Games of July 1

An eight-run inning gives the Red Wings a split.  Clark Beeker is quietly having a very good year.  Gore is heating up for Elizabethton.  Nick Tepesch continues to struggle in rehab appearances.

LEHIGH VALLEY 2, ROCHESTER 1 IN LEHIGH VALLEY (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Red Wings got a run in the second, but J. P. Crawford tripled and scored in the third and three singles produced an IronPig run in the fourth.  Rochester did not get a baserunner after the second inning, as their last sixteen men were retired.

Tim Melville pitched a six inning complete game, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts.  The lone Red Wing hit was a double by ByungHo Park.  Zack Granite was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .362.

ROCHESTER 9, LEHIGH VALLEY 0 IN LEHIGH VALLEY (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Leading 1-0 after five, the Red Wings had an eight-run inning in the sixth to put the game out of reach.  Matt Hague had a two-run double and Niko Goodrum had a two-run single in the inning.

It was a bullpen game for Rochester, but it worked.  D. J. Baxendale struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up three hits.  Michael Tonkin pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 2.38.  Jake Reed retired all five men he faced to keep his ERA at zero and make his WHIP 0.47 in 6.1 innings.  Mason Melotakis pitched a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.30 in 3.1 innings.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Zack Granite was 2-for-4 with a triple to make his average .364.  Matt Hague and J. B. Shuck were each 2-for-4 with a double.

CHATTANOOGA AT MISSISSIPPI

The game was suspended after two and a half innings due to rain.  It will be complete today as part of a doubleheader.

ST. LUCIE AT FORT MYERS

Rained out.

CLINTON 2, CEDAR RAPIDS 1 IN CLINTON (11 INNINGS)

Hank Morrison homered in the second to give the Kernels a 1-0 lead.  It held up until the fifth, when Bryson Brigman's RBI single tied the score.  It remained 1-1 until the eleventh, when Yojhan Quevedo hit a one-out walkoff home run.  Cedar Rapids had left the bases loaded in the fifth but did not get a man past first the rest of the game.

Clark Beeker had another good game, pitching six innings and giving up one run on six hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.79 with a WHIP of 1.03 in 87 innings.  Alex Robinson struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings.  He has 47 strikeouts in 35.2 innings.  Max Cordy struck out two in 2.1 innings to make his ERA 2.88.  Cedar Rapids had eight hits, but no one had more than one.  Morrison's homer was his third.  Gorge Munoz was 1-for-4 to make his average .320.

ELIZABETHTON 7, DANVILLE 4 IN DANVILLE

The Twins scored in four of the first five innings to take a 5-0 lead through four and a half.  It was 6-1 when the Braves scored three in the sixth to cut the margin to 6-4.  Brent Rooker homered in the seventh to round out the scoring.

Melvi Acosta struck out six in six innings but allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits and no walks.  Calvin Faucher struck out six in three shutout innings to keep his ERA at zero.  His WHIP is 0.75 and he has 11 strikeouts in 5.1 innings.  Mark Contreras was 3-for-4 with a double and is batting .300.  Carson Crites was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Rooker was 2-for-5 and the home run was his third.  Jordan Gore was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .600.  Andrew Cosgrove was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.  Colton Waltner made his professional debut and was 0-for-2 with two walks.  Small sample size and all that, but Gore batted ninth with a .667 OBP.  Leadoff batter T. J. Dixon has an OBP of .278.

GCL TWINS 8, GCL RED SOX 4 AT RED SOX

The Twins got two in the first and got RBI singles from Victor Tademo and Alex Robles in the third to take a 4-0 lead.  The Red Sox scored three in the third and it stayed 4-3 until the seventh, when Akil Baddoo had an RBI triple and later scored to make it 6-3.  The Red Sox got one back in the bottom of the sixth on a Pedro Castellanos homer, but the Twins scored two more in the eighth on Baddoo's two-run single to put the game out of reach.

Nick Tepesch made a rehab start and pitched 2.1 innings, allowing three runs on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  His ERA is now 24.00 in two games (three innings).  Juan Mojica pitched 2.2 scoreless innings.  Matz Schutte pitched two shutout innings.  Baddoo was 4-for-5 with a triple, scoring three times and driving in three.  He is batting .364.  Robles was 3-for-5 and is batting .385.  Jean Carlos Arias was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .462.  Royce Lewis was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs and is batting .350.  Jhon Alvarez was 0-for-2 with two walks and is 0-for-9 on the season.

DSL TWINS AT DSL CARDINALS

This was scheduled to be a doubleheader, but it was suspended after one and a half innings of the first game.  The Twins had scored three runs in the second to take a 3-0 lead.

Games of June 30

A second consecutive sweep!  A pair of Rodriguezes lead the Lookouts.  A huge inning carries the Miracle as Justin Haley continues his rehab.  A pair of clutch hits give the Kernels the win.  Elizabethton gets its second consecutive extra-inning win.  The GCL Twins get all the runs they need in the first as three pitchers combine for a shutout.  Jesus Toledo pitches four shutout innings as the DSL Twins win.

ROCHESTER AT LEHIGH VALLEY

Rained out.  The two teams will play a doubleheader today.

CHATTANOOGA 5, MISSISSIPPI 3 IN MISSISSIPPI

Jonathan Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to put the Lookouts ahead 2-1 in the fourth.  LaMonte Wade's RBI single in the fifth made it 3-1.  In the seventh, an error and three more singles produced two runs to make it 5-1.  Connor Lien's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh cut the margin to 5-3.  In the ninth, a pair of two-out singles put the tying run on base, but a strikeout ended the game.

Dereck Rodriguez struck out six in 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk.  Paul Clemens struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings.  Wade was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .308.  Edgar Corcino was 2-for-5 and is batting .302.

FORT MYERS 11, ST. LUCIE 0 IN FORT MYERS

This was a strange one.  It was pitchers' duel for seven innings.  In fact, it was a scoreless tie.  Then the Miracle scored eleven runs in the eighth inning!  The inning featured six singles, a three-run double by Zander Weil, four walks, two hit batsmen, and a balk.  Fort Myers batted sixteen men in the inning.  The Mets used three pitchers in the inning, none of whom were particularly effective.  Tim Tebow, in his fourth game for St. Lucie, was 0-for-2 and was hit by a pitch.  He is 5-for-11 since being called up to high-A.

Justin Haley continued his rehab by striking out two in two shutout innings.  Lewis Thorpe struck out five in 4.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks.  His ERA is 1.69 with a WHIP of 0.94 and 31 strikeouts in 26.2 innings.  Michael Theofanopoulos struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings.  Sam Clay pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.82 with 42 strikeouts in 39.2 innings.  Jermaine Palacios was 3-for-5 and is batting .348.  Weil was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Brandon Lopez was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .385.  Kevin Garcia was 2-for-5.  Max Murphy was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .309.

CEDAR RAPIDS 6, CLINTON 2 IN CLINTON

Homers by Lewin Diaz and Hank Morrison gave the Kernels a 2-0 lead in the fourth.  The LumberKings tied it in the sixth on Nick Thurman's two-run homer.  In the seventh, Cedar Rapids loaded the bases with none out.  A strikeout and a foul popup made it look like nothing might come of it, but Christian Cavaness delivered a two-run single followed by Travis Blankenhorn's two-run double to give the Kernels a 6-2 lead.  Clinton did not get a hit after Thurman's homer.

Domenick Carlini struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks.  Ryan Mason struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving him an ERA of 1.83 with 19 strikeouts in 19.2 innings.  Colton Davis struck out two in two shutout innings, making his ERA 2.13 with a WHIP of 1.03 and 36 strikeouts in 38 innings.  Morrison was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Diaz was 2-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.  Cavaness was 2-for-5.  Andre Jernigan made his Class A debut, going 0-for-3.

ELIZABETHTON 12, KINGSPORT 10 IN KINGSPORT (12 INNINGS)

The E-Twins won in extra innings for the second consecutive day.  The Mets led early, lead 4-0 after one and 6-3 after five.  The Twins scored three in the sixth to tie it, took the lead in the seventh when J. J. Robinson tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly, and went up 10-6 in the eight on Trey Cabbage's three-run homer.  It appeared that Elizabethton was in control, but in the bottom of the ninth Kingsport got two doubles, a walk, a triple, and a single to tie the game 10-10.  Andrew Bechtold singled home the go-ahead run in the twelfth and Jose Miranda's RBI double provided some insurance.  The Mets went down in order in the bottom of the twelfth.

Moises Gomez pitched well after the first inning, but in four innings he gave up four runs on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts.  Jovani Moran struck out four in 3.2 scoreless innings of relief, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.60 and 10 strikeouts with 0 walks in 6,2 innings.  Miranda was 5-for-7 with a home run and two doubles and is batting .364.  Bechtold was 3-for-5 with a walk and scored four times.  Rainis Silva was 2-for-5 and is batting .308.  Cabbage was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second), a walk, and four RBIs, making his average .303.  Matt Albanese was 1-for-4 and is batting .419.  Robinson was 1-for-5 and is batting .333.

GCL TWINS 3, GCL RED SOX 0 AT TWINS

Akil Baddoo and Royce Lewis opened the first with back-to-back doubles.  With two out, Victor Tademo hit a two-run homer.  And that's all the scoring there was.  The Red Sox, put two on in the fourth, loaded the bases in the sixth, and put two on in the eighth, but did not score.

Petru Balan, from Tiraspol, Moldova, made his professional debut by striking out five in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Jose Bermudez struck out three in three shutout innings.  Matt Jones made his season debut by striking out three in two shutout innings.  Tademo was 2-for-3 with a double along with his home run.  Colton Burns was 0-for-3 and is batting .333.  Lewis was 1-for-4 with a double and is batting .313.  Jared Akins was 0-for-4 and is now hitless in nine at-bats.  Jhon Alvarez was 0-for-3 and is hitless in seven at-bats.

DSL TWINS 8, DSL ROCKIES 6 AT ROCKIES

A six-run third, which featured a three-run homer by Jesus Feliz, put the Twins up 7-0.  They then saw the Rockies score three in the fifth, one in the sixth, and two in the seventh to cut the lead to 7-6.  They had the tying run on second with two out, but a fly out ended the inning.  In the eighth, Feliz led off with a double and scored on a Cesar Salazar single to make it 8-6.  The Rockies opened the eighth with two singles and a bunt moved them to second and third with one out, but a strikeout and a pop up ended the inning.  The Rockies went down in order in the ninth.

Jesus Toledo pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks with one strikeout.  He keeps his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.92 in 20.2 innings.  Steven Cruz pitched a perfect inning.  Salazar was 3-for-3.  Mariano Calcano was 2-for-3 with a walk and three RBIs and is batting .500.  Feliz was 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBIs.  Samuel Vasquez was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .324.  Wander Valdez was 1-for-3 with two walks and is batting .328.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:00  GCL Twins at GCL Red Sox
9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
Game 2  DSL Twins at DSL Cardinals
4:35  Rochester (Tim Melville, 2-0, 3.68) at Lehigh Valley (Jake Thompson, 3-8, 6.07)
Game 2  Rochester (David Hurlbut, 5-4, 3.48) at Lehigh Valley (Cesar Ramos, 4-2, 4.02)
5:05  St. Lucie at Fort Myers (Brady Anderson, 3-3, 4.07)
6:00  Chattanooga at Mississippi (Luis Gohara, 1-1, 3.38)
6:00  Elizabethton at Danville (Connor Johnstone, 1-0, 1.80)
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Clark Beeker, 7-2, 2.89) at Clinton (Robert Dugger, 3-1, 2.39)

Games of June 29

A seven-team sweep!  ByungHo Park drives in the winning run for the Red Wings.  Kohl Stewart makes a triumphant return to the Lookouts.  Max Murphy is on a tear for the Miracle.  Sean Poppen, who is quietly having a fine year, and Gorge Munoz lead the Kernels.  Trey Cabbage leads the E-Twins to an extra-inning win.  Pedro Garcia and Vadim Balan combine for a shutout for the GCL Twins.  A nine-run inning carries the DSL Twins.

ROCHESTER 5, BUFFALO 4 IN BUFFALO

Each team scored three runs in the fourth.  Back-to-back two-out doubles by Matt Hague and Mitch Garver put the Red Wings ahead 4-3 in the seventh, but the Bisons tied it in the eighth on Jon Berti's RBI single.  In the ninth, Zack Granite led off with a single, took second on a bunt, and scored on a two-out single by ByungHo Park to take a 5-4 advantage.  Buffalo went down in order in the ninth.

Chris Heston pitched 4.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and five walks with three strikeouts.  Drew Rucinski pitched 1.12 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 1.65 with a WHIP of 0.77.  John Curtiss struck out two in a perfect ninth.  He keeps his ERA at zero in 4.1 innings with a WHIP of 0.23 and 5 strikeouts.  J. B. Shuck was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Hague was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Park was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Mitch Garver was 2-for-5 with a double.  Granite was 1-for-4 with a walk and is batting .367.  Ehire Adrianza started a rehab assignment and was 1-for-4.

CHATTANOOGA 4, MISSISSIPPI 1 IN MISSISSIPPI

T. J. White hit a three-run homer in the third and led the rest of the way.  It went to 4-0 in the sixth when Travis Harrison homered.  The lone Braves run scored in the bottom of the sixth on an error.  Mississippi had the tying run up to bat in that inning, but a ground out ended the threat.  The last ten Braves batters were retired.

Kohl Stewart made a triumphant return from the disabled list, pitching six innings and giving up only an unearned run on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  Ryan Eades struck out four in two perfect innings.  Luke Bard struck out two in a perfect inning to make his ERA 2.60.  He has 57 strikeouts and 12 walks in 34.2 innings.  Jonathan Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Harrison was 2-for-4 with his second home run and a double.  White's home run was his fourth.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .306.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-5 and is batting .300.

FORT MYERS 7, CLEARWATER 2 IN FORT MYERS*

Brandon Lopez' two-run single in the second put the Miracle ahead 2-0.  It was 3-2 through six and the Threshers had a chance to take the lead in the seventh, but they left the bases loaded.  Zander Weil singled home an insurance run in the seventh and Fort Myers scored three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.

Lachlan Wells pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Andrew Vasquez struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings.  Through 9.1 innings he has 18 strikeouts and 2 walks, a WHIP of 0.75 and an ERA of zero.  Sam Clay pitched a perfect inning to make his ERA 1.86.  Max Murphy was 3-for-5 and is batting .309.  Over his last ten games, he is 19-for-41 (.463).  Tanner English was 2-for-3 with a double.  Lopez was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .333 (3-for-9).  Weil was 2-for-4.  Mitchell Kranson was 2-for-5.

*This was planned to be a doubleheader, making up a rainout.  Due to a lengthy rain delay, they played only one game.

CEDAR RAPIDS 11, BURLINGTON 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Bees scored three in the second to take a 3-1 lead, but the Kernels bounced back with four in the third and led the rest of the way.  Amaurys Minier had a two-run double in the inning, one of three doubles Cedar Rapids had in the third inning.  Gorge Munoz hit a three-run homer in the fifth to make it 8-3 and he also had a two-run double in a three-run eighth that rounded out the scoring.

Sean Poppen struck out nine in seven innings, giving up three unearned runs on five hits and no walks.  His ERA is now 2.90 with a WHIP of 1.07 and 81 strikeouts in 87 innings.  Alex Robinson and Hector Lujan each pitched a perfect inning, with Lujan dropping his ERA to 1.80.  Munoz was 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, and five RBIs and is batting .353.  Hank Morrison was 3-for-5 with a double.  Travis Blankenhorn was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Lewin Diaz was 2-for-5 with a double.  Ben Rortvedt was 2-for-5.  He is 12-for-29 (.414) in his last seven games and has raised his average forty points to .210.

ELIZABETHTON 8, KINGSPORT 7 IN KINGSPORT (11 INNINGS)

An RBI triple by Trey Cabbage and a two-run homer by J. J. Robinson, both in the fifth inning, put the Twins ahead 5-2.  The Mets scored three in the sixth to tie it 5-5 and it stayed there through nine innings.  The Twins took a 6-5 lead in the top of the tenth on a bases loaded walk, but the Mets tied it in the bottom of the tenth on an RBI single by Angel Manzanarez.  The Mets nearly won it then, but center fielder Mark Contreras  threw out Gabriel Jimenez, who was trying to score from second on the hit.  The Twins scored twice in the eleventh when, after the first two batters were retired, a Cabbage double was followed by three walks and a hit batsman.  The Mets got one back in the bottom of the eleventh on an error, a ground out, and a passed ball, but they never got the tying run on base.

Huascar Ynoa pitched four innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.  He threw 85 pitches.  Blair Lasko struck out four in three shutout innings, making his ERA 1.50 with six strikeouts in six innings.  Robinson was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and is batting .375.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-5 with a double.  Jordan Gore was 2-for-5 and is batting .615.  T. J. Dixon was 2-for-5 and is batting .333.  Cabbage was 2-for-6 with a triple and a double.  Matt Albanese was 1-for-5 and is batting .444.

GCL TWINS 1, GCL ORIOLES 0 AT ORIOLES

Akil Baddoo opened the game with a double, went to third on a Colton Davis single, and scored on a double play.  And there was no more scoring the rest of the game.  The Orioles had only three hits and at one point had ten in a row retired.  Their lone threat came in the seventh, when a walk, a hit batsman, and a bunt put men on second and third with one out.  A pair of ground outs ended the inning.

Pedro Garcia pitched 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in his GCL debut.  Vadim Balan struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.60 through five innings.  Baddoo was 2-for-4.  Jean Carlos Arias was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .333.  Colton Burns was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .400.  Alex Robles was 1-for-3 and is batting .400.  Darling Cuesto made his GCL debut and was 0-for-3.

DSL TWINS 12, DSL ROCKIES 2 AT TWINS

Already leading 3-0, the Twins scored nine in the fourth to put the game out of reach.  They had only five hits in the inning, one of them a three-run homer by Mariano Calcano.  They also had five walks, a hit batsman, four wild pitches, and a stolen base.  They were perhaps worn out from running around the bases, because they did not get a man on base after the fourth inning.

Luis Gil struck out five in four shutout innings, dropping his ERA to 1.20.  Juan Martinez was 3-for-4 with a triple and two doubles and is batting .340.  Samuel Vasquez was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .313.  Calcano went 1-for-3 with a home run in his first game of the season.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-2 with a triple and a walk and is batting .391.  Estamy Urena was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk and is batting .387.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with two walks and is batting .326.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Rockies
11:00  GCL Red Sox at GCL Twins
5:30  Elizabethton (Moises Gomez, 0-0, 27.00) at Kingsport (Ezequiel Zabaleta, 0-0, 5.40)
6:05  Rochester (Tim Melville, 2-0, 3.68) at Lehigh Valley (Jake Thompson, 3-8, 6.07)
6:05  St. Lucie at Fort Myers (Lewis Thorpe, 1-2, 2.05)
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Domenick Carlini, 3-6, 5.46) at Clinton (Brandon Miller, 8-3, 3.69)
7:00  Chattanooga at Mississippi (Mike Soroca, 9-3, 2.18)

Games of June 28

Dillon Gee makes his organizational debut.  Jonathan Rodriguez and Stephen Gonsalves lead the Lookouts.  A big inning pops the Kernels.  Five no-hit innings for Edwar Colina.  Almost all the action was in the first inning for the GCL Twins.  Fredderi Soto pitches five shutout innings.

BUFFALO 3, ROCHESTER 0 IN BUFFALO

It was scoreless until the fifth, when the Bisons got an RBI double from Shane Opitz and a run-scoring single by Jon Berti.  They added a run in the seventh.  The Red Wings did not get a man to third until the ninth and at one point had ten in a row retired.

Dillon Gee started and pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.  Alex Wimmers pitched two perfect innings of relief.  Engelb Vielma was 2-for-3 with a double.  Zack Granite was 1-for-4 and is batting .369.

CHATTANOOGA 5, MISSISSIPPI 1 IN MISSISSIPPI

Four consecutive two-out walks put the Lookouts on the board in the second.  Jonathan Rodriguez homered to lead off the third and make it 2-0.  Rodriguez struck again in the fourth, hitting a three-run homer to give Chattanooga control of the game.  The Braves got their lone run in the seventh on a Travis Demeritte homer.

Stephen Gonsalves pitched seven innings, giving up a run on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts.  His ERA is 2.63 with a WHIP of 0.85.  Nick Anderson and Randy Rosario each pitched a scoreless inning, making their ERAs 1.64 and 2.25, respectively.  Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth), a walk, and four RBIs.  Levi Michael was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Nick Gordon was 0-for-2 with three walks and is batting .310.  Edgar Corcino was 1-for-5 and is batting .302.

CLEARWATER AT FORT MYERS

Rained out.

BURLINGTON 5, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Ben Rortvedt doubled home a run in the second, but the Bees scored five in the third to take control of the game.  Jahmai Jones had a two-run double and Julian Leon hit a three-run homer in the inning.  The Kernels loaded the bases with none out in the fifth, but could only score once to make it 5-2,.  They also had the tying run up to bat in the sixth and the eighth, but they did not score again.

Eduardo Del Rosario pitched well other than in the second inning, but his line is 5.1 innings, five runs, three hits, four walks, and four strikeouts.  Logan Lombana pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and Max Cordy pitched two shutout innings.  Rortvedt was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, putting him back up over the Mendoza line at .205.  Lean Marrero was 0-for-3 with a walk to drop to .095.

ELIZABETHTON 4, KINGSPORT 0 IN KINGSPORT

J. J. Robinson singled home a run in the first.  In the fifth, Wander Javier had an RBI double to make it 2-0.  Robinson hit a two-run homer in the eighth to round out the scoring.  The Mets did not get a hit until the sixth and had only three in the game.

Edwar Colina gave up no hits and no runs in five innings.  He walked four and struck out four, throwing eighty-one pitches.  Jose Martinez struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings to keep his ERA at zero through four innings.  Calvin Faucher struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings to keep his ERA at zero through 2.1 innings.  Robinson was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs.  He is batting .333.  Shane Carrier was 2-for-4.  Matt Albanese was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .500.  Andrew Cosgrove was 1-for-4 and is batting .375.  Andrew Bechtold was 0-for-4 and is hitless in seven at-bats.

GCL TWINS 8, GCL ORIOLES 3 AT TWINS

Two walks, a double, and two sacrifice flies put the Orioles ahead 3-0 in the top of the first, Undaunted, the Twins scored six in the bottom of the first and led the rest of the way.  They had four singles, two walks, a balk, and a triple in the inning.  It was 6-3 after one, and there was no more scoring until the seventh, when the Twins added two on an RBI triple by Ricky De La Torre and a run-scoring double by Roni Tapia.

Juan Mojica made his GCL debut but lasted only two-thirds of an inning, giving up three runs on one hit and four walks.  Control was not a major problem for him in the DSL last year, so we'll hope he was just a  little nervous.  Carlos Suniaga pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and no walks.  Amilcar Cruz struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks in his GCL debut.  Benjamin Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk and is batting .333.  Tapia was 2-for-4 with a double in his first game of the season.  Humberto Maldonado was 2-for-4 with a triple in his first game of the season.  Colton Burns was 1-for-5 and is batting .417.  Royce Lewis was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .333.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL PHILLIES RED 3 AT TWINS

RBI singles by Juan Martinez and Jesus Feliz put the Twins ahead 2-0 in the first.  Agustin Marte singled home a run in the third to make it 3-0.  The Twins led 5-0 after five, but the Phillies Red started the sixth with two doubles and two singles to cut the margin to 5-3.  The Twins responded with two in the seventh to regain control of the game.

Fredderi Soto pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.  His ERA is 0.93 with a WHIP of 0.98 in 14.1 innings.  Frandy Torres struck out three in two shutout innings to keep his ERA at zero.  He has a WHIP of 0.88 and has 11 strikeouts in 11.1 innings.  Feliz was 3-for-4 with a triple.  Marte was 2-for-3 with a walk and is batting .342.  Wander Valdez was 0-for-4 with a walk and is batting .327.  Martinez was 1-for-4 and is batting .313.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Rockies at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
12:05  Rochester (Chris Heston, 0-1, 8.44) at Buffalo (Brett Oberholtzer, 1-5, 4.63)
4:05  Clearwater (Jacob Waguespack, 4-2, 2.38) at Fort Myers (Lachlan Wells, 3-9, 4.28)
Game 2  Clearwater (Edgar Garcia, 2-2, 3.70) at Fort Myers (Lewis Thorpe, 1-2, 2.05)
5:30  Elizabethton (Huascar Ynoa, 0-1, 3.60) at Kingsport (Carlos Hernandez, 1-0, 0.00)
6:35  Burlington (Nate Bertness, 3-6, 5.57) at Cedar Rapids (Sean Poppen, 5-2, 3.15)
7:00  Chattanooga (Felix Jorge, 8-1, 3.26) at Mississippi (Max Fried, 2-10, 6.54)

Games of June 27

Zack Granite just keeps hitting as Nik Turley has a good start.  Cody Stashak makes his third straight good start.  A bullpen game doesn't go well for the Kernels.  Jordan Gore is off to a good start.  Nick Tepesch has a rough rehab start.  Estamy Urena continues to hit.

ROCHESTER 3, BUFFALO 2 IN ROCHESTER

Zack Granite's RBI single in the fourth inning tied the score 2-2.  In the seventh, ByungHo Park delivered a two-out single to bring home the go-ahead run.  The Bisons got men to first and second with none out in the ninth on consecutive hit batsmen, but three strikeouts ended the game.

Nik Turley struck out six in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks.  D. J. Baxendale pitched two shutout innings.  Michael Tonkin struck out five in two shutout innings, making his ERA 2.50 with 28 strikeouts in 18 innings.  Zack Granite again led the offense, going 3-for-5 to raise his average to .371.  Mitch Garver was also 3-for-5.  Leonardo Reginatto was 2-for-4.  Park was 2-for-5.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

No game scheduled.

FORT MYERS 3, CLEARWATER 2 IN FORT MYERS

A two-run seventh put the Miracle ahead 2-1.  A squeeze bunt tied it 2-2 in the eighth.  In the ninth, Sean Miller hit a one-out double and scored on a Shane Kennedy single to win it for Fort Myers.

Cody Stashak had his third consecutive strong game, striking out eight in 7.1 innings and giving up two runs on six hits and a walk.  Sam Clay struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings to make his ERA 1.91 with 40 strikeouts in 37.2 innings.  Miller was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Max Murphy was 2-for-5 and is batting .303.  Kennedy was also 2-for-5.

BURLINGTON 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The Bees scored in each of the first four innings to build a 5-0 lead.  The Kernels got single runs in the fifth and seventh.  They had the tying run up to bat with one out in the seventh, but a pair of ground outs ended the inning and Cedar Rapids never got as close again.

Colton Davis came out of the bullpen to make his first start of the season.  It did not go particularly well, as he pitched three innings and allowed four runs on six hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Alex Robinson pitched two perfect innings.  Aaron Whitefield hit a home run, his eighth.  Lean Marrero was 1-for-4 to get his average into triple digits at .111.

PULASKI 6, ELIZABETHTON 4 IN ELIZABETHTON

T. J. Dixon's RBI single put the Twins ahead 1-0 in the second, but the Yankees came back to score two in the third and two in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead.  The Twins got single runs in the fourth and fifth to make it 4-3, but Frederick Cuevas hit a two-run homer in the sixth to put the game out of reach.  The Twins got one in the eighth but never brought the tying run up to bat.

Charlie Barnes started and pitched 2.1 innings, allowing two runs on one hit and three walks with one strikeout.  The only relief pitcher to get much accomplished was Taylor Clemensia struck out two in two shutout innings, keeping his ERA at zero through 4.2 innings with a WHIP of 0.43.  Jordan Gore was 3-for-4 to keep his average at .750.  J. J. Robinson was 2-for-4.  Matt Albanese was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .526.  Trey Cabbage was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .300.

GCL ORIOLES 13, GCL TWINS 8 AT ORIOLES

It was 5-3 Orioles after one inning and 5-4 after four.  The Orioles took control from there, scoring three in the fifth, one in the sixth, one in the seventh, and three in the eighth.  The Twins scored four in the ninth on four walks and a three-run double by Royce Lewis to make the final score look better.

Nick Tepesch made a rehab start and it did not go well.  He pitched just two-thirds of an inning, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk with one strikeout, giving him an ERA of 67.50.  Colton Burns was 3-for-5 and is batting .571.  Lewis was 2-for-5 with a double and four RBIs and is batting .444.  Jean Carlos Arias was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .500.  Alex Robles made his professional debut, going 1-for-2 with two walks.

DSL TWINS 7, DSL PHILLIES RED 2 AT PHILLIES RED

Estamy Urena had a two-run triple in a four-run third that gave the Twins a 4-0 lead.  They added two in the seventh without a hit, getting a hit batsman, two walks, and three wild pitches.  The Phillies Red got on the board with two in the eighth and the Twins closed out the scoring with one in the ninth.

Michael Montero pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts to make his ERA 2.35.  Cristian Castro struck out three in two shutout innings.  Osiris German pitched a scoreless inning to make his ERA 1.50 with a WHIP of 0.83 in six innings.  Urena was 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, and three RBIs to make his average .397.  Wander Valdez was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .353.  Agustin Marte was 2-for-4 with a walk and is batting .329.  Ruben Santana was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .386.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .350.  Samuel Vasquez was 1-for-4 and is batting .300.

TODAY'S TILTS

9:30  DSL Phillies at DSL Twins
11:00  GCL Orioles at GCL Twins
12:05  Burlington (Joe Gatto, 4-6, 3.63) at Cedar Rapids (Eduardo Del Rosario, 7-3, 4.74)
5:30  Elizabethton (Edwar Colina, 0-0, 8.31) at Kingsport (Jose Geraldo, 1-0, 3.60)
6:05  Clearwater (Jacob Waguespack, 4-2, 2.38) at Fort Myers (Lachlan Wells, 3-9, 4.28)
6:05  Rochester (Dillon Gee, no record) at Buffalo (Mike Bolsinger, 2-2, 2.10)
7:00  Chattanooga (Stephen Gonsalves, 3-3, 2.85) at Mississippi (Tyler Pike, 0-2, 5.79)

Games of June 26

Zack Granite may force his way onto the Twins whether they have a spot for him or not.  The Lookouts missed a chance in the first and didn't get another.  A rare poor start for Tyler Wells.  Not much offense for the E-Twins.  Royce Lewis and Jean Carlos Arias led the GCL Twins, as Justin Haley starts his rehab.  The DSL Twins get a split.

ROCHESTER 4, BUFFALO 3 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Bisons led 3-0 after four, but Mitch Garver hit a two-run double to cap a three-run fifth that tied the score 3-3.  in the sixth, doubles by Tommy Field and Niko Goodrum put the Red Wings ahead 4-3.  Buffalo had men on first and third with one out in the seventh but could not tie it up.

David Hurlbut struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and four walks.  Jake Reed pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, keeping his ERA at zero through 4.2 innings in Rochester.  Goodrum was 2-for-3 with a double.  Zack Granite was 2-for-4 with a double and is batting .363.

ROCHESTER 4, BUFFALO 2 IN ROCHESTER (GAME 2--7 INNINGS--BUFFALO HOME TEAM)

A sacrifice fly scored a run in the first and the Red Wings led all the way.  Zack Granite singled home a run in the second.  With the score 2-1, Leonardo Reginatto hit a two-run homer in the third to make it 4-1.  The Bisons got one back in the bottom of the third but did no more.  They had men on first and third win none out in the seventh, but two strikeouts and a fly out ended the game.

Aaron Slegers pitched five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  John Curtiss pitched a scoreless inning to keep his ERA at zero through 3.1 AAA innings.  Ryan Pressley struck out two in a scoreless inning, keeping his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.78 with 14 strikeouts in 9 innings.  Bengie Gonzalez was 2-for-3 with a double.  Matt Hague was 2-for-4.  Granite was 2-for-4 and is batting .365.

PENSACOLA 6, CHATTANOOGA 1 IN CHATTANOOGA

The Lookouts loaded the bases with none out in the first, but could only score on a sacrifice fly.  The 1-0 lead held until the fifth, when Josh VanMeter tripled and scored.  VanMeter struck again in the sixth, hitting a two-run double that put the Blue Wahoos up 3-1.  Gavin LaValley put the game out of reach with a three-run homer in the eighth.

Randy LeBlanc struck out seven in 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and a walk.  Todd Van Steensel pitched 1.1 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 1.84.  Luke Bard struck out three in a scoreless inning to make his ERA 2.67.  He has 55 strikeouts and 12 walks in 33.2 innings.  Nick Gordon was 2-for-5 and is batting .312.  Andy Wilkins was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .300.  Alex Perez was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .625 (5-for-8).

FORT MYERS MIRACLE

No game scheduled.

BURLINGTON 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Already leading 1-0, the Bees opened the third with four consecutive hits, eventually scoring four runs to take a commanding lead.  The Kernels got two in the fifth on three singles and two wild pitches, but that was it for them, as they did not get another hit the rest of the game.  They did load the bases on walks in the ninth, but did not put a ball in play.

Tyler Wells had a rare bad game, pitching four innings and allowing five runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Logan Lombana pitched two shutout innings.  Christian Cavaness was 2-for-5.  Amaurys Minier was 0-for-2 with two walks and is batting .333.  Lean Marrero got his first Class A hit and is batting .071 (1-for-14).

PULASKI 6, ELIZABETHTON 1 IN ELIZABETHTON

Leobaldo Cabrera led off the third with a home run and the Yankees went on to score four in the inning, taking control of the game.  The lone Twins run came in the sixth on a Robert Molina homer.

Griffin Jax struck out seven in 4.2 innings, giving up five runs (two earned) on six hits and no walks.  Jose Martinez retired all four batters he faced, two by strikeout, in his 2017 debut.  Matt Albanese was 1-for-3 with a walk and is batting .625.  Kolton Kendrick was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .364.  Molina was 1-for-3 with a home run and is batting .333.  Brent Rooker was 0-for-4 and is batting .316.

GCL TWINS 5, GCL ORIOLES 2 AT TWINS

As you may have heard, Royce Lewis hit a home run in his first professional at-bat to put the Twins up 1-0.  The Orioles scored two in the top of the sixth to go ahead 2-1, but the Twins tied it in the bottom of the sixth on a home run by Jean Carlos Arias.  Arias struck again in the seventh, capping a three-run inning with a two-run double to put the Twins ahead 5-2.

Justin Haley, on a rehab assignment, pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Brusdar Graterol struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Vadim Balan struck out two in two shutout innings.  Arias was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.  Lewis was 2-for-4.

DSL NATIONALS 6, DSL TWINS 2 AT NATIONALS (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

The Nationals scored two in the third and four in the fourth to take control early.  The Twins got single runs in the fifth and sixth but never threatened to get back into the game.

Andriu Marin pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Alberoni Nunez was 2-for-4 and is batting .421.  Juan Martinez was 1-for-3 and is batting .500.  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .300.  Jesus Feliz was 0-for-2 and is batting .083.

DSL TWINS 3, DSL NATIONALS 1 AT NATIONALS (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Ruben Santana singled home a run in the second, but Jesus Morales tripled one home in the third to tie it 1-1.  It remained tied until the seventh, when Agustin Marte delivered a two-run double that was the difference in the game.

Luis Bellorin pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  His ERA is 1.32.  Robert Gutierrez pitched two shutout innings.  Yeremi Garcia pitched a scoreless inning to keep his ERA at zero with a WHIP of 0.97 through 11.1 innings.  Marte was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double and is batting .339.  Santana was 1-for-3 and is batting .390.  Estamy Urena was 0-for-3 and is batting .382.  Wander Valdez was 1-for-4 and is batting .340.  Juan Martinez was 1-for-2 and is batting .317.  Samuel Vasquez was 0-for-3 with a walk and is batting .304.

TODAY'S TILTS>

9:30  DSL Twins at DSL Phillies Red
11:00  GCL Twins at GCL Orioles
6:00  Pulaski at Elizabethton (Bryan Sammons, 0-0, 2.45)
6:05  Clearwater (Jose Taveras, 5-3, 2.52) at Fort Myers (Cody Stashak, 3-3, 3.57)
6:05  Rochester (Nik Turley, 1-2, 3.49) at Buffalo (Lucas Harrell, 0-0, 1.20)
6:35  Burlington (Jose Suarez, 0-1, 10.45) at Cedar Rapids (Colton Davis, 3-1, 1.36)

Gulf Coast League Preview

The Gulf Coast League starts today!  Here's a little basic information for you.

There are seventeen teams in the league.  There are four divisions:  the East, the Northeast, the Northwest, and the South.  There are five teams in the East and four teams in each of the other divisions.  Teams take the name of their parent clubs:  the GCL Twins, the GCL Red Sox, etc.  Two teams have two entries in the GCL, designated by "West" and "East":  the GCL Tigers East and the GCL Tigers West.

The GCL Twins play in the South.  Other teams in their division are the GCL Orioles, GCL Rays, and GCL Red Sox.

The teams play a sixty game schedule.  The four division winners advance to the playoffs, with the division winner with the best record playing the one with the worst record and the other two playing each other.  The semi-final is a one-game playoff.  The championship series is best-of-three.

Teams have thirty-five players on their rosters, of whom at least ten must be pitchers.  Players must have no more than two years of prior minor league service.  While there's no rule about it, the teams play at their parent clubs' spring training complexes and all games are day games.

Most of the players the Twins drafted recently will go here, so we'll see how they do.  Go Twins!