IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Tides Win; Ruiz Homers

Published on July 18, 2008 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


TIDES' EARLY LEAD PACES WIN; RUIZ HOMERS A six-run first inning paced an 11-5 Norfolk Tides win over the Rochester Red Wings Friday night at Frontier Field. Randy Ruiz extended his hitting streak to 24 games in dramatic fashion, clubbing an eighth inning home run.

Ruiz had gone 0-for-3 heading into his final at-bat. Ruiz fanned against Randy Keisler in the second, flew out to center in the third, and hit into a double play in the fifth. Facing Jon Leicester in the eighth, Ruiz golfed an 0-1 pitch to center, just clearing the wall for his team-leading 14th homer of the season.

The Tides did serious damage in the top of the first, scoring six runs off Wings starter Danny Graves. Luis Terrero singled, bringing in Tike Redman and Eider Torres for a 2-0 Norfolk lead. After two more Tides scored, Graves was visited by pitching coach Stu Cliburn; Graves eventually got out of the inning, but was replaced by Philip Humber at the beginning of the second inning after giving up six runs on seven hits.

The Wings wasted no time in chipping away at Norfolk's lead. Jason Pridie led off the first with a double to center. Trevor Plouffe then reached on an error by Norfolk first baseman Oscar Salazar, making the score 6-1 Norfolk.

Norfolk further increased their lead in the third. Jeff Fiorentino hit a solo shot to center field, giving the Tides a 7-1 lead.

Rochester got on the board again in the third inning. Ryan Jorgensen led off the inning with a single, and then Garrett Jones brought him home with a single to center field, making the score 7-2 in Norfolk's favor.

Humber was relieved by Mariano Gomez at the beginning of the fourth.

The Tides scored again in the fourth, thanks to a Rochester error. When Torres broke to steal third base, Jorgensen's throw went past Sergio Santos, allowing Torres to score which put the Tides up 8-2.

The Wings answered quickly, scoring twice in the fourth. After Matt Macri led off with a single, Howie Clark hit a stand-up triple to deep center field, driving in Macri to make the score 8-3. The next batter, Santos, made the score 8-4 when his RBI groundout scored Clark.

Casey Daigle tossed two scoreless relief innings, followed by Carmen Cali's one-two-three eighth inning. The Tides capped teh scoring with two runs in the ninth against Tim Lahey.

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