Edgar Corcino keeps hitting. Chris Paul provides the only Fort Myers offense. Lewin Diaz provides the only Cedar Rapids offense. A late home run drops the E-Twins. The GCL Twins hit a couple of home runs, but it's not enough. Prelander Berroa had a good game.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE AT ROCHESTER (3+ INNINGS--SUSPENDED GAME)
The RailRiders got two in the first, but the Red Wings got one back in the bottom of the first on ByungHo Park's RBI single. Homers by Mark Payton and Jonathan Diaz made it 4-1 after two. In the third, Park struck again, hitting a three-run homer that tied it 4-4. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had two on with one out in the top of the fourth when the game was suspended.
MISSISSIPPI 6, CHATTANOOGA 5 IN CHATTANOOGA
Tyler Neslony homered in the fifth to give the Braves a 3-2 lead. Connor Lien had a two-run triple in the sixth and Alex Jackson singled home a run in the seventh to make it 6-2. The Lookouts got two back in the bottom of the seventh in an unusual rally: a walk, catcher's interference, two more walks, and a double play. T. J. White homered in the eighth to cut the margin to 6-5. A pair of two-out walks in the eighth gave Chattanooga hope, but their last four batters were retired.
Dereck Rodriguez pitched 5.2 innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Alex Muren struck out two in two shutout innings to drop his ERA to 1.64. White was 3-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth) and a double. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fourth) and is batting .305.
CLEARWATER 4, FORT MYERS 0 IN CLEARWATER
The Threshers scored one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the eighth. The Miracle got a two-out triple from Chris Paul in the first inning and Paul got to third again in the fourth after he was hit by a pitch, but he was the only Fort Myers player to get to third base.
Randy LeBlanc pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts. His ERA is 2.82. Michael Theofanopoulos pitched two shutout innings. Paul was 2-for-3 with a triple and is batting .346.
KANE COUNTY 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN KANE COUNTY
Yan Sanchez tripled and scored in the first inning to put the Cougars up 1-0. They added two in the third and four in the fourth to take control of the game, with Eudy Ramos hitting a three-run homer to cap the fourth. Lewin Diaz homered in the fifth to get the Kernels on the board, but Kane County added two more in the bottom of the fifth.
Bryan Sammons struck out six in 3.2 innings but allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and three walks. Logan Lombana pitched three shutout innings to lower his ERA to 2.64. Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-3. Diaz' home run was his eleventh. Shane Kennedy made his Cedar Rapids debut and was 1-for-3.
JOHNSON CITY 4, ELIZABETHTON 3 IN ELIZABETHTON
The Twins trailed 2-1 through five. In the sixth, Andrew Bechtold had an RBI double and Mark Contreras delivered a run-scoring single to put Elizabethton ahead 3-2. In the eighth, however, an error was followed by a two-run homer by Imeldo Diaz to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. The Twins got men to first and second with two out in the eighth, but their last four batters were retired.
Christian Broussard started and pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk and striking out one. Edwar Colina followed and pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Contreras was 2-for-3. Andrew Cosgrove was 2-for-4. Wander Javier was 2-for-5 and is batting .306. Akil Baddoo was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .348. Bechtold was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .300.
GCL ORIOLES 10, GCL TWINS 4 AT ORIOLES>
Max Hogan hit a two-run homer in the first to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead. Ricky De La Torre homered in the second to make it 2-1, but the Orioles came back with three in the bottom of the second to go up 5-1. The Twins battled back, scoring once in the fourth and a two-run homer by Benjamin Rodriguez in the sixth to again get within one at 5-4. But Hogan was again a hero for the Orioles, getting a two-run single in a three-run bottom of the sixth to make it 8-4. Carlos Baez added a two-run homer in the seventh.
Tyler Benninghoff started and pitched a third of an inning, allowing two runs on a hit and two walks with one strikeout. Amilcar Cruz struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings. De La Torre was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his second. Rodriguez was 2-for-4 and the home run was his third. Jean Carlos Arias was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .303.
DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS
Darling Cuesto had a two-out two-run single in the first inning. It looked for a while like it might hold up, but the Cardinals scored two in the fifth to tie it. It stayed 2-2 until the eighth, when Yowelfy Rosario hit a two-run double in a three-run inning. The Cardinals added a run in the ninth. The Twins had only five hits in the game.
Prelander Berroa pitched four shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Felix Reyes was 2-for-4. Ruben Santana was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .359. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .316. Darling Cuesto was 1-for-4 and is batting .308.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Yankees at DSL Twins
Game 2 DSL Twins at DSL Yankees
11:00 GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
4:05 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Rochester (completion of suspended game)
Game 2 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Bryan Mitchell, 2-3, 3.44) at Rochester (Felix Jorge, no record)
6:00 Bristol at Elizabethton
6:00 Fort Myers (Sean Poppen, 2-2, 3.50) at Clearwater (JoJo Romero, 3-2, 2.45)
6:15 Mississippi (Tyler Pike, 0-7, 4.13) at Chattanooga
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson, 0-3, 6.06) at Kane County (Sam McWilliams, 11-6, 2.86)
PLAYOFF PICTURE
Rochester is in first place in the wild card race, leading Lehigh Valley by 2.5 games.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half and is in first place in the second half, leading Montgomery by seven games. Their magic number is seven.
Fort Myers is in first place, leading Charlotte by four games. Their magic number is nine.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.
Elizabethton is in first place, leading Johnson City by 2.5 games. Their magic number is eight.
The GCL Twins are in first place, leading the GCL Orioles by three games. Their magic number is eight.
The DSL Twins are in first place, leading the DSL Mets1 by five games. Their magic number is one.