New Britain continues to struggle while the Miguel Sano saga reaches a fourth straight day. Rochester gets another gem to win its second straight in a battle for the final wild card spot. Kennys Vargas goes deep twice as Ft. Myers walks off with some help.
ROCHESTER 4, NORFOLK 2 IN ROCHESTER
Batting Stars: Deibinson Romero had a double, a single and an RBI; Antoan Richardson had a single and a walk and scored 2 runs; James Beresford tripled and singled.
Pitching Stars: Logan Darnell gave up 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk with 8 strikeouts in 7 innings; Michael Tonkin retired all four batters he faced, 2 on strikeouts.
Key Inning: The fifth. The Red Wings scored 2 runs to take a 4-1 lead. Eduardo Escobar had an RBI single and Chris Parmelee (o-for-3) had a sacrifice fly.
"Prospect Watch": Oswaldo Arcia was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
READING 12, NEW BRITAIN 3 IN READING
Batting Star: Eddie Rosario was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
Pitching Stars: None.
Key Inning: The fifth. Reading scored 5 runs to take an 8-1 lead and knock D.J. Baxendale out of the game. Rosario had a throwing error on a possible double-play ball with the bases loaded and no outs, which allowed the first two runs to score. Tyler Henson, Anthony Hewitt and Albert Cartwright added RBI singles in the inning.
"Prospect" Watch: Miguel Sano was benched for disciplinary reasons for the fourth straight game; Baxendale gave up 7 earned runs in 4 innings on 10 hits and 2 walks; Danny Santana was 2-for-5; Josmil Pinto was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
FT. MYERS 12, CLEARWATER 11 IN FT. MYERS
Batting Stars: Kennys Vargas had 2 home runs, 3 walks and 6 RBIs; Stephen Wickens had 2 hits, a walk and 2 sacrifice flies; Mike Kvasnicka had 2 doubles, a walk, an RBI and 2 runs scored; J.D. Williams was 3-for-5 with a walk and 3 runs scored.
Pitching Stars: None.
Key Inning: The ninth. Clearwater scored 2 runs to tie the game. The tying run scored on a 2-out triple by Harold Martinez. The winning run scored in the bottom of the inning on a 2-out error with the bases loaded on a ball hit by Mike Kvasnicka to first baseman Brock Stassi.
"Prospect" Watch: Byron Buxton was 0-for-5 with a walk and 2 strikeouts; Levi Michael was 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout; Tyler Duffy allowed 5 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings on 7 hits and 3 walks.
CEDAR RAPIDS 5, CLINTON 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting Star: Max Kepler was 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and 2 RBIs.
Pitching Stars: Tim Atherton allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 8 strikeouts; Hudson Boyd pitched 2 hitless innings on 1 walk and no strikeouts.
Key Inning: The seventh. The Kernels scored 2 runs to take a 3-2 lead. Tyler Grimes' RBI double tied the game and Jeremias Pineda's RBI single put the Kernels ahead.
"Prospect" Watch: Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI; Travis Harrison was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout; Jorge Polanco was 1-for-3 with a walk; Niko Goodrum was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
ELIZABETHTON 8, JOHNSON CITY 0 IN JOHNSON CITY
Batting Stars: Bryan Haar double 3 times; Rory Rhodes was 3-for-5 with a double and 2 RBIs; Javier Pimentel was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI; Logan Wade homered and singled.
Pitching Star: Randy Rosario allowed 6 hits and no walks in 7 innings with 9 strikeouts.
Key Inning: The second. The Twins scored their first 2 runs of the game on an RBI double by Jake Proctor and an RBI single by Ryan Walker.
"Prospect" Watch: Zach Granite (I really love that name) was 0-for-5.
GCL TWINS AT GCL RED SOX
Postponed.
DSL TWINS 3, DSL ORIOLES(1) 0 AT DSL TWINS
Batting Star: Joel Ramirez was 2-for-3 with a double and 2 runs scored.
Pitching Stars: Alexis Tapia gave up 1 hit and 1 walk with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings; Ramses Herrera gave up 1 hit and 2 walks in 3 innings.
Key Inning: The third: The Twins scored the first 2 runs of the game on a wild pitch and an RBI groundout by Frank Encarnacion.