Good pitching from Scott Diamond (two out of three good outings), Sean Gilmartin, and David Hurlbut. The fifth homer of the season for Chris Parmelee and Kennys Vargas. A frustrating night for Fort Myers.
ROCHESTER 6, LOUISVILLE 1 IN ROCHESTER
Batting stars: Chris Parmelee was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a home run, his fifth. Deibinson Romero was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.
Pitching stars: Scott Diamond struck out six in 6.2 innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks. A. J. Achter retired all seven men he faced with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Jason Bourgeois was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Skip Schumaker was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.
The game: Rochester got two in the first and one of the second to go up 3-0. That was more than enough for Diamond, who did not even allow Louisville to threaten until the sixth, when back-to-back doubles plated the lone Bat run. In the sixth, Parmelee homered and Brad Nelson hit an RBI double to give the Red Wings a 5-1 lead and control of the game.
Of note: Doug Bernier was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run. Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a run. Oswaldo Arcia was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Eric Farris was 1-for-1 with a double and a run. Rochester had eight hits, but no one had more than one.
NEW BRITAIN 4, NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Kennys Vargas was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, his fifth. Nate Hanson was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second. Kenny Wilson was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching stars: Sean Gilmartin struck out eight in six innings, giving up one run on three hits and four walks. Daniel Turpen struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Adrian Salcedo struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition star: Scott Gracey struck out two in two shutout innings, allowing a walk.
The game: Hanson homered in the first to give New Britain a 1-0 lead. It stayed 1-0 until the sixth, when two walks, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly allowed New Hampshire to tie the score. The Rock Cats came right back in the bottom of the sixth, as Tony Thomas doubled and scored on a Wilson single, which was followed by a two-out two-run homer by Vargas. The Fisher Cats put the tying run on base in both the eighth and the ninth, but could not catch up.
Of note: Tony Thomas was 1-for-3 with a double and a run. New Britain had six hits, but no man had more than one.
PALM BEACH 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN PALM BEACH (14 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Levi Michael was 2-for-6 with two doubles and a walk, scoring once. Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-7 with a double.
Pitching stars: David Hurlbut pitched six innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks with two strikeouts. Tim Shibuya struck out four in 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. Steven Gruver struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Anthony Garcia was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run (his fifth), driving in two. Jacob Wilson was 2-for-6 with a double and a run. Starlin Rodriguez was 3-for-5.
The game: Most of the scoring came early. Garcia homered in the second to give Palm Beach a 1-0 lead. Jorge Polanco singled in Michael in the third to tie it at one. A pair of doubles in the fourth gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead. It stayed there until the eighth, when a walk, a double, and a ground out tied the score. Fort Myers had numerous threats, but could not get another run. Finally, in the fourteenth, Breyvic Valera singled, went to second on a hit batsman, took third on a bunt, and scored on a sacrifice fly to end the game.
Of note: Polanco was 1-for-6 with a walk and an RBI. Mike Gonzales was 0-for-3 with a walk. Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. Max Kepler was 1-for-5 with a walk. Fort Myers stranded sixteen runners.
PEORIA 12, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Batting stars: Logan Wade was 3-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in one. Jason Kanzler was 2-for-5 with a home run.
Pitching stars: Todd Van Steensel struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Brandon Bixler struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up only a walk.
Opposition stars: Juan Herrera was 3-for-5 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in three. Kenneth Peoples-Walls was 3-for-4 with a home run and a walk, scoring three times and driving in two. Kevin Herget struck out seven in three shutout innings, allowing three hits and three walks.
The game: Peoria scored single runs in each of the first two innings, then a Herrera triple keyed a three-run third to make it 5-0. Cedar Rapids got two in the bottom of the third, but a seven-run fourth put the game out of reach early. The Chiefs batted twelve in the inning. They had a man on first with two out, but then came a single, a triple, a single, a walk, a single, two more walks, and another single before the third out was recorded.
Of note: Chad Christensen was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Mitch Garver was 0-for-4 with a walk. Zach Larson was 0-for-5. Starter Felix Jorge pitched three innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits and a walk with one strikeout.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Louisville (Chien-Ming Wang, 2-3, 4.67) at Rochester (Yohan Pino, 4-0, 1.17)
5:35 Fort Myers (Alex Wimmers, 3-0, 2.20) at Palm Beach (Kyle Helisek, 0-1, 1.59)
5:35 New Hampshire (Aaron Sanchez, 1-1, 2.10) at New Britain (Pat Dean, 2-1, 3.51)
6:35 Peoria (Blake McKnight, 1-0, 7.71) at Cedar Rapids (Aaron Slegers, 2-0, 3.14)