CUBS 3, SAINTS 2 IN IOWA

Edwin Rios hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give Iowa a 3-1 lead.  St. Paul got the tying run to first base in the ninth.

Gilberto Celestino hit a home run, his second.
Trevor Larnach hit a home run, his seventh.

Randy Dobnak pitched four innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks and striking out three.
Ronny Henriquez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Patrick Murphy struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.

DRILLERS 5, WIND SURGE 4 IN TULSA (11 INNINGS)

Jose Ramos hit a two-run homer in the eighth to tie it 3-3.  Each team scored once in the tenth.  Eddys Leonard delivered a walkoff single.

Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5.

David Festa struck out three in two innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.  He is playing in the Futures Game, which may be why he only pitched two innings.
Pierson Ohl struck out nine in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits.

KERNELS 4, RIVER BANDITS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Noah Cardenas hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Cedar Rapids a 3-0 lead.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth), a double, and two RBIs.
Cardenas hit a two-run homer, his second.

Zebby Matthews pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out five.
John Stankiewicz pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, HAMMERHEADS 4 IN JUPITER

Carson McCusker hit a two-run homer in a four-run third that gave Fort Myers a 5-3 lead.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5 with a double.
McCusker hit a two-run homer, his second.

Andrew Morris struck out five in five innings, giving up three unearned runs on four hits.
Danny Moreno struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

FCL BRAVES 4, FCL TWINS 3 AT BRAVES

Trailing 4-1, the Twins scored two in the ninth and had men on first and second when the game ended.

Jankel Ortiz was 2-for-2 with two walks.

Opener Josh Mitchell struck out two in a scoreless inning.
Jacob Wosinski pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out four.

DSL TWINS AT DSL NATIONALS

Rained out.  The game will be made up on August 5.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 0-4, 2.58) at Jupiter
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 2-5, 5.17) at Quad Cities
6:35  Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-4, 5.02) at Tulsa
6:38  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 4-4, 5.40) at Iowa

SAINTS 6, STRIPERS 4 IN ST. PAUL

Trailing 4-0, St. Paul scored four in the sixth and Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Larnach was 2-for-4 with a home run (his sixth), two runs, and three RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his eighth.

Louie Varland pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out five.
Michael Boyle struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Kody Funderburk struck out two in two perfect innings.

NATURALS 7, WIND SURGE 6 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored four in the eighth to take a 6-5 lead, but Tyler Tolbert hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Northwest Arkansas.

Yoyner Fajardo hit a home run, his third.
Yunior Severino hit a three-run homer, his seventeenth.

Aaron Rozek pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out three.

CHIEFS 3, KERNELS 2 IN PEORIA (10 INNINGS)

Cedar Rapids tied it with two in the ninth, but Alex Iadesernia singled home the winning run.

No Cedar Rapids player had more than one hit.

Christian MacLeod struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.
Niklas Rimmel retired all four men he faced, striking out two.
John Wilson struck out two in two perfect innings.

FLYING TIGERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored three in the eighth to tie it, but Jose De La Cruz singled home the winning run in the ninth.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-3.
Carson McCusker was 2-for-5.

Starter Jose Olivares pitched two innings, giving up one run on three hits.
Wilker Reyes pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out two.

FCL BRAVES 7, FCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (6 INNINGS--LIGHTNING)

The Braves scored four in the first and three in the second.

Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double.

Starter Cesar Lares pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks and striking out two.
Juan Mercedes struck out six in 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS

Leading 2-1, the Cardinals scored two in the fifth and two in the seventh.

Dameury Pena was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Eduardo Soriano struck out six in four innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits.
Oscar Paredes struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins and FCL Braves
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Nationals
5:00  Fort Myers (Andrew Morris, 2-1, 3.48) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 1-1, 6.33)
6:35  Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 5.24) at Tulsa
7:08  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-3, 4.62) at Iowa