Games of August 24

Rehabbing Yankees sink the Red Wings.  Fernando Romero seems to be wearing down.  Brent Rooker keeps hitting as Clark Beeker struggles to make the jump to high-A.  Jimmy Kerrigan has the big hit for Cedar Rapids.  The E-Twins give up a couple of big innings.  Alberoni Nunez keeps hitting.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 8, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER

Anthony Recker doubled home a run in the third to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead, but the RailRiders responded with a seven-run fourth that put the game out of reach early.  Starlin Castro and Greg Bird opened the inning with back-to-back homers and Mason Williams had a two-run double.

Chris Heston pitched three innings, giving up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout.  Mason Melotakis pitched two shutout innings.  Jake Reed pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 2.08.  Levi Michael made his AAA debut and was 0-for-3.

MISSISSIPPI 6, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

Already leading 1-0, the Braves scored four in the third to take control early.  Joey Meneses had a two-run single and Keith Curcio had a two-run double in the inning.  Jonathan Rodriguez had a two-run homer in the fourth to cut the lead to 6-2 but that was all the Lookouts could do.

Fernando Romero pitched five innings, giving up six runs (five earned) on nine hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Todd Van Steensel pitched two shutout innings to lower his ERA to 1.27 with 57 strikeouts in 56.2 innings.  Nick Anderson pitched a perfect inning to make his ERA 0.88 with a WHIP of 0.75 and 34 strikeouts in 30.2 innings.  Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, and a home run (his nineteenth) and is batting .308.  Edgar Corcino was 0-for-4 and is batting .301.

CLEARWATER 8, FORT MYERS 5 IN CLEARWATER

Brent Rooker hit a two-run homer in the top of the third to give the Miracle a 4-2 lead, but the Threshers came back with five in the bottom of the third to go into the lead to stay.  Jose Pujols homered to tie the score and Mark Laird had an RBI single to put Clearwater ahead.  Fort Myers scored one in the fourth to cut the lead to 7-5, but that was as close as they would come.  The Miracle had only one hit after the fourth inning.

Clark Beeker pitched four innings, allowing seven runs on thirteen hits and a walk with one strikeout.  Michael Theofanopoulos struck out four in two shutout innings.  Rooker was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run (his ninth), and three RBIs.  Chris Paul was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .344.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, KANE COUNTY 3 IN KANE COUNTY

The Kernels scored three in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.  The Cougars came back in the sixth with two runs to tie it 3-3.  It stayed tied until the ninth, when Jimmy Kerrigan delivered a bases-loaded triple to put Cedar Rapids in the lead to stay.  Kane County brought the tying run to the plate with two out in the bottom of the ninth, but a strikeout ended the game.

Anthony Marzi pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts to make his ERA 1.98.  Eduardo Del Rosario pitched a scoreless inning.  Aaron Whitefield and Ben Rortvedt were each 2-for-4.  Royce Lewis was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .340.

BRISTOL 10, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN ELIZABETHTON

T. J. Dixon had an RBI triple to put the Twins up 1-0 in the second.  The lead held until the fifth, when the Pirates scored five times.  Edison Lantigua had a two-run single in the inning.  Elizabethton got on in the seventh, but Bristol put the game firmly out of reach with a four-run eighth.  Paul Brands had a two-run single in that inning.

Bailey Ober struck out seven in five innings but allowed five runs on seven hits and no walks.  He did well for the first four innings.  Dixon was 2-for-3 with a triple.  Miranda was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Akil Baddoo was 0-for-4 and is batting .350.  Wander Javier was 1-for-4 and is batting .323.  Rainis Silva was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .310.

GCL TWINS 7, GCL ORIOLES 1 AT ORIOLES

Each team scored a run in the second and it was 1-1 through five.  The Twins then scored two in the sixth, two in the seventh, and two in the ninth.  Ricky De La Torre had a two-run homer in the ninth inning.

Carlos Suniaga pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on nine hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  His ERA is 1.93.  Kevin Marnon struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 0.66 with 15 strikeouts in 13.2 innings.  Colton Burns was 2-for-3 with two walks.  De La Torre's home run was his third.  Alex Robles was 1-for-1 with two walks and is batting .319.  Jean Carlos Arias was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .311.

DSL TWINS 11, DSL YANKEES 5 AT YANKEES

Alberoni Nunez hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Twins ahead 3-1.  It was 6-4 after seven, but a five-run eighth put the game out of reach.  Samuel Vasquez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.

Andriu Marin struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and no walks.  His ERA is 2.09,  Vasquez was 3-for-5 with a double, a home run (his second) and three runs.  Nunez was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third) and is batting .358.  Ruben Santana was 2-for-4 and is batting .355.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-5 and is batting .313.  Estamy Urena was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .312.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Angels at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
6:00  Bristol at Elizabethton (Ryley Widell, 0-2, 2.08)
6:05  Buffalo at Rochester (Stephen Gonsalves, 1-1, 5.06)
6:05  Charlotte (Burke Brock, 4-5, 4.42) at Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 6-8, 4.16)
6:15  Mississippi (Wes Parsons, 3-3, 2.76) at Chattanooga
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Charlie Barnes, 2-0, 3.18) at Quad Cities (Nathan Thompson, 0-0, 4.50)

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Rochester is in first place in the wild card race, leading Lehigh Valley by three games.  Their magic number is nine.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half.  They are in first place in the second half, leading Montgomery by six games.  Their magic number is six.
Fort Myers is in first place in the second half, leading Charlotte by three games.  Their magic number is eight.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.  They are tied for second place in the second half with Peoria.
Elizabethton is in first place, leading Johnson City by 2.5 games.  Their magic number to qualify for the playoffs is six.
The GCL Twins are in first place, leading the GCL Orioles by five games.  Their magic number is four.
The DSL Twins have clinched first place and are qualified for the playoffs.  They lead the DSL Mets1 by six games.

Games of August 23

Zack Granite makes a successful comeback and Felix Jorge makes a successful AAA debut.  Anthony McIver makes a successful AA debut.  Gabriel Moya has nothing to learn in Chattanooga.  A fine game by Tyler Watson.  Randy Dobnak had a fine game as well as Akil Baddoo keeps hitting.  Benjamin Rodriguez and Jean Carlos Arias hit three-run homers.  The DSL Twins clinch the division.

ROCHESTER 5, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 4 IN ROCHESTER (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

The RailRiders got two in the first, but the Red Wings got one back in the bottom of the first on ByungHo Park's RBI single.  Homers by Mark Payton and Jonathan Diaz made it 4-1 after two.  In the third, Park struck again, hitting a three-run homer that tied it 4-4.  It was suspended in the top of the fourth and completed yesterday.  Nobody scored until the eighth, when J. B. Shuck led off with a double and Leonardo Reginatto delivered a two-run double.  The RailRiders got a leadoff single in the ninth but did not advance the runner past first base.

Aaron Slegers had pitched 3.1 innings before the suspension and allowed four runs on eight hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Drew Rucinski struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 2.79.  Alex Wimmers struck out two in two shutout innings to lower his ERA to 2.45 with a WHIP of 0.83 and 46 strikeouts in 44 innings.  Reginatto was 3-for-4 with a double.  Park was 2-for-4 with his thirteenth homer.  Shuck was 2-for-4 with a double.  Zack Granite returned to the lineup and was 1-for-5 to make his average .335.

ROCHESTER 1, SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 0 IN ROCHESTER (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)>

There was no score until the seventh, when Leonardo Reginatto hit a two-out walkoff home run.  The RailRiders biggest threat came in the second, when they put men on second and third with one out.  A strikeout and a ground out ended the threat.

Felix Jorge was brilliant in his AAA debut, striking out seven in six shutout innings while giving up five hits and a walk.  He threw 93 pitches.  Michael Tonkin struck out all three batters he faced to make his ERA 1.93 with 57 strikeouts in 37.1 innings.  Zack Granite was 2-for-3 with a double to make his average .338.  Reginatto's home run was his third.

CHATTANOOGA 7, MISSISSIPPI 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

A two-run double by Max Murphy and an RBI double by T. J. White put the Lookouts ahead 3-0.  The Braves scored one in the fourth, but Chattanooga got four in the bottom of the fourth to take control of the game.  Edgar Corcino and LaMonte Wade each had a two-run single in the inning.

D. J. Baxendale pitched four innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  His ERA is 1.54.  Anthony McIver pitched two shutout innings in his AA debut.  Gabriel Moya pitched a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 0.84 with a WHIP of 0.78 and 83 strikeouts in 53.2 innings.  White was 3-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .306.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-4 and is batting .304.

FORT MYERS 6, CLEARWATER 4 IN CLEARWATER

The Miracle scored two in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.  Brent Rooker had an RBI double in the fifth and later scored to put Fort Myers up 5-2.  The Threshers responded with two in the bottom of the fifth, but the potential tying run was thrown out trying to score from second on a single and they would never get that close again.  Zander Weil homered to provide an insurance run in the seventh.

Starter Sean Poppen pitched only two-thirds on an inning before being removed after a rain dealy.  Sam Clay struck out two in two shutout innings to lower his ERA to 1.20.  Michael Kohn pitched a scoreless inning to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.75 and 5 strikeouts in 4 innings.  Tom Hackimer pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 2.23 with 36 strikeouts in 32.1 innings.  Jaylin Davis was 3-for-4.  Chris Paul was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .344.  Weil's home run was his twelfth.

CEDAR RAPIDS 5, KANE COUNTY 3 IN KANE COUNTY (10 INNINGS)

Joe Cronin tripled and scored in the third and Travis Blankenhorn homered in the fifth to give the Kernels a 2-0 lead.  The Cougars got one back in the bottom of the fifth and tied it on Marcus Wilson's RBI single in the eighth.  In the tenth, Trey Cabbage delivered an RBI single to put Cedar Rapids ahead and they scored two more on a pair of bases-loaded walks.  The insurance runs came in handy, as Anfernee Greer had an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth.  The tying run was up to bat with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.

Tyler Watson pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Cabbage was 3-for-5 with a double.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-5.  Blankenhorn's home run was his tenth.  Royce Lewis was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .349.

ELIZABETHTON 10, BRISTOL 2 IN ELIZABETHTON

J. J. Robinson hit a two-run homer in the first and the Twins led all the way.  A wild pitch scored a run in the second and back-to-back homers by Akil Baddoo and Wander Javier made it 5-0 after four.  The Pirates got on the board in the fifth, but Elizabethton put the game out of reach with three in the bottom of the fifth, as Ariel Montesino hit a two-run triple and later scored.

Randy Dobnak pitched six innings, giving up one run on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.54.  Javier was 4-for-5 with a double and a home run (his third) and is batting .326.  Baddoo was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run (his second) and is batting .365.  Robinson was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his eighth).  Montesino was 2-for-4 with a triple.  Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .306.  Matt Albanese was 2-for-5.

GCL TWINS 9, GCL ORIOLES 6 AT TWINS

Benjamin Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the first inning to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.  The Orioles came back with one in the second, three in the third, and got a two-run homer from Jose Lizarraga in the sixth to go ahead 6-3.  Kerby Camacho singled home a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 6-4.  It stayed there until the eighth, when Jean Carlos Arias hit a three-run homer to put the Twins in the lead to stay.  Victor Tademo provided a couple of insurance runs with a two-run single.  The Orioles did not get a hit after the sixth inning.

Landon Leach pitched 2.2 innings, allowing three unearned runs on one hit and three walks with two strikeouts.  Austin Bizzle pitched 2.1 perfect innings to drop his ERA to 2.25 with a WHIP of 0.75.  Arias was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, and a home run (his sixth) and is batting .311.  Rodriguez' home run was his fourth.  Alex Robles was 1-for-3 and is batting .315.

DSL TWINS 1, DSL YANKEES 0 AT TWINS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Yeltsin Encarncion tripled and scored on an Estamy Urena double in the first inning and that was the only run of the game.  The Yankees put men on first and second in the second and third, but did not get a man past first after that.

Fredderi Soto pitched three shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  His ERA is 1.34.  Junior Navas pitched three shutout innings to keep his ERA at zero in 18.2 innings.  Frandy Torres pitched a perfect inning to lower his ERA to 0.76.  Juan Martinez was 2-for-2 with a walk.  Alberoni Nunez was 0-for-2 and is batting .357.  Ruben Santana was 0-for-2 and is batting .354.  Encarnacion was 1-for-3 with a triple and is batting .316.  Urena was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .313.

DSL YANKEES 3, DSL TWINS 0 AT YANKEES (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

An error gave the Yankees a run in the third and Christian Andrade hit a two-run homer in the sixth.  The Twins put men on first and third with two out in the seventh, bringing the tying run to the plate, but a fly out ended the game.

Steven Cruz struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  The Twins had just four hits.  Alberoni Nunez was 0-for-2 with a walk and is batting .352.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 1-for-3 and is batting .317.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Yankees
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
12:35  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Jordan Montgomery, no record) at Rochester
6:00  Bristol at Elizabethton (Bailey Ober, 2-1, 1.96)
6:00  Fort Myers (Clark Beeker, 1-0, 4.50) at Clearwater (Edgar Garcia, 3-4, 4.19)
6:15  Mississippi (Touki Toussaint, 1-3, 2.05) at Chattanooga
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Anthony Marzi, 5-2, 1.99) at Kane County (Mack Lemieux, 7-5, 4.72)

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Rochester is in first place in the wild card race, leading Lehigh Valley by four games.  Their magic number is nine.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half and is in first place in the second half, leading Montgomery by seven games.  Their magic number is six.
Fort Myers is in first place in the second half, leading Charlotte by 4.5 games.  Their magic number is eight.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.  They are in third place in the second half, trailing second-place Peoria by one game.
Elizabethton is in first place, leading Johnson City by three games.  Their magic number is eight.
The GCL Twins are in first place, leading the GCL Orioles by four games.  Their magic number is six.
The DSL Twins are in first place, leading the DSL Mets1 by six games.  They have clinched their division.

Games of August 22

Edgar Corcino keeps hitting.  Chris Paul provides the only Fort Myers offense.  Lewin Diaz provides the only Cedar Rapids offense.  A late home run drops the E-Twins.  The GCL Twins hit a couple of home runs, but it's not enough.  Prelander Berroa had a good game.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE AT ROCHESTER (3+ INNINGS--SUSPENDED GAME)

The RailRiders got two in the first, but the Red Wings got one back in the bottom of the first on ByungHo Park's RBI single.  Homers by Mark Payton and Jonathan Diaz made it 4-1 after two.  In the third, Park struck again, hitting a three-run homer that tied it 4-4.  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had two on with one out in the top of the fourth when the game was suspended.

MISSISSIPPI 6, CHATTANOOGA 5 IN CHATTANOOGA

Tyler Neslony homered in the fifth to give the Braves a 3-2 lead.  Connor Lien had a two-run triple in the sixth and Alex Jackson singled home a run in the seventh to make it 6-2.  The Lookouts got two back in the bottom of the seventh in an unusual rally:  a walk, catcher's interference, two more walks, and a double play.  T. J. White homered in the eighth to cut the margin to 6-5.  A pair of two-out walks in the eighth gave Chattanooga hope, but their last four batters were retired.

Dereck Rodriguez pitched 5.2 innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Alex Muren struck out two in two shutout innings to drop his ERA to 1.64.  White was 3-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth) and a double.  Edgar Corcino was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fourth) and is batting .305.

CLEARWATER 4, FORT MYERS 0 IN CLEARWATER

The Threshers scored one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the eighth.  The Miracle got a two-out triple from Chris Paul in the first inning and Paul got to third again in the fourth after he was hit by a pitch, but he was the only Fort Myers player to get to third base.

Randy LeBlanc pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.82.  Michael Theofanopoulos pitched two shutout innings.  Paul was 2-for-3 with a triple and is batting .346.

KANE COUNTY 9, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN KANE COUNTY

Yan Sanchez tripled and scored in the first inning to put the Cougars up 1-0.  They added two in the third and four in the fourth to take control of the game, with Eudy Ramos hitting a three-run homer to cap the fourth.  Lewin Diaz homered in the fifth to get the Kernels on the board, but Kane County added two more in the bottom of the fifth.

Bryan Sammons struck out six in 3.2 innings but allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and three walks.  Logan Lombana pitched three shutout innings to lower his ERA to 2.64.  Jimmy Kerrigan was 2-for-3.  Diaz' home run was his eleventh.  Shane Kennedy made his Cedar Rapids debut and was 1-for-3.

JOHNSON CITY 4, ELIZABETHTON 3 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Twins trailed 2-1 through five.  In the sixth, Andrew Bechtold had an RBI double and Mark Contreras delivered a run-scoring single to put Elizabethton ahead 3-2.  In the eighth, however, an error was followed by a two-run homer by Imeldo Diaz to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead.  The Twins got men to first and second with two out in the eighth, but their last four batters were retired.

Christian Broussard started and pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk and striking out one.  Edwar Colina followed and pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Contreras was 2-for-3.  Andrew Cosgrove was 2-for-4.  Wander Javier was 2-for-5 and is batting .306.  Akil Baddoo was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .348.  Bechtold was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and is batting .300.

GCL ORIOLES 10, GCL TWINS 4 AT ORIOLES>

Max Hogan hit a two-run homer in the first to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead.  Ricky De La Torre homered in the second to make it 2-1, but the Orioles came back with three in the bottom of the second to go up 5-1.  The Twins battled back, scoring once in the fourth and a two-run homer by Benjamin Rodriguez in the sixth to again get within one at 5-4.  But Hogan was again a hero for the Orioles, getting a two-run single in a three-run bottom of the sixth to make it 8-4.  Carlos Baez added a two-run homer in the seventh.

Tyler Benninghoff started and pitched a third of an inning, allowing two runs on a hit and two walks with one strikeout.  Amilcar Cruz struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings.  De La Torre was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his second.  Rodriguez was 2-for-4 and the home run was his third.  Jean Carlos Arias was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .303.

DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS

Darling Cuesto had a two-out two-run single in the first inning.  It looked for a while like it might hold up, but the Cardinals scored two in the fifth to tie it.  It stayed 2-2 until the eighth, when Yowelfy Rosario hit a two-run double in a three-run inning.  The Cardinals added a run in the ninth.  The Twins had only five hits in the game.

Prelander Berroa pitched four shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks with three strikeouts.  Felix Reyes was 2-for-4.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .359.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .316.  Darling Cuesto was 1-for-4 and is batting .308.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Yankees at DSL Twins
Game 2  DSL Twins at DSL Yankees
11:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
4:05  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Rochester (completion of suspended game)
Game 2  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Bryan Mitchell, 2-3, 3.44) at Rochester (Felix Jorge, no record)
6:00  Bristol at Elizabethton
6:00  Fort Myers (Sean Poppen, 2-2, 3.50) at Clearwater (JoJo Romero, 3-2, 2.45)
6:15  Mississippi (Tyler Pike, 0-7, 4.13) at Chattanooga
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Tyler Watson, 0-3, 6.06) at Kane County (Sam McWilliams, 11-6, 2.86)

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Rochester is in first place in the wild card race, leading Lehigh Valley by 2.5 games.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half and is in first place in the second half, leading Montgomery by seven games.  Their magic number is seven.
Fort Myers is in first place, leading Charlotte by four games.  Their magic number is nine.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.
Elizabethton is in first place, leading Johnson City by 2.5 games.  Their magic number is eight.
The GCL Twins are in first place, leading the GCL Orioles by three games.  Their magic number is eight.
The DSL Twins are in first place, leading the DSL Mets1 by five games.  Their magic number is one.

Games of August 21

ByungHo Park hits his twelfth homer.  A fine game by Zack Littell.  Royce Lewis hits his first Class A home run.  A walk is as good as a hit for the E-Twins and the GCL Twins.  Samuel Vasquez has the big hit for the DSL Twins.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 4, ROCHESTER 3 IN ROCHESTER

Donavan Solano doubled home a run in the third to give the RailRiders a 2-1 lead.  They added two in the sixth to make it 4-1.  In the bottom of the sixth, ByungHo Park and Anthony Recker had RBI singles to cut the margin to 4-3.  The Red Wings had the bases loaded with two out, but a popup ended the inning and they never got a man into scoring position again.

David Hurlbut pitched five innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and four walks and four strikeouts.  John Curtiss struck out two in a scoreless inning to drop his ERA to 1.85 with a WHIP of 0.86 and 33 strikeouts in 24.1 innings.  Park was 2-for-4 with a home run, his twelfth.

CHATTANOOGA 3, MISSISSIPPI 2 IN CHATTANOOGA

Connor Lien singled home a run in the top of the seventh to give the Braves a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the seventh an error tied the game and an RBI triple by T. J. White put the Lookouts ahead 3-2.  Mississippi opened the eighth with two walks, but their next three batters were retired and they did not get a man past first in the ninth.

Zack Littell struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks.  Nick Anderson struck out two in a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 0.91 with a WHIP of 0.78 and 34 strikeouts in 29.2 innings.  Edgar Corcino was 2-for-3 and is batting .303.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 0-for-3 and is batting .307.

FORT MYERS MIRACLE

No game scheduled.

CEDAR RAPIDS 5, BELOIT 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Royce Lewis hit a three-run homer in the fifth to give the Kernels a 4-1 lead.  Jesus Lopez homered in the seventh to make it 4-2, but Cedar Rapids got the run back on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.  They needed it, as the Snappers got a walk, a single, an error, a bases-loaded walk, and another single to cut the lead to 5-4 with the bases loaded and none out.  A short fly out and a double play got the Kernels out of the inning with the victory.

Tyler Wells pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Eduardo Del Rosario pitched 1.2 scoreless innings.  Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.44 with a WHIP of 0.90.  Joe Cronin was 2-for-3.  Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-4.  Lewis was 1-for-4 with a home run and is batting .385.

ELIZABETHTON 8, JOHNSON CITY 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

The Twins took a 5-1 lead in the fifth, scoring four runs on just one hit.  They got the benefit of two errors, two walks, and two wild pitches.  Elizabethton added three in the eighth on no hits, as they got five walks, five wild pitches, and a passed ball.  The Twins scored eight runs on four hits, drawing twelve walks.

Nick Brown struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks.  Jared Finkel pitched three shutout innings to drop his ERA to 2.48.  Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-2 with a walk.  Akil Baddoo was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .348.  Rainis Silva was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .313.  Wander Javier was 1-for-2 with three walks and is batting .303.

GCL TWINS 8, GCL ORIOLES 1 AT TWINS

Trailing 1-0 after five, the Twins scored four in the sixth on just two hits, one of them a bunt single.  Two walks, an error, and a passed ball helped the Twins.  They added two more in the seventh on one hit and got two more in the eighth.  The Twins had eight hits but also received eight walks.

Matt Jones pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  Joe Rosenstein pitched three shutout innings.  Derek Molina retired all six men he faced, striking out three, to lower his ERA to 1.23 with a WHIP of 0.89 and 18 strikeouts in 14.2 innings.  Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-3 with two walks and is batting .310.  Alex Robles was 2-for-4 and is batting .315.  Emmanuel Morel was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .306.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL CARDINALS 5 AT CARDINALS

The Twins trailed 4-2 through five, but a four-run sixth put them into the lead to stay.  Samuel Vasquez hit a two-run triple to drive home the tying and go-ahead runs and later scored on an Agustin Marte single.  The Twins got one in the seventh and the Cardinals got it back in the eighth, but the Cardinals did not get the tying run up to bat.

Michael Montero struck out five in three innings but allowed two runs on five hits and no walks.  His ERA is 2.78 with a WHIP of 0.96 and 64 strikeouts in 58.1 innings.  Luis Bellorin pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to make his ERA 2.95.  Frandy Torres pitched a perfect inning to drop his ERA to 0.78.  Yeremi De La Cruz was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Alberoni Nunez was 3-for-5 with a triple and is batting .361.  Ruben Santana was 2-for-4 and is batting .357.  Marte was 2-for-5 with a double and is batting .306.  Estamy Urena was 2-for-5 and is batting .313.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Cardinals at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
6:00  Fort Myers (Anthony McIver, 5-2, 2.26) at Clearwater
6:00  Johnson City (Evan Guillory, 2-1, 2.97) at Elizabethton (Edwar Colina, 3-4, 3.08)
6:05  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Brady Lail, 6-4, 5.06) at Rochester (Aaron Slegers, 13-4, 3.18)
6:15  Mississippi (Mike Soroka, 10-8, 2.92) at Chattanooga
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Bryan Sammons, 2-0, 3.46) at Kane County (Connor Grey, 1-1, 2.63)

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Rochester is in first place in the wild card race by two games over Lehigh Valley.
Chattanooga qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half and is in first place by seven games over Montgomery in the second half.  Their magic number is eight.
Fort Myers is in first place by five games over Charlotte in the second half.  Their magic number is nine.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.
Elizabethton is in first place by 3.5 games over Johnson City.
The GCL Twins are in first place by four games over the GCL Orioles.  Their magic number is eight.
The DSL Twins are in first place by six games over the DSL Mets1.  Their magic number is one.

Games of August 20

Stephen Gonsalves has his first bad game in AAA.  Lewis Thorpe and Brian Olson make their AA debuts.  Brent Rooker keeps hitting.  Royce Lewis has a big game.  Brusdar Graterol pitches well.

LOUISVILLE 13, ROCHESTER 6 IN LOUISVILLE

Back-to-back homers by Alex Blandino and Brandon Dixon led to a 3-0 Bats lead in the first inning.  Dixon homered again in the second to make it 5-0.  The Red Wings got back into the game in the third when Niko Goodrum hit a two-run homer in a three-run inning that cut the lead to 5-3.  That was as good as it would get, though, because Louisville scored once in the third and had a seven-run inning in the fourth to put the game out of reach.  Dixon hit yet another home run in the inning, which also featured four walks and two hit batsmen.

Stephen Gonsalves had his first bad AAA game, lasting just three innings and allowing six runs on eight hits and three walks with one strikeout.  Luke Bard struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings.  Leonardo Reginatto, normally an infielder, pitched two perfect innings of relief.  Anthony Recker was 2-for-3 with a double.  J. B. Shuck was 2-for-3 with a double.  Goodrum's homer was his thirteenth.  ByungHo Park also hit a home run, his eleventh.

CHATTANOOGA 11, TENNESSEE 6 IN TENNESSEE

Five singles, an error, and a sacrifice fly led to four Lookouts runs in the second.  Five more singles in the third produced three more runs and a 7-0 Chattanooga lead.  Charcer Burks hit a two-run homer in a three-run bottom of the third to cut the lead to 7-3, but two walks and two singles gave the Lookouts two more runs in the fourth and they added two runs in the fifth.

Lewis Thorpe made his AA debut, striking out seven in six innings while giving up four runs on five hits and two walks.  Todd Van Steensel struck out two in two innings to drop his ERA to 1.32 with 56 strikeouts in 54.2 innings.  T. J. White was 3-for-5 with five RBIs.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs and is batting .309.  Alex Perez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Andy Wilkins was 2-for-4 with two walks and three runs.  Brian Olson made his AA debut and was 2-for-5 with a double.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 with a walk.  Max Murphy was 2-for-6.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-6 and is batting .300.

TAMPA 3, FORT MYERS 2 IN TAMPA

A balk put the Miracle on the board in the first.  The Yankees came back with two in the second and one in the third to make it 3-1.  It stayed 3-1 until the eighth, when Zander Weil hit a home run.  Fort Myers had men on first and second with one out in the ninth and advanced them to second and third with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.

Brady Anderson pitched five innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks with one strikeout.  Anthony McIver pitched a scoreless inning to lower his ERA to 2.26.  Michael Kohn pitched a scoreless inning to keep his ERA at zero with 5 strikeouts in 3 innings.  Alex Muren pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 2.25 with 37 strikeouts in 36 innings.  Brent Rooker was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Weil's home run was his eleventh.  Chris Paul was 1-for-5 and is batting .341.

CEDAR RAPIDS 12, BELOIT 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Kernels scored single runs in the first, second, and fourth to build a 3-0 lead, then scored six in the fifth to take control of the game.  Lewin Diaz had a two-run double in the inning.

Tyler Beardsley pitched six innings, giving up one run on eight hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Max Cordy struck out all three men he faced.  Travis Blankenhorn was 4-for-5.  Royce Lewis was 4-for-6 and is batting .400.  Diaz was 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.  Jimmy Kerrigan was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double.  Joe Cronin was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, and a walk.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-5 with a home run (his sixth) and a double.  Caleb Hamilton was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-5 with a double.

JOHNSON CITY 8, ELIZABETHTON 2 IN ELIZABETHTON

Jose Miranda singled in a run in the first and Wander Javier doubled and scored in the third to put the Twins up 2-0.  In the fifth, however, Irving Lopez hit a grand slam to give the Cardinals a 4-2 lead.  Johnson City added two more in the sixth and Elizabethton could not get back into the game.

Brusdar Graterol struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Javier was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Miranda was 2-for-4.  Akil Baddoo was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .360.  Carson Crites was 0-for-4 and is batting .309.

GCL TWINS

No game scheduled.

DSL TWINS

No game scheduled.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
12:05  Beloit at Cedar Rapids
6:00  Johnson City (Jacob Schlesener, 2-1, 3.23) at Elizabethton (Nick Brown, 1-1, 4.70)
6:05  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Chance Adams, 9-4, 2.56) at Rochester (David Hurlbut, 8-7, 3.56)
6:15  Mississippi (Kolby Allard, 6-10, 3.48) at Chattanooga

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Rochester is in first place by three games over Lehigh Valley in the wild card race.
Chattanooga won the first half and is in first place by seven games over Montgomery in the second half.  Their magic number is nine.
Fort Myers is in first place by five games over Charlotte in the second half.  Their magic number is nine.
Cedar Rapids qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.
Elizabethton is in first place by 2.5 games over Johnson City.
The GCL Twins are in first place by three games over the GCL Orioles.
The DSL Twins are in first place by six games over the DSL Mets1.  Their magic number is two.