A good game for Alex Meyer.  A good game for Stephen Gonsalves, too.  A really bad inning for the GCL Twins.

ROCHESTER 4, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 2 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Chris Colabello was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks, scoring once.  Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Alex Meyer pitched six innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  A. J. Achter struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Bryan Mitchell pitched five innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Kyle Roller was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Carmen Angelini was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.

The game:  Roller doubled in a run in the top of the first and Florimon tripled one in in the bottom of the first.  It stayed 1-1 until Ramon Flores hit an RBI triple in the fifth to give Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth, Daniel Ortiz tied the game with a run-scoring double, the go-ahead run scored on a passed ball, and a sacrifice fly plated an insurance run, giving Rochester its first lead at 4-2.  The RailRiders got only one hit after that, an eighth inning single that was cancelled by a double play.

Of note:  James Beresford was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Chris Herrmann was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Josmil Pinto was 1-for-4.

Pennant race update:  Rochester is third in the wild card race, 1.5 games behind Pawtucket.  Their elimination number is six.

BINGHAMTON 4, NEW BRITAIN 1 IN BINGHAMTON

Batting stars:  Levi Michael was 2-for-4.  Mike Gonzales was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Taylor Rogers struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and four walks.  Mason Melotakis pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Rainy Lara pitched 7.2 innings, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts.  T. J. Rivera was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Dustin Lawley was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

The game:  Lawley opened the scoring with an RBI single in the fourth.  New Britain tied it in the sixth on a single, a walk, a single, and a sacrifice fly.  In the eighth, Lawley doubled in the go-ahead run and insurance runs scored on a sacrifice fly and Kyle Johnson single.  The Rock Cats got only a one-out single in the ninth.

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

BRADENTON 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN BRADENTON

Batting star:  Stuart Turner was 1-for-3 with a home run, his sixth.

Pitching stars:  Madison Boer pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Brandon Peterson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Jason Creasy struck out seven in six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk.  Max Moroff was 2-for-2 with a double and two walks, driving in one.  Raul Fortunato was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.

The game:  Aderlin Mejia doubled and scored in the first and Turner hit a home run in the second to give Fort Myers a 2-0 lead.  That was it for the Miracle offense.  Fortunato doubled in a run in the second to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth, Moroff singled in the tying run and a wild pitch put Bradenton ahead 3-2.  Fort Myers got only one hit after the second inning.  It was a leadoff double in the sixth by Travis Harrison, who did not advance.

Of note:  Mejia was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Harrison was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Dalton Hicks was 1-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4.  Max Kepler was 0-for-4.  Starter Brett Lee pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and four walks with one strikeout.

Pennant race update:  Fort Myers is third, 1.5 games behind Palm Beach, with an elimination number of six.  The Miracle has already qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half.

QUAD CITIES 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN QUAD CITIES

Batting stars:  Michael Quesada was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Tanner Vavra was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch, scoring once.

Pitching stars:  Stephen Gonsalves struck out ten in five innings, giving up two runs on two hits and no walks.  Josue Montanez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Chris Lee struck out seven in 3.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and two walks.  A. J. Reed was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his sixth) and a double.  James Ramsey was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third.

The game:  It was scoreless through three.  Cedar Rapids led off the fourth with back-to-back doubles by Vavra and Quesada and a single by Ryan Walker to take a 2-0 lead.  A walk and a hit batsman loaded the bases with two out, but the Kernels could do no more damage.  In the bottom of the fourth, a hit batsman was followed by Reed's two-run homer to tie it at two.  Ramsey led off the sixth with a homer to give Quad Cities a 3-2 advantage.  Cedar Rapids loaded the bases in the seventh on an error and a pair of two-out walks, but did not score again.

Of note:  Jonatan Hinojosa was 1-for-5.  Chad Christensen was 0-for-4 with a walk.  Alex Swim was 1-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch.  Max Murphy was 0-for-4 with a walk.

Pennant race update:  Cedar Rapids has clinched a playoff spot with a second place finish in the second half.  Wisconsin could still tie them for second, but the Kernels hold the tie-breaker.

BRISTOL 4, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN BRISTOL

Batting star:  Tyler Kuresa was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Pitching star:  Starter Kuo Hua Lo pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Junior Lopez pitched five innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Jose Salazar was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs.  Carlos Ozuna was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  Ozuna doubled and scored in the third to give Bristol a 1-0 lead.  Each team scored once in the fifth and once in the sixth to leave the score 3-2 Bristol.  The Pirates added a run in the eighth on Ozuna's RBI single.  The Twins did not get a hit after the sixth inning.

Of note:  Jeremias Pineda was 0-for-4.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-4.  Trey Vavra was 1-for-4.  Jorge Fernandez was 0-for-3 with a walk.

Pennant race update:  Elizabethton is in first place by two games over Johnson City.  The Twins lead Kingsport by three games for the last playoff spot.

GCL RAYS 12, GCL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS--RAIN)

Batting stars:  Amaurys Minier was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, his eighth.  Manuel Guzman was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Ruar Verkirk was 1-for-2 with a run.

Pitching star:  Callan Pearce struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Cade Gotta was 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk.  Zacrey Law was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in four.  David Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring twice.

The game:  The Rays scored a single run in each of the first three innings, with Gotta hitting a homer in the first, two walks, a single, and a sacrifice fly plating a run in the second, and Rodriguez hitting a triple and scoring on a Jose Rojas single in the third.  The Rays then scored nine runs in the ninth to put the game away.  Fourteen men batted in an inning that had a little of everything:  six singles, a double, a triple, a home run, a walk, two wild pitches, two passed balls, and two stolen bases.  All three Twins runs scored in the sixth on a pair of singles and a three-run homer by Minier.

Of note:  Rainis Silva was 0-for-3.  Starter Brandon Easton pitched four innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

DSL TWINS

The Dominican Summer League regular season is over.  For the DSL Twins, it ended with a pair of rainouts.  They had a good season, going 43-27.  Their .614 winning percentage was fourth-best in the Dominican Summer League.  Unfortunately, it was only good for second place in their division, and only the four division winners go to the playoffs, so the DSL Twins season is over.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays

4:35  New Britain (Jason Adam, 0-0, 5.14) at Binghamton (Hansel Robles, 7-6, 4.50)

Game 2  New Britain (Jose Berrios, 2-4, 3.89) at Binghamton (Gabriel Ynoa, 3-1, 4.47)

5:30  Fort Myers (Steven Gruver, 4-6, 2.81) at Bradenton (Chad Kuhl, 12-5, 3.33)

6:00  Elizabethton (Sam Gibbons, 4-4, 3.28) at Bristol (TBA)

7:00  Cedar Rapids (Lewis Thorpe, 3-2, 3.96) at Quad Cities (Michael Feliz, 8-4, 3.69)