Twins Minor League Report (8/10): Tanner Schobel, Jeferson Morales Power Surge Win

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CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 65-51
St. Paul Saints: 56-56
Wichita Wind Surge: 46-61
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 57-48
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 55-47
FCL Twins: 27-31 (season complete)
DSL Twins: 25-23 

TRANSACTIONS
The Twins sent Louie Varland, the 27th man on their roster for Friday night’s game, back to the Saints. 

Michael Helman was also activated off of the 7-Day IL. 

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 7, Columbus 11
Box Score
Whereas the Twins and Guardians were in a pitchers’ duel at Target Field, the Twins Triple-A affiliate and Guardians Triple-A affiliate were involved in the opposite. 

Caleb Boushley started for the Saints. He gave up six runs on nine hits (including three homers) over four innings. Caleb Baragar gave up one hit in a scoreless fifth inning. Nick Wittgren pitched two innings. He gave up three unearned runs on three hits (one homer) over two innings. He had three strikeouts. Giovanny Gallegos got the eighth inning. He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk. Diego Castillo pitched the ninth and had a walk and a strikeout in a scoreless ninth.  

Down 6-0 in the fourth inning, the Saints got on the board in the bottom of the fourth with two runs off of Triston McKenzie. Diego A. Castillo led off with a single. With one out, Jair Camargo walked. After the second out, Wynton Bernard singled to drive in Castillo with the first run. Patrick Winkel singled to score Camargo.  

Down 9-2 at the seventh-inning stretch, the Saints got a third run. With two outs, Payton Eeles doubled. After stealing third base, he scored on a wild pitch. 

Down 11-3 going to the bottom of the eighth, the Saints offense attempted a comeback again. The inning started with singles from Castillo and DaShawn Keirsey. After a pitching change, Camargo doubled to drive in a run. Michael Helman walked. Keirsey scored on a Bernard force out. Winkel then drove in two more runs with another double. 

Going to the bottom of the ninth inning down 11-7, the Saints tried to mount a two-out comeback. Keirsey singled and stole second base. He scored when Camargo reached on an infield error. There was a wild pitch and a Helman walk, but the game ended with a ground out. 

For the Clippers, Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 with his 16th home run. Estevan Florial was 4-for-4 with a walk, double, three home runs and seven RBI.

Winkel went 2-for-4 with his 14th double. Castillo went 2-for-4. Keirsey went 2-for-4 with his 27th stolen base. Edouard Julien hit a double. Camargo was 1-for-3 with two walks and his 11th double. In his first game back with the Saints, Helman was 1-for-3 with two walks.   

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 3, Corpus Christi 3
Box Score
The Wind Surge jumped ahead early, fell behind in the middle innings, and then took the lead back in the eighth frame. Were they able to hang on?

Tyler Dearden led off the top of the second inning and reached on a fielding error. With one out, Tanner Schobel launched his ninth homer of the season to give the Surge a 2-0 lead. 

Travis Adams started and gave up one run on one hit and one walk over five innings. He had five strikeouts. John Stankiewicz came in for the sixth inning. He gave up two runs on three hits, and the Surge were down 3-2. 

Travis Floyd came in and threw two perfect innings. With two outs in the top of the eighth inning, Jake Rucker singled. Jeferson Morales launched his eighth home run of the season, a two-run blast that gave the Surge a 4-3 lead. 

That’s where the score remained entering the bottom of the ninth. Kyle Bischoff came on and struck out two batters in a perfect inning for his second save. 

Schobel went 2-for-4 with a homer in the game. The Surge had just six hits. Morales had the huge homer in the eighth inning. Carson McCusker hit his 22nd double, a pinch hit. 

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 7, Peoria 1 
Box Score
The Kernels scored in five of nine innings including a three-run sixth inning on their way to an easy win in Illinois. Connor Prielipp made the start and it had its ups and downs. In 2 2/3 innings, he gave up one run on no hits. He also had five strikeouts. On the other side, he had five walks. Rafael Marcano came in with two runners on base. He got the third out of the third inning, but not until giving up a hit that scored the run charged to Prielipp. 

Cedar Rapids got on the board first with a run in the top of the second inning. Kevin Maitan led off with a ground-rule double. He scored on a single by Nate Baez. 

Peoria tied the score in the bottom of the third inning. However, they retook the lead in the fifth frame. With two outs, Nick Lucky hit his first Kernels homer to give them a 2-1 lead. 

In the sixth inning, Gabriel Gonzalez led off with a walk. He moved to third base on Poncho Ruiz’s first Kernels double. Maitan then drove in two runs with a single. With one out, Wingrove walked. Following a pitching change, Maitan scored on a throwing error. 

The eighth inning began with singles by Maitan and Baez. After an out, Misael Urbina walked to load the bases. With two outs, Lucky walked to make it 6-1 Kernels. 

In the ninth, Gonzalez led off with a walk again. He moved to second on a wild pitch, and after a fly out, he moved to third on another wild pitch. Maitan came up and drove in his third run of the game with a sacrifice fly to conclude the scoring at 7-1. 

The pitching star of the game usually gets written about near the top of an article, but you could say that we’re burying the lede here a bit. Ty Langenberg came in for the fourth inning and completed the final six innings of the game. He gave up no runs on four hits. He had seven strikeouts without a walk.

Maitan went 3-for-3 with a walk, his 12th double, three runs and three RBI. Baez went 2-for-4 with a walk.   

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 6, Jupiter 2
Box Score
A few players were promoted from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids. Several others were transferred from the Mussels to the FCL Twins roster. However, the Fort Myers roster has basically become Brandon Winokur and the 2024 Draft’s Hitters, at least from the offensive side of the game. That group pulled together for a big five-run second inning to give the early lead. 

With one out in the top of the second inning, Jaime Ferrer singled and stole second. He scored on a Jay Thomason single. The Air Force alum then stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Daniel Pena, another holdover on the roster, reached on a walk. Derek Bender was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Caden Kendle drove in the second run with a ground out to third base. That put runners on second and third with two outs. Leadoff man, Kaelen Culpepper, came to the plate and drilled a shot down the left field line. It managed to stay fair. The Twins top draft pick drove in three runs with his first professional home run. The Mussels led 5-0. 

Intriguing 19-year-old Adrian Bohorquez came up to the Mussels following the FCL season. He made his first start and gave up two runs on three hits and two walks in four innings. He had six strikeouts. In case you were wondering, his fastball averaged 95.0 mph with a max of 96.8 mph. He has an upper-80s slider/cutter. He also threw a few slow curveballs in the upper-70s.  

Jack Noble came on and gave up a hit and a walk, but no runs, over two scoreless innings. He had three strikeouts. Cleiber Maldonado pitched the seventh inning. He gave up one run on two hits and a walk. Xander Hamilton struck out three batters over the final two innings for his ninth save. He got all six batters that he faced out. 

The offense slowed outside of their big second inning. They did add on one run in the sixth inning when Daniel Pena singled in Ferrer with the team’s sixth run. 

Pena went 2-for-3 with a walk in the game. Billy Amick was 2-for-4. 

DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 11, DSL Yankees 1
Box Score                                                                                                                                                                        The DSL Twins managed to score 11 runs despite just seven hits and two walks. They also were hit by a pitch four times. In addition, the Yankees squad had five errors in the game and the Twins took advantage. 

The Twins scored two runs in each of the first three innings. They added one run in the fourth inning, and then scored four runs in the fifth inning.

On the mound, 18-year-old Melvin Rodriguez gave up one run on four hits and a walk over five innings. He had six strikeouts. He is now 3-3 with a 2.98 ERA on the season. He has completed five innings in three of his past four starts, and he went 4 2/3 innings in the other start. In his past three starts, he has given up two runs in 14 2/3 innings. 

Nestor Cafe worked two scoreless, hitless innings. He had four walks but also five strikeouts. 

Daiber De Los Santos went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. He stole home for his 13th stolen base. Ricardo Paez went 1-for-2 with his fourth double and two RBI. Nestor Urbina went 1-for-3 with a walk, his first triple, and two RBI. Victor Leal was hit twice. 

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Ty Langenberg (Kernels) - 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K, 74 pitches, 52 strikes (70.3%).
Hitter of the Day – Kevin Maitan (Kernels) - 3-for-3, BB, 2B(12), 3 R, 3 RBI

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our recently-updated Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Saturday.

#1– Walker Jenkins (Cedar Rapids) – 0-for-5, K 
#7 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) – 0-for-2, 2 BB, HBP, 2 R  
#9 - Kaelen Culpepper (FCL Twins) - 1-for-4, BB, HR(1), R, 3 RBI. 

SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Columbus @ St. Paul (2:07 PM CST) – LHP Christian MacLeod (first AAA start)
Wichita @ Corpus Christi (5:05 PM CST) – TBD
Cedar Rapids @ Peoria (2:05 PM CST) – RHP John Klein (7-2, 4.56 ERA)
Ft. Myers @ Jupiter (11:00 AM CST) – LHP Ross Dunn (1-3, 6.13 ERA)

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