A great game for Andrew Albers. B. J. Boyd leads a big comeback. Matt Canterino and Cody Laweryson have shutdown games.
ST. PAUL 8, INDIANAPOLIS 0 IN INDIANAPOLIS
The Saints scored five runs in the first inning and Andrew Albers took it from there.
Batting stars: Drew Stankiewicz was 2-for-4 with a double. Jose Miranda was 2-for-5 with a home run (his eleventh), a double, and two runs. Mark Contreras was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Pitching stars: Albers pitched eight shutout innings, giving up five hits and no walks and striking out five. Chris Nunn pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Ka'ai Tom was 2-for-4. Shelby Miller struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a walk. Hunter Stratton retired all seven men he faced, striking out two.
Good stats: Miranda is batting .347. Nunn has an ERA of zero.
Bad stats: J. T. Riddle was 1-for-4 and is batting .190.
Record: The Saints are 48-41, in third place in the AAA East/Midwest, 1.5 games behind Omaha.
WICHITA 14, TULSA 8 IN TULSA
The Wind Surge trailed 6-0 and 8-3, but tied it 8-8 after seven and then scored six in the eighth. The six runs came on two-run homers by Chris Williams, B. J. Boyd, and Trey Cabbage.
Batting stars: Jermaine Palacios was 3-for-4 with a home run (his eighteenth), a walk, and three runs. D. J. Burt was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and three runs. Leobaldo Cabrera was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk. B. J. Boyd was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth) and five RBIs. Williams was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third), two walks, two runs, and three RBIs. Cabbage was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his thirteenth) and a walk. Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-5 with a home run (his fourteenth).
Pitching stars: Alex Phillips struck out two in two perfect innings. Zach Neff pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one. Jordan Gore retired all four men he faced, striking out one.
Opposition stars: Justin Yurchak was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Miguel Vargas was 3-for-5 with three runs. Michael Busch was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Starter: Jordan Balazovic pitched 1.2 innings, giving up six unearned runs on six hits and three walks and striking out none.
Good stats: Boyd is batting .313. Gore has an ERA of 2.57.
Bad stats: Phillips has an ERA of 5.93. Adam Lau gave up two runs in 1.1 innings and has an ERA of 6.57.
Record: The Wind Surge is 52-38, in first place in the AA Central/North, four games ahead of Arkansas and Tulsa.
CEDAR RAPIDS 4, PEORIA 1 IN PEORIA
Leading 2-1, the Kernels scored two in the ninth to put it out of reach. Both ninth-inning runs scored on bases-loaded walks.
Batting stars: Michael Helman was 2-for-3 with a home run (his eleventh), a double, a walk, and two runs. Edouard Julien was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks. Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a home run (his ninth), a walk, and two RBIs. Yunior Severino was 2-for-5.
Pitching stars: Matt Canterino struck out eight in three shutout innings, giving up a walk. Cody Laweryson struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Ryan Shreve struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.
Opposition star: Connor Lunn struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks.
Good stats: Severino is batting .424. Anthony Prato was 1-for-3 in his High-A debut and is batting .333. Canterino has an ERA of 0.86.
Bad stats: Laweryson has an ERA of 5.06.
Record: The Kernels are 49-41, in second place in the High-A Central/West, eleven games behind Quad Cities.
FORT MYERS AT BRADENTON
Rained out.
TODAY'S TILTS
No games scheduled.
TUESDAY'S TILTS
5:30 Fort Myers at Dunedin
6:35 Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids
6:35 Wichita at Springfield
7:05 Iowa at St. Paul (completion of suspended game followed by scheduled game)