2023 Game 104: Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins

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Bryce Miller
vs
Joe Ryan

Another solid start wasted by the bullpen. The batters however did their part with seven runs.

This is Bryce Miller's rookie season. BA and MLB prospect rankings had him at the end of their top 100 lists at #100 and #98 respectively. 13 starts in and he's done well. 3.50 ERA (3.48 FIP) over 69 ⅓ innings. Almost a strikeout per inning and only 1.9 walks per nine for a 0.966 WHIP. In terms of results, it's very similar to Joe Ryan except Miller throws harder. He's a fastball/slider guy and he throws the fastball around 68% of the time. That should bode well for the Twins hitters if he misses with any of those fastball.

Minor Details: Games of July 25

SAINTS 14, MUD HENS 7 IN ST. PAUL

Anthony Prato homered in the seventh to break a 7-7 tie, and St. Paul went on to score six runs in the inning.

Andrew Stevenson was 4-for-5 with a three-run homer (his twelfth), a double, a walk, and four runs.
Prato was 3-for-5 with a home run (his seventh), a double, two runs, and three RBIs.
Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third), a double, a walk, three runs, and three RBIs.

St. Paul drew thirteen walks and had two batters hit by pitches.

Louie Varland pitched 3.2 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on nine hits and a walk and striking out four.
Michael Boyle struck out two and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.
Caleb Theilbar pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings.

ROUGHRIDERS 10, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Frisco scored nine runs in the first inning on seven singles, two doubles, a walk, and two errors.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a double.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-4.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his eighth.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his nineteenth.

Chad Donato pitched two-thirds on an inning, allowing nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits and striking out one.
Regi Grace struck out three in walked two in 2.1 scoreless innings.
Denny Bentley struck out four in three innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Curtis Taylor struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Francis Peguero struck out three in a perfect inning.

KERNELS 4, TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Cedar Rapids scored single runs in the second, fifth, eighth, and ninth.

Noah Cardenas was 3-for-4 with a double.
Andrew Cossetti was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifth), a double, a walk, and two runs.
Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourteenth), and a double.

Cory Lewis pitched five innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk and striking out three.
Mike Paredes pitched four shutout innings, walking two and striking out three.

CARDINALS 3, MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Kade Kretzschmar hit a two-run double in the fourth to give Palm Beach a 2-0 lead.

Alec Sayre was 2-for-3.

Ben Ethridge pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out three.
Danny Moreno pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Zach Veen struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

FCL BRAVES 3, FCL TWINS 2 AT TWINS (10 INNINGS)

Maximo Maria singled home the deciding run.

Dalton Schuffield was 3-for-4.
Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-4.

Eduardo Soriano pitched three innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit and two walks and striking out two.
Pierce Banks struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Jeferson Lopez pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.
Kyle Bischoff struck out three in three perfect innings.

DSL MARINERS 3, DSL TWINS 2 AT MARINERS (8 INNINGS)

It was apparently scheduled for seven but was scoreless after seven.  Dervy Ventura singled home the deciding run.

Angel Trinidad was 2-for-2.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4.

Adrian Bohorquez pitched two shutout innings, walking two and striking out one.
Yency DeJesus pitched 5.1 innings of relief, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and three walks and striking out five.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-3, 6.14)
12:05  Frisco at Wichita (David Festa, 2-2, 4.79)
12:10  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-0, 0.00) at Wisconsin
1:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Brent Headrick, 3-1, 3.76)

Happy Birthday–July 26

Sam Breadon (1876)
Brick Eldred (1892)
Sad Sam Jones (1892)
Larry Woodall (1894)
Paul Gallico (1897)
Alex Radcliffe (1905)
Sam Leslie (1905)
Ellis Kinder (1914)
Jimmy Bloodworth (1917)
Sibby Sisti (1920)
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922)
Norm Siebern (1933)
Pete Ward (1937)
Ken Kaiser (1945)
Jody Reed (1962)
Greg Colbrunn (1969)
Joaquin Benoit (1977)
Kevin Jepsen (1984)
Brandon Morrow (1984)
Alex Burnett (1987)

Sam Breadon owned the St. Louis Cardinals from 1917-1947.

Brick Eldred got over two thousand hits in the Pacific Coast League, playing there thirteen years.

Paul Gallico was a sportswriter from 1919-1936.  He went on to become a noted writer and is best known as the author of The Poseidon Adventure.

The brother of Double Duty Radcliffe, Alex Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues from 1932-1946 and played in eleven all-star games.

Ken Kaiser was an American League umpire from 1977-1999.

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2023 Game Log 103 – Mariners at Twins

9-2 after the All Star game has done wonders for the attitude of fans and the 2023 version of the Twins. Not only are the Twins winning games but they are putting together good at bats, and getting clutch hits. Now with 60 games left in the season, and the trade deadline a week away, hopefully the Twins can position themselves for a decent showing in the playoffs - like perhaps winning a playoff game.

Pablo Lopez on the mound for the Twins. Twins did him no favors last week against Seattle scoring 0 runs while Lopez again pitched decently. George Kirby for the Mariners. He was on the Mariners side of that 5-0 win, hopefully the Twins saw something they can use this game.

First pitch at 6:40 in which promises to be a steamy, hot game.

Minor Details: Games and Standings of July 24

FCL TWINS 6, FCL PIRATES 5 AT TWINS

The Twins scored two in the eighth, both on sacrifice flies, to take a 6-5 lead.  They had only four hits but drew ten walks and a hit batsman.

Cesar Lares pitched five innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on three hits and a walk and striking out eight.
Jacob Wosinski struck out three in two perfect innings.
Yon Landaeta struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

DSL TWINS 10, DSL BRAVES 9 AT TWINS

The Twins led 10-5 before the Braves scored two in the eighth and two in the ninth.  They had the tying run on third when the game ended.

Moises Lopez was 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.
Yilber Herrera was 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs.
Dameury Pena was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-3 with two runs.
Ewing Matos was 2-for-3.

Miguel Cordero pitched three innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out four.
Luis Rincon pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

WHERE THEY STAND

The St. Paul Saints are 12-9, in second place in the International league West, one game behind Iowa.
The Wichita Wind Surge is 9-12, in fourth place in the Texas League North, 3.5 games behind first-place Arkansas, one game behind third-place Springfield.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 16-8, in first place in the Midwest League West, three games ahead of Beloit and Peoria.
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 11-13, in fifth place in the Florida State League West, six games behind first-place Clearwater, one game behind fourth-place Tampa.
The FCL Twins are 16-18, in third place in the FCL South, nine games behind the first-place Pirates, 3.5 games behind the second-place Red Sox.
The DSL Twins are 8-25, in eighth place in the DSL South, 17.5 games behind the first-place Phillies White, 1.5 games behind the seventh-place Cardinals.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Mariners
11:00  FCL Braves at FCL Twins
5:00  Palm Beach at Fort Myers (Angelmiguel Boadas, 0-2, 7.56)
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 3-0, 2.20) at Wisconsin
7:05  Frisco at Wichita (Chad Donato, 1-5, 8.59)
7:07  Toledo at St. Paul (Louie Varland, 4-0, 4.87)

Happy Birthday–July 25

John Tener (1863)
Cy Williams (1913)
Whitey Lockman (1926)
Larry Sherry (1935)
Buddy Bradford (1944)
Fred Scherman (1944)
Mick Kelleher (1947)
Biff Pocoroba (1953)
Marc Sullivan (1958)
Doug Drabek (1962)
Torey Lovullo (1965)
Ed Sprague (1967)
Billy Wagner (1971)
Guillermo Mota (1973)
Javier Vazquez (1976)
Santiago Casilla (1980)
Alex Presley (1985)

Pitcher/outfielder John Tener was the president of the National League and also became governor of Pennsylvania.  For 1914-1915, he did both jobs at the same time.

Cy Williams was a long-time major league scout, working for the Detroit Tigers for thirty years.

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