Twins Minor League Report (6/8): Sweep Complete!

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 3, Buffalo 1

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Tommy Milone put together another strong start for the Red Wings, and JT Chargois shut the door as the Red Wings improved to 35-25, the best record in the International League. Milone started and improved to 4-0 with a 1.94 ERA with seven strong innings. He gave up one run on eight hits and two walks. He struck out six. In the eighth inning, Mike Quade used three pitchers for one out apiece. David Martinez, Ryan O’Rourke and JT Chargois each got an out. Chargois pitched a clean ninth inning to record his fourth save.

Buck Britton went 2-3 with a walk. John Ryan Murphy had the two biggest hits in the game. His fourth double drove in a run, and he also had an RBI single.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 5, Jacksonville 2

Box Score

Aaron Slegers was solid on the mound again and his battery mate provided some of the power. Slegers worked the first seven innings. He gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out two batters. Luke Westphal gave up a hit and a walk, but he pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a quick, perfect ninth inning to record his eighth Lookouts save.

Shannon Wilkerson led the offense. The outfielder went 3-4 with his fifth double. Travis Harrison added his 11th double and a walk. Leonardo Reginnato went 2-5. Stuart Turner added his third home run of the season.

The first four runs (three earned) scored by the Lookouts came against former Twins minor leaguer, lefty Matt Tomshaw. He was a minor league Rule 5 pick of the Marlins following the 2014 season.

The Lookouts are inching closer to that .500 mark at 29-30 on the season.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers 1, Brevard County 0

Box Score

Tyler Jay may not have had his best stuff, but the results were terrific again. Jay gave up seven hits and walked two, but he threw six shutout innings. He struck out four. He has now thrown 15 consecutive shutout innings to drop his season ERA to 2.18.

He was replaced by Luke Bard who struck out two over two scoreless innings. Yorman Landa worked the ninth to maintain the shutout and record his third save. Miracle pitchers were helped tremendously by five double plays.

The pitching had little margin for error as the Brewers’ affiliate held the Miracle offense to just five hits and struck out 15. The lone run came in the fourth inning. With two outs, Edgar Corcino singled. Chris Paul doubled him in from first base.

TJ White batted third in his return from Chattanooga. Joe Maloney played his first game for their Miracle. They batted third and fourth, respectively, and each had one hit. Maloney’s hit was a triple.

For Brevard County, former Twins prospect Zack Jones made his first appearance of the year on a rehab assignment. The Rule 5 pick threw one inning. He walked one and struck out two.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 6, Kane County 0

Box Score

The reports coming out of Ft. Myers this spring indicated that Fernando Romero was throwing well, and throwing hard. He recently was promoted to the Kernels and has been fantastic ever since. On this night, the strong right-hander improved to 4-0 and dropped his ERA to 1.17 with seven shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked one and struck out seven. Michael Cederoth worked the final two innings and kept the shutout. He walked one and struck out three.

The Kernels got it going early. Zander Wiel had an RBI double. It was followed by a two-run blast off the bat of AJ Murray, his sixth homer of the year. In the seventh inning, the Kernels got RBI singles from JJ Fernandez and Luis Arraez, followed by an RBI double by Sean Miller. Arraez went 2-4 with a double. LaMonte Wade walked twice.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Fernando Romero, Cedar Rapids Kernels

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester @ Buffalo (12:05 p.m. CST) - LHP Andrew Albers

Jacksonville @ Chattanooga (10:15 am CST) - RHP Kohl Stewart

Ft. Myers @ Brevard County (5:35 CST) – RHP Keaton Steele

Kane County @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Miles Nordgren

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