2023 Game 54: Twins at Rastros

Hungry Joe is unavailable so I'm pinch hitting today. I can't say I've been happy with the quality of ball and strike calling over the past couple of weeks, but you really can't blame the Twins' chronic ass-bats on the umps. At the games on Friday and Saturday, I counted 7 Blue Jays in the lineup hitting above .250. The Twins had just two. They had two hitters above .300, we had none. And it's not just low overall averages,  it's the complete dearth of clutch hits. Rather than cheer when we load the bases with no outs, I cringe at the prospect of underperforming run expectancy yet again. Combine the ass-bats with some sloppy defense and it gets hard to win games, even when the rotation is killing it and the bullpen is showing surprising signs of adequacy.

Speaking of that rotation, Twins ace Sonny Gray takes the mound today for the home team. He's got a 1.82 ERA (236 ERA+), a 2.02 FIP, and a 1.196 WHIP. He's given up zero home runs while notching 66 strikeouts in 54 innings pitched. No pitcher on the team has done more to help win games this year than Sonny. The Astros counter with J.P. France. He's got a 3.43 ERA in four starts with a 1.19 WHIP. Hope everyone is having a pleasant Memorial Day.

Play ball!

Minor Details: Games of May 28

SAINTS 10, STORM CHASERS 6 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored nine runs in the seventh, including a Jair Camargo grand slam.

Camargo was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his fifth homer) and two runs.
Hernan Perez was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fourth) and two runs.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits and three walks and striking out one.
Oliver Ortega pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Josh Winder pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Austin Brice pitched a perfect inning and struck out two.
Patrick Murphy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits.

CARDINALS 10, WIND SURGE 5 IN SPRINGFIELD

Springfield scored five in the second and led all the way.

Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a triple.
Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Chad Donato pitched 2.2 innings, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk and striking out three.
Curtis Taylor struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.
Jordan Brink retired all four men he faced, striking out two.
Seth Nordin pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 9, TIMBER RATTLERS 6 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Noah Cardenas hit a two-run single in a three-run sixth to break a 6-6 tie.

Noah Miller was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three runs, and three RBIs.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Starter Christian MacLeod pitched one inning, allowing three runs on two hits and a walk.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.
Matthew Swain pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Regi Grace pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

BLUE JAYS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN DUNEDIN (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Peyton Williams hit a two-run homer in the first and Dunedin never trailed.

Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-3 with a double.
Mikey Perez was 2-for-3.

Jose Olivares pitched 3.2 innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and a walk and striking out one.
Jackson Hicks struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Gabriel Yanez struck out two in a perfect inning.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, BLUE JAYS 4 IN DUNEDIN (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Rubel Cespedes hit a two-run homer in a four-run first and Fort Myers led all the way.

Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a walk, and two runs.
Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his third) and two runs.

Starter Wilker Reyes pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs  on two hits and three walks.
Juan Mendez struck out four in 2.1 innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

There are no games scheduled for Monday.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

5:00  Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 2-3, 3.75) at Lansing
5:05  St. Paul (TBD) at Buffalo
6:00  St. Lucie at Fort Myers (TBD)
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Blayne Enlow, 2-1, 3.02)

Happy Birthday–May 29

Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.

Bob Hope (1903)
George McQuinn (1910)
Loel Passe (1917)
Fred White (1936)
Fay Vincent (1938)
John Kennedy (1941)
Blue Moon Odom (1945)
Jamie Allen (1958)
Mike Stenhouse (1958)
Eric Davis (1962)
Charlie Hayes (1965)
Trever Miller (1973)
Jerry Hairston (1976)
Matt Macri (1982)
Patrick Bailey (1999)

Comedian and actor Bob Hope was a long-time part-owner of the Cleveland Indians and was on their Board of Directors.

Loel Passe broadcast Houston Astros games from the team’s inception through 1976.  Along the way, he worked with two Hall of Fame broadcasters, Gene Elston and Harry Kalas.

Fred White broadcast Kansas City Royals games from 1974-1998.

Fay Vincent was the commissioner of baseball from 1989-1992.

Third baseman Jamie Allen was drafted by Minnesota with the tenth pick of the 1976 draft, but did not sign.

Catcher Patrick Bailey was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-seventh round in 2017, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. brianS.

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Happy Birthday–May 28

Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.

Spider Baum (1882)
Jim Thorpe (1887)
Warren Giles (1896)
John Allyn (1917)
Bob Kuzava (1923)
Frank Saucier (1926)
Kirk Gibson (1957)
Bill Doran (1958)
Duane Ward (1964)
Mike Maksudian (1966)
Mike Difelice (1969)
Jhonny Peralta (1982)
Craig Kimbrel (1988)
Lester Oliveros (1988)
Huascar Ynoa (1998)

Spider Baum won 325 games in the minors between 1902-1920.  267 of those wins came in the Pacific Coast League.

Warren Giles was president of the National League from 1951-1969.

John Allyn was the owner of the Chicago White Sox from 1961-1975.

Frank Saucier is the player Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for in 1951.

We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Philosofer.

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Joni Mitchell – Hejira (ft. Wayne Shorter)

 

Wayne Shorter’s best-known solo might be the one he cut forSteely Dan’s “Aja.” But he was no stranger to playing with musicians in more popular genres. He not only played on two Santana albums, but formed a band with Santana that toured and played Montreux. He played the soaring sax part on the last tune closing out the Rolling Stones’ Bridges to Babylon. And from 1977–2002, he played on ten Joni Mitchell albums.

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