There are a lot of ways to win a ball game, but one of the most unlikely occurred in Rochester on Saturday night. A 29-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, who was drafted by the Minnesota Twins eleven years ago got to play hero, twice. Another minor league free agent signing helped lead the New Britain Rock Cats to a big victory. A great way to get a win happened with the Ft. Myers Miracle. If your pitcher throws a complete game shutout, there is a good chance your team will win.

Of course, life in the minor leagues can also teach us how to lose. We saw a couple of those on Saturday as well. Poor starting pitching and poor defense is a quick way to losing.

Check out what else happened in the Twins Minor League system on Saturday:

Rochester 7, Syracuse 6 (12 innings)

Box Score

Based on the final score alone, it might be hard to believe that this game needed extra innings. A 1-1 tie through nine, the Chiefs opened it up with a big, five-run tenth frame. The Red Wings attempted a comeback, and Jeff Clement had the chance to play hero… twice. Well, to see how, you’ll just have to read below.

PJ Walters started for Rochester, and was very good through five innings. He did not give up a run. However, in the sixth inning, his control eluded him. He walked three in the inning, including walking in a run. Overall, he went 5.2 innings and gave up one run on three hits. He walked five, hit one and struck out three. Edgar Ibarra came on and continued his streak of scoreless innings and appearances. He got four outs, so he has not given up a run in 20 appearances and 25.2 innings. Michael Tonkin gave up one hit over the eighth and ninth innings. However, Luis Perdomo came in to start the tenth. He got one out, but he walked one, hit one and gave up a hit and was charged with three runs because Cody Eppley allowed the inherited runners to score, plus two more.

That brings us to the bottom of the 10^th, Red Wings down 6-1. To that point in the game, the Twins had just four hits. With two outs, Chris Parmelee cut the lead to 6-2 with an RBI single. Soon after, the bases were loaded, and Jeff Clement stepped to the plate. The unlikely happened. Clement launched a grand slam to tie the game at six.

So, it was off to the 11^th inning. Eppley stayed in the game, but after getting two outs, he had walked two more batters. Shairon Martis came in and got the final out of the 11^th inning and pitched a scoreless 12^th frame as well.

With one out in the bottom of the 12^th inning, Deibinson Romero walked for the third time in the game. Eduardo Escobar came in to run for him. Who stepped to the plate? Jeff Clement, and he came through again. He doubled and Escobar was able to score the winning run.

Aside from Clement, Josmil Pinto and James Beresford each had two hits in the game.

New Britain 6, Erie 4

Box Score

Despite a 99 minute delay to the start of this game, the Rock Cat bats showed up right away. They scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and held on for the rest of the game.

Reynaldo Rodriguez again had a big game. The first baseman went 3-4 with his 24^th double and his 15^th home run. Danny Santana went 2-4 with his 18^th double. Kyle Knudson went 2-3 with his second AA double.

BJ Hermsen got a spot start. He went the first three innings and gave up three runs on three hits. He walked two and struck out two. Blake Martin came on and gave up one run on one hit in 1.2 innings. He walked two and struck out three. Dan Turpen went the next 1.1 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and a walk and struck out two. Jose Gonzalez pitched a scoreless inning. Matt Hauser came on for the final two innings and struck out two.

Ft. Myers 5, Tampa 0

Box Score

For the second time in his last four starts, lefty Taylor Rogers threw a complete game shutout. In his nine innings, he gave up five hits, walked three and struck out seven.

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Darin Mastroianni, in his second rehab game, was 3-5 with two doubles. Dalton Hicks was 3-4 with a walk. JD Williams was 2-4 with a walk and his eighth stolen base. Matt Koch went 2-5 with his 17^th double. Mike Kvasnicka went 2-4.

Cedar Rapids 2, Quad Cities 5

Box Score

Going into the ninth inning, 2012 top pick Carlos Correia had the same number of hits (four) in the game as the Kernels did. It was also just one more than the number of errors that that Kernels had. Cedar Rapids got two singles in the ninth, but couldn’t come up with the big hit. Niko Goodrum had the lone extra base hit, his 20^th double.

Mason Melotakis started for the Kernels. The lefty gave up four runs (2 earned) on eight hits. He walked none and struck out five. Dallas Gallant came on and gave up one run on one hit and one walk in his inning. He struck out two. Tim Shibuya pitched the final three innings. He gave up just two hits, walked none and struck out two.

Elizabethton 6, Bluefield 14

Box Score

It was not a good start for Tanner Mendonca. In total, he gave up eight runs (5 earned) on five hits and three walks in just two innings. The three earned runs came in the first inning because of a throwing error, by Mendonca. He was replaced by Kuo Hua Lo who gave up two runs on three hits over the next three innings. He hit two batters. He struck out five. Carson Goldsmith came on and got two outs. He gave up one run on one hit and one walk. Andrew Ferreira got the four batters that he faced out. Brandon Peterson then gave up three runs on four hits and a walk over the final two innings. He struck out three.

Lead off man Zach Granite went 3-5. Mitch Garver went 2-4 with his tenth double and four RBI. Rory Rhodes went 2-5 with his ninth double.

GCL Twins 10, GCL Red Sox 8

Box Score

Amaurys Minier returned to the GCL lineup for the first time since leaving a July 24 game with a quad injury. He had just one hit in the game, but it was his sixth home run of the season. Jason Kanzler was 2-5 with his second double. Zach Larson was 2-5 with his sixth double. Adonis Pacheco was 1-2 with two walks.

Alex Wimmers had a rough start in his rehab. The righty gave up eight runs (5 earned) on nine hits in just three innings. He didn’t walk anyone and struck out two. Brandon Easton came on and worked the next three innings. He gave up no runs on one hit. He walked none and struck out four. Miguel Gonzalez gave up one hit and one walk in his two innings. He struck out four. Jose Abreu came on for his fourth save. He walked one and struck out one in the ninth inning.

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