Chris Colabello goes deep again. A solid outing for Tyler Duffey. The E-Twins lose their third straight.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 8, ROCHESTER 7 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE
Batting stars: Chris Colabello was 3-for-4 with a walk, a home run (his twenty-second), and two RBIs. Ray Olmedo was 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer, his first. James Beresford was 3-for-4 and scored twice.
Pitching star: Michael Tonkin pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks while striking out one.
Opposition stars: Brent Lillibridge was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run, scoring twice and driving in two. Bobby Wilson was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Thomas Neal was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Key inning: The ninth. The score was tied at seven. With two out and none on, Neal singled, took second on a wild pitch, and scored on a double by Lillibridge to end the game. The run scored off Shairon Martis in his second inning of work.
"Prospect" watch: Antoan Richardson was 0-for-4 with a walk and scored once. Pedro Hernandez pitched six innings, giving up seven runs on ten hits and a walk while striking out five.
FORT MYERS 5, JUPITER 2 IN FORT MYERS
Batting stars: Lance Ray was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, his first. Byron Buxton was 1-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring once and driving in one. Stephen Wickens was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored twice.
Pitching stars: Tyler Duffey struck out five in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk. Jose Gonzalez struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks. Corey Williams gave up one hit in a scoreless inning, striking out one.
Opposition stars: Ryan Rieger was 2-for-4 with a triple and scored once. Greg Nappo struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits.
Key inning: The first. It was a scoreless tie. Aderlin Mejia led off with a single. With one out, Buxton hit an RBI triple and scored on a Kennys Vargas double to give the Miracle and early 2-0 lead.
Prospect watch: Mejia was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once. Vargas was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Mike Kvasnicka was 0-for-4.
BURLINGTON 5, ELIZABETHTON 4 IN ELIZABETHTON
Batting stars: Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Rory Rhodes was 2-for-5 with a double and scored twice. Dereck Rodriguez was 1-for-1 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch, and a home run, his first.
Pitching stars: Kuo Hua Lo struck out two in a perfect inning. Ryan Eades pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Opposition stars: Mauricio Ramos was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two. Desmond Henry was 2-for-5 and scored once.
Key inning: The seventh. Leading 3-2, the Royals scored twice on two singles and a two-run double by Ramos. The Twins got single runs in the eighth and ninth but did not get the tying run past first base.
Prospect watch: Zach Granite was 1-for-5. Kelvin Ortiz was 0-for-4 with a walk and scored once. Romy Jimenez was 1-for-5.
GCL RAYS 3, GCL TWINS 2 AT RAYS
Batting stars: Zach Larson was 2-for-2 with two walks, a double, and an RBI. Jason Kanzler was 1-for-2 with three walks and a home run (his first), scoring twice. Alex Swim was 1-for-2 with two walks and a double.
Pitching star: Daniel Sattler struck out two in two perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Thomas Milone was 2-for-4 and scored twice. Erick Vasquez was 2-for-4 and scored once.
Key inning: The ninth. The score was tied at two. With one out, Milone singled, stole second, went to third on a Vasquez single, and scored on a sacrifice fly to end the game.
Prospect watch: Will Hurt was 0-for-4 with a walk. Amaurys Minier was 0-for-4. Engelb Vielma was 0-for-4.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Padres at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
11:05 Jupiter (Andrew Heaney, 2-2, 1.33) at Fort Myers (Kyle Davies, 1-2, 4.15)
6:00 Bristol (Scott Carroll, 0-0, 4.50) at Elizabethton (TBA)
6:05 Rochester (Liam Hendriks, 1-6, 5.05) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Jose Ramirez, 1-1, 3.68)
6:35 Dayton (Sal Romano, 5-7, 4.60) at Cedar Rapids (Christian Powell, 2-2, 4.40)
I noticed that Buxton has been batting third for High-A Ft. Myers in his first full season of pro ball out of high school.
...and batting .340 with 4 XBH (2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer) through 50 at bats. Triple S, of course, but I = Excited.