Some good pitching gets wasted. New Britain and Cedar Rapids get shut out. The bats come alive for Fort Myers.
LEHIGH VALLEY 3, ROCHESTER 2 IN LEHIGH VALLEY
Batting star: Jeff Clement was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Chris Herrmann was 1-for-2 with a walk and a double, scoring once.
Pitching star: P. J. Walters struck out seven in seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks.
Opposition stars: Starter Raul Valdes struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks. Cesar Hernandez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jermaine Mitchell was 2-for-4 and scored twice.
Key inning: The eighth. With the score tied at two, Caleb Thielbar came in to pitch. Mitchell led off with a single. The next batter grounded to third, but Ray Olmedo threw the ball into right-center field, allowing Mitchell to come all the way around to score the go-ahead run.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 5, NEW BRITAIN 0 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting star: Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4.
Pitching star: Logan Darnell struck out six in seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Sean Nolin struck out five in six innings, allowing four hits and two walks. Sean Ochinko was 2-for-4 with a double. Kevin Pillar was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Key inning: The eighth. The Fisher Cats led 1-0. Bruce Pugh came in to pitch. He walked the first batter and John Tolisano followed with a two-run homer. After a Pillar single, the next two batters struck out, but Clint Robinson delivered an RBI double to make the score 4-0.
FORT MYERS 9, CHARLOTTE 2 IN CHARLOTTE
Batting stars: Miguel Sano was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple, scoring twice and driving in two. Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Matt Koch was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored once.
Pitching stars: Jason Wheeler gave up two runs on six hits and no walks in seven innings. Adrian Salcedo struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Opposition star: Ryan Brett was 2-for-4.
Key inning: The fourth. The Miracle led 2-0. With one out, Vargas walked and Koch singled. A wild pitch put them on second and third and Angel Morales doubled them both home. Morales stole third and scored on a single by Jonathan Murphy.
KANE COUNTY 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting stars: Travis Harrison was 2-for-4. Jhonatan Arias was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-2 with two walks. The Kernels stranded ten runners and were 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position.
Pitching star: Jose Berrios pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and no walks while striking out five.
Opposition stars: Pierce Johnson struck out nine in six shutout innings, giving up six hits and a walk. Oliver Zapata was 3-for-4 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two. Rock Shoulders (given name: Roderick) was 2-for-4 with a home run.
Key inning: The seventh. In a scoreless tie, the first to Cougars went out. Gioskar Amaya was hit by a pitch and stole second. Zapata singled him home. Following a pitching change, Pin-Chieh Chen doubled to send Zapata to third and an error brought him home to make the score 2-0.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:35 Rochester (Kyle Gibson, 2-5, 3.92) at Lehigh Valley (Tom Cochran, 0-1, 5.65)
12:35 New Hampshire (Marcus Walden, 2-4, 2.96) at New Britain (B. J. Hermsen, 1-3, 4.21)
2:05 Kane County (Jose Rosario, no record) at Cedar Rapids (Matt Tomshaw, 2-0, 4.70)
4:30 Fort Myers (Matthew Summers, 1-3, 4.35) at Charlotte (Felipe Rivero, 2-3, 4.58)