Monthly Archives: July 2023

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of July 9

SAINTS 20, CUBS 9 IN IOWA

St. Paul scored five in the second and eight in the fourth to take a 14-1 lead.

Andrew Stevenson was 4-for-5 with a home run (his ninth), two walks, four runs, and six RBIs.
Kyle Garlick was 4-for-5 with a double, a walk and five RBIs.
Matt Wallner was 2-for-5 with two walks, two runs, and three RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and three RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with two walks and two RBIs.
Alex DeGoti was 2-for- 6 with two doubles and two runs.

Louie Varland struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Cody Laweryson struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.
Randy Dobnak pitched a perfect inning.

DRILLERS 9, WIND SURGE 8 IN TULSA (10 INNINGS)

Tulsa had leads of 5-0 and 6-1, but needed Ismael Alcantara's RBI single in the tenth to win it.

Brooks Lee was 3-for-4 with a home run (his seventh), two doubles, a walk, and four RBIs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-6 with a triple.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his sixth), a walk, and two runs.
David Banuelos was 2-for-4.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-5.

Starter Aaron Rozek pitched two innings, allowing five runs on five hits and three walks.
Denny Bentley struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Taylor Floyd struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

RIVER BANDITS 6, KERNELS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored two in the ninth but did not get the tying run on base.

Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, and three RBIs.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with two doubles, and walk, and two runs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with two runs.
Jeferson Morales was 2-for-4.

Christian MacLeod pitched three innings, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks and striking out four.
Niklas Rimmel struck out two in two perfect innings.
Matthew Swain pitched a scoreless inning and struck out one.

HAMMERHEADS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 6 IN JUPITER (GAME 1--8 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)

Carlos Santiago singled home the winning run.

Dylan Neuse was 2-for-2 with two walks.
Carson McCusker was 2-for-4.

Jose Olivares pitched four innings, giving up four runs on five hits and a walk and striking out four.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 4, HAMMERHEADS 2 IN JUPITER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Mikey Perez hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Fort Myers a 4-0 lead.

Gregory Duran was 3-for-3.
Carson McCusker was 3-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and two runs.
Rubel Cespedes was 3-for-4 with a double.
Perez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and three RBIs.

John Klein struck out five in four innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Samuel Perez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILT

10:00  DSL Phillies Red at DSL Twins

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 10

Jimmy McAleer (1864)
Bobby Lowe (1865)
John Heydler (1869)
Dick Lundy (1898)
Wayne Blackburn (1914)
Paul Pryor (1927)
Gene Alley (1940)
Hal McRae (1945)
Bob Bailor (1951)
Andre Dawson (1954)
Buddy Groom (1965)
Lee Stevens (1967)
Marty Cordova (1969)
ByungHo Park (1986)
Ryan Wheeler (1988)
Will Smith (1989)
Jonny Deluca (1998)

John Heydler was the president of the National League from 1918-1934.

Wayne Blackburn was a minor league infielder from 1936-1956.  He drew over 1,400 walks in his career.

Paul Pryor was a National League umpire from 1961-1981 and is an alumnus of the author’s alma mater, the University of South Dakota.

Jonny Deluca was drafted by Minnesota in the 39th round in 2017 but did not sign.

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Shania Twain – You’re Still The One

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Back when I was in the news business I had occasion to rub elbows with celebrities from time to time, so I decide with this go-round I'm going to do videos from people I've personally met. By that I mean we were in immediate physical proximity and had actual conversation, and with some there was physical contact like a handshake. I have just enough to fill out a week, so here goes.

I'll start with Shania Twain, who appeared on our late morning news show when I was a young associate producer in the mid 90s. She was just a little thing in a tee shirt and sweatpants on the way to the guest dressing room for makeup when I met her, but she was pretty enough to steal your breath, had big personality, and was as nice as could be, she totally charmed everyone there. I hear she's had some trouble on her comeback tour, which is too bad and I wish her the best. but this is how I'll always remember her, back when she was on top.

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Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 9

Jack Powell (1874)
Buck Herzog (1885)
Glenn Myatt (1897)
Wally Post (1929)
Marty Springstead (1937)
Mike Andrews (1943)
Hal Haydel (1944)
Sonny Jackson (1944)
Steve Luebber (1949)
Willie Wilson (1955)
Miguel Montero (1983)

Marty Springstead was an American League umpire from 1966-1986.  He later was a supervisor of umpires.

We would also like to extend our best birthday wishes to Pepper.

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Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of July 7

SAINTS 4, CUBS 1 IN IOWA

St. Paul scored all of their runs in the seventh inning.

Mark Contreras was 3-for-4.

Dallas Keuchel pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and four walks and striking out four.  In three starts his ERA is 0.64, though his WHIP is 1.43.
Ronny Henriquez struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Austin Brice gave up an unearned run in one inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.
Patrick Murphy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

DRILLERS 6, WIND SURGE 4 IN TULSA

Tulsa scored four in the fourth to break a 2-2 tie.  Kody Hoese and Eddys Leonard each homered in the inning.

Seth Gray was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Marco Raya pitched two innings, allowing two runs on one hit and four walks and striking out three.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Taylor Floyd pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Isaac Mattson struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks.

KERNELS 5, RIVER BANDITS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored two in the fifth to take a 5-0 lead.

Kala'i Rosario was 3-for-4 with a double.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs.

C. J. Culpepper struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up three hits.  He had not given up a run in two high-A starts.
John Wilson pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 3, HAMMERHEADS 0 IN JUPITER (10 INNINGS)

Carson McCusker hit a three-run homer in the tenth.

McCusker was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, his third.  He is batting .345 in his first seven professional games.
Rafael Cruz was 2-for-5.

Jack Noble struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Danny Moreno pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.
Jackson Hicks struck out three in two shutout innings.

FCL RED SOX 16, FCL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Twins held the Red Sox scoreless in the first and last inning, but the Red Sox scored multiple runs in every inning in-between.

Frank Nigro hit a home run.

Starter Zach Neff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  He is on a rehab assignment--he did not pitch in 2022 and pitched for Wichita in 2021.
Miguel Olivares pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.

FCL RED SOX 4, FCL TWINS 1 AT RED SOX*

*Both games were played at the Century Link Sports Complex.

The Red Sox scored two in the second to take a 3-0 lead.

Jankel Ortiz was 2-for-3.

Starter Cesar Lares pitched two innings, allowing three runs on three hits and striking out two.
Bianger Liendo pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Brayan Medina pitched three innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and striking out one.

DSL CARDINALS 7, DSL TWINS 2 AT CARDINALS

The Cardinals scored two in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead.

Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Cristian Hernandez pitched three innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and four walks and striking out five.
Eider Machuca struck out two in a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Rockies
5:00  Fort Myers (Miguelangel Boadas, 0-2, 6.91) at Jupiter
6:08  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 1-5, 7.27) at Iowa
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 3-0, 0.87)
7:05  Wichita (Travis Adams, 2-6, 5.75) at Tulsa