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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Los Campesinos! – Here’s to the Fourth Time!
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Happy Birthday–August 8
Jocko Milligan (1861)
Cupid Childs (1867)
Cecil Travis (1913)
Ken Raffensberger (1917)
Johnny Temple (1927)
Frank Howard (1936)
Jose Cruz (1947)
Mike Ivie (1947)
Al Woods (1953)
Ray Fontenot (1957)
Dave Meier (1959)
Ron Karkovice (1963)
Matt Whiteside (1967)
Craig Breslow (1980)
Anthony Rizzo (1989)
2024 Game 113: Minnesota Twins at Chicago Cubs
Joe Ryan
vs
Javier Assad
Finally a day game at Wrigley.
The Twins scored three on Monday and won with some excellent pitching. They scored three runs again yesterday but were let down with poor pitching. Please score more than three so the pitchers don't have to be great again.
Final tuneup game before taking on the other AL Central contenders. There's a weekend series with the division leaders followed by three games against the team right behind the Twins in the wildcard standings.
Lankum – On a Monday Morning
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August 7, 2024: All Good Things
Sadly, the White Sox finally won.
Happy Birthday–August 7
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Adonis Terry (1864)
Joe Hewitt (1885)
Bill McKechnie (1886)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Art Houtteman (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Ron Henry (1936)
Jerry McNertney (1936)
Gary Dotter (1942)
Mike Poepping (1950)
Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967)
Danny Graves (1973)
Edgar Renteria (1976)
Wade LeBlanc (1984)
Ryan Lavarnway (1987)
Brock Stassi (1989)
Tony Zych (1990)
Mike Trout (1991)
Jose De Leon (1992)
Tony Zych broke Dutch Zwilling's record for last in alphabetical order for major league baseball players.
There are three people named "Josh Smith" who have played major league baseball. Two of them were born on this day.
Minor Details: Games of August 6
COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 7, ST. PAUL SAINTS 4 IN ST. PAUL
Columbus scored four in the first and led all the way. It was 7-1 before St. Paul scored three in the ninth.
Multi-hit games: DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a triple.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Edouard Julien 4 (17).
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Nick Wittgren struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on four hits. Matt Bowman struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Hobie Harris pitched a scoreless inning, striking out one.
Loss: Adam Plutko (6-2).
Opposition standout: Doug Nikhazy struck out eight in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks.
Record: St. Paul is 16-18, tied for sixth with Gwinnett and Memphis, 7.5 games behind Columbus.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 5, CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS 4 IN CORPUS CHRISTI (10 INNINGS)
Corpus Christi scored three in the sixth to tie it 4-4, and there it stayed until Jorel Ortega singled home the deciding run in the tenth.
Multi-hit games: Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with two home runs. Ortega was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Home runs: Schobel 2 (7).
Multi-RBI games: Schobel 2 (44); Ortega 2 (33).
Stolen bases: Ortega (7).
Pitching prowess: Christian MacLeod struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk. Mason Fox pitched a scoreless inning despite giving up one hit and four walks and striking out one. Taylor Floyd pitched three perfect innings, striking out two.
Win: Floyd (2-2).
Opposition standout: Ethan Pecko struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits.
Record: Wichita is 13-21, in fifth (last) place, eight games behind Springfield.
PEORIA CHIEFS 7, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 5 IN PEORIA
Cedar Rapids led 5-3, but Peoria scored four in the eighth to win it. Leonardo Bernal singled home the go-ahead run.
Multi-hit games: Misael Urbina was 2-for-3 with a walk. Poncho Ruiz was 2-for-4. Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-5.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Jenkins 2 (4).
Stolen bases: Nick Lucky (1).
Pitching prowess: None.
Loss: Nolan Santos (0-1).
Opposition standout: Trey Paige was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 18-19, in third place, 5.5 games behind Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 9, JUPITER HAMMERHEADS 7 IN JUPITER
Fort Myers scored three in the sixth to break a 6-6 tie. Kyle DeBarge tripled home the go-ahead run.
Multi-hit games: Caden Kendle was 2-for-3 with a double in his professional debut. Rixon Wingrove was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs. Khadim Diaw was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs in his professional debut. DeBarge was 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs in his professional debut. Billy Amick was 2-for-5 with a double in his professional debut. Jay Thomasson was 2-for-5 in his professional debut.
Home runs: Wingrove (8).
Multi-RBI games: Wingrove 3 (32); DeBarge 2 (2).
Stolen bases: Yasser Mercedes (3); Diaw (1).
Pitching prowess: Jack Noble struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Xander Hamilton pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Win: Noble (5-2).
Save: Hamilton (8).
Opposition standout: Jacob Jenkins-Cowart was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Record: Fort Myers is 21-12, in first place, one game ahead of Lakeland.
DSL NYY BOMBERS 4, DSL TWINS 3 AT BOMBERS (7 INNINGS)
The Twins led 3-2, but the NYY Bombers scored two in the sixth. Browm Martinez singled home the go-ahead run.
Multi-hit games: Ramiro Dominguez was 2-for-3 with a double.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Luis Rodriguez 2 (9); Merphy Hernandez (27).
Pitching prowess: None.
Loss: Anderson Ramos (4-3).
Opposition standout: Carlos Almonte struck out five in 2.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk.
Record: The DSL Twins are 23-21, in fifth place, seven games behind the DSL Rangers Red and the DSL Tigers 2.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 DSL Twins at DSL NYY Yankees (completion of suspended game)
1:07 Columbus at St. Paul (Ronny Henriquez, 1-2, 3.40)
5:30 Fort Myers (Charlee Soto, 0-4, 5.64) at Jupiter
6:35 Cedar Rapids (Darren Bowen, 2-6, 6.17) at Peoria
6:35 Wichita (Andrew Morris, 5-3, 2.14) at Corpus Christi
2024 Game Log 112 – Twins at Cubs
Twins at a season high 15 games over .500 as they play at the friendly confines for the second game against the scuffling Cubs. Guardians also continuing their post all-star game struggles so Twins currently 3.5 games out of first. Closest since May.
Pablo Lopez on the mound for the Twins and had an excellent outing last week. Perfect time to hit that next gear. Shota Imanaga for the Cubs and he's been their best pitcher. I was at Wrigley in June and Imanaga was the pitcher and looked really good. Could be a fun pitcher's duel tonight.
First pitch at 7:05.
Minor Details: Game of August 5
DSL RANGERS BLUE 14, DSL TWINS 9 AT TWINS
The Twins led 9-7 through eight, but the Rangers Blue scored seven in the ninth. Jose Marcano hit a three-run triple in the inning.
Multi-hit games: Nestor Urbina was 3-for-4 with two runs. Ricardo Paez was 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and two runs. Daiber De Los Santos was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Home runs: Eduardo Beltre (9).
Multi-RBI games: De Los Santos 2 (33); Merphy Hernandez 2 (15).
Stolen bases: De Los Santos (12); Victor Leal (4).
Pitching prowess: Daniel Manzueta struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one run on two hits.
Loss: Raymi Castillo (1-1).
Opposition standout: Manni Ramirez was 3-for-6 with a home run, two doubles, two runs, and five RBIs.
Record: The DSL Twins are 23-20, in fourth place, six games behind the DSL Rangers Red and the DSL Tigers 2.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Twins at DSL NYY Bombers
5:30 Fort Myers (Cesar Lares, 2-3, 4.40) at Jupiter
6:35 Cedar Rapids (Jeremy Lee, 1-4, 4.38) at Peoria
6:35 Wichita (TBD) at Corpus Christi
7:07 Columbus at St. Paul (Adam Plutko, 6-1, 3.81)