Appel polishes off the Peoria batters. A walkoff pickoff in Mesa. Scotts wins the battle of the dales.
SALT RIVER 4, PEORIA 2 IN SALT RIVER
Twins: Byron Buxton was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Eddie Rosario was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Jake Reed pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Zack Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Peoria: Mark Appel (Houston) pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
Salt River: Francisco Lindor (Cleveland) was 3-for-4 with a triple and a run. Grant Sides (Cleveland) pitched two shutout innings, allowing only a walk with one strikeout.
The game: A throwing error produced two runs on no hits for Salt River in the first. Peoria closed to within 3-2 after six, but Ryan Casteel (Colorado) doubled and scored in the eighth to provide an insurance run.
SURPRISE 6, MESA 5 IN MESA
Surprise: Nick Williams (Texas) was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a double, scoring twice. Michael De Leon (Texas) was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Robby Scott (Boston) pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Mesa: Kaleb Cowart (Angels) was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once. Chad Hinshaw (Angels) was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice. Mark Sappington (Angels) struck out two in a scoreless inning, allowing no hits and no walks.
The game: RBI singles by Kyle Waldrop (Cincinnati) and Patrick Kivlehan (Seattle) put Surprise up 4-3 in the fifth. Williams hit a two-run homer to make it 6-3 in the sixth. Mesa closed to 6-5 and had the tying run on second with two out in the ninth, but the runner was picked off base to end the game.
SCOTTSDALE 7, GLENDALE 3 IN SCOTTSDALE
Glendale: Tim Anderson (White Sox) was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Mike Ohlman (Baltimore) was 2-for-4 with a run. Chris Bassitt (White Sox) struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Scottsdale: Elias Diaz (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-2 with a triple and two walks, scoring once and driving in one. L. J. Mazzilli (Mets) was 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring twice. Joely Rodriguez (Pittsburgh) struck out five in four shutout innings, allowing three hits and one walk.
The game: Scottsdale built a 5-0 lead after four, but Glendale cut it to 5-3 after six. Dan Gamache's (Pittsburgh) RBI double in the seventh and Aaron Judge's (Yankees) run-scoring single in the eighth provided a pair of insurance runs for Scottsdale.
TODAY'S TILTS
Mesa (C. J. Edwards, Cubs, 1-0, 1.80) at Surprise (Justin Hancock, San Diego, 0-0, 13.50)
Peoria (Aaron Northcraft, Atlanta, 1-1, 3.00) at Salt River (Vincent Velasquez, Houston, 0-1, 11.25)
Scottsdale (Ryan O'Sullivan, Philadelphia, 0-1, 19.06) at Glendale (Francellis Montas, White Sox, 1-0, 1.42)