A rough start for Trevor May. Zack Granite is starting to get going. Cody Stashak pitched well but got no help. Randy Dobnak pitches the Kernels to a split.
BUFFALO 11, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
The Bisons scored two in the first, one in the second, and four in the third to take a 7-1 lead.
The Red Wings had just five hits, with no one getting more than one. Willians Astudillo had the lone extra-base hit, a double.
Trevor May struck out five in 2.2 innings, but allowed seven runs on five hits and four walks. In three games with Rochester he is 0-3, 9.28, 1.78 WHIP. He threw seventy-seven pitches, so I guess he got his work in.
BUFFALO 3, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
Rowdy Tellez had a two-run double in the first. The Red Wings got one back in the second on a Jermaine Curtis double. They had men on second and third with one out in the third but did not score. They did not get the tying run into scoring position again.
Zack Granite was 2-for-4. After a very slow start, he is batting .308 (12-for-39) in his last ten games, so maybe he's getting things going. Wynston Sawyer was 1-for-3 and is batting .375.
Adalberto Mejia pitched five innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks and striking out four. John Curtiss struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a walk. His ERA is 1.47.
MONTGOMERY 7, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA
The Lookouts took a 1-0 lead in the second, but the Biscuits scored three in the fourth to go ahead and three in the ninth to put it out of reach. Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run homer in the ninth.
Ryan Walker was 2-for-3.
Cody Stashak struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks. He is normally a reliever and so presumably was on a pitch count. His ERA is 2.21.
FORT MYERS AT CHARLOTTE (GAMES 1 AND 2)
Rained out.
CLINTON 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (GAME 1--10 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
The Kernels led 3-1 through five, but the LumberKings loaded the bases with none out in the sixth and tied the score on a pair of sacrifice flies. The Manfred Rule kicked in after seven, but neither team scored in the eighth and each team got one in the ninth. Clinton scored five times in the tenth, with a triple by Joseph Rosa bringing home the lead run. Cedar Rapids out-hit the LumberKings 9-7, but Kernel pitchers issued eleven walks.
Royce Lewis was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third) and drove in three. He is batting .303. Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-4. Jacob Pearson was 2-for-5 with a triple and is batting .389. Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk and is batting .319. Jordan Gore was 1-for-4 and is batting .317.
Edwar Colina struck out five in five innings, giving up three runs on two hits and six walks. His ERA is 2.87. Jared Finkel pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and two walks.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, CLINTON 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (GAME 2--8 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
It was 1-0 Clinton through six, but a sacrifice fly tied it in the bottom of the seventh and brought the Manfred Rule into play. Joseph Rosa had an RBI single in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth a walk, a bunt, and a Jacob Pearson single tied the score. Royce Lewis then delivered a sacrifice fly to bring home the winning run.
Ben Rodriguez was 2-for-2. Pearson was 1-for-4 and is batting .364. Alex Kirilloff was 0-for-3 and is batting .314. Lewis was 1-for-3 and is batting .303.
Randy Dobnak struck out seven in seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk. He threw eighty-eight pitches.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Clinton at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson, 2-2, 3.94)
12:05 Buffalo (Ryan Borucki, 3-5, 3.57) at Rochester