All the games were decided late. Well, I suppose technically all games are decided when the last inning ends, but you know what I mean.
ROCHESTER 6, DURHAM 4 IN DURHAM
Zander Weil homered in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie.
Batting stars: Weil was 3-for-5 with a home run, his seventh. Randy Cesar was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, his fourth. Jake Cave was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), scoring twice and driving in two. Tanner English was 1-for-4 with a home run. Jordany Valdespin was 0-for-1 with three walks.
Pitching stars: Zack Littell pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out two. Jake Reed struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Gabriel Moya pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. Preston Guilmet pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opposition star: Christian Arroyo was 3-for-4.
Stats: Valdespin is batting .340.
Record: The Red Wings are 15-24, fifth in the International League North, 7.5 games behind Syracuse.
PENSACOLA 4, MOBILE 3 IN PENSACOLA (10 INNINGS)
Jaylin Davis singled home the deciding run.
Batting stars: Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer (his sixth), a double, and a walk. Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Pitching stars: Brusdar Graterol struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks. Alex Phillips pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk. Tom Hackimer pitched a perfect inning and struck out one. Ryan Mason pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out two.
Opposition star: Jhoan Urena was 2-for-5 with two doubles.
Stats: Blankenhorn is batting .315. Graterol has an ERA of 1.89. Hackimer has an ERA of zero. Mason has an ERA of 1.33.
Record: The Blue Wahoos are 27-17, first in the Southern League South, three games ahead of Biloxi.
ST. LUCIE 8, FORT MYERS 6 IN FORT MYERS
The Cardinals scored four runs in the ninth to overcome a 6-4 deficit.
Batting stars: Lewin Diaz was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh), a double, and a walk, scoring twice. Royce Lewis was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Ryan Jeffers was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his third.
Pitching stars: Johan Quezada pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Anthony Vizcaya struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition star: Manny Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a double.
Stats: Diaz is batting .328. Vizcaya has an ERA of 2.59.
Record: The Miracle is 25-17, second in the Florida State League South, two games behind Palm Beach.
CLINTON 8, CEDAR RAPIDS 7 IN CLINTON
The LumberKings scored four runs in the eighth to overcome a 7-4 deficit.
Batting stars: Chris Williams was 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, and a walk, scoring twice. Gabriel Maciel was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Gilberto Celestino was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer. Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his third) and a walk.
Pitching stars: None.
Opposition star: Will Banfield was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and four RBIs.
Stats: Albee Weiss was 1-for-4 and is batting .364.
Record: The Kernels are 20-23, fifth in the Midwest League Western, eight games behind Quad Cities.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Bradenton at Fort Myers
6:35 Burlington at Cedar Rapids (Luis Rijo, 0-4, 4.02)
6:35 Mobile (Jeremy Beasley, 1-3, 4.70) at Pensacola (Randy Dobnak, 2-0, 2.93)
I'm still excited about Graterol.
He's doing very well. He'll need to learn to work deeper into games, but he's only twenty, so there's still plenty of time for that.