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Rochester 13 at Buffalo 2

Record 17-11

W: J. Cummings (3-1, 3.10); L: J. Stanford (3-1, 3.79)
HR: ROC: G. Jones (4), T. Watkins (2). BUF: B. Snyder (1).

E: Cummings (1, throw), Watkins (4, fielding).

From redwings.com: Rookie Matt Moses went 5-for-5, part of a 20-hit Rochester offensive attack that buried the Buffalo Bisons 13-2 Friday night. With the win, Rochester moved to within one and a half games of first place Buffalo. The Wings finish the two-game set in Buffalo Saturday afternoon, before returning to Frontier Sunday afternoon and Monday night to host the Bisons.

Moses had three singles and a pair of doubles, driving in three runs and scoring three to help the Wings jump out to a 5-1 lead against Bisons starter Jason Stanford after four innings. Garrett Jones and Tommy Watkins homered for Rochester, who also got a four-hit game from Jones and three-hit performances from Denard Span and Matt Tolbert. Tolbert raised his league-leading batting average to .388, while knocking in four runs in the game.

Moses raised his average from .216 to .258, and became the first Wing to have five hits in a game since Jason Bartlett on Aug. 30, 2004 against Pawtucket at Frontier Field.

Rochester starter Jeremy Cummings (3-1) benefitted from the offensive effort, allowing six hits and two runs in six 1/3 innings. Ricky Barrett, Jason Miller and Brian Bass combined for two 2/3 hitless relief innings.

It was the most hits by Rochester in a game since July 21, 2005 when the club had 18 hits in a game at Charlotte..

NOTES: Trent Oeltjen came out of the game after getting hit by a pitch in the fourth inning....Rochester improved to 8-4 on the road...On Friday the Twins placed OF Josh Rabe on the DL (shoulder) and reinstated OF Lew Ford...Infielder Ken Harvey was placed on the disabled list with a sore right knee. Harvey, who had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee during spring training, will head to Florida to continue to rehab the surgically repaired knee. Harvey is out indefinitely....2B Felix Molina extended his hitting streak to 16 games for Double-A New Britain Friday night. OF Andres Torres, a key player on last year's Rochester playoff team, had a 15-game hitting streak snapped last week while playing for Double-A Erie.

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New Britain 3 at Trenton 1

Record: 16-12

W: N. Blackburn (3-1, 3.08); L: B. Smith (3-1, 1.24); SV: T. Lahey (2)
HR: None.

E: Molina, F (5, fielding), Winfree (1, fielding).

From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats (16-12) stayed perfect on their two-city seven game road trip with a 3-1 victory Friday night at Trenton (21-10).

RHP Nick Blackburn pitched well in seven innings and Tim Lahey worked two scoreless innings in relief as the Rock Cats won their fifth consecutive game. 2B Felix Molina extended his hitting streak to a new Eastern League high 16 straight games.

The Rock Cats and Trenton play again Saturday night at 7:05 PM.

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Jeff Christy

Fort Myers 2 at Brevard County 4

Record 12 - 23

W: J. Harper (2-3, 4.60); L: J. Rainville (2-4, 2.81); SV: K. Roberts (1)
HR: FTM: J. Christy (1). BRE: C. Errecart (3), A. Salome (2).

E: Tolleson (10, fielding), Christy 2 (5, throw, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: Back-to-back home runs in the first inning by Brevard County on Friday night paced the Manatees to a 4-2 victory over the Fort Myers Miracle at Space Coast Stadium. The Miracle have now lost three straight against the Manatees and will wrap up the road trip on Saturday night.

The Miracle would jump on the board first as Erik Lis kept the inning alive with a two-double to right, his 11th of the season. Juan Portes followed with a triple off the wall in center scoring Lis while coming steps away from an inside-the-park-HR. Portes was thrown out on an 8-4-2 Manatees relay to end the first.

The first of three Miracle errors on the night began the Brevard County first as Alcides Escobar reached on a Steve Tolleson fielding error at second. After retiring Lorenzo Cain on a fly-ball to center, Miracle starter Jay Rainville would give up a two-run blast to Chris Errecart shooting the Manatees to a 2-1 lead. On the very next pitch, catcher Angel Salome sent the baseball approximately 450 feet away over the batter’s eye in center field.

The ball game would stay at 3-1 until Jeff Christy connected on his first dinger of the season, a solo-shot to left, trimming the Manatee lead to 3-2. Brevard County would tack on an insurance run in the eighth as Cain scored from third on a ground out by Salome. Cain was hit by a pitch to begin the frame, moved to second on a stolen base and took third as Christy made his second throwing error of the night on the play.

The Miracle committed three errors on the night while out-hitting the Manatees 8-5. Timely hitting for the Miracle was absent again on Friday night despite four extra base hits. The season long eight-game road trip and four-game series against the Manatees will wrap up at 6 p.m. on Saturday night with RHP Kyle Waldrop (4-1, 2.92) getting the call for the Miracle.

Note: It appears that the Miracle will face down Roger Clemens either Thursday or Friday night at Legends Fields.

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ECHL Hockey: The Florida Everblades tied up the series as one game each as they took a 5-3 win over the Dayton Bombers Thursday night at Germain Arena.

Beloit 9 at South Bend 2

Record 18-13

W: A. Burnett (2-2, 3.32); L: C. Valdez (1-3, 4.64)
HR: BEL: D. Santiesteban (4), J. Benson (1).

E: Singleton (2, throw), Santiesteban (3, fielding).

From silverhawks.com: The South Bend Silverhawks lost the last game of the series against the Beloit Snappers tonight by a score of 9-2. The four game series ended in a tie.

The offensive star of the night was center fielder Joey Side who had two hits and one RBI.

Cesar Valdez pitched four innings and took the loss. He struck out two batters.

Joe Benson was 3-3 with a home run.

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CARLOS ORTIZ RDC staff photographer - Red Wings starter Kevin Slowey pauses for the national anthem before Thursday night's game at Frontier Field against the Toledo Mud Hens. Slowey allowed just three hits over nine innings, and he didn't walk a batter, but still came out on the short end of a 2-1 decision.

Toledo 2 at Rochester 1

Record 16-11

W: Y. Bazardo (2-3, 3.79); L: K. Slowey (3-2, 1.51); SV: J. Karnuth (1)
HR: TOL: R. Santiago (1). ROC: L. Ford (2).

From redwings.com: Toledo's Yorman Bazardo shut down the Red Wings in a 2-1 win Thursday night at Frontier Field. Rochester's Kevin Slowey pitched a complete game three-hitter with seven strikeouts. The Wings head down the Thruway for a two-game set in Buffalo before returning to Frontier Sunday afternoon and Monday night.

Slowey had an uncharecteristically rough start: after not allowing a first inning run this season, he yielded a homer to Ramon Santiago on the second pitch of the game. The ball went over the right field fence and into the Wings bullpen, putting the Hens ahead 1-0. Slowey's opponent on the mound was Bazardo, whose 2007 season effort included a 9.00 first inning ERA (10 hits and six runs in six first innings pitched). The Red Wings looked to get even quick, after Denard Span drew a leadoff walk then stole second base. But Bazardo settled down to get the next three outs and escape the first inning.

Slowey (3-2) returned to form in the second and the game became a pitchers duel. Slowey retired 20 straight batters following the home run. Ryan Raburn, leading the league in extra base hits, doubled to right in the seventh with two outs. Jack Hannahan singled Raburn home for a 2-0 lead. .

Bazardo (2-3) , after the Span walk, retired 11 straight including three strikeouts in a row at one point. Bazardo finally surrendered a hit in the bottom of the fifth, with Matt Moses singling and advancing to second on a fielder's choice. Moses was stranded, and the Wings had another great shot the next inning - when Alexi Casilla drew a walk from Bazardo. But Lew Ford hit into a double play and Bazardo retired Garrett Jones on a ground out to retire the side. Toledo turned another double play in the seventh, again negating a leadoff walk and retaining their 2-0 lead.

Trent Oeltjen drilled a 1-1 Bazardo pitch down the first base line for a double to start the Rochester eighth, just the second hit of the game for the Wings. Matt Tolbert moved Oeltjen to third with a ground ball out to the right side, but Bazardo caught Span looking and retired Casilla to end the eighth.

Slowey came out of the dugout to start the ninth, and struck out two batters before getting a fly ball final out. When Bazardo exited after eight, Ford homered off reliever Jason Karnuth in the ninth to get the Wings on the scoreboard. Jones followed with a single, but Karnuth (1st save) fanned Tommy Watkins and Jose Morales and retired Moses to end the game.

Bazardo allowed two hits over eight shutout innings, walking five and striking out six.

NOTES: Center fielder Ford made two nice plays to take away hits from David Espinosa, running down a drive to the gap in left-center in the second inning and going straight back at full speed to snag Espinosa's shot in the eighth. Ford will end his rehab assignment and rejoin Minnesota Friday...

Alexi Casilla has family and friends visiting from the Dominicnan Republic - their first visit to the States...Tolbert entered the game leading the International League in batting, on-base percentage and slugging percentage while tied for the lead in triples...

1B/DH Ken Harvey (knee) will be sent (back) to the Twins' complex in Ft. Myers for evaluation...2B Felix Molina extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a hit in his final at-bat for Double-A New Britain Thursday night...

Wednesday night’s seven-run sixth inning was the most runs Rochester has scored in a game since July 21, 2005 at Charlotte when the Red Wings scored seven runs in the sixth inning in a 10-7 win. It was also the most runs Rochester has scored in an inning at Frontier Field since August 30, 2004 vs. Pawtucket when the Red Wings scored nine runs in the seventh inning of a 21-5 win.

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New Britain 3 at Trenton 2

Record: 15-12

W: B. Baker (2-0, 2.93); L: J. Marquez (4-2, 1.93); SV: J. Mijares (5)
HR: NBR: M. Allegra (4). TRE: M. Carson (4).

E: Buscher (6, fielding).

From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats (15-12) stayed perfect on their two-city seven game road trip with a 3-2 victory Thursday night at Trenton (21-9). RF Matt Allegra drove in all three runs and Brad Baker took a no-hitter into the 5th inning while earning his second win and helping the Rock Cats to their season-high 4th win in-a-row.

The Rock Cats are now tied with the Portland Sea Dogs for 3rd place in the Northern Division.

Allegra stroked an RBI double scoring David Winfree in the second inning and then smashed a 2-run homer to left field in the 4th.

Meanwhile, the Rock Cats pitching staff continued to impress. Baker turned in a quality start (6 IP 2H 2R 2ER 2BB 3K) and relievers JP Martinez and Jose Mijares hurled three scoreless innings as the Rock Cats won in New Jersey for the first time since August 25, 2004. 2B Felix Molina extended his hit streak to a club-high 15 games with a single to right in his final at-bat in the 9th inning.

Friday the Rock Cats send RHP Nick Blackburn to the mound and Trenton counters with RHP Brett Smith.

The Rock Cats have done a nice job of continuing opponents losing streaks. On the road trip, New Britain sent Harrisburg to its 7th straight loss and Friday sent Trenton to its 5th consecutive loss.

Notes: J.P. Martinez and infielders Luke Hughes and Brock Peterson were suspended three games and fined $300 each for their parts in an on-field fight last Sunday against Trenton. See the Trentonian article referenced below for more details.

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Toby Gardenhire

Fort Myers 4 at Brevard County 7

Record 12 - 22

W: Steve Garrison (2-2); L: Zachary Ward (0-5); SV: Luis Pena (4);
HR: Edward Ovalle (3)

E: Betsill (6, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: The Brevard County Manatees came up with extra base hits and timely hitting at the right time on Thursday night to win their third-straight knocking off the visiting Fort Myers Miracle by a final score of 7-4 from Space Coast Stadium.

After a 1-0 ball game on Wednesday, both offenses showed up on Thursday night combining for 19 hits. The Manatees struck first with a pair of runs in the second as Mat Gamel would score on a Cole Gillespie’s triple to right and Gillespie himself would cross on Mike Bell’s ground out to second.

The Miracle would tally their first run in the fourth to cut the deficit in half. After Luis Ugueto led off with a single to left, catcher Javi Sanchez would soon follow reaching on a fielder’s choice, scoring Ugueto from third.

A Manatees run in the fifth and a pair of runs in the sixth would give the hosts a temporary four-run cushion at 5-1. The only Miracle error of the night, a throwing error by Matt Betsill at first, allowed Bell to score an unearned run from third in the fifth.

In the sixth, Chris Errecart would smack a triple to left and later come across on Angel Salome’s single back up the box. Salome scored the second run of the frame as Charlie Fermaint grounded out to Steve Tolleson at second.

A three-run seventh inning would bring the Miracle back to within one at 5-4. Edward Ovalle led off with his team-leading third home run of the season to make it 5-2. Toby Gardenhire would plate an unearned run on an Erik Lis single to right followed by Tolleson scoring on Juan Portes’ infield single to third.

Brevard County would tack on a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on Errecart’s RBI-double to left and Salome’s sacrifice fly to right. The Miracle would have a couple of tough breaks in Thursday night’s contest as Tolleson appeared to have his second home run of the season in the fifth. Tolleson’s fly ball to left appeared to hit above the yellow line, which would have resulted in a two-run homer. Instead, Tolleson would be credited with a double as Gardenhire ended up being thrown out at the plate on the play.

The Miracle and Manatees will square off in game three of the series on Friday night. A pair of right-handers will face each other beginning at 7 p.m. The Miracle will send Jay Rainville (2-3, 2.67) to the rubber against Jesse Harper (1-3, 4.76) of the Manatees.

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ECHL Hockey: The Florida Everblades tied up the series as one game each as they took a 5-3 win over the Dayton Bombers Thursday night at Germain Arena.

Beloit 0 at South Bend 7

Record 17-13

W: B. Anderson (4-3, 1.74); L: J. Manship (3-1, 1.88)
HR: SOU: S. Mena (5), B. Miller (5).

From silverhawks.com: The South Bend Silver Hawks put a damper on Jeff Manship’s college reunion as they beat the Snappers by the score of 7-0.

Offensive star of the night was Brad Miller. The Muncie, Indiana native went 2 for 3 with a homerun and a triple. He also knocked in 3 runs.

Manship had a rough night to say the least. He only lasted 4 innings and gave up 5 runs.

Silver Hawks’ starter Brett Anderson notched another quality start he pitched 7 innings, gave up no runs and only allowed 3 hits.

The Silver Hawks return to action tomorrow in the final game of their 4 game series against Beloit. Tomorrow is also Friday Fireworks sponsored by 1st Source and WSBT-TV. Game time is 7 o’clock and gates open at 6.

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Toledo 11 at Rochester 9

Record 16-10

W: J. Karnuth (1-2, 3.79); L: J. DePaula (2-3, 3.38)
HR: TOL: M. Hessman (8), R. Raburn (7).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Toledo staged a five-run ninth inning rally, in taking an 11-9 decision over the Red Wings Wednesday night at Frontier Field. The Mud Hens rally offset a seven-run rally by the Wings earlier in the game. Mike Hessman and Ryan Raburn each drove in four runs for Toledo. Matt Tolbert upped his league-leading average to .384 with a three-hit, one RBI night for the Wings, who also had a three-hit game from Matthew LeCroy. Alexi Casilla had two hits and three RBI for Rochester.

The Mud Hens started their ninth inning rally against Mike Venafro, who hit two batters before getting the first out of the inning. Julio DePaula came into the game, having not allowed an earned run since April 14; DePaula was rocked by Raburn's homer to left field, then Hessman's two-run shot to left which locked up the win for the Hens.

Lefty starter Dave Gassner allowed five runs and six hits in two 2/3 innings. Jack Hannahan hit a single to start off the top of the second inning, but he was caught stealing two batters later by catcher Jose Morales. Dane Sardinha walked, then scored on Brent Clevlen's single to right field.

Toledo's hitting onslaught continued in the third inning. Ramon Santiago was hit by a pitch and then advanced to second on a wild pitch, leading to a run-scoring double by Chris Shelton to make the score 2-0. With two outs the Hens increased their lead after Hessman hit a two-run double. Sardinha followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0. Toledo tacked on another run in the fourth inning when Raburn hit a sacrifice fly to give the Hens a six-run lead. Jason Miller relieved Gassner with two outs in the third and struck out Clevlen to end the inning.

The Red Wings started their comeback against Toledo starter Dennis Tankersley in the fifth inning, when Tolbert and Denard Span hit consecutive singles with two outs. Casilla followed with a two-run double to put the Wings on the board, making it 6-2.

In the sixth inning the Wings provided plenty of offense. Matt Moses helped trim the deficit by hitting an RBI single to score LeCroy. Tommy Watkins then followed with a run-scoring single to left field to make it 6-4. Tolbert followed with another RBI single, and two batters later Casilla walked with the bases loaded to tie the game. Lew Ford's two-run bloop single to center gave the Wings their first lead at 8-6, and Jose Morales beat out an infield hit after sliding head-first into first base to make it 9-6. Carmen Cali came in for Miller at the start of the sixth inning and retired all three batters faced, going one 1/3 innings and allowing no hits.

In the top of the seventh Wings pitcher Ricky Barrett came in and forced hot-hitting Hessman to ground into a double play to end the inning after the Hens were threatening to score with Raburn on first.

NOTES: Tolbert and Morales came into the game first and second respectively in the International League batting race; Morales saw his average drop to .354 after a 1-for-4 day.......

Infielder Watkins made his first start in the outfield, after playing a a few games in left for the Twins during spring training....

Pitching coach Stu Cliburn served as warmup catcher a couple of innings, with backup catcher LeCroy playing first base in the game...

Rookie reliever DePaula had been solid his last nine appearances, going 2-1 with one save and a 0.00 ERA. In 11.2 innings of work, DePaula has allowed just three runs (0 earned) on six hits while walking two and striking out seven...

Infielder Ken Harvey was originally in the Wednesday lineup but was scratched before the game (sore knee). Harvey will be evaluated by doctors this week and is out indefinitely. Harvey's pinch-hit appearance Tuesday was his first regular season game since June 9, 2005. Harvey was placed on the disabled list in June, 2005 while with the Kansas City organization and didn’t play in 2006 due to surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles’ Tendon...

RHP Kevin Slowey will be honored at Thursday's Morgan Stanley Red Wings Player of the Month lunch at the Genesee Valley Club. Slowey is listed at number 10 on Baseball America's Prospect Hot Sheet this week; Slowey brings a 3-1 record and 1.38 ERA into Thursday night's scheduled start at Frontier, with 31 strikeouts and only two walks in 32 2/3 innings pitched. Class A Beloit RHP Jeff Manship landed at number 20 on the list...

Double-A New Britain 2B Felix Molina currently has a 14-game hitting streak. Molina had the day off in a 14-2 Rock Cats win over Harrisburg Wednesday afternoon; SS Gil Velazquez had two hits and 4 RBI, and lefty starter Brian Duensing fanned five in six innings to boost his record to 3-0.

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New Britain 14 at Harrisburg 2

Record: 14-12

W: B. Duensing (3-0, 2.14); L: T. Nall (0-7, 5.59)
HR: None.

From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats (14-12) pounded out a season-high 19 hits and scored a season-high 14 runs in a 14-2 win against the Harrisburg Senators (7-24) on Wednesday afternoon to sweep the three game series. New Britain scored five times in the second inning and took a 7-0 lead after three at-bats.

All nine players had at least one hit for the Rock Cats. It is the second straight game that New Britain scored 10 plus runs. Additionally, New Britain loaded the bases in four separate innings.

The Rock Cats got RBI doubles from Rashad Eldridge, Brian Buscher and Brock Peterson to highlight the five-run second inning. Meanwhile, LHP Brian Duensing turned in another quality start (6 IP 6H 2R 2ER 0BB 5), while improving to 3-0 with the win.

2B Luke Hughes had four hits and drove in a pair of runs and RF Matt Allegra had three hits and scored three times in the winning effort. Felix Molina, who is riding a team-high 14 game hit streak did not play.

The Rock Cats are now a perfect 3-0 on their current two-city seven game road trip.

The Rock Cats open a four game weekend series against the Trenton Thunder Thursday night (7:05 PM) at Waterfront Park in New Jersey. RHP Brad Baker will pitch for the Rock Cats who will try and win their fourth straight game and RHP Jeff Marquez goes for the Thunder.

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Fort Myers 0 at Brevard County 1

Record 12 - 21

W: J. Wahpepah (2-4, 2.50); L: J. Hill (0-2, 5.87)
HR: None.

From miraclebaseball.com: In a ball game Wednesday night where the slightest mistake would cost someone a win, it was Miracle reliever Josh Hill who made that slight mistake walking four Brevard County Manatees in the bottom of the ninth giving the Manatees a 1-0 win over the Miracle. Wednesday snapped a brief two-game winning streak and marks the ninth time this season the Miracle have been held scoreless.

In the Manatees ninth, Hill was able to retire lead off man Alcides Escobar as Steve Tolleson at second came up with his third spectacular catch of the night. Tolleson robbed Escobar of a hit with a full-extension catch over his shoulder. Hill would then load the bases with three straight walks to Lorenzo Cain, Chris Errecart and Mat Gamel before inducing Cole Gillespie to fly out to center for out number two. Bell would then follow taking four-straight balls to win it for the Manatees.

Both starters on Wednesday night pitched lights out at Space Coast Stadium. Miracle starter Oswaldo Sosa went seven innings, scattering three hits while striking out four. Brevard starter Will Inman was equal to the task tossing seven innings as well, allowing four hits and fanning six.

The Miracle had two occasions on Wednesday night with a runner at second and two outs, but failed to score. In the loss, the Miracle had just three runners reach second, while no base runner made it to third.

Game two of the four-game series will take place Thursday night at 7 p.m. With Alexander Smit on the 7-day disabled list with right-foot soreness, RHP Zach Ward (0-4, 3.24) will get the spot start for the Miracle. The Manatees will send LHP Steve Garrison (1-2, 4.60) to the Space Coast Stadium mound on Thursday.

I think this goes back to the conversation we were having on the bench Sunday about "Which would you rather do, walk in a run or give up a big bomb?" I guess we know Hiller's answer...but really, they're not your dogs, they don't need to be walked!

Notes: The Fort Myers Miracle announce two roster moves today. The single A-affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, have placed pitcher Alexander Smit on the disabled list and have added former major league infielder Luis Ugueto to the active roster.

The 28-year-old Ugueto joins the Miracle as a player/coach. Ugueto (oo-GAY-to) has appeared in 74 major league games with the Seattle Mariners. The switch-hitting second baseman has a career major league average of .214 with one home run and two RBI.

The native of Caracas, Venezuela was originally signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1996, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Florida in the 2001 rule 5 draft. He made his debut with the Mariners on April 3, 2002.

Ugueto has not played organized professional baseball since 2004. He signed with the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on January 29, 2007 and was added from the Twins extended spring training roster.

Smit was placed on the seven day disabled list due to soreness in his right foot. Smit’s move is retroactive to Sunday, May 6. The left-hander is 0-2 with an ERA of 5.67. The Eindhoven, Netherlands native is the first Miracle player to be placed on the disabled list this season.

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In a totally unrelated but somewhat rather interesting story the Manatees fired their media director saying that he made sales agreements that he could not honor, amoung other things.


Catcher Frank Curreri (14) collides with Beloit's Danny Santiesteban (27), tagging him out at home in the 9th inning Wednesday morning.--Tribune Photo/MARCUS MARTER

Beloit 3 at South Bend 6

Record 17-12

W: A. Barnette (3-1, 1.70); L: A. Hawes (1-3, 4.55); SV: E. Butler (1)
HR: SOU: G. Parra (2).

E: Ortiz (5, fielding).

From silverhawks.com: The South Bend Silver Hawks entertained a packed house today as they beat the Beloit Snappers by the score of 6-3.

The offensive star of the night for the Silver Hawks was Brad Miller. Miller knocked in two RBI’s. Gerardo Parra, Steve Mena and Richard Mercado connected on two hits a piece.

Tony Barnette turned in another stellar performance. He pitched eight innings and only gave up one run.

The Silver Hawks return to play tomorrow as they take on Beloit . Game time is at 6:30 P.M.

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Rochester's Matt Tolbert tags out Toledo's Jack Hannahan on a stolen base attempt to end the fourth inning.
Toledo 5 at Rochester 6

Record 16-9

W: S. Baker (3-1, 2.70); L: R. Chiavacci (1-3, 4.46); SV: B. Korecky (7)
HR: TOL: T. Perez (6). ROC: M. LeCroy (1).

E: Santiago (4, fielding), Graham (1, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Wings pitcher Scott Baker pitched six and 2/3 innings, leading the Red Wings to a 6-5 win over the Toledo Mud Hens Tuesday in an Education Day afternoon matinee at Frontier Field. Jose Morales and Tommy Watkins each had two hits and Denard Span stole two bases to lead the Wings' offense

Second baseman Jack Hannahan gave the Hens an early 1-0 lead in the second inning when he hit a double down the left field line to drive in left fielder Ryan Raburn, who led the inning off with a double.

Matthew LeCroy tied the score in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run to left field, his first of the season. In the fourth inning Hannahan recorded his second hit of the game but was thrown out by LeCroy on his way to second base.

In the fifth inning the Wings scored four runs with three of them being unearned. Watkins led off with a single, followed by a single by Doug Deeds on a hit-and-run situation that sent Watkins to third base. Matt Tolbert then scored Watkins on an error by Toledo shortstop Ramon Santiago. Span then reached base on a sacrifice bunt that was misplayed by Toledo catcher Andrew Graham, driving in Deeds to make it 3-1. After Span stole third Alexi Casilla hit an RBI sacrifice fly, and Lew Ford capped off the inning with an RBI groundout to give the Wings a 5-1 lead.

The Hens responded in the sixth when Timo Perez hit a two-run homer to right field to cut the lead to 5-3. Hens starter Ron Chiavacci (1-3) pitched well but did not get enough support from his defense to get a win, pitching six innings and giving up two runs on six hits while striking out six. Jeremy Johnson pitched in the seventh for the Hens and walked Tolbert to set up Ford's run-scoring double, his second RBI on the day.

Baker (3-1) pitched six and 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out four.

Toledo threatened in the ninth, scoring a pair of runs to make it 6-5. Bobby Korecky gave up two runs on an RBI double by Raburn and an RBI groundout by third baseman Mike Hessman. Right fielder Henry Mateo flew out to right to end the game and give Korecky his 7th save of the season.

NOTES: 1B/DH Ken Harvey pinch-hit for the Wings in the eighth, his first appearance since coming off the DL to start the season. Harvey drilled the ball to left field, and had a base hit taken away by a nice grab by Raburn...Tuesday's 11:05 am start was the Red Wings' 10th annual Education Day at Frontier Field. The Red Wings now have a 4-6 record on Education Day, winning three of their last four on Education Day....One of the most bizarre games in Red Wings history was played at 11:05 am on April 29, 2004 at Frontier Field (a "Careers in Sports" Day). LHP Carlos Pulido, the Wings' top winner in 2003, made his Rochester season debut in that game after getting optioned from Minnesota. The start didn't’t go well. Pulido allowed three home runs and nine runs overall in just 0.2 of an inning as Buffalo jumped out to a 9-0 lead before the Red Wings had even come up. Buffalo then tacked on five more in the 2nd inning to take a 14-0 lead. When the dust settled on a wind swept day at Frontier Field, Rochester had been defeated 25-13 in a game that featured 42 hits (25 by Buffalo) and six home runs (five by Buffalo). The game set a record (still true today) for most runs in a game at Frontier Field.

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New Britain 10 at Harrisburg 6

Record: 13-12

W: T. Crawford (3-1, 6.43); L: B. Perez (2-2, 5.63); SV: B. Forystek (1)
HR: NBR: G. Guzman (3), B. Buscher (2).

E: Molina, F (4, fielding).

From senatorsbaseball.com: On Tuesday night at Commerce Bank Park, the Senators pounded out ten hits, but fell short in the run column, 10-6, in the loss to New Britain.

Matt Allegra capped a four-run first inning for the Rock Cats with a three-run double, giving New Britain a 4-0. Allegra was one of four Rock Cats with at least two hits.

The Senators came back in the second inning to cut the lead to one on an rbi single by Frank Diaz, a double off the bat of Wade Robinson then Devin Ivany followed with a single as the Senators cut the deficit to 4-3.

The Sens then took the lead in the third on a two-run double by Diaz. Diaz was 2 x 4 with three rbi in the game.

New Britain came back with three of their own in the fourth on a two-run double by Brandon Roberts and then an rbi ground out. New Britain tacked on single runs in the fifth, sixth and ninth innings on a couple of solo home runs, one each by Garrett Guzman and Brian Buscher.

The Senators scored a run in the last of the seventh on an rbi fielder's choice off the bat of Brandon Larson. Melvin Dorta had two hits to go with the two hits by Diaz to pace the Senators ten hit attack.

Tristan Crawford was the winning pitcher, moving to 3-1 on the season and Brian Forystek earned his first save, going the final three innings. Beltran Perez took the loss and is now 2-2.

The final game of the three-game series is Wednesday afternoon at 12:05pm with RH TJ Nall on the mound against LH Brian Duensing for New Britain.

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Juan Portes

Fort Myers 6 at St. Lucie 2

Record 12 - 20

W: R. Mullins (1-2, 2.62); L: R. Valdes (0-1, 5.06)
HR: FTM: D. White (1).

E: Ugueto (1, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: Fort Myers Miracle third baseman Juan Portes stole the show on Tuesday night going 4-for-5 at the plate and turning in the best defensive play of the night with an unassisted double play, leading the Miracle to a 6-2 win over the St. Lucie Mets at Tradition Field. The Miracle pounded out a season-high 12 hits picking up a split in the four-game series.

The Miracle would put half of their six runs on the board in the first inning and never look back. Steve Tolleson led off with a single, followed by Erik Lis reaching on a walk, and Whit Robbins granted first after being plunked on the back. It was then Portes who lined a single to right-center plating Tolleson and Lis giving the Miracle a 2-0 lead.

Eli Tintor would follow suit with a sacrifice fly to center bringing in Robbins from third.

St. Lucie would cut it to a 3-1 lead in the third as Dustin Martin laid down a bunt, move to second on a wild pitch and later scored on Dan Murphy’s single to right. The contest would remain 3-1 until the Miracle sixth.

Dwayne White led off the sixth frame with his first blast of the season, a solo shot to right giving the Miracle a three-run cushion. Luis Ugueto, just added to the Miracle roster Tuesday afternoon, would make a good impression on his teammates with a single to right scoring Caleb Moore and sending the Miracle advantage to 5-1.

The Mets would inch closer with a bases-loaded walk by Jamar Hill in the home-half of the sixth cutting the deficit to four, but White would score Portes in the Miracle seventh on a fielder’s choice sending the Miracle back to a four-run lead.

White and Moore would finish the night each with a pair of hits while the Miracle pitching staff, anchored by starter Ryan Mullins, would hold the St. Lucie bats in check to pick up their second-straight win.

The Miracle will now shift venues to Space Coast Stadium beginning a four-game series Wednesday night against the Brevard County Manatees. RHP Oswaldo Sosa (0-2, 4.50) will get the nod opposite RHP William Inman (2-2, 1.51) for the Manatees.

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ECHL Hockey: The game went into triple overtime and didn't work out in the end for the Florida Everblades who dropped game one of the Eastern Conference finals to the Dayton Bombers, 4-3. The series resumes on Thursday at Germain Arena.

Beloit 6 at South Bend 4

Record 17-11

W: D. Leatherman (3-1, 3.60); L: R. Mahon (1-1, 3.07); SV: R. Delaney (8)
HR: BEL: D. Valencia (6), D. Santiesteban (3), J. Woodard (2).

E: Valencia (4, fielding), Olson (6, fielding), Woodard (4, throw).

From silverhawks.com: The South Bend Silver Hawks lost the first game of the series last night versus the Beloit Snappers by a final score of 6-4.

Steve Mena led the offense with one RBI.

Mark Romanczuk started on the mound and pitched five innings. Reid Mahon finished the game and took the loss.

The Silver Hawks will be hosting the Snappers at the Cove through Sunday.

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KARIN VON VOIGTLANDER RDC staff photographer -
Garrett Jones, left, scrambles for the ball as pitcher Matt Garza rushes toward first. Garza struck out eight in four-plus innings, but was rocked for seven runs.

Toledo 9 at Rochester 4

Record 15-9

W: V. Vasquez (4-2, 2.88); L: M. Garza (1-2, 4.66)
HR: TOL: R. Raburn (6). ROC: T. Oeltjen (1).

E: Casilla (1, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: The Toledo Mud Hens beat the Red Wings Monday night at Frontier Field, 9-4. Denard Span went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI, Trent Oeltjen hit his first Triple-A home run, a solo shot to right center field, and Matt Tolbert was 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Starting pitcher Matt Garza (1-2) took the loss for Rochester, pitching four innings and allowed seven runs (all earned). The teams meet again Tuesday morning for an 11:05 am start.

For Toledo, Virgil Vasquez (4-2) earned the win in five and one-third innings. He allowed three Rochester runs off five hits and fanned nine Wings. Ramon Santiago hit two RBI triples and finished with three RBI. Jack Hannahan finished 2-for-4 with four RBI, Ryan Raburn was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI, and Henry Mateo was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

The Mud Hens combined five hits to jump out to a 4-0 lead in their half of the third. Mateo led off with a bunt towards first that caused confusion between Garza and Garrett Jones, allowing Mateo to reach first safely. Brent Clevlen hit a bloop single to center field and Mateo made it safely to third. Mateo and Clevlen scored on Santiago's triple to the right field corner. Chris Shelton walked, then moved to second as Santiago crossed home on Timo Perez's RBI single to the gap between Jones and Tolbert. Shelton advanced to third on Ryan Raburn's long fly ball; Span caught it at the wall. Jack Hannahan came up next and hit a lined a single to center field, scoring Shelton, but Span came up firing and his throw beat Perez attempting to take two bases on the hit. Hannahan moved to second on the throw and Mike Hessman struck out looking to end the inning.

Oeltjen got the Wings on board with his home run to right center in the bottom of third, his first of the season and first of his Triple-A career.

In the fourth inning, Mateo hit a single, advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on Santiago's second RBI triple of the day. He hit this one to the right center field wall to put the Mud Hens up, 5-1.

In the fifth, Span drilled a two-out RBI double to plate Tolbert. An inning later the Wings added another run and knocked Vasquez out of the game. Lew Ford led off with a double, and two batters later Jose Morales doubled in Ford - prompting Vasquez' exit for reliever Corey Hamman.

Perez and Raburn hit back-to-back singles in the fifth, and Brian Bass came in to relieve Garza on the mound. Both runners scored on Hannahan's double. The Mud Hens added another run in the seventh inning by way of Raburn's solo home run to left center field.

Ford led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double, then eventually scored on Morales' RBI double. In the seventh, Tolbert hit a double down the right field line, then sped around the bases to score on Span's RBI single to make it 8-4, Mud Hens.

Carmen Cali relieved Bass on the mound to get the last out of the seventh inning, then Toledo scored again in the top of the ninth. Casilla's throw to Jones pulled the first baseman off the bag, allowing Shelton to reach first safely. Shelton advanced to second on a past ball, moved to third on Perez's sacrifice bunt, and tagged up and scored on a long sacrifice fly to the left field corner by Hannahan. Oeltjen made an excellent running catch to rob Hannahan of his third hit.

NOTES: Both Vasquez and Garza struck out the side in the first inning...Twins Farm Director Jim Rantz, who was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame Saturday at the Metrodome, watched the game. Rantz is in town to see the Wings this week, joined by another Twins Hall of Famer: World Series winning manager (and former Red Wing) Tom Kelly... Minor League Baseball teams drew 5,905,069 fans during the month of April, the highest total in the 106-year history of the industry. The total represented an increase of 2.1% over the 2006 total, when the Minor Leagues set their all-time record season total of 41,710,357. The record April total was achieved despite unseasonable snow storms in the Northeast and Midwest during the opening weekend. The leagues hardest hit by weather - –the International, Eastern and Midwest - collectively lost 82 playing dates through postponements....The Red Wings pitching staff hadn't allowed a single run in the fifth inning this season, outscoring their opponents 14-0 in the fifth frame - until Toledo scored two in the fifth Monday...Last week’s series win in Toledo was the Red Wings first series win in Toledo since August 23-25, 1996 (2 games to 1). It was also the first four-game series win in Toledo since July 4-7, 1994 (12 road four-game series). If the Red Wings can win this four-game series at Frontier Field it would be the first series win in Rochester since July 28-31, 2001. In addition, if Rochester can at least split this four-game series it would be the first time since 1997 that Rochester has won a season series from Toledo.

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New Britain 4 at Harrisburg 3

Record: 12-12

W: J. Sawatski (1-2, 6.75); L: M. Hinckley (4-2, 2.97); SV: J. Mijares (4)
HR: HAR: M. Dorta (1).

From senatorsbaseball.com: The Senators returned home on Monday night, and fell to the New Britain Rock Cats 4-3. The Senators had a 3-0 lead, but couldn't keep in, in falling.

Mike Hinckley started for the Senators and was looking for his fifth win in a row. The Senators scored a run in the second on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Tony Blanco. Then in the third, Melvin Dorta hit a two run home run to give the Senators and Hinckley a 3-0 lead.

But the Rock Cats scored a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 4-3 lead. A two-run single in teh fifth off the bat Brian Buscher made it 3-2. Then in the sixth, Felix Molina had a two-run double to give the Rock Cats the lead.

Jay Sawatski picked up the win and is now 1-2 and Mike Hinckley fell to 4-2. Jose Mijaris picked up his fourth save of the year.

The Senators had chances later in the game but couldn't score. In the fifth, they had runners at first and second with one out; in the sixth a lead off double, and in the seventh, they put runners at second and third with no outs, but didn't score in any of those situations.

Game two of the series is on Tuesday night with Beltran Perez on the mound against RH Tristan Crawford for New Britain. Harrisburg falls to 7-22 while New Britain improves to 12-12.

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Jeff Christy

Fort Myers 1 at St. Lucie 0

Record 11 - 20

W: K. Waldrop (4-1, 2.92); L: J. De La Torre (2-3, 4.61); SV: E. Morlan (4)
HR: None.

E: Betsill (5, fielding), Christy (3, throw), White (5, fielding).

From miraclebaseball.com: Fort Myers Miracle second baseman Steve Tolleson came up with a game-saving, diving catch in the bottom of the ninth as the Miracle survived the St. Lucie Mets snapping their nine-game losing streak with a 1-0 win at Tradition Field. After Tolleson’s diving catch at second, he then flipped to Matt Betsill at the second base bag to double off Jamar Hill ending the game.

In the contest, the Mets would have quality scoring chances in eight of the nine innings played on Monday night. The St. Lucie ninth began with déjà vu from Sunday as Jamar Hill’s fly ball to right popped in and out of Dwayne White’s glove allowing Hill to reach on the two-base error. Pinch-hitter Jonathan Malo would then follow with a base hit bunt that failed to move Hill to third. After Miracle closer Eddie Morlan fanned Sean Henry for the first out, he then retired Jose Castro on a screaming line-drive to second that Tolleson snared to his right preserving the 1-0 win.

The lone run of the ball game came in the Miracle fourth as Erik Lis drew a lead-off walk to begin the inning. After a strikeout by Edward Ovalle and a pop out by White, it was catcher Jeff Christy coming through with a two-out double to right-center scoring Lis and giving the Miracle their 1-0 lead.

St. Lucie stranded 11 base runners in the loss on Monday night. The Mets had runners at the corners in the second before Miracle starter Kyle Waldrop got the Mets Josh Petersen to roll a ground ball to short ending the inning. In the Mets fourth, Drew Butera led off with a walk followed by Emmanuel Garcia’s single to right putting runners at first and second with nobody out. After a failed sacrifice attempt and strikeout by Corey Coles, Waldrop would then get Hill to pop out and Petersen to ground out ending the threat.

Relievers Frank Mata and Eddie Morlan pitch shutout ball in the final 3.1 innings to preserve Waldrop’s fourth win of the season. Mata tossed 1.1 innings allowing just one hit and fanning two while Morlan picked up his fourth save of the year with two innings of work also allowing one hit with four strikeouts.

The Miracle and Mets will wrap up the four-game series Tuesday night at Tradition Field with the Miracle sending LHP Ryan Mullins (0-2, 2.76) to the rubber against RHP Deolis Guerra (1-3, 3.60) for the Mets.

4 hits, 3 errors is hardly a receipe for success. They were lucky this time.

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Beloit 0 at Great Lakes 4

Record 16-11

W: C. White (1-4, 3.38); L: J. Lugo (1-2, 3.77)
HR: GLL: A. Gonzalez (1), P. Mattingly (1).

E: Yersich (4, fielding).

From snappersbaseball.com: Beloit’s road trip hit a bit of a snag today as they were defeated by the Great Lakes Loons, 4-0, in the final game of the four game series. The Snappers were only able to muster three hits in their only loss of the series.

The Loons’ Preston Mattingly highlighted a three run first inning for Great Lakes. Preston hit the first pitch he saw over the left field wall to help the Loons get an early 3-0 lead. The three runs would prove to be more than enough for Great Lakes.

Singles from Danny Berg, Brian Dinkelman, and Yancarlos Ortiz were the only hits the Snappers were able to get all day long. The loss dropped the Snappers to a 16-11 overall record.

Jose Lugo picked up his second loss of the season as he went six innings, allowing three runs on nine hits. Lugo’s ERA is now 3.77.

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KARIN VON VOIGTLANDER RDC staff photographer -- Rochester's Mike Venafro pitches in relief against Ottawa. He threw in the seventh and eighth innings, giving up no runs and no hits.
Ottawa 4 at Rochester 2

Record 15-8

W: Z. Segovia (1-4, 4.41); L: J. Cummings (2-1, 3.18); SV: B. Sanches (5)
HR: None.

E: Oeltjen, T (1, fielding).

From redwingsbaseball.com: The Ottawa Lynx scored early on their way to a 4-2 win over the Red Wings Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Garrett Jones and Jose Morales drove in the Rochester runs; the Wings open a four-game series at home Monday night against the Toledo Mud Hens.

The Lynx scored a pair of first inning runs against Wings starter Jeremy Cummings, with Gary Burnham and Chris Coste contributing RBI hits. The Lynx added an unearned run in the third to go up 3-0.

Ottawa starter Zach Segovia didn't allow a hit until Trent Oeltjen's one-out single in the fifth. Oeltjen stole second but Segovia got the next two batters to get out of trouble. Ottawa added another run in the sixth, and in that inning Ricky Barrett replaced Cummings on the mound. The Red Wings got on the board in the bottom of the sixth, with run-scoring doubles from Jones and Morales making the score 4-2 Ottawa.

Barrett tossed 1 1/3 innings (one hit, one strikeout) in his first appearance of the season after missing time with an sore elbow.

With two outs and a runner on base in the ninth against Brian Sanches, Lew Ford doubled to set up runners at second and third; Sanches struck out Jones to end the threat and the game.

NOTES: Catcher Chris Heintz was pulled from the starting lineup right before game time, fueling speculation that he could be headed to Minnesota with Joe Mauer (strained quad muscle) awaiting results of a Sunday MRI test...Matt Tolbert entered the game leading the league in hitting; he went 0-for-3 with a walk Sunday to drop his average to .381 ...Jones is the Twins Minor League Player of the Month for April...Jones, 25, batted .338 (23-for-68) with six doubles, three home runs and 15 rbi...he also scored nine times in his 17 games...Beloit (A, Midwest League) righthanded pitcher Jeff Manship is the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April...in five games, Manship, 22, went 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA (32.0 ip, 3 er)...he walked just three batters while striking out 36 and holding opposing hitters to a .147 batting average...Manship was the Twins 14th round selection in the 2006 First-Year Player draft; on Saturday night Manship struck out nine in seven innings to help Beloit to an 8-1 win over Great Lakes.

Heintz was in fact recalled by the Twins, with Mauer being put on the 15-day DL, retro active to May 5th.

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Trenton 9 at New Britain 0

Record: 11-12

W: B. Smith (3-0, 0.92); L: N. Blackburn (2-1, 3.82)
HR: None.

E: Peterson (2, fielding), Molina, F (3, fielding).

From rockcats.com: Trenton starter Brett Smith extended his consecutive scoreless streak to 27 2/3 innings with six shutout innings and Shawn Garrett continued his hot hitting to lead the Thunder to a 4-0 victory over New Britain on Sunday afternoon.

Smith (3-0) limited the Rock Cats to four hits. He has not given up a run since allowing three runs in his first start of the season. Smith lowered his ERA to 0.92.

Rock Cats’ starter Nick Blackburn delivered one of his finest performances of the season, but didn’t receive the run support needed to pick up a win. Blackburn allowed six hits and no walks in seven innings. He struck out four.

Blackburn (2-1) retired the first eight of nine batters he faced, but hit a speed bump in the third inning. With two outs, he allowed back-to-back singles to Ramiro Pena and Carlos Mendoza. Jamal Strong then doubled to centerfield to clear the bases and put Trenton ahead 2-0. Strong scored on a single by Garrett for a 3-0 lead.

In the eighth inning, Garrett added a triple and then scored on Justin Christian’s single. Garrett finished the day with three hits.

In the top of the ninth inning, the benches cleared when Trenton’s Jason Brown charged the mound after Rock Cats’ reliever J.P. Martinez fired a pitch high and inside. Brown and Martinez exchanged punches before both were ejected from the game. Rock Cats’ shortstop Trevor Plouffe was also ejected. Danny Powers came on in relief of Martinez. The Thunder struck Powers for three consecutive singles, including an RBI single by Ramiro Pena to knock in Matt Carson for another Trenton run.

Rock Cats’ second baseman Felix Molina extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single to right field in the ninth inning. For Trenton, Edwar Ramirez tossed two shutout innings of relief with five strikeouts.

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Dwayne White
Fort Myers 5 at St. Lucie 6

Record 10 - 20

W: J. Ruckle (2-1, 3.63); L: Z. Ward (0-4, 3.24); SV: N. Abel (2)
HR: FTM: S. Tolleson (1).

E: White (4, fielding).

From miraclebaseball.com: A dropped fly ball by Dwayne White in right-field capped off a five-run fifth inning for the St. Lucie Mets as the Fort Myers Miracle dropped their ninth-straight ball game, 6-5 to the Mets on Sunday night at Tradition Field.

The first four to the plate in the Mets fifth would reach to begin the rally. Ryan Coultas had a lead-off single followed by a walk to Sean Henry and a hit-by-pitch to Jose Castro. St. Lucie’s Dustin Martin would draw a bases-loaded walk to score Coultas before another bases-loaded base on balls by Drew Butera would bring in Henry.

Emmanuel Garcia would cut the Miracle lead to 5-4 reaching on a fielder’s choice to second that would bring home Castro and put two outs on the board. Corey Coles followed with a fly ball to right-center field that should have ended the inning, but White had the ball clipped off the end of his glove allowing Martin and Garcia to score giving the Mets two un-earned runs and a 6-5 advantage.

St. Lucie started things off in the second inning as Coles would deliver with his RBI-single to left scoring Butera, who reached on a one-out double. The Miracle bats would remain quiet through the first three innings and finally awaken after a 50 minute rain delay on Sunday night.

After the delay, Juan Portes would jump back into the box down in the count 0-2. After battling back to load the count at 3-2, he began the fourth with a bloop single down the right-field line. Portes would later come around on Whit Robbins’ double off the wall in right tying the game at 1-1.

After Robbins’ double pushed Erik Lis to third, Jeff Christy would ground out softly to short scoring Lis, and give the Miracle a 2-1 lead. RBI-singles would also be picked up in the frame by White and Javi Sanchez to extend the lead to 4-1. Steve Tolleson made it a 5-1 in the fifth with his first home run of the year, a solo-shot to left, before the Mets rally in the fifth giving them their second-straight win.

The Miracle and Mets square off again on Monday night in game three of the four game series. The Miracle send RHP Kyle Waldrop (3-1, 3.45) to the hill opposite the Mets RHP Jose De La Torre (2-2, 5.24).

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Beloit 7 at Great Lakes 6

Record 16-10

W: D. Vais (2-1, 5.52); L: A. Castillo (0-1, 13.50); SV: R. Delaney (7)
HR: GLL: D. Sutherland (1)

E: Dinkelman (5, fielding), Olson (5, throw), Singleton (1, fielding).

From loons.com: A 13-hit attack wasn’t enough for the Loons as the Beloit Snappers won the third game of a four-game series, sending the Loons to their sixth straight loss Sunday afternoon by a score of 7-6.

The Snappers scored a trio of runs in the third inning when Snappers right-fielder Chris Parmelee and third basemen Garrett Olsen drove in a pair of runs on an RBI-single and RBI groundout respectively to make it 2-0. Then a Preston Mattingly error led to a RBI-single by Allen De San Miguel. The Snappers would get three more runs in the sixth as well as the deciding run on a William Luque RBI-single in the seventh.

The Loons scored at least one run in three consecutive innings starting in the third when Francisco Lizarraga’s RBI-single drew the Loons closer 3-1. In the fourth, an RBI-triple by Bridger Hunt highlighted a two-run inning to tie it up 3-3. In the bottom of the fifth, David Sutherland connected on the first pitch he saw from Beloit reliever Danny Vais for a home run down the right-field line, his first of the season. Soon after, outfielder Scott Van Slyke would deliver an RBI-single to make it 5-3 at the time. In the Loons half of the seventh, Loons newcomer Adolfo Gonzalez reached base on an Olson throwing error and scored on a Danny Leatherman wild pitch to make it 7-6, the way the game would end.

On offense, the Loons recorded 12 base hits for the afternoon being led by Hunt’s three hit afternoon. Sutherland, DH Eduardo Perez, and catcher Carlos Santana each recorded multi-hit games for the Loons.

For the Loons, right-hander Francisco Felix started and pitched five innings allowing six hits and three runs (two earned) while walking three and striking out five. He gets the loss, his record falls to 1-2. Arismendy Castillo made his Loons debut and pitched two innings, allowing five hits, four runs, (three earned) a walk and a strikeout. Jesus Rodriguez came in and pitched a scoreless final two innings for the Loons.

Alex Burnett (2-2) started for the Snappers and got the win, going four innings allowing eight hits and three runs, two walks and three strikeouts. Danny Vais pitched in relief and got roughed up in his two innings of work allowing four hits and two runs while striking out two. Danny Leatherman also pitched 1.2 innings giving up a hit and an unearned run. Robert Delaney worked the ninth for his seventh save of the season.

The Loons record falls to 11-18 while the Snappers improve to 16-10.

The Loons will take on these same Beloit Snappers on Monday morning here at Dow Diamond where lefthander Cody White gets the call for the Loons going up against Jose Lugo for Beloit. The game will be played as we celebrate School Kid’s Day courtesy of Holiday Inn where kids are asked to put away those pens and papers for a special early game beginning at 10:35 AM.

White comes into the game with a record of 0-4 with a 4.64 earned run average, while Lugo is also 1-1 but with a 3.57 ERA. Great seats remain for the final game of the series, you can get yours by calling (989)-837-BALL. If you can’t make it out to the ballpark, you can catch all of the action by listening to WYLZ with Brad Golder calling all the action live from Midland, or you can log on to loons.com and clicking the “listen live” tab on the webpage.

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GCL Reds 7 at GCL Twins 2

"No, no," says Loek, "It's more than that because Alcala gave up some runs. It's like 7-2."

"That's what I said, Loek. Allen gave up three and Alcala gve up four. That makes it 7-2."

Michael Allen gave up two runs on 2 hits, a walk, and a sac-fly. Omar Alcala allowed a four hits, one walk, and one wild pitch, and struck out one in one inning. Allen's runs came in the second inning, he worked three.

Rene Leveret and Wesley Conner both singled to start the bottom of the third and progressed when Esterlin De Lo Santos was hit by a pitch. With a discussion going on the bench about either giving up a big one, or walking in a run, Mark Dolenc drew a walk to force in a run. Conner came in on Luis Ugueto's sac fly. The Twins had 8 hits in the game, and two walks.

David Bromberg pitched two strong innings in relief while Aussie Jarrad Eacott pitched one.

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JEN RYNDA RDC staff photographer - Kevin Slowey delivers a pitch for the Red Wings against Ottawa during the Wings' 2-1 loss in the first game of doubleheader on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Frontier Field.

Ottawa 2 at Rochester 1

Record 14-7

W: B. Mazone (3-2, 2.21); L: K. Slowey (3-1, 1.38); SV: B. Sanches (4)
HR: None.

E: Jones, G 2 (3, fielding, throw), Slowey (2, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: In the opener, Ottawa opened up the scoring in the top of the second inning against Wings starter Kevin Slowey. Gary Burnham hit a long double into the left field corner, Chris Coste struck out, then Jim Rushford hit a double to the gap between left and center field, scoring Burnham.

The Lynx struck again in the fourth when Burnham led off with his second double of the game, then moved to third on Coste's ground out. Two batters later, Burham scored on Brennan King's double to the right field corner.

Ottawa starter Brian Mazone held the Red Wings offense in check, allowing just a pair of singles through five innings. Rochester combined a walk, error and run-scoring sacrifice fly by Tolbert to score one run in the fifth.

Mazone (3-2) earned the win, allowing one unearned run off two hits, walking two and fanning six batters in six innings pitched. Brian Sanches earned a save (his fourth), striking out one batter in one inning pitched.

Slowey (3-1) took the loss - his first of the season - in seven innings; he allowed two runs (both earned) off seven hits and struck out three.

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Ottawa 2 at Rochester 3

Record 15-7

W: J. Miller (1-0, 1.20); L: J. Durbin (0-1, 5.79); SV: B. Korecky (6)
HR: None.

E: Korecky (1, pickoff).

From redwingsbaseball.com: In the second game, former Wing J.D. Durbin made his first appearance with Ottawa, and was in command from the outset of the game. Durbin had a three-hitter with seven strikeouts after four innings in a 1-1 tie. But the Wings knocked out Durbin in the fifth, when they staged a two-out rally.

Matt Tolbert hit a single followed by Span, who hit an RBI line drive double to the left field corner. Casilla came up next and hit a single that brought Span home from second. Casilla's hit knocked out Durbin; Matt Smith replaced him on the mound. Doug Deeds and Garrett Jones drew back-to-back walks, but Matthew LeCroy ended the inning with a strikeout.

Wings starter Jason Miller scattered five hits over five innings to pick up the win, with relief help from Julio DePaula and Bobby Korecky (sixth save).

NOTES: Tolbert went 2-for-3 in the doubleheader and is batting .400 for the season....Twins OF Lew Ford, 0-for-2 in the first game, did not play in the second game but will back in the lineup Sunday.

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Trenton 4 at New Britain 3

Record: 11-11

W: J. Marquez (4-1, 1.50); L: J. Sawatski (0-2, 7.62); SV: G. Casadiego (6)
HR: TRE: S. Garrett (3). NBR: M. Allegra (3).

E: Buscher (5, fielding).

From rockcats.com: Trenton’s Shawn Garrett went 3-for-4 with a double and home run and three RBI and Jeffrey Marquez provided another impressive start to lead the Thunder to a 4-3 win over New Britain.

Marquez (4-1) entered the game with a 1.24 ERA and 2 2/5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in five starts. He allowed seven hits on the night, but limited the Rock Cats to two runs.

Matthew Allegra put the Rock Cats on the board with a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning. Gil Velazquez then reached base on a walk and scored on Kyle Geiger’s double to center field for a 2-0 advantage.

Garrett hit a solo shot to center field in the sixth inning to cut the Rock Cats’ lead in half, 2-1.

The Thunder struck again in the seventh when Jay Sawatski came on in relief. Jamal Strong had an RBI single and Garrett added a two-run double as Trenton took a 4-2 lead.

In the eighth inning, the Rock Cats clawed back within a run when Allegra doubled and scored on Geiger’s second RBI double of the game. The ‘Cats attempted to make another comeback in the bottom of the ninth against Gerardo Casadiego. Molina led off with a single and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Trevor Plouffe. Garrett Guzman’s fly out to center field allowed Molina to move to third. Casadiego forced Brian Buscher into a ground out to end the game and pick up his sixth save.

Rock Cats’ starter Brad Baker continued to have a solid season as he finished with one run on six hits. He walked none and struck out one. Sawatski (0-2) allowed three hits and three runs in two innings to take the loss.

For the Rock Cats, Geiger finished with three hits, including two RBI doubles. Molina celebrated his 24th birthday by extending his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the fifth.

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Fort Myers 0 at St. Lucie 8

Record 10 - 19

W: E. Brown (3-1, 4.97); L: A. Smit (0-2, 5.67)
HR: None.

E: Gardenhire (4, throw), Tolleson (9, fielding).

From miraclebaseball.com: For the fourth time in a week, the Fort Myers Miracle found themselves with a three-hit performance on offense as the St. Lucie Mets cruised to a 8-0 victory of the Miracle on Saturday night. With the loss at Tradition Field, the Miracle have now lost eight straight and 12 of their last 14.

St. Lucie wasted no time putting the Miracle in an early hole as the Mets put four runs on the board in the opening inning. Sean Henry led off the game with a groundball to short and reached safely as Toby Gardenhire’s throw to first pulled Whit Robbins off the bag. Henry would later score the first run on Dan Murphy’s double to left. After Murphy’s double, DH Jamar Hill would bring in two more runs on his double to left and later score himself on a Corey Coles base hit.

The Mets would tack on three more in the fourth as another Miracle error began the frame. This error was committed by Steve Tolleson at second allowing Emmanuel Garcia to reach and later score on a Ryan Coultas single to left. In the same inning, Jose Castro would deliver a RBI-single to right followed by a sacrifice fly from Dustin Martin.

Martin would lead off the Mets eighth with his second triple of the year and bring in the final run on Garcia’s RBI-single down the left-field line. St. Lucie starter Eric Brown moved to 3-1 on the year with a two-hit, five strikeout performance in seven innings of work.

Game two of the series will be Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Tradition Field will see the Miracle send RHP Jay Rainville (2-3, 2.63 to the mound against the Mets’ RHP Robert Parnell (1-1, 1.88).

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Beloit 8 at Great Lakes 1

Record 15-10

W: J. Manship (3-0, 0.92); L: M. Gardner (3-2, 4.38)
HR: None.

From loons.com: A huge fifth inning, and a dominating pitching performance by Beloit righthander Jeff Manship made quick work of the Loons as the Beloit Snappers came out victorious by a score of 8-1.

The Snappers scored twice in the first inning when Snappers third basemen Daniel Valencia and leftfielder Garrett Olsen drove in a pair of runs on an RBI-single and RBI groundout respectively to make it 2-0. Then a six run fifth inning put the game out of reach for Great Lakes. The inning was highlighted by a three-run triple by Snappers centerfielder Joe Benson to right field past a diving Bridger Hunt.

The Loons would get their only run in the first as Francisco Lizarraga grounded into a double play with the bases loaded scoring Trayvon Robinson to make it 2-1. On offense, the Loons could only muster up four base hits for the evening.

For the Loons, right-hander Michael Gardner started in place of an injured Clayton Kershaw and pitched 4.1 innings allowing seven hits and seven runs (six earned) while walking two and striking out three. He ran into some trouble in the fifth but wasn’t helped by his relief help as he left with the bases loaded. Miguel Sanfler gave up an infield base hit to score one and reload the bases, only to be followed by Benson’s three-run triple in the fifth inning. Sanfler pitched 3.2 innings, allowing three hits, one run, a walk and three strikeouts. Garrett White came in and pitched a scoreless ninth for the Loons. Kershaw's injury isn't considered serious and the holding out was considered a precautionary measure.

Jeff Manship started for the Snappers and was dominant as he went seven innings allowing four hits and one run without a walk and striking out nine. Jesus Carnevale pitched in relief and went the final two innings, giving up no hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

The Loons record falls to 11-17 while the Snappers improve to 15-10.

The Loons will take on these same Beloit Snappers on Sunday afternoon here at Dow Diamond where you can bring the whole family for Family Fun in the SUNday! The Midwest leader in earned run average righthander Francisco Felix gets the ball for the Loons going up against Jose Lugo for Beloit. Felix comes into the game with a record of 1-1 with a minuscule 0.36 earned run average, while Lugo is also 1-1 but with a 3.57 ERA.

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