A solid game for Stephen Gonsalves. A good game for Kohl Stewart. No offense for the Miracle again. A big Kernels comeback falls short.
ROCHESTER 2, PAWTUCKET 0 IN ROCHESTER
Jake Cave singled home a run in the third and Willians Astudillo homered in the fourth. Stephen Gonsalves and two relievers took it from there.
Ryan LaMarre was 3-for-4 with a double and is batting .478. Willians Astudillo was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk (his third). Gonsalves struck out eleven in 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and four walks. His ERA is 2.95. Alan Busenitz pitched 1.2 scoreless inning, giving up a walk and striking out one. His ERA is 0.77. John Curtiss struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a walk. His ERA is 1.88.
CHATTANOOGA 3, BILOXI 2 IN BILOXI
It was 1-1 after seven, but the Lookouts scored two in the eighth. Chris Paul singled home the lead run. Troy Stokes, Jr. homered in the eighth to make it 3-2 but the Shuckers did not get a hit after that.
Paul was 2-for-4 with a double. Tanner English was 2-for-4. Alex Perez was 2-for-5 and is batting .370. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), scoring twice, and is batting .336. Zander Weil was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .312. Kohl Stewart pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and four walks and striking out one. Williams Ramirez pitched a perfect inning.
ST. LUCIE 2, FORT MYERS 1 IN FORT MYERS
The Mets scored two in the third inning and it was enough. The Miracle had only three hits. They haven't scored more than three runs in a game since May 10.
Jimmy Kerrigan was 0-for-4 and is batting .307. Robert Molina was 0-for-3 and is batting .071. Tyler Wells pitched 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out three. Andrew Vasquez struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits. His ERA is 0.71. Ryan Mason struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. His ERA is 2.57. Hector Lujan pitched a perfect inning.
CLINTON 7, CEDAR RAPIDS 6 IN CLINTON
The Lumber Kings scored two in the fifth and five in the sixth to take a 7-0 lead. The Kernels got back in it with six in the eighth, the last three on a three-run double by Ben Rortvedt. Cedar Rapids had the tying run on second in the eighth and the ninth.
Jordan Gore was 2-for-3 and is batting .306. Trey Cabbage was 2-for-4 with a triple. Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 and is batting .316. Royce Lewis was 1-for-5 and is batting .313. Blayne Enlow pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up six hits but no walks and striking out three. He threw just forty-four pitches. I don't know why he was removed at that point. Jose Martinez pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three walks and striking out two.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:00 St. Lucie (Gabriel Llanes, 2-4, 5.64) at Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 0-4, 5.92)
6:05 Pawtucket (Justin Haley, 1-4, 3.74) at Rochester (Myles Jaye, 2-2, 5.22)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons, 0-3. 2.76) at Clinton (Raymond Kerr, 1-3, 7.29)
6:35 Chattanooga (Omar Bencomo, 3-0, 2.41) at Biloxi (Zack Brown, 2-0, 2.89)