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OF Walker Jenkins placed on 7-day IL. Tyler Dearden activated by the Wind Surge from the Development List.
Saints Sentinel
St. Paul 3, Omaha 2
Box Score
Andrew Morris: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
HR: Jair Camargo (1), Carson McCusker (1)
Multi-hit games: Emmanuel Rodriguez (2-for-4), Austin Martin (2-for-3, BB), Carson McCusker (2-for-4, HR, R, RBI)
The Saints squeaked out a win on Wednesday.
One of these days, Andrew Morris will allow a run. That day was not last Wednesday, nor was it this one: the righty breezed through five shutout innings, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out three. Thrice a runner made it as far as 2nd base—and one of them attempted to come all the way home, before being stopped by a beautiful one-hopper from Austin Martin—but Morris worked out of danger every time.
Like he did last week, Cory Lewis entered in relief of Morris. Things did not go as well this time. Omaha jumped on Lewis for a pair of runs in the 6th, before the righty righted the ship and cleaned up his outing the best he could with two scoreless innings. Anthony Misiewicz pitched the 9th.
While the Saints only mustered three runs, that total proved enough to do the job. Jair Camargo notched the first two scores with a two-run blast in the 4th, and Carson McCusker blasted a solo shot in the 6th. That’s all they did; that’s all they needed.
Brooks Lee went 1-4 with a strikeout while playing seven innings at third base.
Old friend Nick Gordon singled and walked in four trips to the plate for Omaha.
The Storm Chasers are the AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. No player on their MLB.com top 30 prospects list appeared in this game.
Wind Surge Wisdom
Wichita 4, Rockhounds 8
Box Score
Ricky Castro: 2 ⅔ IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
HR: Rubel Cespedes (1)
Multi-hit games: Rubel Cespedes (2-for-4, HR, 2B, R, 4 RBI)
The Wind Surge lost handily on Wednesday.
Offensively, it was the Rubel Cespedes show. The 24-year-old knocked in all four of Wichita’s runs with a 1st-inning grand slam, perfectly stroked out deep into right field. He later tacked on a double.
The early explosion only begat a tepid showing from the rest of Wichita’s lineup. That eventful 1st contained two of their five hits on the night; a handful of meager threats across the coming frames were always snuffed out, and by the time a runner finally saw 3rd base again, the deficit was too much to recover from.
Mike Parades and Jaylen Nowlin made quality appearances out of the bullpen, combining for 5 ⅓ scoreless innings with five strikeouts.
The Rockhounds are an affiliate for the Franchise Formerly Known as the Oakland Athletics. The tremendously named Henry Bolte is their 8th-best prospect, and he singled and walked in five plate appearances while playing center field.
Kernels Nuggets
Cedar Rapids 0, Beloit 10
Box Score
Ross Dunn: 3 ⅓ IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: None
The Kernels were thumped on Wednesday.
Sometimes you don’t have it, and sometimes you really don’t have it. Oddly enough, this wasn’t quite that black and white: the Kernels were reasonably competitive up until the 9th when a 3-0 game ballooned into a 10-0 laugher with some diabolical ERAs.
Cedar Rapids’ bats didn’t help matters. Doubles by Billy Amick and Kaelen Culpepper marked the only significant shots taken off Sky Carp pitching. The box score is a graveyard: five starting hitters failed to reach base safely and of the four that did, only Khadim Diaw did so more than once.
The Kernels allowed 10 stolen bases, with six alone coming from Emaarion Boyd.
Beloit starter Noble Meyer, the 82nd best prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com, pitched 4 ⅔ scoreless innings in his outing.
Mussels Matters
Fort Myers 5, Tampa 1
Box Score
Michael Carpenter: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: Byron Chourio (2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, BB), Yasser Mercedes (2-for-3, 2B, R, BB)
Fort Myers ran a smorgasbord of pitchers to win on Wednesday.
Lefty starter Michael Carpenter made his Twins organization debut. The 20-year-old from Menomonee Falls—and selected in the 11th round of the 2024 draft out of Madison Area Technical College, the alma mater of just three other draftees—led all of JUCO DII with a 1.03 ERA in his draft year and tossed 45 consecutive shutout innings.
Carpenter’s initial foray into pro ball was curt but successful. He struck out the first two batters he faced before beginning to labor, allowing a double and two walks to inflate his pitch count. He punched out Tampa’s Tyler Wilson with his 36th and final pitch of the night. With that out of the way, 2025 should hold big things for the fascinating small-school prospect.
A slew of hurlers carried the pitching effort the rest of the way. Kade Bragg, Devin Kirby, Jacob Kisting, Ivran Romero, and Tyler Stasiowski combined for eight frames, five hits, one earned run, six walks—a little heavy on the free passes—and ten strikeouts. The 22-year-old Kisting was the star of the show; the Madison-born righty out-pitched his Wisconsinite brother by breezing through 2 ⅓ innings. Six of those seven outs came via the strikeout.
Fort Myers’ bats were efficient. Although, really, it was their legs that delivered them to success: Byron Chourio sparked a 1st inning run with a walk and a steal, quickly advancing to 3rd off an errant throw by Tampa’s catcher. Dameury Pena brought him home with a sacrifice fly. Then, Yasser Mercedes scored in the 4th when a steal put him in position to score off a Jose Rodriguez single. Finally, a 7th-inning skirmish—fueled by a Pena two-run knock—concluded when Pena scampered home following a wild pitch.
The Tarpons are an affiliate of the New York Yankees. Always a talented system, shortstop Roderick Arias—the franchise’s 7th-best prospect—went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Andrew Morris
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Rubel Cespedes
PROSPECT SUMMARY
Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed:
#2 – Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 2-4, K
#3 – Luke Keaschall (St. Paul) - 0-4, 3 K
#5 – Andrew Morris (St. Paul) - 5 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
#7 – Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids) - 1-3, 2B
#8 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-4, K
#9 – Cory Lewis (St. Paul) - 2 ⅓ IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
#13 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) -0-3, BB, 2 K
#15 – Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers) - 2-3, 2B, R, BB
#16 – Rayne Doncon (Cedar Rapids) - 0-4, 2 K
#17 – Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) - 1-3, 2B
#18 – Kala’i Rosario (Wichita) - 1-4, R, 2 K
#19 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) - 0-4
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 0-3, R, BB
THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Omaha @ St. Paul (5:37 PM) - RHP Marco Raya
Midland @ Wichita (5:35 PM) - RHP Chase Chaney
Beloit @ Cedar Rapids (5:35 PM) - RHP Ty Langenberg
Tampa @ Fort Myers (5:05 PM) - RHP Jakob Hall
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