Miguel Sano made his MLB debut on Thursday evening and (of course) picked up his first career hit via an infield single in the top of the ninth inning at Kauffman stadium in Kansas City. He's a huge young man, just starting his (hopefully) huge MLB career. Oh, and the Twins won thanks to a spectacular eight-inning shutout from Kyle Gibson capped by a Glen Perkins save.

RED WINGS REPORT

Red Wings vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Box Score

Rochester and Lehigh Valley were scoreless through four and a half innings before the IronPigs broke through and scored a pair of runs on the Red Wings started, Greg Peavey. Peavey dropped to 0-2 and was charged with the loss. He pitched five innings, struck out five, walked two, and gave up a pair of earned runs. He was replaced by Caleb Thielbar who couldn't hold things together and gave up four earned runs in the sixth on three hits and three walks. Cole Johnson pitched a pair of innings to finish the game, giving up an earned run, striking out one and walking one.

The Red Wings were down 6-0 before they scored a run of their own in the top of the seventh, and then gave that run right back in the bottom of the inning. Leading off for Rochester, Aaron Hicks was 3-4 with a walk and an RBI. He should be ready to be back in Minnesota at any time. Oswaldo Arcia was 2-5 with a double. and he's hitting .261, but he had three more strike outs on Thursday. No other Red Wings hitter had more than one hit, and no one else had an extra base hit.

Final: Red Wings 1, IronPigs 7

LOOKOUTS LOOK-IN

POSTPONED

MIRACLE MATTERS

Miracle vs. Palm Beach Cardinals

Box Score

Chih-Wei Hu gave up just a single run (earned) in five innings but was tagged with the loss as the Miracle hitters were shut out. Hu struck out three, walked three, and gave up four hits. He was replaced by the recently demoted Nick Burdi who pitched two scoreless innings with four strike outs. And Dallas Gallant pitched the eighth to finish the game, recording a strike out and giving up zero hits or walks.

The Miracle gave up only four hits, and they only tallied four hits of their own. Engelb Vielma and Aderlin Mejia both had doubles, but no Fort Myers hitter had multiple hits and the Miracle never had back-to-back hits on Thursday night. Alex Swim and Marcus Knecht each had a single. The Miracle hitters did not have any walks, and combined for four strike outs.

Final: Miracle 0, Palm Beach 1

KERNELS KORNER

Kernels vs. Burlington Bees

Box Score

The Kernels had thirteen hits and scored six of their eight runs before the fourth inning on Thursday night. Edgar Corcino (2-5), Max Murphy (3-5), Jorge Fernandez (2-4, and Rafael Valera (3-5) all had multiple hits. Only Tanner English (0-4) and Pat Kelly (0-4) were held hitless. Valera had three RBIS, and Murphy had three runs scored.

Ethan Mildren picked up his second win for the Kernels, moving to 2-0 on the season with a 0.48 ERA in a Kernels' uniform. He pitched seven innings of three-hit baseball, walked two, struck out three, and gave up a home run. He was replaced by Brandon Bixler who pitched the final two innings of the game giving up three hits and a run. He struck out three as well.

Final: Kernels 8, Burlington 2

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Twins vs. Greenville Astros

Box Score

In what was almost a mirror image of the Kernels' gavem, the E-Twins lose 2-8 and only picked up four hits (to go along with four errors). The Twins spread their hits out between Manuel Guzman, Alex Perez, LaMonte Wade and Rainis Silva.

Andro Cutura was charged with the loss after four innings of two hit, three run (one earned) baseball. He struck out three and walked two. Alex Robinson pitched two innings and struck out SIX. C.K. Irby (who might be related to Andrew W. K.) pitched one and a third, but gave up five runs (two earned) giving up four hits, walking three and striking out one. He was replaced by Josh Guyer who pitched two thirds of an inning to finish the game. He gave up a hit, struck out two, and walked one.

Final: Twins 2, Astros 8

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Hitter of the Day - Aaron Hicks - Rochester Red Wings

Pitcher of the Day - Ethan Mildren - Cedar Rapids Kernels

FRIDAY'S PROBABLES

Rochester @ Lehigh Valley - Jose Berrios (0-0, -.--) vs. Severino Gonzalez

Birmingham @ Chattanooga (Game 1) - Myles Jaye vs. David Hurlbut (3-3, 6.53)

Birmingham @ Chattanooga (Game 2) - Time Crabbe vs. Alex Wimmers (5-1, 4.41)

Fort Myers @ Palm Beach - Ryan Eades (5-1, 2.92) vs. Nick Petree

Cedar Rapids @ Burlington - Jared Wilson (5-2, 3.41) vs. Justin Anderson

Greenville @ Elizabethton - Jun Garcia vs. TBD