One more win. The Rochester Red Wings needed one more win over the course of a five-month IL regular season — 142 games, in total — to make the postseason for the fourth time in their 20 years at Frontier Field.

Rochester did its part Monday with a 10-1 win over Pawtucket, but Lehigh Valley took care of business on its end, defeating North Division champion Scranton/W-B, 4-3, to earn the IL wild card. Both teams finished 80-62 but the IronPigs move on to the postseason by virtue of owning the tiebreaker of the head-to-head season series with the Red Wings, 13-9.

And the IronPigs had to withstand a ninth-inning RailRiders' rally that produced a run and loaded the bases with the IL's leading hitter at the plate with one out. Jake Cave struck out on three pitches, leaving Irondequoit grad Cito Culver stranded on third base as the tying run.

The Wings, unfortunately, let this playoff berth slip away. Last week, they held a two-game advantage in the race for the playoffs but a 3-5 mark in their final eight games — splitting with Pawtucket over the final weekend — combined with Lehigh Valley going 6-0 to finish the season, left a giant hole where a playoff spot should have been.

Red Wings manager Mike Quade said he was proud of the way the team finished up the season.

“We needed to win 3 out of 4, I guess that’s the deal, and we didn’t get it done,” he said. “If you told me they were going to sweep Scranton I would have been very surprised.

“It’s so cliché, but how can it possibly come down to the last day? It’s amazing that does that. I think you can make the case that if we found a way to win a couple nights ago, we wouldn’t have had it come down to the final day.”

Frontier Field saw a lot of things this season, including a total attendance of 445,581 — 9,336 of whom were treated to Monday's win. There also was Mitch Garver on July 9 becoming the first Red Wing to hit three home runs at Frontier Field. The seventh-largest crowd (13,167) jammed in the stadium on July 4 and its fifth-largest crowd (13,281) followed suit Aug. 10 for Rochester Plates Night, when the team adopted a new name and uniform to honor the Garbage Plate.

Recently, the team signed a new lease agreement with Monroe County that ensures the Red Wings of playing at Frontier Field for at least another 10 years.

And, fans also saw the Red Wings miss the playoffs for the second straight year despite posting 80 wins. That’s the first time in IL history that’s happened. Once again, the Red Wings were the third-best team in the IL North but had one of the four best records overall in the league.

Matt Hague played the most games for the Red Wings this season with 135 and led the league in hits with 149. It’s the fourth time he’s led the league in that category. He said he was OK with the tiebreaker determining the Red Wings’ fate.

“I think if they beat you head-to-head it’s a good way to go,” said Hague. “They beat us up early in the year and we started getting them at the end. It’s one of those things that makes every game in the year count, so it is what it is.”

Niko Goodrum was called up by Minnesota on Friday, but led the team with 66 RBI and 71 runs scored. The Red Wings certainly could have used him this weekend.

Aaron Slegers (15-4) led Rochester with 148⅓ innings pitched, 15 wins and 119 strikeouts.

The Wings bullpen was the strength of the team, with an IL best 53-6 record when leading after the fifth inning. They had 14 different players record a save and nobody had more than Alex Wimmers’ seven.

Quade said the future looks bright for the Twins and Red Wings.

“Part of our deal is to win ballgames and put on a good show for the fans, but the other part is to contribute however we can when they need guys at the big-league level,” said Quade. “We sent a lot of guys up there this year and I’m real proud of them and the job they’re doing. The fact (the Twins) aren’t just in it but they’re leading it, speaks volumes to the organization.”