Minor Details: Games of August 19

I'll be out of the office for a lot of today, too, so we'll start getting serious about catching up tomorrow.

Pat Dean pitches a complete game shutout.  Max Kepler and Brett Lee have big days.  Jason Kanzler gets three hits.  Felix Jorge pitches well.  Roberto Gonzalez has a good game.  The DSL Twins are nearly no-hit.

ROCHESTER 6, BUFFALO 0 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Doug Bernier was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs.  James Beresford was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Byron Buxton was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching star:  Pat Dean pitched a complete game shutout, giving up six hits and no walks with six strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Dalton Pompey was 2-for-4.  Greg Burke pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

The game:  Danny Santana singled home two runs in the first and the Red Wings added two in the second to go ahead 4-0.  The Red Wings drew six walks in the first two innings.  It stayed 4-0 until the sixth, when Rochester scored two more.  The biggest Bisons threat came in the third, when they opened the inning with three consecutive singles to load the bases.  A strikeout and a double play turned the threat aside.

Of note:  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.  Santana was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Oswaldo Arcia was 0-for-4.

CHATTANOOGA 11, PENSACOLA 0 IN PENSACOLA

Batting stars:  Max Kepler was 4-for-5 with a two-run homer (his ninth) and a walk, scoring twice.  Jorge Polanco was 2-for-5 with a home run (his sixth), a double, and a walk, scoring three times and driving in two.  Stuart Turner was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Brett Lee pitched seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  Corey Williams pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Alex Blandino was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Yovan Gonzalez was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Joel Bender struck out six in four shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk.

The game:  Niko Goodrum had a two-run double in a five-run first.  Kepler hit a two-run homer and Turner a two-run double in a four-run second, and the rout was on.  Blandino reached third base in the first and again in the sixth, but no other Blue Wahoo did.

Of note:  Stephen Wickens was 1-for-5 with a double and a walk.  D. J. Hicks was 0-for-5.  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.

FORT MYERS 6, CHARLOTTE 4 IN CHARLOTTE

Batting stars:  Jason Kanzler was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in one.  Logan Wade was 3-for-4 with a triple and a run.

Pitching stars:  Luke Westphal struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Trevor Hildenberger retired all five batters he faced with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Hector Guevera was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  Mike Marjama was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.  Jordan Harrison pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Marcus Knecht had a two-run single in a three-run third that put the Miracle ahead 4-0.  Single runs in the fifth and sixth made it 6-0.  The Stone Crabs got two in the sixth and two in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-4.  They brought the tying run up to bat with one out in the eighth but their last five batters were retired.

Of note:  Engelb Vielma was 0-for-5.  Aderlin Mejia was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Josmil Pinto was 1-for-3 with a run.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, KANE COUNTY 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting stars:  Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-1 with three walks and two runs.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  T. J. White was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Felix Jorge pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Jared Wilson pitched a perfect inning.  Nick Anderson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Chuck Taylor was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Victor Reyes was 2-for-3 with a double.  Nick Baker pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing only a walk.

The game:  RBI singles by Taylor and Henry Castillo put the Cougars up 2-1 in the top of the third.  In the bottom of the third, Corcino singled in the tying run and two more runs scored on an error to put the Kernels up 4-2.  And that was the end of the scoring.  The Cougars put the tying run on base in the fifth but never did so again.

Of note:  Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a run.

ELIZABETHTON TWINS

No game scheduled.

GCL ORIOLES 6, GCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  Roberto Gonzalez was 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Rowan Ebersohn was 2-for-4 with a run.  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Pitching star:  Moises Gomez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.

Opposition stars:  Daniel Fajardo was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two.  Jaylen Ferguson was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Kirvin Moesquit was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring once.

The game:  Gonzalez singled in a run in the first and Luis Arraez did the same in the second to put the Twins ahead 2-0, but it was all Orioles after that.  Branden Becker had a two-run single in a three-run fourth that put the Orioles in the lead 3-2.  Jason Heinrich doubled home a run in the seventh and Fajardo doubled in two in the ninth to make it 6-2.  The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, bringing the tying run to the plate, but a double play ended the game.

Of note:  Arraez was 1-for-5 with an RBI.  Robert Molina was 0-for-3.  Jose Martinez pitched five innings, giving up three runs on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

DSL DODGERS 6, DSL TWINS 1 AT DODGERS

Batting stars:  Antonio Tovar was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Jose Bermudez was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Those were the only two hits the Twins had.

Pitching star:  Carlos Suniaga struck out two in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits.

Opposition stars:  Adalberto Pena struck out eight in six perfect innings.  Luis Paz was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in two.  Jhoan Calderon was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

The game:  Paz tripled in a run and later scored in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.  Daniel Padilla had a two-run single in a four-run fourth that made it 6-0.  The Twins did not get a hit until the seventh and scored their lone run in the eighth on two walks and a Bermudez single.

Of note:  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-4.  Gorge Munoz was 0-for-2 with two walks.  Junior Amarante was 0-for-4.  Danny Feliz pitched 5.1 innings, giving up six runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

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