Twins Minor League Report (6/22): Six Wins on Saturday

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 42-35 
St. Paul Saints: 38-35
Wichita Wind Surge: 30-38
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 39-27
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 33-34
FCL Twins: 17-17
DSL Twins: 7-8

TRANSACTIONS

• OF DaShawn Keirsey Jr. activated from IL by St. Paul
• LHP Wilker Reyes transferred from FCL to Fort Myers

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 9, Toledo 7
Box Score

St. Paul turned to Caleb Boushley for the Saturday start, and while earlier rain looked to threaten action, the game started on time. Boushley worked six innings of scoreless baseball and gave up just three hits while walking four.

Facing big league pitcher Matt Manning, the Saints wasted no time putting runs on the board. Yunior Severino singled home both Edouard Julien and Brooks Lee in the first inning before Matt Wallner drove home Alex Isola and Tony Kemp with a second inning single.

Returning to the lineup after being out since May 26, DaShawn Keirsey Jr. made his presence felt with a third inning solo shot, and Kemp followed his lead with one of his own. Severino blasted a dinger in the fifth inning to make it 7-0 before a Patrick Winkel single scored Diego A. Castillo.

Winkel scored Keirsey on a seventh inning ground out to make it 9-0. Austin Brice and Nick Wittgren made a meal of the ninth inning, allowing a combined seven runs and allowing the tying run to step in, but St. Paul held on for the win. Julien had four hits while Severino was 4-for-5 on the evening. Keirsey and Kemp both had three hits of their own.

Jordan Balazovic worked a scoreless inning of relief while striking out a pair.

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 8, Arkansas 3
Box Score

Playing their final game of the first half, Jaylen Nowlin made the start for Wichita. He worked 4 2/3 innings allowing three runs on four hits and five walks. He struck out seven.

The Wind Surge kicked off the scoring with a big third inning, and their eight spot largely put the game out of reach. Luke Keaschall brought in Dalton Shuffield with a single before Tanner Schobel brought home Jorel Ortega. Jefferson Morales singled home Keaschall, and Aaron Sabato drove home Schobel with a single. Noah Cardenas plated Morales with a bases loaded walk, and Carson McCusker brought in Sabato, Jake Rucker, and Cardenas with a bases-clearing double.

Arkansas plated a trio of runs during the fifth inning, but still trailing by five, they were staring at a loss. John Stankiewicz worked 2 1/3 scoreless while striking out three, and Regi Grace pitched a pair of scoreless innings of his own.

Sabato and Rucker both grabbed a pair of hits while Shuffield drew two of the four Wichita walks. Of the eight hits, only McCusker’s double was for extra-bases.

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 6, Peoria 3
Box Score

Ty Langenberg worked five innings allowing just a pair of runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out seven.

Giving up a pair of first inning runs, the Kernels answered with one of their own in the second inning. Nate Baez hit his ninth home run of the season to halve the deficit at 2-1. Ricardo Olivar hit his tenth home run in the third inning, and the two-run shot scored Rayne Doncon to give Cedar Rapids their first lead.

The fifth inning saw Cedar Rapids add again. This time Olivar doubled home Kyle Hess before Kevin Maitan plated Olivar on a single. Up 5-2, the Kernels scored their sixth run in the seventh inning when Rubel Cespedes brought Doncon home on a single.

Peoria scored a pair in the eighth inning, but that wasn’t enough to bring them back. Olivar and Doncon both had a pair of two-hit nights. With each recording an extra-base hit. Langenberg grabbed his second victory of the season with Gabriel Yanez earning his fourth save.

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 5, St. Lucie 0
Box Score

Charlee Soto was on the bump Saturday and he turned in the best start of his professional career. Going four innings scoreless, he allowed just two hits and three walks while striking out five.

Yohander Martinez started the scoring with a fourth inning single to score Maddux Houghton and give Fort Myers a 1-0 lead. In the sixth inning Poncho Ruiz came home on a wild pitch before Martinez drove home Houghton again with his second single of the game. Cole Elvis scored Nick Lucky with a single and the Mighty Mussels went up 4-0.

Walker Jenkins, playing as the designated hitter, got his first dinger of the season with a ninth inning solo shot to make it 5-0. Martinez and Byron Chourio both had a pair of hits while Xander Hamilton earned a win working three scoreless innings of relief. Nolan Santos worked a pair of scoreless relief innings and struck out four.

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Twins 4, FCL Red Sox 0
Box Score

Liam Rocha started for the Twins and worked four scoreless innings. He scattered three hits and walked two while striking out four. Cleiber Maldonado got the win working three scoreless innings of relief, and Devin Kirby finished off the shutout with two scoreless innings of his own.

Anderson Nova opened the scoring with a second inning ground out that scored Hendry Chivilli. A fifth inning double from Bryan Acuna scored Javier Roman and Nova to make it 3-0, and a bases loaded walk to Ariel Castro scored Amilcar Vasquez.

Roman had a pair of hits. Rehabbing prospect Gabriel Gonzalez was 1-3 with a walk.

DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 7, DSL Phillies White 4 (F/6)
Box Score

Santiago Rojas started for the Twins and turned in four innings of four run (three earned) baseball. He walked three but struck out five during the outing.

Down 1-0 when coming up to the plate, the Twins took a first inning lead. Yandro Hernandez singled home Daiber De Los Santos before scoring himself on a wild pitch. The Phillies tied it at two in the second inning, but the Twins went back to work during the third inning.

Murphy Hernandez scored Luis Fragoza on a ground out before Eduardo Beltre raced home on a wild pitch. After the Phillies tied it at four in the fourth inning, the Twins put them away in the fifth inning. Hernandez scored on a wild pitch and Victor Leal scored on a Ruben Velazquez sacrifice fly. Another wild pitch scored Ricardo Paez and the Twins held on 7-4.

The Twins scored seven runs despite having just two hits thanks to drawing 11 walks.

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Caleb Boushley (St. Paul) - 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Hitter of the Day – Yunior Severino (St. Paul) - 4-5, R, 3 RBI, HR(14)

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on the Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Thursday. 
#1– Walker Jenkins (Fort Myers) – 1-5, R, RBI, HR(1), K
#2 – Brooks Lee (St. Paul) – 1-3, R, 2 K
#3 – Emmanuel Rodriguez (Wichita) – IL
#5 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) – Rehab with FCL - 1-3, BB
#7 – Charlee Soto (Fort Myers) – 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
#8 – Austin Martin (Minnesota) – 1-1
#9 – Luke Keaschall (Wichita) – 1-5, R, RBI, 2 K
#13 – Tanner Schobel (Wichita) – 1-5, R, RBI, K 
#18 – Yunior Severino (St. Paul) – 4-5, R, 3 RBI, HR(14)
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Cedar Rapids) – 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR(10), 2B,(11), K

SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul vs Toledo (2:07 PM CST) – RHP Louie Varland (2-5, 5.31 ERA)
Wichita @ Arkansas (1:35 PM CST) – RHP Travis Adams (3-5, 5.19 ERA)
Cedar Rapids vs Peoria (1:05 PM CST) – RHP John Klein (4-1, 4.66 ERA0
Fort Myers @ St. Lucie (11:10 AM CST) – RHP Jose Olivares (1-1, 2.75 ERA)

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