I also am in competition on the games that we post here with several friends from high school. I actually signed up for the NYT trial, but just for the games, not the articles. Guess I know what that says about me. Been going through some old "The Mini"s though...
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Minor Details: Games of August 30
SAINTS 6, CLIPPERS 1 IN ST. PAUL
St. Paul scored three in the second and that was all they would need.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Andrew Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4.
David Festa struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.
Ronny Henriquez struck out three and walked two in three shutout innings.
Brent Headrick struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
MISSIONS 9, WIND SURGE 2 IN WICHITA
San Antonio scored four in the third and that was all they would need.
Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Jaylin Nowlin pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits and two walks and striking out two.
Denny Bentley pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.
KERNELS 3, CAPTAINS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit an RBI triple in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie.
Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double.
Cory Lewis struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up seven hits.
Malik Barrington struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.
Jackson Hicks struck out the side in a perfect inning.
Cedar Rapids pitchers combined for fifteen strikeouts.
FORT MYERS AT CLEARWATER
Rained out.
TODAY'S TILTS
5:30 Fort Myers (TBD) at Clearwater
6:35 Lake County at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-1, 4.09)
7:05 San Antonio at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 2-7, 5.38)
7:07 Columbus at St. Paul (Francis Peguero*, 0-0, 9.00)
*Making the first start of his minor league career.
Happy Birthday–August 31
Dad Clarkson (1866)
Duke Farrell (1866)
Red Ehret (1868)
Monte Cross (1869)
Eddie Plank (1875)
William Bell (1897)
Sarge Connally (1898)
Ray Berres (1907)
Ray Dandridge (1913)
Danny Litwhiler (1916)
Frank Robinson (1935)
Boots Day (1947)
Claudell Washington (1954)
Tom Candiotti (1957)
Von Hayes (1958)
Mike Hartley (1961)
Pat Howell (1968)
Hideo Nomo (1968)
Tim Raines (1979)
Ramon Santiago (1979)
Armando Gabino (1983)
Juan Nicasio (1986)
Matt Adams (1988)
John Hicks (1989)
Ray Dandridge is considered by some to be the greatest Negro League third baseman.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ son.
Alice in Chains – Would?
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2023 Game 134: Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
Tanner Bibee
vs
Sonny Gray
Day game alert!
Final game of an almost 12-game homestand. A loss today guarantees the Twins pick ahead of the Giants on the waiver wire. The Diamondbacks play the Dodgers tonight so not counting on them winning that. I'd still prefer a win to keep the Guardians well behind in the standings and make the division look a tiny bit less sad.
August 30, 2023: Appraisal
Jane said I didn't have a pleasant enough expression on my face when we were getting quoted close to $30k for new windows.
Minor Details: Games of August 29
SAINTS 5, CLIPPERS 4 IN ST. PAUL (11 INNINGS)
Yunior Severino's sacrifice fly brought home the deciding run.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Severino hit a home run, his fifth.
The Saints were out-hit 10-5.
Blayne Enlow pitched two innings, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Patrick Murphy struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks.
Austin Brice struck out five in two innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit.
WIND SURGE 5, MISSIONS 2 IN WICHITA
Michael Helman hit a three-run homer to give Wichita all the runs they would need.
Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third), a double, and two runs.
Helman hit a three-run homer.
Regi Grace struck out four in 3.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk. It was his first start of the season after thirty-nine relief appearances. He threw 48 pitches.
Jordan Carr pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Aaron Rozek struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
KERNELS 2, CAPTAINS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Luke Keaschall's RBI single put Cedar Rapids up 2-1 in the sixth.
Keaschall was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double.
Andrew Morris pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out two.
Mike Paredes struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jarret Whorff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
FORT MYERS AT CLEARWATER
Rained out. Will be made up Friday.
TODAY'S TILTS
6:35 Lake County at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 4-1, 2.77)
7:05 San Antonio at Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-0, 1.57)
7:07 Columbus at St. Paul (David Festa, no record*)
Fort Myers at Clearwater**
*Making his AAA debut.
**This game has already been postponed due to the coming storm. No makeup date was given on milb.com.
Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
Woohoo! It's grunge week, I guess!
(How have we never played Mudhoney!?)
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Happy Birthday–August 30
Cal McVey (1849)
Pol Perritt (1891)
Bing Miller (1894)
Kiki Cuyler (1896)
Johnny Lindell (1916)
Ted Williams (1918)
Frank Funk (1935)
Tug McGraw (1944)
Roger Erickson (1956)
Randy O’Neal (1960)
Marlon Byrd (1977)
Cliff Lee (1978)
Luis Rivas (1979)
Roberto Hernandez (1980)
Adam Wainwright (1981)
Taylor Hearn (1994)
Frank Funk served as a pitching coach for five major league teams (not all at the same time).
Randy O’Neal was drafted by Minnesota in 1979, but did not sign.
Taylor Hearn was drafted by Minnesota in 2014 but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to cheaptoy's trinket.
2023 Game Log 133 – Guardians at Twins
Twins back up to six games over .500. Seems like every time they have met that milestone this season the Twins go into a minor tailspin. Fortunately it appears that the Guardians are at the "put an X on each day of the calendar stage" of the season and are just looking forward to the time when they don't have to spend their days in Cleveland.
Pablo Lopez on the mound for the Twins and he has been the ace of the staff over the latter half of the summer and probably gets the game one start in the playoffs. Someone called Gavin Williams for the Guardians and he's coming off a 7 runs in 4.1 innings outing last week. Here's hoping he loads the bases for Royce Lewis.
Game time at 6:40 for a very nice night to be at the ballpark. Magic number is 24 (22 for Detroit) so we could be celebrating a Central Division champions belt in the next couple of weeks.