Vargas slugs Wings to fourth straight victory
The story of Monday night's 6-3 win over the Charlotte Knights - the Wings 4th straight victory - was Kennys Vargas .
The story of Monday night's 6-3 win over the Charlotte Knights - the Wings 4th straight victory - was
The Red Wings first baseman - who entered the night with only three hits (all singles) over the first six games - broke out going 2-for-3 with a double, homer and three RBI while hitting the ball to at least the warning track in his first four plate appearances.
Vargas gave the Wings a 1-0 lead with a sac fly to deep center that scored
After Charlotte had tied the game at two, Vargas gave Rochester the lead back with a long solo homer to right center field off Knights starter
With the bases loaded an inning later, he would provide some insurance with a long drive to center that was tracked down at the warning track for his second sac fly of the game.
In eight innings of relief work this season, the Texan has yielded zero earned runs, two hits, no walks and 10 strikeouts over eight innings.
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The Knights loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning, but
The Wings won despite going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and leaving 12 stranded on the base paths.
Rochester looks to make it five straight wins on Tuesday night in the Queen City. The Red Wings will send lefty
NOTES: Wings skipper Joel Skinner managed the Charlotte Knights from 2012-2015 posting a 285-290 mark…The Wings hit four sacrifice flies in the victory…Ex-Wing