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Happy Birthday–November 20

Joe Sommer (1958)
Kenesaw Landis (1866)
Clark Griffith (1869)
George McBride (1880)
Leon Cadore (1890)
Larry Benton (1897)
Jay Ritchie (1936)
Herm Starrette (1938)
Billy Scripture (1941)
Rick Monday (1945)
Jay Johnstone (1945)
Ron Cash (1949)
Alex Arias (1967)
Gabe White (1971)
J. D. Drew (1975)

Pitcher Clark Griffith was a star for the Cubs before jumping to the White Sox when the American League was formed. Later, of course, was the owner of the Twins franchise while it was still in Washington. His adopted son, Calvin, brought the team to Minnesota.

Ron Cash was drafted by Minnesota in the sixth round in 1969, but did not sign. Other than that, no players connected to the Twins were born on this day.

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Spanning the Globe

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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Cibao 11, Este 1 in Cibao.  Estarlin De Los Santos was used as a substitute for Cibao, going 0-for-2.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 2, Carolina 1 (12 innings).  Aaron Bates pinch-hit for Caguas, going 0-for-1.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Anzoategui 3, Magallanes 1 in Magallanes.  Lester Oliveros struck out two in a perfect inning for Anzoategui.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Perth 16, Sydney 1 in Sydney (Game 1).  Todd Van Steensel surrendered four runs on eight hits in 1.2 innings for Sydney.

Perth 5, Sydney 3 in Sydney (Game 2).  Jacob Younis was 1-for-4 and scored once for Sydney.

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Happy Birthday–November 19

Billy Sunday (1862)
Everett Scott (1892)
Roy Campanella (1921)
Joe Morgan (1930)
Manny Jimenez (1938)
Larry Haney (1942)
Bobby Tolan (1945)
Bob Boone (1947)
Dickie Noles (1956)
Mike Winters (1958)
Gary DiSarcina (1967)
Mario Valdez (1974)
Clay Condrey (1975)
Ryan Howard (1979)
Jonathan Sanchez (1982)

Clarification: The Joe Morgan listed above is not Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. The Joe Morgan born today is the Joe Morgan who once managed the Red Sox.

Larry Haney is the cousin of ex-Twin Mike Cubbage.

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This Week in Twins Transactions

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Brian Dinkelman signed as a minor league free agent.
Jared Burton signed as a minor league free agent.
Brendan Wise signed as a minor league free agent.
Jamey Carroll agreed to terms on a two-year contract.

The Rochester Red Wings website reports that the Twins have also signed Matt Carson, Samuel Deduno, Phil Dumatrait, Luis Perdomo, and Wilkin Ramirez as minor league free agents.  These transactions have not shown up on the lists I use yet; presumably they will next week.

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Spanning the Globe

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We may have finally found the title for this feature.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Este 8, Oriente 6 in Oriente.  Esmerling Vasquez took the loss, surrendering two runs (one earned) on two hits in a third of an inning for Oriente.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Ponce 4, Mayaguez 2 in Ponce.  Angel Morales was 1-for-3 and scored once for Ponce.  Eddie Rosario was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run for Mayaguez.  Nelvin Fuentes pitched a perfect inning for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Magallanes 7, Caracas 2 in Caracas.  Deolis Guerra got the win, working 2.1 perfect innings with four strikeouts for Magallanes.

Lara 3, Anzoategui 2 in Lara.  Lester Oliveros pitched a perfect inning for Anzoategui.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Brisbane 4, Melbourne 3 in Melbourne.  Joshua Hendricks was used as a pinch-runner for Melbourne, but did not bat.

Perth 6, Sydney 2 in Sydney.  Jacob Younis was 1-for-4 for Sydney.

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Solar Sox Summary

Mesa scored six runs in the fifth to defeat Scottsdale 6-2 in seven innings.  For some reason, all games in the AFL yesterday were seven-inning games.

Brian Dozier went 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once.  Junior Lake (Cubs) also singled and doubled.  Josh Vitters (Cubs) had two hits.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-3 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two.  Chris Herrmann was 1-for-3 and scored once.  The win went to Cole McCurry (Baltimore), who struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Scottsdale was led by Cody Overbeck (Philadelphia), who had two doubles, and Bryce Harper (Washington), who singled and tripled.  The loss went to Ryan Bradley (San Francisco), who gave up six runs on six hits while retiring no one.

The AFL regular season is over.  We'll have a season-ending report sometime at the beginning of next week. 

The championship game is between Salt River and Surprise.  Surprise is considered the home team, but the game will be played in Scottsdale Stadium.  It begins Saturday at 1:00 mountain time, and I think will be available on MLB network.

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Happy Birthday–November 18

Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892)
Gene Mauch (1925)
Roy Sievers (1926)
Danny McDevitt (1932)
Cal Koonce (1940)
Jim Shellenback (1943)
Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963)
Ron Coomer (1966)
Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968)
David Ortiz (1975)
Steve Bechler (1979)

Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.

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Winterball Whiparound

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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Este 1, Cibao 0 in Este (11 innings).  Alexi Casilla was 0-for-5 for Cibao.

Escogido 3, Cibaenas 2 in Cibaenas.  Deibinson Romero made his debut for Escogido, going 1-for-3 and scoring once.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Caguas 9, Mayaguez 3 in Mayaguez.  Aaron Bates was 3-for-5 for Caguas, scoring twice and driving in two.  Eddie Rosario was used as a substitute for Mayaguez, but did not bat.  Nelvin Fuentes pitched one inning for Mayaguez, allowing a run on two hits.

Ponce 5, Carolina 2 in Carolina.  Angel Morales was used as a pinch-runner for Ponce, stayed in the game, and hit a home run in his only at-bat.  He scored twice and drove in two.  Deinys Suarez started for Ponce and worked five innings, giving up a run on four hits and two walks.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Melbourne 4, Brisbane 3 (10 innings).  Joshua Hendricks was used as a pinch-runner (for ex-Twin Justin Huber) by Melbourne and scored.

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Solar Sox Summary

Surprise scored two in the sixth to overcome a 2-1 deficit and defeat Mesa 3-2 in Surprise.

Anthony Seratelli hit a home run for the Saguaros.  Adam Liberatore (Tampa Bay) retired all five batters he faced, striking out two of them, to get the win.  Johan Yan (Texas) pitched a perfect ninth to get the save.

D. J. LeMahieu had two hits to lead the Solar Sox.  Aaron Hicks was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Nevin Griffith (White Sox) took the loss, surrendering two runs on three hits and a walk in one inning.

Mesa closes out its season by hosting Scottsdale this afternoon.