Rochester misses a chance to move into a tie for first place.
By Nick Grasso / Rochester Red Wings
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Red Wings dropped a 6-1 contest against the Omaha Storm Chasers on Wednesday night at Frontier Field. The loss brings the series record to 1-1, as the Wings drop to fifth place in the International League East.
With the loss, the Wings missed a chance to move into a first place tie with Durham and Jacksonville as both teams lost their respective game Wednesday.
LHP Carson Teel made his third start for Rochester and gave up five hits on one earned while striking out four batters in 4.2 innings. His 79 pitches thrown on Wednesday are the most he’s thrown in a game this season, and his four strikeouts were his most in a game since June 18 when he logged seven in a loss at Scranton.
Omaha LHP Marcelo Martinez walked Wings LF Matt Lipka with the bases loaded in the fourth, as 2B Adrian Sanchez scored and gave Rochester a 1-0 lead. Teel allowed a run early in the fifth on a soft single RBI to tie the game, but the Storm Chasers took a 3-1 lead when RHP Matt Brill hit an Omaha batter and walked another, both with the bases loaded, as the Wings gave up a three-run inning.
The Storm Chasers took a 4-1 lead when John Rave hit a single RBI off RHP Jefry Rodriguez. LHP Luis Avilan gave up a two-run ninth inning as Rochester’s deficit grow to five runs.
Rochester has not won the first two games in a series since May 10-11 at Worcester, and their season record drops to 45-41, just four losses shy of .500.