Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - September 24 at Memphis
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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - September 24 at Memphis

Published on September 24, 2026 under International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Rochester Red Wings (1-1, 90-58) vs. Memphis Redbirds (1-1, 83-67)

Thursday - 7:45 p.m. ET - AutoZone Park - Memphis, TN

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Sports Live

RHP Zak Kent (NR) vs. RHP Ryan Fernandez (NR)

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS: Rochester enters tonight's decisive Game 3 with the International League Championship Series tied at one game apiece...the Red Wings finished Game 2 with four unanswered runs over the final two innings and produced five of their six hits over the final three frames...10 of Rochester's 13 total baserunners reached from the sixth inning forward, including five during a three-run eighth...the Wings drew six walks and recorded three of their four RBI with two outs...Rochester will send RHP ZAK KENT to the mound tonight at AutoZone Park with an opportunity to secure the franchise's first International League championship since 1997.

ZAK ATTACK: RHP ZAK KENT will take the ball for Rochester in tonight's winner-take-all Game 3 of the International League Championship Series...the right-hander joined the Nationals organization in May and contributed at both Triple-A and the Major League level, making 11 appearances for Washington and going 4-0 across 32 outings with Rochester...Kent struck out 43 while walking 15 over 46.0 innings for the Wings, posting a 1.30 WHIP while working as both a starter and reliever...including his time with St. Paul, he finished the Triple-A season 5-0 and did not take a loss in 40 appearances...Rochester won each of his final two regular-season starts as the club completed its run to the International League second-half championship, with Kent combining for seven strikeouts and two walks over 7.0 innings.

OLE(ANDRO): RF-1B LEANDRO PINEDA supplied two of Rochester's six hits and drove in two of the club's four runs, finishing 2-for-4 in the loss...his first hit came on the first pitch of the fifth inning, when he sent a slider through the right side for the Red Wings first hit of the night...three innings later, Pineda lined a four-seam fastball into right field with two outs, driving in a pair of runs...both of his hits went to the opposite field, with one coming against a breaking ball and the other against a fastball...he is 3-for-8 (.375) through the first two games of the series, tied with SEAVER KING and ANDREW PINCKNEY for the team lead in hits...

Including the regular season, Pineda has now reached safely in 39 consecutive games and 46 of his 47 as a Red Wing.

SHUTTING THE DOOR: RHP BEN GRABLE and RHP ANDRY LARA combined to hold Memphis scoreless over the final four innings last night, allowing two hits without issuing a walk while striking out four...Grable worked a perfect fifth on 15 pitches before Lara covered the final three frames...together, the two right-handers retired the first 11 batters they faced, threw 42 of 63 pitches for strikes (66.7% strike rate), and retired 12 of 14 batters overall...Lara recorded each of his nine outs through a strikeout, groundout or flyout, finishing with three strikeouts, four groundouts and two flyouts

LAYING DOWN THE LAW: SS CORTLAND LAWSON entered defensively in the sixth inning and went 1-for-2 with an RBI in his first two plate appearances of the postseason...after striking out in the eighth, Lawson battled through a six-pitch at-bat in the ninth and lined a slider into left field to score LF SAM PETERSEN ...the two-out single was Lawson's first postseason hit and RBI and gave Rochester its fourth consecutive inning with at least one baserunner...he has now picked up a hit in four consecutive games dating back to 9/16 in Buffalo, going 6-for-13 (.462) with a home run, triple, double, three RBI and four runs scored.

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