A couple of homers and the pitching of Adalberto Mejia carried the Red Wings. Trevor May pitched three strong innings of relief. A Lookouts comeback fell short. Griffin Jax makes his first start for the Miracle. Alex Kirilloff keeps hitting for the Kernels.
ROCHESTER 3, NORFOLK 1 IN ROCHESTER
The Red Wings trailed 1-0 through five, but led off the sixth with back-to-back homers by Jake Cave and Chris Carter to go into the lead to stay. Nick Gordon singled home a run in the ninth.
Gordon was 3-for-5 with a double and is batting .333. Cave was 1-for-4 and the home run was his fifth. Carter was 1-for-4 and the home run was his third. Wynston Sawyer was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .349.
Adalberto Mejia pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out four. Trevor May pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
BIRMINGHAM 6, CHATTANOOGA 4 IN BIRMINGHAM
Zack Collins hit a three-run double in the fourth to put the Barons up 5-1. The Lookouts closed to within two and had the tying run on base with two out in the ninth.
Brent Rooker was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, driving in two. Brian Navarreto was 2-for-4 with two doubles and scored twice. Zander Wiel was 2-for-5 and is batting .313.
Anthony Marzi struck out four in four innings but allowed six runs (three earned) on ten hits and a walk. Ryan Eades struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit. Zack Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks and striking out one. His ERA is 2.29.
ST. LUCIE 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN FORT MYERS (COMPLETION OF TWICE-SUSPENDED GAME)
The Miracle scored two in the first and led 2-0 at the first suspension. The Mets scored two in the fourth and it was 2-2 at the second suspension. Yesterday, Desmond Lindsay singled home the lead run in the eighth. Fort Myers did not get a hit after the sixth inning.
The box score doesn't look as odd as you might think it would in a game played over three days. Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 with a double. Luis Arraez was 2-for-4.
Brady Anderson pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks and striking out one. Tom Hackimer struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks. His ERA is 2.84, Logan Lombana struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.
ST LUCIE 6, FORT MYERS 3 IN ST. LUCIE (SCHEDULED GAME)
The Miracle led 1-0, fell behind 3-1, and came back to tie it 3-3 on a Taylor Grzelakowsi home run in the eighth. The first two Mets in the bottom of the eighth went out. Then, however they went single, walk, single, single, single to score three runs and go into the lead to stay.
Grzelakowski was 3-for-4 and the home run was his fifth.
Griffin Jax made his high-A debut and pitched 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and no walks and striking out three. Hector Lujan pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
BURLINGTON 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN BURLINGTON (10 INNINGS)
Alex Kirilloff homered in the sixth to tie it 3-3. The Kernels bunted into an out on the bases in the top of the tenth and failed to score. With two out in the bottom of the tenth, Jose Garcia singled home the winning run.
Kirilloff was 3-for-5 with a double in addition to his ninth home run. He is batting .326. Jose Miranda was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Akil Baddoo was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fourth. Jordan Gore was 1-for-4 and is batting .314. Robby Rinn was 1-for-4 and is batting .313. Royce Lewis was 0-for-5 and is batting .307.
Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out four. Melvi Acosta pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one. His ERA is 1.86.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Cardinals Blue at DSL Twins
3:00 Fort Myers (Charlie Barnes, 1-4, 4.42) at St. Lucie (Harol Gonzalez, 0-3, 3.15)
Game 2 Fort Myers (Andro Cutura, 2-1, 4.13) at St. Lucie
6:05 Rochester (Zack Littell, 1-1, 2.57) at Norfolk (Jimmy Yacabonis, 1-1, 3.21)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons, 1-3, 2.70) at Burlington (Oliver Ortega, 2-0, 1.29)
6:30 Chattanooga at Birmingham (Ian Clarkin, 3-5, 6.29)