Minor Details: Games of August 10

Jose Berrios is back.  Max Kepler continues to hit.  Ricky Nolasco continues his rehab.

INDIANAPOLIS 10, ROCHESTER 0 IN INDIANAPOLIS

Batting stars:  James Beresford was 2-for-4.  Dan Rohlfing was 1-for-2 with a double.

Pitching stars:  Stephen Pryor pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  Lester Oliveros struck out two in a perfect inning.  Aaron Thompson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Gerrit Cole pitched six innings, allowing one hit and no walks with three strikeouts.  Mel Rojas was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three.  Tony Sanchez was 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs.

The game:  Indianapolis took control early, scoring once in the first, four time in the second, and twice more in the third.  Rochester did not get a hit until two were out in the fifth.  Their only scoring threat came in the ninth after they were already behind 10-0.  Beresford hit a two-out single followed by a Rohlfing double, but a ground out ended the game.

Of note:  Doug Bernier was 0-for-4.  Chris Herrmann was 0-for-2.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-4.  Chris Colabello was 0-for-3.  Aaron Hicks was 0-for-3.  Starter Kris Johnson pitched three innings, giving up seven runs (three earned) on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout.

NEW BRITAIN 4, ERIE 2 IN ERIE

Batting stars:  Brandon Waring was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth) and two runs.  Brad Boyer was 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs.  Kyle Knudson was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Jose Berrios pitched four innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Adrian Salcedo pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  Jason Krizan was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The game:  With two out in the second, New Britain put together three consecutive singles, the last one followed by an error, to take a 2-0 lead.  Krizan singled in a run in the third to cut the lead to 2-1.  Waring hit a one-out homer in the fourth to make it 3-1 and Boyer tripled and scored in the seventh to give the Rock Cats a 4-1 advantage.  Erie scored once in the ninth, had the tying run on with one out, and had the winning run on with two out, but a fly to left ended the game.

Of note:  Eddie Rosario was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4.  Nate Hanson was 1-for-4 with a double.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-3 with a walk.

FORT MYERS 9, PALM BEACH 1 IN PALM BEACH

Batting stars:  Dalton Hicks was 3-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in three.  Max Kepler was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once.

Pitching stars:  Aaron Slegers pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Madison Boer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one walk with one strikeout.  Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning.

Opposition star:  Bruce Caldwell was 2-for-4 with a triple.

The game:  Fort Myers got a two-run double from Hicks in the third to open the scoring and then took command of the game with a four-run fourth.  The first five batters of the inning reached base:  a single, a double, then three more singles.  Palm Beach did not get back into the game.

Of note:  Byron Buxton was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Travis Harrison was 0-for-2 with two walks, scoring twice and driving in one.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI.

KANE COUNTY 7, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (15 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Ryan Walker was 2-for-7 with a walk and two runs.  Alex Swim was 2-for-6 with a double and a walk, driving in one.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a double and three walks.

Pitching stars:  Jake Reed pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.  Jared Wilson pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Shawon Dunston was 3-for-7 with a home run (his second) and two runs.  Cael Brockmeyer was 3-for-7 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Jacob Rogers was 2-for-7 with a double and a triple, scoring once and driving in two.

The game:  Kane County got a run on a double play in the first and Dunston homered in the third to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead.  Cedar Rapids tied it in the bottom of the third on a two-run single by Bryan Haar.  Jeimer Candelario doubled in a run in the fourth to put Kane County back in front 3-2.  In the seventh, two walks and an error tied the score and a Swim RBI single gave the Kernels a 4-3 lead.  The Cougars scored on an error in the eighth to tie it up.  There was no more scoring until the fifteenth, when Rogers hit a two-run triple and scored on a Brockmeyer double.  Cedar Rapids did not get the tying run up to bat in the bottom of the fifteenth.

Of note:  Haar was 1-for-6 with a walk and two RBIs.  Max Murphy was 0-for-6 with a walk.  Starter Ricky Nolasco struck out six in 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and no walks.

ELIZABETHTON AT BRISTOL

Rained out.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Orioles1 at DSL Twins

11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays

4:05  Rochester at Durham--completion of suspended game

Game 2  Durham (Mike Montgomery, 9-4, 4.05) at Rochester (TBA)

5:00  Elizabethton (Felix Jorge, 3-2, 2.03) at Bristol (Hector Garcia, 1-5, 3.62)

Game 2  Elizabethton (Derrick Penilla, 3-3, 4.60) at Bristol (Jake Burnette, 0-1, 16.20)

5:35  Fort Myers (Matt Tomshaw, 9-4, 3.56) at Palm Beach (Silfredo Garcia, 6-2, 3.58)