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Wings Lose in 10, Ending Wild Card Hopes

September 1, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


Ryan Mulhern's double in the 10th inning gave the Buffalo Bisons a 6-5 decision over the Red Wings in a wild game Saturday night at Frontier Field. The loss for the Wings ends the team's chances for the wild card spot, with Buffalo a game ahead of Rochester and wild card leader Richmond leading their game in Norfolk Saturday night. Denard Span had three hits for Rochester.

In the 10th, Joe Inglett led off with a single against Bobby Korecky, pitching into his fourth inning of relief. After a steal and two outs, Inglett stood at second base with the lead run. Mulhern drilled a double to the gap to easily score Inglett with the game-winner.

Rookie left-hander starter Brian Duensing, knocked around in his two previous starts against the Bisons (0-2, 9.00 ERA) started the night by striking out Inglett. Duensing followed with another strikeout and a groundball out for an easy first inning. Buffalo lefty Jeremy Sowers was roughed up in the bottom of the first, with Span and Matt Tolbert hitting consecutive singles. Williams knocked in the game's first run with single; Jose Morales and Chris Basak added RBI's to give the Wings a 3-0 lead.

Duensing was knocked around by Buffalo in the second inning, with the Bisons posting five runs to take the lead. Inglett's three-run homer to right put Buffalo ahead 5-3.

The game settled down as both starters seemed to find their groove in the third, matching up to pitch a scoreless frame, retiring all six batters in order.

The Red Wings looked to close the lead in the bottom of the fourth. After a Gil Velazquez single and stolen base, Span beat out an infield single to put runners on the corners with two out. Span has been lighting up the diamond lately, hitting at a .393 clip over his past ten games and .417 in his last five entering the contest. With the runners on, Tolbert cut the lead to 5-4 with a clutch single, his second hit of the game.

On an 0-2 pitch, Williams stroked a double off the wall in deep left-center field to reach base with one outs. Morales flipped a pitch to shallow centerfield that shortstop Mike Rouse made a lunging effort at to rob Morales of a hit. But Basak picked up the slack and scorched a single through the left side of the infield to tie the game at five.

Duensing, despite giving up five runs in the second, pitched into the seventh, allowing only a single batter to reach base from the third inning onward and allowing the Red Wings to tie the ballgame up. He would retire the first two batters in the seventh and leave to a standing ovation from the large crowd on Peter Pan Red Wings Cap giveaway night. Korecky entered to record the final out of the inning on a popout to center.

Korecky danced around trouble in the eighth, walking two batters with one out. But Korecky got Mulhern to fly out to left, and caught Jason Cooper looking on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning. Andy Marte led off the Buffalo ninth with a single off Korecky, with Trent Durrington pinch-running for Marte. Mike Rose put down a bunt on the third base line, and Korecky ended up sandwiched between the charging third baseman Velazquez and catcher Morales, who came out from behind the plate toward the bunt. Korecky somehow avodied both teammates and fired a strike to first, nabbing Rose with Durrington moving to second. Mike Rouse grounded out to first for the second out, moving the lead run to third with rookie Nathan Panther at the plate for his first Triple-A at-bat. Panther hit Korecky's first pitch on a rope to Tolbert at second, with Tolbert knocking the ball down and throwing out Panther to end the Bisons' scoring threat.

Adam Miller tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Sowers, and Juan Lara came out of the bullpen in the bottom of the ninth, taking over for Miller. Lara got three in a row to send the game into extra innings.

In the 10th, Inglett led off with a single and after a steal and two outs, stood at second base with the lead run. Mulhern drilled a double to the gap to easily score Inglett with the go-ahead run.

NOTES: Basak had two hits for the Wings.


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