Byron Buxton is getting hot. Mitchell Kranson delivers a walkoff. The GCL Twins move back into a tie for first.
ROCHESTER 7, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 1 IN SCRANTON
Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer (his tenth) in a five-run fourth that put the Red Wings up 6-0. Adalberto Mejia pitched seven innings, giving up one run on seven hits and no walks with five strikeouts. Wilfredo Tovar was 3-for-4. Leonardo Reginatto was 2-for-4 with a double. Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 and is batting .346. Buxton was 2-for-5 and is batting .324. After a slow start upon his return to AAA he is now 10-for-27 in his last six games. Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-5. Rochester is now 3.5 games behind Lehigh Valley with ten games to play and their elimination number remains eight.
CHATTANOOGA 4, JACKSONVILLE 2 IN JACKSONVILLE
A walk and three hit batsmen led to a three-run seventh that broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Lookouts as many runs as they would need. Felix Jorge pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Zack Jones pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 1.80. He has a 1.10 WHIP and has struck out 43 in 30 innings. Stuart Turner was 2-for-4. Niko Goodrum was 2-for-5 with a double. Zach Granite was 1-for-4 and is batting .302. Chattanooga remains tied with Montgomery for the last playoff spot.
JUPITER 4, FORT MYERS 3 IN JUPITER
Trailing 4-1, the Miracle scored two in the seventh and had the tying run on third with one out in the seventh and with none out in the eighth, but could not get the last ninety feet. Dereck Rodriguez pitched seven innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on nine hits and no walks with one strikeout. Tanner English was 3-for-4 with a triple. Fort Myers is two games behind Jupiter and their elimination number is eight.
CEDAR RAPIDS 9, CLINTON 5 IN CLINTON
The Kernels scored in six of the nine innings to take the win. Tyler Beardsley pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Jaylin Davis was 3-for-4 with a home run, his sixth. Zander Weil was 3-for-5 with a home run, his fifteenth. Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-5 with a double and is batting .328. J. J. Fernandez was 2-for-5 with a double. Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 and is batting .348. Nelson Molina was 1-for-5 and is batting .310. Cedar Rapids leads Burlington by five games and their magic number is five.
ELIZABETHTON 7, BURLINGTON 6 IN ELIZABETHTON
The Twins trailed 5-2, took the lead 6-5, were tied 6-6, and finally got a home run by Mitchell Kranson (his fourth) in the bottom of the ninth to win. MIguel De Jesus pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with a home run (his seventh) and a triple and is batting .314. Shane Carrier was 2-for-4. Elizabethton now leads Greeneville by four games and their magic number is three.
GCL TWINS 5, GCL RED SOX 4 AT TWINS
Trailing 4-0, the Twins got a walk, a single, two more walks, and a grand slam by Lean Marrero to take a 5-4 lead which turned into a 5-4 win. Jordan Balazovic pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk with one strikeout. He has an ERA of 1.88 and a WHIP of 0.91 in 28.2 innings. Zach Featherstone was 2-for-3 with a double. Gorge Munoz was also 2-for-3. Marrero's grand slam was his second homer of the season. Justin Hazard was 0-for-4 and is batting .311. Aaron Whitefield was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .302. The win moved the Twins into a tie for first with the Red Sox.
DSL TWINS 3, DSL ORIOLES2 0 AT ORIOLES2
The Twins scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, and eighth and three Twins pitchers combined on a shutout. Edwar Colina struck out four in four innings, giving up two hits and no walks. Juan Mojica struck out seven in three innings, giving up two hits and no walks. Frandy Torres gave up a hit and a walk in two innings. Antonio Tovar was 2-for-3. Edgar Herrera was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter and is batting .314. Victor Tademo was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .309.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30 DSL Orioles 2 at DSL Twins (last game of the season)
4:30 Fort Myers (Sam Clay, 1-1, 5.55) at Jupiter (Jorgan Cavanerio, 7-11, 4.71)
5:00 Elizabethton (TBA) at Greeneville (Patrick Sandoval, 2-2, 5.66)
6:05 Rochester (Nick Greenwood, 5-3, 3.17) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Phil Coke, 4-3, 3.20)
6:15 Mississippi (Patrick Weigel, 0-1, 3.38) at Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 7-1, 1.78)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Sam Gibbons, 6-5, 4.88) at Clinton (Nick Neidert, 7-2, 2.42)