Red Wings pitchers come through in a bullpen game, but they don't get enough offense. Stephen Gonsalves is awesome in a Kernel win.
DURHAM 2, ROCHESTER 1 IN DURHAM
Batting stars: James Beresford was 2-for-4 with a double. Danny Ortiz was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Pitching stars: Lester Oliveros struck out four in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks. Logan Darnell struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Casey Fien pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Corey Brown was 1-for-2 with a home run (his fifth) and a walk, scoring twice. Taylor Motter was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Dylan Floro struck out seven in seven innings, allowing one run on eight hits and one walk.
The game: Two singles and a sacrifice fly produced a Red Wings run and a 1-0 lead in the third. Two walks and Motter's double tied it in the fifth and Brown homered leading off the seventh to put the Bulls up 2-1. The Red Wings got a man to second in the sixth, seventh, and ninth but did not advance him.
Of note: Oswaldo Arcia was 0-for-3 with an RBI. Kennys Vargas was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .346, so he'll probably stay in Rochester another month. Eric Farris was 1-for-4.
CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS
No game scheduled.
FORT MYERS AT CLEARWATER
Rained out.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, WISCONSIN 1 IN WISCONSIN
Batting stars: Tanner English was 2-for-3 with two walks and a run. Trey Vavra was 1-for-1 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Jorge Fernandez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Stephen Gonsalves struck out twelve in six innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and one walk. Michael Cederoth struck out three in two perfect innings. Cameron Booser pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Angel Ventura struck out six in three shutout innings, allowing a hit and a walk. Luke Curtis pitched two shutout innings, allowing two walks.
The game: Emulating the big club, the Kernels jumped out front early, scoring three times in the first inning. Vavra had an RBI double in the inning and Fernandez had a run-scoring single. Three walks and a sacrifice fly produced another run in the fourth. Meanwhile, Gonsalves struck out the first four batters and eight of the first nine. The lone Timber Rattlers run came in the sixth on a walk, two errors, and a single. Kernels pitchers struck out sixteen in the game.
Of note: Vavra left the game in the third with an injured leg. Max Murphy was 0-for-2 with a walk.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Rochester (Taylor Rogers, 3-3, 3.44) at Durham (Everett Teaford, 3-3, 5.50)
5:00 Fort Myers (Mat Batts, no record) at Clearwater (Victor Arano, 0-5, 6.44)
6:15 Biloxi (Jorge Lopez, 3-2, 2.95) at Chattanooga (Alex Wimmers, 2-0, 5.82)
6:35 Wisconsin (Cy Sneed, 2-5, 1.81) at Cedar Rapids (Felix Jorge, 2-2, 2.13)