Published on August 15, 2025 under International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
Syracuse Mets (30-12, 61-56) vs. Rochester Red Wings (18-24, 45-69)
Friday – 6:45 p.m. ET – Innovative Field – Rochester, NY
Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Sports Live
LHP Brandon Waddell (2-5, 4.34) vs. RHP Bryce Conley (1-2, 5.03)
WINGS FOR WINNER: The Rochester Plates and Syracuse Mets faced off on Thursday night for game three of their six-game series…Rochester put another check into the win column, scoring nine runs on nine hits en route to a 9-2 victory…LHP ANDREW ALVAREZ turned in 6.0 solid innings on the mound, striking out a season-high eight batters…3B TREY LIPSCOMB and LF CHRISTIAN FRANKLIN each collected two RBI to help pace the offense…the Red Wings will play as the Oat Milkers tonight, sending RHP BRYCE CONLEY to the mound to face Syracuse southpaw Brandon Waddell…
SS NASIM NUÑEZ swiped his team-leading 30th base of the season in the contest, and 2B JACKSON CLUFF stole his 19th in 21 attempts…as a team, the Red Wings now have 178 stolen bases this season, fourth-most in the International League and two shy of their franchise record (180 in 1944).
ALVA-RISE & SHINE: LHP ANDREW ALVAREZ threw 6.0 solid innings for Rochester on Thursday night, allowing just two runs on three hits, while striking out a season-high eight batters en route to his second win of 2025…Alvarez now ranks fourth among IL pitchers with 111.1 innings pitched, and tied for first with 23 starts this season…Rochester starting pitchers have now turned in a quality start in three consecutive games for the second time in 2025 (5/18-21)…
Alvarez induced his 14th double play of the season in the top of the third…the Cal Poly product leads all International League pitchers in ground ball double plays, two more than the next closest pitcher (STP RHP Marco Raya, 12).
FRANKLY UNSTOPPABLE: LF CHRISTIAN FRANKLIN launched his first Innovative Field home run last night to cap Rochester’s five-run fourth inning…this was the Kansas native’s second home run since being traded to Washington on 7/31, with the first coming on 8/9 at Norfolk…since joining Rochester, he has reached base in all nine games and is hitting .353 (12-for-34) with a 1.022 OPS along with a double, ten RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases…
His eighth-inning walk marks his 69th of the season, most in the International League.
LIPS-TICK: 3B TREY LIPSCOMB continued his hot start to…
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