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CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 49-39
St. Paul Saints: 42-40
Wichita Wind Surge: 35-43
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 45-31
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 39-37
FCL Twins: 20-22
DSL Twins: 11-10
TRANSACTIONS
We saw the transaction from the KBO several days ago. Jordan Balazovic was to sign with the Doosan Bears. It took until Friday for him to be released by the Twins.
OF Emmanuel Rodriguez began his rehab assignment with a full game in center field in the FCL. He went 2-for-4 with a walk and two doubles.
Following the Twins game, news began to leak that the Twins were going to call up Matt Wallner for Sunday’s game. He had been removed from the Saints lineup which started some speculation.
SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 1, Gwinnett 4
Box Score
Not long before game time, the Saints found out that they were losing their most productive hitter over the past six weeks and needed a lineup change. Such is life in the minor leagues.
It took breaking a pattern to tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning. Edouard Julien led off with a walk. Then there was a strikeout. DaShawn Keirsey walked, but then there was another strikeout. But Payton Eeles walked to load the bases. That brought Chris Williams to the plate, and breaking the patterns, he walked to score Julien with their first (and ultimately only) run.
Aaron Rozek put together his best start with the Saints this season. He gave the Saints five solid innings. He gave up three runs (2 earned) on seven hits. He walked three and struck out one batter.
Scott Blewett gave up one run on two hits over two innings. Ryan Jensen tossed two scoreless, hitless innings. He walked three and struck out two batters.
The Saints had just two hits in the game. Diego Castillo notched his 13th doubles, and Keirsey hit his 15th double. They also had nine walks as a team. Payton Eeles was 0-for-1, but he walked three times as well. The Saints went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base.
WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 4, Tulsa 7
Box Score
‘Through six innings, this was quite the pitchers’ duel. The game was just 1-1. After that, a couple of big innings by Tulsa was more than enough to overcome a ninth-inning comeback attempt by the Surge.
Cory Lewis was back on the mound, making his fourth start with the Wind Surge. This was easily his best start. He tossed four shutout, one-hit innings. He walked three and struck out four batters. Regi Grace was charged with an unearned run on one hit in two innings. He had three strikeouts.
Cody Laweryson came on and gave up four runs on three hits in his inning. He had two walks and two strikeouts. Miguel Rodriguez gave up two runs on two hits in an inning. He walked two and struck out one.
Carson McCusker got the Surge offense going in the second inning with his seventh homer of the season. He was 2-for-5 in the game.
The Wind Surge didn’t score another run until the top of the ninth inning. Jorel Ortega hit his fifth homer. Jeferson Morales added a one-out, two-run homer. He was 2-for-5, and it was his fifth homer of the year.
Jake Rucker went 2-for-5. Noah Cardenas went 2-for-4. Luke Keaschall went 1-for-3 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. Kyler Fedko went 0-for-1 with three walks.
KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 8, Quad Cities 2
Box Score
The Kernels scored in six of the first seven innings. The top eight batters in the Kernels lineup had at least one hit.
Rayne Doncon led off and went 3-for-4 with a walk and his eighth double. Ricardo Olivar went 2-for-3 with two walks with his 14th double. Misael Urbina went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch.
Kevin Maitan went 3-for-5 with his fourth home run. It was a three-run blast in the fourth inning. Tyler Dearden went 3-for-4. Juan Mendez
Christian MacLeod had another strong start. The southpaw gave up one run on two hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two batters and struck out four. Jacob Wosinski gave up one run on one hit in 1 2/3 innings. Juan Mendez threw a perfect eighth inning. Juan Mercedes threw a scoreless ninth inning.
MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 6, Bradenton 1
Box Score
The Mussels scored in five different innings on Saturday, but the story of this game was the tremendous pitching by Fort Myers.
Tanner Hill made the start. He gave up only an unearned run on one hit through three innings. He had two walks and seven strikeouts. Jack Noble came in and tossed a scoreless fourth inning. Zack Weiss continued his rehab with two scoreless innings. He had one walk. Paulshawn Pasqualotto gave up just one hit over three scoreless innings. He had six strikeouts and no walks.
Daniel Pena went 2-for-4 including his second home run. Ryan McCarthy went 2-for-4 with his fifth double. Carlos Aguiar also hit his 11th double. Walker Jenkins went 1-for-2 with two walks. .
COMPLEX CHRONICLES
Game 1: FCL Twins 4, FCL Red Sox 3 (completion of game from July 5)
Box Score
After one inning on Friday, the teams got rained on and played the rest on Saturday. Miguel Cordero threw a perfect inning on Friday. When the game resumed, Ezequiel Ventura came on. He worked the next four innings and gave up three runs on eight hits and a walk. Matt Helwig came on and gave up just one hit over two scoreless innings.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, the team was down 3-2. Cole Elvis singled to drive in Yilber Herrera and tie the game.
Then in the bottom of the ninth, Bryan Acuna singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Jayson Bass walked. With two outs, Acuna scored on a passed ball.
Javier Roman went 2-for-4. Anderson Nova was 2-for-3. Bass and Roman each hit their fifth double.
Game 2: FCL Twins 1, FCL Red Sox 6 (completion of game from July 5)
Box Score
Through five innings, the game was tied 5-5. The Twins scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning. Then they added four more runs in the top of the seventh. The Red Sox scored two in the bottom of the seventh but it wasn’t enough.
The big organizational news in this game is that Emmanuel Rodriguez began a rehab assignment. He played seven innings and went 2-for-4 with a walk and two doubles.
The star of the show in this game was Yasser Mercedes. He was also 2-for-4 with a walk, but his two hits were both home runs, and he drove in five runs.
Omari Daniel went 1-for-2 with two walks and his second double.
On the mound, the Twins went with a couple of their more veteran FCL arms.Liam Rocha signed a year ago as a non-drafted free agent from California Baptist. In 4 1/3 innings, he gave up five runs (3 earned) on five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. He had four strikeouts. Next up was knuckleballer Devin Kirby. The 24-year-old gave up two runs on four hits over 2 2/3 innings. He had three strikeouts. He also signed as a non-drafted free agent last year out of the University of Connecticut.
DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 6, DSL Diamondbacks-Black 3
Box Score
The Twins held a 3-1 lead going to the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Diamondbacks scored two to tie it up and send it to extra innings. In the top of the ninth, the Twins scored three runs and held on for the win.
The Twins got on the board in the top of the sixth inning when Ricardo Paez doubled to drive in Alver Medina and Eduardo Beltre. The Twins added a run in the top of the seventh inning on a Victor Leal solo homer, his first of the season.
In the ninth, Paez was the runner at second base. Luis Fragoza led off with a walk. Victor Leal singled, but Paez was thrown out at home. An intentional walk to Luis Rodriguez loaded the bases. Ruben Velazquez singled in two runs to give the Twins the 5-3 lead. Alver Medina followed with a double to drive in the sixth run.
Cristian Hernandez started and gave up one run on four hits over four innings. He walked two and struck out eight batters. Jose Vazquez came in and tossed two scoreless innings. Impressive since he gave up two hits and walked three batters. However, he also struck out five batters.
Fabian Herrera gave up two runs on a hit and four walks (two intentional) in 1 1/3 innings. Before this outing, he had appeared in seven games and thrown 9 2/3 scoreless innings. Sebastian Pulido came in with the bases loaded and stranded all three runners. He faced five batters and got all five out, two on strikeouts.
Alver Medina went 3-for-5 with his second double. Victor Leal went 2-for-4 his first homer. Ricardo Paez had two hits, including his second double.
TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Paulshawn Pasqualotto (Fort Myers) - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K; 35 pitches, 24 strikes (68.6%)
Hitter of the Day – Yasser Mercedes (FCL Twins) - 2-for-4, BB, 2-HR(6), 2 R, 5 RBI, K.
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-for-2, 2 BB, R, RBI, K.
#2 – Brooks Lee (Minnesota) – 1-for-4, HR(1), R, 2 RBI, K
#3 – Emmanuel Rodriguez (Wichita) – IL (Rehab FCL: 2-for-4, BB, 2-2B, R, 2 RBI.
#5 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-5, RBI.
#9 – Luke Keaschall (Wichita) – 1-for-3, BB, HBP, R
#13 – Tanner Schobel (Wichita) – 0-for-4
#15 – Cory Lewis (Wichita) – 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 61 pitches, 30 strikes (48.9%)#18 – Yunior Severino (St. Paul) – 0-for-4, BB, 3 K
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Cedar Rapids) – 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2B(14), 2 R, RBI
SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul @ Iowa (2:07 PM CST) – RHP Randy Dobnak (6-5, 4.05 ERA)
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