LAS VEGAS 12, SACRAMENTO 8: Matt Bowman allowed five runs in three innings in his return to the rotation after missing a start, but Vegas rallied from the early 5-0 deficit with an eight-run third. Danny Muno, Eric Campbell and Dan Rohlfing drove in three runs apiece. Returned Rule 5 pick Logan Verrett earned the win with four scoreless relief innings. Box
BINGHAMTON 4, RICHMOND 1: The B-Mets plated three runs in a five-pitch span to open the fourth, Rainy Lara tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Jayce Boyd had two doubles during a three-hit night. After T.J. Rivera singled on the second pitch of the fourth, Boyd yanked Matt Lujan’s next pitch inside the third-base bag. Rivera scampered home on the double, narrowly beating Rando Moreno’s relay throw. Josh Rodriguez then blasted a two-run homer for his league-leading seventh long ball. Lara helped his own cause in the fifth, sparking a rally by ripping his first career double. Brandon Nimmo plated Lara with an RBI single for a 4-0 lead. Lara allowed Richmond's first two batters to reach in his sixth start, but induced Mac Williamson to roll into a double play in the first inning. That started a stretch in which the righty retired 13 of 15 batters. He exited after surrendering a two-out single in the sixth. Chase Huchingson entered and registered the final out of the inning before surrendering an RBI single to Moreno in the seventh. Paul Sewald took the reins and coaxed an inning-ending double play from Angel Villalona. Sewald struck out two in a perfect eighth. Jon Velasquez worked a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his eighth save. Lara (3-1) scattered four hits while fanning four. Box
ST. LUCIE 12, TAMPA 6: Dominic Smith, Jeff McNeil and Maikis De La Cruz had three hits apiece as St. Lucie snapped a six-game losing streak. Smith finished 3-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and four RBIs. He had driven in only three runs entering the game. De La Cruz got the Mets' scoring started in the first with an RBI double against Rookie Davis that tied the score at 1. Smith then laced a two-out, two-run single. Phillip Evans capped the five-run frame when he doubled in two runs. Smith made it 8-1 in the fourth on a ground-rule double that plated McNeil. The Yankees answered with five straight runs. Miguel Andujar produced a two-run homer against Mets starter Miller Diaz in the sixth to make it 8-3. Three straight hits against Kyle Regnault to open the eighth led to a run. Mike Ford then hit a sac fly to make it 8-5. Danny Oh followed with a single to put runners at the corners. Mets manager Luis Rojas turned to closer Akeel Morris. Morris surrendered a sac fly that made it 8-6, but held the line there en route to a five-out save. The Mets added four insurance runs in their half of the eighth. De La Cruz's sacrifice fly put the Mets up 9-6. Smith collected his fourth RBI with a single. With the bases loaded, Evans hit a groundball under the glove of shortstop Tyler Wade that allowed two unearned runs to score. Diaz (1-2) allowed three runs on five hits in six innings. Evans has four hits, two runs scored and three RBIs in two games since coming off the DL. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Yankees dating to last season. Box
HICKORY 9, SAVANNAH 5: Ben Griset issued a leadoff walk in the eighth, and Jimmy Duff entered and allowed five runs to score in the frame as Savannah failed to hold a late 5-4 lead. Savannah had broken a 4-all tie in the sixth when Jon Leroux produced a leadoff single and scored on Patrick Biondi's double-play grounder. Starter Corey Oswalt allowed four runs in six innings. Box
Compiled with team reports.
