Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game 135: Friday Night Lights – Twins at Texas

27 Comments

In a rematch of the one game Texas took last week, Max Scherzer pitches against Joe Ryan. I think this was the game Texas won. I can't be bothered to double check.

With the moves Cleveland made to bolster their pitching, the season seems to have taken on a bit of a desperate tone. Starting a big series against the 1st 2nd 3rd place Rangers, with Scherzer on the mound, makes it all feel even more dire. This is the fun baseball - the games that seem to really count. A win tonight would feel huge.

And maybe that's what this year's team has really been about - the feelings. They go through stretches that feel way more brutal than they actual are. They go through stretches that feel way more amazing then they actual are. The feelings on this team are ratched up to 11, somehow. It strikes me as way different than a lot of the past iterations.

And I'm kind of good with it. At least, that's how I feel right now.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of August 31

SAINTS 8, CLIPPERS 7 IN ST. PAUL (10 INNINGS)

Hernan Perez singled home the deciding run.

DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk.
Alex Kirilloff was 3-for-4 with a double.
Perez was 2-for-5 with a home run (his ninth) and four RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

Francis Peguero pitched two innings, allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out one.
Louie Varland struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Michael Boyle struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MISSIONS 8, WIND SURGE 6 IN WICHITA

Marcos Castanon hit a two-run homer in the third to give San Antonio a 3-2 lead.  They led the rest of the way.

Patrick Winkel was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Tanner Schobel hit a home run, his second.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his ninth.
Aaron Sabato hit a two-run homer, his tenth.

Carlos Luna pitched 5.1 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and striking out six.
Curtis Taylor pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.

KERNELS 12, CAPTAINS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kala'i Rosario hit a three-run homer in a five-run fifth that put Cedar Rapids in the lead to stay.

Jose Salas was 2-for-5.
Luke Keaschall was 2-for-5 with a double.
Rosario hit a home run, his nineteenth.
Andrew Cossetti hit a home run, his ninth.

C. J. Culpepper struck out five in 4.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Ricardo Velez struck out four in 2.1 innings, giving up one run on a hit and a walk.
Gabriel Yanez pitched two perfect innings, striking out one.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, THRESHERS 5 IN CLEARWATER

Alec Sayre hit a home run in a four-run sixth that gave Fort Myers a 7-2 lead.

Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, and a walk.
Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.

Jack Noble pitched six innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks and striking out four.
Jeremy Lee struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits in his Class A debut.

TODAY'S TILTS

3:00  Fort Myers (Miguelangel Boadas, 0-2, 8.19 and John Klein, 1-1, 3.47) at Clearwater (doubleheader)
6:35  Lake County at Cedar Rapids (Alejandro Hidalgo, 0-4, 4.92)
7:05  San Antonio at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 8.66)
7:07  Columbus at St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 5-6, 5.38)