CLIPPERS 6, SAINTS 3 IN COLUMBUS

Jose Tena hit a two-run double to cap a three-run sixth that put Columbus in the lead to stay.

Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixteenth.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, giving up three runs on three hits and four walks and striking out seven.

DRILLERS 10, WIND SURGE 0 IN WICHITA

Tulsa scored one in the first, third, fourth, and fifth, two in the sixth, and four in the seventh.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a double.

Carlos Luna pitched 4.1 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits and striking out three.
Hunter McMahon struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Denny Bentley struck out the side in a perfect inning.

KERNELS 7, LUGNUTS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids led 5-1 after four, but Lansing tied it 5-5 before Cedar Rapids got two more in the eighth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4.
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a home run, his fourteenth.

Kyle Jones pitched six innings, giving up five runs on nine hits and striking out four.
A. J. Labas pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out one.
Niklas Rimmel pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Cedar Rapids pitchers did not walk anyone.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 11, BLUE JAYS 1 IN DUNEDIN

Fort Myers scored two in the second and led the rest of the way.

Dylan Neuse was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Alec Sayre was 2-for-4 with two runs.
Rafael Cruz was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and two runs.

Juan Mercedes pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and three walks and striking out four.
Samuel Perez struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

FCL RAYS 11, FCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

The Rays scored four in the first and led all the way.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with a double in his professional debut.

Brayan Medina before being replaced due to injury.  He retired no one, although one man reached on an error.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits.
Cleiber Maldonado pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out three.

DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)

Trailing 3-0, the Cardinals scored four in the sixth and two in the seventh.  All six runs were unearned due to three errors and four passed balls.

Ewing Matos hit a home run.

Yency De Jesus struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Guardians Red at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 1-5, 2.42) at Dunedin
6:05  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-4, 10.13) at Columbus
6:35  Lansing at Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 2-0, 3.48)
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Marco Raya, 2-0, 8.25)

SAINTS 5, CLIPPERS 3 IN COLUMBUS

St. Paul scored two in the first and led all the way.

Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Chris Williams hit a home run, his eighteenth.

Simeon Woods Richardson struck out four in four innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit and six walks.
Kody Funderburk struck out five and walked one in 2.2 scoreless innings.
Cole Sands struck out the side in a perfect inning.

WIND SURGE 4, DRILLERS 0 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored single runs in the first, fourth, fifth, and seventh.

Pat Winkel was 3-for-3 with a home run (his sixth), two doubles,  and a walk.
Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh) and a walk.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pierson Ohl pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Taylor Floyd pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
Alex Scherff pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

KERNELS 5, LUGNUTS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Trailing 3-0, Cedar Rapids tied it with three in the fifth on homers by Emmanuel Rodriguez and Kala'i Rosario, and Kyler Fedco singled home the lead run in the sixth.

Rosario was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixteenth) and a walk.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his twelfth and thirteenth) and three RBIs.

Zebby Matthews pitched five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out five.
Malik Barrington pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jordan Carr pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, BLUE JAYS 2 IN DUNEDIN

Ricardo Olivar hit a two-run homer in the third to give Fort Myers a 4-0 lead.

Luke Keaschall was 3-for-4 with a double.
Olivar was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his ninth), a walk, and two runs.

Jarret Whorff struck out nine in six innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Wilker Reyes struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

DSL ORIOLES ORANGE 2, DSL TWINS 0 AT TWINS (completion of suspended game)

The Orioles scored both of their runs in the sixth.

The Twins had only one hit.

Miguel Cordero pitched a complete game, giving up two runs (one earned) on nine hits and two walks and striking out seven.  Of course, his "complete game" was five innings two weeks ago and four innings yesterday.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Cardinals at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Rays at FCL Twins
11:05  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-4, 4.26) at Columbus
5:30  Fort Myers (Juan Mercedes, 1-0, 11.12) at Dunedin
6:35  Lansing at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-4, 4.28)
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-6, 5.50)

CLIPPERS 15, SAINTS 7 IN COLUMBUS

Columbus scored eight in the fifth to break a 2-2 tie.  St. Paul scored five in the ninth to make the final score look a little better.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5.
Andrew Stevenson hit a home run, his thirteenth.
Jair Camargo hit a home run, his fifteenth.

Brent Headrick pitched four innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on eight hits and three walks and striking out three.
Austin Schulfer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 3, DRILLERS 1 IN WICHITA

Yoyner Fajardo hit a two-run homer in the second to give Wichita a 3-0 lead.

Fajardo was 2-for-2 with a two-run homer (his fifth) and a walk.

David Festa struck out six in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks.
Isaac Mattson struck out two and walked one in 1.2 scoreless innings.
Regi Grace pitched 1.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Denny Bentley struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Francis Peguero pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 12, LUGNUTS 9 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored six in the second to take an 8-1 lead.  Ben Ross hit a two-run triple and Jorel Ortega hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Ortega was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a double, two walks, and four RBIs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs.

C. J. Culpepper pitched four innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and three walks and striking out four.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

BULE JAYS 4, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN DUNEDIN

J. C. Masson singled home the deciding run in the ninth.

Luke Keaschall was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Jose Olivares pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out four.

FCL ORIOLES 6, FCL TWINS 4 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)

The Orioles scored four in the fourth and led the rest of the way.  They had one hit, two walks, two errors, and five stolen bases in the inning.

Andres Centeno was 2-for-2 with two walks.
Daniel Pena was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

Eduardo Soriano pitched 4.1 innings, giving up six runs (three earned) on one hit and four walks and striking out six.
Kyle Bischoff struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Miguel Olivares pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

DSL PHILLIES RED 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT PHILLIES (7 INNINGS)

The Phillies scored two in the first and led all the way.

Dameury Pena was 2-for-2.

Adrian Bohorquez started and pitched one innings, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk.
Luis Rincon struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  DSL Orioles Orange at DSL Twins (completion of suspended game from July 17)
12:05  Lansing at Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 3-1, 4.74)
5:30  Fort Myers (Jarret Whorff, 2-2, 2.93) at Dunedin
6:05  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 3-3, 5.93) at Columbus
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 2-3, 4.50)

SAINTS 8, MUD HENS 2 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored four in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie.  Mark Contreras hit a solo homer and Ernie Yake hit a three-run homer in the inning.

Yake was 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs.
Austin Martin was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs.
Contreras hit a home run, his tenth.

Dallas Keuchel struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.
Caleb Thielbar pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Oliver Ortega struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

ROUGHRIDERS 10, WIND SURGE 7 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored nine runs in the third and led the rest of the way.  They had six singles, two doubles, a walk, and a hit batsman.

Aaron Sabato was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixth.
Tanner Schobel hit a two-run homer.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his twenty-second.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT WISCONSIN

The game was suspended after eight and a half innings with the scored tied 3-3.  It will be completed today.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, CARDINALS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Trailing 5-2, Fort Myers tied it with three in the eighth.  Gregory Duran brought home the deciding run in the ninth.

Alec Sayre was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.

Juan Mercedes pitched three innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and four walks and striking out two.
Juan Mendez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Zach Veen struck out two in a perfect inning.

FCL TWINS AT FCL RED SOX

The game was suspended in the top of the fifth with the Red Sox leading 4-1.  The Twins have two hits so far.  Carlos Gutierrez has pitched all the way so far.  The game will be completed today.

DSL COLORADO 10, DSL TWINS 4 AT COLORADO

Colorado scored four in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie.  They had one hit in the inning--there were three walks, three wild pitches, and two hit batsmen.

Dameury Pena was 2-for-4.
Javier Roman was 2-for-4.
Junior Del Valle was 2-for-4.
Hendry Chivilli hit a home run.

It was a bullpen game for the Twins.

Gerardo Abrego pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Joel Garcia struck out five in 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox (completion of suspended game)
5:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 1-4, 2.23)
6:00  Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin (completion of suspended game followed by scheduled game.  Christian McMahon (1-0, 3.22) will start the scheduled game.
6:05  Frisco at Wichita (Travis Adams, 2-7, 5.86)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-4, 4.19)

MUD HENS 5, SAINTS 4 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul had the tying run on third and the winning run on second when the game ended.

Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, and two RBIs.
Ernie Yake was 2-for-4 with two doubles.

Simeon Woods Richardson struck out six in 4.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and five walks.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

WIND SURGE 4, ROUGHRIDERS 1 IN WICHITA

Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer in the third to break a 1-1 tie.

Severino was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his twenty-first.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pierson Ohl struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Francis Peguero struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Alex Scherff struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

TIMBER RATTLERS 4, KERNELS 3 IN WISCONSIN (10 INNINGS)

Robert Moore's two-run single drove in the tying and deciding runs.

Noah Miller was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-5.

Zebby Matthews struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits.
Jordan Carr pitched two shutout innings, walking one.

CARDINALS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN FORT MYERS

Leading 5-3, Palm Beach scored four in the eighth.  The runs scored on two singles, two walks, two errors, and a wild pitch.

Gregory Cruz was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Maddux Houghton was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Jarret Whorff pitched four innings, giving up three runs on three hits and five walks and striking out four.
Jackson Hicks pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FCL BRAVES 7, FCL TWINS 5 AT BRAVES

Trailing 4-3, the Braves scored four in the seventh to go into the lead to stay.

Brandon Winokur hit a two-run homer.

Brayan Medina pitched 6.1 innings, giving up five runs on four hits and five walks and striking out four.

They don't give pitch counts in the FCL, but it's unusual to see someone go more than six innings.  In fact, it's unusual to see someone go more than five.  Medina faced 27 batters.

DSL LAD MAGA 9, DSL TWINS 7 AT TWINS (6 INNINGS)

The Twins trailed 5-0, cut it to 5-4, went down 9-4, and cut it to 9-7.

The teams combined for 13 hits and 17 walks, plus four hit batsmen.

Cristian Hernandez pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on three hits and five walks and striking out five.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Colorado
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox
6:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Juan Mercedes, 1-0, 6.88)
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-4, 4.46) at Wisconsin
7:05  Frisco at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-1, 2.79)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Dallas Keuchel, 0-0, 0.69)

SAINTS 14, MUD HENS 7 IN ST. PAUL

Anthony Prato homered in the seventh to break a 7-7 tie, and St. Paul went on to score six runs in the inning.

Andrew Stevenson was 4-for-5 with a three-run homer (his twelfth), a double, a walk, and four runs.
Prato was 3-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a double, two runs, and three RBIs.
Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), a double, a walk, three runs, and three RBIs.

St. Paul drew thirteen walks and had two batters hit by pitches.

Louie Varland pitched 3.2 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on nine hits and a walk and striking out four.
Michael Boyle struck out two and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.
Caleb Theilbar pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings.

ROUGHRIDERS 10, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored nine runs in the first inning on seven singles, two doubles, a walk, and two errors.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a double.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-4.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his eighth.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his nineteenth.

Chad Donato pitched two-thirds on an inning, allowing nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits and striking out one.
Regi Grace struck out three in walked two in 2.1 scoreless innings.
Denny Bentley struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Francis Peguero struck out three in a perfect inning.

KERNELS 4, TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Cedar Rapids scored single runs in the second, fifth, eighth, and ninth.

Noah Cardenas was 3-for-4 with a double.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a double, a walk, and two runs.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourteenth), and a double.

Cory Lewis pitched five innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk and striking out three.
Mike Paredes pitched four shutout innings, walking two and striking out three.

CARDINALS 3, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Kade Kretzschmar hit a two-run double in the fourth to give Palm Beach a 2-0 lead.

Alec Sayre was 2-for-3.

Ben Ethridge pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out three.
Danny Moreno pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Zach Veen struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

FCL BRAVES 3, FCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (10 INNINGS)

Maximo Maria singled home the deciding run.

Dalton Schuffield was 3-for-4.
Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-4.

Eduardo Soriano pitched three innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit and two walks and striking out two.
Pierce Banks struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Jeferson Lopez pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Kyle Bischoff struck out three in three perfect innings.

DSL MARINERS 3, DSL TWINS 2 AT MARINERS (8 INNINGS)

It was apparently scheduled for seven but was scoreless after seven.  Dervy Ventura singled home the deciding run.

Angel Trinidad was 2-for-2.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Adrian Bohorquez pitched two shutout innings, walking two and striking out one.
Yency DeJesus pitched 5.1 innings of relief, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and three walks and striking out five.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-3, 6.14)
12:05  Frisco at Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 4.79)
12:10  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-0, 0.00) at Wisconsin
1:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Brent Headrick, 3-1, 3.76)

FCL TWINS 6, FCL PIRATES 5 AT TWINS

The Twins scored two in the eighth, both on sacrifice flies, to take a 6-5 lead.  They had only four hits but drew ten walks and a hit batsman.

Cesar Lares pitched five innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out eight.
Jacob Wosinski struck out three in two perfect innings.
Yon Landaeta struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

DSL TWINS 10, DSL BRAVES 9 AT TWINS

The Twins led 10-5 before the Braves scored two in the eighth and two in the ninth.  They had the tying run on third when the game ended.

Moises Lopez was 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.
Yilber Herrera was 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs.
Dameury Pena was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-3 with two runs.
Ewing Matos was 2-for-3.

Miguel Cordero pitched three innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out four.
Luis Rincon pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

WHERE THEY STAND

The St. Paul Saints are 12-9, in second place in the International league West, one game behind Iowa.
The Wichita Wind Surge is 9-12, in fourth place in the Texas League North, 3.5 games behind first-place Arkansas, one game behind third-place Springfield.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 16-8, in first place in the Midwest League West, three games ahead of Beloit and Peoria.
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 11-13, in fifth place in the Florida State League West, six games behind first-place Clearwater, one game behind fourth-place Tampa.
The FCL Twins are 16-18, in third place in the FCL South, nine games behind the first-place Pirates, 3.5 games behind the second-place Red Sox.
The DSL Twins are 8-25, in eighth place in the DSL South, 17.5 games behind the first-place Phillies White, 1.5 games behind the seventh-place Cardinals.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Mariners
11:00  FCL Braves at FCL Twins
5:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Angelmiguel Boadas, 0-2, 7.56)
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 3-0, 2.20) at Wisconsin
7:05  Frisco at Wichita (Chad Donato, 1-5, 8.59)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Louie Varland, 4-0, 4.87)