Bases on balls hurt the Red Wings. The Lookouts lose a rain-shortened game. The Miracle win in extra inning. An excellent game by Eduardo Del Rosario.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 5, ROCHESTER 4 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE (11 INNINGS)
The RailRiders led 4-1 after two innings. ByungHo Park hit a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 4-3 and Daniel Palka's RBI single tied it in the seventh. It remained tied until the bottom of the eleventh. A one-out walk followed by a ground out put a man on second with two out. An intentional walk was followed by an accidental walk to load the bases, and Mark Payton singled home the winning run off D. J. Baxendale, who was in his third inning of work. Ex-Twin J. R. Graham pitched a third of an inning, giving up an unearned run on no hits and two walks. His ERA is 3.38 in eight AAA innings.
Nick Tepesch did well after the second inning. He went six innings and gave up four runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Alex Wimmers struck out three in two shutout innings. Niko Goodrum was 2-for-5 with two doubles. Palka was 2-for-5 with a double. The home run was Park's second.
BILOXI 2, CHATTANOOGA 0 IN BILOXI (4 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)
Angel Ortega hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and that was it. It hardly seems fair to lose again when you only get five times at-bat, but it's been the rule forever, so that's the way it goes.
Stephen Gonsalves made his season debut and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts. He did all the pitching for the Lookouts, but as Randy LeBlanc had been announced as a reliever for the fifth, it appears Gonsalves does not get a complete game. Dan Rohlfing had two of the three Chattanooga hits, going 2-for-2. Edgar Corcino was 0-for-2 and is batting .303. Nick Gordon was 0-for-2 and is batting .300.
FORT MYERS 9, BRADENTON 8 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)
The Miracle led 4-3 after five. The Marauders scored five in the top of the sixth, only to see Fort Myers respond with four in the bottom of the sixth to tie it 8-8. Bradenton put men on second and third with one out in the tenth, but the go-ahead run was thrown out trying to score on an infield grounder and the next batter struck out. In the bottom of the tenth, singles by Sean Miller and Bradley Strong put men on first and third with one out. Chris Paul then singled to center to bring home the winning run.
Dereck Rodriguez struck out seven in five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks. Williams Ramirez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 1.69. Sam Clay struck out three in two shutout innings to make his ERA 2.25. Miller was 3-for-5 and Strong was 3-for-6. Tanner English was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs and is batting .400. Paul was 3-for-4 with a double, two walks, and three RBIs and is batting .337. Zander Weil was 1-for-2 with a home run (his fourth) and three walks.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, WISCONSIN 2 IN WISCONSIN
Leading 1-0, the Kernels scored three in the seventh take control of the game. Cedar Rapids had only two hits in the inning, which also featured two wild pitches, a walk, a hit batsman, and an error. The Timber Rattlers got a two-out two-run double in the eighth to cut the margin to 4-2, but their last four batters were retired.
Eduardo Del Rosario, who had struggled in his last three starts, was back on track in this one, striking out eight in eight innings while giving up two runs on five hits and two walks. Tom Hackimer pitched a perfect ninth to lower his ERA to 1.80. Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. He is 4-for-10 in his last three starts, raising his average 32 points to .140. Christian Cavaness was 2-for-4. Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-4 and is batting .325.
TODAY'S TILTS*
12:05 Rochester at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Bryan Mitchell, 0-1, 4.00)
1:05 Cedar Rapids (Tyler Beardsley, 3-2, 4.37) at Wisconsin (Zack Brown, 0-2, 7.88)
1:05 Chattanooga (Nik Turley, 0-1, 0.37) at Biloxi (Luis Ortiz, 2-3, 2.57)
3:05 Bradenton at Fort Myers
*The starting pitchers listed above are those given at milb.com. During the Rochester broadcast yesterday, it was indicated that Nik Turley would be coming up to pitch the Red Wings game today.