A bit inning sinks the Saints. A walkoff win for the Wind Surge. Everything happens in threes for the Kernels.
LOUISVILLE 4, ST. PAUL 1 IN LOUISVILLE
The Bats scored all four of their runs in the fourth inning.
Spencer Steer was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.
Elliot Soto was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.
Starter Mario Sanchez pitched 3.1 innings, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks and striking out four.
Ariel Jurado pitched four shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out four.
The Saints are 40-41, in sixth place in the International League West, one game behind fourth-place Omaha and Toledo, eleven games behind Nashville.
WICHITA 6, AMARILLO 4 IN WICHITA (11 INNINGS)
Andrew Bechtold hit a three-run walkoff homer.
Leobaldo Cabrera was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) and a walk.
Bechtold was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer, his ninth.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-5 with a double.
Edouard Julien was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
Blayne Enlow struck out five in four innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and one walk.
Bryan Sammons pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Steven Cruz pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Jordan Gore pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks and striking out one.
The Wind Surge is 5-5, tied for second with Springfield in the Texas League North, one game behind Arkansas.
CEDAR RAPIDS 9, QUAD CITIES 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
The Kernels scored three in the first, three in the fourth, and three in the seventh.
Charles Mack was 2-for-3.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Seth Gray was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer, his tenth.
Jake Rucker was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer and a walk.
Dylan Neuse was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second.
Alerick Soularie was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer, his eighth.
David Festa struck out eight in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks.
Ryan Shreve struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one walk.
The Kernels are 4-8, tied for fifth (last) with Quad Cities in the Midwest League West, 5.5 games behind South Bend and Wisconsin.
TAMPA 5, FORT MYERS 3 IN TAMPA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
Trailing 3-1, the Tarpons scored four in the sixth,
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Mike Paredes pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk and striking out three.
TAMPA 3, FORT MYERS 1 IN TAMPA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
The Tarpons scored one in the first and two in the second.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-2 with a home run (his ninth) and a walk.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with a double.
Malik Barrington pitched three innings, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks and striking out six.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk.
Jackson Hicks struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
The Mighty Mussels are 2-9, in sixth (last) place in the Florida State League West, one game behind fifth-place Clearwater, seven games behind Tampa.