VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Magallanes 5, Aragua 4 in Aragua. Pedro Guerra retired all five men he faced, striking out three, for Magallanes.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Adelaide 5, Brisbane 3 in Adelaide. Rory Rhodes was 1-for-4 with a home run for Brisbane.
Sydney 4, Perth 2 in Perth. Jacob Younis was 1-for-4 for Sydney. Luke Hughes was 2-for-5 with a double for Perth.
In a game not involving Twins players, Aguilas defeated Licey 5-4 in the Dominican League, and so will play Escogido for the championship.
Everett Mills (1845)
C. I. Taylor (1875)
William Eckert (1909)
Jimmy Outlaw (1913)
Joe Dobson (1917)
Gene Stephens (1933)
Camilo Pascual (1934)
Dave Boswell (1945)
Cecil Espy (1963)
Ozzie Guillen (1964)
Kevin Maas (1965)
Marvin Benard (1970)
Brian Giles (1971)
David Eckstein (1975)
Geovany Soto (1983)
Everett Mills holds the record for most at-bats in a season without drawing a walk (342).
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to FTLT’s firstborn.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas 7, Cibao 1 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla started the game and singled in his only plate appearance. Wilkin Ramirez was 0-for-4 for Cibao.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Caguas 4, Mayaguez 1 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes gave up a run on a hit in two innings for Mayaguez.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Canberra 16, Melbourne 7 in Melbourne. Sam Gibbons surrendered six runs (five earned) on six hits in three innings for Melbourne. Markus Solbach gave up a run on two hits and three walks in two innings while striking out two for Melbourne.
Perth 4, Sydney 3 in Perth. Luke Hughes was 0-for-2 with two walks and scored once for Perth. Jacob Younis was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Sydney.
Chick Gandil (1888)
Lee Head (1899)
Rip Radcliff (1906)
Chet Trail (1944)
Jon Matlack (1950)
Rich Gale (1954)
Brad Mills (1957)
Rick Adair (1958)
Chris Sabo (1962)
Jim Morris (1964)
Orlando Palmeiro (1969)
Phil Nevin (1971)
Jeff Juden (1971)
Chris Stynes (1973)
Amaury Telemaco (1974)
Byung-Hyun Kim (1979)
Chet Trail is the only player to have been on a World Series roster who never appeared in a major league game, regular season or post-season.
Third baseman Brad Mills was drafted by Minnesota in the 16th round of the 1977 January draft, but did not sign.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Licey 6, Escogido 5 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with an RBI for Escogido. Francisco Liriano allowed two runs on two hits and a walk, striking out one for Escogido.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Mayaguez 2, Caguas 0 in Caguas. Daniel Ortiz was 0-for-3 for Mayaguez. Aaron Bates was 0-for-3 for Caguas.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Magallanes 6, Anzoategui 4 in Magallanes. Pedro Guerra gave up no hits but walked one and was charged with a run in 1.1 innings. He also struck out one. Lester Oliveros pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout for Anzoategui.
Eddie Moore (1899)
Danny Kaye (1913)
Mike Fornieles (1932)
Chuck Cottier (1936)
Satch Davidson (1936)
Curt Flood (1938)
Carl Morton (1944)
Billy Grabarkewitz (1946)
Sachio Kinugasa (1947)
Scott McGregor (1954)
Dave Geisel (1955)
Brady Anderson (1964)
Mike Lieberthal (1972)
Entertainer Danny Kaye was one of the original owners of the Seattle Mariners.
Not much globe to span today. No games in the Puerto Rican or Australian Leagues, and none of the games in the Mexican or Venezuelan Leagues involved Twins players.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Escogido 8, Cibao 2 in Cibao. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 with a run for Escogido. Alexi Casilla was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs for Cibao. Wilkin Ramirez pinch hit and was 0-for-1 for Cibao.
Louis Santop (1890)
Hank Leiber (1911)
Lum Harris (1915)
Mayo Smith (1915)
Don Zimmer (1931)
Keith Lieppman (1949)
Antonio Munoz (1949)
Pete LaCock (1952)
Darrell Porter (1952)
Mark Littell (1953)
Jerry Turner (1954)
Doug Simunic (1956)
T. R. Bryden (1959)
Chili Davis (1960)
SBG (1965)
Tyler Houston (1971)
Rob Bell (1977)
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Escogido 10, Cibao 6 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks for Escogido. Francisco Liriano started for Escogido and pitched two-thirds of an inning, surrendering three runs on four hits and two walks.
Sunday
Aguilas 3, Escogido 2 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-3 for Escogido.
Licey 3, Cibao 2 in Licey (10 innings). Alexi Casilla was 2-for-6 with a run and an RBI for Cibao.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Mayaguez 10, Caguas 1 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for Mayaguez. Eddie Rosario pitch hit and struck out for Mayaguez.
Sunday
Caguas 4, Mayaguez 0 in Mayaguez. Aaron Bates was 0-for-4 for Caguas. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-3 for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes gave up a hit but no runs in two-thirds of an inning for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Magallanes 11, Zulia 10 in Magallanes. The score was 6-1 after eight; Zulia scored nine in the top of the ninth and Magallanes scored five in the bottom of the ninth. Pedro Guerra struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings for Magallanes, giving up a hit and a walk.
Aragua 5, Anzoategui 2 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros allowed an unearned run on a hit and a walk while striking out one in one inning.
Sunday
Aragua 5, Anzoategui 3 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros worked a perfect inning for Anzoategui.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Perth 8, Canberra 7 in Canberra (Game 1—11 innings). Luke Hughes was 1-for-1 with a walk as a reserve for Perth.
Brisbane 9, Melbourne 3 in Brisbane. Sam Gibbons struck out one in a scoreless inning for Melbourne, giving up a hit and a walk.
Sunday
Sydney 6, Adelaide 4 in Sydney. Jacob Younis was 3-for-4 and scored once for Sydney. Todd Van Steensel struck out three in two perfect innings for Sydney.
Canberra 3, Perth 2 in Canberra. Tim Atherton struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up just two hits for Canberra.
Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Jeff Manship (1985)
Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.
Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.