Not a great start. Would love to pick up one of these games in OKC.
May 21, 2025: Inauspicious
May 20, 2025: Round 2
Guess we start in the 4th today, with the next game shortly after.
Minor Details: Game of May 19
FCL BRAVES 9, FCL TWINS 1 AT BRAVES
Carlos Monteverde hit a grand slam in the first inning for all the runs the Braves would need. The Twins scored their lone run in the sixth on a ground out. The Braves added a run in the seventh and scored four more in the eighth. This was the first time the FCL Twins have played a nine-inning game this year. We'll see if they continue to play nine-inning games the rest of the season.
Batters: Bryan Acuna was 2-for-4.
Pitchers: Starter Leonardo Rondon pitched three innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on three hits and two walks and striking out zero. Liam Rocha pitched a scoreless inning, striking out one and walking one. Ruddy Gomez struck out two in two perfect innings.
Opponents: Eight different Braves had one hit. Carlos Monteverde's hit was a grand slam.
Stats: Bryan Acuna, .300/.899 OPS. Ricardo Pena, .833 OPS. Liam Rocha, zero ERA. Ruddy Gomez, zero ERA.
Record: The Twins are 6-5, tied for second with the Braves and Orioles, two games behind the Rays.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:00 FCL Braves at FCL Twins
11:07 Norfolk (Thaddeus Ward, 2-3, 5.50) at St. Paul (Cory Lewis, 1-3, 9.27)
5:30 Fort Myers at Lakeland--no starters listed
5:35 Cedar Rapids (Tanner Hall, 1-2, 5.22) at Fort Wayne (Ian Koenig, 1-1, 5.48)
7:05 Wichita at San Antonio--no starters listed
Happy Birthday–May 20
Walt Burnham (1860)
Joe Harris (1891)
George Grantham (1900)
Pete Appleton (1904)
Hal Newhouser (1921)
Herman Wedemeyer (1924)
Tom Morgan (1930)
Ken Boyer (1931)
Sadaharu Oh (1940)
Bobby Murcer (1946)
Ralph Bryant (1961)
David Wells (1963)
Todd Stottlemyre (1965)
Ramon Hernandez (1976)
Jayson Werth (1979)
Austin Kearns (1980)
Adam Rosales (1983)
Walt Burham was a minor league manager from 1885-1907, winning 1,164 games.
Outfielder Herman Wedemeyer played for Class C Salt Lake City in 1950. He was a star running back in the All-America Football Conference and later appeared in over 300 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O, playing Sergeant Edward “Duke” Lukela.
Right-hander Tom Morgan was with Washington at the end of 1960, appearing in fourteen games with them. On January 31, 1961, before the franchise played a game in Minnesota, he was sold to the Los Angeles Angels.
Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs in Japan.
Outfielder Ralph Bryant was drafted by Minnesota in the thirteenth round of the January draft in 1981, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe.
There do not appear to be any other major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Fugazi – Birthday Pony
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Minor Details: Games of May 18
ST. PAUL SAINTS 3, IOWA CUBS 1 IN IOWA
It was 1-1 through eight, as Mickey Gasper singled home a run in the third and Iowa tied the score in the sixth. Will Holland hit a two-run homer in the ninth to win it for St. Paul.
Batters: Will Holland was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his third), a walk, and two runs. Mike Ford was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitchers: Andrew Morris struck out eight in five innings, giving up four hits and a walk. Randy Dobnak struck out three in two innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk. Kyle Bischoff pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. Richard Lovelady pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Opponents: Jordan Wicks pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out three.
Stats: Mickey Gasper, .333/1.170 OPS. Will Holland, .310/.933 OPS. Mike Ford, .867 OPS. Andrew Morris, 3.44 ERA. Richard Lovelady, 1.46 ERA.
Record: St. Paul is 23-20, in fifth place, 3.5 games behind Indianapolis.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 15, ARKANSAS TRAVELERS 7 IN WICHITA
Wichita scored three in the first and one in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Arkansas came back, scoring one in the fourth and getting a two-run double from Jared Sundstrom in a three-run fifth to tie it 4-4. Wichita then took control of the game in the bottom of the fifth, scoring a touchdown plus the extra point. Tanner Schobel hit a three-run double and Kyler Fedco hit a two-run homer in a seven-run inning that put the game out of reach. The lead went to 14-4 before Arkansas put up three in the eighth to make the final score look a little better
Batters: Jorel Ortega was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth), three runs, and four RBIs. Tanner Schobel was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs, and three RBIs. Kala'i Rosario was 3-for-6 with two doubles, three runs, and three RBIs. Rubel Cespedes was 3-for-6 with a double and a run. Kyler Fedco was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer (his eighth) and a walk. Tyler Dearden was 2-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.
Pitchers: Trent Baker struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks. Joel Cesar pitched a scoreless inning, striking out one and walking one. Cody Laweryson struck out the side in a perfect inning.
Opponents: Hunter Fitz-Gerald was 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, a run, and an RBI. Blake Rambusch was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Connor Charping was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Stats: Tyler Dearden, .320/.869 OPS. Kyler Fedco, .952 OPS. Jorel Ortega, .844 OPS. Noah Cardenas, .826 OPS. Tanner Schobel, .817 OPS. Trent Baker, 2.27 ERA.
Record: Wichita is 22-17, in first place, one game ahead of Arkansas.
PEORIA CHIEFS 7, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Ian Petrutz hit a two-run homer in a four-run first that put Peoria in control of the game early. It was 5-0 when Cedar Rapids finally scored on a double by Brandon Winokur in the eighth. Peoria added two more in the ninth.
Batters: None. Cedar Rapids had five hits.
Pitchers: Chase Chaney settled down after the first, pitching five innings and giving up five runs on nine hits and a walk and striking out three. Eston Stull pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. Gabriel Yanez struck out five in two perfect innings.
Opponents: Jon Jon Gazdar was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Brayden Jobert was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and two runs. Won-Bin Cho was 2-for-4 with a double, a run, and two RBIs. Joshua Baez was 2-for-4 with a double, a run, and an RBI. Ian Petrutz hit a two-run homer. Chen-Wei Lin struck out six in three innings, giving up no hits and one walk. Tanner Jacobson struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks. Benjamin Arias pitched 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Stats: Nate Baez, .333/.907 OPS. Gabriel Gonzalez, .319/.907 OPS. Kyle DeBarge, .919 OPS. Khadim Diaw, .871 OPS. Eston Stull, zero ERA. Paulshawn Pasqualotto, 1.35 ERA.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 22-16, in second place, two games behind Quad Cities.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 8, JUPITER HAMMERHEADS 4 IN JUPITER
Dameury Pena hit a home run in a three-run first. Jupiter scored single runs in the first and third to cut the lead to 3-2, but Fort Myers put up another three-spot in the fifth. Jupiter got two back in the sixth to cut the margin to 6-4, but that was as close as they would get. Fort Myers scored single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Batters: Rayne Doncon was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs. Daniel Pena was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs. Dameury Pena hit a home run, his second.
Pitchers: Jason Doktorczyk pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks and striking out three. Devin Kirby pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Opponents: Dillon Head was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Julio Henriquez was 2-for-4 with a run. Micah McDowell was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
Stats: Rayne Doncon, .500/1.183 OPS. Peyton Eeles, .300.
Record: Fort Myers is 19-20, tied for fourth with Tampa, four games behind Dunedin.
TODAY'S TILT
11:00 FCL Twins at FCL Braves
May 19, 2025: Flash
I would have preferred the Nuggets, but maybe being the underdog will light some fires underneath them.
Happy Birthday–May 19
Ed Walsh (1881)
Newt Allen (1901)
Goose Curry (1905)
Gil McDougald (1928)
Curt Simmons (1929)
Larry McCoy (1941)
Dan Ford (1952)
Rick Cerone (1954)
Ed Whitson (1955)
Luis Salazar (1956)
Eric Show (1956)
Turk Wendell (1967)
Brandon Inge (1977)
Brian Anderson (1993)
Outfielder Goose Curry was a star in the Negro Leagues, batting over .300 several times.
This author's first baseball glove was a Gil McDougald model. I had no idea who he was. But then, he probably had no idea who I was, either.
Larry McCoy was an American League umpire from 1971-1999.
Eric Show was drafted by Minnesota in the 36th round in 1974, but did not sign.
Brian Anderson was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2011, but did not sign.
2025 Game Log XLVII: Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers
I gotta remember to check the schedule earlier and book the weekend the Twins go to Milwaukee, especially since they actually play the weekend now and not a random Tuesday and Wednesday. Would have been a fun time.
Two great baseball names, Zebby and McCusker are now up with the squad, though McCrusher isn't in the lineup. Hoping for big things from them.
May 18, 2025: Cool Spell
Gotta admit, highs in the 60s are just fine with me.