Here are the game reports of their minor league affiliates.

SethSpeaks Player of the Day – Juan Portes, Ft. Myers Miracle
SethSpeaks Pitcher of the Day – Dan Berlind, GCL Twins/Brian Duensing, Rochester Red Wings

ROCHESTER REPORT
Thursday - Red Wings 7, Syracuse 4 – Brian Duensing continues his amazing pitching for the Red Wings. He went 7 innings and gave up just one run on six hits. He walked none and struck out seven. He improved to 9-2 while his ERA dropped to 2.77. Fortunately they had a big lead when he left because the bullpen wasn't good. Julio DePaula gave up two runs on three hits in the 8th. Bobby Korecky then gave up a run on a homer in his inning. Glenn Williams went 2-4 with his seventh homer. Matt Tolbert was 2-5 with his 20th double. Denard Span went 2-4 with his 18th and 19th stolen bases. Darnell McDonald went 2-5. Chris Heintz went 1-2 with two walks. Even Matthew Lecroy had a productive night going 1-2 with a walk. 

 
NEW BRITAIN NEWS
Thursday - Rockcats 3, Erie 13 – Rough night for the Rockcats pitchers. Josh Hill started and gave up seven runs in three innings, but just three of the runs were earned. Tristan Crawford gave up two runs in two innings. Frank Mata gave up a run in two innings. Then JP Martinez gave up three runs in the final two innings. Matt Allegra went 2-3 with his 24th double and an RBI. Garrett Guzman went 2-4. Felix Molina hit his 15th double.
 

FT MYERS MEMOS
Thursday - Miracle 9, Lakeland 5 – Juan Portes really has been hitting well of late. In this game he was 3-3 with his 20th double. Edward Ovalle hit two doubles in four at bats to give him ten on the year. Brian Dinkelman went 2-5. Korey Feiner went 2-4 with two RBI. Dustin Martin hit his 6th homer of the season, his first with the Miracle. Errol Simonitsch went to 2-0 with six solid innings. He gave up two runs on four hits and a walk. Armando Gabino got two outs but gave up two runs on three hits and a walk. Eddie Morlan gave up a run on two hits and a walk in 1.1 innings. Robert Delaney got the final three outs. 

 

BELOIT BITS
Thursday - Snappers 1, Ft. Wayne 2 – Joe Benson is on a tear. In this game, he went 3-5 with his 15th double. Steve Singleton went 3-4. Matt Betsill went 2-4 with his sixth double. Brian Kirwan pitched well but took the loss. In 6.1 innings, he gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out six. Jesus Carnevales got the final five outs, did not allow a run and gave up just one hit.

 

E-TWINS REPORT
Thursday - E-Twins 3, Danville 5 – Mark Dolenc went 3-4 in this game. Greg Yersich went 2-3 with a walk, his second homer and three RBI. Deibinson Romero was 2-4 with his sixth double. Jose Castillo started and gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out four. Spencer Steedley then gave up two runs on one hit and two walks in three innings. He struck out five. Dan Latham struck out two in two shutout innings.

 

GCL TWINS REPORT
Thursday - Game 1 - GCL Twins 3, GCL Orioles 2 – Dan Berlind improves to 5-0 with a very good performance. In 5.1 innings, he gave up two unearned runs on four hits. He walked none and struck out six. Danny Rondon picked up his 8th save by getting the final five outs. Jeanfred Brito went 3-3. Yangervis Solarte was 2-2 with his fourth double.

Thursday - Game 2 - GCL Twins 8, GCL Orioles 0 – Liam Hendricks was the winner in this game. He struck out nine in five innings. He gave up just one hits and walked one. Tom Stuifbergen pitched a perfect sixth. Jarrod Eacott pitched the seventh. Ben Revere, who was 1-1 in Game 1, went 2-2 with a walk, his seventh triple and two RBI. James Beresford was 2-3. Danny Rams went 1-3 with a walk and his second double.