Happy Birthday–August 21

Frank Isbell (1875)
Ed Stone (1909)
Murray Dickson (1916)
Gerry Staley (1920)
Jim Beauchamp (1939)
Felix Millan (1943)
John Ellis (1948)
John Stearns (1951)
Frank Pastore (1957)
John Wetteland (1966)
Mike Misuraca (1968)
Craig Counsell (1970)
Ismael Valdez (1973)
Akili Smith (1975)
Jason Marquis (1978)
Jesse Chavez (1983)
Melvin Upton (1984)
J. D. Martinez (1987)
Ehire Adrianza (1989)
Tim Collins (1989)
Elliot Soto (1989)
Christian Vazquez (1990)

Akili Smith, better known as an NFL quarterback, played for three seasons in the Pittsburgh organization, reaching AA.

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Game 124: pirates @ twins

Mitch Keller takes on Sonny Gray.

Gray has started 5 games since he resolved to stop being the world's most annoying pitcher, and the results have been very good: 31 innings, 34 Ks, 9 BBs. 2.61 ERA, 2.39 FIP. Here's hoping he can keep it up.

Keller, for his part, pitched pretty well in his last start, but he's been getting lit up over the last month or so to the tune of a 7.71 ERA over his last six starts.

Let's keep it going.

Minor Details: Games of August 18

SAINTS 8, INDIANS 5 IN ST. PAUL

Indianapolis scored four in the seventh to tie it 5-5, but Austin Martin hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh.

Martin was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a walk, two runs, and four RBIs.
DaShawn Keirsey was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and two RBIs.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5.
Andrew Stevenson hit a home run, his fifteenth.

Joe Ryan struck out seven in four innings, giving up one run on one hit and two walks.
Brent Headrick pitched four innings, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk and striking out four.
Oliver Ortega struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

WIND SURGE 5, CARDINALS 4 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored two in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead.  Springfield had the tying run on third with one out in the ninth.

Seth Gray was 2-for-4.
Alex Isola hit a two-run homer, his seventeenth.

Marco Raya struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Jaylin Nowlin pitched 4.1 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and four walks and striking out four.

KERNELS 6, TIMBER RATTLERS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored three in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead.

Jeferson Morales was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Cory Lewis pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out five.
John Stankiewicz pitched 3.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk and striking out two.
Jarret Whorff struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 13, CARDINALS 8 IN PALM BEACH

Trailing 8-6, Fort Myers scored seven runs in the ninth.  Luke Keaschall hit a three-run homer and Danny De Andrade hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Jay Harry was 4-for-5 with three runs.
Ricardo Olivar was 4-for-6 with two doubles.
De Andrade was 2-for-5 with a home run (his ninth) and four RBIs.
Keaschall hit a three-run homer.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 2.2 innings, allowing eight runs on six hits and two walks and striking out three.
Samuel Perez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.
Wilker Reyes pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one.
Ricardo Velez struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings.

FCL TWINS 1, FCL RED SOX 0 AT TWINS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

A wild pitch scored the game's lone run in the first.

The Twins had five hits and no one had more than one.

Cleiber Maldonado struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.
Yon Landaeta struck out four in two perfect innings.
Jeremy Lee pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

FCL RED SOX AT FCL TWINS (GAME 2)

Rained out--will be made up today.

DSL NATIONALS 3, DSL TWINS 3 (6 INNINGS--RAIN)

The Twins scored two in the sixth to tie it at three.  The tying run scored on a wild pitch.  Nothing indicates that it is a suspended game, so we assume it will simply be a tie.

The Twins had one hit and drew five walks.  The Nationals made four errors.

Miguel Cordero pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk and striking out five.
Luis Rincon struck out three and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

8:00  DSL Phillies White at DSL Twins
9:00  FCL Twins v. FCL Red Sox (doubleheader)
5:00  Fort Myers (John Klein, 0-1, 7.15) at Palm Beach
6:05  Springfield at Wichita (Curtis Taylor, 0-4, 4.82)
6:35  Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-0, 3.08)
7:07  Indianapolis at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 4-5, 5.56)