A big seventh inning carries Rochester. No other Twins team could score more than one run. We continue to get caught up.
ROCHESTER 7, PAWTUCKET 5 IN PAWTUCKET
Batting stars: Eric Farris was 2-for-4 with two runs. Chris Parmelee was 1-for-3 with two walks and an RBI. Brad Nelson was 1-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching star: Logan Darnell struck out six in five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks.
Opposition stars: Brandon Snyder was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs. Mike McCoy was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Rubby De La Rosa struck out seven in six innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk.
The game: Pawtucket led most of the way, and when Snyder hit a two-run homer in the sixth the Red Sox had a 5-1 lead. Then came the seventh. Wilkin Ramirez tripled and scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-2. Chris Rahl doubled in a run to cut the lead to 5-3 and Deibinson Romero singled in a run to make it 5-4. A bases-loaded walk evened the score and RBI singles by Parmelee and Nelson gave Rochester a 7-5 lead. Pawtucket got only one more hit after that, a two-out double in the ninth which broke a string of eleven met in a row set down by Yohan Pino.
Of note: Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a walk and a triple, scoring once. Danny Santana was 1-for-5 with an RBI. Romero was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Doug Bernier was 0-for-1 with a run.
NEW BRITAIN 2, NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Aderlin Mejia was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double. Brandon Waring was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.
Pitching stars: Virgil Vasquez pitched seven shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks with six strikeouts. Cole Johnson struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Jonathan Jones was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Casey Lawrence struck out seven in 7.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and no walks.
The game: It was scoreless until the fifth, when Waring led off with a double and scored on a pair of productive outs. The 1-0 lead held until the eighth, when Jones doubled home Mike Crouse to tie the score. The first two Rock Cats in the bottom of the eighth struck out, but then Tony Thomas doubled and Mejia singled him in. New Hampshire put men on first and second with one out in the ninth but could not get the ball out of the infield after that.
Of note: Thomas was 1-for-4 with a double and a run. Nate Hanson was 0-for-4. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-3.
JUPITER 5, FORT MYERS 1 IN JUPITER
Batting stars: Travis Harrison was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run. Levi Michael was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Tyler Jones struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks. Mason Melotakis pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Viosergy Rosa was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Ross Wilson was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Scott Lyman pitched six shutout innings, allowing five hits and no walks with five strikeouts.
The game: Jupiter got two in the third on a walk, a single, and a pair of productive outs to go ahead 2-0. The Hammerheads tallied twice more in the fourth, highlighted by a Matt Juengel homer, to go up 4-0. Fort Myers did not threaten to get back into the game after that.
Of note: Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4. Dalton Hicks was 1-for-4. Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4. Max Kepler was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Starter Jason Wheeler pitched 4.2 innings, surrendering five runs on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
PEORIA 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA
Batting star: Chad Christensen was 3-for-4 with a run.
Pitching star: Josue Montanez struck out two in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits.
Opposition stars: C. J. McElroy was 2-for-4 with two runs. Kenneth Peoples-Walls was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Nick Petree struck out eight in six shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks.
The game: Juan Herrera doubled and scored on a Peoples-Walls single to give Peoria a 1-0 lead in the first. Peoples-Walls singled in a run in the third to make it 2-0. Single runs in the sixth and seventh increased the margin to 4-0. Cedar Rapids threatened in the fourth, putting men on second and third with two out, but could not dent the plate until the ninth.
Of note: Jason Kanzler was 0-for-4. Mitch Garver was 0-for-4. Zach Larson was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Starter Ryan Eades struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks.