Durham 9, Rochester 7. Jeff Niemann picked up the win, but did give up 6 runs and 2 home runs in 5.1 innings. He struck out 7 and walked none...Chris Richard homered twice and drove in 3...Joel Guzman added his 13th home run and Jon Weber hit his 6th...Reid Brignac was 1-4 with a walk.

Mobile @ Montgomery (ppd, rain)

Ft. Myers 3, Vero Beach 1. Ryan Morse struck out 6 and walked only 1 in 5 shutout innings...Ryan Royster and Nevin Ashley were each 2-4 accounting for 4 of the D-Rays 5 hits...Garrett Groce was 1-3 and drove in the only run.

Columbus 4, Savannah 2. Brian Flores started and was pulled after giving up 2 runs (1 earned) in 3 innings...Glenn Gibson relieved Flores and had his second straight strong outing since being moved to the bullpen. Yesterday he worked 4 scoreless innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 walks to 4 strike outs.

NOTES FROM DOWN ON THE FARM...

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