Minor Details: Games of June 11

SAINTS 8, CUBS 5 IN ST. PAUL

Joey Gallo hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give St. Paul a 4-3 lead and they added four in the eighth.

Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-5 with a double.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Chris Williams was 2-for-5.
Gallo hit a two-run homer, his second.

Kody Funderburk, normally a reliever, started and struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Austin Schulfer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 8, MISSIONS 7 IN SAN ANTONIO

Wichita scored three in the sixth to take a 7-1 lead, then held on.

Alerick Soularie was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third), three runs, and five RBIs.

Blayne Enlow pitched five innings, giving up one run on seven hits and striking out four.

KERNELS 16, DRAGONS 7 IN DAYTON (8 INNINGS--RAIN)

Cedar Rapids scored seven in the first and led all the way.  Dayton made three errors in the first inning.

Noah Cardenas was 4-for-6 with three doubles and two runs.
Kala'i Rosario was 3-for-6 with a home run (his tenth), two runs, and four RBIs.
Ben Ross was 3-for-6 with a home run (his ninth), two runs, and three RBIs.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 3-for-6 with a double and three runs.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs.

Starter Jaylin Nowlin pitched four innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits and two walks and striking out six.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, THRESHERS 3 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers led 5-0 through six and held on.

Rafael Cruz was 2-for-4 with a double.

Starter Ben Ethridge pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out three.
Juan Mendez pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
A. J. Labas struck out both men he faced.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Mariners at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Pirates at FCL Twins

Happy Birthday–June 12

Due to personal time contraints, this is a reprint from last year, which was a reprint from the year before, which has not been updated.

Joe Hornung (1857)
Sol White (1868)
Red Dooin (1879)
Matty McIntyre (1880)
Otto Knabe (1884)
Bill Foster (1904)
Dutch Rennert (1930)
Gerry Arrigo (1941)
Jim Strickland (1946)
Scott Aldred (1968)
Damon Buford (1970)
Ryan Klesko (1971)
Damon Hollins (1974)
Hideki Matsui (1974)
Avisail Garcia (1991)

Sol White was a Negro League player, manager, and executive.  He wrote the first history of African-American baseball, "Sol White's History of Colored Baseball", in 1907.

Bill Foster was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues.  He was the stepbrother of Rube Foster.

Dutch Rennert was a National League umpire from 1974-1992.

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Eric B. B.  Wherever he may b.

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Happy Birthday–June 11

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

Roger Bresnahan (1879)
Ernie Nevers (1902)
Dan Topping (1912)
Frank Thomas (1929)
Jimmy Stewart (1939)
Danny Morris (1946)
Dave Cash (1948)
Tom Austin (1951)
Mike Fuentes (1958)
Brian Gorman (1959)
Mike Davis (1959)
Odalis Perez (1978)
Bobby Keppel (1982)
Jose Reyes (1983)
Brock Holt (1988)

Football great Ernie Nevers, born in Willow River, Minnesota, pitched for the St. Louis Browns for parts of three seasons (1926-1928).

Dan Topping was part-owner of the New York Yankees from 1945-1966.

Tom Austin is a long-time college baseball coach at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Outfielder Mike Fuentes was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1980, but did not sign.

Brian Gorman has been a major league umpire since 1993.

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt.

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Game 65: twins @ blue jays

Your Minnesota Twins are currently a .500 team.

In most divisions, that would rightfully place them right around the middle of the standings. In the AL east, it would have them in dead last place.

Ah, but we don't play in any of THOSE divisions...

Joe Ryan takes to the mound to keep the modest winning streak (currently at one game) alive. The Blue Jays are going to send Alek Manoah......'s temporary replacement, Bowden Francis. This will be Francis's first major league start, and considering he hasn't completed five innings in a minor league start yet this season, I wouldn't get too accustomed to seeing him in the mound today. I would bet he doesn't get more than eight or nine strikeouts.

After last night, the Twins are 28-11 in games where they score 3 or more runs. I think I see a sneaky key to the game: score runs. I'm hoping Rocco has seen something similar and am curious whether he'd exploit a strategy which allows them to take advantage of it.

Go Twins!