Catching up by going backward.

A good day for Byron Buxton.  A bad day for Greg Peavey.  The Miracle uses only two pitchers in a doubleheader.  Fine pitching by Keaton Steele.  Cody Stashak throws five hitless innings.  A perfect day for Jorge Andrade.  Jorge Parra hits a walkoff for the DSL Twins.

ROCHESTER 6, BUFFALO 5 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Byron Buxton was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Danny Santana was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring once.  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

Pitching stars:  Tim Shibuya pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Mark Hamburger pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Michael Tonkin pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Alex Hassan was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Josh Thole was 0-for-1 with three walks and two runs.  Bobby Korecky pitched two shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk with one strikeout.

The game:  Vargas had a two-run double in a four-run first that put the Red Wings up 4-0.  RBI singles by Argenis Diaz and Buxton made it 6-0 after four.  Hassan's two-run single capped a three-run fifth that put the Bisons back in the game at 6-3.  They added two in the eighth to make it 6-5 and had men on first and second with two out, but the last four Bisons were retired.

Of note:  James Beresford was 2-for-4 with a run.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Logan Darnell pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three unearned runs on three hits and five walks with three strikeouts.

PENSACOLA 8, CHATTANOOGA 4 IN PENSACOLA

Batting stars:  Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fifth.  Max Kepler was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Alex Wimmers struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks.  Brandon Peterson pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  D. J. Johnson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Beau Amaral was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk, scoring twice.  Juan Duran was 1-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in three.  Bryson Smith was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

The game:  Duran hit a two-run triple and scored later in the first inning to put the Blue Wahoos up 3-0.  They added three in the second to make it 6-0.  Kepler had a two-run single-plus-error in a three-run third that got the Lookouts back into the game at 6-3, but Amaral hit a two-run homer in the sixth that put it out of reach.

Of note:  Stephen Wickens was 1-for-4 with a run.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4.  D. J. Hicks was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-2 with two walks.  Greg Peavey pitched only 1.1 innings, giving up six runs on four hits and four walks with one strikeout.

FORT MYERS 4, CHARLOTTE 1 IN FORT MYERS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Josmil Pinto was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Logan Wade was 1-for-2 with a double and a run.  Tanner Vavra was 1-for-2 with two RBIs.

Pitching star:  Stephen Gonsalves struck out seven in a seven-inning complete game, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jace Conrad was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Braxton Lee was 1-for-2 with an RBI.

The game:  Pinto homered in the fourth to put the Miracle up 1-0.  The Stone Crabs tied it in the fifth, but Vavra hit a three-run single-plus-error to give the Miracle a 4-1 lead.  The Stone Crabs did not get a hit after the fifth.

Of note:  Engelb Vielma was 0-for-3.  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-3.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-3.

FORT MYERS 5, CHARLOTTE 2 IN FORT MYERS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Tanner Vavra was 2-for-2 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Aderlin Mejia as 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs.  Marcus Knecht was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run.

Pitching star:  Kohl Stewart pitched a seven-inning complete game, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Mike Marjama was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Granden Goetzman was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Hector Guevera was 1-for-3 with a run.

The game:  Each team scored two in the third.  It stayed 2-2 until the fifth, when Mejia doubled in the go-ahead run.  The Miracle added two more in the sixth.  The Stone Crabs did not get a baserunner after the third inning.

Of note:  Engelb Vielma was 0-for-3 with a run.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-3.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-3.

KANE COUNTY 1, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting stars:  Zack Larson was 2-for-3 with a double.  Edgar Corcino was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Keaton Steele pitched eight innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Michael Theofanopoulos pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  Josh Taylor pitched six shutout innings, allowing five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

The game:  The game's opening batter, Chuck Taylor, was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a single, and scored on a force out.  And that was it for the scoring.  The Kernels best scoring chance came in the sixth, when a pair of singles put men on first and third with none out.  A failed double steal of second and home was followed by a strikeout and a ground out to end the threat.

Of note:  Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-4.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-4.  T. J. White was 0-for-3 with a walk.

ELIZABETHTON 6, DANVILLE 2 IN ELIZABETHTON

Batting stars:  Kamran Young was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring once and driving in four.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.  Manuel Guzman was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run.

Pitching stars:  Cody Stashak struck out six in five innings, giving up an unearned run on no hits and two walks.  Kuo Hua Lo retired all six batters he faced, four by strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Jose Morel was 1-for-4 with a double.  Ben Libuda struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing only a walk.  Fernando Miranda pitched two shutout innings, allowing no hits and no walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Young had a two-run triple and later scored in a four-run second that put the Twins up 4-0.  The Braves worked their way back, getting one in the fifth and one in the eighth to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the eighth, though, Young struck again, delivering a two-run double that put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-4.  Lewin Diaz was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Brian Olson was 1-for-2 with a run.

GCL ORIOLES 5, GCL TWINS 3 AT ORIOLES

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

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Carlos Diaz was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, driving in one.  Jason Heinrich was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Gerrion Grim was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fifth.

The game:  Blake Schmit had a two-run single in the first that put the Twins ahead 2-0, but the Orioles scored once in the bottom of the first to make it 2-1.  Grim homered in the fourth to tie it, a passed ball put the Orioles ahead 3-2 in the fifth, and Diaz doubled in a run in the sixth to make it 4-2.  The Twins loaded the bases with none out in the seventh, but only managed to score one.  The Twins threatened in the eighth and ninth as well, but failed to score.  The Orioles added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.

Of note:  Christian Cavaness was hit by a pitch in the first inning.  He continued to run the bases, but then was removed from the game.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Schmit was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.  Williams Ramirez pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL ORIOLES2 6 AT TWINS (12 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Jorge Parra was 4-for-7 with three runs and an RBI.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 3-for-5 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.  Gorge Munoz was 2-for-5 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Erick Balbuena struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Randolph Perez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Ivan Mora was 3-for-6 with a run and two RBIs.  Pedro Flores was 1-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Luis Hernandez was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.

The game:  The Orioles2 scored three in the first and led 4-0 after an inning and a half.  They still led 5-2 going to the bottom of the seventh, but a wild pitch in that frame made it 5-3 and RBI singles by Encarnacion and Munoz in the ninth tied the score.  Each team scored once in the eleventh.  In the twelfth, two walks and a single loaded the bases with one out.  Parra then singled in the winning run.

Of note:  Antonio Tovar was 2-for-5 with a walk and an RBI.  Junior Amarante was 2-for-7.  Juan Herrera struck out nine in five innings, but gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and no walks.