Fine starts for Tyler Duffey and Tim Shibuya. Danny Santana starts his rehab in Fort Myers. Enjoy your all-star game, because there's not much happening in the minor leagues today.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS
No game scheduled.
NEW BRITAIN 3, READING 2 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Mike Kvasnicka was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Kyle Knudson was 2-for-3 with a run.
Pitching stars: Tyler Duffey struck out eight in 7.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk. Cole Johnson pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Zach Collier was 1-for-2 with a triple and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Seth Rosin struck out two in two shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk.
The game: Reading led 1-0 after three, but in the fifth New Britain scored all three of their runs. A walk and a single put two on with one out, Kvasnicka doubled in a run to tie it, an error brought home the go-ahead run, and a sacrifice fly plated an insurance run. They needed it because Collier tripled home a run for the Fightin Phils in the seventh. That obviously put the tying run on third, but he did not score and Reading did not get a man on base after that.
Of note: Aaron Hicks was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Eddie Rosario was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with a double.
FORT MYERS 8, DUNEDIN 2 IN FORT MYERS
Batting stars: Dalton Hicks was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Mike Gonzales was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in three. Travis Harrison was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.
Pitching stars: Tim Shibuya pitched six innings, giving up one run on six hits and no walks with no strikeouts. Brandon Peterson struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk. Tyler Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Jorge Saez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Nick Baligod was 2-for-3 with a run. Dwight Smith, Jr. was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The game: Dunedin scored in the top of the first, but Fort Myers came back with six in the bottom of the first to put the game out of reach early. Two singles put men on first and third with one out. Hicks singled in a run, Harrison singled in another, Gonzales doubled home two, and Niko Goodrum and Aderlin Mejia each contributed an RBI double. Harrison singled in another run in the second to make the score 7-1, and that's where it stayed until the seventh, when each team scored once.
Of note: Byron Buxton was 1-for-5 with a run. Jorge Polanco was 1-for-5 with a run. Danny Santana was 0-for-3. Max Kepler was used as a reserve and was 1-for-1 with a run.
CLINTON 8, CEDAR RAPIDS 5 IN CLINTON
Batting stars: Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his ninth. Jason Kanzler was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitching stars: Nick Burdi pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout. Dallas Gallant pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Aaron Barbosa was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Lonnie Kaupilla was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jeff Zimmerman was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.
The game: Garver hit a two-run homer in the first to give Cedar Rapids a 2-0 lead. In the second, Christian Carmichael had an RBI double and Zimmerman homered as part of a three-run inning that put Clinton up 3-2. The Kernels tied it in the third when Ryan Walker doubled and scored, but it was almost all the LumberKings after that. A run in the bottom of the third put Clinton back in front and a three-run fourth put the LumberKings in control of the game. Barbosa had an RBI triple and Kaupilla a run-scoring double in the inning, putting Clinton ahead 7-3. The LumberKings added a run in the sixth and Cedar Rapids got two in the seventh. The Kernels did get the tying run up to bat with two out in the seventh, but their last seven batters were retired.
Of note: Walker was 1-for-5 with a double and a run. Chad Christensen was 0-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Alex Swim was 1-for-4. Starter Ryan Eades pitched four innings, giving up seven runs (four earned) on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
DANVILLE 4, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN DANVILLE
Batting stars: Trey Vavra was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Nick Gordon was 2-for-4. Tyler Kuresa was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Stephen Gonsalves pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Kuo Hua Lo pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout. Dereck Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Carlos Sanchez was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs. Omar Obregon was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Andry Ubiera struck out six in five innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks.
The game: In the third, Joseph Daris created a run for Danville when he singled, stole second, stole third, and scored on a ground out. In the fourth, a Vavra double, a hit batsman, and a walk loaded the bases with one out and an error and a sacrifice fly gave Elizabethton a 2-1 lead. The lead held until the sixth, when Alejandro Piloto singled in the tying run and Sanchez doubled in two to give the Braves a 4-2 advantage. Elizabethton did not advance a man past first the rest of the way.
Of note: Austin Diemer was 0-for-4. Max Murphy was 0-for-4.
GCL RAYS 7, GCL TWINS 2 AT RAYS
Batting stars: Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-1 with a double and three walks, scoring once. Rainis Silva was 3-for-5 with a double and a run. Roberto Gonzalez was 2-for-5.
Pitching stars: Seth Wagner pitched two shutout innings, giving up two walks. Callan Pearce pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Zacrey Law was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Christian Knott was 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs. Cameron Varga struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits.
The game: An error led to three Rays runs in the first. It stayed 3-0 until the fifth, when the Rays added four more. Knott had a two-run double in the fifth inning. Both Twins runs came in the eighth, with one scoring on an error and the other on a wild pitch.
Of note: Zack Larson was 0-for-3 with two walks. Dubal Baez was 0-for-5. Amaurys Minier was 1-for-4. Starter Onesimo Hernandez struck out five in 4.1 innings, giving up six runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks.
DSL TWINS 7, DSL PADRES 1 AT TWINS
Batting stars: Junior Amarante was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Jorge Andrade was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Gabriel A. Ynfante was 2-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch, scoring once.
Pitching stars: Jose Ramirez struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks. Argenis Silva struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Erick Balbuena pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Fabian Castillo was 1-for-2 with two walks. Ramon Reyes struck out seven in five innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk.
The game: Robert Molina doubled and scored in the fifth to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. The Twins then scored six in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Amarante drove in one with a double, one scored on a wild pitch, Edgar Herrera singled in a run, Emmanuel Morel singled in another, a run scored on a bases-loaded walk, and Amarante came back up and singled in another run. The lone Padres run came in the eighth on a walk, two wild pitches, and an error.
Of note: Jorge Parra was 0-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and a run. Roni Tapia was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Diamondbacks at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Rays at GCL Twins