Minor Details: Games of May 15

James Beresford caps a ninth-inning comeback by the Red Wings!  Miguel Sano hits two home runs, including the game winner in a Lookouts comeback!  Brett Lee pitches well in a Miracle loss.  The Kernels get blown out.

ROCHESTER 5, LEHIGH VALLEY 4 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Eric Farris was 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs.  James Beresford was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Danny Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.

Pitching stars:  Ryan O'Rourke retired all four batters he faced, striking out three of them.  Lester Oliveros pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Domonic Brown was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Tyler Henson was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.  Severino Gonzalez pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Farris led off the bottom of the first with a home run, putting the Red Wings up 1-0.  It was still 1-0 through five and Jason Wheeler appeared to be cruising.  In the sixth, however, two doubles, three singles, and a wild pitch produced four IronPig runs and a 4-1 lead.  Farris singled in a run in the seventh to make it 4-2, but the Red Wings left the bases loaded.  In the ninth, a walk, a single, and another walk loaded the bases with none out.  Farris singled in one and James Beresford delivered a two-run single for the Red Wing victory.

Of note:  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-4.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Wheeler pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

CHATTANOOGA 7, BIRMINGHAM 5 IN BIRMINGHAM (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Miguel Sano was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth) and three RBIs.  Jorge Polanco was 3-for-5 with two runs.  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Pitching stars:  Dallas Gallant pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  D. J. Johnson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Christian Marrero was 3-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring twice.  Jacob May was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.  Danny Hayes was 2-for-4 with a run.

The game:  Sano homered to put the Lookouts up 1-0 in the first, but the Barons got the run back in the second, took the lead in the third when Marcus Lemon tripled and scored, and went up 4-1 in the fourth on two singles, a double, and a ground out.  The Lookouts got two in the seventh to get back into the game and tied it in the eighth on a run-scoring double play.  Each team scored once in the ninth.  In the tenth, Sano hit a two-run homer that put the Lookouts in the lead to stay.

Of note:  Byron Buxton was 0-for-5.  Travis Harrison was 2-for-5 with a run.  Max Kepler was 0-for-5.  D. J. Baxendale pitched five innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

JUPITER 2, FORT MYERS 1 IN JUPITER

Batting stars:  Engelb Vielma was 3-for-4 with a run.  Zach Granite was 1-for-2 with two walks.  Chad Christensen was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.

Pitching star:  Brett Lee pitched 7.1 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Austin Dean was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk, driving in one.  Scott Lyman pitched six innings, allowing one run on three hits and four walks with no strikeouts.

The game:  In the fourth, Engelb Vielma walked, stole second, went to third on a balk, and scored on a ground out to put the Miracle up 1-0.  Lee had pitched well for seven shutout innings, giving up just four hits.  In the eighth, however, Yefri Perez singled, stole second, and scored on a J. T. Riddle single to tie the score.  J. T. Chargois came in and gave up an RBI double to Dean to give the Hammerheads a 2-1 lead.  In the ninth, Jason Kanzler was thrown out trying to score from first on Christensen's one-out double and a ground out ended the game.

Of note:  Alex Swim was 0-for-4.  Bryan Haar was 0-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-4.

QUAD CITIES 10, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting star:  Blake Schmit was 1-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two.

Pitching star:  Samuel Clay struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.

Opposition stars:  Bryan Muniz was 1-for-2 with a double and three walks, scoring once and driving in two.  Mott Hyde was 4-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Akeem Bostick pitched four shutout innings of relief, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

The game:  Muniz had a two-run double in a three-run top of the second, but Schmit had a two-run triple in a three-run bottom of the second to tie it 3-3.  The River Bandits scored three more in the third, however, getting help from an error, a wild pitch, and a hit batsman, and this time the Kernels could not answer.  The River Bandits added a run in the fifth, two in the seventh, and one in the ninth as they cruised to an easy win.

Of note:  Tanner English was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-4.  Trey Vavra was 2-for-4.  Max Murphy was 1-for-4 with a double.  Zack Larson was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Michael Cederoth pitched three innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:05  Quad Cities (Austin Chrismon, 4-1, 2.17) at Cedar Rapids (Felix Jorge, 1-2, 2.10)
5:35  Fort Myers (David Hurlbut, 0-0, 0.00) at Jupiter (TBA)
6:05  Lehigh Valley (Joely Rodriguez, 0-3, 6.25) at Rochester (Pat Dean, 3-2, 1.93)
6:15  Montgomery (Bradin Hagens, 1-3, 3.67) at Chattanooga (TBA)