Scoreboard for June 8, 2007

Rochester 3 at Indianapolis 0

Record 30-27

W: N. Blackburn (2-1, 2.55); L: J. Van Benschoten (6-4, 2.73)
HR: None.

E: Tolbert (7, fielding).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Nick Blackburn was outstanding for the second straight start, tossing a complete-game four hitter to lead the Red Wings over Indianapolis 3-0 Friday night.

Trent Oeltjen hit a two-run single for the Wings in the third inning, after Rochester picked up an unearned run in the first against John Van Benschoten (6-4). Blackburn, who got his first Triple-A victory Sunday, made it two wins in a row - and two straight dominant starts. After taking a perfect game into the sixth inning Sunday and finishing with an eight-inning, four-hit, one unearned run performance, Blackburn shut down the red-hot Indians Friday. He scattered three singles over eight innings, finally giving up a double to Yurendell DeCaster with two outs in the ninth. But Blackburn got a fly ball to end the game, giving him a nine-inning, four hit, no walk and four strikeout worksheet.

The Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak, while ending Indianapolis' winning streak at six.

NOTES: Alexi Casilla had two hits for the Wings...The Rochester pitching staff leads the league with six complete games; no other club had more than two entering play Friday...On May 11 while pitching for Double-A New Britain, Blackburn beat Trenton (7.1 IP, 3H, 1 R, 0 ER) allowing only one hit over the first seven innings.

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Bowie 8 at New Britain 11

Record: 31-24

W: K. Waldrop (1-3, 6.21); L: F. Deza (1-5, 6.43); SV: J. Martinez (2)
HR: BOW: V. Majewski (3), E. Whiteside (3). NBR: G. Guzman (5).

E: Molina, F (11, fielding).

From rockcats.com: New Britain broke out for 17 hits and used two five-run innings to down Bowie 11-8 as Rock Cats’ starter Kyle Waldrop picked up his first career Double-A win.

Luke Hughes led the way for the Rock Cats, as he continued his hot streak at the plate with three hits, including two doubles, two runs, and an RBI. Hughes is batting .429 in his last 11 games and his average for the season is now .351. Garrett Guzman also had a big night with three hits, two runs, and four RBI. Felix Molina and Brain Buscher added three hits with a double apiece. Both Molina and Buscher had an RBI and a run.

Waldrop (1-3) wasn’t spectacular in the victory, surrendering seven runs on six hits – including two home runs – through six innings. He struck out seven while walking none, but also hit two batters and had a wild pitch.

Bowie jumped out to an early lead off Waldrop. Leadoff batter Oscar Salazar reached base after being hit by a pitch and Jeff Fiorentino followed with a double to center field. Val Majewski (3-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI) then blasted a three-run shot to center field for a 3-0 BaySox lead.

The Rock Cats cut the score to 3-1 when David Winfree reached base on a throwing error by Salazar and Hughes’ double knocked in Winfree. In the bottom of the third, the ‘Cats broke out their bats for a five-run inning. Buscher started the scoring off with an RBI single. Guzman then delivered a three-run homer to center field that put the Rock Cats ahead. Brandon Roberts added an RBI single for a 6-3 Rock Cats’ lead.

In the top of the fifth, Waldrop hit Luis Hernandez with a pitch and allowed the runner to advance to second on a wild pitch. Paco Figueroa’s single scored Hernandez to cut the Rock Cats lead to 6-4.

The Rock Cats broke out for another five runs in the bottom of the inning, though, to break open the game. Guzman and Winfree started the inning off with back-to-back singles before pitcher Fredy Deza fielded Hughes’ sac bunt and threw the ball away. The error allowed Hughes to reach base and Guzman to score. Salazar then committed another error at third that allowed Kyle Geiger to reach first base safely. With the bases loaded, the Bay Sox sent in reliever Felix Romero, who walked in another run. Molina and Trevor Plouffe hit back-to-back RBI singles. Guzman came to the plate again and delivered an RBI single to round out the inning.

Deza (1-5) lasted four innings, allowing 12 hits and 10 runs (7 ER). Eli Whiteside added a three-run homer for Bowie in the sixth inning. For the Rock Cats, J.P. Martinez notched his second save of the season with one run on two hits in three innings of relief.

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Vero Beach 5 at Fort Myers 7

Record 26 - 34

W: E. Morlan (4-2, 2.48); L: J. Gonzalez (2-4, 2.95)
HR: FTM: S. Tolleson (2).

E: Ugueto (9, fielding).

A wild pitch by Jino Gonzalez allowed Caleb Moore and Whit Robbins to cross the plate and save a 7-5 victory for the Fort Myers Miracle after they blew a 5-1 lead in the game.

After rain delayed the start of the game, Steve Tolleson lifed a fly ball over the left field wall about the same time the shuttled lifted off from Cape Canaveral, both leaving visible vapor trails behind.

Erik Lis walked to open the seond inning, and moved to third on an Eddie Ovalle single to left fielder Christopher Cunningham, who overthrew first, allowing Ovalle to move into scoring position. Dwayne White reached on a fielder's choice, but Lis beat the play at the plate.

Ovalle scored on a sac fly by Caleb Moore to make it 2-0 at the bottom of the second. Tolley's homer in the third made it 3-0.

Matthew Devins hit a sac fly to Lis in the fourth that allowed Patrick Cottrell to score and got the Devil Rays on the board.

The end of the top of fourth, a fly out from Neil Walton to Lis also signaled the end of Yohan Pino's start, as he struggled through four innings worth of work. He would be replace by Angel Garcia.

The Twins got one run back, plus in the bottom of the inning, with Dwayne White and Robbins both taking walks and coming home on a Juan Portes Line drive to center.

The Rays picked up two more off Garcia in the six, and two off Gambino...both of which were inherited runners who crossed the plate while Eddie Morlan was on the mound. Morlan recorded both the blown save, and the win, in the game.

Tolleson was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strik out, and Portes, Luis Ugueto, and Ovalle were all 1-for-4. Ugueto struck out once, Ovalle, 3 times.

It's interesting that two of the Miracle's top pitchers, Jay Rainville and Yohan Pino both struggled against this Vero Beach club. Josh Hill (2-2, 2.97) will try his luck tonight against Matt Walker (1-5, 5.40) for the Rays on Little League Appreciation Night.

Fort Myers was out hit 9-4 in the game, this being the second time that Vero Beach has handed the Miracle a win. Which leads to the question: Can you really call it a rally when it was a actually a gift?

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Notes: Fort Myers New Press blogger Ed Pelegrino returned from his minor league ballpark tour up north bearing trading cards and pocket schedules, Cape Coral Breeze staff photographer Vandy Major stopped by, and Tony Oliva and Jim Rantz were both in attendance after finishing up at MLB's Ametuer draft in Orlando, Florida. When asked if he'd gotten us anyone good in the draft, Rantz replied "Ask me again in three years."

The Twins went a little pitcher crazy in the later rounds of the draft, taking a total of 24, 21 righties and 3 southpaws, as well as 6 catchers, 5 outfleders, 4 short stops, 2 each of 1st and and 2nd baseman, and one 3rd baseman in rounds 6 through 50. Spencer Steedley, drafted as a first baseman, had a sub-3 era as a A-10 pitcher, and was named to the A-10 All Cenference 1st team as both a fielder and a pitcher. The 6'2" from UNCC is a lefty pitcher. It will be interesting to see if the Twin are content to leave him in the field.

Burlington 3 at Beloit 7

Record 37-22

W: T. Robertson (1-0, 0.75); L: M. Santiago (1-5, 2.93)
HR: BEL: C. Parmelee (6), B. Dinkelman (5).

E: Singleton (10, throw), Santiesteban (7, fielding).

From snappersbaseball.com: The Snappers remained atop the Midwest League Western division with a 7-3 victory over the Burlington Bees Friday night. Beloit’s Tyler Robertson pitched well in his second start for the Snappers, going five innings, striking out six and allowing one unearned run.

Beloit continued to put runs on the board behind the bats of a host of Snappers. Johnny Woodard drove in a pair in the third with a single up the middle. Brian Dinkelman hit a tape measure shot in the Snappers’ half of the six to make it 3-1 in favor of Beloit. Center fielder Chris Parmelee added a solo shot in the seventh. In the eighth, Joe Benson doubled to left, scoring Wilson Ramos and Parmelee to round out the scoring.

Burlington’s Mario Santiago pitched three and two-thirds innings and ended up with his fifth loss of the season.

The Bees scored runs in the top of the ninth for the second consecutive night, but failed to threaten the Snappers lead.

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Rochester 3 at Indianapolis 8

Record 29-27

W: J. Wasdin (1-0, 5.19); L: J. Cummings (3-4, 4.47)
HR: ROC: G. Jones (10). IND: R. Johnson (3), L. Matos (2).

E: Feiner (1, throw).

From MILB.com: Russ Johnson homered and doubled home the go-ahead run as Indianapolis defeated Rochester, 8-3, on Thursday night at Victory Field.

With the Indians (37-22) trailing, 3-0, Johnson led off the bottom of the second inning with his third homer of the season to spark a three-run rally.

One inning later, Yurendell DeCaster led off with a double and scored on a one-out double by Johnson to give Indianapolis a 4-3 lead.

DeCaster hit two doubles and Johnson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Luis Matos went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and three runs scored, while Luis Ordaz went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and help Indianapolis post its sixth straight win.

Major League veteran John Wasdin (1-0) picked up the win after limiting the Red Wings (29-27) to three runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. In nine relief appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, the 34-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 6.92 ERA.

Jeremy Cummings (3-4) took the loss, giving up seven runs on 11 hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out four before Julio DePaula pitched two perfect innings.

Garrett Jones went 2-for-4 with his team-leading 10th home run for the Red Wings. Matthew LeCroy and Matt Tolbert also went 2-for-4.

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Altoona 13 at New Britain 6

Record: 30-24

W: J. Shortslef (1-6, 3.88); L: B. Baker (2-3, 3.99); SV: J. Roach (1)
HR: None.

E: Winfree 2 (7, fielding, fielding), Plouffe 2 (16, fielding, fielding).

From altoonacurve.com: Steven Pearce's five runs batted in highlighted the Curve's most prolific offensive game of the season as they blitzed the New Britain Rock Cats, 13-6, to take the series finale from New Britain Stadium.

Pearce and Neil Walker each had four hits, Brett Roneberg tied the franchise record by scoring four runs and Jason Bowers set new franchise records by walking five times and reaching base six times. All told, Altoona collected a season-high 13 runs and 19 hits.

The onslaught began immediately against Rock Cats' starter Brad Baker in the top of the first inning. Bowers led off with a triple and scored on an Andrew McCutchen single as the Curve grabbed the lead for the first time, 1-0. Two batters later, Walker doubled to score a second Curve run. Walker then scored on a double for Adam Boeve and Altoona led, 3-0.

The run-support was a refreshing change for Curve starter Josh Shortslef. Shortslef (1-6) was successful as he attempted to avoid equalling the worst start for a starting pitcher in franchise history. The left-hander worked six innings allowing three earned runs to collect his first win of the season.

The Rock Cats forced a run across in the second inning, but the Curve put the game away with another outburst in the fourth. Brandon Chaves singled to start the inning and stole second base. Milver Reyes, who would tally three hits on the day, sacrificed Chaves to third. Bowers then walked and McCutchen reached on an error to score Chaves. Baker was removed the ballgame in favor of Jay Sawatski who promptly walked Brett Roneberg to load the bases. Pearce followed with a bases-clearing double to give the Curve a 7-1 advantage. Another New Britain error allowed another Curve run to score and Altoona led, 8-1.

Brandon Roberts pulled the Rock Cats to within five runs in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single off of Shortslef.

The Curve again responded in their next at-bat. With Sawatski still in the game, the Curve scored three more times to run the lead to 11-3. Again it was Pearce who did the most damage, singling home both Reyes and McCutchen. Walker added his second double of the ballgame to score Pearce and the Curve led, 11-3.

The Rock Cats scored their fourth run off of Shortslef in the bottom of the inning, but the Curve tacked on two more runs and capped their scoring in the seventh against Brian Forystek.

Jason Roach earned his first save of the season, allowing a pair of New Britain runs over three innings of relief to finish the ballgame.

Baker (2-3) allowed six runs and was saddled with the loss for New Britain.

The Curve also established a new franchise record for men left on base with 16 in the game, but scored more than enough runs to help them win the series by taking two-of-three games from the Rock Cats in their only visit to New Britain Stadium this season.

The team will travel now travel to Harrisburg to open a three-game series with the Senators beginning Friday night at 6:35 p.m. RHP Kip Bouknight (5-2, 3.34) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Dan Foli (0-0, 8.78) for the Senators.

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I told Lynn you wouldn't be able to see the funnel cloud, but she insisted...

Vero Beach 8 at Fort Myers 2

Record 25 - 34

W: C. Kelly (2-1, 5.19); L: J. Rainville (2-7, 3.36)
HR: VER: E. Andrus (8).

E: Ugueto (8, fielding), Sanchez, J (3, throw).

Matt Betsill had just hit a double when the skies started weeping with gladness. That also pretty much ended the game in the 7th inning, as Vero Beach pounded Fort Myers 8-2.

The game started out okay, with Luis Ugueto and Erik Lis drawing walks and Edward Ovalle tripling them in for an early Miracle lead. This was in part due (again) to a dropped ball, this time by the Devil Rays' Jackson Brennan.

But Lis misplayed a ball in the top of the second inning which drove in Patrick Cottrell and led to the start of a Vero Beach offensive onslaught.

Jay Rainville lasted only 3 innings, after giving up 5 runs (3 earned) on six hits while striking out 3. He was replaced by southpaws Kyle Aselton and Alex Smit who surrended 1 and 2 runs respectively.

Betsill, batting in the 9th spot, was 2-for-3 on the night, Ugueto was 1-for-1 with 2 walks, Lis walked 3 times, Ovalle was 1-for-3 with the 2 RBIs and Juan Portes was 1-for-4 with a double.

Kevin Boles spent the night on the Miracle bench wearing a pair of dark glasses, while Jim Dwyer handled the on field duties.

Yohan Pino (1-2, 1.87) will take to the Miracle mound tonight against Vero Beach's Jeff Kamrath as 2007, the year of the bat boy, continues and Fort Myers attempts to get back into the win column.

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The Twins took a high school outfielder, Ben Revere, in the first round of MLB ameture's draft yesterday. David Rawnsley of Perfect Game said Revere is "a performer from a sports family with baseball skills and tools. Not only does he have stopwatch speed, he has baseball speed and his bat has that hidden pop in it that Jimmy Rollins’ had."

Danny Rams, a catcher/1B from Gulliver Prep in Miami was taken 92nd overall in round 2, Angel Morales, a Puerto Rican outfielder in round 3, Reggie Williams, a 3b from Bellflower HS in California in the fourth round and Nathan Striz, a right-handed pitcher from Santa Fe Catholic high school in Lakeland, Florida, was taken by the Twins in the fifth round.

All of these players will likely begin their careers in Fort Myers in the Gulf Coast League should they sign with Minnesota. The draft continues today in Orlando, Florida.


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Beloit’s Brian Dinkelman (12) congratulates Wilson Ramos, right, after he stroked a two-run homer in the first inning of Thursday’s 10-4 win over Burlington.

Burlington 4 at Beloit 10

Record 36-22

W: J. Manship (6-1, 1.52); L: E. Teaford (1-6, 5.22)
HR: BUR: M. Thompson (11), J. Turner (5). BEL: J. Woodard (9), J. Benson (2), W. Ramos 2 (2).

E: Woodard (10, fielding).

From snappersbaseball.com: Newly acquired Wilson Ramos provided Snappers’ ace Jeff Manship with more than enough offense in Thursday’s 10-4 victory over the visiting Burlington Bees. Following a Brian Dinkelman single in the bottom of the first, Ramos launched the first pitch he saw over the left field fence for a two-run homer.

Starter Jeff Manship, making his first start after a hamstring injury sidelined him, continued to befuddle opposing hitters. Manship went five strong innings allowing a single earned run while fanning 4 batters.

Providing Manship and the Snappers’ staff with even more support was second baseman Brian Dinkelman, who was 4 for 5 on the day. Also taking the home run trot with Ramos was Johnny Woodard with a laser to left center and Joe Benson, who added his second homer of the season in the seventh.

The Snappers’ bullpen closed out the game to earn Manship his sixth victory of the season. Matthew Fox and Aaron Craig combined for three scoreless innings while Rob Delaney, despite allowing three unearned runs in the ninth, ended a late Burlington rally.

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Rochester 4 at Indianapolis 8

Record 29-26

W: J. Chavez (3-1, 4.45); L: J. Mijares (0-1, 6.23)
HR: IND: N. Green (3).

E: Feiner (1, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Nick Green's leadoff home run and Brian Bixler's second triple of the game sparked Indianapolis' four-run eighth inning as Indianapolis doubled up visiting Rochester 8-4 on Wednesday afternoon. Matt Tolbert had five hits for the Red Wings.

Green's dinger, his third of the season, snapped a 4-4 tie. Bixler followed with a triple to left field, which tied him for the league lead with seven on the year, and came home on Russ Johnson's infield single. The Indians (36-22), winners of five straight, went on to plate two unearned runs as a result of catcher Korey Feiner's throwing error.

Indianapolis scored four runs in the first against Rochester's Matt Garza. Green, the Indians' leadoff hitter, capped a 12-pitch at-bat with a double to left field. Bixler then tripled, and Yurendell DeCaster followed with a sacrifice fly. Michael Ryan's two-run single accounted for the frame's final two runs.

The Red Wings' offense was led by second baseman Tolbert, who had a career-high five hits. The 25-year-old doubled and scored in the fourth, drove in two with a game-tying two-bagger in the fifth and singled three times.

Four Indianapolis relievers combined to toss 4 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Shane Youman, who allowed four runs on five hits over 4 1/3 frames. Jesse Chavez (3-1) hurled a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win.

Jose Mijares (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on two hits and a walk over one-plus innings of work. Garza settled into a groove after his rocky beginning, as the 23-year-old right-hander kept Rochester in the game by retiring the final 16 batters he faced.

NOTES: Doug Deeds went 0-for-5 to snap his nine-game hitting streak batting and Garrett Jones had his eight-game hitting streak end after an 0-for-5 game...Single-A Beloit Snappers pitchers Jeff Manship, Rob Delaney, Alex Burnett, Cole Devries, all righthanders, and infielder Danny Valencia were selected to the play in the Midwest League All-Star Game, June 19 at Kane County.

Vote for your favorite Red Wings with the Triple-A All-Star Game Fan Balloting, and enter the "Make Yourself a Triple-A All-Star" Sweepstakes now in our International League section.

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Altoona 2 at New Britain 8

Record: 29-24

W: T. Crawford (6-3, 3.59); L: W. Starling (2-5, 6.62)
HR: ALT: S. Pearce (4).

E: Buscher (10, throw).

From rockcats.com: New Britain used a seven-run first inning and another superb outing by Tristan Crawford to down Altoona 8-2.

The Rock Cats jumped out to an early lead by putting seven runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Altoona’s Wardell Starling retired the first two batters before things quickly got out of control. Brian Buscher singled and Brock Peterson was hit by a pitch. Garrett Guzman’s single to right field knocked in Buscher for the 1-0 lead. David Winfree then reached base on another hit by pitch. Matthew Allegra then lined a two-run single to center field and Kyle Geiger followed with a two-run double. Luke Hughes added an RBI double before Starling walked the next three batters, including walking in Hughes for another Rock Cats’ run for a 7-0 advantage. Altoona’s Justin Vaclavik came on relief and retired Brock Peterson on a ground out for the final out of the inning.

Buscher added an RBI single in the third inning. He finished the night with three hits and two walks. Hughes also had three hits, including two doubles.

Tristan Crawford (6-3) limited the Curve to one run on four hits through seven innings. The lone run he surrendered was a solo homer by Steven Pearce in the top of the second. Danny Powers added one inning of shutout relief and J.P. Martinez allowed one unearned run in the ninth.

For Altoona, Vaclavik tossed 4 1/3 innings in relief, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out four. Starling (2-5) finished the night with a line of five hits, three walks, and seven runs in 2/3 innings.

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Vero Beach 2 at Fort Myers 3

Record 25 - 33

W: D. Shinskie (4-2, 4.11); L: E. De La Cruz (3-3, 2.77)
HR: FTM: E. Lis (5).

In the end, the Fort Myers Miracle nearly lost on a bad call. Neil Walton singled to right field to get on base, and came home on a wild pitch by Zack Ward. He should have been out at the plate, but the umpire ruled him safe.

Erik Lis homered for the Miracle in the 4th, after Alex Jamieson plated Aaron Sisk at the top of that inning, making it 2-1, Devil Rays. Vero Beach would hang on to that lead, and the Miracle would manage no more hits until the ninth inning.

Not even American League batting champion Joe Mauer was much help on the offensive front, having gone 0-for-3 when he came up at the top of the ninth. Mauer took a walk, and was replaced by pinch runner Caleb Moore. Lis singled to Garrett Groce...it should have been a fly out, but Groce dropped the ball, giving the Miracle only their third hit of the night. Dwayne White walked to load the bases.

With one out, Whit Robbins hit a sac fly that brought Moore home to tie the game. Javi Sanchez singled to Neil Walton - another easy out - but Walton missed the throw to second, allowing Edward Ovalle, who was pinch running for Lis, to cross the plate and hand the Miracle a 3-2 win over Vero Beach.

Ward allowed both Devil Rays runs on 8 hits and 2 walks while striking out 9 in 6 innings worth of work. David Shinskie picked up the win, allowing 2 more hits while walking 1 and striking out 2 in 3 innings worth of work.

Miracle coach Kevin Boles watched a portion of the game from the stands with a patch over one eye. The circulating rumor was that Boles had informed Mauer he was being convered to a 3rd baseman and Mauer punched him. The truth was the Boles underwent eye surgey in the morning to correct a spot on his retina. Batting coach Jim Dwyer handled the managieral duties for the night.

Also absent was Miracle public address announcer Gary Sharp, who is off on his honeymoon. Porno promoter Ted Fitzgeorge filled in and will be filling in (sadly) for the remainder of the homestand.

The two teams rematch tomorrow with Jay Rainville (2-6, 3.05) on the mound for Fort Myers, while Mike Wlodarczyk (3-1, 3.49) handles the pitching duties for Vero Beach. Javi Sanchez is expected to handle the catching duties tomorrow.

Injury Update: Paul Kelly said he is to resume jogging next week and should start to play again in a couple or three weeks. Drew Thompson has not year received his clearance to start his rehab activities.

MWL All-stars: Pitchers Cole DeVries and Alex Burnett and 3rd baseman Danny Valencia were all added to the Midwest League All-star game on Wednesday. The three join starter Jeff Manship, ace closer Rob Delaney and Snappers 2nd baseman Brian Dinkleman on June 19th at Elfstrom Field in Geneva, Ill.

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Record 35-22

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Rochester 3 at Indianapolis 4

Record 29-25

W: B. Bullington (9-2, 2.75); L: D. Gassner (1-5, 5.88); SV: D. Kolb (4)
HR: ROC: G. Williams (4), M. Tolbert (3).

From redwingsbaseball.com: The Wings used the long ball to their advantage and Brian Duensing had another quality start, going 6 2/3 innings and giving up two runs while striking out nine to lead Rochester to a 7-2 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday night at Frontier Field. Glenn Williams had a two-run home run and Garrett Jones and Doug Deeds each had solo blasts.

The Wings got their offense going in the second inning when Tommy Watkins hit a sharp single past third baseman Chris Basak, advancing Williams--who reached first on an error-- to second base. Two batters later Korey Feiner was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Denard Span's force out at home plate, Alexi Casilla put Rochester ahead with a two-out, three-run double down the right field line to give the Wings an early 3-0 lead.

In the third inning the Yankees responded. After striking out Basak, Duensing (2-0) walked the next two batters and gave up an RBI single to Alberto Gonzalez to make it 3-1. Sardhina followed with a strikeout, then Andy Phillips hit a single up the middle. As Raul Chavez rounded third base trying to score on the play, Gonzalez was thrown out at third by center fielder Denard Span before Chavez scored to end the inning.

The Wings came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Jones extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single that got things started, and Glenn Williams followed with a two-run blast to right field to give the Wings a 5-1 lead. Rochester had another opportunity after Trent Oeltjen stole second then reached third on an error, but Feiner grounded out to short to end the threat.

Scranton bounced back with a solo home run by Angel Chavez to trim their deficit to 5-2 in the fifth inning. But Rochester responded again in the bottom half with a solo shot by Jones to give them a 6-2 lead.

Ricky Barrett relieved Duensing with two outs in the seventh and forced Raul Chavez to pop out to second. He pitched the rest of the game, giving up no runs on two hits and striking out four.

The Wings added another solo home run in the seventh inning when Deeds hit a 1-1 pitch off reliever Justin Pope over the right field wall, extending his hitting streak to eight games and giving them a 7-2 lead.

Steven Jackson took the loss for Scranton after pitching five innings and giving up three runs on eight hits.

NOTES: Double-A New Britain outfielder Matt Allegra is the Twins Minor League Player of the month for May...Allegra, 25, batted .323 (30-for-93) with nine doubles, six home runs, 20 rbi...his slugging percentage was .613 in 25 games...Allegra was signed as a six-year free agent having spent his entire minor league career in the Oakland organization...Class A Beloit righthanded pitcher Rob Delaney is the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the month for May...in 14 games, Delaney, 22, posted a 0.53 ERA (17.0 ip, 1 er) and recorded 13 saves...he walked just two batters while striking out 19 and holding opposing hitters to a .123 batting average...Delaney was signed as a non-drafted free agent in June of 2006...he graduated from St. Johns University in 2006.

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Altoona 5 at New Britain 4

Record: 28-24

W: C. Hernandez (2-1, 3.50); L: F. Mata (0-1, 5.73); SV: M. Peterson (10)
HR: ALT: A. Boeve (7). NBR: B. Peterson (7).

From rockcats.com: Altoona’s Adam Boeve hit a two-run home run off New Britain reliever Frank Mata in the top of the ninth to give the Curve a 5-4 win at New Britain Stadium.

The game started as a pitcher’s duel between Rock Cats’ starter Ryan Mullins and the Curve’s Luis Munoz. Mullins tossed seven impressive innings for the Rock Cats. The 23-year-old limited the Curve to two runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out four in his second career Double-A start, but came away with the no-decision. Munoz was just as imposing, allowing three runs (2ER) on eight hits with four strikeouts.

The Curve took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on Alex Fernandaez’ RBI single to right field. Neil Walker, who reached base on a walk, then scored on Brian Peterson’s double play groundout for a 2-0 advantage.

The Rock Cats cut the Curve’s lead in half with Brock Peterson’s solo blast to center field. In the third, the Rock Cats struck again. Kyle Geiger opened the inning with a double and moved to third on Brandon Roberts’ sac bunt. Geiger scored on a single by Felix Molina to tie the game. Trevor Plouffe advanced the runners and reached base safely with a bunt. Brian Buscher’s groundout to shortstop allowed Molina to score and gave the Rock Cats the lead, 3-2.

Steven Pearce doubled to center field off Mata in the eighth to knock in Brandon Chaves and tie the game. Pearce was thrown out at third base when Molina cutoff Roberts’ throw from center field and threw to catcher Kyle Geiger trying to tag Chaves out at home, but Pearce attempted to take third on the throw home and Geiger fired the ball to third base for the final out of the inning.

Momentum carried over into the bottom of the inning for the Rock Cats. Felix Molina singled, Brian Buscher drew an intentional walk, and Brock Peterson walked to load the bases. Altoona reliever Dave Davidson then walked Garrett Guzman to score Molina from third for the go-ahead run. The lead would be short-lived, though, as the Curve came out swinging in the top of the ninth. Walker singled to lead off the inning and Boeve delivered a two-run shot over the center field wall.

Mata (0-1) allowed three runs on six hits in two innings to suffer the loss. For the Rock Cats, Molina led the offense with a 4-for-4 performance at the plate and scored two runs. Chris Hernandez (2-1) came away with the win, despite walking three in 2/3 innings. Matt Peterson threw a shutout ninth for his tenth save.

The Curve and Rock Cats will play the middle game of their three-game series Wednesday night at New Britain Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. Wardell Starling (2-4, 5.47) will get the starting nod for Altoona, while New Britain will counter with righty Tristan Crawford (5-3, 4.04).

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Caleb Moore
Fort Myers 4 at Jupiter 3

Record 24 - 33

W: E. Morlan (3-2, 2.61); L: J. Gogal (1-1, 0.73); SV: A. Garcia (3)
HR: FTM: C. Moore (1).

E: Tolleson (13, fielding), Morlan (1, pickoff).

From miraclebaseball.com: Fort Myers Miracle catcher Caleb Moore couldn't have picked a better time to smash his first home run of the season on Tuesday night. After the Hammerheads scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth sending the contest into extra innings, it was Moore who connected on a two-out blast in the tenth lifting the Miracle to a 4-3 win over the Jupiter Hammerheads at Roger Dean Stadium.

A pair of runs in the Miracle third began the scoring on the night. Luis Ugueto and Erik Lis would pick up RBI-singles in the inning for a 2-0 lead. Steve Tolleson, who reached on a fielder's choice, would tally first on Ugueto's base hit to right while Juan Portes came across on Lis' single to left.

After Dwayne White's RBI-double in the sixth brought home Lis with the third Miracle run, the Hammerheads would finally cut into the lead a half-inning later. Former Miracle JR Taylor, who went 3-for-4, picked up his second single of the night to lead off the sixth.

After a Gaby Sanchez walk, Andrew Jenkins would move both runners up 90 feet with his groundout to second base. Taylor would later score on wild pitch for the initial Jupiter run before Sanchez closely followed on a Colin Roberson single to right.

Jupiter would send the ball game to extra innings with their third run in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Agustin Septimo led off with a pop up to short that Steve Tolleson couldn't handle cleanly allowing the lead off man to reach. After a Lorenzo Scott strikeout and J.R. Taylor foul out, Gaby Sanchez smoked a double to the gap in right-center plating Septimo, with the unearned run, knotting the game at three apiece.

Lis ended the night going 4-for-5 with a double and three singles to go along with White's two doubles, apart of his 3-for-4 night, helping the Miracle earn a split in the four-game series. The Miracle out-hit Jupiter as well by a count of 13-10.

The Miracle now head back home to the friendly confines of Hammond Stadium to entertain the visiting Vero Beach Devil Rays. The four-game set will begin Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. Joe Mauer, on a rehab appearance in Fort Myers, will be in the starting lineup for the Miracle and likely catch the entire game. The opener will see RHP Zach Ward (2-7, 2.51) go for the Miracle against the Rays' Wade Davis (3-0, 1.95).

Mauer Pauer: The Minnesota Twins announced today that catcher Joe Mauer will make a rehab start for the Miracle at Hammond Stadium on Wednesday night in preparation for his eventual return to the Twins. Mauer will likely bat third for the Miracle and will be the starting catcher in Wednesday night's game. Earlier Tuesday, Mauer caught in an extended spring training game on the back fields of the Lee County Sports Complex. Mauer is recovering from a strained left quadriceps muscle, an injury he suffered during spring training.

Mauer became the first catcher in American League history to win a batting title last season, posting a .347 average. He started the 2003 season in a Miracle uniform, and hit .335 before being called up to double-A New Britain just after the All-Star break. Mauer also rehabbed with the Miracle in 2004, playing in 2 games. Miraclebaseball.com

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Beloit 1 at Peoria 9

Record 35-22

W: J. Papelbon (3-2, 3.28); L: A. Hawes (3-6, 3.92)
HR: None.

E: Valencia (7, fielding).

From peoria chiefs.com: The Peoria Chiefs took three out of four games from the first place Beloit Snappers with a 9-1 victory on Tuesday night at O’Brien Field. The win moves the Chiefs back to .500 on the season and 6.5 games back of the first place Snappers.

For the second straight night the Chiefs got five strong innings from a starter as Marco Carrillo surrendered just one run on two hits from the games first two batters while striking out five. He also retired his last 15 batters before leaving the game trailing 1-0. Jeremy Papelbon retired the first three batters he faced to make it 18 consecutive Snappers sent down before Danny Santiesteban singled in the seventh.

Beloit loaded the bases in the first inning after Carrillo gave up back-to-back singles to Brian Dinkleman and Danny Berg and then hit Johnny Woodard with a pitch. The first run of the night came across on a sacrifice fly by Chris Parmelee to make it 1-0. Carrillo then got Santiesteban to ground out to end the threat.

The Chiefs offense was able to break through in the sixth after a walk to Ryne Malone to start the inning followed by a single by Josh Lansford. Jim Adduci came to the plate and for the second straight night doubled down the left field line to score both Malone and Lansford and give the Chiefs a 2-1 lead. Ryan Norwood followed with a sacrifice fly to score Adduci to push the lead to 3-1.

Peoria added to the lead in the eighth after Malone picked up his second hit of the game and came around to score on a Yusuf Carter double to make it 4-1. Adduci was intentionally walked and he and Carter pulled off a double steal to give the Chiefs two runners in scoring position. Norwood then banged a double off the wall in left center field to drive in his second run of the series and make it a 5-1 Chiefs lead. Alfred Joseph picked up an RBI on a ground out to make it 6-1. Dylan Johnston kept the inning going with two outs with a stand up triple to the gap in right center to score Wellington Castillo and Norwood to make it 8-1 Chiefs. The two-out hitting continued with a Camp single to right to score Johnston and make it 9-1.

Papelbon worked three scoreless innings and allowed two hits to pick up his third win of the season. Adam Hawes suffered the loss in six innings of work while allowing four hits and three runs. The newest addition to the Chiefs roster Donnie Walters pitched a scoreless ninth in his first appearance after joining the club earlier in the day.

Beloit takes Wednesday off and returns home to Pohlman field on Thursday to face the Burlington Bees starting at 7:00 PM.

Beloit (Twins) second baseman Brian Dinkelman (.274, 4 HR, 15 RBIs, 7 SB) was named to the West All-Star team for the Midwest League yesterday. Beloit star Jeff Manship (tops in the league with a 1.49 era) will join him Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, Ill, home of the Kane County Cougars.

From milb.com: Perhaps the most likely candidate to be gone to the next level by All-Star time is Beloit closer extraordinaire Robert Delaney, but if he's still around look for him to trot out for the final inning for the West. Delaney, who posted a 4.74 ERA and collected two saves in his pro debut last summer, mostly in the Gulf Coast League, is 18-for-18 in save opportunities for the Snappers, with an 0.57 ERA and a .131 average against him.

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Snappers Fall in Finale

Beloit Snappers

The Snappers came up short in the final game of a four game series with the Peoria Chiefs on Tuesday, 9-1. Two big innings by the Chiefs proved to be more than Beloit could handle as the Snappers fell to 35-22.

Chris Parmelee got the Snappers on the board first in the bottom of the first inning. He hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Brian Dinkelman from third. Parmelee’s sac fly gave Beloit a 1-0 lead after one.

Peoria would score three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and six more in the bottom of the eighth to claim the final game of the series.

Adam Hawes picked up the loss going six innings and allowing three runs. Hawes’ loss is his sixth of the season.

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Left-hander Brian Duensing struck out nine and allowed just two runs in 6-plus innings Monday night, giving the Red Wings a second straight impressive outing.

Scranton/WB 2 at Rochester 7

Record 29-24

W: B. Duensing (2-0, 2.84); L: S. Jackson (3-7, 6.23); SV: R. Barrett (1)
HR: SWB: A. Chavez (2). ROC: G. Jones (9), D. Deeds (4), G. Williams (3).

E: Casilla (5, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: The Wings used the long ball to their advantage and Brian Duensing had another quality start, going six 2/3 innings and giving up two runs while striking out nine to lead Rochester to a 7-2 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday night at Frontier Field. Glenn Williams had a two-run home run and Garrett Jones and Doug Deeds each had solo blasts.

The Wings got their offense going in the second inning when Tommy Watkins hit a sharp single past third baseman Chris Basak, advancing Williams--who reached first on an error-- to second base. Two batters later Korey Feiner was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Denard Span's force out at home plate, Alexi Casilla put Rochester ahead with a two-out, three-run double down the right field line to give the Wings an early 3-0 lead.

In the third inning the Yankees responded. After striking out Basak, Duensing (2-0) walked the next two batters and gave up an RBI single to Alberto Gonzalez to make it 3-1. Sardhina followed with a strikeout, then Andy Phillips hit a single up the middle. As Raul Chavez rounded third base trying to score on the play, Gonzalez was thrown out at third by center fielder Denard Span before Chavez scored to end the inning.

The Wings came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Jones extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single that got things started, and Glenn Williams followed with a two-run blast to right field to give the Wings a 5-1 lead. Rochester had another opportunity after Trent Oeltjen stole second then reached third on an error, but Feiner grounded out to short to end the threat.

Scranton bounced back with a solo home run by Angel Chavez to trim their deficit to 5-2 in the fifth inning. But Rochester responded again in the bottom half with a solo shot by Jones to give them a 6-2 lead.

Ricky Barrett relieved Duensing with two outs in the seventh and forced Raul Chavez to pop out to second. He pitched the rest of the game, giving up no runs on two hits and striking out four.

The Wings added another solo home run in the seventh inning when Deeds hit a 1-1 pitch off reliever Justin Pope over the right field wall, extending his hitting streak to eight games and giving them a 7-2 lead.

Steven Jackson took the loss for Scranton after pitching five innings and giving up three runs on eight hits.

NOTES: Double-A New Britain outfielder Matt Allegra is the Twins Minor League Player of the month for May...Allegra, 25, batted .323 (30-for-93) with nine doubles, six home runs, 20 rbi...his slugging percentage was .613 in 25 games...Allegra was signed as a six-year free agent having spent his entire minor league career in the Oakland organization...Class A Beloit righthanded pitcher Rob Delaney is the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the month for May...in 14 games, Delaney, 22, posted a 0.53 ERA (17.0 ip, 1 er) and recorded 13 saves...he walked just two batters while striking out 19 and holding opposing hitters to a .123 batting average...Delaney was signed as a non-drafted free agent in June of 2006...he graduated from St. Johns University in 2006.

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Record: 28-23

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Fort Myers 3 at Jupiter 2

Record 23 - 33

W: J. Hill (2-2, 2.97); L: R. Tucker (3-4, 4.12); SV: A. Gabino (1)
HR: FTM: E. Lis (4).

E: Ugueto (7, fielding), Gardenhire (6, fielding), Portes (7, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: Despite allowing 15 hits and a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Fort Myers Miracle were able to hold off the Jupiter Hammerheads for a wild 3-2 win on Monday night. The Miracle snapped their three-game losing streak while ending the Hammerheads win streak at three. Jupiter left 13 runners on base in the loss, the most stranded by a Miracle opponent this season, and is the third-straight 3-2 contest played by both teams.

The wild ninth inning would begin with back-to-back singles from Lorenzo Scott and Kris Harvey that brought the tying run to the plate. Gaby Sanchez sent a rope to Juan Portes at third, who stepped on the bag and threw to first for a double play, the third of the night hit into by Jupiter.

Andrew Jenkins followed with a RBI-double to left, ending the shutout, before pinch-hitter Colin Roberson’s single to right the brought the Hammerheads to within one. Jonathan Fulton would then line out to deep right allowing the Miracle to hold on for the win.

The first of the three Miracle runs would come across in the second as Matt Betsill’s groundout to first plated Dwayne White with the early run. Toby Gardenhire would reach on a fielding error by Fulton at third leading off the fifth, later scoring on a Luis Ugueto sacrifice fly giving the Miracle a two-run lead.

The eventual game-winning run for the Miracle would come off the bat of Erik Lis who crushed a monstrous solo-HR to right, his fourth of the year, giving the Miracle what looked like a commanding 3-0 lead, heading into the Jupiter ninth.

In the six innings Jupiter registered hits on Monday night, all of them would turn out to be multi-hit frames with four hits coming in the ninth inning alone.

The 25th one-run game for the Miracle saw Josh Hill pick up his second-straight win tossing five innings, allowing nine hits while striking out four. Armando Gabino worked around Fulton’s RBI-single in the ninth to pick up his first Florida State League save.

The finale of the four-game series will take place at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday night. RHP Oswaldo Sosa (2-3, 2.54) gets the start for the Miracle opposite LHP Aaron Thompson (2-4, 3.55) for the Hammerheads.

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Beloit 2 at Peoria 7

Record 35-21

W: R. Hernandez (1-1, 3.79); L: C. Devries (4-3, 2.01)
HR: PEO: R. Malone (1).

E: Olson (10, throw).

The Peoria Cheifs took 5 runs from Cole Devries to top the Beloit Snappers, 7-2 at o'Brien Field. Neither of the Snappers runs were earned.

Wilson Ramos reached in the ninth on a fielding error by shortstop Jonathan Mota. Brian Dinkleman singled to left to move him to second. Danny Berg's line drive saw them both accross the plate, but Joe Benson would fly out to end the Snappers late inning rally.

Dinkleman was 2-for-2 with 2 walks, Berg was 1-for-2 with 2 RBI and Danny Santiestiban and Chris Parmelee were both 1-for-4 on the night.

The two teams rematch tonight with Adam Hawes (3-5, 3.86) taking the mound for Beloit while Peoria will counter with right-hander Marco Carilloa (0-1, 3.00).

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Snappers Drop Game Three

Beloit Snappers

The Peoria Chiefs scored runs in the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh innings to take game three of the series, 7-2. Cole Devries picked up his third loss of the season, going five and a third innings.

Brian Dinkelman went 2 for 2 with two walks in the loss. Dinkelman improved his average to .274.

The loss dropped Beloit's record to 35-21.

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Scranton/WB 1 at Rochester 4

Record 28-24

W: N. Blackburn (1-1, 3.42); L: K. Igawa (0-2, 4.50); SV: B. Korecky (13)
HR: ROC: A. Casilla (1).

E: Casilla (5, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: Nick Blackburn brought a perfect game into the sixth inning, getting the winning decision as the Red Wings beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4-1 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field.

New York Yankees pitcher Kei Igawa started for Scranton, after speculation that he would be called up to pitch for New York on Monday. Igawa, who signed a five-year, $20 million contract, made his second Triple-A start after being demoted from New York to Class A Tampa in the Florida State League. Igawa received a Rochester greeting from Wings leadoff hitter Alexi Casilla, who blasted a 2-1 pitch from Igawa to left for a home run. It was Casilla's first homer of the year; Casilla hit only one home run all of last year.

The game remained dominated by pitching into the fourth inning. In the bottom of the inning, Matt Tolbert led off with a solid single to center field. After a Glenn Williams strikeout, Garrett Jones hit a one hopper that went off the the first baseman's glove and Jones was able to slide safely into the bag just ahead of the diving fielder. Matthew LeCroy loaded the bases after working a walk setting the table to Tommy Watkins who walked, forcing in the second run of the game. Doug Deeds hit a soft line drive that was snared by the shortstop, who tossed to second to double off LeCroy at second to prevent further damage.

Blackburn did not allow a base runner until the sixth inning, when a line drive to centerfield went off the tip of Denard Span's glove and fell in for a double. Blackburn did not seem affected by the hit and retired the next two batters in order to escape the inning unscathed.

The ball game remained close in the late innings, but the Wings scraped across two late runs. In the seventh, Deeds scored with the help of a Scranton miscue and Casilla's third hit of the game. Tolbert also scored in the eighth just before Williams was tagged out in rundown for the final out of the inning while he tried to steal second base.

Igawa (0-2) pitched effectively for Scranton, striking out nine batters while allowing two earned runs over his seven innings pitched. However, he was out-duelled by Blackburn (1-1) who scattered four hits over eight fantastic innings of work, throwing only 88 pitches to pick up the win. Closer Bobby Korecky pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his 13th save of the season.

NOTES: Tolbert (strained oblique muscle) made his first appearance since May 18 and had one hit and two runs scored. His .356 average was leading the league before his injury, but Tolbert currently doesn't have enough plate appearances to officially qualify among league leaders... Deeds now has a seven-game hitting streak, and Jones has a six-game streak...The left-handed hitting Jones entered the game with an amazing .378 average against left-handed pitchers...New Britain second baseman Felix Molina is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for May 26-June 1...Molina, 24, batted .370 (10-27) with two doubles, one homer and three rbi in seven games for the Rock Cats...in 41 games this season, Molina is batting .287 (47-for-164) with seven doulbes, two triples, four home runs and 15 rbi...Molina was drafted by the Twins in the 21st round of the 2001 First-Year Player draft. Class-A Fort Myers leads the Florida State League in pitching with a 2.93 ERA, despite a 22-32 record entering play Sunday...Class-A Beloit's pitching staff also leads their league, with a 2.70 staff ERA that's tops in the Midwest League...Beloit closer Rob Delaney leads the league with 18 saves.

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New Hampshire 1 at New Britain 9

Record: 27-23

W: J. Floyd (4-4, 3.90); L: K. Isenberg (1-2, 4.75)
HR: NBR: M. Allegra (8), L. Hughes (2).

E: Winfree (5, throw), Allegra (3, throw).

From rockcats.com: New Britain pounded out 11 hits, led by Trevor Plouffe’s three-hit performance, and starter Jesse Floyd fired seven impressive innings as the Rock Cats downed New Hampshire 9-1 in the first of two seven-inning games on Sunday afternoon.

Floyd (4-4) limited the Fisher Cats to one run (unearned) and four hits in a seven-inning complete game. He struck out eight. Meanwhile, New Hampshire starter Kurt Isenberg (1-2) was battered around for nine runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out none.

The Rock Cats jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Plouffe doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch. Brock Peterson’s single to left field knocked in Plouffe for a 1-0 lead. David Winfree doubled before Matthew Allegra blasted a three-run homer over the left field wall to put the Rock Cats up 4-0.

Ryan Klosterman’s RBI single in the second inning put the Fisher Cats on the board. It would be their lone run of the game.

The Rock Cats broke out their bats in the fourth. Allegra opened the inning with a single before Luke Hughes blasted a two-run homer. With two outs, Felix Molina drew a walk, Plouffe singled, and Brian Buscher walked to load the bases. Peterson then lined a single to center field to score Molina and Plouffe. A throwing error by center fielder Dustin Majewski allowed Buscher to move up to third. Winfree added an RBI single for a 9-1 lead.

Both Peterson and Allegra finished with two hits and three RBI apiece.

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New Hampshire 1 at New Britain 4

Record: 28-23

W: T. Lahey (5-0, 3.55); L: J. Litsch (5-2, 1.24); SV: F. Mata (3)
HR: None.

E: Buscher (9, fielding), Molina, F (10, fielding).

From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats combined effective pitching with timely hits against Jesse Litsch, who had just returned from a brief stint in the Majors, to down New Hampshire 4-1. The win completed the sweep of Sunday’s doubleheader.

Litsch, who made his Major League Debut with Toronto on May 15 and started four games with the Blue Jays, entered the game with a 5-1 record and 0.96 ERA in 37 2/3 innings pitched in the Eastern League. On Sunday, he surrendered six hits and four runs (2 ER) to the Rock Cats.

In the first inning, Trevor Plouffe doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch by Litsch. Brain Buscher then singled to knock in Plouffe for a 1-0 Rock Cats lead. In the second, the Rock Cats struck again. Rashad Eldridge doubled and Jeff Christy followed with a walk. New Hampshire second baseman Juan Peralta then misplayed a grounder off the bat of Brandon Roberts that allowed Eldridge to score and Roberts to reach first. Felix Molina hit a ground ball fielded by Peralta that looked like shortstop Sergio Santos would turn into a double play, but Molina beat out the throw at first. Christy scored on the force out.

The Rock Cats helped out the Fisher Cats in the fifth inning. John Schneider reached on a fielding error by Buscher at third base. With two outs, Schneider later scored on a fielding error by Molina at second base to close the gap, 3-1. Molina redeemed himself in the bottom of the inning. Roberts led off the bottom half of the fifth with a triple and Molina knocked him in with an infield single.

Rock Cats’ starter Brian Forystek tossed three scoreless innings with three hits and three strikeouts in his third start of the season. Tim Lahey (5-0) added two effective innings, with one unearned run and one hit as he picked up the win. Frank Mata tossed two scoreless innings as he notched his third save.

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Fort Myers 2 at Jupiter 3 (Wow! DejaVu!)

Record 22 - 33

W: K. Koehler (1-0, 0.00); L: E. Morlan (2-2, 2.79)
HR: JUP: A. Septimo (2).

E: Moore 2 (4, fielding, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: An RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth from Lorenzo Scott would propel the Jupiter Hammerheads to their second-consecutive 3-2 win over the Fort Myers Miracle on Sunday afternoon. Scott laced his second hit of the day just over the head of Luis Ugueto at short, to score Trent D’Antonio with the game’s decisive run.

Jupiter’s ninth inning began with Miracle reliever Eddie Morlan striking out the Hammerheads Jonathan Fulton for the first out. After back-to-back walks by D’Antonio and Agustin Septimo, Morlan would give up the walk-off single to Scott ending the matinee.

The Miracle struck first in the second as Edward Ovalle led off with a single up the middle and later score on a Juan Portes RBI-double to center. Jupiter would waste little time trying to catch up as Septimo cracked his second home run of the season leading off the third.

Portes would score the second Miracle run of the afternoon as Javi Sanchez reached on a fielding error by Septimo at short that gave the Miracle a brief 2-1 lead. Again, the Hammerheads wouldn’t take long to knot things up as Gaby Sanchez hit into a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded plating Septimo in the fifth, with the home team’s second run, before the game-winner in the ninth.

The Miracle had their best shot to re-gain a third lead on the day with a lead off single from Ugueto in the eighth, but Ugueto would be picked off of first after an Erik Lis fly ball to left that would end any threat.

With the win, the Hammerheads, for the first time this season, have won three-in-a-row. The Miracle drop their third-straight and fall to 10-14 in one-run games. Game three of the series takes place on Monday night at Roger Dean Stadium beginning at 7:05 p.m. Right-hander Josh Hill (1-2, 3.55) gets the call for the Miracle alongside Jupiter’s RHP Ryan Tucker (3-3, 4.50).

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Beloit 14 at Peoria 4

Record 35-20

W: B. Kirwan (2-1, 2.30); L: J. Mateo (0-1, 12.00); SV: T. Robertson (1)
HR: BEL: J. Woodard 2 (8), D. Santiesteban (7).

From peoriachiefs.com: The Peoria Chiefs dropped game two of a four game series with the visiting Beloit Snappers 14-4 at O’Brien Field on Sunday afternoon. The Chiefs are now 27-29 on the season and 13-15 at O’Brien Field.

Beloit threatened in the first inning after Garrett Olson was hit by a Juan Mateo pitch then Johnny Woodard and Danny Valencia both singled to load the bases with one out. Mateo worked out of the jam by getting Chris Parmelee to ground into a 1-2-3 double play to end the threat.

The Snappers scored first in the second inning after Wilson Ramos doubled to the gap in right center and Brian Dinkleman reached on a bunt single. The next batter Danny Santiesteban hit a three-run homer off Mateo to left field to make it 3-0. Beloit added another run in the third inning after Valencia doubled over the head of Yusuf Carter in right field and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Chris Parmelee to make it 4-0.

Beloit added to the lead in the fourth inning. After a lead off walk to Santiesteban by reliever by Al Alburquerque, Yancarlos Ortiz tripled to the gap in right center field to make it 5-0. Steven Singleton followed with a sacrifice fly to score Ortiz from third to make it 6-0.

The Chiefs offense was finally able to break through against Beloit starter Brian Kirwan in the fourth after Josh Lansford doubled down the left field line and came around to score on two-out RBI single by Jim Addcui.

Ryne Malone and Jonathon Mota singled to start the sixth inning and Matt Camp reached on a bunt single down the third base line to load the bases with no outs. Lansford and Russ Canzler hit back-to-back sacrifice flies to cut the deficit to 6-3. Carter then followed with a single to earn his team high 30th RBI and score Camp from third base to make it 6-4.

Woodard led off the seventh inning with a solo home run off Oscar Bernard to extend the Beloit lead to 7-4. Danny Valencia walked and then Parmelee and Wilson Ramos hit back-to-back doubles to score a run and make it 8-4. Brian Dinkleman followed with a two-run single to right to make it a four run inning and give Beloit a 10-4 lead.

In the ninth, Woodard hit his second home run in as many at bats, this time connecting on a two-run shot off Bernard to make it a 12-4 game. Santiesteban drove in his fourth and fifth runs of the game off Blake Lalli to make it 14-4. Lalli gave up his first hit in his fourth mound appearance this season though the runs were charged to Bernard.

Mateo suffered the loss in his first start with the Chiefs while working three innings and giving up four runs. Alburquerque gave up two runs over three innings of work while striking out four and walking one. Bernard surrendered eight runs in 2 2/3 innings of work in relief as well. Kirwan picked up his second win of the season allowing four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings of work. Tyler Robertson worked the final three innings to get his first save of the season.

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Snappers Explode Offensively in Game Two

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Fourteen runs off fifteen hits helped lead the Snappers to a 14-4 win over the Peoria Chiefs on Sunday. Johnny Woodard hit two home runs in the win and helped improve the Snappers record to 35-20.

Steve Singleton was the only Snappers' starter who did not register a hit. Johnny Woodard went 3 for 5, Danny Valencia was 2 for 4, Wilson Ramos 3 for 5, Brian Dinkelman 2 for 4, and Danny Santiesteban 2 for 5.

Starter Brian Kirwan pitched five and two thirds innings of six hit, four run baseball to pick up his second win of the season. Kirwan also added three strikeouts in the victory.

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Rochester 4 at Scranton/WB 9

Record 27-24 (corrected 6/3)

W: E. Junge (3-0, 4.64); L: J. Cummings (3-3, 3.48); SV: C. Manning (2)
HR: SWB: S. Duncan (15), C. Basak (5).

E: Jones (4, fielding).

From MiLB.com: Chris Basak homered and scored four runs as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre beat Rochester, 9-4, on Saturday at PNC Field.

Basak reached base and scored in all four of his plate appearances. The 28-year-old third baseman led off the sixth inning with his fifth homer, walked three times and stole a pair of bases.

Shelley Duncan also hit a solo shot and leads the Yankees (28-26) with 15 homers and 35 RBIs. Kevin Reese lifted a sacrifice fly in the fourth and ripped a run-scoring single in the eighth.

Starter Eric Junge (3-0) got the win after giving up three runs -- one earned -- on six hits and three walks and five strikeouts in six innings. Charlie Manning allowed a run on four hits over three frames for his second save.

Red Wings starter Jeremy Cummings (3-3) yielded four runs -- three earned -- on two hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Matthew LeCroy and Tommy Watkins each had an RBI while Alexi Casilla was 2-for-3 with two walks and a run scored for Rochester (27-24).

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New Hampshire 8 at New Britain 5

Record: 26-23 (corrected 6/3)

W: R. Savickas (3-2, 5.61); L: K. Waldrop (0-3, 5.09); SV: L. Gronkiewicz (10)
HR: NHM: C. Cannon (8). NBR: B. Peterson (6), G. Guzman (4), T. Plouffe (4).

E: Molina, F (9, fielding), Powers (2, pickoff).

From rockcats.com: New Britain starter Kyle Waldrop entered Saturday night’s game in search of his first Double-A win, but he will have to wait for another opportunity as the Rock Cats lost 8-5 to New Hampshire.

Waldrop (0-3) lasted just 4 2/3 innings, surrendering five runs on nine hits and struck out five. He allowed a run in each of the first three innings. David Smith’s RBI single put the Fisher Cats on the board 1-0 in the first. Ryan Klosterman added an RBI single to right field that scored Dustin Majewski for a 2-0 advantage.

Garrett Guzman led off the bottom of the second inning with a solo shot to right field. Felix Molina added an RBI double to right field that scored Matthew Allegra to tie the game, 2-2.

The tie game was short-lived, as Majewski doubled to center to knock in Chip Cannon (2-4, 3 R, 3 RBI) for a 3-2 New Hampshire lead. In the sixth, the Fisher Cats took advantage of mental mistakes by the Rock Cats. Klosterman reached first base on a fielding error by Molina. Relief pitcher Danny Powers then hit John Schneider with a pitch. Manuel Mayorson (3-for-6) bunted Klosterman to third and reached first as Schneider was thrown out at second for the first out of the inning. Powers then attempted a pick-off, but threw the ball away and allowed Klosterman to score for a 6-2 lead.

The Rock Cats’ Trevor Plouffe blasted a two-run homer over the left field wall in the seventh inning to close the gap to 6-4. Brock Peterson added a solo home run in to lead off the bottom of the eighth.

New Hampshire starter Russ Savickas (3-2) allowed eight hits and four runs in 6 2/3 innings. Lee Gronkiewicz notched his tenth save with 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. For the Rock Cats, Brandon Roberts went 3-for-4 with a run scored.

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Juan Portes

Fort Myers 2 at Jupiter 3

Record 22 - 32

W: C. Volstad (5-5, 4.97); L: J. Rainville (2-6, 3.05); SV: T. Doolittle (15)
HR: FTM: J. Portes (2).

From miraclebaseball.com: Former Fort Myers Miracle JR Taylor, signed earlier in the week by the Florida Marlins, hurt his former team by delivering a two-run single in the third inning that proved to be the difference as the Jupiter Hammerheads held on for a 3-2 victory over the Miracle. Saturday night took just two hours and five minutes to complete and marked the 23rd time this season the Miracle have played in a one-run game.

The three-run Jupiter third began with a one-out walk by Trent D’Antonio and a single to center from Agustin Septimo to put runners at first and second. Lorenzo Scott would quickly smack a RBI-double to center bringing in the first Hammerheads run. Taylor followed with his two-run single to right sending the Jupiter lead to 3-0.

The pair of Miracle runs on the night came in the sixth inning as Juan Portes belted his second home run of the season bringing the good guys to within one. The Miracle had several opportunities early to score first at Roger Dean Stadium on Saturday but couldn’t muster any offense together at the right time in the first five innings of play.

Miracle starter Jay Rainville took another tough loss on Saturday tossing seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out five. Jupiter starter Chris Volstad went six frames allowing Portes’ two-run blast and five other hits to pick up his fifth win of the year. Michael Doolittle worked around a one-out single from Dwayne White in the ninth to pick up his Florida State League leading 15th save.

Game two of the series will take place Sunday afternoon with the Miracle set to face another MLB rehabber in RHP Josh Johnson from the Florida Marlins set to start for the Hammerheads. The Miracle will counter by sending RHP Yohan Pino (1-2, 1.57) to the mound at Roger Dean Stadium for a 1:05 p.m. start.

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By Matt Dayhoff, PJStar

Beloit 4 at Peoria 6

Record 34-20 (Corrected 6/3)

W: J. Renshaw (5-2, 3.83); L: A. Burnett (3-4, 3.60); SV: J. Ruhlman (3)
HR: BEL: D. Valencia (10), G. Olson (3). PEO: R. Canzler (4), A. Joseph (2), J. Mota (1).

From peoriachiefs.com: The Peoria Chiefs won game one of a crucial four game series with the first place Beloit Snappers 6-4 on Saturday evening at O’Brien Field. The win moves the Chiefs to 27-28 on the season and they now trail the Snappers by 7.5 games in the Western Division.

Beloit jumped out to an early lead off Chiefs starter Jake Renshaw when Garrett Olson hit a solo home run to the berm in left field to make it 1-0. Russ Canzler answered back with a home run of his own in the bottom of the first inning after Matt Camp walked. Canzler drove a 3-1 pitch from Snappers starter Alex Burnett out to left field to give the Chiefs the lead at 2-1.

The Chiefs continued to do damage with the long ball in the second inning. Alfred Joseph hustled out a potential double play ball at first and Ryne Malone lined a single into left Jonathon Mota then connected on his second career home run, a three-run blast to left to push the Chiefs advantage to 5-1.

The home run derby continued in the Snappers half of the fourth inning when Danny Valencia hit the third homer of the game to left field to cut the Chiefs lead to 5-2. Joseph hit the fifth home run of the game a two out shot in the fourth inning, again out to left field to get the Chiefs a 6-2 lead.

Following a lead off single in the sixth inning Renshaw walked two batters to load the bases. Renshaw hit Wilson Ramos with the first pitch to plate a run and make it 6-3. The next batter Joe Benson hit a sacrifice fly to center to make it 6-4 and end the night for Renshaw. Chuckie Platt came on in relief to record the final out and strand the potential tying runs on base.

The Chiefs defense made two errors in the ninth inning with two outs. Jayson Ruhlman relieved Platt with runners on second and third and got Steve Singleton to ground out to first base to end the game.

Renshaw worked 5 2/3 innings to earn his team leading fifth win of the season while allowing four runs on six hits and striking out five. Platt pitched three innings of shut out relief and Ruhlman came on to record the final out of the game to get his third save of the season.

Notes... The three home runs hit by the Chiefs were the most in a game this season...The Chiefs are now 3-1 when wearing custom or replica jerseys...Russ Canzler extended his hitting streak to five games while Alfred Joseph has hit safely in six straight games...Manager Ryne Sandberg’s game-worn autographed jersey was auctioned off for $1700 dollars with the Chiefs team signed jersey going for $550...The crowd of 7,180 was the second largest crowd of the season at O’Brien Field...The series continues on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 when the Chiefs send RHP Juan Mateo (0-0, 0.00) to the mound against RHP Brian Kirwan (1-1, 0.00 ERA)...Sunday is Bark-in-the-Park Day at O’Brien Field...Fans are invited to bring their dogs to the game...Jake the Diamond Dog will also be on hand...Sunday is also the first Chiefs Baseball Card set give away presented by WHOI TV 19 and American...It is also WHOI Kids Count Day with kids ages 14 and under having the chance to run the bases and get player autographs after the game...The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game at 1:45 PM online at peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350.

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Chiefs Take Game One

Beloit Snappers

The Snappers dropped game one of the four game series with the Peoria Chiefs, 6-4. Home runs from Garrett Olson and Danny Valencia were not enough as the Snappers dropped to 34-20 on the year.

Starter Alex Burnett pitched six and one thirds innings of eight hit, six run baseball to pick up his fourth loss of the season.

Garrett Olson went 2 for 4 with a home run and the newest Snapper Wilson Ramos had an RBI in his debut.

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