An excellent game by David Hurlbut. The Miracle loses in the ninth. Nick Gordon continues to improve. Lewin Diaz and Luis Arraez carry the GCL Twins. A big comeback for the DSL Twins.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS
No game scheduled.
CHATTANOOGA 4, MISSISSIPPI 3 IN CHATTANOOGA
Batting stars: Stephen Wickens was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Heiker Meneses was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Niko Goodrum was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Pitching star: David Hurlbut pitched seven shutout innings, giving up five hits and two walks with no strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Emerson Landoni was 5-for-5 with a double and a run. Eric Garcia was 0-for-1 with three walks and a run. Stephen Janas pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
The game: A double play brought home a run for the Lookouts in the second inning. It stayed 1-0 until the seventh, when a walk and a pair of errors led to two runs and made it 3-0. Each team scored once in the eighth. In the ninth, a pair of walks, a pair of productive outs, and a single made the score 4-3 with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.
Of note: Shannon Wilkerson was 0-for-4. Travis Harrison was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-4 with a run. Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-3 with a walk.
CLEARWATER 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN FORT MYERS
Batting stars: Ryan Walker was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a run. Jason Kanzler was 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.
Pitching star: Aaron Slegers pitched 8.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Willians Astudillo was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Aaron Brown was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Ricardo Pinto pitched 6.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
The game: The Threshers got two in the second to go ahead 2-0. The Miracle got one back on Kanzler's RBI triple with one out in the bottom of the second, but missed a chance to tie the score when they stranded him there. It stayed 2-1 until the seventh, when two singles, a walk, and a passed ball tied the score. The Miracle again missed a chance when they had men on second and third with two out and did not score. In the ninth, an error, a walk, and an RBI single by Astudillo put the Threshers on top 3-2. The Miracle got a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth, but nothing more.
Of note: Zach Granite was 1-for-4. Alex Swim was 0-for-4.
KANE COUNTY 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN KANE COUNTY
Batting stars: Tanner English was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Nick Gordon was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.
Pitching star: Luke Westphal pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Ildemaro Vargas was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Joe Munoz was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Josh Taylor pitched five innings, allowing an unearned runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
The game: In the first inning, each team turned a leadoff double into a run. It stayed 1-1 through six. In the seventh, Gordon had an RBI double to give the Kernels a brief 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the inning, a single, a hit batsman, another single, and two walks put the Cougars ahead 3-2. They added a run in the eighth. The Kernels did not get a man on base after the seventh inning.
Of note: Edgar Corcino was 0-for-3 with a walk. Brett Doe was 0-for-4. Sean Miller was 1-for-4.
ELIZABETHTON AT JOHNSON CITY
Rained out.
GCL TWINS 5, GCL RAYS 3 AT TWINS
Batting stars: Lewin Diaz was 3-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Luis Arraez was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Pitching stars: Eduardo Del Rosario pitched five shutout innings, giving up five hits and no walks with four strikeouts. Andrew Vasquez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit with one strikeout. Johan Quezada retired all four men he faced, striking out one.
Opposition stars: Adrian Rondon was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run. Juan Carlos Arias was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. Sam Triece struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits.
The game: Doubles by Arraez and Diaz led to a two-run third for the Twins. Diaz singled in a run in the fifth to make it 3-0 and Arraez had an RBI single in the sixth to make it 5-0. The Rays got all three of their runs in the eighth, aided by two walks, an error, and a wild pitch. They had the tying run up to bat with two out, but their last four batters were retired.
Of note: Trey Cabbage was 1-for-4. Brian Olson was 0-for-4.
DSL TWINS 9, DSL GIANTS 8 AT TWINS
Batting stars: Jean Carlos Arias was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Gorge Munoz was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer. Emmanuel Morel was 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Pitching star: Randolph Perez pitched two perfect innings with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Juan Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs. Jose Morles was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Francisco Medina was 1-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.
The game: The Giants scored six runs in the first inning to go ahead 6-0. Undaunted, the Twins started, as Dazzle says, pecking away at that lead, and trailed only 8-6 after six. A wild pitch brought home a run in the eighth to make it 8-7. In the ninth, Arias tripled in the tying run and scored the winning run on another wild pitch.
Of note: Antonio Tovar was 0-for-4. Juan Herrera struck out four in four innings, giving up seven runs (four earned) on six hits and four walks.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Mariners at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Rays
All other minor leagues are taking the day off in honor of the all-star game.