A split for New Britain, including an extra-inning win. The Miracle take a solid win. A pitchers’ duel in the GCL.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 10, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: Wilkin Ramirez was 3-for-4 with a double. Chris Parmelee was 2-for-5. Brian Dinkelman was 0-for-0 with three walks.
Pitching stars: Daniel Turpen pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits. Deolis Guerra worked 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Corban Joseph was 3-for-6 with a three-run homer. Ramiro Pena was 3-for-5. Austin Romine was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run.
Key inning: The second. Leading 1-0, the Yankees scored three times. With two on and two out, Joseph hit a three-run homer to put Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ahead 4-0. That would be all the runs the Yankees needed.
Other: Each player in the Yankee lineup had at least one hit, and all but one of them had at least two…Brian Dozier left the game in the fourth inning with what was described as a lower body injury.
PORTLAND 9, NEW BRITAIN 2 IN PORTLAND (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)
Batting stars: Aaron Hicks was 2-for-4 with a triple. Rene Tosoni was 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Starter Luke French pitched three innings before the suspension, giving up two hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Jeremy Hazelbaker was 2-for-4 with a double. Marquez Smith was 2-for-3 with a walk. Stolmy Pimentel struck out four in four innings before the suspension, allowing a hit and a walk.
Key inning: The seventh. The Rock Cats trailed 3-1 when they scored on a Nathan Hanson single and a James Beresford double to make it 3-2. The Sea Dogs responded with six runs in the bottom of the inning. With one out, four consecutive singles, a Hazelbaker triple, and a sacrifice fly did the damage.
NEW BRITAIN 4, PORTLAND 2 IN PORTLAND (REGULARLY SCHEDULED GAME—8 INNINGS—SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Oswaldo Arcia was 2-for-4 with a triple. Chris Colabello was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitching star: Steven Hirschfeld went seven innings, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Xander Bogaerts was 2-for-3 with a double and a home run. Peter Hissey was 2-for-3 with a double.
Key inning: The eighth. The SeaDogs had tied the game at two in the seventh. Shawn Roof led off with a single, but had only advanced to second with two out. Arcia then tripled in the go-ahead run and Colabello doubled in an insurance run.
FORT MYERS 6, PALM BEACH 1 IN PALM BEACH
Batting stars: Daniel “Danny” Rams was 3-for-5. Daniel Santana was 2-for-5 with a walk and a home run, his sixth. Josmil Pinto was 2-for-4 with two walks.
Pitching stars: Pat Dean allowed one run on three hits and a walk in five innings, striking out four. Ricky Bowen gave up only a walk in two shutout innings.
Opposition stars: None.
Key inning: The eighth. The Miracle led 3-1. Santana led off the inning with a home run. With one out, a pair of walks and RBI singles by Rams and Jonathan Goncalves put the game away.
QUAD CITIES 6, BELOIT 4 IN QUAD CITIES
Batting star: Kennys Vargas was 2-for-3 with a walk. Nate Roberts was 2-for-5. Eddie Rosario hit a two-run homer, his tenth.
Pitching star: Tim Atherton struck out five in 2.2 innings, allowing two hits and two walks.
Opposition stars: Nicholas Longmire was 3-for-4 with a walk and a double. Tyrell Jenkins struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks. Anthony Garcia walked and hit a three-run homer.
Key inning: The sixth. Leading 2-1, the River Bandits struck for four. Two singles and a three-run home r by Garcia led off the inning. A single, two walks, and a balk scored the fourth run.
KINGSPORT 8, ELIZABETHTON 4 IN ELIZABETHTON
Batting stars: D. J. Hicks was 2-for-3 with two walks, a double, and a home run, his third. Jorge Polanco was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Joshua Burris struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit. Tyler Herr gave up two hits in two shutout innings.
Opposition stars: Yeixon Ruiz was 3-for-4 with a double. Maikis De La Cruz was 2-for-5 and drove in three. Akeel Morris struck out five in three shutout innings.
Key inning: The ninth. Leading 5-4, the Mets tallied three times to take command. Ruiz drove in one with a double and De La Cruz drove in two with a single.
GCL TWINS 2, RED SOX 1 AT TWINS
Batting stars: None.
Pitching stars: Starter Austin Malinowski struck out five in four shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks. Gerardo Ramirez walked two in two shutout innings.
Opposition stars: Jose Colorado was 2-for-4 with a double. Scott Swinson and Ricardo Betancourt each threw two shutout innings.
Key inning: The fourth. It was a scoreless tie. A walk, a single, and a fielder’s choice on which no one was retired loaded the bases with none out, and an error scored two runs for the Twins.
DSL ROCKIES 7, TWINS 2 AT ROCKIES
Batting star: Junior Boni was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitching stars: Jhon Silva and Ezequiel Zarzuela each worked a scoreless inning, with Silva giving up a walk and Zarzuela allowing two hits.
Opposition stars: Henry Garcia was 2-for-5 with two doubles. Wilson Soriano was 2-for-4 with a double. Angel Lezama struck out eight in seven innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk.
Key inning: The seventh. The Twins had cut a 3-0 deficit to 3-2 when the Rockies scored four runs. Emerson Jimenez and Miguel Dilone each had RBI singles and Garcia had an RBI double. The other run scored on an error.
TODAY’S TILTS
12:00 New Britain at Portland Logan Darnell v. Brandon Workman
4:05 Palm Beach at Fort Myers Kyle Gibson v. Todd McInnis
5:00 Beloit v. Quad Cities David Hurlbut v. Sam Gaviglio
5:05 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre v. Rochester John Maine v. TBA
6:00 Kingsport v. Elizabethton Andrew Massie v. Brett Lee