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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - May 3 at Scranton-W/B

May 3, 2023 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Rochester Red Wings (9-17) vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (11-17)

Wednesday - 6:35 p.m. ET - PNC Field - Moosic, PA

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Live, MiLB.TV

RHP Odalvi Javier (0-0, 10.38) vs. RHP Mitch Spence (1-2, 7.97)

HERE COMES TREBLE: The Rochester Red Wings dropped game one of the six-game set, 3-1, versus Scranton Tuesday night...RHP JOAN ADON logged the Wings' first quality start of the year, going six innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits while logging four strikeouts... RHP GERSON MORENO and LHP JOSE FERRER covered the final two frames, allowing one run on two hits...Rochester's lone RBI of the night came off the bat of C KEVIN PLAWECKI, who collected an RBI single...DH JAKE ALU logged the Wings only multi-hit game of the night, going 2-for-4 with a doublet...RHP ODALVI JAVIER gets the ball for the Wings in tonight's matchup, making his first career Triple-A start.

QUALITY CONTROL: RHP JOAN ADON logged his first career quality start at the Triple-A level Tuesday night...he allowed just two earned runs and one walk in 6.0 innings of work...this was Adon's tenth professional quality start, last occurring with Washington on 5/28/22-G2 vs. Colorado...

Adon is the first Red Wings pitcher to record a quality start this season.

EXTRA-EFFORT: DH JAKE ALU and 1B TRAVIS BLANKENHORN both recorded doubles in the loss Tuesday night...the Wings have now logged extra-base hits in a season-long ninth-straight game dating back to 4/21, slashing 20 total extra-base hits over that span...

Brian Daubach's batters have logged at least one double in seven straight games, which is the longest such streak this season.

In the '22 season, the Wings' longest streak of consecutive games with at least one double was 19, spanning from 9/6 - 9/27.

JAKE FROM STATE FARM: DH JAKE ALU recorded his third multi-hit game of the year Tuesday, going 2-for-4 and a double in the loss...

Through his first 16 games with the Wings in '22, Alu logged two multi-hit games...he has logged three through his first 16 games this season.

WEARING THE LEFT HOOK: The Red Wings are now 0-8 when their opponents start a left-handed pitcher...in '22, Rochester posted a 19-28 record when their foe started a southpaw, including a 6-1 start going into May 3...

The Wings have hit .277 (64-for-231) against lefties this year, recording five of their 23 homers off LHP...in '22, the Wings hit .261 (355-for-1358), with 39 of their 133 homers against left-handers.

STARTING OFF RIGHT: Dating back to last Wednesday (4/26), Rochester starters have worked 25.2 innings, allowing just seven earned runs on 15 hits over five games (2.46 ERA)...over that span, the Wings pitching staff has allowed the fewest hits (29) among International League teams...their 2.25 ERA (11 ER / 44.0 IP) ranks second lowest in the IL.

CHASING DOUBLE DIGITS: Through the first 26 games of the season, the Red Wings are the only team in the International League still searching for their tenth win of the year, owning a 9-17 record coming into Wednesday...

Dating back to 2013, 2018 marks the only year in which the Wings entered the month of May with less than 10 wins.

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