Twins Minor League Report (4/14): Wade, Gordon Star In Lookouts Win

TRANSACTIONS

Ryan LaMarre was optioned to Rochester (but you'll be happy to know that he just keeps hitting).

Brady Anderson was sent back to Fort Myers from Rochester.

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 4, Gwinnett 2

Box Score

W: Aaron Slegers (6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K)

SV: Matt Magill (1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K)

HR: Brock Stassi (1)

Multi-hit games:

Ryan Lamarre (2-for-3, BB, RBI)

Gregorio Petit (2-for-4, 3B, 2 R)

It took the Red Wings’ offense some time to get rolling, so it was good Aaron Slegers brought his A game. He pitched six shutout innings in a game that was tied at 0-0 through five innings.

Rochester built a 4-0 lead, but Adalberto Mejia ran into some trouble in his relief appearance. He pitched clean innings in the seventh and eighth frames, but things got interesting in the ninth. Mejia issued a leadoff walk, the next batter reached on an error which was followed with an RBI single.

Mejia was charged with one earned run on a hit, two walks and a hit batter over his two innings, but he also struck out four batters.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 3, Pensacola 2

Box Score

W: Todd Van Steensel (2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K)

SV: Omar Bencomo (2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K)

SP: Lewis Thorpe (4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K)

HR: None

Multi-hit games:

LaMonte Wade (2-for-4, 2 RBI)

Nick Gordon (2-for-4, RBI, SB)

The Lookouts entered the fifth inning trailing 2-0 but rallied to take the lead. T.J White led off the frame with a single and Brent Rooker followed suit. Brian Navarreto advanced them both on a sac bunt, then Ryan Walker lived up to his name and drew a base on balls to load ‘em up.

Tanner English went down swinging, bringing LaMonte Wade up with the bases juiced and two outs. He delivered a two-run, game-tying single and Nick Gordon capped the inning by driving in the go-ahead run on a single of his own.

Lewis Thorpe gave up two runs over four innings, one of them unearned due to his own throwing error. The bullpen shut out the Blue Wahoos from there, with Todd Van Steensel (two innings) Anthony McIver (one inning) and Omar Bencomo (two innings) protecting the one-run lead.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers 5, Tampa 4

Box Score

W: Phil Hughes (5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K)

SV: Ryan Mason (2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K)

HR: None

Multi-hit games:

Aaron Whitefield (2-for-4, 2B, R, SB)

Jimmy Kerrigan (2-for-4, 2B, 2 R)

Phil Hughes pitched five shutout innings and 44 of his 61 pitches were for strikes (72.1 percent). Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press passed along on Twitter that this lines Hughes up to return April 24 at Yankee Stadium.

https://twitter.com/MikeBerardino/status/985301370537431041

Similar to the Rochester game, the Miracle also jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Colton Davis, the first man out of the bullpen ran into some trouble, but Ryan Mason righted the ship.

Mason, making his first appearance since being called up from Cedar Rapids, entered the game with the Miracle clinging to a one-run lead. There were two men on base and two outs in the seventh inning. Mason struck out the next batter swinging to end the threat. It was Mason’s game from there, as he closed things out to earn his third save already in this young season (he had two with the Kernels).

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids vs. Clinton

Postponed (rain)

STARS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day: Ryan Mason

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day: LaMonte Wade

TOP PROSPECT SUMMARY

Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Prospects performed:

#3 Nick Gordon: 2-for-4, RBI, SB

#7 Brent Rooker: 1-for-4, R, K

#12 Lewis Thorpe: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

#13 Lewin Diaz: 0-for-4, K

#14 LaMonte Wade: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, K

#17 Travis Blankenhorn: 0-for-3, BB, RBI

SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester at Gwinnett (12:05 pm CT), Fernando Romero

Chattanooga at Pensacola (1:05 pm CT), Kohl Stewart

Fort Myers vs. Tampa (3:00 pm CT), Clark Beeker

Cedar Rapids vs. Clinton (2:05 pm CT), Blayne Enlow

Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the games.

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