Minor Details: Games of June 23

TOLEDO MUD HENS 20, ST. PAUL SAINTS 9 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul led 5-3 after one inning, but Toledo scored sixteen more runs before the Saints scored again.

Multi-hit games:  Edouard Julien was 2-for-3 with a double, three walks, and two runs.  Patrick Winkel was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk.  Will Holland was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Jair Camargo was 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, and two RBIs.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  Camargo 2 (26).

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Jeff Brigham pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks and striking out one.

Opposition standout:  Dillon Dingler was 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs.

Record:  St. Paul is 38-36, tied for second with Louisville, 11.5 games behind Omaha.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 3, ARKANSAS TRAVELERS 2 IN ARKANSAS

Wichita led 3-0 before Arkansas scored two in the eighth.  They got the tying run to second base, but a strikeout ended the inning.

Multi-hit games:  Kyler Fedco was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jake Rucker was 2-for-5 with a home run.

Home runs:  Rucker (5).

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  Tanner Schobel (7); Dalton Shuffield (3).

Pitching prowess:  Travis Adams struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.  Taylor Floyd struck out three in two perfect innings.  Cody Laweryson retired all four men he faced, striking out three.

Opposition standout:  Reid VanScoter pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks and striking out two.

Record:  Wichita is 31-38, in fifth (last) place, six games behind Springfield.

PEORIA CHIEFS 9, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

It was 4-2 after seven, but Peoria scored two in the eighth and three in the ninth.

Multi-hit games:  None.  Cedar Rapids had two hits.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  Misael Urbina (12); Payton Eeles (2).

Pitching prowess:  Jacob Wosinski pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

Opposition standout:  Osvaldo Tovalin was 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 37-27, in second place, four games behind Wisconsin.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 14, ST. LUCIE METS 2 IN ST. LUCIE

Fort Myers scored seven runs in the second inning.

Multi-hit games:  Matthew Clayton was 3-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, three runs, and four RBIs.  Carlos Aguiar was 2-for-5 with a double.

Home runs:  Clayton 2 (2); Rixon Wingrove (4).

Multi-RBI games:  Clayton 4 (10); Wingrove 3 (17); Isaac Pena 3 (15); Walker Jenkins 2 (13).

Stolen bases:  Nick Lucky 2 (5); Byron Chourio (11).

Pitching prowess:  Jose Olivares struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  Wilker Reyes struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Ben Ethridge pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition standout:  Gregori Louis pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one walk and striking out two.

Record:  Fort Myers is 31-34, in fourth place, 11.5 games behind Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
11:00  FCL Rays at FCL Twins

It appears that the first half of the season for full-season minor leagues is over.  If we understand it correctly, the second half will start Tuesday.

Happy Birthday–June 24

Billy Nash (1865)
George Harper (1892)
Rollie Hemsley (1907)
Jim Mills (1919)
Wally Yonamine (1925)
Don Mincher (1938)
Ken Reitz (1951)
Doug Jones (1957)
Tom Klawitter (1958)
Doug Bernier (1980)
Phil Hughes (1986)

Jim Mills spent almost his entire adult life involved in baseball in the Carolinas.  He played college ball at North Carolina State, played minor league ball for nine seasons in the Carolinas, managed in Carolina minor leagues for six seasons, umpired in the Carolina League for two seasons, was in minor league front offices in the Carolinas from 1956-1971, and was president of the Carolina League for seven years.

Born in Hawaii, Wally Yonamine was a star in Japan from 1951-1962, stealing home eleven times.

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Happy Birthday–June 23

Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.

George Weiss (1894)
Jack Smith (1895)
Karl Spooner (1931)
Dave Bristol (1933)
Tom Haller (1937)
Dave Goltz (1949)
Marty Barrett (1958)
Jim Deshaies (1960)
Hensley Meulens (1967)
Josh Byrnes (1970)
Mark Hendrickson (1974)

George Weiss was the general manager of the New York Yankees from 1948-1960.

Karl Spooner set the record, later tied by J. R. Richard, for strikeouts in a major league debut with fifteen.

Dave Bristol managed four different teams from 1966-1980.

Josh Byrnes has been the general manager of Arizona and San Diego and is currently the senior vice president of baseball operations for the Dodgers.

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Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.