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Minor Details: Games of April 22

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 16, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 4 IN ST. PAUL

Indianapolis scored one in the first, but in the bottom of the first a run was walked in to tie it and Carson McCusker followed with a grand slam to put St. Paul up 5-1.  Armando Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 7-1 and Jeferson Morales hit an RBI single in the fourth to make it 8-1.  Indianapolis got three back in the fifth on homers by Darick Hall and Liover Peguero, but Mickey Gasper homered in the sixth, the Saints scored three in the seventh, and Ryan Fitzgerald hit a grand slam in the eighth to put an exclamation point on the game.

Batters:  Jeferson Morales was 4-for-4 with a walk, a run, and an RBI.  Ryan Fitzgerald was 3-for-5 with a grand slam (his second homer), a walk, three runs, and five RBIs.  Armando Alvarez was 2-for-2 with a home run (his second), a double, a walk, two hit-by-pitches, three runs, and two RBIs.  Mike Ford was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-6 with two RBIs.  Carson McCusker was 1-for-5 with a grand slam (his sixth homer) and two runs.  Mickey Gasper was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and three runs.

Pitchers:  Zebby Matthews struck out four 3.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on seven hits and a walk.  He threw eighty pitches.  Travis Adams struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks.

Opponents:  Ji Hwan Bae was 3-for-5 with a run.  Nick Yorke was 3-for-5.  Malcom Nunez was 2-for-4 with a run.  Darick Hall was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.  Liover Peguero hit a two-run homer.

Stats:  Mickey Gasper is batting .429 with an OPS of 1.600.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .309 with an OPS of .944.  Carson McCusker has an OPS of 1.069.  Jeferson Morales has an OPS of 8.29.  Zebby Matthews has an ERA of 1.45.  Travis Adams has an ERA of 2.08.

Record:  St. Paul is 8-10, in ninth place, three games behind Columbus.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 12, SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 1 IN WICHITA

It was actually close for seven innings.  There was no score until the fourth, when Jeremy Rivas put Springfield on the board with an RBI double.  Wichita got the run back in the bottom of the fourth on a solo homer by Kala'i Rosario and took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on an Aaron Sabato RBI double.  Wichita then exploded for nine in the eighth.  The first run scored on a walk, an error, a wild pitch, and a balk.  Wichita got the benefit of four more walks and two more wild pitches in the inning.  They also got three singles before Jorel Ortega hit a pinch-hit grand slam to close out the inning.  The Wind Surge scored nine runs on just four hits.

Batters:  Ricardo Olivar was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a walk, and two runs.  Tanner Schobel was 2-for-5 with a run.  Jorel Ortega was 1-for-1 with a grand slam.

Pitchers:  Ricky Castro struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks.  Mike Paredes pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Michael Martinez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Chase Davis was 2-for-4.  Brycen Mautz struck out six in four innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks.

Stats:  Aaron Sabato is batting .412 with an OPS of 1.230.  Kyler Fedco is batting .351 with an OPS of 1.237.  Ricardo Olivar is batting .304.  Mike Paredes has an ERA of zero.  Michael Martinez has an ERA of 2.45.

Record:  Wichita is 9-7, in second place, three games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4, WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Kyle DeBarge tripled and scored in the first, but Hedbert Perez hit a two-run homer in the fifth to put Wisconsin up 2-1.  It stayed 2-1 until the ninth, when Kyle DeBarge struck again.  This time, he hit a two-out, three-run walkoff homer to give Cedar Rapids the victory.

Batters:  Kyle DeBarge was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second), a triple, a double, two runs, and three RBIs.  He was a single shy of a cycle.  Kevin Maitan was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitchers:  Jose Olivares struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Gabriel Yanez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opponents:  Hedbert Perez was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second), a double, and two RBIs.  Manuel Rodriguez pitched five innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk and striking out three.  Patricio Aquino pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Stats:  Kevin Maitan is batting .385 with an OPS of 1.115.  Billy Amick is batting .377 with an OPS of 1.023.  Kaelen Culpepper is batting .316 with an OPS of .935.  Gabriel Gonzalez is batting .305 with an OPS of .863.  Caden Kendle has an OPS of .921.  Kyle DeBarge has an OPS of .911.  Jose Olivares has an ERA of zero.  Gabriel Yanez has an ERA of zero.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto has an ERA of zero.  Spencer Bengard has an ERA of 3.86.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 10-5, in second place, one game behind Quad Cities.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 8, CLEARWATER THRESHERS 3 IN CLEARWATER

Eduardo Tait hit a two-run homer in the first to give Clearwater the early lead.  It held up until the fourth, when Fort Myers got two-run homers from Yasser Mercedes and Jose Rodriguez to take a 4-2 lead.  Fort Myers put it out of reach with four more in the sixth on a two-run double by Daniel Pena and a two-run single by Yohander Martinez.

Batters:  Jose Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third), a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.  Daniel Pena was 1-for-4 with a double, a run, and two RBIs.  Yohander Martinez was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.  Yasser Mercedes was 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.

Pitchers:  Dylan Questad struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs on one hit and two walks.  Hunter Hoopes struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.  Tyler Stasiowski pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Opponents:  Carter Mathison was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Brady Day was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Eduardo Tait was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourth).  Gabriel Barbosa pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out two.

Stats:  Jose Salas is batting .333 with an OPS of 1.000.  Poncho Ruiz is batting .333 with an OPS of .839.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .902.  Byron Chourio has an OPS of .811.  Dylan Questad has an ERA of 1.38.

Record:  Fort Myers is 9-7, tied for first with Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

11:00  Fort Myers (Eli Jones, 1-1, 3.14) at Clearwater (TBD)
11:05  Springfield (Ixan Henderson, 2-0, 0.90) at Wichita (TBD)
5:00  Indianapolis (Thomas Harrington, 0-0, 1.80 and TBD at St. Paul (Andrew Morris, 0-1, 4.61 and Cory Lewis, 1-0, 9.82)
6:35  Wisconsin (Ryan Burchard, 0-1, 4.70) at Cedar Rapids (Ty Langenberg, 0-1, 7.50)

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 11, IOWA CUBS 8 IN IOWA

Another slugfest, but this time the Saints came marching in winners.  Jeferson Morales homered in the first inning to give St. Paul a 1-0 lead.  Christian Franklin led off the bottom of the first with a home run to tie it, and Jonathan Long's RBI single made it 2-1 Iowa.  Iowa added one in the second on a sacrifice fly and scored two in the third on a Ben Cowles double and another sacrifice fly to make it 5-1.

St. Paul came back with five in the fourth on RBI singles by Carson McCusker, Armando Alvarez, and Anthony Prato and a two-run double by Ryan Fitzgerald.  McCusker hit a three-run homer in the fifth to give the Saints a Dolly Parton lead of 9 to 5.  Iowa scored two in the sixth on a Moises Ballesteros RBI single and a bases-loaded walk, but the Saints got the runs back in the eighth on Prato's RBI single and a run-scoring ground out.  Iowa got one back in the ninth on a Greg Allen RBI single but did not get the tying run up to bat.

Batters:  Anthony Prato was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.  Carson McCusker was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) a walk, two runs, and four RBIs.  Yunior Severino was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Jeferson Morales was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second) and two walks.

Pitchers:  Randy Dobnak pitched four innings, allowing five runs on five hits and three walks and striking out four.  Huascar Ynoa pitched 1.1 scoreless innings despite walking three.

Opponents:  Moises Ballesteros was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.  Kevin Alcantara was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Christian Franklin was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second), two walks, and two runs.  Riley Martin struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings.

Stats:  Anthony Prato is batting .316.  Carson McCusker is batting .306 with an OPS of 1.098.  Ryan Fitzgerald is batting .304 with an OPS of .919.  Anthony Misiewicz has an ERA of 2.35.  Ryan Jensen has an ERA of 2.84

Record:  St. Paul is 7-9, in ninth place, 5.5 games behind Columbus.

TULSA DRILLERS 7, WICHITA WIND SURGE 6 IN TULSA

Wichita is not enjoying living on Tulsa time, as they dropped another to the Drillers.  It started well, as a Rubel Cespedes RBI single was followed by a two-run homer by Kala'i Rosario, giving Wichita a 3-0 lead.  Damon Keith homered in the second to cut the lead to 3-1, but in the fourth Aaron Sabato hit a two-run homer and Tyler Dearden followed with a solo shot to make it 6-1 Wind Surge.

That was as good as it would get, though.  Jose Ramos homered in the sixth to make it 6-2, and Ramos struck again in the seventh with a grand slam, tying the score.  It stayed tied until the bottom of the ninth, when singles by Taylor Young, Chris Newell, and Yeiner Fernandez produced the deciding run.

Batters:  Aaron Sabato was 4-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Tyler Dearden was 2-for-4 with a home run.

Pitchers:  Aaron Rozek struck out eight in five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and no walks.  Joel Cesar pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out one.

Opponents:  Jose Ramos was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and five RBIs.  Damon Keith was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Yeiner Fernandez was 2-for-4.  Jeisson Cabrera struck out four and walked one in two shutout innings.  Antonio Knowles pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Jorge Benitez pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Stats:  Aaron Sabato is batting .500 with an OPS of 1.404.  Tyler Dearden is batting .400 with an OPS of .983.  Kyler Fedco is batting .357 with an OPS of 1.264.  Joel Cesar has an ERA of 3.86.

Record:  Wichita is 6-7, in fourth place, three games behind Arkansas.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT PEORIA

It was suspended in the top of the fourth inning with Cedar Rapids ahead 8-3.  Peoria scored the first two runs on a Ryan Campos first-inning two-run homer.  Misael Urbina hit a three-run homer in the second to put Cedar Rapids up 3-2.  Michael Curialle tripled and scored in the bottom of the second to tie it 3-3.  The Kernels scored three more in the third on RBI singles by Khadim Diaw and Nate Baez and an RBI double by Kevin Maitan.  They added two more in the fourth on a double by Baez.  Alejandro Hidalgo pitched all three innings for Cedar Rapids.  It appears that the game has been scheduled to be completed today.

BRADENTON MARAUDERS 6, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 1 IN FORT MYERS

Bradenton jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second, with two runs scoring on an error and a third on a Carlos Caro single.  They added a run in the seventh on another error, Derek Berg hit a solo homer in the eighth, and another error allowed a run to score in the ninth.  The lone Fort Myers run came in the eighth on a Jose Rodriguez home run.  It was a "more errors than hits" game for Fort Myers, as they had two hits and made four errors.

Batters:  Jose Rodriguez was 1-for-2 with a home run (his second) and a walk.

Pitchers:  Jason Doktorczyk struck out ten in five innings, giving up three unearned runs on four hits and no walks.  Michael Tonkin struck out three in two innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits.  Of the six Bradenton runs, only one was earned.

Opponents:  Derek Berg was 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs.  Carlos Caro was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Matt Ager struck out three and walked two in three shutout innings, giving up no hits.  Victor Cabreja struck out four and walked one in four shutout innings, giving up no hits.

Stats:  Poncho Ruiz is batting .357 with an OPS of .864.  Jay Thomason has an OPS of .939.  Byron Chourio has an OPS of .825.  Jason Doktorczyk has an ERA of 1.54.  Michael Tonkin has an ERA of 0.00.

Record:  Fort Myers is 6-7, tied for third with Dunedin and Lakeland, two games behind Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

1:00  Wichita (Connor Prielipp, 0-1, 7.71) at Tulsa (Jacob Meador, 0-2, 11.05)
3:08  St. Paul at Iowa--no starters listed
5:00  Cedar Rapids at Peoria--completion of suspended game
5:05  Bradenton (Peyton Stumbo, 0-1, 6.00) at Fort Myers (Dasan Hill, 0-0, 2.45)
6:00  Wichita (Darren Bowen, 1-0, 2.00) at Tulsa (Jerming Rosario, 1-1, 3.00)*
7:05  Cedar Rapids (Tanner Hall, 0-0, 9.00) at Peoria (Hansel Rincon, 0-0, 0.00)

* I don't remember a Twins affiliate playing a split, day-night doubleheader before.

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Minor Details: Games of April 16

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A short version, which is too bad, because these games deserve more.

IOWA CUBS 20, ST. PAUL SAINTS 6 IN IOWA

Well, maybe not this one.  Iowa led 6-0 after three.  It was 7-1 after six, but Iowa scored nine in the seventh.  Iowa hit eight home runs in the game.  Carson McCusker was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his third and fourth.  Armando Alvarez hit a three-run homer.  Jeferson Morales was 1-for-2 with a home run and two walks.  Starter Andrew Morris pitched 3.2 innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits and a walk, striking out six.

TULSA DRILLERS 5, WICHITA WIND SURGE 4 IN TULSA (14 INNINGS)

It was 1-1 through eight.  Each team scored two in the ninth and one in the eleventh.  Yeiner Fernandez singled home the deciding run.  Tyler Dearden was 4-for-6.  Kyler Fedco was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his second) and two walks.  Chase Chaney pitched 4.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on six hits and no walks and striking out one.  Angel Macuare struck out four in 2.1 perfect innings.  John Stankiewicz pitched 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on no hits and three walks, striking out two.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 8, PEORIA CHIEFS 7 IN PEORIA (11 INNINGS)

Cedar Rapids trailed 7-5 after six.  They scored one in the seventh, one in the ninth, and Brandon Winokur doubled home the deciding run in the eleventh.  Nate Baez was 4-for-5 with two runs.  Winokur was 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs.  Caden Kendle was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.  Starter Ty Langenberg pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs on four hits and three walks and striking out three.  Paulshawn Pasqualotto struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Gabriel Yanez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 1, BRADENTON MARAUDERS 0 IN FORT MYERS

Jay Thomason homered in the second for the game's lone run.  Bradenton had only one hit.  Christian MacLeod struck out four in two perfect innings.  Brock Stewart, on a rehab assignment, struck out all three men he faced.  Pierson Ohl struck out eight in three shutout innings, giving up the one hit.  Dylan Questad struck out four and walked two in three shutout innings.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:08  St. Paul (Marco Raya, 0-0, 2.08) at Iowa (Jordan Wicks, 0-0, 3.05)
6:05  Bradenton (Carlos Castillo, 0-0, 2.45) at Fort Myers (Eli Jones, 1-1, 4.82)
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Charlee Soto, 0-0, 0.00) at Peoria (Zack Showalter, 0-0, 3.86)
7:00  Wichita (Trent Baker, 0-0, 1.29) at Tulsa (Jackson Ferris, 0-0, 1.80)

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ST. PAUL SAINTS 5, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS 0 IN COLUMBUS

The Saints played only their second game of the year, their first since Friday, and they made the most of it.  Jair Camargo hit a two-run single in the first and Zebby Matthews and a pair of relievers took it from there.  Saints pitchers have not allowed a run in the first two games of the season.

Batters:  Armando Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Austin Martin was 2-for-5 with a walk.  Jair Camargo was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.  Mike Ford was 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk.

Pitchers:  Zebby Matthews pitched five shutout innings, giving up only one hit and no walks and striking out four.  Travis Adams pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up four hits but no walks and striking out two.  Anthony Misiewicz retired all four men he faced, striking out three of them.

Opposition:  Kyle Datres was 2-for-3 with a double.

Record:  The Saints are 2-0, in first place by percentage points over Louisville (3-1).

Next game:  Wednesday, 5:15 in Columbus.  Andrew Morris against Parker Messick.  No record for either pitcher yet this season.

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Minor Details: Game of March 28

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I don't know how much I'll do with this feature this season.  It would not be accurate to say that I'm busier in retirement than I was when I was working, but the thing is that I'm busy with different things, and for the most part, those different things don't involve sitting in front of a computer screen.

So, there will be days when the feature does not appear at all.  There will be other days when it only covers some of the games, rather than all of them.  We'll see.

I hope you'll read it when it's here, but the truth is that I really do this for myself more than you.  I like keeping up with the Twins' minor league teams, and this is a way for me to do it.  I hope you'll enjoy it, too, when it's here.

And now, on to the game.

ST. PAUL SAINTS 11, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 0 IN ST. PAUL

It's hard to open better than that.  The Saints scored early and often, getting two in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth, three in the sixth, and three in the eighth.  They did not hit any home runs, but the had eighteen hits, including four doubles and a triple.  They also drew seven walks.  Eight players had at least two hits.  The pitching was equally impressive, with four pitchers throwing a combined four-hit shutout.

Batters:  Emmanuel Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.  Jair Camargo was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, and two RBIs.  Ryan Fitzgerald was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.  Jeferson Morales was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.  Armando Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Austin Martin was 2-for-5 with a walk.  Yunior Severino was 2-for-5.  Luke Keaschall was 2-for-6.

Pitchers:  David Festa pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks and striking out four.  Scott Blewett struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.  Kyle Bischoff pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.  Kody Funderburk struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition:  Hunter Stratton pitched a scoreless inning despite giving up three hits.

Record:  St. Paul is 1-0 and tied for first.

Next game:  2:07  Indianapolis (Mike Burrows) at St. Paul  (Andrew Morris)