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The Rochester Red Wings - playing as the Hop Bitters, a nod to the 1879-1880 Rochester ball club - defeated the Buffalo Bisons 2-0 Saturday night at Frontier Field. The teams meet again Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m.; it's another Bark in the Park game, a Knot Hole Kids' Club game, and kids can run the bases with Spikes and Mittsy after the game

After three and a half scoreless innings, Wynston Sawyer brought Kenny Vargas home from second base on a single to left field off of Bisons' starter Chris Rowley to give the Hop Bitters a 1-0 lead. Vargas had hustled into second on a fielding error, and his aggressive baserunning provided the first run.
The Hop Bitters added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single to right field from Nick Gordon, making the score 2-0. It was Gordon's first Triple-A RBI.
Dietrich Enns threw 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up only three hits and two walks and striking out five on 94 pitches, 57 of them for strikes. Alan Busenitz took over with two outs and two on in the sixth, and struck out Jason Leblebijian to end the rally attempt.
Chris Rowley's day ended after 6.0 innings pitched for the Bisons, throwing 65 strikes on 92 pitches, giving up seven hits and no walks with seven strikeouts, while allowing two runs, one of which was earned.
Busenitz added 2.1 scoreless relief innings, allowing one hit while striking out four. Nick Anderson worked the ninth inning, setting down the side. 
The Hops out-hit the Bisons 6-4. 
Winning pitcher: Enns (3-5) 
Losing pitcher: Rowley (3-2)
Save: Anderson (3)
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THIS DAY IN RED WINGS HISTORY
1985- Wings needed extra-inning heroics to overcome PawSox...Thanks to the help of three homeruns, Rochester was able to beat Pawtucket on the road 6-4 in 10 innings. The Wings jumped out to a 4-1 lead after putting two runs on the board in the ninth, but the Sox rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. In the extra frame, Rochester pushed across two runs, and held on for the win. RP Roy Jackson (1-0) picked up the win with one and 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. C Al Prado homered and drove in two runs, including the game winning RBI, Leo Hernandez crushed his seventh homer on the year, and John Shelby smashed a solo home run to guide Rochester to the win.
THIS DAY IN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HISTORY
2003- Charlotte uses the long ball to get a win over their division rivals in Durham. The Knights smash six home runs in the 9-6 victory, tying a club record. Outfielder Anthony Sanders leads the way, going deep in each of his first three trips to the plate. Sanders fails in two chances to hit his fourth homer of the game, but gets plenty of support from a couple of his teammates. Triple-A rookie Aaron Rowand hits his first two home runs of the season, and Ross Gload adds one more.
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IT HAPPENED THIS DAY
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NUMBER ONE SONG ON THIS DAY
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