Minor Details: Games of May 19

SAINTS 8, CLIPPERS 1 IN COLUMBUS

Royce Lewis homered in a three-run fourth that broke a 1-1 tie.

Lewis was 3-for-4 with two home runs, his second and third.
Chris Williams was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and three RBIs.
Tyler White was 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Aaron Sanchez struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.
Kody Funderburk struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Austin Schulfer pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Patrick Murphy struck out two in a scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

TRAVELERS 14, WIND SURGE 10 IN WICHITA

Spencer Packard's three-run double highlighted a four-run fifth that put Arkansas ahead 10-7.

Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth), a double, a walk, and three runs.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Alex Isola was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Seth Gray was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Starter David Festa pitched 2.1 innings, allowing five runs on five hits and three walks and striking out one.
Jordan Brink struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Alex Scherff struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

KERNELS 8, CHIEFS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored four in the second and four in the fourth, building an 8-0 lead.

Keoni Cavaco was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4.
Kala'i Rosario hit a home run, his third.

Starter Marco Raya pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
Matthew Swain pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Regi Grace retired both men he faced, striking out one.

FLYING TIGERS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 6 IN LAKELAND

Carlos Aguiar hit a three-run triple in the seventh to tie it 6-6, but Jose De La Cruz singled home a run in the bottom of the seventh.

Aguiar was 2-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs.

Starter Andrew Morris pitched two innings, allowing three runs on two hits and two walks and striking out three.
Samuel Perez pitched two perfect innings, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Fort Myers (Cory Lewis, 4-1, 2.43) at Lakeland
6:05  St. Paul (Connor Sadzeck, 1-2, 4.05) at Columbus
6:05  Arkansas at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 0-1, 8.10)
6:35  Peoria at Cedar Rapids (Jordan Carr, 1-1, 2.25)

Happy Birthday–May 20

Walt Burnham (1860)
Joe Harris (1891)
George Grantham (1900)
Pete Appleton (1904)
Hal Newhouser (1921)
Herman Wedemeyer (1924)
Tom Morgan (1930)
Ken Boyer (1931)
Sadaharu Oh (1940)
Bobby Murcer (1946)
Ralph Bryant (1961)
David Wells (1963)
Todd Stottlemyre (1965)
Ramon Hernandez (1976)
Jayson Werth (1979)
Austin Kearns (1980)
Adam Rosales (1983)

Walt Burham was a minor league manager from 1885-1907, winning 1,164 games.

Outfielder Herman Wedemeyer played for Class C Salt Lake City in 1950.  He was a star running back in the All-America Football Conference and later appeared in over 300 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O, playing Sergeant Edward “Duke” Lukela.

Right-hander Tom Morgan was with Washington at the end of 1960, appearing in fourteen games with them.  On January 31, 1961, before the franchise played a game in Minnesota, he was sold to the Los Angeles Angels.

Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs in Japan.

Outfielder Ralph Bryant was drafted by Minnesota in the thirteenth round of the January draft in 1981, but he did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe.

There do not appear to be any other major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.

2023 Game 45: Twins at LAAAAAngels

Tonight the Twins continue their L.A. trip, starting a series against the Angels. They'll get to face Ohtani on Sunday, so hopefully they can pick up a few at the start of the series. They looked good against the Dodgers, even though the results didn't work out the right way.

Tonight Joe Ryan, who is good, pitches against Reid Detmers, who hasn't been as good. So that's promising.

Minor Details: Games of May 18

CLIPPERS 2, SAINTS 1 IN COLUMBUS

Chris Roller's two-run double in the second gave Columbus all the runs they needed.

Matt Wallner was 3-for-4.
Edouard Julien was 2-for-4 with a double.

Brent Headrick struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on four hits.
Ronny Henriquez struck out four in two perfect innings.

WIND SURGE 6, TRAVELERS 2 IN WICHITA

Anthony Prato hit a two-run homer in the third to break a scoreless tie.  Wichita then scored single runs in innings five through eight.

Armani Smith was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-4.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his third.
Prato hit a two-run homer.

Blayne Enlow struck out ten in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits.
Andrew Cabezas retired all four men he faced, striking out three.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 6, CHIEFS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Emmanuel Rodriguez homered in the third to break a 3-3 tie and Cedar Rapids led the rest of the way.

Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and a walk.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out four.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 2, FLYING TIGERS 1 IN LAKELAND

Mikey Perez hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie.

Perez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5.

Starter C. J. Culpepper pitched a perfect inning striking out one.  He was removed after a rain dealy.
Ricky Mineo struck out three in 2.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Jarret Whorff pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  That was the only walk any of the Twins' affiliates allowed yesterday.
Zach Veen struck out four in two perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (TBD) at Lakeland
6:05  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 1-4, 5.40) at Columbus
6:35  Peoria at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 3.86(
7:05  Arkansas at Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 4.45)

Happy Birthday–May 19

Ed Walsh (1881)
Newt Allen (1901)
Goose Curry (1905)
Gil McDougald (1928)
Curt Simmons (1929)
Larry McCoy (1941)
Dan Ford (1952)
Rick Cerone (1954)
Ed Whitson (1955)
Luis Salazar (1956)
Eric Show (1956)
Turk Wendell (1967)
Brandon Inge (1977)
Brian Anderson (1993)

Outfielder Goose Curry was a star in the Negro Leagues, batting over .300 several times.

This author's first baseball glove was a Gil McDougald model.  I had no idea who he was.  But then, he probably had no idea who I was, either.

Larry McCoy was an American League umpire from 1971-1999.

Eric Show was drafted by Minnesota in the 36th round in 1974, but did not sign.

Brian Anderson was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2011, but did not sign.

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