Minor Details: Games of August 14

Trevor Larncah, Alex Kirilloff, and Royce Lewis led the Blue Wahoos.  Yeltsin Encarnacion had a big homer for the Miracle.

INDIANAPOLIS 5, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER

The Red Wings were down 5-1 through eight, but scored a couple of late runs to make it look better.  Wynston Sawyer was 4-for-4.  Zander Weil was 1-for-4 with a home run, his twenty-first.  Preston Guilmet struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Ryan O'Rourke struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  The Red Wings are 60-61, tied for third, five games back.

PENSACOLA 9, CHATTANOOGA 7 IN PENSACOLA

The Blue Wahoos scored four in the first and five in the sixth to take a 9-2 lead, then held on.  Trevor Larnach was 3-for-4.  Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eighth), two runs, and two RBIs.  Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-5.  Bryan Sammons pitched six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks and striking out three.  Brusdar Graterol pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.  His ERA is 1.78.  The Blue Wahoos are 26-24, in third place, six games back.

FORT MYERS 2, ST. LUCIE 1 IN FORT MYERS

Yeltsin Encarnacion homered in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie.  Jacob Pearson was 3-for-4 with a home run.  Encarnacion was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Tyler Watson struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks.  Johan Quezada pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Moises Gomez retired all five men he faced, four of them by strikeout.  The Miracle is 28-26, in fourth place, 10.5 games back.

WISCONSIN 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN WISCONSIN

The Kernels tied it with a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth, but Yeison Coca's infield single in the bottom of the ninth won it for the Timber Rattlers.  Daniel Ozoria was 2-for-2.  Jose Martinez struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Dylan Thomas pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and striking out one.  The Kernels are 29-22, in third place, five games back.

ELIZABETHTON TWINS

No game scheduled.

GCL BRAVES AT GCL TWINS

Rained out.

DSL ANGELS 4, DSL TWINS 3 AT ANGELS

The Angels scored twice in the fifth on bases-loaded walks to break a 2-2 tie.  Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Luis Baez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  He is batting .319.  Misael Urbina was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Luciano De La Cruz pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.  Moises Causado struck out two in a perfect inning.  The Twins are 20-36, in eighth place, 18.5 games back.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Twins at GCL Braves
Game 2  GCL Braves at GCL Twins
9:30  DSL Yankees at DSL Twins
5:30  Elizabethton at Danville
6:00  St. Lucie at Fort Myers
6:05  Rochester at Indianapolis
6:35  Chattanooga at Pensacola
7:05  Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin