Nick Blackburn throws an eight-inning shutout. Blake Martin throws a seven-inning shutout. Sunday is apparently a day of rest in Elizabethton.
ROCHESTER 1, LEHIGH VALLEY 0 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1—8 INNINGS—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting star: Pedro Florimon was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Pitching star: Nick Blackburn pitched a complete game, giving up nine hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Steve Susdorf was 2-for-3. Tyler Cloyd went six shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks.
Key inning: The eighth. In a scoreless tie, Florimon led off the inning with a walk and took second on a bunt. Danny Valencia delivered an RBI single to bring in the winning run.
Other: The teams combined for fourteen hits, all singles.
LEHIGH VALLEY 7, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Wilkin Ramirez was 2-for-2. Matt Carson was 2-for-3 with a walk. Danny Valencia was 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Daniel Sattler threw two perfect innings of relief.
Opposition stars: Kyle Hudson was 2-for-4. Michael Martinez and Pete Orr each hit a three-run homer.
Key inning: The second. In a scoreless tie, the IronPigs scored all seven of their runs. They batted ten, getting three singles, a walk, an error, and two three-run homers.
Other: Sean Burroughs was ejected during the big Lehigh Valley seventh in what was apparently a carryover argument from the first game.
NEW BRITAIN 4, NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (GAME 1—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Chris Colabello was 3-for-4 with a double. Estarlin De Los Santos was 2-for-3. Aaron Hicks was 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Blake Martin threw a three-hit shutout, walking none and striking out six.
Opposition stars: None.
Key inning: The third. The Rock Cats led 1-0. With two out, Colabello singled and Evan Bigley hit a two-run homer to give New Britain valuable insurance runs.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5, NEW BRITAIN 4 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (GAME 2—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting star: Chris Herrmann was 2-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.
Pitching star: In his AA debut, Marty Popham gave up one run on one hit in three innings.
Opposition stars: Brad Glenn was 2-for-3 with a home run. Kenen Bailli was 2-for-3. Fernando Hernandez struck out three in three shutout innings.
Key inning: The sixth. In a 4-4 tie, Jack Murphy hit a one-out homer to put the Fisher Cats in the lead.
Other: The Rock Cats scored all of their runs in the first inning. They got only two hits after that.
JUPITER 7, FORT MYERS 5 IN FORT MYERS
Batting stars: Daniel Santana, Levi Michael, and Josmil Pinto were each 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Cole Nelson pitched six innings, allowing only one run on seven hits and three walks.
Opposition stars: Jacob Realmuto was 3-for-5 with a double. Mark Canha was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two walks, scoring three times. Taylor Krick was 2-for-3 with a double.
Key inning: The ninth. Trailing 4-3, the Hammerheads scored four times. Jupiter hit three doubles, but were aided by two Miracle errors. Three of the four runs were unearned.
BURLINGTON 5, BELOIT 3 IN BELOIT
Batting stars: Adam Pettersen was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his second. Matthew Koch was 2-for-4 with a double. Jonathan Goncalves was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Pitching star: Steven Evans struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up just one hit.
Opposition stars: Rashun Dixon was 2-for-3 with a walk. Douglas Landaeta was 2-for-4.
Key inning: The third. Leading 1-0, the Bees scored three times. Michael Fabiaschi tripled and Eliezer Mesa homered for the first two runs. A hit batsman, a walk, and Dixon’s RBI single produced the third run.
JOHNSON CITY 6, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN JOHNSON CITY
Batting star: Max Kepler was 2-for-5 and drove in two.
Pitching stars: Christian Powell struck out two in a perfect inning. Tyler Herr pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Jeremy Schaffer was 3-for-4 with a home run. Ronard Castillo was 3-for-4. Carson Kelly was 2-for-4 with a home run.
Key inning: The eighth. Leading 3-2, the Cardinals put the game away with a three run inning. They started the inning with five consecutive singles, producing two runs, and a sacrifice fly brought home a third.
Other: The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Elizabethton. The Twins have yet to win on Sunday; three of their six losses have come on Sundays.
TODAY’S TILTS
9:30 DSL Twins at Cubs1
11:00 GCL Rays at Twins
11:05 New Britain at New Hampshire Logan Darnell v. Chad Jenkins
6:00 Elizabethton at Johnson City Hudson Boyd v. Bryan Martinez
6:05 Jupiter at Fort Myers TBA v. Matthew Hauser
7:00 Burlington at Beloit Drew Granier v. Ryan O’Rourke