Games of May 22

John Curtiss has still not given up a run.  The Miracle score early and often.  A walkoff homer by Jermaine Palacios gives the Kernels a win.

ROCHESTER RED WINGS

No game scheduled.

CHATTANOOGA 4, BILOXI 3 IN BILOXI

The Lookouts once again let a lead get away.  Jonathan Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the third to give Chattanooga a 3-0 lead, but the Shuckers scored once in the third and got a two-run single from Clint Coulter in the seventh to tie it 3-3.  This time, thought, it was the Lookouts who got the go-ahead run.  In the eighth, a single, a wild pitch, a walk, a bunt, an intentional walk, and an accidental walk put Chattanooga up 4-3.  Biloxi had men on first and third in the eighth, but their last four batters were retired.

Felix Jorge went seven innings for the Lookouts, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Mason Melotakis struck out three in a scoreless inning, dropping his ERA to 2.50, and John Curtiss kept his ERA at zero with a scoreless inning.  Curtiss has now pitched 15.2 innings in fourteen games, giving up nine hits and nine walks with twenty strikeouts.  T. J. White was 2-for-4.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .305.  LaMonte Wade was 0-for-4 and is batting .302.  Edgar Corcino was 0-for-3 and is batting .300.  The home run by Rodriguez was his fifth.

FORT MYERS 13, DUNEDIN 6 IN DUNEDIN

The Miracle scored five in the second and three in the third to take an 8-0 lead on the way to an easy win.  They led 10-1 before a five-run eighth made the final score look better.  Fort Myers rounded out the scoring with three in the ninth.

David Fischer struck out five in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits but six walks.  Nick Anderson pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 0.98.  Kevin Garcia was 3-for-5 with a walk and is batting .308.  Sean Miller was also 3-for-5 with a walk.  Alex Perez was 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs.  Max Murphy was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk, scoring three times and driving in four.  Zander Weil was 2-for-6 with a home run, his fifth.  Chris Paul was 0-for-3 and is batting .335.  Tanner English was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .310.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, CLINTON 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (12 INNINGS)

The LumberKings led 3-2 after two innings.  There was no more scoring until the seventh, when Aaron Whitefield walked and scored on a triple by Christian Cavaness.  The Kernels threatened in the tenth, putting men on first and third before a double play ended the inning.  In the twelfth, Jermaine Palacios hit a three-run homer to end the game.

Sean Poppen struck out five in five innings, giving up three runs on four hits and three walks.  Colton Davis pitched two shutout innings to make his ERA 2.37.  Andrew Vasquez pitched three shutout inning to make his ERA 1.86,  Tom Hackimer struck out three in two perfect innings to make his ERA 1.64.  Hackimer has 25 strikeouts and just 2 walks in 22 innings.  Cavaness was 3-for-5 with a walk in addition to the triple.  Whitefield was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Lewin Diaz and Ben Rortvedt were each 2-for-5.  Palacios was 2-for-6 with a double in addition to the walkoff homer, which was his sixth.  He is batting .329.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Lachlan Wells, 2-5, 3.51) at Dunedin (Ryan Borucki, 1-1, 4.11)
6:05  Durham (Ryan Yarbrough, 3-2, 3.45) at Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 3-1, 5.35)
6:35  Clinton at Cedar Rapids (Domenick Carlini, 2-2, 4.73)
Chattanooga Lookouts--No game scheduled.