Home runs and Taylor Rogers carry the Red Wings.  Jose Berrios gets back on track.  The Miracle plays its third extra-inning game in four days.  Twins affiliates sweep!

ROCHESTER 6, COLUMBUS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Doug Bernier was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Jose Martinez was 3-for-4 with a double and a run.

Pitching stars:  Taylor Rogers pitched eight innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  A. J. Achter struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Destin Hood was 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.  C. C. Lee struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.

The game:  Hood tripled and scored in the fifth to put the Clippers up 1-0, but the Red Wings bounced back with four in the bottom of the fifth.  Bernier and Rodriguez each hit a two-run homer with two out in the inning.  The Clippers only got one hit after that and their last ten batters were retired.

Of note:  Eddie Rosario was 2-for-4 with a run.  Josmil Pinto was 0-for-4.  Brock Peterson was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.  Danny Ortiz was 2-for-4.

CHATTANOOGA 5, TENNESSEE 3 IN TENNESSEE

Batting stars:  Stephen Wickens was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks, scoring once and driving in two.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer, his fifth.  Byron Buxton was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.

Pitching stars:  Jose Berrios pitched six innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks with five strikeouts.  Jake Reed pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  Zack Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Kyle Schwarber was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk.  Ryan Dent was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Jeffry Antigua struck out three in three shutout innings, allowing one hit.

The game:  Wickens' two-run double in the third put the Lookouts up 2-0.  Walker II hit a two-run homer in the fifth to make it 4-0.  The Smokies came back, though, getting on the board with Schwarber's home run in the sixth and scoring twice in the seventh on Dent's two-run shot to make it 4-3.  A single and three walks produced an insurance run for the Lookouts in the eighth. The Smokies did not get a hit after the seventh inning.

Of note:  Dalton Hicks was 0-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.  Max Kepler was 1-for-4 with a triple.  Miguel Sano has not played since Saturday.  Reportedly he's being held out while he works on a mechanical adjustment to his swing.

FORT MYERS 5, PALM BEACH 4 (11 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Marcus Knecht was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Alex Swim was 3-for-5 with a walk and an RBI.  Bryan Haar was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Alex Muren pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Brian Gilbert pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  Tim Shibuya pitched two perfect innings with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Mason Katz was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Bruce Caldwell was 1-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Alex Reyes struck out eight in 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks.

The game:  A triple, three singles, a walk, and a sacrifice fly plated four runs for the Cardinals and put them ahead 4-0 in the fourth.  It stayed 4-0 until the seventh, when the Miracle had a four-run inning of their own.  Haar, Engelb Vielma, and Swim each had an RBI single in the inning, with another run scoring on a wild pitch.  It remained 4-4 until the eleventh, when Swim's one-out single was followed by three consecutive walks to produce the winning run.

Of note:  Vielma was 1-for-5 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Mitch Garver was 0-for-4 with two walks.  Luke Westphal pitched four innings, giving up four runs on six hits and one walk with one strikeout.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

No game scheduled.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Cedar Rapids (Jared Wilson, 2-0, 2.38) at Quad Cities (Bryan Radziewski, 1-0, 2.77)
5:35    Columbus (TBA) at Rochester (Alex Meyer, 1-0, 4.91)
6:05    Chattanooga (Greg Peavey, 1-1, 8.59) at Tennessee (Ivan Pineyro, 1-0, 4.02)
6:05    Palm Beach (Rob Kaminsky, 1-0, 1.38) at Fort Myers (Aaron Slegers, 1-1, 4.91)