Nuding gives the Red Wings nothing.  Fort Myers survives five errors.  Home runs sink the Kernels.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 2, ROCHESTER 0 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Batting star:  James Beresford was 3-for-4 with a double.

Pitching stars:  Logan Darnell pitched six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Ryan Pressly struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Scott Sizemore was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Austin Romine was 0-for-1 with two walks and a run.  Zach Nuding pitched eight innings, allowing three hits and no walks with six strikeouts.

The game:  Jose Pirela had an RBI double in the third.  Sizemore homered in the sixth.  That was it for the scoring.  For Rochester, Beresford led off the game with a single.  The next seventeen batters went out until Beresford led off the seventh with a double.  The seventh was the best Red Wing scoring chance, as Oswaldo Arcia followed with a single to put men on first and third with none out.  A short fly ball and a double play ended the threat.  Rochester also threatened in the ninth, as a leadoff single, a one-out single, and a two-out walk loaded the bases.

Of note:  Arcia was 1-for-4.  Deibinson Romero was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Josh Willingham was 0-for-3.

BINGHAMTON 8, NEW BRITAIN 6 IN BINGHAMTON

Batting stars:  Corey Wimberly was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.  Tony Thomas was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Nate Hanson was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run.

Pitching star:  Lester Oliveros struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Kevin Plawecki was 3-for-3 with a double, a home run (his fourth), and two walks, driving in two.  Kyle Johnson was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Travis Taijeron was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third.

The game:  Wimberly singled in a run in the second and Thomas hit a three-run double in the third to put New Britain ahead 4-0.  Plawekci homered in the third and Johnson's two-run double highlighted a three-run fourth that tied the game at four.  The Rock Cats got single runs in the fifth and sixth to go up 6-4, but Binghamton came back with two in the bottom of the sixth to tie it.  In the seventh, Darrell Ceciliani's two-run single gave the Mets their first lead at 8-6.  New Britain got two men on in the eighth and had a leadoff double in the ninth, but could not score again.

Of note:  Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a run.  Starter Tyler Duffey pitched four innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and a walk with one strikeout.

FORT MYERS 6, JUPITER 5 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Travis Harrison was 2-for-2 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Mike Gonzales was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fifth.  Niko Goodrum was 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk.

Pitching stars:  Brett Lee pitched six innings, giving up four runs (all unearned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Steven Gruver pitched a perfect inning.  Madison Boer struck out both men he faced.

Opposition stars:  Terrence Dayleg was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Matt Juengel was 2-for-5 with a double and a run.  Casey McCarthy pitched three shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  Goodrum homered in the second, but a pair of errors in the top of the third tied the game at one.  In the third, Gonzales hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run inning that gave Fort Myers a 5-1 lead.  Jupiter came right back with three in the fourth, aided by two more Miracle errors, to cut the lead to 5-4.  Max Kepler doubled in an insurance run in the fifth and Fort Myers needed it, because a double and a pair of singles made it 6-5 in the eighth.  The Hammerheads had the bases loaded with one out, but a popup and a ground out ended the threat.  Jupiter went down in order in the ninth.

Of note:  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-5.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Kepler was 1-for-4 with a double.

QUAD CITIES 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN QUAD CITIES

Batting stars:  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Jason Kanzler was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitching stars:  Brandon Bixler pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit with one strikeout.  Hudson Boyd pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Conrad Gregor was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer.  Tyler White was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Jandel Gustave struck out eight in 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks.

The game:  A walk, an error, and a passed ball put Quad Cities on the board in the first inning.  Cedar Rapids came back with two in the second to take a 2-1 lead.  It held up until the sixth, when the River Bandits tallied four times on back-to-back homers, a three-run shot by Gregor and a solo homer by White.  The Kernels did not get a man past first base after the fourth inning.

Of note:  Chad Christensen was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Starter Ethan Mildren pitched 5.1 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits and two walks with one strikeout.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Rochester (Kris Johnson, 3-2, 2.08) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Joel De La Cruz, 1-1, 1.90)

3:05  Jupiter (Jake Esch, 2-1, 5.70) at Fort Myers (Jose Berrios, 3-2, 2.70)

4:00  Cedar Rapids (Josue Montanez, 1-2, 8.13) at Beloit (Lou Trivino, 3-3, 3.72)

5:35  New Britain (TBA) at Binghamton (Angel Cuan, 0-1, 18.00)