Games of May 23

A split for Twins affiliates.  Familiar names lead Rochester.  Solo homers decide two of the four games.

ROCHESTER 7, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 1 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Batting stars:  Oswaldo Arcia was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run (his fifth), scoring twice and driving in four.  Josh Willingham was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, scoring twice.  Eric Farris was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.

Pitching stars:  Mike Pelfrey pitched five shutout innings, giving up four hits and two walks with no strikeouts.  Deolis Guerra struck out two in two perfect innings.

Opposition stars:  Ramon Flores was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Ex-Twin Antoan Richardson was 2-for-2 with a walk.

The game:  A double, a single, and two walks put Rochester on the board in the second.  Willingham hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 3-0 and Arcia hit a three-run homer in the fourth to make it 6-0 and put the game away.

Of note:  Deibinson Romero was 1-for-4 with a walk.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-4 with a walk.

BINGHAMTON 3, NEW BRITAIN 2 IN BINGHAMTON

Batting stars:  Corey Wimberly was 2-for-4 with a run.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double.  Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching star:  Taylor Rogers pitched six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and three walks with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Kevin Plawecki was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run (his third), driving in two.  Travis Taijeron was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Tyler Pill pitched six innings, giving up one run on six hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

The game:  After each team scored once in the fourth, Kyle Johnson singled in a run in the fifth to give Binghamton a 2-1 lead.  Brad Boyer doubled in a run in the eighth to tie it, but Plawecki homered in the bottom of the eighth to put the Mets up 3-2.  New Britain went down in order in the ninth.

Of note:  Nate Hanson was 1-for-4 with a run.

FORT MYERS 4, DUNEDIN 2 IN DUNEDIN

Batting stars:  Aderlin Mejia was 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-5 with a home run, his third.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.

Pitching stars:  Jason Wheeler pitched six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Brian Gilbert pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk.  Tyler Jones pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition star:  Marcus Knecht was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.

The game:  Walker II homered to put Fort Myers on the board in the second.  Mejia singled in a run in the third to make it 2-0.  Dunedin got single runs in the fourth and fifth to tie it at two.  Polanco homered in the sixth to put the Miracle back in front and two singles, a walk, and a hit batsman, all coming with two out in the seventh, gave Fort Myers and insurance run.  The Blue Jays did not get a hit after the fifth inning.

Of note:  Travis Harrison was 1-for-4.  Dalton Hicks was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Max Kepler was 1-for-3 with a walk.

QUAD CITIES 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN QUAD CITIES

Batting stars:  Jason Kanzler was 1-for-4 with a double.  Joel Licon was 1-for-2 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Alex Muren pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Todd Van Steensel pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Brett Phillips was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run (his third), scoring twice and driving in four.  Brian Holberton was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in three.  Thomas Lindauer was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs.

The game:  All the runs were scored in two innings, a five-run third and a four-run fourth.  In the third, Phillips had a two-run single and Holberton had a two-run double.  Phillips hit a two-run homer in the fourth.  Cedar Rapids did not get a hit until the fourth.  Their best scoring chance came in the fifth, when Licon led off with a single, Ivory Thomas drew a one-out walk, and Engelb Vielma was hit by a pitch with two down to load the bases.  A strikeout ended the inning.

Of note:  Ryan Walker was 0-for-4.  Chad Christensen was 0-for-4.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4.  Starter Ryan Eades pitched 3.2 innings, giving up nine runs on ten hits and four walks with three strikeouts.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:05  Jupiter (Scott Lyman, 3-3, 1.61) at Fort Myers (Brett Lee, 4-1, 2.45)

6:00  Cedar Rapids (Ethan Mildren, 0-2, 3.97) at Quad Cities (TBA)

6:05  New Britain (TBA) at Binghamton (Hansel Robles, 2-2, 4.46)

6:05  Rochester (Logan Darnell, 1-1, 2.32) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Zach Nuding, 1-2, 8.83)