A strong outing by Liam Hendriks. The Rock Cats rally in the ninth. Miguel Sano goes deep for the tenth time.
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Happy Birthday–May 9
Frank Bancroft (1846)
Tommy Clarke (1888)
Billy Jurges (1908)
Tony Bartirome (1932)
Ron Jackson (1953)
Tom Chism (1954)
Tony Gwynn (1960)
Aaron Harang (1978)
Prince Fielder (1984)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
Minor Details: Games of 5/7
Daisuke shuts down the Red Wings. The Miracle makes it 25 runs in two games. Sano hits another home run.
Happy Birthday–May 8
Dan Brouthers (1858)
Edd Roush (1893)
Turkey Stearnes (1901)
Mike Cuellar (1937)
Steve Braun (1948)
Orestes Destrade (1962)
Todd Greene (1971)
John Maine (1981)
Adrian Gonzalez (1982)
Mike Cuellar pitched in AAA in the Twins’ organization in 1961. He does not seem to have belonged to the Twins, however. It may be that he was temporarily loaned to them, a practice which was not uncommon in the 1960s.
Minor League Team Leaders
Minimum 60 at bats; minimum 15 innings.
Minor Details: Games of 5/6
Aaron Hicks has a big day. Daniel Santana has a bigger day. Fort Myers scores more than the Twins score in a week.
Happy Birthday–May 7
Mickey Doolan (1880)
Tom Zachary (1896)
Dick Williams (1929)
Claude Raymond (1937)
Steve Whitaker (1943)
Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)
Conor Jackson (1982)
James Loney (1984)
Minor Details: Games of 5/5
The Red Wings sweep. The Rock Cats throw a shutout. The Miracle and the Snappers die with their boots.
Happy Birthday–May 6
Bonesetter Reese (1855)
Walton Cruise (1890)
Mike McCormick (1917)
Willie Mays (1931)
Russ Gibson (1939)
Bill Hands (1940)
Masanori Murakami (1944)
Steve Staggs (1951)
Larry Andersen (1953)
Al Williams (1954)
John “Bonesetter” Reese worked with many baseball players and other famous people in the first part of the twentieth century. “Bonesetting” is a Welsh term for the treatment of muscle and tendon strains.
Infielder Steve Staggs was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1970, but did not sign.
Minor Details: Games of 5/4
Rochester blanks the Yanks. Miguel Sano comes through again. A Ramon Ortiz sighting!