Rochester 7, Louisville 3 in Louisville. The Red Wings scored five in the fourth to take a 6-3 lead. Brian Dinkelman had two doubles. Jeff Bailey singled and tripled. Toby Gardenhire singled and doubled. Denard Span was 1-for-4, raising his average to .209 (6-for-29). Eric Hacker pitched six innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk. Jeff Manship struck out three in two shutout innings.
Bowie 3, New Britain 2 in New Britain. The Rock Cats scored two in the first, but that was as far as the good news went. Chris Parmelee singled and hit a two-run homer, his eleventh. Joe Benson, Deibinson Romero, and Mark Dolenc each had two hits. Matt Schuld allowed a run on four hits and a walk in six innings. Bruce Pugh took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out four in three innings.
Tampa 12, Ft. Myers 2 in Ft. Myers. The Miracle led 2-1 after four, but a six-run fifth for the Yankees put an end to that. Anderson Hidalgo had two hits. Oswaldo Arcia hit a home run, his third. Pat Dean surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out seven in 4.2 innings.
Beloit 4, Burlington 1 in Burlington. The Snappers broke a scoreless tie with two in the fifth. Derek McCallum and Adam Bryant each singled and doubled. Lance Ray had two hits. Manuel Soliman worked six shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks. Jose Gonzalez pitched a perfect ninth to get his tenth save.
Danville 8, Elizabethton 1 in Elizabethton. The Braves scored four in the first and three in the third. Eddie Rosario had two singles and a homer, his eleventh, raising his average to .324. Starter Todd Van Steensel surrendered seven runs on six hits and two walks in just 2.2 innings. Nicholas Alloway worked two shutout innings, walking two.
GCL Twins 1, Rays 0 at Rays (10 innings). Michael Quesada led off the tenth with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly. Quesada also doubled. Four pitchers combined to shut down the Rays: Angel Mata went three innings, giving up one hit; Mark Trau threw two innings, allowing just a walk; Tyler Herr struck out two and walked two in two innings; and Nathan Fawbush got the win with three innings, giving up one hit.
Twins 9, Cubs1 5 at Cubs1 (7 1/2 innings--rain). The Twins trailed 5-3 after four but scored three in the fifth and three in the eighth. Ernesto Ciprian tripled and homered, scoring three times and driving in three. Jorge Polanco had two hits. Starter Javier Vargas pitched only 2.1 innings, surrendering five runs on five hits and three walks. Elias Villasana got the win with 4.2 scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit and one walk.
Dilemma: when Arcia is having his ROY season with the Twins in a couple of years, will we call him Ozzie or Waldo?
I don't think I could ever use "Ozzie" for someone I liked. Besides the obvious, it was also the name of my wretched great-grandfather, the only blood member of my family that I've ever actively disliked.
If we spell it Ozzy, though, I suppose we can talk.
My money, though, says that Arcia will do or say something innocuous, and we the Citizenry will run with it and bestow upon him a ridiculous nickname we never could have foreseen.
I think you are right about the ridiculous nickname. Let's hope he realizes his potential and indeed does earn a WGOM moniker.
We could just call him "Oz." But Zack is right (below) and Gardy.
Oh, I realize Gardenhire will give him a sleep-inducing baseball nickname, which I will gleefully ignore. Unless maybe if it's "Arse," which I'd totally get behind.
use his bookend O's
O_o
Nice.
Yeah, until his BA drops below .190, when we have to call him _ _ _
We have to come up with something, because "Oswaldo" makes me think of Oswaldo Sanchez, my least favorite player on El Tri EVER (which is saying something)
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Gardy will absolutely call him Ozzy though.
Let's hope for Wally at least.