A big day for Jeff Clement.  Andrew Albers throws a shutout.  Kennys Vargas hits his twelfth homer.

ROCHESTER 11, GWINNETT 0 IN GWINNETT

Batting stars:  Jeff Clement was 4-for-4 with a walk and two home runs (his eighth and ninth), driving in four.  Deibinson Romero was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run (his fourth), scoring three times.  Antoan Richardson was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Andrew Albers threw 101 pitches in a complete game shutout, giving up six hits and no walks while striking out seven.

Opposition stars:  Wirfin Obispo struck out four in three shutout innings, allowing one hit and no walks.  Tyler Pastornicky was 2-for-4.

Key inning:  The first.  The Red Wings scored seven times before the Braves came to bat.  Richardson led off with a single, went to second on a ground out, and scored on an Oswaldo Arcia single.  Romero walked and Clement hit a three-run homer.  Dan Rohlfing restarted the rally with a single and Doug Bernier doubled.  A ground out scored one more, Eric Fryer hit an RBI double, and Richardson got his second single of the inning to drive in the seventh run.

NEW BRITAIN AT BOWIE

Rained out.

BRADENTON 6, FORT MYERS 5 IN BRADENTON (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer (his twelfth), scoring twice.  Levi Michael was 2-for-5.

Pitching star:  Chad Rodgers pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Willy Garcia was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, driving in two.  Elias Diaz was 2-for-4 with a double.  Dan Gamache was 2-for-5 and scored once.

Key inning:  The tenth.  The score was tied at five.  Zach Jones came in to start the inning.  He struck out the first batter, but Jose Osuna hit a walkoff home run.

QUAD CITIES 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting star:  Dalton Hicks was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Caleb Brewer pitched two shutout innings, giving up only a walk.  Tim Atherton pitched a scoreless inning, walking three and striking out three.  Steven Gruver pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Lance McCullers struck out five in four shutout innings of relief, allowing no hits and two walks.  Carlos Correa was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.

Key inning:  The third.  The River Bandits trailed 1-0.  Ariel Ovando singled, Teoscar Hernandez doubled, and Jordan Scott hit a two-run triple to put Quad Cities ahead with none out.  Correa hit a one-out double to make it 3-1, and a ground out followed by a wild pitch made it 4-1.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Orioles1

4:35  New Britain (Tom Stuifbergen, no record) at Bowie (Mike Wright, 6-0, 3.30)

Game 2 New Britain at Bowie

5:05  Bradenton (Robby Rowland, 3-3, 4.36) at Fort Myers (Tyler Duffey, no record)

6:05  Toledo (Jose Alvarez, 5-4, 2.42) at Rochester (Pedro Hernandez, 1-1, 3.71)

6:35  Kane County (Michael Heesch, 2-4, 4.00) at Cedar Rapids (Brett Lee, 4-3, 3.78)