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Rochester Red Wings Game Notes - Thursday, August 2 at Toledo (Tigers)

August 2, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012 w FIFTH THIRD FIELD

GAME #112 - ROAD GAME #58 - 7:00 P.M.

ROCHESTER RED WINGS (55-56) at TOLEDO MUD HENS (44-68)

RHP LIAM HENDRIKS (7-2, 2.41) vs. RHP THAD WEBER (6-9, 4.11)

TOLEDO THE WAY: The Rochester Red Wings tonight resume their 8-game roadtrip with the opener of a 4-game series at Toledo (Tigers) following yesterday's offday. The Red Wings started the trip by winning 3 of 4 at Columbus (Indians). Rochester returns to Frontier Field Monday for a 6-game homestand, which includes a 4-game series against Empire State (Yankees) and a 2-game set against Pawtucket (Red Sox).

ROSTER NEWS: Lefthander Pedro Hernandez, who was acquired by the Twins along with infielder Eduardo Escobar from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for lefthander Francisco Liriano, today joins the Red Wings.

a Hernandez, 23, began the 2012 season with Double-A Birmingham, going 7-2 with 2.75 ERA in 12 starts before getting promoted to Triple-A Charlotte at the beginning of July. He is 1-0 with a 3.71 ERA in 3 games (2 starts) with the Knights. Hernandez was recalled to the White Sox for a July 18 start at Boston, and he gave up 8 runs on 12 hits in 4.0 innings in his major league debut.

BREAKING BAD: At 55-56, the Red Wings tonight look to get back to the .500 mark for the first time since being 51-51 entering play on July 23. The Wings had spent 5 days in a row at or above the .500 plateau until their 4-0 loss at Durham (Rays) July 23.

a Rochester has won 3 in a row and a win tonight would match their season-best winning streak of 4 games. The Wings have won 4 straight games on 4 occasions, most recently July 12-15, when they swept Toledo at Frontier Field.

a The Wings have also won a season-high 3 straight games on the road for the 2nd time, matching their effort from July 17-19. Rochester last won at least 4 straight road games April 9-19, 2011, when they won 4 in a row.

WINGS FANS, REJOICE: The Red Wings have already won 55 games to eclipse their win total from all of last year. The 2011 club went 53-91 and it was 23 games under .500 at 44-67 at this point last season. The 2010 team was 33 games below .500 at 39-72 at this juncture and went on to finish only 49-95.

a Rochester is off to its best 111-game start since the 2007 squad was 60-51.

LET'S MAKE A PARLAY: The Red Wings finished 18-11 in July, tied for the best record in the International League in that time with Columbus. The 18 wins were Rochester's most in a calendar month since going 20-9 in August 2008. Coupled with a 15-14 record this June, the Red Wings posted back-to-back winning calendar months for the first time since June and July 2007, when they went 16-15 and 18-13, respectively.

a The Red Wings batted .269 with 26 home runs and 139 runs scored in July, their highest totals for any calendar month this season. A look at the breakdown of the offensive upswing:

Month Games Runs Runs/Game AVG HR

April 23 71 .236 10

May 30 103 .257 15

June 29 109 .246 23

July 29 139 .269 26

QUITE THE TURNAROUND: The Red Wings are 35-26 since sitting a season-worst 10 games below .500 at 20-30 on May 28. Going back further, Rochester is 41-33 beginning May 15 and 46-40 beginning May 3.

ROAD TO SUCCESS: The Red Wings are just 19-30 in true road games, but they have won 3 straight, 7 of their last 11, and 8 of their last 13 away from Frontier Field. Rochester has won only 3 road series all year, winning 3 of 4 games at Louisville (Reds) June 14-17, Norfolk (Orioles) July 16-19, and Columbus.

SERIES BUSINESS: The Red Wings have already won 4 season series in 2012 after winning only one in 2011. The Wings have season series wins against Charlotte (5-3), Columbus (6-2), Louisville (6-2), and Norfolk (6-2). Rochester needs just one victory in this 4-game set to ensure a season-series win against Toledo. The Red Wings' lone season series victory in 2011 came against Louisville (5-3). They had none in 2010 while the 2009 club had 6.

a The Red Wings are 33-23 against teams outside the IL North Division and just 22-33 against division rivals.

PICKING UP THE PACE: Since managing only one hit Thursday vs. Syracuse (Nationals), the Red Wings' offense has logged 10 or more hits in a season-high 4 straight games for the 2nd time. Rochester also collected 10 or more hits in a 4 straight games June 20-23. They are batting .333 (56-for-168) during the current 4-game tear.

a The Wings last collected 10 or more hits in at least 5 consecutive games August 14-19, 2010, when they had a 5-game streak.

a The Red Wings have homered at least once in 6 straight games (12 total). Their season-high homer streak is 8 games from June 14-21.

a Monday at Columbus, Rene Rivera hit the Red Wings' first grand slam since Justin Huber turned the trick August 10, 2009 at Buffalo, snapping a streak of 427 consecutive games without one.

GOING FOR A DOZEN: Chris Parmelee enters tonight's game with an 11-game hitting streak, tied with Danny Valencia for the longest by a Red Wing in 2012. Parmelee is batting .417 (20-for-48) with 4 homers and 15 RBI during the tear. He has also hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games, batting .388 (26-for-67).

a Parmelee has recorded an RBI in 6 straight games (11 total), the longest such streak by a Red Wing since Jeff Bailey's 7-game tear July 26-August 2, 2011 (10 total). Parmelee has 9 home runs and 29 RBI in just 36 games with the Red Wings overall.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time Probable A0 TV/Radio

Friday, August 3 at Toledo 7:00 p.m. RHP Shairon Martis (1-1, 7.88) vs. LHP Adam Wilk (4-10, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Saturday, August 4 at Toledo 7:00 p.m. TBD vs. LHP Casey Crosby (6-4, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

Sunday, August 5 at Toledo 6:00 p.m. RHP Esmerling Vasquez (5-5, 3.62) vs. RHP Brooks Brown (3-3, A0 WHTK 1280 AM

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