All games were played Sunday except the FCL game, which was played Monday.

NORFOLK TIDES 10, ST. PAUL SAINTS 4 IN ST. PAUL

Coby Mayo homered in the first inning to give Norfolk a 1-0 lead.  The Saints roared back in the second, as a Patrick Winkel grand slam gave them a 4-1 lead.  From there, though, it was all Norfolk.  TT Bowens hit a three-run homer in the third to tie it up.  Vimael Machin hit an RBI double in the fourth to give Norfolk a 5-4 lead.  Homers by Bowens and Livan Soto were part of a four-run fifth that put the game out of reach.  St. Paul did not get a hit after the fourth inning.

Batters:  Patrick Winkel was 2-for-4 with a grand slam, his third homer.

Pitchers:  Starter Darren McCaughan struck out five in 4.1 innings, but allowed nine runs (eight earned) on eleven hits and a walk.  Ryan Jensen struck out five in 2.1 perfect innings.  Anthony Misiewicz struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opponents:  TT Bowens was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh), a walk, and five RBIs.  Vimael Machin was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two runs, and an RBI.  Luis Vazquez was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Coby Mayo was 2-for-5 with a home run, his eighth.  Livan Soto was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Houston Roth pitched 2.2 perfect innings, striking out two.  Kade Strowd struck out two and walked three in two shutout innings.

Stats:  Matt Wallner .417/1.462.  Patrick Winkel .308/.859.  Mike Ford .846.  Anthony Prato .823.

Record:  25-23, sixth, 4.5 games behind Nashville.

SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS 3, WICHITA WIND SURGE 2 IN SAN ANTONIO

Cody Roberts singled home a run in the fourth.  Aaron Sabato came back with a two-run homer in the fifth to give Wichita the lead.  It looked like it might hold up, but an error allowed the tying run to score in the seventh and an error allowed the go-ahead run to score in the eighth.  Wichita did not get a hit after the sixth inning.

Batters:  Kyler Fedco was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Aaron Sabato was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk.

Pitchers:  Trent Baker struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.  Mike Paredes pitched 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and no walks and striking out one.

Opponents:  Anthony Villar was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Romeo Sanabria was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Marcos Castanon was 2-for-4 with a double.  Victor Lazarraga pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks and striking out two.

Stats:  Kyler Fedco, .902.  Aaron Sabato, .876.  Mike Paredes, 2.25.  Trent Baker, 2.27.

Record:  23-22, tied for third with Northwest Arkansas, one game behind Arkansas and Springfield.

FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 4, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 1 IN FORT WAYNE

A single and three walks plated a run for Fort Wayne in the second and two walks, a hit batsman, and a sacrifice fly brought home one in the third.  Fort Wayne added two in the sixth.  The lone Cedar Rapids run scored in the seventh on a Jaime Ferrer RBI double.  That was the last Kernels hit.

Batters:  None.  Cedar Rapids had two hits.

Pitchers:  Alejandro Hidalgo struck out three in three innings, but gave up two runs on one hit and six walks.  Samuel Perez pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Jacob Wosinski pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Kade Bragg pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.  Cedar Rapids pitchers walked ten and hit one.

Opponents:  Jose Sanabria was 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Jack Costello was 2-for-3 with a run.  Eric Yost struck out eight in 6.1 innings, giving up one run on one hit and two walks.

Stats:  Nate Baez .340/.931.  Kaelen Culpepper .315/.924.  Kade Bragg 2.89.  Cole Percival 3.09.  Samuel Perez 3.38.  Jacob Wosinski 3.47.

Record:  25-19, second, 2.5 games behind Quad Cities.

LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS 15, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 12 IN LAKELAND

Lakeland broke a scoreless tie in a big way, scoring five in the third on a two-run inside-the-park homer by Bryce Rainer and a three-run homer by Stephen Hrustich.  Rayne Doncon homered in the fourth to get Fort Myers on the board and Angel Del Rosario hit a two-run homer in a three-run fifth that cut the lead to 5-4.  Lakeland responded with a six-run bottom of the fifth, with half the runs coming on a three-run homer by Sergio Tapia.  Jefferson Valladares homered in the sixth, but Lakeland once again responded, getting three runs in the bottom of the sixth on four walks, a hit batsman, and a sacrifice fly to go ahead 14-5.  To their credit, the Mussels didn't give up, as Dameury Pena hit a two-run single in a five-run eighth that made the score 14-10.  Rainer hit an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth that made it 15-10, but Fort Myers once again tried to come back.  Peyton Carr hit a two-run homer in the ninth, but that was as much as they could do, and the comeback fell three runs short.

Batters:  Rayne Doncon was 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and two RBIs.  Dameury Pena was 3-for-6 with a run and two RBIs.  Jefferson Valladares was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and three runs.  Peyton Carr was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer (his second) and two runs.  Angel Del Rosario was 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and three RBIs.

Pitchers:  Starter Michael Ross struck out five in four innings but allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hit and a walk.  Brennan Oxford struck out three and walked two in two shutout innings.

Opponents:  Bryce Rainer was 3-for-5 with a home run (his fifth), a double, a walk, two runs, and four RBIs.  Stephen Hrustich was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a walk, and two runs.  Woody Hadeen was 2-for-5 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.  Sergio Tapia was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, two walks, and three runs.

Stats:  Rayne Doncon .344/.869.  Maddux Houghton .805.  Ivran Romero 2.21.

Record:  20-25, sixth (last), 6.5 games behind Lakeland.

FCL PIRATES 2, FCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)

Kendrick Herrera singled home a run in the third.  Irvin Nunez tied it with an RBI single in the fifth, but Jonathan Rivero tripled leading off the bottom of the fifth and scored on a balk.  And that was it.  The Twins got men to first and second in the sixth, but their last five men were retired.

Batters:  Luis Fragoza was 2-for-3.

Pitchers:  Starter Hendry Chivilli pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out one.  Liam Rocha struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Richard Ramirez was 2-for-3 with a double.  Carlson Reed pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one.  Levi Sterling struck out six in three innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.

Stats:  Irvin Nunez .300/.831.  Bryan Acuna .813.  Liam Rocha 0.00.  Hendry Chivilli 1.42.

Record:  9-7, tied for second with the Orioles, two games behind the Rays.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Orioles at FCL Twins (2)
6:05  Bradenton at Fort Myers--no starters listed
6:35  Lake County (Josh Hartle, 4-1, 2.55) at Cedar Rapids (Tanner Hall, 2-2, 4.59)
6:35  St. Paul (Cory Lewis, 1-4, 9.72) at Omaha (TBD)
7:05  Tulsa (TBD) at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 2-1, 3.99)