Oklahoma City (45-40), 3.5 GB
After quickly falling behind to Albuquerque 3-0 in the top of the 1st, OKC battled back against former PreStro Rob Rasmussen to win 4-3. Asher Wojciechowski settled down after walking the first three batters he faced in the first inning to get the win with 6 IP, 3H/3R, 5K:6BB. Eric Berger gave up 2H/0R in .2 IP and Jose Valdez and Josh Zeid each added a scoreless inning with Zeid picking up his 8th save.
Brandon Laird was 2x4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. George Springer was 1x4 with 2 RBI. Robbie Grossman went 1x2 with 2 walks and a run. Jonathan Villar was 1x3 with a walk, a stolen base, and 2 runs. Jose Martinez went 2x4.
Man of the Match: Jonathan Villar
Corpus (5-7), 1 GB
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Lancaster (12-2), 2.0 up
Lancaster blasted Bakersfield 12-1. Tyson Perez allowed just one unearned run in 6 IP with 3H and 1BB. Cameron Lamb threw 2 IP with 1K. Michael Dimock went the final inning, striking out one.
DDJ was 2x3 with 2 BB, 1 2B, 3 R, and 2 RBI. Nolan Fontana went 2x3 with 2 BB, 1 2B, 2 R, and 3 RBI. Andrew Aplin was 1x3 with 1 BB, 1 2B, 2R, and 2 RBI. MP Cokinos was 2x5 with 1 2B and 3 RBI. Matt Duffy went 1x3 with 1 BB and 2 R. Chris Epps was 1x2 with 2 BB and 2 R.
Man of the Match: Delino DeShields
Quad Cities (9-3), 2.0 GB
After falling behind 6-1, the River Bandits came back to steal the game from Clinton on a strange one-out Jordan Scott walk-off center field. What would have been a sac fly turned into an attempt by Clinton's CF to drop the ball in order to get force outs in the ensuing celebration confusion. Apparently, Brett Phillips never touched third, so, on appeal, he was forced out for the second out of the inning. Thankfully, everyone else was deemed to have sufficiently advanced, allowing the winning run to stand.
Lance McCullers was rocked in 3.2 IP, giving up 9H/6R with 4K:3BB. Juri Perez threw 3.1 innings with 2 H and 2K:1BB. John Neely was the pitcher of record, going 2 scoreless innings with 2H and 2K:1BB.
Jordan Scott was 2x5 with 1 2B, 1 BB, and 1 K. Jesse Wierzbicki was 1x3 with 1 BB, 1 HR, 2 R, and 2 RBI. Rio Ruiz was 2x4 with 1 2B and 2 R. Roberto Pena was 1x4 with 1 2B, 2 RBI, and threw out all three attempted steals against him.
Man of the Match: Jordan Scott
Tri-City (12-4) 3.0 up
Game 1: Making up the rain-out from Monday, Tri-City beat Vermont 2-1 in seven innings. Chris Cotton threw 2 scoreless innings with 1 K. Andrew Walter got the win with 4 IP, giving up just a solo HR with 2K. Patrick Christensen struck out the side to get his first professional save. Luis Alvarez was 2x3 with 2 2B and 1 R.
Man of the Match: Luis Alvarez
Game 2: Vermont flipped the script for game two as the ValleyCats lost 2-1. Kyle Westwood went 5 IP, giving up 2H/2R (1 ER) with 4 K. Albert Minnis threw 1 IP with 1 H. Dan Gulbranson was 1x2 with 1 BB and 1 2B. Ronnie Mitchell was 1x2 with 1 BB, 1 2B, and 1 R.
Man of the Match: Kyle Westwood, with the tough luck loss
Greeneville (7-5), 3.0 GB
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GCL Astros (5-3), 0.5 up
Postponed (Rain)
DSL Astros (17-10) 2.0 GB
In a shortened game, the Astros beat the A's 4-1. Juan Hernandez threw 2 IP, giving up 2H/1R with 2K:3BB. Junior Garcia pitched 3 scoreless innings with 1 H and 1K:2BB. Juan Delis threw 1 scoreless inning with 1 H and 1 K.
Hector Roa was 1x3 with 1 3B, 1 R, and 1 RBI. Brian Pena was 2x3. Dariel Aquino went 2x3 with 1 RBI.
Man of the Match: Hector Roa
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