Pawtucket 6, Rochester 5 in Pawtucket. The Red Wings tied it at five with a run in the top of the eighth, but the Red Sox won with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Brian Dinkelman singled and doubled. Aaron Bates had two hits to raise his average to .331. Kyle Gibson allowed five runs on nine hits and a walk in five innings. Kyle Waldrop pitched two shutout innings. Anthony Slama allowed the winning run, which scored on a walk, two stolen bases, and a wild pitch.
Harrisburg 6, New Britain 0 in New Britain. The Senators scored three in the first inning. Evan Bigley singled and doubled. Brett Jacobson struck out nine in 6.2 innings, but allowed four runs on five hits and three walks.
St. Lucie 2, Ft. Myers 1 in Ft. Myers (Game 1—Scheduled 7 innings). The Mets scored both their runs in the third. The Miracle out-hit the Mets 8-4. Anderson Hidalgo was 3-for-3 with a double. Jamaal Hawkins was 2-for-2 with a walk. Kevin Slowey allowed both runs on three hits in 3.1 innings. Matthew Tone pitched two hitless innings, walking one.
Ft. Myers 3, St. Lucie 2 in Ft. Myers (Game 2—Scheduled 7 innings). The Miracle scored two in the first and one in the fourth to build a 3-0 lead. Anderson Hidalgo hit a two-run homer and Aaron Hicks hit a solo homer. Those were the only hits the Miracle had, as they were out-hit 9-2. Kane Holbrooks gave up a run on six hits in six innings, walking none and striking out five.
Kane County 4, Beloit 3 in Kane County. The Cougars scored three in the bottom of the eighth to overcome a 3-1 deficit. Wang-wei Lin had three hits. Daniel Ortiz hit a home run. Manuel Soliman gave up an unearned run on three hits and two walks, striking out five in six innings. Michael Tonkin took the loss, surrendering the eighth inning runs in his second inning of work. He struck out three, but allowed three hits and walked two.
Elizabethton 2, Kingsport 0 in Elizabethton. The Twins scored both of their runs in the fifth inning on Tyler Koelling’s two-run homer. Koelling also singled. Nick Lockwood singled and doubled to raise his average to .364 in 33 at-bats. Max Kepler had two hits. Tim Shibuya struck out six in six innings, giving up two hits and two walks. Sam Spangler struck out three in two innings, allowing one hit to get the save.
GCL Twins 1, Rays 1 at Rays (Game suspended in the top of the sixth.) Each team has four hits. Joshua Hendricks had two of them for the Twins. Angel Mata struck out five in three innings, giving up a run on four hits and a walk. Luis Nunez pitched two perfect innings, striking out four.
DSL White Sox 5, Twins 1 at Twins. The Twins out-hit the White Sox 5-4 but made three errors. Adonis Pacheco doubled and tripled. Jose Jimenez took the loss, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk, striking out three in four innings. Ezequiel Zarzuela pitched two perfect innings.
This is post number 500 at the new site.
Its too bad the Twins minor league system couldn't celebrate such a milestone with more wins.
Hehe, Wang-wei.
One time mo chailín and I were walking through Kohl's when I started laughing for what seemed to her no reason. Then she looked over and saw the sign for the "[Vera] Wang Collection" and just rolled her eyes.