Games of April 15

Felix Jorge and some big hits carried the Lookouts to a win.  Daniel Kihle hit a home run in a Miracle loss.  A big inning does in the Kernels.

SYRACUSE AT ROCHESTER

Rained out.

CHATTANOOGA 10, JACKSONVILLE 1 IN JACKSONVILLE

It was scoreless through four.  Nick Gordon delivered a two-run single in the fifth, Jose Gonzalez hit a two-out three-run homer in the sixth, and the rout was on.  Engelb Vielma had a two-run single in the eighth and the Lookouts added three more in the ninth.

Felix Jorge pitched five shutout innings before tiring in the sixth.  He went 5.2 innings and gave up one run on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts, throwing 94 pitches.  Luke Bard followed with 2.1 shutout innings and Nick Burdi pitched a scoreless ninth.  Gonzalez was 2-for-4 and had four RBIs.  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4 and Vielma was 2-for-5 to raise his average to .323.  Gordon was 1-for-4 with two walks and is batting .303.

DAYTONA 8, FORT MYERS 4 IN DAYTONA

Already leading 4-3, the Tortugas scored three in the fifth to take control of the game.  They were helped by a hit batsman, an error, and a wild pitch.  Alfredo Rodriguez capped the inning with a two-run single.

It was a rough outing for Keaton Steele, who pitched five innings and allowed seven runs (four earned) on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Daniel Kihle was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second, raising his average to .333.  Sean Miller and Nelson Molina were each 2-for-4.  Alex Perez was 0-for-4 to drop his average to .385.  Chris Paul was 1-for-4 and is batting .324.

WISCONSIN 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (5 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)

The Timber Rattlers scored one in the first and put it away with five in the fourth.  They had a single, four doubles, and a two-run homer by Gilbert Lara in the inning.  The Kernels had only two hits.

Alex Schick had pitched well for three innings before the roof fell in in the fourth.  He went 3.1 innings and was charged with all six runs on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Dominick Carlini struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.  Mitchell Kranson was 1-for-3 with a triple and is batting .348.  Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-2 and is batting .324.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Fort Myers at Daytona (Ty Boyles, 0-0, 0.00)
12:35  Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 0-1, 9.64) at Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 0-1, 7.20)
Game 2  Syracuse (Austin Voth, 0-0, 5.40) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 1-0, 0.00)
2:05  Chattanooga (Paul Clemens, 0-0, 6.75) at Jacksonville (Chris Mazza, 0-1, 7.50)