Dietrich Enns continues to struggle. I don't know what the Twins think they need to see from Nick Gordon. Walks and error sink the Lookouts and the Miracle. Edwar Colina pitches well for the Kernels.
LEHIGH VALLEY 6, ROCHESTER 2 IN LEHIGH VALLEY
Collin Cowgill hit a two-run homer in a three-run first and the IronPigs led the rest of the way.
Nick Buss was 2-for-4. Wynston Sawyer was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .391. Ryan LaMarre was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .371.
Dietrich Enns pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and three walks and striking out three. D. J. Baxendale pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out two. Jake Reed struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits. His ERA is 2.84.
Ex-Twin Trevor Plouffe! hit a home run for Lehigh Valley. He is batting .186/.266/.286 in 70 at-bats.
BILOXI 12, CHATTANOOGA 6 IN BILOXI
The Lookouts scored five in the third to take a 5-1 lead, but the Shuckers came back with seven in the fourth and led the rest of the way. Biloxi drew five walks in the inning.
Brian Navarreto was 2-for-4 with a double. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fifth) and is batting .333/.381/.525. He needs to move up. Zander Weil was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. He is batting .325. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-5. Tanner English was 2-for-5.
Anthony Marzi pitched 3.2 innings, allowing seven runs on four hits and five walks and striking out none. Zack Jones pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, striking out one. His ERA is 2.76.
Chattanooga out-hit Biloxi 12-9, but made three errors and issued eleven walks.
BRADENTON 9, FORT MYERS 0 IN FORT MYERS
Arden Pabst hit a two-run homer in a three-run Marauder first. It stayed 3-0 until the seventh, when Bradenton scored four times on two hits, two walks, and three errors.
Brandon Lopez was 2-for-3 with a double. Jimmy Kerrigan was 1-for-4 and is batting .300.
Clark Beeker pitched well after the first inning, going five innings and giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out three. His ERA is 2.93.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, KANE COUNTY 2 IN KANE COUNTY
Renae Martinez homered in the eighth to tie it 2-2. The Kernels scored the lead run in the ninth on a walk, a single, and a sacrifice fly. The Cougars had men on second and third with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Jordan Gore was 1-for-3 and is batting .337. Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-4 and is batting .322, Royce Lewis was 1-for-3 and is batting .311.
Edwar Colina struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk. His ERA is 2.39. Randy Dobnak pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 Bradenton (Oddy Nunez, 1-3, 3.69) at Fort Myers (Sean Poppen, 1-2, 2.70)
12:00 Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson, 2-2, 2.63) at Kane County (Jeff Bain, 2-1, 2.31)
6:05 Rochester (Trevor May, 0-1, 2.25) at Lehigh Valley (Enyel De Los Santos, 4-1, 1.41)