Weather was the big winner. A rare bad game for Aaron Slegers. Sam Gibbons makes his Cedar Rapids debut in a Kernel win.
ROCHESTER AT BUFFALO
Rained out.
BILOXI AT CHATTANOOGA
Postponed: wet grounds.
ST. LUCIE 10, FORT MYERS 4 IN ST. LUCIE
Batting stars: Bryan Haar was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Niko Goodrum was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs. Marcus Knecht was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.
Pitching stars: Luke Westphal pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks with one strikeout. Matt Summers pitched a perfect inning. Dallas Gallant pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Matt Oberste was 4-for-5 with two doubles, scoring three times and driving in two. Dominic Smith was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in four. Amed Rosario was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two.
The game: The Mets jumped on the Miracle early. Smith had a two-run single in a four-run first. Rosario had a two-run triple in a four-run second. Smith doubled in two more in the third. It was 10-1 at that point and the Miracle never got back into the game.
Of note: Zach Granite was 0-for-3. Alex Swim was 0-for-4 with a walk. Chad Christensen was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run. Aaron Slegers, who had been pitching well, pitched only three innings, giving up ten runs (eight earned) on twelve hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
CEDAR RAPIDS 6, CLINTON 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (11 INNINGS)
Batting stars: T. J. White was 2-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Jorge Fernandez was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run.
Pitching stars: Michael Theofanopoulos struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two walks. Trevor Hildenberger struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit.
Opposition stars: Rayder Ascanio was 2-for-3 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one. Arby Fields was 2-for-5 with a walk and an RBI. Zack Littell pitched 5.2 innings, allowing three unearned runs on five hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
The game: Nelson Ward tripled in two in a three-run fifth and Fields had an RBI single in a two-run sixth that put the LumberKings up 5-0. The Kernels then started their comeback. White had a two-run triple in a three-run sixth, and in the eighth an error and two singles tied the score 5-5. In the eleventh, a single, a bunt, and a two-out single by Tanner English led to a Kernel victory.
Of note: English was 1-for-6 with an RBI. Zack Larson was 1-for-4 with two runs. Sam Gibbons, in his Class A debut, struck out six in five innings, giving up three runs (all in the fifth) on six hits and a walk.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Giants at DSL Twins
12:05 Clinton (Jeffeson Medina, 2-4, 3.60) at Cedar Rapids (Stephen Gonsalves, 5-1, 1.31)
5:30 Fort Myers (Mat Batts, 0-0, 1.29) at St. Lucie (Logan Taylor, 0-3, 5.79)
6:15 Tennessee (TBA) at Chattanooga (David Hurlbut, 0-1, 21.00)
Rochester Red Wings: No game scheduled.