Monthly Archives: July 2023

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 29

Earl Moore (1877)
George Cutshaw (1886)
Cedric Tallis (1914)
Felix Mantilla (1934)
Don Wert (1938)
Bill Whitby (1943)
Hisashi Yamada (1948)
Dan Driessen (1951)
Greg Minton (1951)
Ken Burns (1953)
Dave LaPoint (1959)
Luis Alicea (1965)
Mike Williams (1968)
Seth Greisinger (1975)
Mike Adams (1978)
Ryan Braun (1980)

Cedric Tallis was the general manager of the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees.

Submarine pitcher Hisashi Yamada won 284 games in Japan.

Ken Burns made an Emmy-award winning documentary about the history of baseball.  He also made a documentary on Jackie Robinson.

Every year I am surprised to learn that there was a Ryan Braun who pitched for Kansas City in 2006 and 2007.

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Minor Details: Games of July 27

MUD HENS 5, SAINTS 4 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul had the tying run on third and the winning run on second when the game ended.

Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, and two RBIs.
Ernie Yake was 2-for-4 with two doubles.

Simeon Woods Richardson struck out six in 4.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and five walks.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

WIND SURGE 4, ROUGHRIDERS 1 IN WICHITA

Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer in the third to break a 1-1 tie.

Severino was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his twenty-first.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pierson Ohl struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Francis Peguero struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Alex Scherff struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

TIMBER RATTLERS 4, KERNELS 3 IN WISCONSIN (10 INNINGS)

Robert Moore's two-run single drove in the tying and deciding runs.

Noah Miller was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-5.

Zebby Matthews struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits.
Jordan Carr pitched two shutout innings, walking one.

CARDINALS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN FORT MYERS

Leading 5-3, Palm Beach scored four in the eighth.  The runs scored on two singles, two walks, two errors, and a wild pitch.

Gregory Cruz was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Maddux Houghton was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Jarret Whorff pitched four innings, giving up three runs on three hits and five walks and striking out four.
Jackson Hicks pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

FCL BRAVES 7, FCL TWINS 5 AT BRAVES

Trailing 4-3, the Braves scored four in the seventh to go into the lead to stay.

Brandon Winokur hit a two-run homer.

Brayan Medina pitched 6.1 innings, giving up five runs on four hits and five walks and striking out four.

They don't give pitch counts in the FCL, but it's unusual to see someone go more than six innings.  In fact, it's unusual to see someone go more than five.  Medina faced 27 batters.

DSL LAD MAGA 9, DSL TWINS 7 AT TWINS (6 INNINGS)

The Twins trailed 5-0, cut it to 5-4, went down 9-4, and cut it to 9-7.

The teams combined for 13 hits and 17 walks, plus four hit batsmen.

Cristian Hernandez pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on three hits and five walks and striking out five.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Colorado
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox
6:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Juan Mercedes, 1-0, 6.88)
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-4, 4.46) at Wisconsin
7:05  Frisco at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-1, 2.79)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Dallas Keuchel, 0-0, 0.69)

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Happy Birthday–July 28

Bullet Joe Rogan (1893)
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons (1901)
Morrie Silver (1909)
Ted Lepcio (1929)
Masaaki Koyama (1934)
Marty Brennaman (1942)
Vida Blue (1949)
Wayne Krivsky (1954)
Carmelo Martinez (1960)
Bob Milacki (1964)
Derek Lee (1966)
Darin Ruf (1986)
Walker Buehler (1994)
Jorge Alcala (1995)

Bullet Joe Rogan, given name Charles Wilber Rogan, was a star in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1938.

Morrie Silver is credited with having saved baseball in Rochester when the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to drop their team there.  He is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.

Masaaki Koyama won 320 games in Japan, third on the all-time list.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman was with the Cincinnati Reds from 1974-2019.

Wayne Krivsky was an assistant general manager of the Twins until 2006, when he became the general manager of Cincinnati.  He returned to the Twins as an assistant to the general manager from 2011-2017.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir’s brother.

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Minor Details: Games of July 26

SAINTS 9, MUD HENS 7 IN ST. PAUL

Kyle Garlick hit a grand slam in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.

Garlick was 3-for-5 with a grand slam (his tenth homer), a double, two runs, and five RBIs.
Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.
Jorge Polanco was 2-for-5 with two runs.

Brent Headrick pitched four innings, allowing four runs on three hits and four walks and striking out two.
Patrick Murphy pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out two.
Austin Brice retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

ROUGHRIDERS 19, WIND SURGE 10 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored five in the fourth to take an 11-4 lead.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 5-for-6 with a home run (his thirteenth), a triple, three runs, and two RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 4-for-6 with a two-run homer (his eleventh) and three runs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jake Rucker hit a home run, his seventh.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer, his twentieth.

David Festa pitched 2.2 innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks and striking out four.
Taylor Floyd pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.

TIMBER RATTLERS 8, KERNELS 7 IN WISCONSIN

Cedar Rapids scored six in the first, but Wisconsin scored five in the second.  It was 7-7 when Wisconsin scored on a force out in the eighth to go into the lead to stay.

Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4.
Jeferson Morales hit a two-run homer, his fourth.

C. J. Culpepper, who had not given up a run in sixteen innings, lasted just 1.1 innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out one.
Alejandro Hidalgo struck out four in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks.
Niklas Rimmel pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking three and striking out one.

CARDINALS 7, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

It was 4-4 through nine, but Palm Beach scored three on four singles and a force out.

Kyle Schmidt was 2-for-3 with a double.
Gregory Duran was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.

Jose Olivares pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk and striking out five.
Ricardo Velez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

DSL REDS AT DSL TWINS

Postponed.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL LAD Mega at DSL Twins
11:00 FCL Twins at FCL Braves
6:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Jarret Whorff, 2-1, 2.54)
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 3-1, 5.02) at Wisconsin
7:05  Frisco at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 1-3, 4.89)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 3-5, 6.18)

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Happy Birthday–July 27

Davy Force (1846)
Joe Tinker (1880)
Rube Walberg (1896)
Biz Mackey (1897)
Benny Bengough (1898)
Zack Taylor (1898)
Leo Durocher (1905)
Kazuto Tsuruoka (1916)
Ray Boone (1923)
Harry Wendelstedt (1938)
Larry Biittner (1945)
Rich Dauer (1952)
Bump Wills (1952)
Brian Kingman (1954)
Shane Rawley (1955)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Tom Goodwin (1968)
Shane Bowers (1971)
Enrique Wilson (1973)
Alex Rodriguez (1975)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1984)
Max Scherzer (1984)
Xzavion Curry (1998)

Biz Mackey was a star in the Negro Leagues from 1923-1945.

Kazuto Tsuruoka was a star in Japan from 1939-1952 and was a very successful manager from 1953-1966.

Harry Wendelstedt was a National League umpire from 1966-1998.

Dave Dombrowski has been the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the Detroit Tigers.

Xzavion Curry is the only major league player to have both an x and a z in his first name.

We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsdower and a happy birthday to cheaptoy's bauble.

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