SAINTS 11, BATS 3 IN LOUISVILLE

Michael Helman hit a three-run double in the fourth to break a 1-1 tie.

Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-5 with a double.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with a double.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer, his sixth.
Brooks Lee hit a grand slam, his third homer.

Blayne Enlow struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Hunter McMahon struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Austin Schulfer pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.

HOOKS 5, WIND SURGE 1 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Leading 2-1, Corpus Christi scored three runs in the eighth.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Alex Isola hit a home run, his nineteenth.

Jaylin Nowlin struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.

KERNELS 6, TIMBER RATTLERS 3 IN WISCONSIN

Kyler Fedco homered in a three-run third that gave Cedar Rapids a 5-2 lead.

Fedco was 2-for-2 with a home run (his sixth), two walks, and two runs.
Kala'i Rosario hit a two-run homer, his twentieth.

Andrew Morris pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and three walks and striking out three.
Gabriel Yanez struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
Malik Barrington struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
John Stankiewicz pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

MARAUDERS 10, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored three in the eighth to cut the deficit to 6-5, but Bradenton scored four in the ninth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth) and two runs.
Jay Harry was 2-for-4 with a double.  He is batting .345/.434/.476 in 84 at-bats.

Juan Mercedes pitched five innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out three.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:10  Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 4-1, 2.53) at Wisconsin
5:35  St. Paul (David Festa, 1-0, 1.80) at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (TBD)
6:35  Wichita (Carlos Luna, 2-8, 5.56) at Corpus Christi

The St. Paul Saints are 32-25, in first place in the International League West, two games ahead of Toledo.*

The Wichita Wind Surge is 32-25, in first place in the Texas League North, three games ahead of Springfield.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 40-20, in first place in the Midwest League West, five games ahead of Peoria.  The Kernels qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 31-28, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, 7.5 games behind Lakeland, one game behind third-place Clearwater.

* If I'm reading it right, first place in your division does you no good whatsoever in AAA.  You have to have the best record in the entire league, either in the first half or the second half, to go to the playoffs.  In the overall league standings, St. Pau is tied for sixth with Jacksonville, three games behind Durham and Lehigh Valley.  I don't know what the point is of having divisions if they don't mean anything, but as so often happens in many areas of life, the powers that be forgot to ask my opinion when they made this decision.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 8.65) at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (TBD)
6:35  Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-1, 3.29) at Corpus Christi
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris, 5-1, 2.81) at Wisconsin

CLIPPERS 14, SAINTS 6 IN ST. PAUL (10 INNINGS)

St. Paul led 5-2 through seven.  Columbus scored for in the eighth, Brooks Lee homered in the ninth to tie it 6-6, but Columbus scored eight runs in the tenth.  They had five singles, two walks, and a double in the inning.

Lee was 4-for-4 with a home run (his second), a triple, two runs, and two RBIs.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-3 with two walks.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fifth.

Patrick Murphy pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and four walks and striking out five.
Alex Scherff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 4, MISSIONS 3 IN WICHITA

Michael Helman singled home the deciding run in the ninth.

Tanner Schobel was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Aaron Sabato hit a home run, his eleventh.

Travis Adams pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and three walks and striking out five.
Taylor Floyd pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Denny Bentley pitched a scoreless inning, walking one.
Curtis Taylor pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one.

KERNELS 12, CAPTAINS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored three runs in each of innings five through eight.

Jose Salas was 4-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-3 with two walks and four runs.
Keoni Cavaco hit a three-run homer, his fifth.

Cedar Rapids had twelve hits and drew nine walks.

Christian MacLeod pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out three.
Mike Paredes pitched a perfect inning.
John Stankiewicz struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
A. J. Labas pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

THRESHERS 3, MIGHTY MUSSELS 2 IN CLEARWATER

Clearwater scored all their runs in the fifth.  Troy Schreffler hit an inside-the-park home run in the inning.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with a triple.  In seven games (32 at-bats) he is batting .438/.455/.656.

Ben Ethridge pitched five innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks.
Samuel Perez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Nolan Santos pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

No games scheduled.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

5:35  St. Paul at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers
6:35  Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-1, 3.29) at Corpus Christi
6:40  Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin

Other than Wichita, all starters are listed as TBD on the milb.com website at this writing.

SAINTS 8, CLIPPERS 7 IN ST. PAUL (10 INNINGS)

Hernan Perez singled home the deciding run.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk.
Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-4 with a double.
Perez was 2-for-5 with a home run (his ninth) and four RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

Francis Peguero pitched two innings, allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out one.
Louie Varland struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Michael Boyle struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MISSIONS 8, WIND SURGE 6 IN WICHITA

Marcos Castanon hit a two-run homer in the third to give San Antonio a 3-2 lead.  They led the rest of the way.

Patrick Winkel was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Tanner Schobel hit a home run, his second.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his ninth.
Aaron Sabato hit a two-run homer, his tenth.

Carlos Luna pitched 5.1 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and striking out six.
Curtis Taylor pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.

KERNELS 12, CAPTAINS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kala'i Rosario hit a three-run homer in a five-run fifth that put Cedar Rapids in the lead to stay.

Jose Salas was 2-for-5.
Luke Keaschall was 2-for-5 with a double.
Rosario hit a home run, his nineteenth.
Andrew Cossetti hit a home run, his ninth.

C. J. Culpepper struck out five in 4.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out four in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on a hit and a walk.
Gabriel Yanez pitched two perfect innings, striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, THRESHERS 5 IN CLEARWATER

Alec Sayre hit a home run in a four-run sixth that gave Fort Myers a 7-2 lead.

Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, and a walk.
Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

Jack Noble pitched six innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks and striking out four.
Jeremy Lee struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits in his Class A debut.

TODAY'S TILTS

3:00  Fort Myers (Miguelangel Boadas, 0-2, 8.19 and John Klein, 1-1, 3.47) at Clearwater (doubleheader)
6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-4, 4.92)
7:05  San Antonio at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 8.66)
7:07  Columbus at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 5-6, 5.38)

SAINTS 6, CLIPPERS 1 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored three in the second and that was all they would need.

Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.

David Festa struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.
Ronny Henriquez struck out three and walked two in three shutout innings.
Brent Headrick struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

MISSIONS 9, WIND SURGE 2 IN WICHITA

San Antonio scored four in the third and that was all they would need.

Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits and two walks and striking out two.
Denny Bentley pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

KERNELS 3, CAPTAINS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Emmanuel Rodriguez hit an RBI triple in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie.

Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double.

Cory Lewis struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up seven hits.
Malik Barrington struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Jackson Hicks struck out the side in a perfect inning.

Cedar Rapids pitchers combined for fifteen strikeouts.

FORT MYERS AT CLEARWATER

Rained out.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (TBD) at Clearwater
6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-1, 4.09)
7:05  San Antonio at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 2-7, 5.38)
7:07  Columbus at St. Paul (Francis Peguero*, 0-0, 9.00)

*Making the first start of his minor league career.

SAINTS 5, CLIPPERS 4 IN ST. PAUL (11 INNINGS)

Yunior Severino's sacrifice fly brought home the deciding run.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Severino hit a home run, his fifth.

The Saints were out-hit 10-5.

Blayne Enlow pitched two innings, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Patrick Murphy struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks.
Austin Brice struck out five in two innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit.

WIND SURGE 5, MISSIONS 2 IN WICHITA

Michael Helman hit a three-run homer to give Wichita all the runs they would need.

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third), a double, and two runs.
Helman hit a three-run homer.

Regi Grace struck out four in 3.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk.  It was his first start of the season after thirty-nine relief appearances.  He threw 48 pitches.
Jordan Carr pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Aaron Rozek struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 2, CAPTAINS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Luke Keaschall's RBI single put Cedar Rapids up 2-1 in the sixth.

Keaschall was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double.

Andrew Morris pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out two.
Mike Paredes struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jarret Whorff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FORT MYERS AT CLEARWATER

Rained out.  Will be made up Friday.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 4-1, 2.77)
7:05  San Antonio at Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-0, 1.57)
7:07  Columbus at St. Paul (David Festa, no record*)
Fort Myers at Clearwater**

*Making his AAA debut.

**This game has already been postponed due to the coming storm.  No makeup date was given on milb.com.

STORM CHASERS 5, SAINTS 3 IN OMAHA

Bubba Thompson and Nate Eaton homered in a four-run first for Omaha.

Austin Martin was 2-for-2 with a double and a walk.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. hit a home run, his second.

Michael Boyle, normally a reliever, pitched three innings, allowing four runs on two hits and two walks.
Francis Peguero pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.
Jovani Moran pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and three walks.
Ronny Henriquez pitched a perfect inning.

WIND SURGE 6, TRAVELERS 5 IN ARKANSAS

With the score 6-2, Robert Perez hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, but Arkansas did not get the tying run on base.

Aaron Sabato was 3-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his eighth.
Patrick Winkel hit a home run, his ninth.

Travis Adams pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out four.
Taylor Floyd pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

KERNELS 7, CUBS 1 IN SOUTH BEND

Cedar Rapids scored three in the first and led all the way.

Noah Miller was 3-for-5 with a double.
Kyler Fedco was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a walk, and two runs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-5 with a triple.

Kyle Jones struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out two in two perfect inning.
A. J. Labas pitched a scoreless inning.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, TORTUGAS 4 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

Ricardo Olivar hit a walkoff two-run homer.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a home run (his twelfth) and three RBIs.
Maddux Houghton was 2-for-4 with a double.
Olivar was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his tenth.
Walker Jenkins was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Juan Mercedes pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out two.
Xander Hamilton struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks.*
Juan Mendez pitched a perfect inning.
Wilker Reyes pitched two innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Ricardo Velez pitched a perfect inning.

*His first appearance in Class A.

TODAY'S TILTS

No games scheduled.

TUESDAY'S TILTS**

5:30  Fort Myers at Clearwater
6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids
7:05  San Antonio at Wichita
7:07  Columbus at St. Paul

**No starting pitchers are listed on milb.com at this time.

SAINTS 9, STORM CHASERS 3 IN OMAHA

Trailing 3-2, St. Paul scored four in the fifth and three in the sixth.  Hernan Perez homered in each inning.

Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs.
Perez was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh) and five RBIs.
Austin Martin was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and three walks and striking out three.
Ronny Henriquez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 11, TRAVELERS 1 IN ARKANSAS

Leading 2-1, Wichita scored five in the fourth and four in the fifth.

Alex Isola was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eighteenth) and four RBIs.
Jake Rucker was 3-for-5 with four RBIs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-5 with three runs.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.

Marco Raya pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out one.
Curtis Taylor pitched a scoreless inning despite giving up one hit and three walks.
Carlos Luna pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out four.
Isaac Mattson struck out two in a perfect inning.

CUBS 18, KERNELS 2 IN SOUTH BEND

South Bend scored five in the first and had multiple runs in six of the eight innings they batted.

Cedar Rapids had four hits with no one getting more than one.

C. J. Culpepper pitched one inning allowing five runs on seven hits and striking out two.
Jarret Whorff walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 3, TORTUGAS 2 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

Walker Jenkins singled home the deciding run.

Jenkins was 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs.

Fort Myers had eight hits and eleven walks, yet somehow only scored three runs.  They stranded sixteen and were 2-for-15 with men in scoring position.

John Klein struck out nine in six shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.
Zach Veen retired all four men he faced.
Sean Mooney struck out two in a perfect inning.
Danny Moreno pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Daytona at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-4, 6.43)
6:05  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 3-2, 4.84) at South Bend
6:35  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-6, 4.79) at Omaha
7:05 Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 6-3, 3.32) at Arkansas

SAINTS 10, STORM CHASERS 7 IN OMAHA

St. Paul scored three in the second and five in the third to take an 8-0 lead.

Hernan Perez was 5-for-5 with four RBIs.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-3 with a home run, two walks, four runs, and three RBIs.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Tony Wolters was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5 with a walk.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-6.

It was the second consecutive day a St. Paul player went 5-for-5.

Brent Headrick pitched four innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out six.
Michael Boyle struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Jovani Moran walked two and struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings.

WIND SURGE 4, TRAVELERS 1 IN ARKANSAS

Wichita scored all of their runs in the first inning.

Jake Rucker was 3-for-4.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a double.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched 5.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and a walk and striking out four.
Regi Grace struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Hunter McMahon pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

KERNELS 14, CUBS 8 IN SOUTH BEND

Cedar Rapids scored six runs in the third to take a 7-2 lead.

Carson McCusker was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his fifth and sixth) and four RBIs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5 with a home run (his eighth), a triple, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.
Ben Ross was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Keoni Cavaco was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Cory Lewis pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and two walks and striking out seven.
Mike Paredes struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits.
A. J. Labas struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 2, TORTUGAS 1 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

A sacrifice fly brought home the deciding run.

Danny De Andrade hit a home run, his eleventh.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 4.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and striking out three.
Wilker Reyes struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out five in three perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Daytona at Fort Myers (John Klein, 1-1, 4.67)
6:05  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-0, 2.81) at South Bend
6:35  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 4-6, 5.44) at Omaha
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 9.60) at Arkansas