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Rochester Red Wings lose in walk-off fashion for third straight game Kyle Evans covers local high school, college, and professional sports on FingerLakes1.com. Click here to contribute to our Sports Page or connect with Kyle using kyle@fingerlakes1.com. The Red Wings lost in walk-off fashion for a third straight game to open the season Thursday night in Lehigh Valley. This time the Wings blew a 4-3 ninth inning lead and lost 5-4 in 10 innings – their second extra inning loss in three games. The Wings (0-3) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on Brandon Snyder’s two-out, three-run homer in the...

95-98 / 101 After an up-and-down freshman year at Arkansas, Rutledge transferred to Houston-area junior college powerhouse San Jacinto and immediately looked like a first-round pick. He had trouble getting on the mound in Fayetteville in part due to his command, which still isn’t great. Rutledge often worked 96-100 at San Jac, mixing in a comfortably-plus slider and a curveball that was closer to average. He would occasionally flash a good changeup, too, but that pitch was a distant fourth offering at the time. That’s not really the case anymore, as Rutledge has hit the breaks on his curv...

Rutledge was a first-round selection in 2019, and he spent last season at the Nationals’ alternate training site. The 6-foot-8 right-handed pitcher is the franchise’s second-best prospect, according to Baseball America, but has limited time at the professional level, pitching 10 games across Rookie and Single-A levels. Cole Henry is another right-handed pitcher, and Baseball America lists him as the third-best prospect in the pipeline. He joins left-hander Tim Cate, left-hander Matt Cronin, first baseman Drew Mendoza, catcher Israel Pineda, right-hander Tyler Dyson, shortstop Jackson Cluf...