2023 Game 25: New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins

Domingo Germán
vs
Kenta Maeda

Maeda somehow didn't break anything or sustain anything more than a big ouch from stopping the comebacker with his ankle. Bailey Ober is back with the Saints and Maeda is back in the rotation to finish off the Yankees.

Going back through all the Twins-Yankees season results, the last time prior to 2001 the Twins won a season series was 1992 when they went 7-5. They did manage to tie 5-5 in 2000. Go back another year and you will find the last time the Twins swept a three game series with the Yankees. June 11 through June 13 and September 6 through September 8. They finished 10-2 against the hapless 71-91 Yankees. 1993 and 1994 both had two game sweeps if you want to count those too.

Minor Details: Games of April 25

SAINTS 14, RED WINGS 1 IN ROCHESTER

Leading 4-0, St. Paul scored seven in the sixth.

Mark Contreras was 4-for-5 with a double, three runs, and two RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 3-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, a walk, three runs, and two RBIs.
Michael Helman was 3-for-5 with two home runs, including a grand slam.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-6 with a home run (his third), two runs, and two RBIs.
Edouard Julien was 2-for-6.

Aaron Sanchez pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and five walks and striking out four.
Cole Sands pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Cody Laweryson struck out two in a scoreless inning, walking one.

WIND SURGE 12, CARDINALS 3 IN WICHITA

Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Wichita a 4-3 lead and they added seven in the seventh.

Brooks Lee was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Severino was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth) and four RBIs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and two runs.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
David Banuelos was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a triple.

David Festa pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Jose Bravo struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits.
Jordan Brink retired all four men he faced, striking out one.
Osiris German pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

KERNELS 2, WHITECAPS 0 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored both runs in the eighth.

Cedar Rapids had five hits, with no batter getting more than one.

Kyle Jones struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.
Regi Grace struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, TORTUGAS 4 IN DAYTONA

Trailing 4-1, Fort Myers scored one in the eighth and three in the ninth.  Danny De Andrade singled home the go-ahead run.

Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  He is batting .390 with an OPS of 1.314.
De Andrade was 2-for-5.

Starter Develson Aria pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks and striking out five.
Ricky Mineo struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Gabriel Yanez struck out five in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:05  Springfield at Wichita (Travis Adams, 1-2, 9.31)
5:05  St. Paul (TBD) at Rochester
5:35  Fort Myers (TBD) at Daytona
6:35  West Michigan at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 0-0, 2.16)

April 26, 2023: Limewire

So, downtown Indianapolis is lousy with rentable electric scooters these days. I've never tried, so after all my bidness was done, I decided I needed to have a go. Those things can click up a bit on the MPHs it seems. Anyway, I was having a good time cruising 'round the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (which has weird light displays at night now apparently).

Happy Birthday–April 26

Jack Barry (1887)
Ray Caldwell (1888)
Hack Wilson (1900)
Bernard Malamud (1914)
Sal Maglie (1917)
Virgil Trucks (1917)
Ron Northey (1920)
Granny Hamner (1927)
Amos Otis (1947)
Tom Norton (1950)
Mike Scott (1955)
Steve Lombardozzi (1960)
Curtis Wilkerson (1961)
Brian Anderson (1972)
Geoff Blum (1973)
Kosuke Fukudome (1977)
Joe Crede (1978)
Alejandro Machado (1982)
Shawn Kelley (1984)
Sean Rodriguez (1985)
Aaron Judge (1992)

Bernard Malamud, of course, wrote the book "The Natural".  He probably wrote some other books as well.

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2023 Game Log 24: Yanks at Twins (And Wild/Wolves Playoffs)

We can experience something tonight that has not been aacomplished since 2001. With a Twins victory tonight they will take the season series from the Yankees. Twins have Joe Ryan on the mound and he's been quite effective this year with a 4-0 record, 0.89 WHIP and 10.4 k/9 innings. Nestor Cortes for the Yankees and he's been pretty decent this year as well, even though he took the loss against the Twins last week at Yankee Stadium. Should be a nice, if chilly evening for baseball.

In addition we have Wild and Wolves playoffs tonight. Feel free to use this post to comment as well. Game times are actually Midwest friendly with the Wild set to start at 7:00p and the Wolves at 8:00p. Loons also play tonight against Detroit in the USA Open Cup at 6:30p. So depending on your sport, you are covered tonight. If you just like Football, I guess you can take tonight to put the finishing touches on your mock draft board.

First pitch at 6:40.

Minor Details: Where They Stand: April 25

The St. Paul Saints are 13-7, in fourth place in the International League West, 1.5 games behind Memphis.  They are percentage points behind third-place Iowa.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 7-8, tied for third place with Northwest Arkansas in the Texas League North, three games behind Arkansas and Tulsa.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 6-8, in sixth (last) place in the Midwest League West, 3.5 games behind Beloit.  They are a half game behind fifth-place Wisconsin.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 8-7, tied for third place with Lakeland in the Florida State League West, two games behind Bradenton.

Happy Birthday–April 25

John Henry “Pop” Lloyd (1884)
George Fiall (1900)
Bill Grieve (1900)
Roy Parmelee (1907)
Bobby Estalella (1911)
Red Flaherty (1917)
Ed Vargo (1930)
Lew Krausse (1943)
Kerry Taylor (1950)
Greg Wells (1954)
Larry Pashnick (1956)
Tony Phillips (1959)
Darren Holmes (1966)
Joe Buck (1969)
Brad Clontz (1971)
Jacque Jones (1975)
J. P. Howell (1983)
Garrett Mock (1983)
Robert Andino (1984)

Shortstop Pop Lloyd was called the Black Honus Wagner.

A member of the basketball hall of fame as part of the “Renaissance Five” team, shortstop George Fiall played in the Negro Leagues from 1918-1931.

Bill Grieve was an American League umpire from 1938-1955.

Red Flaherty was an American League umpire from 1953-1973.

Ed Vargo was a National League umpire from 1960-1983 and was an umpire supervisor from 1984-1997.

Kerry Taylor played for the GCL Twins in 1968.  He then went into the Army and was killed in the Vietnam War.

The son of Hall of Famer Jack Buck, Joe Buck was a major league baseball broadcaster for many years.

Garrett Mock was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 2002, but did not sign.

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