IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Rupe, PawSox Too Much For Wings

Published on July 14, 2003 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Ryan Rupe continued his mastery against Rochester Monday afternoon, striking out 10 as Pawtucket beat the Red Wings 9-3 at Frontier Field.

Pawtucket came out strong, scoring single runs in both the first and second innings and two runs in the third. Rochester fought back in both the second and third innings when Todd Sears hit his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot in the second, over the right field wall which Michael Ryan virtually mirrored in the third, with his 13th home run of the season.

The PawSox tacked on two more runs in the fifth inning before knocking out Red Wings starter Matt Carnes (2-3). Brad Thomas relieved Carnes with two on and one out. Thomas allowed one more run to cross the plate before closing out the inning.

Rupe left the game in the fifth inning with one on and two outs after allowing a RBI single to Alex Prieto to score Brandon Marsters, and after striking out nine consecutive Red Wings batters. Every Red Wing hitter struck out at least one time against Rupe. The Major League record for consecutive strikeouts by a pitcher is 10, held by Tom Seaver on April 22, 1970 vs. the Padres.

Pawtucket scored their final two runs off Willie Eyre in the eighth inning when Andy Abad had his fourth hit of the game to give the PawSox a 9-3 lead. Abad is now 19 for 35 (.543) against the Red Wings this season; he was also named the International League Player of the Week Monday, in part for the six multi-hit games he has posted in the past seven days.

Notes: Ryan is the first Red Wing to hit a home run in three consecutive days at Frontier Field. The last Red Wing to hit a home run in three consecutive days was Willis Otanez from May 20-22, 1999 at Durham...Last year at the All-Star Break the Pawsox had a 36-57 record; they are now 53-42...The Red Wings and PawSox season series is now tied at 5-5...Rupe has 21 strikeouts in 14.2 innings vs. the Wings this year, allowing only three earned runs ...With the two home runs hit by Sears and Ryan, Rupe has allowed as many home runs today than he had all season for the PawSox...Scott Aldred (2-1) pitched 3.1 innings for the PawSox, retiring all 10 batters he faced...PawSox Bronson Arroyo, Lou Collier and Anton French will represent their club in Wednesday's Triple-A All-Star Game.

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