A pair of Rays pitchers working their way back from Tommy John surgery teamed up Sunday. In consecutive outings since coming off the injured list, Biscuits lefty Matt Krook has four strikeouts in two perfect innings. His 3.93 ERA is the lowest it’s been all season. In the last four appearances in which he’s recorded an out, he hasn’t walked anyone and has thrown 65.1% of his pitches for strikes. Triple-A Durham Bulls (56-38) Anthony Banda resumed his rehab assignment with Durham in an 8-4 win over Norfolk. After allowing a home run with one out in the first inning, the lefty faced the minimum through the rest of his three innings of work. He was followed by Jose De Leon, who allowed a run in two innings. The Bulls scored twice in the first, twice in the third, and Michael Perez hit a three-run homer in the fourth. CF Joe McCarthy: 0-for-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K (.783)RF Jesus Sanchez: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 1 K (.989)2B Kean Wong: 2-for-4, 1 BB, 2 K (.904)C Michael Perez: 2-for-3, 3 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB (.882) LHP Anthony Banda: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 KRHP Jose De Leon: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (3.78) Durham’s site offers this recap. Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (15-9) Montgomery’s pitching staff shut down Pensacola in a 4-0 win over the Blue Wahoos. Matt Krook opened with four strikeouts in two perfect innings, and Kenny Rosenberg followed with six solid innings. Jhonleider Salinas completed the shutout. Brett Sullivan’s solo homer in the fifth started the scoring, and the Biscuits added three in the sixth. DH Vidal Brujan: 0-for-4, 2 K (.848)SS Taylor Walls: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB (.660)RF Josh Lowe: 0-for-4, 1 K2B Lucius Fox: 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS (.710)LF Brett Sullivan: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI (.770) LHP Matt Krook: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (3.93)LHP Kenny Rosenberg: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K (2.82) Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (20-5) Charlotte held on for a 4-3 win over Tampa. In the fifth, Zach Rutherford started the scoring with an RBI single, and Jim Haley followed with a two-run homer. Rutherford scored when Haley reached on an error two innings later, and that proved crucial when the Tarpons scored some runs late. Stephen Woods Jr. had another solid start, striking out five and allowing a run in five innings. RF Moises Gomez: 0-for-3, 1 BB, 1 K (.655)LF Garrett Whitley: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB (.728)DH Jim Haley: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB (.741)3B Zach Rutherford: 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (.533) RHP Stephen Woods Jr.: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (2.03) Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (16-7) Jordan Qsar and Osmy Gregorio homered in Bowling Green’s 6-4 win over Wisconsin in the resumption of their suspended game. Gregorio’s two-run home run in the seventh broke a 3-3 tie. Alan Strong allowed two runs and struck out six in six innings. The Hot Rods rolled to a sweep with an 8-2 win in Game 2. Trailing 1-0 through half an inning, Bowling Green went ahead on Jonathan Aranda’s two-run homer, and Grant Witherspoon hit an RBI double. The Hot Rods scored four more times in the third to go up six. Easton McGee allowed two runs in six innings. DH Chris Betts (1): 0-for-3, 1 HBP (.733)3B Osmy Gregorio (1): 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI (.598)1B Connor Hollis (1): 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB (.836)2B Jonathan Aranda (1): 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB2B Jonathan Aranda (2): 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K (.896)LF Jordan Qsar (1): 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (.790)CF Grant Witherspoon (2): 3-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI (.742)C Erik Ostberg (2): 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP (.833) RHP Alan Strong (1): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (3.31)RHP Easton McGee (2): 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (3.39) Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (17-12) Hudson Valley earned a 5-2 win over Mahoning Valley. The teams traded runs in the first inning, and the Renegades went ahead for good in the sixth. Jacson McGowan doubled in his second run of the game, and Beau Brundage followed with an RBI single. Zack Trageton allowed a run in 5 2?3 innings. DH Greg Jones: 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB (.716) RHP Zack Trageton: 5 2?3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (2.51) Rookie Princeton Rays (12-13) Princeton held on for a 9-4 win over Bluefield. The Rays were outhit, 15-14, but they led 9-0 before the Blue Jays scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth. Nick Schnell started the scoring with a two-run double in the third, and Princeton scored three more times in the fourth. Diego Infante capped the Rays’ scoring with his ninth-inning homer, his fifth of the season. Matthew Peguero pitched five scoreless innings. DH Nick Schnell: 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K (.809)RF Diego Infante: 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K (.812)1B Jake Guenther: 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 HBP (.739)LF Gionti Turner: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K (.771) RHP Matthew Peguero: 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (4.09) Rookie Gulf Coast League Rays (8-8) The GCL Rays were off. CLICK HERE FOR ALL BOX SCORES Monday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com) Durham @ Toledo 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. Beau Burrows (0-3, 3.93) Montgomery @ Pensacola 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. TBA Charlotte is off. Bowling Green vs. Wisconsin 1:30 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. Adam Hill (6-6, 3.93) Hudson Valley @ Mahoning Valley 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. Ethan Hankins (0-0, 1.25) Princeton @ Bluefield 6:30 p.m. ET (radio stream)TBA vs. TBA GCL Rays vs. GCL Twins 12 p.m. *Listed as TBA on milb.com Scouting the opposition Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit)42-51 (3rd in IL South)Offense: 490 R (7th) .772 OPS (9th)Pitching: 5.14 ERA (9th) 1.45 WHIP (7th)Top-30 prospects: OF Daz Cameron (5), RHP Beau Burrows (6), SS Willi Castro (9), C Jake Rogers (13), RHP Kyle Funkhouser (16), IF Dawel Lugo (17), RHP Bryan Garcia (22), LHP Matt Hall (23), OF Jacob Robson (24), OF Danny Woodrow (25), LHP Ryan Carpenter Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Minnesota)11-13 (4th in SL South)Offense: 377 R (3rd) .680 OPS (6th)Pitching: 3.56 ERA (6th) 1.29 WHIP (6th)Top-30 prospects: OF Alex Kirilloff (2), RHP Brusdal Graterol (3), RHP Griffin Jax (14), RHP Jorge Alcala (16), C Ben Rortvedt (22), OF Aaron Whitefield (27) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee)13-10 (T-4th in MWL West)Offense: 360 R (11th) .644 OPS (14th)Pitching: 3.75 ERA (9th) 1.29 WHIP (8th)Top-30 prospects: RHP Adam Hill (21), OF Je’Von Ward (26) Mahoning Valley Scrappers (Cleveland)14-16 (4th in NYPL Pinckney)Offense: 108 R (T-7th) .681 OPS (5th)Pitching: 4.72 ERA (14th) 1.46 WHIP (14th)Top-30 prospects: OF George Valera (5), SS Brayan Rocchio (9), RHP Ethan Hankins (10), RHP Carlos Vargas (13), SS Raynel Delgado (23), OF Johnathan Rodriguez (29) Bluefield Blue Jays12-13 (T-2nd in AL East)Offense: 139 R (1st) .739 OPS (2nd)Pitching: 4.36 ERA (7th) 1.42 WHIP (9th)Top-30 prospects: IF Miguel Hiraldo (10), IF Leonardo Jimenez (21) GCL Twins7-9 (T-4th in GCL South)Offense: 66 R (13th) .631 OPS (14th)Pitching: 3.13 ERA (4th) 1.20 WHIP (3rd)Top-30 prospects: RHP Landon Leach (25), IF Keoni Cavaco, RHP Matt Canterino Daily news and links For the first time in baseball history a player stole first base thanks to the Atlantic League-MLB partnership rule changes! @ESPNAssignDesk pic.twitter.com/yj4FkcZg6O— SoMD Blue Crabs (@BlueCrabs) July 14, 2019

So, uhh, how about that weather! The Bolts The only news that has anything to do with the Tampa Bay Lightning from Sunday comes from yesterday’s Quick Strikes. Yes, the only news from Sunday was the news from Saturday. Despite my bleak tone, I encourage you all to go check out Igor’s write-up on recent draft pick Mikhail Shalagin coming straight to the AHL after being an overage seventh-round pick less than a month ago. [Raw Charge] Shalagin also participated in the Lightning development camp in June, without having a signed contract with his Russian team HC Spartak Moskva. According to a new report, he’ll be joining the Tampa Bay Lightning organization this summer. Russian hockey writer Igor Eronko assumes that will play for the Syracuse Crunch next season. The following tweet doesn’t count as Bolts news anymore but we are adding it because this is my blog and I can do what I want. Take it away with your baffling ambiguity, Connor Ingram. Imagine still being at craven rn— Connor Ingram (@CBIngram1) July 15, 2019 The Game Speaking of goalies, this one’s catching some rays. Hopefully Klara put some sunblock on. Maybe a hat, too. Wouldn’t want to get goalie mask tan lines. Welcome to goalies world @wrgbarcelona @Mrazka98 pic.twitter.com/uKfuFHsTL7— Klara Peslarova (@klarapeslarova) July 12, 2019 Alex Ovechkin is a Stanley Cup Champion and he sat down with the NHL’s Instagram account to talk about the Party that followed the 2018 playoffs. View this post on Instagram @aleksandrovechkinofficial sits down with Roger Bennett of @meninblazers to talk the @capitals 2018 #StanleyCup parade, his first game in the League and more! A post shared by NHL (@nhl) on Jul 12, 2019 at 7:51am PDT I guess there was some action in NHL front offices. The Detroit Red Wings signed their off-the-board top ten pick Moritz Seider to an entry-level contract. The #RedWings today signed defenseman Moritz Seider to a three-year entry-level contract.Details ? https://t.co/gHYuO3M8yP pic.twitter.com/zUZMvnERDH— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 14, 2019 And finally, oh yaaayyyyyy....... More Mitch Marner talk. Can’t wait........ Elliotte Friedman on the current state of the Mitch Marner negotiations (31 Thoughts Podcast): pic.twitter.com/1KbEtdWtVe— The Leafs IMO (@TheLeafsIMO) July 14, 2019

R&B singer Chris Brown's felony battery case is back in Hillsborough County Court on Monday, although we aren’t sure yet if Brown will appear.

More than a month after Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Cabinet members wrapped up a six-day trip in Israel, the price tag of the mostly privately funded trip was revealed on Friday. The costs for the trip, in which the governor traveled to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with a delegation of nearly 100 people, totaled $442,504, with private donors covering more than two-thirds of the bill. Florida taxpayers, however, were hit with a tab of more than $131,000 to cover lodging, airfare and other travel costs…