Byungho Park hits his fifth for Rochester.  Felix Jorge pitches well in defeat for Chattanooga.  Alex Kirilloff, Nick Gordon, and LaMonte Wade all stay hot.

ROCHESTER 11, SYRACUSE 0 IN SYRACUSE

Byungho Park (that's how milb.com has started spelling it) hit a two-run homer in a four-run first and the Red Wings had the game well in hand all the way.  Jason Wheeler struck out six in 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk.  Neal Ramirez made his AAA debut and pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits with one strikeout.  The Red Wings had twenty-two hits, with every starter getting at least one, seven of them getting at least two, and four of them getting at least three.  They were 9-for-17 with men in scoring position but still stranded thirteen runners.  James Beresford was 5-for-6.  Park was 3-for-5 with a walk in addition to his fifth homer.  Daniel Palka was 3-for-5 with two doubles and is batting .345.  Jorge Polanco was 3-for-6 with a double.

JACKSON 2, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN JACKSON

Ian Miller's two-run double in the third gave the Generals all the runs they needed.  The Lookouts scored one in the fourth and had the tying run on third in the fourth and fifth, but could not get him the rest of the way.  Felix Jorge pitched well, going seven innings and giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  The Lookouts had six hits, three of them doubles, but no player had more than one.

FORT MYERS 9, CLEARWATER 4 IN CLEARWATER

Nick Gordon hit a three-run homer in a five-run fifth that left the Twins ahead 6-1.  Fernando Romero struck out eight in seven innings, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk.  Gordon was 2-for-5 with his third homer and is batting .304.  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .371.  T. J. White was 2-for-6 with a double.  Alex Perez was 2-for-4 with a walk.

DAYTON 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (10 INNINGS)

An error with the bases loaded and two out in the tenth allowed two runs to score and gave the victory to the Dragons.  Eduardo Del Rosario struck out six in six innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks.  Nelson Molina was 2-for-5 with a double.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 and is batting .334.

ELIZABETHTON 6, JOHNSON CITY 5 IN ELIZABETHTON

Alex Kirilloff hit a two-run homer in a four-run fifth that put the Twins ahead 6-1 and they held on the rest of the way.  The Cardinals had the tying run on second with one out in the eighth, but their last five batters were retired.  Sean Poppen struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk.  Patrick McGuff struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, extending his professional scoreless streak to 13.1 innings.  Lewin Diaz was 3-for-4 with a double and is batting .338.  Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with his fourth home run and is batting .367.  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-4 and is batting .379.  Brandon Lopez was 0-for-3 and is batting .362.

GCL RED SOX 6, GCL TWINS 5 AT RED SOX (GAME 1--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

The Twins led 5-0 going to the bottom of the ninth, but the Red Sox scored five in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score before the game was suspended.  In the twelfth, Juan Barriento singled home the winning run from third with one out.  Brady Anderson struck out six in six shutout innings, allowing just one hit and no walks, to lower his ERA to 0.98 and his WHIP to 0.74.  He has 20 strikeouts and 2 walks in 21.2 innings.  Jordan Balazovic made his professional debut by throwing two scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  Jorge Andrade was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk.  Gorge Munoz was 2-for-6 with a double.  Roni Tapia was 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk, raising his average to .088 (2-for-31).

GCL RED SOX 7, GCL TWINS 6 AT TWINS (10 INNINGS--REGULARLY SCHEDULED GAME)

The Twins led 5-4 through eight, fell behind 6-5, tied it 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose on a run-scoring wild pitch with two out in the tenth.  Taylor Clemensia pitched five innings and allowed three runs on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in his first not particularly good game of the season.  Callan Pearce allowed an earned run for the first time all season, raising his ERA to 0.63.  Aaron Whitefield was the only Twin with more than one hit, going 2-for-4 with a walk.  Akil Baddoo hit a home run.

DSL DODGERS1 2, DSL TWINS 1 AT DODGERS1

Daniel Padilla singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth.  Juan Mojica struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  The Twins had only four hits.  Victor Tademo was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .314.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:00  Fort Myers (Miles Nordgren, 0-2, 5.54) at Clearwater (John Richy, 2-4, 3.75)
12:05  Rochester (Pat Dean, 3-5, 5.03) at Syracuse (Reynaldo Lopez, 1-0, 3.27)
2:05  Dayton (Tanner Rainey, 3-7, 5.77) at Cedar Rapids (Cody Stashak, 6-5, 3.15)
5:00  Johnson City (Ian Oxnevad, 3-1, 1.90) at Elizabethton (Jose Martinez, 0-2, 8.68)
6:05  Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 3-1, 2.93) at Jackson (Paul Blackburn, no record)