Good day for Griffin Jax.  Good day for Austin Schulfer, too.  Spencer Steer stole home.  Edouard Julien with a big hit for the Mighty Mussels.

ST. PAUL 6, IOWA 1 IN ST. PAUL

Already leading 2-1, the Saints scored three in the fifth to take control of the game.

Batting stars:  Ryan Jeffers was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his second), a walk, and two RBIs.  Joe Kerrigan was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Brent Rooker was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a walk.

Pitching stars:  Griffin Jax pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks and striking out four.  Lewis Thorpe pitched three shutout innings, giving up a walk and striking out two.  Cody Stashak struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition star:  Abiatal Avelino was 2-for-5.

Stats:  The Saints had no .300 hitter in the game.  Tomas Telis went 1-for-4 and is batting .296.  Jax has an ERA of 1.80.  Thorpe has an ERA of zero.  Stashak has an ERA of zero.

Nick Gordon was 0-for-4 and is batting zero.  Damek Tomscha was 1-for-4 and is batting .143.  Kerrigan is batting .167.

Record:  The Saints are 3-5, in fifth place, 2.5 games behind Columbus.

WICHITA 1, AMARILLO 0 IN WICHITA

Jose Miranda hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth to bring home the game's only run.

Batting stars:  None.  The Wind Surge had three hits.

Pitching stars:  Austin Schulfer pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out two.  Ryan Mason retired all five batters he faced, striking out one.  Tom Hackimer struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition star:  Ryan Weiss struck out seven in six no-hit innings, giving up just a walk.  He threw 76 pitches.

Stats:  Roy Morales was 0-for-2 and is batting .417.  Miranda was 0-for-3 and is batting .371.  Aaron Whitefield was 0-for-4 and is batting .343.  Peter Mooney was 1-for-3 and is batting .308.  Mason has an ERA of zero.  Hackimer has an ERA of zero.

Gilberto Celestino was 0-for-3 and is batting .148.  Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-3 and is batting .192.  Schulfer has an ERA of 5.68, but at least is headed in the right direction.

Record:  The Wind Surge is 6-2, in first place, a half game ahead of Northwest Arkansas.

QUAD CITIES 2, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN QUAD CITIES

A wild pitch in the seventh broke a 1-1 tie.

Batting stars:  Spencer Steer was 1-for-3 with two walks and steal of home.  It appears to have been a straight steal.

Pitching stars:  Blayne Enlow struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.  Owen Griffith struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Jimmy Govern was 2-for-3.  Eric Cole was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Drew Parrish pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out five.

Stats:  Steer is batting .348.  Gabe Snyder was 0-for-4 and is batting .318.  Matt Wallner was 0-for-4 and is batting .310.  Melvi Acosta gave up one run in two innings and has an ERA of 1.42.  Enlow has an ERA of 2.00.

Michael Helman was 1-for-4 and is batting .071.  Chris Williams was 0-for-2 and is batting .125.  Wander Javier is 0-for-4 and is batting .167.  Griffith has an ERA of 5.40.

Record:  The Kernels are 5-3, tied for second with Wisconsin, a half game behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS 6, CLEARWATER 5 IN FORT MYERS

Edouard Julien's two-run single in the sixth gave the Mighty Mussels a 6-5 lead.

Batting stars:  Keoni Cavaco was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Aaron Sabato was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.  Julien was 2-for-4 with three RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Ryan Shreve struck out five in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Anthony Escobar pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk and striking out one.  Osiris German pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Hunter Markwardt was 2-for-4.  Casey Martin was 2-for-5 with a double.  Baron Radcliff was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.

Starter:  Regi Grace pitched 2.1 innings, allowing five runs on five hits and a walk and striking out one.

Stats:  Cavaco is batting .355.  Julien is batting .320.  Yunior Severino was 1-for-4 and is batting .308.  Escobar has an ERA of zero.  Shreve has an ERA of 1.93.

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 1-for-4 and is batting .138.  Sabato is batting .154.  Charles Mack was 1-for-4 and is batting .154.  Jeferson Morales was 1-for-4 and is batting .188.  Grace has an ERA of 7.71.  German has an ERA of 7.94.

Record:  The Mighty Mussels are 4-4, tied for second with Bradenton, Clearwater, and Lakeland, two games behind Tampa.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Clearwater at Fort Myers (Miguel Rodriguez)
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson) at Quad Cities
7:05  Iowa at St. Paul (Bailey Ober)
7:05  Amarillo at Wichita (Dakota Chalmers)