Blackburn, Wings stifle Lynx
With the victory, Rochester (68-56) moved to within 1 1/2 games of first-place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the International League's North Division.
Blackburn (7-1) yielded just five hits -- none of which went for extra bases -- and did not allow a runner past second base. The 25-year-old right-hander struck out three and did not issue a walk en route to snapping his streak of four consecutive no-decisions. The shutout effort was Blackburn's first since having his 44-inning scoreless streak snapped against Buffalo on July 3. Blackburn, who started the season as a member of the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats, has compiled a stellar 2.14 ERA over 92 1/3 innings pitched with the Red Wings.
Rochester got on the board in the fourth as Gil Velazquez laced a two-run double with one out and eventually scored on Darnell McDonald's bases-loaded groundout. Trent Oeltjen tripled to lead off the ninth and later came home on Denard Span's double-play groundball.
Landon Jacobsen (2-6) took the loss, allowing three runs -- one earned -- on six hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings. Anderson Garcia tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings before Mike Zagurski was touched for a run in the eighth.
Ottawa (48-74) finally pushed across a run in the ninth against reliever Bobby Korecky. Gary Burnham led off with a single and Jason Jaramillo followed with an RBI double. -- Benjamin Hill/MLB.com