Monthly Archives: June 2023

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 6

SAINTS 10, CUBS 5 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul trailed 4-2 after four, but Jair Camargo hit a grand slam in the fifth and Chris Williams hit a grand slam in the eighth.

Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Williams was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his seventh homer), a walk, and two runs.
Jose Miranda was 2-for-5 with two doubles.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-5.
Camargo hit a grand slam, his sixth homer.

Cody Laweryson was used as an opener and pitched 1.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks and striking out three.
Jordan Balazovic struck out seven in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Austin Schulfer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up three hits.
Austin Brice struck out three in two perfect innings.
Oliver Ortega pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

MISSIONS 6, WIND SURGE 5 IN SAN ANTONIO

Tirso Ornelas hit a three-run walkoff double.

Jake Rucker was 2-for-2 with two doubles, a walk, and four RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs.

Carlos Luna pitched four innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks and striking out three.
Jordan Brink pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Regi Grace pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

DRAGONS 6, KERNELS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (5 INNINGS--RAIN)

Dayton scored two in the first and three in the second to take a 5-0 lead.

Cedar Rapids had two hits, both singles.

Kyle Jones pitched four innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out seven.

THRESHERS 10, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Clearwater scored four in the first on two hits and five walks and led all the way.

Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Starter Develson Aria pitched only a third of an inning, allowing four runs on one hit and five walks.
A. J. Labas struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Mikey Perez retired both men he faced.

FCL RAYS 6, FCL TWINS 5 AT RAYS

The Rays scored five unearned runs in the seventh to take a 6-4 lead.

Anderson Nova hit a three-run homer.

Jack Noble struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks.
Owen Griffith pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

DSL PHILLIES RED 4, DSL TWINS 3 AT PHILLIES RED

The Phillies Red scored two in the eighth to take a 4-3 lead.  The go-ahead run scored on an error.

Adrian Bohorquez struck out nine in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Oscar Paredes pitched a perfect inning.

The Twins used six pitchers.  Two of them only faced one batter.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Clearwater at Fort Myers (C. J. Culpepper, 2-2, 2.59)
6:05  Cedar Rapids (Mike Paredes, 2-0, 2.11) at Dayton
7:05  Wichita (TBD) at San Antonio
7:07  Iowa at St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 3-4, 3.72)

"Minor Details" will take a few days off, as our staff will be attending United Methodist Annual Conference.  If all goes according to plan, we will be back Monday.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 7

Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944)
George Mitterwald (1945)
Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955)
Tim Laudner (1958)
Heathcliff Slocumb (1966)
Donaldo Mendez (1978)
Virgil Vasquez (1982)
Mark Lowe (1983)
Luke Farrell (1991)

Dusty Boggess was a National League umpire from 1944-62.

Rosey Gilhousen was a long-time scout who is credit for signing George Brett and Dan Quisenberry.

Bobby Marcano was an all-star in Japan.

Bill Hohn was a major league umpire from 1989-99 and 2002-10.

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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game Log 61 – Twins at Rays

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Twins head down to St. Pete to play the scorching hot Rays for a three game series. Rays by far have been the best team in MLB this year with a 43-19 record and only six losses at the horror dome known as The Trop. They are doing this with the 3rd lowest payroll, at $73.2 million, or roughly the cost of two Carlos Correas.

Louie Varland on for the Twins and he's showing signs that he can be a serviceable number 4 or 5 guy. Zach Eflin for the Rays and of course his 7-1 record is going to reflect how well the Rays are playing but his WHIP of 1.0 and nearly a strikeout an inning may play havoc with the assbats the Twins seem to be lugging from town to town these days.

First pitch at 5:40p

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 5

FCL TWINS 4, FCL RAYS 1 AT TWINS

Daniel Pena hit a two-run homer in the fourth to break a 1-1 tie.

Pena was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer.
Austin Martin hit a home run.

Cesar Lares struck out nine in four innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.
Juan Mercedes struck out five in three innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Yon Landaeta struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out all three men he faced.

DSL GIANTS ORANGE 5, DSL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

The Giants Orange scored three in the first and led all the way.

Hendry Chivilli was 2-for-4.

Ledwin Taveras pitched four innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks and striking out seven.
Eduardo Soriano struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up four hits.
Eider Machuca struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Phillies Red
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Rays
6:00  Clearwater at Fort Myers (TBD)
6:05  Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 3-3, 4.70) at Dayton
7:05  Wichita (TBD) at San Antonio
7:07  Iowa at St. Paul (Jordan Balazovic, 0-1, 4.45)

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 6

Ed McKean (1864)
Jose Maria Fernandez (1896)
Fresco Thompson (1902)
Bill Dickey (1907)
Wild Bill Wright (1914)
Hector Espino (1939)
Merv Rettenmund (1943)
Bud Harrelson (1944)
Bobby Randall (1948)
Dave Bergman (1953)
Max Venable (1957)
Tony Graffanino (1972)
Brooks Kieschnick (1972)
David Lamb (1975)
Mark Ellis (1977)
Jeremy Affeldt (1979)
Matt Belisle (1980)
Anthony Rendon (1990)

 Wild Bill Wright was a star in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.

Hector Espino is considered the greatest player in the history of the Mexican League, hitting 453 home runs there.

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Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 4

SAINTS 8, BISONS 4 IN BUFFALO

St. Paul scored six in the third to take a 7-2 lead.

Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs.
Tony Wolters was 2-for-3.
Edouard Julien was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth), a double, and four RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Jose Miranda was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Kenta Maeda pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and striking out four.
Connor Sadzeck struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Brent Headrick pitched five innings of relief, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks and striking out four.

DRILLERS 6, WIND SURGE 5 IN WICHITA (10 INNINGS)

Tulsa scored two in the top of the tenth.  Wichita filled the bases with one out in the bottom of the tenth, but could only score one on a bases-loaded walk.

Pat Winkel was 3-for-4.
Will Holland was 2-for-4.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fifth.

David Festa pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out three.
Alex Scherff struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two walks.

LUGNUTS 3, KERNELS 2 IN LANSING

Euribiel Angeleshit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to bring home the go-ahead run.

Kala'i Rosario hit a home run, his ninth.

Zebby Matthews struck out six in six innings, giving up one run on three hits.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 8, METS 3 IN FORT MYERS

Kyle Schmidt hit a three-run homer in the second and Fort Myers added three in the third to take a 6-1 lead.

Schmidt was 3-for-5 with a home run, a triple, two runs, and five RBIs.

Starter Wilker Reyes pitched two innings, giving up one run on a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Jarret Whorff struck out five in three innings, giving up one run on three hits.
Jackson Hicks struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.
Gabriel Yanez struck out two in a perfect inning.
A. J. Labas struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

The complex leagues get started today.

10:00  DSL Giants Orange at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Rays at FCL Twins