Chiefs drop pre-All-Star Break finale in Rochester
Rochester, NY (July 9, 2017) - The Syracuse Chiefs dropped the final game before the All-Star break to the Rochester Red Wings, 8-2, Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Mitch Garver hit three home runs for the Red Wings, the first individual to hit three home runs in a single game
Rochester, NY (July 9, 2017) - The Syracuse Chiefs dropped the final game before the All-Star break to the Rochester Red Wings, 8-2, Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Mitch Garver hit three home runs for the Red Wings, the first individual to hit three home runs in a single game against the Chiefs since July 23, 2009 when Toledo's Brent Clevelan hit three.
Rochester (49-40) started the scoring in the first.
The Red Wings broke the game open in the second. Three doubles in a row by Bengie Gonzalez, Ryan Strausborger, and Engelb Vielma plated two runs for a 3-0 lead. Then after a strikeout, Garver hit a two-run home run to extend the lead to 5-0.
Syracuse (32-55) got on the board in the third.
After Garver hit his second home run of the game to make the score 6-1, this time against
But Garver wasn't done yet. His third home run of the game sailed over the left-field fence in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-2. Garver became the first Red Wing to homer three times in a game in the 20-year history of Frontier Field.
The Red Wings added a run in the eighth. Hague doubled in Tommy Field, who was hit by a
The Chiefs will return after the All-Star break to open a four-game series against the Pawtucket Red Sox on Thursday, July 13th at 6:35 p.m at NBT Bank Stadium.