Everyone but Rochester wins. Another homer by Miguel Sano. Anthony Slama makes a rehab appearance for the GCL Twins.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
August 7, 2012: Blowout
We haven't seen an inning like that in a while, and the Twins have only ever had a single inning where they scored more. Nishioka continues to look like single-A material, but what are ya gonna do?
Happy Birthday–August 7
Adonis Terry (1864)
Bill McKechnie (1886)
Art Houtteman (1927)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Jerry McNertney (1936)
Ron Henry (1936)
Gary Dotter (1942)
Mike Poepping (1950)
Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967)
Danny Graves (1973)
Edgar Renteria (1976)
Mike Trout (1991)
Shed Seven – Going For Gold
a song as slickly crafted as the NBC olympics.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3qDzWO7H5M
1996
the vault by the drummer at the end is a good touch.
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Loading... 2012 Game 109: Twins at Indians
First Pitch - 6:05 pm CDT
Television - FSN
Lineups - TBD
I don't have a lot of time for today's game log since I spent most of the day yesterday walking (3.25 miles on the Coon Rapids dam trails), shopping (Trader Joe's) and eating (chicken, black bean and corn quesadillas with guacamole) instead of working on the work work I probably should have been working on. What can I say, the doctors told me I have to be a little more selfish about taking time for my health from now on.
The Twins have been playing pretty good baseball lately. They've won seven of their last ten games and sit in fourth place, 12.5 games off the division lead and 3 games behind the third-place Indians. Cleveland, on the other hand, is in total collapse mode, riding a nine-game losing streak that started with a series sweep by the Twins at the end of July. We'd all like to see the Twins continue Cleveland's losing streak by sweeping this series, too. After all, now that the Cuyahoga Rivers doesn't start on fire when you toss a cigarette butt into it, we have to give the Indians something else to cry about. Extending their losing streak to an even dozen games and moving into a tie for third place ought to do it.
The Twins made an unexpected move over the weekend, trading Danny Valencia to the Red Sox for minor league outfielder Jeremias Pineda after a waiver claim. This looks like a move that will improve the Minnesota team immediately by subtraction and could pay off several years down the road by addition or ancillary transaction. Some four-cylinder import named Nishioka has been called up from Rochester to fill Juicy's roster spot, which was temporary anyway, but I expect Nishi will take a turn at shortstop and/or second as a September audition. Or maybe he'll just ride the pine for a week. It's not like the team is concerned about getting him regular at-bats like they are with Parmelee. Jamey Carroll will likely get all the duty at the hot corner until Babe Plouffe! returns from the 15-day disabled list, possibly by Friday.
On The Hill:
Tonight the Twins send ace-apparent Diamond out to face something called a McAllister. Diamond has a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, while McAllister has notched 4 wins and 3 losses. Diamond has an equal rights amendment of 2.93 and McAllister has an equal rights amendment of 3.42. All other pitching stats are made up and/or meaningless.
Play ball!
Minor League Team Leaders: Fort Myers
The numbers are somewhat skewed in that most of their best players have moved on. Also, Jairo Perez was released about a month ago despite being one of the better batters on the team. Not that he was going to be a star--he's 24 and has never played above Class A--but it seems odd that they wouldn't have kept him around just for the sake of winning a few games, especially since their other third baseman is Andy Leer (.554 OPS).
Minor League Team Leaders: New Britain
A Rock Cats Recap.
Minor League Team Leaders: Rochester
I hope to do all the teams, but depending on how things go, it may take me until Tuesday or Wednesday, by which time the stats I'm doing now will be outdated. So, rather than waiting until I have them all done, I'm doing them one at a time. Hope it won't take up too much space on the front page.
Minor Details: Games of 8/5
Rochester wins a marathon. Grand slams in New Britain and Beloit. Chris Parmelee has nothing to learn in Rochester.
Game 108: Twins 4, Red Sox 6
The Twins missed a series sweep at Fenway by one game. According to someone, they last swept the BoSox in Boston in our World Championship year of 1991. They managed only 6 hits but recorded 3 runs in the top of the 9th (HR's by Willingham (28!) and Doumit (11)) to make the finale interesting.
Revere extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a single leading off the first - the longest hitting streak since ii made it to 23 games in 2007. He's currently batting .323/.354/.383 and is a staple in the lineup since being recalled from AAA, playing in 73 games for the Twins this season and starting in center on Sunday. He also had a really nice over-the-shoulder catch and completed a double play with his throw to second.
In other news, Blackburn wasn't very good - pitching 5 innings and allowing 9 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 4.
Before the game, the Twins traded Danny Valencia to the Red Sox for outfielder and 21-year-old prospect Jeremias Pineda. Juicy was immediately sent to AAA Pawtucket. There are rumors that Nishioka has been recalled. I didn't really care to confirm.