Games of August 18-19

GAMES OF AUGUST 18

ROCHESTER 6, BUFFALO 3 IN ROCHESTER

Reynaldo Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the third to give the Red Wings a 4-3 lead.  They added two in the sixth to secure the victory.  Jason Wheeler gave up three in the second but pitched well otherwise.  He struck out six in six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and no walks.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-4 and is batting .333.  The home run was Rodriguez’ fourth.

MONTGOMERY 6, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

Kean Wong’s two-run double in the fourth put the Biscuits up 4-1 and they controlled the game from there.  Aaron Slegers pitched 5.1 innings but allowed six runs (five earned) on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Tanner Witt was 1-for-3 in his AA debut.  The Lookouts had six hits, all singles.

FORT MYERS 1, ST. LUCIE 0 IN ST. LUCIE

Fernando Romero and two relievers blanked the Mets.  Romero struck out eight in 6.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks.  The game’s lone run came in the fifth on a single, a walk, a hit batsman, and another walk.  Daniel Kihle and Christian Ibarra were each 2-for-3 with a walk.

PEORIA 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN PEORIA

The Kernels led 2-1 going to the bottom of the ninth, but two walks followed by two singles gave the win to the Chiefs.  Sean Poppen struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks in his Class A debut.  Casey Scoggins was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Nelson Molina was 2-for-4 and is batting .305.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 and is batting .346.

ELIZABETHTON 6, BURLINGTON 3 IN BURLINGTON

Amaurys Minier hit a three-run homer in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.  Alex Schick struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.  Patrick McGuff pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 0.96.  Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 and is batting .337.  Lewin Diaz was 2-for-4 and is batting .306.  Minier’s home run was his ninth.  Ariel Montesino was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .311.

GCL TWINS 6, GCL RAYS 3 AT TWINS (GAME 1—7 INNINGS)

The Rays took a 3-0 lead in the second, but the Twins got two in the fourth and four in the sixth.  Three of the four runs in the sixth scored on a three-base error with the bases loaded.  Tyler Fox struck out four in four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and no walks.  Moises Gomez followed with three shutout innings, striking out three, to lower his ERA to 0.76.  The Twins had only four hits, all singles.  Dominic Blanco was 1-for-3 and is batting .353.

GCL RAYS 2, GCL TWINS 0 AT TWINS

Both Rays runs scored in the fourth inning.  Bo Hellquist pitched 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two strikeouts, making his ERA 1.94.  Justin Hazard was 1-for-3 and is batting .321.  Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-3 and is batting .310.  The Twins again had only four hits, and again they were all singles.

DSL ROJOS 5, DSL TWINS 2 AT ROJOS

It was scoreless until the sixth, when the Rojos plated four runs.  The Twins did not score until the ninth.  Juan Mojica struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks.  Darling Cuesto was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Juan Martinez was 2-for-3.  Edgar Herrera was 1-for-4 and is batting .322.

GAMES OF AUGUST 19

ROCHESTER 4, BUFFALO 2 IN ROCHESTER (10 INNINGS)

Mitch Garver singled in the tying run in the ninth and Daniel Palka hit a walkoff two-run homer in the tenth.  David Hurlbut pitched seven innings, giving up one run on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts in his second AAA start.  Jake Reed pitched a scoreless inning and remains unscored upon in 3.1 AAA innings.  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Palka’s home run was his eleventh.  Heiker Meneses was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .085 (4-for-47).

CHATTANOOGA 2, MONTGOMERY 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

Travis Harrison’s two-out two-run single in the eighth turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead and eventual win.  Kohl Stewart pitched eight innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Zach Granite was 3-for-4.

JUPITER 4, FORT MYERS 3 IN FORT MYERS

The Miracle led 3-0 after three, but it was 3-3 after five and Jeremias Pineda’s RBI single in the eight put the Hammerheads on top to stay.  Jupiter out-hit Fort Myers 14-5.  Dereck Rodriguez pitched six innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on ten hits and no walks with one strikeout.  In three high-A starts, his ERA is 1.83 and his WHIP is 0.86.  Tanner English was 2-for-3.  Sean Miller was 2-for-4 with a double.

CEDAR RAPIDS 3, BURLINGTON 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Nelson Molina’s two-run single in the third gave the Kernels the lead and the pitching took it from there.  Lachlan Wells struck out five in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and one walk.  Molina was 4-for-4 with a double and is batting .315.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .349.  Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 5, BURLINGTON 4 IN BURLINGTON

The Royals led 4-2 after three, but Mitchell Kranson homered in the fifth to tie it and Shane Carrier singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth.  Jose Martinez pitched four innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Alex Robinson struck out four in three shutout innings.  Patrick McGuff pitched a scoreless inning, dropping his ERA to 0.92.  He has 28 strikeouts in 19.2 innings.  Kranson was 3-for-5 with a home run, his third.  Carrier was 3-for-5 with a double.  Ariel Montesino was 3-for-5 and is batting .321.  Lewin Diaz was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .305.

GCL RED SOX 5, GCL TWINS 4 AT RED SOX

The Twins led 4-3 going to the bottom of the ninth, but the Red Sox scored two to take the win, with the winning run scoring on a wild pitch.  Huascar Ynoa pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Jose Miranda was 2-for-3 with a triple and two walks.  Lean Marrero was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jhon Alvarez was 2-for-4.  Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-5 and is batting .306.

DSL TWINS 4, DSL CUBS2 1 AT CUBS2

The Twins scored two in the fourth to go up 3-0 and were in control the rest of the way.  Carlos Suniaga pitched six shutout innings, giving up just one hit and no walks with five strikeouts.  Jorge Parra was 2-for-4.  Agustin Marte was 2-for-5.  Victor Tademo was 1-for-4 and is batting .321.

TODAY’S TILTS

9:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins

9:30  DSL Cubs2 at DSL Twins

5:05  Jupiter (Jordan Cavanerio, 7-10, 4.32) at Fort Myers (Sam Clay, 1-1, 5.23)

6:00  Elizabethton (Miguel De Jesus, 0-1, 2.00) at Burlington (David McKay, 2-2, 3.06)
6:05  Rochester (Adalberto Mejia, 1-2, 4.66) at Gwinnett (TBA)

6:15  Montgomery (Chris Kirsch, 6-6, 3.49) at Chattanooga (Ryan Eades, 5-5, 4.67)

6:35  Burlington (Jamie Barria, 6-5, 3.91) at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Beardsley, 0-2, 3.60)