Metro Sports Report

Kernels postponed at Burlington

BURLINGTON - The Kernels game at Community Field in Burlington versus the Bees was postponed due to rain Tuesday.

The game will be made up May 15 as part of a doubleheader in Cedar Rapids. The first game will start at 5:30 p.m.

The Kernels (12-5) have a scheduled off-day Wednesday and will return home Thursday to begin a three-game series against Great Lakes, the Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Thursday's game begins at 6:35 p.m.

The Kernels will be home from April 25 through April 30 before hitting the road from May 1-13.

Berrios gets win in Kernels debut

BURLINGTON - A lot of 18-year-old guys are trying to find a date for the senior prom these days or worrying about how to pay for college next year.

Not Jose Berrios.

He's already got $1.55 million from the Minnesota Twins and he's pitching in the Class A Midwest League for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. And he can probably get all the dates he wants.

Berrios pitched five innings in his debut for the Kernels Monday night and got the victory in an 8-4 triumph over the Burlington Bees before 727 fans at Community Field.

Berrios, a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 from Puerto Rico, had a little bit of a rocky start in the first two innings when he allowed two runs and five hits, but he found the groove after that and got stronger as the game went along.

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - The Quakes were not scheduled to play Monday. Season stats: G - 15, Avg. - .315, AB - 54, H - 17, HR - 2, RBI - 10, SB - 1.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - Started at first base Monday and was 0-for-4 in the Lugnuts' 8-5 win over Dayton. Season stats: G - 11, Avg. - .184, AB - 38, H - 7, HR - 0, RBI - 2, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Iowa (Cubs)) - Started in right field Monday and was 1-for-4 with a stolen base in the I-Cubs' 5-2 win at Memphis. Season stats: G - 13, Avg. - .372, AB - 43, H - 16, HR - 3, RBI - 8, SB - 1.

Kernels' Duffey enjoys starting (and winning)

BURLINGTON - Tyler Duffey had a fancy vibrating gadget with all sorts of wires and sensors attached to his right arm after he pitched a strong game for the Cedar Rapids Kernels Sunday.

He was all smiles.

The machine was helping remove all the "bad stuff" that collects in a pitcher's arm after he throws for an extended period of time, and that's exactly what the 6-foot-3, 225-pounder righthander did for the Kernels Sunday.

Duffey tossed seven strong innings and got the victory as Cedar Rapids trimmed Burlington, 3-2, before a skimpy gathering that was announced as 531 fans on a sunny day in southeast Iowa.