Monthly Archives: June 2023

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 25

MUD HENS 7, SAINTS 3 IN TOLEDO (6 INNINGS)

St. Paul led 3-1, but Toledo scored six in the bottom of the sixth, after which the game was called.  One wonders if the weather had anything to do with the six Toleod runs.

No Saint had more than one hit.

Dallas Keuchel struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Kody Funderburk struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

TRAVELERS 3, WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA

Arkansas scored single runs in the first, second, and fifth.

Ernie Yake was 2-for-3 with a double.
Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3.

Travis Adams pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out four.
Alex Scherff struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Taylor Floyd struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks.

Wichita pitchers struck out eleven but walked eight.

KERNELS 10, SKY CARP 6 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

Cedar Rapids scored five in the third to take a 6-1 lead.  Beloit closed to 7-6, but Cedar Rapids scored three in the eighth.

Kala'i Rosario was 3-for-4 with a home run (his twelfth), a double, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-3.
Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a home run (his elevnth), a double, a walk, and four RBIs.

Kyle Jones struck out three in two innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.

KERNELS 8, SKY CARP 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)

Cedar Rapids scored four in the third to take 4 -0 lead.

Kyler Fedco was 2-for-2 with a double, walk, and two runs.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a home run (his tenth), two runs, and four RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.

Orlando Rodriguez pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.
Malik Barrington pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 9, TARPONS 1 IN TAMPA

Leading 4-0, Fort Myers scored five runs in the sixth.

Rubel Cespedes was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer (his eighth), a double, and two runs.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.
Gregory Duran was 2-for-5 with a double.
Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-5 with two runs.
Dylan Neuse hit a home run, his third.

C. J. Culpepper pitched six shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out five.
Johnathan Lavallee pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Rays

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Happy Birthday–June 26

Topsy Hartsel (1874)
Babe Herman (1903)
Bill Perkins (1906)
Debs Garms (1907)
Willard Brown (1915)
Howie Pollet (1921)
Bill Robinson (1943)
Dave Rosello (1950)
Mike Myers (1963)
Rodney Myers (1969)
Derek Jeter (1974)
Jason Kendall (1974)

Outfielder Willard Brown was a star for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1935-1948.  He played briefly for the St. Louis Browns in 1947.

There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.  I haven't checked but I think this is the only time we have consecutive days with no Twins birthdays.

2023 Twins Game Logs

Game 79 – Twins at Tigers – Morning Baseball!

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Twins baseball before noon for those in the Central time zone.  I assume Gophers football has a game at Comerica later today or something.

Bailey Ober takes on Michael Lorenzen.

The best Tiger player for your future Immaculate Grid constructions is probably Jake Marisnick who's on his 8th big league team this season.

If we lose this series to the Tigers on top of the one last week ... well, that won't be great.

Cup of Coffee

June 25, 2023: Guitar Karaoke

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We were at a nearby street festival and one of the "bands" consisted of two people with acoustics playing over basically the album versions of popular tunes with the original vocals removed (and substituted by their own). It basically sounded like the radio was playing (with slightly different vocalists) as the backing track was even playing over their guitars in the mix. I wasn't sure what the point was.

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Happy Birthday–June 25

Joe Kuhel (1906)
Don Demeter (1935)
Dick Drago (1945)
Clay Kirby (1948)
Bob Shirley (1954)
Alejandro Pena (1959)
Mike Stanley (1963)
Aaron Sele (1970)
Michael Tucker (1971)
Carlos Delgado (1972)
Aramis Ramirez (1978)
Paul Maholm (1982)

First baseman Joe Kuhel played for the franchise for several years while it was in Washington and later managed the team there. However, there do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.

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Minor Details: Games of June 23

SAINTS 10, MUD HENS 6 IN TOLEDO

Trailing 6-4, St. Paul scored four in the seventh and added two in the eighth.

Anthony Prato was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second), a double, two runs, and two RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and two runs.

Louie Varland pitched 4.2 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and two walks and striking out four.
Blayne Enlow pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk and striking out four.

TRAVELERS 5, WIND SURGE 2 IN WICHITA

Robbie Tenerowicz hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Arkansas a 3-2 lead.  They added two in the eighth.

Brooks Lee was 2-for-2 with a home run (his fifth) and two walks.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-4.

Carlos Luna pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and striking out three.
Alex Phillips struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks.
Francis Peguero pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

SKY CARP 11, KERNELS 9 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Beloit led 10-2 after six.  A five-run eighth made the score closer.

Misael Urbina was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Tanner Schobel hit a home run, his ninth.
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a home run, his tenth.

Marco Raya pitched 3.1 innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Niklas Rimmel pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out one.

TARPONS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN TAMPA

Agustin Ramirez hit a three-run homer in the eighth to turn a 3-2 Fort Myers lead into a 5-3 loss.

Rubel Cespedes hit a home run, his seventh.

Ben Ethridge pitched five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk and striking out two.
Danny Moreno struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

FCL TWINS 5, FCL RED SOX 2 AT TWINS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Twins score three in the second and led the rest of the way.

Harold Grant was 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs.
Isaac Pena was 2-for-4 with a double.

Starter Matt Gabbert pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out two.
Kyle Bischoff struck out five and walked two in two shutout innings.

FCL TWINS 5, FCL RED SOX 1 AT RED SOX (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

The Twins scored three in the fourth and led the rest of the way.

Harold Grant was 2-for-4.

Brayan Medina pitched five innings, giving up one run on one hit and five walks and striking out three.
Miguel Olivares struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Cleiber Maldonado pitched a perfect inning.

DSL TWINS 11, DSL YANKEES BOMBERS 6 AT YANKEES BOMBERS

The Twins scored seven in the sixth to take an 11-0 lead.  Dameury Pena hit a three-run triple and Angel Trinidad hit a three-run homer in the inning.

Ricardo Pena was 3-for-5 with a triple, a double, and two runs.
Yilber Herrera was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Trinidad hit a three-run homer.

Miguel Cordero struck out eight and walked one in four shutout innings.
Juan Cota pitched two innings, giving up two unearned runs on one hit.
Jose Ojo struck out two and walked two in two shutout innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Angels at DSL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Develson Aria, 2-3, 6.75) at Tampa
6:05  St. Paul (Aaron Sanchez, 4-4, 5.12) at Toledo
6:05  Arkansas at Wichita (Jose Bravo, 2-2, 6.16)
6:35  Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 3-4, 4.47)