Rochester Red Wings Game Notes – September 11 vs. Buffalo

Published on September 11, 2025 under International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release

Buffalo Bisons (27-36, 57-79) vs. Rochester Plates (28-37, 55-82)

Thursday – 6:05 p.m. ET – Innovative Field – Rochester, NY

Radio: Fox Sports 1280/iHeartRadio TV: Bally Sports Live

RHP Elieser Hernández (0-2, 6.75) vs. RHP Adrian Sampson (5-4, 4.21)

WEDNESDAY WOES: Rochester looked to build on the series-opening win against the Buffalo Bisons on Wednesday night, but fell by a score of 9-2…LF PHILLIP GLASSER belted his first Triple-A home run of his career, a solo blast in the bottom of the fifth inning…RF/CF NICK SCHNELL cracked a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, his 20th with Rochester and 22nd of the season (2 w/ Double-A HBG)…Rochester will don their signature Plates uniforms tonight as they look to jump back out in front in the series, sending RHP ADRIAN SAMPSON to the mound against Bisons RHP Elieser Hernández.

20 PIECE WITH FRIES: RF/CF NICK SCHNELL logged the only multi-hit performance by a Red Wing last night, finishing 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the ninth inning and earlier adding a single in the contest…the homer marked his 20th of the season with Rochester, pulling him even with OF ANDREW PINCKNEY for the team lead…Schnell and Pinckney are the first pair of Red Wings teammates to launch 20 homers in a season since Zander Wiel and Wilin Rosario in 2019, and the first to log 20 homers and steal 10 bases since Don Baylor (20 HR, 25 SB) and Rich Coggins (20 HR, 17 SB) in 1971…

Since his Red Wings debut on 5/24, Schnell’s 20 homers are tied for third-most in the International League…he also ranks second in RBI (63), and fourth in XBH (40).

FIRST (G)LASS FLIGHT: LF PHILLIP GLASSER smacked a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, marking his first with Rochester and the first Triple-A blast of his career…the Canton, Ohio native has logged an extra-base hit in each of his first two games with Rochester (HR, 3B), going 3-for-7 (.429) with a pair of RBI…in a career-high 114 games played, Glasser leads all qualified Nationals Minor Leaguers in batting average (.295, 128-for-434) and total hits (128), ranks second in OBP (.381), third in OPS (.784), and fifth in total bases (175)…

Across 55 home games between Rochester and Harrisburg, Glasser carries a slash line of .324/.409/.456 with an .865 OPS.

NO IF’S, ANDRY’S, OR BUT’S: RHP ANDRY LARA delivered 2.0 scoreless frames of relief in Wednesday night’s…