Games of June 23

ROCHESTER 12, CHARLOTTE 1 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Danny Valencia was 3-for-4 with two home runs, giving him four for the Red Wings.  He drove in three.  Ray Chang was 3-for-4 with a double.  Sean Burroughs was 3-for-5.

Pitching star:  Steven Hirschfeld gave up an unearned run on four hits and a walk in 6.2 innings.

Opposition stars:  Greg Golson and Ray Olmedo were each 2-for-4.

Key inning:  The sixth.  Leading 3-0, the Red Wings exploded for an eight-run inning.  They opened the inning with four singles, a double, a walk, two errors, and another walk, batting twelve in the inning and nine before anyone was retired.

NEW BRITAIN 6, RICHMOND 1 IN RICHMOND

Batting stars:  Chris Colabello was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his eleventh.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his seventh.  Nathan Hanson hit a home run, his second.

Pitching stars:  Starter Blake Martin struck out three in four shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk.  Luis Perdomo struck out six in five innings of relief, giving up one run on a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Gary Brown was 2-for-4 with a double.  Edwin Quirarte threw two shutout innings.

Key inning:  The first.  With runners on first and third and one out, Colabello and Evan Bigley hit back-to-back doubles to give the Rock Cats a 3-0 lead before the Flying Squirrels even came up to bat.

ST. LUCIE 10, FORT MYERS 3 IN ST. LUCIE

Batting star:  Daniel Ortiz was 3-for-4.

Pitching star:  Matthew Hauser struck out two in a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Travis Taijeron was 2-for-4 with a home run, driving in four.  Alonzo Harris was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.  Cory Vaughn was 1-for-2 with three walks and scored three times.

Key inning:  The third.  In a scoreless tie, the Mets tallied six times on three singles, two walks, and a double.  They had three sacrifice flies in the inning, which probably ties a record (there was an error on one of them).

Other:  Miracle pitchers issued eight walks.

BELOIT 1, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting star:  Steven Liddle was 3-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Tim Shibuya lasted six shutout innings, giving up only one hit and one walk.  Clint Dempster struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing three hits.

Opposition stars:  Frazier Hall was 2-for-4.  Austin Wood gave up one run on five hits and four walks in six innings.  Joe Melioris threw two shutout innings.

Key inning:  The third.  With one out, Tyler Grimes walked, took second on a ground out, and scored on a JaDamion Williams double for the only run of the game.

ELIZABETHTON 18, BURLINGTON 2 IN BURLINGTON

Batting stars:  Travis Harrison was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Max Kepler was 3-for-5 with a triple and a walk, scoring three times.  Romy Jimenez was 2-for-5 with a triple and a home run, driving in three.

Pitching stars:  Taylor Rogers struck out seven and walked none in five shutout innings, giving up three hits.  Hein Robb allowed three hits in two shutout innings.

Opposition stars:  Chris Elder was 3-for-4.  Mark Threlkeld was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jossiel Martinez struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings.

Key inning:  The third.  Already leading 4-0, the Twins scored six times.  Harrison and Michael Quesada hit back-to-back doubles with one out, followed by a Jimenez homer.  The rally continued when Candido Pimentel singled, Niko Goodrum tripled, Kepler was hit by a pitch, and Rory Rhodessingled.  The Twins batted ten in the inning.

GCL RED SOX 9, TWINS 1 AT TWINS

Batting star:  Dereck Rodriguez was 0-for-1 with two walks and was hit by a pitch.

Pitching star:  Starter Austin Malinowski threw three hitless innings, walking two.

Opposition stars:  Jake Davies hit a home run.  Mario Alcantara gave up a run on two walks and no hits in four innings.  Ellis Jimenez struck out four, walked none, and gave up no hits in three innings.

Key inning:  The sixth.  With the Twins leading 1-0, the Red Sox used four singles, two walks, an error, and a wild pitch to score seven times.  All the runs were scored with two out.

Other:  The Twins had only one hit, a single by Jorge Fernandez leading off the eighth.

DSL WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 2 AT TWINS

Batting star:  Dubal Baez was 2-for-3.

Pitching star:  Jadison Jimenez  threw two shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Victor Velasquez was 3-for-5.  Vladimir Santana was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Andelson Fernandez worked three shutout innings.

Key inning:  The fifth.  The Twins had scored two in the fourth to cut the lead to 4-2.  The White Sox stretched the lead back to three on a single, a ground out, a wild pitch, and another single.