Minor Details: Games of 7/15

Buffalo 8, Rochester 4 in Buffalo.  The Bisons scored three in the first and never trailed.  The Red Wings out-hit the Bisons 14-13.  Jeff Bailey had two singles and a double.  Rene Tosoni had three hits.  Chase Lambin and Toby Gardenhire each singled and doubled.  Starter Kevin Slowey gave up the first-inning runs but then pitched pretty well, allowing three runs on six hits and a walk while striking out three in 4.2 innings.

Portland 10, New Britain 6 in Portland.  The Sea Dogs scored eight runs in the eighth to overcome a 5-2 deficit.  Deibinson Romero singled and homered.  Chris Cates singled and doubled.  Chris Herrmann hit a two-run homer.  Starter Brett Jacobson allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in 3.1 innings.  Blake Martin pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up only one hit but walking four.  Deolis Guerra and Tyler Robertson each surrendered four runs in the eighth, with Guerra taking the loss.

Ft. Myers 5, Daytona 4 in Ft. Myers.  The Miracle led 5-0 after six, then held on.  James Beresford singled and doubled.  Steven Liddle had two hits.  Aaron Hicks hit a home run, his fourth.  Logan Darnell pitched six shutout innings before tiring in the seventh; for the game he gave up three runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings, walking none and striking out seven.  Ricky Bowen struck out three in two shutout innings to get the save, giving up only a walk.

South Bend 10, Beloit 2 in Beloit.  The Silver Hawks scored in six of the nine innings.  Lance Ray doubled and homered, his ninth home run.  Daniel Ortiz and Daniel Santana each had two hits.  Starter Ryan O’Rourke took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits and five walks while striking out four in four innings.

Elizabethton 7, Greeneville 0 in Greeneville.  The Twins scored three in the first and three in the ninth.  Miguel Sano singled and tripled, Nick Lockwood singled and doubled, and Max Kepler had two hits.  The star, though, was David Hurlbut, who pitched seven innings, giving up three hits and no walks while striking out five.  Nicholas Alloway worked the last two innings, allowing a hit and two walks.

GCL Rays 7, Twins 4 at Twins.  The Rays scored three in the third and never trailed again.  Jorge Polanco singled, doubled, and tripled.  Drew Leachman had three hits.  Dereck Rodriguez singled and doubled.  Starter Hein Robb took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits and a walk while striking out five in 3.2 innings.  Mark Trau struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

DSL Twins 2, Diamondbacks 1 (14 innings).  Wander Guillen doubled with one out in the fourteenth, scoring Jose Rodriguez with the winning run.  Each team had only four hits.  Guillen had two of them, also getting a single.  Starter Edgar Martinez worked four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Ezequiel Zarzuela then struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks.  Francisco Nunez went the final four innings perfectly, striking out three to get the win to raise his record to 6-1 and lower his ERA to 0.29 in 31 innings (13 appearances).