I think the Twins season is finally starting to catch up with them.
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Minor Details: Games of August 28
ST. PAUL SAINTS 3, OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2 IN OMAHA
St. Paul scored two in the first and led all the way.
Multi-hit games: DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-3.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Keirsey, Jr. 2 (33); Payton Eeles (12).
Pitching prowess: Louie Varland struck out nine in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks. Diego Castillo struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.
Win: Varland (5-8).
Save: Castillo (8).
Opposition standout: Anthony Veneziano struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Record: St. Paul is 23-30, in ninth place, 12.5 games behind Columbus.
SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 2, WICHITA WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA
Springfield scored single runs in the first and second. Wichita had the tying run on third when the game ended.
Multi-hit games: Aaron Sabato was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.
Home runs: Sabato (10).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: John Stankiewicz pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one. Cody Laweryson pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one. Mike Paredes pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Kyle Bischoff struck out two in a perfect inning.
Loss: C. J. Culpepper (0-1).
Opposition standout: Tink Hence struck out six in 3.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Record: Wichita is 21-32, in fifth (last) place, thirteen games behind Springfield.
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 7, LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS 5 IN LAKE COUNTY
Cedar Rapids scored five in the sixth, including a grand slam by Matthew Clayton, to take a 7-0 lead. Lake County got two in the eighth and three in the ninth.
Multi-hit games: Walker Jenkins was 3-for-5 with a triple. Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-3. Misael Urbina was 2-for-4.
Home runs: Clayton (1).
Multi-RBI games: Clayton 4 (4).
Stolen bases: Jenkins (5).
Pitching prowess: Ty Langenberg pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks and striking out three. Rafael Marcano pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Win: Langenberg (5-2).
Save: Marcano (1).
Opposition standout: Wuilfredo Artunez was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 26-30, in fifth place, 6.5 games behind Wisconsin.
CLEARWATER THRESHERS 8, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS
Kehden Hettinger hit a two-run single in the third to break a scoreless tie.
Multi-hit games: Brandon Winokur was 2-for-4.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Brent Headrick pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk, in his first rehab appearance.
Loss: Charlee Soto (1-6).
Opposition standout: Starlyn Caba was 3-for-6.
Record: Fort Myers is 33-19, in first place, three games ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
6:00 Cedar Rapids (John Klein, 8-3, 4.94) at Lake County
6:05 Clearwater at Fort Myers (Anthony Narvaez. 0-0, 18.00)
6:35 St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 10-6, 3.81) at Omaha
7:05 Springfield at Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 5-5, 4.96)
Happy Birthday–August 29
Pep Young (1907)
Joe Schultz (1918)
Billy Cox (1919)
Orval Grove (1919)
Dave Nicholson (1939)
Doug DeCinces (1950)
Bill Latham (1960)
Jeff Kellogg (1961)
Henry Blanco (1971)
Aaron Rowand (1977)
Roy Oswalt (1977)
Anthony Recker (1983)
Mark Rzepczynski (1985)
Chris Taylor (1990)
Noah Syndergaard (1992)
Bill Nicholson is the one nicknamed "Swish", but Dave deserved the nickname more. In the one season in which he played more than a hundred games (126 in 1963), he struck out 175 times. He did hit 22 homers. In 1964 he had 294 at-bats and struck out 126 times while hitting 13 homers.
Jeff Kellogg was a major league umpire from 1993-2019.
2024 Game 133: Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins
Chris Sale
vs
David Festa
On the plus side, the last week plus of games have all been winnable. The down side is not many of them have actually been won. 30 games left to decide whether the team actually makes the postseason.
August 28, 2024: Barves
Not a fan of losing to these guys.
Minor Details: Games of August 27
ST. PAUL SAINTS 8, OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2 IN OMAHA
St. Paul scored five runs in the first inning.
Multi-hit games: DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 3-for-5 with two runs. Michael Helman was 2-for-5. Yunior Severino was 2-for-5.
Home runs: Carson McCusker (1).
Multi-RBI games: Rylan Bannon 2 (70); Diego Castillo 2 (43).
Stolen bases: Bannon (11).
Pitching prowess: Ryan Jensen struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Nick Wittgren struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk. Josh Winder struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Win: Zack Weiss (2-1).
Opposition standout: Nate Eaton was 2-for-4 with a double.
Record: St. Paul is 22-30, in ninth place, 12.5 games behind Columbus.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 4, SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3 IN WICHITA
Andrew Cossetti hit a two-run double in the first and Wichita added two more in the fourth.
Multi-hit games: Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a double. Alex Isola was 2-for-4.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Cossetti 2 (38).
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Travis Adams pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks and striking out three.
Win: Adams (5-7).
Save: Pierson Ohl (1).
Opposition standout: Bryan Torres was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.
Record: Wichita is 21-31, in fifth (last) place, twelve games behind Springfield.
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS 5, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 2 IN LAKE COUNTY (5 INNINGS)
Leading 3-2, Lake County scored two in the fifth.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: Jose Salas (3); Walker Jenkins (2).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Kaelen Culpepper (1).
Pitching prowess: None.
Loss: Tanner Hall (0-2).
Opposition standout: Wuilfredo Antunez was 2-for-2 with a home run, a double, and two RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 25-30, in fifth place, 7.5 games behind Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 9, CLEARWATER THRESHERS 7 IN FORT MYERS (10 INNINGS)
Kala'i Rosario homered in the eighth to tie it 7-7 and Brandon Winokur hit a two-run homer in the tenth.
Multi-hit games: Khadim Diaw was 3-for-5 with a double. Angel Del Rosario was 3-for-5. Rosario was 2-for-3 with two home runs, two walks, and three RBIs. Jaime Ferrer was 2-for-4. Winokur was 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs, and two RBIs.
Home runs: Rosario 2 (2); Winokur (13); Billy Amick (3).
Multi-RBI games: Rosario 3 (3); Winokur 2 (51).
Stolen bases: Del Rosario 2 (24); Winokur 2 (22).
Pitching prowess: Wilker Reyes pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
Win: Reyes (6-2).
Opposition standout: Raider Tello was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Record: Fort Myers is 33-18, in first place, four games ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:05 Cedar Rapids (Ty Langenberg, 4-2, 4.78) at Lake County
6:05 Clearwater at Fort Myers (Charlee Soto, 1-5, 4.86)
6:35 St. Paul (Louie Varland, 4-8, 5.06) at Omaha
7:05 Springfield at Wichita (C. J. Culpepper, 0-0, 11.81)
Steve Winwood – While You See a Chance
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Happy Birthday–August 28
Joe Yeager (1875)
Dode Paskert (1881)
Aaron Ward (1896)
Charlie Grimm (1898)
Paul Bowa (1918)
Tony Gonzalez (1936)
Tom Satriano (1940)
Lou Piniella (1943)
Mike Torrez (1946)
Ron Guidry (1950)
Joel Youngblood (1951)
Darren Lewis (1967)
Jay Witasick (1972)
Tom Shearn (1977)
Ryan Madson (1980)
Carlos Quentin (1982)
Will Harris (1984)
Paul Bowa is the father of Larry Bowa and the grandfather of Nick Johnson. He was a minor league infielder who reached as high as AAA, and later became a minor league manager in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to bhiggum.
2024 Game Log 132 – Barves at Twins
Yikes, Twins scuffling right when things getting dicey in the AL Central. The good news? Twins only 2.5 games behind the Guardians. The bad news? The Royals are only a game behind the Guards. Funny how that happens when a team (Royals) makes strategic moves at the trading deadline. Sure would be nice if the Twins picked themselves up and took the next two against Atlanta.
Simeon Woods Richardson vs. Spencer Schwellenbach which not only is a pitching match up with a lot of letters in their names, but a match up between two rookies who have pitched decently this year and could be on the cusp of decent MLB careers. SWR has been particularly good for the Twins and may have saved their season with how well he has done from the bottom of the rotation. Keep it up Simeon, Twins need a victory tonight!
First pitch at 6:40 and looks like the weather should hold off.
August 27, 2024: Last Gasp?
Temps are high here today, but from tomorrow, it looks like they're trending downward, perhaps for the season. We will see.