IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Wings Bunch Hits But Not Runs in Loss to PawSox

Published on May 7, 2006 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Pawtucket handed the Red Wings their fifth straight loss Sunday afternoon, topping Rochester 5-2 at Frontier Field. The Wings out-hit the Red Sox 11-8, but left nine runners on base. Shawn Wooten homered and singled for the Red Wings.

The game featured a strong pitching matchup between Boof Bonser and Pawtucket's Abe Alvarez. Bonser entered Sunday fourth in the league with 33 strikeouts and fifth in earned run average at 1.47; Alvarez was tied for the league lead in wins with four, to go along with a 2.55 ERA.

The PawSox got on the board first, with an unearned run scoring on Jeff Bailey's sacrifice fly to deep left in the third inning. With two outs in the third, Jason Tyner got on base with an infield single and Jason Bartlett followed up with a double down the right field line. But the Wings couldn't get the run home as Alvarez struck out Jason Kubel to end the inning.

Enrique Wilson led off the fourth inning with a double, advanced to second on a ground out to short and to third on a fielder's choice. He was knocked in by Tyler Minges' single, providing the second Pawtucket run.

In the fifth inning, Ron Calloway led off with a double and Bailey followed with a walk. Luke Allen singled in a run and Wilson hit into a double play which allowed Bailey to score.

Bonser (2-2) struck out six and walked three in 6 2/3 innings before giving way to Kevin Cameron.

With Alvarez (5-0, six shutout innings, seven hits, six strikeouts) in the clubhouse and reliever Tim Bausher in to pitch the seventh, Rochester broke a 23-inning scoreless streak when Wooten clubbed a 3-2 pitch over the left field wall and off the Plymouth Avenue gates. The home run was Wooten's second of the season and made it a 4-1 contest. Andres Torres and Bartlett added hits around a fly ball out to deep right by Tyner, giving the Wings a two-on, one out situation. But Bausher held the Wings in check by striking out Kubel and retiring Garrett Jones on a sharply hit grounder to first.

Pawtucket got the run back on an RBI sacrifice fly from Corky Miller in the eighth inning, and the Red Wings plated a second run in the bottom of the eighth on Luis Maza's RBI sacrifice fly.

Cameron struck out three in 2 1/3 innings.

Notes: Andres Torres is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for the week ending 5/5...Torres, 28, batted .444 (14-27) with three doubles, two homers, six rbi and six runs scored with a .536 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage in seven games this past week...Chris Heintz (hairline fracture, finger) returned to the lineup for the first time since May 2, and hit a double in the fourth inning...Josh Rabe (flu) was a late scratch from the Rochester lineup; Rabe had been the only Red Wing to play in every game this season....Red Wings players J.D. Durbin, Jason Hart and Gil Velazquez provided instruction in the annual Knot Hole Gang Baseball Clinic Sunday, presented by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Click here for more information on the Red Wings Knot Hole Gang...The Red Wings offense is 4-for-29 with runners in scoring position over the last five games...The current losing streak is Rochester's first five-game skid at Frontier Field since July 31-August 4, 2002.

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