ByungHo Park hits his twelfth homer. A fine game by Zack Littell. Royce Lewis hits his first Class A home run. A walk is as good as a hit for the E-Twins and the GCL Twins. Samuel Vasquez has the big hit for the DSL Twins.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 4, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER
Donavan Solano doubled home a run in the third to give the RailRiders a 2-1 lead. They added two in the sixth to make it 4-1. In the bottom of the sixth, ByungHo Park and Anthony Recker had RBI singles to cut the margin to 4-3. The Red Wings had the bases loaded with two out, but a popup ended the inning and they never got a man into scoring position again.
David Hurlbut pitched five innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and four walks and four strikeouts. John Curtiss struck out two in a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 1.85 with a WHIP of 0.86 and 33 strikeouts in 24.1 innings. Park was 2-for-4 with a home run, his twelfth.
CHATTANOOGA 3, MISSISSIPPI 2 IN CHATTANOOGA
Connor Lien singled home a run in the top of the seventh to give the Braves a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the seventh an error tied the game and an RBI triple by T. J. White put the Lookouts ahead 3-2. Mississippi opened the eighth with two walks, but their next three batters were retired and they did not get a man past first in the ninth.
Zack Littell struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks. Nick Anderson struck out two in a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 0.91 with a WHIP of 0.78 and 34 strikeouts in 29.2 innings. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-3 and is batting .303. Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-3 and is batting .307.
FORT MYERS MIRACLE
No game scheduled.
CEDAR RAPIDS 5, BELOIT 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Royce Lewis hit a three-run homer in the fifth to give the Kernels a 4-1 lead. Jesus Lopez homered in the seventh to make it 4-2, but Cedar Rapids got the run back on a sacrifice fly in the eighth. They needed it, as the Snappers got a walk, a single, an error, a bases-loaded walk, and another single to cut the lead to 5-4 with the bases loaded and none out. A short fly out and a double play got the Kernels out of the inning with the victory.
Tyler Wells pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Eduardo Del Rosario pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.44 with a WHIP of 0.90. Joe Cronin was 2-for-3. Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4. Lewis was 1-for-4 with a home run and is batting .385.
ELIZABETHTON 8, JOHNSON CITY 1 IN ELIZABETHTON
The Twins took a 5-1 lead in the fifth, scoring four runs on just one hit. They got the benefit of two errors, two walks, and two wild pitches. Elizabethton added three in the eighth on no hits, as they got five walks, five wild pitches, and a passed ball. The Twins scored eight runs on four hits, drawing twelve walks.
Nick Brown struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks. Jared Finkel pitched three shutout innings to drop his ERA to 2.48. Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-2 with a walk. Akil Baddoo was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .348. Rainis Silva was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .313. Wander Javier was 1-for-2 with three walks and is batting .303.
GCL TWINS 8, GCL ORIOLES 1 AT TWINS
Trailing 1-0 after five, the Twins scored four in the sixth on just two hits, one of them a bunt single. Two walks, an error, and a passed ball helped the Twins. They added two more in the seventh on one hit and got two more in the eighth. The Twins had eight hits but also received eight walks.
Matt Jones pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Joe Rosenstein pitched three shutout innings. Derek Molina retired all six men he faced, striking out three, to lower his ERA to 1.23 with a WHIP of 0.89 and 18 strikeouts in 14.2 innings. Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-3 with two walks and is batting .310. Alex Robles was 2-for-4 and is batting .315. Emmanuel Morel was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .306.
DSL TWINS 7, DSL CARDINALS 5 AT CARDINALS
The Twins trailed 4-2 through five, but a four-run sixth put them into the lead to stay. Samuel Vasquez hit a two-run triple to drive home the tying and go-ahead runs and later scored on an Agustin Marte single. The Twins got one in the seventh and the Cardinals got it back in the eighth, but the Cardinals did not get the tying run up to bat.
Michael Montero struck out five in three innings but allowed two runs on five hits and no walks. His ERA is 2.78 with a WHIP of 0.96 and 64 strikeouts in 58.1 innings. Luis Bellorin pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to make his ERA 2.95. Frandy Torres pitched a perfect inning to drop his ERA to 0.78. Yeremi De La Cruz was 3-for-3 with a walk. Alberoni Nunez was 3-for-5 with a triple and is batting .361. Ruben Santana was 2-for-4 and is batting .357. Marte was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .306. Estamy Urena was 2-for-5 and is batting .313.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Cardinals at DSL Twins
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
6:00 Fort Myers (Anthony McIver, 5-2, 2.26) at Clearwater
6:00 Johnson City (Evan Guillory, 2-1, 2.97) at Elizabethton (Edwar Colina, 3-4, 3.08)
6:05 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Brady Lail, 6-4, 5.06) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 13-4, 3.18)
6:15 Mississippi (Mike Soroka, 10-8, 2.92) at Chattanooga
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons, 2-0, 3.46) at Kane County (Connor Grey, 1-1, 2.63)
PLAYOFF PICTURE
Rochester is in first place in the wild card race by two games over Lehigh Valley.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half and is in first place by seven games over Montgomery in the second half. Their magic number is eight.
Fort Myers is in first place by five games over Charlotte in the second half. Their magic number is nine.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.
Elizabethton is in first place by 3.5 games over Johnson City.
The GCL Twins are in first place by four games over the GCL Orioles. Their magic number is eight.
The DSL Twins are in first place by six games over the DSL Mets1. Their magic number is one.