The Red Wings overcome a bad start by Stephen Gonsalves.  Lewis Thorpe and two relievers throw a shutout for the Lookouts.  A home run barrage supports Ervin Santana, who had a good rehab start for the Miracle.  Royce Lewis leads a Kernel comeback.

ROCHESTER 11, DURHAM 8 IN DURHAM

Durham led 5-1 after one, but the Red Wings took a 6-5 lead through four.  It was tied at seven after seven, but Rochester scored four in the eighth to take control. The runs scored on six singles and an error.

Chris Carter was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Willians Astudillo was 3-for-5 and scored twice.  Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a home run (his sixth) and a walk, driving in four.  Jake Cave was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), driving in two.  Taylor Featherston was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), scoring twice and driving in three.  Leonardo Reginatto was 2-for-5 with a double.

It was a bad game by Stephen Gonsalves, who pitched just two-thirds of an inning, giving up five runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.  Gabriel Moya pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.  His ERA is 1.69.  Nick Anderson struck out four in three innings, giving up an unearned run on one walk.  His ERA is 1.16.

CHATTANOOGA 1, BIRMINGHAM 0 IN BIRMINGHAM

The Lookouts did what the Twins could not do:  make one run stand up.  Ryan Walker singled home the game's lone run in the seventh.

Edgar Corcino was 2-for-4.  Zander Wiel was 0-for-4 and is batting .324.

Lewis Thorpe struck out eight in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks.  Todd Van Steensel struck out three in two perfect innings.  His ERA is 1.82.  Ryne Harper struck out three in two perfect innings.  His ERA is 1.69.

FORT MYERS 8, CLEARWATER 1 IN CLEARWATER

The Miracle scored five in the third to break a 1-1 tie.  Mitchell Kranson had a two-run double and Shane Carrier had a two-run homer in the inning.

Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fifth.  Jaylin Davis was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.  Carrier was 1-for-4.  Joe Cronin was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.

Ervin Santana pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk and striking out three.  Ryan Mason struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  His ERA is 2.45.  Logan Lombana pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits.  Alex Robinson pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, WISCONSIN 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Kernels trailed 5-2 through six.  Royce Lewis hit a two-run double in a three-run seventh to tie it and Robby Rinn had an RBI double in the ninth to score the lead run.

Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.  He is batting .328.  Lewis was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  He is batting .309.  Rinn was 1-for-3 with a double in his Cedar Rapids debut.  Jordan Gore was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .318.  Jacob Pearson was 1-for-4 and is batting .300.

Bailey Ober continued to struggle.  He struck out eight in 5.2 innings, but allowed five runs on ten hits and a walk.  Melvi Acosta pitched 3.1 perfect innings, striking out two.  His ERA is 2.70.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 0-4, 5.33) at Clearwater (Connor Seabold, 1-3, 4.06)
12:05  Wisconsin (Bowden Francis, 1-2, 4.93) at Cedar Rapids (Blayne Enlow, 0-1, 3.28)
12:05  Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 5-2, 3.27) at Durham (Chih-Wei Hu, 1-3, 3.77)
12:30  Chattanooga (Kohl Stewart, 3-2, 5.90) at Birmingham (Dane Dunning, 2-1, 3.41)