EL PASO 3, LAS VEGAS 2: Brandon Nimmo tripled and scored on Kevin Plawecki's groundout in the top of the ninth as Las Vegas pulled within a run. However, after Danny Muno doubled with two outs, Dilson Herrera grounded out to end the game. Darrell Ceciliani's solo homer in the fifth had staked the 51s to a 1-0 lead. El Paso answered with three runs (two earned) against starter Matt Bowman in the sixth. Shortstop Matt Reynolds had a fielding error and Bowman had a throwing error in the frame. Box
NEW BRITAIN 6, BINGHAMTON 1: New Britain tagged Gabriel Ynoa for 10 hits, six for extra bases, en route to the series-opening win. Ynoa (8-8) was touched for five runs in five innings. The B-Mets struck out a season-high 14 times and were held to one hit. Ryan Carpenter opened his stellar night by retiring the first 10 B-Mets he faced, including six via strikeout. T.J. Rivera then deposited a 2-0 pitch over the left-field wall for his fourth homer of the road trip. Carpenter rebounded and struck out the next three B-Mets. Carpenter ultimately logged eight innings. He retired the final 14 batters he faced. The B-Mets are playing their final series at New Britain Stadium. The Rock Cats are relocating to Hartford next season and will be known as the Yard Goats. Box
JUPITER 7, ST. LUCIE 5; JUPITER 2, ST. LUCIE 1 (8 innings): In the resumption of a suspended game, David Wright at third base and Kirk Nieuwenhuis in center field played the full game. Wright finished 2-or-5 with a pair of singles and a strikeout. He committed an error on one of two balls hit to him. Nieuwenhuis went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in the ninth that capped the scoring. He also committed an error. Rehabbing Erik Goeddel entered the game in the seventh with the Mets trailing, 5-3. He surrendered a two-out walk, then a two-run double to Brian Anderson that put the Hammerheads up by four runs. Three of Jupiter’s first four runs were unearned in part due to the errors by Nieuwenhuis and Wright and a passed ball by catcher Colton Plaia. Jeff McNeil went 4-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored in the losing effort. Mickey Jannis suffered his first loss. The knuckleballer allowed four runs (one earned) in six innings. In Game 2, the Mets took a 1-0 lead into the final frame but could not close out the game. After pitching a perfect sixth, Robby Coles allowed a leadoff single in the seventh. After Kyle Regnault entered, James Roberts' sacrifice bunt advanced the tying run to second. Blake Barber then blasted a game-tying triple. Barber tried to score on the play, but was easily thrown out at the plate by Jhoan Urena. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth and two strikes on Avery Romero, he blooped a game-winning single against Regnault into left field. The loss spoiled a solid effort by starter Scaryln Reyes, who pitched five scoreless innings. Box 1, Box 2
SAVANNAH 6, GREENSBORO 4: Consecutive homers from Wuilmer Becerra and Eudor Garcia in the first inning staked Savannah to a 3-0 lead en route to its 11th straight win. Becerra’s long ball came with Luis Guillorme on second base after a double. Chris Flexen limited Greensboro to five hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings. The Grasshoppers tied the score at 4 in the eighth with back-to-back RBI doubles against Christian Montgomery, who was charged with four runs. Savannah broke the tie in the bottom half when Tomas Nido singled and scored from first on Joe Tuschak's double. Becerra added an insurance run with an infield single that plated Tuschak. Becerra finished 2-for-5 with four RBIs. Box
JOHNSON CITY 8, KINGSPORT 4: Starter Thomas McIlraith allowed four runs in six innings. Seth Davis followed by surrendering four runs while recording only four outs. Dash Winningham and Darryl Knight homered in the loss. Box
STATE COLLEGE 9, BROOKLYN 0: Alfredo Reyes had two of the Cyclones' four hits. Box
GCL CARDINALS 9, GCL METS 4: Starter Joel Huertas allowed six runs on five hits and four walks in four innings. Box
Compiled with team reports.
