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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - Monday, June 11 at Indianapolis (Pirates)

June 11, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 w VICTORY FIELD

GAME #64 - ROAD GAME #34 - 7:05 P.M.

ROCHESTER RED WINGS (29-34) at INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (36-27)

LHP MATT MALONEY (0-1, 4.86) vs. LHP JUSTIN WILSON (4-4, 4.23)

LOOKING FOR A WINDIANAPOLIS: The Rochester Red Wings tonight play the 3rd game of their 4-game series at the West Division-leading Indianapolis Indians (Pirates). The Wings started the 8-game roadtrip by winning Saturday's series opener 2-0 and losing 8-1 yesterday. Following this 4-game set at Victory Field, the Wings will take Wednesday off and then play a 4-game series at Louisville (Reds).

a The Red Wings return home June 18 for an 8-game stay with a pair of 4-game series vs. Durham (Rays) and Charlotte (White Sox).

LIAM ON ME: Red Wings' righthander Liam Hendriks today was named the International League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 4-10. The 23-year-old, who signed with the Twins as a non-drafted free agent out of Australia in 2007, went 2-0 with a 15.2 scoreless innings in 2 starts. He tossed a 7-inning shutout with 8 strikeouts June 4 vs. Columbus (Indians) and worked 8.2 innings with 10 strikeouts Saturday at Indianapolis.

a Hendriks's outing Saturday was the longest start by a Wings' pitcher this season, falling one out shy of the club's first 9-inning complete game since Jeff Manship's 4-hit shutout vs. Norfolk (Orioles) June 3, 2010. Hendriks also logged 10 strikeouts Saturday for the Red Wings' first 10-strikeout game since Andrew Baldwin fanned 10 August 17, 2011 at Lehigh Valley (Phillies).

a Hendriks is 5-0 with a 1.94 ERA in 7 starts with the Red Wings. He would lead the league in ERA if he had enough innings to qualify. He is the first Wings' pitcher to start a season 5-0 since Anthony Swarzak went 5-0 in his first 6 starts of the 2008 campaign.

STILL RESPECTABLE: The Red Wings' winning streak ended at 4 games with yesterday's 8-1 loss at Indianapolis. Despite the loss, the Red Wings have still won 4 of their last 5, 6 of their last 8, 7 of their last 10, and 10 of their last 13. The Wings are 15-11 in their last 26 games beginning May 15 and are 20-18 beginning May 3.

a Rochester's 15-11 record beginning May 15 is 4th best in the IL in that time. The list:

Rank Team Record Winning %

1. Charlotte 17-8 .680

2. Empire State 17-11 .607

3. Pawtucket 15-10 .600

4. Rochester 15-11 .577

5. Lehigh Valley 14-11 .560

a The Wings tonight look to avoid losing back-to-back games for the first time since a 4-game losing streak May 25-28.

JUNE SWOON: At 7-3, the Red Wings are tied with Charlotte for the best record in the league in June. Rochester is off to its best 10-game start to a calendar month since going 7-3 in May 2009. That club went on to win its next 3 games.

a The Red Wings are looking for their first winning record in a calendar month since August 2009, when they went 17-15.

a Despite surrendering 8 runs yesterday at Indianapolis, the Red Wings still lead the league with a 2.17 ERA (21 ER/87.0 IP) in 10 games in June. The next closest team is Charlotte, which has a 2.45 ERA (24 ER/88.0 IP) in 10 games.

EXTRA! EXTRA!: The Red Wings have recorded at least one extra-base hit in 37 consecutive games, their longest such streak since July 31-September 5, 2009, when they had a 38-game streak.

a Rochester yesterday got a double from J.R. Towles and a double and a triple from Danny Valencia. Matt Carson leads the team with 20 extra-base hits (16 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 home runs).

a The Red Wings' 37-game extra-base hit streak is the longest active streak in the IL. Syracuse has the 2nd longest, with an extra-base hit in 32 straight games.

RISPY BUSINESS: The Red Wings are just 1-for-14 (.071) with runners in scoring position in the first 2 games of this series at Indianapolis. Rene Rivera's RBI single in the 6th on Saturday is the lone such hit. Rochester is batting .200 (13-for-65) with men in scoring position in June. Five of the 13 hits came Friday vs. Norfolk.

a Rochester is hitting .226 (117-for-518) with runners in scoring position overall, the 3rd-lowest mark in the IL. Only Louisville (.208, 116-for-557) and Durham (.212, 109-for-515) have lower averages.

a The Red Wings rank last in the league with 205 runs scored, 18 behind the next closest team Durham, which has 223.

TIGHTENING UP: The Red Wings have played 4 straight games without committing an error after making a combined 5 miscues in their previous 2 contests. Rochester's longest consecutive games streak without an error is 5 from May 26-31. The last Wings' miscue was an Anthony Slama throwing error in the 6th inning of Wednesday's game vs. Norfolk.

a The Red Wings rank 7th in the league with a .979 fielding percentage. Rochester also ranked 7th in 2011 with a .980 field percentage.

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY: In 2003, the Astros shut out the Yankees 8-0 at Yankee Stadium as 6 Houston pitchers combine on a no-hitter. Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel, and Billy Wagner accomplish the feat.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

0 Opponent Time Probable A0 TV/Radio

Tuesday, June 12 at Indianapolis 7:05 p.m. RHP Samuel Deduno (0-1, 3.94) vs. RHP Rick VandenHurk (3-0, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Thursday, June 14 at Louisville 7:05 p.m. LHP Luke French (1-1, 4.03) vs. LHP Brian Feierabend (0-1, WHTK 1280 AM

Friday, June 15 at Louisville 7:05 p.m. RHP Liam Hendriks (5-0, 1.94) vs. RHP Chad Reineke (2-4, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Saturday, June 16 at Louisville 6:05 p.m. RHP Cole DeVries (1-5, 5.18) vs. RHP Tim Gustafson (1-1, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Sunday, June 17 at Louisville 6:05 p.m. LHP Matt Maloney vs. RHP Pedro 0 WHTK 1280 AM

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