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RED WINGS REPORT
Rochester 1, Louisville 3
A Rochester lineup without outfielders Eddie Rosario and Aaron Hicks was unable to muster much offense in Louisville, as Bats starter Jon Moscot shut them down to the tune of just three hits and one run in eight innings.
The damage came from the bat of Reynaldo Rodriguez, who slugged his second home run of the year in the fourth inning. He also singled in the first inning, accounting for two of the team’s three hits. Wilkin Ramirez had the other, a single, and also drew a walk. That was it for the Red Wings offense as they did not have a single at-bat with runners in scoring position on the day, and left only two men on base.
Left-hander Jason Wheeler made the start for the Red Wings, and he did his best to match Moscot, pitching into the eighth inning. He finished 7.1 innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits, while striking out three. It was back-to-back home runs to start the fifth inning that put the game ultimately out of reach, 3-1.
CHATTANOOGA CHATTER
Jackson 3, Chattanooga 16
Starter D.J. Baxendale entered the day as the Southern League ERA leader, with a mark of 0.86. On the year, he had started five games for the Lookouts and pitched six or more innings each game, totaling 31.1 innings while striking out 29.
He ended the day no longer leading the league in ERA, nor did he pitch six innings, but did pick up his third win. His pitch count got up there pretty fast in this one, as it took 107 pitches to finish five innings. He allowed two earned runs on six hits, one a solo home run, and two walks. He struck out five.
With the game in hand at that point already, at 8-0, Cole Johnson came in and pitched the next two innings. He gave up one run on three hits and struck out two. Nick Burdi then came on and lowered his ERA to 7.50, pitching two scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and one walk, while striking out three.
The Lookouts offense exploded early and often in this one as general manager Terry Ryan looked on. They hung crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the first (2), third (3), and fourth (2) innings, and added another in the fifth to build an 8-2 lead.
Jorge Polanco scored Byron Buxton with a sac fly after he had been hit by a pitch to lead off the game and found his way to third on a Stephan Wickens single. Miguel Sano followed with a double that scored Wickens. Sano added his first RBI sac fly of the day in the third inning, and this was followed by Adam Brett Walker II’s league- leading eighth home run of the season, a two-run shot.
Buxton drew a walk in the fourth inning, went to third on a Wickens single, and scored on a Polanco single before Sano added his second run-scoring sac fly to make the score 7-2.
Max Kepler led off the fifth inning with a double and came around to score on a Buxton single to get them to eight runs.
The next inning, Chattanooga brought 13 men to the plate and extended their lead to 15-3. Harrison, Walker, Kepler clubbed doubles after a single from Polanco, then Stuart Turner walked and Heiker Meneses added the fourth double of the inning to give the Lookouts their first four runs of the inning. Buxton then, with a single, brought Turner home and sent Meneses to third. Wickens reached second on a two-base error which plated Meneses and sent Buxton to third. To end the inning's scoring Sano singled, driving in Buxton. Another crooked number.
Polanco added an RBI triple in the eighth inning to finish the scoring in the game.
Six hitters had a multiple-hit game, including Buxton (2-4, 3 R’s, 2 RBI, BB), Wickens (3-5, 4 R’s), Polanco (4-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI), Sano (2-4, 2B, 4 RBI), Walker II (2-5, 2 R’s, 2B, HR, 4 RBI), and Kepler (3-5, 2 R’s, 2 2B’s, RBI). Harrison was 1-3 with a double and drew three walks, and Meneses added a double and an RBI to the effort. Catcher Stuart Turner was the only batter without a hit on the day, but drew a walk and scored a run.
Quite the day for several players with the GM in attendance!
MIRACLE MATTERS
The Fort Myers Miracle had the day off on Sunday and will resume their homestand with a four-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays Monday Night.
KERNELS NUGGETS
It was a scheduled day off for the Cedar Rapids Kernels as well, as they returned home from a 6-0 road trip against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Beloit Snappers. They will host the Peoria Chiefs.
TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Nick Burdi, Chattanooga Lookouts (2.0 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, BB, 3 K’s)
Hitter of the Day – Entire Chattanooga Lookouts lineup (18 H’s, 6 2B’s, 3B, HR, 15 RBI, 5 BB). Okay, if I have to pick one, it’s Adam Brett Walker II (2-5, 2 R’s, 2B, HR, 4 RBIs).
MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Toledo @ Rochester (6:05 CST) – LHP Pat Dean (2-2, 2.45 ERA)
Chattanooga @ Birmingham (7:05 PM CST) – RHP Alex Wimmers (0-0, 6.43 ERA)
Dunedin @ Fort Myers (6:05 PM CST) – RHP Kohl Stewart (Return from DL)
Peoria @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM CST) – RHP Jared Wilson (3-0, 2.42 ERA)
Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the Sunday games.
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