Happy Birthday–July 8

Hank O’Day (1862)
Ivey Wingo (1890)
Clint Brown (1903)
Salty Parker (1912)
Hector Lopez (1929)
Al Spangler (1933)
Darrell Brandon (1940)
Ken Sanders (1941)
Jim Ollom (1945)
Lerrin LaGrow (1948)
Alan Ashby (1951)
Terry Puhl (1956)
Bob Kipper (1964)
Jerome Walton (1965)
Bobby Ayala (1969)
Danny Ardoin (1974)
Jaime Garcia (1986)
Stephen Gonsalves (1994)

Hall of Fame umpire Hank O'Day was the home plate umpire in the first world series game in 1903.  He umpired in ten World Series.

Salty Parker was a long-time minor league manager and major league coach.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter, Moss’ son, and FTLT's daughter.

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Minor Details: Games of July 6

CUBS 5, SAINTS 3 IN IOWA

Nelson Velazquez hit a three-run homer in the third to give Iowa a 4-3 lead.

Kyle Garlick hit a three-run homer, his ninth.

Blayne Enlow pitched five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk and striking out four.
Kody Funderburk struck out all four men he faced, striking out two.

WIND SURGE 8, DRILLERS 2 IN TULSA

With the score tied at two, Wichita scored three in the sixth and three in the seventh.

Will Holland was 2-for-3 with a walk and three RBIs.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his fifth.
Alex Isola hit a home run, his tenth.

Wichita had five hits and drew thirteen walks.

Chad Donato struck out six in four shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Hunter McMahon retired all eight men he faced, striking out four.
Denny Bentley struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

KERNELS 9, RIVER BANDITS 6 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Tanner Schobel hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give Cedar Rapids a 7-6 lead.

Schobel was 3-for-3 with a home run (his thirteenth), two walks, and three RBIs.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5 with a triple.

Kyle Jones pitched four innings, allowing five runs on five hits and a walk and striking out four.
Niklas Rimmel pitched two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
A. J. Labas pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

HAMMERHEADS 4, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN JUPITER

Brett Roberts homered in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie and Ian Lewis added a two-run homer in the eighth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.

Jarret Whorff struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on one hit and four walks.

FCL TWINS 7, FCL ORIOLES 3 AT TWINS

The Twins scored four in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie.

Byron Chourio was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Omari Daniel was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.

Matt Gabbert pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and three walks, and striking out four.
Cleiber Maldonado struck out three in 2.1 innings, giving up four hits and two walks.
Pierce Banks struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

DSL ROCKIES 19, DSL TWINS 8 AT TWINS

It was 8-6 through seven, but the Rockies scored seven in the eighth and four in the ninth.

Damuery Pena was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, a walk, and two runs.  He is batting .409 in 18 games (66 at-bats).
Ewing Matos was 3-for-5 with a triple.

Opener Luis Rincon pitched 1.1 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on two hits and two walks and striking out two.
Adrian Bohorquez struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins (doubleheader)
10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
5:30  Fort Myers (Jack Noble, 0-1, 3.60) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 0-0, 0.00)
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, no record)* at Tulsa
7:08  St. Paul (Dallas Keuchel, 0-0, 1.08) at Iowa

*Making his AA debut

Happy Birthday–July 7

George Moriarty (1885)
Double Duty Radcliffe (1902)
Satchel Paige (1906)
Billy Herman (1909)
Sammy White (1927)
John Gordon (1940)
Bill Melton (1945)
Tommy Moore (1948)
Len Barker (1955)
Dan Gladden (1957)
Glenn Hoffman (1958)
Tim Teufel (1958)
Dave Burba (1966)
Jeff Shaw (1966)
Chuck Knoblauch (1968)
Matt Mantei (1973)
Cory Provus (1978)
John Buck (1980)
Brandon McCarthy (1983)

Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues for many years.  He got his nickname because he would sometimes catch one game of a doubleheader and pitch the other.  He played professionally until 1954, when he retired at age 52.  He is the oldest player to ever appear in a professional baseball game, throwing one pitch for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1999 when he was 96.  I'm no expert on the Negro Leagues, but it seems to me that he should be in the Hall of Fame.

John Gordon was a radio broadcaster for the Twins from 1987 through 2011.

Tommy Moore was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-eighth round in 1966, but did not sign.

Cory Provus has been a radio broadcaster for the Twins since 2012.

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Minor Details: Games of July 5

CUBS 3, SAINTS 2 IN IOWA

Nelson Velazquez hit an RBI double in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie.

St. Paul had only four hits and no one had more than one.

Aaron Sanchez struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Austin Brice pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

All four St. Paul pitchers had a first name that begins with "A" (the other was Austin Schulfer).

DRILLERS 4, WIND SURGE 1 IN TULSA

Tulsa scored three in the first on two singles, a walk, and three errors.

Wichita had only two hits and no one had more than one.

Carlos Luna pitched four innings, giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out seven.
Alex Scherff struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Isaac Mattson pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

KERNELS 3, RIVER BANDITS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored two in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.  Ben Ross singled home the go-ahead run.

Jose Salas was 2-for-2 with a home run (his third) and a triple.

Jaylin Nowlin struck out ten in six innings, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 4, HAMMERHEADS 3 IN JUPITER (10 INNINGS)

Fort Myers scored two in the top of the tenth.  Jupiter scored one in the bottom of the tenth and had men on first and third when the game ended.

Dillon Tatum was 2-for-4.
Gregory Duran was 2-for-5.

Ben Ethridge pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out two.
Gabriel Yanez struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Ricardo Velez
struck out two in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Orioles at FCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Jarret Whorff, 2-0, 1.63) at Jupiter
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 4-4, 4.02)
6:38  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-1, 6.57) at Iowa
7:05  Wichita (Chad Donato, 1-5, 10.73) at Tulsa