Spencer Steer leads a home run barrage for the Saints. Aaron Sabato is heating up for the Kernels. Sean Mooney and Pierson Ohl rack up the strikeouts.
ST. PAUL 16, IOWA 7 IN IOWA
It was 6-5 Saints through five, but St. Paul scored ten runs in the last four innings.
Spencer Steer was 3-for-4 with three home runs (his fourth, fifth, and sixth), a walk, five runs, and five RBIs.
Caleb Hamilton was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth), a walk, and five RBIs.
Michael Helman was 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his fifth and sixth), a walk, and four RBIs.
Tim Beckham was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second), a walk, and two runs.
John Andreoli was 1-for-3 with two walks.
Starter J. C. Ramirez pitched two innings, giving up three runs on three hits and two walks and striking out one.
Austin Schulfer pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Wladimir Pinto struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up three walks.
The Saints are 24-29, in ninth place in the International League West, one game behind eighth-place Iowa, ten games behind Nashville.
WICHITA 5, FRISCO 3 IN WICHITA
Ernie Yake hit a three-run double in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie.
Chris Williams was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fifth.
Matt Wallner was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Simeon Woods Richardson struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks.
Alex Scherff struck out two in a perfect inning.
Osiris German struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
The Wind Surge is 30-19, in first place in the Texas League North, 1.5 games ahead of Tulsa.
CEDAR RAPIDS 9, LANSING 3 IN LANSING
Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered in the fifth to break a 3-3 tie.
Aaron Sabato was 3-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a double, two runs, and three RBIs.
Encarnacion-Strand was 3-for-5 with a home run (his tenth), two doubles, and three runs.
Kennie Taylor was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Jeferson Morales was 2-for-5 with a double.
Starter Aaron Rozek pitched four innings, giving up three runs on three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Sean Mooney struck out ten in four shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk.
Bradley Hanner pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
The Kernels are 33-18, in first place in the Midwest League West, two games ahead of Wisconsin.
TAMPA 6, FORT MYERS 5 IN FORT MYERS (GAME 1--8 INNINGS)
The Mighty Mussels led 4-0 through five, but the Tarpons tied it 4-4 in the seventh and won it in the eighth.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 1-for-2 with a home run (his ninth) and two walks.
Ariel Jurado struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
FORT MYERS 7, TAMPA 1 IN FORT MYERS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
The Mighty Mussels scored five in the first.
Mikey Perez was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs.
Luis Baez was 2-for-3 with two runs.
Kala'i Rosario was 1-for-1 with a double and two walks.
Pierson Ohl struck out nine in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks.
Jackson Hicks pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Juan Mendez struck out two in a perfect inning.
The Mighty Mussels are 34-16, in first place in the Florida State League West, eight games ahead of Clearwater.