Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - September 9 at Syracuse
September 9, 2023 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Rochester Red Wings (27-32, 61-71) vs. Syracuse Mets (21-37, 54-78)
Saturday - 6:35 p.m. ET - NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY
Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Live, MiLB.TV
RHP Roddery Muñoz (0-3, 8.53) vs. RHP David Griffin (2-5, 7.58)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: The Rochester Red Wings snapped a short two-game skid with a 11-6 win over Syracuse last night...the offense picked up double-digit hits for the fourth-straight game, including multi-hit performances from LF DARREN BAKER, RF ERICK MEJIA and C BRADY LINDSLY...Mejia launched a three-run homer, which marked back-to-back games with a long ball for the utility man...LHP ANTHONY BANDA picked up his second win of the season in relief, and RHP GERSON MORENO appeared in his International League-leading 56th game...the Wings look to make it two in a row tonight, sending RHP RODDERY MUÑOZ to the mound against Syracuse RHP David Griffin.
FIGHT AT THE BAT RACK: The Wings offense picked up 10 hits last night, including nine singles and a homer from RF ERICK MEJIA... Rochester has now logged double digit hits in four consecutive games for the first time since 5/27-31...
After out-hitting Syracuse 10-9 last night, Rochester is now 44-9 when out-hitting their opponent this season.
GONE STREAKIN': After scoring in the top of the second inning Wednesday, Rochester has now scored a run in 125 straight games dating back to 4/8-G2 in Syracuse...this marks the longest streak in the International League this season, 60 games ahead of second place (MEM, 65)...no International League team has scored a run in 100-straight games since at least 2005, and no Rochester team has done so since at least 1997....
Rochester has been shut out just twice this season (4/4, 4/8-G2), which would be the fewest in a single season for a Red Wings team since at least 1985, with the next-closest being four in 1993.
KLEPTOMANIACS: The Wings stole three bases Friday, one each from LF DARREN BAKER, 2B JORDY BARLEY, and 3B JACK DUNN...Rochester has now stolen a base in nine straight games since 8/29, the longest streak by a Red Wings' team since at least 2005...
17 stolen bases since 8/29 is second-most in the International League (SWB, 20).
138 stolen bases this season trails their 2022 total by 15 (153), which is the second-most in Red Wings history behind the 1944 squad (180).
MEJIA MAGIC: 3B ERICK MEJIA launched a home run for the second-straight game last night, his eighth of the season...he finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored, extending his hitting streak to a team-long six games dating back to 8/31...the righty is hitting .400 (8-for-20) with two home runs, a double and five RBI since that date...
This is the second time this season Mejia has launched a home run in back-to-back games (7/27-28 at WOR).
WELCOME TO THE BAKE SHOW: LF DARREN BAKER picked up three singles in the win last night, going 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI...this marks his first three-hit game with Rochester since 5/19 in Buffalo, and his third consecutive multi-hit game dating back to Tuesday...
This is the first time he's logged three-straight multi-hit performances since 5/6-11.
Baker now has 29 multi-hit games, passing Jake Alu (28) for most by any Red Wing this season.
MORENO MANIA: RHP GERSON MORENO tossed a pair of innings last night, allowing one earned on two hits while striking out one...this was Moreno's International League-leading 56th appearance this season, tying him with Alberto Baldonado (56 in 2022) for most by a Wings reliever since Kyle Waldrop appeared in the same number of games in 2011...
Moreno's 2.61 ERA is second-best among IL relievers (min. 50.0 IP), while logging the third-most strikeouts (85).
BRADY BUNCH: C BRADY LINDSLY picked up a pair of hits last night, going 2-for-3 with a run scored...he has now collected five hits through his first two games played in this series after going 3-for-4 on Tuesday...five hits across two games is tied for the most in his professional career (4/21 & 4/22/2022 with HBG).
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