Four pitchers carry Wichita. Trey Cabbage hits the winning homer for Cedar Rapids. Three pitchers carry Fort Myers.
ST. PAUL AT LOUISVILLE
Rained out. Will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader.
WICHITA 2, ARKANSAS 1 IN WICHITA
The Wind Surge took a 2-1 lead in the third and the pitching did the rest.
Batting stars: B. J. Boyd was 2-for-3 with a walk. Mark Contreras was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Chris Vallimont pitched four innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks and striking out three. Hector Lujan struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits. Alex Phillips struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk. Brandon Koch pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Opposition stars: Brian O'Keefe was 3-for-4. Joe Rizzo was 2-for-5. Holden Laws pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.
Good stats: Boyd is batting .700. Jose Miranda was 1-for-4 and is batting .316. Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-2 and is batting .310. Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-4 and is batting .309. Koch has an ERA of 1.17. Lujan has an ERA of 1.69. Phillips has an ERA of 2.77.
Bad stats: Peter Mooney is batting .197.
Record: The Wind Surge is 15-10, in first place in the AA Central-North, one game ahead of Tulsa.
CEDAR RAPIDS 7, FORT WAYNE 4 IN FORT WAYNE
Trey Cabbage hit a three-run homer in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.
Batting stars: Cabbage was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fourth), a walk, and two runs. Max Smith was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Jair Camargo was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourth), a walk, and two runs.
Pitching star: Jonathan Cheshire retired all four men he faced, striking out two.
Opposition stars: Seamus Curran was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and two RBIs. Sam Williams struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.
Starter: Tyler Beck pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out two.
Good stats: Beck has an ERA of 2.84.
Bad stats: Smith raised his average to .154. Michael Helman was 0-for-4 and is batting .182. Wander Javier was 0-for-4 and is batting .186. Alex Isola was 0-for-2 and is batting .196. Cheshire lowered his ERA to 9.00.
Record: The Kernels are 11-14, in fifth place in the High-A Central-West, 4.5 games behind Quad Cities.
FORT MYERS 1, ST. LUCIE 0 IN FORT MYERS
The game's lone run scored on a double play in the seventh. Three Mighty Mussels pitchers allowed a total of two hits, both by the same player.
Batting stars: Kyle Schmidt was 1-for-2 with a walk and scored the run. Anthony Prato was 0-for-1 with two walks.
Pitching stars: Regi Grace pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and four walks and striking out three. Matthew Swain struck out six in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk. Juan Pichardo struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Opposition stars: Joe Suozzi was 2-for-4 with a double. Oscar Rojas pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out four.
Good stats: Schmidt is batting .353. Pichardo has an ERA of 0.82.
Bad stats: Justin Washington was 0-for-3 and is batting .095. Aaron Sabato was 1-for-3 and is batting .145. Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 0-for-3 and is batting .160. Misael Urbina was 0-for-4 and is batting .194. Jeferson Morales was 0-for-3 and is batting .197. Swain lowered his ERA to 7.53.
Record: The Mighty Mussels are 12-13, tied for third with Clearwater and Lakeland in the low-A Southeast-West, six games behind Tampa.
TODAY'S TILTS
6:00 St. Paul (Charlie Barnes) at Louisville
6:00 St. Lucie at Fort Myers (Sawyer Gipson-Long)
6:05 Cedar Rapids (Kody Funderburk) at Fort Wayne
7:05 Arkansas at Wichita (Austin Schulfer)