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Rochester Red Wings Post-Game Notes - 4.7-G2

Published on April 7, 2024 under International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Rochester Red Wings (3-3) 7, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (3-3) 4

Sunday, April 7th, 2023 | Innovative Field | Rochester, NY

FINAL (7): ROC 7, LHV 4

WP: Tim Cate (1-0, 3.60)

LP: Tyler Phillips (0-1, 6.52)

SV:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Lehigh Valley 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 x x 4 6 2

Rochester 1 4 1 1 0 0 x x x 7 9 0

GAME INFOR MATION:

First Pitch: 3:55 pm

Temperature: 55°F

Time of Game: 2:09

Attendance: 4,604

HOME RUNS:

ROC - Alex Call (1) three-run off RHP Tyler Phillips in the 2nd (count: 2-1) to left field

STARTING PITCHERS:

RHP Tyler Phillips: (0-1, 6.52) 3.2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 21 BF, 94/55 (P/S), left down 6-2

RHP Spenser Watkins: (1-0, 3.60) 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR, 12 BF, 58/32 (P/S), left up 6-2

ABS CHALLENGES:

LHV: 1 / 1

ROC: 1 / 4

RED WINGS NOTES

SPLIT HAPPENS: The Rochester Red Wings picked up a 7-4 win in the second game of today's doubleheader after dropping game one, 4-3...this marked the first time Rochester and Lehigh Valley met in a twin bill at Innovative Field since 8/19/2021...the two teams have now split five of seven twin bills played in Rochester since the IronPigs inception in 2008 (both have swept one).

CALLED HIS SHOT: CF ALEX CALL launched his first homer of 2024 in the second inning of game two, the three-run shot traveled 375 feet down the left field line at 101.9 MPH...this marks the second-farthest homer hit by a Red Wing in their first six games, trailing only JUAN YEPEZ (398 ft. on 3/30 at SYR).

KNOCK ON WOOD: After lacing a single in the first inning, DH JAMES WOOD extended his on-base streak to six-of-six games to start the season...the lefty finished the back half of the doubleheader going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and a run scored to lift his batting average for the season to .350 and his OPS to 1.019...

Wood has now drawn seven walks through the season's first six games, the first Red Wing to do so since Wellington Castillo in 2018.

MCDONALD'S HAPPY STEAL: Rochester baserunners combined to steal three bases in the contest, including one each from SS JACK DUNN, 2B DARREN BAKER, and DH JAMES WOOD...the team has now stolen 11 bases this season, most by a Red Wing squad through six games since at least 2005...

Darren Baker leads the team with five stolen bases, most by a Red Wing through six games since at least 2005.

IRONPIGS NOTES

GYM CLASS QUIROZ: 2B ESTEBAN QUIROZ made his 2024 season debut in game two, going 1-for-3 with a line drive single to right field to score two runners...the last time Quiroz recorded two RBI in a game was last season on September 12, also against Rochester (1-for-3, 2B).

NEXT GAME

Rochester vs. Buffalo

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

First Pitch: 6:05 p.m.

TBA vs. RHP Thaddeus Ward (0-0, 0.00)

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