Wings Shut Out Omaha 3-0
July 15, 2022 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
The Rochester Red Wings shutout the Omaha Storm Chasers 3-0 Friday night at Frontier Field to take a 3-1 series lead. Both teams remained scoreless until Rochester got on the board in the fifth with a Jake Alu long ball.
In his Red Wings debut, RHP Franklyn Kilome went 5.2 innings strong, scattering eight hits and striking out two while holding Omaha scoreless.
The Red Wings didn't record a hit until the bottom of the fourth, but they scored in the fifth when 3B Jake Alu smashed a two-run homer that scored 2B Jake Noll and gave Rochester the lead. It was Alu's first homer in a Wings uniform and it extended his hitting streak to 13-straight games between his time with Rochester and Double-A Harrisburg.
Rochester made it a 3-0 game when SS Ildemaro Vargas scored off an RBI single from LF Josh Palacios. Palacios has stretched his on base streak to 22 games, tied for the longest such streak for Rochester since 2019 when Zander Wiel reached base safely in 22 straight games.
LHP Francisco Perez got the ball in the sixth and held Omaha to one hit across 1.1 innings of work. He was relieved by RHP Curtis Taylor who followed suit in the eighth, holding the Storm Chasers scoreless. RHP Patrick Murphy earned his second-straight save on a groundout and a pair of strikeouts, sealing the shutout victory. The Wings bullpen has held the Storm Chasers scoreless in back-to-back games.
Tonight's 3-0 victory marks the ninth shutout of the season for Rochester and the second in the last five games.
The Wings have failed to record a double or triple in three straight games for just the second time this season, with the only other occasion coming on June 3 through both games of a doubleheader on June 4.
Omaha struggled offensively, leaving 11 runners on base, and going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. This comes after the Storm Chasers' loss on Thursday when they left eight runners on base and went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
With a Durham loss, Rochester will move into a tie for first place in the International League-East with the Bulls.
The Wings will send RHP Logan Verrett to the mound Saturday evening in search of a 4-1 series lead. First pitch is slated for 6:05 p.m.
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