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This Week in Twins Transactions

Justin Morneau was activated from the disabled list.
Alexi Casilla was activated from the disabled list, then was placed on the disabled list the next day.
Jason Repko was placed on the fifteen day disabled list.
Kevin Slowey was promoted from Rochester to Minnesota.
Trevor Plouffe was optioned from Minnesota to Rochester, then was recalled to Minnesota two days later.
Cole Nelson and Lester Oliveros were acquired from Detroit for Delmon Young.  Nelson was sent to Ft. Myers and Oliveros was sent to Rochester.
Rene Tosoni was promoted from Rochester to Minnesota.
Luke Hughes was promoted from Rochester to Minnesota.
Denard Span was placed on the fifteen day disabled list.
Mike Hollimon was sent from Rochester to New Britain.
Ray Chang was activated from the disabled list by Rochester.
David Bromberg was placed on the seven day disabled list by New Britain with shoulder tendonitis.
Michael Tarsi was activated from the disabled list by New Britain.
Clint Dempster was placed on the seven day disabled list by Ft. Myers.
Jon Goncalves was sent from Ft. Myers to Beloit.
Daniel Santana was placed on the seven day disabled list by Beloit.
Nate Roberts was placed on the seven day disabled list by Beloit.
Tyler Jones signed and was assigned to Elizabethton.
Brett Lee signed and was assigned to the GCL Twins.

This Week in Ex-Twins

Arizona outrights Kevin Mulvey to AAA Reno.
Baltimore selects the contract of Willie Eyre from AAA Norfolk.
Boston organization (AAA Pawtucket) places Matt Fox on the seven day disabled list.
White Sox place A. J. Pierzynski on the fifteen day disabled list.
Colorado signs J. C. Romero, assigns him to AAA Colorado Springs, from Colorado Springs.
Detroit acquires Delmon Young from Minnesota for Cole Nelson and Lester Oliveros.
Florida places Randy Choate on the fifteen day disabled list.
Florida organization promotes Alex Romero from AA Jacksonville to AAA New Orleans.
Dodgers organization (AAA Albuquerque) places Randy Keisler on the seven day disabled list.
San Diego recalls Pat Neshek from AAA Tucson.
St. Louis organization (AAA Memphis) releases Ron Mahay.
Toronto places Jon Rauch on the fifteen day disabled list.

He’s still around?  Atlanta signs Wes Helms and assigns him to AAA Gwinnett.

Minor Details: Games of 8/18

Lehigh Valley 11, Rochester 1 in Rochester.  The IronPigs scored five in the third and it was over.  No Red Wing had more than one hit.  Deinys Suarez surrendered seven runs on seven hits and a walk in 3.2 innings.  Chuck James pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk.

Binghamton 8, New Britain 7 in Binghamton.  The Rock Cats trailed 6-3 and 7-5, tied it with two in the eighth, but lost it in the ninth.  Chris Parmelee had two singles and a homer, his thirteenth.  Nathan Hanson singled and doubled.  Evan Bigley had two hits.  Logan Darnell yielded seven runs on ten hits and no walks in 5.2 innings.  Steve Hirschfeld pitched the ninth and took the loss.

Jupiter 1, Ft. Myers 0 in Ft. Myers.  Gregg Glime hit a home run in the seventh for the only run of the game.  Reggie Williams singled and doubled.  Matthew Tomshaw worked five shutout innings, giving up just one hit and two walks.  Edgar Ibarra allowed the seventh-inning homer in three innings.

Kane County 2, Beloit 0 in Kane County.  The Cougars scored single runs in the fourth and the seventh.  The Snappers had four hits, all singles.  Manuel Soliman took a tough loss, going seven strong innings and giving up two runs on six hits with no walks.

Elizabethton 13, Bristol 3 in Elizabethton.  The Twins led 6-3 after seven, then scored seven in the eighth.  Miguel Sano had two doubles and a single, driving in four.  JaDamion Williams singled and doubled, raising his average to .328.  Matej Hejma and Niko Goodrum each had two hits.  Eddie Rosario hit a home run, his thirteenth, and scored three times.  Tim Atherton got the win, going five innings while giving up two runs on five hits and two walks.  He struck out five.

GCL Rays 4, Twins 0 (5 innings--rain).  The Rays scored all their runs in the fourth.  Joshua Hendricks got both Twins hits, a single and a double.  Ricardo Arevalo allowed all four runs (three earned) on four hits in four innings.

DSL Twins 7, Diamondbacks 0 (4 innings--suspended).  Ronald Jimenez has two singles and a triple.  Erick Gonzalez, Adonis Pacheco, and Carlos Martinez each had two hits.  Junior Subero worked four innings, giving up just one hit and no walks.

Happy Birthday–August 19

Bobby Richardson (1935)
Fred Lasher (1941)
Mike Phillips (1950)
Luis Gomez (1951)
Tim Blackwell (1952)
Ned Yost (1955)
David Palmer (1957)
Gary Gaetti (1958)
Ron Darling (1960)
Woody Williams (1966)
Rob Augustine (1970)
J. J. Hardy (1982)

Rob Augustine played for a couple of years in the Cleveland organization, never rising above Class A.  Why is he on the list?  Because he is now an assistant baseball coach at Dakota Valley High School in my former home of North Sioux City.  Happy birthday, Rob.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to strategery.

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Minor Details: Games of 8/17

Lehigh Valley 3, Rochester 1 in Lehigh Valley.  The IronPigs scored two in the first and it was all they needed.  Brandon Roberts had two hits.  Toby Gardenhire's sixth-inning homer was the only Red Wings run.  Andrew Baldwin struck out ten in six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk.  Cole DeVries worked two shutout innings, giving up a hit and striking out two.

New Britain 7, Binghamton 3 in Binghamton.  The Rock Cats scored three in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead.  Mike Hollimon singled, tripled, and homered, scoring three times.  The home run was his fourteenth.  Joe Benson hit two home runs, giving him thirteen, and drove in five.  Chris Parmelee and Evan Bigley each had two hits.  Blake Martin got the win despite allowing three runs on seven hits and five walks in five innings.  Deolis Guerra pitched three shutout innings, giving up just one hit.

Ft. Myers 5, Jupiter 1 in Jupiter.  The Miracle scored four in the second.  Oswaldo Arcia singled, doubled, and homered.  Danny Rohlfing had two hits.  B. J. Hermsen went six innings, giving up a run on eight hits and a walk.  Matt Hauser threw three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

Beloit 10, Kane County 1 in Kane County.  The Snappers broke a scoreless tie with a three-run sixth, then scored six in the ninth to put it away.  Jairo Perez doubled and hit his thirteenth homer, driving in four and making his average .335.  Adam Bryant singled and doubled.  Lance Ray and Daniel Ortiz each had two hits.  Ryan O'Rourke got the win, going 5.1 innings and somehow giving up just one run on seven hits and five walks.  Pedro Guerra struck out the side in the ninth.

Elizabethton 7, Bristol 3 in Elizabethton.  The Twins trailed 3-2 before a three-run fifth.  Rory Rhodes had three hits.  Eddie Rosario singled and homered, his twelfth.  Matej Hejma and Max Kepler each singled and doubled.  Miguel Sano hit his fifteenth homer.  Derek Christensen struck out seven in 4.1 innings but allowed three runs on two hits and four walks.  Corey Williams got the win with 2.2 scoreless innings, striking out three while giving up two hits and a walk.

GCL Twins 3, Rays 0 at Rays (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Twins scored one in the fifth and two in the seventh.  Candido Pimentel had two singles and a triple.  Julio Torres and Drew Leachman each had two hits.  Hein Robb gave up four hits and three walks, but no runs, in four innings.  Kyle Wahl got the win with three perfect innings, striking out four.

GCL Twins 5, Rays 2 at Rays (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Twins trailed 2-1 after five but scored two in the sixth and two in the seventh.  Kelvin Ortiz singled and doubled.  Joshua Hendricks had two hits.  Starter Bobby O'Neill worked four innings, allowing two runs on three hits and no walks.  Luis Nunez got the win with three shutout innings, giving up two hits.

DSL Padres 10, Twins 5 at Padres.  The Twins scored four in the ninth to make it look better.  The Twins had only four hits and made five errors which led to six unearned runs.  Starter Randy Rosario took the loss, giving up a run on one hit and three walks in three innings.  Melcaides De La Cruz struck out six in 3.1 innings, but allowed six runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk.

Happy Birthday–August 18

Sam Wise (1857)
Wally Gerber (1891)
Burleigh Grimes (1893)
Bernie Friberg (1899)
Max Lanier (1915)
Bob Kennedy (1920)
Roberto Clemente (1934)
Billy Consolo (1934)
Joe Azcue (1939)
Paul Popovich (1940)
Bucky Guth (1947)
Bruce Benedict (1955)
Mike LaValliere (1960)
Jack Howell (1961)
Marcus Lawton (1965)
Bobby Higginson (1970)
Albie Lopez (1971)

Marcus Lawton is the brother of Matt Lawton.  He played in ten games for the Yankees in 1989.

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Minor Details: Games of 8/16

Lehigh Valley 5, Rochester 2 in Lehigh Valley.  The IronPigs scored three in the eighth to put the game away.   Rene Rivera singled and homered.  Dustin Martin singled and doubled.  Chase Lambin and Brian Dinkelman each had two hits.  Luke Hughes hit a home run.  Liam Hendriks took a tough loss, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks in six innings.

Binghamton 17, New Britain 5 in Binghamton.  The Mets led 8-0 after three innings.  Chris Parmelee singled and homered, his twelfth.  Chris Herrmann had two hits.  David Bromberg surrendered eight runs on eight hits and four walks in 2.2 innings.

Jupiter 7, Ft. Myers 1 in Jupiter.  The game was tied 1-1 after four, then the Hammerheads scored two in each of the next three innings.  James Beresford had two hits.  Alex Wimmers made his first start since opening day, giving up a run on two hits and three walks while striking out four in four innings.  Cole Nelson made his debut in the Twins organization and took the loss, yielding two runs on a hit and three walks in one inning.

Beloit.  No games scheduled.

Elizabethton 5, Bristol 1 in Elizabethton.  The Twins scored two in the second and never lost the lead.  Miguel Sano hit a home run, his fourteenth.  Tim Shibuya struck out twelve in seven innings, giving up a run on two hits and no walks. 

GCL Twins at Orioles.  Postponed.

DSL Reds 3, Twins 0 at Reds (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Twins out-hit the Reds 5-2.  Ronald Jimenez had two hits.  Yorman Landa allowed three runs on two hits and three walks in two innings.  Elias Villasana worked three perfect innings, striking out six.

Happy Birthday–August 17

Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951)
Alex Cole (1965)
Jorge Posada (1971)
Mike Maroth (1977)
Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)

Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees' farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.

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Minor Details: Games of 8/15

Columbus 2, Rochester 0 in Rochester (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Clippers scored two in the first and that was it.  Jeff Bailey singled and doubled.  Luke Hughes and Aaron Bates each had two hits, with Bates raising his average to .315.  Scott Diamond pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on eight hits and a walk.

Rochester 4, Columbus 3 in Rochester (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings).  The Red Wings scored two in the sixth to tie and one in the seventh to win.  Ray Chang singled in Rene Rivera with the winning run.  Jeff Bailey hit a two-run homer.  Jake Stevens gave up three runs on three hits and three walks, striking out three in three innings.  Carlos Gutierrez struck out four in two innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Chuck James went two shutout innings to get the win, allowing a hit and a walk.

New Britain.  No games scheduled.

Ft. Myers.  No games scheduled.

Burlington 2, Beloit 1 in Beloit.  All the runs were scored in the fourth inning.  Daniel Ortiz had two hits.  Blayne Weller gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks while striking out four in four innings.  Bart Carter and Michael Tonkin each worked two shutout innings, with Carter giving up two hits and Tonkin three.

Elizabethton.  No games scheduled.

GCL Orioles 7, Twins 1 at Twins.  The Orioles scored three in the third to take a 4-0 lead.  Hung Yi Chen allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings.  Tyler Herr threw two perfect innings.

DSL Twins 5, Rockies 3 at Twins.  The Twins scored four in the fourth to break a 1-1 tie.  Erick Gonzalez had two doubles.  Jose Ramirez had two hits.  Francisco Nunez raised his record to 9-1, giving up a run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven in seven innings.  Ezequiel Zarzuela gave up a run on a hit and a walk in 1.1 innings to get the save.