Kennys Vargas goes deep.  Another poor offensive day for the Miracle.  An eight-run inning sinks the Kernels.  Jermaine Palacios leads the E-Twins.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 4, ROCHESTER 2 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Batting stars:  Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and two RBIs.  Danny Ortiz was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Carlos Paulino was 1-for-3 with a double.

Pitching star:  A. J. Achter pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Gary Sanchez was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs.  Ben Gamel was 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.  Kyle Haynes pitched seven innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Vargas delivered an RBI single in the first to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.  Austin Romine's two-run single made it 2-1 RailRiders after two.  Sanchez doubled and scored in the fourth and Gamel had an RBI double in the seventh to make it 4-1.  Vargas homered leading off the ninth but the tying run never got past the batter's box.

Of note:  Danny Santana was 0-for-4.  James Beresford was 1-for-4.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Taylor Rogers struck out nine in 6.2 innings but gave up four runs on eight hits and a walk.

TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA

Rained out.

JUPITER 4, FORT MYERS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Engelb Vielma was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Logan Wade was 2-for-4.  Tanner Vavra was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Jake Reed pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit with one strikeout.  Zach Jones struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks.  Trevor Hildenberger retired all four batters he faced, striking out two.

Opposition stars:  Rodrigo Vigil was 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Jose Adames struck out five in five shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks.

The game:  An error put the Hammerheads on the board in the second.  In the fourth, Vigil delivered a three-run double that put them up 4-0.  The lone Miracle run came in the eighth on a walk, a single, a walk, and a wild pitch.

Of note:  Ryan Walker was 1-for-4 with a walk.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Stephen Gonsalves pitched four innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits and three walks with one strikeout.

CLINTON 11, CEDAR RAPIDS 7 IN CLINTON

Batting stars:  T. J. White was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in three.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring three times.  Alex Real was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Yorman Landa struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  John Curtiss pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Adam Martin was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a double, scoring twice and driving in four.  Gianfranco Wawoe was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eighth), scoring twice and driving in four.  Austin Cousino was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two.

The game:  It was 3-3 half-way through, but Clinton had an eight-run inning in the fifth to take control.  The inning featured a two-run double by Cousino, a two-run single by Wawoe, and a three-run double by Martin.  The Kernels scored three in the eighth and one in the ninth but never really threatened to get back into the game.

Of note:  Rafael P. Valera was 0-for-5.  Brett Doe was 0-for-5.  Randy LeBlanc, a reliever most of the season, clearly tired toward the end of his performance, getting stuck with a line of four innings, seven runs, six hits, and two walks with three strikeouts.

ELIZABETHTON 8, GREENEVILLE 6 IN GREENEVILLE

Batting stars:  A. J. Murray was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring three times.  Jermaine Palacios was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Lewin Diaz was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Kuo Hua Lo retired all four batters he faced, striking out three of them.

Opposition stars:  Randy Cesar was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk.  Daz Cameron was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Connor Goedert was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.

The game:  Palacios had a two-run single in a three-run second to take a 3-0 lead.  The Astros scored one in the bottom of the second, but the Twins got that one back in the third and then scored three in the fourth to apparently take control of the game.  Travis Blankenhorn had a two-run single in that inning.  The Astros got back into the game with three in the fifth and Goedert added a homer in the eighth to make it 8-6.  The Astros brought the tying run up to bat with two out in the eighth but their last four batters were retired.

Of note:  Manuel Guzman was 1-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Miles Nordgren pitched five innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts.