Home runs carry New Britain to victory.  Fort Myers wins in the tenth.  Elizabethton blows a big lead.

ROCHESTER 7, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 5 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Batting stars:  Chris Colabello was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run (his third), driving in two.  Eric Farris was 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in two.  Chris Herrmann was 1-forr-3 with a double annd two walks, scorrinng onnce.

Pitching stars:  Mark Hamburger pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Michael Tonkin pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  John Ryan Murphy was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, driving in three.  Jose Pirela was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his seventh) and a walk, scoring twice.

The game:  Murphy doubled in two in the first inning to give S/W-B a 2-0 lead.  Farris hit a two-run single to cap a three-run second that put Rochester in front and Colabello homered in a two-run third to make the score 5-2.  Murphy homered in the fifth to make it 5-3, but Colabello doubled in a run in the seventh to put the lead up to 6-3.  PIrela hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to cut the margin to 6-5, but the Red Wings again rose to the challenge, scoring once in the eighth to go up 7-5.  The last nine Railriders were retired.

Of note:  Deibinson Romero was 1-for-5 with a double.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-2 with a walk and a run.  Starter Logan Darnell struck out six in five innings, but gave up three runs on three hits and five walks.

NEW BRITAIN 5, ALTOONA 2 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Brandon Waring was 2-for-4 with a home run (his seventh) and two runs.  Mike Kvasnicka was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fifth) and a walk.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with a home run, his twelfth.

Pitching stars:  Pat Dean pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Cole Johnson retired all four batters he faced.  Lester Oliveros pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Willy Garcia was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Kelson Brown was 2-for-4.

The game:  Garcia doubled and scored in the top of the second, but Kvasnicka hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the second to give New Britain a 2-1 lead.  Rodriguez and Waring each homered in the fourth to make it 4-1.  Each team scored once in the seventh, but Altoona did not bring the tying run up to bat after that.

Of note:  Aaron Hicks was 0-for-2 with two walks.  Eddie Rosario was 1-for-4.  Kennys Vargas was 0-for-4.

FORT MYERS 7, CHARLOTTE 6 IN CHARLOTTE (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Stuart Turner was 3-for-5 with a double and a triple, scoring twice and driving in two.  Lance Ray was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a run.  Aderlin Mejia was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Steven Gruver struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Mason Melotakis struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Maxx Tissenbaum wass 4-for-5 with two doubless, sscoring once and driving in one.  Thomas Coyle was 3-for-5 with a triple and three runs.  Ariel Soriano was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.

The game:  The scoring came early.  Patrick Leonard hit a two-run homer to give Charlotte a 2-0 first-inning lead, Max Kepler hit a two-run single in a three-run second to put Fort Myers up 3-2, and Soriano doubled in a run to tie it at three after two.  RBI singles by Turner and Dalton Hicks gave the Miracle a 5-3 lead in the top of the third, but Coyle tripled and scored in the bottom of the third and Tissenbaum doubled in a run in the fifth to tie it at five.  There was no more scoring until the ninth, when Mejia singled in a run.  Soriano tied it up again with an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth.  In the tenth, Travis Harrison doubled and scored on a Turner triple to give Fort Myers a 7-6 advantage.  Coyle singled and stole second with two out in the bottom of the tenth, but a pair of strikeouts ended the game.

Of note:  Jorge Polanco was 0-for-5.  Mike Gonzales was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Hicks was 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  Kepler was 1-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.  Starter D. J. Baxendale pitched 4.2 innings, giving up five runs on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout.

PEORIA 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA

Batting star:  Zack Granite was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.

Pitching stars:  Brandon Bixler struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Dallas Gallant pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Rob Kaminsky struck out seven in 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks.  Robert Stock retired all seven batters he faced with two strikeouts.  Kenneth Peoples-Walls was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.

The game:  An error brought home a Cedar Rapids run in the first, but four singles produced two runs for Peoria in the bottom of the first.  Peoples-Walls homered in the fourth, and that was it for the scoring.  The Kernels had a man on third in both the third and the fourth, but got only one hit after the fifth inning.

Of note:  Chad Christensen was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-3.  Starter Ethan Mildren struck out five in five innings but gave up three runs on six hits and two walks.

PULASKI 9, ELIZABETHTON 8 IN ELIZABETHTON (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Trey Vavra was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Max Murphy was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Tyler Mautner was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Starter Michael Cederoth pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Dereck Rodriguez pitched two innings, giving up an unearned run on no hits and one walk.

Opposition stars:  Jay Baum was 2-for-3 with three walks, scoring twice and driving in one.  Carlton Tanabe was 3-for-6 with a double and a run.  Ryan Yarbrough struck out four in three shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk.

The game:  Vavra hit a two-run double as part of a five-run first that gave Elizabethton a 5-0 lead.  Mautner doubled in a run in the second, and it looked like smooth sailing for the Twins.  However, the bats fell silent for the next seven innings while Pulaski chipped away at the lead.  The Mariners got one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth to make it 6-4.  Pulaski rallied again in the eighth, and when Gianfranco Wawoe delivered an RBI single the game was tied at eight.  In the tenth, the first two batters were retired, but a strikeout/wild pitch on what should have been the third out opened the floodgates.  The next four batters singled and the Mariners led 9-6.  Elizabethton finally rallied in the bottom of the tenth, getting two singles, a walk, and another single to make the score 9-8 with two men on and one out.  A ground out moved both runners into scoring position, but a popup ended the game.

Of note:  Jeremias Pineda was 2-for-6 with a run and an RBI.  Austin Diemer was 1-for-5 with a double and a run.  Blake Schmit was 1-for-5 with a run.

GCL TWINS 9, GCL ORIOLES 1

Batting stars:  Roberto Gonzalez was 3-for-4 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in three.  Dubal Baez was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in three.  Joel Ramirez was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.

Pitching stars:  Starter Wilfredy Loranzo struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.  Michael Theofanopolous struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Eduardo Del Rosario struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition star:  Andres Aguilar was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, and a walk.

The game:  Two walks and a single put the Orioles on the board in the first, but it was all Twins from there.  The Twins scored three in the second, a two-run double by Baez led to a four-run fourth, and Gonzalez capped the scoring with a two-run double in the eighth.  The Orioles never had more than one man on at a time after the first.

Of note:  Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Frank Encarnacion was 0-for-4.  Jarrard Poteete was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Miles Nordgren struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

DSL TWINS 6, DSL ORIOLES1 0 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  Jorge Andrade was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Junior Aramante was 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  Eugenio Diaz was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs.

Pitching stars:  Luis Hernandez struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up five hits and no walks.  Johan Quezada struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and five walks.  Carlos Aponte struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Ricardo Andujar was 2-for-4.  Victor Mesa pitched three shutout innings, allowing three hits with two strikeouts.

The game:  Aramante had an RBI triple to cap a three-run first for the Twins.  They added three more in the sixth, getting a walk, three singles, another walk, and another single.  The Orioles1 had at least one man on in every inning and left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh.  They stranded thirteen runners.

Of note:  Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.