A good game for Chase De Jong. Luis Arraez gets a key hit. The Kernels sit around for six hours.
LEHIGH VALLEY 4, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER (10 INNINGS)
It was a good game for nine innings, with Kennys Vargas hitting an RBI double in the first and a sacrifice fly tying it in the fifth. The IronPigs then scored three runs in the tenth. The Red Wings got one back but did not get the tying run up to bat.
Vargas was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. He closed the season on a high note, batting .324 in his last ten games, and ended with semi-respectable numbers of .240/.326/.425 with 21 homers. Not great, but better than they were most of the season.
Chase De Jong pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk. John Curtiss struck out two in a perfect inning, making his ERA 2.77. Ryan Eades struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits. His ERA is 0.59 in 15.1 innings.
The Red Wings end their season with a record of 64-76.
CHATTANOOGA 4, JACKSON 2 IN JACKSON
Rudy Flores hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give the Generals a 2-0 lead. Jimmy Kerrigan homered in the eighth to make it 2-1. The Lookouts then scored three runs in the ninth, two coming on a Luis Arraez single, to win the game.
Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Arraez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Kerrigan was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and the home run was his sixth.
Sean Poppen pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out five. Tyler Jay pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. Devin Smeltzer struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out three.
The Lookouts end their season with a record of 65-72.
BELOIT 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN BELOIT
After a rain dealy of over six hours, they got the game in. The Snappers scored all three of their runs in the third, but it was enough. Michael Helman singled home a run in the sixth to make it 3-2 but the Kernels did not get another hit the rest of the game.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a double. Helman was 1-for-4 and is batting .355.
Tyler Watson struck out seven in six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and no walks. Calvin Faucher pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one. Rickey Ramirez struck out two in a perfect inning.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Andro Cutura)
6:00 Elizabethton (Austin Schulfer) at Princeton