Fives were wild for A. J. Murray.  Some more close games, but we came out on the right side of more of them.

ROCHESTER 4, SYRACUSE 3 IN ROCHESTER

The Red Wings lost a 3-0 lead, but John Ryan Murphy's RBI single with two out in the eighth carried Rochester to victory.  Jason Wheeler pitched five shutout innings before giving up a couple of home runs in the sixth.  Even so, he struck out nine and gave up two runs on five hits and a walk in six innings.  His ERA is now 2.08 with a WHIP of 1.00 and 25 strikeouts with only 6 walks in 26 AAA innings.  James Beresford was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, raising his average to .311.  Byron Buxton was 1-for-4 and is now batting .313.  Max Kepler and Kennys Vargas each went 2-for-4.

CHATTANOOGA 2, PENSACOLA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

A run-scoring ground out put the Lookouts up 2-1 in the sixth.  The Blue Wahoos put men on first and second with one out in the eighth but did not tie the score.  Ryan Eades had his second consecutive strong outing, allowing one run on just one hit and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.  D. J. Hicks was 3-for-4 and is 8-for-16 in his last four games, raising his average from .196 to .236.  Daniel Palka was 2-for-4 with a double.  Leonardo Reginatto was 1-for-3 with a walk and is now hitting .306.

ST. LUCIE 3, FORT MYERS 1 IN ST. LUCIE

The Miracle scored in the first inning but not again, and when the Mets got two in the third they led the rest of the game.  Felix Jorge pitched 7.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  His ERA is now 1.80 and his WHIP is 0.85 in 40 innings.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with a double, raising his average to .314.  Tanner Witt was 2-for-4.

CEDAR RAPIDS 13, WISCONSIN 2 IN WISCONSIN

The Kernels scored three in the first and broke the game open with four in the fourth.  A. J. Murray had a huge day, going 5-for-5 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth) and a walk.  He scored five times and drove in five.  Daniel Kihle went 2-for-5 with a double and a walk.  Nelson Molina was 2-for-4 with two walks, raising his average to .303.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-5 with a walk and is now batting .336.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-6 and is now batting .326.

Note:  We speculated about Andro Cutura's health when he came out after only two innings yesterday.  He is now on the disabled list with elbow inflammation.

TODAY'S TILTS

1:05  Cedar Rapids (Dereck Rodriguez, 0-4, 4.97) at Wisconsin (Jake Drossner, 1-4, 5.13)
5:30  Fort Myers (Randy Rosario, 2-3, 3.55) at St. Lucie (Chris Flexen, 2-4, 4.54)
6:05  Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 1-2, 3.31) at Rochester (Logan Darnell, 3-3, 4.25)
6:15  Biloxi (Adrian Houser, 2-3, 7.20) at Chattanooga (D. J. Baxendale, 2-4, 2.86)