Adalberto Mejia pitches well again as the Red Wings split. Kohl Stewart pitches well in a Lookouts loss. Bryan Sammons pitches the best of all as the Kernels win. Victor Tademo has a big game for the GCL Twins. Wander Valdez goes deep for the DSL Twins.
ROCHESTER 4, SYRACUSE 1 IN SYRACUSE (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
The Red Wings got one in the second and LaMonte Wade hit a three-run homer in the third. The lone Chiefs run came in the sixth.
Wade was 1-for-3 with a walk in addition to the home run and scored twice. Byron Buxton was 0-for-4 and is 3-for-18.
Adalberto Mejia pitched six innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out four. His ERA is 2.74. John Curtiss struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks. His ERA is 2.20.
SYRACUSE 3, ROCHESTER 2 IN SYRACUSE (GAME 2--8 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
It was 1-1 through seven. The Red Wings scored one in the eighth, but the Chiefs tied it on a one-out RBI triple by Matt Reynolds. The next batter grounded to first. Kennys Vargas got the out at first base but somehow got his feet tangled up and fell down, allowing the winning run to score.
Jordan Pacheco made his Rochester debut and was 2-for-3. Edgar Corcino made his season debut for Rochester and was 1-for-3 with a double. Byron Buxton was 1-for-4 and is 4-for-22.
It was a bullpen game for Rochester. Gabriel Moya struck out three in 2.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks. His ERA was 1.80. D. J. Baxendale pitched two shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks and striking out one. Nick Anderson pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks and striking out two.
BILOXI 4, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA
The Lookouts led 2-1 through seven, but the Shuckers got two in the eighth and one in the ninth. Lookouts announcer Larry Ward said a couple of the Biloxi hits were "dad-gummed little dinky jam jobs" and that he had "never seen so much horseshoe luck".
Alex Perez was 2-for-4 with a double. Andy Wilkins was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks and is batting .371. Jimmy Kerrigan was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.
Kohl Stewart struck out eight in 6.1 innings, giving up one run on eight hits and two walks. Ryne Harper pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
FORT MYERS MIRACLE
No game scheduled.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, BELOIT 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Jordan Gore singled home a run in the third and the Kernels added two in the eighth. Bryan Sammons took it from there, pitching an excellent game.
Gore was 2-for-3 and is batting .308. Jose Miranda was 2-for-4 with two doubles. Robby Rinn was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .333. Royce Lewis was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .301.
Sammons pitched eight shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk and striking out five. His ERA is 2.69. Calvin Faucher struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk. His ERA is 1.24.
JOHNSON CITY AT ELIZABETHTON
Rained out.
GCL TWINS 5, GCL RAYS 2 AT RAYS
Victor Tademo singled home a run in the fifth to break a 2-2 tie. The Twins added two more in the eighth.
Tademo was 3-for-5 and is batting .318. Estamy Urena was 2-for-3 with two walks and is batting .375. Kidany Salva was 2-for-3 and is batting .417. Samuel Vasquez was 1-for-1 with three walks and is batting .429. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .375.
Andriu Marin struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks. Petru Balan pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one. His ERA is zero in 3.2 innings. Steven Cruz struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits. His ERA is zero in six innings.
DSL TWINS 5, DSL ROCKIES 4 AT ROCKIES
The Twins scored two in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie. The Rockies got one back in the bottom of the sixth and had the bases loaded with two out, but got only one hit after that, a two-out single in the ninth.
Wander Valdez was 1-for-2 with a home run (his second) and a walk. Jeferson Morales was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .378. Ruben Santana was 1-for-5 and is batting .364. Victor Heredia was 0-for-4 and is batting .315. Jim Caceras was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .306. Luis Milla was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks and is batting .300. Francisco Martinez was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .300.
Yordin Mateo pitched five innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk, striking out three. Jose Guevera struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. His ERA is 0.73.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Mets1 at DSL Twins
10:15 Biloxi (Trey Supak, 0-4, 4.85) at Chattanooga (Lewis Thorpe, 4-4, 4.26)
11:00 GCL Rays at GCL Twins
5:00 Johnson City at Elizabethton
Game 2 Johnson City at Elizabethton
5:30 Fort Myers (Tyler Watson, 0-0, 5.29) at Tampa
5:35 Rochester (Zack Littell, 1-3, 3.05) at Syracuse (Austin Voth, 4-4, 4.06)
6:35 Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Edwar Colina, 2-2, 3.68)