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Rochester 3 at Ottawa 6

Record 50 - 46

W: B. Nelson (3-6, 4.62); L: D. Gassner (3-11, 5.67); SV: B. Sanches (11)
HR: OTT: G. Burnham (7), J. Thurston (3).

E: Watkins (11, fielding).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Gary Burnham and Joe Thurston homered as Ottawa beat visiting Rochester, 6-3, on Friday.

Burnham led off the second inning with his seventh homer and Thurston drilled a solo shot, his third, in the third. Jason Jaramillo sparked a four-run fifth with an RBI triple and Dusty Wathan and Randy Ruiz each drove in a run during the inning as the Lynx (38-57) won their second straight.

Ottawa starter Bubba Nelson (3-6) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts over six innings. Brian Sanches tossed two scoreless frames for his 11th save.

Red Wings starter Dave Gassner (3-11) surrendered six runs -- five earned -- on eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts over 4 1/3 frames.

Matt Tolbert had two RBIs and Jose Morales drove in the other run for Rochester (51-46), who has lost three straight.

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Trenton 1 at New Britain 7 (7 Innings)

Record: 46 - 47

W: A. Swarzak (3-3, 3.72); L: J. Chamberlain (4-2, 3.43)
HR: NBR: G. Guzman (11), D. Winfree (7), M. Moses (3).

From rockcats.com: Two Hall of Famers, a General Manager, and one top pitching prospect for the New York Yankees may have garnered the attention before the game, but it was the Rock Cats’ bats and starting pitcher Anthony Swarzak who stole the show. The ‘Cats hit three home runs and Swarzak tossed a seven-inning complete game as the Rock Cats downed the first-place Trenton Thunder 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.

With Paul Molitor in town as the Minnesota Twins’ base running and infield coordinator and Reggie Jackson on the Trenton side working with the Thunder hitters, there was plenty of buzz on the field prior to the game. Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman was also in attendance. Joba Chamberlain, ranked by Baseball America as the Yankees’ fourth-best prospect, later warmed up in the bullpen.

Chamberlain impressed out of the gate by striking out Brandon Roberts and Trevor Plouffe on strikeouts. He then hit a bump in the road with back-to-back home runs by Garrett Guzman and Matt Moses that put the Rock Cats in front, 2-0.

Trenton cut the deficit in half in the top of the second. Juan Miranda led off the inning with a double and moved to third on Matt Carson’s single. Cody Ehlers then grounded into a double play, which allowed Miranda to score from third.

David Winfree retaliated in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot of his own to put the Rock Cats ahead, 3-1.

In the fourth, the ‘Cats resorted to a bit of small ball. Moses drew a walk and Felix Molina and Brock Peterson reached on back-to-back singles. Matthew Allegra then delivered a two-run single to center field to widen the gap, 5-1. Allegra added another two-run single in the next inning.

Swarzak (3-3) silenced the Thunder lineup with seven impressive innings. He limited Trenton to one run on four hits. He struck out five.

Chamberlain (4-2), who was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 41st overall pick in the 2006 June draft out of the University of Nebraska, allowed seven runs on nine hits and three walks through 4 2/3 innings. He struck out seven.

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Trenton 4 at New Britain 5

Record: 47 - 47

W: J. Martinez (3-5, 3.23); L: M. Gardner (3-4, 2.39); SV: T. Lahey (7)
HR: None.

From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats took advantage of nine free passes by the Trenton pitching staff to comeback and win the nightcap of Friday’s doubleheader. The ‘Cats now have won five straight and have returned to .500.

Trenton’s Alberto Gonzalez had an RBI double and Juan Miranda’s sacrifice fly to right field scored Gonzalez for a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Noah Hall added a sac fly RBI in the third.

The Rock Cats battled back in the third, with the help from the Thunder. With two outs, Rashad Eldridge singled and Trevor Plouffe reached base on a walk. A wild pitch by Alan Horne allowed both runners to advance before he walked Garrett Guzman. Horne then unleashed another wild pitch that allowed Eldridge and Plouffe to score and close the gap, 3-2. Matt Moses followed with an RBI single that tied the game.

The ‘Cats took advantage of mistakes by Trenton again in the fourth. The Thunder dished out four free passes in the inning, including a bases loaded walk by Guzman that scored David Winfree from third. Korey Feiner also had an RBI single in the inning.

Yohan Pino made his Double-A debut for the Rock Cats. In 3 1/3 innings, he surrendered three runs on seven hits and no walks. He struck out three. J.P. Martinez, Jose Mijares, and Tim Lahey combined for 3 2/3 innings of relief with one run on three hits. Martinez (3-5) picked up the win and Lahey notched up his seventh save of the season.

Horne left the game after 2 2/3 innings with an apparent injury after allowing two hits and three runs (2 ER). He struggled with control with three walks and two wild pitches. Michael Gardner (3-4) took the loss for the Thunder.

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Fort Myers 5 at Sarasota 8

Record 13 - 15

W: D. Ruzic (2-1, 3.10); L: A. Gabino (2-2, 3.38); SV: D. Lutz (14)
HR: SAR: B. Szymanski (11).

Fort Myers pitching broke down in the 7, and the Sarasota Reds scored 7 to rally past the Miracle to a 8-5 victory at Ed Smith Stadium Friday night.

B.J. Szymanski's home run scored three, and Daniel Dorns double accounted for 2 more. With 2 men out, Michael DeJesus took a walk. Eric Eymann single and Dorns double brough them both in Chris Valaika plated Dorn, then came home on a Miguel Perez single, that was given up by Eduardo Morlan, who replaced Armando Gabino on the mound. That was when Szymanski went yard. Morlan allowed 2 more singles before it ended where it started, with DeJesus, who ground out.

Tonys Gutierrez tallied on Perez's double in the sixth after getting on base on a walk.

Jay Rainville allowed that 1 run on six hits adn 3 walks while striking out 4 in 5.2 innings. Gabino went an inning, giving up 5 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk, managing only 1 strike out. Morlan lasted only for the last out in the seventh, and was charged for 2 runs on 4 hits.

The Miracle offense managed 11 hits, including 2 by Toby Gardenhire who had a pair of doubles, 3 runs and 1 walk in the game. Juan Portes was 3-f0r-5. Only Jeff Christy went without, but did get to visit a bag on a walk.

Gardenhire's double in the 3rd, followed by a Brian Dinkelman gound out and a Juan Portes single saw the Miracle on the board first.

They extended their lead in the top of the 5th with Luis Ugueto coming home on a Dinkelman single, and Gardenhire being driven in by Portes.

Everything was looking pretty rosey for the Fort Myers crew in the top of the 6th when Johnny Woodard doubled and came home on an Erik Lis single to make it 4-0, but then the wheels came off the bus.

The Miracle got 1 back in the ninth on a pair of doubles, one by Gardenhire and the other by Danny Valencia, but it was all the Miracle could manage as Woodard ground out to end the game.

The series shifts to Hammond Stadium for Saturday's game as Zach Ward (2-13, 3.36) tries to find a win against Red's southpaw Ben Jukich (3-1, 5.93).

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Beloit’s Steve Singleton forces out Wisconsin’s Alex Liddi in game two Thursday. The Snappers swept the twinbill.


Wisconsin at Beloit

Record 15-11

W: T. Robertson (4-2, 1.71); L: J. Souza (3-4, 4.55); SV: A. Slama (2)
HR: None.

Way to go Tyler!

E: Singleton (17, fielding), Santiesteban (9, throw).

From snappersbaseball.com: Tyler Robertson was dominant on Friday night, picking up his fourth win of the season. Robertson shut the Timber Rattlers out in seven innings and struck out a season high 10 batters in the win.

After the game remained scoreless for the first five and a half innings, the Snappers finally pushed a run across in the bottom of the six inning. Danny Santiesteban singled to left with two outs to keep the inning alive for Beloit. Wisconsin’s Justin Souza then attempted to pick Santiesteban off of first but his throw sailed past the first baseman, allowing Danny to reach third. Wilson Ramos then proceeded to drive Santiesteban home from third with a single to left field.

Two innings later the Snappers struck again. Garrett Olson led the inning off by being hit by a pitch from Timber Rattlers’ reliever Keith Renaud. After outs by Yancarlos Ortiz and Joe Benson, Danny Santiesteban came to the plate looking to add to Beloit’s lead. Garrett Olson stole second during Danny’s at-bat and was then drive home by Santiesteban. Danny hit a slow roller to second base looking like the third out of the inning, but Wisconsin second baseman, Leury Bonilla booted the ball allowing Santiesteban to reach safely. The error by Bonilla scored Olson from second and gave the Snappers a 2-0 lead heading into the ninth.

Anthony Slama came on in the top of the ninth inning and captured his second save as a Snapper. Slama allowed one hit and struck out one Timber Rattler in the save.

Starter Tyler Robertson pitched seven innings and only allowed five hits. Robertson also tied the season high for a Snappers’ pitcher with 10 strikeouts. Former Snappers’ Ace Jeff Manship also had 10 strikeouts in one game.

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Kingsport 0 at Elizabethton 14

Record 23 - 6

W: M. Allen (3-1, 1.75); L: J. Rodriguez (2-2, 2.63)
HR: ELI: D. Romero (5), O. Lewis (4), D. Lehmann (1).

E: Romero (3, throw).

From MiLB.com: Michael Allen tossed six one-hit innings and Daniel Lehmann drove in five runs as host Elizabethton pounded Kingsport, 14-0, on Friday.

Allen (3-1) allowed only a single in the second and three walks while striking out six to lower his ERA to 1.75. Curtis Leavitt yielded three hits and a walk while fanning three in two frames before Omar Alcala hurled a perfect ninth to complete the shutout for the Twins (23-6).

Lehmann smacked an inside-the-park grand slam, his first career homer, in the sixth and delivered an RBI single in the first. Ozzie Lewis went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, his fourth, in the eighth and Deibinson Romero also clubbed a solo shot, his fifth, in the fourth. Rene Leveret ripped a three-run double in the sixth.

Kingsport starter Jorge Rodriguez (2-2) surrendered five runs -- one earned -- on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven in five innings.

Greg Veloz, Nicholas Giarraputo, Jose Jimenez and Brandon Richey collected hits for the Mets (13-15).

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GCL Pirates 4 at GCL Twins 6

Current Record: 19 - 6

Danny Rams was 4-for-4 and James Beresford 3-for-4 to help lead the GCL Twins past the Pirates, 6-4 at the Lee County Sportsplex Friday afternoon.

The Twins got on the board in the second inning when Juan Richardson singled, stole 2nd and then came home on Rams fly ball. But the Pirates worried them a bit, picking up 3 runs in the 3rd.

Winston Marquez, who has been strugging with his control the past couple of starts, walked John Fitzpatrick and then hit Daniel Bomback with a pitch. A wild pitch moved the pair, and Josue Peley singled them home. With one out, Marquez then walked Andrew Biela, prompting a pitching change to Rodney Gessmann.

Victor Alvarez greeted Gessman with a line drive that brought in Peley, but the Germany right-hander was able to induce Ronald Pena to hit into a double play to end the inning.

Caleb Fields' triple in the top of the fourth earned the Pirates another run on a Fitzpatrick single, but the Twins pitching staff shut the door and it was time for the offense to step up.

A pair of doubles, one by Angel Morales, the other by Beresford helped the Twins to a pair of runs in the 4th. Andrew Schmiesing would draw a walk in the 5th and tallied on Rames' line drive to center to tie up the score. Richardson followed him across the plate on the same play, for the go ahead run.

Schmiesing and Rams would combine again in the bottom of the 7th to give Minnesota an insurance marker.

Charles Nolte went 1.1 innings and allowed only 1 hit in relief of Gessman before Danny Rondon was brought into pick up his 7th save of the season, with 2 innings of work in which he walked 3 and struck out 2.

Marquez would be charged for 3 runs on 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 4 and Gessman for 1 run on 3 hits, and 1 walk, while striking out only 1 in 3.1 innings worked.

Richardson was 2-for-4 in the game with 2 run, Rams had 4 RBIs to go with his 1 run, and Beresford picked up 2 RBIs. Morales struck out twice, but had one run to go with his double. Wang-Wei Lin was the hard luck story of the game, going 0-for-4 at the plate and striking out on all four tries.

The Twins get up early Saturday for a 10 AM start against the Reds at the Lee County Sportsplex, and then travel to the City of Palms Complex on Sunday to face the Red Sox at high noon.

Santos Arias (1-1, 3.00) is projected to make the start on Saturday for the home team.

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DSL Twins 2 at DSL Diamondbacks 3

Current Record: 19 - 20

W: B. Zepeda (5-1, 3.64); L: M. Munoz (2-3, 2.81); SV: J. Marte (12)
HR: DSL DIA: A. Diaz (1).

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VSL Phillies 10 at VSL Cubs/Twins 11

Current Record 27 - 27

W: R. Marcano (2-0, 1.98); L: K. Campo (1-4, 7.39); SV: C. Rojas (3)
HR: None.

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Jose Morales
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Kevin Barker takes a throw to tag out Rochester's Jose Morales after Morales was trapped in a run-down.


Rochester 7 at Syracuse 10

Record 50 - 46

W: T. Taubenheim (4-5, 5.72); L: R. Mullins (0-1, 27.00); SV: J. James (2)
HR: ROC: M. Tolbert (5), T. Oeltjen (2).

From redwingsbaseball.com/MiLB.com: Adam Lind went 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored as Syracuse beat visiting Rochester, 10-7, on Thursday.

Lind singled and scored in the second inning, delivered another base hit in the third, ripped an RBI double in the fourth and stroked his first triple of the year in the seventh to pace a 15-hit attack for the Chiefs (44-52).

The 24-year-old left fielder fell a homer shy of the cycle while raising his batting average to .328.

Ray Olmedo slapped run-scoring singles in the second and third and Curtis Thigpen delivered a two-run single in the second for Syracuse.

Chiefs starter Ty Taubenheim (4-5) picked up the win, despite allowing five runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings. Justin James retired the final four batters for his second save.

Matt Tolbert went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, his fifth, in the first and a run-scoring triple in the fifth. He fell a double short of the cycle for the Red Wings (51-46). Trent Oeltjen belted a two-run homer, his second.

Rochester starter Ryan Mullins (0-1) surrendered nine runs on 12 hits while striking out two and walking one in three frames.

McDonald to Twins: Red Wings right fielder Darnell McDonald was promoted to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.

McDonald was lifted in the third inning of Rochester's game in Syracuse. He went 1-for-2.

The former No. 1 draft pick was acquired from the Washington Nationals on June 26 and hit .282 with two home runs, 13 RBI and 6 stolen bases in 22 games for the Red Wings.

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Trenton at New Britain

Record: 45 - 47

From rockcats.com: Tonight's Eastern League contest scheduled for 7:05 PM at New Britain Stadium between the Rock Cats and visiting Trenton Thunder has been cancelled due to wet grounds. The heavy rains that doused much of Connecticut late this afternoon simply left the field too wet to play.

This evening's Rainout will be made up tomorrow afternoon (Friday, 7/20) when the two clubs will play a Twi-Night Doubleheader starting at 5:35 PM.

Fans holding tickets for tonight's game may exchange them for any other 2007 Regular Season game at New Britain Stadium.

Trenton, the New York Yankees' Eastern League affiliate, will be in New Britain tomorrow, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Good seats remain available for all games. Fans interested in catching the action may call (860-224-8383) or visit the Rock Cats Box Office at New Britain Stadium between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM (M-F), or on Saturday between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Those wishing to purchase tickets on-line may do so by visiting the club's website at http://www.rockcats.com.

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Fort Myers 5 at Sarasota 2

Record 13 - 14

W: D. Shinskie (5-3, 3.63); L: S. Watson (1-2, 5.46); SV: R. Delaney (1)
HR: FTM: L. Ugueto (2).

E: Tolleson (17, fielding).

After the home run derby against Vero Beach, currently the worst team in the Florida State League, the Miracle bats cooled down against their I-75 rivals, but Fort Myers still picked up the win, 5-2 at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota.

The Miracle withstood the loss of starting pitcher Yohan Pino to a AA promotion, with southpaw Kyle Aselton taking the spot start.

Steve Tolleson took a walk to begin the game and moved to 3rd on a Juan Portes double. Danny Valencia would single Tolley in to get the Miracle on the board in the top of the first inning.

After allowing only a walk to Michael deJesus in the first, Aselton allowed a Chris Valkaka single to lead off the 2nd, but he was taken out at second when the Miracle failed to turn a double play against Tonys Gutierrez. Miguel Perez walked, and then B.J. Szymanski signed to bring in Gutierrez. The Miracle got double done against Gerardo Cabrera to end the inning.

Portes, Erik Lis and Valencia were all called on strikes on the top of the 3rd. The Reds took the lead when Cody Strait walked, stole second and then came home on a Daniel Dorn single.

The Miracle got the run back, plus one in the top of the 4th when Edward Ovalle singled his way onto base and Luis Ugueto hit the only home run of the game out to right.

Fort Myers field manager was ejected by home plate umpire Cory Hinga in the top of the 5th after a Portes walk. Valencia would triple him home with a fly ball to center field.

Ugueto would get on base after the Reds failed to turn the double against him. He would then steal 2nd, and 3rd, and come home on Jeff Christy's sac fly.

Aselton's final line would be 2 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks, while striking out 2. (Got to watch those walks, Pookie, their not your dogs, don't need to be walkin' them.) The mustache twins, David Shinskie and Rob Delaney, would allow a combined 3 hits over the next 5 innings to secure the win.

Valencia and Ugueto were both 2-for-4. Portes struck out twice, and Lis Ked 3 times.

Boles could locate no playing time for the versitle Toby Gardenhire who owns a first base, third base, middle infield and outfielder's gloves as well as catchers gear and glove. "I catch in the bullpen when I'm not playing," Gardenhire said of his way of helping the team despite seeing limited fielding time. "It's nice for a team to have that third catcher."

The two teams rematch today with a 6:00 PM start in Sarasota before the series switches to Fort Myers. Jay Rainville (5-9, 3.75) goes to the mound for the Miracle against the Reds Robert Manuel (5-3, 3.16).

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Wisconsin 1 at Beloit 3

Record 13-11

W: D. Leatherman (6-3, 3.16); L: K. Parker (3-7, 2.64); SV: A. Slama (1)
HR: None.

E: Berg (3, throw).

From snappersbaseball.com: Back to back RBI doubles from Chris Parmelee and Danny Berg helped the Snappers claim game one of the double header against the Wisconsin Timber Ratters. Newcomer Anthony Slama pitched the final three outs of the game to notch his first save of the season.

The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Snappers would jump ahead. Chris Parmelee doubled home Joe Benson from second to give Beloit the early 1-0 lead. Benson led the inning off with a single to third. Parmelee’s RBI was his 48th of the season.

Wisconsin jumped back into it with a run of their own in the top of the seventh inning. Jamie McOwen singled home Reed Eastley from second to tie the game at 1-1.

Three doubles by the Snappers in the bottom of the eighth inning helped Beloit claim the lead. Joe Benson led off with a double to left-center and was driven home off the bat of Chris Parmelee two batters later. Danny Berg then followed Chris with his 11th double of the season. The three doubles gave the Snappers a 3-1 lead heading into the ninth inning.

Slama came into the game and slammed the door on the Timber Rattlers to save the day for Beloit. The win pushed Beloit’s second half record to 13-11.

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Wisconsin 2 at Beloit 4 (7 Innings)

Record 14-11

W: J. Carnevales (4-3, 3.63); L: M. Wagner (0-1, 4.96)
HR: WIS: G. Dickey (2). BEL: C. Parmelee (12), E. Tintor (2).

From snappersbaseball.com: Eli Tintor hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Snappers a 4-2 win over the Timber Rattlers. Tintor’s walk-off blast helped Beloit sweep the double header from Wisconsin.

The Timber Rattlers scored runs in both the top of the second and third innings to take a 2-0 lead after three. Gaven Dickey hit his second home run of the season in the third to push Wisconsin ahead by the 2-0 count.

Chris Parmelee hit his team leading 12th homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning to draw the Snappers to within one, 2-1. Parmelee’s blast came off of Wisconsin starter Steve Richard.

The Snappers scored one more in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game up at 2-2. After the Snappers loaded the bases, Steve Singleton hit an RBI single to right, scoring pinch-runner Yancarlos Ortiz from third. Chris Parmelee attempted to score from second on the single by Singleton and collided with Timber Rattlers’ catcher, Juan Beltran at home. Beltran held onto the ball and Parmelee was out. Juan then got up and threw a punch at Parmelee, causing both benches to clear. After a few minutes of straightening things out, Parmelee and Beltran were ejected by the home plate umpire.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the ninth inning. Matt Betsill, subbing for ejected Chris Parmelee, led the inning off with a double. Betsill was then driven home by the hero of the night, Eli Tintor. Tintor hit a line drive over the left field wall, sending the Snappers home happy.

Starter Cole Devries picked up a no-decision going eight strong innings and striking out nine Timber Rattlers. Reliever Jesus Carnevales pitched an inning of relief to claim his fourth win of the season.

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Kingsport 2 at Elizabethton 4

Record 22 - 6

W: M. Tarsi (3-1, 3.27); L: E. Ramirez (0-3, 6.75); SV: B. Erickson (3)
HR: None.

E: Leveret (2, throw), Lawman (7, throw).

From MiLB.com: Michael Tarsi hurled five solid innings to lead host Elizabethton past Kingsport, 4-2, on Thursday night.

Tarsi (3-1) allowed two runs on five hits while walking one and striking out seven. Ludovicus Van Mil gave up a hit and fanned five over the next two innings, Spencer Steedley worked a perfect eighth and Blair Erickson tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his third save.

The first-place Twins (22-6) totaled just four hits and went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position. Gregory Yersich doubled home Ozzie Lewis in the second inning and Rene Tosoni plated Estarlin De Los Santos with a sacrifice fly in the third.

Mark Dolenc delivered an RBI single in the fourth to extend Elizabethton's lead to 3-0 and Matthew Lawman followed with a run-scoring groundout.

Mets starter Elvin Ramirez (0-3) surrendered all four runs on three hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked four and fanned three as his ERA jumped to 6.75. Jose Bierd and Angel Calero combined to pitch 4 1/3 scoreless frames.

Jose Jimenez went 3-for-4 with a run scored and Brandon Richey stroked a two-run double in the fifth for Kingsport (13-14).

Note: Yeah!!!!! They finally got De Lo's name right! ::does little happy dance::

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Current Record: 18 - 6

The Twins take on the Pirates tomorrow at noon at the Lee County Sportsplex. Winston Marquez should be getting the start for the Twins.

DSL Blue Jays I 3 at DSL Twins 5

Current Record: 19 - 19

W: M. Garcia (4-2, 2.44); L: H. Alvarez (1-2, 5.82); SV: E. Santana (1)
HR: None.

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VSL Cubs/Twins 2 at VSL Astros 9

Current Record 27 - 27

W: Y. Perez (3-1, 3.77); L: P. Guerra (6-4, 3.99)
HR: VSL CHC/MN: A. Martin (2).

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Jose Morales
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Ray Olmedo slides safely into home past the tag from Rochester catcher Jose Morales.


Rochester 4 at Syracuse 5 (10 innings)

Record 50 - 46

W: B. Neal (5-5, 4.12); L: B. Korecky (2-3, 3.73)
HR: ROC: M. Tolbert (4). SYR: C. Mottola (11), R. Roberts (5).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Russ Adams scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning as Syracuse beat visiting Rochester, 5-4, on Wednesday night.

Adams led off the bottom of the 10th with a single and moved to second base on a walk by Ryan Roberts. Ray Olmedo followed with a sacrifice bunt to reliever Bobby Korecky (2-3) who threw wildly to first base and allowed Adams to cross the plate with the decisive run.

Roberts helped the Chiefs (43-52) trim a 4-1 deficit with a solo homer, his fifth, in the sixth and Chad Mottola added a solo shot, his 11th, in the seventh. Wayne Lydon went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.

Syracuse's Blaine Neal (5-5) recorded two outs to pick up the win. Starter Mike MacDonald surrendered four runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out four in 6 1/3 frames.

Matt Tolbert gave the Red Wings (51-45) an early lead with a three-run homer, his fourth, in the third. Tolbert finished 2-for-4 with a double and Denard Span went 3-for-4 with a run scored.

Rochester starter Brian Duensing allowed three runs on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in six innings.

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Connecticut 6 at New Britain 13

Record: 45 - 47

W: J. Mijares (4-0, 3.58); L: B. Anderson (1-4, 3.92)
HR: CT: T. Von Schell (5).

From ctdefenders.com: Though the rain was pouring steadily in Norwich, it passed through New Britain fast enough for the Defenders and Rock Cats game to take place at 12:05 p.m. as scheduled. The Defenders put things together at the plate, but the Rock Cats onslaught was too much as New Britain topped Connecticut 13-6 on Wednesday.

The Defenders started a two out rally to get on the board in the top of the first. OF John Bowker hit a double to right field and 1B Tyler Von Schell followed with a single to score Bowker and give the Defenders a one run lead. DH Carlos Sosa followed to slap a double in the right field corner and Von Schell attempted to score all the way from first, but despite a collision at the plate, C Korey Feiner held on to the ball to retire the big first baseman.

The Rock Cats responded in the bottom of the frame. OF Brandon Roberts led of with a triple to right field and came in to score on groundout by SS Trevor Plouffe. The score was tied 1-1 after a full inning of play.

In the top of the second inning the Defenders came one batter short of batting around. The team left the bases loaded but picked up a couple of runs on a 2-run single by OF Alex Requena. The Defenders added another run in the top of the fifth inning on RBI single by SS Trey Webb to score Von Schell who was hit by the pitch to lead off the inning. After five full innings the Defenders led 4-1.

After Connecticut extended their lead to four runs with a run in the top of the seventh, the Rock Cats exploded in the bottom of the frame. The team batted around and plated four runners in the inning, including a 2-run double by Feiner to tie up the game at 5.

Brian Anderson and the Defenders had things unravel in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Rock Cats continued their surge of offense, collecting 8 hits and two walks to score eight runs and break a 5-5 tie. The big blow was dealt by OF Matt Allegra who collected a bases loaded 3-run triple. Taylor Wilding took over and couldn’t stop the bleeding, allowing two inherited runners to score and surrendering two single as well. When the inning concluded the Rock Cats held a 13-5 lead.

The Defenders received a solo HR from Von Schell in the bottom of the ninth but it was all they’d get as Jose Mijares retired three of the next four he faced to preserve the Rock Cats win, 13-6. Brian Anderson (BS, 6)(L, 1-4) blew his sixth save of the season and absorbed his fourth loss of the year after an inning of work, surrendering 7 runs (5 earned), 8 hits, 1 walk, and striking out a batter. Jose Mijares (W, 4-0) collected his fourth win of the season after turning in 2 innings of work, giving up 1 run, 1 hit, walking 1 and striking out 2 batters. Trey Webb went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI and a run scored, Tyler Von Schell went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI, and Alex Requena went 1 for 3 with 2 RBI in the loss.

The Rock Cats remain at home to take on the Trenton Thunder for a 7:05 PM start on Thursday. The Rock Cats website remains an Eastern League disgrace.

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Fort Myers 10 at Vero Beach 2

Record 13 - 14

W: J. Manship (4-1, 2.90); L: J. Butler (2-3, 6.90)
HR: FTM: E. Ovalle (8), B. Dinkelman (4), S. Tolleson (4), D. Valencia (4). VER: S. Pedroza (13).

The home run derby continued Wednesday in Vero Beach as the Miracle pounded out 13 hits including 4 home runs, to defeat the Devil Rays 10-2 at Holman Stadium.

The Rays took 2 off Jeff Manship early when Garrett Groce came home on a Rhyne Hughes ground out and was followed Sergio Pedroza, who hit his 13th yarder of the season.

Josh Butler lasted until the 3rd inning before the Miracle found their way onto the scoreboard, when an Erik Lis triple brought in Brian Dinkelman and Juan Portes. Danny Valencia then homered Lis across the plate to double up the Devil Rays mark.

A Johnny Woodard walk, combined with home runs to Edward Ovalle and Brian Dinkelman greeted Chris Kelly for his first inning on the mound in the top of the sixth.

Jonathan Beltre faired no better in the eighth, as Steve Tolleson went yard to bring in Ovalle and Dinkelman.

Jeff Christy was 2-for-4 on the night, Valencia was 3-for-5 with a run and 2 RBIs, Lis was 2-for-5 with a run and 2 RBI's, Dinkelman was 2-for-5 with 3 runs, and 1 RBI and Tolleson as 1-for-5 with a run and 3 RBIs. Luis Ugueto struck out twice, going 1-for-5 at the plate.

Toby Gardenhire caught the last inning of the game, but did not see any at bats. Manship was stellar on the mound, pitching 8 innings and allowing 5 hits and 1 walk to go with the 2 runs and striking out 8.

The win moves the Miracle into fifth place in the West Division, 5.5 games behind Tampa who no-hit the Jupiter Hammerheads Wednesday in Tampa Bay.

The Miracle now begin a four game home-and-home series against the Sarasota Reds starting at Ed Smith stadium Thursday night at 7 PM eastern time.

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Joe Benson
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Joe Benson waits for a pitch during the Snappers’ 4-3 win over Wisconsin Tuesday.


Wisconsin at Beloit, Suspended - Rain

Record 12-11

From snappersbaseball.com: The Snappers and Timber Rattlers had to suspend their game tonight due to inclement weather and poor field conditions. The score was 0-0 in the bottom of the first inning when the game was suspended. Beloit and Wisconsin will now finish tonight’s game tomorrow night (July 19th) starting at 4:30 pm. The two teams will then play another 7 inning game after the conclusion of game one.

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Bristol 1 at Elizabethton 3

Record 20 - 6

W: B. Tippett (4-0, 0.66); L: C. Burdie (0-3, 8.10); SV: B. Erickson (2)
HR: None

From MiLB.com: Bradley Tippett became the latest four-game winner in the Appalachian League as Elizabethton defeated visiting Bristol, 3-1, in the first game of Wednesday afternoon's doubleheader.

Tippet (4-0) hurled 1 2/3 perfect innings in relief of starter David Bromberg. The 19-year-old native of Australia, who has allowed just one earned run over 13 2/3 innings pitched this season, joins Bromberg and Bluefield's Clifford Flagello as the only four-game winners in the Appy League.

Bromberg allowed a run on four hits and four walks over 4 2/3 innings, and his seven strikeouts increased his league-leading total to 39. Blair Erickson pitched around a hit and a walk in the seventh and nabbed his second save.

The Twins got on the board in the first inning, as Estarlin De Los Santos walked to lead off the frame and came home when third baseman Logan Johnson made a throwing error on Deibinson Romero's infield single. Matthew Lawman contributed an RBI single in the fourth, while Mark Dolenc walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Jose Martinez's RBI single with one out in the fifth inning accounted for the only run the Sox would score in the ballgame.

Charlis Burdie (0-3) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings. Hector Santiago and Daniel Albritton combined on 2 1/3 perfect frames. Elizabethton snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory, while Bluefield's four-game winning streak came to an end.

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Bristol 2 at Elizabethton 11 (7 innings)

Record 21 - 6

W: M. McCardell (1-0, 1.80); L: G. Infante (1-2, 6.35)
HR: ELI: O. Lewis (3), W. Connor (2), R. Tosoni (1).

From MiLB.com: Ozzie Lewis homered and drove in a career-high five runs as host Elizabethton routed Bristol, 11-2, to sweep Wednesday's doubleheader.

Lewis smacked a three-run homer, his third, in a five-run fifth inning and ripped a two-run single and scored in a four-run sixth.

Wesley Connor went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, his second, and Rene Tosoni was 3-for-4 with a solo homer, his first, and scored twice for the Twins (21-6).

Michael McCardell (1-0) yielded a run on three hits and a walk with a career-high nine strikeouts over five innings to win his first start with Elizabethton. The 22-year-old right-hander went 2-0 with one save and a 2.50 ERA in four games for the Gulf Coast Twins before being promoted on July 1.

Sox starter Gregory Infante (1-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts over three frames.

Duarte Yapor hit an RBI double in the seventh for Bristol (7-20), which lost its sixth straight.

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GCL Twins 4 at GCL Orioles 3

Current Record: 18 - 6

W: L. Martin (1-1, 3.68); L: A. Conklin (1-1, 3.66); SV: C. Nolte (1)
HR: ORI: T. Kolodny (4).

The Twins found an 8th inning rally to give Lee Martin his first win of the season as they defeated the Orioles for the first time in July, 4-3.

The O's got on the board first when Tyler Kolodny doubled a fly ball out to left field in the second inning. Joshua Tarnow's single brought him home with 2 outs, but starting pitcher Danny Berlind was able to Nicholas Ray to ground out to end the inning.

Kolodny then homered off Berlind in the 4th to make it 2-0 O's. The Twins meanwhile did not get much out of starter Conrad Orman, who worked 6 innings for Baltimore's rookie squad allowing only 4 hits, and walking 3 while striking out 4.

A pitcher change to Andrew Conklin in the 7th lead to the Twins rally in the 8th. James Beresford singled to get on base, but Conklin got Jeanfred Brito to pop up and Ramon Santana to strike out. Yangervis Solarte and Juan Richardson following with a pair of singles that brought Beresford home.

Alex Soto replaced Danny Rams and drew a walk after Solarte ane Richardson orchastrated a double steal that saw Solarte come home. The Orioles tried to hold the Twins off by bringing in pitcher Leonardo Huches. But a pair of passed balls by catcher Joshua Tarrow saw Richardson across the plate. Jon Waltenbury drew a walk, and with David Hernandez at the plate, the speedy Soto stole home to give the Twins their four runs. Hernandez ground out to end the inning.

The O's took one back on a Kolodny single, a Lee Ellis double and a Robert Vasquez ground out, but could not tie up the game.

Belind allowed 2 runs, both earned on 4 hits, 4 walks and 8 strike outs in 5 innings. Martin allowed only 2 hits and one walk in 2 innings. Chas Nolte came into shut down the game, allowing the late run for the Orioles on 2 hits while striking out 3 over 2 innings.

Berseford was 2-for-4 in the game with a run, while Waltenbury drew 2 walks.

The Twins take Thursday off, getting back to work on Friday when the Pirates visit the Lee county Sports Complex for a noon game.

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DSL Indians at DSL Twins

Current Record: 18 - 19

Postponed - Rain

VSL Cubs/Twins - idle

Current Record 27 - 26

No Game Scheduled

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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Rochester 3 at Syracuse 5

Record 50 - 44

W: J. De Jong (3-0, 2.10); L: J. Miller (1-4, 3.76); SV: B. Neal (9)
HR: SYR: K. Barker (11).

From MiLB.com: Kevin Barker went 3-for-3 with a homer as Syracuse defeated visiting Rochester, 5-3, on Monday night.

With the Chiefs (42-51) trailing, 3-0, in the third inning, Barker delivered an RBI single to trim the deficit. He led off the fifth with his 11th home run and smacked a single and scored in the seventh.

Wayne Lydon added a two-RBI double for Syracuse and Ray Olmedo went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs.

Chiefs reliever Jordan De Jong (3-0) tossed 2 1/3 hitless innings for the win. Blaine Neal tossed a scoreless ninth to notch his ninth save. Starter Jim Crowell was tagged for three runs on eight hits in 2 2/3 frames.

Red Wings starter Jason Miller (1-4) gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.

Alexi Casilla, Gil Velazquez and Darnell McDonald each had two hits for Rochester (50-44). Chris Heintz stroked a two-run single in the first.

Notes: RHP Nick Blackburn was placed on disabled list Monday with a strained right forearm. Blackburn is expected to miss his next two starts. INF Ken Harvey was placed on the disabled list, retro to July 15, with a sore right knee. Harvey will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss the rest of the season. LHP Ryan Mullins and LHP Jay Sawatski will be promoted to Rochester from Double-A New Britain tomorrow. Mullins has a 1-2 record with a 3.51 ERA in eight starts while Sawatski has a 4-3 record with a 4.50 ERA in 31 games (three starts) for the Rock Cats.

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Connecticut 2 at New Britain 3 (13 Innings)

Record: 43 - 47

W: T. Lahey (7-2, 3.55); L: J. Hedrick (2-5, 2.85)
HR: None.

From rockcats.com: Garrett Guzman delivered a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 13th inning to score Luke Hughes from third base and give the Rock Cats a 3-2 win over the visiting Defenders.

Tim Lahey fired three shutout innings in relief to give the Rock Cats the opportunity to win in the final inning. Lahey (7-2) retired all nine batters he faced as he picked up the win.

The Rock Cats first got on the board in the fourth inning when Guzman led off the inning with a single. He moved to third on a throwing error by the Defenders’ third baseman Simon Klink that allowed Brock Peterson to reach first. Felix Molina’s sac fly to center field scored Guzman from third for a 1-0 lead.

Jesse Floyd shut down the Defenders for the first five innings. In the sixth, though, an error by right fielder Matthew Allegra allowed Eugenio Velez to reach third base safely. Alex Requena (3-for-3) delivered a double to center field that tied the game, 1-1. Floyd then walked John Bowker and Tyler Von Schell followed with a single to load the bases. Requena scored on a sac fly by Carlos Sosa that put the Defenders ahead.

The ‘Cats struck back in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double by Brandon Roberts (3-for-5) to tie the game, 2-2.

Floyd finished with two runs, both unearned, on six hits and two walks. He struck out two through six innings. Jose Mijares retired the all four batters – three on strikeouts – he faced in relief. J.P. Martinez surrendered just one hit and struck out three in two innings of relief.

Defenders starter Brooks McNiven tossed seven solid innings, allowing one run and five hits. Justin Hedrick (2-5) took the loss.

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The Rays catcher argues with the umpire while Erik Lis retreats to the dugout


Fort Myers 4 at Vero Beach 7

Record 11 - 14

W: M. Wlodarczyk (5-4, 3.33); L: Z. Ward (2-13, 3.36)
HR: FTM: E. Lis (8), B. Dinkelman (3), S. Tolleson (3). VER: S. Pedroza 2 (12).

E: Ward (1, throw), Woodard (1, fielding).

One assumes with a major league rehab on the mound for the opposing team, that Erik Lis is going to hit a home run. That was certainly the case, but it was Brian Dinkelman who slugged one over the fence in the first inning off Al Reyes.

But that lead did not last. Zach Ward hit Jackson Brennan to start off his stint on the mound. Josh Paul reached on a botched attempt at a double play when ward overthrew the ball. Rhyne Hughes then singled to load the bases. Ward got Aaron Sink to ground out, but Brennan came in on the play. Then Sergio Pedroza went yard, his first of 2 home runs in the game.

J.T. Hall used his speed an a pair of singles in the 2nd inning to make the score 5-1 Vero Beach. Ward would settle down after that, but the damage was done. His final line score would be 5 runs, 4 earned, on 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4 over 5 innings.

Once he got off the mound, the Miracle broke out their bats. Steve Tolleson and Lis both homered in the sixth to make it 5-3, but the Devil Rays took the runs back when Pedroza promptly put one out of the park off soft-pitch reliever Robert Delany. A wild pitch by Delaney saw J.T.Hall reach first on a 3rd strike droped pitch. Then Neil Walton tripled him in, making it 7-3.

Brian Dinkleman drew a walk in the 9th, and scored on a Lis force out which took Juan Portes down at 3nd base.

While the Miracle showed some bat, 10 men were left on base, including Toby Gardenhire who singled in the 7th inning. The Miracle have shown that they have no idea of how to play with men on base in the past, and Monday's game at Holman Stadium was no different.

The two teams rematch tonight with Oswaldo Sosa going to the mound for the Miracle. Tampa Bay's Doug Waechter will make a rehab start for the Devil Rays.

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Beloit Snappers

Record 11-11

No Turtle Soup today! The the Snappers will begin their season’s longest homestand at beautiful Pohlman Field against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Tuesday.

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Elizabethton 0 at Danville 2

Record 19 - 6

W: J. Locke (2-1, 4.63); L: H. Reyes (2-2, 4.09); SV: N. Fellman (4)
HR: DAN: B. Hicks (3).

From MiLB.com: Jeffrey Locke and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as Danville blanked visiting Elizabethton, 2-0, on Monday.

Locke (2-1) scattered two hits and two walks while striking out four in five innings. Brett Butts gave up a hit and fanned four in 2 2/3 frames before Nicholas Fellman yielded a hit and recorded four outs for his fourth save.

Brandon Hicks led off the second inning with his third home run and Cole Miles plated Eli Carmona with a single in the seventh for the Braves (15-8), who also managed four hits.

Twins starter Henry Reyes (2-2) yielded one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts over five innings.

Deibinson Romero doubled and walked and was the only batter to reach base twice for Elizabethton (19-5).

The game was delayed 81 minutes due to rain

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GCL Reds 5 at GCL Twins 11

Current Record: 16 - 6

W: T. Wright (1-2, 8.82); L: J. Marizan (0-3, 13.94)
HR: RDS: N. Soto (1). TWI: Y. Solarte (1).

Thom Wright picked up his first win of the season on the mound, and new-comer Danny Rams went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the GCL Twins to a 11-5 win over the GCL Reds at the Lee County Sportsplex.

The Twins took an early lead in the first with Jeanfred Brito doubling to lead off. A Ben Revere single moved him to third, and he came home on a Yangervis Solarte single. Juan Richardson hit into a double play, that left Revere at 3rd. Jon Waltenbury walked before Rams brought Revere and Waltenbury home on a ground ball single to center. The Twins took two more walks, but James Beresford flew out to end the inning.

Wright hit Devin Mesoraco with a pitch but he was taken out on a fielder's choice. With one on base, Neftali Soto homered to give the Reds 2. It would be all that Wright would allow though, and the Twins took the runs back in the bottom of the inning when Solarte went yard with Revere on base. Waltenbury took his second walk of the game, moved over to 3rd on a Rams single and come home on a wild pitch by Jose Medina.

Andrew Schmiesing continued the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd when he came home on a Solarte sac-fly.

The Twins exploded for 4 more runs in the sixth with Waltenbury singling in Solarte, and Kevin Harrington plating Waltenbury and Rams on a double in his first at bat back from a separated shoulder. Beresford brought him home before Brito flew out to end the inning.

Jakub Toufar allowed a triple to Soto in the seventh, who scored on a Brodie Pullen single. A Carlos Mendez single off Michael Mopas and a walk to Jordan Wideman led to 2 more for the Reds but that was all they would manage.

Solarte was 3-for-4 with 2 runs and 4 RBIs. Waltenbury saw the bag 3 times, going 1-for-2 at the plate with 2 walks, 3 runs and 1 RBI. Brito was 2-for-4 with a run and Beresford was 2-for-5 with 1 RBI.

The Twins host the Red Sox Tuesday at noon before heading out to Twin Lakes Park on Wednesday.

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DSL Yankees I 7 at DSL TWins 8

Current Record: 17 - 19

W: R. Acosta (2-2, 2.38); L: E. Tapia (0-1, 3.93); SV: R. De La Rosa (8)
HR: DSL NYY1: J. Santamaria (2).

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VSL Pirates 13 at VSL Cubs/Twins 1

Current Record 26 - 26

W: L. Bueno (5-0, 1.44); L: E. Ibarra (2-4, 3.20)
HR: None.

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Dave Gassner
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Red Wings starter Dave Gassner made an early exit Sunday after he was tagged for nine runs in the 2-plus innings he worked vs. Indianapolis.


Indianapolis 16 at Rochester 3

Record 50 - 43

W: K. Bouknight (1-1, 4.50); L: D. Gassner (3-10, 5.46)
HR: IND: Y. De Caster (6), B. Bixler (5). ROC: T. Watkins (5).

E: Casilla (9, fielding).

From redwingsbaseball.com: The Indianapolis Indians pounded out 17 hits, beating Rochester 16-3 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. [The Indianapolis Indians pounded out 17 hits, beating Rochester 16-3 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Tommy Watkins homered, and Chris Heintz had two hits and two RBI as Indianapolis ended the Wings' five-game win streak. Rochester leaves Monday for a 10-game, eight-day roadtrip to Syracuse and Ottawa; the Wings return home July 24 for a four-game homestand.

Rochester started Dave Gassner let Indianapolis take an early lead in the first. Lead-off batter Russ Johnson hit a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Shortstop Watkins was able to hold Johnson on second as he caught a driving low ball for the second out. Brad Eldred then smacked a line drive down the third base line to plate Johnson and give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gassner then struck out the final batter to end the inning.

The Red Wings picked up a pair of first inning hits against Indians starter Kip Bouknight, but couldn't pick up a run. The Indians came right back against Gassner in the second, combining two hits and two walks to score one run and load the bases for Brian Bixler. Bixler, 1-for-6 in his previous bases-loaded at-bats this season, belted a grand slam off Gassner over the wall in left to stake Indianapolis to a 6-0 lead.

The Indians knocked Gassner out of the game in the third, picking up three more runs and bringing Brad Baker out of the Rochester bullpen and into the game. Baker allowed one hit, and one walk before striking out the final batter to end the inning.

The Wings offense struggled since the first inning with no hits until the fifth, when Watkins smashed a solo home run into the left field bullpen to put the Wings on the scoreboard. The Indians were not phased as they were able to retire the next two batters holding their lead, 9-1.

Yurendell de Caster started the top of the sixth by walloping a solo home run into the Wings bullpen to take back the nine run lead, bringing the score to 10-1. The Indians scored again as a ground rule double by Michael Ryan; Ryan scored by a line drive down the third base line from Luis Matos. Matos was brought home on a base hit to center field by Luis Ordaz, increasing the Indians lead 12-1.

Casilla led off the bottom of the sixth with a line drive to center field for a single. He moved to second from another line drive to center field by Matthew LeCroy. Both moved into scoring position as Doug Deeds grounded out. With two outs, Heintz singled to left field, plating Casilla and bringing the score to 12-2. LeCroy and Heintz were stranded on base as the inning ended from a pop foul to third by Brian Buscher.

The Wings tried to turn their luck in the seventh by making multiple defensive changes. They were unsuccesful as an error by Casilla and two singles allowed by Baker loaded the bases with no outs. Baker then walked in the next two runs before manager Stan Cliburn brought in Julio DePaula, who started by hitting Matos with a pitch, giving another run to the Indians. Matos was upset and took a long time walking to first, while talking to umpire Rob Healey; Healey then warned both dugouts, which prompted a spriited discussion with Indians manager Trent Jewitt. It took Rochester seven batters before they were able to get the first out of the inning, followed by a double play to end the inning. The Indians recorded four runs for the inning, bringing their lead to 16-2.

Indianapolis starter Kip Bouknight was cruising along into the eighth when he hit Gil Velazquez with a pitch; Bouknight and Jewitt were ejected, and Mark Corey came in to pitch. Heintz delivered his second run-scoring hit of the day off Corey, who struggled with his control and loaded the bases after two consecutive walks. Corey went to a full count on Oeltjen, who took a called third strike to end the inning.

NOTES: The total runs and hits were each the most given up by the Rochester pitching staff this season..Buscher went 0-for-3 with a walk, ending a six-game hitting streak during which he hit .571 (12-for-21) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBI. Buscher had five multi-hit games during the six-game hitting streak. Buscher has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI ... The Red Wings offense had crushed the ball during the five-game winning streak that ended Sunday, batting .353 (60-for-170) as a team. Before Sunday's loss, Rochester’s offense had a great start to July batting .305 (120-for-393) as a team with 10 or more hits in seven of 12 games. Tommy Watkins homered, and Chris Heintz had two hits and two RBI as Indianapolis ended the Wings' five-game win streak. Rochester leaves Monday for a 10-game, eight-day roadtrip to Syracuse and Ottawa; the Wings return home July 24 for a four-game homestand.

Rochester started Dave Gassner let Indianapolis take an early lead in the first. Lead-off batter Russ Johnson hit a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Shortstop Watkins was able to hold Johnson on second as he caught a driving low ball for the second out. Brad Eldred then smacked a line drive down the third base line to plate Johnson and give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gassner then struck out the final batter to end the inning.

The Red Wings picked up a pair of first inning hits against Indians starter Kip Bouknight, but couldn't pick up a run. The Indians came right back against Gassner in the second, combining two hits and two walks to score one run and load the bases for Brian Bixler. Bixler, 1-for-6 in his previous bases-loaded at-bats this season, belted a grand slam off Gassner over the wall in left to stake Indianapolis to a 6-0 lead.

The Indians knocked Gassner out of the game in the third, picking up three more runs and bringing Brad Baker out of the Rochester bullpen and into the game. Baker allowed one hit, and one walk before striking out the final batter to end the inning.

The Wings offense struggled since the first inning with no hits until the fifth, when Watkins smashed a solo home run into the left field bullpen to put the Wings on the scoreboard. The Indians were not phased as they were able to retire the next two batters holding their lead, 9-1.

Yurendell de Caster started the top of the sixth by walloping a solo home run into the Wings bullpen to take back the nine run lead, bringing the score to 10-1. The Indians scored again as a ground rule double by Michael Ryan; Ryan scored by a line drive down the third base line from Luis Matos. Matos was brought home on a base hit to center field by Luis Ordaz, increasing the Indians lead 12-1.

Casilla led off the bottom of the sixth with a line drive to center field for a single. He moved to second from another line drive to center field by Matthew LeCroy. Both moved into scoring position as Doug Deeds grounded out. With two outs, Heintz singled to left field, plating Casilla and bringing the score to 12-2. LeCroy and Heintz were stranded on base as the inning ended from a pop foul to third by Brian Buscher.

The Wings tried to turn their luck in the seventh by making multiple defensive changes. They were unsuccesful as an error by Casilla and two singles allowed by Baker loaded the bases with no outs. Baker then walked in the next two runs before manager Stan Cliburn brought in Julio DePaula, who started by hitting Matos with a pitch, giving another run to the Indians. Matos was upset and took a long time walking to first, while talking to umpire Rob Healey; Healey then warned both dugouts, which prompted a spriited discussion with Indians manager Trent Jewitt. It took Rochester seven batters before they were able to get the first out of the inning, followed by a double play to end the inning. The Indians recorded four runs for the inning, bringing their lead to 16-2.

Indianapolis starter Kip Bouknight was cruising along into the eighth when he hit Gil Velazquez with a pitch; Bouknight and Jewitt were ejected, and Mark Corey came in to pitch. Heintz delivered his second run-scoring hit of the day off Corey, who struggled with his control and loaded the bases after two consecutive walks. Corey went to a full count on Oeltjen, who took a called third strike to end the inning.

NOTES: The total runs and hits were each the most given up by the Rochester pitching staff this season...Buscher went 0-for-3 with a walk, ending a six-game hitting streak during which he hit .571 (12-for-21) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBI. Buscher had five multi-hit games during the six-game hitting streak. Buscher has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI...The Red Wings offense had crushed the ball during the five-game winning streak that ended Sunday, batting .353 (60-for-170) as a team. Before Sunday's loss, Rochester’s offense had a great start to July batting .305 (120-for-393) as a team with 10 or more hits in seven of 12 games.

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New Britain at Portland

Record: 42 - 47

Postponed - Rain

From portlandseadogs.com: Sunday’s (July 15th) game between the Portland Sea Dogs and New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, August 18th at 6:00 PM at Hadlock Field.

Fans with tickets for the July 15th game may exchange their tickets at the Hadlock Field Box Office for a ticket of equal or lesser value to any remaining 2007 Sea Dogs home game, subject to availability. Any questions regarding tickets should be directed to the Sea Dogs Box Office at 207-879-9500 or by email to tickets@seadogs.com.

Tickets for the August 18th doubleheader are good for both games. The doubleheader will consist of two seven inning games.

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Fort Myers 4 at Vero Beach 3

Record 11 - 13

W: J. Rainville (5-9, 3.75); L: J. Beltre (3-2, 5.82); SV: E. Morlan (12)
HR: VER: A. Sisk (11).

PB: Christy (4).

From Miracebaseball.com: A four-run top of the seventh inning turned out to be just enough as the Fort Myers Miracle held on for a 4-3 win over the Vero Beach Devil Rays at Holman Stadium. Half of the 10 total hits came in the seventh as the Miracle win their fourth-in-a-row for the first time this season.

Rays starter Jeff Kamrath worked into the seventh retiring Edward Ovalle with a one-pitch groundout to second. Johnny Woodard would follow reaching on Kamrath’s only walk of the day, before Dwayne White ripped a double of off first baseman Rhyne Hughes’ glove, putting runners at second and third.

Kamrath would depart after White’s double, finishing his day with 6.1 innings, two runs, five hits and eight strikeouts. Reliever Jonathan Beltre would enter as Jeff Christy greeted him with a double just inside the first base bag to plate Woodard and White with the game’s tying runs.

Toby Gardenhire would promptly bring around Christy with the go-ahead run on a single to center. Gardenhire would later score what turned out to be the difference-maker on an Erik Lis sacrifice-fly to left.

Vero Beach had a 2-0 lead before the four-run Miracle seventh. Aaron Sisk belted a one-out, solo home run in the second for the game’s first run. A pair of doubles by Chris Cunningham and Matt Devins would put the Rays up a pair until their run in the seventh cut it to one.

Back-to-back one-out hits from Cunningham and Garrett Groce, along with a walk issue to Devins, would load the bases for Vero Beach. On Kyle Aselton’s strikeout of Jackson Brennan, Cunningham was able to score from third on Christy’s passed ball. Aselton then fanned Rhyne Hughes to end the inning.

Jay Rainville picked up the win tossing six innings, allowing two runs on five hits, with six strikeouts. Eddie Morlan worked around a single in the eighth and a pair of walks in the ninth for the save, his 12th of the year. Brian Dinkelman extended his hit-streak to eight with a single in the seventh, apart of a 1-for-5 day. Steve Tolleson also pushed his to six with his first of two singles on the day, in the Miracle sixth.

Game two of the series will fire off at 7:00 p.m. Monday night. The Miracle will see another big-leaguer on rehab as RHP Al Reyes (0-0, 0.00) from Tampa Bay will start for Vero Beach. RHP Zach Ward (2-12, 3.14) will toe the hill for the Miracle.

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The Charlotte County Redfish lost their third straight, 7-2 to the Macon Music. The level of play is similar to A-Ball, but the players aren't as good. I'll be doing a report on my baseball blog later. It was an amusing adventure.

As for Saturday's trivia question, the answer is 3 boxes and a can of silly string, but Liam said he didn't really know because he slept through the whole thing. Sure he did.

Smit in Dayton: Alexander Smit made his first start for the Low-A Dayton Dragons Sunday after being claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. He went three innings, walking 1 and striking out 4, and got a no decision in the Dragons 3-2 win over the Clinton Lumber Kings.

Beloit 3 at West Michigan 5

Record 11-11

W: K. Cedano (1-0, 6.75); L: D. Vais (5-2, 4.70); SV: E. Clelland (6)
HR: None.

E: Ortiz (21, throw), Singleton (16, throw).

From oursportscentral.com: The Whitecaps did not need extra innings Sunday afternoon as they broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Beloit 5-3 for their second straight win.

After going to extra innings the first three games of this series, the game looked headed that way until James Skelton and Brennan Boesch led off the eighth inning with back-to-back singles.

Whitecaps 1B Ryan Strieby hit an RBI-sacrifice fly to right field to score Skelton to make it 3-2 Whitecaps. Michael Bertram singled in the next at-bat and Jeramy Laster walked to load the bases. Center field Gorkys Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Boesch. Audy Ciriaco then hit an infield single to shortstop and Bertram scored on a throwing error by Beloit shortstop Yancarlos Ortiz to make it 5-2 West Michigan.

Whitecaps reliever Ed Clelland relieved Kelvin Cedano after he put two runners on in the ninth. Clelland was able to preserve the lead for his sixth save of the season. Cedano (1-0) picked up the win in relief after coming in for starter Matt O'Brien, who went 6.0 innings with two runs allowed and five strikeouts.

Beloit starter Alex Burnett went 7.0 strong innings with just two runs allowed (one earned) but was taken out for Danny Vais (5-2), who took the loss by allowing three runs in 0.2 innings of work.

With the victory, the Whitecaps take three of four games from Beloit and are now 16-7 in the second half and 54-39 overall on the season.

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Elizabethton 1 at Danville 3

Record 19 - 5

W: C. Rodgers (1-1, 3.60); L: M. Allen (2-1, 2.10); SV: T. Palica (1)
HR: DAN: C. Johnson (5), B. Hicks (2).

E: Leveret (1, fielding).

From MiLB.com: Chad Rodgers allowed one run in five innings to help host Danville curtail Elizabethton, 3-1, on Sunday.

Rodgers (1-1) scattered three hits and struck out three for his first win since Aug. 15, when he was pitching in the Gulf Coast League. Thomas Palica pitched four shutout innings to notch his first save of the season.

Cody Johnson smacked a two-run homer, his fifth, in the third and Brandon Hicks hit a solo shot in the fifth for the Royals (16-8).

Rene Tosoni's RBI double in the third scored the lone run for the Twins (19-5), who have lost a season-high three straight.

Elizabethton starter Michael Allen (2-1) allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings, whiffing seven and walking one.

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GCL Twins 7 at GCL Pirates 4

Current Record: 15 - 6

W: J. Eacott (2-0, 0.61); L: G. Amato (0-1, 4.91); SV: D. Rondon (6)
HR: PIR: J. Fitzpatrick (5).

The Twins staged a late game rally after being shut out through 5 innings to win 7-4 at Pirate City Sunday in front a fairly large crowd of onlookers.

Pirates starter Kyle McPherson held the Twins to only 2 hits through 5 innings, but ran into trouble in the sixth. Jeanfred Brito bunted himself onto base and Ben Revere followed it up with a single. Ricardo Paulino replaced McPherson and with 2 outs, gave up a wild pitch which moved the pair over a base. Juan Richardson doubled them in to put the Twins on the board.

Angel Morales singled in the seventh, stole 2nd, and came home on a Jon Waltenbury double. Ramon Santana's sac fly brought Waltenbury over the plate to tie up the games.

Danny Rams doubled in Richardson in the 8th to put the Twins on top. Waltenbury singed to lead off the ninth and was replaced by pinch runner Wang-Wei Lin. Lin moved to second on a sac bunt by Andrew Schmiesing and then made the trade pay off, coming home on a Santana single. The play at first when into the Pirates dugout, so Santana moved over to second and then to third on a Brito single. Revere plated Santana, which pretty much ended the scoring with Brito being caught stealing third and Yangervis Solarte grounding out.

Santos Arias struggled a bit when Santana, who was making his first appearance of the season off the rehab list, misplaed a ground ball, allowing Caleb Fields on base. Andew Biela's line drive moved him around. Arias got Quincy Latimore out on strikes. Rams, making his first professional appearance, passed a ball that moved the pair and Arias walked John Fitzpatrick. Daniel Bombeck ground into a force out which which took out Fitzpatrick, but Fields scored on the play. Biela came home on a Josue Peley single before Arias got Yonely Canal to ground out.

Arias allowed a double in the 2nd ining but the Pirates could not capitalize. Fitzpatrick would homer in the 3rd before Arias left the mound in favor of Nelvin Fuentes.

Last Sunday, the Orioles had some problem with someing Fuentes does on the mound which they felt was a balk. Umpire Benjamin May seemed to agree with them, as the called Fuentes for a balk, which lead indirectly to Victor Alverez's run in the 6th. This is something the coaching staff will need to work on with Fuentes to get cleaned up as it might prove costly later.

Jarrad Eacott picked up the win in relief, allowing only 1 hit and walking 2 in 2 innings worth of work. Closer Danny Rondon made the game a little interesting by walking 2 in the ninth, but shut the door to preserve the Twins win.

After watching the Miracle all week, I have to say that his was a very satisfying, well managed game by Nelson Prada who delt well with Arias' struggles on the mound and guided his young team to a win. I have not seen this kind of attention out of Kevin Boles and I'm certain that under a different field manager, the results would not have been the same. Prada is one of the best coaches we've had in the Gulf Coast League since I've been watching them. He treats his young men professionally and they all respond as such.

Please note that the boxscore and log all list Danny Rohlfing as the catcher of record. This is incorrect. The Twins 2nd round pick in the 2007 draft, Danny Rams caught the game, and I have to say, Rams is one BIG player. They have him listed a 6'2" and 220 pounds, but he looked bigger than that. I would have put him at at least 6'4". I do have video of him, which I will get upload this evening. The Pirates facility, at least the seats under the tunnel, are not really good for either video or photography, where as the back fields, where I can shoot, offer no seating.

Waltenbury finished the game 3-for-4 with 1 run and 1 RBI. Revere was 3-for-5 with the same. Richardson was 2-for-4 with 1 run and 2 RBIs. Angel Morales struck out twice. Rams had only 1 hit in the game, going 1-for-4 with a double. and 1 RBI.

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Current Record: 16 - 19

No Game Scheduled

VSL Cubs/Twins 6 at VSL Mets 3

Current Record 26 - 25

W: E. Figueroa (1-1, 3.27); L: J. Mejias (4-2, 2.48); SV: C. Rojas (1)
HR: VSL NYN: R. Alvarez (1).

E: Martinez (12, throw), Blanco (14, fielding).

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