Fine starting pitching for three of the four teams. Not much offense for any of them.
BUFFALO 10, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER
With the callup of Tyler Duffey, this was pretty much a bullpen game, and the bullpen didn't exactly come through. Loek Van Mil started and pitched a scoreless first, but surrendered five runs on three hits and three walks in the second. The story with the next pitcher, Taylor Rogers, was similar: he held the Bisons scoreless in the third, but yielded four runs on four hits and a walk in the fourth. That made it 9-0 and the game was pretty much over at that point. The Red Wings had only five hits and no player had more than one.
BIRMINGHAM 6, CHATTANOOGA 0 IN CHATTANOOGA
The Lookouts made four errors and wasted six shutout innings by D. J. Baxendale. Baxendale struck out six, walked none, and gave up just four hits. As soon as he came out, however, the Barons pounced, getting two runs on four hits off Alex Wimmers in the seventh and four runs on a walk, two hits, and two errors off Jake Reed in the ninth. No Chattanooga batter had more than one hit.
FORT MYERS 1, CHARLOTTE 0 IN FORT MYERS (11 INNINGS)
The Miracle got only one hit through the first ten innings and still won the game. Felix Jorge pitched seven innings, giving up four hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Trevor Hildenberger and Yorman Landa each worked two shutout innings. In the eleventh, Brian Navaretto got a one-out single and took second on a balk. Pinch-runner Austin Diemer then scored on an Edgar Corcino single to win the game. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4, dropping his average to .343.
CLINTON 2 CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN CLINTON (GAME 1--18 INNINGS)
A game that was scheduled for seven innings went two-and-a-half times longer. It's rare that you win a game when you go scoreless for sixteen consecutive innings, but the LumberKings did it, scoring in the first and not again until the eighteenth. The lone Kernels run came in the seventh. Starter Sam Clay struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks. Logan Lombana and Kuo Hua Lo each pitched four shutout innings, with Lombana striking out six. A. J. Murray was 3-for-7 with three doubles. Jermaine Palacios was 3-for-6. LaMonte Wade was 1-for-7, dropping his average to .344.
CLINTON 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CLINTON (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
The Kernels scored only one run in twenty-five innings on the day as they were shut out in game two. Dereck Rodriguez struck out seven in five innings but allowed three runs on three hits and three walks. J. J. Fernandez was 3-for-3 with a double, but the rest of the Kernels lineup got only one hit.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:35 Buffalo (Scott Diamond, 2-1, 3.24) at Rochester (Pat Dean, 0-3, 3.50)
1:15 Birmingham (Jordan Guerrero, 0-0, 4.85) at Chattanooga (David Hurlbut, 1-1, 5.84)
2:00 Cedar Rapids (Cody Stashak, 1-0, 1.80) at Clinton (Zack Littell, 0-1, 5.06)
3:05 Charlotte (Benton Moss, 0-1, 5.04) at Fort Myers (Randy Rosario, 1-1, 1.59)