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TODAY’S GAME: Today, the Buffalo Bisons take on the Rochester Red Wings in a day-night doubleheader from Frontier Field (1:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m.). The Bisons opened up the four-game in three-day series with an 8-3 victory last night. On Tuesday, the Bisons will return home to face the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in a two-game series from Coca-Cola Field.

vs. THE WINGS: The Bisons are 1-2 against the Red Wings this season, collecting their first win of the series last night. Prior to that, Rochester had won a pair of single games over the Herd, April 28 in Rochester (0-1) and July 3 in Buffalo (2-6). Buffalo holds the 99-79 (.556) advantage since their return to the IL in 1998. The only other team Buffalo has more wins against since 1998 is the Syracuse Chiefs (100-86).

DAY BECOMES NIGHT: This will be the Bisons first day-night doubleheader since July 10, 2004 in Durham. That long day of baseball included two, three-hour games, with the Bulls winning 4-3 in 10 innings in game one (3:01) and the Bisons winning game two, 10-9 (3:03). Slugger Russell Branyan homered in both games and RHP Adam Hanson earned the victory in game two. It would be Hanson’s only game ever with Buffalo.

HOT HITTER: C Robinson Cancel has the team’s top current hit streak. The veteran has hit in nine straight, averaging .314 (11-35) since June 19. Last night, Cancel reached base three times going 1-2 with a pair of walks. Former Bison Wily Mo Pena has the season-high with his 13-game hit streak, May 25 -June 7.

FELLIN’ FELICIANO: The hits keep coming for OF Jesus Feliciano. He went 2-5 last night and is now averaging .305 on the season (10th in International League). Feliciano has faired especially well on the road this season (.352, 38-108) and against the Rochester Red Wings (.462, 6-13).

WHOA NELLY!: RHP Nelson Figueroa was selected to the International League All-Star team yesterday. The veteran was a perfect 3-0 with a razor-thin 1.53ERA in five starts in June. Overall, Figueroa’s 2.63ERA is 8th in the IL. He also leads the Bisons with nine quality starts. Figueroa will be joined by Bisons manager Ken Oberkfell, who is a coach for the IL All-Star team.

The Bisons’ All-Star pitcher was at the top of his game yet again for Buffalo.

Nelson Figueroa delivered another quality start and his Herd teammates cashed in with an 8-3 victory over the Rochester Red Wings, Saturday night from Frontier Field.

READ: Game Recap

The Bisons will continue their series against Rochester with a unique day-night doubleheader on Sunday at Frontier Field. The teams will play two nine-inning games, with scheduled first pitches of 1:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m.

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TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Rochester Red Wings in the first game of a four-game in three-day series at Frontier Field (7:05 p.m.). Rain shortened a two-game set between the rivals in Buffalo to just a 6-2 Wings’ victory last night. On Tuesday, the Herd returns to Coca-Cola Field for a two-game series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.

vs. THE RED WINGS: The Bisons are 0-2 against the Red Wings this season. Both defeats came in single games, April 28 in Rochester (0-1) and last night in Buffalo (2-6). The teams have 14 games against each other, including a pair of doubleheaders: July 5 in Rochester and August 10 in Buffalo. Buffalo holds the 98-79 (.554) advantage since their return to the IL in 1998.

FULL NELSON: RHP Nelson Figueroa gets the start tonight, looking to continue his string of five consecutive quality starts. Figueroa has allowed more than three runs in a start only once all year, leading the Herd with nine quality efforts. One of those dominate performances came on April 28 in Rochester, as he held the Wings to just one run on four hits in seven innings. However, he was dealt the loss as Rochester won, 1-0.

WHOA NELLY!: RHP Nelson Figueroa was selected to the International League All-Star team yesterday. The veteran was a perfect 3-0 with a razor-thin 1.53ERA in five starts in June. Overall, Figueroa’s 2.61ERA is 8th in the IL. He also leads the Bisons with nine quality starts. Figueroa will be joined by Bisons manager Ken Oberkfell, who is a coach for the IL All-Star team.

HOT HITTER: C Robinson Cancel has the team’s top current hit streak. The veteran has hit in nine straight, averaging .314 (11-35) since June 19. Last night, Cancel reached base three times going 1-2 with a pair of walks. Former Bison Wily Mo Pena has the season-high with his 13-game hit streak, May 25 -June 7.

RETURN OF PEREZ: LHP Oliver Perez continued his major league rehab with the Bisons last night. The southpaw allowed three runs in five innings. Perez also pitched with the Herd on May 26, working 4.1 innings and allowing just one run. Perez continues to work his way back from a right knee injury that landed him on the Mets disabled list on May 6 (retro to May 3).

The Mistro, Paul Ferington, let the ‘cat out of the bag’ earlier with Duke and I on our TV broadcast tonight so, I thought I’d pass along the more details about the extension between the Bisons and the BPO. If you haven’t been to the show yet, you must make it a priority. In a word AWESOME each and every time.

Here’s the official release from the Herd:

The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, are pleased to announce that they have reached a five-year extension with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Independence Eve celebrations at Coca-Cola Field through the 2014 season.

“We couldn’t be happier to continue this great partnership with the BPO and provide the great fans of Western New York with this marquee event for another five seasons,” said Bisons Vice President/General Manager Mike Buczkowski. “This event has become one of the great annual summer traditions in Downtown Buffalo.”

“The BPO is thrilled to be involved with the Buffalo Bisons on the Independence Eve Celebration. We are so pleased that we will be extending our partnership with the Buffalo Bisons for another five years,” said BPO Executive Director Dan Hart.

The Bisons and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra began their relationship in 1995. That year, the BPO’s July 3rd performance drew a capacity crowd, setting the precedent for a series of consecutive Independence celebrations. With tonight’s attendance of 17,380, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has performed in front of 282,538 fans in 15 years at Coca-Cola Field.

On the night of the Bisons annual Independence Eve Celebration, the Herd offense couldn’t produce any fireworks. The Bisons fell 6-2 to the Rochester Red Wings in front of 17,380 fans, the largest crowd of the season at Coca-Cola Field.

READ: GAME RECAP!

BISONS NOTES:
Bisons RHP Nelson Figueroa was selected to the IL All-Star team on Thursday. Figueroa will join Buffalo skipper, Ken Oberkfell, who was named to the team as a coach last month, to Portland, OR. Figueroa and the rest of his IL teammates take on the best of the Pacific Coast League on Wednesday, July 15… Robinson Cancel extended his hit streak to nine games with a single to right in the fifth inning. Cancel is hitting .314 (11-35) during the streak.