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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Minor Details: Games of August 9
SAINTS 6, BATS 3 IN ST. PAUL
Jair Camargo hit a two-run homer in a four-run fourth to give St. Paul a 5-0 lead.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-3 with two runs.
Camargo was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his seventeenth.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Randy Dobnak struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks. He threw 86 pitches.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.
Jovani Moran pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
WIND SURGE 2, NATURALS 1 IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS (5 INNINGS--RAIN)
Dalton Shuffield hit a two-run homer in the second to give Wichita a 2-0 lead.
Shuffield hit a two-run homer, his fourth.
Isaac Mattson pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, walking two and striking out one.
Regi Grace pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.
RIVER BANDITS 4, KERNELS 0 IN QUAD CITIES
Jean Ramirez hit a two-run single in the second for all the runs Quad Cities would need.
Cedar Rapids had only three hits.
Kyle Jones pitched four innings, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks and striking out four.
Jarret Whorff struck out two in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits.
Mike Paredes struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
MIGHTY MUSSELS 10, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS
Maddux Houghton hit a three-run homer in a seven-run first and Fort Myers led the rest of the way.
Houghton was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a walk, and five RBIs.
Kamron Willman was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-5 with two runs.
Juan Mercedes pitched two innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks and striking out four.
Juan Mendez struck out two and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.
Jackson Hicks struck out three and walked two in two shutout innings.
Ricardo Velez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.
Zach Veen pitched a perfect inning.
Fort Myers pitchers walked ten and struck out fourteen.
DSL TWINS 10, DSL REDS 3 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)
Leading 4-3, the Twins scored five runs in the fifth.
Denyerbe Gervis was 2-for-2.
Ewing Matos was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs.
Jose Vasquez pitched three innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks and striking out two.
Eider Machuca pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out one.
Alejandro Crisostomo pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Twins at DSL Giants Black
11:00 FCL Twins at FCL Pirates
6:00 Bradenton at Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 2-5, 2.18)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 3-0, 3.69) at Quad Cities
7:05 Wichita (Travis Adams, 2-7, 5.88) at Northwest Arkansas
7:07 Louisville at St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 9.99)
Robbie Robertson – Shake This Town
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Happy Birthday–August 10
Jim Clinton (1850)
Willie Wells (1904)
Odell Hale (1908)
Taffy Wright (1911)
Buddy Lewis (1916)
Bob Porterfield (1923)
Rocky Colavito (1933)
Tom Brookens (1953)
Tim Brookens (1953)
Jerald Clark (1963)
Andy Stankiewicz (1964)
Gerald Williams (1966)
Sal Fasano (1971)
Brandon Lyon (1979)
Dan Johnson (1979)
Wilson Ramos (1987)
Willie Wells is considered, along with Pop Lloyd, one of the two greatest shortstops in the history of the Negro Leagues.
Tim Brookens is the twin brother of Tom Brookens and played four years in the minors, reaching AA.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to freealonzo's son.
2023 Game 116: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Bailey Ober
vs
Alex Faedo
Ober's quality start run came to a crashing end in July, lasting only four innings and giving up six runs. His start last week against Arizona didn't qualify due to pitching five innings but his game score of 50 is exactly average. Ober's only start against Detroit fit the quality start metric exactly with six innings and three runs allowed. That would have worked on Monday but only Haddix perfection had a chance to earn a win yesterday.
Alex Faedo might be the guy to fix the offense. A former first round pick, he finally made it to the majors last year. He has a career 5.70 ERA, and 4.70 FIP, in 89 ⅓ innings for a negative WAR but good for him to make the majors at 26. He faced the Twins once last year, earning a no decision with two runs given up in five innings that the Tigers eventually won 3-2.
August 9, 2023: The Leftovers
Trying to clean out stuff out from the fridge for dinner, I made a basic quiche (bacon, red pepper, onion, spinach, mushrooms, etc.). However, I still had one more crust (not to the point where I'm making it myself) and more eggs I had to use up. Since we had tacos the night before, I still had taco beef and veggies. I decided to try whipping up a taco quiche and, again pulling stuff from the back of the fridge, I used sour cream instead of heavy cream/half & half with the eggs this time. Typing this well after dinner, I'm still trying to stop myself from going back and cutting off yet another tiny slice.
DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide
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Minor Details: Games of August 8
SAINTS 14, BATS 4 IN ST. PAUL
Trevor Larnach homered in a five-run second and St. Paul led the rest of the way.
Austin Martin was 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Chris Williams was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his nineteenth homer), a walk, two runs, and five RBIs.
Larnach was 2-for-4 with a home run (his tenth), a walk, and two runs.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer.
Royce Lewis hit a two-run homer, his fifth.
Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out three.
Austin Schulfer struck out two and walked one in 1.2 scoreless innings.
Cole Sands struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
WIND SURGE 5, NATURALS 2 IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
Wichita scored two in the first and led all the way.
Aaron Sabato was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Willie Joe Garry, Jr. was 2-for-4 with two triples.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-5.
Pierson Ohl pitched eight innings, giving up one run on seven hits and striking out four. He threw 84 pitches.
RIVER BANDITS 7, KERNELS 0 IN QUAD CITIES
Juan Carlos Negret hit a three-run homer in the first and Quad Cities led the rest of the way.
Cedar Rapids had only two hits.
Zebby Matthews pitched 4.1 innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks and striking out six.
John Stankiewicz retired all five men he faced, striking out three.
John Wilson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
MARAUDERS 13, MIGHTY MUSSELS 9 IN FORT MYERS
Charles McAdoo hit a three-run homer in the third to give Bradenton a 5-4 lead and they added three more in the fifth. McAdoo went 6-for-6 with two homers, four runs, and eight RBIs.
Rafael Cruz was 4-for-5 with a double.
Danny De Andrade was 3-for-4 with a home run (his eighth), three runs, and four RBIs.
Jose Olivares pitched four innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out nine.
Johnathan Lavallee pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks and striking out one.
FCL TWINS 3, FCL PIRATES 2 AT TWINS
Brandon Winokur hit an inside-the-park home run in the third to break a 2-2 tie.
Winokur hit a home run, his second.
Eduardo Soriano pitched 1.2 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit and four walks and striking out three.
Julio Bonilla pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Jeferson Lopez pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, walking two and striking out three.
DSL GIANTS ORANGE AT DSL TWINS
The game was suspended in the fifth inning with the score tied 6-6.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Reds at DSL Twins
1:07 Louisville at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-5, 4.33)
6:00 Bradenton at Fort Myers (Juan Mercedes, 1-0, 6.52)
6:30 Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-4, 4.52) at Quad Cities
7:05 Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-7. 5.54) at Northwest Arkansas
Happy Birthday–August 9
John Grim (1867)
John Galbreath (1897)
Jack Tighe (1913)
Ralph Houk (1919)
Julian Javier (1936)
Claude Osteen (1939)
Paul Lindblad (1941)
Tommie Agee (1942)
Chris Wheeler (1945)
Bill Campbell (1948)
Ted Simmons (1949)
John Moses (1957)
Matt Young (1958)
Deion Sanders (1967)
Troy Percival (1969)
Pat Mahomes (1970)
Ryan Radmanovich (1971)
Matt Morris (1974)
Mike Lamb (1975)
Brian Fuentes (1975)
Jason Frasor (1977)
Steve Lomasney (1977)
Drew Butera (1983)
Jason Heyward (1989)
Kyle Cody (1994).
John Galbreath was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946-1985.
Jack Tighe was a long-time minor league player, manager, and scout. He also managed the Detroit Tigers from 1956-1957.
Ralph Houk is best known as a manager of the New York Yankees, but he was also a special assistant to the general manager for the Twins from 1987-1989.
Chris Wheeler was a broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1977-2013.
Better known for his Hall of Fame NFL career, Deion Sanders was a major league outfielder for nine seasons, leading the league in triples in 1992. He hit .263/.319/.392 in 2,123 at-bats.
Kyle Cody was drafted by the Twins in the second round in 2015 but did not sign.
2023 Game Log 115 – Twins at Tigers
Wow, what a difference a week makes. Last Tuesday at this time we were all grumpy about the Twins, their lack of movement at the trade deadline, uninspired baseball, and inability to take advantage of an historically bad division. Now the Twins are riding high off a 5-game winning streak, the bats are responding and all of a sudden the Twins are sitting on a 5.5 game lead. Also they now have a better record than both the Yankees and Red Sox.
Sonny Gray on the mound for the Twins coming off his first win since April. Eduardo Rodriguez for the Tigers. He is arguably their best starter and has put up decent stats. I'm a little worried the still strikeout prone Twins batters may add to his healthy K/9 totals.
Game time 5:40