Scott Diamond shines.  Oswaldo Arcia has a big day.  The Miracle and the Snappers lose late.

ROCHESTER 3, LEHIGH VALLEY 2 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Matt Carson was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.  Ben Revere was 2-for-4 and scored twice.

Pitching stars:  Scott Diamond allowed two unearned runs on four hits and no walks in seven innings.  Casey Fien worked two shutout innings, giving up just one hit.

Opposition star:  Raul Valdes pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.

Key inning:  The third.  Leading 1-0, Ray Chang and Ben Revere opened the inning with singles.  Brian Dozier reached on an error to load the bases.  Carson hit a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0 and Joe Benson got an infield hit to make it 3-0.

Other:  The Red Wings have already won as many games (nine) as the won in the month of April last year.  Game-time temperature in Rochester was thirty-nine degrees.  The game postponed Saturday will be made up July 8.

NEW HAMPSHIRE AT NEW BRITAIN

Postponed due to rain.

ST. LUCIE 9, FORT MYERS 8 IN ST. LUCIE

Batting stars:  Oswaldo Arcia was 4-for-5 with a triple and a home run, his first.  Jairo Perez was 3-for-5 with two doubles.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Daniel Muno was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run, driving in three.  Robbie Shields was 3-for-4.

Key inning:  The fifth.  The Miracle led 6-0, and Pat Dean had allowed only two hits through four innings.  With one out in the fifth, the Mets went walk, single, double, double, homer, making the score 6-5.  The Mets went on to take an 8-7 lead in the seventh and win on Muno’s RBI double in the ninth.

Other:  Fort Myers made only one error, but it was a costly one, leading to three unearned runs in the seventh.

WEST MICHIGAN 6, BELOIT 3 IN WEST MICHIGAN

Batting stars:  Eddie Rosario was 3-for-4 with a double, driving in two.  Jonathan Goncalves and Rory Rhodes each went 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitching star:  Madison Boer gave up two runs on three hits and two walks in 6.2 innings.

Opposition stars:  Eugenio Suarez was 2-for-4 with a home run, driving in three.  Steven Moya was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

Key inning:  The eighth.  The Snappers led 3-2 going into the inning.  Ryan O’Rourke gave up a three-run homer to Suarez to put the Whitecaps in the lead, and three singles led to another run.

Other:  Beloit out-hit West Michigan 11-8.

TODAY’S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers at St. Lucie                TBA v. TBA
5:35  Portland at New Britain                Chris Hernandez v. David Bromberg
5:35  Beloit at West Michigan               Steven Gruver v. Kyle Ryan