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Minor Details: Games of September 17

CUBS 1, SAINTS 0 IN IOWA

The game's lone run scored on a double play in the second inning.

Brooks Lee was 2-for-4.

David Festa pitched 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out two.
Brent Headrick retired all ten men he faced, striking out four.
Michael Boyle pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Cole Sands struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.

ROCKHOUNDS 6, WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA

Cameron Masterson hit a three-run homer in the second and Midland never trailed.  Wichita scored all of their runs in the ninth and had the bases loaded when the game ended.

Alex Isola was 2-for-4 with a double.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with a double.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4.

Jordan Carr pitched three innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out one.
Taylor Floyd struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Denny Bentley retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

Wichita ends its season 36-33, in second place in the Texas League North, two games behind Springfield.

KERNELS 10, LOONS 6 IN GREAT LAKES (PLAYOFF GAME 1)

Trailing 6-5, Cedar Rapids scored five runs in the ninth.  Carson McCusker hit a three-run homer to break a 6-6 tie.

McCusker was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs.
Emmanuel Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs.
Jose Salas hit a home run.

Christian MacLeod pitched 1.1 innings, allowing four runs on three hits and three walks and striking out three.
John Stankiewicz struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Malik Barrington struck out two and walked one in 1.2 scoreless innings.

Cedar Rapids leads the best-of-three series 1-0.

TODAY'S TILTS

No games scheduled.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

6:35  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris) at Great Lakes
6:37  Toledo at St. Paul (TBD)

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Minor Details: Games of September 15

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CUBS 7, SAINTS 6 IN IOWA

Yonathan Periaza hit a three-run homer in a five-run sixth that gave Iowa a 7-3 lead.  Trevor Larnach hit a three-run homer in the ninth but St. Paul did not get the tying run on base.

Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Larnach was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer (his fifteenth) and two runs.

Blayne Enlow pitched three innings, giving up two runs on five hits and striking out one.
Brock Stewart struck out two in a perfect inning.
Jordan Balazovic pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 7, ROCKHOUNDS 0 IN WICHITA

Yoyner Fajardo hit a two-run homer in the third for all the runs Wichita would need.

Fajardo was 3-for-5 with a home run (his ninth), a triple, and four RBIs.
Patrick Winkel was 2-for-3 with a home run (his tenth), a double, and two RBIs.
Will Holland was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Jake Rucker hit a home run, his ninth.

Marco Raya struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Aaron Rozek struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Jorge Alcala struck out four in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Taylor Floyd retired all five men he faced.

KERNELS 9, CHIEFS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (PLAYOFF GAME THREE)

Cedar Rapids scored four runs in the first inning on two walks and four singles.

Noah Cardenas was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Luke Keaschall was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.

C. J. Culpepper struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.
Mike Paredes struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

The Kernels win the playoff series two games to one.  They will now advance to the Midwest League Championship Series against Great Lakes.  That series will begin on September 17.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:08  St. Paul (Patrick Murphy, 6-2, 3.30) at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-1, 3.12)

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Minor Details: Games of September 14

CUBS 9, SAINTS 3 IN IOWA

Matt Mervis hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Iowa led all the way.

Jair Camargo was 3-for-4 with a home run, his nineteenth.
Brooks Lee was 2-for-5 with two doubles.

Randy Dobnak pitched 5.2 innings, allowing six runs on nine hits and two walks and striking out four.
Carlos Luna pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks and striking out one.

WIND SURGE 5, ROCKHOUNDS 4 IN WICHITA

Will Holland's RBI single in the sixth broke a 4-4 tie in a three-run inning.

Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Alerick Soularie was 2-for-4 with a home run (his eleventh) and a walk.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his tenth.

Travis Adams pitched 4.1 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and striking out five.
Denny Bentley struck out two in 1.2 innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Curtis Taylor struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and three walks.

KERNELS 9, CHIEFS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS (PLAYOFF GAME 2)

Cedar Rapids scored six in the fourth to take a 6-1 lead.  Jeferson Morales hit a three-run homer and Noah Miller hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Miller was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk.
Carson McCusker was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Morales hit a three-run homer.
Jorel Ortega hit a home run.

Cory Lewis struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on four hits.
Gabriel Yanez pitched two perfect innings, striking out one.

The best-of-three playoff series is tied 1-1.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  Peoria at Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper)*
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 6.12)
7:08  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 8.01) at Iowa

*Game three of the best-of-three playoff series.

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Minor Details: Games of September 13

CUBS 4, SAINTS 3 IN IOWA

Levi Jordan's two-run single in the sixth broke a 2-2 tie.  St. Paul had men on first and second when the game ended.

Yunior Severino was 2-for-4 with a home run, his tenth.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4.
Hernan Perez hit a home run, his tenth.

Simeon Woods Richardson struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks.*
Michael Boyle retired all four men he faced, striking out two.
Jordan Balazovic pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Woods Richardson got off to an awful start--his ERA in his first eleven starts was 7.47.  But, while his season numbers still don't look very good, he has pitched very well in the second half.  In twelve games (ten starts) in the second half, his ERA is 2.95, his WHIP is 1.20, and his batting average against is .194.  He has struck out 52 and walked 31 in 61 innings.  Too many walks, of course, but his other numbers look a lot better in the second half.  And even the walks are headed in the right direction--he had walked 28 in 47 innings in the first half.

ROCKHOUNDS 2, WIND SURGE 1 IN WICHITA

A sacrifice fly broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth.

Alex Isola was 3-for-4.

Pierson Ohl pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out five.
Miguel Rodriguez retired all five men he faced, striking out three.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:08  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 5-8, 5.10) at Iowa
6:35  Peoria at Cedar Rapids (Cory Lewis)*
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Travis Adams, 4-10, 5.55)

*Game 2 of the playoff series.  The Kernels trail 1-0.

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Minor Details: September 12

SAINTS 4, CUBS 1 IN IOWA

St. Paul scored one in the first and two in the second to build a 3-0 lead.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his ninth.

Hunter McMahon struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Austin Brice struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Ronny Henriquez struck out two in two perfect innings.
Cole Sands struck out two and walked one in two shutout innings.

ROCK HOUNDS 5, WIND SURGE 2 IN WICHITA

Jonny Butler hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Midland a 4-0 lead.

Alex Isola was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Jake Rucker was 2-for-4.
Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-5.

Wichita had eleven hits, but all were singles.  They stranded nine, going 2-for-10 with men in scoring position.

Chris Paddack struck out six in four innings, giving up two runs on four hits.
Taylor Floyd struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Regi Grace struck out three in two innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk.
Francis Peguero pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

CHIEFS 4, KERNELS 3 (GAME ONE)

Ramon Mendoza hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Peoria a 4-1 lead.  Kala'i Rosario hit a two-run homer in the eighth to make it 4-3 and Cedar Rapids had the bases loaded when the game ended.

Rosario hit a two-run homer.

Cedar Rapids had only four hits.  They drew six walks but went 0-for-8 with men in scoring position.

Andrew Morris pitched five innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out five.
Mike Paredes struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
John Stankiewicz pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

12:08  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 6-6, 5.07) at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 7-3, 2.87)

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Minor Details: Where They Stand

The St. Paul Saints are 36-27, in first place in International League West, 1.5 games ahead of Nashville.  However, they are four games behind Durham for best record in the league, which (if I'm reading it correctly) is what they would need to have to make the playoffs.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 34-29, in second place in the Texas League North, one game behind Springfield.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels finished their season 42-24, in first place in the Midwest League West, six games ahead of Peoria and Wisconsin.  They will play Peoria in the first round of the Midwest League playoffs.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels finished their season 33-32, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, 10.5 games behind Lakeland, 2.5 games behind third-place Clearwater.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris) at Peoria*
6:38  St. Paul (Hunter McMahon, 0-1, 3.38) at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita (Chris Paddack, no record)

*Game 1 of the best-of-three series.

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Minor Details: Games of September 10

BATS 3, SAINTS 2 IN LOUISVILLE (10 INNINGS)

Jason Vosler's RBI double tied it in the ninth and Jose Barrero singled home the deciding run in the tenth.

Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with two doubles.
Brooks Lee hit a home run, his fourth.
Yunior Severino hit a home run, his eighth.

Blayne Enlow pitched two innings, giving up one run on two hits and striking out one.
Patrick Murphy pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.

WIND SURGE 3, HOOKS 2 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Wichita scored two in the ninth to break a 1-1 tie.  Corpus Christi had the tying run on third when the game ended.

Yoyner Fajardo was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double.
Jake Rucker was 3-for-4 with two doubles.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4.
Alerick Soularie hit a home run, his tenth.

Jaylin Nowlin pitched 2.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk and striking out two.
Isaac Mattson struck out three and walked one in 2.2 scoreless innings.
Curtis Taylor struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Miguel Rodriguez struck out four in 1.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits.

TIMBER RATTLERS 8, KERNELS 5 IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin scored two in the second, three in the third, and three in the fourth to build an 8-2 lead.

Luke Keaschall was 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs.
Jose Salas was 2-for-4 with a double.
Noah Miller was 2-for-5.
Carson McCusker hit a home run, his seventh.

Alejandro Hidalgo pitched two innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks and striking out one.
Matthew Swain pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and  striking out one.
Jarret Whorff pitched a perfect inning.

MARAUDERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN FORT MYERS

A pair of sacrifice flies in the eighth broke a 3-3 tie.

Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Walker Jenkins was 2-for-5 with a triple.

Ben Ethridge struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Zach Veen pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
Nolan Santos pitched two shutout innings, walking two.

TODAY'S TILTS

No games scheduled.

TUESDAY'S TILTS

6:35  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris) at Peoria*
6:35  St. Paul at Iowa
7:05  Midland at Wichita

*First game of the playoffs

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Minor Details: Games of September 8

SAINTS 7, BATS 6 IN LOUISVILLE

St. Paul led 7-2 after three.  Louisville scored four in the fourth, and it stayed 7-6 the rest of the way.

Michael Helman was 3-for-5.
Tony Wolters was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and four RBIs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.

Randy Dobnak pitched five innings, allowing six runs on six hits and four walks and striking out six.
Austin Schulfer struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Cole Sands pitched two shutout innings, walking one and striking out one.

HOOKS 8, WIND SURGE 2 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Will Wagner hit a two-run homer to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth.  A three-run eighth made it 8-1.

Alex Isola was 2-for-2 with a double.
Dalton Shuffield was 2-for-4.
Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4.

Marco Raya pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.

TIMBER RATTLERS 2, KERNELS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Eric Brown, Jr. singled home the tying run in the ninth and a balk brought home the deciding run.

Cedar Rapids had three hits, all singles.

Zebby Matthews struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Mike Paredes pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS

Fort Myers scored four in the fourth and three in the fifth to take a 7-0 lead.  Bradenton scored all their runs in the eighth.

Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Matt Gabbert struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Jose Olivares, 3-4, 6.09)
6:15  St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 2-1, 2.55) at Louisville
6:40  Cedar Rapids (John Klein, no record) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Travis Adams, 4-9, 5.47) at Corpus Christi

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Minor Details: Games of September 7

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SAINTS 10, BATS 3 IN LOUISVILLE

Leading 4-0, St. Paul scored four in the fifth.  Kyle Garlick hit a two-run homer in the inning.

Garlick was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth), two walks, and four RBIs.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, and three runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Jair Camargo was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Yunior Severino was 2-for-6.

Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out five.
Hunter McMahon pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

WIND SURGE 2, HOOKS 1 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Willie Joe Garry, Jr. stole second and scored on a throwing error with two out in the ninth for the deciding run.

Seth Gray hit a home run, his ninth.

Pierson Ohl pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out four.
Curtis Taylor pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TIMBER RATTLERS 11, KERNELS 6 IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin scored three in the first and four in the second to take a 7-0 lead.

Kala'i Rosario hit a three-run homer, his twenty-first.

Cedar Rapids had five hits and drew eleven walks.

C. J. Culpepper pitched two innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out one.
A. J. Labas pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

MARAUDERS 9, MIGHTY MUSSELS 5 IN FORT MYERS (7 INNINGS--RAIN)

Rodolfo Nolasco hit a grand slam in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.

Danny De Andrade was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two runs.
Yohander Martinez was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Nate Baez was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Miguelangel Boadas pitched 3.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and six walks and striking out four.
Jeremy Lee struck out three in a scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks.

Fort Myers pitchers walked twelve while striking out nine.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (Matt Gabbart, 2-0, 3.52)
6:15  St. Paul (Randy Dobnak, 4-8, 4.84) at Louisville
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Zebby Matthews, 4-2, 4.81) at Wisconsin
7:05  Wichita (Marco Raya, 0-3, 7.0 6) at Corpus Christi

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Minor Details: Games of September 6

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SAINTS 13, BATS 8 IN LOUISVILLE

St. Paul led 5-0 after one and 6-2 after seven.  Louisville scored six in the eighth, but St. Paul came back with seven in the ninth.

Austin Martin was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) and two runs.
Gilberto Celestino was 2-for-4.
Trevor Larnach was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his thirteenth and fourteenth) and six RBIs.
Michael Helman was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fifth), two runs, and two RBIs.
Alex Kirilloff was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer, his seventh.

David Festa struck out six in 4.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and six walks.
Michael Boyle pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

St. Paul pitchers gave up eight hits but walked eleven.

HOOKS 10, WIND SURGE 4 IN CORPUS CHRISTI

Corpus Christi led 5-0 after four.  Wichita scored four in the fifth, but Corpus Christi got one in the fifth and four in the sixth.

Ben Ross was 2-for-4.
Seth Gray hit a grand slam, his eighth homer.

Sean Mooney struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.
Isaac Mattson struck out five in two perfect innings.

KERNELS 4, TIMBER RATTLERS 1 IN WISCONSIN

Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a two-run single in the second to give Cedar Rapids a 3-1 lead.

Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two RBis.
Jose Salas hit a home run, his fourth.

Cory Lewis pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out three.
Ricardo Velez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
Jarret Whorff struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 6, MARAUDERS 5 IN FORT MYERS

A run-scoring force out broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth.

Walker Jenkins was 2-for-4.  He is batting .447/.488/.684 in nine games (38 at-bats).
Jay Harry was 2-for-4.  He is batting .352/.437/.477 in 24 games (88 at-bats).
Nate Baez hit a three-run homer, his second.

Chris Paddack pitched 2.2 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks and striking out four.
Samuel Perez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:35  St. Paul (Simeon Woods Richardson, 5-6, 5.29) at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (John Klein, 2-1, 2.97)
6:35  Wichita (Pierson Ohl, 7-3, 2.95) at Corpus Christi
6:40  Cedar Rapids (C. J. Culpepper, 2-1, 3.58) at Wisconsin