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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - June 28 vs. Worcester

June 28, 2022 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Worcester Red Sox (37-35) vs. Rochester Red Wings (40-32)

Tuesday - 7:05 p.m. ET - Frontier Field - Rochester, NY

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

RHP Kutter Crawford (0-0, 5.89) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (ML-Rehab)

MICROWAVING THE WINGS: The Wings picked up their 40th win and split the series with Syracuse after taking the finale by a score of 2-1...RHP Logan Verrett went seven innings, allowing just one run on two hits while striking out six batters...cleanup hitter Josh Palacios gave the Wings their first run with an RBI single in the first and second baseman Jake Noll continued the offensive prowess, going 2-for-3 with a double... RHP Tyler Clippard logged an innings of work before RHP Jordan Weems came on an recorded a scoreless 9th, earning his third save of the series and his 11th of the year...the Wings welcome Worcester in to town and will send rehabbing Anibal Sanchez to the mound in search of extending the Red Wings win streak against Worcester to eight games...the Woo Sox will send RHP Kutter Crawford to the mound.

THE SYRACUSE ASSASSIN STRIKES AGAIN: The Wings have recorded back-to-back quality starts after RHP Logan Verrett pitched seven innings on Sunday, allowing just two hits, one run, and six strikeouts...Verrett's seven innings pitched is his longest outing of the season, and the first time he has gone seven innings in an outing since October 2nd, 2021 with Triple-A Tacoma...the veteran now has a 1.29 ERA (28 IP/4 ER) versus Syracuse this season (five starts)...the Wings have won four consecutive versus the Mets when Verrett takes the mound.

THE BIG FOUR ZERO: Sunday's 2-1 win over Syracuse gets the Red Wings their 40th win of the year and improves their record in one-run games to 15-7 this season...with the win, Rochester splits the series versus the Mets (3-3) and moves to 12-6 against Syracuse this year...the Wings are currently tied with Lehigh Valley (40-32) and are 1.5 games back of Buffalo for first place in the International League-East...after splitting the first six games, Rochester will begin the latter half of their 12-game homestand against Worcester, a team that they swept in the first series that they faced each other (5/10-5/15).

KEEP IT NOLLING: After going 2-for-3 with a double on Sunday, second baseman Jake Noll now has a seven-game hit streak...Noll's two-bagger ties him with teammate Andrew Stevenson for the International League-lead in doubles (20)...Noll's double was the only extra-base-hit of the game...the Wings now have an extra-base knock in 70 out of 72 games this season.

PUSHIN' (P)ALACIOS: Right fielder Josh Palacios went 1-for-3 with an RBI in the Rochester win...Palacios finishes the series 9-for-21 (.428) with five RBI...the Wings' outfielder has 13 of his 33 RBI this season versus the Mets (w/ ROC).

ANIBAL SO HARD: RHP Anibal Sanchez will make his first career start for Rochester and second rehab start of the season today...his first rehab start this season came with the FCL Nationals on June 23 where he pitched three innings, allowing just one run and one hit with three strikeouts...prior to his FCL rehab start, Sanchez had not pitched since September 26, 2020 (w/ WSH)...the 38-year old veteran has been pitching in Major League Baseball since 2006 with his career spanning across four teams (MIA, DET, ATL and, WSH).

SAVED BY THE WEEMS: RHP Jordan Weems gets his 11th save of the year, tying him for the second-most in the International League...Weems is 7-for-7 in save opportunities versus Syracuse this season and went 3-for-3 this series...the Wings closer heads into a series versus Worcester having gone 2-for-2 in save opportunities against the Woo Sox...he struck out five batters in three appearances while allowing just one run against Worcester earlier this year...Weems is the first pitcher to record three saves in a series since Carl Edwards Jr. did it during May versus Scranton.

STEVENSON GETS AROUND: Outfielder Andrew Stevenson logged a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in the Wings' 2-1 win...Sunday marked Stevenson's 28th game this season where he logged at least one run scored...the lefty now has 20 swipes on the year, tying him second in the International League for stolen bags...across the Mets' series, Stevenson posted a .384 average (10-for-26), earning a home run, triple, four runs, six RBI and three swiped bags.

A WIN IS A WIN: Sunday's contest marked the first time Rochester had been struck out 14 times as a team since September 15, 2021, versus Buffalo...the win also marked the 12th time that the Wings' offense failed to eclipse five hits in 2022 and was just the fourth time this year Rochester secured a win while failing to pick up more than five knocks (4-8)...Rochester now has a .500 record when the opposing team scores first, improving to a 20-20 record when playing from behind.

MAKING MONEY MOVES: On Monday, the Washington Nationals recalled left-handed pitcher Sam Clay from Triple-A Rochester and optioned left-handed pitcher Francisco Perez to Triple-A Rochester...Perez had a 10.80 ERA in four appearances with the Nationals this year (8.2 IP/7ER), but just a 3.12 ERA in 17 innings with the Red Wings this season...LHP Sam Clay has a 3.10 ERA (20.1 IP/7ER) in 21 games with Rochester this season...Clay has a 6.14 ERA in June, allowing five earned runs in just 7.1 innings.

WOOO-BACK BABY: The Wings head into the Worcester series having swept the Woo Sox earlier this year, out-scoring Worcester 39-19 in the process...the Wings' +20 run differential is their largest in any series this season...Red Wings pitchers averaged just a 2.45 ERA (55 IP/15 ER) in the series versus Worcester, tied for our second-lowest in any series this season (2.17 ERA vs. SWB 5/3-5/8).

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