FCL PIRATES 2, FCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)

A stolen base-plus-error scored the go-ahead run for the Pirates in the fifth.

Multi-hit games:  Ricardo Pena was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Yasser Mercedes was 2-for-3.

Home runs:  Pena (1).

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  Mercedes (11); Hendry Chivilli (5); Yilber Herrera (5).

Pitching prowess:  Eider Machuca pitched three innings, giving up one run on four hits and four walks and striking out one.  Andrew Huffman struck out three in 1.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on two walks.  Yency De Jesus pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out two.

Opposition standout:  Yordany De Los Santos was 2-for-2 with two walks.

Record:  The FCL Twins are 11-5, in second place, a half game behind the FCL Pirates.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Orioles
3:05  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 3-3, 4.33 and Caleb Boushley, 4-1, 4.54) at Rochester--doubleheader
6:05  Fort Myers (TBD) at Bradenton
6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids (John Klein, 3-0, 3.06)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Zebby Matthews, 1-0, 1.02)