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Minor Details: Games of July 10

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Matt Wallner hits hit twenty-first homer.  Christian Encarnacion-Strand hits his eighteenth homer.

LOUISVILLE 5, ST. PAUL 4 IN LOUISVILLE

A three-run sixth gave the Bats a 5-4 lead.

Caleb Hamilton was 2-for-4 with a home run (his ninth) and two RBIs.
Jermaine Palacios was 2-for-4 with a double.
Elliot Soto was 2-for-4 with a double.
Curtis Terry was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his eighth) and a walk.

Starter Dereck Rodriguez pitched 5.2 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and one walk and striking out six.
Jake Petricka pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
Yennier Cano pitched a perfect inning.

The Saints are 40-43, in eighth place in the International League West, a half-game behind sixth-place Gwinnett and Indianapolis, twelve games behind Nashville.

AMARILLO 4, WICHITA 3 IN WICHITA

Leandro Cedeno hit a two-run double in the ninth to put the Sod Poodles in the lead to stay.

Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with a home run, his twenty-first.
Cole Sturgeon was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Andrew Bechtold was 1-for-4 with a home run, his tenth.

Daniel Gossett pitched six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk and striking out five.
Bryan Sammons pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Steven Klimek pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

The Wind Surge is 5-7, tied for third (last) place with Northwest Arkansas and Tulsa in the Texas League North, two games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, QUAD CITIES 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Wander Javier homered in the eighth to break a 4-4 tie.

Jake Rucker was 2-for-4.
Kyler Fedco was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his eighteenth) and a walk.
Javier was 1-for-3 with a home run (his eighth) and a walk.
Dylan Neuse was 0-for-1 with three walks.

Brent Headrick struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on one hit and no walks.

The Kernels are 6-9, in fourth place in the Midwest League West, two games behind third-place Beloit, five games behind South Bend and Wisconsin.  The Kernels won the first-half championship.

FORT MYERS AT TAMPA

Rained out.

The Mighty Mussels are 3-9, in sixth (last) place in the Florida State League West, a half-game behind fifth-place Clearwater, six games behind Tampa.  The Mighty Mussels won the first-half championship.

11 thoughts on “Minor Details: Games of July 10”

  1. I wonder what the record is for most HR hit by a Twins minor league player in a season

    1. Sano hit thirty-five between New Britain and Fort Myers in 2013. I'm not saying that's the record, but it's pretty good.

      1. I should've remembered this right away: Tim Laudner hit 42 for Orlando in 1981. I suspect that's the record, but I don't know for sure that it is.

        1. According to this MiLB article, the minor league record is 72 back in 1954 by Joe Bauman.

          The Roswell Rockets' ballpark had a right field wall that was 329 feet from home. It was a prime target for Bauman, who was a left-handed pull hitter with an uppercut swing. In 1954, Bauman won the triple crown and also led the league in runs and walks for Roswell. In 138 games, he had 199 hits in 498 at bats for a .400 average. He also drove in 228 runs and walked 150 times. He hit 35 doubles, 3 triples, and 72 home runs

              1. 29 twice. As a 21-year old at Single-A Waterloo for Cleveland and as a 30-year old at AAA Salt Lake for the Twins.

                Randy Bass hit 30 in Lynchburg (A) as a 20-year old in 1974.

                Cotton Nash led the Portland Beavers (AAA) with 37 in 1971. He was 28. (He had 33 the year before when the Twins had the Evansville Triplets).

                Moe Hill hit 41 for Wisconsin Rapids in 1977. He was 30. (He hit 33 in 1974, 31 in 1975, 30 in 1976, 25 in 1978 and 20 in 1972). He's got to be the franchise career leader. In 14 seasons of A ball, he hit 255. But only 8 in 56 games at AA, and he never advanced above that level.

                Cuddy hit 30 for New Britain in 2001 as a 22-year old.

                Garrett Jones hit 30 for New Britain in 2004 as a 23-year old.

                Adam Walker hit 31 for AA Chattanooga in 2015 as a 23-year old.

                Mark Funderburk hit 34 for AA Orlando in 1985 as a 28-year old.

                Michael Ryan hit 31 for AAA Edmonton in 2002 as a 24-year old.

                Chad Rupp hit 32 for Salt Lake in 1997 as a 25-year old.

          1. That team was pretty loaded. But the Nashville Sounds (NYY affiliate) had a 20-year old Mattingly, and 22-year olds Willie McGee and Otis Nixon, plus the best pitching in the league, led by future Twins legend Pete Filson (10-2, 1.82 ERA in 99 innings).

            Oh, and Buck Showalter!

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