Games of June 25

An organizational sweep!  Zack Granite keeps hitting as Phil Hughes pitches in consecutive games.  Alex Perez has a great AA debut as the Lookouts take a doubleheader by identical scores.  A big day for Max Murphy.  Clark Beeker comes back to pitch well.  Lots of successful debuts for Elizabethton.

ROCHESTER 7, LEHIGH VALLEY 4 IN ROCHESTER

Trailing 3-2 in the fifth, the Red Wings got two doubles, a single, and another double to take a 5-3 lead.  The IronPigs closed to 5-4 in the sixth, but Matt Hague hit a two-run homer in the seventh to put the game out of reach.  Lehigh Valley did not get a hit after scoring in the sixth inning.  Ex-Twin Pedro Florimon was 1-for-5 for the IronPigs and is batting .278.

Tim Melville struck out six in five innings, but allowed three runs on four hits and two walks.  Phil Hughes, pitching on back-to-back days, gave up a run on two hits.  Drew Rucinski struck out two in two perfect innings, dropping his ERA to 1.74.  His WHIP is 0.77 and he has 28 strikeouts and 3 walks in 31 innings.  Michael Tonkin struck out three in a scoreless inning, to make his ERA 2.81.  He has 23 strikeouts in 16 innings.  Hague was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) a double, and a walk.  ByungHo Park was 2-for-3 with a walk.  He is batting .378 in his last ten games, raising his average to .231.  Zack Granite was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a walk, raising his average to .360.  J. B. Shuck and Leonardo Reginatto were each 2-for-4 with a double.

CHATTANOOGA 6, PENSACOLA 0 IN CHATTANOOGA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Travis Harrison homered in the second to start the scoring.  LaMonte Wade had a two-run single in the fourth.  Brian Navaretto had an RBI single in the fifth and Andy Wilkins brought home two with a single in the sixth.

Dereck Rodriguez struck out six in six innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Paul Clemens struck out three in a scoreless inning.  Wilkins was 3-for-4 with a double and is batting .324.  Alex Perez made his AA debut and was 2-for-3.  Wade was also 2-for-3.  Ryan Walker was 2-for-4.  Brian Navaretto made his AA debut and was 1-for-3.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-1 with three walks and is batting .304.

CHATTANOOGA 6, PENSACOLA 0 IN CHATTANOOGA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Lookouts scored in each of the first five innings to win the second game by an identical score to the first.  T. J. White had an RBI single in the first and a run scored on an error in the second.  Levi Michael doubled home two in the third, a sacrifice fly scored one in the fourth, and Travis Harrison singled in a run in the fifth.

Fernando Romero pitched a seven-inning complete game, giving up three runs and three walks with six strikeouts.  His ERA is now 2.97.  Alex Perez was 3-for-3, making him 5-for-6 in the doubleheader.  Harrison was 2-for-2 with a double and a walk.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .311.

FORT MYERS 8, FLORIDA 2 IN FLORIDA

The Miracle scored two in the first and one in the second to take a 3-0 lead, but the Fire Frogs got three in the bottom of the second to tie it 3-3.  In the third, Mitchell Kranson doubled home a run and scored on a Zander Weil single to put Fort Myers ahead to stay.  The Miracle added single runs in the fourth, fifth, and eighth.

Anthony McIver pitched five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Keaton Steele pitched two shutout innings.  David Fischer pitched a scoreless inning.  Andrew Vasquez struck out all three batters he faced, keeping his ERA at zero.  He has 15 strikeouts and 1 walk in 8 innings and has a WHIP of 0.63.  Max Murphy was 4-for-5 with a home run, his fifth, and is batting .302.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-4.  Kranson was 2-for-5.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, QUAD CITIES 2 IN QUAD CITIES

Amaurys Minier doubled home a run in the first to give the Kernels the early lead.  In the fourth, Caleb Hamilton and Ben Rortvedt led off with back-to-back homers, and a sacrifice fly later in the inning made it 4-0.  The River Bandits got their lone run in the fifth, but a two-run seventh by Cedar Rapids put the game out of reach.

Clark Beeker got back into form, going 5.2 innings and giving up just one run on six hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  His ERA is now 2.89 with a WHIP of 1.04.  Max Cordy pitched 2.1 scoreless innings.  Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.86 with a WHIP of 0.90.  Christian Cavaness was 2-for-3.  Rortvedt was 2-for-4 with a double in addition to a home run (his second) and is above the Mendoza line at .201.  Hank Morrison was 2-for-5.  Hamilton's home run was his seventh.  Minier was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks and is 4-for-10 since his call-up.  Lean Marrero was 0-for-5 and is 0-for-11 since his call-up.

ELIZABETHTON 12, PULASKI 3 IN ELIZABETHTON

Four three-run innings carried the Twins to victory.  Jordan Gore's two-run double capped a three-run fourth that put Elizabethton up 3-1.  The Braves tied it with two in the top of the fifth, but Mark Contreras led off the bottom of the fifth with a home run and Brent Rooker hit a two-run homer later in the inning to make it 6-3 Twins.  They added three in the sixth and three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Melvi Acosta pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk.  Jovani Moran struck out six in three shutout innings in his Appalachian League debut.  Juan Gamez pitched a scoreless inning in his Appalachian League debut.  Gore was 3-for-4 in his professional debut.  Trey Cabbage was 2-for-3 with two walks and is batting .308.  Matt Albanese was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .692.  Andrew Cosgrove was 2-for-4 in his professional debut.  Contreras was 2-for-5 with a home run in his professional debut.  Carson Crites was 2-for-5 with three RBIs in his professional debut.  Rooker was 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk and is batting .400.  T. J. Dixon was 1-for-3 with a walk in his professional debut.

DSL TWINS

No game scheduled.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Nationals
11:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
4:35  Rochester (David Hurlbut, 4-4, 3.36) at Buffalo (Cesar Valdez, 3-1, 3.61)
Game 2  Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 6-4, 4.11) at Buffalo (Luis Santos, 2-4, 4.47)
6:00  Pulaski at Elizabethton (Griffin Jax, no record)
6:15  Pensacola (Austin Ross, 5-0, 1.21) at Chattanooga (Randy LeBlanc, 2-2, 5.35)
6:35  Burlington (Andrew Vinson, 4-6, 5.84) at Cedar Rapids (Tyler Wells, 4-1, 1.89)

Games of June 24

Every game was decided by one run.  I don't remember that ever happening before.  Phil Hughes continues his comeback.  A walkoff hit batsman carries the Lookouts as Felix Jorge pitches well.  A big day for Brent Rooker leads the E-Twins to victory.   A fine game for Jesus Toledo for the DSL Twins.

ROCHESTER 5, LEHIGH VALLEY 4 IN ROCHESTER

The Red Wings were down 4-2 when Leonardo Reginatto delivered an RBI single in the seventh to make it 4-3.  Matt Hague led off the ninth with a single.  It was followed by three consecutive walks to tie the score.  Reginatto then delivered another RBI single to win the game for Rochester.

Chris Heston pitched 4.1 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  D. J. Baxendale pitched 1.2 scoreless innings.  Phil Hughes pitched a scoreless inning.  Ryan Pressly struck out three in two perfect innings to keep his ERA at zero.  He has struck out twelve in eight innings while giving up two hits and three walks.  Reginatto was 3-for-5.  Hague was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Mitch Garver, Tommy Field, and Niko Goodrum were each 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Zack Granite was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .357.

CHATTANOOGA 3, PENSACOLA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

It was scoreless until the eighth, when Gavin LaValley hit a two-run double to put the Blue Wahoos in front.  In the ninth, a walk and a single were followed by RBI singles by Jonathan Rodriguez and Andy Wilkins to tie the score.  An intentional walk loaded the bases and a hit batsman brought home the winning run.

Felix Jorge struck out seven in 7.2 innings.  He gave up two runs on eleven hits but no walks.  Randy Rosario struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings to make his ERA 2.33.  Rodriguez was 2-for-4.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-4 and is batting .307.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .305.  T. J. White was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .305.

FLORIDA 4, FORT MYERS 3 IN FLORIDA

Austin Riley hit a two-run homer in the first and the Fire Frogs led all the way.  The Miracle closed to 2-1, 3-2, and 4-3, but could never tie it up.  They did not get a man past first base after the fifth inning.

Brady Anderson pitched 5.2 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts.  Michael Theofanopoulos struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings.  Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4.

QUAD CITIES 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN QUAD CITIES

The Kernels led 2-0 early, but Ronnie Dawson hit a two-run homer in the fourth to tie it 2-2.  Daz Cameron homered in the fifth to make it 3-2 River Bandits, and the lead held up.  Cedar Rapids put men on first and second with one out in the ninth and eventually loaded the bases with two out, but could not get the tying run across.

Domenick Carlini struck out five in five innings but gave up three runs on five hits and a walk.  Ryan Mason struck out three in two shutout innings to drop his ERA to 1.76.  He has 15 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.  Alex Robinson struck out two in a scoreless inning.  Amaurys Minier was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double.  Gorge Munoz made his Class A debut and was 0-for-4.

ELIZABETHTON 8, DANVILLE 7 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Braves led 6-3 after two and 7-4 after six.  Brent Rooker's RBI double in the seventh made it 7-5.  A double steal of second and home in the eighth made it 7-6.  In the ninth, a walk and a single put men on first and third with two out and Matt Albanese hit a game-winning double, scoring both runners.

Moises Gomez lasted only 1.2 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks with one strikeout.  Carlos Suniaga struck out four in 3.1 scoreless innings.  Calvin Faucher struck out three in a scoreless inning.  Rooker was 4-for-5 with a home run as well as the double.  Albanese was 3-for-3 with two walks and is 7-for-9 so far.  Kolton Kendrick was 2-for-4 with a double.

DSL TWINS 3, DSL NATIONALS 2 AT TWINS

Ruben Santana tripled home a run in the third.  It was still 1-0 until the seventh, when a wild pitch and an Estamy Urena RBI single made it 3-0.  The Nationals got two in the eighth to get within one.  They had the tying run on second in the eighth and loaded the bases with two out in the ninth, but could not tie the score.

Jesus Toledo (that would appear to be a Holy Toledo) struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk.  His ERA remains zero in 16.2 innings.  He has a WHIP of 0.90 and 14 strikeouts with three walks.  Frandy Torres pitched a scoreless inning to keep his ERA at zero through 9.1 innings.  Santana was 2-for-4 with a triple and is batting .395.  Urena was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .404.  Juan Martinez was 0-for-4 and is batting .308.  Agustin Marte was 0-for-3 and is batting .328.  Samuel Vasquez was 1-for-4 and is batting .321.

Games of June 23

Lots of debuts due to promotions.  John Curtiss made his AAA debut and didn't miss a beat.  Stephen Gonsalves has not been promoted yet, but probably should be.  Jaylin Davis, Jermaine Palacios, Mitchell Kranson, and Brandon Lopez all made their debuts at Fort Myers.  Amaurys Minier, Lean Marrero, and Joe Cronin all made their debuts at Cedar Rapids.  Big days for Kolton Kendrick and Matt Albanese lead the E-Twins on their season debut.  A rare loss for the DSL Twins.

LEHIGH VALLEY 4, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER

The IronPigs scored three in the top of the third to take a 4-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third, ByungHo Park had a two-run single and John Ryan Murphy had an RBI single to make the score 4-3.  And that was where it stayed the rest of the game.  The Red Wings stranded men on first and second in the third inning, had a man on third with none out in the fifth, and got a man into scoring position in the eighth and ninth, but could not get the tying run across.

Matt Tracy struck out seven in 4.2 innings, but allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks.  John Curtiss made his AAA debut by retiring all seven batters he faced, three by strikeout.  Jake Reed pitched two perfect innings, keeping his ERA at zero through 3.1 innings.  He has allowed one hit and no walks.  Zack Granite was 3-for-5 and is batting .359.  Tommy Field was 2-for-4 with a double.

CHATTANOOGA 6, PENSACOLA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

Two runs scored on an error in the first inning and Levi Michael hit a three-run homer in the fourth to give the Lookouts a 5-0 lead.  The lone Blue Wahoo run came in the fifth on a home run by Gavin LaValley.  Chattanooga got the run back in the seventh on Edgar Corcino's RBI single.

Stephen Gonsalves struck out nine in seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.  His ERA drops to 2.85 with a WHIP of 0.85 and he has 51 strikeouts with 9 walks in 41 innings.  Nick Anderson struck out two in a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 1.85.  Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning.  Corcino was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .304.  Jonathan Rodriguez was also 2-for-4 with a double.  T. J. White was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .313.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .311.

FORT MYERS 2, FLORIDA 1 IN FLORIDA

Ray-Patrick Didder tripled and scored in the first to give the Fire Frogs a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth, Jaylin Davis had an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch to put the Miracle up 2-1.  And that was it for the scoring.  Florida had only two hits after the fourth inning.

Lewis Thorpe pitched five innings, giving up a run on two hits and two walks with two strikeouts to drop his ERA to 2.05.  He threw sixty pitches, so he apparently is still on a pitch count.  Tom Hackimer and Sam Clay each struck out two in two shutout innings, making their ERAs 1.74 and 2.00, respectively.  Max Murphy was 3-for-4 and had three of the four Fort Myers hits.  Jermaine Palacios, Mitchell Kranson, Davis, and Brandon Lopez all made their high-A debuts in this game.  Davis was the only one to get a hit, going 1-for-4, but as you can see his hit was a big one.  Palacios and Lopez were each 0-for-3 and Kranson was 0-for-4.

QUAD CITIES 7, CEDAR RAPIDS 6 IN QUAD CITIES

The Kernels scored in the first on a Lewin Diaz single, but then the River Bandits took control.  The scored one in the second, three in the fourth, and two in the sixth to go ahead 6-1.  It was 7-2 going to the ninth, when Cedar Rapids made its comeback.  A single, two walks, and a sacrifice fly made it 7-3 and Caleb Hamilton hit a three-run homer to cut the margin to one.  The home run killed the rally, however, as the next two batters grounded out to end the game.

Sean Poppen pitched six innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  Logan Lombana pitched a scoreless inning.  Aaron Whitefield was 3-for-5 with a double.  Hank Morrison was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Amaurys Minier, Lean Marrero, and Joe Cronin each made their Class A debut.  Cronin was 1-for-4, Minier was 0-for-3 with two walks, and Marrero was 0-for-3 with a walk.

ELIZABETHTON 7, DANVILLE 6 IN ELIZABETHTON (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Braves had a 6-0 lead half-way through.  The Twins got on the board in the fourth on a two-run double by Kolton Kendrick.  Kendrick struck again in the sixth, hitting a three-run homer to make it 6-5.  In the seventh, a single and a single-plus-error put men on first and third.  A sacrifice fly tied the game and, following an intentional walk, Matt Albanese singled home the winning run.

Edwar Colina pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.  Taylor Clemensia retired all eight batters he faced, striking out one.  Albanese was 3-for-4.  Kendrick was 2-for-2 with a home run, a double, and a walk, driving in five.  His slash line after the game was 1.000/1.000/3.000.  Jose Miranda was 1-for-1 with two walks.

DANVILLE 2, ELIZABETHTON 0 IN ELIZABETHTON (GAME 2--5 INNINGS--RAIN)

Three consecutive doubles with one out in the first gave the Braves two runs and that was all they needed.  The Twins had only two hits, a two-out single in the third by Rainis Silva and a one out double in the fifth by Matt Albanese.

Huascar Ynoa struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk.  Silva was 1-for-1 and is batting 1.000.

DSL METS1 8, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS

Wander Valdez had an RBI double in the fourth and Juan Martinez had a two-run triple later in the inning to give the Twins a 3-1 lead.  It was all Mets1 after that, though.  They scored three in the fifth to get the lead back and added four in the sixth to take control of the game.

Luis Gil pitched two innings, giving up a run on one hit and two walks with two strikeouts.  His ERA is 1.64. Yeremi Garcia pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.97 in 10.1 innings.  Steven Cruz made his debut with a scoreless inning.  Martinez was 2-for-4 with a triple and is batting .343.  Davinson Pimentel was 2-for-4 and is batting .316.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-3 and is batting .412.  Estamy Urena was 0-for-4 and is batting .408.  Valdez was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .349.  Agustin Marte was 1-for-4 and is batting .345.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Nationals at DSL Twins
5:00  Danville (Kyle Muller, no record) at Elizabethton (Moises Gomez, no record)
6:05  Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 3-2, 3.81) at Florida (Touki Toussaint, 1-8, 5.74)
6:05  Lehigh Valley (Mark Appel, 5-3, 5.05) at Rochester (Chris Heston, 0-1, 8.53)
6:15  Pensacola (Deck McGuire, 6-5, 3.50) at Chattanooga (Felix Jorge, 8-1, 3.35)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Domenick Carlini, 3-5, 5.47) at Quad Cities (Carson LaRue, 7-2, 2.64)

Games of June 22

The Red Wings score early and hold on.  The Miracle scores early and falls apart.  Eduardo Del Rosario has a dominant start.  Three DSL Twins pitchers shut down the opposition.

ROCHESTER 4, LEHIGH VALLEY 2 IN ROCHESTER

Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the first and the Red Wings scored two more in the second.  That was enough, as four Rochester pitchers managed to scatter thirteen IronPigs hits so that they only produced two runs.  Lehigh Valley stranded eleven and went 2-for-13 with men in scoring position.

Yohan Pino pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk with one strikeout.  Drew Rucinski pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, making his ERA 1.86.  Michael Tonkin struck out two in a scoreless inning.  Garver was 2-for-4 with a double in addition to his seventh home run.  Niko Goodrum and Bengie Gonzalez were each 2-for-4 with a double.  Zack Granite was 2-for-4 and is batting .352.

PENSACOLA AT CHATTANOOGA

Rained out.

FLORIDA 8, FORT MYERS 1 IN FLORIDA

Zander Weil singled in a run in the first inning, but that was as good as it would get for the Miracle.  The Fire Frogs tied it in the fourth on a wild pitch and took the lead later in the inning on Carlos Castro's RBI double.  Florida added one in the fifth, three in the sixth, and two in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  Ex-Twin Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk and is batting .286.

Lachlan Wells struck out eight in 5.2 innings but allowed four runs on five hits and a walk.  Max Murphy was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Alex Perez was 3-for-4.  Brian Navaretto was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

CEDAR RAPIDS 4, QUAD CITIES 0 IN QUAD CITIES

Jermaine Palacios singled in a run in the third to give the Kernels a 1-0 lead.  It stayed there through six, but Cedar Rapids got single runs in each of the last three innings to put the game out of reach.

Eduardo Del Rosario struck out seven in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Colton Davis pitched two perfect innings and has an ERA of 1.36.  Hector Lujan pitched a perfect inning and has an ERA of 1.93.  Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-4 with a double.  Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-4.  Lewin Diaz hit a home run, his eighth.  Palacios was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .320.

DANVILLE AT ELIZABETHTON

Rained out.

DSL TWINS 4, DSL METS1 0 AT METS1

A sacrifice fly plated a run in the first.  In the second, Zaino Henriquez singled home one run and Agustin Marte doubled home another to make it 3-0.  Felix Reyes singled home a run in the third.  The Twins did no more on offense, but it was not necessary, as three pitchers shut down the Mets1.  The Mets1 had only one hit, a two-out single in the second inning.

Fredderi Soto struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  His ERA is 1.17 and his WHIP is 0.98.  Elvis Rivas pitched three shutout innings and has an ERA of 1.69.  Frandy Torres pitched two shutout innings to keep his ERA at zero through 8.1 innings.  He has a WHIP of 0.72.  Ruben Santana was 2-for-3 and is batting .382.  Marte was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .353.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 2-for-4 and is batting .419.  Reyes and Henriquez were each 2-for-4.  Samuel Vasquez was 1-for-5 and is batting .327.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Mets1 at DSL Twins
5:00  Danville (Odalvi Javier, no record) at Elizabethton (Edwar Colina, no record)
Game 2  Danville (Dilmer Mejia, no record) at Elizabethton
6:05  Fort Myers (Lewis Thorpe, 0-2, 2.12) at Florida (Andres Santiago, 0-2, 6.75)
6:05  Lehigh Valley (John Richy, 0-0, 0.00) at Rochester (Matt Tracy, 2-0, 7.20)
6:15  Pensacola (Keury Mella, 2-4, 4.35) at Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 2-3, 3.18)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Sean Poppen, 5-1, 2.80) at Quad Cities (Yohan Ramirez, 0-1, 4.02)

Appalachian League Preview

The Appalachian League starts its season tonight, so we thought we'd give you a quick preview.

There are ten teams in the Appalachian League.  They are divided into two divisions, East and West.  The teams take the names of their parent clubs.  Our Elizabethton Twins play in the West.  The other teams in their division are the Bristol Pirates, Greeneville Astros, Johnson City Cardinals, and Kingsport Mets.

The teams play a sixty-eight game schedule.  Play starts tonight and will end August 31.  The top two teams in each division reach the playoffs.  The first place and second place team in each division play each other in a best-of-three series, with the second place team hosting the first game and the first place team hosting the next two (if necessary).  The two winners then play each other in a best-of-three series.

The Twins play at Joe O'Brien Field.  They are managed by Ray Smith, who is assisted by batting coach Jeff Reed and pitching coach Luis Ramirez.  We could go through the roster, but it's not like there are a lot of recognizable names.  If you want to look at it, you can find it at http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t576

Go Twins!

Games of June 21

Solo home runs with the game for the Red Wings.  Hector Santiago and Phil Hughes make their rehab debuts.  Michael Montero pitches a complete game in the DSL.  The Appalachian League starts tonight!

ROCHESTER 3, BUFFALO 1 IN ROCHESTER

It was scoreless until the fourth, when Mitch Garver led off with a home run.  Niko Goodrum homered later in the inning to make it 2-0.  In the fifth, Zack Granite hit another homer to make it 3-0.  The Bisons did not get a hit until the seventh and got their lone run in the eighth on Mike Ohlman's RBI single.  I guess solo home run can hurt you, after all.

Hector Santiago made his first rehab start and pitched three shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Phil Hughes made his first rehab appearance and pitched a scoreless inning, giving up only a walk.  Trevor Hildenberger struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, dropping his ERA to 2.05.  He has 35 strikeouts and 8 walks in 30.2 innings.  Garver was 2-for-4 with a home run, his sixth.  Goodrum was 2-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.  Tommy Field was 2-for-4.  Zack Granite was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a walk and is batting .349.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

No game scheduled--all-star break

FORT MYERS 3, JUPITER 0 IN JUPITER

Two walks, a single, another walk, and a sacrifice fly gave the Miracle two runs in the fourth.  An error, a walk, and another error plated a third run in the eighth.  That was all they needed, as the Hammerheads did not get a hit until the fifth and only twice got a man as far as second base.  Jupiter had only two hits and made four errors.

Cody Stashak had his second consecutive good game, striking out seven in six shutout innings while giving up just one hit and two walks.  Andrew Vasquez struck out five of the six batters he faced in two perfect innings, keeping his ERA at zero in seven innings of high-A ball.  He has 12 strikeouts and 1 walk in those innings.  Sam Clay pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 2.12.  Alex Perez was 2-for-4.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

No game scheduled--all-star break.

DSL TWINS 4, DSL ANGELS 1 AT ANGELS (6 INNINGS--RAIN)

It was 1-1 through four, but the Twins scored three in the fifth to win.  The go-ahead run came on a straight steal of home by Victor Heredia.  RBI singles by Agustin Marte and Wander Valdez brought home insurance runs.

Michael Montero pitched a complete game, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  There have been six complete games in the DSL this season, all of them rain-shortened.  Marte was 3-for-3 and is batting .340.  Valdez was 2-for-3 with a double and is batting .359.  Samuel Vasquez was 0-for-4 and is batting .341.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-2 with a walk and is batting .407.  Juan Martinez was 0-for-3 and is batting .323.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Mets1
6:00  Danville (Odalvi Javier) at Elizabethton (Edwar Colina)
6:05  Fort Myers (Lachlan Wells, 3-8, 4.09) at Florida (Enderson Franco, 1-4, 8.46)
6:05  Lehigh Valley (Tom Eshelman, 5-1, 1.68) at Rochester (Yohan Pino, 0-4, 5.75)
6:15  Pensacola (Luis Castillo, 4-4, 2.58) at Chattanooga
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 6-3, 5.16) at Quad Cities

Games of June 20

ByungHo Park may finally be getting it going.  Anthony McIver makes his first professional start.  The DSL Twins keep rolling.

ROCHESTER 4, BUFFALO 3 IN ROCHESTER

A single, two doubles, and another single produced three first-inning runs for the Red Wings.  Christian Lopes homered in the third to make it 3-1, but Matt Hague got an RBI single in the fourth to make it 4-1.  The Bisons got two in the sixth and had men on first and second with two out, but could not get the tying run across.  They did not get a hit after the sixth.

Aaron Slegers struck out six in five innings but gave up three runs on six hits and three walks.  Jake Reed made his AAA debut, striking out two in 1.1 scoreless innings.  Ryan Pressly struck out two in two shutout innings, keeping his ERA at zero with nine strikeouts in six innings.  ByungHo Park was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  He is 10-for-22 in his last six games.  Niko Goodrum was 2-for-4.  J. B. Shuck was 2-for-5.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

No game scheduled.  The Southern League all-star game was rained out and apparently will not be played.

JUPITER 2, FORT MYERS 0 IN JUPITER

It was scoreless through six, but the Hammerheads got an RBI single by Kyle Barrett in the seventh and by Dustin Geiger in the eighth.  The Miracle did not get a hit until the fourth.  Their only threat was in the eighth, when they had men on second and third with one out and loaded the bases with two out.  A strikeout ended the inning.

Anthony McIver came out of the bullpen to make his first start of the season, and in fact the first start of his professional career.  He struck out four in 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  His ERA is 2.27.  Tom Hackimer pitched 2.1 scoreless innings and has an ERA of 2.16.  Fort Myers had only five hits and no batter had more than one.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

In the Midwest League all-star game, the West defeated the East 5-2.  Jermaine Palacios started and was 1-for-2.  Lewin Diaz started and was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer.  Travis Blankenhorn started and was 0-for-2.  Mitchell Kranson played the entire game and was 1-for-4 with a double.  Sean Poppen pitched the second inning perfectly with one strikeout.  Clark Beeker pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs and one hit.

DSL TWINS 5, DSL ANGELS 4 AT TWINS

The Twins scored four in the first, getting a double, two singles, three walks, and an error.  Wander Valdez hit an RBI triple in the third inning to make it 5-0 and the Twins held on from there.  The Angels got two in the fourth, one in the fifth, and one in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-4.  They were not able to tie the score, however, as they did not get a hit after the fifth inning.

Andreu Marin struck out five in four innings but gave up two runs on three hits and three walks.  Yeremi Garcia pitched two shutout innings, keeping his ERA at zero through eight innings.  Valdez was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk and is batting .333.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .355.  Alberoni Nunez was 1-for-5 and is batting .308.  Estamy Urena was 0-for-5 and is batting .444.  Juan Martinez was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .357.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Angels
12:35  Buffalo (Cesar Valdez, 3-1, 3.67) at Rochester (Hector Santiago, no record
5:30  Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, 2-3, 4.02) at Jupiter