Rochester and Buffalo played a doubleheader Friday at Frontier Field, splitting the two games. The Buffalo Bisons won the opener 6-2, then the Red Wings answered in the nightcap, taking a 5-3 decision to even the series. No individual stats were available from either game, but the split keeps things competitive between two teams that know each other well at this point in the young AAA season.
Meanwhile, down in the majors, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 to move to 11-9 on the year. The story of the game was a bench player named McMahon, who came off the bench and hit a home run to break out of a slump — the kind of contribution that tends to stick in a manager’s memory. Kansas City falls to 7-13 with the loss, putting them in an early hole in the American League.
It was otherwise a quiet Friday for tracked regional teams. The Bills, Sabres, Giants, Rangers, Knicks, and several others were all idle, leaving the doubleheader and the Yankee win as the day’s full slate.
