Seth Stohs

Hit his 19th home run tonight and walked twice. He's been hitting well since the All-Star break and hitting .300 in his last ten games.

And since this time... He has been selected for and played in the Futures Game. In the game, he went 1-2 with a double off of Jameson Taillon. He's not hitting over .300 with the Rock Cats and tonight he hit a walk-off, 3-run homer to end Game 1 of a doubleheader. He had 4 hits in the two games.

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The Twins had a rough weekend series with the A’s, so on Monday night they picked on another vowel, the O’s. The Twins scored seven runs in the first inning and kept on adding on their way to a 19-7 win over Baltimore. Scott Diamond wasn’t in finest form after a ten day break since his last start, but he did go six innings for the Win. Justin Morneau had four hits, extending his hit streak to 14 games. That is the same hit streak that Trevor Plouffe has as well after he had two hits. Ben Revere had four hits and another highlight reel catch in right field. Denard Span had three hits and after a misplay, he made two terrific catches in center field. Joe Mauer had two hits including his sixth home run. Jamey Carroll added two hits. Ryan Doumit was the only starter without a hit, yet he had two RBI. Josh Willingham, the team’s RBI leader, was the only Twins player without an RBI. 19 runs on 20 hits and five walks. They added a homer and six doubles. It was a long game, but those are just fine when the right team is winning! Here is a look at the Twins minor league scores and highlights from the Monday games in the minor leagues. ROCHESTER 4, NORFOLK 11 The Red Wings have Liam Hendriks and Nick Blackburn, but someone has to pitch after they do. That pitcher is Luke French who has really struggled since his promotion from New Britain. On this night, he went four innings and gave up seven runs on nine hits and a walk without a strikeout. Caleb Thielbar came in and gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in his inning. Kyle Waldrop gave up two runs on four hits in his innings. Bobby Lanigan came in and threw two scoreless frames. Tsuyoshi Nishioka led the offense again. He went 3-4 with his 10th double. Chris Parmelee was 2-4 with a walk. Wilkin Ramirez went 2-5 with his eighth home run for the Red Wings. Evan Bigley played in his first AAA game and went 0-3 but drove in two runs. GAME 1 – NEW BRITAIN 8, NEW HAMPSHIRE 5 (9 innings) It took Oswaldo Arcia a couple of games to figure out AA pitching, but he’s been hitting very well for a month now. On Monday night, he went 2-4 with a walk and a walk-off. He came to the plate in the bottom of the 9th inning with two runners on and a tie game. He proceeded to end it. He was part of a top of the order that provided most of the offense. Aaron Hicks led off and went 2-5 with his 11th double and his 20th stolen base. Chris Herrmann batted second and was 2-4 with a walk. Those top three hitters were 6-13 with 7 runs scored. Joe Benson made his return to New Britain, batting fifth, and he was 2-3 with a walk. By the way, Hicks and Arcia each threw a base runner out at third base in this game as well. Logan Darnell started. The lefty gave up four runs (2 earned) on ten hits. He walked none and struck out two. Daniel Turpen went the next two innings and gave up one run on three hits and an intentional walk. He struck out three. Dakota Watts recorded his second win. He struck out two in two scoreless innings. GAME 2 – NEW BRITAIN 4, NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 The Rock Cats completed a very nice doubleheader sweep against the other “New” team in the Eastern League. This game was about the pitching of Steve Hirschfeld, just returned from Rochester. The righty improved to 6-4 with seven shutout innings. He gave up six hits, walked none and struck out six. The offense remained at the top of the order. Aaron Hicks knocked his 12th double. Chris Herrmann went 2-3 and scored two runs. Oswaldo Arcia went 2-3 with his fifth double and drove in two runs. Deibinson Romero hit his 13th home run. FT. MYERS, DUNEDIN The Miracle game against the Blue Jays affiliate was postponed by rain. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Tuesday. BELOIT 9, LAKE COUNTY 8 Miguel Sano gave the Snappers a 1-0 lead with his 19th home run in the top of the 1st inning. However, Lake County scored three runs in the first inning and two runs in the third inning. The Snappers tied the game at five in the top of the fifth, but they then gave up three runs in the bottom of the fifth. In the top of the sixth inning, Drew Leachman cleared the bases with a double to tie the game at eight. That was all the scoring until there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Eight Snappers hitters tallied one hit each. Sano was 1-3 with two walks and the home run. Steve Liddle hit his second home run. Wang Wei-Lin hit his fourth triple. Tyler Jones started for the Snappers. He gave up five runs (4 earned) on four hits and three walks in four innings. He struck out four. Steve Evans then gave up three runs on three hits and three walks in 1.1 innings. Tim Atherton walked three and struck out one in 1.2 scoreless innings. Corey Williams pitched a scoreless eighth inning. However, the ninth inning began with an error on the left-hander. He walked a batter. Then with two outs, he issued another walk and on it threw a wild pitch that allowed the game-winning run to score. GAME 2 - ELIZABETHTON 8, BLUEFIELD 0 In the first of two on Tuesday, the E-Twins played a very well-rounded game. Max Kepler provided the big blow with a second innings grand slam. Niko Goodrum added his third home run of the season in the 5th inning. This was a team offensive win because no player had more than one hit. Hudson Boyd was back on the mound, but he was only able to complete four innings before reaching his pitch count. He gave up just two hits, walked three and struck out two. Lefty Brett Lee came in and gave up just one hit and one walk in two innings. Tyler Duffey struck out three in the final inning. Boyd’s season ERA is now 1.24. Lee’s is 1.06. GAME 2 - ELIZABETHTON 7, BLUEFIELD 13 After beating Bluefield bad the first two games of this series, the E-Twins were beaten badly in this one. Ricardo Arevalo started and gave up seven runs on two hits and six walks in just 1.2 innings. He struck out three. Luis Nunez got two outs, but he gave up four runs on one hit, two walks and a hit batter. Tyler Herr went the next 2.2 innings and gave up two runs on four hits. He walked one and struck out five. Josh Burris raised his season ERA to 0.95 as he gave up one run on three hits and two walks in two innings. He struck out three. Josh Hendricks went 3-4 with his second double. Jorge Polanco went 2-4 with his eighth double. DJ Hicks walked twice. GCL TWINS, GCL ORIOLES Game postponed by rain. --- Players of the Day for Monday, July 16, 2012 Hitter of the Day – Oswaldo Arcia [ATTACH=CONFIG]1572[/ATTACH] Pitcher of the Day – Steve Hirschfeld [ATTACH=CONFIG]1573[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Schedule Rochester vs Norfolk – RHP Jeff Manship New Britain vs New Hampshire – LHP Aaron Thompson Ft. Myers vs Dunedin (2) – LHP Cole Nelson Beloit – No Game Scheduled Elizabethton vs Johnson City – TBD GCL Twins @ GCL Orioles (2) – TBD --- If you have any questions or comments on the Twins minor league system, players, teams, etc., leave them in the Comments and I’ll try to answer them!

No, it's the home team's grounds crew chief, GM, etc. that make the decision to call a game before it starts. I don't know why they wouldn't have put the tarp on unless they had some report that there wasn't much rain coming.

I'd even offer him 3/24 today... and if he says No, absolutely trade him.

Very well earned!! Good for him!

You are right... I got two of those Griffey UD rookies and they smelled good! And, gasp, they cost $1 a pack!! Ha!

JJ Hardy and his .631 OPS return to Target Field tonight... Steve Pearce spent a week or so of spring training with the Twins this year, hurt most of the time... Steve Tolleson was a 2005 draft pick of the Twins and got up to AAA in the organization before he was DFAd from the 40 man roster to make room for... Jim Thome, who is not in the Orioles lineup tonight.

It's not at all unusual. Note that JO Berrios is in relief with the GCL Twins. Innings are very carefully watched in the lower levels. Also, several pitchers drafted out of college this year will pitch in the bullpen this year and start next year. Also, he's 16. I would hope they'd keep his innings down.

It will be interesting because it depends on several things. 1.) Who have they traded and acquired? 2.) Which players need to be added to the 40 man roster after the season anyway? 3.) who deserves it? I'd say we'll see Parmelee, Valencia, Oliveros, Benson, Hendriks and (guys like De Vries, Robertson, Blackburn, depending upon who is up or down before then).

I think there was a `10-12 minute discussion on that very topic.

I just finished watching Pelotero, and it was terrific. It was great on several levels. It was fun to see what happens at these Dominican academies, but also at the "academies" of Astin and Moreno. I know it's controversial now among MLB types, but I dont' think anyone thinks that there aren't a lot of questionable things happening in the process. It is cool in that Twins fans can see a lot of the personality of Miguel Sano, the "maturity", his nickname, his family, etc. I watched it on iTunes and really enjoyed it. I was having some volume issues with my computer which had me struggling at times, but it's very well done. Nice work!

Casey Fien is a retread in the same way that Jared Burton is. I'm all for building from within and it's certainly ideal, and the Twins do that as well (or better) than most teams. If my guess is the way they'd go, Robertson got is chance, like many guys he will take the experience back with him to AAA And come back better, we hope. Happens all the time. My point is always to do what is best for the prospects. Sometimes that is not pushing them. It's not getting 'the axe' permanently.

At the time they moved Duensing into the rotation, I didn't have a problem with it because there just weren't other options. And, 2012 is over, so it's not hurting (or helping) Duensing to get time in the rotation. Most important for me is 2013, so I think that they do need to let Hendriks work on some things in the minors at this piont and just let him pitch there for awhile. Blackburn could probably come back up, although he's not really any better.

Almost have to assume that Duensing doesn't get another start, Blackburn comes back up to the Twins and maybe Robertson gets sent down?

Yeah, this is pretty bad, and it really is about the lefty-righty splits. It's ridiculous. I'm OK with the attempt, and now it needs to end... but who starts?

I understand that, but as they were stretching him out, he was good for 3 innings. Then got hit. Then he was good for 4 innings and then got hit. Then he was doing OK when he got hit in the leg. He'll be back in the bullpen at some point, but I don't mind them having tried this again temporarilty.

I agree that Duensing is better in the bullpen. We all know that. But for what the Twins need now, I have no problem with them going with him. He's a given in the bullpen, but until the Twins have a much better rotation, it kind of is what it is. He hasn't been bad as a starter (obviously not a great 1st inning today).

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I'm trying to decide if I want to download it right now, or wait until after the TWins game! I've heard that there could be a follow up movie... I'm hoping to be in Beloit Aug 2-5. I was there in early June for a couple of games. Without having even seen more than the trailers so far, I'll promote it. I can't wait to see it and then really tout it!

Living 7 hours from the Twin Cities (north), I'm really hoping to see this somewhere soon! Been looking forward to seeing it for a year or more!! Sounds like it is getting a ton of attention. Hopefully that means lots of viewers for it!! Thank you for letting our readers here know about it. Is there somewhere we can find a bigger list of where it will be showing and when since we have readers all over?