Games of June 25

A brilliant start by Taylor Rogers!  A brillianter start by Stephen Gonsalves!  Nick Gordon hits his first professional homer!

ROCHESTER AT SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Rained out.

NEW BRITAIN 3, ALTOONA 1 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Nate Hanson was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Brandon Waring was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Taylor Rogers struck out eleven in eight innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk.  Matthew Summers pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  John Holdzkom struck out three in two shutout innings, allowing two walks.

The game:  Kyle Knudson had an RBI single in the second to give New Britain a 1-0 lead.  Altoona tied it in the third on a run-scoring single by Drew Maggi.  The Rock Cats had a two-out rally in the fifth, getting a single, a walk, and a two-run double by Waring to go up 3-1.  The Curve did not get a hit after the sixth inning.

Of note:  Aaron Hicks was 0-for-4.  Eddie Rosario was 0-for-4.

FORT MYERS 8, ST. LUCIE 6 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Nate Roberts was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Lance Ray was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-3 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Alex Wimmers struck out four in four shutout innings of relief, giving up two hits and two walks.  Brandon Peterson pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Aderlin Rodriguez was 3-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Tim Peterson struck out three in two shutout innings, allowing no hits and no walks.

The game:  It started with a bang.  Eudy Pina's two-run single capped a six-run first that put St. Lucie out in front 6-0.  Fort Myers came right back in the bottom of the first, getting five walks and three singles to score five times and cut the lead to 6-5.  Roberts doubled in a run in the fourth to tie it, Ray led off the fifth with a homer to put the Miracle ahead 7-6, Polanco singled in an insurance run in the eighth.  The Mets put their first two men on in the third and loaded the bases with two out in the seventh, but their last seven batters went out.

Of note:  Adam Brett Walker II was 0-for-4.  Dalton Hicks was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Max Kepler was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.

PEORIA 2, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA

Batting stars:  J. D. Williams was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk.  Bryan Haar was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Kohl Stewart pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Jared Wilson pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits with one strikeout.  Chris Mazza pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Mason Katz was 2-for-3 with a home run, his twelfth.  Vaughn Bryan was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Arturo Reyes pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

The game:  Williams doubled and scored in the third, but Bryan singled in a run in the bottom of the third to tie it up.  Katz homered in the fourth to give Peoria a 2-1 lead and it held up the rest of the game.  Williams doubled again leading off the fifth and got to third with two down, but he was the last Cedar Rapids player to reach third base.

Of note:  Zack Granite was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Chad Christensen was 0-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 8, BURLINGTON 0 IN BURLINGTON

Batting stars:  Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and a hit-by-pitch, scoring twice.  Max Murphy was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk, scoring twice.  Austin Diemer was 1-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a walk, scoring twice.

Pitching stars:  Stephen Gonsalves struck out nine in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Keaton Steele pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.  Jake Reed had a perfect perfect inning, striking out all three batters he faced.

Opposition star:  Niklas Stephenson pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  There was no scoring until the sixth, when a hit batsman, two passed balls, a walk and a Tyler Kuresa RBI double put Elizabethton ahead 2-0.  Murphy homered in the seventh to make it 3-0 and the Twins put the game out of reach with a five-run ninth.  The first run scored on an error, Gordon hit a three-run homer, and Diemer followed with a solo homer.  Gonsalves allowed a one-out single in the first, then retired the next fourteen batters, eight by strikeout, before giving up a leadoff double in the sixth.

Of note:  Jeremias Pineda was 1-for-5 with a run.  Kuresa was 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Pat Kelly was 1-for-4 with a run.

GCL TWINS 9, GCL ORIOLES 7 AT ORIOLES

Batting stars:  Nelson Molina was 2-for-3 with two triples, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch, scoring twice and driving in four.  Rafael P. Valera was 1-for-2 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch, scoring once and driving in two.  Tyree Davis was 0-for-3 with two walks and three runs.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Alex Mercedes was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring three times and driving in one.  Daniel Franco was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Gerrion Grim was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  A double, a triple, and a double gave the Twins a 2-0 lead in the first.  A Molina two-run triple was part of a four-run second that made it 6-0.  The Orioles got single runs in the second, third, and fourth to cut it to 6-3.  The Twins scored in the fifth, sixth, and eighth without getting a hit in any of those innings to hold off the Orioles comeback.

Of note:  Dubal Baez was 1-for-3 with a double and a hit-by-pitch, scoring twice.  Jarrard Poteete was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Starter Josh Guyer pitched 3.1 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  The Twins were out-hit 14-6 but drew nine walks while allowing only one.

DSL TWINS 3, DSL ORIOLES1 1 AT ORIOLES1

Batting stars:  Antonio Tovar was 1-for-2 with a triple and two walks, scoring once.  Luis Arraez was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Francisco Hernandez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Williams Ramirez struck out six in six innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and two walks.  Daulin Ramirez pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks with two strikeouts.

Opposition star:  Jorge Gil was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run.

The game:  Hernandez singled in a run in the second to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  The Orioles1 tied it in the fifth on two walks and two wild pitches.  In the sixth, Tovar tripled and scored on a wild pitch, followed by a walk, a single, and an error that made the score 3-1.  The Orioles1 got a man to third with no outs in the seventh and had men on first and second with two down in the ninth, but could not score.

Of note:  Jorge Andrade was 1-for-5.  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-4 with a walk.  Robert Molina was 2-for-5.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL White Sox

11:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins

6:00  Elizabethton (Sam Gibbons, 0-0, 4.50) at Burlington (Carter Hope, 0-1, 9.00)

6:05  New Britain (Jason Wheeler, 1-0, 2.84) at New Hampshire (Scott Copeland, 5-6, 3.81)

6:05  Rochester (Kris Johnson, 6-3, 2.72) at Lehigh Valley (Greg Smith, 5-5, 4.32)

6:05  St. Lucie (TBA) at Fort Myers (Tim Shibuya, 5-2, 2.82)

7:00  Cedar Rapids (Aaron Slegers, 5-4, 5.73) at Peoria (Alex Reyes, 4-5, 4.75)