Twins Minor League Report (4/11): Offensive! (And Not In A Good Way)

It wasn't a very productive day for the affiliates as all three teams that played put a tally in the loss column.

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester vs Lehigh Valley

The Red Wings (2-1) issued a press release on Monday afternoon informing fans that their game against the IronPigs would be postponed due to rain. The two clubs will face off in a doubleheader on Tuesday beginning at 4:05 pm. Both games will be of the seven-inning variety.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 1, Biloxi 3

Box Score

In a rematch of the 2015 Southern League Championship Series, the Lookouts (1-4) came out on the wrong end in this match-up, losing four games in the five-game set.

Ryan Eades gave up the first run of the game after allowing a single and issuing a walk to start the third inning. Biloxi followed with two sacrifices to open the scoring. Eades closed out his evening with three scoreless frames to finish with a very respectable line: six innings, three hits, one run, two walks and three strikeouts.

Offensively, the Lookouts were able to push only one run across the plate and that was in the fifth inning. Engelb Vielma, who reached on a one-out single, was driven in on a single by Leo Reginatto. Those two singles were two of the seven singles produced today. Chattanooga had no extra-base hits. Daniel Palka led the lineup with two hits.

Jake Reed came into a tie game and hit the first batter he faced. After allowing a single to the next batter, Reed allowed a one-out, two-run triple. It appeared that center fielder Zach Granite had a play on the ball but may have misjudged how much room he had between himself and the wall. The ball deflected off the wall and skittered away from Granite. Regardless of whether he should have caught it or not, the go-ahead run would have scored either way. Reed recorded five more outs despite only facing four batters - thanks to a double-play and Mitch Garver erasing a walk with a pick-off from behind the dish. Reed’s line in the loss: two innings, two hits, two runs, one walk, one hit batter, no strikeouts. Reed has allowed two runs in both of his 2016 outings.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers 0, Brevard County 2

Box Score

After splitting the four-game season-opening home-and-home series with Bradenton, the Miracle dropped the first game of their four-game set with Brevard County.

The offense was able to get runners on base, picking up eight hits (one more than their opponent), but a lack of extra base hits (none), walks (none), hits with runners in scoring position (0-for-4) and an abundance of strikeouts (ten) prevented the club from getting any of those runners around the bases and to home plate. TJ White and Alex Real each collected two hits.

Felix Jorge took the loss in his high-A debut, but not by much fault of his own. He allowed six runners to reach (five hits and a walk) in six innings, two of who scored. Jorge struck out seven. According to Brice Zimmerman, Jorge was “sitting 92-94” with his fastball and hit 97, also citing a “nice slider and workable change-up.”

Brian Gilbert (1.1 IP) and Luke Westphal (1.2 IP) combined to finish the game. Each allowed one hit and each struck out one. Gilbert also issued a walk.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 0, Quad City 9

Box Score

The Kernels dropped their first game of the season and did so without putting up much of a fight.

Chris Cavaness (single), LaMonte Wade (single, five-game hitting streak), Zander Wiel (hit, walk) and Rafael Valera (hit by pitch) provided all the offense. Again, no extra-base hits. Only one walk. And 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.

To add insult to… well, insult, the Kernels committed four errors, including Jermaine Palacios’s second of the season. Valera was also caught stealing twice.

Dereck Rodriguez took the rock and pitched six innings. He allowed eight hits and five runs while striking out six. Kuo Hua Lo allowed three unearned runs in one inning, striking one out. Michael Theofanopoulos allowed a run in his inning of work.

It would be nice if there were a positive or two to work into this the recap… about the most positive part is that the Kernels have a noon game on Tuesday, so they can wash the stink of this game out of their memories.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Pitcher of the Day – Ryan Eades (6 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 3 K)

Hitter of the Day – Daniel Palka (2-for-4, no strikeouts)

There was not a single extra base hit, nor a single RBI on Monday. Palka wins by default, really. He was the only hitter who collected multiple singles and didn’t strike out. Ouch.

TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Lehigh Valley @ Rochester (4:05PM CST) – LHP Logan Darnell (0-0, -.-- ERA)

Lehigh Valley @ Rochester (following game one) – RHP David Martinez (0-0, -.-- ERA)

Jackson @ Chattanooga (5:15PM CST) – LHP Jason Wheeler (0-1, 5.40 ERA)

Brevard County @ Fort Myers (6:05PM CST) – LHP Randy Rosario (0-0, -.-- ERA)

Cedar Rapids @ Kane County (NOON CST) – RHP Miles Nordgren (0-0, -.-- ERA)

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

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