Taylor Rogers shines as the Red Wings throw a pair of shutouts. Adam Brett Walker II hits homer number XXIII. A solid game for Kohl Stewart. A better game for Sam Gibbons. An even better game for Dereck Rodriguez. Fine pitching for the GCL and the DSL Twins, too.
ROCHESTER 6, PAWTUCKET 0 IN ROCHESTER (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)
Batting stars: Reynaldo Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring three times and driving in one. Oswaldo Arcia was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Doug Bernier was 3-for-4 with a run.
Pitching stars: Taylor Rogers pitched seven shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Pat Dean had started and pitched two shutout innings before the game was suspended, giving up two hits and no walks with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: None.
The game: The game had been suspended after two innings with the Red Wings leading 1-0. It stayed 1-0 until the sixth, when Rodriguez led off with a double and scored on a pair of productive outs. The Red Wings put the game away in the seventh with a four-run inning, getting two singles, a walk, an RBI triple by Rodriguez, and two more singles. The Red Sox' only threat came in the first inning, when they put a man on third with two out.
Of note: James Beresford was 0-for-4 with a run. Aaron Hicks was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Eric Fryer was 0-for-3. Danny Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a run.
ROCHESTER 3, PAWTUCKET 0 IN ROCHESTER (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Argenis Diaz was 2-for-2 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Jose Martinez was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Logan Darnell pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Caleb Thielbar pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and two walks. A. J. Achter pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Allen Craig was 2-for-3 with a double. Dalier Hinojosa pitched four innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks with one strikeout.
The game: A sacrifice fly brought home a run in the first, Martinez doubled one home in the third, and Diaz singled one in during the fifth. The Red Sox' biggest threat came in the fifth when, with two out and none on, they got two walks and an error to load the bases. A force out ended the inning.
Of note: James Beresford was 0-for-3.
MONTGOMERY 5, CHATTANOOGA 3 IN MONTGOMERY
Batting stars: Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-4 with a home run, his twenty-third. Niko Goodrum was 1-for-4 with a home run. Miguel Sano was 1-for-3 with two walks.
Pitching stars: Brandon Peterson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk with one strikeout. J. T. Chargois struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Cameron Seitzer was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his sixth. Patrick Leonard was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks, driving in one. Blake Snell pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
The game: Seitzer hit a three-run homer in the third to put the Biscuits ahead 4-0. Walker II homered in the fourth to make it 4-1 but the Biscuits got the run back in the sixth. The Lookouts scored once in the eighth and once in the ninth, but they stranded two runners in each of those innings. The Lookouts stranded ten in the game and were 0-for-9 with men in scoring position.
Of note: Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4 with a walk. Max Kepler was 1-for-5 with a double. Jason Wheeler struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on seven hits and a walk.
DUNEDIN 3, FORT MYERS 1 IN DUNEDIN
Batting stars: Engelb Vielma was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Alex Swim was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Mitch Garver was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Kohl Stewart pitched six innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts. Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits with one strikeout. D. J. Johnson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Anthony Alford was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Matt Dean was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Jeremy Gabryszwski pitched six innings, allowing one run on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.
The game: Alford doubled and scored in the first and Dean's single-plus-error brought home two in the third. The lone Miracle run came in the sixth on Swim's RBI double. The Miracle had the bases loaded with one out, but could not score again and did not threaten after that inning.
Of note: Marcus Knecht was 0-for-3.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, WISCONSIN 0 IN WISCONSIN
Batting stars: Jorge Fernandez was 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Zack Larson was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, driving in one.
Pitching stars: Sam Gibbons pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and four walks with five strikeouts. Luke Bard struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Francisco Casillo was 2-for-4. Luis Ortega struck out four in four innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks.
The game: Larson doubled in a run in the fourth, Gordon singled one home in the seventh, and the Kernels added two in the ninth. The Timber Rattlers' biggest threat came in the third, when three walks filled the bases.
Of note: Tanner English was 2-for-5. Edgar Corcino was 0-for-5. Alex Real was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
ELIZABETHTON 6, BRISTOL 0 IN ELIZABETHTON
Batting stars: Kamran Young was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs. Rainis Silva was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Nelson Molina was 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Dereck Rodriguez struck out seven in seven shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk. C. K. Irby pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk. Tyler Stirewalt pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition star: Palmer Betts struck out five in five innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks.
The game: The Twins scored one in the first, two in the second, two in the third, and one in the fourth. Meanwhile, Rodriguez did not allow a baserunner until issuing a two-out walk in the fifth and did not give up ahead until there was one out in the seventh. The only Pirate threat came in the ninth, when they put two men on with none out, but a double play and a fly out ended the game.
Of note: Sean Miller was 0-for-4 with an RBI. Austin Diemer was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Tyler Kuresa was 1-for-4 with two RBIs. Amaurys Minier was 1-for-4 with a run.
GCL TWINS 3, GCL RAYS 1 AT RAYS
Batting stars: Luis Martinez was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Lewin Diaz was 2-for-4. Luis Arraez was 1-for-2 with a walk.
Pitching stars: Randy Rosario pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Moises Gomez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout. Johan Quezada struck out two in 1.2 perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Oscar Rojas was 1-for-4 with a double and a run. Juan Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a walk. Jose Disla pitched 4.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
The game: The Twins pulled off a double steal of second and home in the fifth to take a 1-0 lead. Martinez singled home a pair of runs in the seventh to make it 3-0. The Rays got a man to third base in the second, third, and sixth, but did not score until the eighth, when a wild pitch brought home their lone run. They still had men on second and third with one out, but the last five Rays were retired.
Of note: Brian Olson was 0-for-3 with a walk.
DSL YANKEES1 2, DSL TWINS 1 AT YANKEES1
Batting stars: Jorge Parra was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 2-for-4 with a double. Emmanuel Morel was 1-for-4 with a walk.
Pitching star: Jadison Jimenez struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Ricardo Ferreira was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Leobaldo Cabrera was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Jairo Garcia pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
The game: Parra hit a one-out double and later scored on an error to give the Twins a 1-0 lead in the fourth. It looked like it might stand up, but the Yankees1 tied it in the eighth on Ferreira's RBI single and won it in the ninth on Cabrera's run-scoring single.
Of note: Antonio Tovar was 0-for-3 with a walk. Edgar Herrera was 1-for-4. Francisco Hernandez was 1-for-2.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Twins at DSL Mets1
11:00 GCL Rays at GCL Twins
12:05 Cedar Rapids (Luke Westphal, 0-0, 9.00) at Wisconsin (David Burkhalter, 1-4, 5.01)
5:30 Fort Myers (Stephen Gonsalves, 1-0, 5.14) at Dunedin (TBA)
6:00 Bristol (Marek Minarik, 0-0, 2.25) at Elizabethton (Alexis Tapia, 0-0, 0.00)
6:05 Pawtucket (Henry Owens, 2-5, 3.46) at Rochester (Ervin Santana, 2-0, 2.84)
Chattanooga Lookouts--no game scheduled.
I was looking at the box score for the first Rochester game last night and trying to figure out how Vargas had an at-bat for the Red Wings and pinch hit for the Twins on the same day. Just dawned on me that it was a suspended game from a few weeks ago when he was in AAA and started the game then.
I really wish milb.com would make that more clear in its box scores and recaps. Once you think of it, it's not too hard to figure out, but it wouldn't hurt them to just include a line that says "completion of game from 6/10" or whatever.