There were several stories to follow with the Twins minor league teams on Saturday. Kyle Gibson was back on the mound, looking to put together back-to-back good starts for the first time this season. How did he do? New Britain finished a suspended game and played a second game. Matt Summers was terrific in Ft. Myers. Jorge Polanco was very good and JO Berrios was back on the mound for the Kernels.

The big news of the night was that DJ Baxendale has been promoted to New Britain. Baxendale was the Twins minor league pitcher of the month for April, and in 28 innings in May, he did not allow an earned run. Lefty Matt Tomshaw will head down to Ft. Myers to make a start for the Miracle. It’s quite possible that there are more moves that we’ll be learning about shortly.

Check out what happened in the Twins minor league system on Saturday:

Rochester Red Wings 4, Charlotte Knights 1

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People may question the Twins’ brass for saying that Kyle Gibson has not been consistent. Even Gibson agrees with that assessment and the stats show it. According to the Red Wings, “Entering the game, Gibson’s ERA in odd starts was 0.50 (2 ER/35.2 IP) but in his even numbered starts he had posted an ERA of 9.00 (17 ER/17.0 IP).” On Saturday, Gibson made his tenth start of the season, coming off of his 93-pitch shutout. Could he finally put together a couple of quality starts?

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Gibson did what he needed to do. The right-hander went eight innings without giving up a run. He gave up just two hits, walked three and struckout seven. Tyler Robertson came on for the ninth. He got just one out but was charged with one run on two hits and a walk. Daniel Turpen came on and walked in a run before getting the final two outs.

Gibson improved to 4-5 and reduced his ERA to 2.82 on the season. He threw 111 pitches and 68 of them were strikes.

Eric Farris went 3-4 with his fourth double and two stolen bases. Jeff Clement went 3-4 with his fifth double. Deibinson Romero went 0-3 and is now 0-11 with the Red Wings.

Game 1 – New Britain Rock Cats 2, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4

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This game actually started on Friday night but it was suspended due to weather. The teams continued the game on Saturday before playing a seven inning game. BJ Hermsen started the game on Friday. He worked the three innings and gave up three runs (2 earned) on three hits and three walks. When the game resumed on Saturday, AJ Achter got on the mound. He worked two shutout innings. He gave up two hits, walked one and struck out three. Edgar Ibarra came on for two innings. He gave up one run on one hit and two walks. Bruce Pugh walked one in a scoreless inning.

Jordan Parraz went 2-4 and hit his first home run in the Twins organization. Danny Ortiz went 2-4 with his 17^th double. Josmil Pinto was also 2-4. Chris Pettit hit his first double with the team.

Game 2 – New Britain Rock Cats 4, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 1

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Pat Dean started the regularly-scheduled game. The lefty got the start on his 24^th birthday. He went the first 5.1 innings. He gave up only an unearned run on six hits and a walk. He struck out one. Michael Tonkin came on and got the final five outs for his seventh save. He struck out two.

Danny Santana went 3-4 with his eighth double and his third triple. James Beresford continued his hot streak. He went 2-3 with his fifth double. Josmil Pinto was 2-3 with a walk. Nate Hanson went 2-3.

Ft. Myers Miracle 6, Charlotte Stone Crabs 4

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When Matt Summers left the game, there were two outs in the seventh inning. He had not yet allowed a run, but he had just hit a batter in the head to load the bases. Chad Rodgers came on and gave up a single and a triple and the Miracle found themselves behind 4-2.

Summers was charged with three runs on three hits and two walks in 6.1 innings. He struck out five. Rodgers was charged with the one run on two hits and a walk in 1.2 innings. He struck out two.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Miracle fought back. Matt Koch led off with a walk. Jonathan Murphy doubled him in. Following a pitching change, Aderlin Mejia got on by an error. Stephen Wickens singled in the tying run. Eddie Rosario returned to the lineup and drove in the go-ahead run with a single. After the next two batters got out, Angel Morales drove in the fourth run of the inning and gave the Miracle a 6-4 lead.

Cole Johnson came on for the ninth inning and threw a 1, 2, 3 inning to record his second save. He now has a 0.82 ERA on the year.

Angel Morales went 3-4 in the game. Goncalves went 2-4 in his return to the Miracle.

Cedar Rapids Kernels 3, Burlington Bees 6

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JO Berrios was back on the mound for the Kernels, looking to stop a three-game losing streak for the team. The right-hander gave up four runs (1 earned) on nine hits and a walk. He struck out eight. Matt Tomshaw, who was scheduled to start on Sunday, pitched a scoreless inning. Tyler Jones returned to the Kernels’ mound from the DL. He worked a scoreless frame. Josue Montanez pitched the final two innings. He gave up two runs on two hits, walked two and struck out one.

The Kernels managed just six hits. Jorge Polanco had three of them, including two doubles. He not has 14 on the season. Byron Buxton was 1-4 with a walk.

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