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Wings Wallop Bats in Series Opener

July 16, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Rochester Red Wings out-slugged the Louisville Bats 13-6 Monday night at Frontier Field. The series continues Tuesday morning at 11:05 a.m, another Fan 4-Pack game with four tickets, hot dogs, drinks and a yearbook for $40 ($44 day of game).

The Red Wings wasted no time getting on the board early, as Taylor Motter hit his second home run for the Wings on the second pitch of the game off of Louisville starter Keury Mella, handing the Red Wings a 1-0 lead. After Nick Gordon reached on a double, he moved over to third on a sacrifice by Gregorio Petit. An RBI single by LaMonte Wade allowed Gordon to score, as Rochester extended their lead to 2-0. The hit by Wade marked eighteen consecutive games in which he has reached base safely,

In the bottom of the fourth, the Red Wings gave starting pitcher Zack Littell more room to work with, as Jon Kemmer started off the inning with a walk. Due to a throwing error to third base, Kemmer scored from first on a single by Jordan Pacheco, which gave Rochester a 3-0 lead. The error allowed Pacheco to advance to third base on the play. The following batter, Zack Granite, hit a sacrifice fly to score Pacheco, making the score 4-0.

The fifth inning was a wild one, with a total of 23 batters, 13 runs scored, and 11 hits. The Bats scored five runs to take a 5-4 lead, with a three-RBI double from Brandon Dixon the big hit. Gabriel Moya came on in relief for Littell in the fifth inning. Littell went 4.1 innings, allowing five runs on five hits, while striking out five and walking four. Littell threw 83 pitches, 53 were for strikes.

The Red Wings came right back with eight runs in their half of the fifth inning. After two consecutive singles by Petit and Kennys Vargas in the bottom of the fifth, Mella came out of the game. Mella pitched 4.0 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits, while striking out two and walking three. Mella threw 93 pitches, 48 were for strikes.

Wade then worked a walk against new pitcher Brandon Finnegan, and all three base runners were brought home on a grand slam by Andy Wilkins in his debut with the team. The Wilkins slam gave Rochester an 8-5 lead. The Red Wings continued to put runs on the scoreboard, on an RBI double by Motter and later a wild pitch giving Rochester a 10-5 advantage.

Even after a pitching change for Louisville, Rochester added another two runs onto their total, as Vargas hit a first-pitch RBI single to score Gordon. The hit allowed Petit to advance to second, and an RBI single by Wade made the score 12-5.

In the bottom of the sixth, a single from Pacheco was followed by a single by Granite, and a fielding error allowed both baserunners to advance to third and second, respectfully. A wild pitch to Motter let Pacheco score, adding onto Rochester's lead to make it 13-5.

Moya contributed throwing 1.2 innings, allowing two hits while striking out four. Trevor May followed Moya and struck out three in 2.0 scoreless innings, and Nick Anderson pitched the ninth inning, Anderson allowed a solo home run to Phillip Ervin, but struck out the side to close out the win.

Winning pitcher: Moya (1-0)

Losing pitcher: Mella (1-1)

Save: none

Box Score: Click here for the box score and play-by-play narrative.

NOTES: INF Andy Wilkins was promoted from Double-A Chattanooga...INF Leonardo Reginatto was placed on the disabled list with a broken hand.

THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY

1984 - Former Rochester pitcher turned clown prince of baseball, Al Schacht died at the age of 90. Schacht, who lost 21 games for Rochester in 1916, performed his clown act at almost every major and minor league stadium in the country, including several appearances at Silver Stadium.

2005 - Former Wings outfielder Darnell McDonald homered twice for Durham as the Bulls topped Rochester, 7-1, on Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Chris Heintz had two hits, including his sixth homer, for the Red Wings.

2006 - Glenn Williams' two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Red Wings a 5-3 win over Ottawa at Frontier Field Sunday afternoon.

THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY

1982 - The skies over Columbus' Cooper Stadium darken in the middle of a Clippers game against visiting Richmond. At one point, Columbus pitcher Lynn McGlothen points to the skies over the bleachers and shouts "Tornado!" as he bolts for the dugout. His teammates don't see it, but not taking any chances they race into the dugout behind McGlothen. An instant later a thunderstorm hits, though no funnel cloud ever appears. As fans scurry for cover, a bolt of lightning strikes the tower over the third base grandstand, knocking out the lights and phone lines. In the confusion, an erroneous wire service flash goes out across the nation reporting a tornado hitting the Triple-A Columbus-Richmond game resulting in several fatalities and injuries among the players. CNN reports the story before it is found to be false.

BORN ON THIS DAY

1887- "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (Professional baseball player), 1943- Jimmy Johnson (NFL coach) , 1967- Will Ferrell (American comedian)

IT HAPPENED THIS DAY

1920 - Babe Ruth broke his own season record of twenty-nine homers with his thirtieth as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 5-2. Ruth would finish the season with fifty-four.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to fifty-six games with a 3-for-4 day as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-3.

1969 - Rod Carew stole home off Chicago's Jerry Nyman in the Minnesota Twins' 6-2 victory. It was Carew's seventh steal of home for the year and tied Pete Reiser's 1946 major league mark.

NUMBER ONE SONG ON THIS DAY

1972- Bill Withers - "Lean on Me ", 1973- Jim Croce - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown ", 2009-Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"

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