Errors sink the Red Wings. Wildness sinks the Lookouts. The Yankees win late against Fort Myers. Home runs lead the Kernels to the organization's lone win.
BUFFALO 5, ROCHESTER 2 IN BUFFALO
A single, a walk, and two errors led to two Bisons runs in the second. It was 4-0 Buffalo before the Red Wings finally got on the board in the seventh on RBI singles by Leonardo Reginatto and Matt Hague. They had the tying run on base at that point, but their last seven batters went out to end the game. Rochester made four errors in the game, leading to four unearned runs.
David Hurlbut pitched 5.1 innings, giving up four runs (all unearned) on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Hague was 2-for-4, as were Ben Paulsen and Niko Goodrum. The Red Wings had eight hits, all singles.
JACKSONVILLE 7, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN JACKSONVILLE
Three walks led to three runs in the second and a walk and a hit batsman preceded a grand slam by Taylor Ard in the third as the Jumbo Shrimp cruised to an easy win. Dan Rohlfing tripled and scored on a ground out in the fourth for the lone Lookouts run.
Kohl Stewart, who had been brilliant in his first start, was hurt by wildness in this one, surrendering seven runs on four hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 2.1 innings. Todd Van Steensel struck out six in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits. Randy Rosario pitched two perfect innings of relief. Nick Burdi struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Engelb Vielma was 2-for-4.
TAMPA 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN TAMPA
The Miracle led 2-1 through seven, but Jhalan Jackson homered in the eighth to tie it and Nick Solak delivered an RBI single with two out in the ninth to give the Yankees the win.
Dereck Rodriguez pitched well in defeat, going eight innings (93 pitches) and giving up two runs on six hits and no walks with six strikeouts. The winning run scored off Michael Theofanopolous, who pitched two-thirds of an inning and gave up a run on two hits. Fort Myers had six hits, all singles. As a team, the Miracle is batting .232 with an OPS of .597. The batting average is eighth and the OPS is ninth in the twelve-team league.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, KANE COUNTY 1 IN KANE COUNTY
Mitchell Kranson homered in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie. Jaylin Davis homered in the eighth to make it 3-1 and Ariel Montesino tripled and scored in the ninth. The lone Cougars run scored in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk.
Eduardo Del Rosario struck out seven in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks, but was replaced after the bases-loaded walk. Andrew Vasquez struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Colton Davis struck out two in a perfect inning. Kranson was 2-for-4. Jaylin Davis was 1-for-3 and also walked. Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Rochester (Jose Berrios, 1-0. 0.00) at Buffalo (Jarrett Grube, 1-0, 3.60)
6:05 Chattanooga (Matt Tracy, 0-0, 1.59) at Jacksonville (Matt Tomshaw, 0-1, 3.60)
6:05 Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, 0-1, 4.50) at Daytona (Jose Lopez, 0-1, 1.69)
6:35 Wisconsin (Jordan Desguin, 1-0, 0.00) at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Wells, 0-0, 4.50)