Wings dropped their seventh consecutive game Wednesday night, 7-4, in front of the largest home Wednesday-night crowd since July 31, 2019...RHP Cade Cavalli pitched five scoreless innings in his start while striking out three batters in the process...OF Josh Palacios extended his hitting streak to 16 games and his on-base streak to 29 games following a sixth-inning single...1B Joey Meneses hit his first triple of the year and scored after OF David Dahl hit a two-run homer to extend the lead to 3-0...Rochester gave up five runs in the seventh and were unable to rally, dropping game two against Scranton.

CAN'T TOUCH CADE: RHP Cade Cavalli went five scoreless innings while recording both his 250th career strikeout and 100th in a Wings' uniform...the Nationals' top prospect has not given up an earned run in the month of July, going 15.2 scoreless innings over three starts...Cavalli has a chance to be the first Wing to win International League Pitcher of the Month since LHP Francisco Liriano in 2008 (LHP Ben Braymer won Triple-A East pitcher of the month last season during the one-year hiatus of the IL)...the righty has now started 16 games this season with a 1.90 ERA (42.2 IP/9 ER) in his last eight starts, along with 3.53 K/BB (46 K/13 BB).

Cavalli would be just the second right-handed Wings pitcher to win the International League Pitcher of the Week honors since the award started being handed out (2003)...Cavalli would join Mike Smith (July, 2006) as the other righty to earn the honors.

All three IL Pitcher of the Month awards earned by Wings pitchers have come in the month of July, and should Cavalli earn the honors, the righty would fall in line, earning the award for his July performance.

Red Wings IL Pitcher of the Month Honors

Francisco Liriano...July...2008

Francisco Liriano...July...2005

Mike Smith...........July...2006

Red Wings Triple-A East Pitcher of the Month Honors

Ben Braymer......August..2021

HE'S GONE STREAKING: OF Josh Palacios' single in the sixth inning tied Nolan Gorman's (MEM) 16-game hitting streak (04/08 - 04/30), the longest in the IL this season...the former Auburn Tiger also moved his on-base streak to 29 games...both are currently the longest active streaks in the International League...Palacios' streak is the longest by a Wing since Nick Gordon had a 16-game hit streak in 2019.

LUCKY SEVEN: 1B Joey Meneses extended his hitting streak to seven games, giving Rochester a 1-0 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth...the triple was Meneses' first of the year with his last coming on August 14, 2021 (w/ WOR)...in his last seven games, the righty is 11-for-32 (.344) with three homers and nine RBI...the 30-year-old has multiple hits in each of the first two games this series.

Should the righty homer in tonight's contest, he will be the quickest to 21 homers since Chris Colabello in 2013.

THURS-DAY GAMES: The Rochester Red Wings head into Thursday's contest with a 16-13 record in day games this season...despite losing three straight day games, the Wings are just one of three teams in the International League-East that are over .500 in day games in 2022...Rochester is also 12-3 in games on Thursday this year, one of just two days the Wings boast a winning record...the squad posts the second best average (.282, 148-for-524), second most RBI (93) and the third most homers (25) in the International League on this day of the week.

BABY DAHL: OF David Dahl hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning of tonight's contest...the homer was his first in a Wings uniform (four total games)...prior to the game, the former Rockies first-round pick had just one hit in 12 at-bats since joining the team...Dahl's 10 homers this year are his most in a Triple-A season.

I MISS THE OLD YOU: With last night's loss, Rochester falls to below .500 for the first time since opening day's loss to Toledo...the Wings are now on their second-longest losing streak of the year at seven games (long: eight games, 6/7 - 6/15)...the club is 12-29 over their last 41 contests after starting the season 35-19...since starting the year 5-1 against Scranton, Rochester is 2-6 against the RailRiders (7-7 this season).

WELCOME TO THE ROC: RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon will make his Red Wings debut in today's matchup with Scranton...Ponce de Leon posted a 7.95 ERA (71.1IP/63 ER) in the Pacific Coast League this year, but has a 2.60 ERA (93.1 IP/27 ER) in the International League since 2019...the former St. Louis Cardinals draft pick has pitched 147.2 innings spanning four Big League seasons...Ponce de Leon posts a 4.33 ERA in his MLB career.

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