A mighty wind causes a postponement for Rochester.  Berrios is great and Polanco is grand for Chattanooga.  Slegers was darn good and Goodrum was good enough for Fort Myers.  Gordon drives in two key runs for Cedar Rapids.

ROCHESTER AT BUFFALO

Postponed:  Wind.

CHATTANOOGA 6, MONTGOMERY 2 IN MONTGOMERY

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Batting stars:  Jorge Polanco was 3-for-5 with a grand slam and a double, scoring twice.  Dalton Hicks was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Mike Gonzales was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Jose Berrios struck out eleven in 6.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk.  D. J. Johnson pitched 1.2 perfect innings with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Richie Shaffer was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice.  Austin Pruitt struck out eight in 4.2 innings, allowing two unearned runs on three hits.

The game:  Polanco hit a two-out grand slam in the fifth to give the Lookouts a 4-0 lead.  The lone run Berrios gave up was on a solo homer by Shaffer in the sixth.  It was 4-1 after eight, then Hicks hit an RBI double and scored on Gonzales' single to put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Byron Buxton was 0-for-5 with a run.  Miguel Sano was 0-for-3 with two walks.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-5.

FORT MYERS 3, CHARLOTTE 0 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Alex Swim was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Aaron Slegers pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  J. T. Chargois pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  Ryne Stanek struck out six in five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk.

The game:  Goodrum hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 2-0.  The other run came in the eighth on Swim's RBI single.  The Stone Crabs did not get a hit until the fourth and did not get a man past second base.

Of note:  Mitch Garver was 0-for-4.  Aderlin Mejia was 0-for-2 with a walk.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, KANE COUNTY 4 IN KANE COUNTY

Batting stars:  Jorge Fernandez was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Nick Gordon was 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.  Zack Larson was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

Pitching stars:  Michael Theofanopolous struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  C. K. Irby struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Steve McQuail was 3-for-4 with a run.  Stryker Trahan was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer.  Nick Baker pitched four innings of relief, allowing an unearned run on two hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  Gordon's RBI single tied the game at three and a sacrifice fly put the Kernels ahead 4-3 in the second.  It was 5-4 after four and stayed there until the sixth, when Gordon again singled in a run to make it 6-4.  The Cougars got the tying run on in the sixth but did not do so again.

Of note:  Zach Granite was 0-for-1 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch.  Trey Vavra was 1-for-5.  Starter John Curtiss struck out seven in 5.2 innings but gave up four runs (three earned) on nine hits and no walks.  In the fourth inning, all three Kernels batters grounded back to the pitcher.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:35  Buffalo (Scott Copeland) at Rochester (Taylor Rogers)
1:00    Cedar Rapids (Stephen Gonsalves) at Kane County (Jeferson Mejia)
5:05    Charlotte (Chris Kirsch) at Fort Myers (Chih-Wei Hu)
7:05    Chattanooga (Greg Peavey) at Montgomery (Jered Mortensen)