Minor Details: Games of 8/25

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4, Rochester 1 in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  The Yankees scored two in the first and two in the seventh.  Toby Gardenhire singled and doubled.  Rene Rivera had two hits.  Dusty Hughes came out of the bullpen to start and did okay, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four in four innings.

New Britain 11, Trenton 8 in Trenton.  The Rock Cats trailed 2-0 after three, took a 9-2 lead after seven, then had the lead cut to 9-8 in the eighth before putting it away.  Chris Herrmann had two singles and a homer, driving in four.  Brian Dozier singled and homered, raising his average to .312.  Deibinson Romero singled and doubled.  Evan Bigley had two hits.  Starter Spencer Steedley got the win, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk in five innings.  Steve Hirschfeld struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Tyler Robertson got his sixteenth save with 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out three while giving up a hit and walking two.  The win pulled the Rock Cats back to within one game of Reading for the last playoff spot.

St. Lucie 4, Ft. Myers 1 in Ft. Myers.  The Mets broke a 1-1 tie with two in the eighth.  Angel Morales was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Daniel Rohlfing and Nick Romero each had two hits.  Matthew Tomshaw went seven strong innings, giving up a run on five hits.  Bruce Pugh surrendered three runs on four hits and two walks in two innings to take the loss.

Burlington 4, Beloit 0 in Beloit.  The Bees got three in the fifth to break a scoreless tie.  The Snappers had just two hits.  Blayne Weller allowed three runs on ten hits and no walks in 6.2 innings, striking out six.

Elizabethton 17, Bluefield 8 in Bluefield.  The Twins overcame a 4-2 deficit with eight in the third.  Eddie Rosario singled and hit two homers, his eighteenth and nineteenth.  He scored three times, drove in five, and raised his average to .319.  Matthew Koch hit two doubles and a homer, scoring three times and driving in four.  Niko Goodrum had three hits.  JaDamion Williams singled and homered, raising his average to .331.  Miguel Sano and Tyler Koelling had two hits.  Starter Tyler Jones surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks in three innings.  David Hurlbut got the win with five innings of relief, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.  The win keeps Elizabethton two games ahead of Kingsport for the last playoff spot.

GCL Twins 12, Orioles 6 (11 innings).  The Twins scored three in the ninth to tie and six in the eleventh to win.  Kelvin Silvania had two doubles, a single, and a home run, driving in five.  Jorge Polanco had four hits.  Kelvin Ortiz singled and homered.  Stephen Wickens singled and doubled.  Aderlin Mejia had two hits and scored three times.  Starter Nathan Fawbush yielded five runs on five hits and four walks while striking out five in four innings.  Gonzalo Sanudo struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up just one hit.  Tyler Herr struck out three in three shutout innings to get the win.

Friday Music Day: August 26, 2011

So, with some Christmas money, I bought myself this massive set back in December. It finally shipped last week. (Apparently, they found more material and decided to expand it by four CDs, so it got pushed back half a year.) Delivery was attempted over the past two days while my wife was out of the house. It's coming tomorrow and she'll be home to receive it.

I got the links for the downloads in my email yesterday, but jumpin' January molasses is it slow! As I write this, I've been downloading the first disc, about 1GB, for about six hours. I wonder if their servers are being overloaded, but dang, I was planning on replacing 90% of the content on my iPod and listening to this all day tomorrow. I am going to stay up until I can download the first disc (24 minutes left), so I at least have something.

So that's what I'll be listening to for the next two months. What have you got to listen to today?

Game 130 Recap: Orioles 6, Twins 1

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[NARRATOR]:  It appears that your recapper has been overcome by the sheer disaster that was this series against the Orioles.  He didn't even get to Drew Butera starting all four games, the Twins' starters pitching a total of 15.2 innings, ad;kfhvbn ....

[2nd NARRATOR]: (Looks at two unconscious bodies) I ain't touching this.

 

 

Minor Details: Games of 8/24

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 7, Rochester 1 in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  The Yankees led 5-0 after three.  Aaron Bates had two singles and a double, raising his average to .315.  Jeff Bailey singled and doubled.  Dustin Martin hit his fifteenth home run.  Eric Hacker allowed six runs on eight hits and four walks in six innings.

Reading 4, New Britain 2 in New Britain.  The score was tied at two after seven, but the Phillies scored in the eighth and ninth.  Mark Dolenc hit a home run.  Bobby Lanigan worked six solid innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk.  Brett Jacobson took the loss, allowing a run on three hits in two innings.  The loss drops the Rock Cats to two games behind Reading for the last playoff spot.

Ft. Myers 3, St. Lucie 0 (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Miracle scored two in the first and one in the second.  The Miracle had only four hits but took advantage of three Mets errors, as all their runs were unearned.  B. J. Hermsen gave up just three hits and no walks in six innings.  Matt Hauser struck out three in a scoreless inning to get the save, giving up two hits.

St. Lucie 4, Ft. Myers 3 (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Mets got all their runs in the second inning.  Angel Morales had two hits.  Josmil Pinto hit a two-run homer.  Edgar Ibarra surrendered four runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks in two innings.  Caleb Thielbar and Cole Nelson each threw two perfect innings of relief.

Burlington 6, Beloit 1 in Beloit.  The Bees scored two in the third to break a scoreless tie.  Jairo Perez and Daniel Ortiz each singled and doubled, with Perez raising his average to .344.  Derek McCallum had two hits.  A. J. Achter allowed six runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out nine in six innings.  Adrian Salcedo pitched three shutout innings, giving up four hits and two walks and striking out three.

Elizabethton 7, Bristol 3 in Bristol.  The Twins led 6-0 half-way through the game.  Matthew Koch had two doubles.  Eddie Rosario singled and homered, his seventeenth.  Nick Lockwood and Miguel Sano each singled and doubled.  Matt Parker hit a home run.  Marcus Limon went six innings, giving up just one run on three hits and no walks.  Matthew Summers retired both batters he faced to get the save.  The Twins are now two games ahead of Kingsport for the last playoff spot.

GCL Twins 1, Orioles 0 at Twins (Game 1--8 innings--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Twins had only two hits but one of them, a single by Drew Leachman, drove in the winning run.  Ricardo Arevalo started but went only 1.1 innings before being removed after a rain delay.  He gave up one hit.  Markus Solbach worked 4.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks.  Nick Cicio threw two perfect innings to get the win.

GCL Twins 4, Orioles 2 at Orioles (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  All the runs of the game were scored in the second.  The Twins had only four hits, meaning they swept a doubleheader while getting just six hits in fifteen innings.  Bobby O'Neill went five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks.  Kyle Wahl pitched the final two shutout innings to get the save, giving up a hit and a walk.