Zack Littell pitches well, but the Red Wings lose in an extra inning. Chris Paul delivers the game winning hit as Lewis Thorpe has a good game. Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sano have good rehab games. Edwar Colina throws six shutout innings. It got late early in Elizabethton. The GCL Twins and the DSL Twins also fall behind quickly.
SYRACUSE 4, ROCHESTER 3 IN SYRACUSE (10 INNINGS)
Matt Reynolds' RBI single in the eighth tied it 3-3. The Red Wings failed to advance their runner in the top of the tenth. In the bottom of the tenth Reynolds struck again, delivering a one-out double to bring home the winning run.
Chris Carter was 2-for-5 with a home run, his sixth. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5. Zack Granite was 2-for-5. Rochester had four starters with averages below .200 and two more below .210. Byron Buxton did not play. I don't know the reason.
Zack Littell pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on nine hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Jake Reed struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks. His ERA is 2.75.
CHATTANOOGA 5, BILOXI 4 IN CHATTANOOGA
With two out and none on in the ninth, the Shuckers trailed 4-1. They then got two walks and three singles to score three runs and tie it 4-4. No worries, as Chris Paul delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to win it.
Paul was 3-for-5 and scored twice. Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-4. Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .342. Alex Perez was 2-for-5 with two runs.
Lewis Thorpe struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk. Andrew Vasquez retired all seven men he faced, striking out five of them. His ERA remains zero in 5.2 innings.
TAMPA 10, FORT MYERS 3 IN TAMPA
Leading 3-2, the Yankees scored three in the fourth and one in the fifth to put the game out of reach.
Jorge Polanco was 2-for-3 with a home run and is now 2-for-6. Taylor Grzelakowski was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Miguel Sano was 2-for-3 and is 4-for-15.
Tyler Watson struck out four in three innings but allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks.
CEDAR RAPIDS 6, BELOIT 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Jose Miranda hit a grand slam in the first inning and the Kernels led 4-0 after their first four batters. Royce Lewis contributed a two-run single in the fourth.
Miranda was 1-for-3 and the home run was his seventh. Robby Rinn was 1-for-4 and is batting .329. Lewis was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .301.
Edwar Colina pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out two. Jared Finkel pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit.
JOHNSON CITY 9, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN ELIZABETHTON (GAME 1--5 1/2 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS--RAIN)
The Cardinals scored seven in the first and it was never a game after that. In the inning, they got four singles, two walks, two wild pitches, a double, and an error.
Ryan Jeffers was 1-for-2 and is batting .520. Lean Marrero was 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs. He is batting .500. Andrew Cosgrove was 1-for-2 and is batting .500. Yunior Severino was 1-for-2 and is batting .400. Jared Akins was 1-for-3 and is batting .379. Ricky De La Torre was 1-for-2 and is batting .333. Alex Robles was 0-for-2 and is batting .318.
Pedro Garcia started and six batters, retiring none. He allowed six runs (four earned) on three hits and two walks.
JOHNSON CITY AT ELIZABETHTON (GAME 2)
Rained out.
GCL RAYS 6, GCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS
The Rays scored three in the first and led all the way. They had only one hit in the inning, a leadoff single. They drew three walks and had two wils pitches, a hit batsman, and an error. They scored three more in the seventh, an inning in which the Twins made four errors.
Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-3 with a walk. Kidany Salva was 1-for-3 and is batting .400. Samuel Vasquez was 1-for-4 and is batting .364. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-4 and is batting .357.
Tyler Benninghoff pitched 3.1 innings, allowing three runs on two hits and five walks and striking out two. Dylan Stowell struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. His ERA is zero in 4.2 innings. J. T. Perez struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
DSL METS1 7, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS
Adrian Hernandez hit a three-run triple in a four-run second that put the Mets up 5-1. The Twins never got closer than three after that.
Jeferson Morales was 1-for-4 and is batting .367. Ruben Santana was 1-for-4 and is batting .356. Jim Caceras was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .308. Luis Milla was 1-for-3 and is batting .303.
Anthony Escobar had his first bad game of the season, pitching three innings and giving up six runs (four earned) on four hits and no walks and striking out three. His ERA is 1.82. Luciano De La Cruz struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Giovahniey German struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up only a walk in his DSL debut. Moises Causado pitched perfect inning and struck out one in his DSL debut.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:30 DSL Twins at DSL Mets1
11:00 GCL Twins at GCL Rays
12:05 Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Randy Dobnak, 5-2, 4.18)
5:30 Fort Myers (Clark Beeker, 2-5, 3.20) at Tampa
5:35 Rochester (Fernando Romero, 0-1, 2.57) at Syracuse (Tommy Milone, 4-4, 4.91)