Rochester Red Wings Game Notes: Buffalo Bisons (5-6) vs. Rochester Plates (3-8), April 14, 2023

The Rochester "Plates" walked it off Thursday night, beating the Buffalo Bisons 9-8 in regulation for their first back-to-back wins of the 2023 season.

Game Information

Matchup: Buffalo Bisons (5-6) vs. Rochester Plates (3-8)
Pitching Matchup: RHP Yosver Zulueta (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jake Irvin (0-1, 4.82)
Game Info: Friday, April 14, 2023, | 6:05 p.m. ET
Location: Innovative Field – Rochester, NY    

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Rochester Red Wings StoryLine:

 The Rochester "Plates" walked it off Thursday night, beating the Buffalo Bisons 9-8 in regulation for their first back-to-back wins of the 2023 season.

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What you need to know

• 2B Darren Baker logged a career game, going 4-for-5 with a homer, triple, and pair of singles. The 24-year-old's four-hit performance was the first of his career, and his eighth-inning game-tying homer was only the third long ball in his 138 MiLB games played.

• 3B Jake Alu, who returned to the Red Wings lineup last night, logged three hits and an RBI in his season debut. The third-baseman turned in a 3-for-4 day at the plate with an RBI and a run scored.

• Alu earned International League Player of the Month honors with the Wings in September of 2022 after hitting .409 (36-for-88) with seven home runs, a triple, eight doubles, and 25 RBI in 23 games.

• Rochester reliever RHP Jake Irvin made his Triple-A debut on April 1, 2023, against Lehigh Valley, working 4.1 innings with four strikeouts. Irvin split the 2022 season between High-A Wilmington and Double-Harrisburg, making nine starts with Wilmington and 15 with Harrisburg. He allowed three earned runs or less in 18 of his 24 starts.

• RF Franklin Barreto launched a two-run shot, part of a two-hit day, to bring Rochester within striking distance in the fourth, which marked his third homer in his last two days.

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