ByungHo Park keeps hitting. Kohl Stewart and three relievers lead Chattanooga. No offense for Fort Myers or Cedar Rapids. Charlie Barnes and Nick Brown carry the E-Twins. Daniel Palka continues his rehab in the GCL. Yeltsin Encarnacion has the big hit for the DSL Twins.
TOLEDO 6, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER
Tyler Collins hit a two-run homer in the second and the Mud Hens led all the way. It was 6-0 by the time the Red Wings finally got on the board with one in the eighth. J. B. Shuck and Leonardo Reginatto had RBI singles in the ninth to cut the lead to 6-3. Rochester had the tying run up to bat with none out in the ninth, but three consecutive ground outs ended the game.
Dillon Gee pitched six innings, giving up five runs on eight hits and no walks with five strikeouts. Jake Reed pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 2.31. Michael Tonkin struck out two in a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 1.78 with 36 strikeouts in 25.1 innings. Shuck was 3-for-4. ByungHo Park was 2-for-3 with a walk. Niko Goodrum was 2-for-5 with a triple. Ryan Strausborger was 0-for-3 and is batting .074.
CHATTANOOGA 4, MOBILE 1 IN MOBILE
Each team scored once in the first. Ryan Walker homered in the second to make it 2-1 Lookouts. Chattanooga added two in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly, and the Lookouts pitching took it from there. Chattanooga had only three hits and was out-hit six to three.
Kohl Stewart pitched five innings, giving up one run on one hit but four walks with three strikeouts. He threw 70 pitches. Randy Rosario pitched two shutout innings to make his ERA 1.59 with a WHIP of 0.96. Paul Clemens pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 2.98. Luke Bard pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.40 with 68 strikeouts in 40 innings. Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .316.
BRADENTON 4, FORT MYERS 1 IN BRADENTON
The Marauders scored two in the first and led all the way. It was 3-0 when two errors led to the only Miracle run in the fifth. Bradenton got that run right back in the bottom of the fifth.
Cody Stashak pitched six innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Alex Robinson was struck out four in two shutout innings. Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-3 and is batting .323. Brandon Lopez was 1-for-4 and is batting .306. Brent Rooker was 0-for-3 with a walk and is now hitless in ten at-bats.
GREAT LAKES 10, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Oneil Cruz homered in the second to open the scoring. It was 4-0 when the Loons scored four in the seventh to put the game out of reach. The biggest Kernels threat came in the first inning, when Christian Cavaness led off with a double and went to third on a ground out. He failed to score on a bunt single, however, and a double play ended the inning.
Tyler Beardsley pitched just 4.2 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and no walks with one strikeout. Cedar Rapids had just four hits.
ELIZABETHTON 7, BRISTOL 1 IN ELIZABETHTON
RBI doubles by Wander Javier and Jose Miranda put the Twins ahead 2-0 in the first and they led all the way. The Pirates' lone run came in the fifth, making the score 3-1, but Elizabethton scored two in the bottom of the fifth and controlled the game the rest of the way.
Charlie Barnes pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts. He threw 69 pitches. His ERA is now 1.31 with 22 strikeouts in 20.2 innings. Nick Brown struck out eight in four shutout innings of relief. He has 24 strikeouts in 16.1 innings, but his ERA is 6.61 with a WHIP of 1.53. Rainis Silva was 3-for-4 with a home run and is batting .325. T. J. Dixon was 3-for-4. Javier was 2-for-5 with two doubles. Ariel Montesino was 2-for-4 with a walk. Matt Albanese was 1-for-4 and is batting .314. Shane Carrier was 0-for-4 and is batting .309. Miranda was 1-for-5 with a double and is batting .300.
GCL RAYS 5, GCL TWINS 1 AT RAYS (5 INNINGS-RAIN)
It was 1-1 through four. In the fifth, a single, a stolen base, a bunt, and a wild pitch brought home the go-ahead run. Two walks and two singles led to three more runs.
Petru Balan pitched well for four innings, but his line reads 4.2 innings, five runs, six hits, three walks, and four strikeouts. Alex Robles was 1-for-3 and is battling .333. Benjamin Rodriguez was 0-for-2 and is batting .328. Royce Lewis was 0-for-2 and is batting .319. Daniel Palka continued his rehab by going 1-for-2 and is now 3-for-15. Kidany Salva was 0-for-1 with a walk and is now hitless in his first eleven at-bats, although he does have five walks.
DSL TWINS 5, DSL CARDINALS 4 AT TWINS (10 INNINGS)
Carlos Salazar tripled and scored on a Zaino Henriquez single in the fifth to put the Twins ahead 3-2. Ivan Herrera singled in a run in the eighth to tie it 3-3. The Cardinals started the tenth with a man on second, bunted him to third, and brought him home on another Herrera single. In the bottom of the tenth, the Twins also started the tenth with a man on second and bunted him to third, but then Yeltsin Encarnacion tripled to tie the score and put the winning run on third base. Two intentional walks followed, but the strategy was spoiled when a wild pitch brought home the winning run.
Fredderi Soto pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts. His ERA is now 1.11. Cesar Salazar was 2-for-3 with a triple. Francisco Martinez was 2-for-4 with a walk. Henriquez was 2-for-4. Encarnacion was 2-for-5 with a triple and is batting .359. Ruben Santana was 1-for-5 and is batting .360.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Yankees at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
5:05 Toledo (Myles Jaye, 1-2, 2.57) at Rochester (Tim Melville, 2-3, 3.27)
6:00 Bluefield at Elizabethton
6:05 Tampa (Raynel Espinal, 0-1, 1.42) at Fort Myers (Sean Poppen, 2-0, 0.55)
6:35 Great Lakes (A. J. Alexy, 2-4, 2.94) at Cedar Rapids (Evan Sanders, 0-2, 9.00)
7:05 Chattanooga (Dereck Rodriguez, 3-1, 3.41) at Mobile (Tyler Carpenter, 1-4, 5.23)