Happy Birthday–September 10

Barney Pelty (1880)
High Pockets Kelly (1895)
Sammy Hale (1896)
Poindexter Williams (1897)
Hoss Walker (1904)
Ted Kluszewski (1924)
Roger Maris (1934)
Len Whitehouse (1957)
Randy Johnson (1963)
Riccardo Ingram (1966)
Danys Baez (1977)
Joey Votto (1983)
Anthony Swarzak (1985)
Neil Walker (1985)
Paul Goldschmidt (1987)
Mike Baumann (1995)

Mike Baumann was drafted by the Twins in the thirty-fourth round in 2014, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to the Philosofer's eldest child.

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Minor Details: Games of September 8

SAINTS 7, BATS 6 IN LOUISVILLE

St. Paul led 7-2 after three.  Louisville scored four in the fourth, and it stayed 7-6 the rest of the way.

Michael Helman was 3-for-5.
Tony Wolters was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and four RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, allowing six runs on six hits and four walks and striking out six.
Austin Schulfer struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Cole Sands pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

HOOKS 8, WIND SURGE 2 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Will Wagner hit a two-run homer to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth.  A three-run eighth made it 8-1.

Alex Isola was 2-for-2 with a double.
Dalton Shuffield
was 2-for-4.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4.

Marco Raya pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.

TIMBER RATTLERS 2, KERNELS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Eric Brown, Jr. singled home the tying run in the ninth and a balk brought home the deciding run.

Cedar Rapids had three hits, all singles.

Zebby Matthews struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Mike Paredes pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored four in the fourth and three in the fifth to take a 7-0 lead.  Bradenton scored all their runs in the eighth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Matt Gabbert struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 3-4, 6.09)
6:15  St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 2-1, 2.55) at Louisville
6:40  Cedar Rapids (John Klein, no record) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Travis Adams, 4-9, 5.47) at Corpus Christi

Happy Birthday–September 9

Abner Dalrymple (1857)
Frank Chance (1876)
Dots Miller (1886)
Doc Johnston (1887)
Frankie Frisch (1898)
Waite Hoyt (1899)
Hugh Mulcahy (1913)
Jay Ward (1938)
Paul Roof (1942)
Jerry Mumphrey (1952)
Tom Foley (1959)
Alvin Davis (1960)
Jim Corsi (1961)
Todd Zeile (1965)
Joey Hamilton (1970)
Dan Miceli (1970)
Mike Hampton (1972)
Felix Rodriguez (1972)
Edwin Jackson (1983)
Kyle Davies (1983)
Alex Romero (1983)
Michael Bowden (1986)
Billy Hamilton (1990)

Dots Miller’s given name was John.  He got the nickname “Dots” because when he first came up, a sportswriter asked teammate Honus Wagner who the new guy was.  Wagner, in his thick German accent, said, “Dot’s Miller.”

Hugh Mulcahy has one of the worst nicknames in the history of baseball.  In four seasons as a starting pitcher for the Phillies, he twice led the league in losses.  He went 45-89 for his career, leading to the nickname “Losing Pitcher Mulcahy”.

The brother of Phil Roof, Paul Roof was a pitcher for four seasons in the Braves’ system, never going higher than Class A.  He was actually on the Braves' major league roster as a September call-up in 1961, but did not appear in a game.

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2023 Game 141: Mets at Minnesota

I appreciate what the more balanced schedule offers, but sometimes it leads to these really weird series that just feel like exhibitions. Especially late in the year, with a contending team, just coming off of a series against their closest rival... that feels weird.

Also, Dalls Keuchel is pitching, and that also feels weird. Kodai Senga pitches for the Mets.

Minor Details: Games of September 7

SAINTS 10, BATS 3 IN LOUISVILLE

Leading 4-0, St. Paul scored four in the fifth.  Kyle Garlick hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Garlick was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth), two walks, and four RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, and three runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-6.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out five.
Hunter McMahon pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

WIND SURGE 2, HOOKS 1 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. stole second and scored on a throwing error with two out in the ninth for the deciding run.

Seth Gray hit a home run, his ninth.

Pierson Ohl pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out four.
Curtis Taylor pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TIMBER RATTLERS 11, KERNELS 6 IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin scored three in the first and four in the second to take a 7-0 lead.

Kala'i Rosario hit a three-run homer, his twenty-first.

Cedar Rapids had five hits and drew eleven walks.

C. J. Culpepper pitched two innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out one.
A. J. Labas pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MARAUDERS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS (7 INNINGS--RAIN)

Rodolfo Nolasco hit a grand slam in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.

Danny De Andrade was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Yohander Martinez
was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and six walks and striking out four.
Jeremy Lee struck out three in a scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks.

Fort Myers pitchers walked twelve while striking out nine.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Matt Gabbart, 2-0, 3.52)
6:15  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-8, 4.84) at Louisville
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 4-2, 4.81) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 7.0 6) at Corpus Christi