Kyle Gibson pitches very well.  Dereck Rodriguez has a rare bad game.  Eduardo Del Rosario gives up a hit to the first batter he faces, then no more in eight innings in a very good high-A debut.  The Kernels get only one run and seven hits in two games, getting swept  An eleven-run inning drops the GCL Twins.

ROCHESTER 3, INDIANAPOLIS 1 IN INDIANAPOLIS

An infield out scored a run in the third, a sacrifice fly brought one home in the seventh, and a double play scored a run in the ninth.  Thus, the Red Wings scored three runs despite going 1-for-10 with men in scoring position.  The Indians loaded the bases with none out in the ninth, but a strikeout, a sacrifice fly, and another strikeout ended the game.

Kyle Gibson struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  He threw 69 pitches, so one assumes he was on a pitch count, although one doesn't know why.  His ERA is 2.08 with 23 strikeouts in 17.1 innings.  Alex Wimmers pitched 2.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 3.00.  Rochester had seven hits, but no one had more than one.

BIRMINGHAM 9, CHATTANOOGA 6 IN CHATTANOOGA

Levi Michael homered in the first inning to put the Lookouts up 1-0, but it was the only lead they had.  The Barons scored three in the third and two in the fourth to go ahead 5-1.  Nick Gordon hit a two-run triple in a three-run sixth to cut the lead to 7-5, but Birmingham scored two in the seventh and their lead was never threatened.

Dereck Rodriguez, who had been pitching well, worked 5.2 innings but allowed seven runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  Luke Bard pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.30 with 70 strikeouts in 44 innings.  Carlos Paulino was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .340.  Michael was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fifth, and a double.  Max Murphy was 2-for-5 with a double.  T. J. White was 2-for-5.  Alex Perez was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .317.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-5 and is batting .312.

FORT MYERS 9, LAKELAND 2 IN LAKELAND

An error allowed the Flying Tigers to score in the first, and the 1-0 lead held up until the fifth.  Then, however, a two-run homer by Tanner English and a solo shot by Jermaine Palacios gave the Miracle a 3-1 lead.  Palacios delivered a three-run single-plus-error in the sixth to make it 6-1.  Brent Rooker hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth that put a period on the game.

Eduardo Del Rosario made a very successful high-A debut, pitching eight innings and giving up an unearned run on one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.  Palacios was 4-for-5 with a home run (his second) and three RBIs and is batting .323.  Zander Weil was 3-for-5.  Sean Miller and Shane Kennedy were each 2-for-5.  The home run by English was his sixth.  Rooker's home run was his first.

PEORIA 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Lewin Diaz singled home a run in the first, but that was the only lead the Kernels would have.  Brian O'Keefe delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the first and Danny Hudzina homered in the fourth for the Chiefs runs.  The Kernels had only three hits in the last six innings and never had more than one man on base at a time.

Tyler Beardsley pitched a six-inning complete game, giving up three runs on six hits and no walks with one strikeout.  Cedar Rapids had five hits and no one had more than one.

PEORIA 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN PEORIA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

A sacrifice fly brought home a Chief run in the third.  In the fifth, three walks were followed by a bases-clearing double by Juan Yepez.  The Kernels did not get a baserunner until the fourth and did not get a hit until the fifth.  They had only three hits, all singles.

Evan Sanders pitched four innings, giving up four runs on just three hits but six walks.  He struck out four.  Patrick McGuff struck out three in two shutout innings to make his ERA 2.30 with 34 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.

ELIZABETHTON AT PRINCETON

Rained out.

GCL ORIOLES 14, GCL TWINS 8 AT ORIOLES

Brian Olson had a two-run single in a four-run first.  The Twins led 5-0 after the top of the third.  Then, however, the Orioles scored eleven runs in the bottom of the third to take control of the game.  The Orioles batted sixteen in the inning.  J. C. Escarra had a three-run homer in the inning, Jomar Reyes had a two-run single, and Jacob Brown had a two-run double.  The Twins scored three in the seventh to cut the margin to 11-8, but the Orioles put it out of reach with three in the eighth.

Taylor Clemensia pitched 2.1 innings, allowing seven runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks with no strikeouts.  Benjamin Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs and is batting .316.  Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .302.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-4 with three runs and is batting .308.  Emmanuel Morel was 2-for-5 with a double.  Ricky De La Torre was 2-for-5.  Alex Robles was 1-for-4 and is batting .322.

DSL TWINS

No game scheduled.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Nationals at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
4:00  Elizabethton (Bryan Sammons, 1-0, 1.83) at Princeton (Cristopher Sanchez, 0-2, 10.89)
Game 2  Elizabethton at Princeton (Easton McGee, 0-1, 3.57)
5:30  Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 4-6, 4.65) at Lakeland (Austin Sodders, 1-2, 1.13)
6:05  Rochester (Tim Melville, 3-3, 2.63) at Toledo
6:15  Birmingham (Spencer Adams, 7-9, 3.98) at Chattanooga (Fernando Romero, 9-6, 2.68)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Domenick Carlini, 3-8, 5.40) at Peoria (Austin Warner, 1-0, 1.000