Home Game Preview 8.12.16
presented by Coach Tony's Gourmet Hot Sauce
Welcome to the RedWingsBaseball.com Home Game Preview, for every home game at Frontier Field - this feature is usually available two hours before game time on the day of each home game.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Rochester Red Wings 66-53 (3rd place, IL North)
Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins
vs.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 74-44 (1st place, IL North)
Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees
GAME TIME: 7:05 pm
SEASON SERIES: Red Wings lead 6-5
PROMOTIONS: Red Wings Hall of Fame Night & Poster Giveaway: Former Red Wings Jason Bartlett and Merv Rettenmund have been elected as the 2016 Class to the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame. Both will be in attendance for the pre-game ceremony on Friday. There will also be a poster giveaway to the first 1,000 fans featuring both Bartlett and Rettenmund courtesy of Not Your Father's Root Beer... Post-Game Fireworks: Stick around for another fantastic fireworks show following the game courtesy of ESL Federal Credit Union!... Wings Salute the King: The Wings pay homage to Elvis with tribute artist Patrick Johnson performing on the concourse pre-game. He'll also make a special appearance during the fireworks show courtesy of H&R Block.
Complete home game promotions details at RedWingsBaseball.com/Fun
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PREVIEW:
LHP Jason Wheeler will be making start number 20 for the Red Wings Friday night. This will be the first time this season that he will face the RailRiders, with his most recent outing coming on August 7. In that start he threw six innings giving up eight hits, four earned runs and four walks with one strikeout. He will be opposed by RHP Brady Lail for the RailRiders. This will be start number 13 for Lail on the season, and his first against the Wings. His last outing came on August 6 against Syracuse. He worked six innings allowing just three hits, two earned runs and two walks while punching out five batters, he was credited with the win.
Player to Watch: Scranton/WB
RF Aaron Judge is hitting .400 (6-for-15) in his last five games played with two homers, eight RBI and four runs scored.
Former Wings:
1B Chris Parmelee
Player Moves:
The Twins placed LHP Tommy Milone (left shoulder tendinitis) on the DL and recalled LHP Pat Dean from the Wings.
Hot Wings:
INF Tommy Field is hitting .333 (6-for-18) in his last four games with three RBI and two runs scored... OF Logan Schafer is hitting .423 (11-for-26) in his last seven games with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored.
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These players on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre roster were listed in Baseball America's list of the top 10 prospects in the Yankee organization: OF Clint Frazier (#1), OF Aaron Judge (#4)
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Double-A Chattanooga defeated Birmingham on Thursday night by a 7-1 final. C Stuart Turner paced the offense for the Lookouts going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Stephen Gonsalves pitched a complete game for Chattanooga giving up three hits, one run that was unearned and two walks while punching out eight.
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