Saturday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | Lost, 7-1 | @ Buffalo, 1:05pm | Z. Kent (5-0, 4.78) vs. Rogers (4-12, 6.77) |
Buffalo 7 Rochester 1
• Susana (L, 0-1) 2⅔ IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 3K
• P. Schultz 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, 2-2 IR-S
• Lipscomb 1-3, BB, RBI
• Lawson 1-3, 2B
With four in the 3rd and three in the 8th, the Bisons trampled the Red Wings, 7-1 to stop a two-game winning streak. Jarlin Susana put the lead runner on in two of three innings and had eight baserunners total. He left two out and two and down 2-0 when Paxton Schultz handed over his beer and gave up a two-run double. While he ended up striking out three of the next four batters, that wasn’t the assignment.
Not that it really mattered as Buffalo’s C.J. Van Eyk pwned the Rochester lineup with two hits in seven innings – a one-out single by Trey Lipscomb in the 4th and a Cortland Lawson double to lead off the 7th. Lipscomb ended the shutout two batters later with a soft grounder to second base. Lipscomb also drew a walk, as did Leandro Pineda to extend his on-base streak to 35 games.
The I.L. Second Half Playoff Race Update
The Red Wings caught a break when the Stripers ended the Indians’ six-game win streak with an 8-7 win in 10 innings. The Mets, the (ugh) WooSox and the RailRiders all won as well to make things interesting:
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Rochester | 43 | 30 | .589 | — |
| Indianapolis | 43 | 30 | .589 | — |
| Syracuse | 42 | 30 | .583 | ½ |
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | 40 | 31 | .563 | 2 |
| Worcester | 40 | 31 | .563 | 2 |
What’s keeping Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Worcester in this is the two fewer games played. If either wins out and all three 30-loss teams loses out, a 42-31 record would be .002 better than a 43-32 record (.575 vs. .573). In the older system, which I know is a moot point because I.L. went from three divisions to two in 2022 and took on five teams in 2021, it would be the Red Wings and Mets in the East ILDS and the RedBirds and Saints in the West ILDS. Instead, as pointed out in the comments, a team that’s .500 for the year (Indianapolis) could make the playoffs while an 89- or 90-win team (Rochester) is shut out.
Maybe the song CC rider should play when Cavilli takes the mound for warm ups
There is this fabulous quick video of Journey playing
Separate Ways ten months before it was released
They wrote it two weeks prior .
Oh .. 2019 …
Missed this one
Review Gott inks with Padres AAA
Simon Says working on Alvarez .
This I would not have expected in April
Seriously . My jaw dropped .
Rochester-Buffalo is at 1 p.m. today. You posted last night’s gametime and pitchers.
I know it doesn’t matter (and MiLB makes it a joke) but it’d sure be nice if Rochester made the playoffs. They’re in good position, and winning the AAA championship would be great to see.
My concern isn’t necessarily for the organization but for the players… it may not mean much in the big picture, but winning a championship—however flawed the system may be—is something that they can point to when their playing days are over.
Luke you got it
!
Players are remembered by those who remember .
Recall in bull Durham where crash enlightens Laroosh on the playing days of the humble poll hall operator .
They’re underway in Buffalo. Grant Rogers (4-12, 6.77) pitching for Buffalo.
And Zak Kent starts the game for ROC. 2-0 Red Wings after one inning.
Did anyone think that Zak Kent would be used this heady as a
Rochester shuttle arm
Buffalo announcers saying that Connelly Early will pitch tomorrow for ROC.
ROC wins!
So it’s down to ROC, IND and SYR. ROC needs
1) a win tomorrow
OR
1) IND and SYR to both pick up a loss (IND and SYR both have 2 games left)
Actually I can just leave off the “1)” stuff and write it like this:
ROC needs
A win tomorrow
OR
IND and SYR to both pick up a loss (IND and SYR both have 2 games left)
Whoops I think I’m wrong about this and that SYR can still beat out ROC, even though ROC won today.