Happy Birthday–August 27

Hal Janvrin (1892)
Luis Tiant (1906)
Peanuts Lowrey (1917)
Tommy Butts (1919)
Joe Cunningham (1931)
Jim King (1932)
Ernie Broglio (1935)
Joe McCabe (1938)
Ed Herrmann (1946)
Buddy Bell (1951)
Mike Maddux (1961)
Brian McRae (1967)
Jim Thome (1970)
Jose Vidro (1974)
Jordy Mercer (1986)
A. J. Achter (1988)

The Luis Tiant listed above is the father of the former Twins pitcher.

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Minor Details: Games of August 25

SAINTS 9, STORM CHASERS 3 IN OMAHA

Trailing 3-2, St. Paul scored four in the fifth and three in the sixth.  Hernan Perez homered in each inning.

Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs.
Perez was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh) and five RBIs.
Austin Martin was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits and three walks and striking out three.
Ronny Henriquez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 11, TRAVELERS 1 IN ARKANSAS

Leading 2-1, Wichita scored five in the fourth and four in the fifth.

Alex Isola was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eighteenth) and four RBIs.
Jake Rucker was 3-for-5 with four RBIs.
Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-5 with three runs.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.

Marco Raya pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out one.
Curtis Taylor pitched a scoreless inning despite giving up one hit and three walks.
Carlos Luna pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out four.
Isaac Mattson struck out two in a perfect inning.

CUBS 18, KERNELS 2 IN SOUTH BEND

South Bend scored five in the first and had multiple runs in six of the eight innings they batted.

Cedar Rapids had four hits with no one getting more than one.

C. J. Culpepper pitched one inning allowing five runs on seven hits and striking out two.
Jarret Whorff walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 3, TORTUGAS 2 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)

Walker Jenkins singled home the deciding run.

Jenkins was 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs.

Fort Myers had eight hits and eleven walks, yet somehow only scored three runs.  They stranded sixteen and were 2-for-15 with men in scoring position.

John Klein struck out nine in six shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.
Zach Veen retired all four men he faced.
Sean Mooney struck out two in a perfect inning.
Danny Moreno pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Daytona at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 2-4, 6.43)
6:05  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 3-2, 4.84) at South Bend
6:35  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-6, 4.79) at Omaha
7:05 Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 6-3, 3.32) at Arkansas

Happy Birthday–August 26

Chick Fraser (1873)
Jesse Barnes (1892)
Sparky Adams (1894)
Gene Moore (1909)
Alex Kellner (1924)
Alex Trevino (1957)
Jeff Parrett (1961)
Angel Hernandez (1961)
Chad Kreuter (1964)
Ricky Bottalico (1969)
Brendan Harris (1980)
Kyle Kendrick (1984)
Eric Fryer (1985)
Darin Mastroianni (1985)
David Price (1985)
Elvis Andrus (1988)
Mario Hollands (1988)
Brusdar Graterol (1988)
Tyler Wells (1994)

It is reported that Angel Hernandez has been a major league umpire since 1993.  We continue to search for evidence of this.

Mario Hollands was drafted by Minnesota in the 24th round in 2009 but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s sister and to Can of Corn's Kernel.

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Happy Birthday–August 25

Dick Rudolph (1887)
Darrell Johnson (1928)
Choo Choo Coleman (1937)
Dooley Womack (1939)
Rollie Fingers (1946)
Dave Heaverlo (1950)
Stan Perzanowski (1950)
Pete Redfern (1954)
Oddibe McDowell (1962)
Albert Belle (1966)
Doug Glanville (1970)
Gary Matthews (1974)
Logan Morrison (1987)
Justin Upton (1987)
Chandler Shepherd (1992)

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