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Not sure how much of an organizational philosophy change will happen when aside from Derek Falvey, the scouting group is still pretty much the same. Zoll will have little to do with the actual selections. He'll be part of the discussions over the next few days as they prep, but he's smart and will let Sean Johnson do his job. Certainly, they have had many discussions with Zoll in the room about Cho, Emerson and Lackey and probably Flora. I'm sure Zoll has asked questions, maybe encouraging the room to say, well, if Cholo and Lackey are taken, would we consider taking a Justin Lebron, getting him for $2 million under slot ... so that they can give an extra million for their next few picks? Ask questions for consideration, but when it comes to Saturday and Sunday, Sean makes the ultimate decision and trusts the opinions and reports of the area and regional scouts and cross-checkers. My guess is they have their Top 200 or so. I would guess that they probably have a ranked list of 25-30 seniors that they really, really like. They can be used as "senior signs" in the first 10 rounds, or they can communicate with throughout and hope to sign right after the 20th round.

Darrell Jackson overcame several obstacles throughout his life, but on Sunday, he lost his battle with lung cancer, passing away at the age of 70. Jackson grew up in Los Angeles in the '60s and early '70s. He and his family were affected by the Watts riots in the mid-to-late-'60s. He attended Locke High School which was established in 1967 to be a safe place for children and families, but they were unable to keep the race issues from coming in. There were frequent fights, and during Jackson's senior year, two people were shot in a targeted gang attack. The following January saw an 18-year-old student killed on the school jogging track in a gang-related shooting. He was just an innocent bystander. Tyrese Gibson graduated from Locke in 1996, just two years before being signed by RCA Records. He has spent lots of time on Billboard Top 100 lists, and many now may know of him from his roles in the Fast & Furious and Transformers series of films. Jackson played on a pretty good baseball team in high school. He pitched well, and the Twins made him their sixth-round draft pick in 1973. Fellow 1973 Locke High School grads included future Hall of Famers Eddie Murray and Ozzie Smith. Murray was a third-round pick by the Orioles and signed right away. Smith went undrafted out of high school, went to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo on an academic scholarship and walked onto the baseball team. The Tigers drafted him in the seventh round in 1976, but he didn't sign. The Padres signed him after making him their fourth-round pick in 1977. Jackson certainly could have signed out of high school. He didn't, opting to attend Arizona State University. He pitched there for four years and won three College World Series championships. His time in the minor leagues was very short. His first professional start came in 1978 for the Orlando Twins, the team's Double-A affiliate at the time. He tossed nine no-hit innings. He made 10 starts and was 4-3 with a 1.80 ERA. In 75 innings, he gave up 52 hits, walked 32 and had 68 strikeouts. On June 16, 1978, Jackson made his MLB debut at Met Stadium against the Detroit Tigers. The southpaw tossed 7 1/3 innings and gave up just one run despite giving up seven hits, walking four, and having seven strikeouts. Veteran Mike Marshall got the final five outs in a 5-2 win. The bottom three hitters in the Tigers lineup that day were all rookies, catcher Lance Parrish, shortstop Alan Trammell, and second baseman Lou Whitaker. July 7th, he made his fourth career start at Oakland. He tossed a complete game shutout. In nine innings, he gave up just three hits and one walk, while striking out seven batters. In a start on May 10, 1980, at Yankees Stadium. He tossed 10 scoreless innings. He gave up five hits and walked one batter. The Bronx Bombers lineup including Willie Randolph, Reggie Jackson, Lou Pinella, Graig Nettles, he gave up a double to Bucky Dent, and Bob Watson went 4-for-4 with a double. Doug Corbett got the final three outs for the save. He went 0-5 with a 6.25 ERA in mid-June of 1982. The Twins released him. He pitched in Mexico briefly in 1983 but at that point, his career was complete. Jackson pitched for the Twins in parts of five seasons. He went 20-27 with one save. He posted a 4.38 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP. 60 of his 102 career games pitched were starts. He certainly had flashes of greatness at times. Later, Jackson acknowledged that there was a lot more going on in his life and in his body. He talked about drinking too much starting in college and then drank even more once he became a pro ballplayer. Like so many pro athletes in that era, Jackson struggled with cocaine and its addictive qualities. He said in a 2022 interview that he had mistaken money, drugs, women and attention for success. When his baseball career ended, he continued to abuse alcohol and drugs. And at that point he found himself really fighting depression. He went to treatment and rehab a few times. It didn't take. He happened to meet former big league pitcher Dock Ellis, who coincidentally is best known for pitching a no-hitter while tripping on LSD. He encouraged Jackson to keep going back to treatment. It didn't work, he would relapse, but finally, it took. Had he lived about three more months, he would have reached 40 years of sobriety. And in that time, he has done a ton in the Los Angeles area to help kids and families. He led the 10-20 Club. He worked with a treatment center and others to create scholarships for young people who could not otherwise afford it or have the insurance to do so. As the name suggests, the intended audience for the program is between 10- and 20-year-olds. Beyond working with communities and organizations and law enforcement and others to help fund the program, he was often there for the kids himself. He met with the kids, told his story, and offered his contact information to the kids with the OK to call him whenever necessary, any hour of the day. Best wishes to the friends and families of Darrell Jackson! View full rumor

1. They didn't. They scored four in the bottom of the 2nd. 2. My bad, I kept forgetting it was a 7-inning game 3. I assume Bass left for third base with the pitch whereas Young likely didn't take off for second until after the ball got by the catcher.

I wouldn't trade him unless you get an upside guy for the future. I certainly wouldn't DFA him. Frustrating at times? Sure. But can carry a time at times too.

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (photo of Matt Wallner) TRANSACTIONS RHP Bailey Ober had his rehab transferred to the Saints. LHP Aaron Rozek was placed on the temporary inactive list. RHP Julian Merryweather began his (second) rehab assignment with the FCL Twins. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 6, Buffalo 5 Box Score On the Fourth of July, Saints batters hit some bombs off of an #OldFriend and held on until rains came and cut the game short. However, it counts as a full Win. Simeon Woods Richardson made his first start for the Bisons since being DFAd and clearing waivers last week. The Twins jumped on him right from the start. While SWR got fellow former Blue Jays prospect Alan Roden to start the game, Ryan Jeffers crushed a 1-2 splitter 105.4 mph and lined it over the fence in left center field. The bottom of the second began with a walk to Orlando Arcia and a single by Hendry Mendez. After two strikeouts, Ben Ross drove in the team’s second run with a ground-rule double. Ryan Jeffers led off the bottom of the third inning with a 97 mph double. Walker Jenkins walked, and Matt Wallner welcomed his former teammate to CHS Field by knocking the first pitch over the right-field wall for a three-run homer that made it 5-1. Orlando Arcia followed with a home run of his own to make it 6-1. Woods Richardson finished the third inning. He was charged with six runs on eight hits and two walks. He struck out four batters. On the other side of the ball, Bailey Ober was making a rehab start. Last weekend, Ober made a start in Cedar Rapids. He worked five innings and gave up four runs on six hits. He had five strikeouts without issuing a walk. 50 of his 76 pitches were strikes (66%). His four-seam fastball averaged 89.0 mph on the night. Just once, he topped 90 mph (90.1 mph). Most of his fastballs, especially after the third inning, were below 88 mph. Alejandro Hidalgo came in for the sixth inning. He gave up one run on one hit and two walks. He struck out two and earned a save. Ryan Jeffers went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run. Noah Cardenas came into the game to catch in the sixth inning. He gave up one stolen base and caught one attempting to steal. He had a throwing error, but that isn’t related to his readiness. Hendry Mendez went 2-for-3 Matt Wallner went 2-for-4 with his 14th home run and three RBI. Arcia’s homer was his 11th with the Saints. He went 1-for-2 with a walk. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 2, Tulsa 10 Box Score The Wind Surge’s miserable season continued on Saturday with another lopsided loss. Sam Armstrong started the game by putting three zeroes on the board. He gave up two runs in the fourth inning. In total, he gave up two runs on three hits and a walk over four innings. He had five strikeouts. Not a bad start by any means. However, the Drillers scored in five straight innings, including three runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to make it a laugher. Wichita had just three hits and six walks to go with 14 strikeouts in the loss. Marek Houston was 1-for-3 with a walk. The only guy to really hit for Wichita has been on fire for awhile now. Andrew Cossetti went 1-for-1 with two walks, a sacrifice fly, and his 13th home run of the season. Consider that after the game on May 5th, he was hitting .131/.280/.148 (.428) with just one extra-base hit, a double. In 42 games since then, he has hit a robust .252/.407/.552 with five doubles, a triple, and 13 homers. He’s also walked 32 times. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 9, Quad Cities 15 (completion of suspended game) Box Score The rain came down in Davenport on Friday night in the bottom of the fourth and the game was suspended until Saturday. Despite a lopsided 13-2 lead for Quad Cities, the teams finished this game before the regularly-scheduled game. A quick reminder that you probably didn’t want to re-read from yesterday’s article, “Quad Cities scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and four more in the bottom of the second. They had already scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth when the game was suspended with two outs. Finally, we’ll go into more detail when the game is complete. But just so you’re aware. Lefty Cesar Lares started and was charged with 11 runs (10 earned) on seven hits (including 2 homers) and three walks.” The Kernels offense put up seven runs in the five times they came to the plate in the completion of the game. Yasser Mercedes went 3-for-4 with his fifth home run since joining the Kernels. He was also hit by a pitch. Dameury Pena went 2-for-5 with a double and four RBI. Miguel Briceno was 2-for-4. Brandon Winokur added his 13th double. Brian Zeldin came into the game when play continued. There were two runners on base. Both scored and were credited to Nolan Santos. However, he worked 2 1/3 innings and gave up no additional runs on one hit, one walk, and he only had one strikeout. Christian Becerra pitched a scoreless inning, and then outfielder Graham Brown threw a perfect eighth inning. Cedar Rapids 3, Quad Cities 4 (regularly scheduled game) Box Score The Kernels tried to carry a little of their offensive momentum into the regularly scheduled game. With one out in the top of the first, Eduardo Tait singled. After a wild pitch, he scored on Jacob McCombs ninth double of the season. Adrian Bohorquez pitched a scoreless first inning, but in the second, he gave up three runs on four hits and a walk. He struck out three batters, and that was the end of his game. Yehizon Sanchez came in and faced nine batters over three perfect innings. He struck out two batters. Down 3-1, Andy Lugo led off the top of the fifth inning with a walk. Two batters and two outs later, he went to third on a double by Tait. Lugo and Tait scored on a single by McCombs to tie the game at 3-3. Adam Falinski pitched a scoreless sixth inning. However, with two outs in the bottom of the seventh (and final) inning, he gave up the game-winning run to take the loss. Falinski gave up one run on four hits and a walk over 1 2/3 innings. The Kernels scored their three runs on six hits and three walks. Tait went 2-for-4 with his 16th double and two runs scored. McCombs went 2-for-4 with his ninth double and three RBI. Lugo returned to the Kernels lineup and walked twice. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, Clearwater 7 Box Score Hendry Chivilli started and gave up three runs on three hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. He had one strikeout. Callan Fang came in and gave up one run on two hits and two walks. And yes, he had two strikeouts. Dylan Questad came in for the eighth inning. He gave up three runs on three hits and two walks in 2/3 inning. Matt DesMarets came on with two on base. He walked a batter to load the bases but then got the final out without any additional runs scored. Down to 2-0 after one inning, Jayson Bass doubled to start the second frame. With one out, Quentin Young walked. Bass stole his 19th base. On the same pitch, Young went to second on a wild pitch. Byron Chourio followed with a two-run single to tie the game at 2-2. Ryan Sprock led off the top of the third inning with his 12th double. He went to third base on a fly out and scored on a JP Smith sacrifice fly to make it 3-2. Unfortunately, that was the end of the Mussels scoring runs in this game. Byron Chourio went 2-for-3. He was the lone Mussels batter with a multi-hit game. Bass’s double was his 11th, and Sprock’s double was his 12th of the season. COMPLEX CHRONICLES Game 1: FCL Twins 10, FCL Red Sox 9 Box Score This was a high-scoring, back-and-forth game with big innings and a ton of walks. The Red Sox scored five runs in the second and three runs in the sixth. The Twins scored three runs in the third, four runs in the sixth and two runs in the top of the seventh. Despite some strange pitching lines, the Twins held on in the final inning for the win. Saturday was a game for rehabbers, at least to start the day. Veteran Julian Merryweather gave up a single in an otherwise flawless first inning. Michael Carpenter came in and struggled to find the strike zone. The southpaw gave up four runs on three walks and a hit without getting an out. Billy Oldham came in to replace him with the bases loaded. He allowed all three inherited runners to score. In 1 1/3 innings, he gave up two of his own runs as well on two hits (including a homer). All four outs he got were on strikeouts. Santiago Rojas struck out four batters over 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and two walks. Brad Rudis gave up three runs on two hits and a walk in one inning. He struck out two batters. Omar Montana had one of the strangest box score lines you will see. First, he was credited for blowing a save. He entered the game with the bases loaded and the Twins leading 8-6 with two outs in the eighth inning. He proceeded to walk the next three batters before getting the final out. He gave up a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh. He got a pop out and a fly out but then issued another walk. Jack Walker came in and got a ground out to end the game and record the save. So, Omar Montano worked one inning. He gave up no runs on one hit and four walks. He received the blown save but because the Twins went ahead in the top of the seventh, he gets credit for the Win. Between 10 hits and 12 walks, eight of nine Twins hitters had at least one hit. Seven of the nine had at least one walk. Eight of nine Twins hitters reached base at least twice. Carlos Taveras reached four times. He went 2-for-3 with two walks and his first home run of the year. Jhomnardo Reyes went 3-for-5 with his fifth home run of the season. Victor Leal reached three times. He hit his fourth double and walked twice. Teilon Serrano was 0-for-2 but walked three times. Yovanny Duran walked twice. Game 2: FCL Twins 5, FCL Red Sox 2 Box Score The Twins were the home team in the second game of the day. The second game was almost completely the opposite of the first game. In Game 1, the teams combined for 19 runs on 19 hits and 22 walks. In Game 2, the teams combined for seven runs on six hits and five walks. Fortunately, the Twins accounted for five of the seven runs, and they were able to sweep the doubleheader. Melvin Rodriguez has done a nice job as a starter in his time in the Twins organization. Already 20, he has pitched a slightly different role in 2026. Saturday was just his third start in nine appearances this season. That said, he’s only worked less than two innings once. He had his best appearance of the season on Saturday. The right-hander gave up only a solo home run over five innings of work. He walked one batter and had five strikeouts. 24-year-old Jake Covey signed as a minor-league free agent one month ago. In the sixth inning, he struck out three batters, but he gave up one run on two hits. He threw three wild pitches. He had one more strikeout in a 1-2-3 seventh inning. DSL Twins 3, DSL Cardinals 5 (Suspended in fourth inning) Box Score For the second straight day, the DSL Twins had their game suspended by rain/lightning in the fourth inning. Will they finish the game? If they can before the end of the season. By the way, there was something unusual in this game, something we see in spring training once in a while. A starting pitcher will hope to go four innings in a particular start. However, in the second inning, he throws 32 pitches and only gets one out. A reliever can come in for him, but that starter can come back in the next half inning to get his work in, in preparation for the season. I had never seen that in a regular-season game, and certainly we never will see it in the big leagues. My assumption is we won’t see it in a full-season league, but in this game, it happened. Juan Collado started for the Twins. He had a regular first inning. In the second inning, he had three walks. With two outs, he gave up a two-run single. Jesus Moreno came in, and after a run-scoring single, recorded the final out of the inning. Collado re-entered the game in the third inning and went 1-2-3. He went out for the fourth inning but allowed two runs before being replaced by Alam Soriano with two outs in the fourth. He threw two pitches before the lightning got too close for comfort. My assumption is that, even in the DSL, there is probably a once-per-game type of rule so that teams aren’t taking too much advantage of it. Jhon Gonzalez had both of the Twins hits. In the bottom of the first inning, Jendy Martinez led off with a double. He stole second base, his 10th of the season. Daiyer Barboza then reached on another error which allowed Martinez to score. Gonzalez followed with a single. Luis Duarte reached on a fielder’s choice that allowed Barboza to score. There was another error on the play. After the second out, Enmanuel Merlo reached on an error. The Twins added another run in the third frame. Gonzalez singled. Luis Duarte then reached on an error that allowed Gonzalez to score from first base. Should they continue the game at a later date, you might read some of this a second time. I just thought there was enough that I found interesting in 1/3 of a game to write about. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Ryan Jeffers (St. Paul): 2-for-3, 2B(1), HR(1), 2 R, 1 RBI Matt Wallner (St. Paul): 2-for-4, HR(14), R, 3 RBI, K Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-4, HBP, HR(5), 3 R, RBI, K, Game 2: 1-for-3, K, SB(22), CS(2) Jhomnardo Reyes (FCL Twins): 3-for-5, HR(5), 2 R, 2 RBI, K Carlos Taveras (FCL Twins): 2-for-3, 2 BB, HR(1), 2 R, 2 RBI. Pitcher(s) of the Day Melvin Rodriguez (FCL Twins): 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 60 pitches, 39 strikes (65.0%) Yehizon Sanchez (Cedar Rapids): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches, 20 strikes (57.1%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 0-for-3, BB, R, K (batted third, played CF) #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - Game 1: 1-for-5, R, K (batted third, played catcher), Game 2: 2-for-4, 2B(16), 2 R, 2 K (batted second, DHd). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-3, BB, 2 K (batted second, played SS) #9 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-3, (batted sixth, played LF) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-2, 2B(13), R (batted first, played 3B) , Game 2: 0-for-4, 3 K (batted first, played SS) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 2 K (batted third, played catcher) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-3, BB, R, 3 K (batted sixth, played SS) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 3-for-4, HBP, HR(5), 3 R, RBI, K (batted fifth, played RF), Game 2: 1-for-3, K, SB(22), CS(2) (batted sixth, played RF) #19 - 1B/3B Billy Amick (Wichita) - 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (batted fourth, played 3B) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (batted sixth, played 2B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, July 5 Buffalo @ St. Paul (2:07 pm CT) - RHP Ty Langenberg (3-2, 4.76 ERA) Tulsa @ Wichita (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Cory Lewis (0-2, 3.82 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (1:00 pm CT) - RHP Michael Ross (5-3, 7.07 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (11:00 am CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (1-2, 2.38 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 43-47 St. Paul Saints: 48-36 Wichita Wind Surge: 26-52 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 33-44 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 45-33 FCL Twins: 26-20 DSL Twins: 6-16 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

It's happening all over the minor leagues. As I've written before, there is talk that the ball is different. St. Paul has always been a home run/offensive park. It's not something I'm worried about since it'll only matter who gets to the big leagues and if any can stay there.

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (photo of Ryan Gallagher) TRANSACTIONS Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers began his rehab assignment with the Saints on Friday night in St. Paul. IF Andy Lugo was activated by the Kernels. LHP Michael Carpenter went to the FCL to make a rehab appearance on Saturday. FCL Twins infielder Haritzon Castillo was placed on the 60-Day Injured List. He has not played since the first week of the DSL season. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 4, Buffalo 3 Box Score Ryan Gallagher has experienced several ups and downs since joining the Saints. This is one of his best Triple-A starts. He tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits, walked one and had five strikeouts. Kendry Rojas came in to get the final out of the fifth inning and worked two more innings. In 2 2/3 innings, he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk. He had three strikeouts. C.J. Culpepper came in to get the final two outs of the seventh inning. He walked one but was otherwise unscathed. Paulshawn Pasqualotto came on for the ninth inning, attempting to hold onto a 4-2 lead. He gave up an unearned run on a hit and a walk but struck out three batters to complete the Saints win. Pasqualotto was just promoted to St. Paul a day earlier. This was his Triple-A debut, and he recorded his first Triple-A save. Walker Jenkins returned to the lineup on Friday night after one night off. In the third inning, he hit a solo homer, his third with the Saints to give the team a 1-0 lead. He went 2-for-4 in the game. In addition, he shared an assist with Tanner Schobel to record an out at home. After missing nearly two months with a broken hamate bone, Ryan Jeffers began his rehab. He DHd and got four at-bats. He went 2-for-4 with a couple of rocket singles to center, the first at 105 mph and the second at 108 mph. In the fourth inning, Cody Morissette hit his sixth home run with the Saints to make it 2-0. The 26-year-old was the Marlins second-round pick in 2021 out of Boston College. He reached Triple-A Jacksonville late in the 2025 season, and that’s where he began the 2026 season. He was released by the Marlins on June 2nd. He signed with the Twins on June 8th. He spent about one week with Double-A Wichita to get some at-bats. In his 15th game with the Saints, he went 2-for-4 with his fourth double and sixth home run. The Twins third run scored came on a sacrifice fly by Hendry Mendez that scored Matt Wallner. He had walked and went to third on Gabriel Gonzalez’s 14th double. Wallner was 1-for-2 with a walk, was hit by a pitch, and in the seventh inning, he hit his 13th home run with the Saints. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 5, Tulsa 10 Box Score Through the first inning, Wichita had a 3-1 lead. Through five innings, they were ahead 4-2. However, the Drillers scored three runs in the sixth, three in the seventh, and two more runs in the eighth inning. Andrew Cossetti led off the bottom of the first inning with his sixth double. He advanced to third with one out. Garrett Spain walked. Cossetti scored on a sacrifice fly by Billy Amick. Kyle DeBarge followed with his ninth home run of the season, a two-run shot that made it 3-1. DeBarge went 2-for-4. Chris Vallimont started and gave up two runs on three hits and a walk over four innings. He had three strikeouts. Zach Vennaro came on and gave up two runs on one hit over 1 1/3 innings. Sam Ryan came on with a runner on base. He allowed the inherited runner to score and two more runs on two hits and two walks, and he recorded two outs. Nick Mikolajchak gave up two runs on three hits in one inning. Darren Bowen gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits in two innings. He walked three and had four strikeouts. Amick went 2-for-4 with his 12th double. His 19th home run came in the third inning. Jaime Ferrer went 2-for-4 and stole a base. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 2, Quad Cities 13 (suspended in the 4th inning) Box Score The rain came in the bottom of the fourth and the game was suspended. The teams will finish this game on Saturday before the regularly scheduled game. Some might argue this one was over soon after it started. Quad Cities scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and four more in the top of the second. They had already scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth when the game was suspended with two outs. Finally, we’ll go into more detail when the game is complete. But just so you’re aware. Lefty Cesar Lares started and was charged with 11 runs (10 earned) on seven hits (including 2 homers) and three walks. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 4, Clearwater 3 Box Score Five of the game’s seven runs were scored in the first inning. The Mussels scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Clearwater responded with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Just two more runs scored over the final eight innings. With two outs in the top of the first inning, Jayson Bass walked. Luis Fragoza followed with a single. Byron Chourio followed by crushing his fifth home run of the season to make it 3-0. Reed Moring started and gave up two runs on five hits over three innings. Merit Jones came in and gave up one run on five hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings. Michael Hilker came in and tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his third save. He gave up just one hit, walked none, and had three strikeouts. He really ‘earned’ the save in the bottom of the seventh when he entered the game with the bases loaded and didn’t allow any to score. In the third inning, Ryan Sprock hit his fifth home run of the season. He went 2-for-5 in the game. Luis Fragoza went 2-for-2. Ricardo Pena had the other extra base hit, his first double. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins, FCL Red Sox (postponed) Box Score Rain caused Friday’s game to be postponed. The cross-town rivals will attempt to play two games on Saturday. DSL Twins 1, DSL Marlins 2 (8 innings) Box Score They were scheduled to play seven innings, but the Twins and Marlins were having so much fun, they played an extra inning too on Friday morning. Actually, when the score was tied 1-1 after seven innings, the rules of the game are to play another inning. The Twins jumped to an early lead when Fabian Ulloa walked with the bases loaded in the top of the first inning to drive in Daiyer Barboza. That was about it for the Twins offense. The pitching was really good though. 16-year-old Adrian Martinez started and struck out eight batters over four scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and walked two batters. Herkyn Taveras came on and had a walk and a strikeout over two scoreless, hitless innings. Jeremy Jimenez came in for the bottom of the seventh, but he gave up a run to send it to an extra frame. He gave up a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the eighth which ended the game. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on three hits. In his 1+ inning. The Twins had just two hits in the game. They walked eight times. Abel Sosa and Anibal Beltre each walked twice. Enmanuel Merlo hit a single, and Daiyer Barboza hit his third double. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Cody Morissette (St. Paul): 2-for-5, 2B(4), HR(6), R, RBI, K. Billy Amick (Wichita): 2-for-3, 2B(12), HR(19), SF, 2 R, 2 RBI Pitcher(s) of the Day Ryan Gallagher (St. Paul): 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 61 pitches, 38 strikes (62.3%) Michael Hilker (Fort Myers): 2.1 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 30 pitches, 18 strikes (60.0%) Adrian Martinez (DSL Twins): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K, PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 2-for-4, HR(3), R, RBI (batted first, played CF) #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-2 (batted third, played catcher). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-4 (batted second, played SS) #7 - LHP Kendry Rojas (St. Paul) - 2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 46 pitches, 32 strikes (69.6%) #9 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 0-for-3, SF, RBI (batted fifth, played LF) #10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 1-for-4, 2B(14), K (batted fourth, played 1B) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-2, 2B(13), R (batted first, played 3B) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-2, 2 K (PH, then played 3B) #15 - RHP Ryan Gallagher (St. Paul) - 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 61 pitches, 38 strikes (62.3%) #17 - RHP C.J. Culpepper (St. Paul) - 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 13 pitches, 6 strikes (46.2%) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-2, R, K (batted fifth, played RF) #19 - 1B/3B Billy Amick (Wichita) - 2-for-3, 2B(12), HR(19), SF, 2 R, 2 RBI (batted fourth, played DH) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 2-for-4, HR(9), R, 2 RBI, K (batted fifth, played 2B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Saturday, July 4 Buffalo @ St. Paul (6:07 pm CT) - RHP Bailey Ober (rehab) vs Simeon Woods Richardson Tulsa @ Wichita (7:05 pm CT) - RHP Sam Armstrong (2-6, 4.43 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (DH @ 4:00 pm CT) - RHP Adrian Bohorquez (0-0, 9.64 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Hendry Chivilli (1-1, 6.75 ERA) FCL Twins @ FCL Red Sox (DH @ 9:00 am CT) - DSL Cardinals @ DSL Twins (9:00 am CT) - CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 42-47 St. Paul Saints: 47-36 Wichita Wind Surge: 26-51 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 33-42 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 45-32 FCL Twins: 24-20 DSL Twins: 6-16 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of Ed Bailey (photo of Billy Amick) TRANSACTIONS RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto was promoted from Wichita to the St. Paul Saints. Catcher Ian Daugherty was placed on the Saints development list. RHP Nick Mikolajchak was placed on the Wind Surge development list. Futures Game Update On Thursday, MLB announced that Walker Jenkins has been added to the roster for the Futures Game this weekend. Jenkins will join shortstop Kaelen Culpepper in the game. TWINS in the Futures Game (past 20 years) 2026: SS Kaelen Culpepper, OF Walker Jenkins 2025: SS Kaelen Culpepper, 2024: SS Brooks Lee (called up before this game), 2B Luke Keaschall 2023: RHP David Festa, 2022: OF Matt Wallner, IF Spencer Steer 2021: RHP Josh Winder, 2019: SS Royce Lewis, RHP Jordan Balazovic, 2018: LHP Lewis Thorpe, OF Alex Kirilloff, 2017: SS Nick Gordon, 2016: RHP JT Chargois, 2015: OF Max Kepler (injured shoulder), RHP Jose Berrios, 2014: 1B/DH Kennys Vargas, RHP Alex Meyer (starting pitcher for USA team), RHP Trevor May (called up before this game), Jose Berrios (starting pitcher for World team at Target Field) 2013: 3B Miguel Sano, OF Byron Buxton, 2012: OF Oswaldo Arcia, 2011: RHP Liam Hendriks, RHP Kyle Gibson, 2010: RHP Anthony Slama, OF Ben Revere, RHP Liam Hendriks 2009: OF Rene Tosoni, 2008: OF Denard Span (called up just before this game), 2B Luke Hughes, 2007: RHP Matt Garza (called up just before this game), IF Matt Tolbert SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 1, Buffalo 16 Box Score John Klein had a rough first inning. He gave up four runs, but he came back out and threw three scoreless innings after that. Through five innings, Buffalo held a 4-1 lead. Then things got ugly in a hurry. Buffalo scored three in the sixth inning, four in the seventh inning, and five in the ninth inning to run away with the win. Raul Brito gave up three runs on one hit and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Grant Hartwig came in with the bases loaded and allowed two of the three runners to score. He started the seventh inning, but all four batters got on base. Overall, he gave up four runs on three hits and two walks in 2/3 innings. Jake Higginbotham struck out three batters, but he allowed all three inherited runners to score first. Taylor Rashi pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Then it was time for Position Players Pitching. Ben Ross started the ninth inning, faced five batters and all of them got on base, four hits and a walk. Tanner Schobel came in and settled things down. He gave up a hit and a walk but no runs. He got all three ninth-inning outs. He even got a strikeout. He dropped his season ERA to 3.60, lowest season ERA of any of the Saints pitchers who worked on Thursday night with the exception of relative newcomer Taylor Rashi and his 3.52 ERA. With Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper out of the lineup, the Saints had just four hits in this game. Alan Roden was 1-for-3 with a walk. Aaron Sabato hit his 16th home run of the season in the fifth inning. It gave him 50 RBI on the season. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 7, Tulsa 11 Box Score Through seven innings, Wichita had a 7-4 lead in the game. The Drillers scored two runs in the eighth and then five runs in the top of the ninth to take a big lead. The Surge were unable to respond. The offense showed up in this game for Wichita. They had seven runs on eight hits and five walks. Five of those hits were home runs. Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-5. He hit his 11th home run in the first inning and his 12th home run in the second inning. Billy Amick went 1-for-3 with two walks. He hit his 18th homer of the season with a first-inning two-run shot. Jose Salas went 2-for-4 with his seventh home run. Jorel Ortega hit his fourth homer of the season in the sixth inning. Preston Johnson started and gave up four runs on four hits over the first five innings. Ruddy Gomez gave up no runs on one hit in 1 2/3 innings. He walked two and had four strikeouts. Kyle Bischolff gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings. Jaylen Nowlin got the ninth inning and gave up five runs on five hits and two walks. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 1, Quad Cities 3 Box Score The Kernels were unable to do much offensively against the Royals top prospect Kendry Chourio on Friday night in Quad Cities. Chourio gave up one run on three hits and a walk in six innings. The Kernels had just four hits and three walks in the game. Interestingly, all four hits were doubles. Caden Kendle walked and hit his seventh and eighth doubles. Jacob McCombs hit his eighth double. He was also hit by a pitch… twice. Eduardo Tait had a walk and hit his 15th double. The team went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base. Ivran Romero had a solid start. The right-hander gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in four innings. He had seven strikeouts. Jesse Bergin gave up a run in his inning. Xavier Kolhosser tossed three shutout innings. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 2, Clearwater 4 Box Score Tough day for the Mighty Mussels offense. They had just three hits and one walk in the game. JP Smith hit his 10th homer of the season. The other run scored on a single by Irvin Nunez. Jason Reitz started and gave up three runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked twice and had four strikeouts. Jonathan Stevens gave up one run on one hit, a solo homer, in 2 1/3 innings. He walked one and had one strikeout. Nick McAuliffe tossed two scoreless innings. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 8, FCL Orioles 9 Box Score The Twins scored three runs in the second and three more in the fourth inning. Unfortunately, a six-run sixth gave the Orioles a lead they didn’t surrender. Frederick Hiciano started. He gave up two runs on three hits and got just two outs before he was removed from the game. He threw just 14 pitches, so we’ll dig a little and see if there was some other issue. Carter Holjes gave up an unearned run on two hits over 3 1/3 innings. Carlos Taveras led the Twins offense. He went 3-for-4 with a walk and three RBI. Yovanny Duran went 2-for-3 with a walk, his third triple, and his 20th and 21st stolen bases. Jhomnardo Reyes had a rough June, but he started July with a two-hit game including his 10th double. Daiber De Los Santos went 1-for-2 with two walks and his second double. DSL Twins 3, DSL Angels 6 (suspended 5th inning) Box Score This game was suspended in the top of the fifth inning. The Angels had already scored two runs in the inning without any outs. It will be interesting to see if they end up making the game up later in the season. The Twins scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning. Juan Holmann was 2-for-2 to this point in the game. Obviously more can be written on this game should they finish it. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Andrew Cossetti (Wichita): 2-for-5, 2 HR(12), 2 R, 3 RBI, K. Pitcher(s) of the Day Carter Holjes (FCL Twins): 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 40 pitches, 28 strikes (70.0%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, BB, 2B(15), R (batted third, played DH). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-5, R (batted third, played SS) #10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 0-for-4 (batted second, played 1B) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3, BB, K (batted first, played 3B) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-4, HBP, 2 K (batted second, played C) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (batted fifth, played 3B) #19 - 1B/3B Billy Amick (Wichita) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, HR(18), R, 2 RBI, K (batted fourth, played 1B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, July 3 Buffalo @ St. Paul (6:07 pm CT) - RHP Ryan Gallagher (2-3, 7.63 ERA) Tulsa @ Wichita (7:05 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (0-1, 5.79 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (6:00 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (0-2, 12.00 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Merit Jones (2-1, 4.43 ERA) FCL Red Sox @ FCL Twins (11:00 am CT) - DSL Twins @ DSL Marlins (10:00 am CT) - CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 42-46 St. Paul Saints: 46-36 Wichita Wind Surge: 26-50 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 33-42 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 44-32 FCL Twins: 24-20 DSL Twins: 6-15 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

On Tuesday night at CHS Field, the St. Paul Saints returned home for a series against the Buffalo Bisons. The Twins won the first game of the series on Tuesday by a score of 12-6. The Saints scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and led 11-3 after four innings. The did most of their damage early. However, the most important "play of the day" before the phrase, "Play Ball" was uttered. Before each game at CHS Field, a kid gets to stand alongside each of the nine defensive players. Maybe they bring a ball with them and the player signs it for him or her. Overall, it's a cool way for the players to interact with kids. And they stand next to the player for the playing of the national anthem. Shortly after The Star-Spangled Banner started, the youngster standing next to Walker Jenkins in center field started to wobble. He leaned heavily to his right, bumping into right fielder Matt Wallner who caught him and set him up, likely not sure what was happening. But when he started to fall, Jenkins stepped over and caught him. Realizing that he had fainted, Jenkins picked him up and ran him into the Saints dugout where he handed the child to Chase Thompson, the Saints lead athletic trainer. From there, the child, "Lincoln" was brought into the clubhouse and evaluated. Ultimately, he was OK. He had overheated and was a bit dehydrated which caused him to faint. He was given fluids and cooled off before he returned to watching the game. After Jenkins handed Lincoln over, he clearly did not know what to do? Does he follow along? Does he stay on the field? The national anthem was still playing? Should he run back out to his position? A situation like that has to cause the mind to race. But when he was needed, he came through. Did it affect him during the game? If it did, it didn't show. He had a single in the first inning, doubled in the fourth inning, and tripled in the sixth inning. The summer before being drafted, Jenkins was playing for Team USA Baseball. Twins Hall of Famer Michael Cuddyer has been very active with Team USA over the years. He gave Jenkins the nickname "Captain America" because of his size, stature, and overall talent level. On Tuesday, Jenkins got to play Super Hero for a kid and his family. View full rumor

Image courtesy of Malamut Photography (photo of Eduardo Tait) TRANSACTIONS The Saints placed RHP Ricky Castro on the 7-Day Injured List. Fort Myers sent RHPs Reed Moring and Jake Hunter on rehab assignments to the FCL Twins. The DSL Twins placed RHP Eliezer Lucena on the 60-Day IL. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 12, Louisville 0 Box Score The two teams came into the day with the intention of playing a doubleheader. For the second straight day, they were able to complete Game 1 before rains came and wiped-out Game 2. The plan now is to make up this game when Louisville comes to St. Paul next month. It’ll be a seven-game homestand, and one of the games will have Louisville as the home team. The score above makes it look like this game was a blowout, but an eight-run seventh inning for the Saints turned a closer game into a blowout. As the Bats might say, “When it rains, it pours.” But let’s start on the mound. Iowa native Ty Langenberg started and gave up just one hit over five shutout innings. He walked two and had three strikeouts. Impressive when you consider that just 38 of his 67 pitches were strikes (56.7%). C.J. Culpepper came in and finished out the final two innings of the shutout. He gave up two hits, walked none and had three strikeouts. The Saints scored a single run in the first and in the second innings. In the first, Gabriel Gonzalez drove in Alan Roden with the first run. The top of the second began with Ben Ross’s sixth homer with the Saints. With two outs in the fourth inning, Cody Morissette singled off the pitcher. He stole second, but he didn’t really have to. Noah Cardenas drove the next pitch out of the park for his fifth homer. The top of the sixth began with a Cardenas single. Roden was hit by a pitch. Walker Jenkins came up and lined a single off the pitcher that deflected to third and loaded the bases. Kala’i Rosario singled to right to drive in a run. Matt Wallner singled to right to drive in two runs. Orlando Arcia singled to left to fill the bases. Aaron Sabato stepped to the plate and launched a hanging, 80 mph sweeper 108.2 mph at a 32-degree angle. It landed 404 feet from home plate and gave the Saints the 11-0 lead. After a pitching change, Ben Ross doubled. With two outs, Walker Jenkins drove him in with a double to make it 12-0. Ben Ross was 3-for-4 with his 16th double and sixth home run with the Saints. Orlando Arcia went 3-for-4. Noah Cardenas went 2-for-3 with a walk, his fifth home run and two RBI. Jenkins was 2-for-5 with his seventh double. Roden was 1-for-3 with a walk and his sixth double. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 0, Midland 1 Box Score This was a true pitcher's duel. Unlike the St. Paul game above where just one of the teams realized it was supposed to be a duel. Preston Johnson started for Wichita. He tossed four scoreless, hitless innings. He walked two and had eight strikeouts. Jose Olivares walked one and struck out one batter over two scoreless, hitless innings. Sam Ryan pitched the final two innings. He gave up one run on one hit. He walked one and had two strikeouts. Unfortunately, Jackson Finley and three relievers combined to shutout the Wind Surge on just four hits. Kyle DeBarge went 2-for-3. Andrew Cossetti went 1-for-2 with two walks. Quinn McDaniel had a single, and Garrett Spain walked. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 5, Wisconsin 4 Box Score It has been a rough week for the Kernels in Wisconsin. They lost the first four games of the series by a combined score of 36-8. And frankly, Saturday’s game could have gone that same direction, but a couple of big moments helped the Kernels make a comeback and then hang on for a one-run win. Adrian Bohorquez made his return to the Kernels. He started and gave up no runs on no hits over 1 1/3 innings. He walked two and had a strikeout. Just 16 of his 32 pitches were strikes. Xavier Kolhosser came on and gave up three runs on two hits and three walks. He had four strikeouts. Down 3-0 after three innings, the Kernels responded right away in the top of the fourth. Brandon Winokur led off with a walk. Dameury Pena tripled to drive him in. Pena then scored on a groundout by Eduardo Tait. In the fifth inning, Wisconsin added to their lead when Marco Dinges scored on a sacrifice fly by Daniel Dickinson. Down 4-2 after seven innings. Graham Brown led off with an infield single. He moved to second on a ground ball. Brandon Winokur had an infield single which advanced Brown to third base. Winokur stole second. Brown scored on a Pena groundout to cut the deficit to 4-3. Eduardo Tait came to the plate next and crushed a two-run homer to give the Kernels the 5-4 lead. Jesse Bergin came into the game in the fourth inning. He gave up one run on two hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings. Mitch Mueller struck out three batters over 1 2/3 scoreless, hitless innings. Eston Stull walked one in a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning. With a lead, Brian Meyer turned to Sam Rochard in the bottom of the eighth frame. It couldn’t come easy, of course. After two groundouts to start the bottom of the eighth, he walked the bases loaded before getting the third out. He returned for the ninth, still clinging to a one-run lead. Josiah Ragsdale led off the inning with a double. He advanced to third base with two outs, but Rochard got out of the inning unscathed to earn his first save. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers, St. Lucie (postponed) Box Score Rain caused this game to be postponed. The teams will attempt to play the game next month when the Mussels play in St. Lucie. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 1, FCL Red Sox 8 Box Score Reed Moring made the rehab start. He tossed two perfect innings with one strikeout. Jake Hunter tossed the third inning. He gave up two runs on three hits and a walk. Miguel Rodriguez gave up two runs on four hits over three innings. He had two walks and four strikeouts. Josh Walker pitched the seventh inning and gave up four runs on three hits and three walks, but he did strike out two batters. The Twins scored one run in the sixth inning. It came on a home run off the bat of Miguel Caraballo. The catcher had two of the team’s five hits. Yovanny Duran went 1-for-2 with a walk. He also stole his 18th base. DSL Twins 11, DSL Marlins 13 Box Score This was a back-and-forth game throughout. The Twins grabbed the early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Rangers followed with three runs in the top of the second. The Twins scored one in the bottom of the third frame. The Rangers scored the next six runs to take a 9-4 lead. . Then the Twins cut the deficit to 9-8 through six innings. In the top of the seventh, the Rangers added a run, but the Twins scored two runs after the seventh inning stretch and the game was tied 10-10. However, the Rangers scored three runs in the top of the eighth, and the Twins countered with just one run in the bottom of the inning. Almost inexplicably neither team scored in the ninth inning. Juan Collado started and worked a scoreless first inning. He had a walk and three strikeouts. He faced four batters in the second inning. He hit the first batter and then walked the next three batters. 16-year-old Sebastian Echavarria came on in relief. He walked the first batter he faced, but then he got a ground ball double play and a fly out to end the inning. Collado was charged with three runs on four walks and a hit batter in one inning. He struck out three batters. Echavarria worked three innings. He gave up three runs (1 earned) on two hits and three walks. Alam Soriano was next. He gave up four runs on five hits and two walks over three innings. Herkyn Taveras gave up three runs (1 earned) on one hit and three walks in his inning. Failin Placencio walked one in a scoreless ninth inning. The Twins scored their 11 runs on 14 hits and 10 walks. They also stole eight bases. Abel Sosa went 3-for-5 with a walk, three runs and two RBI. Fabian Ulloa went 3-for-5 with his first two doubles of the season. Daiyer Barboza went 2-for-3 with three walks, his second double, and three runs scored. Jhon Gonzalez went 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs. Luis Duarte went 2-for-5 with three RBI. Jendy Martinez had a single and walked twice. Anibal Beltre walked twice. In case you were wondering, David Ortiz, Jr. batted eighth and DHd for the DSL Red Sox. He went 2-for-3 with two walks and his first double in this game. He had three RBI. He hit just .124/.361/.168 (.529) with five doubles last year in the DSL This was just his third game of the 2026 season. He’s 4-for-8 with four walks and a double. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Noah Cardenas (St. Paul): 2-for-3, BB, HR(5), 2 R, 2 RBI, K. (And, he caught a shutout.) Pitcher(s) of the Day Ty Langenberg (St. Paul): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 67 pitches, 38 strikes (56.9%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 2-for-5, 2B(7), R, RBI (batted second, played DH) #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, HR(15), R, 3 RBI, K (batted third, played C). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 2 K (batted second, played SS) #10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 1-for-1, RBI (batted third, played LF) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, BB, 2 R, K, SB(17) (batted first, played CF) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-4 (batted third, played C) #17 - RHP C.J. Culpepper (St. Paul) - 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 33 pitches, 23 strikes (69.7%) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (batted sixth, played RF) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 2-for-3, CS(9) (batted fifth, played 2B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, June 28 St. Paul @ Louisville (12:05 pm CT) - LHP Kendry Rojas (1-0, 4.96 ERA) vs Hunter Greene Wichita @ Midland (1:00 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (0-1, 2.70 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin (1:10 pm CT) - RHP Michael Ross (5-3, 7.54 ERA) St. Lucie @ Ft. Myers (11:05 am CT) - RHP Eduardo Salazar (0-0, 0.0 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 39-45 St. Paul Saints: 45-33 Wichita Wind Surge: 26-46 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 32-39 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 42-30 FCL Twins: 22-19 DSL Twins: 6-13 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (L to R: Jason Reitz, Merphy Hernandez) TRANSACTIONS The Saints activated OF Hendry Mendez from the 7-Day Injured List. ICYMI: RHP Justin Lawrence was claimed by the Washington Nationals. Meanwhile, RHP Austin Voth went unclaimed and outrighted to St. Paul. However, he has elected free agency. The Twins signed RHP Arthur De La Cruz, an 18-year-old, on Thursday. He was added to the DSL Twins roster on Friday. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 3, Louisville 1 Box Score A couple of #OldFriends bookended the Saints game in Louisville. A rehabbing Emilio Pagan started and worked a 1-2-3 first inning. Lefty veteran Anthony Misiewicz threw a perfect seventh inning. In between, the Twins faced right-hander Jose Franco. The Saints lineup is starting to come back to what was envisioned earlier in the season. Walker Jenkins and Alan Roden are back from long IL stints. On Saturday, Hendry Mendez came back after missing the minimum seven days on the injured list. He hadn’t played in a week, so he batted sixth in the Saints lineup. In the second inning, he came up with runners on first and second and nobody out. He lined a 97 mph ball off the pitcher. It deflected and Mendez reached on an infield single. With that single, he has now reached base in all 29 games he has played for the Saints. Ben Ross walked a run in with the bases loaded. A couple of batters later, David Banuelos hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the second run. John Klein started and gave up one run on three hits over four innings. He walked two and had three strikeouts. Jake Higginbotham came on and struck out two batters over two quiet innings. The Saints added a little insurance in the sixth inning. Arcia doubled, and Mendez followed with a line drive single to drive in the third run of the game. Grant Hartwig pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record the save. The teams were planning on playing two games on Friday. That’s why this was a seven-inning game. However, the rains soon came and washed-out Game 2. They will try to play two games again on Saturday. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 4, Midland 6 Box Score After being shut out on Thursday, the Wind Surge went five innings on Friday without scoring. However, they fell short on the scoreboard again. Cory Lewis started and gave up two runs on three hits in 3 1/3 innings. He walked two and had five strikeouts. Darren Bowen struck out two batters over the next 1 2/3 innings. Spencer Bengard gave up three runs on four hits over two innings. He struck out one batter. Hunter Gregory gave up one run in the eighth inning. Maddux Houghton led the offense. He went 3-for-4 with his 10th and 11th doubles and an RBI. He also stole his 15th base. Garrett Spain went 2-for-3 with a walk. Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-5. He stole his second base. Jay Thomason KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 1, Wisconsin 10 Box Score After losing 9-1 on Thursday night in Wisconsin, it was a 10-1 loss on Friday night. The Kernels actually took the first lead of the game. In the top of the second inning, Caden Kendle hit his fourth home run of the season. Ivran Romero started and gave up three runs (1 earned) on five hits and a walk in four innings. He struck out four. Cole Peschl came on and gave up one run on one hit and one walk over two innings. Nick Trabacchi came in and gave up six runs on six hits (including two home runs) in 1 1/3 innings. He had three strikeouts. Brian Zeldin got the final two outs. The Kernels had four hits in the game. Kendle homered. Jacob McCombs and Henry Kusiak each doubled. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 6, St. Lucie 2 Box Score The Mighty Mussels showed some early muscles that were mighty enough to club four, early home runs, take an early lead and hang on. Ryan Sprock’s hitting streak came to an end at 18 games on Saturday night, but he did continue his on-base streak. He led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk. He went to second on a wild pitch. With one out, he scored on a JP Smith single to center. The streak was the third longest in Fort Myers franchise history. In 2021, Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit in 20 straight games. Mike Gonzalez had a 19-game streak in 2014. Sprock said after Friday’s game, “This is the best stretch I have had.” He added later, “Baseball is a rollercoaster, and you have to try and stay levelheaded.” The second inning began with a walk by Irvin Nunez. Byron Chourio followed by crushing his fourth home run into the Southwest Florida twilight to give the Mussels a 3-0 lead. JP Smith led off the top of the third inning with a solo home run. As he was still celebrating and giving high-fives in the Mussel dugout, Jayson Bass followed with another home run to make it 5-0 Fort Myers. With one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, the Mussels added one more run when speedster Merphy Hernandez clubbed his second homer since joining the Mussels. Jason Reitz started for the Mussels and tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits, walked three and had three strikeouts. Dylan Questad came on and stranded an inherited runner. He got three outs. He was charged with one run on no hits. He walked three and had two strikeouts. Matt DesMarets came on and allowed Questad’s inherited runner. He got four outs without additional runs scoring. He gave up two hits, walked one and had two strikeouts. Michael Hilker pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Brent Francisco gave up a run on two hits in the ninth. Merphy Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a walk and his second home run. He also stole his 21st and 22nd bases. JP Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and his ninth homer. Harry Genth went 2-for-3 with a walk and his sixth double. Bass’s home run was his 10th of the season, and Chourio hit his fourth home run. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 2, FCL Red Sox 8 Box Score The Red Sox scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning, and four more in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Twins countered with a two-run top of the seventh, but when it’s a seven-inning game, it comes to an end quickly. The Twins signed Billy Oldham as a non-drafted minor league free agent out of Southern Mississippi right after the 2024 draft. Unfortunately, soon after reporting for spring training 2025, he was injured and missed the full season. He started this season on the 60-Day Injured List but is just beginning his path back. In his second rehab appearance, the 25-year-old worked one inning. He gave up one hit and struck out two batters. Jake Covey came in next. He gave up four runs (2 earned) on three hits in three innings. He had three walks and six strikeouts. Omar Montana came in for the seventh inning. He gave up four runs on two hits and three walks, though he did record two strikeouts. The Twins scored their two runs on three hits and five walks. Yovanny Duran was also hit by a pitch. Victor Leal had the only extra base hit, his third triple. Teilon Serrano walked twice. Both runs scored in the top of the seventh when Daiber De Los Santos reached on a fielding error. DSL Twins 4, DSL Marlins 10 Box Score Here is another good example of a game illustrating the value of offenses putting crooked numbers on the scoreboard. Both teams scored runs in four of their innings. However, the Twins scored one run four times. The Marlins had innings in which they scored one, two, three and four runs to take an easy win. Adrian Martinez started and gave up five runs (4 earned) over the game’s first three innings. He gave up six hits and walked two batters. Jeremy Jimenez gave up three runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk over the next 2 1/3 innings. Aldwin Morillo came in and got the final five outs. He was charged with two runs on two hits and two walks. The Twins scored their four runs on just four hits. They were helped with 10 walks. All nine batters at least contributed something to the Twins offense. I’ll just walk through the batting order. Jendy Martinez walked twice and scored a run. Daiyer Barbosa walked twice. Enmanuel Merlo walked twice and scored a run. Abel Sosa had the lone extra base hit, his first double, and an RBI. Juan Holmann had a single and two walks. He also stole a base. Luis Duarte walked twice. Jeferson Abreu had a single and scored a run. Luis Suarez had a single. Misael Rodriguez had one of the team’s two RBI. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Merphy Fernandez (Fort Myers): 2-for-3, BB, HR(2), R, RBI, 2-SB(22) Pitcher(s) of the Day Jason Reitz (Fort Myers): 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 69 pitches, 40 strikes (58.0%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 1-for-4, K (batted second, played CF) #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (batted second, played DH). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, BB, 2 R, K, SB(2)l (batted second, played SS) #9 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-3, RBI (batted sixth, played LF) #10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 1-for-4 (batted third, played 1B) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (batted first, played 3B) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-4, 2 K. (batted fifth, played DH) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3 (batted fifth, played LF) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 0-for-5, 3 K (batted first, played 2B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Saturday, June 27 St. Paul @ Louisville (DH at 2:05 pm CT) - RHP Ty Langenberg (2-2, 5.79 ERA), RHP Ryan Gallagher (2-2, 7.97 ERA) Wichita @ Midland (7:00 pm CT) - RHP Preston Johnson (0-3, 6.10 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin (6:40 pm CT) - RHP Adrian Bohorquez (0-0, 11.25 ERA) St. Lucie @ Ft. Myers (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Merit Jones (2-1, 4.55 ERA) FCL Red Sox @ FCL Twins (9:00 am CT) - DSL Rangers @ DSL Twins (10:00 am CT) - CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 39-44 (3rd place (of 5) in AL Central, 4.5 GB)) St. Paul Saints: 44-33 (2nd place (of 10) in IL West Division, 3.0 GB)) Wichita Wind Surge: 26-45 (5th place (of 5) in TL North Division, 21.0 GB)) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 31-39 (5th place (of 6) in MWL West Division, 12.5 GB)) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 42-30 (2nd place (of 6) in FSL West Division, 0.5 GB)) FCL Twins: 22-18 (3rd place (of 6) in FCL South Division, 2.0 GB)) DSL Twins: 6-12 (7th place (of 7) in DSL East Division, 6.5 GB)) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Quentin Young) TRANSACTIONS Wichita placed OF Caleb Roberts on the 7-Day Injured List. Fort Myers placed UT Bryan Acuna on the 7-Day Injured List. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul, Louisville Box Score Elvis Presley once longed for the rain in Kentucky. The Saints and Bats likely would have preferred the rain not arrive until after their Thursday night game instead of before. Instead of playing Thursday, the teams will attempt to complete a doubleheader on Friday. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 0, Midland 6 Box Score On Thursday, the Wind Surge found some tough times in Tall City. Their offense managed to be shutout on just three hits. Andrew Cossetti and Maddux Houghton each had a single. Marek Houston knocked his first Double-A double. Khadim Diaw was 0-for-2, but he walked twice in the game. The Surge went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left six stranded. Sam Armstrong has been really good on the mound in June. He wasn’t as dominant on Thursday. He gave up two runs on two hits (including two home runs) over three innings. He struck out just one batter. But what he did was keep his team in the game by limiting the damage. Paulshawn Pasqualotto has had a really nice rebound season. In this game, he gave up three hits over two scoreless innings. He struck out two batters. Ruddy Gomez gave up one run on three hits in his inning. Jacob Webb gave up two runs on two hits in the seventh inning. Zach Vennaro gave up one run on two walks in the eighth inning. A little more on Khadim Diaw and his start in Wichita. In seven games played, he is 8-for-23, just over a hit a game, and giving himself a .348 batting average. What is incredible is that he has walked 10 times and struck out just twice since joining the Surge. He’s been on base at a .559 clip. He’s always hit line drives and hit for average, and he seems to have always had a real appreciation for getting on base whether by walk or by being hit by a pitch. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 1, Wisconsin 9 Box Score In the house I grew up in, there was a hole in the wall of the main floor bathroom. It had a mini-door to open. But that’s where we would throw our clothes that needed to be washed. They would magically go in that space and drop into the basement, near the washing machine was brilliant. Most of you probably grew up and maybe still have homes with this “feature.” However, I was today years old when I realized that it was a “clothes chute,” not a “clothes shoot.” Shoot! I thought that the opening just kind of shot the clothes down, probably at a great force that simple gravity, and landed. When asked where the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers play their home games, most will answer by saying they play in Appleton, Wisconsin. And, frankly, the team’s mailing address is to Appleton. However, their home stadium, Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium” is in Grand Chute, which is essentially a suburb on the northern side of Lake Winnebago. I got curious and searched “What is a chute?” “A sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level” So yeah, we had a “Clothes Chute.” Oh yeah, there was a baseball game in Grand Chute on Thursday night, pitting the Kernels against the Wisconsin Udder Tuggers. What a great minor-league name and check out their uniforms too! They will be the Udder Tuggers this whole weekend. Cesar Lares started for the Kernels. The lefty worked out of trouble in the first inning with some big strikeouts. However, he wasn’t able to stop the Tuggers from scoring in the second inning. In total, he gave up eight runs on six hits, two walks, and three hit batters. He had three strikeouts but really struggled with control and command. Adam Falinski got the final out of that second inning. He gave up one run on three hits and two walks over the next three innings. Mitch Mueller threw two scoreless innings, and Sam Rochard got the final three outs. Eduardo Tait went 2-for-3 with a walk in the game. He notched his 14th double of the year. He scored the team’s lone run in the sixth inning when Jacob McCombs singled him in. McCombs went 2-for-4. The Kernels hosted Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago. Even after top hitters Andrew Fischer and Josh Adamczewski were promoted last week to Double-A, the Rattlers lineup is still quite strong. Check out the Brewers Top 20 prospects, several on this Wisconsin roster, of our sister site Brewer Fanatic. MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 7, St. Lucie 6 Box Score First things first. Yes, Ryan Sprock got a hit. He was 1-for-4 with a walk. He also stole OK, this was a good, competitive game. The Mussels took an early 2-0 lead with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Ramiro Dominguez reached on an error. Jayson Bass singled him to third. With two outs, Bass stole second and Dominguez stole home. The successful double steal gave the team a 1-0 lead. It was the 17th stolen base for each of them. Luis Fragoza followed with a double to drive in Bass with the second run. The Mets took the lead in the top of the fourth when they scored three runs. However, the Mussels responded immediately, scoring four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Ricardo Paez led off with a single and went to second on a wild pitch. Ricardo Pena was hit by a pitch. Harry Genth, to no one’s surprise, was also hit by a pitch to load the bases. Merphy Hernandez walked to tie the game at 3-3. Ryan Sprock came up and lined a single to right to drive in Pena and Genth. Sprock went to second and Hernandez scored on a throwing error to make it 6-3. Ramiro Villanueva started and gave up three runs on six hits. In five innings, he had four strikeouts. Callan Fang came in and gave up one run on one hit and one walk over three innings. He struck out four batters. Nick McAuliffe came in for the ninth. He gave up two runs on three hits and a walk. That sent the game to the bottom of the ninth, tied at six. With one out, Quentin Young stepped to the plate. He was 0-for-4 at that point with three strikeouts. The first pitch was a 97 mph fastball that Young took for ball one. It was just above the strike zone. The second pitch was a 95.9 mph fastball, thigh high in the middle of the inner half of the plate. Young swung. The ball left his bat at 108.1 mph at a 26-degree angle. It landed well beyond the fence in center field. The Mussels won in a Young walk off! The Mussels scored their seven runs on six hits and five walks. Fragoza went 2-for-4 with his 10th double. Hernandez walked twice and stole his 19th and 20th bases. Check out the newest of our DiamondCentric sites, Grand Central Mets. Check out their Top 20 Mets Prospect rankings. Several are members of this St. Lucie roster. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 3, FCL Braves 1 Box Score There wasn’t a lot of offense in this game, but the Twins were able to score two runs in the sixth inning to take the lead and hold on for the win. It also helps to have a young phenom throw well at the start of the game. Frederick Hiciano started and gave up one run on two hits over four innings. He hit a batter, walked none, and struck out six batters. Carter Holjes struck out three batters over the final three innings. He gave up no runs and no hits. He walked one and hit a batter to earn the Win. The Twins took the first lead in the top of the second when Darwin Almanzar singled to drive in Joyner Perez. The Braves tied it in the bottom of the fourth with a run. With one out in the top of the sixth, the Twins jumped ahead with some more traditional FCL runs. Yilber Herrera walked and advanced to third on a couple of wild pitches. Almanzar walked, and Daniel Pena was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Herrera scored on a ground out by Daiber De Los Santos, and Almanzar scored on a wild pitch to give them the 3-1 lead. Hiciano signed with the Twins on his 18th birthday. In late May, he was assigned to the FCL Twins from the DSL Twins. This is pretty rare. I can’t think of another pitcher in recent Twins history to have essentially skipped the DSL the year that he signed. I could be wrong. And frankly, he’s older than touted 2025 signings like Santiago Castellanos and acquisitions like Geromy Villoria and Miguel Caraballo. But it is exciting to see an 18-year-old get that opportunity to make that jump and take advantage of it by pitching quite well. Yovanny Duran and Darwin Almanzar each had two hits and a walk in the game. Duran hit his fourth double. Almanazar hit his second triple. Duran stole his 16th and 17th bases of the season. DSL Twins 0, DSL Phillies 7 (Suspended) Box Score Jendy Martinez led off the game for the Twins with a double. The next three batters struck out. And, it was downhill from there. The Phillies batters scored five runs in the first inning and two more in the second inning. The Twins had nine straight batters get out. And then the rains came, and after a delay, the game was suspended going into the bottom of the third inning. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-3, BB, 2B(14), K Pitcher(s) of the Day Frederick Hiciano (FCL Twins): 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 6 K PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-3, BB, 2B(14), BB, R, K (batted second, played C). #5 - SS Marek Houston (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2B(1), K (batted second, played SS) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4 (batted first, played 3B) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-2, 2 BB (batted third, played C) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 1-for-5, HR(9), RBI, R, 3 K. (batted sixth, played SS) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (batted fifth, played RF) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 2 K (batted first, played 2B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, June 26 St. Paul @ Louisville (3:05 pm CT) - RHP John Klein (3-2, 5.52 ERA), RHP Ty Langenberg (2-2, 5.79 ERA) Wichita @ Midland (7:00 pm CT) - RHP Cory Lewis (0-2, 4.57 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin (6:40 pm CT) - RHP Ivran Romero (2-3, 9.63 ERA) St. Lucie @ Ft. Myers (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Jason Reitz (0-0, 2.63 ERA) FCL Twins @ FCL Red Sox (9:00 am CT) - completion of 6/20 game + regularly schedule game DSL Miami @ DSL Twins (10:00 am CT) - CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 38-44 (3rd place (of 5) in AL Central, 4.5 GB)) St. Paul Saints: 43-33 (3rd place (of 10) in IL West Division, 4.0 GB)) Wichita Wind Surge: 26-44 (5th place (of 5) in TL North Division, 20.0 GB)) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 31-38 (4th place (of 6) in MWL West Division, 11.5 GB)) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 41-30 (2nd place (of 6) in FSL West Division, 0.5 GB)) FCL Twins: 21-17 (3rd place (of 6) in FCL South Division, 1.5 GB)) DSL Twins: 6-11 (6th place (of 7) in DSL East Division, 5.5 GB)) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Probably because Cedar Rapids didn't play on Sunday due to weather.

I wanna see Royce Lewis at 1B most days.

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (photo of Cody Morissette) TRANSACTIONS Kyle DeBarge was activated from the temporarily inactive list. Poncho Ruiz was placed on the 7-Day injured list. RHP Abraham Martinez was signed to the Twins. He is a 17 year old from Venezuela who will join the DSL Twins roster soon. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 7, Omaha 6 (10 innings) Box Score For the second straight game, the Saints were able to win on a walkoff. The game truly was a back-and-forth game and came down to a two-out game-winner by a guy with less than a week with the team. Omaha scored a run in the top of the first inning. So in the bottom of the inning, Matt Wallner hit a one-out solo homer to tie the game at 1-1. It was his ninth Saints homer. Omaha scored a run in the top of the second inning. So, in the bottom of the inning, Cody Morissette led off with a home run, his second of the week with the team, to tie the game at 2-2. Omaha scored two runs in the top of the third inning. So, in the bottom of the inning, David Banuelos was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. With one out, Matt Wallner drilled his second homer of the game, his 10th with the Saints, to tie the game at 4-4. Omaha scored zero runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. So, the Saints scored zero runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth inning. Omaha scored a run in the top of the seventh inning. So, in the bottom of the seventh, Ben Ross led off with his 15th Saints double. With one out, Henry Kusiak’s fourth double drove in Ross. With two outs, Gabriel Gonzalez singled to center to drive in Kusiak with the go-ahead run to make it 6-5. Omaha scored a run in the top of the eighth inning. Having scored an extra run in the seventh, the Saints didn’t score in the bottom of the eighth frame. Both teams went scoreless in the ninth inning, so we got a little Overtime! Omaha went scoreless in the top of the tenth inning. Matt Wallner started the bottom of the 10th inning as the Manfred Man on second base. With one out, he stole third base. On 2-2 with two outs, Cody Morissette lined the eighth pitch of the at-bat to right field to drive in Wallner with the winning run. Ryan Gallagher made the start. He gave up four runs on seven hits (2 home runs) and two walks. He struck out three. C.J. Culpepper got a strikeout to end the fifth inning. Ty Langenberg came in and gave up two runs on four hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out three batters. Grant Hartwig struck out two batters over two scoreless innings. Wallner went 3-for-5 with his ninth and 10th home runs. He drove in three runs. Morissette went 3-for-5 with his second homer and the game-winner. Henry Kusiak went 2-for-4 with his fourth double. Ben Ross and David Banuelos each added a double. Ross also walked twice. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 3, Springfield 5 Box Score The Surge took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second innings when Jose Salas launched his sixth home run of the season. That was it for the Wichita offense until two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning when Kyle DeBarge hit his seventh home run of the season. DeBarge returned to the Wind Surge lineup after spending a few days on the temporary inactive list. Sam Armstrong made the start for the Surge. He gave up one run on three hits and a walk over the first five innings. He had five strikeouts. Important to note, he was pitching on just three days rest. In his two starts against Springfield this week, he gave up two runs (1 earned) on four hits and two walks. He had 10 strikeouts. He has now made five starts in June and his 1-1 with a 2.74 ERA in 23 innings. Sam Ryan came in and gave up only a solo home run over his two innings. Jaylen Nowlin gave up two runs (1 earned) on one hit and one walk. Jacob Webb gave up one run on a solo homer in the ninth. Wichita had just three hits and walked seven times in this game .Khadim Diaw walked twice. Salas and Maddux Houghton each had a hit and a walk. KERNELS CHRONICLE Cedar Rapids 3, Beloit 9 Box Score Beloit scored five runs in the third and three more in the sixth inning to win a bit of a laugher in Iowa. Eston Stull started a bullpen game. He gave up three hits but no runs in the first two innings. He had three strikeouts and no walks. Veteran Jesse Bergin made his Kernels debut. He got two outs in the third inning and was charged with five runs on two hits, two walks and a hit batter. Michael Ross came in with the Kernels down 2-1.Two singles later, all three inherited runners scored and it was 5-1. Ross tossed three more innings and gave up three of his own runs on four more hits and a walk. Mitch Mueller gave up one run on one hit (a solo homer) over two innings. Ivran Romero pitched a scoreless ninth. The Kernels scored one run in three separate innings. In the bottom of the second, Yasser Mercedes singles, stole second and scored on a balk. In the fourth inning, Jay Thomason walked, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Miguel Briceno single. In the sixth Enrique Jimenez led off with a double and scored on a Thomason single. The Kernels had just five hits and two walks. Jimenez’s double was his first with the Kernels. Marek Houston and Walker Jenkins both got the day off. Could Houston be heading to Texas (Midland) to join the Wind Surge next week? Could Jenkins go with him, or should he just head north to St. Paul and join the Saints in Louisville next week? MIGHTY MATTERS Ft. Myers 13, Tampa 11 Box Score The Mussels had two big innings. The Tarpons had one big inning. The Mussels came out on top of a back-and-forth, entertaining game. Jason Reitz started and gave up two runs on four hits and a walk in 3 1/3 innings. He had three strikeouts. The runs came on solo homers by Logan Maxwell and Luis Escudero. The Mussels tied the score at one when Luis Fragoza scored on a wild pitch in the top of the third inning. Then down 2-1, Fort Myers put up a four on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth. Ryan Sprock led off with a single. He scored on a JP Smith single that tied the game at 2-2. Jayson Bass doubled to drive in Smith. Quentin Young then crushed a two-run homer to make it 5-2. Merit Jones came on and was changed with seven runs on eight hits and a walk over the next two innings. Jonathan Stevens went 1 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on four hits and two walks. After a six-run bottom of the sixth inning, the Mussels found themselves behind 9-5. How did Fort Myers respond? Pretty well, I’d say. They scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to reclaim the lead, 12-9. Irvin Nunez led off the inning with a walk. Merphy Hernandez walked too. After a pitching change, the runners advanced on a wild pitch. Dameury Pena singled to left to drive in Nunez. Sprock doubled to drive in two more runs. He moved to third on a wild pitch, and with one out, scored the tying run on a JP Smith "single." Jayson Bass was hit by a pitch, and Quentin Young walked to load the bases. Luis Fragoza drove in two runs with a single. After another pitching change, Nunez was hit by a pitch to load the bases again. After a fielder’s choice kept another run from scoring, a wild pitch gave the Mussels a 12-9 lead. In the top of the ninth, Bass provided a little insurance with his seventh home run of the season. Nick McAuliffe gave up a hit, walked three, and had struck out two batters over 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Brent Francisco got the final two outs to earn the save. Bass went 3-for-4 with his ninth double and seventh home run. He also threw out a runner at second base. Sprock went 2-for-5 with his eighth double. Smith was 2-for-5. The team was efficient. They were 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and they only left four runners on base. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 8, FCL Red Sox 1 (suspended in 4th inning) Box Score This game was delayed and eventually suspended due to rain in Fort Myers. There was one out in the top of the fourth inning. The Twins have runners on the corners and four runs already in. Of note, Adrian Bohorquez made a rehab start. He struck out two batters and walked one over two scoreless, hitless innings. In the top of the third inning, Daiber De Los Santos led off with a walk. Daniel Pena was then hit by a pitch. After a pitching change, Jhomnardo Reyes walked to load the bases. Carlos Taveras followed with a ground-rule double to drive in two runs. Yovanny Duran singled to drive in two more and give the Twins the 4-0 lead. The top of the fourth inning began with walks to Yilber Herrera and Darwin Almanzar. Jose Barrios reached on an error to lead the bases. De Los Santos walked again to make it 5-1. Daniel Pena singled to drive in two more runs. Reyes grounded into a force out, but De Los Santos scored to make it 8-1. And that’s when the game was delayed and ultimately suspended. The game will continue next Friday when the Twins make the short trek over to Jet Blue Stadium again. DSL Twins 5, DSL Rockies 4 Box Score The Twins jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first inning. Daiyer Barboza reached on an error. He proceeded to steal second and third bases. After Juan Holmann walked and Jhon Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, Anibal Beltre flew out, deep enough to score Barboza. The Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the second. The Twins responded by scoring two runs in the top of the third inning. Holmann led off with a walk. He stole second, and with two outs, he scored on a single by Abel Sosa. Sosa then stole second and scored on a Luis Duarte single. The Rockies cut the Twins lead to 3-2 with a run in the bottom of the third. The Twins responded by scoring two runs in the top of the fourth inning. Misael Rodriguez led off with a single and stole second base. He advanced to third base on a ground out. Holmann walked, and on the final pitch Rodriguez scored on a passed ball. Holmann stole second and later scored on a ground out to make it 5.2 Twins. The Rockies scored a single run in the bottom of the fourth, and another in the bottom of the seventh, but the Twins held on for the 5-4 win. Manuel Meza started and was charged with one run on three walks over two innings. He struck out two batters. 16-year-old Sebastian Echavarria was next on the mound. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings. He struck out two. Juan Collado gave up one run on two hits over three innings. He had four strikeouts but walked five batters. Aldwin Morillo came on and got the final two outs, one on a strikeout, to record his first save. The Twins had five runs on seven hits and five walks. Luis Duarte went 2-for-4. Misael Rodriguez went 2-for-3. Juan Holmann walked three times. He stole his sixth and seventh bases. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Jayson Bass (Fort Myers): 3-for-5, 2B(9), HR(7), 3 R, 2 RBI, K Matt Wallner (St. Paul): 3-for-5, 2-HR(10), 3 R, 3 RBI, K, SB(2) Cody Morissette (St. Paul): 3-for-5, HR(2), R, 2 RBI, K. Pitcher(s) of the Day Sam Armstrong (Wichita): 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 54 pitches, 38 strikes (70.4%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. #4 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, 2 K (batted second, played DH). #10 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 1-for-5, RBI (batted first, played 1B) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2 K (batted first, played SS) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-3, 2 BB, K (batted second, played C) #14 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 1-for-4, BB, HR(8), 2 RBI, R, 3 K. (batted sixth, played SS) #15 - RHP Ryan Gallagher (St. Paul) - 4 2/3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 63 pitches, 44 strikes (69.8%) #17 - RHP C.J. Culpepper (St. Paul) - 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 5 pitches, 4 strikes (80.0%) #18 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, R, K, SB(15) (batted fourth, played CF) #19 - 1B/3B Billy Amick (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 3 K (batted third, played DH) #20 - 2B/SS/CF Kyle DeBarge (Wichita) - 1-for-4, HR(7), R, RBI, K (batted sixth, played SS) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, June 21 Omaha @ St. Paul (2:07 pm CT) - RHP Trent Baker (3-2, 5.52 ERA) Springfield @ Wichita (1:05 pm CT) - RHP Cory Lewis (0-2, 4.57 ERA) Beloit @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 pm CT) - LHP Dasan Hill (1-6, 6.82 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Tampa (11:00 am CT) - RHP Hendry Chivilli (0-1, 12.79 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 37-41 (3rd place (of 5) in AL Central, 4.5 GB)) St. Paul Saints: 42-31 (3rd place (of 10) in IL West Division, 3.5 GB)) Wichita Wind Surge: 25-41 (5th place (of 5) in TL North Division, 19.0 GB)) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 31-35 (4th place (of 6) in MWL West Division, 10.0 GB)) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 38-29 (2nd place (of 6) in FSL West Division, 2.5 GB)) FCL Twins: 19-16 (3rd place (of 6) in FCL South Division, 1.5 GB)) DSL Twins: 6-9 (4th place (of 7) in DSL East Division, 4.0 GB)) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Roden should play most every day. The Fedko situation is to start against lefties, late-inning defense, pinch run. He's been up for a week. He's made one start. Appears to be the lesser-playing-time platoon with Larnach, but Larnach is hitting well and he isn't being pinch hit for, even against lefties later in games. Roden could platoon with Martin in right, but Clemens has been doing that role, and he's not coming out of the lineup.