Byron Buxton hits a home run and Stephen Gonsalves pitches five shutout innings. Omar Bencomo has a rare bad outing. Luis Arraez and Alex Kirilloff stay hot as Miguel Sano does not. Another good game for Bailey Ober. No one can get Ryan Jeffers out. Felix Jorge looks good in a rehab assignment. The DSL Twins get blown out late.
ROCHESTER 3, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 1 IN ROCHESTER
Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer in the fifth. The lone RailRiders run came in the eighth.
Gregorio Petit was 2-for-3. Buxton was 1-for-4. Wynston Sawyer was 1-for-3 and is batting .323.
Stephen Gonsalves struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and five walks. Jake Reed struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks. His ERA is 2.95.
BILOXI 7, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA
Troy Stokes, Jr. hit a two-run homer in a four-run first and the Shuckers controlled the game all the way. There was a two hour, thirty minute rain delay at the start of the game.
Brent Rooker was 2-for-4 with a double. Chris Paul was 2-for-4. Jimmy Kerrigan was 1-for-4 and is batting .400. Mitchell Kranson was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .313. Jaylin Davis was 0-for-4 in his AA debut.
Omar Bencomo lasted just one inning, giving up four runs on five hits and a walk. His ERA is 2.77. Andrew Vasquez struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks. His ERA remains zero in 3.1 innings. Cody Stashak struck out four in two perfect innings. Sam Clay struck out four in two perfect innings. Todd Van Steensel pitched a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and no walks and striking out one. His ERA is 1.70.
FORT MYERS 14, BRADENTON 7 IN BRADENTON
The Marauders actually led 3-1 after one inning. The Miracle scored in every inning except the seventh.
Luis Arraez was 5-for-6 with a home run and a double, scoring four times. He is batting .304. In his last nine games he is batting .477 (21-for-44). Mark Contreras was 4-for-5 with a double, scoring three times and driving in four. Alex Kirilloff was 4-for-6 with a home run and five RBIs. He is batting .417. Lewin Diaz was 3-for-4 with a walk and scored twice. Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk, scoring three times and driving in four. He is batting .355. Shane Carrier was 0-for-5 and is now batting .085 in 47 at-bats. Miguel Sano was 0-for-4 with two walks.
Tyler Wells pitched six innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk and striking out four. His ERA is 2.68. Hector Lujan pitched a perfect inning.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, WISCONSIN 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Trey Cabbage tripled and scored on a David Banuelos single in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Timber Rattlers did not get a hit after the sixth.
Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-3 with a double. Robby Rinn was 0-for-4 and is batting .324. Royce Lewis was 1-for-4 and is batting .304.
Bailey Ober struck out nine in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk. Calvin Faucher pitched three shutout innings, giving up two walks and striking out two. His ERA is 1.29.
ELIZABETHTON 19, BRISTOL 5 IN BRISTOL
The Twins scored in every inning except the fourth. It was still only an 8-5 lead until the Twins scored seven runs in the seventh.
Ryan Jeffers was 4-for-4 with two doubles and two walks, scoring three times. He is batting .733 (11-for-15). Yunior Severino was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, scoring twice. He is batting .500. Jared Akins was 3-for-5 with three runs. He is batting .333. Chris Williams was 2-for-4 with a home run and two walks, scoring twice and driving in three. He is batting .313. Ricky De La Torre was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two walks, scoring twice and driving in three. He is batting .353. Andrew Cosgrove was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, driving in four. He is batting .500. DaShawn Keirsey was 2-for-6 with a triple, scoring twice. He is batting .364. Alex Robles was 1-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three. He is batting .385.
Austin Schulfer struck out three in 2.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk. Ricky Ramirez struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up no hits and no walks. His ERA remains at zero in three innings.
GCL TWINS 2, GCL RED SOX 0 AT TWINS
There was no score through seven. Gabe Snyder drove in the only runs of the game with a two-run double in the eighth.
Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-4 and is batting .500. Kidany Salva was 1-for-2 and is batting .375. Edgar Herrera was 1-for-2 and is batting .333.
Prelander Berroa struck out seven in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks. Donny Breek pitched three shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk and striking out two. Felix Jorge, on a rehab assignment, struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. His ERA is zero in three innings.
DSL YANKEES 14, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS
Leading 3-1, the Yankees scored five in the seventh and six in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Ruben Santana was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. He is batting .383. Jeferson Morales was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .381. Jim Caceras was 1-for-4 and is batting .304.
Jose Bermudez pitched 4.1 innings, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk and striking out three. Danny Moreno struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no walks. His ERA is 1.59.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30 DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
5:30 Fort Myers (Griffin Jax, 0-0, 4.15) at Bradenton
6:00 Elizabethton (Brian Rapp) at Bristol (Colin Selby)
6:05 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Nestor Cortes, 0-3, 4.76) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 5-4, 3.28)
6:15 Biloxi (Thomas Jankins, 7-3, 4.70) at Chattanooga (Sean Poppen, 1-3, 7.58)
6:35 Wisconsin (Nelson Hernandez, 7-4, 4.76) at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Balazovic, 1-1, 2.30)