Chattanooga Lookouts Team Leaders

Chattanooga finished the season 65-72.  In the first half, they were 36-33, third in the Southern League North, three games behind Jackson.  In the second half, they were 29-39, fifth in the Southern League North, twelve games behind Montgomery.

BATTERS

GAMES

Brent Rooker, 130
Zander Wiel, 101
Brian Navarreto, 97
Tanner English, 97

AT-BATS

Rooker, 503
Wiel, 386
Navarreto, 357

RUNS

Rooker, 72
Wiel, 53
Chris Paul, 48

HITS

Rooker, 128
Wiel, 120
Navarreto, 88

DOUBLES

Rooker, 32
Wiel, 27
Paul, 22

TRIPLES

Tanner English, 6
Rooker, 4
4 tied at 3

HOME RUNS

Rooker, 22
Andy Wilkins, 12
LaMonte Wade, 7
Wiel, 7

RBI

Rooker, 79
Wiel, 58
Paul, 48

TOTAL BASES

Rooker, 234
Wiel, 172
Paul, 128

WALKS

Rooker, 56
Wiel, 40
Alex Perez,35

STRIKEOUTS

Rooker, 150
English, 97
Wiel, 82

STOLEN BASES

English, 13
Wiel, 8
Nick Gordon, 7

OBP

Wade, .393
Wiel, .382
Gordon, .381

SLUGGING

Wilkins, .537
Gordon, .525
Rooker, .465

AVERAGE

Gordon, .333
Wiel, .311
Luis Arraez, .298

OPS

Gordon, .906
Wilkins, .870
Wade, .837

PITCHERS

WINS

Omar Bencomo, 8
Lewis Thorpe, 8
Randy LeBlanc, 6

LOSSES

Anthony Marzi, 8
Sean Poppen, 7
3 tied at 6

ERA (SHORT MEN)

Andrew Vasquez, 1.16
Zack Jones, 2.49
Ryne Harper, 2.54

ERA (LONG MEN)

Tyler Wells, 1.65
LeBlanc, 2.17
Bencomo, 3.45

GAMES

Williams Ramirez, 39
Tyler Jay, 38
Cody Stashak, 35

SAVES

Ramirez, 7
Harper, 6
3 tied at 4

INNINGS

Bencomo, 120
Thorpe, 108
Poppen, 94

STRIKEOUTS

Thorpe, 131
Bencomo, 102
Poppen, 79

WHIP (SHORT MEN)

Vasquez, 0.81
Harper, 1.03
Stashak, 1.08

WHIP (LONG MEN)

Wells, 1.13
Dietrich Enns, 1.20
Bencomo, 1.21

HOLDS

Jay, 5
Jones, 4
Ramirez, 4

Rochester Red Wings: Team Leaders

Rochester finished its season 64-76, tied for fourth place in the International League North, twenty games behind Lehigh Valley.  They finished eighth in the wild card race, trailing Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by ten games.

BATTERS

GAMES

Kennys Vargas, 130
Nick Gordon, 99
Gregorio Petit, 79

AT-BATS

Vargas, 463
Gordon, 382
Willians Astudillo, 286

RUNS

Vargas, 41
Gordon, 40
Petit, 31

HITS

Vargas, 111
Gordon, 81
Astudillo, 79

DOUBLES

Vargas, 23
Astudillo, 17
Gordon, 13

TRIPLES

Gordon, 4
LaMonte Wade, 3
Ryan LaMarre, 3

HOME RUNS

Vargas, 21
Astudillo, 12
Tyler Austin, 9

RBIs

Vargas, 73
Astudillo, 38
Gordon, 29
Petit, 29

TOTAL BASES

Vargas, 197
Astudillo, 134
Gordon, 108

WALKS

Vargas, 58
Wade, 38
Jake Cave, 26

STRIKEOUTS

Vargas, 133
Gordon, 82
Taylor Featherston, 70

STOLEN BASES

Gordon, 13
Zack Granite, 9
Astudillo, 7
Featherston, 7

OBP

Cave, .352
Jermaine Curtin, .352
Wade, .337

SLUGGING

Austin, .547
Astudillo, .469
Byron Buxton, .456

AVERAGE

Juan Graterol, .284
Astudillo, .276
Buxton, .272

OPS

Austin, .858
Buxton, .787
Astudillo, .782

PITCHERS

WINS

Stephen Gonsalves, 9
Nick Anderson, 8
Zack Littell, 6

LOSSES

Myles Jaye, 8
Aaron Slegers, 7
Dietrich Enns, 7

ERA (SHORT MEN)

Jake Reed, 1.89
Gabriel Moya 1.90
Alan Busenitz, 2.48

ERA (LONG MEN)

Gonsalves, 2.96
Adalberto Mejia, 3.27
Fernando Romero, 3.57

GAMES

Anderson, 39
John Curtiss, 38
Luke Bard, 32
D. J. Baxendale, 32

SAVES

Curtiss, 10
Busenitz, 7
Moya 4
Anderson, 4

INNINGS

Littell, 106
Gonsalves, 100.1
Romero, 90.2

STRIKEOUTS

Littell, 98
Gonsalves, 95
Anderson, 88

WHIP (SHORT MEN)

Busenitz, 1.00
Anderson, 1.13
Reed, 1.15

WHIP (LONG MEN)

Mejia, 1.18
Gonsalves, 1.20
Slegers, 1.22

HOLDS

Baxendale, 6
Moya, 5
Reed, 4
Tyler Duffey, 4

Game of September 10

Ryan Costello and Edwar Colina lead Fort Myers to the championship!

FORT MYERS 8, DAYTONA 5 IN DAYTONA (LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 4)

The Tortugas opened the scoring with three in the second, helped by two errors.  The Miracle came back with five in the third, getting RBI singles from Jose Miranda and Travis Blankenhorn and a three-run homer by Ryan Costello.  They added three more in the fifth, two scoring on a single by Shane Carrier.  Ibandel Isabel hit a two-run homer for Daytona in the eighth to cut the margin to 8-5, but that was as close as they came.

Costello was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer.

Edwar Colina pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three unearned runs on two hits and four walks and striking out six.  Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Fort Myers wins the best-of-five series 3-1 and wins the Florida State League Championship!

Games of September 9

Royce Lewis did his best, but it wasn't enough.  One bad inning sinks the Kernels.

DAYTONA 6, FORT MYERS 2 IN DAYTONA (CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 3)

The Tortugas scored one in the first and one in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead.  Royce Lewis hit a solo home run in the sixth and another in the eighth, leaving the Miracle down 3-2, but Daytona scored three in the bottom of the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Lewis was 2-for-4 with two home runs, giving him three in the series.  Jose Miranda was 2-for-4 with a double.

Brusdar Graterol struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk.

Fort Myers leads the best-of-five series 2-1.

PEORIA 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 0 IN PEORIA (SEMIFINAL GAME 2)

Peoria scored all the runs in the game in the third inning.  A walk, a single, and a hit batsman loaded the bases and three consecutive singles brought home four runs.  A fifth scored on a wild pitch.

Ryan Jeffers was 2-for-4.  Ben Rodriguez was 2-for-4.

Blayne Enlow pitched three innings, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk and striking out two.  Melvi Acosta pitched four shutout innings, giving up three hits.  Moises Gomez struck out all three men he faced.

Peoria wins the best-of-three series 2-0.

TODAY'S TILT

6:05  Fort Myers (Edwar Colina) at Daytona

Games of September 8

Griffin Jax and a big first inning carry the Miracle.  David Banuelos' good game isn't enough as the Kernels' bullpen falters.

FORT MYERS 12, DAYTONA 2 IN FORT MYERS

The Miracle scored eight runs in the first inning and were never threatened.  They drew three walks in the inning, were helped with an error, and got a three-run homer from Royce Lewis.

Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring three times and driving in two.  Ryan Costello was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Jose Miranda was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Taylor Grzelakowski was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Lewis was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer, scoring twice.

Griffin Jax pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk and striking out one.  Kevin Marnon pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Fort Myers takes a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

PEORIA 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Kernels led 2-0 through seven, but the Chiefs scored three in the eighth.  Cedar Rapids tied it in the bottom of the eighth, but Nick Dunn delivered a two-run single to put Peoria ahead to stay.

David Banuelos was 3-for-4 with two doubles.  Michael Helman was 2-for-5.

Bryan Sammons struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.

Cedar Rapids trails the best-of-three series 1-0.

TODAY'S TILTS

4:00  Cedar Rapids (Blayne Enlow) at Peoria
4:35  Fort Myers (Brusdar Graterol) at Daytona

Games of September 7

Jose Miranda hits a homer and Charlie Barnes pitches well to put Fort Myers up in the FSL Championship Series.  Randy Dobnak and Akil Baddoo lead Cedar Rapids into the semi-finals.

FORT MYERS 3, DAYTONA 1 IN FORT MYERS (CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1)

It was scoreless until the sixth, when Jose Miranda hit a two-run homer.  The Miracle added a run in the seventh on Travis Blankenhorn's RBI single.  Taylor Trammell singled home a run in the eighth to get the Tortugas on the board.  They had the tying run on base with one out, but did not get another hit the rest of the game.

Blankenhorn was 3-for-3.  Miranda was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.

Charlie Barnes pitched 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up seven hits and one walk and striking out five.

Fort Myers takes a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, BELOIT 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (PLAYOFF GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Akil Baddoo delivered an RBI single in the second to give the Kernels a 1-0 lead.  They added two in the fourth on run-scoring singles by David Banuelos and Trevor Larnach.  A sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 4-0.  The Snappers threatened in the first and last innings, putting men on first and third each time, but could not dent the plate.

Baddoo was 3-for-4 with a double.

Randy Dobnak struck out eight in a seven-inning complete game shutout, giving up six hits and a walk.

The game lasted seven innings because, had Beloit won, there would have been another game played last night.

Cedar Rapids wins the best-of-three series 2-0.  They now take on Peoria in a best-of-three series in the league semi-finals.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Daytona at Fort Myers (Griffin Jax)
6:35  Peoria (Angel Rondon) at Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons)

Game of September 6

Ryan Jeffers, Trey Cabbage, and Jhoan Duran all shine as Cedar Rapids takes game one.

CEDAR RAPIDS 10, BELOIT 1 IN BELOIT (PLAYOFF GAME 1)

Ryan Jeffers and Gabriel Maciel homered in the second to give the Kernels a 2-0 lead.  Cedar Rapids added two more in the third to make it 4-1.  It stayed there until the eighth, when Trey Cabbage hit a pinch-hit grand slam to put the game out of reach.  Jeffers hit a two-run homer in the ninth to add an exclamation point.

Jeffers was 3-for-4 with two home runs and a walk, scoring three times and driving in three.  Cabbage was 1-for-1 with a grand slam.  Maciel was 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.

Jhoan Duran struck out ten in six innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks.  Johan Quezada struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Rickey Ramirez pitched a perfect inning.

Cedar Rapids takes a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Daytona at Fort Myers
6:00  Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Randy Dobnak)
Beloit (Jhenderson Hurtado) at Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons) (if necessary)

Because of the rainout Wednesday, there is the possibility of a doubleheader between Beloit and Cedar Rapids today.  If Cedar Rapids wins the first game, they take the series and there's no need for another game.  If Beloit wins the first game, the series is tied 1-1 and another game will be played.  Both games will be seven innings.  I think playoff doubleheaders are cool.

Games of September 5

Jose Miranda and Alex Kirilloff lead the Miracle.  Prelander Berroa and Tyler Palm lead the E-Twins.  Congratulations to Elizabethton on winning the Appalachian League Championship!

FORT MYERS 3, PALM BEACH 1 IN PALM BEACH

Jose Miranda hit a two-run homer in the third to put the Miracle up 2-0.  The Cardinals got one back in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly, but got no closer.  Fort Myers got a sacrifice fly of its own in the sixth for an insurance run.

Alex Kirilloff was 5-for-5.  Shane Carrier was 3-for-3 with two doubles.  Miranda was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.

Clark Beeker pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks, striking out four.  Alex Phillips pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.  Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.  Adam Bray pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Fort Myers wins the best-of-three series 2-0.  They will play the winner of the Clearwater/Daytona series, which is tied 1-1.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT BELOIT

Rained out.

ELIZABETHTON 2, PRINCETON 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

Osmy Gregorio's RBI single in the third to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. delivered an RBI double in the fourth to tie it 1-1.  In the eighth, Gilberto Celestino came through with another RBI double in the eighth to put the Twins up 2-1.  Princeton went down in order in the ninth.

Celestino was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

Prelander Berroa pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out four.  Tyler Palm pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Elizabethton wins the best-of-three series 2-0 and wins the Appalachian League Championship!

TODAY'S TILT

6:00  Cedar Rapids (Jhoan Duran) at Beloit

Games of September 4

Andro Cutura dominates and Alex Kirilloff hits a home run to put Fort Myers up 1-0.  Two-run homers by Chris Williams and Jean Carlos Arias lead Elizabethton to a 1-0 lead.

FORT MYERS 3, PALM BEACH 1 IN FORT MYERS (PLAYOFF GAME 1)

Alex Kirilloff homered in the first and the Miracle added two more in the third to take a 3-0 lead.  The Cardinals got one in the fourth but did not get another man past second until the ninth.

Kirilloff was 2-for-4 with a home run.

Andro Cutura struck out nine in seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.  Ryan Mason pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Fort Myers leads the best-of-three series 1-0.

ELIZABETHTON 7, PRINCETON 4 IN PRINCETON (CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1)

Chris Williams hit a two-run homer in the first, but the Rays got a two-run homer from Jake Palomaki in a three-run second that put them ahead 3-2.  Jean Carlos Arias hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Twins up 4-3 and they led the rest of the way.  It was only 5-4 through seven, but the Twins scored two in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Yeltsin Encarnacion was 3-for-4.  Williams was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk, scoring twice.  Alex Robles was 2-for-4 with a double.  Lean Marrero was 2-for-5 with a double.  Yunior Severino was 2-for-5.

Austin Schulfer pitched seven innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and no walks and striking out six.  Jacob Blank struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Elizabethton leads the best-of-three series 1-0.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers at Palm Beach
6:00  Princeton at Elizabethton
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Jhoan Duran) at Beloit

Games of September 3

A good game for Chase De Jong.  Luis Arraez gets a key hit.  The Kernels sit around for six hours.

LEHIGH VALLEY 4, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER (10 INNINGS)

It was a good game for nine innings, with Kennys Vargas hitting an RBI double in the first and a sacrifice fly tying it in the fifth.  The IronPigs then scored three runs in the tenth.  The Red Wings got one back but did not get the tying run up to bat.

Vargas was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  He closed the season on a high note, batting .324 in his last ten games, and ended with semi-respectable numbers of .240/.326/.425 with 21 homers.  Not great, but better than they were most of the season.

Chase De Jong pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  John Curtiss struck out two in a perfect inning, making his ERA 2.77.  Ryan Eades struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.  His ERA is 0.59 in 15.1 innings.

The Red Wings end their season with a record of 64-76.

CHATTANOOGA 4, JACKSON 2 IN JACKSON

Rudy Flores hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give the Generals a 2-0 lead.  Jimmy Kerrigan homered in the eighth to make it 2-1.  The Lookouts then scored three runs in the ninth, two coming on a Luis Arraez single, to win the game.

Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Arraez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Kerrigan was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and the home run was his sixth.

Sean Poppen pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out five.  Tyler Jay pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Devin Smeltzer struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out three.

The Lookouts end their season with a record of 65-72.

BELOIT 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN BELOIT

After a rain dealy of over six hours, they got the game in.  The Snappers scored all three of their runs in the third, but it was enough.  Michael Helman singled home a run in the sixth to make it 3-2 but the Kernels did not get another hit the rest of the game.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a double.  Helman was 1-for-4 and is batting .355.

Tyler Watson struck out seven in six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and no walks.  Calvin Faucher pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Rickey Ramirez struck out two in a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Andro Cutura)
6:00  Elizabethton (Austin Schulfer) at Princeton

Games of September 2

Zander Wiel hits a walkoff homer.  A good game for Anthony Marzi.  Alex Kirilloff continues to hit as Fort Myers reaches the playoffs.  Akil Baddoo is finishing strong.  Gilberto Celestino has a big game as the E-Twins advance.

ROCHESTER 6, LEHIGH VALLEY 5 IN ROCHESTER

With the Red Wings leading 4-2, Danny Ortiz hit a three-run homer in the seventh to give the IronPigs a 5-4 lead.  Rochester came back in the ninth, with Zander Wiel hitting a two-run walkoff homer to win it.

Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his twenty-first) and a double, scoring twice.  Wiel was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs.  Jeremy Hazelbaker was 1-for-3 with a home run, his eleventh.

Omar Bencomo pitched seven innings, giving up five runs on five hits and two walks and striking out six.  Nick Anderson retired all six men he faced, striking out five.

JACKSON 2, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN JACKSON

The Generals scored single runs in the fourth and eighth.  The lone Lookouts run came in the ninth.  They had the tying run at first with one out.

Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-4.

Austin Adams was the opener, striking out three in two shutout innings.  He gave up one hit and has an ERA of 1.00.  Anthony Marzi then pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks.

FORT MYERS 2, CLEARWATER 1 IN FORT MYERS

The Miracle scored both their runs in the fourth, one on a single by Aaron Whitefield and the other on a stolen base-plus-error by Shane Carrier.  The Threshers scored their lone run in the sixth on a hit batsman and two singles.  They had the tying run on second, but did not get a man on base the rest of the game.

Whitefield was 2-for-3 with a double.  Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .362.  Robby Rinn was 2-for-4 with a double.

Brusdar Graterol pitched 4.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks and striking out four.  Colton Davis pitched two perfect innings, striking out three.

BELOIT 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN BELOIT

The Kernels got back-to-back homers by Ariel Montesino and Jacob Pearson in a three-run fifth that tied it 4-4.  The Snappers came back with two in the seventh, aided by two errors, and scored three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Akil Baddoo was 2-for-2 with two doubles.  Pearson was 1-for-3 and the home run was his seventh.  Montesino was 1-for-4 with a home run.

Randy Dobnak pitched two innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks and striking out one.

ELIZABETHTON 5, KINGSPORT 2 IN ELIZABETHTON (PLAYOFF GAME 3)

Gilberto Celestino delivered a two-run single in the fifth to give the Twins a 3-1 lead.  It was 3-2 after six, but a sacrifice fly made it 4-2 after seven and Yunior Severino singled home a run in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Severino was 3-for-5.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Celestino was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Andrew Cabezas struck out five in 4.1 innings, giving up one run on one hit and five walks.  Brian Rapp pitched 3.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out one.  Tanner Howell pitched a perfect inning.

PENNANT RACE/PLAYOFF UPDATE

Fort Myers tied for first with Charlotte, but won the head-to-head series and so is awarded the division championship.  They will play Palm Beach in the first round of the playoffs.
Cedar Rapids has clinched the division, leading Quad Cities by five games with one game to play.
Elizabethton won it's playoff series with Kingsport two games to one.  They will play Princeton in a best-of-three series for the league championship.  The league website indicates that the playoff series begins Wednesday, but the E-Twins broadcaster said it would start Tuesday, so I don't know who's right.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Lehigh Valley at Rochester (Chase De Jong, 2-3, 3.41)
2:00  Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson, 5-6, 4.78) at Beloit (Gus Varland, 0-0, 0.59)
2:05  Chattanooga (Sean Poppen, 5-7, 3.90) at Jackson

Games of September 1

Dietrich Enns pitched well in a loss.  Brian Navarreto had a big day.  Edwar Colina pitched well in a loss.  Carlos Suniaga pitched well in a win.  An extra inning dooms the E-Twins.

LEHIGH VALLEY 2, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER

Nick Gordon tripled and scored in the first inning, but that was as good as it got for the Red Wings.  Both IronPigs runs scored in the third on Danny Ortiz' two-run single.

Kennys Vargas was 2-for-4.

Fernando Romero started and pitched three innings, giving up two runs on three hits and five walks and striking out three.  D. J. Baxendale then pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.  Does that make him the "middler"?  Dietrich Enns then pitched five shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk while striking out two.

JACKSON 7, CHATTANOOGA 5 IN JACKSON

It was tied 1-1, 4-4, and 5-5, but the Generals scored two in the bottom of the fifth and there were no more runs after that.  Josh Prince hit a two-run double to bring home the lead runs.

Brian Navarreto was 3-for-3 with a double.  Luke Raley was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, driving in three.  Andy Wilkins was 1-for-5 with a home run, his twelfth.

Bryan Sammons struck out six in four innings, but allowed six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks.  Sam Clay struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

CLEARWATER 5, FORT MYERS 2 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

The Miracle scored single runs in the fourth and fifth, but the Threshers tied it with two in the sixth.  Four singles produced three runs for Clearwater in the tenth to win it.

Jose Miranda was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Alex Kirilloff was 0-for-5 and is batting .358.  Ernie De La Trinidad was 1-for-3 and is batting .303.

Edwar Colina struck out nine in 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks.  Ryan Mason struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  His ERA is 2.84.

The Miracle trail Charlotte by one game with one game to play.  Fort Myers holds the tie-breaker.

CEDAR RAPIDS 5, BELOIT 2 IN BELOIT

The Kernels scored three in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead.  They never led by less than two after that.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Ariel Montesino was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  Ben Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double.  Gabriel Maciel was 2-for-5 with a double.  Michael Helman was 1-for-4 with two runs and is batting .374.

Carlos Suniaga pitched seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.

KINGSPORT 7, ELIZABETHTON 6 IN ELIZABETHTON (10 INNINGS--PLAYOFF GAME 2)

The Mets scored three in the top of the first.  The Twins chipped away, scoring single runs in the second, fourth, and seventh to tie it 3-3.  It stayed there until the tenth, when three singles, a double, and a walk plated four Kingsport runs.  The Twins fought back, scoring three in the bottom of the tenth and putting men on first and second with one out, but a ground out and a fly out ended the game.

Chris Williams was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Alex Robles was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Luis Rijo pitched five innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and a walk and striking out four.

PENNANT RACE/PLAYOFF UPDATE

Fort Myers trails Charlotte by a game with one game to play.  The Miracle holds the tie-breaker.
Cedar Rapids has clinched their division.
Elizabethton is tied with Kingsport 1-1 in their best-of-three series.

NEXT DAY'S GAMES

Lehigh Valley at Rochester
Chattanooga at Jackson
Clearwater at Fort Myers
Cedar Rapids at Beloit
Kingsport at Elizabethton