Minor Details: Games of June 7

A fine game by Alex Meyer.  Adam Brett Walker II hits his XIVth.  Eddie Rosario hits his first.

ROCHESTER 3, GWINNETT 2 IN GWINNETT

Batting stars:  Eric Farris was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Chris Colabello was 3-for-5 with a double.  Eric Fryer was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Alex Meyer struck out eight in six shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk.  Michael Tonkin pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  Jose Constanza was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run.

The game:  Farris doubled and scored in the third to put Rochester on the board.  Four consecutive one-out singles plated two runs in the fourth to give the Red Wings a 3-0 lead.  Gwinnett got two on the first and the sixth but did not score until the eighth, Christian Bethancourt delivered a two-out two-run single to cut the lead to 3-2.  A ground out ended the threat and the Braves went down in order in the ninth.

Of note:  Deibinson Romero was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Brad Nelson was 1-for-4 with a walk.

NEW BRITAIN 6, BINGHAMTON 4 IN BINGHAMTON

Batting stars:  Eddie Rosario was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs.  Brad Boyer was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Mark Hamburger pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Adrian Salcedo pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Travis Taijeron was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Jayce Boyd was 1-for-4 with a home run (his third) and two runs.  Kevin Plawecki was 1-for-2 with two walks.

The game:  A double, two singles, and a sacrifice fly gave New Britain a 2-0 lead in the first.  Binghamton came right back, as Boyd homered in the second to cut it to 2-1 and Taijeron doubled in two as part of a three-run fourth that put the Mets ahead 4-2.  In the fifth, Rosario hit a two-run homer to tie it at four.  It stayed tied until the seventh, when a two-out rally was capped by a two-run triple by Boyer to give the Rock Cats a 6-4 advantage.  Binghamton did not get the tying run on base.

Of note:  Sam Fuld was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Nate Hanson was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Starter Pat Dean pitched five innings, giving up four runs on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

FORT MYERS 4, LAKELAND 3 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourteenth) and two runs.  Jorge Polanco was 3-for-5 with a double and a run.  Travis Harrison was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Matt Tomshaw pitched seven innings, giving up a run on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Jeff McVaney was 3-for-5 with a home run, his sixth.  Curt Powell was 2-for-5 with a run.  Kevin Eichhorn pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk with one strikeouts.

The game:  An error helped Fort Myers get on the board in the second and Polanco doubled and scored in the third to make it 2-0.  A sacrifice fly cut the lead to 2-1 in the fourth, but Walker II hit a II-run homer in the fifth to make it 4-1.  McVaney's homer in the eighth cut the lead to 4-2 and Lakeland got the tying run to second with none out in the ninth, but the next three batters went out and Miracle's lead held.

Of note:  Dalton Hicks was 0-for-2 with two walks.

KANE COUNTY 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN KANE COUNTY

Batting stars:  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring once.  Chad Christensen was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Jon Murphy was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Hudson Boyd struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.  Brandon Bixler struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Juan Paniagua struck out nine in six shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks.  Ben Carhart was 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.

The game:  Carhart homered in the fourth as part of a two-run inning that put Kane County up 2-0.  The Cougars got the rest of their runs in the fifth, as Cael Brockmeyer delivered a two-out two-run single to cap a three-run inning.  Cedar Rapids did not dent the plate until the eighth, when Christensen hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 5-2.  The Kernels had the tying run up to bat with one out, but a double play ended the inning.  They again got the tying run up to bat with two out in the ninth, but a strikeout ended the game.

Of note:  Mitch Garver was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Lewis Thorpe pitched 4.2 innings, giving up five runs on six hits and three walks with one strikeout.

DSL PADRES 11, DSL TWINS 5 AT PADRES

Batting stars:  Jorge Andrade was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching star:  Williams Ramirez struck out seven in four innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks.

Opposition stars:  Carlos Sosa was 2-for-4 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in three.  Manuel Vizcaino was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in one.  Joel Linares struck out eight in five innings, allowing an unearned run on five hits and no walks.

The game:  Jose Savinon tripled and scored in the first and a two-out rally produced two in the third to give the Padres a 3-0 lead.  Andrade singled in a run in the fifth, but the Padres came back with two in the fifth and Sosa's two-run homer capped a five-run sixth that put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Gabriel A. Ynfante was 0-for-5 with an RBI.  Antonio Tovar was 1-for-4.  Eugenio Diaz was 0-for-3 with a run.  Jorge Parra was 1-for-4.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  New Britain (Taylor Rogers, 5-4, 4.88) at Binghamton (Tyler Pill, 3-5, 4.91)

1:00  Cedar Rapids (Ethan Mildren, 1-3, 4.76) at Kane County (Juan Amlung, 1-0, 1.54)

1:05  Rochester (Logan Darnell, 1-3, 2.58) at Gwinnett (Jordan Walden, 0-1, 27.00)

4:05  Fort Myers (TBA) at Jupiter (Trevor Williams, 5-4, 2.63)