A bad day for Stephen Gonsalves. James Ramsey homers. A big day for Luis Arraez. Trey Cabbage and Jordan Balazovic carry the Kernels. Lots of offense for the DSL Twins.
SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 10, ROCHESTER 3 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE
The RailRiders scored four in the first inning and led all the way. The runs scored on a walk, three singles, a double, and a wild pitch.
Chris Carter was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fifth. LaMonte Wade was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and is batting .300.
Stephen Gonsalves pitched four innings, allowing nine runs on nine hits and five walks and striking out three. Jake Reed pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out one. His ERA is 2.87. Luke Bard pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. His ERA is 2.65,
MONTGOMERY 4, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN MONTGOMERY
Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Biscuits up 3-0. The Lookouts closed to 3-2 in the eighth but missed a chance to tie it when Chris Paul was thrown out trying to score from second on a double. No, I don't quite understand that, either. Montgomery got an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.
James Ramsey was 2-for-3 with a home run, his third. Andy Wilkins was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .333. Edgar Corcino was 2-for-4.
Sean Poppen pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks and striking out two.
FORT MYERS 4, PALM BEACH 3 IN FORT MYERS (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME--10 INNINGS)
It was tied 3-3 after six and was still there after nine. The Cardinals failed to take advantage of the Manfred Rule, bunting the man to third but failing to score him. In the bottom of the tenth, Luis Arraez brought home the winning run on a single-plus-error.
Arraez was 2-for-3. Joe Cronin was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth. Shane Carrier was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.
Griffin Jax pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks and striking out six. Tom Hackimer pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks. His ERA is 2.70.
PALM BEACH 5, FORT MYERS 4 IN PALM BEACH
Taylor Grzelakowski singled home a run in the eighth to give the Miracle a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, however, Kramer Robertson delivered a two-run double to put the Cardinals in the lead to stay.
Luis Arraez was 3-for-5 with a triple. Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 with a double.
Tyler Watson pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks and striking out four. His ERA is 1.98.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, WISCONSIN 1 IN WISCONSIN
The Kernels scored single runs in the third, fourth, and seventh. The Timber Rattlers got their lone run in the bottom of the seventh.
Trey Cabbage was 3-for-3 with a home run (his fifth) and a double. Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-4 and is batting .323.
Jordan Balazovic struck out eleven in seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks. His ERA is 0.84. Jared Finkel pitched a perfect inning and struck out one. Calvin Faucher pitched a perfect inning and struck out one. His ERA is 1.21.
DSL TWINS 9, DSL METS1 4 AT METS1
The Twins scored three in the first and led all the way. The runs scored on two singles, a double, and an error.
Ruben Santana was 3-for-4 with a double. Jeferson Morales was 3-for-5 with two doubles and is batting .429. Victor Heredia was 2-for-5 and is batting .407. Brahiap Carrillo was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .357. Luis Gomez was 1-for-5 with a double and is batting .333.
Anthony Escobar struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk. His ERA is 1.42. Fernando Sanchez made his season debut, pitching 1.1 scoreless innings and giving up no hits and no walks. Miguel Rodriguez made his season debut, pitching a scoreless innings and giving up two his and striking out one.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Twins at DSL Phillies Red
12:05 Chattanooga (Todd Van Steensel, 5-1, 1.60) at Montgomery
4:00 Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 5-3, 3.43) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Erik Swanson, 0-1, 5.79)
Game 2 Rochester (Gabriel Moya. 0-0, 2.11) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Nestor Cortes, 0-3, 6.07)
5:30 Fort Myers (Clark Beeker, 1-4, 3.59) at Palm Beach
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Randy Dobnak, 3-2, 4.65) at Kane County (Brian Shaffer, 2-4, 3.17)