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Minor Details: Games of July 30

SAINTS 7, MUD HENS 2 IN ST. PAUL

Homers by Trevor Larnach, Kyle Garlick, and Alex De Goti gave St. Paul a 6-0 lead through three.

Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, and two runs.
De Goti was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his second.
Austin Martin was 2-for-4.
Larnach was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his ninth.
Garlick was 2-for-5 with a home run (his eleventh) and two RBIs.
Mark Contreras was 2-for-5.

Louie Varland struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk.
Cole Sands pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.
Ronny Henriquez pitched a perfect inning.

ROUGHRIDERS 8, WIND SURGE 5 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored three in the fifth to break a 2-2 tie.

Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, and two runs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5 with three RBIs.
Aaron Sabato was 2-for-5.

Jaylin Nowlin struck out five in 3.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.
Alex Scherff pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking three and striking out one.

TIMBER RATTLERS 4, KERNELS 0 IN WISCONSIN

It was scoreless until Jose Acosta hit a three-run homer in the fourth.

Cedar Rapids only had two hits, both singles.

Andrew Morris pitched five innings, giving up four runs on ten hits and striking out two.
John Stankiewicz pitched a scoreless inning, walking two and striking out one.
Jordan Carr pitched a perfect inning.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning.

CARDINALS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 2 IN FORT MYERS

Palm Beach scored two in the fifth and three in the seventh.  Rafael Cruz hit solo homers in the seventh and ninth.

Cruz was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh) and a walk.

Jack Noble struck out seven in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.
Zach Veen retired all four men he faced.
Gabriel Yanez pitched three shutout innings, giving up five hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

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

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Happy Birthday–July 31

Joe Sugden (1870)
Laughing Larry Doyle (1886)
Art Nehf (1892)
Allen Russell (1893)
Neil Robinson (1907)
Elmer Riddle (1914)
Curt Gowdy (1919)
Hank Bauer (1922)
John Vukovich (1947)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Leon Durham (1957)
Mike Bielecki (1959)
Scott Bankhead (1963)
Ted Barrett (1965)
Gabe Kapler (1975)
Rene Rivera (1983)

Hall of Fame broadcaster Curt Gowdy was the voice of the NBC Game of the Week from 1965-1975.

Dave Dombrowski was the general manager of the Montreal Expos/Florida Marlins and of the Detroit Tigers, was currently the president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, and is currently the president of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Ted Barrett has been a major league umpire since 1994.

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Happy Birthday–July 30

Casey Stengel (1890)
Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Vic Davalillo (1939)
Bob Barton (1941)
Pat Kelly (1944)
Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962)
Scott Diamond (1986)

Tony Lucadello was a major league scout for forty-eight years.

Allan Huber "Bud" Selig was the commissioner of baseball from 1992-2014.

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Minor Details: Games of July 28

SAINTS 8, MUD HENS 2 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored four in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie.  Mark Contreras hit a solo homer and Ernie Yake hit a three-run homer in the inning.

Yake was 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs.
Austin Martin was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs.
Contreras hit a home run, his tenth.

Dallas Keuchel struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.
Caleb Thielbar pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Oliver Ortega struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

ROUGHRIDERS 10, WIND SURGE 7 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored nine runs in the third and led the rest of the way.  They had six singles, two doubles, a walk, and a hit batsman.

Aaron Sabato was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixth.
Tanner Schobel hit a two-run homer.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his twenty-second.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT WISCONSIN

The game was suspended after eight and a half innings with the scored tied 3-3.  It will be completed today.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, CARDINALS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Trailing 5-2, Fort Myers tied it with three in the eighth.  Gregory Duran brought home the deciding run in the ninth.

Alec Sayre was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.

Juan Mercedes pitched three innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and four walks and striking out two.
Juan Mendez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Zach Veen struck out two in a perfect inning.

FCL TWINS AT FCL RED SOX

The game was suspended in the top of the fifth with the Red Sox leading 4-1.  The Twins have two hits so far.  Carlos Gutierrez has pitched all the way so far.  The game will be completed today.

DSL COLORADO 10, DSL TWINS 4 AT COLORADO

Colorado scored four in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie.  They had one hit in the inning--there were three walks, three wild pitches, and two hit batsmen.

Dameury Pena was 2-for-4.
Javier Roman was 2-for-4.
Junior Del Valle was 2-for-4.
Hendry Chivilli hit a home run.

It was a bullpen game for the Twins.

Gerardo Abrego pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Joel Garcia struck out five in 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox (completion of suspended game)
5:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 1-4, 2.23)
6:00  Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin (completion of suspended game followed by scheduled game.  Christian McMahon (1-0, 3.22) will start the scheduled game.
6:05  Frisco at Wichita (Travis Adams, 2-7, 5.86)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-4, 4.19)