Monthly Archives: August 2023

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Happy Birthday–August 19

Bobby Richardson (1935)
Fred Lasher (1941)
Mike Phillips (1950)
Luis Gomez (1951)
Tim Blackwell (1952)
Ned Yost (1955)
Ron Roenicke (1956)
David Palmer (1957)
Gary Gaetti (1958)
Ron Darling (1960)
Woody Williams (1966)
Rob Augustine (1970)
Chris Capuano (1978)
J. J. Hardy (1982)
Austin Adams (1986)

Rob Augustine played for a couple of years in the Cleveland organization, never rising above Class A.  He was (and maybe still is) an assistant baseball coach at Dakota Valley High School in my former home of North Sioux City.  Happy birthday, Rob.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to strategery.

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Minor Details: Games of August 17

SAINTS 4, INDIANS 1 IN ST. PAUL

Brooks Lee's two-run double in the second gave St. Paul a 3-0 lead.

Anthony Prato was 3-for-4 with a home run, his eighth.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-4 with a double.

Blayne Enlow struck out three in two shutout innings.
Patrick Murphy struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Ronny Henriquez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

WIND SURGE 7, CARDINALS 6 IN WICHITA (10 INNINGS)

Tanner Schobel singled home the tying run.

David Banuelos was 3-for-4 with a home run (his ninth), a walk, and two RBIs.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Aaron Rozek pitched 3.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks and striking out two.
Alex Scherff struck out three in two perfect innings.
Isaac Mattson pitched two innings, giving up an unearned run on two walks and striking out four.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out two in a perfect inning.

KERNELS 6, TIMBER RATTLERS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kala'i Rosario hit a two-run homer in a four-run fifth that gave Cedar Rapids a 5-2 lead.

Rosario hit a two-run homer, his seventeenth.

Andrew Morris struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits.
Jordan Carr struck out six in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
A. J. Labas pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

CARDINALS 6, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN PALM BEACH (10 INNINGS--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

Sammy Hernandez singled home the deciding run.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-5.
Nate Baez was 2-for-5.
Ricardo Olivar was 2-for-5.

Ben Ethridge pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk and striking out three.
Juan Mendez struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Jackson Hicks pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez struck out three in 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit.

CARDINALS 6, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN PALM BEACH (7 INNINGS--SCHEDULED GAME)

Trailing 5-2, Palm Beach scored four in the sixth.

Rafael Cruz was 3-for-4.
Yohander Martinez was 2-for-3.

Jack Noble struck out four in four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks.

FCL ORIOLES AT FCL TWINS

milb.com has no report on this game.  We assume it was rained out, but milb.com does not say that.  It simply treats the game as if it was yet to be played.

DSL PHILLIES WHITE 8, DSL TWINS 0 AT PHILLIES

The Phillies scored five runs in the second.  The Twins made three errors in the inning and seven in the game.

Javier Roman was 2-for-4 with a double.

Adrian Bohorquez pitched 2.2 innings, giving up six runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out one.
Cristian Hernandez pitched three innings, giving up two unearned runs on five hits and two walks and striking out two.
Jose Betancourt pitched two shutout innings, giving up two his and one walk.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins (doubleheader)*
10:00  DSL Nationals at DSL Twins
5:30  Fort Myers (Miguelangel Boadas, 0-2, 7.66) at Palm Beach
6:35  Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis, 4-1, 2.05)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 11.08)
7:07  Indianapolis at St. Paul (TBD)

*The two games will be played in the same stadium.  The Twins are the home team in the first game and the Red Sox are the home team in the second game.

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Happy Birthday–August 18

Sam Wise (1857)
Wally Gerber (1891)
Burleigh Grimes (1893)
Bernie Friberg (1899)
Max Lanier (1915)
Bob Kennedy (1920)
Roberto Clemente (1934)
Billy Consolo (1934)
Joe Azcue (1939)
Paul Popovich (1940)
Bucky Guth (1947)
Bruce Benedict (1955)
Mike LaValliere (1960)
Jack Howell (1961)
Marcus Lawton (1965)
Bobby Higginson (1970)
Albie Lopez (1971)
Justin Wilson (1987)

Marcus Lawton is the brother of Matt Lawton.  He played in ten games for the Yankees in 1989.

I am annually saddened that there has never been a major league player named Ham Fast.  There was Darcy Fast, who appeared in eight games for the Cubs in 1968 and later became a pastor.  There have been six players with the first name of Ham, most notably Ham Hyatt, who was a reserve for seven seasons from 1909-1918, mostly with Pittsburgh.

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Minor Details: Games of August 16

INDIANS 4, SAINTS 3 IN ST. PAUL

Nick Gonzales singled home the deciding run in the ninth.

Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-4 with two doubles.

Louie Varland pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits and three walks and striking out five.
Jovani Moran pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

WIND SURGE 5, CARDINALS 1 IN WICHITA

Alex Isola homered in the third to give Wichita a 3-0 lead.

Isola was 3-for-4 with a home run, his sixteenth.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs.

Travis Adams pitched 6.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks and striking out two.
Hunter McMahon struck out two in a perfect inning.
Francis Peguero pitched a perfect inning.

TIMBER RATTLERS 9, KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Leading 2-1, Wisconsin scored three in the fifth and four in the sixth.

Keoni Cavaco was 2-for-4.
Andrew Cossetti hit a home run, his sixth.
Jeferson Morales hit a home run, his fifth.

These guys are ready for Minnesota.  Two solo homers and ten strikeouts.

Christian MacLeod pitched four innings, allowing five runs on six hits and two walks and striking out four.
Niklas Rimmel pitched a scoreless inning despite three walks.
Matthew Swain struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks.
John Wilson pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

Kernels pitchers allowed ten walks.

FORT MYERS AT PALM BEACH

The game was suspended after four innings with Palm Beach leading 5-4.  We assume it was raining really hard, since they did not try to get the top of the fifth in to make it an official game.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  DSL Twins at DSL Phillies White
11:00  FCL Orioles at FCL Twins
2:45  Fort Myers (Jack Noble, 0-2, 3.26) at Palm Beach (completion of suspended game followed by scheduled game)
6:35  Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris, 2-1, 2.81)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Aaron Rozek, 2-3, 6.11)
7:07  Indianapolis at St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 9.85)

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Happy Birthday–August 17

Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951)
Alex Cole (1965)
Jorge Posada (1971)
Mike Maroth (1977)
Chad Qualls (1978)
Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)
Kyle Farmer (1990)

Author Donald Honig has written nearly forty books about baseball.

Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees’ farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.

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