Bisons to play Wings tonight at 7:30

August 27, 2012 - 6:02 PM

The Bisons were scheduled to play Rochester tonight at 7 and they're hopeful of getting the game in so they can avoid a doubleheader tomorrow on Fan Appreciation Night. We'll post an update here if there's any change in tonight's status.

(Here's your update -- the tarp is off the field and tonight's game will start at 7:30)

Jenrry Mejia (3-2) pitches tonight for Buffalo against Rochester's Nick Blackburn (2-1), who has 43 big-league wins and a crazy career pitching line pointed out to my by Bisons PR maven Brad Bisbing.

2008: 33 GS, 11-11, 4.05 ERA, 193.1 IP, 224H, 96 SO, 39 BB
2009: 33 GS, 11-11, 4.03 ERA, 205.2 IP, 240H, 98 SO, 41 BB

(In 2010, Blackburn blew the pattern by going 10-12, 5.42)

Here's Buffalo's scheduled lineup for tonight:

Fred Lewis, lf
Josh Satin, 2b
Zach Lutz, 3b
Valentino Pascucci, dh
Matt Tuiasosopo, rf
Adam Loewen, 1b
Josh Rodriguez, ss
Matt den Dekker, cf
Mike Nickeas, c

---Mike Harrington
(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

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Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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