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Minor Details: Where They Stand: May 2

The St. Paul Saints are 15-10, in fourth place in the International League West, two games behind Memphis, 1.5 games behind second place Iowa and Toledo.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 9-12, tied for fourth (last) place in the Texas League North with Springfield, five games behind Arkansas, one game behind third-place Northwest Arkansas.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 9-11, tied for third place in the Midwest League West with Quad Cities, five games behind Beloit, 3.5 games behind second-place South Bend.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 12-9, in third place in the Florida State League West, three games behind Clearwater, one game behind second-place Bradenton.

Minor Details: Games of April 30

ST. PAUL AT ROCHESTER

Rained out.

CARDINALS 7, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Irving Lopez hit a three-run homer in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.

Pat Winkel was 2-for-4 with a double.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two runs.

Blayne Enlow pitched five innings, giving up three runs on three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

WHITECAPS 13, KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

West Michigan scored three in the fourth and seven in the fifth to build a 10-0 lead.

Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a double.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Charlie Neuweiler struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, TORTUGAS 5 IN DAYTONA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

A four-run third gave Fort Myers a 5-0 lead and they led the rest of the way.

Rubel Cespedes was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Dylan Neuse was 3-for-4.
Carlos Aguiar was 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Alec Sayre was 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, and three RBIS.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.

Starter Tomas Cleto pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out one.
Wilker Reyes pitched 3.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out three.

TORTUGAS 7, MIGHTY MUSSLES 6 IN DAYTONA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Trailing 6-1, Daytona scored six runs in the seventh.  Cam Collier hit a two-run single to end the game.

Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4.

C. J. Culpepper struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up three hits.

There are no games scheduled for today.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

11:05  Wichita (TBD) at Northwest Arkansas
11:07  Nashville at St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 1-1, 2.42)
5:05  Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 0-1, 3.38) at South Bend
6:00 Dunedin at Fort Myers (TBD)

Minor Details: Games of April 29

RED WINGS 2, SAINTS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Kevin Plawecki homered in the ninth as St. Paul lost by the same score on consecutive days.

Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4.
Elliot Soto was 2-for-4.

Randy Dobnak pitched four innings, giving up one run on five hits and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Cody Laweryson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and striking out one.

CARDINALS 16, WIND SURGE 10 IN WICHITA

Wichita led 2-0, 5-2, and 6-5.  It was 8-7 Springfield when the Cardinals scored six in the seventh.

Yunior Severino was 4-for-6 with a home run (his sixth), two runs, and four RBIs.
Seth Gray was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Will Holland was 2-for-5.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-6 with two runs.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-6 with two runs.
Pat Winkel hit a home run.

Starter Carlos Luna pitched three innings, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks and striking out four.
Osiris German pitched a perfect inning.

WHITECAPS 4, KERNELS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

West Michigan scored single runs in the first, second, seventh, and ninth.

Jose Salas was 2-for-4.

Pierson Ohl pitched four innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out two.
John Wilson struck out two in two scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Matthew Swain pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

FORT MYERS AT DAYTONA

Postponed due to lightning.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 0-1, 3.12) at Rochester
1:05  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 0-1, 5.40)
1:05  Springfield at Wichita (Blayne Enlow, 0-0, 2.30)
4:00  Fort Myers (C. J. Culpepper, 0-1, 4.50)

Minor Details: Games of April 28

RED WINGS 2, SAINTS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Rochester scored two in the sixth to break a 0-0 tie.

St. Paul had only two hits.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks and striking out four.
Austin Schulfer pitched a perfect inning.

CARDINALS 9, WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA

Springfield scored two in the first and led all the way.

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

Starter Chad Donato pitched 3.2 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out two.
Andrew Cabezas struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up three hits.
Michael Boyle struck out two in two perfect innings.

KERNELS 7, WHITECAPS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Trailing 5-4, Cedar Rapids scored three in the eighth.  Two of the runs scored on sacrifice flies.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5 with three RBIs.

Starter Marco Raya pitched three innings, giving up three runs on three hits and a walk and striking out two.
Niklas Rimmel pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Regi Grace pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 3, TORTUGAS 2 IN DAYTONA

Fort Myers scored single runs in the second, third, and sixth.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4.
Carlos Aguiar was 2-for-5 with a triple and a double.

Zebby Matthews struck out eight in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jackson Hicks struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 1-0, 5.94) at Rochester
1:05  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Pierson Ohl, 1-0, 2.70)
2:05  Springfield at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 0-0, 4.09)
5:35  Fort Myers (Tomas Cleto, 0-1, 2.57) at Daytona

Minor Details: Games of April 27

SAINTS 5, RED WINGS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Mark Contreras hit a three-run homer in the first.

Contreras was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fourth), a walk, and two runs.

Louie Varland struck out eight in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.
Cole Sands struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.
Jorge Alcala pitched a scoreless inning and struck out one.

WIND SURGE 12, CARDINALS 11 IN WICHITA

Trailing 8-7, Wichita scored five in the eighth, then held on as Springfield scored three in the ninth.

Jake Rucker was 3-for-5 with three RBIs.
Pat Winkel was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), two runs, and four RBIs.

Starter Aaron Rozek pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks and striking out five.
Alex Scherff pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out one.

KERNELS 5, WHITECAPS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Tanner Schobel hit a three-run homer in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie.

Schobel's home run was his third.
Misael Urbina hit a home run, his first.

Alejandro Hidalgo pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks and striking out one.
Mike Paredes pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.
John Stankiewicz struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, TORTUGAS 1 IN DAYTONA

Trailing 1-0, Ricardo Olivar hit a grand slam for Fort Myers.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a double.
Olivar hit a grand slam, his second homer.

Starter Jose Olivares pitched just one inning, giving up one run on a hit and a walk.  It appears that he was removed due to a rain dealy.
Ben Ethridge struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Zach Veen struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Samuel Perez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up on hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:05  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 0-2, 9.00) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (Zebby Matthews, 2-0, 3.57) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 6.75)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (TBD)

Minor Details: Games of April 26

RED WINGS 7, SAINTS 2 IN ROCHESTER

Rochester scored three in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.

Jair Camargo hit a home run.  No St. Paul batter had more than one hit.

Jose De Leon pitched four innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks and striking out four.
Connor Sadzeck struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Patrick Murphy struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

CARDINALS 10, WIND SURGE 0 IN WICHITA

Matt Koperniak hit a two-run homer in a five-run fifth that broke a scoreless tie.

Wichita had just one hit, a single by Yoyner Fajardo in the fourth inning.

Travis Adams pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and striking out three.
Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WHITECAPS 10, KERNELS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Already leading 5-0, West MIchigan scored five in the ninth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  That's two of the three Cedar Rapids hits.

Jordan Carr struck out seven in five innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and a walk.
John Wilson retired the only man he faced.

TORTUGAS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN DAYTONA

Cade Hunter homered in the eighth to break a 5-5 tie.

Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with two triples.

Cory Lewis struck out nine in 4.2 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk.
A. J. Labas retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:05  St. Paul (Louie Varland, 1-0, 5.59) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (TBD) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-1, 1.59)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 0-1, 14.21)

Minor Details: Games of April 25

SAINTS 14, RED WINGS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Leading 4-0, St. Paul scored seven in the sixth.

Mark Contreras was 4-for-5 with a double, three runs, and two RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 3-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, a walk, three runs, and two RBIs.
Michael Helman was 3-for-5 with two home runs, including a grand slam.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-6 with a home run (his third), two runs, and two RBIs.
Edouard Julien was 2-for-6.

Aaron Sanchez pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and five walks and striking out four.
Cole Sands pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Cody Laweryson struck out two in a scoreless inning, walking one.

WIND SURGE 12, CARDINALS 3 IN WICHITA

Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Wichita a 4-3 lead and they added seven in the seventh.

Brooks Lee was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Severino was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth) and four RBIs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and two runs.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
David Banuelos was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a triple.

David Festa pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Jose Bravo struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits.
Jordan Brink retired all four men he faced, striking out one.
Osiris German pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

KERNELS 2, WHITECAPS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored both runs in the eighth.

Cedar Rapids had five hits, with no batter getting more than one.

Kyle Jones struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.
Regi Grace struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, TORTUGAS 4 IN DAYTONA

Trailing 4-1, Fort Myers scored one in the eighth and three in the ninth.  Danny De Andrade singled home the go-ahead run.

Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  He is batting .390 with an OPS of 1.314.
De Andrade was 2-for-5.

Starter Develson Aria pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks and striking out five.
Ricky Mineo struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Gabriel Yanez struck out five in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Springfield at Wichita (Travis Adams, 1-2, 9.31)
5:05  St. Paul (TBD) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (TBD) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 0-0, 2.16)

Minor Details: Where They Stand: April 25

The St. Paul Saints are 13-7, in fourth place in the International League West, 1.5 games behind Memphis.  They are percentage points behind third-place Iowa.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 7-8, tied for third place with Northwest Arkansas in the Texas League North, three games behind Arkansas and Tulsa.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 6-8, in sixth (last) place in the Midwest League West, 3.5 games behind Beloit.  They are a half game behind fifth-place Wisconsin.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 8-7, tied for third place with Lakeland in the Florida State League West, two games behind Bradenton.

Minor Details: Games of April 23

SAINTS 8, RAILRIDERS 5 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul led 8-1 after eight.

Elliot Soto was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, and five RBIs.
Hernan Perez was 2-for-4.

With Bailey Ober called up to the majors, Randy Dobnak made the start.  He pitched four innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out three.
Josh Winder struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Jorge Alcala pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

DRILLERS 4, WIND SURGE 3 IN TULSA

Wichita scored three in the first, but that was it.  Jose Ramos' RBI single brought home the go-ahead run in the sixth.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his second.

Carlos Luna pitched 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk and striking out three.
Michael Boyle struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, walking one.
Alex Scherff struck out two in two-thirds of an inning, walking one.

KERNELS 11, SKY CARP 1 IN BELOIT

Cedar Rapids scored four in the second to take a 5-0 lead.

Noah Miller was 4-for-5 with a double, three runs, and three RBIs.
Noah Cardenas was 3-for-5 with two doubles, a walk, two runs and two RBIs.

Pierson Ohl struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Mike Paredes pitched a scoreless inning, walking one.
Regi Grace struck out two in a perfect inning.
Niklas Rimmel pitched a scoreless innings, walking two and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

HAMMERHEADS 10, MIGHTY MUSSELS 9 IN FORT MYERS (11 INNINGS)

Jupiter scored three in the top of the eleventh.  Fort Myers got two back and had men on first and second with one out, but a line drive double play ended the game.

Michael Helman was 4-for-5 with a triple, a double, a walk, three runs, and two RBIs.
Dylan Neuse was 2-for-5.
Ricardo Olivar hit a home run.

Starter Tomas Cleto pitched three innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out three.
Johnathan Lavallee pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on a hit and a walk.

There are no games today.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

5:05  St. Paul (TBD) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (TBD) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 0-2, 5.65)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (David Festa, 1-1, 3.07)

Minor Details: Games of April 21

SAINTS 10, RAILRIDERS 9 IN ST. PAUL (11 INNINGS)

St. Paul led 6-3 and 7-6, but had to score three in the eleventh to win it.  Kyle Garlick hit a three-run homer to win the game.

Matt Wallner was 3-for-4 with a grand slam (his second homer), a double, and a walk.
Andrew Stevenson hit a home run, his second.
Garlick hit a three-run homer, his third.
The Saints had only seven hits but drew nine walks.

Simeon Woods Richardson was supposed to start, but he was called up to the majors, so Dereck Rodriguez got the call.  He pitched four innings, giving up three runs on two hits and three walks and struck out two.
Cole Sands pitched three innings, giving up one run on one hit.

DRILLERS 6, WIND SURGE 5 IN TULSA

Wichita led 4-2 and 5-4, but Tulsa scored one in the eighth to tie it and one in the ninth to win it.

Armani Smith was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5.
Jake Rucker hit a home run, his second.

Aaron Rozek pitched four innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out four.
Jordan Brink struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.

SKY CARP 4, KERNELS 3 IN BELOIT

Cedar Rapids led 3-2, but Joshua Zamora hit a two-run single in the eighth.

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a home run.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Starter Marco Raya pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs on one hit and three walks and striking out four.
John Wilson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Alejandro Hidalgo, who had been scheduled to start the game, pitched four innings of relief, giving up two unearned runs on five hits and striking out four.

MIGHTY MUSSLES 13, HAMMERHEADS 2 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored five in the fifth and six in the seventh.

Danny De Andrade was 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-2 with a double.  He is batting .394 with an OPS of 1.372.  He also left the game early, and I don't know why.
Michael Helman was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs.
Dylan Neuse was 2-for-5 with three runs.

Jose Olivares pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out four.
Ben Ethridge struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

2:07  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (Louie Varland, 1-0, 1.80)
3:05  Cedar Rapids (Orlando Rodriguez, 2-0, 0.00) at Beloit
5:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers (Zebby Matthews, 2-0, 0.00)
7:05  Wichita (Chad Donato, 0-1, 27.00) at Tulsa