Game Recap: Rochester Red Wings fall to the Iron Pigs, five-game win streak comes to an end

Game preview as the Rochester Red Wings will play their final matchup against the Phillies' top affiliate in the 2022 season today, September 18, 2022

by The Nats Report Newsroom

Updated September 18, 2022

Rochester, NY - With the loss Saturday night, the Rochester Red Wings' five-game win streak has come to an end... this marks their second-longest winning streak of the year, only behind a nine-game stretch from May 7 - May 15.

During the streak, Rochester Red Wings' batters hit .252/.344/.442 while picking up 17 extra-base hits and scoring 29 runs, and Red Wings' pitchers pitched to an International League-best 1.96 ERA (10 ER/46 IP) while striking out 42 batters and walking 18 (2.33 K/BB). Their 1.09 WHIP over this stretch was good for third in the IL.

SS Lucius Fox recorded the first hit of the night for the Red Wings, picking up a single in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 13 games. The switch-hitter would finish the night 2-for-4 with two runs scored, picking up his 11th multi-hit game of the season and his first since September 9, 2022.

RHP Logan Verrett logged his team-high eighth quality start of the season, pitching seven innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out six batters...this outing marks the fifth time this season that the righty has pitched seven innings, with the last coming on September 3, 2022 vs. Toledo.

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Rochester will finish its series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs this afternoon, with the first pitch happening at 1:05 p.m. EDT. They’ll send RHP Patrick Murphy (2-3) to the mound, who comes off his best start. The righty is coming off of his best outing of the year, pitching a season-high 4.2 innings allowing an earned run on five hits while striking out five batters against LHV on September 13, 2022. Excluding his start on September 7, 2022, vs. Syracuse, where he gave up six earned runs, Murphy has pitched to a 2.30 ERA in 15.2 innings (4 ER).

The Wings will play their final matchup against the Phillies' top affiliate in the 2022 season. During their 23 contests this season, Rochester is 11-12 and will look to split the series record with a win Sunday. Since 2008, the Wings have a record of 115-135 against Lehigh Valley.