Chiefs secondbaseman Steve Lombardozzi tries to throw out Buffalo’s Darrell Ceciliani in the first inning of today’s double header. Ceciliani beat the throw and later scored along with Chris Colabello. The Bison’s won 4-0. The Chiefs won the first game earlier in the evening 5-1.The two teams play again tomorrow evening.
Chiefs shortstop Adrian Sanchez
A few things we noticed during today’s Syracuse Chiefs matinee contest vs. The Gwinnett Braves: the crowd was great for a noon time start, Adrian Sanchez made a fashion statement with his compression undershirt, and lastly that there’s no way that the umpires should have missed the call during the six inning when they mis-ID’d Mel Rojas Jr’s foul ball as a home run (we had a vantage point near right field). Fans often give umps a hard time at NBT Bank Stadium, but this wasn’t even close. The Chiefs ended up losing the game 3-2.
Sanchez went 1-for-4 in today’s game, including a single during the 9th inning rally.
Jimmy Durkin at the Wall of Fame Ceremony on Sunday
Membership has it’s privileges. James “Jimmy” Durkin came NBT Bank Stadium to receive his Wall of Fame plaque on Sunday and actually took the day off (well, sort of).
Soon to be Wall of Famer Jimmy Durkin at Opening Day in 2014.
Here’s a story about Jimmy Durkin, a fixture at NBT stadium and around the Chiefs organization. He will be inducted into the Chiefs Wall of Fame later this week.
Chief’s second baseman and Rochester native Chris Bostick went 2-4 tonight, including his first home run, but the Chief’s fell to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6-4.
Former MLB star Bill Buckner threw out the first pitch at Saturday’s Chiefs game. Saturday’s game was re-opening day .
Buckner, a former batting champ, played in the Majors during four different decades.
Chiefs Shortstop Trea Turner
Don’t let his baby face fool you, Syracuse Chief’s dynamic shortstop Trea Turner is an assassin at the plate and is having a killer season. Tonight he went 3 for 4 in a Syracuse win.
For the season the 22-year old NC State grad is batting nearly .300.
Turner snags a fly ball in the first inning of tonight’s game vs. Toledo.
Washington Nationals outfielder Ben Revere proved he can swing the bat. He went 2 for 3 last night during a rehab start in Syracuse. The Chiefs defeated the PawSox 3-1.
Syracuse Chiefs GM Jason Smorol recognizes members of the Onondaga County Parks team before the April home opener this week (there will be another “opener” in June). Inclement weather forced cancellation of an earlier opening day.
Steve Strikeout: Strasburg kicked his rehab into high gear by striking out the first three Pawtucket batters he faced on Monday night. He continued to throw hard and mow down batters. He worked 5 2/3 innings.
What a difference a week makes. For his second rehab start Stephen Strasburg put the hammer down on the Pawtucket Red Sox, and registered 11 strikeouts while giving up five hits. The Chiefs also provided some major offense, including home runs by Matt Skole (1B) and Jason Martinson (3B).
The Chiefs won 9-3. Mission accomplished.
The Chiefs scored three runs in the bottom of the first, thanks to a double and a steal of third by shortstop Trea Turner.
The night turned out picturesque after a day that was spotted with rain showers. The official attendance was 5,646.