Twins affiliates sweep.  A big comeback for the Rock Cats.  All the starting pitchers give up a lot of hits, but two give up very few runs.

SYRACUSE AT ROCHESTER

Rained out.  Game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Thursday.

NEW BRITAIN 7, PORTLAND 6 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Chris Herrmann was 2-for-4 with a walk and his second home run, scoring three times.  Danny Lehmann was 2-for-4 and Deibinson Romero was 2-for-5.

Pitching stars:  Lester Oliveros, Brett Jacobson, and Deolis Guerra each worked two shutout innings of relief, with Guerra striking out five.

Key inning:  The seventh.  Down 6-1 with two out and no one on base, Pedro Florimon walked, Lehmann, James Beresford, and Aaron Hicks singled, Herrmann walked, and Evan Bigley and Chris Colabello singled.  The rally tied the score, and the Rock Cats went on to win it in the ninth.

Other:  Nathan Hanson’s two-out double drove in the winning run in the ninth.

FORT MYERS 7, ST. LUCIE 1 AT ST. LUCIE

Batting stars:  Levi Michael was 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring three times.  Daniel Santana was 3-for-5 with a double.  Michael Gonzales was 2-for-4 with his second home run.

Pitching stars:  B. J. Hermsen gave up a run on seven hits and a walk in five innings.  Matthew Hauser struck out three in three shutout innings, allowing only a walk.

Opposition stars:  Richard Lucas was 2-for-4 with a double.  Ryan Fraser worked 2.2 scoreless innings.

Key inning:  The first.  The first three batters got hits, as Santana singled, Michael tripled, and Angel Morales doubled to give the Miracle a 2-0 lead.  They built it to 4-0 after five and never trailed.

BELOIT 8, WEST MICHIGAN 0 IN WEST MICHIGAN

Offensive stars:  Daniel Ortiz was 3-for-5 with a double, driving in four.  Wang-Wei Lin was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.

Pitching stars:  Tim Shibuya struck out five in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up eight hits and a walk.

Opposition star:  Dean Green was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Key inning:  The seventh.  Already ahead 3-0, the Snappers put together a five-run inning on four hits and two walks.  The key hits were two-run doubles by Adam Bryant and Ortiz.

Other:  A. J. Achter came into a bases loaded jam with two out in the bottom of the sixth and struck out Matthew Perry to end the threat.

TODAY’S TILTS

9:35  Portland at New Britain                        Chris Balcom-Miller v. Luke French
6:05  Palm Beach at Fort Myers                    TBA v. Adrian Salcedo
6:05  Syracuse at Rochester                         John Lannan v. Daryl Thompson
6:30  Bowling Green at Beloit                        Roberto Gomez v. Jason Wheeler