Greg Peavey makes his AAA debut in a Red Wings loss.  Kohl Stewart pitches very well in a Miracle win.  Austin Diemer starts the Appalachian League season with a bang--actually, with two of them.  Several Twins pitchers have good games in a GCL win.  The DSL Twins lose in a very DSL-like way.

PAWTUCKET 5, ROCHESTER 3 IN PAWTUCKET

Batting stars:  Eric Fryer was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Cole Johnson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Jackie Bradley, Jr. was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Deven Marrero was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Keith Couch pitched 6.2 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  Marrero singled in a run in the sixth to put the Red Sox up 3-1.  In the seventh, however, singles by Fryer and Oswaldo Arcia and a Ramirez double tied the score at 3-3.  It wasn't tied for long, though.  In the bottom of the seventh, a single and two walks loaded the bases and Carlos Peguero delivered a two-run single to put the Red Sox back in front 5-3.  Doug Bernier doubled to lead off the eighth but the last six Red Wings were retired.

Of note:  Danny Santana was 0-for-4.  James Beresford was 0-for-4.  Danny Ortiz was 0-for-4 with a run.  Oswaldo Arcia was 1-for-4.  Greg Peavey, making his AAA debut, pitched 6.1 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

No game scheduled.

FORT MYERS 2, PALM BEACH 0 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Engelb Vielma was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Alex Swim was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Kohl Stewart pitched six shutout innings, giving up five hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  Corey Williams pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  D. J. Johnson struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Blake Drake was 2-for-3 with a double.  Brett Wiley was 2-for-4 with a double.  Nick Petree struck out six in five shutout innings of relief, allowing four hits.

The game:  Both runs scored in the second.  Mitch Garver was hit by a pitch and scored on a Walker double.  Engelb Vielma brought Walker home on a single-plus-error.  The Cardinals loaded the bases in the fourth on a single and two walks but only got two other runners to second base.

Of note:  Zach Granite was 1-for-4.  Marcus Knecht was 0-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 9, BLUEFIELD 5 IN BLUEFIELD

Batting stars:  Austin Diemer was 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs.  Tyler Kuresa was 1-for-2 with a home run and three walks, scoring three times.  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring once and driving in two.

Pitching stars:  Dereck Rodriguez pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on ten hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Jose Abreu pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Dieferson Barreto was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Matt Morgan was 2-for-4 with a home run.  D. J. McKnight was 1-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

The game:  The Blue Jays scored once in the first, but homers by Kuresa and Diemer in the second put the Twins up 2-1.  Diemer's two-run homer in the fourth made it 4-1.  A three-run sixth, helped by three walks and a hit batsman, made the score 7-2 and it was not close again after that.

Of note:  Sean Miller was 1-for-5 with a triple.  Rainis Silva was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

GCL TWINS 5, GCL ORIOLES 1 AT ORIOLES

Batting stars:  Luis Arraez was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Brian Olson was 2-for-2 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Roni Tapia was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitching stars:  Randy Rosario struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Williams Ramirez struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Moises Gomez pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Frank Crinella was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Carlos Diaz was 0-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.

The game:  Arraez singled in a run in the first and one scored on a wild pitch in the second to put the Twins up 2-0.  Each team scored once in the fifth.  The Twins got a pair of sacrifice flies in the eighth to take control of the game.

Of note:  Tyree Davis was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Lewin Diaz was 0-for-3.  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-3 with an RBI.  Travis Blankenhorn was 1-for-4 with a double.

DSL MARINERS 6, DSL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  None.

Pitching star:  Jadison Jimenez struck out six in six innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and three walks.

Opposition stars:  Geoandry Montilla was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice.  Ivan Gonzalez was 3-for-5 with two runs.  Carlos Hernandez struck out five in four innings, allowing an unearned run on one hit and no walks.

The game:  A walk, a wild pitch, and an error brought home a run for the Mariners in the second.  The Twins tied it in the fourth on three errors.  Eugene Helder doubled in a run in the seventh to put the Mariners up 2-1.  In the eighth, two singles, three wild pitches, a walk, another wild pitch, and another single resulted in three Mariners runs and put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Edwin Franco was 0-for-4.  Antonio Tovar was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Junior Amarante was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Edgar Herrera was 1-for-3.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Mariners
10:35  Palm Beach (Luke Weaver, 1-3, 2.63) at Fort Myers (Stephen Gonsalves, 1-0, 6.00)
11:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
6:05  Elizabethton at Bluefield
6:05  Rochester (Taylor Rogers, 6-4, 3.20) at Pawtucket (Brian Johnson, 8-4, 2.80)
Chattanooga Lookouts--no game scheduled.
Cedar Rapids Kernels--no game scheduled.