Columbus 5, Rochester 1 in Columbus (third inning—suspended game). The Clippers scored five in the first, all off Andrew Baldwin. The Red Wings have only one more series against Columbus, in August; presumably the game will be completed then.
New Britain 4, Erie 3 in New Britain. The Rock Cats scored all their runs in the fourth. Yangervis Solarte had two hits to raise his average to .332. Chris Herrmann, Evan Bigley, Mark Dolenc, and Nick Romero each had two hits. Bobby Lanigan gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings to get the win. Bruce Pugh gave up a hit and a walk in two shutout innings for the save.
Ft. Myers 7, Palm Beach 0 in Ft. Myers. The Miracle scored three in the first and never looked back. Tsuyoshi Nishioka had two hits. Joe Mauer was 1-for-2 with a three-run homer and two walks, driving in four. Tom Stuifbergen gave up five hits and no walks in six innings. Matthew Tone pitched two perfect innings and Andrew Albers pitched one.
Beloit 3, Lake County 2 in Beloit (10 innings). Michael Gonzales’ RBI single drove in Wang-wei Lin with the winning run with two out. Lance Ray had two hits. Adrian Salcedo struck out seven in eight innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks. Blayne Weller struck out three in two shutout innings, allowing two walks but no hits to get the win.
DSL Twins 6, Reds 5 at Twins (Game 1—8 innings—Scheduled 7 innings). The Reds scored two in the top of the eighth, but the Twins won it with three in the bottom half. The game winning rally had only one ball leave the infield—there was a hit batsman, a walk, an infield single, and two errors. Jose Ramirez had three hits and Jonatan Ynojoso had two. Starter Melciades De La Cruz gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk in four innings. Elias Villasana pitched two shutout innings, allowing just a walk. Jose Vasquez surrendered the two eighth inning runs in his second inning of work, but struck out five and got the win.
DSL Twins 3, Reds 2 at Reds (Game 2—Scheduled 7 innings). The Twins had only three hits, but the Reds made three errors and walked six. The Reds scored both of their runs in the seventh and had two on with one out. Starter Yorman Landa gave up two hits and a walk in four shutout innings. Francisco Nunez struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up just a walk. Edgar Martinez came in with two on and none out in the ninth, allowing both inherited runners to score but getting charged with none himself to get the save.
Re: Suspended game
So, unlike in the majors, if the game is not through the fifth inning, they don't just call it a rain-out with the makeup game starting from the first inning?
I realized why that Snappers game earlier in the week needed to be suspended: the visiting team had taken the lead in the top of the fifth inning, but continuing a game that was only through the third seems... like something Bud Selig would do for the World Series.
[Says that even though I would probably have extra-legally suspended that Phils/Rays game myself if I were commish: The World Series should not end when a rain delay makes a rain-shortened decisive game over.]