Twins Crushed

 

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How about we not spend any more time thinking about the Twins 10-2 loss to the Yankees than necessary? Is that enough? Too much? OK, the crib notes would or could include. Scott Baker looked fully intimidated and weak against he Yankees lineup. At least they got through the final 5.2 innings by using only Brian Duensing and R.A. Dickey. Carlos Gomez made a couple of very nice catches in CF. The offense managed just four hits. Michael Cuddyer hit his 13^th home run of the season, so that’s good. Anything else worth mentioning? Let’s just hope that Glen Perkins can make us all forget that May start in the new Yankees Stadium and shut down that Yankees offense. He will have to because the Twins won’t score much against AJ Burnett.

Oh, and again, be sure to check back tomorrow when we may be able to let you in on a little information that has been teased here and a couple of other places over the last few days.

 

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

Tuesday – SethSpeaks.net Hitter of the Day – David Winfree, Rochester Red Wings

Tuesday – SethSpeaks.net Pitcher of the Day – Frank Mata, New Britain Rockcats

 

TRANSACTIONS AND NOTES

·         As posted here last night, the Twins made several minor league transactions last night. New Britain put Jay Rainville on the Disabled List. 20 year old Deolis Guerra is moving up to the Rockcats. Luke Hughes is headed back to New Britain. It is not being called a rehab, but I have to assume he’ll be back up with the Red Wings in a few weeks, if he plays well. In subsequent moves, Michael Tarsi was promoted from Beloit to Ft. Myers, and Liam Hendriks was sent to Beloit from Elizabethton.

·         Be sure to check out an excellent Q&A with Matt Fox on Travis Talks from yesterday. Great questions, and clearly Mr. Fox spent some time on his responses.

 

ROCHESTER REPORT

Tuesday – Rochester 7, Syracuse 1 – David Winfree had a very strong game. He went 4-5 with his 10^th home run of the year. Danny Valencia was 2-4 with a walk and three RBI. Trevor Plouffe went 2-5 with his 13^th double. Jason Pridie went 2-5. Steve Tolleson was 1-3 with two walks and his fifth stolen base. Reid Santos made the start and threw five shutout innings. He gave up two hits, walked four and struck out four. Tim Lahey then threw three shutout innings. Sean Henn gave up a run on three hits in his inning.

 

ROCKCAT RECAP

Tuesday – New Britain 0, Connecticut 3 – Frank Mata made another start and was very good. In five innings, he gave up one run on four hits. He walked one and struck out one. Kyle Waldrop then finally gave up AA runs. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on four hits in two innings. Jose Lugo then struck out three in two perfect innings. There was little offense for the Rockcats, but Yancarlos Ortiz went 2-3 with a walk.   

  

MIRACLE MEMOS

Tuesday – Ft. Myers 7, Palm Beach 5 – Michael McCardell improved to 9-5 with this win. He went the first seven and gave up four runs (3 earned) on seven hits. He walked none (hit two batters) and struck out three. Spencer Steedley recorded his fifth save. He struck out three in two innings. He gave up only an unearned run. There was plenty of offense in this game. Ben Revere was 2-5 with his second triple and 31^st stolen base. Steve Singleton hit his seventh and eight triples in five at bats. Estarlin de Los Santos went 2-5 with his second double. Nick Romero was 2-4 with his sixth double. Chris Parmelee hit his 11^th homer, and Evan Bigley hit his second.    

 

SNAPPERS SNIPPETS

Tuesday – Beloit 3, Peoria 7 – Curtis Leavitt made his first start. He gave up five runs (4 earned) on five hits in three innings. He walked four and struck out two. Michael Allen gave up two runs on six hits in two innings. Blake Martin struck out five in two scoreless innings. Matt Williams pitched a scoreless inning. Not much offense for the Snappers, but Angel Morales went 3-3 with a walk.  

 

E-TWINS EXTRAS

Tuesday – Elizabethton 4, Princeton 3 – Chris Herrmann can definitely hit! He went 4-4 with his sixth double in this game. Tyler Ladendorf went 2-5 with his sixth double. Anderson Hidalgo went 2-4. Michael Gonzalez hit his first home run of the season. Angelo Sanchez started and gave up three runs in six innings. He allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out three.  

 

GCL TWINS THOUGHTS

Tuesday –GCL Twins – No Game Scheduled.

 

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