Twins affiliates don't seem to have done very well while I was gone.

SYRACUSE 7, ROCHESTER 5 IN SYRACUSE

A six-run third, highlighted by Tim Tebow's two-run double, turned a 5-1 deficit into a 7-5 victory for Syracuse.

Batting stars:  Wynston Sawyer was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.  John Andreoli was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Adam Rosales was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Zander Weil was 2-for-5 with a double.  Luke Raley was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Randy Cesar was 2-for-5.

Pitching stars:  Fernando Romero struck out four in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Jake Reed struck out three in two perfect innings.

Opposition star:  Tomas Nido was 2-for-3 with a double.

Notes:  Kohl Stewart pitched 2.2 innings, allowing seven runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk and striking out three.

Sawyer is batting .800.  Cesar is batting .333.  Romero's ERA is zero.  Because all the third-inning runs were unearned, Stewart's ERA is 2.25.

Record:  The Red Wings are 1-5, in sixth (last) place, four games behind Syracuse.

PENSACOLA BLUE WAHOOS

No game scheduled.

FORT MYERS 1, DUNEDIN 0 IN FORT MYERS

Lewin Diaz singled home the game's only run with one out in the ninth.

Batting stars:  Diaz was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Randy Dobnak pitched five shutout innings, giving up five hits and one walk and striking out two.  Hector Lujan struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.  Tom Hackimer struck out all four batters he faced.

Opposition star:  Graham Spraker pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.

Notes:  Travis Blankenhorn was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .353.  Dobnak and Blankenhorn each have an ERA of zero.

Record:  Fort Myers is 3-3, tied for third, two games behind Palm Beach.

KANE COUNTY 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

David Garza hit a two-run double in a three-run fifth that put the Cougars up 3-0.

Batting stars:  Chris Williams was 3-for-4.  Trey Cabbage was 3-for-4.  Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-5 with a double.

Pitching star:  Tyler Palm struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.

Opposition star:  Jackson Goddard pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out five.

Notes:  Luis Rijo pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out six.

Cabbage is batting .471.  Williams is batting .375.

Palm has an ERA of 1.29.

Record:  The Kernels are 1-5, in eighth (last) place, three games behind Beloit, Burlington, Kane County, and Wisconsin.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:00  Dunedin (Maximo Castillo, 0-0, 2.25) at Fort Myers (Bryan Sammons, 0-0, 0.00
12:00  Rochester (Sean Poppen) at Syracuse
6:35  Kane County (Ryan Weiss, 0-1, 6.00) at Cedar Rapids (Blayne Enlow, 0-1, 27.00)
6:35  Jacksonville at Pensacola (Jorge Alcala, 1-0, 0.00)