Lehigh Valley 4, Rochester 3 in Lehigh Valley. Tagg Bozied’s homer in the sixth broke a 3-3 tie. Ray Chang hit two home runs, his first two homers of the year, driving in all of the Red Wings runs. Eric Hacker allowed all four runs on eight hits, walking none. Carlos Gutierrez pitched two shutout innings of relief.
New Hampshire 4, New Britain 0 in New Hampshire. The Fisher Cats scored three in the first, which was more than they needed. The Rock Cats had only two hits, both singles. Steve Hirschfeld allowed all four runs on seven hits and two walks, striking out six in five innings.
Clearwater 7, Ft. Myers 2 in Ft. Myers (Game 1—9 innings—Scheduled 7 innings). The Threshers scored five in the ninth. Reggie Williams homered and singled. Danny Rams homered. Logan Darnell gave up two runs on six hits and a walk in 5.1 innings. Bruce Pugh surrendered the five ninth inning runs, but it was his fourth inning of work and two of the runs were unearned.
Clearwater at Ft. Myers (Game 2). Postponed. Game will be made up today.
Clinton 6, Beloit 4 in Clinton. The LumberKings scored five in the fifth to overcome a 4-1 deficit. Danny Ortiz had two doubles, Michael Gonzales singled and homered (his seventh), and Lance Ray had two hits. B. J. Hermsen allowed all six runs (only two earned) on seven hits and a walk in 4.2 innings, striking out four. Clinton Dempster pitched 2.1 scoreless innings.
DSL Twins 4, White Sox 3 (12 innings) at Twins. Victor Arias came around from second on an infield out to score the winning run. Adonis Pacheco had two singles and a double. Erick Gonzalez and Joel Polanco each had two hits. Sterling Bonilla struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up just one hit and no walks. Randy Rosario followed with two perfect innings. The win went to Francisco Nunez, who struck out five in 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and no walks.