Round Rock
Round Rock rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 7th to tie Oklahoma City at 4-4, but Alex Cora (who is hilariously still wearing a Mets hat in his MiLB profile) hit a homer in the 9th inning off Gary Majewski for the 5-4 win over Round Rock. Yorman Bazardo allowed 6H/4ER, 5K:3BB in 6.1IP, and Majewski gave up 2H/1ER, 1K:0BB in 2.2IP of relief. Oklahoma City's Derek Holland threw 6IP, 3H/1ER, 5K:3BB. However, Oswaldo Navarro was 4x5 with a double, homer, and 2RBI. Edwin Maysonet (2x3, BB) and Collin DeLome (1x5, RBI) had your other hits. Brian Bogusevic was 0x3, and is hitting .179/.304/.282 over his last ten games.
Man of the Match: Oswaldo Navarro
Corpus
Arkansas scored in four different innings, overcoming a 2-1 Corpus lead, for a 5-3 win. Henry Villar threw 5H/3ER, 1K:2BB in 5IP. Jared Wells threw 3H/2R (1ER), 1K:0BB and Jose Valdez threw two perfect innings to close it out. The Hooks committed four errors - Cartwright, Sutil, Santangelo, and Clemens. Lou Santangelo was 2x4, while David Cook (1x4, BB) and Albert Cartwright (1x3, 2BB) provided your RBIs.
Man of the Match: Albert Cartwright.
Lancaster
High Desert worked over Lancaster for a 10-3 win. Leandro Cespedes allowed 5H/6R (4ER), 2K:4BB, and a balk in 1.2IP; Ashton Mowdy walked two in 3.1IP - getting out of an inherited bases loaded jam without allowing a run; Mike Modica gave up 5H/3ER, 0K:1BB in 1IP; Jose Trinidad gave up 2H/1ER in 1IP; and Edwin Walker allowed 2H/0ER in 1IP. Brandon Barnes swung the big bat, going 3x4 with three doubles, a walk, stolen base, and an RBI. Brandon Wikoff was 2x5.
Man of the Match: Brandon Barnes
Lexington
Lexington was down 6-2 heading into the 7th, and scored six runs over the next three innings for an 8-6 win over Augusta. Juan Minaya threw 5IP, 6H/5R (4ER), 5K:2BB, 3WP; Brenden Stines allowed 2H/1ER, 3BB in 2IP, and Colton Pitkin provided the 8th inning bridge to Kirk Clark, who recorded his 28th save of the season. It was the top of the order doing the damage, as Jimmy Paredes, Jiovanni Mier, and Jake Goebbert each had two hits. Ben Heath was 2x4 with a double and a walk. Our Boy Aaron Bray went 0x4, but had 2RBI to reach 40RBI on the season. Renzo Tello hit a three-run double in the 9th for the go-ahead RBIs. The bases were loaded up for Tello on Ben Heath's single, and Jonathan Meyer and Miguel Arrendell's two-out walks.
Man of the Match: Renzo Tello
Tri-City
Tri-City scored early and often in their 10-3 win over Connecticut. Carlos Quevedo allowed 4H/2R (1ER), 4K:1BB, WP in 6IP. Adam Champion, Jason Chowning, and Joan Belliard combined for 3H/0ER in relief. Marcus Nidiffer (SB) - who probably ought to go to Lancaster in 2011 - and Austin Wates (double, RBI) had three hits each. Adam Bailey was 2x5 with a double, homer, and 4RBI. Chris Wallace hit his first homer for the ValleyCats, and Orloff (SB), Adamson, and Kvasnicka provided your other RBIs.
Man of the Match: Adam Bailey
Greeneville
Princeton edged Greeneville on a 12th inning homer to win 4-3. Ricardo Batista allowed 5H/3R (2ER), 3K:3BB, WP in 6IP. Angel Gonzalez (2BB) and Phil Rorabaugh (H, K) threw an inning each. Garrett Bullock allowed 4H/0ER, 4K:1BB in 3IP, and Jeiler Castillo gave up the game-winning HR. Telvin Nash was 3x5 with a two-run homer (hitting .324/.405/.595 in his last ten games), while Delino DeShields and Jhonny Medrano each had two hits and a walk. Catcher Carlos Mojica had a rough night, going 0x5 with two throwing errors and a passed ball. Emilio King had two outfield assists to kind of off-set the 0x5, 4K game he had at the plate.
Man of the Match: Telvin Nash.
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