Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944)
George Mitterwald (1945)
Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bill Hohn (1955)
Tim Laudner (1958)
Heathcliff Slocumb (1966)
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Minor Details: Games of 6/1 – 6/5
ROCHESTER
Wednesday—Rochester 10, Toledo 9 in Rochester. The Red Wings overcame a 7-0 first inning deficit. Rene Tosoni and Aaron Bates each had three hits, with Tosoni hitting a home run.
Thursday—Rochester 8, Toledo 0 in Rochester. Eric Hacker struck out six in six innings, giving up four hits and four walks.
Friday—Norfolk 7, Rochester 2 in Rochester. Aaron Bates had two hits. Kyle Gibson allowed six runs (four earned) on nine hits with five strikeouts in five innings.
Saturday—Rochester 5, Norfolk 1 in Rochester. Dustin Martin doubled and homered. Scott Diamond allowed an unearned run on four hits and a walk in eight innings.
Sunday—Norfolk 11, Rochester 5 in Rochester (11 innings). Rene Tosoni had two singles and a double. Aaron Bates and Chase Lambin each singled and homered.
Happy Birthday–June 6
D-Day B-days:
Ed McKean (1864)
Fresco Thompson (1902)
Bill Dickey (1907)
Hector Espino (1939)
Merv Rettenmund (1943)
Bud Harrelson (1944)
Bobby Randall (1948)
Dave Bergman (1953)
Max Venable (1957)
Brooks Kieschnick (1972)
Tony Graffanino (1972)
David Lamb (1975)
Mark Ellis (1977)
Jeremy Affeldt (1979)
Happy Birthday–June 5
Jack Chesbro (1874)
Eddie Joost (1916)
Lou Brissie (1924)
Duke Sims (1941)
Bill Spiers (1966)
Ray Lankford (1967)
Mike Coolbaugh (1972)
Russ Ortiz (1974)
There appear to be no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Happy Birthday–June 4
Tim Murnane (1851)
Billy Hunter (1928)
John McNamara (1932)
Phil Linz (1939)
Terry Kennedy (1956)
Tony Pena (1957)
Kurt Stillwell (1965)
Rick Wilkins (1967)
Scott Servais (1967)
Darin Erstad (1974)
J. C. Romero (1976)
Happy Birthday–June 3
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942)
Ron Keller (1943)
Jim Dwyer (1950)
Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960)
Nelson Liriano (1964)
Carl Everett (1971)
Chan Ho Park (1973)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Happy Birthday–June 2
Jack O'Connor (1866)
Bob Lillis (1930)
Larry Jackson (1931)
Jerry Lumpe (1933)
Gene Michael (1938)
Jim Maloney (1940)
Horace Clarke (1940)
Jack O'Connor (1958)
Darnell Coles (1962)
Bryan Harvey (1963)
Mike Stanton (1967)
Raul Ibanez (1972)
Neifi Perez (1973)
Minor Details: Games of 5/31
Toledo 5, Rochester 0 in Rochester. The Mud Hens scored three in the seventh to put things away. The Red Wings actually out-hit Toledo 7-6, but the Mud Hens hit three home runs while Rochester hit seven singles. Aaron Bates had three of them, raising his average to .317, and Toby Gardenhire had two. Only two of the five runs were earned. They were all given up by Andrew Baldwin who allowed four hits and no walks in seven innings.
New Britain 2, Portland 0 in New Britain (Game 1—Scheduled 7 innings). The Rock Cats scored single runs in the first and sixth. Steve Singleton and Mike Hollimon each had two hits. Brett Jacobson pitched five innings, giving up two hits while walking three. Tyler Robertson retired all four batters he faced to get the save.
New Britain 5, Portland 3 in New Britain (Game 2—Scheduled 7 innings). The Rock Cats scored in four of the six innings they batted. Joe Benson had two doubles and a single. Deibinson Romero had two hits. Mike Hollimon hit a two-run homer. Tony Davis threw 3.2 innings of scoreless relief to get the win, allowing just one hit and no walks while striking out three. Michael Tarsi gave up a run on a hit and two walks in the seventh inning, but was still credited with the save.
Lakeland 13, Ft. Myers 2 in Lakeland. The Flying Tigers scored in each of the first six innings, scoring multiple runs in three of those innings. Danny Rams and Anderson Hidalgo each singled and doubled. Matt Schuld was hammered for six runs on nine hits and four walks in three innings, and the first two relief pitchers did no better.
Beloit 11, Dayton 10 in Beloit. The Snappers scored six runs in the ninth to overcome a 10-5 deficit. A pinch-hit grand slam by Lance Ray capped the inning. Daniel Santana had two singles and a home run. Danny Ortiz had two doubles. Michael Gonzales singled and doubled, driving in five, and Kyle Kundson had two hits. Starter Pat Dean surrendered five runs on eleven hits and a walk in 4.2 innings. Ben Tootle got the win despite allowing two runs on a hit and two walks in two innings. Clinton Dempster pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
DSL Cubs1 at Twins. Postponed.
Happy Birthday–June 1
Ted Breitenstein (1869)
Otto Miller (1889)
Hank Severeid (1891)
Ty Tyson (1892)
Guy Morton (1893)
Johnny Mostil (1896)
Ray Moore (1926)
Jack Kralick (1935)
Dean Chance (1941)
Ken McMullen (1942)
Randy Hundley (1942)
Jeff Nelson (1965)
Derek Lowe (1973)
Carlos Zambrano (1981)
Minor Details: Games of 5/30
Toledo 7, Rochester 3 in Rochester. Two ninth-inning Red Wings runs made the score seem closer than the game was. Rene Tosoni singled and homered, Ben Revere homered, and Aaron Bates had two hits. Scott Diamond allowed four runs on six hits and two walks in 5.2 innings, although he did strike out seven. Carlos Gutierrez surrendered three runs in one inning of work.
New Hampshire 7, New Britain 6 in New Hampshire. The Fisher Cats scored five runs in the ninth to take the comeback victory. The runs were scored off Tyler Robertson, who took the loss. Bobby Lanigan pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks. Evan Bigley had two singles and a double, Daniel Rohlfing and Chris Cates each had two hits, and Joe Benson homered.
Ft. Myers—No games scheduled.
Beloit 7, Clinton 1 in Clinton (Game 1—Scheduled 7 innings). The Snappers scored two in each of the second, fifth, and sixth innings. Lance Ray singled and doubled. Adrian Salcedo got the complete game victory, giving up four hits and two walks.
Beloit 2, Clinton 1 in Clinton (Game 2—8 innings—Scheduled 7 innings). Nate Roberts’ single scored Jamaal Hawkins with the winning run. Wang-Wei Lin had three hits. Starter Ryan O’Rourke pitched three innings, giving up a run on four hits and a walk. Andrei Lobanov followed with two shutout innings, and Jose Gonzalez then worked 2.2 scoreless innings to get the win. Michael Tonkin struck out the only man he faced to get the save.
DSL Orioles 3, Twins 0 (ended in eighth inning—rain). The Twins had only two hits. Starter Junior Subero took a tough loss, allowing an unearned run on a hit and a walk in three innings.