The Red Wings come back to win. The Lookouts comeback falls short. The Kernels fall to a Beloit comeback.
ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 3 IN ROCHESTER
The Red Wings scored three in the sixth to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead and eventual victory. Darin Mastroianni singled in the tying run and Wilfredo Tovar doubled home the go-ahead run. Jason Wheeler struck out six in 5.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks. Eddie Rosario was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his seventh) and is batting .319. Mastroianni was 2-for-3 and Jorge Polanco was 2-for-4.
PENSACOLA 10, CHATTANOOGA 8 IN PENSACOLA
Trailing 10-3 after seven, the Lookouts scored five in the eighth to make it close, but did not get a hit after Travis Harrison's two-run homer closed the gap to two. Stephen Gonsalves pitched well for three innings, but was done in by a five-run fourth in which five Blue Wahoos reached base after two were out. For the game, his line was 3.2 innings, six runs, six hits, and two walks. He did strike out eight. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a scoreless inning to get his ERA back below one at 0.99. His WHIP is 0.70 and he has struck out 29 with just 4 walks in 27.1 innings (22 games). Niko Goodrum made his AA debut and went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, giving him an OPS of 1.800. Mitch Garver was 2-for-5 with a home run (his seventh) and a double. Harrison's homer was his fourth.
FORT MYERS 7, JUPITER 4 IN FORT MYERS
A solo homer by Max Murphy and a two-run shot by T. J. White, both in the second inning, put the Miracle up 3-0 and they never trailed. Randy Rosario struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks. White was 3-for-5 and also had a double. Murphy was 2-for-4 and added a double as well. LaMonte Wade made his high-A debut and went 1-for-2 with a double, giving him an OPS of 1.500. A. J. Murray was 2-for-3 with a double and is batting .333.
BELOIT 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN BELOIT
A two-run single by Skye Bolt (how have we never heard of him before?) in the eighth inning brought home the tying and winning runs for the Snappers. Cody Stashak pitched six innings, giving up three runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Sean Miller was 2-for-4 with a double and Zander Wiel was 2-for-4. Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 and is batting .328.
ELIZABETHTON 8, PULASKI 3 IN ELIZABETHTON
The Twins scored three in each of the first two innings and cruised to a victory. Starter Tyler Wells struck out six in 2.2 innings, allowing two runs on no hits and two walks. Reliever Andrew Vasquez struck out seven in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks. That keeps his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.60 in 8.1 innings (3 games). Colton Davis struck out two in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.80 in 5 innings (3 games). Twins pitchers struck out seventeen in the game. Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-4 with his first professional home run and is batting .455. Jaylin Davis was 2-for-5 with two home runs, his fifth and sixth, and is batting .333. Amaurys Minier hit his first homer of the season. Ariel Montesino was 1-for-4, dropping his average to .448.
GCL RED SOX 6, GCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS
Two doubles, two singles, and a walk produced three second-inning runs and that was all the Red Sox would need. A Gorge Munoz second-inning homer plated the only Twins run. Starter Miguel De Jesus struck out six in 3.2 innings, but allowed five runs on eight hits and a walk. Brady Anderson pitched a scoreless inning and now has 3.2 scoreless innings to start his professional career. Munoz was 3-for-4 and also had a double. Dane Hutcheon was 3-for-5 and is 4-for-10 on the season. Zach Featherstone was 1-for-4 and is batting .308.
DSL TWINS 5, DSL CUBS2 2 AT TWINS
The Twins batted ten in the first inning, scoring all five of their runs on a double, three singles, two walks, and an error. Luis Bellorin started and pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks with no strikeouts. Carlos Suniaga then came in and also pitched three innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Humberto Maldonado was 2-for-4 with two doubles and is batting .308. Darling Cuesto was 2-for-4 and is batting .333. Edgar Herrera was 1-for-3 and is batting .324. Victor Tademo was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .339.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30 DSL Twins at DSL Diamondbacks2
5:00 Bluefield (TBA) at Elizabethton (Ryan Mason, 0-0, 18.00)
5:05 Jupiter (Michael Mader, 3-4, 3.59) at Fort Myers (Randy LeBlanc, 1-2, 5.40)
6:05 Rochester (Pat Dean, 1-5, 4.40) at Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 3-7, 4.99)
6:30 Chattanooga (Aaron Slegers, 6-4, 3.38) at Pensacola (Sal Romano, 1-8, 4.82)
7:00 Cedar Rapids (Lachlan Wells, 1-0, 0.00) at Beloit (James Naile, 3-6, 2.92)