Monthly Archives: August 2023

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of August 15

INDIANS 8, SAINTS 5 IN ST. PAUL

Indianapolis scored four in the second to take a 5-1 lead.

Austin Martin hit a two-run homer, his third.

Randy Dobnak pitched four innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on eleven hits and three walks and striking out four.
Austin Brice pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.
Kody Funderburk struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.
Austin Schulfer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 5, CARDINALS 2 IN WICHITA

Aaron Sabato hit a three-run homer in the third to give Wichita a 5-0 lead.

Patrick Winkel was 3-for-4 with a home run (his eighth) and two runs.
Sabato was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer (his eighth), a double, and a walk.
Alex Isola was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fifteenth), a walk, and two runs.

Pierson Ohl struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk.
Denny Bentley pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.

KERNELS 4, TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Carson McCusker homered in a two-run fifth that gave Cedar Rapids a 3-0 lead.

Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jorel Ortega hit a home run, his seventh.
McCusker hit a home run, his fourth.

Kyle Jones pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks and striking out three.
Jarret Whorff struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 9, CARDINALS 2 IN PALM BEACH

Fort Myers scored two in the fourth and two in the fifth to build a 5-0 lead, then scored four in the ninth.

Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Jay Harry was 2-for-5 with a double.

Juan Mercedes pitched five shutout innings, giving up six hits and striking out three.
Ricardo Velez struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

FCL BRAVES 11, FCL TWINS 7 AT BRAVES

The Braves scored six in the second to take an 8-0 lead.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two runs.
Brandon Winokur was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.
Harold Grant was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Eduardo Soriano pitched one inning, allowing five runs (four earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out one.
Sean Mooney struck out two in a perfect inning.
Alex Rodriguez (not that one) pitched four innings, giving up two runs on two hits and seven walks and striking out three.

DSL ANGELS 7, DSL TWINS 1 AT TWINS

The Angels scored five in the second to take a 6-0 lead.

Jayson Bass hit a home run.

Leonardo Lugo pitched three innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits and two walks and striking out one.
Reynel Garcia pitched two perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Ben Ethridge, 2-5, 2.34) at Palm Beach
6:35  Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 4-0, 3.86)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Travis Adams, 2-8, 6.24)
7:07  Indianapolis at St. Paul (Louie Varland, 7-0, 4.03)

Cup of Coffee

August 16, 2023: Event Horizon

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Against my mild protestations, we got the boys a Switch. They've only had an old Wii that garnered some but not a lot of attention, and I was pretty fine with that. I'm worried we're opening a door that can't be closed as we've heard stories from parents of their kids turning to zombies once a console was introduced in the house. I see (hear?) a lot of arguing and screaming in our future.

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Happy Birthday–August 16

Hick Carpenter (1855)
Baby Doll Jacobsen (1890)
Fats Fothergill (1897)
George Scales (1900)
Tiny Bonham (1913)
Gene Woodling (1922)
Puddin’ Head Jones (1925)
Buck Rodgers (1938)
Gene Brabender (1941)
Mike Jorgensen (1948)
Al Holland (1952)
Nick Leyva (1953)
Rick Reed (1964)
Xavier Hernandez (1965)
Terry Shumpert (1966)
Quinton McCracken (1970)
Damian Jackson (1973)
Roger Cedeno (1974)
Ryan Hanigan (1980)
Yu Darvish (1986)
Martin Maldonado (1986)
Akil Baddoo (1998)

Nick Leyva is a long-time minor league coach and manager and major league coach.  He managed the Philadelphia Phillies from 1989-1991.

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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game Log 121 – Tigers at Twins

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Tigers in town for a quick two game series after pummeling the Twins last week in 3 out of 4 games. Twins feeling a bit better about themselves after a decent showing against a good Phillies team so hopefully the good vibes continue. Also Royce Lewis back up after his injury. I really want him to continue to mash like he did before the injury.

Bailey Ober on the mound for the Twins and Alex Faedo for the Tigers. Probably the Twins inability to do much against Faedo last week was one of the biggest disappointments of that Motown visit. I'm thinking the ass bats were left in Detroit and ol' Alex Faedo will get a rude welcome here in Minneapolis

Game time at 6:40 and looks like an absolute gorgeous night for baseball.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of August 14

FCL BRAVES 13, FCL TWINS 5 AT TWINS

The Braves scored five in the second and led 11-0 after the top of the fourth.

Brandon Winokur was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, a double, and two runs.
Anderson Nova was 2-for-4.

Jacob Wosinski pitched 3.1 innings, allowing nine runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks and striking out six.
Kyle Bischoff struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up two hits.

DSL TWINS 6, DSL PHILLIES WHITE 1 AT PHILLIES (COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)

The Twins scored two in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead and Moises Lopez hit a three-run homer in the eighth.

Lopez was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a walk, and four RBIs.
Jayson Bass was 2-for-4 with two runs.
Yilber Herrera was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk.

Juan Cota pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and striking out five.
Jose Ojo pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

DSL TWINS 8, DSL TWINS 6 AT TWINS (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)

The Twins scored four in the first to go ahead 4-1, fell behind 6-4, but then scored four in the fourth.

Juan Hernandez was 2-for-3 with a double.
Jesus Peraza was 2-for-3.
Moises Lopez was 2-for-3 with a double.
Hendry Chivilli was 2-for-4 with a grand slam (his second homer) and two runs.
Ariel Castro was 2-for-4.

Jose Vasquez pitched two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.
Alejandro Crisostomo pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

WHERE THEY STAND

The St. Paul Saints are 23-16, in first place in the International League West, a half game ahead of Iowa.
The Wichita Wind Surge is 19-20, in third place in the Texas League North, one game behind first-place Springfield, a half-game behind second-place Northwest Arkansas.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 26-16, in first place in the Midwest League West, one game ahead of Peoria.
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 18-24, tied for fifth in the Florida State League West with Dunedin, ten games behind first-place Lakeland.
The FCL Twins are 21-27, tied for fourth in the FCL South with the Orioles, 7.5 games behind the Pirates.
The DSL Twins are 14-33, in eighth place in the DSL South, 23.5 games behind the Phillies White, 1.5 games behind the seventh-place Cardinals.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Angels at DSL Twins
4:00  Fort Myers (TBD) at Palm Beach
5:05  FCL Twins at FCL Braves
6:35  Wisconsin at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones, 5-5, 4.63)
7:05  Springfield at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 4-3, 3.50)
7:07  Indianapolis at St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-5, 4.14)

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Happy Birthday–August 15

Charles Comiskey (1859)
Doggie Miller (1864)
Jack Warner (1872)
Bill Sherdel (1896)
Jim Snyder (1932)
Joey Jay (1935)
Jose Santiago (1940)
Cap Peterson (1942)
Duffy Dyer (1945)
Joe Lis (1946)
Billy Conigliaro (1947)
Tom Kelly (1950)
Joe Cowley (1958)
Randy Johnson (1958)
Jeff Huson (1964)
Scott Brosius (1966)
Chris Singleton (1972)
Oliver Perez (1981)
Jarrod Dyson (1984)

Today would have been Mom and Dad A's seventy-seventh  wedding anniversary.

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