Wings Hold Off Braves For Win
May 30, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
The Red Wings beat the Richmond Braves 3-2 Wednesday night at Frontier Field. Brian Duensing got his first Triple-A win with a solid performance on the mound for Rochester.
The Red Wings jumped on top early in the first, when Alexi Casilla led off the game against Ryan Basner with a single and then stole second. He advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a groundout by Glenn Williams.
Rookie lefty Duensing made his Triple-A debut for Rochester, after getting a promotion from Double-A New Britain. His first pitch was ball to Richmond's Gregor Blanco, then Duensing struck out Blanco looking. J.C. Holt singled, but then Duensing started an inning-ending double play with a great fielding play to take away a hit from Yunel Escobar.
Richmond's Doug Clark's single hit Duensing on the back on its way up the middle in the second inning; trainer Tony Leo checked out Duensing, who stayed in the game. The R-Braves tied the score after Duensing walked the ninth hitter, Jon Schuerholz, to start the third inning. Escobar's RBI single plated Schuerholz to make it a 1-1 game.
In the fourth, the Wings broke the tie. Garrett Jones led off with a single and stole second. After a pop out by Matthew LeCroy, Tommy Watkins walked and was thrown out at second on a fielder's choice hit by Trent Oeltjen. Doug Deeds then hit a double to score both runners and put the Wings up 3-1.
The Braves got another run in the sixth with two singles and a sacrifice fly by Clark, but that is all they would get in the inning. Jose Mijares came in to pitch in the seventh throwing two perfect innings to keep the Wings in the lead.
Richmond threatened in the bottom of the ninth against closer Bobby Korecky. With two outs Bill McCarthy hit a shot to centerfield that was arguably ruled a triple. Korecky then got a strikeout from pinch hitter Graham Koonce for the save.
Duensing went six innings with three strikeouts and three walks while giving up seven hits and two earned runs to get the win. Korecky got the save in relief.
NOTES: Former Orioles and Wings star Boog Powell signed autographs and threw out the first pitch Wednesday; check out the Hahn Photographic Pics of the Day for photos...Another Wings legend, Bobby Grich, will be at Frontier Field Monday June 4. Check out the details in our Promotions Schedule......RHP Julio DePaula was optioned down to Rochester. DePaula was 0-0 with a 31.50 ERA in three games for the Twins. To make room for Kevin Slowey on the 40-m! an roster, the Twins will transfer RHP Jesse Crain to the 60-day disabled list. Slowey will make his Major League debut on Friday when he starts against the Oakland A's....RHP J.P. Martinez was optioned to Double-A New Britain Wednesday. Martinez was 0-0 with a 12.00 ERA in two games for the Red Wings. With these moves the Red Wings roster stands at 22 players (roster limit is 24)....With the subtractions of Slowey and Martinez and the addition of DePaula, the Red Wings have endured 24 transactions in the month of May... Slowey becomes the 10th Red Wings player to be promoted to the Minnesota Twins this season. Of the 10 players, seven (including Rabe and Perkins on the disabled list) are still on the Minnesota roster...The Red Wings broke a 20-inning scoreless streak at Frontier Field Tuesday night when they scored a run in the second inning. It was the longest scoreless streak at home since May 15-18, 1984 (also 20 innings)... Rochester s! cored three runs in the sixth and seventh innings Tuesday nigh! t; it wa s the most runs Rochester has scored in an inning at Frontier Field since they scored seven runs in the sixth inning of the May 9th game vs. Toledo.... Ottawa Lynx skipper John Russell has been selected to lead the IL All-Stars in the 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game. Joining Russell on the IL staff are Rochester Red Wings manager Stan Cliburn, Buffalo Bisons manager Torey Lovullo, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre athletic trainer Darren London. The best of the International League and Pacific Coast League will face off in the 20th annual contest to be held at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 11th.... From TwinsBaseball.com: Joe Mauer's return has now officially been put on hold. The Twins had hoped to activate Mauer from the 15-day disabled list after Wednesday's game, but lingering soreness in Mauer's left quad muscle has ruled that option out. "Obviously he's not going to be activated Friday," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We're just going to keep pushing it back and I'll see where he's at Friday."...The Twins overcame shaky starting pitching by Scott Baker and came from behind to sweep the White Sox on Wednesday, 7-6, at the Metrodome. Torii Hunter won the game for the Twins when he drew a walk off White Sox reliever David Aardsma to score Jason Tyner.
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