Minor Details: Games of August 2

Willians Astudillo goes deep in a Red Wings loss.  Zander Wiel and Lewis Thorpe lead the Lookouts.  Ryan Jeffers keeps hitting for the Kernels.  Gilberto Celestino remains over .500.  Jeferson Morales hits his first home run.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE 6, ROCHESTER 2 IN ROCHESTER

Mike Ford hit a two-run homer in the first and the RailRiders led all the way.  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre added three in the fourth to go ahead 5-1.

Willians Astudillo was 2-for-4 with a home run (his tenth) and a double.

Chase De Jong struck out four in 3.2 innings in his Rochester debut, but allowed five runs on six hits and three walks.  D. J. Baxendale pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.  John Curtiss pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

CHATTANOOGA 12, MISSISSIPPI 3 IN CHATTANOOGA

The Lookouts scored two in each of the first two innings.  The Braves got three in the sixth to cut the margin to 4-3, but Chattanooga scored five in the sixth and three in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Zander Wiel was 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs.  He is batting .317.  Luis Arraez was 3-for-5 and scored twice.  Brian Navarreto was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Brent Rooker was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .308.  Luke Raley was 0-for-4 in his AAA debut.

Lewis Thorpe struck out seven in 5.2 innings.  He was brilliant through five, but allowed a three-run homer in the sixth so his line is three runs on four hits and two walks.  Ryan Eades pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Wiliams Ramirez struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.

JUPITER AT FORT MYERS

Rained out.

PEORIA 3, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN PEORIA

Wood Myers hit a two-run double in the third to put the Chiefs up 3-1.  A sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 3-2 but the Kernels did not threaten again.

Ryan Jeffers was 2-for-4 and is batting .306.  Michael Davis was 1-for-4 and is batting .320.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks and striking out two.  Kevin Marnon pitched three innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.  His ERA is 1.99.

JOHNSON CITY 5, ELIZABETHTON 3 IN JOHNSON CITY (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Back-to-back doubles by DaShawn Keirsey and Trevor Larnach in the sixth tied it 3-3.  Leandro Cedeno hit a two-run walkoff homer in the seventh.

Alex Robles was 2-for-3 and is batting .336.  Trevor Casanova was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his second) and is batting .313.  Gilberto Celestino was 1-for-3 and is batting .545.  Michael Helman was 0-for-3 and is batting .375.  Keirsey was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .333.  Larnach was 1-for-3 with a double and is batting .302.

Tyler Palm struck out six in four innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks.

ELIZABETHTON AT JOHNSON CITY (GAME 2--2 INNINGS--SUSPENDED)

It's tied 1-1 through two full innings.  Back-to-back doubles by Lean Marrero and Trevor Larnach produced a Twins run in the first.  An RBI ground out tied it in the second.

GCL TWINS

No game scheduled.

DSL TWINS 4, DSL PHILLIES RED 3 AT PHILLIES RED

The Twins scored two in the first and led all the way.  The Phillies closed to 4-3 in the seventh.

Jeferson Morales was 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and a walk.  Ruben Santana was 2-for-4 and is batting .317.  Wander Valdez was 2-for-4.  Victor Heredia was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .341.  Luis Milla was 1-for-3 and is batting .306.  Nomar Urdaneta was 0-for-4 and is batting .301.

Jose Bermudez pitched 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and no walks and striking out three.  Rafael Feliz pitched 1.2 perfect innings and struck out one.  Danny Moreno pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  His ERA is 1.53.

TODAY'S TILTS

7:30  DSL Angels at DSL Twins (completion of suspended game)
DSL Angels at DSL Twins (scheduled game)
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
6:00  Elizabethton at Pulaski (Pedro Espinola, 0-1, 3.96)
6:00  Florida (Tucker Davidson, 6-8, 4.73) at Fort Myers (Jovani Moran, 2-1, 1.50)
6:05  Rochester at Pawtucket (William Cuevas, 7-6, 3.57)
6:15  Mississippi (Michael Mader, 3-2, 3.38) at Chattanooga (Dietrich Enns, 0-5, 6.00)
7:00  Cedar Rapids (Blayne Enlow, 2-3, 3.28) at Peoria (Johan Oviedo, 7-7, 5.09)

4 thoughts on “Minor Details: Games of August 2”

    1. I don't know that he'll be anything, but I'd rather have him on the Twins than Bobby Wilson.

      1. He reminds me a bit of Brian Harper, even more extreme. Doesn't walk, doesn't strike out, medium power. Harper flailed for years until given a chance.

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