A triplefest in the FSL.  Rochester loses its sixth straight.  Kyle Waldrop pitches his second scoreless inning in his comeback.

SYRACUSE 6, ROCHESTER 4 IN SYRACUSE

Batting stars:  Sean Burroughs was 3-for-4.  J. R. Towles was 2-for-2 with a sacrifice.

Pitching star:  Brendan Wise worked 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing three hits.

Opposition stars:  Xavier Paul was 3-for-4 with a double.  Corey Brown was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run.

Key inning:  The sixth.  With the score tied at one, Brown homered to put the Chiefs in front.  This ignited a rally, as an error and three singles plated two more runs and put Syracuse ahead 4-1.

Other:  Chien-Ming Wang started for the Chiefs on a rehab assignment.  He pitched well but tired at the end, allowing four runs on eleven hits in eight innings.  The Red Wings have now lost six in a row.

CHARLOTTE 13, FORT MYERS 1 IN CHARLOTTE

Batting stars:  Daniel Ortiz and Jairo Perez each tripled.

Pitching stars:  Kyle Waldrop and Bruce Pugh each worked a scoreless inning.

Opposition stars:  Derek Dietrich was 3-for-5 with two triples and a homer, scoring three times and driving in three.  Riccio Torrez singled and homered.  Nate Garcia worked four shutout innings of relief, striking out four.

Key inning:  The fourth.  Trailing 3-0, Perez tripled and scored to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the inning, Philip Wunderlich tripled and scored on a Robby Price double.  A sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly scored Price to make the score 5-1 and it was never close again.

Other:  Lance Ray was named FSL player of the week.  Cody Rogers set a Stone Crabs team record with six RBIs.

BELOIT 5, CLINTON 2 IN BELOIT

Batting stars:  Wang-wei Lin was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Jonathan Goncalves was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Eddie Rosario hit his third home run.

Pitching star:  Steven Gruver gave up two runs on six hits and a walk in 6.1 innings.

Opposition stars:  Dillon Hazlett was 2-for-3 with two doubles.  Tim Griffin pitched four shutout innings of relief.

Key inning:  The second.  Trailing 2-0, Adam Bryant and Goncalves opened the inning with singles.  A wild pitch advanced them to second and third, and a pair of ground outs tied the score.  Adam Pettersen and Lin then hit back-to-back doubles to put the Snappers ahead, and JaDamion Williams singled in an insurance run.

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