Happy Birthday–June 18

Charlie Ganzel (1862)
Russ Hodges (1910)
Roy Partlow (1912)
Ron Necciai (1932)
Lou Brock (1939)
Bill James (1949)
Andres Galarraga (1961)
Sandy Alomar (1966)
Felix Heredia (1975)
Tommy Watkins (1980)
Steve Cishek (1986)
Jason Castro (1987)
J. B. Shuck (1987)
Matt Moore (1989)
Tomas Telis (1991)

Russ Hodges was a baseball broadcaster from 1929-1970, most notably with the Giants.  He is most famous for his home run call on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in 1951.

Ron Necciai struck out 27 batters in a nine inning game while playing for Bristol in the Appalachian League in 1952.

It may never happen, but Bill James belongs in the Hall of Fame.

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Minor Details: Games of June 16

SAINTS 8, BATS 3 IN LOUISVILLE (10 INNINGS)

It was 1-1 after nine.  St. Paul scored seven in the tenth.

Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5.
Matt Wallner hit a home run, his eighth.

Kenta Maeda pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks and striking out four.
Kody Funderburk retired all five men he faced, striking out two.
Austin Brice pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Patrick Murphy struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and walking one.

WIND SURGE 8, ROCKHOUNDS 5 IN MIDLAND

Yoyner Fajardo hit a two-run single in a three-run ninth that broke a 5-5 tie.

Seth Gray was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5 with a double.
Fajardo was 2-for-5 with three RBIs.
DaShawn Keirsey was 2-for-5.

David Festa pitched 4.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks and striking out seven.
Hunter McMahon retired all seven men he faced, striking out three.
Regi Grace pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

KERNELS 3, CUBS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored two in the fourth to take a 2-1 lead.

Misael Urbina was 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Jose Salas was 2-for-3.

Starter Marco Raya struck out six in three innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Zebby Matthews pitched six shutout innings, giving up five hits and striking out four.

MARAUDERS 6, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN BRADENTON

Rodolfo Nolasco opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the fourth and Bradenton added three more in the fifth.

Jorel Ortega was 3-for-4 with a double.  It was his twenty-second double, which leads the league by five.

Jose Olivares pitched 4.1 innings, allowing four runs on two hits and four walks and striking out seven.  Three of the Twins' starters pitched exactly 4.1 innings.
Ricky Mineo struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jackson Hicks struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.

FCL TWINS 12, FCL RED SOX 11 AT RED SOX (7 INNINGS)

The Twins trailed 8-3 after four and 11-7 after five.  Jose Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the seventh to put the Twins ahead to stay.

Anderson Nova was 2-for-2 with two doubles, two walks, and two RBIs.
Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk, and two runs.
Bryan Acuna was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Yes, he is the brother of Ronald Acuna, Jr.

Starter Brayan Medina pitched 3.1 innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits and two walks and striking out one.
Matt Gabbart retired all four men he faced, striking out three.

The box score did not reveal why the game only went seven innings.

DSL TWINS 12, DSL BREWERS1, 1

The Twins scored five in the first and never trailed.

Dameury Pena was 5-for-6 with two doubles, two runs, and three RBIs.
Jesus Peraza was 3-for-5 with a double.
Juan Hernandez was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

Miguel Cordero struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and four walks.
Joel Garcia struck out five in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Juan Cota struck out two in a perfect inning.
Eider Machuca struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Astros Orange
5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 0-3, 2.96) at Bradenton
6:15  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, no record) at Louisville
6:35  South Bend at Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin, 2-3, 4.11)
7:00  Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-3, 5.40) at Midland

Happy Birthday–June 17

Pete Browning (1861)
Joe Bowman (1910)
Ray Scott (1919)
Dave Concepcion (1948)
Joe Charboneau (1955)
Tom Drees (1963)
Manny Lee (1965)
Mike Magnante (1965)
Matt Barnes (1990)
Andrew Chafin (1990)

Ray Scott broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1961-1966 and 1973-1975.

Outfielder Joe Charboneau was drafted by Minnesota in the sixth round of the January draft in 1976, but did not sign.

We would like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. texastwinsfan, a very happy birthday to Mrs. MagUidhir, and a very happy birthday to nibbish's newbish.

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Minor Details: Games of June 15

BATS 6, SAINTS 3 IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville scored in four of the first five innings, building a 5-1 lead.

Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth), a triple, and two runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.
Chris Williams hit a home run, his thirteenth and his sixth in three games.

Starter Cody Laweryson pitched three innings, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk and striking out two.
Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

ROCKHOUNDS 8, WIND SURGE 7 IN MIDLAND

Wichita led 6-1 and 7-2, but Midland tied it in the eighth and two errors in the ninth led to the winning run.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs.
Brooks Lee was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs.
Aaron Sabato was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and two RBIs.
Pat Winkel was 2-for-5 with a double.

Pierson Ohl pitched 6.1 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and striking out seven.
Curtis Taylor pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

KERNELS 6, CUBS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (12 INNINGS)

It was 3-3 after nine.  Each team scored once in the tenth and eleventh.  Ernie Yake singled home the winning run.

Kala'i Rosario hit a home run, his eleventh.
Cedar Rapids had five hits and drew eight walks.

Christian MacLeod struck out six in four innings, giving up one run on five hits.
Charlie Neuweiler struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Matthew Swain pitched two perfect innings.
John Wilson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, MARUADERS 4 IN BRADENTON

Rafael Cruz hit a three-run homer in the ninth to break a 4-4 tie.

Rubel Cespedes hit a home run, his sixth.
Gregory Duran hit a home run.
Ricardo Oliver hit a two-run homer, his fifth.

Andrew Morris pitched six innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks and striking out six.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

FCL TWINS 7, FCL BRAVES 2 AT TWINS

The Twins scored two in each of innings two through four to build a 6-0 lead.

Bryan Acuna was 2-for-4.
Yasser Mercedes was 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs, and two RBIs.
Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a double.
Daniel Pena hit a two-run homer, his second.

Jack Noble struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits.
Bianger Liendo struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and four walks.
Ricardo Velez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

DSL PHILLIES RED 15, DSL TWINS 10 AT TWINS

The Phillies Red scored eleven runs in the third inning.  The inning included seven walks and two hit batsmen.

Moises Lopez was 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Ricardo Pena was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Denyerbe Gervis was 2-for-6 with a triple.
Ariel Castro hit a home run.

Starter Cristian Hernandez pitched 2.2 innings, allowing nine runs on seven hits and three walks.
Reynel Garcia struck out five in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk.
Junior Del Valle pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Javier Roman pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Brewers 1 at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox
5:30  Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-2, 5.89) at Bradenton
6:15  St. Paul (Kenta Maeda, 0-0, 2.00) at Louisville
6:35  South Bend at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 2.55)
7:00  Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 4.75) at Midland