Adam Rubin, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Minors 4.20.15: Brandon Nimmo's two-run single lifts B-Mets

FRESNO 8, LAS VEGAS 4: Matt Bowman allowed six runs on 12 hits in four innings, including a pair of homers. Dilson Herrera recorded his sixth straight multi-hit game, going 3-for-5 with a double, homer and two RBIs. Darrell Ceciliani left the game in the third inning after experiencing cramping. Box

BINGHAMTON 4, ERIE 3: The B-Mets scored four runs on six straight hits in the fifth and stranded 13 Erie baserunners on the night. Guido Knudson, making a spot start, pitched one batter into the fifth. After allowing a leadoff double to Xorge Carrillo, he gave way to Slade Smith, who was welcomed by five consecutive hits, including two doubles. Trailing 2-0, the B-Mets got on the board on Eudy Pina's bloop single. Binghamton pulled even when Jared King followed with an RBI double. Brandon Nimmo's two-run single gave the B-Mets the lead. Erie left a runner on base in eight different innings, including multiple runners in four of the final five frames. Erie got on the board with four consecutive one-out hits against Seth Lugo in the fifth. With Binghamton leading 4-2 in the ninth and Jon Velasquez aiming for a four-out save, Jeff McVaney's sacrifice fly made it a one-run game. Velasquez proceeded to strike out Austin Green to strand two runners. Lugo (1-0) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings and struck out seven. Box

JUPITER at ST. LUCIE (ppd.): The teams will play a 4 p.m. doubleheader Tuesday.

SAVANNAH 6, ROME 5: Trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the eighth, Luis Guillorme and John Mora each drew walks against reliever Carlos Salazar. Wuilmer Becerra then dropped a sacrifice bunt down the third-base line to advance the runners. Reliever Kyle Kinman entered to face Jon Leroux and bounced a wild pitch that allowed Guillorme to score the tying run. Mora advance to third. Then, against a drawn-in infield, Leroux plated Mora with a smash to shortstop. The Braves had taken a 5-4 lead with a run in the sixth against reliever Carlos Valdez. It came on Keith Curcio's run-scoring drag bunt. Earlier, the Gnats had taken a 4-2 advantage with a four-run third. Mora plated the team's first run with an RBI single. After a second run scored on a wild pitch, Leroux put the Gnats in front with a booming two-run double. The Braves, aided by a pair of Guillorme throwing errors, opened the scoring with a pair of third-inning runs against starter Martires Arias. Box

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