Buffalo and Rochester ready to clash again

The Buffalo Bisons have held first place in the International League north division standings since May 5, which is somewhat remarkable considering their lack of dominance on the field these past six weeks. But despite Buffalo’s occasional stumbles, the two teams pursuing the Bisons, the Rochester Red Wings and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, have failed to seize the opportunity to grab the division lead.

Well don’t look now, but Rochester has been on a real streak of late, and going into today’s play, are just half a game behind the Bisons in the standings. When the two teams met in mid-May there was just a one and a half game separation between the two, and Buffalo took 3 games of the 4 game set played in the two cities.

Well here we are again, neck in neck, and the two teams will play another four game series starting this weekend. The first two will be played at Frontier Field in Rochester before the series switches to Buffalo. With the weekend and then the pre July 4th festivities in full swing, look for big crowds and perhaps first place on the line. Won’t that be great?!

Here’s the schedule:
Sat June 30 7:05pm Frontier Field
Sun July 1 7:05pm Frontier Field
Mon July 2 7:05pm Dunn Tire Park
Tue July 3 6:05pm Dunn Tire Park