Games of May 16

A good outing for Mike Pelfrey.  A better outing for Alex Wimmers.  Cedar Rapids loses its seventh straight.

ROCHESTER 6, COLUMBUS 2 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Oswaldo Arcia was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his second) and two runs.  Deibinson Romero was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.  Chris Herrmann was 2-forr-4 with two rrunns.

Pitching stars:  Mike Pelfrey pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Edgar Ibarra struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Ex-Twin Matt Carson was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) and two RBIs.  Tim Fedroff was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once.

The game:  Three singles put Columbus on the board in the first.  Romero led off the second with a double and came around to tie the score at one.  It stayed 1-1 until the seventh, when Rochester opened with three singles, the third an RBI single by Romero, to take the lead.  A walk loaded the bases and Wilkin Ramirez then delivered a two-run single to give the Red Wings a 4-1 lead.  Arcia hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Eric Farris was 0-for-4.  Josh Willingham was 0-for-4.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-3.

NEW BRITAIN 4, HARRISBURG 3 IN HARRISBURG

Batting stars:  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his seventh.  Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his second.  Nate Hanson was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Pat Dean pitched six innings, giving up three runs on eleven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Daniel Turpen pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks with one strikeout.  Lester Oliveros pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up three walks.

Opposition stars:  Cutter Dykstra was 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.  Matt Skole was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring once.

The game:  Two singles and a pair of productive outs put New Britain on the board in the second.  Ortiz homered to make it 2-0 in the third.  Harrisburg put together a two-out three-run rally to take the lead in the fourth, with Dykstra singling in two and Skole doubling in one.  The lead lasted until the eighth, when Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to put the Rock Cats back in the lead 4-3.  The Senators drew two walks in the eighth and two more in the ninth, but could not get any hits.

Of note:  Corey Wimberly was 2-for-5.  Kennys Vargas was 0-for-4.  Harrisburg stranded twelve runners and was 1-for-12 with men in scoring position.

DAYTONA 2, FORT MYERS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Jorge Polanco was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Travis Harrison was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Alex Wimmers struck out eight in six innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.  Brian Gilbert struck out one in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Albert Almora was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Starter Felix Pena pitched four innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Zach Cates pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit with two strikeouts.

The game:  Pin-Chieh Chen led off the game with a double, stole third, and scored on a ground out to give Daytona a 1-0 lead.  Polanco delivered a two-out RBI double in the third to tie it at one.  That was where things stood until the seventh.  Three Cub singles loaded the bases with none out, and a double play brought in the go-ahead run.  It turned out to be enough.  Fort Myers looked as if they would at least tie the game in the ninth, as an error, a walk, and a single loaded the bases with none out.  The next two batters fanned and a foul popup ended the game.

Of note:  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-4 with a run.  Dalton Hicks was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-3.

BURLINGTON 8, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN BURLINGTON

Batting stars:  Michael Quesada was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a run.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Erick Salcedo was 2-for-3 with three runs and a RBI.  Angel Rosa was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in three.  Ryan Etsell struck out seven in seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk.

The game:  Quesada homered in the third to give Cedar Rapids a 1-0 lead.  It went downhill from there.  Burlington took the lead with two in the fourth and took control with four in the sixth.  A three-run double by Rosa was the big hit of the sixth inning.

Of note:  Ryan Walker was 0-for-4.  Chad Christensen was 0-for-4.  Ivory Thomas failed to draw a walk, going 0-for-3.  Starter Aaron Slegers pitched six innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits and no walks with one strikeout.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  New Britain (Matthew Summers, 1-2, 5.61) at Harrisburg (Paolo Espino, 0-2, 6.64)

Game 2  New Britain (Virgil Vasquez, 2-0, 2.48) at Harrisburg (A. J. Cole, 3-2, 2.73)

5:05  Daytona (Jose Rosario, 2-3, 3.51) at Fort Myers (Jason Wheeler, 2-3, 2.98)

6:05  Toledo (Duane Below, 3-0, 3.08) at Rochester (Logan Darnell, 0-1, 2.49)

6:30  Cedar Rapids (Ryan Eades, 3-4, 3.44) at Burlington (Clint Sharp, 0-3, 4.80)