Rochester overcomes a poor start by Nick Blackburn. Miguel Sano hits his thirteenth. After the teams combine for six home runs, Jonathan Goncalves hits a little league homer to give Beloit the victory.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–May 30
Amos Rusie (1871)
Turkey Mike Donlin (1878)
Rube Oldring (1884)
Al Mamaux (1894)
Twink Twining (1894)
Turk Lown (1924)
Mel Nelson (1936)
Mike Sadek (1946)
Dana DeMuth (1956)
Mike LaCoss (1956)
Mike Oquist (1968)
John Courtright (1970)
Manny Ramirez (1972)
Scott Eyre (1972)
Minor Details: Games of 5/28
Bunts key rallies for the Rock Cats and the Snappers. Four New Britain pitchers combine for a shutout. The Twins should've kept Terry Doyle.
Happy Birthday–May 29
Bob Hope (1903)
George McQuinn (1910)
Loel Passe (1917)
Fred White (1936)
Fay Vincent (1938)
John Kennedy (1941)
Blue Moon Odom (1945)
Jamie Allen (1958)
Mike Stenhouse (1958)
Eric Davis (1962)
Charlie Hayes (1965)
Trever Miller (1973)
Jerry Hairston (1976)
Matt Macri (1982)
Comedian and actor Bob Hope was a long-time part-owner of the Cleveland Indians and was on their Board of Directors.
Loel Passe broadcast Houston Astros games from the team’s inception through 1976. Along the way, he worked with two Hall of Fame broadcasters, Gene Elston and Harry Kalas.
Third baseman Jamie Allen was drafted by Minnesota with the tenth pick of the 1976 draft, but did not sign.
Minor Details: Games of 5/27
Brendan Wise makes a spot start. Andy Leer makes his debut as a catcher. A big day for Oswaldo Arcia.
Happy Birthday–May 28
Spider Baum (1882)
Jim Thorpe (1887)
Warren Giles (1896)
John Allyn (1917)
Bob Kuzava (1923)
Frank Saucier (1926)
Kirk Gibson (1957)
Bill Doran (1958)
Duane Ward (1964)
Mike Maksudian (1966)
Mike Defelice (1969)
Jhonny Peralta (1982)
Lester Oliveros (1988)
Spider Baum won 325 games in the minors between 1902-1920. 267 of those wins came in the Pacific Coast League.
Frank Saucier is the player Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for in 1951.
Minor Details: Games of 5/26
Fort Myers salvages the day. The bullpen shines in Beloit. The Rock Cats drop a pair by identical scores.
Happy Birthday–May 27
Frank Snyder (1894)
Pinky Higgins (1909)
Terry Moore (1912)
George O’Donnell (1929)
Jerry Kindall (1935)
Fred Bruckbauer (1938)
Jim Holt (1944)
Gary Nolan (1948)
Terry Collins (1949)
Mark Connor (1949)
Mark Clear (1956)
Ed Nunez (1963)
John Jaha (1966)
Jeff Bagwell (1968)
Frank Thomas (1968)
Todd Hundley (1969)
Mark Connor pitched in the Twins’ minor league system from 1971-1972 before he suffered a career-ending arm injury. He has been a pitching coach for the Yankees, Arizona, Toronto, Texas, and Baltimore. He also was the head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Cole DeVries was promoted from Rochester.
Jason Marquis was designated for assignment.
Michael Hollimon was activated from the disabled list by Rochester.
Rene Tosoni was sent from Rochester to New Britain.
Joe Benson was placed on the disabled list by New Britain.
Danny Rams was activated from the disabled list by Fort Myers.
Rory Rhodes was sent from Beloit to extended spring training.
Bart Carter was placed on the seven day disabled list by Beloit.
Matthew Tomshaw was placed on the seven day disabled list by Beloit.
Tim Atherton was promoted from Elizabethton to Beloit.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Arizona organization (AAA Reno) announced that David Winfree has retired.
Atlanta organization promotes Jose Lugo from AA Mississippi to AAA Gwinnett.
Baltimore signs J. C. Romero as a free agent and assigns him to AAA Norfolk.
Baltimore organization sends Allan de San Miguel from AAA Norfolk to AA Bowie.
Boston sends Darnell McDonald to AAA Pawtucket.
Cubs organization (AAA Iowa) activates Ryan Rowland-Smith from the disabled list.
White Sox sign Orlando Hudson as a free agent.
Milwaukee activates Carlos Gomez from the disabled list.
Mets organization (AA Binghamton) activates Kevin Mulvey from the disabled list.
St. Louis organization signs Aaron Bates and assigns him to AAA Memphis.
York of the Atlantic League signs Bobby Kielty.
Lincoln of the American Association signs D’Angelo Jimenez.