CUBS 5, SAINTS 3 IN IOWA

Nelson Velazquez hit a three-run homer in the third to give Iowa a 4-3 lead.

Kyle Garlick hit a three-run homer, his ninth.

Blayne Enlow pitched five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk and striking out four.
Kody Funderburk struck out all four men he faced, striking out two.

WIND SURGE 8, DRILLERS 2 IN TULSA

With the score tied at two, Wichita scored three in the sixth and three in the seventh.

Will Holland was 2-for-3 with a walk and three RBIs.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his fifth.
Alex Isola hit a home run, his tenth.

Wichita had five hits and drew thirteen walks.

Chad Donato struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Hunter McMahon retired all eight men he faced, striking out four.
Denny Bentley struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 9, RIVER BANDITS 6 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Tanner Schobel hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give Cedar Rapids a 7-6 lead.

Schobel was 3-for-3 with a home run (his thirteenth), two walks, and three RBIs.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5 with a triple.

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

HAMMERHEADS 4, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN JUPITER

Brett Roberts homered in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie and Ian Lewis added a two-run homer in the eighth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.

Jarret Whorff struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on one hit and four walks.

FCL TWINS 7, FCL ORIOLES 3 AT TWINS

The Twins scored four in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie.

Byron Chourio was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Omari Daniel was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.

Matt Gabbert pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and three walks, and striking out four.
Cleiber Maldonado struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up four hits and two walks.
Pierce Banks struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

DSL ROCKIES 19, DSL TWINS 8 AT TWINS

It was 8-6 through seven, but the Rockies scored seven in the eighth and four in the ninth.

Damuery Pena was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, a walk, and two runs.  He is batting .409 in 18 games (66 at-bats).
Ewing Matos was 3-for-5 with a triple.

Opener Luis Rincon pitched 1.1 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on two hits and two walks and striking out two.
Adrian Bohorquez struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins (doubleheader)
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
5:30  Fort Myers (Jack Noble, 0-1, 3.60) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 0-0, 0.00)
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, no record)* at Tulsa
7:08  St. Paul (Dallas Keuchel, 0-0, 1.08) at Iowa

*Making his AA debut

CUBS 3, SAINTS 2 IN IOWA

Nelson Velazquez hit an RBI double in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie.

St. Paul had only four hits and no one had more than one.

Aaron Sanchez struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Austin Brice pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

All four St. Paul pitchers had a first name that begins with "A" (the other was Austin Schulfer).

DRILLERS 4, WIND SURGE 1 IN TULSA

Tulsa scored three in the first on two singles, a walk, and three errors.

Wichita had only two hits and no one had more than one.

Carlos Luna pitched four innings, giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Alex Scherff struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Isaac Mattson pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

KERNELS 3, RIVER BANDITS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored two in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.  Ben Ross singled home the go-ahead run.

Jose Salas was 2-for-2 with a home run (his third) and a triple.

Jaylin Nowlin struck out ten in six innings, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 4, HAMMERHEADS 3 IN JUPITER (10 INNINGS)

Fort Myers scored two in the top of the tenth.  Jupiter scored one in the bottom of the tenth and had men on first and third when the game ended.

Dillon Tatum was 2-for-4.
Gregory Duran was 2-for-5.

Ben Ethridge pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out two.
Gabriel Yanez struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Orioles at FCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Jarret Whorff, 2-0, 1.63) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 4-4, 4.02)
6:38  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-1, 6.57) at Iowa
7:05  Wichita (Chad Donato, 1-5, 10.73) at Tulsa

CUBS 3, SAINTS 2 IN IOWA

Edwin Rios hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give Iowa a 3-1 lead.  St. Paul got the tying run to first base in the ninth.

Gilberto Celestino hit a home run, his second.
Trevor Larnach hit a home run, his seventh.

Randy Dobnak pitched four innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks and striking out three.
Ronny Henriquez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Patrick Murphy struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.

DRILLERS 5, WIND SURGE 4 IN TULSA (11 INNINGS)

Jose Ramos hit a two-run homer in the eighth to tie it 3-3.  Each team scored once in the tenth.  Eddys Leonard delivered a walkoff single.

Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5.

David Festa struck out three in two innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.  He is playing in the Futures Game, which may be why he only pitched two innings.
Pierson Ohl struck out nine in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits.

KERNELS 4, RIVER BANDITS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Noah Cardenas hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Cedar Rapids a 3-0 lead.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth), a double, and two RBIs.
Cardenas hit a two-run homer, his second.

Zebby Matthews pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out five.
John Stankiewicz pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, HAMMERHEADS 4 IN JUPITER

Carson McCusker hit a two-run homer in a four-run third that gave Fort Myers a 5-3 lead.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5 with a double.
McCusker hit a two-run homer, his second.

Andrew Morris struck out five in five innings, giving up three unearned runs on four hits.
Danny Moreno struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

FCL BRAVES 4, FCL TWINS 3 AT BRAVES

Trailing 4-1, the Twins scored two in the ninth and had men on first and second when the game ended.

Jankel Ortiz was 2-for-2 with two walks.

Opener Josh Mitchell struck out two in a scoreless inning.
Jacob Wosinski pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out four.

DSL TWINS AT DSL NATIONALS

Rained out.  The game will be made up on August 5.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 0-4, 2.58) at Jupiter
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 2-5, 5.17) at Quad Cities
6:35  Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-4, 5.02) at Tulsa
6:38  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 4-4, 5.40) at Iowa

SAINTS 6, STRIPERS 4 IN ST. PAUL

Trailing 4-0, St. Paul scored four in the sixth and Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Larnach was 2-for-4 with a home run (his sixth), two runs, and three RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his eighth.

Louie Varland pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out five.
Michael Boyle struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Kody Funderburk struck out two in two perfect innings.

NATURALS 7, WIND SURGE 6 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored four in the eighth to take a 6-5 lead, but Tyler Tolbert hit a two-run homer in the ninth for Northwest Arkansas.

Yoyner Fajardo hit a home run, his third.
Yunior Severino hit a three-run homer, his seventeenth.

Aaron Rozek pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out three.

CHIEFS 3, KERNELS 2 IN PEORIA (10 INNINGS)

Cedar Rapids tied it with two in the ninth, but Alex Iadesernia singled home the winning run.

No Cedar Rapids player had more than one hit.

Christian MacLeod struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.
Niklas Rimmel retired all four men he faced, striking out two.
John Wilson struck out two in two perfect innings.

FLYING TIGERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored three in the eighth to tie it, but Jose De La Cruz singled home the winning run in the ninth.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-3.
Carson McCusker was 2-for-5.

Starter Jose Olivares pitched two innings, giving up one run on three hits.
Wilker Reyes pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out two.

FCL BRAVES 7, FCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (6 INNINGS--LIGHTNING)

The Braves scored four in the first and three in the second.

Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double.

Starter Cesar Lares pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks and striking out two.
Juan Mercedes struck out six in 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS

Leading 2-1, the Cardinals scored two in the fifth and two in the seventh.

Dameury Pena was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Eduardo Soriano struck out six in four innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits.
Oscar Paredes struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins and FCL Braves
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Nationals
5:00  Fort Myers (Andrew Morris, 2-1, 3.48) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 1-1, 6.33)
6:35  Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 5.24) at Tulsa
7:08  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-3, 4.62) at Iowa

SAINTS 11, STRIPERS 5 IN ST. PAUL

Andrew Stevenson's grand slam in the second gave St. Paul a 5-1 lead.

Trevor Larnach was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, his fifth.
Elliot Soto was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs.
Andres Bechtold was 2-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-5 with a double.
Mark Contreras hit a home run, his eighth.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and four walks and striking out one.
Austin Brice pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

NATURALS 7, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Tyler Tolbert hit a grand slam in a five-run ninth that turned a 4-2 deficit into a 7-4 victory for Northwest Arkansas.

Wichita had just four hits, and no batter had more than one.

Travis Adams struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on two hits.

CHIEFS 3, KERNELS 2 IN PEORIA

Thomas Francisco hit a walkoff sacrifice fly.

Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his twelfth.
Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a double.

Cory Lewis pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out three.

FLYING TIGERS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 8 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

Luke Gold hit a two-run homer in the top of the tenth.  Fort Myers got the tying run to first base in the bottom of the inning.

Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles, a walk, and four RBIs.
Carson McCusker hit a home run.  A free agent out of Oklahoma State, he signed with the Twins on June 29.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Cardinals at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Braves at FCL Twins
5:30  Lakeland at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-3, 6.60)
5:35  Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 1-0, 3.50) at Peoria
6:07  Gwinnett at St. Paul (Louie Varland, 2-0, 6.66)
6:35  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 1-3, 5.92)

SAINTS 10, STRIPERS 3 IN ST. PAUL

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

Jair Camargo was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with a triple, a double, three runs, and two RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.

Blayne Enlow pitched five shutout innings, giving up five walks and striking out three.

WIND SURGE 5, NATURALS 4 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored four in the first and one in the eighth.  Northwest Arkansas closed to within one in the ninth but did not get the tying run on base.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4.

Carlos Luna pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out four.
Alex Scherff pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Taylor Floyd struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 2, CHIEFS 1 IN PEORIA

Trailing 1-0, Cedar Rapids scored two in the seventh.

No Cedar Rapids batter had more than one hit.

Starter Marco Raya pitched 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and two walks and striking out four.
Kyle Jones pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out five.
Malik Barrington pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

FLYING TIGERS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 2 IN FORT MYERS

Lakeland scored four in the first on one hit and five walks.

Austin Martin was 3-for-5.

Starter Develson Aria retired no one, giving up four runs on one hit and five walks.
Jarret Whorff struck out four in four innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk.
Wilker Reyes struck out five in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Johnathan Lavallee pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

FCL TWINS 6, FCL RED SOX 1 AT RED SOX (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Twins scored five in the second.

Anderson Nova was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs.
Andres Centeno hit a home run, his second.

Brayan Medina pitched six innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and striking out three.
Zach Neff pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

FCL RED SOX 8, FCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Red Sox scored six in the second.

The Twins had only two hits.

Matt Gabbert pitched four innings, giving up six runs on eleven hits and one walk and striking out four.
Yon Landaeta struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

DSL TWINS 10, DSL YANKEES 7 AT YANKEES

The Twins scored four in the first and four in the fourth to build an 8-0 lead.

Yilber Herrera was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer.
Dameury Pena was 2-for-4 with two runs.

Miguel Cordero struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00   FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins
10:00  DSL Angels at DSL Twins
5:00  Lakeland at Fort Myers (Jack Noble, no record)*
6:05  Northwest Arkansas (Jose Bravo, 2-3, 6.46) at Wichita
6:07  Gwinnett at St. Paul (Dallas Keuchel, 0-0, 2.25)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, no record)* at Peoria

*Jack Noble is making his first appearance for Fort Myers, having been promoted from the FCL

*C. J. Culpepper is making his first appearance for Cedar Rapids, having been promoted from Fort Myers.

SAINTS 13, STRIPERS 7 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored five in the second and led 9-0 through six.

Mark Kolozsvary was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third), a double, two runs, and four RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with two home runs, his tenth and eleventh.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a double, and three RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with a double.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Randy Dobnak struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks.
Austin Brice pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Ronny Henriquez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

WIND SURGE 3, NATURALS 1 IN WICHITA

Aaron Sabato hit a two-run homer in the third to give Wichita a 3-1 lead.

Alex Isola was 3-for-4.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4.
Sabato hit a two-run homer, his third.

Pierson Ohl pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and striking out three.
Hunter McMahon struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

KERNELS 7, CHIEFS 6 IN PEORIA (GAME 1--9 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

It was 4-4 after seven and 6-6 after eight.  Tanner Schobel singeld home the go-ahead run in the ninth.

Schobel was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eleventh) and four RBIs.

Zebby Matthews pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out two.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

CHIEFS 3, KERNELS 2 IN PEORIA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Peoria scored two in the third to take 3 -1 lead.  Cedar Rapids loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but could only score one.

Jeferson Morales was 2-for-3.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out six.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, FLYING TIGERS 4 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

The Manfred Man and three walks brought home the winning run.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Ben Ethridge struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Jackson Hicks pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FCL PIRATES 12, FCL TWINS 4 AT PIRATES

The Pirates scored three in the first and four in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead.

Isaac Pena was 2-for-3 with a triple.
Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs.

Bianger Liendo pitched 3.1 innings, allowing five runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.

DSL GIANTS BLACK 5, DSL TWINS 3 At TWINS

With the Giants trailing 3-2 in the seventh, Carlos Concepcion hit a three-run homer to put the Giants in the lead to stay.

Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Cristian Hernandez pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out two.
Eider Machuca struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox (doubleheader)
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Yankees
6:00  Lakeland at Fort Myers (Develson Aria, 2-3, 7.30)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-1, 3.19) at Peoria
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-4, 5.30)
7:07  Gwinnett at St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 1-1, 11.05)

FCL RAYS 6, FCL TWINS 3 AT RAYS

Trailing 3-2, the Rays scored three in the fifth.

Fredy Michel was 2-for-4.
Andres Centeno was 2-for-4.

Cesar Lares pitched 4.2 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and striking out four.
Juan Mercedes struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.

DSL ROCKIES 13, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS

The Rockies scored three in the second and four in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead.

Ariel Castro was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Starter Reynel Garcia pitched two innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out two.
"Bulk pitcher" Eduardo Soriano pitched 4.1 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and four walks and striking out one.

WHERE THEY STAND

The St. Paul Saints are 43-31, in second place in the International League West, a half-game behind Iowa.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 28-40, in fifth (last) place in the Texas League North, 16.5 games behind Arkansas, a half-game behind fourth-place Northwest Arkansas.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels ended the first half 40-26, in first place in the Midwest League West, seven games ahead of Peoria.  In the second half, they are 2-1, tied for second place with Wisconsin, one game behind Peoria.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels ended the first half 34-32, in third place in the Florida State League North, 10.5 games behind Clearwater, 1.5 games behind second-place Bradenton.  In the second half, they are 1-2, tied for fourth with Dunedin, two games behind Bradenton, one game behind Clearwater and Tampa, who are tied for second.

The FCL Twins are 9-6, in second place in the FCL South, 1.5 games behind the FCL Pirates.

The DSL Twins are 5-11, in seventh place in the DSL South, 6.5 games behind the DSL Giants Black, four games behind the DSL Giants Orange and the DSL Mariners, who are tied for fifth.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Pirates Gold
11:00  FCL Pirates at FCL Twins