The Red Wings dropped their opener 4-0 in front of an announced crowd of 11,525 at North Americare Park in downtown Buffalo. The 0-0 tie broke when the Bisons capitalized with two fourth inning long balls. Rodriguez started for the Wings and was pulled after four (four runs, two hits). The Wings could only muster up six hits offensively, Forbes and Rosario had two a piece.
The Wings open at home tomorrow, and all 11,000 seats are sold out. There are about 2,000 standing room seats, a handful remain for the opener. The weather looks great, so everything should go off without a hitch! Hopefully the Wings will bounce back!
ROCHESTER (0) AT BUFFALO (4)
ROCHESTER AB R H BI BUFFALO AB R H BI
Forbes 2B 4 0 2 0 Miller CF 2 1 1 0
Tavarez CF 4 0 1 0 Wilson SS 3 0 0 0
Otanez 3B 4 0 0 0 Ramirez RF 3 0 0 0
Dodson 1B 4 0 1 0 Sexson LF 3 1 1 2
Lydy LF 4 0 0 0 Perry 1B 4 1 1 0
Clark DH 3 0 0 0 Lovullo 3B 4 1 1 1
Isom RF 4 0 0 0 Selby DH 3 0 1 0
Simons SS 3 0 0 0 Diaz C 3 0 2 1
Rosario C 3 0 2 0 Listach 2B 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 4 7 4
ROCHESTER 000 000 000-- 0
BUFFALO 000 201 10x-- 4
E--Ramirez. LOB--Rochester 7, Buffalo 6. 2B--Diaz,
Miller. HR--Sexson (1) (off Rodriguez), Lovullo (1)
(off Rodriguez). CS--Ramirez. S--Wilson. SF--Sexson.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
ROCHESTER
Rodriguez (L,0-1) 4 4 2 2 1 3 2
Bennett 3 3 2 1 3 3 0
Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
BUFFALO
Karsay (W,1-0) 8 6 0 0 0 3 0
Villone 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
PB--Rosario 2.
SO--ROC: Dodson 2, Simons, Clark, Isom. BUF: Listach 2,
Lovullo 2, Selby, Perry, Sexson.
BB--ROC: Clark. BUF: Selby, Ramirez, Miller 2.
T--2:21. A--11,525.