Chiefs centerfielder Rafael Bautista stole third base after doubling in the first inning of today’s second contest of a double header with Rochester. Rochester won the first game today 6-2 and the second game 10-4. After inclement weather postponed the first two games, Rochester swept the weekend series.
Opening Day
Wall of Fame Honoree, Jimmy Durkin
Carlos Delgado, playing in 2004 with the Syracuse Chiefs.
Plenty of socially conscious athletes have come through the Salt City (from Jim Brown and Oren Lyons to Melo), but one we often overlook is deserved MLB Hall of Famer Carlos Delgado, whose protest came that season he came to do a rehab stint with the Chiefs.
Chiefs first baseman Matt Skole was awarded the 2016 Rawlings Sports Gold Glove for his defensive work this season.
Coach New football coach Dino Babers and AD John Wildhack were special guests for last night’s Chiefs game. They both threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wildhack threw a solid strike. Coach Babers, whose windup almost mimicked a young Vida Blue, went “wild thing” and threw it low and way outside. He was a good sport though and made sure to cover the plate after the passed ball. This was a great intro into the community.
Michael Taylor of the Chiefs (#2) walked in the bottom of the fourth inning of Thursday’s double-header against Lehigh Valley, then stole second. He went to third on an error and later scored a run. Infielder Jesmuel Valentin is shown here avoiding Taylor’s slide. The Chiefs still lost the game 3-2. The final game of the series will Sunday at NBT Bank Stadium.
During the bottom of the second inning Chiefs leftfielder Zach Collier hit a double off the wall and drove in two runs.
Collier turned around in the top of the third inning and climbed the left field wall to to retrieve a hit. The Chiefs defeated the Rochester Red Wings 6-4.
Buffalo pitcher Patrick Michael Venditte showed off his ambidexterity earlier this week as he pitched several shut out innings against the Chiefs. His slider had equal velocity and movement from each arm.