Minor Details: Games of August 16

Splits for Fort Myers, Cedar Rapids, and the DSL Twins.  The E-Twins put up a touchdown but still lose by ten.

BUFFALO 3, ROCHESTER 0 IN BUFFALO

The Bisons scored single runs in the third, sixth, and eighth.  Nick Greenwood pitched well, going seven innings and giving up two runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Adam Brett Walker II had two of the five Red Wings hits, going 2-for-4.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-2 with a walk and is batting .375 (6-for-16) since his promotion to AAA.  Byron Buxton was 0-for-4 and is batting .315.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

No game scheduled.

FORT MYERS 1, ST. LUCIE 0 IN FORT MYERS (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME--8 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

It was scoreless for seven innings.  In the eighth, a Christian Ibarra single, a wild pitch, and a Joe Maloney single won the game for the Miracle.  Sam Clay had pitched one scoreless inning before the game was suspended.  Luke Westphal and Michael Theofanopoulos each pitched 3.1 scoreless innings of relief.  Alex Perez was 2-for-3.  Maloney was 2-for-4.

ST. LUCIE 8, FORT MYERS 6 IN FORT MYERS (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)

The Mets led 8-1 through three.  The Miracle got the tying run up to bat with two out in the seventh, but that was it.  Randy LeBlanc lasted only three innings, yielding eight runs on ten hits and two walks with one strikeout.  Cam Booser struck out six in three perfect innings of relief.  Joe Maloney was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Christian Ibarra hit a three-run homer.  The first three batters in the Miracle lineup had batting averages below .200.

PEORIA 10, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Chiefs scored four in the first and were never threatened.  Sam Gibbons struggled through 4.2 innings, surrendering eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-3 and is batting .347.  Nelson Molina was 1-for-3 and is batting .305.

CEDAR RAPIDS 7, PEORIA 2 IN PEORIA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Travis Blankenhorn's two-run homer in the fourth put the Kernels up 2-1 and a four-run fifth gave them control of the game.  Brady Anderson pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 and the home run was his first since his promotion to Class A.  Zander Weil was 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, and a walk.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4 with a double.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 and is batting .346.  Nelson Molina was 1-for-4 and is batting .304.

JOHNSON CITY 17, ELIZABETHTON 7 IN ELIZABETHTON

It was 7-7 after five, but a three-run sixth and a six-run eighth put the game out of reach.  Ryan Mason lasted just four innings, surrendering seven runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Caleb Hamilton was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Robert Molina was 2-for-4.  Ariel Montesino was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .321.  Alex Kirilloff was 0-for-5 and is batting .333.  Lewin Diaz hit a three-run homer (his eighth) and is batting .301.

GCL RAYS AT GCL TWINS

Rained out.

DSL TWINS 2, DSL MARINERS1 1 AT TWINS (GAME 1)

With the score 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Edgar Herrera doubled and scored on a Yeremi De La Cruz single to give the Twins a win.  Pedro Garcia pitched six innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Humberto Maldonado was 3-for-3.  De La Cruz was 2-for-4.  Herrera was 1-for-3 and is batting .333.  Jorge Parra was 0-for-1 and is batting .307.  Victor Tademo was 0-for-4 and is batting .300.

DSL MARINERS1 7, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Mariners1 scored four in the first inning and were never challenged.  Melvi Acosta pitched three innings and allowed six runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Antonio Tovar was 2-for-4 with two doubles.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Rojos at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays
12:05  Rochester (Andrew Albers, 9-5, 3.51) at Buffalo (Mike Bolsinger, 0-2, 6.75)
5:30  Fort Myers (Miles Nordgren, 0-3, 6.14) at St. Lucie (Casey Delgado, 6-2, 3.28)
6:15  Montgomery (Taylor Guerrieri, 12-5, 3.92) at Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 5-1, 2.01)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 4-2, 4.38) at Peoria (Dailyn Martinez, 4-4, 5.95)