A sweep for Twins affiliates, with two shutouts! Adam Brett Walker II hits II home runs! We find a player with more double letters than Chris Herrmann!
ROCHESTER 7, GWINNETT O IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: Wilkin Ramirez was 3-for-4 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in two. Eric Farris was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, driving in two. Brad Nelson was 3-for-5 with a double and a run.
Pitching stars: Kris Johnson pitched seven innings, giving up four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Ryan Pressly struck out two in two perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Tyler Pastornicky was 2-for-4. Joey Terdoslavich was 1-for-2 with a walk.
The game: A double, a single, a double, and two more singles produced four runs in the fourth, which was all Rochester needed. They added one in the sixth and two in the seventh. Gwinnett's only real threat was in the fifth, when they opened the inning with a single and a walk, however, the runners did not advance any farther.
Of note: Deibinson Romero was 0-for-5. Chris Colabello was 0-for-4 with a walk and a run. Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.
NEW BRITAIN 4, BINGHAMTON 0 IN BINGHAMTON
Batting stars: Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Mike Kvasnicka was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
Pitching stars: Sean Gilmartin struck out nine in six innings, giving up five hits and two walks. D. J. Baxendale retired all five men he faced, two by strikeout. Matthew Summers struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Brian Burgamy was 2-for-4. Jayce Boyd was 1-for-3 with a walk.
The game: New Britain scored all their runs in the fourth. A sacrifice fly brought home the first, and a bases-clearing double by Kvasnicka produced three more. Binghamton put two men on in the second, third, and ninth, but was never able to advance a man to third base.
Of note: Corey Wimberly was 1-for-4. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a run.
FORT MYERS 7, CLEARWATER 4 IN CLEARWATER
Batting stars: Adam Brett Walker II was 3-for-5 with a double and two home runs, his eleventh and twelfth. Mike Gonzales was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three. Tyler Grimes was 1-for-3 with two walks and a run.
Pitching stars: Alex Wimmers struck out four in three innings of relief, giving up one run on three hits. Mason Melotakis pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout. Tim Shibuya struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Brian Pointer was 2-for-3 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two. K. C. Serna was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Gabriel Lino was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice.
The game: Clearwater led early, getting two in the second, one in the third, and one in the fourth to go up 4-0. Three walks and a single by Eddie Rosario got Fort Myers on the board in the fifth, making it 4-1. It stayed there until the eighth. Walker II led off the inning with a rally-igniting home run. Two walks and an error loaded the bases. Gonzales then hit a bases-clearing double to put the Miracle ahead 5-4. He later scored on a sacrifice fly to make it 6-4. Walker II led off the ninth with another home run to close out the scoring. The Threshers did not get a hit after the fourth inning.
Of note: Jorge Polanco was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Rosario was 1-for-5 with an RBI. Dalton Hicks was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Max Kepler was 0-for-4 with a run.
CEDAR RAPIDS 10, WISCONSIN 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting stars: Engelb Vielma was 4-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in four. Michael Quesada was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his second. Ryan Walker was 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run.
Pitching stars: Brandon Bixler struck out two in two perfect innings. Hudson Boyd pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Michael Ratterree was 2-forr-4 witth a doublee and a ttwo-rrun homeerr, his ninth. Omar Garcia was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Jose Pena was 1-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.
The game: Pena had a two-run single and Ratterree a ttwo-rrun homeerr in the third to put Wisconsin up 4-0. In the fourth, and RBI single by Jason Kanzler and a Quesada three-run homer tied it at four. A sacrifice fly put the Kernels ahead 5-4 after five, and a two-run single by Vielma made it 7-4 after six. The Timber Rattlers scored one in the seventh, but Cedar Rapids got three in the eighth to put the game away.
Of note: Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Bryan Haar was 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Kanzler was 1-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Ivory Thomas was 0-for-1 with three walks and a run. He now has 34 walks and 12 hits in 105 plate appearances and has a slash line of .179/.462/.284. Starter Ethan Mildren pitched six innings, giving up five runs on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Orioles at DSL Twins
5:05 Burlington (Ryan Etsell, 3-1, 4.37) at Cedar Rapids (Josue Montanez, 1-2, 8.27)
5:05 Tampa (TBA) at Fort Myers (Jose Berrios, 4-2, 2.55)
5:35 Binghamton (Matthew Bowman, 3-2, 4.24) at New Britain (Virgil Vasquez, 2-2, 3.40)
6:05 Gwinnett (Hector Daniel Rodriguez, 4-5, 3.20) at Rochester (Trevor May, 4-3, 3.00)