Minor Details: Games of June 29

SAINTS 13, STRIPERS 7 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored five in the second and led 9-0 through six.

Mark Kolozsvary was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third), a double, two runs, and four RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with two home runs, his tenth and eleventh.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a double, and three RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with a double.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Randy Dobnak struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks.
Austin Brice pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Ronny Henriquez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

WIND SURGE 3, NATURALS 1 IN WICHITA

Aaron Sabato hit a two-run homer in the third to give Wichita a 3-1 lead.

Alex Isola was 3-for-4.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4.
Sabato hit a two-run homer, his third.

Pierson Ohl pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and striking out three.
Hunter McMahon struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

KERNELS 7, CHIEFS 6 IN PEORIA (GAME 1--9 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

It was 4-4 after seven and 6-6 after eight.  Tanner Schobel singeld home the go-ahead run in the ninth.

Schobel was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eleventh) and four RBIs.

Zebby Matthews pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out two.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

CHIEFS 3, KERNELS 2 IN PEORIA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Peoria scored two in the third to take 3 -1 lead.  Cedar Rapids loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but could only score one.

Jeferson Morales was 2-for-3.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out six.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, FLYING TIGERS 4 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

The Manfred Man and three walks brought home the winning run.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Ben Ethridge struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Jackson Hicks pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FCL PIRATES 12, FCL TWINS 4 AT PIRATES

The Pirates scored three in the first and four in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead.

Isaac Pena was 2-for-3 with a triple.
Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs.

Bianger Liendo pitched 3.1 innings, allowing five runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.

DSL GIANTS BLACK 5, DSL TWINS 3 At TWINS

With the Giants trailing 3-2 in the seventh, Carlos Concepcion hit a three-run homer to put the Giants in the lead to stay.

Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Cristian Hernandez pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out two.
Eider Machuca struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox (doubleheader)
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Yankees
6:00  Lakeland at Fort Myers (Develson Aria, 2-3, 7.30)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-1, 3.19) at Peoria
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-4, 5.30)
7:07  Gwinnett at St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 1-1, 11.05)

Happy Birthday–June 30

Davy Jones (1880)
Ed Rile (1900)
Ron Swoboda (1944)
Chuck Meriwether (1956)
Bud Black (1957)
Al Newman (1960)
Tony Fernandez (1962)
Mark Grudzielanek (1970)
Garret Anderson (1972)
Chan Ho Park (1973)
Pat Venditte (1985)
Jesus Aguilar (1990)
Trea Turner (1993)

Chuck Meriwether was a major league umpire from 1993-2010.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s wife and to hungry joe’s son, Famished Pete.

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Minor Details: Games of June 28

SAINTS 12, STRIPERS 9 IN ST. PAUL

Jair Camargo hit a walkoff grand slam with two out in the ninth.

Camargo was 2-for-5 with a grand slam (his twelfth homer) and six RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-5 with two runs.
Gliberto Celestino was 2-for-5.
Jose Miranda hit a home run, his third.

Louie Varland pitched 4.2 innings, allowing six runs on six hits and five walks and striking out four.
Michael Boyle pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Cole Sands pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Kody Funderburk struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

WIND SURGE 15, NATURALS 8 AT WICHITA

Leading 5-2, Wichita scored eight in the fifth.  Yunior Severino hit a three-run homer to cap the rally.

Brooks Lee was 3-for-4 with a home run (his sixth), a double, a walk, two runs, and four RBIs.
David Banuelos was 2-for-4 with a home run (his sixth), a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.
Aaron Sabato was 2-for-4 with a triple, a double, a walk, and two runs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and two runs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his fourteenth and fifteenth) and four RBIs.
Alex Isola was 2-for-5 with a double.

David Festa pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out four.
Francis Peguero pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 16, FLYING TIGERS 2 IN FORT MYERS

It was 2-2 before Fort Myers scored eleven in the sixth.  Gregory Duran capped the rally with a grand slam.

Maddux Houghton was 4-for-5 with a triple, a double, two runs, and four RBIs.
Duran was 3-for-3 with a grand slam (his second homer), a double, two walks, four runs, and five RBIs.
Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-6 with a home run (his sixth), a double, two runs, and four RBIs.

Starter Andrew Morris pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out two.  He was removed due to a lengthy rain dealy.
Samuel Perez struck out five in 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits.
Danny Moreno pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out one.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in a scoreless inning.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT PEORIA

Postponed due to air.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Giants Black at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Pirates
5:00  Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 2-4, 5.15 and TBD) at Peoria
6:00  Lakeland at Fort Myers (TBD)
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 0-2, 6.61)
7:07  Gwinnett at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 3-3, 5.02)

Happy Birthday–June 29

Wilbert Robinson (1863)
Harry Frazee (1880)
Bobby Veach (1888)
Ollie Carnegie (1899)
Ken Blackman (1911)
Dizzy Trout (1915)
Cal Drummond (1917)
Bob Shaw (1933)
Katsuya Nomura (1935)
Harmon Killebrew (1936)
John Boccabella (1941)
Larry Stahl (1941)
Bruce Kimm (1951)
Rick Honeycutt (1954)
Pedro Guerrero (1956)
John Wehner (1967)
Trey Hodges (1978)
Dusty Hughes (1982)
Brooks Raley (1988)
Jose Miranda (1998)

Harry Frazee was the owner of the Red Sox from 1916-1923 and is best remembered for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees.

Ollie Carnegie is the all-time home run king of the International League with 258.  He started his minor league career at age 32.

Ken Blackman was a minor league player, college coach, minor league executive, and major league scout.

Cal Drummond was an American League umpire from 1960-1969.

Katsuya Nomura hit 657 home runs in Japan during his twenty-five-year career.

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2023 Game 82: Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves

Day game! All the better to make this a forgettable game.

Kenta Maeda
vs
Kolby Allard

Allard makes his season, and (second) Braves, debut. The Braves reaquired him in exchange for Odorizzi this past offseason. Allard was a first round draft pick, has a career 6.07 ERA (139 ERA- and 124 FIP-), and throws from the *checks notes* left side. He checks off every Jeremy attribute.