Wings Top Stripers in 14 innings
Gregorio Petit drove in the go-ahead run and scored the eventual winning run in the 14th inning as the Rochester Red Wings beat the Gwinnett Stripers 7-6 in the first extra-inning contest for both teams under the new rules.The 14-inning affair is the longest game since Minor League Baseball adopted
The 14-inning affair is the longest game since Minor League Baseball adopted new rules which puts a runner on second base every half inning starting with the top of the 10th. The teams combined for seven runs in extras after being deadlocked 3-3 through nine.
The Red Wings (1-3) struck first as
Gwinnett would chase Jaye from the game as
Rochester still trailed by a run heading to the 9th inning but
The teams traded runs in the 10th as both runners who were placed at second base to begin the inning came around to score. After two scoreless innings, each team scored one run apiece again in the 13th.
Stripers position player
The teams combined to go 10-for-45 with runners in scoring position while leaving 26 men on base. Cave became the first Wing to record more than two hits in a game this season, finishing 4-for-6.