Games of June 2

The Twins get swept.  Alex Meyer pitched well until he didn't.  Lots of errors for the DSL Twins.

GWINNETT 6, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Brad Nelson was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Deibinson Romero was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Edgar Ibarra struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.  Michael Tonkin pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Yunesky Maya struck out eight in seven shutout innings, allowing five hits and a walk.  Mark Hamilton was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer, his fourth.  Brandon Boggs was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fifth, when Jose Costanza doubled in one and Hamilton hit a three-run homer.  Boggs hit a two-run homer in the eighth to make it 6-0.  The lone Rochester run came in when Nelson led off the ninth with a home run.

Of note:  Eric Farris was 1-for-4.  Chris Colabello was 0-for-3.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4.  Starter Alex Meyer struck out five in five innings, but gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk.

NEW BRITAIN

No game scheduled

TAMPA 8, FORT MYERS 2 IN FORT MYERS

Batting star:  Dalton Hicks was 2-for-3 with two runs.

Pitching stars:  Brandon Peterson struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Brian Gilbert struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Cody Grice was 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring once and driving in three.  Conner Kendrick pitched six shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

The game:  Grice's two-run triple highlighted a five-run fourth that gave Tampa a 5-0 lead.  Fort Myers did not get a hit until the fourth and did not get a man past first base until the seventh, when they scored their first run on a sacrifice fly.  Tampa scored three in the ninth to quash any thoughts of a comeback.

Of note:  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-5.  Eddie Rosario was 0-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-4.  Starter David Hurlbut struck out five in four innings, giving up five runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks.  The Miracle made three errors.

BURLINGTON 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Batting stars:  Jason Kanzler was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Chad Christensen was 1-for-3 with two walks and a home run, his fifth.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.

Pitching stars:  Chris Mazza pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits with one strikeout.  Hudson Boyd pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Chad Hinshaw was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a home run (his fifth), scoring three times and driving in two.  Kody Eaves was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fourth), scoring twice.  Ryan Dalton was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.

The game:  Burlington went single, double, single in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.  Kanzler singled in a run in the second to cut the lead to 2-1.  Hinshaw doubled and scored in the third, Dalton led off the fourth with a homer, and Eaves and Hinshaw went back-to-back to start the fifth, giving the Bees a 6-1 advantage.  Cedar Rapids tried to come back late.  Tanner Vavra doubled in a run in the eighth to make it 6-2.  In the ninth, Chad Christensen hit a one-out home run to make it 6-3.  Garver doubled, followed by a pair of two-out singles that cut the lead to 6-4 and put the tying run on base.  An infield out ended the threat and the game.

Of note:  Ryan Walker was 0-for-5.  Starter Derrick Penilla pitched five innings, giving up six runs on ten hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

DSL ORIOLES1 5, DSL TWINS 3 AT DSL ORIOLES1

Batting stars:  Junior Amarante was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Roni Tapia was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.

Pitching stars:  Williams Ramirez struck out six in four innings, giving up an unearned run on six hits and a walk.  Jose Martinez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Luis Chaves was 3-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Jorge Gil was 1-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.

The game:  Two errors led to the first Orioles1 run in the second inning.  The Twins tied it in the third on a pair of singles and a pair of productive outs.  Arraez doubled in a run in the fifth to give the Twins a brief 2-1 lead.  Three walks, a force out, and an error scored two for the Orioles1 to give them a 3-2 lead after five.  Tapia doubled and scored in the seventh to tie it up, but three more errors led to two Orioles1 runs in the seventh to give them a 5-3 lead.  The Twins did not get a man past first after that.

Of note:  Edwin Franco was 0-for-4 with an RBI.  Lewin Diaz was 0-for-4.  Carlos Martinez was 0-for-4.  The Twins made seven errors.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL White Sox

5:35  Akron (Will Roberts, 4-6, 4.29) at New Britain (TBA)

6:05  Rochester (Logan Darnell, 1-3, 2.54) at Charlotte (Tommy Hanson, 3-4, 5.31)

6:05  Tampa (TBA) at Fort Myers (Jason Wheeler, 4-4, 2.90)