Oklahoma City 6 @ Las Vegas 5 – Boxscore

Chad Beck’s third start in Triple-A resembled his first two, as he wasn’t able to make it out of the sixth inning. He walked two, struck out one and allowed nine hits. Oklahoma City touched him for five runs, although only two were earned. Winston Abreu came in and stranded one of Beck’s runners and went on to pitch 1.2 scoreless innings. Sean Henn gave up a run in a tie game in the top of the eighth and suffered the loss. Mike MacDonald pitched a scoreless ninth inning.

Hot-hitting David Cooper was one of only two 51’s held without a hit, but he still worked two free passes. Ryan Budde and Chris Woodward were each 1-for-4 with a walk. Mike McCoy had a single in five at-bats with 2 RBIs. Darin Mastroianni, Jayson Nix and Ricardo Nanita each had two hits, with Nanita adding a walk. Kevin Howard, the other hitless 51, also worked two walks. Adam Loewen was 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of doubles.

New Hampshire 2 @ Bowie 7 – Boxscore

New Hampshire had five hits on the afternoon, all but one singles. Yan Gomes had a double and was 1-for-4 with an RBI. Calix Crabbe was 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly that scored Gomes. Anthony Gose and Dan Perales were 1-for-4 and Moises Sierra also had a hit. Adeiny Hechavarria was 0-for-4 and Travis d’Arnaud was 0-for-3 with a run scored, before being lifted for Rob Bowen. The Fisher Cats were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Yohan Pino gave up two runs on four hits over 4 innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Rey Gonzalez gave up four runs over 2.2 innings in relief.

Dunedin 4 @ Tampa 8 – Boxscore

Andrew Liebel gave up nine hits and a walk over 4.1 innings. He took the loss, surrendering six runs. Scott Gracey went 1.2 innings, striking out three. He gave up a run on four hits and a walk. Harold Mozingo gave up an unearned run over 2 innings, striking out four. Dunedin got ten hits, but went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Jon Talley had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a double. Sean Ochinko went 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Justin Jackson and Brian Van Kirk each went 1-for-4, with Jackson scoring a run. Ryan Goins was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Although he didn’t score a run, Brad McElroy was the offensive star with a 3-for-4 night that included a walk and an RBI. McElroy was also perhaps the defensive star with two defensive assists from the outfield.

Lansing 2 @ Fort Wayne 7 – Boxscore

Tyler Powell started and fell down to 2-3 by allowing two runs over 4.2 innings. Powell gave up six hits and two walks. Sam Strickland gave up five runs, although only two earned, on eight hits over 3.1 innings. Jake Marisnick was 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base. Marcus Knecht was held hitless, but drew a pair of free passes. K.C. Hobson was 1-for-4 with a double and run scored. Lance Durham added a solo homer and a walk and Jake Murphy and Oliver Dominguez were each for 1-for-4.

Spokane 1 @ Vancouver 2 – Boxscore

Jesse Hernandez started for the Canadians and twirled 6 shutout innings. He struck out three and walked two, but only allowed two hits. Bryan Longpre gave up a run in relief and then Drew Permision picked up his 11th save with 1.1 scoreless innings that included three strikeouts. Jonathon Berti was 2-for-3 with a walk and Shane Optiz also had two singles and added two stolen bases. Jonathan Jones and Matt Newman were each 1-for-3. Jones, Balbino Fuenmayor and Nicholas Baligod each drew walks. Baligod scored a run, as did Roan Salas who was 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.

Bluefield 3 @ Johnson City 7 – Boxscore

Aaron Sanchez and Myles Jaye split the eight innings against Johnson City. Sanchez gave up four runs over his 4 innings, while Jaye gave up three, two earned. Sanchez struck out four and walked three, while Jaye had one of each. Every Bluefield batter but Art Charles had a hit and Chales managed to draw a walk. Andy Fermin was 1-for-3 with a walk and run. Kevin Pillar was 2-for-4 with a double and run scored. Melvin Garcia was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI and Gustavo Pierre was among the other batters to add a single.

GCL Blue Jays 10 @ GCL Pirates 7 (10 innings) – Boxscore

The GCL Blue Jays were down 6-0 after 5 innings and were down 7-5 going into the top of the ninth. However, the GCL Blue Jays added two in that inning to force extras, where the GCL Blue Jays scored three in the top of the tenth to get the victory. Randal Thompson started and gave up six runs over 1.2 innings, although none were earned. While it might be tempting to blame Thompson for most of these runs on the theory he should have got out of the inning at some point regardless, that really isn’t true in this case. Thompson was on the mound for three errors by Santiago Nessy (he added a fourth later in the game for good measure), along with errors by George Carroll and Dickie Thon Jr. One of Nessy’s errors came on a steal attempt at second and the throw was so wild the runner came around to score. Some solid relief pitching was turned in by Luis Mendez, who threw 3 innings of one-hit ball, and Colby Broussard, who picked up the win with 2.1 one-hit innings.

Nessy was 2-for-5 with a double, but probably still found it a game to forget. Dalton Pompey was 3-for-6 and finished a homer shy of the cycle. Andrew Burns was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI. He hit a solo homer in the ninth inning and Eric Arce also hit a solo homer in the ninth to tie the game. Arce was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, 2 RBI and two free passes. Sony Javier homered with one out in the tenth for the winning run. Christian Frias singled and Pompey singled him in. Matt Abraham grounded out, but beat the play at first and allowed Arce to single in the third run of the inning

DSL Angels 7 @ DSL Blue Jays 0 – Boxscore
DSL Blue Jays 0 @ DSL Angels 3 – Boxscore

In the first game, the DSL Blue Jays had one hit. It was no better in the second game, as the DSL Blue Jays had two hits. The incomparably-named Ericdavis Marquez gave up three runs, all uneared on an Emilio Guerrero miscue. He fell to 1-5, although his ERA sits at 1.25. Jairo Labourt started and went 3 scoreless innings.

Three Stars:
3rd Star – Brad McElroy, 3-for-4, RBI, BB, 3 TB
2nd Star – Adam Loewen, 3-for-4, R, 2 2B, BB, 5 TB
1st Star – Jesse Hernandez, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K