Slegers Pitches Wings to Third Straight Victory
Aaron Slegers faced one batter over the minimum in 6.0 innings and the Red Wings held off a 9th inning rally as Rochester beat the Gwinnett Stripers 4-2 Saturday night at Coolray Field. The Wings have now won three games in a row to begin this seven-game road trip.
Slegers (1-0) surrendered three hits and did not walk a batter while striking out five. Leadoff singles were erased after Ronald Acuna, Jr. was caught stealing in the 1st inning and a double play in the 3rd.
The Red Wings (3-3) did not have a hit through the first five innings against Stripers (2-6) starter
Slegers was at just 69 pitches when he was lifted prior to the 7th inning in favor of
Buss and LaMarre would add RBI singles in the 8th to extend the lead to 4-0.
Gwinnett would not go quietly in the 9th as a leadoff walk, an error and a bloop single brought the tying run to the plate with nobody out.
Buss drove in two runs while LaMarre and Petit both had two hits. Petit also scored twice in the win. Magill registered the first save of the season for the Wings.