A fine performance by Trevor May.  Byron Buxton is getting things going.  Ryan Eades is pitching better.

LEHIGH VALLEY 8, ROCHESTER 6 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Deibinson Romero was 2-for-4 with a home run, his eighth.  Josmil Pinto was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fifth.  Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitching star:  Trevor May pitched 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Cesar Hernandez was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Maikel Franco was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his ninth) and a walk.  Tyler Henson was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.

The game:  Romero homered in the second to give Rochester a 1-0 lead.  Pinto hit a two-run homer in the fourth to make it 3-0.  In the fifth, Dan Rohlfing singled in one and Doug Bernier doubled home two to give the Red Wings a 6-0 advantage.  It was still 6-0 after seven, but then things collapsed.  Freddy Galvis and Clete Thomas each hit a two-run double in a five-run eighth to cut the lead to 6-5.  Hernandez doubled in a run in the ninth to tie the score and Franco hit a two-run homer to put Lehigh Valley ahead.  Rochester did not get a hit after the sixth inning.

Of note:  Bernier was 1-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a walk.

NEW BRITAIN 3, TRENTON 2 IN TRENTON (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Aaron Hicks was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, scoring once.  Mike Gonzales was 2-for-4 with a home run.

Pitching stars:  Jason Wheeler pitched 6.2 innings, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Mason Melotakis pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Dan Camarena struck out six in six innings, allowing one run on five hits and a walk.  Peter O'Brien was 3-for-4 with a double and two home runs, his twenty-second and twenty-third.  Dan Fiorito was 2-for-4 with a double.

The game:  Hicks doubled and scored in the top of the fourth, but O'Brien homered in the bottom of the fourth to tie it at one.  Gonzales homered in the seventh to give New Britain a 2-1 lead, but O'Brien homered again in the eighth to tie it at two.  The Rock Cats took the lead for good in the tenth on two singles, a bunt, and a sacrifice fly.  Trenton did not get the tying run into scoring position.

Of note:  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4.  Mike Kvasnicka was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Kennys Vargas was 0-for-5.

CLEARWATER 8, FORT MYERS 7 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Byron Buxton was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Jason Kanzler was 1-for-3 with two walks, scoring twice.

Pitching stars:  B. J. Hermsen pitched three innings, giving up one hit and one walk with two strikeouts.  Madison Boer pitched two shutout innings with one strikeout.  Tyler Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Miguel Nunez struck out eight in six shutout innings, allowing one hit and three walks.  Chris Serritella was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer (his third) and a double, scoring twice.  Roman Quinn was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

The game:  Clearwater opened the second inning with four singles and a double.  Add a pair of sacrifice flies, and it was a 5-0 Threshers lead after two.  It went to 8-0 after three, as Serritella hit a three-run homer in the third.  Fort Myers had left the bases loaded in the first on two walks and a hit batsman, but the Miracle did not get a hit until the fourth.  That was still their only hit until the seventh, when they put together a five-run inning of their own.  Tyler Grimes and Buxton had RBI singles, a run scored on a wild pitch, and Max Kepler had a two-run double.  They got two more in the eighth on run-scoring singles by Buxton and Dalton Hicks.  Men were on second and third with two out, but a strikeout ended the inning.  Fort Myers had two on in the ninth with one out, but again could not take advantage, getting a strikeout and a ground out to end the game.

Of note:  Hicks was 1-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Travis Harrison was 0-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch.  Kepler was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, driving in two.  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-5.  Starter Tim Shibuya lasted only three innings, giving up eight runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

CEDAR RAPIDS 3, BURLINGTON 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (11 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Ryan Walker was 3-for-6 with three RBIs.  Michael Quesada was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Alex Swim was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Ryan Eades pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  Nick Burdi struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up three hits.  Dallas Gallant retired all six men he faced, striking out five of them.

Opposition stars:  Garrett Nuss pitched six shutout innings, allowing four hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  Eric Aguilera was 4-for-4 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth) and a double.  Kody Eaves was 2-for-5.

The game:  Aguilera homered in the second and again in the fourth to give Burlington a 2-0 lead.  Cedar Rapids did very little in the first six innings, having thirteen consecutive batters retired at one point.  In the seventh, however, Walker delivered a two-out two-run single to tie the score.  It stayed tied until the eleventh.  A single and a walk opened the inning, and with one out Walker came through again, singling in the winning run.

Of note:  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a walk.  Max Murphy was 1-for-5 with a run.

GREENEVILLE 5, ELIZABETHTON 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

Batting stars:  None.

Pitching stars:  Samuel Clay struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Cameron Booser struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Kuo Hua Lo struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Devonte German struck out four in four shutout innings, allowing one hit and four walks.  Hector Roa was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Luis Reynoso was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  Jacob Nottingham singled in a run in the first to give Greeneville a 1-0 lead.  Jeffry Santos had an RBI double in a three-run second to make it 4-0 and Reynoso singled in a run in the fourth to make it 5-0.  The lone Elizabethton run came in the sixth on a hit batsman, a wild pitch, and a double by Tyler Mautner.

Of note:  Tanner English was 0-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Austin Diemer was 0-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and a run.  Tyler Kuresa was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Starter Derrick Penilla struck out four in three innings, giving up five runs on six hits and two walks.

GCL RAYS 4, GCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (14 INNINGS)

Batting star:  Manuel Guzman was 3-for-5 with a double and a walk, driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Zach Tillery struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk.  MIchael Theofanopoulos struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Miles Nordgren pitched 5.1 innings of relief, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Cade Gotta was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Chris DeMorais was 2-for-5 with a walk and two RBIs.  Christopher Crisostomo pitched three shutout innings, allowing a hit and a walk.

The game:  RBI singles by Christian Knott and DeMorais gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the first.  Guzman singled in a run in the third and Joel Polanco doubled and scored in the seventh to tie it up at two.  After the first, Twins pitchers worked twelve consecutive scoreless innings, but the Twins batters could not get the lead.  Finally, in the fourteenth, a single, a walk, and a hit batsman filled the bases with one out and a pair of bases loaded walks brought home two runs for the Rays.  The Twins put two men on with one out in the bottom of the fourteenth, but could not score.

Of note:  Rainis Silva was 0-for-6.  Amaurys Minier was 2-for-6.  Rafael P. Valera was 0-for-5 with a walk.

DSL TWINS 5, DSL ORIOLES1 2 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.  Roni Tapia was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.

Pitching star:  Jadison Jimenez pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Juan Valdez pitched six innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Rauel Acosta was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Jorge Gil was 0-for-1 with three walks and a run.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fifth, when an error led to two Twins runs.  Tapia doubled and scored in the sixth to make it 3-0.  Jean Carrillo singled in a run in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-1, but RBI singles by Palacios and Antonio Tovar made it 5-1 after seven.  The Orioles1 added a run in the ninth and had the tying run up to bat with one out, but a fly ball and a ground out ended the game.

Of note:  Jorge Andrade was 1-for-4 with a run.  Junior Amarante was 1-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and a run.  Lewin Diaz was 1-for-4.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Orioles1

11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays

6:00  Elizabethton (TBA) at Kingsport (Andrew Church, 1-4, 5.40)

6:05  Clearwater (Aaron Nola, 1-3, 3.42 at Fort Myers (Matt Tomshaw, 9-2, 3.08)

6:05  Erie (Jeff Farrell, 7-7, 5.43) at New Britain (TBA)

6:05  Rochester (Sean Gilmartin, 1-2, 3.52) at Lehigh Valley (David Buchanan, 5-2, 4.35)

6:35  Burlington (TBA) at Cedar Rapids (Chih-Wei Hu, 3-0, 1.50)