IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Wings Blanked by Braves

Published on May 28, 2007 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Three Richmond pitchers held the Red Wings to six hits, as the Braves blanked the Wings 3-0 Monday afternoon at Frontier Field. It was the second straight shutout loss for Rochester. Tommy Watkins had a single and double for the Wings.

Atlanta pitcher Lance Cormier was making a rehab start (strained right triceps) for Richmond, after a pair of Double-A rehab starts and one Class A appearance. Cormier retired the first six Rochester batters he faced, with Watkins' double to start the third the first Wings baserunner on the day.

Red Wings starter Jeremy Cummings walked the bases loaded in the second inning, but didn't allow a run. In the third inning, Richmond scored a run on Yunel Escobar's RBI double. Cummings picked off both Gregor Blanco (at first) and Escobar to minimize the damage in the inning. The Braves put up two more runs in the fourth, recording three straight singles off Cummings with one out.

Cormier ran into trouble in the sixth, allowing a single to Doug Deeds, followed by a hit and run with Deeds and Denard Span that put runners at the corners with none out. But the Wings ran themselves out of the inning, with Deeds getting caught between home and first for the first out. Then, Alexi Casilla and Span were on base and Casilla appeared to forgot the number of outs, getting thrown out after Trent Oeltjen's strikeout.

Jose Mijares made his Triple-A Debut, throwing three scoreless innings and allowing a hit and two walks while striking out three. J.P. Martinez pitched a scoreless ninth.

NOTES: Spikes, Mittsy and Tommy Watkins marched in the City Of Rochester Memorial Day Parade Monday morning; the Wings mascots also participated in the Town of Greece Parade Monday afternoon before the game. Check out the Pics of the Day feature to see photos from both parades...The Red Wings now have a 3-7 record with one rainout on Memorial Day the last 11 years....The Red Wings pitching staff is currently leading the International League with the fewest number of walks allowed (112). The last time Rochester led the IL in fewest number of walks allowed was 1995 (398 total)... The Red Wings had an eight-game winning streak vs. Richmond at Fr! ontier Field before Monday's loss.... Rochester had outscored Richmond 47-14 in those eight games, and held them scoreless for 29 straight innings until the third inning run Monday.. ..The Braves now lead the season series 4-1. A season ago, Rochester won the season series 6-2...Double-A New Britain scored four runs in the seventh to get back in the game Monday afternoon, then posted three runs in the 11th inning to top Harrisburg 10-7. DH David Winfree's two-run double was the winning hit for the Rock Cats. SS Trevor Plouffe had four of the Rock Cats' 17 hits.

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