A big day for Mark Contreras. Christian Encarnacion-Strand keeps hitting. So does Yunior Severino. A big day for Keoni Cavaco.
INDIANAPOLIS 5, ST. PAUL 3 IN INDIANAPOLIS
The Indians scored three in the fourth to break a 2-2 tie.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his ninth and tenth) and three RBIs.
Elliot Soto was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Starter Cole Sands pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out six.
Ariel Jurado retired all ten men he faced, striking out three.
Jake Petricka struck out two in a perfect inning.
The Saints are 43-48, in eighth place in the International League West, a half-game behind seventh-place Indianapolis, 11.5 games behind Nashville.
TULSA 3, WICHITA 0 IN TULSA
The Drillers scored one in the second and two in the fifth.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand was 2-for-4.
Kody Funderburk struck out five in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and one walk.
Bryan Sammons pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Andrew Cabezas pitched a scoreless innings, giving up one hit and one walk and striking out one.
Osiris German struck out two in a perfect inning.
The Wind Surge is 12-9, in second place in the Texas League North, one game behind Springfield.
PEORIA 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 7 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
The Chiefs led 7-2 through four and a half innings.
Yunior Severino was 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Aaron Sabato was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer (his twelfth) and two runs.
Alerick Soularie was 0-for-2 with three walks and two runs.
Starter David Festa pitched four innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits and two walks and striking out three.
Tyler Palm pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
The Kernels are 12-12, tied for second with Wisconsin in the Midwest League West, five games behind South Bend. The Kernels won the first-half championship.
FORT MYERS 6, DUNEDIN 3 IN DUNEDIN (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME--7 INNINGS)
The Mighty Mussels scored three in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3.
Keoni Cavaco was 2-for-4 with a home run (his seventh) and three RBIs.
Starter Steve Hajjar pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on one hit and one walk and striking out one.
Mike Paredes pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks and striking out three.
Anthony Escobar pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks.
FORT MYERS 3, DUNEDIN 2 IN DUNEDIN (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)
The Mighty Mussels scored single runs in the first, third, and sixth.
Keoni Cavaco was 2-for-3 with a home run (his eighth) and two RBIs.
LaRon Smith was 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Mikey Perez was 1-for-3 with a home run, his seventh.
Travis Adams struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on six hits and no walks.
Niklas Rimmel pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
The Mighty Mussels are 10-11, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, two percentage points behind third-place Dunedin, four games behind Tampa. The Mighty Mussels won the first-half championship.