Miguel Sano clears the Mendoza line in a grand way. Adam Brett Walker II stays hot. The second consecutive complete game for Brett Lee.
ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 4 IN ROCHESTER (5 INNINGS--RAIN)
Batting stars: Brian Dinkelman was 2-for-2 with a triple and scored twice. Oswaldo Arcia was 1-for-1 and was hit by a pitch. Eric Fryer was 1-for-1 with two RBIs.
Pitching star: Cody Eppley pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and two walks with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Corey Brown was 3-for-3 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Tyler Moore was 2-for-3 and scored once. Chris Marrero was 2-for-3.
Key inning: The fourth. It was a 3-3 tie. Consecutive singles by Eduardo Escobar, Dinkelman, and Fryer gave the Red Wings the lead. Following a walk, James Beresford singled in an insurance run.
Prospect watch: Antoan Richardson was 0-for-1 with two walks. Chris Parmelee was 1-for-3 and scored once. Escobar was 1-for-2 and scored once. P. J. Walters pitched 2.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four.
NEW BRITAIN 8, BINGHAMTON 7 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Evan Bigley was 3-for-4 with two walks and a double, scoring once and driving in one. Miguel Sano was 2-for-3 with two walks and a grand slam, his seventh homer. Eddie Rosario was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring three times and driving in two.
Pitching star: Daniel Turpen pitched a scoreless inning despite giving up two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Wilfredo Tovar was 3-for-5 and scored once. Allan Dykstra was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run. Rhyne Hughes was 2-for-5 with a home run and scored twice.
Key inning: The ninth. The Rock Cats had seen an 8-3 lead fall to 8-6. Cole Johnson came in to pitch the ninth and yielded a walk and a single. He got a strikeout, but a single by Blake Forsythe loaded the bases. An error cut the lead to 8-7 and the bases were still loaded. Tovar then hit into a force out at home and the next batter also grounded out to end the game.
Prospect watch: Josmil Pinto was 1-for-4 with a walk and scored once. Nate Hanson was 0-for-4.
DUNEDIN 6, FORT MYERS 3 IN DUNEDIN
Batting stars: Aderlin Mejia was 3-for-4 and scored once. J. D. Williams was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Mike Kvasnicka was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once.
Pitching stars: Matt Tomshaw pitched two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks with one strikeout. Tyler Jones, in his FSL debut, struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
Opposition stars: Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and a walk while striking out three. K. C. Hobson was 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, and a two-run homer. Marcus Knecht was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.
Key inning: The seventh. Leading 3-1, the Blue Jays scored three more to put it out of reach. Hobson hit a two-run homer with one out. With two down, a single and two walks loaded the bases and Shane Opitz singled in the third run of the inning. The damage came off Steven Gruver, who gave up three runs on three hits and three walks in two-thirds of an inning in his FSL debut.
Prospect watch: Byron Buxton was 0-for-5. Dalton Hicks was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-4 and scored once.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, LAKE COUNTY 1 IN LAKE COUNTY
Batting stars: Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his nineteenth and twentieth) and three RBIs. Max Kepler was 3-for-4. Jonathan Murphy was 2-for-5.
Pitching stars: Brett Lee struck out ten in a complete game, giving up one run on six hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Eric Haase was 2-for-3 with a home run. Dorssys Paulino was 2-for-4 with a double.
Key inning: The seventh. The Kernels led 2-1. Niko Goodrum hit a one-out single. With two down, Walker II hit his second home run of the game, a two-run shot that gave Cedar Rapids a 4-1 lead.
Prospect watch: Jorge Polanco was 0-for-4 with a walk and scored once.
ELIZABETHTON 6, BRISTOL 0 IN BRISTOL (7-PLUS INNINGS, RAIN)
Batting stars: Ryan Walker was 3-for-4 and scored once. Rory Rhodes was 2-for-3 with a walk and scored once. Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Yorman Landa pitched five innings, giving up two hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Kuo Hua Lo pitched two innings, giving up no hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Robinson Leyer struck out five in five innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk.
Key inning: The fourth. The Twins led 1-0. Rhodes opened the inning with a single and scored as the next two batters reached on errors. A sacrifice fly scored another run to make the score 3-0.
Prospect watch: Dereck Rodriguez was 0-for-4 and scored once. Zach Granite was 0-for-3 with a walk, a run, and an RBI. Romy Jimenez was 0-for-4.
GCL RED SOX 4, GCL TWINS 2 AT RED SOX
Batting star: Alex Swim was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching stars: Jose Abreu pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks with two strikeouts. Chih-Wei Hu pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk while striking out one.
Opposition stars: Willie Ethington pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Jesus Loya was 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Byran Hudson was 1-for-2 with a walk and scored twice.
Key inning: The second. It was a scoreless tie. In the top of the inning, Mike Gonzales singled and scored on a double by Swim to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. In the bottom half, a walk, a hit batsman, and another walk loaded the bases with two out. Loya then hit a bases-clearing triple to put the Red Sox up 3-1.
Prospect watch: Zach Larson was 0-for-4. Adonis Pacheco was 0-for-4. Amaurys Minier was 0-for-4.
DSL TWINS 8, DSL PADRES 5 AT PADRES (GAME 1--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting star: Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-2 with two walks. The Twins had only four hits, all in the seventh. The Padres made six errors and walked eight. The Twins made five errors.
Pitching stars: Alexis Tapia pitched five innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks while striking out four. Jhon Silva pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Joel Linares pitched five hitless innings, but allowed a run on five walks while striking out three. Jonas Lantigua was 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs. Jhonatan Pena was 2-for-4 and scored three times.
Key inning: The seventh. The Twins trailed 5-4. Joel Ramirez led off by reaching on an error, went to third on a pickoff error, and scored on a sacrifice fly to tie the game. With two out and none on, the Twins got their only four hits of the game to win it. Carlos Martinez doubled, Valera hit an RBI single, Rainis Silva had an RBI double, and Junior Amarante hit an RBI single, making the score 8-5.
Prospect watch: Dubal Baez was 0-for-3 with a walk. Ramirez was 0-for-3 and scored once.
DSL TWINS 4, DSL PADRES 3 AT TWINS (GAME 2--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Francis Mateo was 1-for-1 and scored once. Joel Ramirez was 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Antonio Tovar was 1-for-2 with a walk.
Pitching star: Robener Cabrera struck out one in a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Luis Barahona was 2-for-3 with a triple and scored twice. Yorky Diaz was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Key inning: The sixth. The score was tied at tw0. In the top of the inning, Barahona tripled and scored on a Diaz single to give the Padres a 3-2 lead. In the bottom half, the first two batters struck out. Tovar then singled and went to third on a Mateo pinch-hit single. Mateo stole second and Ramirez singled in both runners to put the Twins up 4-3.
Prospect watch: Frank Encarnacion was 1-for-3 with a double.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Red Sox at Twins
5:00 Danville (Jared Dettmann, 1-1, 3.18) at Elizabethton (TBA)
5:05 Cedar Rapids (Tim Atherton, 5-2, 2.45) at Fort Wayne (Bryan Rodriguez, 1-4, 3.86)
5:30 Fort Myers (Matthew Summers, 3-5, 3.02) at Dunedin (Drew Hutchinson, 0-0, 4.50)
6:00 Rochester (Liam Hendriks, 2-6, 4.53) at Syracuse (Yunesky Maya, 4-6, 4.73)
6:05 Binghamton (Jenrry Mejia, 1-0, 0.00) at New Britain (Trevor May, 6-5, 3.88)