No joy for Twins affiliates. Poor starting pitching all around. Rochester did the best.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS
No game scheduled.
RICHMOND 7, NEW BRITAIN 5 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Daniel Ortiz was 3-for-4 with a triple and a home run (his fourth), scoring twice. Corey Wimberly was 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs. Nate Hanson was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
PItching stars: Jim Fuller pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits with one strikeout. D. J. Baxendale pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk. Ryan O'Rourke pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Devin Harris was 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk, driving in three. Tyler Graham was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run. Angel Villalona was 3-for-5 with a double and a run.
The game: Richmond scored four in the second to take a lead it would never relinquish. Harris hit a two-run homer; the other two runs scored on three singles, a wild pitch, and an error. Ortiz homered in the second to make it 4-1. Each team scored once in the third, leaving it 5-2 Flying Squirrels. Ortiz tripled and scored in the sixth and Mike Kvasnicka homered in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-4. In the eighth, however, a wild pitch led to another run and Mario Lisson had an RBI double to build the lead back to 7-4. Wimberly tripled and scored in the ninth but New Britain could not get the tying run on base.
Of note: Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-5. Starter Pat Dean pitched 4.1 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on nine hits and a walk with no strikeouts.
DUNEDIN 4, FORT MYERS 2 IN DUNEDIN
Batting stars: Aderlin Mejia was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Travis Harrison was 2-for-4 with a run.
Pitching stars: Tim Shibuya struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Brandon Peterson pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Dalton Pompey was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his fifth. Derrick Chung was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Daniel Norris pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
The game: An error put Fort Myers ahead 1-0 in the first. Dunedin tied it in the second on an RBI double by Christian Lopes. In the sixth, Pompey ignited a three-run rally with a home run. A single and a double-plus-error produced two more runs and a 4-1 lead for the Blue Jays. Mejia doubled and scored in the eighth to cut the lead to 4-2. A pair of singles put the tying run on base with two out in the ninth, but that was as close as the Miracle would come.
Of note: Jorge Polanco was 0-for-5. Dalton Hicks was 1-for-3 with a walk. Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4. Starter David Hurlbut pitched six innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
BELOIT 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting stars: Jason Kanzler was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his third. Chad Christensen was 2-for-4 with a run.
Pitching stars: Derrick Penilla struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Hudson Boyd pitched two shutout innings, giving up two walks and a strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Andy Paz was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three. Herschel Powell was 3-for-4 with two walks and a two-run homer, his second. B. A. Vollmuth was 1-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.
The game: A pair of doubles put Beloit up 1-0 in the second. The Snappers then scored six in the third to put the game away early. Paz had a two-run double and Powell a two-run homer in the inning. It was 9-0 after four. Cedar Rapids did not score until the sixth, when the Kernels got all four of their runs. A walk, two singles, and the Kanzler three-run homer produced the runs. Cedar Rapids did not get a man past first base after that.
Of note: J. D. Williams was 0-for-3 with a run. Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Starter Felix Jorge pitched 2.2 innings, surrendering seven runs on seven hits and five walks with two strikeouts.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:35 Richmond (Kyle Crick, 2-1, 3.28) at New Britain (Virgil Vasquez, 2-1, 3.48)
5:30 Fort Myers (Alex Wimmers, 2-2, 3.55) at Dunedin (Kendall Graveman, 2-1, 3.00)
5:35 Rochester (Alex Meyer, 2-1, 3.79) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Matt Tracy, 0-0, 5.40)
7:00 Cedar Rapids (Aaron Slegers, 4-1, 3.80) at Quad Cities (Chris Lee, 1-2, 2.65)