Rochester 6 Toledo 4
Mike Hessman hit his 10th homer and added a walk. Dane Sardhina doubled and singled. Willis was the starter on his rehab assignment and allowed 2 runs in 4.2 innings.
Erie 9 Altoona 10
Wil Rhymes was 4 for 4. Kody Kirkland homered, singled, and drove in 4. Josh Rainwater allowed 6 runs and didn’t make it out of the 3rd inning.
Lakeland 5 Dunedin 4
Scott Sizemore had 3 hits and a walk. Ryan Strieby and Mike Bertram also had 3 hits apiece including a homer for Strieby. Jonah Nickerson allowed 4 runs on 7 hits, 2 walks, and 3 K’s in 5.1 innings.
Quad Cities 3 West Michigan 16
Jordan Newton had a single, a double, and two triples. Audy Ciriaco also had 4 hits. Cory Middleton homered. Jon Kibler pitched 7 innings allowing only 1 run on 2 hits, 4 walks, and 7 K’s.
Willis threw 72 pitches – 51 for strikes. 4K’s – NO WALKS!
We’ll see what they say, but the numbers are encouraging.
EDIT: …and then I scrolled down and saw Bilfer’s entire post about this…