Stephen Gonsalves and two relievers throw a shutout. Kohl Stewart continues to struggle, negating two home runs by Brent Rooker. No offense for the Miracle. The Kernels lose in the ninth despite a strong game by Blayne Enlow.
ROCHESTER 2, LEHIGH VALLEY 0 IN LEHIGH VALLEY
The Red Wings scored both of their runs in the sixth inning. Kennys Vargas doubled home a run and scored on a Brock Stassi single. Stephen Gonsalves and two relief pitchers took it from there.
Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with two doubles and is batting .375. Brock Stassi was 2-for-3 with a walk. Gonsalves struck out five in five innings, giving up four hits and four walks. He threw 86 pitches. His ERA is 2.39. Tyler Duffey pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out two. His ERA is 1.29. Gabriel Moya pitched 1.1 scoreless innings. His ERA is 2.25.
MONTGOMERY 10, CHATTANOOGA 6 IN CHATTANOOGA
The Biscuits scored seven in the second to take a 7-2 lead and they were in control the rest of the way. They had seven singles, a walk, and a fielder's choice in the inning.
Zander Wiel was 3-for-5 with a double and is batting .325. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth) and two walks. Brent Rooker was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his fifth and sixth) and three RBIs.
Kohl Stewart had his second bad game in three tries, pitching just 1.1 innings and allowing six runs on six hits and no walks and striking out two. Tyler Jay struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and two walks. His ERA is 1.62. Casey Crosby struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk. Zack Jones struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk. His ERA is 2.60.
CHARLOTTE 1, FORT MYERS 0 IN CHARLOTTE
The game's lone run scored in the fourth inning on an error. The Miracle out-hit the Stone Crabs 6-3 and had the tying run on third when the game ended.
Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-4 and is batting .314. Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4.
Andro Cutura pitched seven innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and two walks and striking out five. Kevin Marnon pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
KANE COUNTY 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN KANE COUNTY
Shane Carrier hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give the Kernels a 2-0 lead, and it looked like that would be enough. In the bottom of the ninth, however, the Cougar batters went single, double, double, single, with Eduardo Diaz bringing home the winning run.
Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-4. Carrier was 1-for-3 with a walk and the home run was his fourth. Jacob Pearson was 1-for-4 and is batting .333. Jordan Gore was 0-for-3 and is batting .326. Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .325. Royce Lewis was 0-for-4 and is batting .305.
Blayne Enlow had his best start of the season, striking out six in six innings, giving up one hit and four walks. Calvin Faucher pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk and striking out one. His ERA remains zero in thirteen innings.
TODAY'S TILTS
3:00 Fort Myers (Tyler Wells, 3-2, 3.09) at Charlotte (Kenny Rosenberg, 3-1, 4.93)
Game 2 Fort Myers at Charlotte (J. D. Busfield, 0-3, 6.98)
4:05 Buffalo (Taylor Guerrieri, 0-1, 4.50) at Rochester (Myles Jaye, 4-3, 4.46)
Game 2 Buffalo (Justin Dillon, 1-1, 0.57) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 5-1, 1.97)
6:15 Montgomery at Chattanooga (Omar Bencomo, 3-0, 2.21)
6:35 Clinton at Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons, 0-3, 2.91)