A good day for Kennys Vargas. Edgar Corcino hits a grand slam. Poor starting pitching sinks the Miracle and the Kernels.
ROCHESTER 8 GWINNETT 3 IN ROCHESTER
The Red Wings scored three in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead. They won despite being out-hit 12-7.
Kennys Vargas was 3-for-4 with a walk. Gregorio Petit was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .327. Bobby Wilson was 0-for-3 with two walks and is batting .065. Adalberto Mejia pitched just one inning, giving up a run on three hits and a walk and striking out one. He apparently had either a blister or a problem with a fingernail. Mason Melotakis pitched three innings, giving up a run on two hits and no walks and striking out one. Matt Magill struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up three hits. His ERA remains zero through 8.2 innings.
CHATTANOOGA 4, JACKSON 3 IN JACKSON
Edgar Corcino hit a grand slam in the second inning and it was all the runs the Lookouts needed. It was 4-3 after three innings and stayed there the rest of the game.
Corcino was 1-for-2 and had a walk in addition to the grand slam. Zander Weil was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .367. Nick Gordon was 0-for-4 and is batting .361. LaMonte Wade was 1-for-4 and is batting .311. Randy LeBlanc pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on eleven hits and a walk and striking out six. His ERA is 1.99. Omar Bencomo pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one. His ERA is 2.03.
CLEARWATER 9, FORT MYERS 5 IN CLEARWATER
The Threshers led 5-1 through four. The Miracle cut it to 5-4 through six, but Clearwater scored four in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Nelson Molina was 3-for-4 with a double. Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his third and fourth. Jimmy Kerrigan was 1-for-4 and is batting .357. Joe Cronin was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .353. Mark Contreras was 1-for-4 with a triple and a walk and is batting .300. Luis Arraez was 0-for-5 and is batting .048. Tyler Wells struck out five in 3.1 innings but allowed five runs on six hits and a walk. Hector Lujan pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.
BURLINGTON 7, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
The Bees built a 4-0 lead through five innings and never led by less than three after that.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-3 with a walk. Jordan Gore was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .300. Jean Carlos Arias was 0-for-4 and is hitless in six at-bats. Tyler Watson struck out six in 3.2 innings but allowed three runs on seven hits and five walks. Derek Molina struck out six in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks.
TODAY'S TILTS
6:00 Daytona at Fort Myers (Charlie Barnes, 0-2, 4.38)
6:15 Tennessee (Trevor Clifton, 1-2, 4.50) at Chattanooga (Lewis Thorpe, 0-2, 5.79)
6:35 Burlington at Cedar Rapids