Wings-Mud Hens Game One Preview
Published on September 12, 2006 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
TONIGHT'S STARTERS: SMITH VS. LEWIS
RHP Mike Smith RHP Colby Lewis '06 overall 11-5, 3.88 ERA, 110 K, 57 BB, 150.2 IP in 28 games 6-7, 3.96 ERA, 104 K, 36 BB, 147.2 IP in 24 games '06 vs. opponent First '06 appearance vs. Toledo 1-0, 14.0 IP, 8 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1.29 ERA in 2 games '06 vs. RH batters/LH batters RH: 89.1 IP, 78 H, 3.32 ERA, 2 HR, .234 BAA
LH: 61.1 IP, 74 H, 4.70 ERA, 10 HR, .297 BAA RH: 85.1 IP, 100 H, 4.01 ERA, 8 HR, .298 BAA
LH: 62.1 IP, 54 H, 3.90 ERA, 5 HR, .233 BAA '06 at home/ on the road Home: 7-2, 2.98 ERA, 80 K, 26 BB, 90.2 IP in 16 games
Road: 4-3, 5.25 ERA, 30 K, 31 BB, 60.0 IP in 12 games Home: 3-3, 1.91 ERA, 47 K, 10 BB, 70.2 IP in 10 games
Road: 3-4, 5.84 ERA, 57 K, 26 BB, 77.0 IP in 14 games
More on Smith: The 28-year-old right-hander gets his second start for the Wings in the playoffs after beating Scranton in Game One of the first round on Wednesday (6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO). He started 24 games and made 28 regular season appearances. Smith was selected the Topps International League Player of the Month for July while going 4-1 with a 2.44 ERA for the month. Smith did not face Toledo in 2006. He is 1-0 with a 6.16 ERA in five lifetime appearances against the Mud Hens...There are 33 Michael Smiths in the Toledo phone book.
More on Lewis: He will be making his 25th start of the season for Toledo tonight. In his last outing on September 5 versus Indianapolis, Colby earned the win as he worked 7.0 innings and allowed just four hits, no runs, two walks, and seven strikeouts...There aren't any listings in the Rochester phone book for Colby Lewis.
ROCHESTER-TOLEDO MISCELLANEOUS STUFF: Toledo was Minnesota's Triple-A club from 1978-1986...Kirby Puckett batted .263 in 21 games for the Hens, 1984.....Phil Roof's brother Gene managed Toledo 1998-1999...Mud Hens mascots: Muddy and Muddonna ... Wings OF Andres Torres was the Opening Day CF for Toledo, 4/4/2002 and 4/3/2003...Baseball Hall of Famer Jocko Conlon, inducted as an umpire in 1974, played for Toledo in 1930 and for the Red Wings 1924-26...RHP Chad Durbin is not related to Wings RHP J.D. Durbin...
Jamie Farr Katie Holmes Notable Toledo celebrities: Danny Thomas, Katie Holmes, Jamie Farr...Hot Dog of record: Tony Packo's...The Red Wings have faced the Toledo Mud Hens franchise just once in the Governors' Cup playoffs. In 1980 the Red Wings played the Mud Hens in the IL divisional series and lost three games to one. Former Red Wings manager Dave Machemer (managed Rochester in 1999 to a 61-83 record) played for Toledo and batted .533 (8-for-15) with a double, two stolen bases, and three RBI in the series. Machemer went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the game four clincher....
Rochester has struggled against Toledo since 2000: 20-36 record, including just a 3-13 record vs. the Mud Hens at Frontier Field since 2002....The Rochester Red Wings will be the Minnesota Twins' sixth Triple-A team in a Triple-A championship series since 1961. The 1980 Toledo Mud Hens, 1993 Portland Beavers, 1995 Salt Lake Buzz, 2000 Salt Lake Buzz, and 2002 Edmonton Trappers are the other Triple-A teams that have played in a Triple-A championship series as a Twins affiliate. The 2002 Edmonton Trappers became the first Twins Triple-A affiliate to win a championship (Pacific Coast League)....in 1995, Colorado Springs (Rockies) beat Salt Lake in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Five for the PCL title. Salt Lake was managed by Phil Roof; Quinton McCracken scored the game-winning run for Colorado Springs...
A Mud Hen (left) is a marsh bird with short wings and long legs that inhabits swamps or marshes. Such birds have been known as marsh hens, rails, coots, or Mud Hens...
REGULAR SEASON SERIES: Toledo won the season series 5-3, despite hitting just .192 against Rochester pitching. Three of these eight games needed extra innings to decide the winner. Rochester hit .246 against Toledo, with both teams homering five times each. In the eight games, Rochester had a team ERA of 2.61 while Toledo's ERA was 3.51.
TOP WINGS VS. TOLEDO: INF Terry Tiffee (.353 BA, 6-for-17, 2 RBI in 4 games); LHP Jason Miller (0-1, 1.69 ERA, 3 K, 2 BB, 5.1 IP in 1 game, 1 GS); RHP Beau Kemp (1-0, 2.45 ERA, 2 K, 3 BB, 7.1 IP in 3 games, 0 GS)
TOP MUD HENS VS. ROCHESTER: RHP Colby Lewis (1-0, 1.29 ERA, 8 K, 1 BB, 14.0 IP in 2 games, 2 GS); INF Jack Hannahan (.300 BA, 3-for-10, 1 RBI in 3 games); INF Josh Phelps (.290 BA, 9-for-31, 2 HR, 8 RBI in 8 games)
KEY MATCHUPS: RHP Mike Smith (7-2, 2.98 ERA, 80 K, 26 BB, 90.2 IP in 16 games at home) vs. INF Josh Phelps and INF Jack Hannahan. Both Phelps (.301, 13 HR, 58 RBI vs. RHP) and Hannahan (.313, 6 HR, 22 doubles vs. RHP) have been strong against right-handed pitchers, but Smith has been equally impressive at Frontier Field this season.
HOT WINGS: INF Garrett Jones (.533 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI in four playoff games); OF Quinton McCracken (.533, 1 HR, 3 RBI in four playoff games)
LATE BREAKING NEWS/MOVES: On Tuesday the Wings placed INF Donaldo Mendez on the temporary inactive list, and added RHP Kevin Slowey to the roster.
LINEUPS: TOL-Espinosa DH, Raburn LF, Ludwick RF, Phelps 1B, Hannahan 2B, Rabelo C, Mohr CF, Hessman 3B, Dlugach SS ROCH-Torres CF, Watkins SS, McCracken RF, Jones 1B, Tiffee 3B, West DH, Williams 2B, Romero LF, Morales C
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