Willians Astudillo keeps hitting. Brent Rooker hits his twentieth home run, but Lewis Thorpe is the big star for the Lookouts. A big game for Akil Baddoo. A big inning leads the E-Twins. Two big innings lead the GCL Twins. Jesus Feliz comes through twice for the DSL Twins.
ROCHESTER 5, LOUISVILLE 3 IN LOUISVILLE
The Red Wings scored three in the first and led all the way. Byron Buxton led off the game with a home run and Andy Wilkins had a two-run single later in the inning.
Willians Astudillo was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. Wilkins was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Buxton was 1-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a walk and scored twice.
Nick Anderson was the opener and pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. Zack Littell struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and four walks. Jake Reed struck out three in two perfect innings. His ERA is 2.48.
CHATTANOOGA 5, PENSACOLA 0 IN PENSACOLA
Leading 1-0, the Lookouts scored four in the fourth to put the game out of reach. Alex Perez had a two-run double in the inning.
Brent Rooker was 2-for-4 with a home run (his twentieth) and scored twice. Zander Wiel was 0-for-3 and is batting .304. Mitchell Kranson was 0-for-2 and is batting .302.
Lewis Thorpe struck out seven in seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Cody Stashak struck out all three batters he faced. Ryne Harper pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. His ERA is 2.54.
FORT MYERS AT DAYTONA
Rained out.
CEDAR RAPIDS 3, CLINTON 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (10 INNINGS)
The LumberKings tied it 2-2 in the ninth. In the tenth, an error, an intentional walk, and an accidental walk brought home the deciding run.
Akil Baddoo was 3-for-3 with two walks. Jared Akins was 3-for-4. Robby Rinn was 0-for-4 and is batting .309.
Bailey Ober was removed after three innings for no obvious reason. He gave up one run on two hits and no walks and struck out two. Jose Martinez pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two. Calvin Faucher pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks and striking out one. His ERA is 2.30.
ELIZABETHTON 8, BRISTOL 5 IN ELIZABETHTON
The Twins scored five in the first and led all the way, although the Pirates twice closed to within one. Ricky De La Torre hit a two-run homer in the first inning.
De La Torre was 2-for-4 with a double in addition to the home run (his third). He scored three times and drove in three. Lean Marrero was 2-for-4. Yunior Severino was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .300. DaShawn Keirsey was 1-for-4 with a triple and a walk and is batting .338. Alex Robles was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .331. Trevor Larnach was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .310.
Carlos Suniaga pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on nine hits and a walk and striking out three. Seth Pinkerton struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
GCL TWINS 12, GCL RED SOX 2 AT TWINS
The Twins scored five in the second to take the lead and five in the eighth to put it away.
Hunter Lee was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in three. He is batting .313. Estamy Urena was 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs. Willie Joe Garry was 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs. Alberoni Nunez was 2-for-4. Charles Mack was 2-for-5 with a double. Janigson Villalobos was 1-for-5 and is batting .323.
Kai-Wei Teng struck out five in 2.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks. Michael Montero pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two. Niklas Rimmel struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk. His ERA is zero in 3.1 innings. Frandy Torres struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
DSL TWINS 5, DSL ROCKIES 4 AT ROCKIES
Jesus Feliz hit a two-run double in the seventh to tie it 3-3, but a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning put the Rockies up 4-3. No problem, as Feliz had an RBI double in the ninth to tie it and scored on a wild pitch.
Feliz was 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs. He is batting .316. Luis Gomez was 2-for-3. Victor Heredia was 2-for-5 with two doubles and is batting .364. Ruben Santana was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .304. Luis Milla was 1-for-4 with a home run (his third) and is batting .302.
Jose Bermudez struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks. Fernando Sanchez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk. Jose Guevera struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk. His ERA is 0.87,
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
9:30 DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
4:00 Fort Myers (Brusdar Graterol, 1-2, 6.20) at Daytona
Game 2 Fort Myers at Daytona
5:00 Bristol at Elizabethton (Josh Winder, 1-0, 4.91)
5:30 Rochester (D. J. Baxendale, 0-2, 3.42) at Louisville (Cody Reed, 2-8, 4.54)
6:00 Chattanooga at Tennessee (Michael Rucker, 7-5, 3.95)
6:35 Quad Cities (Bryan Abreu, 1-0, 0.00) at Cedar Rapids (Blayne Enlow, 2-2, 3.16)