Happy Birthday–May 2

Eddie Collins (1887)
Bing Crosby (1904)
Joe Falls (1928)
Eddie Bressoud (1932)
Gates Brown (1939)
Clay Carroll (1941)
Keith Moreland (1954)
Dr. A (1956)
Felix Jose (1965)
Paul Emmel (1968)
Jerrod Saltalamacchia (1986)
Neftali Feliz (1988)
Erasmo Ramirez (1990)
Jonathan Villar (1991)

Entertainer Bing Crosby was part-owner and a vice president of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1947 into the 1960s.

Joe Falls was a long-time sportswriter in Detroit and had a weekly column in The Sporting News for many years.

Paul Emmel has been a major league umpire since 1999.

It appears that no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins were born on this day.  However, it is the birthday of my brother, retired professor at Virginia Tech.  Happy Birthday, Dr. A!

Minor Details: Games of April 30

ST. PAUL AT ROCHESTER

Rained out.

CARDINALS 7, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Irving Lopez hit a three-run homer in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.

Pat Winkel was 2-for-4 with a double.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two runs.

Blayne Enlow pitched five innings, giving up three runs on three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

WHITECAPS 13, KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

West Michigan scored three in the fourth and seven in the fifth to build a 10-0 lead.

Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a double.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Charlie Neuweiler struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, TORTUGAS 5 IN DAYTONA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

A four-run third gave Fort Myers a 5-0 lead and they led the rest of the way.

Rubel Cespedes was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Dylan Neuse was 3-for-4.
Carlos Aguiar was 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Alec Sayre was 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, and three RBIS.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.

Starter Tomas Cleto pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out one.
Wilker Reyes pitched 3.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out three.

TORTUGAS 7, MIGHTY MUSSLES 6 IN DAYTONA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Trailing 6-1, Daytona scored six runs in the seventh.  Cam Collier hit a two-run single to end the game.

Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4.

C. J. Culpepper struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up three hits.

There are no games scheduled for today.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

11:05  Wichita (TBD) at Northwest Arkansas
11:07  Nashville at St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 1-1, 2.42)
5:05  Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 0-1, 3.38) at South Bend
6:00 Dunedin at Fort Myers (TBD)

Happy Birthday–May 1

Frank Foreman (1863)
George McQuillan (1885)
Victor Starffin (1916)
Johnny Berardino (1917)
Al Zarilla (1919)
Von Joshua (1948)
Rudy Meoli (1951)
Roy Lee Jackson (1954)
Charlie O’Brien (1960)
Jose Lind (1964)
Armando Reynoso (1966)

Born in Russia, Victor Starffin was Japanese baseball’s first 300-game winner.

Infielder Johnny Berardino played in the major leagues for eleven years and appeared in 912 games, but is best known as Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital, a role he played from 1963-1996.

We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to SBG's brother.

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