The Red Wings play like dogs on Bark in the Park day. New Britain gets the lone win. Fort Myers is washed out.
CHARLOTTE 6, ROCHESTER 0 IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: None. The Red Wings offense consisted of two singles.
Pitching stars: Deolis Guerra struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and two walks. Bobby Lanigan worked a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Tyler Kuhn was 3-for-5 and scored three times. Starter Deunte Heath pitched four innings, striking out three and allowing two hits. Knights pitchers did not issue a walk in the game.
Key inning: The first. The Knights scored twice on four singles. Rochester never threatened.
Other: The Red Wings hosted eighty dogs on Bark in the Park day.
NEW BRITAIN 7, RICHMOND 3 IN RICHMOND
Batting stars: Evan Bigley was 3-for-4 with a double. Chris Colabello was 3-for-5 with a home run, his twelfth. Matt Rizzotti was 2-for-3.
Pitching star: Daniel Turpen threw three shutout innings of relief, giving up two hits.
Opposition stars: Juan Perez was 2-for-4 with a home run. Gary Brown was 2-for-5 with a home run. Russell Mitchell was 2-for-4 with a double.
Key inning: The sixth. Trailing 3-1, the Rock Cats opened the inning with four singles that produced one run and loaded the bases. Bigley then delivered a bases-clearing double. He came around to score on Rizzotti’s single, giving New Britain a five-run inning and a 6-3 lead.
TAMPA AT FORT MYERS
Rained out. Will be made up as part of a doubleheader today.
CEDAR RAPIDS 9, BELOIT 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting star: JaDamion Williams was 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Cole Johnson allowed a hit and a walk in a scoreless inning.
Opposition stars: Zach Wright was 2-for-4 with two homers, driving in four. Gary Workman was 2-for-5 with a double and a homer, scoring three times. Gary Mitchell was 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
Key inning: The seventh. Leading 3-1, the Kernels scored four times to put the game away. Wright’s three run homer capped off the inning.
BURLINGTON 5, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN BURLINGTON
Batting stars: Romy Jimenez and Stephen Wickens were each 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Joshua Burris gave up a run on three hits and a walk in 2.2 innings.
Opposition stars: Henry Moreno was 2-for-4 with two doubles. Terrance Gore was 2-for-5. Patrick Leonard hit a home run.
Key inning: The sixth. With the score tied at two, the Royals got a walk, a double and a single to score twice and take a 4-2 lead.
Other: The Twins made four errors.
TODAY’S TILTS
9:30 DSL Twins at White Sox
11:00 GCL Orioles at Twins
11:05 New Britain at Richmond Brett Jacobson v. Chris Heston
4:05 Tampa at Fort Myers Matt Tracy v. Tom Stuifbergen
Tampa at Fort Myers TBA v. TBA
6:00 Bristol at Elizabethton TBA v. Ricardo Arevalo
6:05 Charlotte at Rochester Zach Stewart v. Cole DeVries
6:30 Beloit at Kane County Jason Wheeler v. Aaron Brooks