Jack Doyle (1869)
Smoky Joe Wood (1889)
Jack Kent Cooke (1912)
Lee McPhail (1917)
Russ Meyer (1923)
Bobby Thomson (1923)
Bobby Brown (1924)
Roy Hartsfield (1925)
Chuck Schilling (1937)
Al Cowens (1951)
Roy Smalley (1952)
Rowland Office (1952)
Tito Landrum (1954)
Danny Darwin (1955)
Andy McGaffigan (1956)
Steve Decker (1965)
Keith Garagozzo (1969)
Pedro Martinez (1971)
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Tigres Tales
Magallanes scored two in the ninth to defeat Aragua 2-1 in Aragua.
Each team had only three hits. Adonis Garcia hit a home run for the Navegantes. Starter Jose Sanchez worked five innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk. Robert Coello (Cubs) struck out four in two perfect innings of relief. Lino Urdaneta pitched a perfect eighth to get the win. Jean Machi (San Francisco) walked one in a scoreless ninth for the save.
Joe Benson was 0-for-2 with 2 walks for the Tigres. Sergio Perez (Houston) struck out nine in five shutout innings, giving up no hits but walking three. The no-hitter lasted through four pitchers and eight innings. In the ninth, however, Francisco Butto allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits in one-third of an inning to take the loss.
Around the league, Jairo Perez was 0-for-2 as a substitute as Lara lost to Caracas 10-5. Andrew Baldwin started and worked six innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks as Anzoategui lost to Zulia 8-6.
The Tigres are off today. They will host Caracas tomorrow night.
Solar Sox Summary
Mesa is 8-9, second in the AFL East, 4 games behind Salt River. The Solar Sox have won four consecutive games and are 7-3 in their last ten games.
Who's hot: Brian Dozier is hitting .327/.386/.429 in 49 at-bats. Chris Herrmann is hitting .368/.478/.526 in 19 at-bats. Cole DeVries is 2-0, 3.21, 0.86 WHIP in 14 innings.
Who's in the middle: Aaron Hicks is hitting .200/.321/.467 in 45 at-bats. Brett Jacobson is 0-1, 4.50, 1.83 WHIP in 6 innings.
Who's cold: Bruce Pugh is 0-1, 9.00, 2.71 WHIP in 7 innings. Dakota Watts is 0-1, 1 save, 7.36, 1.64 WHIP in 7.1 innings.
Happy Birthday–October 24
Ned Williamson (1857)
Bill Kuehne (1858)
Lou Sockalexis (1871)
Ossie Bluege (1900)
Jack Russell (1905)
Jim Brosnan (1929)
Rawly Eastwick (1950)
Omar Moreno (1952)
Gary Serum (1956)
Ron Gardenhire (1957)
Junior Ortiz (1959)
Danny Clay (1961)
Rafael Belliard (1961)
Gene Larkin (1962)
Arthur Rhodes (1969)
Rafael Furcal (1977)
Third baseman Ossie Bluege played for the franchise in Washington for eighteen years and remained in the organization for many years after that. He is credited as being the first third baseman to guard the lines in the late innings. He is also credited as the scout who discovered Harmon Killebrew.
Tigres Tales
Aragua scored in five of the nine innings to defeat Caracas 6-1 in Caracas.
Alex Romero (Florida) and Joe Benson each had two doubles to lead the Tigres. Benson was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Luis Hernandez singled and doubled, and Vinny Rottino had two hits. Yohan Pino (Toronto) got the win with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief, giving up just one hit.
No player for the Leones had more than one hit. The loss went to Victor Larez (Detroit), who surrendered four runs on six hits and a walk in 3.1 innings.
Around the league, Rene Tosoni was 1-for-5 and Jairo Perez was 0-for-4 with a walk as Lara fell to Magallanes 5-4 in 11 innings. Pedro Guerra struck out two in two perfect innings of relief for Magallanes, and Deolis Guerra worked a perfect eleventh to get the win. Anzoategui edged Zulia 4-3, and La Guaira beat Margarita 3-1.
Aragua hosts Magallanes this evening.
Solar Sox Summary
Mesa scored four runs in the first two innings and was never threatened as the Solar Sox defeated Salt River 9-2 in Salt River. The win gave Mesa four consecutive victories.
Junior Lake (Cubs) led the way with three singles and a double, driving in three. Robbie Grossman (Pittsburgh) had two hits and scored three times, and Tyler Saladino (White Sox) had two hits and drove in three. Terry Doyle (White Sox) worked four shutout innings to get the win, striking out four while giving up one hit and two walks. The only Twin to play was Bruce Pugh, who pitched a perfect eighth inning.
The Rafters were led by Gorman Erickson (Dodgers), who singled and doubled. The loss went to Stephen Fife (Dodgers), who allowed four runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks in two innings.
Mesa is off today. The Solar Sox host Surprise Monday afternoon.
Happy Birthday–October 23
William Hulbert (1832)
Mike Sullivan (1866)
Lena Blackburne (1886)
Rube Bressler (1894)
Billy Sullivan (1910)
Vern Stephens (1920)
Ewell Blackwell (1922)
Jim Bunning (1931)
Greg Thayer (1949)
John Castino (1954)
Dwight Lowry (1957)
Al Leiter (1965)
Todd Sears (1975)
David Riske (1976)
John Lackey (1978)
Bud Smith (1979)
Kyle Gibson (1987)
Infielder Lena Blackburne discovered and marketed the mud from the driver beds near the Delaware River in New Jersey that has been rubbed on every major league baseball used since the 1950s.
It is to be hoped that Kyle Gibson’s biography will be added eventually.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Rene Rivera was outrighted to Rochester.
Matt Tolbert was outrighted to Rochester.
Jason Repko was outrighted to Rochester.
Anthony Slama was outrighted to Rochester.
Nick Blackburn was reinstated from the disabled list.
Alexi Casilla was reinstated from the disabled list.
Brian Dinkelman was outrighted to Rochester.
Phil Dumatrait was outrighted to Rochester.
Jeremy Reed elected free agency.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Arizona adds David Winfree to its forty-man roster.
Tigres Tales
La Guaira broke a 4-4 tie with three in the fourth, then broke the game open with five in the fifth on the way to a 15-6 victory over Aragua in La Guaira.
Terry Tiffee led the way for the Tiburones, pounding out four hits including a double. Ehire Adrianza (San Francisco) had three hits including a double. Luis Rodriguez (Seattle) and Cesar Suarez each singled and doubled, with Rodriguez driving in four. Rafael Suarez (Colorado) got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, giving up just one hit.
Aragua was led by Alex Nunez, who had two singles and a double. Joe Benson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Raul Chavez (Mets) also had two hits. Josmil Pinto was used as a substitute and walked in his only at-bat. The loss went to Scott Drucker, who surrendered seven runs (six earned) on five hits and five walks in 3.1 innings.
Around the league, Rene Tosoni was 0-for-3 with a walk as Lara fell to Magallanes 5-0. Margarita defeated Caracas 1-0, and Anzoategui beat Zulia 3-0.
In one we missed, over in the Dominican Winter League Manuel Soliman made his debut Wednesday, walking two but pitching a scoreless inning as Escogido defeated Aguilas 13-3.
Aragua travels to Caracas this evening.