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ST. PAUL SAINTS 3, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 2 IN COLUMBUS (10 INNINGS)

Finally able to get a game in, the Saints decided to play a little extra to make it worth their while.  Petey Halpin singles home a run in the second and Will Brennan homered in the third to make it 2-0 Columbus.  But our own Will, Will Holland, homered in the fifth to get St. Paul on the board and Mike Ford singled home a run in the sixth to tie it 2-2.  It stayed there until the tenth, when a sacrifice fly plated Manfred Man Anthony Prato.  Columbus was retired in order in the bottom of the inning and the good guys won.  Columbus has twelve hits, but stranded thirteen and went 1-for-12 with men in scoring position.

Batters:  Ryan Fitzgerald was 2-for-4.  Will Holland hit a home run.

Pitchers:  Zebby Matthews struck out five in four innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks.  Michael Tonkin (remember him?) struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Darren McCaughan pitched three shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk and striking out two.  Brady Feigl struck out two in a perfect ninth.

Opponents:  Johnathan Rodriguez was 4-for-5 with a double.  Will Brennan was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a walk.  Kody Huff was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run.  Petey Halpin was 2-for-5 with an RBI.  Parker Messick struck out nine in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks.  Zak Kent struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Stats:  Anthony Prato is batting .340 with an OPS of .941.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .330 with an OPS of .931.  Carson McCusker is batting .319 with an OPS of .991.  Will Holland has an OPS of 1.000.  Jeferson Morales has an OPS of .858.  Mike Ford has an OPS of .824.  Darren McCaughan and Brady Feigl each has an ERA of zero.  Zebby Matthews has an ERA of 2.30.

Record:  St. Paul is 15-14, in fourth place, three games behind Memphis.

FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS 6, WICHITA WIND SURGE 1 IN FRISCO

Keyber Rodriguez singled home a run in the first and tripled one home in the third to give Frisco a 2-0 lead.  Rubel Cespedes had an RBI single to get Wichita on the board.  It was all Frisco from there, however, as they got two in the sixth and Luis Mieses hit a two-run single in the eighth.  As Mr. Jinx used to say, "I hate those Mieses to pieces!"

Batters:  Tyler Dearden was 2-for-3.  Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitchers:  Christian MacLeod pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and no walks and striking out one.  John Stankiewicz struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings.

Opponents:  Keyber Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs, and a run.  Luis Mieses was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Sebastian Walcott was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Florencio Serrano pitched three perfect innings, striking out one.  Ryan Lobus struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Larson Kindreich pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Stats:  Tyler Dearden is batting .327 with an OPS of .858.  Kyler Fedco has an OPS of .989.  Aaron Sabato has an OPS of .876.  Mike Paredes has an ERA of 0.77.  Christian MacLeod has an ERA of 2.00.  John Stankiewicz has an ERA of 3.18.  Angel Macuare has an ERA of 3.27.

Record:  Wichita is 15-12, tied for second with Arkansas, one game behind Northwest Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 9, SOUTH BEND CUBS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Carter Trice put the Cubs ahead in a trice, delivering a first-inning RBI single.  Kaelen Culpepper homered in the third to tie it 1-1 and Kevin Maitan doubled home a run in the fourth to give Cedar Rapids the lead.  The Kernels then scored five in the fifth on six singles to take control of the game.  Jose Salas hit a two-run double in the eighth.

Batters:  Khadim Diaw was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.  Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run.  Kaelen Culpepper was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two runs.

Pitchers:  Jeremy Lee pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks and striking out four.  Spencer Bengard pitched four shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks and striking out two.

Opponents:  Carter Trice was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Ivan Brethowr was 2-for-4.  Reginald Preciado was 2-for-4.  South Bend doesn't win much, but they have some players with cool names.

Stats:  Jose Salas is batting .400 with an OPS of 1.000.  Nate Baez is batting .351 with an OPS of .988.  Kaelen Culpepper is batting .345 with an OPS of .932.  Kevin Maitan is batting .316 with an OPS of .922.  Kyle DeBarge has an OPS of .910.  Danny De Andrade has an OPS of .826.  Khadim Diaw has an OPS of .807.  Spencer Bengard has an ERA of 3.45.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 17-9, in second place, one game behind Quad Cities.

TAMPA TARPONS 12, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN TAMPA

It started well.  Fort Myers took a 4-0 lead in the second on two-run homers by Miguel Briceno and Jefferson Valladares.  But Tampa matched them with a four-run third, took the lead with two in the fourth, added one more in the fifth, and put the game out of reach with a five-run seventh.  Each team made four errors, but Fort Myers went 2-for-17 with men in scoring position.  Twins Baseball!

Batters:  Jay Thomason was 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run.  Miguel Briceno was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Jefferson Valladares was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.

Pitchers:  Starter Dylan Questad struck out five in three innings, but allowed four runs on six hits and a walk.  Xavier Kolhasser struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Owen Cobb was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs, and two RBIs.  Engelth Urena was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a run.  Marshall Toole was 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs.  Juan Matheus was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Dillon Lewis was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Cade Austin pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.

Stats:  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .989.  Zander Sechrist has an ERA of 2.50.  Kade Bragg has an ERA of 3.00.  Dylan Questad has an ERA of 3.38.

Record:  Fort Myers is 14-13, in fourth place, one game behind Clearwater, Dunedin, and Lakeland.

TODAY'S TILT

11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Pirates

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ST. PAUL SAINTS AT COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (2)

Both games were canceled due to rain.

FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS 5, WICHITA WIND SURGE 2 IN FRISCO

Aaron Zavala led off the bottom of the first with a home run and Frisco led the rest of the way.  They scored two in the second and one in the third to build a 4-1 lead.  Ben Ross homered to give Wichita a run in the fourth and Jorel Ortega homered in the ninth.  It was the second home run of the season for each.  Ricky Castro pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and a walk and striking out one.  Michael Martinez struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Jarret Whorff struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 8, SOUTH BEND CUBS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

RBI singles by Gabriel Gonzalez in the first and Kyle DeBarge in the second gave Cedar Rapids a 2-0 lead.  South Bend got one back in the third, but Cedar Rapids scored three in the fourth and got a two-run single from Gonzalez in the fifth to go up 7-1.  Kaelen Culpepper was 4-for-5 with two runs.  Gonzalez was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.  Danny De Andrade was 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, a run, and an RBI.  Jose Olivares struck out six in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks.  Logan Whitaker pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto struck out two and walked two in two shutout innings.

TAMPA TARPONS 12, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN TAMPA

A pair of bases-loaded walks gave Fort Myers a 2-0 lead in the top of the third.  Owen Cobb homered in the bottom of the third to put Tampa on the board, and Dillon Lewis hit a three-run homer to cap a four-run fifth that put Tampa in the lead to stay.  Fort Myers never got closer than two runs after that.  Maddux Houghton was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Dasan Hill pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk, but then was removed due to injury.  We could not quickly find out any details.

FCL TWINS 4, FCL RED SOX 3 AT RED SOX (7 INNINGS)

The Twins scored all of their runs in the sixth to overcome a 1-0 deficit in the 2025 debut of the FCL.  The runs came on a grand slam by Eduardo Beltre.  The Red Sox came back with two in the seventh and had the tying run on third when the game ended.  It does not appear to have been a rain-shortened game--perhaps seven-inning games are a thing in the FCL this year.  Joel Garcia struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Mitch Mueller struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 6, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 4 IN COLUMBUS (GAME 1–5 INNINGS)

Jeferson Morales hit a two-run homer in the first.  It was 3-1 after two, but Columbus got three in the third to take a 4-3 lead.  Not to worry, though, as Mike Ford led off the fourth with a homer to tie it.  Morales struck again in the fifth, again leading off the inning with a home run, and Anthony Prato had an RBI single for an insurance run.  Rain came in the top of the sixth, and the game was over with a Saints win.

Batters:  Mike Ford was 2-for-2 with a home run (his sixth), a walk, and two runs.  Jeferson Morales was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs.

Pitchers:  Marco Raya pitched three innings, allowing four runs on three hits and five walks.  Travis Adams struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up three hits.

Opponents:  Petey Halpin was 2-for-3 with a run.

Stats:  Anthony Prato is batting .362 with an OPS of .987.  Will Holland is batting .333.  Carson McCusker is batting .326 with an OPS of 1.023.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .326 with an OPS of .938.  Jeferson Morales has an OPS of .866.  Mike Ford has an OPS of .824.  Travis Adams has an ERA of 2.82.

Record:  St. Paul is 14-14, tied for fifth with Louisville, 3.5 games behind Memphis.

ST. PAUL SAINTS AT COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (GAME 2)

Rained out.  Will be made up tomorrow.

FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS 3, WICHITA WIND SURGE 2 IN FRISCO

Abimelec Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the third to give Frisco a 2-0 lead.  Noah Cardenas singled home a run in the fourth to get Wichita on the board, but Frisco got the run back in the fifth.  Jake Rucker singled home a run in the sixth to again cut the margin to one.  Wichita had the bases loaded with one out, but a line drive double play ended the inning.  They would again get a man into scoring position with one out in the eighth, but a pair of fly outs ended the inning.  Wichita had thirteen hits, but only two runs.  They stranded ten and went 2-for-9 with men in scoring position.  Twins baseball!

Batters:  Ben Ross was 3-for-4 with a double.  Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-5.  Kala’i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitchers:  Connor Prielipp pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk.  Aaron Rozek struck out five in 4.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.  Cody Laweryson struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Alejandro Osuna was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Cameron Cauley was 2-for-3.  Abimelec Ortiz hit a home run, his fourth.

Stats:  Ricardo Olivar is batting .354 with an OPS of .913.  Kyler Fedco is batting .313 with an OPS of 1.043.  Tyler Dearden is batting .304 with an OPS of .830.  Aaron Sabato has an OPS of .934.  Noah Cardenas has an OPS of .829.  Tanner Schobel has an OPS of .809.

Record:  Wichita is 15-10, in second place, a half game behind Arkansas.

SOUTH BEND CUBS 8, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

South Bend scored two in the first and two in the second to take a 4-0 lead.  Kyle DeBarge hit a two-run homer in the third to cut the lead in half.  But South Bend added two more in the fifth and one in the seventh to go up 7-2.  An error gave Cedar Rapids two in the eighth, but that was as close as they could come.

Batters:  Khadim Diaw was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Nate Baez was 2-for-4.  Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-5 with a run.  Kyle DeBarge hit a two-run homer, his fourth.

Pitchers:  Tanner Hall struck out three in 1.2 innings, but allowed four runs on four hits and three walks.  Samuel Perez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, striking out one and walking three.

Opponents:  Ariel Armas was 2-for-4 with a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Jefferson Rojas was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.  Reivaj Garcia was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.

Stats:  Nate Baez is batting .353 with an OPS of .997.  Kevin Maitan is batting .334 with an OPS of .939.  Kyle DeBarge has an OPS of .894.  Kyle Hess has an OPS of .829.  Kaelen Culpepper has an OPS of .820.  Danny De Andrade has an OPS of .811.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 15-9, in second place, 1.5 games behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 9, TAMPA TARPONS 2 IN TAMPA

It was scoreless through two, but Fort Myers scored either one or two runs in each of innings three through eight.  

Batters:  Daniel Pena was 3-for-5 with a run.  Yohander Martinez was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, and an RBI.  Jose Salas was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Jay Thomason was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Maddux Houghton was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitchers:  Jakob Hall pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks and striking out three.  Tyler Stasiowski struck out six in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opponents:  Marshall Toole was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Josue Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with two doubles.

Stats:  Jose Salas is batting .444 with an OPS of 1.254.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .994.  Ivran Romero has an ERA of 0.87.

Record:  Fort Myers is 14-11, tied for first with Dunedin.

TODAY’S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox
11:00  Fort Myers (Dasan Hill, 0-0, 1.69) at Tampa (Greysen Carter, 0-2, 5.74)

1:05  St. Paul (Darren McCaughan, 1-0, 0.00, and Zebby Matthews, 2-1, 1.93) at Columbus (Parker Messick, 1-1, 3.32 and TBD)
6:35  South Bend (Ryan Gallagher, 0-0, 4.50) at Cedar Rapids (Jose Olivares, 0-0, 0.00)
7:05  Wichita (Ricky Castro, 0-1, 6.28) at Frisco (Mitch Bratt, 1-1, 2.62)

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The short version.

ST. PAUL SAINTS 8, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 7 IN COLUMBUS (11 INNINGS)

St. Paul trailed 4-0 after two, but came back to tie it in the sixth.  Ryan Fitzgerald singled home the deciding run in the eleventh.  Fitzgerald was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and two runs.  Mike Ford was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fifth) and two RBIs.  Patrick Winkel was 2-for-5.  Andrew Morris struck out five in four innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk.  Kody Funderburk struck out three in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits.  Anthony Misiewicz pitched a perfect inning.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 7, FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS 0 IN FRISCO

Wichita scored single runs in the second, fourth, sixth, and seventh, and three more in the eighth.  Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs.  Aaron Sabato was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second), two walks, and three runs.  Kyler Fedco hit a home run, his fifth.  Trent Baker pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out four.  Mike Paredes struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Joel Cesar pitched a perfect inning.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4, IOWA CUBS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids trailed 2-0, led 3-2, and were tied at three before Kyle DeBarge homered in the eighth.  DeBarge was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) and two runs.  Billy Amick was 2-for-4.  Brandon Winokur hit a two-run homer.  Chase Chaney pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks and striking out two.  Spencer Bengard struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on two hits.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, JUPTER HAMMERHEADS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers trailed 5-2 through six, but scored two in the seventh to make it 5-4 and Poncho Ruiz hit a two-run double in the ninth to win it.  Ruiz was 3-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, and three RBIs.  Will Holland was 2-for-4 with a double, a run, and an RBI.  Michael Ross pitched two innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out one.  Zander Sechrist pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out two.

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 4, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 2 IN COLUMBUS (GAME 1)

Jonathan Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the first, but St. Paul came back with one in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie it.  Mike Ford then hit a two-run homer in the sixth for the deciding runs.  Carson McCusker was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh) and two runs.  Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second).  Mike Ford hit a home run, his fourth.  David Festa struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and no walks.  Richard Lovelady pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

ST. PAUL SAINTS AT COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (GAME 2)

Rained out.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 5, FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS 4 IN FRISCO

Ricardo Olivar hit a two-run single in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and added two more in the eighth.  Frisco scored one in the eighth and two more in the ninth and had the tying run on base with two out in the ninth.  Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-5 with a double, a run, and two RBIs.  Christian MacLeod pitched three shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks and striking out two.  Jarret Whorff struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on one hit.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 10, IOWA CUBS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Danny De Andrade hit a two-run homer in a four-run first.  Iowa tied it with four in the fourth, but Khadim Diaw doubled home a run in the firth and Cedar Rapids scored five in the seventh.  Gabriel Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the inning.  Gonzalez was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second), a double, a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.  Danny De Andrade was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second), two runs, and two RBIs.  Kyle DeBarge was 2-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.  Gabriel Yanez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.  Logan Whitaker struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

JUPITER HAMMERHEADS 14, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS

It was 1-1 after two, but Jupiter scored two in the third, one in the sixth, and eight in the eighth.  Jay Thomason was 1-for-2 with a home run (his sixth) and two walks.  Hunter Hoopes struck out two in 1.2 perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:05  Jupiter at Fort Myers
5:35  St. Paul at Columbus
6:35  South Bend at Cedar Rapids
6:35  Wichita at Frisco

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 5, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 3 IN ST. PAUL

Carson McCusker hit a two-run double in the first inning to give St. Paul the early lead.  A sacrifice fly made it 3-0 after two.  It stayed there until the fifth, when Nick Yorke got Indianapolis on the board with a two-run single.  Mike Ford singled home a run in the seventh to make it 4-2, but Indianapolis responded with a pinch-hit home run by Nick Solak in the eighth to cut the lead to one again.  Ryan Fitzgerald doubled home a run in the bottom of the eighth, however, and this time Indianapolis had no answer.  They did get the tying run up to bat with one out in the ninth, but their last two men went out.

Batters:  Royce Lewis was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.  Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  Ryan Fitzgerald was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Carson McCusker was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Jeferson Morales was 2-for-5.

Pitchers:  Zebby Matthews struck out five but walked four in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits.  Kyle Bischoff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Jacob Bosiokovic pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.  Kody Funderburk pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Ji Hwan-Bae was 2-for-5 with a double and a run.  Nick Solak was 1-for-1 with a home run, his fifth.  Nick Yorke was 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.

Stats:  Royce Lewis is batting .500 with an OPS of 1.096.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .324 with an OPS of .950.  Carson McCusker is batting .316 with an OPS of 1.020.  Anthony Prato is batting .314 with an OPS of .844.  Kody Funderburk has an ERA of zero.  Zebby Matthews has an ERA of 1.93.  Anthony Misiewicz has an ERA of 2.53.  Alex Speas has an ERA of 2.84.

Record:  St. Paul is 11-13, in seventh place, 3.5 games behind Memphis.

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 12, WICHITA WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Jeremy Rivas hit a three-run homer in the first to put Springfield up early.  Wichita tied it in the third on a bases-loaded walk and a two-run single by Rubel Cespedes.  An RBI single and a sacrifice fly in the fourth put Springfield back in front 5-3.  Andrew Cossetti homered in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 5-4.  From there, however, it was all Springfield.  Ramon Mendoza homered in a two-run sixth, Miguel Ugueto hit a two-run homer in a four-run seventh, and Carlos Linares singled home a run in the ninth.

Batters:  Tanner Schobel was 3-for-5.  Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Andrew Cossetti was 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk.  Rubel Cespedes was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.

Pitchers:  Starter Ricky Castro struck out three and walked three in three innings, giving up three runs on three hits.  That's a lot of threes.

Opponents:  Speaking of threes, Springfield had three batters who each got three hits and scored three times.  Jeremy Rivas was 3-for-5 with a home run (his fourth), a double, three runs, and four RBIs.  Miguel Ugueto was 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and two RBIs.  Ramon Mendoza was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second), three runs, and three RBIs.  Carlos Linares was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.  Starter Brycen Mautz struck out three and walked three in three innings, giving up three runs on, unfortunately, four hits.

Stats:  Kyler Fedco is batting .315 with an OPS of 1.050.  Ricardo Olivar is batting .308 with an OPS of .806.  Aaron Sabato has an OPS of .868.  Tanner Schobel has an OPS of .803.

Record:  Wichita is 12-9, tied for second with Northwest Arkansas, two games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 8, WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Danny De Andrade homered in the second to put Cedar Rapids on the board, but a sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth tied it 1-1.  In the bottom of the fifth, however, Kaelen Culpepper hit a three-run homer to put Cedar Rapids in the lead to stay.  A ground out scored a run in the seventh, and Culpepper hit a two-run single in a three-run eighth that sealed the victory.

Batters:  Kevin Maitan was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  Kaelen Culpepper was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and five RBIs.  Danny De Andrade was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, and two runs.  Kyle DeBarge stole his eleventh base.

Pitchers:  Jose Olivares struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  Jeremy Lee pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.  Wilker Reyes struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.  Samuel Perez struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opponents:  Blake Burke was 2-for-4.  Manuel Rodriguez pitched four innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out three.

Stats:  Kevin Maitan is batting .348 with an OPS of .942.  Kaelen Culpepper is batting .344 with an OPS of .995.  Kyle Hess is batting .316 with an OPS of .932.  Jose Olivares has an ERA of zero.  Wilker Reyes has an ERA of 1.64.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 12-8, in second place, two games behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, CLEARWATER THRESHERS 1 IN CLEARWATER

Fort Myers scored early and often, getting all ten runs in the first three innings.  Three of them came in the first, as Byron Chourio led off the game with a triple, Jose Salas followed with an RBI single, and Jay Thomason followed that with a three-run homer.  A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly brought home two in the second.  Clearwater got their lone run in the bottom of the second on a Raider Tello homer, but Fort Myers responded with five in the third.  Maddux Houghton singled home one, and later in the inning Salas hit a grand slam.  Three Fort Myers pitchers took it from there, limiting Clearwater to just four hits for the game.

Batters:  Jose Salas was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and six RBIs.  Poncho Ruiz was 2-for-5.  Jay Thomason was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fifth) and two walks.

Pitchers:  Michael Carpenter struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks.  Zander Sechrist pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out two.  Devin Kirby walked three and struck out two in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Raider Tello was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a walk.  A. J Wilson struck out three and walked one in three shutout innings.

Stats:  Jose Salas is batting .500 with an OPS of 1.500.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .932.  Zander Sechrist has an ERA of 1.35.  Devin Kirby has an ERA of 1.50.  Michael Carpenter has an ERA of 3.00.

Record:  Fort Myers is 12-9, tied for first with Dunedin.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

12:05  Wichita at Frisco
4:05  St. Paul at Columbus (doubleheader)
5:05  Jupiter at Fort Myers
6:35  South Bend at Cedar Rapids

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 6, ST. PAUL SAINTS 5 IN ST. PAUL

Aided by three walks, Indianapolis put up a three-spot in the first inning.  Undaunted, St. Paul tied it with three in the second, as Patrick Winkel hit a two-run homer and Anthony Prato followed with a solo shot.  They took the lead in the fourth when Carson McCusker singled and later scored on a ground out.  The lead was short-lived, however, as Indianapolis scored another three in the fifth.  They were once again aided by walks, two of them this time, plus a wild pitch.  Jeferson Morales singled home a run in the fifth to cut the margin to 6-5, but that was as close as the Saints would come.  They got the tying run to third in the seventh and Prato hit a leadoff double in the ninth, but it was for naught.  St. Paul was 1-for-13 with men in scoring position.

Batters:  Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.  Carson McCusker was 2-for-4 with a run.  Patrick Winkel was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.

Pitchers:  Starter Aaron Rozek pitched four innings, allowing three runs on six hits and four walks and striking out three.  Brady Fiegl pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Richard Lovelady pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

Opponents:  Nick Yorke was 2-for-4 with a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Malcom Nunez was 2-for-5 with a double and a run.  Nick Solak was 2-for-5.  Alika Williams was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.

Stats:  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .313 with an OPS of .927.  Carson McCusker is batting .306 with an OPS of 1.008.  Patrick Winkel has an OPS of .982.  Travis Adams has an ERA of 3.10.  Brady Fiegl has an ERA of zero.  Richard Lovelady has an ERA of zero.

Record:  St. Paul is 10-13, in seventh place, 4.5 games behind Memphis.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 7, SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 0 IN WICHITA

Tanner Schobel led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on a Rubel Cespedes single.  That was all Wichita would need, as four pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout.

It wasn't all they got, of course.  In fact, they scored another in the first, on a Kala'i Rosario double.  They added four in the third, as Ricardo Olivar led off the inning with a home run and later in the inning Noah Cardenas hit a three-run homer.  The final run came in the seventh on a Jake Rucker RBI single.

Batters:  Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and two runs.  Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Ricardo Olivar was 1-for-5 with a home run, his second.

Pitchers:  Connor Prielipp struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up only a walk.  Mike Paredes pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Michael Martinez struck out two and walked two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Angel Macuare pitched a perfect inning.

Opponents:  Osvaldo Berrios struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Stats:  Tyler Dearden is batting .343 with an OPS of .882.  Ricardo Olivar is batting .311 with an OPS of .816.  Noah Cardenas has an OPS of .829.  Rubel Cespedes has an OPS of .818.  Mike Paredes has an ERA of zero.  Michael Martinez has an ERA of 1.59.  Angel Macuare has an ERA of 3.12.

Record:  Wichita is 12-8, in second place, one game behind Arkansas.

WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 4, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

A pair of errors gave Wisconsin a run in the second.  Cedar Rapids came back with two in the bottom of the second on RBI singles by Kaelen Culpepper and Kyle DeBarge.

It stayed 2-1 until the sixth, when Tayden Hall drove in Hedbert Perez with a double.  Perez homered in the eighth to give Wisconsin a 3-2 lead.  They got an insurance run in the ninth on another pair of errors and a wild pitch.  The four Kernels errors cost them the game, although going 2-for-12 with men in scoring position didn't help, either.

Batters:  Kyle Hess was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a run.  Brandon Winokur was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk.

Pitchers:  Tanner Hall pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and two walks and striking out three.

Opponents:  Blake Burke was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Hedbert Perez was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a walk, and three runs.  Aidan Maldonado struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Patricio Aquino pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Stats:  Nate Baez is batting .341 with an OPS of .934.  Billy Amick is batting .338 with an OPS of .919.  Kaelen Culpepper is batting .321 with an OPS of .870.  Kyle Hess is batting .313 with an OPS of .950.  Kevin Maitan is batting .300 with an OPS of .867.  Kyle DeBarge has an OPS of .822.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 11-8, two games behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, CLEARWATER THRESHERS 3 IN CLEARWATER

Yohander Martinez homered in the third to start the scoring.  In the fourth, Angel Del Rosario walked with two out and stole second and third, Maddux Houghton walked and stole second, and a throwing error brought them both home to make the score 3-0.  Dante Nori singled home a run in the fifth to get Clearwater on the board, but Fort Myers responded with two in the sixth.  Del Rosario tripled and scored on a single by Maddux Houghton, who in turn scored on a Peyton Carr double.  Clearwater came back with two in the seventh and had the tying run on base with two out, but their last seven batters were retired.

Batters:  Yohander Martinez was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Yasser Mercedes stole his tenth base.  Angel Del Rosario stole his eighth and ninth bases.

Pitchers:  Dasan Hill struck out eight in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.  Kade Bragg pitched a perfect inning.  Ivran Romero pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

Opponents:  Dante Nori was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Luke Gabrysh pitched three innings, giving up one run on one hit and two walks and striking out one.  Ryan Dromboski struck out four in two perfect innings.

Stats:  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .872.  Maddux Houghton has an OPS of .853.  Ivran Romero has an ERA of zero.  Dasan Hill has an ERA of 1.69.  Kade Bragg has an ERA of 2.08.

Record:  Fort Myers is 11-9, tied for first place with Clearwater and Dunedin.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Fort Myers (Michael Carpenter, 0-0, 3.00) at Clearwater (TBD)
1:05  Wisconsin (Manuel Rodriguez, 0-1, 1.71) at Cedar Rapids (Jose Olivares, 0-0, 0.00)
1:05  Springfield (Brycen Mautz, 0-0, 3.00) at Wichita (Ricky Castro, 0-1, 5.56)
2:07  Indianapolis (Carson Fulmer, 1-1, 4.82) at St. Paul (Zebby Matthews, 2-1, 1.45)

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 16, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 4 IN ST. PAUL

Indianapolis scored one in the first, but in the bottom of the first a run was walked in to tie it and Carson McCusker followed with a grand slam to put St. Paul up 5-1.  Armando Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 7-1 and Jeferson Morales hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it 8-1.  Indianapolis got three back in the fifth on homers by Darick Hall and Liover Peguero, but Mickey Gasper homered in the sixth, the Saints scored three in the seventh, and Ryan Fitzgerald hit a grand slam in the eighth to put an exclamation point on the game.

Batters:  Jeferson Morales was 4-for-4 with a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Ryan Fitzgerald was 3-for-5 with a grand slam (his second homer), a walk, three runs, and five RBIs.  Armando Alvarez was 2-for-2 with a home run (his second), a double, a walk, two hit-by-pitches, three runs, and two RBIs.  Mike Ford was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-6 with two RBIs.  Carson McCusker was 1-for-5 with a grand slam (his sixth homer) and two runs.  Mickey Gasper was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and three runs.

Pitchers:  Zebby Matthews struck out four 3.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on seven hits and a walk.  He threw eighty pitches.  Travis Adams struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks.

Opponents:  Ji Hwan Bae was 3-for-5 with a run.  Nick Yorke was 3-for-5.  Malcom Nunez was 2-for-4 with a run.  Darick Hall was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.  Liover Peguero hit a two-run homer.

Stats:  Mickey Gasper is batting .429 with an OPS of 1.600.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .309 with an OPS of .944.  Carson McCusker has an OPS of 1.069.  Jeferson Morales has an OPS of 8.29.  Zebby Matthews has an ERA of 1.45.  Travis Adams has an ERA of 2.08.

Record:  St. Paul is 8-10, in ninth place, three games behind Columbus.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 12, SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 1 IN WICHITA

It was actually close for seven innings.  There was no score until the fourth, when Jeremy Rivas put Springfield on the board with an RBI double.  Wichita got the run back in the bottom of the fourth on a solo homer by Kala'i Rosario and took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on an Aaron Sabato RBI double.  Wichita then exploded for nine in the eighth.  The first run scored on a walk, an error, a wild pitch, and a balk.  Wichita got the benefit of four more walks and two more wild pitches in the inning.  They also got three singles before Jorel Ortega hit a pinch-hit grand slam to close out the inning.  The Wind Surge scored nine runs on just four hits.

Batters:  Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a walk, and two runs.  Tanner Schobel was 2-for-5 with a run.  Jorel Ortega was 1-for-1 with a grand slam.

Pitchers:  Ricky Castro struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks.  Mike Paredes pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Michael Martinez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Chase Davis was 2-for-4.  Brycen Mautz struck out six in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks.

Stats:  Aaron Sabato is batting .412 with an OPS of 1.230.  Kyler Fedco is batting .351 with an OPS of 1.237.  Ricardo Olivar is batting .304.  Mike Paredes has an ERA of zero.  Michael Martinez has an ERA of 2.45.

Record:  Wichita is 9-7, in second place, three games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4, WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kyle DeBarge tripled and scored in the first, but Hedbert Perez hit a two-run homer in the fifth to put Wisconsin up 2-1.  It stayed 2-1 until the ninth, when Kyle DeBarge struck again.  This time, he hit a two-out, three-run walkoff homer to give Cedar Rapids the victory.

Batters:  Kyle DeBarge was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second), a triple, a double, two runs, and three RBIs.  He was a single shy of a cycle.  Kevin Maitan was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitchers:  Jose Olivares struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Gabriel Yanez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Hedbert Perez was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second), a double, and two RBIs.  Manuel Rodriguez pitched five innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk and striking out three.  Patricio Aquino pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Stats:  Kevin Maitan is batting .385 with an OPS of 1.115.  Billy Amick is batting .377 with an OPS of 1.023.  Kaelen Culpepper is batting .316 with an OPS of .935.  Gabriel Gonzalez is batting .305 with an OPS of .863.  Caden Kendle has an OPS of .921.  Kyle DeBarge has an OPS of .911.  Jose Olivares has an ERA of zero.  Gabriel Yanez has an ERA of zero.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto has an ERA of zero.  Spencer Bengard has an ERA of 3.86.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 10-5, in second place, one game behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 8, CLEARWATER THRESHERS 3 IN CLEARWATER

Eduardo Tait hit a two-run homer in the first to give Clearwater the early lead.  It held up until the fourth, when Fort Myers got two-run homers from Yasser Mercedes and Jose Rodriguez to take a 4-2 lead.  Fort Myers put it out of reach with four more in the sixth on a two-run double by Daniel Pena and a two-run single by Yohander Martinez.

Batters:  Jose Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third), a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.  Daniel Pena was 1-for-4 with a double, a run, and two RBIs.  Yohander Martinez was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.  Yasser Mercedes was 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.

Pitchers:  Dylan Questad struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on one hit and two walks.  Hunter Hoopes struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.  Tyler Stasiowski pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Opponents:  Carter Mathison was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Brady Day was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Eduardo Tait was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourth).  Gabriel Barbosa pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out two.

Stats:  Jose Salas is batting .333 with an OPS of 1.000.  Poncho Ruiz is batting .333 with an OPS of .839.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .902.  Byron Chourio has an OPS of .811.  Dylan Questad has an ERA of 1.38.

Record:  Fort Myers is 9-7, tied for first with Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Fort Myers (Eli Jones, 1-1, 3.14) at Clearwater (TBD)
11:05  Springfield (Ixan Henderson, 2-0, 0.90) at Wichita (TBD)
5:00  Indianapolis (Thomas Harrington, 0-0, 1.80 and TBD at St. Paul (Andrew Morris, 0-1, 4.61 and Cory Lewis, 1-0, 9.82)
6:35  Wisconsin (Ryan Burchard, 0-1, 4.70) at Cedar Rapids (Ty Langenberg, 0-1, 7.50)

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IOWA CUBS 1, ST. PAUL SAINTS 0 IN IOWA

In a marked contrast to the last couple of games, this one was a pitchers' duel.  The lone run scored on an Owen Caissie homer in the fourth.  The Saints had five hits and a walk but stranded only three due to a double play, a caught stealing, and an out on the base.  They struck out eleven times.

Batters:  Mickey Gasper was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitchers:  Pablo Lopez pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks.  Darren McCaughan pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks and striking out two.

Opponents:  Moises Ballesteros was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Owen Caissie was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Chris Flexen struck out seven in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

Stats:  Mickey Gasper is batting .500 with an OPS of 1.250.  Carson McCusker is batting .308 with an OPS of 1.073.  Ryan Fitzgerald has an OPS of .853.  Kody Funderburk and Darren McCaughan each have an ERA of zero.  Pablo Lopez has an ERA of 1.93.  That Lopez kid looks like he has potential, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the majors soon.

Record:  St. Paul is 7-10, in ninth place, 4.5 games behind Columbus.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 3, TULSA DRILLERS 1 IN TULSA (GAME 1)

Ricardo Olivar homered and Rubel Cespedes hit a two-run single to give Wichita a 3-0 lead in the second.  Two pitchers made the lead stand up, as the lone Tulsa run came on a Jose Ramos home run in the second.  Each team had just four hits.

Batters:  Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs.  Ricardo Olivar was 1-for-3 with a home run.

Pitchers:  Connor Prielipp struck out five in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks.  Darren Bowen struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks.

Opponents:  Jose Ramos was 1-for-2 with a home run (his second) and a walk.  Christian Suarez pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 7, TULSA DRILLERS 0 IN TULSA (GAME 2-- 5 1/2 INNINGS)

It was scoreless until the fourth, when Ben Ross singled home a run.  Wichita broke it open in the fifth, with three walks preceding an Allan Cerda grand slam.  Kyler Fedco hit a two-run homer in the sixth before rain made it impossible to finish.  Two Wichita pitchers combined to shut out Tulsa on two hits and a walk.

Batters:  Allan Cerda was 1-for-2 with a grand slam.  Kyler Fedco was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Wichita had just five hits, but they made them count.

Pitchers:  John Klein struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Jarret Whorff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

Opponents:  None.

Stats:  Kyler Fedco is batting .364 with an OPS of 1.330.  Tanner Schobel and Rubel Cespedes each has an OPS of .808.  Klein has an ERA of 2.19.  Whorff has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Wichita is 8-7, tied for second with Springfield, three games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 13, PEORIA CHIEFS 6 IN PEORIA (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

When we left this one, is was 8-3 Cedar Rapids in the fourth.  The Kernels got one more in the fifth on three walks and a sacrifice fly.  A balk got the run back for Peoria in the bottom of the fifth.  Cedar Rapids put it away with four in the seventh on a two-run homer by Kyle DeBarge and a two-run double by Gabriel Gonzalez.  Peoria added two more in the bottom of the seventh on an error and a wild pitch.

Batters:  Nate Baez was 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and three RBIs.  Khadim Diaw was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Billy Amick was 2-for-3 with a walk, three runs, and an RBI.  Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, and two RBIs.  Kyle DeBarge was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Misael Urbina was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer.

Pitchers:  Alejandro Hidalgo struck out four in three innings, but allowed three runs on three hits and a walk.  Juan Mendez and 
Samuel Perez each struck out two and gave up one hit in a scoreless inning.

Opponents:  Ian Petrutz was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a run.  Johnfrank Salazar was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Ryan Campos was 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and three RBIs.  Jawilme Ramirez pitched two perfect innings, striking out one.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4, PEORIA CHIEFS 1 IN PEORIA (SCHEDULED GAME)

Cedar Rapids scored two in the second, with Danny DeAndrade doubling home one run and another scoring on a fielder's choice.  Johnfrank Salazar singled home one in the bottom of the second.  It stayed 2-1 until the sixth, when Kevin Maitan delivered an RBI double and a sacrifice fly brought home another run.  Cedar Rapids pitchers allowed only three hits in the seven-inning game.  Cedar Rapids batters also only got three hits but drew six walks.

Batters:  Kevin Maitan was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.

Pitchers:  Tanner Hall pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks and striking out three.  Gabriel Yanez pitched a perfect inning.  Jacob Wosinski pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opponents:  Tanner Jacobson struck out three and walked two in two shutout innings.

Stats:  Nate Baez is batting .385 with an OPS of 1.133.  Billy Amick is batting .380 with an OPS of 1.035.  Kevin Maitan is batting .333 with an OPS of 1.056.  Gabriel Gonzalez is batting .309 with an OPS of .888.  Gabriel Yanez has an ERA of zero.  Jacob Wosinski has an ERA of 2.35.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 9-5, in second place, one game behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 8, BRADENTON MARAUDERS 0 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers ambushed the Marauders, jumping to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.  Daniel Pena started the scoring with an RBI double.  The second run scored on a fielder's choice, which was followed by another RBI double, this time by Miguel Briceno.  Then came run-scoring singles by Angel Del Rosario and Yohander Martinez.

Three Fort Myers pitchers made the runs stand up, as they allowed just four hits and a walk.  Fort Myers added three more in the sixth when Jay Thomason hit a three-run homer.

Batters:  Seven different Fort Myers players had one hit.  Jay Thomason was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer (his third) and two runs.

Pitchers:  Cole Peschi struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Ivran Romero struck out two in a perfect inning.  Zander Sechrist struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Opponents:  Yordany De Los Santos was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Inmer Lobo struck out four in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Stats:  Poncho Ruiz is batting .333 with an OPS of .841.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .994.  Daniel Pena has an OPS of .801.  Cole Peschi and Ivran Romero each has an ERA of zero.  Zander Sechrist has an ERA of 1.93.

Record:  Fort Myers is 7-7, tied for second with Dunedin and Tampa, one game behind Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:05  Bradenton (Jonawel Valdez, 0-0, 5.68) at Fort Myers (Jakob Hall, 0-0, 12.07)
1:08  St. Paul (Zebby Matthews, 2-1, 1.80) at Iowa (TBD)
2:05  Cedar Rapids (Jose Olivares, 0-0, 0.00) at Peoria (Darlin Saladin, 0-0, 2.45)
Wichita Wind Surge--no game scheduled

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IOWA CUBS 6, ST. PAUL SAINTS 2 IN IOWA

St. Paul scored one in the first, but Greg Allen hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Chase Strumpf hit a grand slam in the eighth.  Ryan Fitzgerald was 2-for-2 with two hit-by-pitches.  Mike Ford hit a home run, his second.  Marco Raya struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk.  Alex Speas pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Richard Lovelady struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

TULSA DRILLERS 5, WICHITA WIND SURGE 3 IN TULSA

Aaron Brocho hit a two-run homer in the fourth and added two more in the fifth.  Kyler Fedco hit a three-run homer in the sixth to cut the margin to 4-3, but that was as good as it got.  Tulsa added one in the seventh.  Fedco was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer.  Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a run.  Trent Baker struck out seven in 4.2 innings, but allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk.  Mike Paredes struck out four in 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and a walk.

PEORIA CHIEFS 9, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4 IN PEORIA

Peoria scored four in the fifth and led 7-0 and after six.  Cedar Rapids scored three in the seventh but did not get back into the game.  Kyle DeBarge was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.  Charlee Soto struck out four in four innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.  Juan Mendez pitched 1.2 innings, giving up one hit.

BRADENTON MARAUDERS 6, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers took a 2-0 lead in the fifth, but Bradenton scored three in the sixth, one in the seventh, and two in the eighth.  Jay Thomason was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second), a walk, and two runs.  Byron Chourio was 2-for-3.  Daniel Pena was 2-for-4 with a double, a run, and an RBI.  Eli Jones struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:05  Bradenton (TBD) at Fort Myers (Jason Doktorczyk, 2-0, 2.70)
7:00  Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 1-1, 4.82) at Tulsa (Jared Karros, 0-1, 9.72)
7:05  Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-0, 5.63) at Peoria (Jose Davila, 1-0, 2.79)
7:08  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 0-0, 4.50) at Iowa (TBD)