Lots of offense and Stephen Gonsalves carry the Red Wings. Brent Rooker hits his fifteenth homer. Taylor Grzelakowski and Griffin Jax lead the Miracle. Another good game for Blayne Enlow. Josh Winder does well and gets good support (though not from the bullpen). A key error sinks the GCL Twins. Anthony Escobar throws five no-hit innings for the DSL Twins.
ROCHESTER 9, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 1 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE
The Red Wings scored in seven of the nine innings. The lone RailRider run came in the sixth.
Zack Granite was 3-for-4 with a double and three runs. Leonardo Reginatto was 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Gregorio Petit was 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. Taylor Motter was 3-for-5 with two runs. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 with two runs. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-5 with a home run (his thirteenth) and two RBIs.
Stephen Gonsalves pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out five. Luke Bard retired all four men he faced, striking out two. Jake Reed pitched a perfect inning and has an ERA of two. John Curtiss pitched a perfect inning.
MONTGOMERY 9, CHATTANOOGA 7 IN CHATTANOOGA
Jake Cronenworth had a two-run single in a four-run fifth that gave the Biscuits a 6-2 lead. It was 9-2 before the Lookouts came back to make a game of it. They had the tying run on base when the game ended.
Jaylin Davis was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, driving in two. Brian Navarreto was 3-for-5. Brent Rooker was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer (his fifteenth) and two walks, scoring twice. Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-5 with a double. Zander Wiel was 1-for-5 and is batting .304.
Anthony Marzi pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk and striking out three. Tyler Jay struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
FORT MYERS 5, LAKELAND 2 IN LAKELAND
Taylor Grzelakowski's two-run double in the eighth broke a 2-2 tie and the Miracle added a run in the ninth. The Flying Tigers had the tying run at bat with one out in the ninth.
Grzelakowski was 2-for-4 with a triple in addition to the double.
Griffin Jax pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out five. Hector Lujan struck out five in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, FORT WAYNE 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
The Kernels scored single runs in the fifth and sixth to go ahead 3-1 and got an insurance run in the eighth to go ahead 4-2. Neither team scored more than one run in an inning. I wonder what the highest-scoring game is where no one scored more than one run in an inning.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-3 with two runs. Ben Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh. Royce Lewis was 1-for-4 and is batting .315.
Blayne Enlow pitched six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks and striking out four. It was his fourth consecutive solid start, dropping his ERA from 4.91 to 3.49. Melvi Acosta pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one. His ERA is 2.04.
ELIZABETHTON 13, JOHNSON CITY 10 IN JOHNSON CITY
The Twins led 9-0 and 12-2 but had to hold on to win. The Cardinals had the tying run up to bat with one out in the ninth.
Ryan Jeffers was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in three. He is batting .392. Yunior Severino was 3-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in two. He is batting .345. Alex Robles was 3-for-5 with a double and is batting .315. Chris Williams was 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Albee Weiss was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fourth. Tyler Webb was 1-for-5 with two runs and is batting .500.
Josh Winder struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk. His ERA is 1.69.
GCL RED SOX 4, GCL TWINS 2 (7 INNINGS--RAIN)
Gabe Snyder's two-run single in the top of the sixth tied it 2-2, but an error on a double play ball gave the Red Sox both runs back in the bottom of the sixth.
Janigson Villalobos was 1-for-3 and is batting .366. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .307. Austin Hale was 1-for-2 and is batting .300.
Landon Leach pitched three innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks, striking out none. Dylan Stowell pitched a perfect inning, making his ERA 2.00.
DSL TWINS 7, DSL METS1 1 AT METS1
It was 1-1 through eight, but the Twins scored six in the ninth. Jim Caceras, Nomar Urdaneta, and Ruben Santana each had a two-run single in the inning.
Urdaneta was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and is batting .314. Victor Heredia was 2-for-4 and is batting .365. Ruben Santana was 1-for-5 with two RBIs and is batting .337. Jeferson Morales was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .330. Brahiap Carrillo was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .308.
Anthony Escobar pitched five shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk and striking out four. His ERA is 1.24. Fernando Sanchez pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one. Danny Moreno struck out two in a perfect inning. His ERA is 2.13.
NEXT DAY'S GAMES
Rochester at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Montgomery at Chattanooga
Fort Myers at Lakeland
Lake County at Cedar Rapids
Elizabethton at Kingsport
GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
That is some jersey.