SAINTS 5, RED WINGS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Mark Contreras hit a three-run homer in the first.

Contreras was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fourth), a walk, and two runs.

Louie Varland struck out eight in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.
Cole Sands struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.
Jorge Alcala pitched a scoreless inning and struck out one.

WIND SURGE 12, CARDINALS 11 IN WICHITA

Trailing 8-7, Wichita scored five in the eighth, then held on as Springfield scored three in the ninth.

Jake Rucker was 3-for-5 with three RBIs.
Pat Winkel was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), two runs, and four RBIs.

Starter Aaron Rozek pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks and striking out five.
Alex Scherff pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out one.

KERNELS 5, WHITECAPS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Tanner Schobel hit a three-run homer in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie.

Schobel's home run was his third.
Misael Urbina hit a home run, his first.

Alejandro Hidalgo pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks and striking out one.
Mike Paredes pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.
John Stankiewicz struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, TORTUGAS 1 IN DAYTONA

Trailing 1-0, Ricardo Olivar hit a grand slam for Fort Myers.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a double.
Olivar hit a grand slam, his second homer.

Starter Jose Olivares pitched just one inning, giving up one run on a hit and a walk.  It appears that he was removed due to a rain dealy.
Ben Ethridge struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Zach Veen struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Samuel Perez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up on hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:05  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 0-2, 9.00) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (Zebby Matthews, 2-0, 3.57) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 6.75)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (TBD)

RED WINGS 7, SAINTS 2 IN ROCHESTER

Rochester scored three in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.

Jair Camargo hit a home run.  No St. Paul batter had more than one hit.

Jose De Leon pitched four innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks and striking out four.
Connor Sadzeck struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Patrick Murphy struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

CARDINALS 10, WIND SURGE 0 IN WICHITA

Matt Koperniak hit a two-run homer in a five-run fifth that broke a scoreless tie.

Wichita had just one hit, a single by Yoyner Fajardo in the fourth inning.

Travis Adams pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and striking out three.
Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WHITECAPS 10, KERNELS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Already leading 5-0, West MIchigan scored five in the ninth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  That's two of the three Cedar Rapids hits.

Jordan Carr struck out seven in five innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and a walk.
John Wilson retired the only man he faced.

TORTUGAS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN DAYTONA

Cade Hunter homered in the eighth to break a 5-5 tie.

Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with two triples.

Cory Lewis struck out nine in 4.2 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk.
A. J. Labas retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:05  St. Paul (Louie Varland, 1-0, 5.59) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (TBD) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-1, 1.59)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 0-1, 14.21)