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Wings Six-Run Ninth Topples Toledo

April 29, 2007 - International League (IL1)
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Rochester combined five hits and two Toledo errors for a six-run ninth inning, coming back to beat the Mud Hens 9-6 Sunday afternoon after trailing 6-1 after seven innings. Jose Morales (left) and Trent Oeltjen each had three doubles; Morales raised his season average to .413.

RHP Dennis Tankersley was on the hill for the homestanding Hens, while lefty Dave Gassner got the call for Rochester. It wouldn't take Toledo long to get to Gassner. Kevin Hooper led the inning with a single, and a Brent Clevlen fielder's choice preceded a one out walk by Chris Shelton. Mike Hessman then stroked an RBI single right up the middle, scoring Clevlen from second to make it 1-0 Hens.

Rochester quickly tied it in the top of the second, after a two out double by Morales and an RBI single by Chris Heintz evened the score at 1.

The Mud Hens took back the lead 2-1 in the bottom half when Hooper doubled home Dane Sardinha, who began the inning with a base hit. Shelton tacked on another run with a double off his own, in the same spot as Hooper's, off the top of the left field wall. The score was 3-1 Mud Hens after two. It was a rare bump in the road for the Wings pitching s! taff, as it was the first time this season a Rochester starter gave up more than two earned runs in a start. Gassner would not surrender another run through six complete and was replaced by righty Brian Bass for the seventh. In all, Gassner allowed seven hits, striking out three and walking one.

Bass quickly got in a jam, surrendering two base hits before intentionally walking Clevlen to load the bases for Shelton. Shelton stroked a bases clearing double deep to center scoring three runs. Heading to the late innings, it was 6-1 Hens.

The Red Wings got one back in the eighth, on back to back doubles by Oeltjen and Matt Tolbert. Tolbert scored as well after a pair of groundouts to make it 6-3. After giving up a hit Tankersley was pulled in favor of lefty Ian Ostlund, who successfully closed out the inning. Tankersley pitched 7 2/3 innings, scattering seven hits to go with three earned runs. He struck out four and walked two, b! ut was left with a tough-luck no decision in the end.

! Jason Ka rnuth came in for Toledo in the ninth, his IL leading 12th appearance. Karnuth blew the save, giving up a double, single, and a double. It was still 6-4 at that point, but an error by Chris Maples at first base off the bat of Tolbert- a ground ball right through the legs- tied the game at 6. Just when it looked like Tommy Watkins had grounded into an inning-ending double play back to Karnuth, SS Ramon Santiago and 2B David Espinosa each tried to take the throw at second for the force play, and it banged off both of their gloves for the second Hen error of the inning-on Santiago, loading the bases. A Lew Ford ground out completed the comeback for Rochester, scoring Tolbert and giving the Red Wings a 7-6 lead. That was the end of a brief afternoon for Karnuth. The Wings, who sent all nine batters to the plate in the ninth, added some insurance with a Garrett Jones two-RBI single off Preston Larrison to take a 9-6! lead. Of the six Rochester runs in the last frame, just two were earned, both off Karnuth. Carmen Cali (1-0), who pitched the eighth for Rochester, got the win while Karnuth (0-2) took the loss. Bobby Korecky fanned two in the ninth after allowing a leadoff double, to notch save number four on the season.

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