Twins Minor League Report (9/4): Big Innings Hurt Twins Affiliates; Lots of L's.

TRANSACTIONS  
Fort Myers moved RHP Matthew Dalquist to the development list. That makes room for RHP Thomas Burns to be added to the Mussels roster.           

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 2, Omaha 3 (10 innings)
Box Score
Kala’i Rosario got things going for the Saints with an opposite field home run, his eighth since joining the Saints.   

Lefty Aaron Rozek made arguably his best start of the season on Friday night He tossed six scoreless innings. He gave up four hits, walked three and had three strikeouts. 

Matt Bowman came in and gave up two runs on two hits and a walk. He struck out two batters.

With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Matt Wallner reached on a two-base error and went to third on a groundout. Cody Morissette came through with an RBI single to make it 2-2. 

Marco Raya tossed two scoreless innings, the eighth and the ninth innings. He gave up two hits and a walk, but he struck out three batters. 

The Saints went scoreless in the top of the 10th inning. Julian Merryweather came in for the bottom of the 10th. They intentionally walked the leadoff man to set up a potential double play ball. However, the next batter sacrificed himself with a bunt that put runners on second and third with one out. Jacob Berry lined a ball into the gap in left-center field. Emmanuel Rodriguez raced it down and made a very nice sliding-diving catch. But it left no chance for a throw home and the Storm Chasers took the 3-2 win. 

Hendry Mendez went 2-for-4 with his 11th double. Cody Morissette went 2-for-4 with his 15th double and stole his ninth base. Noah Cardenas went 2-for-4. Tanner Schobel knocked his 15th double, and Tristan Gray hit his fourth double. 

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 4, Tulsa 7
Box Score
A five-run sixth inning for Tulsa was more than enough for them to take the Friday night win. 

Preston Johnson started for the Surge. In four innings, he gave up one run on three hits. He walked three and struck out seven batters. 

Darren Bowen came on for the fifth inning and started the sixth. He gave up six runs on four hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Kyle Bischoff allowed an inherited runner to score. He gave up a hit and walked two but got two outs to close out the sixth inning. Jaylen Nowlin and Mitch Mueller each threw a scoreless inning and struck out one batter. 

Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-3 with a walk. He hit his career-high 18th home run of the season.   

Jaime Ferrer hit his 13th double and drove in the team’s first run. 

In the eighth inning, Marek Houston hit his seventh Wichita home run, a two-run shot that ended the team’s scoring for the day.   

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 3, South Bend 14
Box Score
South Bend jumped ahead early with a four-run first. The Kernels cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth inning. However, a seven-run seventh allowed the Cubs to run away with a win.  

Merit Jones started and gave up five runs on six hits and a walk over four innings. He had four strikeouts. Ivran Romero gave up five runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batter in 2 1/3 innings. Cole Peschl gave up four runs on six hits and a walk in one inning. Mike Hilker got the final two outs.   

The Kernels scored their three runs on seven hits and five walks. They had no extra base hits. Byron Chourio went 2-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases. Yasser Mercedes walked twice. Irvin Nunez went 1-for-2 with a walk. 

MIGHTY MATTERS
Fort Myers 9, Clearwater 13
Box Score
In a bit of a back-and-forth game, the Mussels scored a run in the top of the seventh that gave them a 6-4 lead. Unfortunately, they were outscored 9-3 over the game’s final two innings. 

With two outs in the top of the third inning, Colby Turner and Poncho Ruiz hit back-to-back singles. Isaiah Lane tripled to drive in two runs and give the team a 2-0 lead.   

Bryce Fowler led off the top of the fourth inning with a single and went to second when Yovanny Duran walked. With two outs, Charlie Scholvin drove in Fowler with a single. Turner singled to drive in Duran. Ruiz drove in Scholvin with another single, and the Mussels held a 5-1 lead. 

Leading 5-4, the Mussels added a run in the top of the seventh. Poncho Ruiz and Bryan Acuna walked, and a Bryce Fowler drove in Ruiz with the sixth run. 

Matt Barr started and gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. Brad Rudis gave up one hit and one walk in a scoreless 1 2/3 innings. 

Thomas Burns came in for the bottom of the sixth inning to make his professional debut. The first two batters he faced hit singles. However, Burns got a ground ball double play and a strikeout to end the inning.   

Burns went out to start the bottom of the seventh inning. He walked the first three batters he faced before giving up a bases-clearing double. Adam Falinski came in and after a passed ball and a single, Burns' line was complete. He was charged with four runs on three hits and three walks.

Heading into the eighth inning, the Mussels were down 9-6.

However, in the top of the eighth inning, Charlie Scholvin and Colby Turner were hit by pitches to start the inning. Then Mussel manager Jordan Smith went to his bench and called on Jimmy Keenan. The non-drafted free agent came through with a three-run homer that tied the game at 9-9. It was his second home run.   

Falinski gave up five runs on five hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings. He had two strikeouts, but the two home runs certainly hurt. Aidan Russell came in and got the final out. 

Poncho Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a walk. Colby Turner went 2-for-4 with two hit batters. Bryce Fowler went 2-for-4 with a walk. Charlie Scholvin was 2-for-4 and was hit by a pitch. Isaiah Lane was 1-for-4 with two walks, his fourth triple, and two RBI. Yovanny Duran and Hideki Prather were both 1-for-3 with a walk and a double. 

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter(s) of the Day 
Andrew Cossetti (Wichita): 2-for-3, BB, HR(18), 2 R, RBI 

Pitcher(s) of the Day
Aaron Rozek (St. Paul): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 75 pitches, 47 strikes (62.7%). 

PROSPECT SUMMARY
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#1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - 0-for-3, BB (batted ninth, played CF)
#3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 1-for-3, BB, SB(1) (batted eighth, played SS)
#4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-4, HR(7), R, 2 RBI (batted first, played SS)
#6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 0-for-5, K (batted first, played CF) 
#7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-4, 2B(11) (batted fourth, played LF)   

#8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-5, RBI (batted third, played Catcher)
#9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (Minnesota) - 0-for-2, K (pinch hit, played LF)
#12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 3 K (batted third, played CF)
#19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3, 2 BB, K, (batted second, played DH)

UPCOMING PROBABLES
Saturday, September 5
St. Paul @ Omaha (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Jack Anderson (5-4, 4.29 ERA)
Wichita @ Tulsa (7:00 pm CT) - RHP Riley Quick (0-2, 5.79 ERA)
Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (2-1, 4.00 ERA)
Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Jason Reitz (0-2, 2.76 ERA) 

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 67-74
St. Paul Saints: 76-59
Wichita Wind Surge: 51-77 (Final Game 9/13)
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 47-81 (Final Game 9/6)
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-59 (Final Game 9/6)
FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete)
DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete)

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