The Twins came oh-so-close to another sweep. ByungHo Park adds some power to his recent good batting. Levi Michael hits a three-run homer as Stephen Gonsalves continues to pitch well. Two big innings are enough for the Miracle. Anthony Marzi leads the Kernels. Edwar Colina is pitching well for Elizabethton. The GCL Twins lose in part because of the goofy extra-innings rule. Walks and errors give the DSL Twins a win.
ROCHESTER 12, LEHIGH VALLEY 3 IN LEHIGH VALLEY
Rhys Hoskins hit a three-run homer in the fourth to give the IronPigs a 3-1 lead. In the fifth, however, the Red Wings scored five times to go into the lead to stay. ByungHo Park hit a three-run homer, his fourth, in the inning. Rochester went on to get one in the sixth, three in the seventh, and two in the eighth. Ex-Twin Pedro Florimon was 0-for-4 and is batting .297.
Apart from the three-run homer, Aaron Slegers pitched quite well. He struck out six in 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks. Drew Rucinski pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to make his ERA 1.59 with a WHIP of 0.76. John Curtiss struck out two in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with seven strikeouts in 5.1 innings. Park was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer (his fourth) and three RBIs. Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a home run (his eighth), a double, and a walk. Matt Hague was 2-for-4 with a home run (his seventh) and three RBIs. John Ryan Murphy was 2-for-5. Zack Granite was 1-for-5 and is batting .363.
CHATTANOOGA 4, MISSISSIPPI 2 IN MISSISSIPPI
The Braves scored two in the fourth on RBI doubles by Joe Odom and Connor Lien. It stayed 2-0 until the seventh, when Levi Michael hit a three-run homer to put the Lookouts in front. Chattanooga added a run in the eighth on Edgar Corcino's RBI double. The last eleven Mississippi batters were retired.
Stephen Gonsalves struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and no walks. His ERA is now 2.67 with a WHIP of 0.91 and 62 strikeouts in 54 innings. Todd Van Steensel retired all six men he faced, three by strikeout, to make his ERA 1.72 with 33 strikeouts in 33.1 innings. Nick Anderson pitched a perfect inning to make his ERA 1.50 with 13 strikeouts in 12 innings. Alex Perez was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .467 (7-for-15). Corcino was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .305. Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 and is batting .309. Michael's home run was his fourth. Carlos Paulino made his Lookouts debut and was 0-for-4.
FORT MYERS 10, ST. LUCIE 7 IN FORT MYERS
Zander Weil had a two-run double in a four-run first that put the Miracle ahead 4-1. Tim Tebow's three-run double in the third tied it 4-4 and the Mets scored twice in the fifth and once in the sixth to go ahead 7-4. Fort Myers came back to score six in the seventh to take control of the game. Kevin Garcia singled home the tying run, Jaylin Davis singled home the go-ahead run, and Sean Miller's two-run single provided some insurance. St. Lucie got only one hit after the sixth inning. Tebow was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .438 (7-for-16) in high-A.
Cody Stashak pitched well after the first inning, but came out after three innings due to a rain dealy. He struck out four in three innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks. Andrew Vasquez struck out two in two shutout innings. His ERA remains at zero with a WHIP of 0.71 and 20 strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Davis was 2-for-3. Weil was 2-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs. Garcia was 2-for-5 with a triple. Mitchell Kranson and Jermaine Palacios were each 2-for-5, with Palacios raising his average to .389. Brandon Lopez was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .458. Max Murphy was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .314.
CEDAR RAPIDS 2, CLINTON 0 IN CLINTON
Ben Rortvedt singled home a run in the sixth and Joe Cronin tripled and scored in the eighth for the only runs of the game. The LumberKings had only three hits, all singles.
Anthony Marzi made his debut in the Twins organization and struck out eight in 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk. Ryan Mason retired all four men he faced and has an ERA of 1.71 with 20 strikeouts in 21 innings. Hector Lujan pitched a perfect inning and has an ERA of 1.69 with a WHIP of 0.81. Cronin was 2-for-4 with a triple. Rortvedt, Lewin Diaz, and Lean Marrero were each 2-for-4.
ELIZABETHTON 7, DANVILLE 1 IN DANVILLE
Danville opened the scoring in the second on a Drew Lugbauer home run. It was all Twins after that. They scored two in the fourth, one in the fifth, one in the sixth, two in the eighth, and one in the ninth to take control of the game.
Edwar Colina struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks to make his ERA 2.93 with 15 strikeouts in 15.1 innings. Juan Gamez struck out two in two perfect innings to make his ERA 1.80 with a WHIP of 0.60 and five strikeouts in five innings. Jose Martinez pitched a perfect inning to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.40 with six strikeouts in five innings. Mark Contreras was 3-for-5 with a triple and two doubles and is batting .360. Carson Crites was 2-for-6. Jordan Gore was 1-for-4 with a walk to drop his average to .526. Rainis Silva was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .313.
GCL RAYS 3, GCL TWINS 2 AT RAYS (10 INNINGS)
Carlos Vargas hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the Rays ahead 2-1. The Twins tied it in the ninth on an RBI double by Benjamin Rodriguez. For the first time in a Twins game, we saw the rule that an extra inning starts with a man on second. The Twins immediately lost him when he was thrown out trying to go to third on a grounder to the pitcher, and a double play ended the inning. In the Rays half, a hit batsman put men on first and second and an error on a sacrifice bunt allowed the winning run to score.
Tyler Beardsley, on a rehab assignment, struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks. Amilcar Cruz struck out two in two shutout innings, keeping his ERA at zero with six strikeouts in six innings. Alex Robles was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .412. Royce Lewis was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .360. Jean Carlos Arias was 1-for-3 and is batting .438. Akil Baddoo was 0-for-4 and is batting .308. Kidany Silva was 0-for-2 with two walks and is now hitless in five at-bats.
DSL TWINS 3, DSL CARDINALS 0 AT TWINS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
The Twins scored single runs in the third, fourth, and sixth. The Cardinals had only three hits.
Luis Bellorin struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk. His ERA is 1.02 with 19 strikeouts in 17.2 innings. Cristian Castro pitched two shutout innings. Frandy Torres struck out three in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.89 with 14 strikeouts in 12.1 innings. Francisco Martinez was 2-for-3 with a double. Mariano Calcano was 1-for-3 to make his average .444. Estamy Urena was 1-for-3 to make his average .385. Ruben Santana was 0-for-1 and is batting .383. Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-1 with a triple and a walk and is batting .341. Juan Martinez was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .327. Agustin Marte was 0-for-3 to make his average .321. Samuel Vasquez was 0-for-3 to make his average .310.
DSL TWINS 8, DSL CARDINALS 5 AT CARDINALS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
A three-run fourth which featured three walks, a balk, and a two-run single by Alberoni Nunez put the Twins ahead 5-0. The Cardinals bounced back with four in the bottom of the fourth, aided by four walks, to make it 5-4. The Twins scored three in the seventh, helped by two errors, to go ahead 8-4. The Cardinals got one back in the bottom of the seventh but did not get the tying run up to bat.
Michael Montero struck out seven in 4.2 innings but allowed four runs on three hits and four walks. Nunez was 3-for-4 with a double. Agustin Marte was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .333. Jesus Feliz was 2-for-4. Mariano Calcano was 0-for-3 and is batting .333. Wander Valdez was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .311.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 GCL Rays at GCL Twins
9:30 DSL Yankees at DSL Twins
5:05 Wisconsin (Thomas Jankins, 3-6, 4.76) at Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 7-4, 4.99)
5:15 Tennessee at Chattanooga
6:00 Fort Myers at Tampa (Ian Clarkin, 3-4, 2.87)
6:00 Princeton at Elizabethton (Huascar Ynoa, 0-1, 4.00)
6:05 Pawtucket (Eduardo Rodriguez, no record) at Rochester (Justin Haley, 0-0, 0.00)