Gotta say, I have loved the weather here this summer. I don't recall any long spells of heat or humidity. Just a high of 73 here today, but that is perfectly fine by me.
Minor Details: Game of August 19
DSL TWINS 10, DSL COLORADO 2 IN COLORADO
With the Twins leading 2-0, Eduardo Beltre hit a three-run homer in the fifth and the Twins added four in the sixth to go up 9-0.
Multi-hit games: Beltre was 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs, and four RBIs. Daiber De Los Santos was 3-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs. Irvin Nunez was 3-for-5. Carlos Silva was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Home runs: Beltre (11).
Multi-RBI games: Beltre 4 (36); De Los Santos 2 (37); Merphy Hernandez 2 (26).
Stolen bases: Hernandez (36); Beltre (10).
Pitching prowess: Melvin Rodriguez struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks. Aiberson Ventura struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
Win: Jose Vasquez (4-0).
Opposition standout: Jose De La Cruz was 2-for-4 with two doubles.
Record: The DSL Twins are 29-25, in fourth place, 9.5 games behind the DSL Rangers Red.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Angels at DSL Twins
5:30 Fort Myers (TBD) at Tampa
6:05 Cedar Rapids (Ricky Castro, 1-2, 4.00) at Dayton
6:30 Wichita (TBD) at Midland
7:07 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at St. Paul (Aaron Rozek, 0-2, 7.04)
Genesis – Turn It On Again
Happy Birthday–August 20
Pepper Daniels (1902)
Al Lopez (1908)
Jim Reeves (1923)
Fred Norman (1942)
Graig Nettles (1944)
Bobby Cuellar (1952)
Tom Brunansky (1960)
Mark Langston (1960)
Andy Benes (1967)
Todd Helton (1973)
Matt Hague (1985)
Country singer Jim Reeves was a right-handed pitcher in the low minors from 1945-1949,
Minor Details: Games of August 18
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 7, ST. PAUL SAINTS 6 IN INDIANAPOLIS
St. Paul scored three in the top of the sixth to take a 6-4 lead, but Indianapolis scored one in the bottom of the sixth, one in the eighth, and one in the ninth. Matt Gorski hit a walkoff home run.
Multi-hit games: Payton Eeles was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Wynton Bernard was 2-for-4 with a double.
Home runs: Rylan Bannon (16); Michael Helman (13).
Multi-RBI games: Bannon 2 (65); Helman 2 (38).
Stolen bases: Diego Castillo (10).
Pitching prowess: Hobie Harris struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.
Loss: Caleb Baragar (0-2).
Opposition standout: Groski was 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, two runs, and two RBIs.
Record: St. Paul is 18-27, tied for ninth (last) place with Iowa, 11.5 games behind Columbus.
ARKANSAS TRAVELERS 12, WICHITA WIND SURGE 3 IN WICHITA
Jake Anchia homered in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie and Arkansas dominated from there.
Multi-hit games: Carson McCusker was 2-for-4. Tanner Schobel was 2-for-5 with a double. Jake Rucker was 2-for-5.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Christian MacLeod pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out four. Jorel Ortega retired all four men he faced.
Loss: Ricardo Velez (0-2).
Opposition standout: Brock Rodden was 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three RBIs.
Record: Wichita is 18-27, in fifth (last) place, ten games behind Springfield.
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4, IOWA CUBS 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Poncho Ruiz hit a two-run single in the second to break a scoreless tie.
Multi-hit games: Ruiz was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs. Jose Salas was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Ruiz 2 (4).
Stolen bases: Salas (14); Jenkins 2 (4).
Pitching prowess: Jeremy Lee struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks. Spencer Bengard pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and striking out two.
Win: Bengard (1-0).
Save: Gabriel Yanez (10).
Opposition standout: Cristian Hernandez was 2-for-2 with two walks.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 24-24, tied for third with Peoria, 4.5 games behind Wisconsin.
LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS 4, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN FORT MYERS
The Mighty Mussels scored one in the ninth and had the tying run thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single.
Multi-hit games: Jaime Ferrer was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI: Ferrer 2 (5).
Stolen bases: Kaelen Culpepper (2).
Pitching prowess: Juan Mercedes struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and two walks. Tomas Cleto pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Loss: Ross Dunn (1-4).
Opposition standout: Rayner Castillo pitched five innings, giving up two unearned runs on two hits and a walk and striking out four.
Record: Fort Myers is 29-15, in first place, four games ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILT
10:00 DSL Twins at DSL Colorado
August 19, 2024: Super Blue
That's the, uh, type of moon tonight. I'm sure you were worried.
Happy Birthday–August 19
Bobby Richardson (1935)
Fred Lasher (1941)
Mike Phillips (1950)
Luis Gomez (1951)
Tim Blackwell (1952)
Ned Yost (1955)
Ron Roenicke (1956)
Gary Gaetti (1958)
Ron Darling (1960)
Woody Williams (1966)
Rob Augustine (1970)
Chris Capuano (1978)
J. J. Hardy (1982)
Austin Adams (1986)
Rob Augustine played for a couple of years in the Cleveland organization, never rising above Class A. He was (and maybe still is) 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.
Great White – Rock Me
August 18, 2024: Texas Sized
Hope the Twins can pick up the four game sweep today.
Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club — Clean Clean
Bruce Woolley is a co-writer of "Video Killed the Radio Star" and his band was at the front of the '80s UK new wave invasion. Yes, that's Thomas Dolby on keyboard, and Matthew Seligman on bass.
And they did a perfectly fine version of VKtRS