Games of July 6

A fine game for Stephen Gonsalves.  A Miracle comeback falls short.  A Kernels comeback does not.

LEHIGH VALLEY 2, ROCHESTER 0 IN LEHIGH VALLEY

The Iron Pigs scored single runs in the third and sixth and that was all they needed.  The Red Wings had only four hits and the only time they got a man into scoring position was when Adam Brett Walker II hit a two-out double in the fourth.  Jason Wheeler struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on nine hits and two walks.

CHATTANOOGA 6, BIRMINGHAM 0 IN CHATTANOOGA

Stephen Gonsalves pitched six shutout innings and a four-run sixth, helped by four walks, made a 2-0 game a 6-0 game.  Gonsalves gave up three hits but five walks with five strikeouts.  Zach Granite was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .301.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-5.  Trevor Hildenberger pitched a scoreless inning of relief.  His ERA is 0.92 and his WHIP is 0.65 with 32 strikeouts and 4 walks in 29.1 innings (24 games).  He's 25 years old--seems like it may be time to see what he can do in AAA.

ST. LUCIE 4, FORT MYERS 3 IN ST. LUCIE

The Miracle came back from a 4-0 deficit by scoring three in the seventh; however, their last nine batters were retired.  Keaton Steele opened the game with three no-hit innings, but ended up allowing four runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.  Joe Maloney hit a two-run homer.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-3 and is batting .400.  T. J. White was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .301.

CEDAR RAPIDS 9, WISCONSIN 8 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (12 INNINGS)

Mitch Ghelfi's three-run homer put the Timber Rattlers up 8-7 in the top of the ninth, but Luis Arraez delivered a two-out RBI single to send the game to extra innings.  Arraez led off the twelfth with a walk, was bunted to second, took third on a ground out, and scored on a walkoff wild pitch.  Starter Eduardo Del Rosario pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  Arraez was 4-for-5 with a double and a walk, driving in four and raising his average to .333.  Sean Miller was 3-for-6 with a three-run homer (his third) and a double.  Jaylin Davis, in his Class A debut, went 0-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON AT BRISTOL

Rained out.

GCL TWINS 4, GCL RAYS 2 AT TWINS

It was scoreless through five, but Gorge Munoz had a two-run single-plus-error in the sixth and Tyree Davis homered in a two-run seventh.  Tyler Fox pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  The Twins had only four hits, but Lean Marrero had two of them, going 2-for-2 with a walk.  He is batting .333 (3-for-9).  Callan Pearce gave up an unearned run but still has an ERA of 0.00 in five innings (four games).

DSL TWINS 5, DSL DODGERS1 3 AT DODGERS1

The Twins built a 5-0 lead going into the bottom of the ninth, then held on as the Dodgers1 scored three times and had men on second and third with one out.  A popup and a strikeout ended the game.  Juan Mojica struck out five in 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks.  Yeison Perez was 3-for-4 with a double.  Jorge Parra was 2-for-4 and is batting .367.  Agustin Marte was 0-for-5 to drop his average to .354.  Victor Tademo was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and is still batting .333.  Edgar Herrera was 1-for-4 and is batting .304.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Orioles2
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays
5:00  Elizabethton (Dominick Carlini, 1-1, 0.75 at Bristol (TBA)
Game 2  Elizabethton at Bristol
5:05  Bradenton (Austin Coley, 9-5, 3.52) at Fort Myers (TBA)
Game 2  Bradenton (Tanner Anderson, 0-0, 1.80) at Fort Myers (Randy Rosario, 4-5, 3.36)
6:05  Rochester (Pat Dean, 2-5, 4.25) at Lehigh Valley (Ben Lively, 3-2, 3.86)
6:15  Birmingham (David Holmberg, 5-4, 3.71) at Chattanooga (Aaron Slegers, 7-4, 3.41)
6:35  Wisconsin (Jordan Yamamoto, 4-3, 3.77) at Cedar Rapids (Cody Stashak, 4-5, 3.51)

Games of July 5

Lots of blowouts, including an eight-run inning.  Johan Quezada extends his hitless inning streak to nine.

BUFFALO 8, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER

Four walks contributed to a four-run Bisons third that put them in the lead to stay.  Andrew Albers had pitched well before losing control, but lasted only two innings and allowed four runs on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts.  Darin Mastroianni was 3-for-4.  Adam Brett Walker II was 2-for-4 with a double.

BIRMINGHAM 9, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

The Barons opened the second with three singles and eventually scored four runs to take a 5-0 lead.  Ryan Eades, who had been pitching well after a poor start to the season, surrendered six runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in just four innings.  Corey Williams threw three shutout innings of relief.  D. J. Hicks had two of the Lookouts' five hits, going 2-for-4.

FORT MYERS 14, ST. LUCIE 0 IN ST. LUCIE

An eight-run third put this game out of reach early.  The Miracle batted twelve in the inning, getting four singles, three doubles, a hit batsman, and an error.  Felix Jorge again pitched well, throwing seven shutout innings, giving up six hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  In fourteen starts, his ERA is 1.55 and his WHIP is 0.94 with 77 strikeouts and 11 walks in 93 innings.  LaMonte Wade was 3-for-6, raising his average to .412.  Nick Gordon was also 3-for-6.  Alex Perez was 3-for-4 and is batting .309.  Brad Hartong made his high-A debut and was 2-for-2.  T. J. White was 2-for-6 with a double and is batting .308.

WISCONSIN 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

It was 4-2 after seven, but the Timber Rattlers scored single runs in the eighth and ninth to pull away.  Miles Nordgren pitched seven innings but gave up five runs (three earned) on seven hits and no walks with six strikeouts.  Nelson Molina led the offense, going 3-for-3 with a walk.  Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4.  Zander Wiel accounted for both Kernels runs with a two-run homer, his sixth.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .324.

ELIZABETHTON 6, JOHNSON CITY 4 IN JOHNSON CITY

The Twins led 5-2 going to the bottom of the seventh and hung on to win.  Tyler Beardsley pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Andrew Vasquez gave up his first earned run in ten innings, making his ERA 0.90.  Johan Quezada struck out three in two perfect innings and continues to be unscored upon, having allowed no hits and five walks with eleven strikeouts in nine innings.  Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-5 with a double and is batting .333.  Brandon Lopez was 2-for-3 with a double and is batting .400.  Ariel Montesino was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .400.  Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .391.

GCL TWINS 4, GCL RAYS 3 AT RAYS

Zach Featherstone hit a two-run triple in the eighth to tie the score and scored on a passed ball to give the Twins a lead they would not relinquish.  Featherstone also drew a walk in a 1-for-3 day that made his average .313.  Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-5 with a triple and a double.  Starter Taylor Clemensia pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on two hits and four walks with two strikeouts.  Clark Beeker followed with 3.2 scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing just one hit and one walk.  Onas Farfan pitched a scoreless inning, increasing his season-starting scoreless streak to 7.2 innings.  He has allowed just two hits and three walks with eleven strikeouts.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL DODGERS1 1 AT TWINS

Humberto Maldonado had a two-run single in a five-run third that gave the Twins more than enough runs.  Melvi Acosta struck out nine in six shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks.  Ruben Santana was 3-for-4 with a double.  Samuel Vasquez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Zaino Henriquez was 2-for-4.  Victor Tademo was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk and is batting .333.  Darling Cuesto was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .311.  Edgar Herrera was 0-for-4 and is batting .307.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Dodgers1
10:15  Birmingham (Carson Fulmer, 4-8, 4.83) at Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 1-1, 8.31)
11:00  GCL Rays at GCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Keaton Steele, 4-6, 3.66) at St. Lucie (Scarlyn Reyes, 5-8, 6.63)
6:00  Elizabethton (Domenick Carlini, 1-1, 0.75) at Bristol (TBA)
6:05  Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 6-1, 2.79) at Lehigh Valley (Jake Thompson, 6-5, 2.76)
6:35  Wisconsin (Devin Williams, 4-2, 3.83) at Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 0-2, 6.58)

Games of July 4

Zach Granite and Mitch Garver have big days for the Lookouts.  A big comeback for the Kernels.

BUFFALO 5, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER

The Bisons scored one in the first and led all the way.  Ex-Twin Scott Diamond held the Red Wings in check, giving up just one run on four hits and two walks in seven innings.  Red Wings starter Logan Darnell struck out five in 5.2 innings, but he also walked five and gave up four runs and six hits.  D. J. Baxendale pitched 1.1 scoreless innings.  He allowed a walk, which is the first baserunner he's allowed in 5.2 innings at AAA.  Jorge Polanco was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Byung Ho Park was 2-for-4 and is now batting .400 (4-for-10).

CHATTANOOGA 11, BIRMINGHAM 5 IN CHATTANOOGA

The Lookouts got three in the first and scored in six of the eight innings they batted.  Zach Granite was 4-for-5 and raised his average to .302.  Mitch Garver was 3-for-3 with a home run (his eighth), and double, and two walks.  Niko Goodrum was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .417 (5-for-12).  David Hurlbut got the benefit of all the runs, striking out six in 5.2 innings but allowing five runs (three earned) on five hits and a walk.  Zack Jones struck out four in two shutout innings.  In three AA appearances (four innings), he is unscored upon and has given up one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts.

ST. LUCIE 3, FORT MYERS 1 IN ST. LUCIE

Back-to-back RBI doubles by Jhoan Urean and Champ Stuart broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh and gave the Mets the win.  Fernando Romero struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks.  Tanner Witt was 2-for-3 and Joe Maloney was 2-for-4 with a double.  Luis Martinez made his Class A debut and went 1-for-3.  T. J. White was 1-for-4 and is batting .307.  LaMonte Wade was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter and is batting .364 (4-for-11).

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, WISCONSIN 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Kernels got down 5-0 after three, but cut it to 5-4 after five and took the lead on a two-out two-run double by Brian Olson in the eighth.  The Kernels overcame four errors in getting the win.  Sam Clay struck out seven in five innings but allowed five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks.  Sam Gibbons struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up only a walk.  J. J. Fernandez was 2-for-2 with a double and a walk.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 with a triple and is batting .325.

BLUEFIELD 10, ELIZABETHTON 5 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Blue Jays broke a 4-4 tie with a four-run seventh.  They had two doubles, a hit batsman, and a two-run homer by Matt Morgan in the inning.  Jose Martinez allowed three runs in the first inning but then settled down, going five innings and giving up four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Brandon Lopez was 3-for-5 and is batting .353.  Trey Cabbage was 2-for-4 with two doubles and is batting .475 (3-for-8).  Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .300.  Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-4 and is batting .421.

GCL RAYS 4, GCL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (11 INNINGS)

Kolton Kendrick hit a walkoff homer leading off the bottom of the eleventh.  He was the only Twin to get more than one hit, going 2-for-4.  Starter Brady Anderson pitched three innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks with one strikeouts.  Three of the Twins relievers continue to have ERAs of zero:  Moises Gomez, 3.1 innings, 3 games; Patrick McGuff, 5.2 innings, 4 games, 9 strikeouts with no walks; and Callan Pearce, 4 innings, 3 games, 4 strikeouts with 2 walks.

DSL DIAMONDBACKS2 9, DSL TWINS 7 AT TWINS (10 INNINGS)

Osvaldo Santilien's two-run double with two out in the ninth tied the score 7-7 and Jonathan Bueno's home run in the tenth put the Diamondbacks2 in the lead to stay.  Starter Pedro Garcia struck out nine in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.  His ERA in 1.80 with an 0.88 WHIP and 24 strikeouts in 25 innings.  Yeremi De La Cruz was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Agustin Marte was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .395.  Jorge Parra was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .356.  Mariano Calcano hit a home run, his third.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Dodgers1 at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Rays
5:30  Fort Myers (Felix Jorge, 8-3, 1.67) at St. Lucie (Chris Flexen, 5-7, 3.39)
6:00  Elizabethton (TBA) at Johnson City (David Oca, 1-0, 4.50)
6:05  Buffalo (Casey Lawrence, 0-2, 9.24) at Rochester (Andrew Albers, 6-2, 3.27)
6:15  Birmingham (TBA) at Chattanooga (Ryan Eades, 5-3, 4.11)
6:35  Wisconsin (Marcos Diplan, 5-2, 1.94) at Cedar Rapids (Miles Nordgren, 3-4, 2.93)

Games of July 3

Jose Berrios was terrific.  Kohl Stewart was even better.  Seven-run innings make the difference for the Miracle and the Kernels.

ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 2 IN SYRACUSE

Back-to-back homers by Tommy Field (his fifth) and Adam Brett Walker II (his sixteenth) gave the Red Wings the lead in the fifth inning, and Jose Berrios made sure that lead stood up.  Berrios needed only eighty-seven pitches to throw a complete game, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.  Over his last four games he has an ERA of 0.60 and a WHIP of 0.57 in 30 innings.  Kennys Vargas also hit a home run, his fourteenth.  Logan Schafer was 2-for-5.  Byung-Ho Park was 0-for-3 and is now batting .333 (2-for-6).

CHATTANOOGA 5, PENSACOLA 0 IN PENSACOLA

Kohl Stewart struck out seven in seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits and two walks.  Ryan Walker and D. J. Hicks were each 2-for-5 with a double.  Engelb Vielma was 1-for-4 and is now batting .304.

FORT MYERS 7, JUPITER 0 IN FORT MYERS

It was scoreless through seven, but the Miracle had a seven-run eighth to take the win.  The first batter of the inning went out, but then a strikeout/wild pitch, a single, and an error opened the door to the inning.  Tyler Jay pitched four shutout innings and then was removed for no reason that's obvious from the box score or the recap.  Brandon Peterson, Luke Bard, and Todd Van Steensel maintained the shutout the rest of the way.  T. J. White was 2-for-4 and is batting .309.  Trey Vavra was also 2-for-4.  LaMonte Wade was 1-for-4 with a double and is now batting .400 (4-for-10).

BELOIT 8, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN BELOIT

A seven-run Snappers seventh snapped a 1-1 tie.  Beloit got five singles, a double, and three walks in the inning.  Dereck Rodriguez had pitched six strong innings before being left in too long--his line reads 6.1 innings, four runs, four hits, two walks, and ten strikeouts.  Williams Ramirez had a rare bad relief outing, allowing four runs on three hits and three walks in just two-thirds of an inning.  J. J. Fernandez was 2-for-3 with a double.

BLUEFIELD 8, ELIZABETHTON 6 IN ELIZABETHTON (11 INNINGS)

Travis Blankenhorn's two-out two-run single in the ninth tied it 6-6, but Juandy Mendoza's two-run double in the eleventh carried the Blue Jays to the win.  Starter Sean Poppen struck out four in four innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks.  Blankenhorn was 2-for-6 with a home run, his fourth.  Caleb Hamilton was 2-for-5 with a double.  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-6, dropping his average to .400.  Jaylin Davis was 0-for-5 and is batting .302.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Rays at GCL Twins
9:30  DSL Diamondbacks2 at DSL Twins
5:05  Wisconsin (Miguel Diaz, 1-7, 3.90) at Cedar Rapids (Sam Clay, 5-4, 3.12)
5:15  Birmingham (Jordan Guerrero, 4-3, 4.07) at Chattanooga (TBA)
5:30  Fort Myers (Fernando Romero, 1-0, 3.00) at St. Lucie (TBA)
6:00  Bluefield ( at Elizabethton (Jose Martinez, 0-1, 9.53)
6:05  Buffalo (Scott Diamond, 5-7, 3.48) at Rochester (TBA)

Games of July 2

Familiar names come through for Rochester.  Aaron Slegers and Randy LeBlanc pitch well.

ROCHESTER 6, SYRACUSE 3 IN SYRACUSE

Adam Brett Walker II broke a 3-3 tie with a sixth-inning RBI single and John Ryan Murphy singled home a pair of insurance runs in the eighth.  Pat Dean pitched six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  Kennys Vargas was 2-for-3 with a home run, his thirteenth.  Byung-Ho Park, in his first game for Rochester, was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Jorge Polanco hit a home run, his sixth.

CHATTANOOGA 7, PENSACOLA 3 IN PENSACOLA

The Lookouts scored four in the third on their way to a win.  They had only three hits in the inning, all singles, but were aided by an error, a wild pitch, and a hit batsman.  Aaron Slegers struck out ten in seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and one walk.  Zack Jones appeared in his second AA game and remains unscored upon in two innings.  Engelb Vielma was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk and is batting .306.  Stuart Turner was 2-for-4 with a double.    Niko Goodrum was 1-for-4 and is batting .500 in two AA games.

FORT MYERS 10, JUPITER 1 IN FORT MYERS

The Miracle scored in each of the first four innings, building a 6-0 lead and cruising to victory.  Randy LeBlanc pitched seven strong innings, giving up just one run on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Michael Theofanopoulos pitched a scoreless inning and is now unscored upon in all four high-A appearances (3.1 innings).  Nick Gordon was 3-for-5 with a triple.  LaMonte Wade was 2-for-4 to remain at .500 in two high-A games.  A. J. Murray hit his first home run of the season and is batting .323.  Edgar Corcino also homered, his fifth.  T. J. White was 2-for-5 and is batting .302.

CEDAR RAPIDS 3, BELOIT 2 IN BELOIT

The Kernels scored two in the eighth to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead, with a sacrifice fly bringing home the tying run and a wild pitch letting the winning run score.  Lachlan Wells struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks.  His ERA is 1.74 in two games.  Michael Cederoth struck out two in two shutout innings to lower his ERA to 1.82.  He has 33 strikeouts and 19 walks in 24.2 innings (15 games).  Daniel Kihle was 2-for-3 to lead the offense.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-4 and is batting .327.

BLUEFIELD 8, ELIZABETHTON 5 IN ELIZABETHTON

Fourth-inning homers by Nash Knight and Ridge Smith put the Blue Jays up 6-0.  The Twins cut it to 6-4 through six but could get no closer.  Ryan Mason pitched four innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Johan Quezada struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings--in seven innings he has allowed no runs and no hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-5 with a home run (his seventh) and is batting .342.  Amaurys Minier was also 2-for-5 with a home run, his second.

GCL RED SOX 6, GCL TWINS 2 AT RED SOX

A five-run fifth turned a 2-1 deficit into a 6-2 Red Sox lead.  The Red Sox had only two hits in the inning, both singles, but got the benefit of three walks, a wild pitch, an error, and a balk.  Huascar Ynoa had pitched well prior to that inning, but his line reads four innings, three runs (two earned), five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.  Onas Farfan pitched two scoreless innings and has opened his GCL career with 6.2 scoreless innings.  Patrick McGuff pitched a scoreless inning and has opened with three shutout innings.  Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .385.  Luis Martinez was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .357.

DSL TWINS 1, DSL DIAMONDBACKS 0 (TOP OF FOURTH--SUSPENDED GAME)

The Twins have men on first and third with one out in the fourth inning.  Edwar Colina has struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Darling Cuesto has the only Twins hit.

TODAY'S TILT

5:00  Bluefield (TBA) at Elizabethton (Sean Poppen, 0-1, 5.40)
5:50  Jupiter (Luis Castillo, 5-3, 2.50) at Fort Myers (Tyler Jay, 5-5, 3.02)
6:05  Rochester (Jose Berrios, 7-3, 2.62) at Syracuse (Austin Voth, 4-4, 3.23)
6:30  Chattanooga (Kohl Stewart, 1-3, 4.56) at Pensacola (Nick Travieso, 3-3, 4.91)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Dereck Rodriguez, 1-9, 6.64) at Beloit (Evan Manarino, 6-3, 2.26)

Games of July 1

The Red Wings come back to win.  The Lookouts comeback falls short.  The Kernels fall to a Beloit comeback.

ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 3 IN ROCHESTER

The Red Wings scored three in the sixth to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead and eventual victory.  Darin Mastroianni singled in the tying run and Wilfredo Tovar doubled home the go-ahead run.  Jason Wheeler struck out six in 5.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks.  Eddie Rosario was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his seventh) and is batting .319.  Mastroianni was 2-for-3 and Jorge Polanco was 2-for-4.

PENSACOLA 10, CHATTANOOGA 8 IN PENSACOLA

Trailing 10-3 after seven, the Lookouts scored five in the eighth to make it close, but did not get a hit after Travis Harrison's two-run homer closed the gap to two.  Stephen Gonsalves pitched well for three innings, but was done in by a five-run fourth in which five Blue Wahoos reached base after two were out.  For the game, his line was 3.2 innings, six runs, six hits, and two walks.  He did strike out eight.  Trevor Hildenberger pitched a scoreless inning to get his ERA back below one at 0.99.  His WHIP is 0.70 and he has struck out 29 with just 4 walks in 27.1 innings (22 games).  Niko Goodrum made his AA debut and went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, giving him an OPS of 1.800.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-5 with a home run (his seventh) and a double.  Harrison's homer was his fourth.

FORT MYERS 7, JUPITER 4 IN FORT MYERS

A solo homer by Max Murphy and a two-run shot by T. J. White, both in the second inning, put the Miracle up 3-0 and they never trailed.  Randy Rosario struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks.  White was 3-for-5 and also had a double.  Murphy was 2-for-4 and added a double as well.  LaMonte Wade made his high-A debut and went 1-for-2 with a double, giving him an OPS of 1.500.  A. J. Murray was 2-for-3 with a double and is batting .333.

BELOIT 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 4 IN BELOIT

A two-run single by Skye Bolt (how have we never heard of him before?) in the eighth inning brought home the tying and winning runs for the Snappers.  Cody Stashak pitched six innings, giving up three runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Sean Miller was 2-for-4 with a double and Zander Wiel was 2-for-4.  Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 and is batting .328.

ELIZABETHTON 8, PULASKI 3 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Twins scored three in each of the first two innings and cruised to a victory.  Starter Tyler Wells struck out six in 2.2 innings, allowing two runs on no hits and two walks.  Reliever Andrew Vasquez struck out seven in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  That keeps his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.60 in 8.1 innings (3 games).  Colton Davis struck out two in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.80 in 5 innings (3 games).  Twins pitchers struck out seventeen in the game.  Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-4 with his first professional home run and is batting .455.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-5 with two home runs, his fifth and sixth, and is batting .333.  Amaurys Minier hit his first homer of the season.  Ariel Montesino was 1-for-4, dropping his average to .448.

GCL RED SOX 6, GCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

Two doubles, two singles, and a walk produced three second-inning runs and that was all the Red Sox would need.  A Gorge Munoz second-inning homer plated the only Twins run.  Starter Miguel De Jesus struck out six in 3.2 innings, but allowed five runs on eight hits and a walk.  Brady Anderson pitched a scoreless inning and now has 3.2 scoreless innings to start his professional career.  Munoz was 3-for-4 and also had a double.  Dane Hutcheon was 3-for-5 and is 4-for-10 on the season.  Zach Featherstone was 1-for-4 and is batting .308.

DSL TWINS 5, DSL CUBS2 2 AT TWINS

The Twins batted ten in the first inning, scoring all five of their runs on a double, three singles, two walks, and an error.  Luis Bellorin started and pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks with no strikeouts.  Carlos Suniaga then came in and also pitched three innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Humberto Maldonado was 2-for-4 with two doubles and is batting .308.  Darling Cuesto was 2-for-4 and is batting .333.  Edgar Herrera was 1-for-3 and is batting .324.  Victor Tademo was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .339.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Diamondbacks2
5:00  Bluefield (TBA) at Elizabethton (Ryan Mason, 0-0, 18.00)
5:05  Jupiter (Michael Mader, 3-4, 3.59) at Fort Myers (Randy LeBlanc, 1-2, 5.40)
6:05  Rochester (Pat Dean, 1-5, 4.40) at Syracuse (Taylor Hill, 3-7, 4.99)
6:30  Chattanooga (Aaron Slegers, 6-4, 3.38) at Pensacola (Sal Romano, 1-8, 4.82)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Lachlan Wells, 1-0, 0.00) at Beloit (James Naile, 3-6, 2.92)

Games of June 30

A Walker II walkoff gives the Red Wings a split.  Daniel Palka leads the Lookouts to a win.  Keaton Steele and Dominick Carlini had strong outings.

ROCHESTER 5, SYRACUSE 1 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1--8 INNINGS)

Adam Brett Walker II hit a two-out walkoff grand slam, his fifteenth homer of the season.  Andrew Albers again pitched well, going seven innings and giving up just one run on five hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  J. T. Chargois struck out two in a perfect inning to get the save.  In 21.1 AAA innings (18 games) he has an ERA of 0.84, a WHIP of 0.94, and 28 strikeouts with just 5 walks.  James Beresford was 2-for-4 with a double.  Eddie Rosario was 1-for-3 and is now batting .307.  Miguel Sano was 0-for-3 with a walk.

SYRACUSE 6, ROCHESTER 1 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Chiefs scored two in the second to take the lead and three in the sixth to put it out of reach.  Nick Greenwood had his first poor game since being brought up to Rochester, yielding four runs on seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings.  Eddie Rosario was 2-for-3 with a double, raising his average to .314.  Stephen Wickens was 2-for-3.  Miguel Sano was 1-for-3 with a double and is 4-for-25 in his rehab stint.

CHATTANOOGA 7, PENSACOLA 3 IN PENSACOLA

Daniel Palka's twentieth homer put the Lookouts ahead in the fourth and RBI singles by Ryan Walker and Palka highlighted a three-run seventh that put the Lookouts in control.  Ryan Eades bounced back from a bad outing by striking out six in six innings while allowing just one run on four hits and three walks.  Shannon Wilkerson was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a double.  Walker was 2-for-4 and Palka 2-for-5.  D. J. Hicks was 2-for-4 with a double.

FORT MYERS 2, PALM BEACH 0 IN PALM BEACH

An unearned run in the first put the Miracle in the lead to stay.  Keaton Steele took it from there, pitching 6.2 scoreless innings and giving up just four hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  He has made four consecutive good starts and has shaved more than a run from his ERA.  Joe Maloney led the offense, going 2-for-4.  A. J. Murray had the only Miracle extra-base hit, a double, while going 1-for-4.

QUAD CITIES 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 3 IN QUAD CITIES

Osavaldo Duarte's two-run double in the second put the River Bandits up 4-1.  The Kernels closed to 4-3 in the top of the sixth, but back-to-back homers by Connor Goedert and Pat Porter put the lead back up to three and that's where it stayed.  Eduardo Del Rosario continued to pitch poorly, going six innings but surrendering six runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-4 and raised his average to .331.  Nelson Molina was 2-for-4 with a double.  LaMonte Wade was apparently promoted to Fort Myers while we were away, but he has not played for them and is on the disabled list.

PULASKI 3, ELIZABETHTON 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

Travis Blankenhorn's third homer put the Twins up 1-0 in the first, but Tim Lynch had a two-run double in the fourth to give the Yankees a lead they would not relinquish.  That was the only hit Twins starter Domenick Carlini would give up in six innings.  His line was six innings, two runs (none earned), on one hit and two walks with one strikeout.  In two starts (twelve innings), he has an ERA of 0.75 and a WHIP of 0.67.  The Twins had only five hits.  Brandon Lopez made his major league debut and was 1-for-3.  Jaylin Davis was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .321.  Lewin Diaz was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .313.  Alex Kirilloff was 1-for-4.

GCL TWINS 2, GCL ORIOLES 0 AT TWINS

Jose Miranda's two-run single in the first provided all the runs of the game.  Bo Hellquist had a successful professional debut, striking out five in 4.1 scoreless innings while giving up three hits and no walks.  Callan Pearce kept his season ERA at 0.00 with two shutout innings, striking out three while giving up two hits.  Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-4 and is batting .333 (3-for-9).  MIranda was 2-for-3 with a walk.

DSL CUBS2 6, DSL TWINS 4 AT CUBS2

Trailing 6-0 after six, the Twins scored four in the seventh but could not get the tying run on base.  Starter Juan Mojica struck out four in four innings but gave up three runs on four hits and a walk.  Samuel Vasquez was 3-for-5.  Yeison Perez was 2-for-4.  Victor Tademo was 1-for-4 and is batting .356.  Jose Parra was 1-for-4 and is batting .341.  Edgar Herrera was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .324.  Antonio Tovar was 0-for-4 and is batting .313.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Cubs2 at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
6:00  Pulaski at Elizabethton
6:05  Jupiter at Fort Myers
6:05  Syracuse (A. J. Cole, 6-4, 4.35) at Rochester (Jason Wheeler, 6-1, 2.64)
6:30  Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 1-0, 3.60) at Pensacola (Jackson Stephens, 5-6, 3.19)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Cody Stashak, 4-5, 3.42) at Beloit (Boomer Biegalski, 4-4, 3.18)