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Syracuse 2 at Rochester 5

Record 6-3

W: J. DePaula (1-1, 3.86); L: I. Ramirez (0-3, 7.71); SV: B. Korecky (1)
HR: SYR: J. Hattig (2). ROC: G. Jones (1).

From redwingsbasball.com: Denard Span went 3-for-5, including a double, and scored one run as the Red Wings beat the Syracuse Chiefs, 5-2, Saturday night at Frontier Field in the opener of a five-game homestand.

Garrett Jones hit a solo home run to dead center field in the seventh to add an insurance run. Chris Heintz, Jose Morales and Trent Oeltjen also scored runs in the win.

Rochester opened up the scoring in the first inning. Span hit a single and stole second, Glenn Williams walked and Jones hit an infield single to load the bases. Span crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Chiefs' starter Ismael Ramirez.

In the bottom of the third, Heintz hit a long ball to the center field warning track for a stand-up double, then advanced to third on Morales' single up the middle. Morales moved to second on Wayne Lydon's throw home. In the next at-bat, Oeltjen drove a two-RBI single between third baseman John Hattig and shortstop Ray Olmedo to bring home Heintz and Morales. Matt Tolbert hit a single to second baseman Russ Adams; the ball stuck in his mitt as he tried to toss it to first, allowing Tolbert to reach first safely. Oeltjen - who stole second - scored on the play, putting the Wings up 4-0.

Brian Bass relieved starting pitcher Jeremy Cummings in the fifth inning. Syracuse's Chad Mottola hit a single just beyond third baseman Matt Moses' reach, followed by a two-run home run by John Hattig in the top of the seventh inning to bring the Chiefs within two. After Sal Fasano hit a single, Julio DePaula replaced Bass on the mound and got the next three batters out.

Span and Heintz each stole a base with Ramirez on the mound. Jones hit his home run in the seventh inning off of Brian Tallet.

Cummings struck out eight Chiefs and allowed just three hits in four innings pitched. DePaula (1-1) earned the win, pitching 2.0 innings and striking out three, and Bobby Korecky got the save with one inning pitched.

For the Chiefs, RHP Ismael Ramirez (0-3) took the loss in three innings, yielding four earned runs on eight hits and one wild pitch. Beau Kemp made his first appearance against his former team, pitching three innings and fanning three Wings.

NOTES: First pitches: Morrie Silver, son of Naomi Silver and grandson of Morrie Silver, who saved baseball in Rochester by leading the 1956-57 stock drive to purchase the club; season seatholder and shareholder Joe Paris... With a win Sunday afternoon Rochester will hold a 7-3 record through their first 10 games of the season. It will only be the seventh time (2006 7-3, 2004 8-2, 1994 7-3, 1990 7-3, 1989 7-3 and 1988 8-2) since 1979 that Rochester has started a season with at least a 7-3 record through their first 10 games. Rochester made the playoffs in 1988, 1989, 1990, and 2006 while reaching the Governors’ Cup finals in 1988, 1990, and 2006... LHP Jon Lester, who went 7-2 in 15 games as a rookie for Boston last season, is scheduled to start for Pawtucket on April 25 at Frontier Field. Lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma near the end of last season, and underwent six chemotherapy treatments. He was the first Red Sox rookie pitcher to win seven or more games since 1993 (Ken Ryan and Aaron Sele)...

Double-A New Britain RHP Anthony Swarzak was suspended Friday for 50 games for testing positive in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

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Connecticut 10 at New Britain 0

Record: 3-6

W: C. Begg (1-0, 2.89); L: J. Floyd (1-2, 6.75)
HR: CT: J. Bowker (2).

E: Buscher (3, fielding), Hughes (1, throw).

From rockcats.com: Chris Begg and Ryan Sadowski combined for nine brilliant scoreless innings and the Defenders broke out the bats for 11 hits to shutout New Britain 10-0.

Begg (1-0) fired seven shutout innings, limiting New Britain to two hits and striking out five. Sadowski allowed just two hits in two innings of relief.

Alex Requena gave the Defenders an early 1-0 lead with heads up base running. Requena ledoff the inning with a walk and stole second. Brian Horwitz drew another walk and the Defenders pulled off a double steal. With two outs, Carlos Sosa reached first base on another walk to load the bases. With Stephen Holm batting, Requena pulled off a steal of home to put the Defenders on the board.

John Bowker hit a solo shot to right field for a 2-0 lead.

Things only got worse for Rock Cats’ starter Jesse Floyd in the fourth inning. Sosa opened the inning with a single and Holm reached base after being hit by a pitch. Rock Cats’ third baseman Brian Buscher then mishandled a ball off the bat of Simon Klink. The error led to a run by Sosa. Jake Wald delivered an RBI single and Requena knocked in Klink on a fielder’s choice for a 5-0 lead. The Defenders pulled off another double steal, including Requena’s fourth steal of the game, before a double play ended the inning.

The Defenders tacked on three more runs in the fifth. Klink (3-for-5) and Wald (3-for-5) each delivered an RBI single. Klink then scored on a passed ball by catcher Kyle Geiger. Eddy Martinez-Esteve added a two-run double in the sixth inning.

Floyd (1-2) lasted just 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs (4 ER) on four hits and three walks. Tim Lahey allowed four runs (2 ER) in 1 2/3 innings. Brian Forystek stopped the bleeding with three shutout innings for the Rock Cats.

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Fort Myers 2 at Tampa 1

Record 8 - 7

W: K. Waldrop (2-0, 2.11); L: A. Claggett (0-1, 1.08); SV: F. Mata (1)
HR: None.

From miraclebaseball.com: On Saturday night it was great pitching along with a little small ball for the Fort Myers Miracle leading them to a 2-1 win over the Tampa Yankees. Miracle starter Kyle Waldrop tossed seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out six to pick up his second win of the season. Frank Mata would pitch a perfect eighth and ninth to record his first save on the year. With the win, the Miracle grab their fourth-straight series win by taking two of three at Legends Field.

Tampa struck in the first with their only run as Hideki Matsui grounded into a 5-4-3 double play that scored Reegie Corona from third. Corona led off the inning with an infield single and moved to third on a Luis Nunez single to right. Making his final rehab start, Matsui played seven innings on Saturday going 1-for-3 with a single. Matsui is scheduled to rejoin his big league teammates on Monday at Tropicana Field.

The Miracle would tie things at one just a half-inning later. Whit Robbins led off the second with a single to center, followed by an Erik Lis double to left. With the runners at second and third, Edward Ovalle would groundout to Nunez at second bringing home Robbins with the tying run.

Things would stay the same until the Miracle eighth. Small ball executed perfectly by the top of the lineup gave the Miracle their decisive second run. Steve Tolleson led off with a walk and moved to second on Dwayne White’s sacrifice bunt. Trailing with a 1-2 count, Juan Portes would slice a single to right scoring Tolleson with the go-ahead run.

Four hitting steaks continued for the Miracle on Saturday night. White pushed his to a season-high 11 games with a single in the third. Robbins, 3-for-3 on the night, advanced his streak to seven games, while Lis moves to five-straight and Jeff Christy extended his to four.

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Beloit 0 at Lansing 4

Record 6-6

W: N. Starner (2-1, 1.50); L: J. Lugo (0-1, 5.25)
HR: LAN: B. Pettway (4), M. Liuzza (1).

From Snappersbaseball.com: The Lansing Lugnuts winning streak reached double digits on Saturday afternoon with a 4-0 victory over the Beloit Snappers before 4,992 fans at Oldsmobile Park. It was the second shutout tossed by the Lugnuts pitching staff this season, as Lansing has won ten straight.

Lansing scored two runs in the first inning to take the lead for good. Travis Snider ripped his fourth triple of the season off of the wall in right field to plate Chris Gutierrez and give the Lugnuts a 1-0 lead. Brian Pettway followed that with a double to deep cented to score Snider and make it 2-0.

That turned out to be all of the offense that Nate Starner (2-1) would need. Lansing's starting pitcher tossed seven masterful innings of shutout baseball, scattering just three hits along the way while whiffing seven. Seth Overbey pitched the last two innings for the Lugnuts. Beloit failed to have a runner reach third base in the game.

The Lugnuts added two more runs in the seventh to salt the game away. Pettway led the frame off with a solo homer, his fourth of the year, to make it 3-0. He has now homered in three straight games.

Matt Liuzza followed that with a solo blast of his own to end the scoring at 4-0. It was Liuzza's first dinger of the season.

Lansing (11-1) will host Beloit (6-6) in game two of the four game series on Sunday afternoon at Oldsmobile Park. Kyle Ginley (0-0, 2.08) will take the mound for the Lugnuts, while Cole Devries (0-0, 1.23) will get the ball for the Snappers.

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