The Twins debuts of Adalberto Mejia and Alan Busenitz. Ben Rortvedt gets his first professional hit. The Lookouts lose on a walkoff strikeout.
PAWTUCKET 3, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER
Rusney Castillo had an RBI triple and later scored in the third for all the runs the Red Sox would need. Adalberto Mejia did well in his Rochester debut, striking out eight in seven innings while giving up two runs on six hits and no walks. For whatever it's worth, Red Wings announcer Josh Whetzel was quite impressed with his stuff. Sean Burnett pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 1.95. Wilfredo Tovar was 2-for-4. Reynaldo Rodriguez accounted for the only Rochester run with a home run, his second.
MOBILE 2, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN MOBILE (10 INNINGS)
The first two Mobile batters in the tenth were retired, but a walk, an error, and a third-strike wild pitch brought home the winning run. Stephen Gonsalves pitched another strong game, striking out eight in six innings while allowing an unearned run on just three hits and two walks. Alan Busenitz made his Lookouts debut with two shutout innings, giving up three hits. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-4 and is batting .300. Travis Harrison was 2-for-4.
FORT MYERS 5, BRADENTON 4 IN BRADENTON
The Miracle lost a 4-0 lead, but T. J. White delivered an RBI single with two out in the eighth to bring home the go-ahead run. Sam Clay got through five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Brian Navaretto was 2-for-4 with a double. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 and is batting .301. White and Chris Paul were each 2-for-5. LaMonte Wade was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .333.
CLINTON AT CEDAR RAPIDS (SUSPENDED)
The game was suspended with one out in the bottom of the fourth with Clinton leading 3-2. Zander Weil hit a two-run homer, his thirteenth. The game will be completed today.
ELIZABETHTON 5, JOHNSON CITY 1 IN JOHNSON CITY
Two-run singles by Ben Rortvedt and Andre Jernigan put the Twins ahead 5-0 in the second. Ryan Mason pitched five innings, allowing an unearned run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Patrick McGuff struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, dropping his ERA to 0.79 and his WHIP to 1.15 with 21 strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) and a double, raising his average to .362. Shane Carrier was 2-for-4. After a slow start he is 9-for-22 with two homers in his last six games and has raised his average 34 points. Brandon Lopez was 0-for-4 and is batting .329. Ariel Montesino was 1-for-4 and is batting .319. Rortvedt's single was his first hit in eleven at-bats.
GCL TWINS AT GCL RAYS
Rained out.
DSL TWINS 7, DSL CUBS2 4 AT TWINS
Yeltsin Encarnacion's two-run double capped a four-run eighth that took the Twins from down 4-3 to up 7-4. Melvi Acosta struck out five in five innings but allowed three runs on six hits and no walks. Yeremi De La Cruz was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Jorge Parra was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .310. Yeison Perez was 2-for-4 and is batting .301. Agustin Marte was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. Encarnacion was 2-for-5 with a double.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Diamondbacks at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
5:35 Clinton at Cedar Rapids--completion of suspended game
Game 2 Clinton (Nick Neidert, 7-2, 2.34) at Cedar Rapids (Miles Nordgren, 3-5, 3.01)
5:35 Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, no record) at Charlotte (TBA)
6:00 Elizabethton (Alex Schick, 2-1, 7.97) at Johnson City (David Oca, 1-1, 4.73)
6:05 Rochester (Nick Greenwood, 2-2, 3.96) at Lehigh Valley (Anthony Vasquez, 2-0, 3.28)
6:15 Jacksonville (TBA) at Chattanooga (Aaron Slegers, 8-5, 3.76)