Rochester Red Wings Game Notes – August 23 at Lehigh Valley

August 23, 2024 – International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release

Rochester Red Wings (30-18, 68-53) vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (22-24, 56-63)

Friday – 7:05 p.m. ET – Coca-Cola Park – Allentown, PA

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

RHP Jackson Rutledge (4-7, 6.87) vs. RHP Seth Johnson (0-0, 0.00)

IRON SHARPENS IRON: Thursday night spelled another hit parade for the Red Wings offense, who collected a season-high 18 hits on their way to a 12-3 win over Lehigh Valley…Rochester has now won nine of their last 10 games and trails Columbus by just 1.5 games in the International League second half…DH DREW MILLAS tied his career-high with four hits, including a double while driving in a pair of RBI…LF TRAVIS BLANKENHORN, in his first game back with the team after a stint with Washington, connected on his 25th home run and second triple of the season to go along with a single and a walk…on the mound, LHP ANDREW ALVAREZ limited the IronPigs offense to two earned and tied his Triple-A high with seven strikeouts…the Red Wings look to win another series and wrap up their fourth-straight win tonight, sending RHP JACKSON RUTLEDGE to the mound against IronPigs Seth Johnson.

MILLY ROCK: DH DREW MILLAS tied a career-high with four hits in last night’s contest, going 4-for-6 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored…the switch-hitting catcher has a multi-hit game in four straight games for the first time since 7/23-28 in 2023 with Rochester…Millas owns a batting average of .312 (68-for-218), which is tied with Gwinnett’s Drake Baldwin for best among International League catchers (min. 150 AB).

LUCKY NUMBER 13: CF DARREN BAKER extended his hitting streak to a team-leading 13 games (dating back to 8/7-G1) in last night’s contest against Lehigh Valley…Baker finished the night 1-for-5 with a walk and run scored…the California native has a .344 (22-for-64) batting average during the month of August with a .391 on-base percentage…one more hit moved Baker’s season total to 118, which is good for first in the Washington Nationals Organization…

Baker’s 13-game hit streak is the longest active hitting streak in the International League and is the second-longest hitting streak by a Red Wing this season (Juan Yepez, 14).

KIE…BOOOOM!: 1B CARTER KIEBOOM finished last night’s game 2-for-4 with a double (15th of the season), one walk, an RBI, and two runs scored …in 12 games in August, Kieboom is batting .313 (10-for-32),…