Home Game Preview 8.11.14
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Monday August 11, 2014
Rochester Red Wings (65-56)
Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins
vs.
Durham Bulls (63-58)
Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays
GAME TIME: 5:05 p.m. (Game one)
SERIES: Rochester leads the series 2-1.
PREVIEW: The Rochester Red Wings return to Frontier Field for an eight-game home stand starting with a four-game series with the Durham Bulls (Rays) as the Wings come back from their longest road trip on the season of 10 games and 11 days as Rochester finished the trip going 4-6.
GAME ONE
The Wings will look to complete one against the Bulls where they left off in the bottom half of the fourth inning, Wings leading 1-0. Rochester will send LHP Logan Darnell (5-5, 3.51 ERA) to try to complete the front end of the double dip as he will make his second appearance since being optioned down from Minnesota. Darnell last pitched August 8 at Indianapolis throwing two-thirds of an inning allowing one run on one hit and a walk. Darnell is 3-2 with a 3.10 ERA at Frontier Field this season as he looks to get the Wings back on track.
GAME TWO
In nightcap for Rochester the projected starter for is RHP Virgil Vasquez who would be making his Wings season debut. Vasquez pitched most of the year in 2013 with Wings making 23 appearances, 13 for starts as he 4-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 87.2 innings. This year with the New Britain Rock Cats, Vasquez has gone 5-6 with a 4.41 ERA in 114.1 innings while making 18 starts (20 appearances). The righty is in a tough stretch as in his last four starts with New Britain he has raised his earned-run average from 3.63 to 4.41. During that four game mark, he has pitched to a 7.54 ERA (19 ER/22.2 IP) while going 0-1.
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Five Bulls were featured in Baseball America's 2014 Prospect Handbook as a Top 30 Prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies organization: SS Hak-Ju Lee (2), LHP Enny Romero (4), RHP Alex Colome (5), LHP C.J. Riefenhauser (23), and OF Mikie Mahtook (25)
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The New Britain Rock Cats outlasted the Erie SeaWolves 4-2 at Jerry Uht Park in Erie as Jose Berrios made his return to the mound since his right arm injury. Berrios tossed four solid innings in his comeback allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out two. Reliever Adrian Salcedo (2-7) recorded the win, throwing three scoreless innings allowing just two hits in relief of Berrios. Cole Johnson notched his eighth save of the season. The Rock Cats were lead by a Brandon Waring home run, his 13th of the year, as he finished the game 2-for-4. Kyle Knudson also added two hits while knocking in three runs to pace the New Britain offense.
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