Minor Details: Games of August 20

We'll get caught up eventually, although it may be after the season is over.

Not enough offense for Chattanooga.  Omar Bencomo shines for the Miracle.  Ethan Mildren and the bullpen carry the Kernels.  LaMonte Wade hits his eighth for the E-Twins.  Lachlan Wells keeps pitching well in the GCL.  Errors carry the DSL Twins to a win.

ROCHESTER RED WINGS

No game scheduled.

PENSACOLA 3, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN PENSACOLA

Batting stars:  Levi Michael was 2-for-3 with a run.  Max Kepler was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Aaron Slegers struck out seven in 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and two walks.  J. T. Chargois pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Kyle Skipworth was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.  Ray Chang was 1-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Timothy Adleman pitched 7.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts.

The game:  Skipworth singled in a run in the second and the Blue Wahoos scored twice in the seventh to go ahead 3-0.  The Lookouts did not get a hit until the fourth but put two on in the fourth and fifth.  Their lone run scored in the eighth on Kepler's two-out single.  They had the tying run on base in the eighth and brought him up to bat in the ninth.

Of note:  Stephen Wickens was 1-for-4.  Jorge Polanco was 0-for-3 with a walk.  D. J. Hicks was 1-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-3 with a walk.

FORT MYERS 1, BRADENTON 0 IN BRADENTON

Batting stars:  Logan Wade was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a run.  Marcus Knecht was 1-for-4 with a triple.

Pitching stars:  Omar Bencomo pitched seven shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Tyler Jay pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  Todd Van Steensel struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Justin Maffei was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Felipe Gonzalez pitched five shutout innings, allowing four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  There was no score through six, although the Miracle certainly missed a chance in the fifth when Knecht led off with a triple.  In the seventh Garver singled, stole second, and scored on a Wade single for the only run of the game.  The Marauders best scoring chance came in the sixth, when they put men on second and third with two out.

Of note:  Engelb Vielma was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-4.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-3 with a walk.

CEDAR RAPIDS 2, KANE COUNTY 1 IN KANE COUNTY

Batting stars:  Zack Larson was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Brian Navaretto was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.  T. J. White was 1-for-3 with a double.

Pitching stars:  Ethan Mildren pitched four innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Yorman Landa struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks.  Zach Tillery struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Marty Herum was 1-for-4 with a home run, his sixth.  Henry Castillo was 3-for-4.  Wei-Chieh Huang pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Herum homered leading off the second to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth, with a man on second and two out, Navaretto circled the bases on a single-plus-error to give the Kernels a 2-1 lead.  That was all the scoring.  The Cougars' best threat after that came in the seventh, when they put men on first and third with one out.

Of note:  Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-4.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Edgar Corcino was 0-for-3 with a walk.

PULASKI 4, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN PULASKI

Batting stars:  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-4 with a home run (his eighth) and a triple.  Daniel Kihle was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Kamran Young was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Samuel Clay struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks.  Jose Abreu pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jesus Aparicio was 1-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Hoy Jun Park was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.  Simon De la Rosa struck out eight in four shutout innings, allowing only a walk.

The game:  Young singled in a run in the second and Wade homered in the third to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.  It stayed 2-0 until the seventh, when the Yankees struck for four.  Aparicio had a two-run double, but the Yankees were also helped by four walks and a wild pitch.  The Twins got the tying run on base in the eighth and brought the tying run to bat in the ninth.

Of note:  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-4.  Alex Perez was 1-for-4.  Zander Wiel was 0-for-2.   Brian Olson was 1-for-1.

GCL TWINS 5, GCL ORIOLES 4 AT ORIOLES

Batting stars:  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Bryan Haar was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Rowan Ebersohn was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Pitching stars:  Lachlan Wells struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  Hector Lujan struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits.  Johan Quezada struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Ryan Mountcastle was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Jason Heinrich was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Nick Vespi pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

The game:  The Twins got one in the first and four in the second, highlighted by Haar's two-run single-plus-error, to go ahead 5-0.  Mountcastle homered in the fourth to put the Orioles on the board and they got back into the game with a three-run sixth in which they were helped by a walk, an error, a hit batsman, and two wild pitches.  They had the tying run on third in that inning, but did not score and did not come that close again.

Of note:  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Roberto Gonzalez was 0-for-4 with an RBI.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL DODGERS 5 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  Jorge Parra was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Antonio Tovar was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Junior Amarante was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitching star:  Andriu Marin struck out six in three innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit and no walks.

Opposition stars:  Luis Paz was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in one.  Daniel Padilla was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Romer Cuadrado was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

The game:  Cuadrado's two-run double capped a three-run third that put the Dodgers up 3-0.  The Twins came back with one in the third and two in the fourth, in both cases helped by an error, to tie it 3-3.  Paz tripled and scored in the sixth to put the Dodgers ahead 4-3, but the Twins were again aided by an error to tie it 4-4 in the seventh.  In the eighth, Tovar and Darling Cuesto each had an RBI single in a three-run inning that gave the Twins their first lead.  The Dodgers got one in the ninth but did not put the tying run on base.  The Dodgers made five errors in the game, leading to six unearned runs.

Of note:  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with a run.  Gorge Munoz was 1-for-3 with two runs.  Jadison Jimenez struck out eight in six innings, but gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits and three walks.