Still few runs for Rochester.  A big inning sinks Fort Myers, aided by their own defensive ineptitude.  Lots of offense for Cedar Rapids.

TOLEDO 7, ROCHESTER 3 IN TOLEDO

Batting stars:  Chris Herrmann was 3-forr-4 with a trriple annd a rrunn.  Eric Farris was 3-for-5 with a double and a run.  James Beresford was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Pitching star:  Ryan Pressly pitched three innings, giving up two unearned runs on three hits with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Mike Hessman was 2-for-4 with a home run (his ninth) and three runs.  Tyler Collins was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Starter Blaine Hardy struck out six in 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks.

The game:  Toledo opened the scoring in the second.  The first two Mud Hens went out, but a hit batsman, a single, a walk, a single, and a double resulted in three runs.  An error led to another run in the third, and Rochester was pretty much out of it after that.  The Red Wings scored single runs in the fifth and seventh but were never closer than three runs.

Of note:  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Deibinson Romero was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Oswaldo Arcia was 0-for-3.  Wilkin Ramriez was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Starter Yohan Pino had his first poor outing of the season, pitching only 2.1 innings and surrendering four runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks with one strikeout.

BOWIE 5, NEW BRITAIN 4 IN BOWIE (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Brandon Waring was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Nate Hanson was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.

Pitching stars:  Pat Dean pitched 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Adrian Salcedo struck out two in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Niuman Romero was 1-for-2 with three walks and two runs.  Sharlon Schoop was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer, his second.  Steve Hensley pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit with two strikeouts.

The game:  Waring homered in the second to put New Britain on the board.  In the third, Hanson led off with a home run and Ortiz hit a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Rock Cats a 4-0 lead.  That was as good as it would get.  Bowie came back with three in the fifth, capped off by Schoop's two-run homer, and tied it in the eighth on a walk, an error, and a wild pitch.  Bowie won it in the tenth when Romero walked, went to third on a steal-plus-error, and scored on a single by Chieh-Hsien Chiang.

Of note:  Tony Thomas was 0-for-5.  Kennys Vargas was 0-for-4.

JUPITER 11, FORT MYERS 2

Batting stars:  Mike Gonzales was 3-for-4 with two doubles.  Travis Harrison was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Tim Shibuya pitched 2.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits with two strikeouts.  Brandon Peterson struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Tyler Jones struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Colin Moran was 3-for-5 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in three.  Viosergy Rosa was 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.  Matt Juengel was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  The story of the game was the fourth inning, which was either awesome or nightmarish depending on which side you were on.  Harrison had a two-run double in the first which gave Fort Myers a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth, Jupiter sent sixteen men to the plate, scored eleven times, and pretty much ended the game right there.  The Hammerheads opened the inning with three singles and a sacrifice fly to tie the score.  A single was followed by two errors which gave Jupiter a 3-2 lead.  The next man went out, but it would be a while before another out was recorded.  A single-and-error, two more singles, and a double made the score 9-2.  Yet another error was followed by two singles to make it 11-2.  That's one double, nine singles, and four errors.  Nine of the eleven runs were unearned.

Of note:  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Max Kepler was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4.  Starter Alex Wimmers pitched 3.2 innings, giving up ten runs (two earned) on eleven hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

CEDAR RAPIDS 10, WISCONSIN 5 IN WISCONSIN

Batting stars:  Mitch Garver was 4-for-5 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three.  Engelb Vielma was 4-for-6 with a triple and four runs.  Bryan Haar was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two.

Pitching stars:  Todd Van Steensel struck out six in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.  Christian Powell pitched a scoreless inning, giving up three walks with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Clint Coulter was 2-for-3 with a home run (his eighth) and two walks.  Angel Ortega was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.

The game:  Cedar Rapids broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the third, aided by two errors.  A two-run double by Garver made it 6-2 in the fourth.  Ortega's two-run homer cut the lead to 7-5 after six, but the Kernels got three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  Vielma tripled and scored, a run was walked in, and Jason Kanzler had an RBI single.

Of note:  J. D. Williams was 1-for-5 with a walk and a run.  Chad Christensen was 2-for-6 with a double, scoring twice, and driving in one.  Zach Larson was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Starter Aaron Slegers struck out seven in 5.2 innings but gave up five runs on nine hits and a walk.  The teams combined for seven errors, three by Cedar Rapids.

TODAY'S TILTS

1:05  Cedar Rapids (Ryan Eades, 3-3, 2.87) at Wisconsin (Victor Diaz, 0-1, 5.14)

5:05  Jupiter (TBA) at Fort Myers (Jason Wheeler, 2-2, 2.78)

5:35  New Britain (Virgil Vasquez, 1-0, 1.57) at Bowie (Anthony Vasquez, 0-1, 0.00)

6:00  Rochester (Alex Meyer, 1-0, 3.45) at Toledo (Derek Hankins, 1-3, 6.75)