NORFOLK AT ST. PAUL
Rained out. Will be made up as part of a doubleheader Saturday.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 6, SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS 4 AT SAN ANTONIO
Wichita scored two in the first and two in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Brandon Valenzuela got San Antonio on the board with an RBI single in the fifth, but a bases-loaded walk in the sixth got the run back for Wichita. Ripken Reyes singled home a run in the bottom of the sixth and San Antonio scored two in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-4. But a wild pitch brought home an insurance run in the eighth and San Antonio was held hitless the rest of the way.
Batters: Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs. Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Aaron Sabato was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Pitchers: Aaron Rozek pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk and striking out three. Jaylin Nowlin pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one. Cody Laweryson pitched 1.2 perfect innings, striking out one.
Opponents: Francisco Acuna was 3-for-5 with two runs. Romeo Sanabria was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Brandon Valenzuela was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Stats: Tanner Schobel, .305/.832 OPS. Tyler Dearden, .304/.828 OPS. Kyler Fedco, .932 OPS. Jorel Ortega, .852 OPS. Aaron Sabato, .800 OPS. Mike Paredes, 2.43 ERA.
Record: Wichita is 23-18, tied for first with Arkansas.
CEDAR RAPIDS AT FORT WAYNE
Rained out. Will be made up as part of a doubleheader Friday.
LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS 5, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN LAKELAND
Poncho Ruiz doubled home a run in the first, but Lakeland got the run back in the bottom of the first. It stayed 1-1 until the fifth, when Fort Myers took a 2-1 lead on a sacrifice fly. The lead lasted until the bottom of the fifth, when Lakeland scored three runs without a hit. The inning went walk, walk, walk, balk, sac fly, passed ball, ground out, walk, ground out. Garrett Pennington homered in the seventh to make it 5-2. Fort Myers scored one more in the eighth, but could do no more.
Batters: Angel Del Rosario was 2-for-2 with a double and a run. Yasser Mercedes was 2-for-3 with a double, a run, and an RBI. Poncho Ruiz was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Pitchers: Michael Carpenter pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and one walk and striking out three. Zander Sechrist struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits. Devin Kirby struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opponents: Franyerber Montilla was 2-for-4 with a double. Garrett Pennington hit a pinch-hit home run, his fourth. R. J. Sales pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks and striking out one.
Stats: Peyton Eeles is batting .333. Poncho Ruiz, .327/.879 OPS. Zander Sechrist, 2.12 ERA.
Record: Fort Myers is 19-22, in fifth place, 4.5 games behind Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:00 FCL Pirates at FCL Twins
5:07 Norfolk (TBD and TBD) at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, no record and Marco Raya, 0-3, 12.06)
5:30 Fort Myers (Dylan Questad, 1-1, 4.56) at Lakeland (TBD)
6:05 Cedar Rapids (Jeremy Lee, 3-2, 6.85) at Fort Wayne (Clark Candiotti, 1-2, 6.89)
7:05 Wichita (Ricky Castro, 0-3, 6.94) at San Antonio (Henry Baez, 1-1, 3.11)