OMAHA STORM CHASERS 7, ST. PAUL SAINTS 5 IN ST. PAUL
Diego Cartaya homered in the second to give St. Paul a 3-0 lead. The Storm Chasers stormed back with four in the third, with two scoring on a Joey Wiemer single. It went to 5-3 in the top of the fourth, but Ryan Fitzgerald hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to tie it 5-5. It stayed there until the sixth, when Harold Castro hit a two-run homer that turned out to be the margin of victory.
Batters: Mike Ford was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Ryan Fitzgerald was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer. Diego Cartaya was 1-for-4 with a home run.
Pitchers: Starter Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out two. Jacob Bosiokovic pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opponents: Harold Castro was 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs, and four RBIs. John Rave was 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs. Joey Wiemer was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
Record: St. Paul is 5-6, in eighth place, 4.5 games behind Columbus.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 8, MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS 4 IN WICHITA
Tanner Schobel homered in the first to give the Wind Surge a 1-0 lead, but Midland came back with three in the third. Wichita came back in the fifth with four runs, getting doubles from Dalton Shuffield, Rubel Cespedes, and Jorel Ortega. Shane McGuire homered in the sixth to cut the lead to 5-4, but Cespedes hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the game out of reach.
Batters: Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his second) and two runs. Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, two runs, and two RBIs. Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Tyler Dearden was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitchers: Starter Connor Prielipp struck out five in 2.2 innings, but allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits. He did not walk anyone. Aaron Rozek pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks and striking out five. John Stankiewicz struck out two in a scoreless inning.
Opponents: Colby Halter was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Erubiel Angeles was 2-for-4. Shane McGuire was 1-for-4 with a home run.
Record: Wichita is 5-3, tied for second with Arkansas, 1.5 games behind Springfield.
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 7, BELOIT SKY CARP 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Cedar Rapids scored single runs in the first four innings. Beloit countered with a three-run homer by Eric Rataczak in the second, leaving the score 4-3 Kernels. Cedar Rapids then scored three in the sixth, highlighted by an RBI triple by Kyle DeBarge, to put the game out of reach.
Batters: Kyle DeBarge was 3-for-5 with a triple and three runs. Caden Kendle was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI.
Pitchers: Starter Alejandro Hidalgo struck out eight in four innings, but allowed three runs on two hits and three walks. Spencer Bengard struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks. Paulshawn Pasqualotto pitched a perfect inning.
Opponents: Jay Beshears was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Eric Rataczak was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 5-3, tied for second with Beloit, one game behind Quad Cities.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 2, TAMPA TARPONS 1 IN FORT MYERS
Fort Myers scored on a wild pitch in the first and Tampa scored on a double steak of second and home in the second. In the fourth, Angel Del Rosario delivered an RBI single. The pitching took it from there, as four Mighty Mussels pitchers limited Tampa to one run despite allowing seven hits and five walks. It helped that they struck out eleven. Tampa stranded twelve runners and went 1-for-12 with men in scoring position.
Batters: Angel Del Rosario was 1-for-4 with an RBI, the only RBI for either team.
Pitchers: Dasan Hill struck out six in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks. Jason Doktorcyzk struck out four in 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Kade Bragg pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one. Tyler Stasiowski pitched a scoreless inning, walking one.
Opponents: Tyler Wilson and Dillon Lewis were each 2-for-4. Jack Sokol struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Record: Fort Myers is 4-4, tied for second with Tampa, one game behind Clearwater.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:05 Tampa (Gage Ziehl, no record) at Fort Myers (Michael Ross, 0-0, 1.80)
1:05 Beloit (Jake Brooks, 0-0, 2.25) at Cedar Rapids (Tanner Hall, 0-0, 9.00)
1:05 Midland (Will Johnston, 0-1, 8.10) at Wichita (Darren Bowen, 1-0, 1.80)
2:07 Omaha (Noah Cameron, 2-0, 0.82) at St. Paul (Darren McCaughan, no record)
