Excellent pitching by Liam Hendriks, Tim Shibuya, and Hein Robb.  A circus play gives the E-Twins all the runs they need.  Josmil Pinto hits his first AAA home run.

ROCHESTER 7, LOUISVILLE 0 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Jermaine Mitchell was 3-for-4 with a double.  Josmil Pinto was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his first, scoring twice.  Chris Colabello was 2-for-4 and scored once.

Pitching stars:  Liam Hendriks struck out eight in eight innings, giving up four hits and no walks.  Aaron Thompson pitched one inning, giving up one hit and no walks.

Opposition star:   Nick Christiani struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks.

Key inning:  The first.  It was a scoreless tie.  Darin Mastroianni led off with a single and Chris Parmelee hit a one-out two-run homer to put the Red Wings up 2-0.

Prospect watch:  Mastroianni was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored once.  Parmelee was 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer, his third, scoring twice.

Pennant race update:  Rochester leads Pawtucket by two games in the International League North.

TRENTON 10, NEW BRITAIN 3 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Danny Santana was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring twice.  Evan Bigley was 2-for-4.  Kyle Knudson was 1-for-2 with two walks and scored once.

Pitching stars:  Pedro Hernandez struck out four in five shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk.  B. J. Hermsen pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks.

Opposition stars:  Jose Pirela was 5-for-5 with a double and four RBIs.  Gary Sanchez was 2-for-4 with two walks and a double, scoring twice.  Reegie Corona was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring three times and driving in one.

Key inning:  The seventh.  The Thunder trailed 2-0.  Blake Martin came in to pitch.  A single and a walk put two on with none out, but they were still on second and third with two out.  Daniel Turpen then came in.  A walk loaded the bases.  Kyle Roller singled in one run, Pirela singled in two to put Trenton ahead, and an infield hit by Carmen Angelini made it 4-2.

Prospect watch:  Eddie Rosario was 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Miguel Sano was 0-for-4.

Pennant race update:  The Rock Cats' tragic number is eight.

CEDAR RAPIDS 2, PEORIA 1 IN PEORIA

Batting stars:  None.  The Kernels had only four hits, and no one had more than one.

Pitching stars:  Tim Shibuya pitched eight innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Madison Boer pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Ben O'Shea pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Gerwuins Velazco was 2-for-3.

Key inning:  The ninth.  The Chiefs trailed 2-0.  Charlie Tilson led off with a single and scored on a Jordan Walton double to make it 2-1.  Boer then came in to replace Shibuya.  A ground out advanced the tying run to third, but a popup and another ground out ended the game.

Prospect watch:  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 2, GREENEVILLE 0 IN ELIZABETHTON

Batting stars:  Rory Rhodes was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Bryan Haar was 2-for-4 and scored once.

Pitching stars:  Hein Robb struck out six in six innings, giving up five hits and two walks.  Luke Bard struck out two in 1.2 innings, giving up no hits and one walk.  Carson Goldsmith faced five batters, striking out four and walking one.

Opposition stars:  Frederick Tiburcio struck out six in four innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks.  Krishawn Holley struck out four in three shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks.  Chase McDonald was 2-for-4 with a double.

Key inning:  The fourth.  It was a scoreless tie.  Haar led off with a single and stole second.  With one out, Rhodes singled to center and ended up circling the bases when there were two throwing errors, a play which must have been entertaining to watch for Twins fans.  Those were the only runs of the game.

Prospect watch:  Zach Granite was 0-for-4.  Zach Larson was 1-for-4 with a double.  Romy Jimenez was 1-for-3.

Pennant race update:  The E-Twins are 1.5 games behind Kingsport the last playoff spot.

GCL TWINS 2, GCL RAYS 1 AT TWINS

Batting star:  Nelson Molina was 2-for-2 and scored once.

Pitching stars:  Alex Meyer started and struck out nine in only 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Lewis Thorpe struck out six in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks.  Jared Wilson struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and no walks.

Opposition star:  Riley Unroe was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.

Key inning:  The ninth.  The Twins led 2-0.  Jose Abreu came in to pitch.  He struck out the first man, but an error was followed by singles by Kean Wong and Alexander Simon to make it 2-1 with men on first and third.  Cristian Toribio then hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game.

Prospect watch:  Adonis Pacheco was 0-for-4.

Pennant race update:  The GCL Twins are third, three games behind the GCL Red Sox in the Gulf Coast League South.

DSL TWINS 6, DSL REDS 5 AT TWINS

Batting star:  Rafael P. Valera was 3-for-3 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Ramses Herrera struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.  Elias Villasana pitched two perfect innings.  Jhon Silva struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Hector Vargas was 2-for-4 and scored once.  Miguel Mendez was 1-for-2 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two.

Key inning:  The eighth.  The Reds had scored four in the seventh to tie the game at five.  Valera singled, went to second on a bunt, took third on a Carlos Martinez single, and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

Prospect watch:  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Frank Encarnacion was 0-for-3.  Dubal Baez was used as a pinch-hitter and was 0-for-1.

Pennant race update:  The DSL Twins have been eliminated from the playoffs.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays

12:05  Louisville (Greg Reynolds, 11-3, 2.50) at Rochester (P. J. Walters, 6-3, 3.99)

6:00  Greeneville (Francis Ramirez, no record) at Elizabethton (Kohl Stewart, no record)

6:05  Charlotte at Fort Myers

6:05  Trenton (Mikey O'Brien, 7-6, 3.86) at New Britain (Trevor May, 7-9, 4.75)

6:30  Cedar Rapids (Tim Atherton, 6-4, 2.58) at Peoria (Chris Perry, 2-1, 2.41)