Games of June 30

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 6, ROCHESTER 4 IN ROCHESTER

Batting stars:  Danny Valencia was 3-for-4 with two home runs, giving him six.  Matt Carson was 2-for-4 with a home run, his sixth.
Pitching stars:  Starter Jeff Manship pitched four shutout innings, giving up only two hits.  Esmerling Vasquez struck out six in 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
Opposition stars:  Brandon Laird and Raymond Kruml were each 2-for-4.  Russell Branyan hit a three-run homer.
Key inning:  The sixth.  Leading 3-2, the Yankees opened the inning with a hit batsman, a single, and Branyan's homer to go up 6-2.

BOWIE 9, NEW BRITAIN 8 IN NEW BRITAIN

Batting stars:  Daniel Rohlfing was 4-for-5 with a double, driving in three.  Chris Herrmann was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple.  Evan Bigley was 2-for-5 with a double.
Pitching stars:  Edgar Ibarra gave up a run on three hits and a walk in four innings of relief.  Daniel Sattler worked 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars:  Zelous Wheeler was 3-for-5.  Michael Rooney was 2-for-5.  Michael Belfiore threw two shutout innings.
Key inning:  The ninth. The Rock Cats trailed 9-5.  A double and two walks loaded the bases with two out.  Rohlfing singled in two and an error brought in a third, making the score 9-8 and putting runners on first and third.  Pinch-runner Shawn Roof was then picked off third base by the catcher to end the game.
Other:  Starter Brett Jacobson issued nine walks in 2.1 innings.

FORT MYERS 7, CHARLOTTE 2 IN CHARLOTTE

Batting stars:  Lance Ray was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Daniel Rams was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Jairo Perez was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars:  Jose Gonzalez gave up two hits and a walk in two shutout innings.  Marty Popham worked two perfect innings.
Opposition stars:  Robbie Estrada was 2-for-5 with a double.  Chris Rearick struck out three in two shutout innings.
Key inning:  The fifth.  The Stone Crabs had just cut the lead to 3-2.  Angel Morales led off the inning with a homer to give the Miracle an insurance run.  Daniel Santana then doubled.  A pair of walks loaded the bases, and Perez hit a sacrifice fly to put Fort Myers up 5-2.

CLINTON 10, BELOIT 5 IN BELOIT

Batting stars:  Miguel Sano and Jairo Rodriguez each homered and walked.  It was the seventeenth for Sano and the second for Rodriguez.
Pitching star:  Cole Johnson struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up three hits.
Opposition stars:  Jamal Austin was 5-for-5, all singles.  Ji-Man Choi was 4-for-6 with a home run, driving in three.  Dillon Hazlett was 2-for-5 with a home run.
Key inning:  The fourth.  Leading 5-3, the LumberKings scored twice more on a double, a hit batsman, and two singles.
Other:  The Snappers scored their five runs on only three hits.

ELIZABETHTON 6, PULASKI 4 IN ELIZABETHTON

Batting star:  Niko Goodrum hit for the cycle, going 4-for-5 and driving in four.  Travis Harrison was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Stephen Wickens was 2-for-4 with a triple.
Pitching star:  Tyler Herr pitched two shutout innings, allowing two hits.
Opposition stars:  Felipe Burin was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Charles Kaalekahi gave up only an unearned run on four hits and a walk in four innings.
Key inning:  The eighth.  The Twins trailed 4-3.  Adam Walker doubled and Harrison singled to put runners on first and third.  Wickens hit a one-out triple to put the Twins in front and Goodrum hit a ground-rule double to complete the cycle and give the Twins an insurance run.

GCL TWINS 4, RED SOX 3 AT RED SOX

Batting stars:  Aderlin Mejia was 4-for-5 with a double.  Dereck Rodriguez was 3-for-5.
Pitching stars:  Austin Malinowski allowed an unearned run on three hits and a walk in three innings.  Gonzalo Sanudo struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up only one hit.
Opposition stars:  Jesus Loya was 2-for-4.  Ricardo Betancourt struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings.
Key inning:  The sixth.  With the score tied at three, the Twins had two on and two out.  Mejia delivered an RBI single.

DSL TWINS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 AT TWINS

Batting stars:  Eddy Concepcion was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk.  Victor Arias was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Adonis Pacheco was 2-for-5 with a double.
Pitching star:  Damian Defrank allowed a run on two hits and three walks in four innings.  Jadison Jimenez struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.
Opposition stars:  None.
Key inning:  The third.  Leading 2-1, the Twins used three singles and two walks (in that order) to score twice.