A good day for Eddie Rosario wasn't enough. Peoria nearly gets an odd cycle. Salt River wins it in the ninth.
MESA 3, GLENDALE 2 IN MESA
Twins: Eddie Rosario was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run. Alex Meyer started and pitched three innings, giving up two runs on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Glendale: Brent Keys (Miami) was 3-for-5 with a double and a run. Travis Mattair (Cincinnati) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double. Kevin Vance (White Sox) struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks.
Mesa: Matt Skole (Washington) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring once. Jeff Urlaub (Oakland) struck out two in two shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk.
The game: Steven Souza, Jr. (Washington) hit a two-run homer in the second and Skole circled the bases on a triple-and-error in the fourth to give Mesa a 3-0 lead. Glendale scored single runs in the fifth and eighth but could not get the tying run past first base.
PEORIA 7, SURPRISE 6 IN SURPRISE
Peoria: Japhet Amador (Houston) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fourth. Stefen Romero (Seattle) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second. Jason Adam (Kansas City) pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Surprise: Mookie Betts (Boston) was 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Derrik Gibson (Boston) was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run. Michael Ohlman (Baltimore) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run homer, his fourth.
The game: Romero homered in the second to put Peoria up 1-0. Amador hit a two-run homer in the third and Orlando Calixte hit a three-run homer in the fourth to make it 6-0. It would've completed an odd cycle if Peoria had hit a grand slam in the sixth, but they went down in order. In the seventh, Cory Spangenberg (San Diego) tripled and scored on a passed ball for what appeared to be a meaningless run, making it 7-0. It turned out to be pretty important, as Surprise got a three-run homer from Ohlman as part of a four-run seventh. Surprise added single runs in the eighth and ninth and got the tying run to second base with two out.
SALT RIVER 8, SCOTTSDALE 5 IN SCOTTSDALE
Salt River: Stephen Piscotty (St. Louis) was 4-for-5 with a run and two RBIs. Marcus Stromen (Toronto) struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.
Scottsdale: Mason Williams (Yankees) was 3-for-5 with two runs. Addison Maruszak (Yankees) was 3-for-5 with a run. Andrew Susac (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with a run.
The game: Scottsdale got six singles in the fourth inning to change a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead. The teams traded runs in the fifth. Richie Shaffer doubled and scored in the sixth to tie it at five. It stayed there until the ninth, when two doubles, a hit batsman, two errors, and a wild pitch led to three Salt River runs.