Games of May 25

A good start for Kris Johnson.  Kennys Vargas continues to hit.  Another fine outing for Jose Berrios.

ROCHESTER 6, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 2 IN SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

Batting stars:  Dan Rohlfing was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Doug Bernier was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.  Wilkin Ramirez was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.

Pitching stars:  Kris Johnson pitched eight innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  A. J. Achter pitched a scoreless inning with a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jose Pirela was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Russ Canzler was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.

The game:  Two singles, an error, and two walks only scored one run for S/WB in the first inning, as they left the bases loaded.  They got another in the second on a double and a single to go up 2-0.  Rochester got on the board with one in the third.  In the fifth, an RBI single by Rohlfing tied it, a sacrifice fly put the Red Wings ahead, and an error made it 4-2.  In the sixth, doubles by Ramirez and Rohlfing and a single by Bernier made it 6-2.  The Railriders did not get a hit after the second inning.

Of note:  Eric Farris was 0-for-5.  Deibinson Romero was 0-for-5.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.

BINGHAMTON 3, NEW BRITAIN 1 IN BINGHAMTON

Batting stars:  Kennys Vargas was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Nate Hanson was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Pitching stars:  Sean Gilmartin pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Jim Fuller struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and two walks.  Matthew Summers pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Kyle Johnson was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Travis d'Arnaud was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer.  Angel Cuan pitched five innings, allowing one run on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Vargas doubled in a run in the first.  Johnson doubled and scored in the bottom of the first to tie it at one.  d'Arnaud hit a two-run homer in the third.  And that was it for scoring.  New Britain got eight hits, three of them doubles, but couldn't do anything with them, going 0-for-6 with men in scoring position.

Of note:  Corey Wimberly was 1-for-4.  Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 with a double.

FORT MYERS 6, JUPITER 1 IN FORT MYERS

Batting stars:  Max Kepler was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Dalton Hicks was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Travis Harrison was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Jose Berrios struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk.  Mason Melotakis pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Tyler Jones pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Austin Barnes was 2-for-2 with a double and two walks.  Viosergy Rosa was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

The game:  Jupiter scored in the first inning, but Fort Myers gradually took control after that.  An error and a wild pitch led to the tying run in the second.  In the third, Harrison doubled in one run and Hicks singled in another to put the Miracle ahead 3-1.  It stayed 3-1 until the eighth, when two singles and a hit batsman loaded the bases and Kepler delivered a bases-clearing double to put the game away.

Of note:  Jorge Polanco was 1-for-5.  Mike Gonzales was 1-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 1-for-4 with two runs.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, BELOIT 5 IN BELOIT

Batting stars:  J. D. Williams was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.  Jason Kanzler was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) and two runs.  Bryan Haar was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.

Pitching stars:  Jared Wilson struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.  Todd Van Steensel pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Chih Fang Pan was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Herschel Powell was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Melvin Mercedes was 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

The game:  It was 3-3 after two innings.  An RBI double by Engelb Vielma put Cedar Rapids ahead 4-3 in the fourth, but Pan's two-run single in the fifth made it 5-4 Beloit.  Two singles and an error tied it in the seventh, and Haar led off the eighth with a home run to put the Kernels ahead.  The Snappers got a pair of two-out singles in the ninth, but Pan lined out to short to end the game.

Of note:  Chad Christensen was 1-for-5 with an RBI.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-5.  Starter Josue Montanez pitched five innings, giving up five runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  New Britain (TBA) at Binghamton (Darin Gorksi, 3-2, 2.68)

12:05  Syracuse (Taylor Jordan, 0-0, 1.93) at Rochester (Trevor May. 3-3, 3.35)

2:00  Cedar Rapids (Kohl Stewart, 1-1, 2.21) at Beloit (Kyle Finnegan, 4-1, 2.61)