Twins affiliates sweep for the third consecutive day!  Two of the wins are walk-offs!  A fine outing by Kyle Gibson!

ROCHESTER 1, BUFFALO 0 IN ROCHESTER

Batting star:  Evan Bigley was 2-for-3 with a double and scored once.

Pitching stars:  Kyle Gibson struck out seven in 6.2 innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Caleb Thielbar retired all four batters he faced, striking out three of them.  Tim Wood pitched a perfect ninth with a strikeout.

Opposition star:  Starter Buddy Carlyle struck out seven in four shutout innings, allowing two hits and no walks.

Key inning:  The fifth.  In a scoreless tie Bigley led off the inning with a double and Joe Benson was hit by a pitch.  Doug Bernier advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt and Eric Farris hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the only run of the game.

NEW BRITAIN 4, RICHMOND 2 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Josmil Pinto was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his fifth.  James Beresford was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  B. J. Hermsen gave up only one run in 4.2 innings despite giving up nine hits and a walk.  Jose Gonzalez struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Michael Tonkin struck out two in a scoreless ninth, giving up only a walk.

Opposition stars:  Mark Minicozzi was 4-for-4 with a walk.  Brett Krill was 3-for-5 with two doubles.  Joe Panik was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk and scored once.

Key inning:  The ninth.  Richmond trailed 4-1.  A walk, a single, and an error made it 4-2 and put runners on second and third with none out.  Tonkin came in to replace Edgar Ibarra and issued another walk, loading the bases.  He then struck out Jarrett Parer and Andrew Susac and got Krill to ground out to end the game.

FORT MYERS 2, CHARLOTTE 1 IN FORT MYERS

Batting star:  Angel Morales was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, driving in two.

Pitching stars:  Matthew Summers pitched seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks.  Taylor Rogers struck out two in a scoreless eighth, giving up one hit.  Cole Johnson struck out one in a perfect ninth.

Opposition star:  Felipe Rivero struck out six in six shutout innings, allowing one hit and three walks.

Key inning:  The ninth.  The score was tied at one.  Miguel Sano led off the inning with a walk.  With one out, Kennys Vargas and Kyle Knudson walked to load the bases.  After a strikeout, Morales walked to force in the winning run.

CEDAR RAPIDS 8, GREAT LAKES 7 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (11 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4 with two walks and scored twice.  Candido Pimentel was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Adam Walker was 1-for-4 with two walks and a three-run homer, his sixth, scoring twice.

Pitching star:  Tim Atherton struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and one walk.

Opposition stars:  Corey Seager was 3-for-5 with a double and two two-run homers, scoring three times.  Eric Smith was 2-for-5 with a double and scored once.  Jharel Cotton struck out six in 4.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits and two walks.

Key inning:  The ninth.  Trailing 7-4, Goodrum walked, Dalton Hicks reached on an error, and Walker hit a three-run homer to tie the game with one out.  That sent the game into extra innings, leading to an RBI single by Travis Harrison to win the game.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:00  Fort Myers (Taylor Rogers, 1-0, 0.00) at Clearwater (Ethan Stewart, 0-0, 5.93)

12:05  Buffalo (Edgar Gonzalez, 0-0, 7.71) at Rochester (Liam Hendriks, 0-1, 4.63)

12:35  Richmond (Chris Gloor, 0-1, 8.56) at New Britain (Pat Dean, 0-2, 4.35)

2:05  Lansing (Alonzo Gonzalez, 0-1, 4.32) at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Duffey, 2-1, 2.29)

The Fort Myers box score says Taylor Rogers pitched a scoreless inning of relief yesterday, in which case he's almost certainly not starting today.  On the other hand, the Fort Myers game story says it was Chad Rodgers who pitched yesterday.  So I guess we'll see.