In the minors on Sunday, the offenses of the Chattanooga Lookouts and Fort Myers Miracle combined for nineteen runs and twenty six hits on the day. One team pulled away late, and the other was forced to make a comeback. Would they be able to complete it?

There was also some roster shuffling in AAA and AA due to Rochester’s postponement from Saturday. Andrew Albers was optioned back to AAA in addition to David Hurlbut’s promotion yesterday, and Luke Bard was promoted to Chattanooga so they’d each have some pitching options.

Check out all the action from Minnesota Twins affiliates from Sunday by reading on.

RED WINGS REPORT

Game 1: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4, Rochester 0

Box Score

In their regularly scheduled game, the Rochester bats were unable to get much going. As a team they collected just six hits and three walks, and went 0-6 with runners in scoring position. All the hits were singles, with Reynaldo Rodriguez going 2-3 on the day to lead the team.

David Hurlbut made the spot start, and went the first six innings of the seven inning game. He allowed four earned runs on nine hits and one walk. He struck out two.

Jake Reed pitched a scoreless seventh inning to finish the game, despite allowing one hit and walking two batters. He struck out one.

Game 2: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3, Rochester 4 (makeup of 8/13 game)

Box Score

In the makeup game from yesterday’s rainout, things went much better despite the Red Wings even though they only had just as many hits as in the first game.

Daniel Palka was the biggest reason why they got four runs instead of zero. He was 2-3 with a double, home run, and two RBI to lead the way. John Ryan Murphy was 2-2 with a run scored and an RBI.

Byron Buxton had a hit in each game, and stole his seventh base in this one.

Omar Bencomo made the start, and in 5.2 innings allowed two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four. Alex Wimmers recorded the final out of the sixth, but allowed one run on two hits, a walk, and a couple wild pitches in the seventh before Sean Burnett was summoned with the tying run on third. He induced a groundout to end the game and record his third save.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 8, Birmingham 3

Box Score

The Lookouts pulled away in this one with a four run eighth inning thanks to a Heiker Meneses RBI double, a two-RBI single from Ryan Walker, and an error off the bat of Niko Goodrum that allowed Shannon Wilkerson to scamper home.

Meneses (3-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI) and T.J. White (3-5, 3 R’s, SB) each collected three hits. Walker (2-5, 2 RBI) and Wilkerson (2-4, R, RBI) each had two hits. Goodrum added a double to their effort. As a team they racked up thirteen hits and were 6-17 with runners in scoring position.

Ryan Eades made the start for Chattanooga, as they were a little shorthanded. It was his first start since July 5^th. He went the first 3.2 innings, scattering four hits and a walk and allowing only an unearned run in the first. He struck out seven.

Brandon Peterson finished the fourth and fifth innings. He allowed one hit, walked one, and struck out three in picking up the win. Zack Jones went two scoreless innings. He gave up one hit and one walk while striking out three. Luke Bard pitched the final two frames. He allowed two earned runs on two walks and some defensive indifference.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers 11, Bradenton 9

Box score

It was all about offense in this one, as the teams combined for twenty runs on twenty five hits, with Fort Myers edging Bradenton on the scoreboard in each category to move to .500 on the season.

But it took a late surge for Fort Myers to take the lead for good. They were down 8-6 going into the top of the eighth but scored three runs to take back the lead. Bradenton tied it in the bottom of the eighth, but a two-RBI single from Chris Ibarra in the ninth would seal the victory.

The Miracle got multi-hit efforts from Tanner English (2-5, 3 R’s, HR, 2 RBI, BB), Nick Gordon (3-5, R, 2B, RBI, BB), Joe Maloney (3-5, R, 3 RBI), and Tanner Witt (3-6, 2B). Ibarra drove in three runs on the game, including the game-winners.

Lefthander Sam Clay was on the mound for Fort Myers, and pitched into the fifth. Three straight hits to leadoff that inning would end his night. In all, he went four plus innings and allowed six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three.

John Curtiss came on and finished the fifth, and added a scoreless sixth. He did allow an inherited runner to score, but allowed one hit and two walks in his two innings pitched. He struck out two. Michael Theofanopoulos allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in seventh. Cam Booser blew the save in the eighth and got just two outs. Todd Van Steensel shut the door on the rally then, and pitched a one-two-three ninth to pick up the win. He retired all four men he faced to preserve the victory.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 1, Kane County 5

Box Score

Cedar Rapids struggled their way to six hits, including just one double off the bat of Jaylin Davis, and pushed their only run of the game across the plate in the fifth inning thanks to an error that followed that double.

Luis Arreaz continues to collect hits in bunches. He was 2-4 as the DH in this one and hitting out of the cleanup spot. He leads the Midwest League in batting average with a mark of .344 on the season.

On the mound for the Kernels was 2016’s sixteenth round pick, right-hander Tyler Beardsley. He went the first five innings and allowed just two earned runs on six hits and a walk. He struck out five but was tagged with his second loss.

Michael Cederoth allowed three runs on four hits and a walk in two innings. He struck out four. Andrew Vasquez pitched a scoreless eighth, going one-two-three in the process.

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Elizabethton 5, Bluefield 1 (suspended, top of the fourth inning)

Box Score

The E-Twins game with the Blue Jays was suspended in the top of the fourth inning after Luis Martinez and Manuel Guzman had reached base with singles.

To this point Elizabethton has home runs off the bats of Shane Carrier (his sixth) and Lewin Diaz (his seventh) to jump out to the 5-1 lead.

Starter Miguel De Jesus had allowed one run on two hits in three innings while picking up one strikeout.

The game will be completed tomorrow as part of a makeshift double-header.

GCL TWINS TAKES

The GCL Twins, like most of the rest of the Gulf Coast League, enjoyed the afternoon off on Sunday. They get back to action tomorrow morning in a double-header against the GCL Rays.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Pitcher of the Day – Ryan Eades, Chattanooga Lookouts (3.2IP, 0 ER, 4 H’s, BB, 7 K’s)

Hitter of the Day – Tanner English, Fort Myers Miracle (2-5, 3 R’s, HR, 2 RBI, BB)

MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester @ Buffalo (6:05PM CST) – TBD

Chattanooga @ Birmingham (7:05PM CST) – RHP Felix Jorge (0-3, 5.06 ERA)

Fort Myers @ Bradenton (5:30PM CST) – RHP Randy LeBlanc (4-6, 4.27 ERA)

Cedar Rapids @ Peoria (7:00PM PM CST) – TBD

Elizabethton @ Bluefield (6:05PM CST) – RHP Tyler Wells (2-2, 5.28 ERA)

Elizabethton @ Bluefield (makeup of today’s game)

GCL Twins @ GCL Rays (9:00AM CST) – TBD (Game 1)

GCL Twins @ GCL Rays – TBD (Game 2)

Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Sunday’s games.