IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Wings Hit Three Home Runs In Win

June 4, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Wings used the long ball to their advantage and Brian Duensing had another quality start, going six 2/3 innings and giving up two runs while striking out nine to lead Rochester to a 7-2 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday night at Frontier Field. Glenn Williams had a two-run home run and Garrett Jones and Doug Deeds each had solo blasts.

The Wings got their offense going in the second inning when Tommy Watkins hit a sharp single past third baseman Chris Basak, advancing Williams--who reached first on an error-- to second base. Two batters later Korey Feiner was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Denard Span's force out at home plate, Alexi Casilla put Rochester ahead with a two-out, three-run double down the right field line to give the Wings an early 3-0 lead.

In the third inning the Yankees responded. After striking out Basak, Duensing (2-0) walked the next two batters and gave up an RBI single to Alberto Gonzalez to make it 3-1. Sardhina followed with a strikeout, then Andy Phillips hit a single up the middle. As Raul Chavez rounded third base trying to score on the play, Gonzalez was thrown out at third by center fielder Denard Span before Chavez scored to end the inning.

The Wings came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Jones extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single that got things started, and Glenn Williams followed with a two-run blast to right field to give the Wings a 5-1 lead. Rochester had another opportunity after Trent Oeltjen stole second then reached third on an error, but Feiner grounded out to short to end the threat.

Scranton bounced back with a solo home run by Angel Chavez to trim their deficit to 5-2 in the fifth inning. But Rochester responded again in the bottom half with a solo shot by Jones to give them a 6-2 lead.

Ricky Barrett relieved Duensing with two outs in the seventh and forced Raul Chavez to pop out to second. He pitched the rest of the game, giving up no runs on two hits and striking out four.

The Wings added another solo home run in the seventh inning when Deeds hit a 1-1 pitch off reliever Justin Pope over the right field wall, extending his hitting streak to eight games and giving them a 7-2 lead.

Steven Jackson took the loss for Scranton after pitching five innings and giving up three runs on eight hits.

NOTES: Double-A New Britain outfielder Matt Allegra is the Twins Minor League Player of the month for May...Allegra, 25, batted .323 (30-for-93) with nine doubles, six home runs, 20 rbi...his slugging percentage was .613 in 25 games...Allegra was signed as a six-year free agent having spent his entire minor league career in the Oakland organization...Class A Beloit righthanded pitcher Rob Delaney is the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the month for May...in 14 games, Delaney, 22, posted a 0.53 ERA (17.0 ip, 1 er) and recorded 13 saves...he walked just two batters while striking out 19 and holding opposing hitters to a! .123 batting average...Delaney was signed as a non-drafted free agent in June of 2006...he graduated from St. Johns University in 2006.

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