Monthly Archives: June 2023

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 21

MUD HENS 5, SAINTS 4 IN TOLEDO

Trailing 4-1, Toledo scored three in the eighth and one in the ninth.

Matt Wallner was 2-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.
Andrew Stevenson hit a two-run homer, his sixth.
Chris Williams hit a home run, his fifteenth.

Randy Dobnak pitched 6.2 innings, giving up one run on five hits and striking out six.

TRAVELERS 5, WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA

Jonatan Clase's two-run triple in the third gave Arkansas a 2-1 lead.

Pat Winkel was 3-for-5.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4.

Pierson Ohl pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk and striking out three.
Hunter McMahon pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk and striking out two.

KERNELS 3, SKY CARP 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Tanner Schobel hit a two-run homer in the seventh to give Cedar Rapids a 3-2 lead.

Jeferson Morales was 2-for-3.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-3.
Schobel was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth) and three RBIs.

Christian MacLeod pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out three.
Orlando Rodriguez pitched three shutout innings, walking two and striking out two.
John Wilson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FORT MYERS AT TAMPA

Rained out.  Will be made up as part of a doubleheader today.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
11:00  FCL Rays at FCL Twins
3:00  Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-3, 6.25 and TBD) at Tampa
6:05  St. Paul (Cody Laweryson, 2-2, 4.32) at Toledo
6:35  Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 1-1, 6.39)
7:05  Arkansas at Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 5.09)

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 22

Steel Arm Davis (1896)
Carl Hubbell (1903)
Walt Masterson (1920)
Han Urbanus (1927)
Faye Throneberry (1931)
Russ Snyder (1934)
Ron Hodges (1949)
Dave Tomlin (1949)
Greg Booker (1960)
Brant Brown (1971)
Esteban Yan (1975)
Willie Harris (1978)
Luis Maza (1980)
Ian Kinsler (1982)
Engelb Vielma (1994)

Han Urbanus is in the Dutch Baseball Hall of Fame.  He pitched over 150 consecutive complete games over a period of eight years.

The brother of Marv Throneberry, outfielder Faye Throneberry spent much of his career with the Twins franchise while it was still in Washington (1957-1960).  In December of 1960, he was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels in the expansion draft.

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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game 75: Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins

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Garrett Whitlock
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Sonny Gray

The Twins have really optimized this team. Rather than waiting until September to play poorly, they now moved it up to June. The starters were second in ERA in the AL for April and fourth in May. So far in June, they are 13th. The relievers have been slightly more consistent, moving from eleventh to seventh to ninth. Scoring has gone from sixth to eleventh for May and June. It's not good.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 20

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SAINTS 6, MUD HENS 2 IN TOLEDO

St. Paul scored two in the second, two in the fourth, and two in the ninth.

Chris Williams was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourteenth), a walk, and two runs.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-5 with a double.
Jose Miranda was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Jair Camargo hit a home run, his eleventh.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and four strikeouts.
Patrick Murphy struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

WIND SURGE 12, TRAVELERS 4 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored five runs in the second inning to open the scoring.

Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a double, a walk, three runs, and four RBIs.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4.
Patrick Winkel was 2-for-5 with a double.
Aaron Sabato hit a home run, his second.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. hit a three-run homer, his ninth.

KERNELS 11, SKY CARP 3 IN BELOIT

Leading 3-2, Cedar Rapids scored six in the seventh.

Tanner Schobel was 2-for-3 with a triple, two walks, and three runs.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his eighth), a walk, and three runs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a double.

Cory Lewis pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and a walk and striking out three.
Alejandro Hidalgo struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on one hit and five walks.

TARPONS 8, MIGHTY MUSSELS 6 IN TAMPA

Christopher Familia hit a walkoff two-run homer.

Kyle Schmidt was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Mikey Perez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and two runs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5 with two doubles.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks and striking out two.

FCL TWINS 6, FCL ORIOLES 1 AT TWINS

The Twins scored once in each of the first four innings and added two in the sixth.

The Twins were out-hit 7-6 but drew eight walks.

Cesar Lares struck out five in three innings, giving up one hit.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in a perfect inning.
Carlos Gutierrez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one.
Jacob Wosinski pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

DSL PHILLIES RED 7, DSL TWINS 2 AT TWINS

The Phillies Red scored four in the third to take a 5-0 lead.

The Twins had just three hits, though they drew seven walks.

Starter Adrian Bohorquez pitched 2.1 innings, allowing five runs on four hits and four walks and striking out four.
Leonardo Lugo struck out four in 3.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Jeical Surumuy struck out three in two innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit.
Jose Betancourt pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:05  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 3-3, 5.51) at Toledo
12:05  Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 1-0, 3.86)
5:30  Fort Myers (Andrew Morris, 1-1, 4.15) at Tampa
7:05  Arkansas at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 0-1, 7.59)

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 21

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Matt Kilroy (1866)
Randy Moore (1906)
Harold Seymour (1910)
Ed Lopat (1918)
Merle Harmon (1926)
Jackie Collum (1927)
Charlie Moore (1953)
Rick Sutcliffe (1956)
Jay Pettibone (1957)
Donovan Osborne (1969)
Garrett Jones (1981)
Jeff Baker (1981)
Sam Clay (1993)

Harold Seymour wrote a three-part History of Baseball, published from 1960-1990.

Merle Harmon broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1967-1969.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir, Sheenie, and UncleWalt’s daughter.

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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game Log 74 – Red Sox at Twins

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It looks the the summer of our discontent is settling in on this 2023 Twins team. Third worst record since May 1 (behind the Royals and A's), 23 games under .500 since 2021, etc. But what's worse the Twins are just playing bad unfun baseball. Bonehead plays in the field, stupid baserunning, poor approaches at the plate, head-scratching match-ups and moves by the manager, former Twins tearing up the league in new uniforms. If the Twins were in any other division other that the AL Central, we'd be GOSOing the team already. Oof.

Bailey Ober on the mound tonight and he's been a nice little addition to the starting rotation. 0.99 WHIP, almost a K per inning. Looks like he could be a positive contributor for years to come. Kutter Crawford -- who has a name that should have been given to a minor character in Field of Dreams -- is "starting" for the Sox, but it looks like this may be a bullpen game for them.

First pitch at 6:40. Should be toasty warm at the ballpark if you head out.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 19 and standings

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FCL ORIOLES1 1, FCL TWINS 0 AT ORIOLES

The game's lone run scored in the eighth on a single and three errors.

The Twins had five hits, but no one had more than one.

John Klein struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk.
Owen Griffith pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits.
Jeferson Lopez pitched three innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and striking out two.

DSL TWINS 9, DSL MARINERS 2 AT MARINERS

The Twins scored five in the first on three singles, an error, three walks, and a wild pitch.  For the game they had nine runs on five hits eleven walks, and three hit batsmen.

Starter Ledwin Taveras pitched three innings, giving up two runs on four hits and striking out five.
Eduardo Soriano struck out eleven in five shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Jose Ojo struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

WHERE THEY STAND

St. Paul is 40-28, in first place in the International League West, a half game ahead of Iowa.
Wichita is 27-35, in fourth place in the Texas League North, 12.5 games behind Arkansas and Tulsa.  They are 3.5 games behind third-place Springfield.
Cedar Rapids is 37-26 and has clinched first place for the first half.  They are six games ahead of Peoria and Quad Cities.
Fort Myers is 32-31, in third place in the Florida State League West, 10.5 games behind Clearwater.  They are two games behind second-place Bradenton.
The FCL Twins are 5-5, tied for second in the FCL South with the Red Sox.  They are 3.5 games behind the Pirates.
The DSL Twins are 3-8, in eight place in the DSL South, five games behind the Phillies White.  They are a half-game behind the seventh-place Cardinals.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Phillies Red at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Orioles at FCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Miguelangel Boadas, 0-2, 5.63) at Tampa
6:05  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 0-5, 8.08) at Toledo
6:35  Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 2-0, 0.90)
7:06  Arkansas at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 1-3, 6.14)