Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Greg Jones’ first home run in the organization capped Hudson Valley’s ninth-inning comeback. In his days as a highly ranked prospect, Jose De Leon didn’t walk many batters. Understandably coming back from Tommy John surgery, he hasn’t had the same control that he used to. However, Sunday marked his first outing this season without a walk. Triple-A Durham Bulls (59-42) Durham didn’t get enough offense in a 3-1 loss to Indianapolis. Kevin Padlo’s RBI groundout in the first gave the Bulls a 1-0 lead, but they only had five hits over the final eight innings. They failed to support Jose De Leon, who had one of his best appearances yet this season. He struck out five, walked none, and gave up just two hits in three scoreless innings. Ricardo Pinto allowed all three Indianapolis runs. SS Lucius Fox: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 K (.624)RF Joe McCarthy: 0-for-4, 3 K (.754) RHP Jose De Leon: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K (3.47) Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (19-11) Montgomery topped Jackson, 4-3. The Biscuits held leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but the game was tied through seven innings. In the eighth, Miles Mastrobuoni’s infield single plated the go-ahead run. Matt Krook allowed a run in three innings, and Jason Garcia gave up the other two in five frames. 2B Vidal Brujan: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB (.818)SS Taylor Walls: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB (.761)CF Josh Lowe: 1-for-4 (.764) LHP Matt Krook: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (3.72)RHP Jason Garcia: 5 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (2.81) Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (24-7) Charlotte edged Dunedin, 2-1, in the resumption of their suspended game. Due to a curfew Saturday, they were unable to complete the doubleheader. After the game resumed, Joey Roach tied the game with an RBI single in the sixth, and Kaleo Johnson’s walk-off single in the seventh scored Wander Franco. Tobias Myers returned to the Florida State League with three scoreless innings. The Stone Crabs were unable to sweep the doubleheader, falling in an eight-inning game, 4-3. Johnson stayed hot and drove in the first run of the game, but the Blue Jays scored the next four. Ronaldo Hernandez and Johnson’s RBI singles in the sixth pulled Charlotte within one, but they wouldn’t get any closer. Stephen Woods Jr. was charged with two unearned runs in 4 1?3 innings. RF Moises Gomez (1): 0-for-3, 1 BB, 2 KLF Moises Gomez (2): 1-for-4 (.660)PH Wander Franco (1): 0-for-0, 1 R, 1 BBSS Wander Franco (2): 1-for-4, 1 R (.959)DH Ronaldo Hernandez (2): 2-for-4, 1 RBI (.729)CF Garrett Whitley (2): 0-for-3 (.729)LF Michael Smith (1): 1-for-2, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 HBP (.881) RHP Tobias Myers (1): 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K (3.00)RHP Stephen Woods Jr. (2): 4 1?3 IP, 4 H, 2 R (0 ER), 4 BB, 1 K (1.89) Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (19-10) Bowling Green fell late to Quad CIties, 4-3. The River Bandits scored three times in the third to go up 3-1, but sacrifice flies from Jonathan Aranda and Roberto Alvarez in the fifth and sixth innings tied the game. In the ninth, Cristofer Ogando gave up a walk-off home run. Easton McGee allowed three runs in seven innings. DH Chris Betts: 0-for-4, 4 K (.764)3B Connor Hollis: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 K (.861) RHP Easton McGee: 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (3.42) Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (20-15) Hudson Valley rallied for a 4-2 win over Lowell. The Spinners broke a scoreless deadlock with two runs in the sixth, and the Renegades didn’t get on the board until the ninth. Nick Sogard’s RBI double cut the deficit in half, and Greg Jones’ first professional home run gave them a 4-2 lead. Daiveyon Whittle struck out three in four scoreless innings. DH Greg Jones: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (.856)CF Garrett Hiott: 0-for-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K (.747)SS Nick Sogard: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (.733) RHP Daiveyon Whittle: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K (0.35) Rookie Princeton Rays (16-16) Early offense carried Princeton to a 7-2 win over Greeneville. Brett Wisely led off the game with a home run, and Jake Guenther went deep an inning later. Already leading 2-0, the Rays scored four more in the third. Jayden Murray threw three scoreless innings. CF Nick Schnell: 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (.698)DH Brett Wisely: 3-for-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K (.775)1B Jake Guenther: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB (.801) RHP Jayden Murray: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (2.25) Rookie Gulf Coast League Rays (12-10) The GCL Rays were off. CLICK HERE FOR ALL BOX SCORES Monday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com) Durham is off. Montgomery @ Tennessee 7 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)Josh Fleming (8-4, 3.75) vs. Cory Abbott (5-6, 3.87) Charlotte vs. Jupiter 5:30 p.m. ET (radio stream) DOUBLEHEADERTBA vs. TBA Both games will be seven innings. Bowling Green @ Quad Cities 2:15 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. Jonathan Bermudez (3-0, 4.60) Hudson Valley @ Lowell 7:05 p.m. ET (radio stream)TBA vs. TBA Princeton vs. Greeneville 6:30 p.m. ET (radio stream)TBA vs. TBA GCL Rays @ GCL Red Sox 12 p.m. *Listed as TBA on milb.com Scouting the opposition Tennessee Smokies (Cubs)10-20 (4th in SL North)Offense: 389 R (6th) .671 OPS (7th)Pitching: 4.08 ERA (8th) 1.32 WHIP (7th)Top-30 prospects: SS Nico Hoerner (1), RHP Cory Abbott (8), LHP Justin Steele (9), RHP Alex Lange (14), RHP Oscar De La Cruz (21), 1B Jared Young (24), C Jhonny Pereda (26), RHP Keegan Thompson (29) Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami)16-16 (5th in FSL South)Offense: 304 R (12th) .621 OPS (12th)Pitching: 3.60 ERA (8th) 1.22 WHIP (4th)Top-30 prospects: OF JJ Bleday (2), OF Victor Victor Mesa (7), SS Jose Devers (11), LHP Trevor Rogers (12), LHP Braxton Garrett (13), RHP Jordan Holloway (16), OF Tristan Pompey (17), OF Jerar Encarnacion (19), 3B James Nelson (20), LHP Will Stewart (21), SS Bryson Brigman (26), RHP Chris Vallimont (27) Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston)16-12Offense: 429 R (4th) .692 OPS (6th)Pitching: 3.18 ERA (3rd) 1.24 WHIP (3rd)Top-30 prospects: SS Freudis Nova (7), RHP Jairo Solis (9), SS Grae Kessinger (20) Lowell Spinners (Boston)23-11 (1st in NYPL Stedler)Offense: 154 R (2nd) .721 OPS (1st)Pitching: 2.61 ERA (1st) 1.17 WHIP (4th)Top-30 prospects: SS Antoni Flores (9), OF Gilberto Jimenez (9), SS Cameron Cannon (13), OF Nick Decker (16), 3B Nicholas Northcut (19), RHP Noah Song (21), RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (29) Greeneville Reds14-18 (5th in AL West)Offense: 126 R (10th) .641 OPS (10th)Pitching: 4.66 ERA (6th) 1.32 WHIP (3rd)Top-30 prospects: SS Rece Hinds (13), 2B Tyler Callihan (16), OF Danny Lantigua (26), OF Allan Cerda (30) GCL Red Sox11-10 (3rd in GCL South)Offense: 86 R (12th) .641 OPS (12th)Pitching: 2.90 ERA (3rd) 1.23 WHIP (3rd)Top-30 prospects: 3B Danny Diaz (13), SS Matthew Lugo (18) Daily news and links No. 1 pick Adley Rutschman homered in his pro debut.

Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images I don’t have an answer for you either. The Bolts and Family Last week, Craig Custance of The Athletic charted how many times certain teams were called “Cup contenders” since 2008. The Tampa Bay Lightning showed up five times since 2008, and Custance had some interesting words to say about this: 7. Teams labeled Stanley Cup contenders as often as the Tampa Bay Lightning typically win one. In four of the past five seasons, they were identified as Cup contenders, and the Sharks are the only team to have the same kind of success and not win it all. Despite the Lightning’s first-round disaster this spring, I’d have a real hard time picking against Tampa this coming season. When do you think the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Cup window closes? I’d like to think that with the Syracuse Crunch stocked with forwards working hard on development, we’ll hover in that contending window for years, but will the team win with this particular core? Puck Prose wrote about five of the prospects that will hopefully help us stay relevant: Tampa Bay Lightning: Top 10 prospects entering 2019 season [Puck Prose] Losing Connor Ingram did a number of the Lightning’s goaltending depth. Most of their prospects are long-term projects. Hugo Alnefelt is a great example of this. He’s very raw. I love his size (6-foot-2) and athleticism. It jumps out at you. However, Alnefelt needs to drastically improve his rebound control and needs to be more compact in the net. He tends to flop around a bit too much for my liking. Pensburgh also wrote an article inspired by Craig’s piece: Predicting how long the Penguins’ Stanley Cup window will stay open [Pensburgh] Another intriguing element of the Penguins’ Cup contention window is that in the 12-year window Custance was examining in his article, Pittsburgh stayed relevant throughout the entire study. It also suggests that because of the couple year pattern as explained above, the Penguins should ideally be back in Cup contention as 2020 comes around — which is excellent news to the team and fans. What’s the preferred offseason workout for @tjohnny09?A little bit of wakesurfing. ??? https://t.co/imDml2dzd3— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) July 21, 2019 Cuteness AND CURLING news: Hundreds ‘beat the heat’ with the Lightning [WFLA] Kids and parents had the opportunity to learn how to ice skate, test out their hockey skills, and even try curling with the Tampa Bay Curling Club. Interesting tidbit from Yard Barker: Bruins likely stuck with David Backes due to his bad contract, drop in play [Yard Barker] Mari Faiello of the Tampa Bay Times writes that one of the main reasons the Tampa Bay Lightning went out and signed prized backup goaltender Curtis McElhinney to a two-year, $2.6M deal on July 1 was because they were concerned about the fact that current backup Louis Domingue was going to be an unrestricted free agent next summer and would likely expect a raise. Domingue, who has been solid at $1.15M, might cost too much to re-sign, but a chance to get the veteran McElhinney at $1.3M AAV was too much to pass up. The team will likely wait to move Domingue until training camp when teams start realizing they need goaltending help. Westgate NHL Regular Season Team Point Totals [Wagertalk] The oddsmakers at the World’s Largest Race and Sportsbook have set the Lighting regular-season team points at 108.5. Which is five more than the Vegas Golden Knights’ second-highest total on the SuperBooks’ NHL futures chart of 105.5. We’re back at it with our Summer Street Crunch series! ?? We still have three more Saturday morning sessions. Join the fun by registering your kids at https://t.co/VzbB5EktfM pic.twitter.com/kbFjZWiR3V— Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) July 20, 2019 The Game (Do you guys think Point is waiting for Mitch Marner to set the market? Because if so, eek.) Colorado Avalanche star forward Mikko Rantanen isn’t going to the KHL [MHH] For now, Rantanen won’t be going to the KHL despite being a part of a large group of star restricted free agents that sill don’t have a contract for next season. At the moment, it seems like many teams (and agents) are comfortable waiting on Mitch Marner and the Toronto Maple Leafs to set the market. That said, as the summer goes on and Marner remains unsigned, we will likely to see some of the other players like Brayden Point, Matthew Tkachuk, Patrik Laine (who is represented by the same agent as Rantanen, Kyle Connor and Rantanen being to sign. I am honestly worried about how the Panthers are going to do next season: Florida Panthers Look to Replicate Their Special Teams’ Success [The Rat Trick] In terms of the power play, the Panthers had tremendous success last season. They finished second behind the Tampa Bay Lightning and relied on the man advantage through parts of the season to stay competitive and even win games. After going through an arbitration hearing with Andrew Copp, the Winnipeg Jets announced today they have agreed to terms with defenceman Neal Pionk on a two-year contract with an average annual value of $3,000,000.This avoids Pionk's hearing later this week.— Murat Ates (@WPGMurat) July 21, 2019 Oskar Sundqvist has agreed to a four-year, $11-million contract to return to the #Blues.Details ??https://t.co/gXV4ihZYO7— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 21, 2019

A partner at Tampa investment firm Weatherford Capital has been elected to the board of directors of a state organization that serves as a catalyst for economic growth. Drew Weatherford joins a plethora of private equity firm chief executive officers, founders, presidents and managing directors on this year’s Florida Venture Forum board of directors. “We have been extremely fortunate to have the support of Weatherford Capital as a member for many years, and I’m even more pleased that Drew…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Costa Rican Health Ministry says it has confirmed 19 deaths from consumption of alcohol tainted with methanol. The ministry said in a Friday report that the investigation continues, but so far it has counted 14 men and five women who have died after drinking adulterated liquor since early June. The […]