Tag Archives: David Festa

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–March 8

Leave a comment

Harry Lord (1882)
Pat Flaherty (1897)
Bobby Goff (1902)
Pete Fox (1909)
Ray Mueller (1912)
Al Gionfriddo (1922)
Carl Furillo (1922)
Jim Bouton (1939)
Jacques Doucet (1940)
Dick Allen (1942)
Jim Rice (1953)
John Butcher (1957)
Mark Salas (1961)
Lance Barksdale (1967)
Mike Moriarty (1974)
Juan Encarnacion (1976)
Hines Ward (1976)
Tommy Pham (1988)
David Festa (2000)

If you have a few minutes to spare, I would very much recommend reading Harry Lord’s biography at baseball-reference.com.

Pat Flaherty pitched in the minors from 1917-1921.  He also played in the NFL from 1923-1928, was a major in the Air Force, and appeared in about 250 movies from 1934 to the 1950s.

Bobby Goff played in the minor leagues for nineteen years, 1923-1941.  He also was a minor league manager and general manager and a major league scout, remaining in baseball until 1972.

Jacques Doucet was the French-language play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Expos from 1972 until the team left.

Lance Barksdale has been a major league umpire since 2000.

NFL star Hines Ward was drafted by the Florida Marlins in 1994, but did not sign.

Continue reading Happy Birthday–March 8 →

Keeping Track

Minor Details: St. Paul Saints Team Leaders

BATTING

GAMES

Yunior Severino, 128
DaShawn Keirsey, 111
Diego Castillo, 110

AT-BATS

Severino, 489
Keirsey, 443
Castillo, 385

RUNS

Keirsey, 71
Severino, 66
Anthony Prato, 60

HITS

Keirsey, 133
Severino, 124
Castillo, 100

DOUBLES

Castillo, 22
Keirsey, 22
Severino, 21

TRIPLES

Keirsey, 7
Prato, 6
Payton Eeles, 4

HOME RUNS

Severino, 21
Matt Wallner, 19
Chris Williams, 17

RBI

Keirsey, 81
Severino, 79
Castillo, 54

WALKS

Prato, 67
Severino, 67
Castillo, 60

STRIKEOUTS

Severino, 154
Keirsey, 116
Williams, 106

STOLEN BASES

Keirsey, 36
Eeles, 20
Castillo, 13
Will Holland, 13

AVERAGE

Brooks Lee, .308
Keirsey, .300
Holland, .299
Eeles, .299

ON-BASE

Holland, .428
Eeles, .419
Edouard Julien, .395

SLUGGING

Lee, .606
Holland, .556
Wallner, .544

OPS

Holland, .984
Lee, .974
Eeles, .919

PITCHING

GAMES

Hobie Harris, 44
Ryan Jensen, 44
Diego Castillo, 40

STARTS

Caleb Boushley, 26
Randy Dobnak, 24
Louie Varland, 16

INNINGS

Boushley, 134.1
Dobnak, 133.1
Varland, 83.1

WINS

Dobnak, 12
Boushley, 7
Adam Plutko, 6

SAVES

Castillo, 8
Harris, 5
Josh Winder, 4

HOME RUNS ALLOWED

Boushley, 22
Dobnak, 14
Nick Wittgren, 14

WALKS ALLOWED

Dobnak, 63
Jensen, 50
Varland, 32

STRIKEOUTS

Dobnak, 136
Boushley, 108
Varland, 96

ERA

Ronny Henriquez, 3.44
Andrew Morris, 3.48
Scott Blewett, 3.79

WHIP

Plutko, 1.10
Morris, 1.13
David Festa, 1.36

AVERAGE AGAINST

Morris, .218
Jensen, .221
Plutko, .227

That concludes Minor Details for another season.  Thanks for reading, if, in fact, anybody did.  I enjoyed it, and I hope you did, too.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of July 12

LOUISVILLE BATS 5, ST. PAUL SAINTS 1 IN LOUISVILLE

Louisville scored two in the first and led 5-0 after four.  The lone St. Paul run came in the eighth.

Multi-hit games:  None.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Adam Plutko pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out two.

Loss:  David Festa (3-3).

Opposition standout:  Jacob Hurtubise was 3-for-4 with a home run and three runs.

Record:  St. Paul is 6-10, in tenth (last) place, four games behind Nashville.

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 9, WICHITA WIND SURGE 7 IN SPRINGFIELD

Springfield scored four in the fifth to go up 7-3, Wichita scored four in the sixth to tie it, but Springfield got two in the eighth for the win.

Multi-hit games:  Noah Cardenas was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, a walk, and five RBIs.  Tyler Dearden was 2-for-4.  Jake Rucker was 2-for-5.

Home runs:  Cardenas (3)

Multi-RBI games:  Cardenas 5 (25).

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  None.

Loss:  Taylor Floyd (0-2).

Opposition standout:  Jimmy Crooks was 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.

Record:  Wichita is 5-11, in fifth (last) place, six games behind Tulsa.

BELOIT SKY CARP 9, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 4 IN BELOIT

Beloit scored six runs in the first inning.

Multi-hit games:  Agustin Ruiz was 3-for-4 with two doubles.

Home runs:  Nate Baez (10).

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Rafael Marcano struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Loss:  Darren Bowen (2-4).

Opposition standout:  Brock Vradenberg was 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple, two runs, and four RBIs.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 12-7, in second place, one game behind Wisconsin.

DAYTONA AT FORT MYERS

Rained out.  will be made up today.

FCL TWINS 4, FCL RED SOX 2 AT RED SOX (7 INNINGS)

Trailing 2-0, the Twins scored all of their runs in the sixth.  Javier Roman hit a bases-loaded triple in the inning.

Multi-hit games:  None.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  Roman 3 (10).

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Connor Prielipp made his 2024 debut, striking out six in two shutout innings and giving up one hit.  Cleiber Maldonado pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Win:  Adrian Bohorquez (2-3).

Save:  Maldonado (4).

Opposition standout:  Adam Bates struck out four in four perfect innings.

Record:  The FCL Twins are 24-26, in fourth place, five games behind the FCL Rays.

DSL MARLINS 7, DSL TWINS 6 AT TWINS

The Twins trailed 7-2 before scoring one in the seventh, one in the eighth, and two in the ninth.  The tying run was on second when the game ended.

Multi-hit games:  Daiber De Los Santos was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.

Home runs:  Victor Leal (2).

Multi-RBI games:  De Los Santos 2 (17).

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Aiberson Ventura pitched a perfect inning.

Loss:  Melvin Rodriguez (1-3).

Opposition standout:  Jose Paulino struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Record:  The DSL Twins are 15-12, in fourth place, seven games behind the DSL Rangers Red.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins
9:00  DSL Twins at DSL NYY Yankees
3:05  Daytona at Fort Myers (Charlee Soto, 0-3, 6.39 and TBD)--2
6:15  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 7-5, 3.92) at Louisville
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Christian MacLeod, 3-1, 2.92) at Beloit
6:35  Wichita (Cory Lewis, 0-1, 1.88) at Springfield

2024 Twins Game Logs

2024 Game 86: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins

4 Comments

Keider Montero
vs
David Festa

Montero and Festa both making their second career starts tonight. Montero's first start was in the second game of a double header in May. He made another appearance, seemingly in a bulk appearance, a week ago at home. Neither appearance was good, 4.1 innings each time and giving up four and five runs respectively. I expect another 4.1 inning start but this time six runs over that time.

Festa also gave up five runs last time but clearly it was from one bad inning so I expect a quality start tonight.