The Lookouts drop a pair of one-run games.  A Miracle win for Fort Myers.  Walks win the game for the Kernels.

ROCHESTER AT SYRACUSE

Rained out.

TENNESSEE 3, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Two singles and two bunts brought home the winning run for the Smokies in the fifth inning.  The Lookouts did not get a man past first after that.

Chris Paul was 2-for-3 with a double.  Brent Rooker was 2-for-3.  Zander Weil was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .348.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-3 and is batting .341.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-4 and is batting .310.  On the other hand, Tanner English was 0-for-2 and is batting .082.  Zack Littell pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and two walks and striking out three.  Tyler Jay pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.  His ERA is zero in five innings.

TENNESSEE 3, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Lookouts led 2-0 through four, but the Smokies scored three in the fifth to go into the lead to stay.  Jeffrey Baez doubled home the go-ahead run.

Brent Rooker was 2-for-3 with a double.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-2 and is batting .345.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-3 and is batting .311.  Zander Weil was 0-for-3 and is batting .333.  Tanner English was 0-for-2 and is batting .078.  Brian Olson made his season debut and was 0-for-3.  Omar Bencomo pitched four shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks and striking out three.  His ERA is 1.56.  Zack Jones struck out five in two perfect innings and has an ERA of 1.69.

FORT MYERS 5, DAYTONA 4 IN FORT MYERS (11 INNINGS)

It was 2-2 through nine, so the Manfred Rule kicked in.  Each team scored once in the tenth.  A passed ball and a sacrifice fly brought the runner home from second for the Tortugas in the top of the eleventh.  In the bottom half, Lewin Diaz hit a two-run walkoff home run to win it for the Miracle.

Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-5 and is batting .305.  Taylor Grzelakowski was 2-for-4 with a double.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-5.  Jimmy Kerrigan was 0-for-5 and is batting .326.  Clark Beeker pitched four shutout innings, giving up five hits and two walks and striking out four.  His ERA is 2.76.  Andrew Vasquez struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  His ERA is 1.42.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, QUAD CITIES 2 IN QUAD CITIES

Trey Cabbage homered in the sixth to tie it 2-2.  In the seventh, the Kernels drew five walks to take a 4-2 lead.  Cedar Rapids drew twelve walks in the game.

Ben Rodriguez was 0-for-2 with three walks and is batting .311.  Jordan Gore was 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs and is batting .375.  Bryan Sammons pitched four innings, giving up two unearned runs on three hits and three walks and striking out three.  Derek Molina pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out two.  His ERA is 2.89.  Moises Gomez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:15  Tennessee (Michael Rucker, 1-2, 6.14) at Chattanooga (Randy LeBlanc, 3-1, 1.99)
5:15  Rochester (Dietrich Enns, 0-3, 5.79) at Pawtucket (Chandler Shepherd, 0-1, 6.75)