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Minor Details: Games of April 11

SAINTS 5, INDIANS 1 IN INDIANAPOLIS

Andrew Bechtold hit a two-run homer in a three-run fourth that put St. Paul up 3-0.

Mark Contreras was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Andrew Stephenson was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.  Bechtold's homer was his second.

Bailey Ober struck out six in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Trevor Megill struck out the side in a perfect inning.

WIND SURGE 8, NATURALS 2 IN WICHITA

Wichita scored three in the first and led all the way.

Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Alex Isola was 2-for-5 with a home run.  Brooks Lee hit a two-run homer.

Blayne Enlow struck out eight in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks.  Tyler Beck struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

KERNELS 10, RIVER BANDITS 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Ben Ross hit a two-run homer in the first and Cedar Rapids followed with a four-run second.

Noah Miller was 2-for-2 with three walks and two runs.  Jeferson Morales was 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks, and two runs.  Ross was 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs.  Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a three-run homer, his second.

Starter Jaylin Nowlin allowed four runs in 3.1 innings, giving up five hits and three walks and striking out two.  Orlando Rodriguez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings despite walking four.  He struck out one.  Regi Grace struck out two in two shutout innings.

THRESHERS 5, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN CLEARWATER

Justin Crawford's two-run double in the seventh broke a 3-3 tie.

No Fort Myers batter had more than one hit, and they were all singles.

Starter C. J. Culpepper pitched four innings, giving up two unearned runs on one hit and three walks and striking out two.  Zach Veen pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:30  Fort Myers (Develson Aria) at Clearwater
5:35  St. Paul (Louie Varland, 1-0) at Indianapolis
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Kyle Jones)
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (David Festa, 1-0)

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of April 11

SAINTS 10, INDIANS 6 IN INDIANAPOLIS (12 INNINGS)

St. Paul scored four in the twelfth.

Tony Wolters was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and three runs.  Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-6.  Hernan Perez was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.

Starter Brent Headrick struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  Brock Stewart struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Jose De Leon struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.  Saints pitchers had sixteen strikeouts in twelve innings.

WIND SURGE 3, NATURALS 1 IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

Wichita scored two runs without a hit in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie.  They only put one ball in play in the inning:  it went strikeout, walk, error, walk, wild pitch, strikeout, hit batsman, walk, strikeout.

Wichita had just two hits in the game.

Carlos Luna struck out ten in 5.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and no walks.  Kody Funderburk struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Alex Scherff struck out two and walked one in 1.1 scoreless innings.  Wind Surge pitchers had fifteen strikeouts.

KERNELS 8, RIVER BANDITS 4 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a walkoff grand slam.

Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4.  Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with a walk, a grand slam, and two runs.

Pierson Ohl struck out six in five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk.  Malik Barrington struck out five in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Miguel Rodriguez retired both men he faced.  Kernels pitchers had eleven strikeouts.

THRESHERS 6, MIGHTY MUSSELS 0 IN CLEARWATER

The Threshers scored once in the second, third, sixth, seventh, and got two in the eighth.

The Mighty Mussels had just three hits.

Tomas Cleto pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and no walks while striking out two.  Josh Winder pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:05  St. Paul (Bailey Ober, 0-1) at Indianapolis
5:30  Fort Myers (C. J. Culpepper) at Clearwater
6:35  Quad Cities at Cedar Rapids (Jaylin Nowlin)
7:05  Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (TBD)

 

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of April 7

SAINTS 6, CUBS 2 IN ST. PAUL

Mark Contreras hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give St. Paul a 5-1 lead.

Contreras' homer was his second.  Hernan Perez also homered.  No Saint had more than one hit.

Starter Louie Varland struck out nine in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk.  Trevor Megill pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks and striking out one.  Brock Stewart struck out all four men he faced.

WIND SURGE 2, CARDINALS 0 IN SPRINGFIELD

Wichita scored both runs in the third inning.

Yoyner Fajardo was 2-for-4.  Alex Isola was 2-for-4.

Starter David Festa struck out eight in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  Hunter McMahon struck out three in two perfect innings.  Jordan Brink pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.  Michael Boyle pitched a scoreless innings and struck out one.  Springfield had just one hit, a single by Matt Koperniak in the fifth.

KERNELS 5, CHIEFS 4 IN PEORIA (10 INNINGS)

Kala'i Rosario singled home the go-ahead run in the tenth.

Rosario was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Noah Miller was 2-for-5.  Tanner Schobel hit a three-run homer.

Starter Kyle Jones struck out six in 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and no walks.  Matt Mullenbach struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Regi Grace struck out three in two perfect innings.

MIGHTY MUSSELS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 IN DUNEDIN

Fort Myers led 4-1 after three and made it stand up.

No Mighty Mussel had more than one hit.

Starter Andrew Morris struck out seven in 4.1 innings, but gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks.  Josh Winder struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Johnathan Lavallee struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Juan Mendez struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

TODAY'S TILTS

1:00  Iowa at St. Paul (doubleheader)  (Aaron Sanchez and Randy Dobnak)
5:00  Dunedin at Fort Myers (Zebby Matthews)
6:05  Wichita (Travis Adams) at Springfield
6:35  Cedar Rapids (Connor Prielipp) at Peoria

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Minor Details: Game of April 6

CUBS 12, SAINTS 11 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored six in the eighth to go up 11-8, but Iowa came back with four in the ninth.  Christopher Morel's two-run single brought home they tying and go-ahead runs.

Edouard Julien was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second), a walk, three runs, and two RBIs.  Kyle Garlick was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second), two runs, and two RBIs.  Matt Wallner was 2-for-5 with a double and four RBIs.  Tyler White was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.  The first four men in the Saints lineup were 8-for-19 with three home runs, a double, two walks, seven runs, and nine RBIs.

Starter Baliey Ober struck out six in 2.2 innings, but allowed three runs on three hits and four walks.  The only Saints pitcher to go unscored upon was Connor Sadzeck, who retired the only man he faced.  The four ninth-inning runs were given up by Cody Laweryson.  On the one hand, they were all unearned due to a two-out error.  On the other hand, he gave up four hits and a walk in the inning.

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Keeping Track

Minor Details: The Return

I'm not going to try to go back and review all the games I missed, nor am I going to go back and choose players of the week(s).  I did think, however, that you might be interested in seeing where the teams are in the standings.  We'll resume game results tomorrow.

ST. PAUL SAINTS

The Saints are 54-55, tied for fifth place with Indianapolis in the International League West, 11.5 games behind Nashville.  They are 5-5 in their last ten games and lost their most recent game.

WICHITA WIND SURGE

The Wind Surge is 25-14, in first place in the Texas League North, five games ahead of Springfield.  They are 9-1 in their last ten games and won their last four games.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

The Kernels are 20-22, in fourth place in the Midwest League West, two games behind third-place Wisconsin, five games behind South Bend.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS

The Mighty Mussels are 16-24, in fifth place in the Florida State League West, three games behind fourth-place Lakeland, ten games behind Bradenton.

And just for fun, I thought I'd put standings together as if all four teams were in the same league.  It proves nothing, and I'm not pretending that it does.  I just thought it would be kind of cool.

Cedar Rapids 63-45 .583  --
Wichita             60-47 .561  2.5
Fort Myers     57-47 .548  4
St. Paul             54-55 .495   9.5