Rochester Red Wings Game Notes – June 25 vs. Indianapolis

June 25, 2024 – International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release

Indianapolis Indians (0-0, 33-40) vs. Rochester Red Wings (0-0, 38-35)

Tuesday – 6:45 p.m. ET – Innovative Field – Rochester, NY

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Live, MiLB.TV

RHP Braxton Ashcraft (1-0, 0.87) vs. RHP Josiah Gray (NR)

WEEKEND WARRIORS: The Rochester Red Wings hung on for a 3-2 win over the Syracuse Mets in the series finale Sunday afternoon…LF JAMES WOOD reached base three times to extend his on-base streak to 33 games, and 1B JUAN YEPEZ turned in his fourth multi-hit performance in five games, highlighted by his ninth homer of the season…RHP BRAD LORD made his Triple-A debut on the mound and earned his first win before handing the ball off to a Rochester bullpen that combined to allow just one hit to preserve the victory…Rochester travels back home to kick off the second half with a six-game set against Indianapolis…the Red Wings will send Nationals RHP JOSIAH GRAY to the mound for his fourth rehab start against Indians RHP Braxton Ashcraft.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: Rochester wrapped up the first half of the season with a 38-35 record and a third-place finish in the International League-East division…the Red Wings were led offensively by Washington’s No. 1 prospect LF JAMES WOOD, who led all International League hitters with a .348 batting average (62-for-178), a .463 on-base percentage and a 1.053 OPS while posting the third-best slugging percentage (.590)…2B DARREN BAKER’S 70 first-half hits are tied with Double-A Harrisburg’s Andrew Pinckney for most among Nationals Minor Leaguers, and DH TRAVIS BLANKENHORN led the team with 16 home runs, tied for fourth-most in the International League and most by any player in the Nationals organization (including MLB)…out of the bullpen, RHP ADONIS MEDINA allowed just seven earned runs across 33.1 innings for a team-leading 1.89 ERA (min. 10.0 IP), ninth-best among all IL relievers with at least 20.0 IP…

Omaha crowned themselves first-half champions with a 49-24 record, led by a dominating pitching staff that posted a league-leading 4.06 ERA (288 ER/638.0 IP

LORD OF THE WINGS: RHP BRAD LORD made his Triple-A debut with Rochester on Sunday and turned in 5.0 innings, allowing two earned on nine hits while striking out four and walking none en route to his first Triple-A win…he has now gone at least 5.0 full innings in each of his last 11 starts since 4/26 at Erie (with Double-A HBG) and has earned…