Seth Stohs

Listen to tonight's Twins Minor League Weekly at http://tobtr.com/s/3026901. Talked about a bunch of Twins minor leaguers and how the affiliate's did today.

Morneau, Dozier... and my daughter... same day!

2-for-2!! Woo hoo!

Big Gulp!! Atta boy Justin Morneau!!

I like it... nice distinction.

I like Willing-hammer better... His wife said on Twitter last night that she liked that one too. His nickname has been Hammer since he started playing pro ball.

The first three pitches were all borderline on the outside corner... then the pop up pitch was a couple inches inside. Just masterful pitch sequence by Haren.

Eddie Rosario is a tremendous defensive CF with a rocket for an arm. I think they would be remiss to have him solely at 2B at this point. He should primarily play 2B, but I like that he got out there again.

I can't not watch when Liriano pitches because you never know what's going to happen. This is the Frankie that I'd rather not watch.

Benson is already the best defensive CF in the organization, but he would struggle offensively.

Well, it is a one-year deal... and he hits like Kubel and plays defense about the way Kubel did.

Because he a pretty extensive track recrord that says he can hit. I'd like to see Plouffe get a little more time too, but I think he will get time in RF when Doumit catches.

Yeah, I have no problem with Leyland going with Verlander there... maybe he could have taken him out a little sooner, but he's arguably the best pitcher in baseball, even at 100-110 pitches, so if he takes him out and Valverde blows it, then he's dumb for taking Verlander out. Leyland's teams have consistently choked, and I do think that he often over-rides Verlander, but today wasn't a case for that. And, as for Ventura... I really like that they went with a guy with no managerial experience. I get tired of retreads, and Ventura's been around the game for a long time. He knows what to do.

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The Twins got Win #1 in Game #5, and that has to be a relief to all the players, coaches, the manager and the front office. As a fan, it’s kind of nice as well! A very nice 6-5, come-from-behind win. At various times, Josh Willingham, Chris Parmelee, Jamey Carroll, Glen Perkins and Matt Capps played hero. Jeff Gray gets the win! Congrats to the Twins on the win. The minor league affiliates won three of their four games on Wednesday. In unusual fashion, two of the Twins affiliates played games in the morning. A couple of pitchers with limited time with the Twins pitched well for the Red Wings, while a future Twins player returned to action. The Rock Cats gave up some runs, but a top prospect added another double. The Miracle held on to a lead and getting a big home run from a guy who homered in a game with the Twins late in spring training. And a Minnesota native had a nice game with a lot of strikeouts to record a win for the Snappers. ROCHESTER 2, PAWTUCKET 1 Scott Diamond has started his 2012 season very well. In his first start, he threw 6.1 shutout innings. On this night, he threw six shutout frames. He gave up just four hits, walked three and struck out six. Esmerling Vasquez came in and gave up a run on two hits in two innings. He also struck out two. Anthony Slama came in for the ninth inning to protect a one-run lead. He got the first two outs quickly, but just to make it challenging, he walked the next two hitters. He got a ground out to end the game and record his third save. Aaron Bates led the offense. He went 2-4 with an RBI double. Matt Carson hit his third double. Brian Dozier didn’t start but entered the game as a pinch hitter and went 2-2 with two singles. (Dozier is now 11-21 (.524) on the short-season and has at least one hit in all six games he’s played. He has at least two hits in five of those games.) NEW BRITAIN 4, HARRISBURG 8 The Rock Cats had an early morning game (10:30 local time) to end this series. Andrew Albers got the starting nod and was up for the challenge. He didn’t allow a run through the first four innings of the game. Unfortunately, he was tagged for four runs in the fifth inning. Bobby Lanigan came in and gave up four runs on four hits and a walk over the next two innings. Lester Oliveros and Blake Martin each threw a scoreless inning. Offensively, Deibinson Romero went 2-4 and drove in two runs. Aaron Hicks was 1-3 with a walk and his first double (batting left-handed). Mark Dolenc was 1-2 with a walk. FT. MYERS MIRACLE 6, JUPITER 5 Bruce Pugh came in to protect a one-run lead for the Miracle. He gave up a single to the first batter but got the next three outs to record his second save of the season. Manuel Soliman started and gave up two runs on five hits and two walks in three innings. He struck out three. Tony Davis came in and threw a scoreless fourth inning, but he gave up three runs on the fifth. Jhon Garcia then threw three shutout innings in relief before Pugh pitched in the ninth. Josmil Pinto led the way going 3-4 with his second double. Lance Ray went 2-3 with a walk. His first home run gave the Miracle their 6-5 lead. Michael Gonzales went 2-4 with his first double. BELOIT 3, KANE COUNTY 2 In another morning game, the final game of the series in Kane County, the Snappers got a nice start from Madison Boer. The Eden Prairie native gave up one run on three hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out nine. Ryan O’Rourke came in and gave up a run on three hits over the next two innings. Clinton Dempster came in and gave up just one hit over the final two innings to record his first save. Matt Koch was the hitting hero. He was 2-3 with a walk and two doubles (3 on season). Danny Ortiz went 2-4 with a stolen base. Adam Bryan was also 2-4. Tyler Grimes and Wang-Wei Lin each hit a double. --- Players of the Day for Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Hitter of the Day – Matt Koch [ATTACH=CONFIG]598[/ATTACH] Pitcher of the Day – Scott Diamond [ATTACH=CONFIG]597[/ATTACH] --- A Look Ahead – Thursday, April 12, 2012 Schedule Rochester vs. Pawtucket – 6:05 (CST) – RHP Daryl Thompson New Britain vs Harrisburg – 5:35 (CST) – RHP Jason Marquis Ft. Myers vs Jupiter – 6:05 (CST) – LHP Pat Dean Beloit @ Kane County – 6:30 (CST) – LHP Steven Gruver --- 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!

Feel free to discuss!! Nice win!!

Hendriks is the right choice, as soon as he's able. Marquis will be up soon and Swarzak can go back to the 'pen.

Nope, they won't.

what I don't want to hear during this press conference... "Rest and Rehab."

Twins Lineup Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham LF Ryan Doumit RF Danny Valencia 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Alexi Casilla 2B SP: Carl Pavano