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RED WINGS REPORT
Rochester 3, Columbus 5
Alex Meyer was back on the mound for the Red Wings on Tuesday night. He gave up five runs on nine hits in four innings. He struck out two and walked none. Of the 68 pitches that he threw, 42 of them were strikes. It appears that he’s working on throwing more strikes, and he did that, but some of them may have hit too much of the plate. After two scoreless innings, he gave up a two-run double to a rehabbing Nick Swisher.
Stephen Pryor got the next five outs, three of them on strikeouts. Logan Darnell got four outs, one via the K. Ryan Pressly came on and struck out four in two perfect innings.
The Red Wings were not able to do much against former big leaguer Shaun Marcum, who is now 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA for Columbus. The Red Wings got some power in this game from a couple of players from Puerto Rico. Danny Ortiz homered for the third time this season. Eddie Rosario went 2-4 with his third home run. Both homers were against Marcum in the sixth inning. Australian James Beresford added two hits in the game.
Reynaldo Rodriguez went 0-4. It ended a 12-game hitting streak during which he hit .429/.500/.690 with four doubles, two triples, a home run and eight RBI.
With the loss, the Red Wings fall to 10-8.
CHATTANOOGA CHATTER
Chattanooga 6, Tennessee 7
The Lookouts got plenty of offense on this night, but another rough start from Greg Peavey, and the team fell to 8-10.
For Greg Peavey, it started out rough. In fact, the Smokies’ lead-off hitter, Jacob Hannemann homered to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Two batters later, Kyle Schwarber hit his second home run in as many days, his fourth of the season.
Dalton Hicks stayed hot in this game. In the top of the third inning, he launched a game-tying, two-run homer. It was his third of the season, and his third in the last four games.
The lead didn’t last long as Peavey gave up a two-run homer to Bijan Rademacher in the bottom half of the inning.
In the fourth inning, the Lookouts got to within a run on a bases-loaded infield single from Buxton. However, in the bottom of the fourth inning, the Smokies got that run back.
Peavey was replaced in the fifth inning by Cole Johnson who worked a scoreless inning.
The Lookouts took the lead in the sixth inning. Mike Gonzales led off with his second homer. Adam Brett Walker followed it with a double. With two outs and the bases loaded, Dalton Hicks came through with a two-run single. Johnson followed it up with another 1-2-3 inning. Johnson did give up one in the seventh inning that tied the game at six.
Dallas Gallant came on for the eighth inning. The leadoff batter hit a liner to right field. Travis Harrison went for the shoe-string catch and the ball got by him. It was called a single with a two-base error. One out later, a soft single scored the go-ahead run.
Peavey went four innings and was charged with five runs on eight hits and a walk. He struck out one. Cole Johnson gave up one run on two hits over three innings. He struck out three. Dallas Gallant gave up the unearned run in the eighth inning on two hits.
Hicks again led the offense. He went 2-4 with a walk and his third homer. Mike Gonzales was 2-5 with his third double and second home run. Adam Brett Walker hit his third double, but then he walked four times too. Byron Buxton went 1-3 with two walks and his fourth stolen base. Miguel Sano returned to the lineup after missing two games. He went 0-5 with three strikeouts.
MIRACLE MATTERS
Ft. Myers 1, Palm Beach 3
Aaron Slegers got the loss, but he gave the Miracle exactly what they needed in this game. After playing a lot of extra innings in the last four or five days, the Miracle needed a starter to give them some innings. Slegers gave up three runs (2 earned) on four hits and a walk over eight innings. Alexis Tapia, who will likely pitch for Elizabethton this summer, made his Florida State League debut with a scoreless ninth inning.
The offense had plenty of opportunities. The Miracle had seven hits and walked five times, but they were only able to cross the plate once. Bryan Haar hit his third double and scored one batter later when Mitch Garver singled him in.
Logan Wade led the offense. He went 2-4 with his fourth double. He also committed two errors at third base. Niko Goodrum walked twice.
The Miracle fall to 7-13 through their first 20 games.
KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 1, Quad Cities 0 (11 innings)
The Kernels began another commuter series with a Tuesday morning game in Davenport, Iowa. After a league-wide day off on Monday, it’s safe to say that the bats may not have made the trip with the team. However, the Kernels scored their first extra-innings run of the season in the 11th to grab another win.
Zack Larson led off the 11th with a single. The next two batters had sacrifice bunts and in each case, the pitcher made an error. With the bases loaded, third baseman T.J. White ended the game with a sacrifice fly.
Jared Wilson made the start and threw the first five shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked four and struck out two. Randy LeBlanc came on and gave up two hits over three scoreless innings. He struck out three. Cam Booser got the ninth and 10th innings. He gave up two hits, walked two but struck out three.
After gaining the lead, Trevor Hildenberger pitched a scoreless 11th inning for the save. It was his second save of the year.
Larson led the offense, going 2-5. Zach Granite and Nick Gordon led off the game with back-to-back singles. That gives Granite an eight-game hitting streak. Gordon extended his hit streak to seven games.
The Kernels are now 13-6.
TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Ryan Pressly, Rochester Red Wings
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Dalton Hicks, Chattanooga Lookouts
WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Columbus @ Rochester (5:35 CST) – LHP Jason Wheeler
Chattanooga @ Tennessee (11:00 CST) – RHP DJ Baxendale
Ft. Myers – No Game Scheduled
Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (7:00 CST) – LHP Mat Batts
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