The St. Paul Saints are 36-27, in first place in International League West, 1.5 games ahead of Nashville.  However, they are four games behind Durham for best record in the league, which (if I'm reading it correctly) is what they would need to have to make the playoffs.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 34-29, in second place in the Texas League North, one game behind Springfield.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels finished their season 42-24, in first place in the Midwest League West, six games ahead of Peoria and Wisconsin.  They will play Peoria in the first round of the Midwest League playoffs.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels finished their season 33-32, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, 10.5 games behind Lakeland, 2.5 games behind third-place Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris) at Peoria*
6:38  St. Paul (Hunter McMahon, 0-1, 3.38) at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Chris Paddack, no record)

*Game 1 of the best-of-three series.

BATS 3, SAINTS 2 IN LOUISVILLE (10 INNINGS)

Jason Vosler's RBI double tied it in the ninth and Jose Barrero singled home the deciding run in the tenth.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with two doubles.
Brooks Lee hit a home run, his fourth.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his eighth.

Blayne Enlow pitched two innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out one.
Patrick Murphy pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.

WIND SURGE 3, HOOKS 2 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Wichita scored two in the ninth to break a 1-1 tie.  Corpus Christi had the tying run on third when the game ended.

Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double.
Jake Rucker was 3-for-4 with two doubles.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his tenth.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk and striking out two.
Isaac Mattson struck out three and walked one in 2.2 scoreless innings.
Curtis Taylor struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out four in 1.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits.

TIMBER RATTLERS 8, KERNELS 5 IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin scored two in the second, three in the third, and three in the fourth to build an 8-2 lead.

Luke Keaschall was 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs.
Jose Salas was 2-for-4 with a double.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5.
Carson McCusker hit a home run, his seventh.

Alejandro Hidalgo pitched two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.
Matthew Swain pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and  striking out one.
Jarret Whorff pitched a perfect inning.

MARAUDERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN FORT MYERS

A pair of sacrifice flies in the eighth broke a 3-3 tie.

Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Walker Jenkins was 2-for-5 with a triple.

Ben Ethridge struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Zach Veen pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
Nolan Santos pitched two shutout innings, walking two.

TODAY'S TILTS

No games scheduled.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

6:35  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris) at Peoria*
6:35  St. Paul at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita

*First game of the playoffs

SAINTS 7, BATS 6 IN LOUISVILLE

St. Paul led 7-2 after three.  Louisville scored four in the fourth, and it stayed 7-6 the rest of the way.

Michael Helman was 3-for-5.
Tony Wolters was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and four RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, allowing six runs on six hits and four walks and striking out six.
Austin Schulfer struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Cole Sands pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

HOOKS 8, WIND SURGE 2 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Will Wagner hit a two-run homer to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth.  A three-run eighth made it 8-1.

Alex Isola was 2-for-2 with a double.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4.

Marco Raya pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.

TIMBER RATTLERS 2, KERNELS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Eric Brown, Jr. singled home the tying run in the ninth and a balk brought home the deciding run.

Cedar Rapids had three hits, all singles.

Zebby Matthews struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Mike Paredes pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored four in the fourth and three in the fifth to take a 7-0 lead.  Bradenton scored all their runs in the eighth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Matt Gabbert struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 3-4, 6.09)
6:15  St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 2-1, 2.55) at Louisville
6:40  Cedar Rapids (John Klein, no record) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Travis Adams, 4-9, 5.47) at Corpus Christi

SAINTS 10, BATS 3 IN LOUISVILLE

Leading 4-0, St. Paul scored four in the fifth.  Kyle Garlick hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Garlick was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth), two walks, and four RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, and three runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-6.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out five.
Hunter McMahon pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

WIND SURGE 2, HOOKS 1 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. stole second and scored on a throwing error with two out in the ninth for the deciding run.

Seth Gray hit a home run, his ninth.

Pierson Ohl pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out four.
Curtis Taylor pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TIMBER RATTLERS 11, KERNELS 6 IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin scored three in the first and four in the second to take a 7-0 lead.

Kala'i Rosario hit a three-run homer, his twenty-first.

Cedar Rapids had five hits and drew eleven walks.

C. J. Culpepper pitched two innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out one.
A. J. Labas pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MARAUDERS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS (7 INNINGS--RAIN)

Rodolfo Nolasco hit a grand slam in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.

Danny De Andrade was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Yohander Martinez was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and six walks and striking out four.
Jeremy Lee struck out three in a scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks.

Fort Myers pitchers walked twelve while striking out nine.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Matt Gabbart, 2-0, 3.52)
6:15  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-8, 4.84) at Louisville
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 4-2, 4.81) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 7.0 6) at Corpus Christi

SAINTS 13, BATS 8 IN LOUISVILLE

St. Paul led 5-0 after one and 6-2 after seven.  Louisville scored six in the eighth, but St. Paul came back with seven in the ninth.

Austin Martin was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) and two runs.
Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-4.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth) and six RBIs.
Michael Helman was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fifth), two runs, and two RBIs.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer, his seventh.

David Festa struck out six in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and six walks.
Michael Boyle pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

St. Paul pitchers gave up eight hits but walked eleven.

HOOKS 10, WIND SURGE 4 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Corpus Christi led 5-0 after four.  Wichita scored four in the fifth, but Corpus Christi got one in the fifth and four in the sixth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4.
Seth Gray hit a grand slam, his eighth homer.

Sean Mooney struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.
Isaac Mattson struck out five in two perfect innings.

KERNELS 4, TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a two-run single in the second to give Cedar Rapids a 3-1 lead.

Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two RBis.
Jose Salas hit a home run, his fourth.

Cory Lewis pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out three.
Ricardo Velez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Jarret Whorff struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS

A run-scoring force out broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4.  He is batting .447/.488/.684 in nine games (38 at-bats).
Jay Harry was 2-for-4.  He is batting .352/.437/.477 in 24 games (88 at-bats).
Nate Baez hit a three-run homer, his second.

Chris Paddack pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks and striking out four.
Samuel Perez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:35  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 5-6, 5.29) at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (John Klein, 2-1, 2.97)
6:35  Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 7-3, 2.95) at Corpus Christi
6:40  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-1, 3.58) at Wisconsin

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)