A combined no-hitter (over three weeks) for Rochester!  A near no-hitter for Elizabethton!  A wild ending in the GCL!

ROCHESTER 3, DURHAM 0 IN DURHAM (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

Batting stars:  James Beresford was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Doug Bernier was 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs.

Pitching stars:  Trevor May had started this game before it was suspended, striking out three in three innings and giving up no hits and two walks.  Logan Darnell pitched the final six innings and gave up no hits and one walk with five strikeouts.  Yes, indeed, it was a combined no-hitter in a suspended game.  That's probably happened before, but I can't remember hearing about it.

Opposition stars:  Alex Colome struck out four in four innings, allowing one run on five hits and no walks.

The game:  Beresford singled in Bernier in the third to give Rochester a 1-0 lead before the game was suspended.  Chris Colabello singled in Beresford in the sixth to make it 2-0 and doubled by Bernier and Josmil Pinto made it 3-0 in the eighth.  Darnell faced the minimum eighteen batters over his six innings, giving up a one-out walk in the ninth which was followed by a double play.

Of note:  Pinto was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Colabello was 1-for-2 with an RBI.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-4.

ROCHESTER 5, DURHAM 4 IN ROCHESTER (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Chris Colabello was 1-for-2 with a home run (his seventh) and a walk.  Deibinson Romero was 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs.  Josmil Pinto was 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs.

Pitching star:  Lester Oliveros struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Wil Myers was 2-for-3 with a grand slam.  Mike Fontenot was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.

The game:  Colabello homered leading off the second and Doug Bernier later contributed a two-run single to make it 3-0 after two.  Pinto tripled in two in the fourth to give Rochester a 5-0 lead.  In the fifth, Durham got two singles and a hit batsman to load the bases and Myers hit a two-out grand slam to cut the lead to 5-4.  The Bulls did not get a hit after that, however, as their only baserunner came on a leadoff walk in the seventh.  They did not advance the man past first base.

Of note:  Bernier was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Starter Virgil Vasquez pitched well for four innings, but his line reads five innings, four runs, five hits, one walk, one strikeout.

NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS

No game scheduled.

PALM BEACH 4, FORT MYERS 3 (7 INNINGS--RAIN)

Batting star:  Byron Buxton was 1-for-3 with a home run (his fourth) and a hit-by-pitch, driving in three.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Aledmys Diaz was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a double, driving in two.  Nick Martini was 3-for-4 with two runs.  Greg Miclat was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer.

The game:  Buxton hit a two-run homer in the first.  Diaz doubled in a run in the bottom of the first to cut the lead to 2-1, but Fort Myers go the run back in the second on two singles, a walk, and a hit batsman.  That was pretty much the end of the Miracle offense, though, and Palm Beach eventually came back.  Diaz homered in the third to make it 3-2 and Miclat hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead.  Fort Myers put men on second and third with one out in the sixth but could not tie the score.  Palm Beach was batting in the seventh with a man on first with none out when play was stopped.

Of note:  Levi Michael was 1-for-4 with a run.  Travis Harrison was 0-for-3.  Dalton Hicks was 0-for-3.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-2 with a walk.  Max Kepler was 1-for-3.  Starter Matt Tomshaw pitched six innings, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

No game scheduled.

ELIZABETHTON 2, BRISTOL 0 IN BRISTOL (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with a run.  Jeremias Pineda was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Tanner English was 1-for-2 with a hit-by-pitch and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Felix Jorge pitched a complete game, striking out seven while giving up two hits and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jake Burnette struck out three in three innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk.

The game:  Trey Vavra singled in a run in the first and English singled one home in the fifth.  Meanwhile, Jorge had a no-hitter for six innings before giving up back-to-back singles to lead off the seventh.  Men were on first and third with none out, but two strikeouts and a ground out ended the game.

Of note:  Vavra was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Jorge Fernandez was 1-for-3.

BRISTOL 4, ELIZABETHTON 0 IN BRISTOL (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Batting star:  Trey Vavra was 1-for-3 with a double.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Hector Garcia struck out six in five innings, allowing two hits and no walks.  Eduardo Figueroa was 2-for-3 with a triple and a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Pablo Reyes was 1-for-3 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  There was no score until the sixth.  With one out, a Candon Myles single was followed by back-to-back triples by Reyes and Figueroa.  A wild pitch plated Figueroa, then came a walk and two singles to score the fourth run.  Elizabethton twice got a man to third base.  In the fourth Jeremias Pineda singled and stole second and third, getting there with two out.  In the seventh Vavra doubled and got to third when Austin Diemer reached on an error.

Of note:  Pineda was 1-for-3.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-3.  Tanner English was 0-for-3.  Starter Derrick Penilla had a shutout for five innings, but his totals are 5.1 innings, three runs, four hits, and no walks with three strikeouts.

GCL TWINS 14, GCL RAYS 9 AT RAYS

Batting stars:  Amaurys Minier was 3-for-5 with a home run (his seventh) and a walk, scoring twice and driving in four.  Joel Polanco was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Manuel Guzman was 1-for-1 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in two.

Pitching star:  D. J. Baxendale struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up only a walk.

Opposition stars:  David Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Matt Ford was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Cade Gotta was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

The game:  It was a pretty normal game for seven innings.  Tied 2-2 after six, the Twins took the lead on a Minier RBI single and a sacrifice fly.  An error put the Twins up 5-2 going to the bottom of the eighth.  The Rays then put together a six-run inning.  The first run scored on an error, Ford hit a two-run double, Christian Knott singled in one, and two more scored on Oscar Sanay's single-plus error.  The Twins trailed 8-5, but more than made up for it with a nine-run ninth.  The first run scored on a bases-loaded walk, Polanco had an RBI single, Ariel Montesino doubled in two, Guzman had a two-run single, and Minier capped the inning with a three-run homer.  The Rays scored one in the bottom of the ninth and had the bases loaded with two out, but that was as close as they could come.

Of note:  Rafael P. Valera was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.  Zack Larson was 2-for-4.  T. J. White was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Dubal Baez was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Starter David Hurlbut pitched four innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

DSL TWINS 4, DSL ORIOLES1 1 AT TWINS

Batting star:  Robert Molina was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Jadison Jimenez pitched seven innings, giving up one hit and no walks with five strikeouts.  Robener Cabrera pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  None.

The game:  There was no score through five, and in fact the Orioles1 did not get a baserunner through five innings.  A single led off the sixth, but the runner did not score.  In the bottom of the sixth, two walks were followed by a two-run double by Jermaine Palacios to put the Twins up 2-0.  They scored two more in the seventh on RBI doubles by Molina and Luis Martinez.  The Orioles1 got their lone run in the ninth on a walk and three singles.  They had the bases loaded with one out, but a double play ended the game.

Of note:  Jorge Andrade was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Martinez was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Palacios was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Lewin Diaz was 1-for-3 with a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Orioles1

11:00  GCL Rays at GCL Twins

4:05  St. Lucie at Fort Myers (completion of suspended game)

Game 2  St. Lucie (TBA) at Fort Myers (TBA) (scheduled game

6:00  Elizabethton (John Curtiss, 1-1, 1.17) at Bristol (Omar Basulto, 1-2, 2.65)

6:05  Bowie (Eddie Gamboa, 0-0, 8.31) at New Britain (Jason Wheeler, 2-4, 3.86)

6:05  Durham (Enny Romero, 5-11, 5.01) at Rochester (Sean Gilmartin, 2-3, 3.57)

7:00 Cedar Rapids (Ryan Eades, 7-11, 5.82) at Beloit (Kyle Finnegan, 6-8, 3.61)