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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 22

I won't have time to do the night games, but here are the afternoon games.

SAINTS 11, RAILRIDERS 6 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored five in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 7-5 lead.

Ryan LaMarre hit a three-run homer, his second.
Hernan Perez hit a two-run homer, his third.
St. Paul had just seven hits, but drew nine walks and was helped by three opposition errors.

Louie Varland pitched 4.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out eight.
Austin Schulfer pitched 1.1 scoreless innings despite giving up two hits and two walks.
Jordan Balazovic pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

SKY CARP 7, KERNELS 1 IN BELOIT

Beloit scored four in the fourth and three in the fifth.

Ernie Yake was 2-for-3 with a double.
Jeferson Morales was 2-for-3.

Starter Orlando Rodriguez pitched 3.2 innings, giving up four unearned runs on three hits and a walk and striking out one.
Matt Mullenbach struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Charlie Neuweiler pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S  TILTS

11:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers (Tomas Cleto, 0-1, 2.25)
1:05  Cedar Rapids (Pierson Ohl, 0-0, 3.60) at Beloit
1:05  Wichita (Carlos Luna, 0-0, 4.26) at Tulsa
2:07  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 2-1, 2.55)

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

Minor Details: Games of April 20

SAINTS 5, RAILRIDERS 4 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul led 4-0 after three and held on.

Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Hernan Perez was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.
Jorge Polanco did not play.

Jose De Leon struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Every reliever gave up exactly one run.

DRILLERS 3, WIND SURGE 0 IN TULSA

Tulsa scored one in the first, second, and fifth.  Wichita was shut out for the second consecutive game.

Wichita had five hits, all singles, and no batter had more than one.

Travis Adams pitched four innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks and striking out four.
Tyler Beck pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and striking out one.
Michael Boyle retired all five men he faced, striking out one.

SKY CARP 3, KERLENS 2 IN BELOIT

Yiddi Cappe's RBI single in the seventh broke a 2-2 tie.

Kala'i Rosario was 4-for-4 with a triple and a double.

Jordan Carr pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk and striking out three.
Mike Paredes struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 11, HAMMERHEADS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Andrew Cossetti hit a grand slam in the third and Fort Myers added four in the fifth to take an 8-1 lead.

Cossetti was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his fourth homer), a double, two runs, and seven RBIs.  He is batting .355 with an OPS of 1.280.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with a double.

Cory Lewis struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on one hit and two walks.
Samuel Perez retired all eight men he faced, striking out one.
Jackson Hicks struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers (TBD)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-0, 5.40) at Beloit
6:37  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 0-2, 9.00)
7:05  Wichita (TBD) at Tulsa

Minor Details: Games of April 19

RAILRIDERS 3, SAINTS 1 IN ST. PAUL

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored one in the first and two in the sixth.

St. Paul had six hits, all singles, and no batter had more than one.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4.  Alex Kirilloff did not play.

Aaron Sanchez struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on six hits and three walks.  Jordan Balazovic struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

DRILLERS 4, WIND SURGE 0 IN TULSA

Tulsa scored two in the third and Imanol Vargas hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Wichita had five hits, all singles, and no batter had more than one.

David Festa pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks and striking out six.  Osiris German pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.  Jordan Brink retired the only man he faced.

SKY CARP 5, KERNELS 2 IN BELOIT

Beloit scored all five of their runs in the second inning.

Cedar Rapids had only three hits, and no batter had more than one.  The Kernels did draw seven walks.

Starter Kyle Jones pitched three innings, giving up five runs on six hits and two walks and striking out one.  Malik Barrington struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Niklas Rimmel pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out one.  Matthew Swain pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

HAMMERHEADS 8, MIGHTY MUSSELS 7 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers led 6-0, but Jupiter scored five in the seventh and three in the eighth.  Cristhian Rodriguez' two-run single brought home the tying and go-ahead runs.

Andrew Cossetti was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third), a walk, two runs, and four RBIs.  Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-5 with a double.  Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs.

Davelson Aria pitched five scoreless, hitless innings, giving up two walks and striking out four.  The bullpen surrendered all eight runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers (Cory Lewis, 1-1, 4.82)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 0-0, 2.25) at Beloit
6:37  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (TBD)
7:05  Wichita (Travis Adams,1-1, 12.71) at Tulsa

Minor Details: Games of April 18

SAINTS 6, RAILRIDERS 0 IN ST. PAUL

Mark Contreras hit a grand slam in the first and St. Paul never trailed.

Contreras was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his third homer) and five RBIs.  Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with two runs.

Bailey Ober struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.  Patrick Murphy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.  Cody Laweryson pitched a perfect inning.  Dereck Rodriguez struck out three in a perfect inning.  Brock Stewart struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.

WIND SURGE 4, DRILLERS 2 IN TULSA

Eighth-inning homers by Brooks Lee and Yunior Severino broke a 2-2 tie.

DaShawn Kiersey hit a two-run homer.  Lee's homer was his second.  Severino's homer was his third.  No Wichita batter had more than one hit.  Of the teams' five hits, three were home runs.

Blayne Enlow pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks and striking out five.  Jose Bravo retired all five men he faced, striking out two.  Kody Funderburk pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out one.

SKY CARP 6, KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kyler Castillo hit a two-run single in the fifth to give Beloit a 3-1 lead.

Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a home run.

Starter Jaylin Nowlin pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on three hits and two walks and striking out seven.  Charlie Neuweiler struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

HAMMERHEADS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Jupiter scored four in the third and never trailed.

Michael Helman was 2-for-3 with a double.  Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.

Starter C. J. Culpepper pitched four innings, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks and striking out five.  A. J. Labas pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out one.  Gabriel Yanez struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:05  Wichita (David Festa, 1-0) at Tulsa
6:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers (Develson Aria)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 0-1 at Beloit
6:37  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez)

Minor Details: Games of April 16

INDIANS 7, SAINTS 0 IN INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis scored three in the fourth and four in the seventh.

St. Paul had just five hits, all singles, and no one had more than one.

Jose De Leon pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Austin Schulfer retired all four men he faced.

NATURALS 15, WIND SURGE 5 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored two in the first, but Northwest Arkansas came back with five in the second and led the rest of the way.

Seth Gray was 2-for-4.  Jake Rucker was 2-for-5.

Starter Chad Donato lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing five runs on four hits and two walks and striking out one.  Hunter McMahon struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.

QUAD CITIES AT CEDAR RAPIDS

Rained out.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, THRESHERS 0 IN CLEARWATER

Carlos Aguiar and Andrew Cossetti homered in a three-run second and Fort Myers led the rest of the way.

Aguiar was 2-for-3 with two home runs and a walk.  Cossetti hit a two-run homer.

Zebby Matthews struck out seven in five innings, giving up no hits and one walk.  Jackson Hicks struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Ben Ethridge struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

There are no games scheduled today.

6:00  Jupiter at Fort Myers
6:05  Wichita at Tulsa
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin) at Beloit
6:37  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul

Minor Details: Games of April 13

SAINTS 3, INDIANS 2 IN INDIANAPOLIS

Ryan LeMarre doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth.

Mark Contreras was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.  Tony Wolters was 2-for-3.  Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5.

Louie Varland was scheduled to start but was a late scratch, apparently because he's been promoted to Minnesota.  Dereck Rodriguez started instead and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk and striking out five.  Jordan Balazovic struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks.  Austin Schulfer pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk and striking out one.  Jose De Leon pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

NATURALS 10, WIND SURGE 3 IN WICHITA

Trailing 3-1, Northwest Arkansas scored seven runs in the sixth.  They had eight hits in the inning, one double and seven singles.

DaShawn Keirsey was 2-for-4.  Seth Gray hit a home run.

Starter David Festa pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out six.  Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

RIVER BANDITS 4, KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Jack Alexander hit a two-run double in the seventh to give Quad Cities a 3-0 lead.

Tanner Schobel hit a home run, his second.

Starter Kyle Jones pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out four.  Matthew Swain struck out two in a perfect inning.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, THRESHERS 6 IN CLEARWATER

Fort Myers scored four in the first and led all the way.

Ricardo Olivar was 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.  Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, two walks, and two runs.  Alex Kirilloff hit a home run.  Maddux Houghton hit a home run.

Starter Develson Aria struck out seven in three innings, but gave up two runs on four hits and four walks.  Samuel Perez struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in two perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Cory Lewis, 0-1) at Clearwater
6:05  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez) at Indianapolis
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr)
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (TBD)