I'm calling it now: Taylor is going to be a sneaky huge part of this season. Or maybe not that sneaky.
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Minor Details: Games of April 13
SAINTS 3, INDIANS 2 IN INDIANAPOLIS
Ryan LeMarre doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs. Tony Wolters was 2-for-3. Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5.
Louie Varland was scheduled to start but was a late scratch, apparently because he's been promoted to Minnesota. Dereck Rodriguez started instead and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk and striking out five. Jordan Balazovic struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks. Austin Schulfer pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk and striking out one. Jose De Leon pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
NATURALS 10, WIND SURGE 3 IN WICHITA
Trailing 3-1, Northwest Arkansas scored seven runs in the sixth. They had eight hits in the inning, one double and seven singles.
DaShawn Keirsey was 2-for-4. Seth Gray hit a home run.
Starter David Festa pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out six. Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
RIVER BANDITS 4, KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Jack Alexander hit a two-run double in the seventh to give Quad Cities a 3-0 lead.
Tanner Schobel hit a home run, his second.
Starter Kyle Jones pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out four. Matthew Swain struck out two in a perfect inning.
MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, THRESHERS 6 IN CLEARWATER
Fort Myers scored four in the first and led all the way.
Ricardo Olivar was 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs. Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, two walks, and two runs. Alex Kirilloff hit a home run. Maddux Houghton hit a home run.
Starter Develson Aria struck out seven in three innings, but gave up two runs on four hits and four walks. Samuel Perez struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in two perfect innings.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Fort Myers (Cory Lewis, 0-1) at Clearwater
6:05 St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez) at Indianapolis
6:35 Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr)
7:05 Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (TBD)
Happy Birthday–April 14
Cannonball Redding (1890)
Marvin Miller (1917)
Gordon Gillespie (1926)
Don Mueller (1927)
Marty Keough (1934)
Pete Rose (1941)
Joe Lahoud (1947)
Ron Schueler (1948)
David Justice (1966)
Greg Maddux (1966)
Greg Myers (1966)
Mike Trombley (1967)
Brad Ausmus (1969)
Steve Avery (1970)
Gregg Zaun (1971)
Kyle Farnsworth (1976)
Cory Gearrin (1986)
Cannonball Redding was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues.
Marvin Miller was the head of the Major League Baseball Players association from 1966-1983.
Gordon Gillespie holds the record for most wins by a college baseball coach.
It must be kind of a bummer for a big league ballplayer to not only not be the best player born on the day and year he was born, but to not even be the best player with his first name born on the day and year he was born.
Sugababes – Too Lost In You
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2023 Game 13: Twins at Yankees
Game in progress and starting very, very well.
April 13, 2023: Speedy
Seriously, the change of pace in baseball has been something. Around 2:45 yesterday I thought, oh, I wonder how the game is doing. Ah, it's been over for awhile.
Minor Details: Games of April 11
SAINTS 5, INDIANS 1 IN INDIANAPOLIS
Andrew Bechtold hit a two-run homer in a three-run fourth that put St. Paul up 3-0.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-3 with two walks. Andrew Stephenson was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer. Bechtold's homer was his second.
Bailey Ober struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks. Trevor Megill struck out the side in a perfect inning.
WIND SURGE 8, NATURALS 2 IN WICHITA
Wichita scored three in the first and led all the way.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with a walk. Alex Isola was 2-for-5 with a home run. Brooks Lee hit a two-run homer.
Blayne Enlow struck out eight in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks. Tyler Beck struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
KERNELS 10, RIVER BANDITS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Ben Ross hit a two-run homer in the first and Cedar Rapids followed with a four-run second.
Noah Miller was 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs. Jeferson Morales was 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks, and two runs. Ross was 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs. Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a three-run homer, his second.
Starter Jaylin Nowlin allowed four runs in 3.1 innings, giving up five hits and three walks and striking out two. Orlando Rodriguez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings despite walking four. He struck out one. Regi Grace struck out two in two shutout innings.
THRESHERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN CLEARWATER
Justin Crawford's two-run double in the seventh broke a 3-3 tie.
No Fort Myers batter had more than one hit, and they were all singles.
Starter C. J. Culpepper pitched four innings, giving up two unearned runs on one hit and three walks and striking out two. Zach Veen pitched a perfect inning.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Fort Myers (Develson Aria) at Clearwater
5:35 St. Paul (Louie Varland, 1-0) at Indianapolis
6:35 Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones)
7:05 Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (David Festa, 1-0)
Happy Birthday–April 13
Herman Long (1866)
Kid Elberfeld (1875)
Jake Stahl (1879)
Claude Hendrix (1889)
Dewey Creasy (1900)
Ben Cantwell (1902)
Pete Quesada (1904)
Roxie Lawson (1906)
Bill Deegan (1935)
John Stephenson (1941)
Jeff Bittiger (1962)
Mark Leiter (1963)
Doug Strange (1964)
Ricardo Rincon (1970)
Kevin Ohme (1971)
Steve Pearce (1983)
Hunter Pence (1983)
Lorenzo Cain (1986)
Air Force General Pete Quesada was one of the original owners of the expansion Washington Senators. He also was the first head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bill Deegan was an American League umpire from 1971-1980.
2023 Game Log 12: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
Lucas Giolito
vs
Sonny Gray
Rubber match and final game of this homestand.
Giolito was very good in 2021 and not good at all in 2022. So far after two starts, it's been more 2022 than 2021. He's averaged almost two his per inning.
Still no Correa and still Buxton not in the field. Julien makes his MLB debut. He's been great in his nine games with the Saints so far.
Lineup:
Solano, 1B
Buxton, DH
Miranda, 3B
Gordon, LF
Jeffers, C
Larnach, RF
Farmer, SS
Julien, 2B
Taylor, CF
Minor Details: Games of April 11
SAINTS 10, INDIANS 6 IN INDIANAPOLIS (12 INNINGS)
St. Paul scored four in the twelfth.
Tony Wolters was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and three runs. Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-6. Hernan Perez was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
Starter Brent Headrick struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk. Brock Stewart struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Jose De Leon struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning. Saints pitchers had sixteen strikeouts in twelve innings.
WIND SURGE 3, NATURALS 1 IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
Wichita scored two runs without a hit in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie. They only put one ball in play in the inning: it went strikeout, walk, error, walk, wild pitch, strikeout, hit batsman, walk, strikeout.
Wichita had just two hits in the game.
Carlos Luna struck out ten in 5.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and no walks. Kody Funderburk struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Alex Scherff struck out two and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings. Wind Surge pitchers had fifteen strikeouts.
KERNELS 8, RIVER BANDITS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a walkoff grand slam.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4. Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a walk, a grand slam, and two runs.
Pierson Ohl struck out six in five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk. Malik Barrington struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Miguel Rodriguez retired both men he faced. Kernels pitchers had eleven strikeouts.
THRESHERS 6, MIGHTY MUSSELS 0 IN CLEARWATER
The Threshers scored once in the second, third, sixth, seventh, and got two in the eighth.
The Mighty Mussels had just three hits.
Tomas Cleto pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and no walks while striking out two. Josh Winder pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:05 St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 0-1) at Indianapolis
5:30 Fort Myers (C. J. Culpepper) at Clearwater
6:35 Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin)
7:05 Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (TBD)