CLIPPERS 2, SAINTS 1 IN COLUMBUS
Chris Roller's two-run double in the second gave Columbus all the runs they needed.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-4.
Edouard Julien was 2-for-4 with a double.
Brent Headrick struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on four hits.
Ronny Henriquez struck out four in two perfect innings.
WIND SURGE 6, TRAVELERS 2 IN WICHITA
Anthony Prato hit a two-run homer in the third to break a scoreless tie. Wichita then scored single runs in innings five through eight.
Armani Smith was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-4.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his third.
Prato hit a two-run homer.
Blayne Enlow struck out ten in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits.
Andrew Cabezas retired all four men he faced, striking out three.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
KERNELS 6, CHIEFS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Emmanuel Rodriguez homered in the third to break a 3-3 tie and Cedar Rapids led the rest of the way.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and a walk.
Jaylin Nowlin pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out four.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
MIGHTY MUSSELS 2, FLYING TIGERS 1 IN LAKELAND
Mikey Perez hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie.
Perez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5.
Starter C. J. Culpepper pitched a perfect inning striking out one. He was removed after a rain dealy.
Ricky Mineo struck out three in 2.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Jarret Whorff pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. That was the only walk any of the Twins' affiliates allowed yesterday.
Zach Veen struck out four in two perfect innings.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Fort Myers (TBD) at Lakeland
6:05 St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 1-4, 5.40) at Columbus
6:35 Peoria at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 3.86(
7:05 Arkansas at Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 4.45)
YARD GOATS 4, SEA DOGS 3 IN HARTFORD
No Yard Goat reached base until Drew Romo hit the first pitch of the bottom of the sixth into the stands by the right field foul pole. One out later, Bret Boswell hit a triple into left-center but was stranded there. The Sea Dogs had a few walks and hits until then but were kept scoreless by Chris McMahon and then Austin Kitchen. The game zipped along with the only traffic being two walks by the Yard Goats in the seventh and a single by the Sea Dogs in the eighth. It was appreciated with first pitch at 7:14 and a school night. A quick fly out started the ninth but Nike Kavadas hit his first pitch into the visiting team's bullpen. That was it for the top half of the inning. The Yard Goats managed a single and a double in the bottom half but the runner was held at third with one out. He stayed there and we went to free baseball. Both scored a single run in the tenth but we left then. I checked the box score later and they again each scored one run in the 11th and the Yard Goats held the Sea Dogs scoreless in the top of the 12th to walk it off with a bunt single and throwing error by the pitcher. Minor league baseball!
Drew Romo was 1-3 with a home run.
Chris McMahon entered the day with a 7.50 ERA but pitched 5.0 innings, striking out 5 with one walk, four hits, and zero runs.
Austin Kitchen pitched 2.1 scoreless innings with three strikeouts at one walk.
Go Go Goats!