Minor Details: Games of August 3

CLIPPERS 6, SAINTS 3 IN COLUMBUS

Jose Tena hit a two-run double to cap a three-run sixth that put Columbus in the lead to stay.

Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixteenth.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, giving up three runs on three hits and four walks and striking out seven.

DRILLERS 10, WIND SURGE 0 IN WICHITA

Tulsa scored one in the first, third, fourth, and fifth, two in the sixth, and four in the seventh.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a double.

Carlos Luna pitched 4.1 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits and striking out three.
Hunter McMahon struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Denny Bentley struck out the side in a perfect inning.

KERNELS 7, LUGNUTS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids led 5-1 after four, but Lansing tied it 5-5 before Cedar Rapids got two more in the eighth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-4.
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a home run, his fourteenth.

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

Cedar Rapids pitchers did not walk anyone.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 11, BLUE JAYS 1 IN DUNEDIN

Fort Myers scored two in the second and led the rest of the way.

Dylan Neuse was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Alec Sayre was 2-for-4 with two runs.
Rafael Cruz was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and two runs.

Juan Mercedes pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and three walks and striking out four.
Samuel Perez struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

FCL RAYS 11, FCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

The Rays scored four in the first and led all the way.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with a double in his professional debut.

Brayan Medina before being replaced due to injury.  He retired no one, although one man reached on an error.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits.
Cleiber Maldonado pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out three.

DSL CARDINALS 6, DSL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)

Trailing 3-0, the Cardinals scored four in the sixth and two in the seventh.  All six runs were unearned due to three errors and four passed balls.

Ewing Matos hit a home run.

Yency De Jesus struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up no hits and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Guardians Red at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 1-5, 2.42) at Dunedin
6:05  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-4, 10.13) at Columbus
6:35  Lansing at Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 2-0, 3.48)
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Marco Raya, 2-0, 8.25)

Happy Birthday–August 4

Jake Beckley (1867)
Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
Joe Strong (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934)
Frank Kostro (1937)
Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964)
Matt Merullo (1965)
Troy O’Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973)
Eric Milton (1975)
Scott Linebrink (1976)
Josh Roenicke (1982)
Jason Adam (1991)

While this is a pretty good day for names, it should be pointed out that none of these players was listed here because of his name.  In fact, each of them had a substantial baseball career.

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2023 Game 110 – Twins at Cardinals

Not a lot of time today so just a few quick takes:

  • The Twins are a .500 team in a sub-.500 division. It may be enough to make a postseason cameo appearance but that's about it.
  • Standing pat at the trade deadline is not a bad thing if you're not getting past the first round of the playoffs anyway.
  • Luis Arraez will probably become the first player to win back to back batting championships in different leagues.
  • My wife calls leaving RISP "decorating the bases." The Twins do a lot of base decorating.

Sonny Gray and Matthew Liberatore on the mound tonight.

Play ball!

 

Minor Details: Games of August 2

SAINTS 5, CLIPPERS 3 IN COLUMBUS

St. Paul scored two in the first and led all the way.

Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Chris Williams hit a home run, his eighteenth.

Simeon Woods Richardson struck out four in four innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit and six walks.
Kody Funderburk struck out five and walked one in 2.2 scoreless innings.
Cole Sands struck out the side in a perfect inning.

WIND SURGE 4, DRILLERS 0 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored single runs in the first, fourth, fifth, and seventh.

Pat Winkel was 3-for-3 with a home run (his sixth), two doubles,  and a walk.
Alerick Soularie was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh) and a walk.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pierson Ohl pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Taylor Floyd pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
Alex Scherff pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

KERNELS 5, LUGNUTS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Trailing 3-0, Cedar Rapids tied it with three in the fifth on homers by Emmanuel Rodriguez and Kala'i Rosario, and Kyler Fedco singled home the lead run in the sixth.

Rosario was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixteenth) and a walk.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his twelfth and thirteenth) and three RBIs.

Zebby Matthews pitched five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out five.
Malik Barrington pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jordan Carr pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, BLUE JAYS 2 IN DUNEDIN

Ricardo Olivar hit a two-run homer in the third to give Fort Myers a 4-0 lead.

Luke Keaschall was 3-for-4 with a double.
Olivar was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his ninth), a walk, and two runs.

Jarret Whorff struck out nine in six innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Wilker Reyes struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

DSL ORIOLES ORANGE 2, DSL TWINS 0 AT TWINS (completion of suspended game)

The Orioles scored both of their runs in the sixth.

The Twins had only one hit.

Miguel Cordero pitched a complete game, giving up two runs (one earned) on nine hits and two walks and striking out seven.  Of course, his "complete game" was five innings two weeks ago and four innings yesterday.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Cardinals at DSL Twins
11:00  FCL Rays at FCL Twins
11:05  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-4, 4.26) at Columbus
5:30  Fort Myers (Juan Mercedes, 1-0, 11.12) at Dunedin
6:35  Lansing at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-4, 4.28)
7:05  Tulsa at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-6, 5.50)

Happy Birthday–August 3

Silver Flint (1855)
Ed McFarland (1874)
Harry Heilmann (1894)
Jim Hegan (1920)
Roger Repoz (1940)
Dan Meyer (1952)
Bob Davidson (1952)
Jim Gott (1959)
Mike Jeffcoat (1959)
Sid Bream (1960)
Mackey Sasser (1962)
Kevin Elster (1964)
Rod Beck (1968)
Troy Glaus (1976)
Travis Bowyer (1981)
Mark Reynolds (1983)
Matt Joyce (1984)
Travis Blankenhorn (1996)

Bob Davidson was an umpire from 1985-1999 and 2005-2016.

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2023 Game 109: Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals

Joe Ryan
vs
Dakota Hudson

Yesterday's game marked two-thirds of the season. Pro-rating to the full 162 games puts the Twins at 82.5 wins, a mere tenth of a win below their preseason forecast. FanGraphs is more optimistic now, projecting them at 83.5 wins.

Cardinals tore it down while the Twins did nothing (on deadline day). I can't really blame them after making big trades last year that did poorly. Sure would be nice to have Steer's .320/.377/.602 versus lefties with the Twins this year.