Trevor Plouffe gets ready to come back.  The Vanimal hits the wall in the sixth.  Rain washes out the Rock Cats and the Miracle.

TOLEDO 9, ROCHESTER 5 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Trevor Plouffe was 2-for-4 with a home run, driving in three.  Chris Colabello was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Ray Olmedo was 0-for-1 with three walks and scored once.

Pitching star:  Blake Martin struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks.

Opposition stars:  Argenis Diaz was 2-for-4 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in two.  Nick Castellanos was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Mike Cervenak was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

Key inning:  The sixth.  Trailing 5-2, the Mud Hens struck for seven runs.  They had not scored with two out, although they had two runners on.  After the second out, though, the next six batters reached base.  Cervenak drove in two with a double, Ben Guez had an RBI single.  Diaz drove in two with a double, a run scored on an error, and Kevin Russo had an RBi double.  The damage was done off Vance Worley and Michael Tonkin.  Worley had a line of 5.2 innings, seven runs, nine hits, one walk, and two strikeouts.

ALTOONA AT NEW BRITAIN

Rained out.

FORT MYERS AT DAYTONA

Rained out.

QUAD CITIES 8, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN QUAD CITIES

Batting stars:  Candido Pimentel was 2-for-3 with a walk and scored once.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, driving in three.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Daniel Minor struck out four in 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk.  Jesse Wierzbicki was 3-for-5 with a home run, scoring three times and driving in four.  Carlos Correa was 2-for-2 with three walks, scoring three times.

Key inning:  The seventh.  The River Bandits trailed 4-3.  A walk and an error put the first two men on base, and a sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third.  With two out, a walk loaded the bases and Jobduan Morales delivered a two-run single to give Cedar Rapids the lead.  Caleb Brewer put the first two men on base, but then was replaced by Josue Montanez.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Padres at DSL Twins

4:05  Fort Myers (Jason Wheeler, 5-1, 3.99) at Daytona (Ben Wells, 4-4, 3.66)

Game 2  Fort Myers (TBA) at Daytona (TBA)

4:35  Altoona (Stolmy Pimentel, 3-3, 3.84) at New Britain (Pat Dean, 3-6, 4.81)

Game 2  Altoona (David Bromberg, 2-6, 3.91) at New Britain (Trevor May, 5-2, 3.92)

7:00  Cedar Rapids (Jose Berrios, 4-3, 3.61) at Quad Cities (Colton Cain, 2-5, 5.06)