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Cannonballs coming: Yondry Contreras homers twice, drives in five

Indianapolis and Morgantown were off, and West Virginia was rained out again.

— Altoona (52-45) beat Akron, 7-1. Cole Tucker and Ke’Bryan Hayes led the offense. Tucker went 3-5 with a double, while Hayes was 1-2 with his fifth home run, two walks and three RBIs. Starter Eduardo Vera gave up one run over five innings, then departed after a rain delay. He gave up three hits and a walk, and struck out three. Nick Burdi, just promoted from Bradenton, threw a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and a walk, and striking out two.

Bryan Reynolds: 1-5
Will Craig: 0-5
Stephen Alemais: 1-4
Yeudy Garcia: 2 IP, H, 3 K

— Bradenton (47-49) beat Tampa, 7-4.