Game Notes: Rochester Red Wings vs. St. Paul Saints (April 24, 2024)
Rochester Red Wings look to get back to .500 for the 2024 season as they face off against the St. Paul Saints
Game Details
Rochester Red Wings (9 - 10) vs. St. Paul Saints (9 - 12)
Pitching Matchup: RHP Spenser Watkins (1-0; 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Gunkel (0-2; 6.39 ERA)
Date: April 24, 2024 | 7:37 p.m. EDT
Location: CHS Field | St. Paul, MN
Game Story Line
The Rochester Red Wings will look to get back to .500 as they face off against the St. Paul Saints this evening. The Red Wings look to beat the St. Paul Saints after dropping the opening game of a six-game series at St. Paul Tuesday night, 15-9.
RHP Spenser Watkins will get the ball for the Red Wings for the third start of the 2024 season, and the Saints counter with RHP Joe Gunkel.
Game Notes
Last time out.
Last night, CF Alex Call homered for a third consecutive game, his sixth of the season that tied him with RF Travis Blankenhorn for the team lead. The Wings' offense combined to pound a season-high 15 hits in the contest, including multi-hit performances from six players. INF Darren Baker kicked off the top of the fifth by grounding a single into left field off rehabbing RHP Jhoan Duran and was followed by a LF James Wood double that was just able to sneak by 2B Tony Kemp to put runners on second and third with no outs. Blankenhorn then muscled a bloop single into center field just past the outstretched glove of Keirsey Jr. to plate Baker and add another run to Rochester’s total.
Two batters later, DH Carter Kieboom roped a double into the right-center field alley to plate Wood and trim the Saints’ lead down to six runs, 9-3.
RHP Jackson Rutledge took the hill for the Red Wings in his fourth start of the season and first in his career against St. Paul. The Nationals 2019 first-round pick tossed 2.0 innings, allowing nine earned on six hits while walking five and striking out a pair. RHP Robert Gsellman was the first reliever out of the pen for Rochester. The former New York Met threw 2.2 innings of one-run ball on three hits while walking two and fanning three batters.
Welcome Back.
Before today’s game, the Rochester Red Wings and the Washington Nationals announced that OF Stone Garett will begin his rehab tonight with the Rochester Red Wings.
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