That was ugly, but I'll take it.
KAT and Ant definitely had good games and we wouldn't have won it without them, but my official shoutout goes to Jaden. The stat sheet will not show how important he was to that game. Also, Bite Bite was playing that game like he didn't want it to be his last, and was also huge.
ROCHESTER RED WINGS 6, ST. PAUL SAINTS 2 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
Rochester scored single runs in the second, third, and fourth, then added three in the fifth to take a 6-0 lead.
Multi-hit games: Austin Martin was 2-for-3.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Hobie Harris pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Opposition standout: Juan Yepez was 2-for-4 with a home run.
ST. PAUL SAINTS 4, ROCHESTER RED WINGS 1 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)
St. Paul scored single runs in the first, third, fourth, and fifth.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: Matt Wallner (6).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Will Holland (9).
Pitching prowess: Caleb Boushley struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks. Josh Winder struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Opposition standout: Luis Reyes pitched two shutout innings, giving up two walks and striking out one.
Record: St. Paul is 23-28, in eighth place, eleven games behind Omaha.
SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 2, WICHITA WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA
Springfield scored two in the fifth to take a 2-1 lead and it held up.
Multi-hit games: Luke Keaschall was 2-for-4 with a double in his AA debut. Wichita was 1-for-13 with men in scoring position.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Zebby Matthews pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out four. Jarret Whorff struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and two walks. John Stankiewicz pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Opposition standout: Max Rajcic pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out two.
Record: Wichita is 18-27, in fifth (last) place, 7.5 games behind Springfield.
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS 8, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Josh Devers hit a two-run homer in a three-run fifth that game Lake County a 6-2 lead.
Multi-hit games: Agustin Ruiz was 2-for-4 with a double.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Misael Urbina (9).
Pitching prowess: Juan Mendez pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.
Opposition standout: Devers was 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs, and three RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 28-17, in second place, a half game behind Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 5, BRADENTON MARAUDERS 2 IN FORT MYERS
Fort Myers scored two in the first and two in the second to take a 4-1 lead.
Multi-hit games: Payton Eeles was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and three runs. Brandon Winokur was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Rixon Wingrove was 2-for-4 with his Fort Myers debut. Ryan McCarthy was 2-for-4 in his Fort Myers debut.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Winokur 2.
Stolen bases: Eeles 2 (9); McCarthy (1).
Pitching prowess: Ty Langenberg struck out eight in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks. Nolan Santos struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition standout: Hunter Furtado pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Record: Fort Myers is 20-26, tied for fourth place with Bradenton, twelve games behind Clearwater.
FCL ORIOLES 9, FCL TWINS 8 AT ORIOLES (7 INNINGS)
The FCL Orioles scored seven runs in the seventh to win it. Miguel Rodriguez singled in the deciding run.
Multi-hit games: Moises Lopez was 2-for-2 with a walk and four RBIs. Harold Grant was 2-for-3 with a walk. Ricardo Pena was 2-for-3 with a double.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Lopez 4; Walker Jenkins 2.
Stolen bases: Yasser Mercedes (12); Omari Daniel (4).
Pitching prowess: Adrian Bohorquez struck out five in four innings, giving up one run on three hits.
Opposition standout: Rodriguez was 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Record: The FCL Twins are 11-6, in second place, 1.5 games behind the FCL Pirates.
TODAY'S TILTS
12:05 Lake County at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-0, 2.63)
5:05 St. Paul (Adam Plutko, 0-1, 11.57) at Rochester
6:05 Bradenton at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 0-0, 4.50)
7:05 Springfield at Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-2, 3.93)
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
Loading... Bob Hope (1903)
George McQuinn (1910)
Loel Passe (1917)
Fred White (1936)
Fay Vincent (1938)
John Kennedy (1941)
Blue Moon Odom (1945)
Jamie Allen (1958)
Mike Stenhouse (1958)
Eric Davis (1962)
Charlie Hayes (1965)
Trever Miller (1973)
Jerry Hairston (1976)
Matt Macri (1982)
Steven Matz (1991)
Nick Wittgren (1991)
Patrick Bailey (1999)
Comedian and actor Bob Hope was a long-time part-owner of the Cleveland Indians and was on their Board of Directors.
Loel Passe broadcast Houston Astros games from the team’s inception through 1976. Along the way, he worked with two Hall of Fame broadcasters, Gene Elston and Harry Kalas.
Fred White broadcast Kansas City Royals games from 1974-1998.
Fay Vincent was the commissioner of baseball from 1989-1992.
Third baseman Jamie Allen was drafted by Minnesota with the tenth pick of the 1976 draft, but did not sign.
Catcher Patrick Bailey was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-seventh round in 2017, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. brianS.
Game 54 meaning, the Twins are 1/3 through their 2024 MLB season. I guess we'd take 5 games over .500 at this point but it's been a roller coaster to get there with both winning and losing streaks dominating the season. Game two of a four game series and it really feels like the Twins need to win three of four to keep pace.
Cole Ragans on the mound for the Royals and he's a big strikeout guy, so I get nervous with Twins bats being shut down. Simeon Woods Richardson for the Twins and he's buttressed the bottom of the Twins starters and one of the reasons Twins fans haven't been as nervous about the pitching staff as it was coming into the season. Should be a fun game
Timberwolves-Mavs start about an hour after Twins game starts so we can use this post as a basketball game log as well.
First Pitch: 6:40
Tip Off: 7:30
Spider Baum (1882)
Jim Thorpe (1887)
Warren Giles (1896)
John Allyn (1917)
Bob Kuzava (1923)
Frank Saucier (1926)
Kirk Gibson (1957)
Bill Doran (1958)
Duane Ward (1964)
Mike Maksudian (1966)
Mike Difelice (1969)
Jhonny Peralta (1982)
Craig Kimbrel (1988)
Lester Oliveros (1988)
Huascar Ynoa (1998)
Spider Baum won 325 games in the minors between 1902-1920. 267 of those wins came in the Pacific Coast League.
Warren Giles was president of the National League from 1951-1969.
John Allyn was the owner of the Chicago White Sox from 1961-1975.
Frank Saucier is the player Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for in 1951.
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Philosofer.
Good bye, old friend.
FCL PIRATES 2, FCL TWINS 1 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)
A stolen base-plus-error scored the go-ahead run for the Pirates in the fifth.
Multi-hit games: Ricardo Pena was 2-for-3 with a home run. Yasser Mercedes was 2-for-3.
Home runs: Pena (1).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Mercedes (11); Hendry Chivilli (5); Yilber Herrera (5).
Pitching prowess: Eider Machuca pitched three innings, giving up one run on four hits and four walks and striking out one. Andrew Huffman struck out three in 1.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on two walks. Yency De Jesus pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out two.
Opposition standout: Yordany De Los Santos was 2-for-2 with two walks.
Record: The FCL Twins are 11-5, in second place, a half game behind the FCL Pirates.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:00 FCL Twins at FCL Orioles
3:05 St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 3-3, 4.33 and Caleb Boushley, 4-1, 4.54) at Rochester--doubleheader
6:05 Fort Myers (TBD) at Bradenton
6:35 Lake County at Cedar Rapids (John Klein, 3-0, 3.06)
7:05 Springfield at Wichita (Zebby Matthews, 1-0, 1.02)
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... MEMORIAL DAY GAME ALERT!
The surprisingly good Royals come to town for a four game series against the unsurprisingly flat Twins. Ryan has been pitching well of late, so let's hope the streak continues.
