Minor Details: Games of July 15

Big days for Christian Encarnacion-Strand and DaShawn Keirsey, Jr.  Kody Funderburk pitches really well.

TOLEDO 7, ST. PAUL 3 IN ST. PAUL

The Mud Hens scored three in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.

Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Jake Cave was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs.

Starter Aaron Sanchez pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and no walks and striking out four.

The Saints are 41-46, in eighth place in the International League West, a half-game behind seventh-place Indianapolis, twelve games behind Nashville.

WICHITA 9, ARKANSAS 2 IN WICHITA

Christian Encarncaion-Strand broke a 1-1 tie with a fifth-inning home run (as first reported by hungry joe) and the Wind Surge added five in the sixth.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 4-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fifth) and two runs.
Encarnacion-Strand was 2-for-3 with two home runs, two walks, and four RBIs.
Chris Williams was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his fourteenth and fifteenth) and a walk.

Kody Funderburk struck out eight in six innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Steven Cruz struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk.

The Wind Surge is 9-7, tied for first with Arkansas in the Texas League North.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, BELOIT 2 IN BELOIT

Aaron Sabato homered in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie.

Sabato was 2-for-4 with a home run (his tenth) and two runs.

Sean Mooney struck out nine in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and no walks.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out four in two perfect innings.
Bobby Milacki pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

The Kernels are 10-9, in third place in the Midwest League West, two games behind second-place Wisconsin, four games behind South Bend.

FORT MYERS 6, CLEARWATER 1 IN FORT MYERS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Carlos Aguiar hit a three-run homer in the second and the Mighty Mussels never trailed.

Aguiar was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer (his sixth) and two runs.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a double, and two runs.

Marco Raya struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Malik Barrington struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.

FORT MYERS 7, CLEARWATER 4, IN FORT MYERS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Mighty Mussels scored three in the first and four in the third.

Noah Miller was 3-for-3 with a walk.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and a walk.
Mikey Perez was 2-for-3 with two doubles.

Mike Paredes pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks and striking out three.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one walk.

The Mighty Mussels are 7-9, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, one game behind third-place Dunedin, four games behind Bradenton and Tampa.