Rochester 2 Toledo 4
Wilkin Ramirez and Clete Thomas both had doubles and singles. Ryan Roberson was 3 for 4 with a homer. Ruddy Lugo fanned 8 in 7 innings with 2 runs allowed on 6 hits and a walk. Fu Te Ni pitched a scoreless inning, as did Casey Fien despite the latter allowing 2 hits and a walk.
New Hampshire 2 Erie 5
Deik Scram and Cale Iorg went 2 for 3 with homers. Jon Kibler allowed 2 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits, 1 walks, and 2 K’s. Zach Simons fanned 5 with just one hit allowed in 3 innings.
Sarasota 1 Lakeland 7
Audy Ciriaco and Adrian Cassanova each had 2 hits including homers. Lauren Gagnier struck out 9 in 7 innings with 1 run allowed on 5 hits and 2 walks.
South Bend 4 West Michigan 6
Brent Wyatt homered and drove in 3. Brandon Hamilton fought his was through 4 innings with 3 walks and 7 hits allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. Jared Gayhart fanned 2 in a scoreless inning.
Some DSL and VSL coverage
Not included in the wrap on a regular basis due to player obscurity and time limitations here are some stats of note from the Dominican and Venezuelan teams.
DSL
Juaner Aguasvivas – 1B, 19 years old – 310/383/548 in 11 games
Emmanuel Del Orbe – RHP, 19 years old – 10/1 K/BB, 0.67 WHIP in 2 games and 9 innings
VSL
Gilbert Gomez – 1B, 19 years old – 237/370/605 line in 15 games.
Luis Sanz – C, 18 years old – 313/422/418 with 12 walks and 5 K’s in 20 games
Yorfrank Lopez – RHP, 18 years old – 17/5 K/BB, 0.92 WHIP in 20.2 innings
Josue Carreno – RHP, 17 years old – 18/3 K/BB, 1.18 WHIP in 18.2 innings