The Red Wings tie it in the ninth only to lose on an error in the thirteenth. Adam Brett Walker II gets his fifteenth homer the hard way. Bryan Haar drives in seven to lead Cedar Rapids to victory.
NORFOLK 2, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER (13 INNINGS)
Batting stars: Chris Colabello was 2-for-5 with a double. Chris Rahl was 2-for-5 with a double.
Pitching stars: Alex Meyer pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. A. J. Achter struck out four in three perfect innings. Edgar ibarra pitched two perfect innings with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Chris Jones pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Xavier Paul was 1-for-2 with a home run (his ninth) and a walk.
The game: Paul homered in the fourth to give Norfolk a 1-0 lead. It looked like it might hold up, as Rochester had only two hits in the first eight innings. But James Beresford opened the ninth with a walk and scored on a Deibinson Romero double to send the game into extra innings. In the thirteenth, however, Francisco Peguero singled, went to third on a stolen base-plus-error, and scored on a Michael Almanzar single. Rahl singled and stole second in the bottom of the thirteenth but did not advance any farther.
Of note: Eric Farris was 1-for-6 with a double. Romero was 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Chris Herrmann was 1-forr-4 with a walk. Aaron Thompson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 6, NEW BRITAIN 2 IN NEW BRITAIN
Batting stars: Eduardo Nunez was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Mike Kvasnicka was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Pitching star: Matthew Summers retired all four batters he faced, striking out one.
Opposition stars: Jon Berti was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Matt Newman was 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Richard Bleier pitched 5.1 innings, allowing two unearned runs on five hits and a walk with one strikeout.
The game: New Britain led early, getting an RBI single from Kvasnicka in the second and an RBI single from Rodriguez in the third to go ahead 2-0. New Hampshire took the lead in the bottom of the third, loading the bases on a single and two walks, scoring one on a ground out, and getting a Berti two-run single to go up 3-2. It stayed 3-2 until the seventh, when a single and two walks again loaded the bases and Newman hit a bases-clearing double. The Rock Cats opened the eighth with two walks, but a double play put a stop to the threat and there was no threat in the ninth.
Of note: Corey Wimberly was 0-for-4. Aaron Hicks was 0-for-2 with two walks. Kennys Vargas was 0-for-4. Starter Virgil Vasquez pitched 6.1 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.
FORT MYERS 3, PALM BEACH 2 IN FORT MYERS
Batting star: Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-3 with a home run (his fifteenth) and a walk.
Pitching stars: Matt Tomshaw pitched 7.1 innings, giving up two runs on nine hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Madison Boer pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Alex Mejia was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Nick Petree struck out six in five shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk.
The game: Luke Volt tripled and scored on Mejia's double in the second to give Palm Beach a 1-0 lead. It stayed 1-0 until the seventh, when Walker II hit an inside-the-park home run to tie it. Anthony Garcia tripled and scored on Mejia's single in the eighth to put the Cardinals back up 2-1. In the ninth, Fort Myers won the game with Twins Baseball. A hit batsman and two walks loaded the bases with none out. With one down, a hit batsman forced in the tying run and an error brought home the winning run.
Of note: Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-4. Nate Roberts was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run. Dalton Hicks was 0-for-4. Max Kepler was 1-for-4 with a double. Lance Ray was used as a pinch-hitter and was 0-for-1.
CEDAR RAPIDS 9, CLINTON 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (6 1./2 INNINGS--RAIN)
Batting stars: Bryan Haar was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and a grand slam, his ninth and tenth home runs. Engelb Vielma was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, scoring twice. Bo Altobelli was 1-for-3 with a home run.
Pitching star: Brandon Bixler struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Jack Reinheimer was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Aaron Barbosa was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Chantz Mack was 1-for-2 with a home run (his fourth) and two RBIs.
The game: Haar hit a three-run homer in the first inning to give Cedar Rapids a 3-0 lead. Reinheimer homered in the second to cut the lead to 3-1, but in the bottom of the second Altobelli led off with a homer and, following an error and two walks, Haar hit a grand slam to make the score 8-1. Clinton tried to chip away, getting an RBI single from Barbosa in the third, a Mack homer in the fourth, and scoring two in the fifth on three singles and a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 8-5. Jason Kanzler singled in a run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 9-5. The game was halted with one out in the top of the seventh.
Of note: Zack Granite was 1-for-4 with two runs. Chad Christensen was 0-for-2 with a walk and two runs. Starter Ryan Eades struck out five in five innings, but gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits and no walks.
ELIZABETHTON 6, BRISTOL 0 IN ELIZABETHTON
Batting stars: Max Murphy was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer (his seventh) and two walks. Tanner English was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Pitching stars: Felix Jorge pitched five innings, giving up three hits and three walks. C. K. Irby struck out four in two innings, giving up two hits and two walks. Dereck Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition star: Trae Arbet was 1-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
The game: English singled in a run in the third and Elizabethton took control in the fourth with a three-run rally consisting of a walk, a hit batsman, an error, a sacrifice fly, and an English RBI single. Murphy hit a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 6-0. Bristol had at least one man on in every inning but the first and the ninth, but stranded nine men and went 1-for-9 with men in scoring position.
Of note: Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with a run. Tyler Kuresa was 0-for-4. Samuel Clay pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.
GCL TWINS 4, GCL RED SOX 3 AT RED SOX
Batting stars: Joel Polanco was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Dubal Baez was 3-for-5 with a run. Rainis Silva was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Onas Farfan struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks. Callan Pearce struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Miles Nordgren pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition star: Wiliams Jerez pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit.
The game: Joel Ramirez singled in a run in the second and Polanco homered in the third to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. The Red Sox took the lead in the fifth on an RBI double by Derek Miller, a run-scoring single by Josh Ockimey, and an error. The Twins came back in the seventh, getting RBI singles by Ramirez and Silva. The Red Sox put men on first and third with two out in the seventh but did not threaten after that.
Of note: Nelson Molina was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Amaurys Minier was 0-for-5. Jarrard Poteete was 1-for-4 with a double.
DSL REDS 4, DSL TWINS 1 AT TWINS
Batting star: Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once.
Pitching stars: Jadison Jimenez pitched seven shutout innings, giving up four hits and one walk with one strikeout. Carlos Aponte struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
Opposition stars: Sucre Doval was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Jose De Luna was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
The game: There was no score until the sixth, when Palacios tripled and scored on a Lewin Diaz single. In the eight, with one out, the Reds loaded the bases on a walk, a single, and another walk. A wild pitch brought home the tying run, followed by an intentional walk to re-load the bases. Derik Capitillo then brought home two with a single-plus-error and a sacrifice fly scored a fourth run. The Twins did not get a man past first base after that.
Of note: Jorge Andrade was 1-for-4. Luis Arraez was 0-for-4. Lewin Diaz was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Norfolk (TBA) at Rochester (Logan Darnell, 3-4, 3.41)
12:35 New Britain (Pat Dean, 6-2, 4.22) at New Hampshire (Daniel Norris, 1-0, 3.97)
2:05 Clinton (Edwin Diaz, 2-4, 3.66) at Cedar Rapids (TBA)
3:05 Palm Beach (Tyrell Jenkins, 1-1, 4.50) at Fort Myers (Jose Berrios, 8-2, 2.05)
5:00 Bristol (TBA) at Elizabethton (Derrick Penilla, 0-0, 0.00)
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