@ROCREDWINGS REDWINGSBASEBALL.COM TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE GAME NOTES Rochester Red Wings (5-10) at lehigh valley ironpigs (11-4) Saturday, April 20, 2019 - 6:35 p.m. ET - Coca-Cola Park - Allentown, PA Radio: Fox Sports 1280 TV: MiLB.tv RHP Chase De Jong (0-0, 4.91) vs. LHP JoJo Romero (0-1, 10.13) Game 16 Road Game 10 WINGS AT A GLANCE THE LAST TIME OUT: Zander Wiel hit a three-run home run in the 4th inning and Zack WINGS vs. LEHIGH VALLEY Place in Division .....................T-5th Littell struck out a Triple-A career-high nine batters in 5.2 innings as the Rochester Red Current Streak .......................... W1 Games Back (DIV) ....................-6.0 Wings snapped a seven-game losing streak against Lehigh Valley with a 4-1 win Friday 2019 Record ..............................2-7 Games Back (WC) ....................-4.5 2019 at Home .............................0-3 night at Coca-Cola Park. Wiel also scored the game's first run on an RBI double from Home .........................................2-4 2019 on Road .............................2-4 Road ..........................................3-6 Adam Rosales in the 3rd. Matt Magill worked a scoreless inning in his second rehab All-Time Record .................. 89-107 Series .....................................1-3-0 appearance in as many nights for the Wings. Home Record All-Time ..........52-47 Series Openers..........................2-3 Road Record All-Time ............37-60 Series Finales ............................2-2 ROSTER MOVE: Minnesota plan to recall RHP Fernando Romero as the 26th man for 2019 Game Log Rubber Games ..........................1-0 today's doubleheader in Baltimore. Romero can be active for game two and would need Date Score Win/Loss/Save Sweeps ......................................0-1 4/4 W, 4-2 Stewart/Garcia/Duffey Doubleheaders .......................0-1-1 to be returned to Rochester after the second game, barring a different Twins move. 4/6 L, 12-3 (7) Eickhoff/Thorpe April ........................................5-10 L, 4-1 (7) De Los Santos/Guilmet/Martin May ................................................ HOMER HAPPY: Rochester has hit 23 home runs to produce 36 of the 66 total runs 4/7 L, 7-0 Suarez/Littell June ................................................ scored this season. The Red Wings hit just seven April homers last year, all coming on 4/11 L, 13-6 Eickhoff/Thorpe/Davis July ................................................. or before April 20. The 23rd Wings homer of 2018 did not come until the 42nd game 4/12 L, 3-0 De Los Santos/Littell/Pazos August ............................................ 4/13 L, 20-18 (10) Martin/Baxendale/Ramos September ..................................... on May 25 when the team hit numbers 21-24. Rochester is on pace to hit 214 home 4/18 L, 6-5 Davis/Stewart/Ramos vs. IL North ..............................5-10 runs, which would shatter the franchise record. Only five teams in the history of the 4/19 W, 4-1 Littell/Suarez/Guilmet vs. IL South ...................................... International League have hit 200 or more homers in a season: Baltimore in 1932 (232), 4/20 vs. IL West ....................................... 1930 (231), and 1935 (202), Pawtucket in 1996 (209), and Buffalo in 1998 (206). 6/26 vs. LH starter ..............................4-3 6/27 vs. RH starter .............................1-7 BACON BITS: Rochester lost seven straight games against Lehigh Valley from April 7/11-G1 Wings score first ........................5-0 7/11-G2 Opponent scores first ..............0-10 6-18 before Frida night's victory. The IronPigs also beat the Red Wings seven straight 7/12 Comeback wins ............................1 times from September 5, 2016 through May 17, 2017. 7/13 Leading after 7/8 inn. ......... 5-0/4-1 7/14 Trailing after 7/8 inn. .......... 0-9/0-6 FOURSCORE: The Red Wings went 40-8 last year when scoring four or more runs in a Tied after 7/8 inn. ............... 0-1/0-0 game. The team has already dropped five such games this year, going 4-5. Extra-innings .............................0-1 LHV SERIES (1-1) 1-run games ..............................2-2 Batting Average ..... .257 (18-for-70) Wings out-hit opp. .....................2-3 FOR STARTERS: Rochester's starting pitchers have allowed 52 runs so far this season, Runs/Game ........................... 9/4.5 Wings get Quality Start ................... second-most in the International League behind Charlotte (57). Lewis Thorpe became Home Runs ...................................4 Wings starter goes 6+ IP ................ the first Wings starter to throw a pitch in the 6th inning when he fired 5.2 innings on RISP ......................... .231 (3-for-13) Wings score 4+ .........................4-5 Wednesday vs. Syracuse and Zack Littell matched the longest outing by a Red Wings Errors ...........................................2 Wings score 3- .........................1-5 starter last night. Team ERA ............ 3.71 (7 ER, 17 IP) Wings-high hits ..........................22 Starters W-L ...............................1-1 Wings-high runs .........................18 Starters ERA ........ 6.30 (7 ER, 10 IP) Opp.-high hits ............................21 FAMILIAR FACES: Rochester is in the midst of 16 consecutive games against Lehigh Relievers W-L .............................0-0 Opp.-high runs ...........................20 Valley or Syracuse to begin the season. The Red Wings do not play another team until Relievers ERA ........ 0.00 (0 ER, 7 IP) Walk-offs ........................................ they welcome Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Frontier Field on Monday, April 22. The Wings Saves/Opportunities ................. 1/1 Shutouts .....................................0-3 won't play out of the division until they host Toledo on Tuesday, May 7. Most games over .500 ...................1 Most games under .500 ........ 6 (3x) RISPY BUSINESS: The Red Wings were batting .154 (8-for-52) with runners in scoring STREAKS RECENT TRANSACTIONS Current Streak .......................... W1 position entering last Saturday before going 6-for-14. The Wings are up to .237 this 4/17 + Vasquez from MIN Last 5 Games .............................3-2 4/16 - Duffey to MIN season in those situations. Rochester finished last in the league with a .212 average Last 10 Games ...........................4-6 4/14 + Magill begins rehab with RISP in 2018. Last 25 Games .........................5-10 + Maggi from AA Longest Winning Streak ............ W1 - Sawyer to IL MORE FROM APRIL 13th: Rochester and Lehigh Valley combined for 38 runs, 43 hits, Longest Losing Streak .................L5 4/11 + Baxendale from IL and 15 home runs as the IronPigs beat the Red Wings 20-18 in 10 innings on April 13 at Individual + De Jong from MIN Player Type Games Frontier Field in a game that lasted 3 hours, 55 minutes. Raley Hit 3 - Poppen to AA • The 15 combined home runs is a ballpark record. The previous high was eight. Rooker On-Base 4 4/10 + Poppen from AA • The 38 combined runs tie a Frontier Field record, set when Buffalo beat Rochester Sawyer On-Base 5 - Vasquez to MIN 25-13 on April 29, 2004. Telis Hit 4 4/6 - De Jong selected Wade Jr On-Base 3 4/4 - Baxendale on DL • Lehigh Valley set a franchise record with nine home runs. - Gonsalves on DL • Dylan Cozens and Andrew Romine hit back-to-back home runs in back-to-back - Gordon on DL innings (5th and 6th). - Weiss on DL • Six total players registered at least four RBI. UPCOMING GAMES Date Opponent Time Wings Probable Opponent Probable Radio Television April 22 SCRANTON/WB 6:05 p.m. LHP Justin Nicolino (1-1, 6.00) TBA Fox Sports 1280 MiLB.tv April 23 SCRANTON/WB 6:05 p.m. LHP Lewis Thorpe (0-2, 10.67) TBA Fox Sports 1280 MiLB.tv April 24 SCRANTON/WB 6:05 p.m. RHP Kohl Stewart (1-2, 6.00) TBA Fox Sports 1280 MiLB.tv April 25 SCRANTON/WB 11:05 a.m. RHP Zack Littell (1-2, 5.40) TBA Fox Sports 1280 MiLB.tv Red Wings Starting Pitcher - RHP Chase De Jong Height: 6-4 Weight: 205 Bats/Throws: Left/Right Age: 25 (12/19/1993 in Long Beach, CA) Resides: Long Beach, CA Acquired: From Seattle with Ryan Costello for Zach Duke (7/30/18) Drafted: Toronto, 2nd round (2012) out of Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) 2019 Stats TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO WP GIDP BAA MINNESOTA 0-0 36.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 .500 Rochester 0-0 4.91 1 1 0 0 3.2 6 5 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 .333 2018 Stats TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO WP GIDP BAA Arkansas (AA) 5-5 3.80 21 21 0 0 120.2 122 60 51 12 8 34 89 7 7 .265 Rochester 2-3 3.20 7 5 0 0 39.1 37 14 14 2 2 12 34 2 2 .247 MINNESOTA 1-1 3.57 4 4 0 0 17.2 18 9 7 3 0 6 13 2 3 .265 TOTALS 8-9 3.65 32 30 0 0 177.2 177 83 72 17 10 52 136 11 12 .262 2019 Day-By-Day with Minnesota DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHES/STRIKES LEFT/FINAL NOTES 4/9 at NYM 1.0 3 4 4 1 3 0 46-24 14-8 First appearance of the season 2019 Day-By-Day with Rochester DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHES/STRIKES LEFT/FINAL NOTES 4/13 LHV 3.2 6 5 2 2 1 5 72-46 8-5/18-20 Ejected in the 4th after hitting Jan Hernandez Notes Miscellaneous Numbers LAST START: De Jong last started against Lehigh Valley on April 13. Rochester 2018 Splits with Rochester jumped out to a 5-1 lead but the IronPigs would ultimately score five runs, AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB two earned, on six hits, two homers, a walk, a hit batter, and five strikeouts vs Left .206 68 14 2 1 2 9 7 14 0 in 3.2 innings.