A big day for Oswaldo Arcia. Aaron Slegers pitches well. Felix Jorge pitches better. Amaurys Minier delivers a walkoff. The GCL Twins and the DSL Twins each lose late.
ROCHESTER 8, PAWTUCKET 4 IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: Oswaldo Arcia was 4-for-5 with a home run (his second), scoring twice and driving in three. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Aaron Hicks was 3-for-5 with two runs.
Pitching stars: Pat Dean pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Cole Johnson pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Jeff Bianchi was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once. Rusney Castillo was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run. Travis Shaw was 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
The game; Shaw's two-run single in the third put the Red Sox up 3-2. Arcia homered in the bottom of the third to tie it 3-3. In the fifth, the Red Wings were helped out by an error, a passed ball, and a wild pitch, scoring three times to take a 6-3 lead. They added two in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Of note: Argenis Diaz was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Jose Martinez was 1-for-5 with an RBI. James Beresford was 2-for-5.
CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS
Postponed: Wet grounds. Will be made up as part of a doubleheader today.
FORT MYERS 6, PALM BEACH 2 IN PALM BEACH
Batting stars: Alex Swim was 3-for-5 with a run and three RBIs. Engelb Vielma was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Aderlin Mejia was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Aaron Slegers struck out seven in seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks. Brian Gilbert pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one walk. Tyler Jay pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Blake Drake, who has an outstanding name for a ballplayer, was 2-for-3 with a triple and a double, scoring once. Brett Wiley was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Tyler Melling pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and no walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Swim singled in a run in the first inning. The Miracle then took control with a four-run third, getting a double and five singles. The Cardinals got single runs in the fourth and seventh to cut the lead to 5-2, but got no closer than that.
Of note: Zach Granite was 1-for-4 with two runs. Marcus Knecht was 1-for-5 with a run.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, WISCONSIN 2 IN WISCONSIN
Batting stars: Alex Real was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Max Murphy was 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Felix Jorge pitched six shutout innings, giving up four hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Brandon Diaz was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk, driving in one. Dustin DeMuth was 2-for-4 with a double. Zach Hirsch pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts.
The game: Murphy tripled in a run in the second and Real singled one home in the sixth to give the Kernels a 2-0 lead. In the eighth, Diaz drove home two runs on a double-plus-error to tie the score 2-2. In the ninth, Rafael P. Valera delivered a two-out RBI single to put the Kernels in the lead to stay. The Timber Rattlers went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Of note: Edgar Corcino was 0-for-4 with a run. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4.
ELIZABETHTON 7, BRISTOL 4 IN ELIZABETHTON (13 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Amaurys Minier was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second) and four RBIs. Ariel Montesino was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Daniel Kihle was 2-for-3 with two runs.
Pitching stars: Miles Nordgren pitched five innings, somehow only giving up one run on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout. Logan Lombana pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout. Kuo Hua Lo struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Trae Arbet was 3-for-7 with two doubles and two runs. Carlos Munoz was 2-for-5 with a double. Sandy Santos was 2-for-6 with an RBI.
The game: An error and two wild pitches led to two Twins runs in the third and a 2-1 lead. It was 3-1 after eight, but the Pirates rallied for three in the ninth to go up 4-3. Minier singled in a run in the ninth to tie it 4-4. Neither team threatened in extra innings until the thirteenth, when the Twins opened the inning with a pair of singles and Minier delivered a walkoff three-run homer.
Of note: Manuel Guzman was 1-for-5 with a walk and two RBIs. LeMonte Wade was 0-for-5. Tyler Kuresa was 0-for-3 with a walk. Kamran Young was 1-for-5 with a walk and a run. Nelson Molina was 0-for-2.
GCL RAYS 10, GCL TWINS 8 AT RAYS
Batting stars: Trey Cabbage was 2-for-5 with a run and four RBIs. Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs. Robert Molina was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Hector Lujan struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Brandon Poulson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout. Max Cordy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Miguel Hernandez was 3-for-4 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in two. Andrew Velazquez was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in two. Ty Morrison was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.
The game: Cabbage had a two-run single in a five-run second that put the Twins ahead 5-2. The lead went to 7-2 in the third, but the Rays came back with three in the fourth to make it 7-5. The Twins got one in the seventh, but in the eighth the Rays scored once and had the bases loaded with two out. Velazquez then hit a single-plus-error-plus-error, circling the bases and bringing home four runs. The Twins went down in order in the ninth.
Of note: Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 with an RBI. Lewin Diaz was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Eduardo Del Rosario struck out five in four innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on six hits and a walk.
DSL METS1 9, DSL TWINS 7 AT TWINS
Batting stars: Emmanuel Morel was 1-for-2 with two walks, scoring twice. Jean Carlos Arias was 1-for-2 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Antonio Tovar was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching stars: Juan Herrera pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Luis Bellorin pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Rafael Valdez was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs. Hanser Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Edy Gil was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.
The game: The Twins scored three times in the third without a hit, getting three walks, a hit batsman, an error, a wild pitch, and a passed ball. Valdez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 3-2, but Edgar Herrera singled in a run in the bottom of the sixth to put the Twins back up 4-2. The Mets1 scored twice in the eighth to tie it, but the Twins came back again, getting a two-run single-plus-error from Francisco Hernandez in a three-run inning that gave them a 7-4 advantage. In the ninth, however, the Mets1 scored five times to take a 9-7 lead. Ortiz had a two-run double to drive in the go-ahead runs. This time the Twins could not answer, going down in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Of note: Herrera was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Hernandez was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Red Sox at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Rays at GCL Twins
4:15 Birmingham (Myles Jaye, 6-3, 2.93) at Chattanooga (David Hurlbut, 3-3, 6.53)
Game 2 Birmingham (Mark Blackmar, 2-4, 3.21) at Chattanooga (Alex Wimmers, 5-1, 4.41)
5:35 Fort Myers (TBA) at Palm Beach (Corey Littrell, 2-6, 3.90)
6:00 Elizabethton (TBA) at Greeneville (Erasmo Pinales, 0-0, 1.80)
6:05 Rochester (Greg Peavey, 0-1, 4.76) at Lehigh Valley (David Buchanan, 1-0, 3.00)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Ethan Mildren, 1-0, 0.00) at Burlington (Kenyan Middleton, 4-3, 4.18)