IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Wings Rout Chiefs; Hitting Streaks Alive

Published on August 12, 2008 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Rochester Red Wings defeated the Syracuse Chiefs by the score of 11-3. The win moved the Wings into third place in the International League North. One of the key stories entering the game were the hitting streaks of Jason Pridie and Alejandro Machado. Pridie extended his streak to 19 games with a single in the second inning, and Machado followed suit in the seventh, when a single extended his streak to 21 games.

The Wings struck first in the first inning. Luke Hughes' single down the right field line off Chiefs starter Brett Cecil (L, 1-2) drove in Howie Clark for a 1-0 Rochester lead.

Rochester appeared to be on the verge of scoring again in the third inning with the bases loaded and no outs. However, Trevor Plouffe lined into a double play, and Sergio Santos struck out looking to end the inning without any runs from the Wings.

Syracuse took the lead in the fourth, when Travis Snider hit a towering two-run home run off Rochester starter Philip Humber (W, 8-7) to make the score 2-1 in favor of the Chiefs.

Humber faced a setback early on when the second batter he faced, Buck Coats, hit a line drive off the pitcher's foot. Despite this, Humber pitched a otherwise solid game, throwing 7 1/3 innings, striking out 11 and giving up three runs on eight hits. The 11 strikeouts were a new season high for any Red Wings pitcher. He was relieved by Mariano Gomez, who struck out one in 1 2/3 innings work.

"It was a gusty performance for Humber to stay on the mound after that ball hit him," said manager Stan Cliburn.

Cecil threw four innings for the Chiefs, giving up one run on six hits, while striking out five. He was replaced by Jonah Bayliss in the middle of the fifth inning. Bayliss threw one inning, giving up two hits and one run, before being relieved by Brian Tallett at the beginning of the sixth. Tallet went one inning as well, surrendering one run on one hit, before giving way to Sean Stidfole after giving up three runs off three hits. Rick Bauer, who threw one inning, giving up three runs off one hit, replaced Stidfole at the beginning of the ninth inning.

The Wings retook the lead in the fifth. Clark crossed the plate on Santos' single to tie the game at two, which brought up Brock Peterson, who had yet to record a hit since being called up from Double-A New Britain on Saturday. However, Peterson made his first Red Wings hit an important one, when he hit a go-ahead double to put Rochester ahead, 4-2.

Rochester added to their lead again in the sixth, when Garrett Jones' sacrifice fly brought Pridie home to make the score 5-2 in favor of the Wings.

The seventh inning saw an offensive outburst from the Wings. Plouffe scored when first baseman Kevin Melillo's throw from a Pridie ground ball was late. Then Machado, who had yet to record a hit, stroked a two-run single to center, scoring Santos and Jeff Christy. The clutch hit, which kept his hitting streak alive, gave the Red Wings an 8-2 lead.

"That hit really opened up the game for us. Machado is a real gamer, so it was good to see him come through," said Cliburn.

Syracuse added one more run in the eight, when Russ Adams doubled to bring in Coates to cut the Rochester lead to 8-3.

However, the Wings added onto their lead once again in the eighth, scoring three runs. The big hit of the inning came from Peterson, whose two-run shot gave Rochester an 11-3 lead.

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