Games of July 30

Byron Buxton is ready and Aaron Slegers and ByungHo Park may be ready ,too.  Jonathan Rodriguez leads Chattanooga to a mere ten-inning win.  The Miracle split a doubleheader despite getting only four hits, all in game one.  A three-run homer drops the Kernels.  Ryler Widell is pitching well.

ROCHESTER 2, TOLEDO 0 IN TOLEDO

Byron Buxton homered leading off the sixth and ByungHo Park homered leading off the ninth.  I guess solo home runs can hurt you.  The Mud Hens had only four hits, all singles.  Their only threat was in the ninth, when a pair of one-out walks and a force out put men on first and third with two down.  A ground out ended the game.

Aaron Slegers pitched eight shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks with one strikeout.  In his last four starts he has given up one run in 29.2 innings.  John Curtiss pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 2.57 with a WHIP of 0.79 and 22 strikeouts in 14 innings.  Park was 2-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.  Daniel Palka was 2-for-4.  Buxton was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second, and is batting .417.

CHATTANOOGA 6, MONTGOMERY 3 IN MONTGOMERY (10 INNINGS)

A mere ten-inning game must have seemed like a day off after playing twenty-one innings the day before.  The Biscuits led 3-0 through six, but the Lookouts got two runs on one hit in the seventh and tied it on a Jonathan Rodriguez RBI single in the eighth.  Rodriguez came through again in the tenth, delivering a two-run single to put Chattanooga ahead.  He later scored on three walks.  Montgomery did not get the tying run up to bat in the bottom of the tenth.

Stephen Gonsalves pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.90 with 92 strikeouts in 80.2 innings.  Todd Van Steensel pitched 2.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 1.52 with 51 strikeouts in 47.1 innings.  Gabriel Moya pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 0.78 with a WHIP of 0.78 and 72 strikeouts in 46 innings.  Levi Michael was 3-for-6 with a triple.  Max Murphy was 2-for-3 with three walks.  Alex Perez was 2-for-3 with two walks and is batting .338.  Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two walks and three RBIs and is batting .318.  Carlos Paulino was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.

FORT MYERS 4, CLEARWATER 0 IN CLEARWATER (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Brandon Lopez singled in a run in the fifth and three walks and an error enabled the Miracle to score three runs on one hit in the seventh.  The Threshers had only three hits.  Their only threat came in the second, when Zach Green was thrown out trying to score from second on a single.

Anthony McIver pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.32.  Michael Theofanopoulos struck out two in two shutout innings.  The Miracle had just four hits.  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-4 and was batting .312.

CLEARWATER 2, FORT MYERS 0 IN CLEARWATER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Miracle were no-hit in this one.  Threshers pitcher Harold Arauz allowed only one baserunner, a one-out walk to Brandon Lopez in the seventh.  Zach Green tripled and scored in the second inning and Austin Bossart singled home Green with an insurance run in the sixth.

Keaton Steele pitched three innings, giving up a run on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Williams Ramirez struck out three in two shutout innings.

CLINTON 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Kernels led 2-1 after three, but Jhombeyker Morales doubled home a run in the fourth to tie it.  In the sixth, Gareth Morgan hit a three-run homer to put the LumberKings in the lead to stay.  Cedar Rapids got one back in the seventh but did not get the tying run on base.

Anthony Marzi struck out five in five innings, but he allowed five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks.  Logan Lombana struck out two in two shutout innings.  Max Cordy also pitched two shutout innings.  The Kernels had just five hits, all singles.

ELIZABETHTON 9, KINGSPORT 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Twins scored in five of the first six innings to build a 9-0 lead.  Jose Miranda had a two-run single in the first and Andrew Cosgrove homered in the fourth, just to point out a couple of the big hits.  The Mets got their lone run when Anthony Dirocie homered in the eighth.

Ryley Widell struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  His ERA is 0.90 with a WHIP of 0.70 and 12 strikeouts in 10 innings.  Moises Gomez struck out five in five innings of relief, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .339.  Miranda was 2-for-5 and is batting .331.  Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .357.  Mark Contreras and T. J. Dixon were each 1-for-3 with a walk and are each batting .302.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Phillies Red
Game 2  DSL Phillies Red at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays
6:00  Fort Myers (Sean Poppen, 2-2, 3.42) at Clearwater
6:00  Kingsport (Garrison Bryant, 0-5, 9.00) at Elizabethton (Melvi Acosta, 3-1, 6.30)
6:35  Clinton (Danny Garcia, 6-8, 6.13) at Cedar Rapids (Charlie Barnes, no record)
7:05  Chattanooga (Kohl Stewart, 4-5, 3.47) at Montgomery (Benton Moss, 1-3, 3.78)

Games of July 29

Byron Buxton is hitting, but was removed from the game early.  Hector Santiago does better but doesn't appear ready to rejoin the rotation.  The Red Wings play twelve innings--the Lookouts were just getting warmed up at that point.  Position players throw three shutout innings for Chattanooga, as a wild game overwhelms an excellent start for Felix Jorge.  Only one hit for the Miracle.  Clark Beeker throws a rare nine-inning complete game--one suspects he has no more to learn in Cedar Rapids.  The E-Twins sweep.  The GCL Twins win late.  The DSL Twins lose late.

TOLEDO 6, ROCHESTER 5 IN TOLEDO (12 INNINGS)

The Red Wings led 5-1 after six, but the Mud Hens scored one in the seventh and three in the eighth to tie it.  Dominick Ficociello had a two-run single and Matt den Dekker singled home the tying run.  Rochester then stranded seven runners in innings nine through twelve.  In the bottom of the twelfth, Efren Navarro walked and scored from first on a double by John Hicks to end the game.  Rochester went 2-for-18 with men in scoring position.

Hector Santiago struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.  Byron Buxton was 2-for-4 but was removed from the game after beating out an infield single in the seventh.  The Twins are downplaying it, but it seems like a concern.  Daniel Palka was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Matt Hague was 2-for-5.  ByungHo Park was 2-for-6 with a home run (his eighth) and a double.  Niko Goodrum and J. B. Shuck were each 2-for-6.

CHATTANOOGA 2, BIRMINGHAM 1 IN CHATTANOOGA (21 INNINGS)

Jose Vinicio doubled and scored in the first inning.  It stayed 1-0 until the bottom of the ninth, when Andy Wilkins singled home Alex Perez with the tying run.  The Barons had the potential winning run thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single in the tenth.  The Lookouts left the bases loaded in the eleventh and left men on second and third in the fourteenth.  Birmingham got a man to third in the fifteenth.  By the nineteenth, Chattanooga was using position players to pitch.  Infielder Alex Perez, who had scored the tying run in the ninth, pitched two shutout innings of relief and only gave up a walk.  Outfielder Max Murphy pitched a scoreless inning in the twenty-first.  In the bottom of the twenty-first, the Barons went to a position player as well, using infielder Toby Thomas.  The first two batters to face him were called out on strikes, including Randy LeBlanc, who is normally a pitcher but went to right field in the nineteenth (he caught the only ball hit to him).  The next four batters drew walks, forcing home the winning run.

Felix Jorge got things going again, going nine innings and giving up one run on four hits and no walks with eight strikeouts.  Randy Rosario and Ryan Eades each pitched two shutout innings, Raul Fernandez pitched there shutout innings, Luke Bard and Perez each pitched two shutout innings, and Murphy pitched a shutout inning.  Murphy was also 3-for-8 with a double.  Perez was 2-for-5 and is batting .323.  Levi Michael was 2-for-8 with a walk.  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-9.  Brian Navaretto was 0-for-8, dropping his average from .235 to .160 in one day.

CLEARWATER 3, FORT MYERS 0 IN CLEARWATER

In more normal action, Jan Hernandez hit a two-run homer in the second and Grenny Cumana singled home a run in the seventh.  The Miracle had only one hit, a Jermaine Palacios single in the sixth.  They also got a walk and an error in that inning, loading the bases with two out, but an infield out ended the inning.

Lewis Thorpe pitched six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  Glen Perkins pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up one run on two hits with two strikeouts.  Alex Robinson struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings to make his ERA 2.45 with 14 strikeouts in 7.1 innings.  Palacios was 1-for-4 and is batting .319.

CEDAR RAPIDS 2, CLINTON 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Joe Cronin singled home a run in the third and delivered a sacrifice fly in the fifth for the only runs of the game.  The LumberKings never had more than one man on base.

Clark Beeker pitched a rare nine-inning complete game, throwing an even 100 pitches.  He gave up five hits and no walks with seven strikeouts to drop his ERA to 2.31 with a WHIP of 0.96.  He has not given up more than one run in a game since June 15.  Gorge Munoz was 2-for-3.  Jimmy Kerrigan made his debut for Cedar Rapids and was 1-for-3.

ELIZABETHTON 6, PRINCETON 0 IN PRINCETON (GAME 1--7 INNINGS--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

Jose Miranda and Shane Carrier went back-to-back in the first inning and Andrew Bechtold tripled and scored in the second to make it 3-0. The Twins added a run in the third and got two more in the sixth on a Mark Contreras homer.  The Rays never had more than one man on base.

Edwar Colina struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks, before the game was suspended.  His ERA is now 2.65 with 37 strikeouts in 34 innings.  Bailey Ober pitched four shutout innings to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.55 in 7.1 innings.  Blair Lasko pitched a scoreless inning.  Contreras was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second) to make his average .301.  Bechtold was 2-for-3 with a triple and is batting .355.  Carrier's home run was his fifth and he is batting .336.  Miranda's home run was his seventh and he is batting .327.  T. J. Dixon was 0-for-3 and is batting .300.

ELIZABETHTON 13, PRINCETON 3 IN PRINCETON (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Twins scored seven in the first and put this one out of reach early.  Carson Crites had a two-run homer in the inning.  The Rays never got closer than six runs after that.

Brusdar Graterol struck out six in four innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks.  Jordan Gore is 3-for-4 with a home run and is batting .403.  Colton Waltner was 3-for-4 and is batting .313.  Crites was 2-for-3 with a home run, his second.  Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .364.  Rainis Silva was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .327.  Shane Carrier was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.

GCL TWINS 6, GCL RED SOX 5 AT RED SOX

The Twins opened the third with five singles and eventually scored four runs to take a 5-1 lead.  The Red Sox came back, though, scoring one in the fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh to tie it 5-5.  In the ninth, Dane Hutcheon as hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Jean Carlos Arias to put the Twins back in the lead, this time to stay.

Henry Centeno, on a rehab assignment, pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.  Juan Mojica pitched two shutout innings.  Emmanuel Morel was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Victor Tademo was 2-for-4.  Arias was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-5 with three RBIs and is batting .320.  Alex Robles was 0-for-4 and is batting .323.  Benjamin Rodriguez was 1-for-4 and is batting .313.

DSL NATIONALS 3, DSL TWINS 2 AT NATIONALS

The Twins trailed 2-0 going to the ninth, but Alberoni Nunez singled in a run and another scored on a wild pitch to tie it 2-2.  The comeback went for naught, however, as a walk, a stolen base, a bunt, and a sacrifice fly brought home the winning run for the Nationals in the bottom of the ninth.

Luis Gil struck out six in five innings, giving up no hits and one walk.  Agustin Marte was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .303.  Nunez was 1-for-1 and is batting .359.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:00  Fort Myers at Clearwater (Ranger Suarez, 1-1, 2.35)
Game 2 Fort Myers (Anthony McIver, 3-2, 2.50) at Clearwater (Harold Arauz, 3-2, 2.38)
2:05  Clinton (Ryne Inman, 0-1, 16.88) at Cedar Rapids (Anthony Marzi, 3-1, 1.35)
5:00  Kingsport (Christian James, 1-1, 1.84) at Elizabethton
5:05  Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 11-4, 3.35) at Toledo (Anthony Vasquez, 5-6, 4.34)
5:35  Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 7-3, 2.78) at Montgomery (Genesis Cabrera, 4-1, 2.72)

Games of July 28

Byron Buxton starts his rehab with a bang.  Tim Melville is pitching very well.  Gabriel Moya makes his Chattanooga debut.  No clutch hits, but the Miracle wins anyway.  Joe Cronin hits a big home run.  Shane Carrier has a couple of big hits.  Alex Robles has a big day in a losing effort.  The DSL Twins build a big lead and hold on.

ROCHESTER 5, TOLEDO 1 IN TOLEDO (10 INNINGS)

Byron Buxton led off the game with a home run.  The Red Wings then went nine innings without scoring.  It appeared for a while that it would not matter, but in the seventh two singles and a sacrifice fly tied the score.  With two on and two out in the tenth, ByungHo Park delivered a two-run double to give Rochester the lead.  Daniel Palka followed with an RBI triple and Tommy Field then hit a run-scoring single.  The Mud Hens managed only a two-out walk in the bottom of the tenth.

Tim Melville, who has pitched well in four of his last five starts, struck out eleven in seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.  His ERA is 2.44.  Mason Melotakis struck out two in two perfect innings to drop his ERA to 1.50 with a WHIP of 0.92.  D. J. Baxendale pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.98.  Buxton was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.  Tommy Field was 2-for-4 with a double.

CHATTANOOGA 7, BIRMINGHAM 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

Jonathan Rodriguez homered in the third and Levi Michael and Brian Navaretto went back-to-back in the fourth to give the Lookouts a 3-0 lead.  Jose Vinicio's RBI single put the Barons on the board in the fifth, but Ryan Walker singled in a run in the bottom of the fifth and T. J. White delivered a three-run triple in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

Fernando Romero struck out nine in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  His ERA is 2.64 with 112 strikeouts in 105.2 innings.  Gabriel Moya made his Chattanooga debut with three strikeouts in a scoreless inning.  His Southern League stats are an ERA of 0.81, a WHIP of 0.78, and 68 strikeouts in 43.2 innings.  Nick Anderson struck out two in a perfect inning to make his ERA 0.89 with a WHIP of 0.79 and 26 strikeouts in 20.1 innings.

FORT MYERS 2, LAKELAND 0 IN LAKELAND

A run scored on an error in the third and another scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.  Thus, the Miracle were able to score twice despite going 0-for-9 with men in scoring position.  They were out-hit seven to five.

Brady Anderson pitched 5.2 shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Andrew Vasquez struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.85 and 38 strikeouts in 23.2 innings.  Shane Kennedy was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4.  Jermaine Palacios was 1-for-4 and is batting .321.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, PEORIA 3 IN PEORIA

Gorge Munoz singled in a run in the fourth to put the Kernels up 2-1.  They then took control of the game on Joe Cronin's three-run homer in the fifth.  The Chiefs scored two in the bottom of the fifth to cut the margin to 5-3, but that was as close as they would come.

Domenick Carlini pitched five innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Ryan Mason pitched two shutout innings to drop his ERA to 2.25,  Colton Davis pitched a perfect inning to lower his ERA to 1.71.  Hector Lujan struck out two in a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.55 with a WHIP of 0.91.  Cronin was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a double.  Trey Cabbage was 3-for-5 with a double.  Caleb Hamilton was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Munoz and Christian Cavaness were each 2-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 5, PRINCETON 1 IN PRINCETON (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Shane Carrier doubled home a run in the first and then had a two-run single in a three-run third that gave the Twins control of the game.  The Rays got on the board in the seventh but did not bring the tying run up to bat.

Bryan Sammons struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks.  His ERA is 1.46 with a WHIP of 0.85 and 31 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.  Colton Waltner was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Carrier was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs and is batting .339.  Jordan Gore was 1-for-4 and is batting .381.  Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk and is batting .339.

ELIZABETHTON AT PRINCETON (GAME 2--SUSPENDED AFTER TWO INNINGS)

The Twins led 3-0 when the rains came.  Jose Miranda and Shane Carrier hit back-to-back homers in the first and Andrew Bechtold tripled and scored in the second.  Edwar Colina struck out four in two shutout innings.

GCL RED SOX 12, GCL TWINS 7 AT TWINS

The Twins scored one in each of the first two innings, but the Red Sox got four in the third to take the lead.  Everlouis Lozada had a two-run single in the inning.  The Twins got one in the bottom of the third and took a 6-4 lead in the fifth on Alex Robles' three-run homer.  It was 7-4 going to the eighth, but the Red Sox tied it with three in the eighth and won it with five in the ninth.

Petru Balan pitched three innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Matt Jones struck out three in three shutout innings.  Derek Molina struck out two in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with three strikeouts in two innings.  Robles was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second) and four RBIs and is batting .337.  Kerby Camacho was 2-for-5 and is batting .320.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-4 and is batting .316.

DSL TWINS 13, DSL NATIONALS 12 AT TWINS

The Twins scored seven runs in the first inning on four hits.  The biggest blow was a two-run double by Jesus Feliz.  They also drew three walks and had a hit batsman.  The Twins led 13-1 in the fourth and one might have thought the game was over.  If one thought that, though, one had not paid much attention to the DSL.  Two walks led to three Nationals runs in the fifth, they got another run in the sixth, a five-run eighth made it 13-10, and the Nationals scored two more in the ninth.  They had the tying and go-ahead runs on base with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.

Jesus Toledo pitched four innings, giving up a run on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Fernando Sanchez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings.  Samuel Vasquez was 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs.  Alberoni Nunez was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk and is batting .353.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-4 and is batting .358.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .352.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Nationals
5:15  Fort Myers (Lewis Thorpe, 2-3, 3.06) at Clearwater (JoJo Romero,. 2-2, 2.95)
6:00  Elizabethton at Princeton
6:05  Rochester (Hector Santiago, 0-1, 6.75) at Toledo (Josh Turley, 1-0, 0.00)
6:15  Birmingham at Chattanooga (Felix Jorge, 8-2, 4.01)
6:35  Clinton (Nick Wells, 4-7, 6.50) at Cedar Rapids (Clark Beeker, 9-3, 2.51)

Games of July 27

Kyle Gibson pitches very well.  Dereck Rodriguez has a rare bad game.  Eduardo Del Rosario gives up a hit to the first batter he faces, then no more in eight innings in a very good high-A debut.  The Kernels get only one run and seven hits in two games, getting swept  An eleven-run inning drops the GCL Twins.

ROCHESTER 3, INDIANAPOLIS 1 IN INDIANAPOLIS

An infield out scored a run in the third, a sacrifice fly brought one home in the seventh, and a double play scored a run in the ninth.  Thus, the Red Wings scored three runs despite going 1-for-10 with men in scoring position.  The Indians loaded the bases with none out in the ninth, but a strikeout, a sacrifice fly, and another strikeout ended the game.

Kyle Gibson struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  He threw 69 pitches, so one assumes he was on a pitch count, although one doesn't know why.  His ERA is 2.08 with 23 strikeouts in 17.1 innings.  Alex Wimmers pitched 2.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 3.00.  Rochester had seven hits, but no one had more than one.

BIRMINGHAM 9, CHATTANOOGA 6 IN CHATTANOOGA

Levi Michael homered in the first inning to put the Lookouts up 1-0, but it was the only lead they had.  The Barons scored three in the third and two in the fourth to go ahead 5-1.  Nick Gordon hit a two-run triple in a three-run sixth to cut the lead to 7-5, but Birmingham scored two in the seventh and their lead was never threatened.

Dereck Rodriguez, who had been pitching well, worked 5.2 innings but allowed seven runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  Luke Bard pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.30 with 70 strikeouts in 44 innings.  Carlos Paulino was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .340.  Michael was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fifth, and a double.  Max Murphy was 2-for-5 with a double.  T. J. White was 2-for-5.  Alex Perez was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .317.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-5 and is batting .312.

FORT MYERS 9, LAKELAND 2 IN LAKELAND

An error allowed the Flying Tigers to score in the first, and the 1-0 lead held up until the fifth.  Then, however, a two-run homer by Tanner English and a solo shot by Jermaine Palacios gave the Miracle a 3-1 lead.  Palacios delivered a three-run single-plus-error in the sixth to make it 6-1.  Brent Rooker hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth that put a period on the game.

Eduardo Del Rosario made a very successful high-A debut, pitching eight innings and giving up an unearned run on one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.  Palacios was 4-for-5 with a home run (his second) and three RBIs and is batting .323.  Zander Weil was 3-for-5.  Sean Miller and Shane Kennedy were each 2-for-5.  The home run by English was his sixth.  Rooker's home run was his first.

PEORIA 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN PEORIA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Lewin Diaz singled home a run in the first, but that was the only lead the Kernels would have.  Brian O'Keefe delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the first and Danny Hudzina homered in the fourth for the Chiefs runs.  The Kernels had only three hits in the last six innings and never had more than one man on base at a time.

Tyler Beardsley pitched a six-inning complete game, giving up three runs on six hits and no walks with one strikeout.  Cedar Rapids had five hits and no one had more than one.

PEORIA 4, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN PEORIA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

A sacrifice fly brought home a Chief run in the third.  In the fifth, three walks were followed by a bases-clearing double by Juan Yepez.  The Kernels did not get a baserunner until the fourth and did not get a hit until the fifth.  They had only three hits, all singles.

Evan Sanders pitched four innings, giving up four runs on just three hits but six walks.  He struck out four.  Patrick McGuff struck out three in two shutout innings to make his ERA 2.30 with 34 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.

ELIZABETHTON AT PRINCETON

Rained out.

GCL ORIOLES 14, GCL TWINS 8 AT ORIOLES

Brian Olson had a two-run single in a four-run first.  The Twins led 5-0 after the top of the third.  Then, however, the Orioles scored eleven runs in the bottom of the third to take control of the game.  The Orioles batted sixteen in the inning.  J. C. Escarra had a three-run homer in the inning, Jomar Reyes had a two-run single, and Jacob Brown had a two-run double.  The Twins scored three in the seventh to cut the margin to 11-8, but the Orioles put it out of reach with three in the eighth.

Taylor Clemensia pitched 2.1 innings, allowing seven runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks with no strikeouts.  Benjamin Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs and is batting .316.  Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .302.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-4 with three runs and is batting .308.  Emmanuel Morel was 2-for-5 with a double.  Ricky De La Torre was 2-for-5.  Alex Robles was 1-for-4 and is batting .322.

DSL TWINS

No game scheduled.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Nationals at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
4:00  Elizabethton (Bryan Sammons, 1-0, 1.83) at Princeton (Cristopher Sanchez, 0-2, 10.89)
Game 2  Elizabethton at Princeton (Easton McGee, 0-1, 3.57)
5:30  Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 4-6, 4.65) at Lakeland (Austin Sodders, 1-2, 1.13)
6:05  Rochester (Tim Melville, 3-3, 2.63) at Toledo
6:15  Birmingham (Spencer Adams, 7-9, 3.98) at Chattanooga (Fernando Romero, 9-6, 2.68)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Domenick Carlini, 3-8, 5.40) at Peoria (Austin Warner, 1-0, 1.000

Games of July 26

Big days for Kennys Vargas and Dillon Gee.  Not enough offense for Chattanooga.  No luck for Sean Poppen.  The E-Twins waste their chances.  Glen Perkins continues his rehab.  A sweep for the DSL Twins.

ROCHESTER 7, INDIANAPOLIS 1 IN INDIANAPOLIS

Mitch Garver homered in the first and Niko Goodrum homered in the second as the Red Wings took a 3-1 lead.  A Kennys Vargas home run in the sixth made it 4-1 and a Vargas three-run homer in the eighth put the game out of reach.

Dillon Gee struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on six hits and no walks.  His ERA is 2.00.  Jake Reed pitched two shutout innings to drop his ERA to 1.87 with a WHIP of 0.95.  John Curtiss struck out two in a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.92 with a WHIP of 0.73 and 20 strikeouts in 12.1 innings.  J. B. Shuck was 3-for-5 with a double.  Vargas was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh), four RBIs, and a walk.  Matt Hague was 2-for-5 with two doubles and is batting .300.  Garver's home run was his fifteenth and Goodrum's homer was his ninth.

BIRMINGHAM 3, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

Jonathan Rodriguez had an RBI single in the first, but the Barons tied it in the second.  It stayed 1-1 until the fifth, when a passed ball allowed Birmingham to take the lead.  The Barons added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly.  The Lookouts had loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but a pair of strikeouts ended the threat.

Kohl Stewart pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts.  Raul Fernandez struck out two in two shutout innings.  Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .317.  Levi Michael was 2-for-3.  Carlos Paulino was 1-for-4 and is batting .319.

LAKELAND 5, FORT MYERS 2 IN LAKELAND

Zander Weil doubled home a run in the top of the fourth, but the Flying Tigers responded with five in the bottom of the fourth to take control of the game.  There were no walks, no errors, and no extra-base hits in the inning--the runs scored on seven singles.  None of the balls was hit exceptionally hard--it was simply one of those innings where everything they hit found a hole.  The Miracle did not score again until the ninth and did not get the tying run up to bat.

Sean Poppen pitched better than it sounds, but his line reads five innings, five runs, eleven hits, one walk, and four strikeouts.  Keaton Steele pitched three shutout innings of relief.  Fort Myers had just three hits.  Jermaine Palacios was 0-for-4 and is batting .304.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT PEORIA

Rained out.

PULASKI 1, ELIZABETHTON 0 IN PULASKI

Steven Sensley homered with one out in the fourth for the game's only run.  The Twins had plenty of chances to score but stranded eleven men and went 0-for-10 with men in scoring position.

Nick Brown had his best game of the season in a losing effort, going six innings and giving up one run on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Charlie Barnes pitched two perfect innings to make his ERA 1.19 with 23 strikeouts in 22.2 innings.  Shane Carrier was 21-for-3 with a double and is batting .330.  Rainis Silva was 1-for-3 and is batting .326.  Jose Miranda was 0-for-4 and is batting .324.  T. J. Dixon was 1-for-4 and is batting .316.

GCL ORIOLES 12, GCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

It was a good game for a while.  It was 1-1 after six, but the Orioles scored five in the seventh, four in the eighth, and two in the ninth.  Max Hogan hit a two-run double in the seventh, Willy Yahn had a two-run single in the eighth, and Jacob Brown hit a two-run homer in the ninth.

Glen Perkins pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  His ERA is at zero with three strikeouts in two innings.  Emmanuel Morel was 3-for-4 with two doubles, collecting three-fourths of the Twins hits.

DSL TWINS 2, DSL METS1 1 AT METS1 (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Jean Carlos Soto singled home a run for the Mets1 in the fifth, but the Twins responded with two in the sixth.  Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out, a sacrifice fly tied the score, and an Alberoni Nunez single brought home the go-ahead run.  The Mets1 got a pair of one-out singles in the ninth, but a pair of fly outs ended the game.

Fredderi Soto pitched 4.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and a walk with one strikeout.  His ERA is 0.98.  Frandy Torres pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 1.08 with 26 strikeouts in 25 innings.  Nunez was 2-for-3 and is batting .348.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 and is batting .352.  Juan Martinez was 0-for-3 and is batting .312.

DSL TWINS 13, DSL METS1 5 AT TWINS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Already leading 4-0, the Twins scored five in the fourth to take control of the game.  Ruben Santana had a two-run double in the inning.  The Mets1 got four runs back in the fifth, but the Twins responded with four of their own in the bottom of the fifth.

Andriu Marin pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four unearned runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.70.  Steven Cruz retired all four men he faced.  Zaino Henriquez was 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and three runs.  Felix Reyes was 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and three runs.  Victor Heredia was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Yeison Perez was 2-for-4.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .363.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
4:30  Cedar Rapids (Tyler Beardsley, 3-4, 5.98) at Peoria (Frederis Parra, 1-3, 2.91)
5:30  Fort Myers (Eduardo Del Rosario, no record) at Lakeland (Josh Turley, 2-1, 0.80)
6:00  Elizabethton (Bryan Sammons, 1-0, 1.83) at Princeton
6:05  Rochester (Kyle Gibson, 0-2, 2.92) at Indianapolis (Clay Holmes, 7-4, 3.51)
6:15  Birmingham (Jordan Guerrero, 6-9, 3.65) at Chattanooga (Dereck Rodriguez, 4-1, 2.95)
DSL Twins--No game scheduled.