The Red Wings get singled into submission. Byron Buxton breaks out of a slump for the Lookouts. The Miracle gives one away. The Kernels win in extra innings.
LEHIGH VALLEY 6, ROCHESTER 5 IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: Josmil Pinto was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice. Danny Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixth. Wilkin Ramirez was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk.
Pitching stars: Mark Hamburger struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. A. J. Achter pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Russ Canzler was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two runs. Chris McGuiness was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
The game: Three singles and a wild pitch plated two runs for the IronPigs in the first and they built a 4-0 lead in the top of the third. The Red Wings came back, getting single runs in the third, fourth, and sixth to make it 4-3. Four more singles scored two IronPigs runs in the seventh to make it 6-3, but Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-5. Ramirez followed with a one-out double, but the last five Red Wings batters were retired. The IronPigs had thirteen hits, twelve of them singles.
Of note: Eric Farris was 1-for-5. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-5 with an RBI. James Beresford was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Pat Dean pitched six innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and a walk with one strikeout.
CHATTANOOGA 10, MONTGOMERY 9 IN CHATTANOOGA
Batting stars: Byron Buxton was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Travis Harrison was 2-for-4 with two doubles and five RBIs. Miguel Sano was 1-for-2 with three walks and three runs.
Pitching star: Cole Johnson struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Johnny Field was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs. Thomas Coyle was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Tyler Goeddel was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.
The game: Harrison's two-run double in the first put the Lookouts up 2-1. RBI doubles by Heiker Meneses and Buxton in the fourth made it 5-1. The Biscuits got four in the fifth to tie it 5-5, but Mike Gonzales had a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth and Harrison had another two-run double as part of a three-run sixth that gave the Lookouts a 10-5 lead. The Biscuits again came back, getting three in the eighth and one in the ninth to make it 10-9. They had the tying run on first with one out in the ninth, but a double play ended the game.
Of note: Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Max Kepler was 1-for-4 with a run. Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4. Alex Wimmers struck out nine in five innings but gave up five runs on five hits and a walk.
JUPITER 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN JUPITER
Batting stars: Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Michael Quesada was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one. Alex Swim was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Pitching stars: David Hurlbut pitched six innings, giving up three unearned runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Brandon Peterson struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: Chris Hoo was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Matt Milroy struck out four in two perfect innings.
The game: Swim singled in a run in the top of the first, but the Hammerheads got it back in the bottom of the first on a single and a single-plus-error. Doubles by Goodrum and Quesada put the Miracle back on top 2-1 in the top of the second, but a single, a walk, an error, and a sacrifice fly gave the Hammerheads a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the second. And that was it for the scoring. The Miracle threatened in the third, seventh, and eighth, but could not bring home the tying run.
Of note: Zach Granite was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Bryan Haar was 0-for-4.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, QUAD CITIES 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (13 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Trey Vavra was 4-for-6 with a double and an RBI. Max Murphy was 1-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Tanner English was 2-for-5 with a run.
Pitching stars: Felix Jorge pitched 6.1 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Trevor Hildenberger struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Cameron Booser pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: James Ritchie was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, driving in two. Thomas Lindauer was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Daniel Mengden pitched four shutout innings of relief, allowing three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
The game: Ritchie's two-run double in the third put the River Bandits ahead 2-1, but Vavra singled in a run in the bottom of the third to tie it and the Kernels got one more in the fourth to go ahead 3-2. It stayed 3-2 until the seventh, when Kristian Trompiz tripled in the tying run. The River Bandits had the go-ahead run on third with one out in the seventh and eighth, but could not take the lead. In fact, there was no more scoring until the thirteenth, when Murphy doubled and scored on a one-out single by T. J. White to end the game.
Of note: Nick Gordon was 1-for-5 with a walk. Zack Larson was 1-for-5 with a walk and a run. Randy LeBlanc pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks with one strikeout.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:00 Fort Myers (Kohl Stewart, 0-3, 3.18) at Jupiter (TBA)
12:35 Lehigh Valley (David Buchanan, 1-0, 3.55) at Rochester (Taylor Rogers, 2-2, 3.56)
2:05 Quad Cities (Joshua James, 1-0, 2.66) at Cedar Rapids (Jared Wilson, 4-0, 1.98)
4:15 Montgomery (Jaime Schultz, 4-1, 2.17) at Chattanooga (Tyler Duffey, 2-2, 2.76)