Mike Pelfrey did not pitch great for the Twins on Thursday night and was a victim of his own efficiency as a low pitch count had him in the game into the eighth inning, despite a well-rested Twins bullpen after a midweek sweep of the Royals. Pelfrey ran into trouble and the Tigers scored a pair of runs and the Twins failed to respond. The Twins are now just 2-8 against Detroit this year.

RED WINGS REPORT

Buffalo Bisons @ Rochester Red Wings

Box Score

Nearly 4,000 fans at Rochester's Frontier Field watched an exciting back and forth game featuring one of the Twins' best Minor League starters of the year (Tyler Duffey), and a strong bullpen performance from three relievers who have all logged innings with the Twins in 2015. Duffey started and went six and two thirds innings. He walked one, struck out four, and gave up three runs (two earned). Tyler Duffey was tagged for six hits, including a home run from the Bisons number nine hitter, Jonathan Diaz. Duffey exited with the game tied, and Aaron Thompson picked up his first AAA win of the year pitching just two thirds of an inning. He walked one and struck out one. Alex Meyer came out next, pitching two thirds of an inning. He gave up a hit. A.J. Achter closed the game, picking up his fourteenth save of the season. He gave up a hit, a walk, and he struck a batter out in the ninth.

The Red Wings spread out seven hits between seven different hitters. Jorge Polanco hit leadoff and was 1-3 with a pair of RBIs, driving in the winning run. He's hitting .400 at Rochester but he's already committed six errors. Oswaldo Arcia was 1-3 with a run scored and a pair of RBIs, and a strike out while hitting his sixth home run in his past nine games.

Final: Bisons 3, Red Wings 4

LOOKOUTS LOOK-IN

Mississippi Braves @ Chattanooga Lookouts

Box Score

The Lookouts scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead, but did not score again until the ninth, making things interesting, but ultimately could not come back against the Braves. Alex Wimmers gave up six runs (all earned) on nine hits, a pair of walks, and a home run in four and two thirds innings. He struck out just two. Wimmers' ERA is now over 5. Brandon Peterson recorded four outs while giving up one hit. Scott Atchison, D.J. Johnson and J.T. Chargois each pitched an inning to end the game without giving up any runs.

The Lookouts had plenty of base runners, they tallied ten hits and six walks as a team, but left ten runners on base, despite going 4-10 with runners in scoring position. Stephen Wickens was 2-4 with two runs scored, a double and a walk. Kennys Vargas hit his first AA home run of the year, picking up two RBIs and he walked. Mike Gonzales and Heiker Menenses also had a pair of hits each. Adam Brett Walker had two RBIs on a 1-4 night with a walk and a strike out.

Final: Braves 6, Lookouts 5

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers Miracle @ Jupiter Hammerheads

Box Score

Ryan Eades has been pitching very well over the past several weeks, he hasn't given up more than three runs since the middle of May. He continued that trend on Thursday night, turning in seven innings of three hit baseball. He struck out four and walked no one. He's now 6-1 with a 2.86 ERA. After Eades' night night was done, Dallas Gallant picked up a hold with a scoreless eighth, and Todd Van Steensel recorded his eleventh save of the year with a scoreless ninth.

Thanks to Eades strong start, the Miracle bats did not have to do a lot of work, which is a good thing because despite scattering eight hits, the Miracle were just 1-10 with runners in scoring position. Five of the Miracle hits came from Ryan Walker (2-4) and Tanner Vavra (3-4 with a triple) near the back of the lineup. Mitch Garver (1-3) and Logan Wade (0-3) each had an RBI. Garver's RBI double was the game winner, scoring Jason Kanzler all the way from first base.

Final: Miracle 2, Hammerheads 1

KERNELS KORNER

Cedar Rapids Kernels @ Beloit Snappers

Box Score

Ethan Mildren pitched well enough to pick up a win, but the Kernels bats didn't come alive until late in the game, giving the win to Randy LeBlanc. Mildren pitched six innings, gave up three earned runs, struck out five, and walked two. He has a 1.46 ERA since his demotion to Cedar Rapids. LeBlanc pitched two scoreless innings, six up, six down, and struck out two. Trevor Hildenberger pitched the ninth, picking up his eleventh save of the year.

Down 4-3 in the top of the ninth, the Kernels exploded for three runs to earn the come from behind victory. With two outs in the ninth, the Kernels were still down 4-3, but they had runners on second and third with Nick Gordon at the plate. Gordon singled on a line drive to left, scoring a pair of runs. Gordon then stole second base and scored the winning run on an Edgar Corcino single. Corcino's game winner was part of a big 4-5 night from him. Nick Gordon was 2-5 with those two RBIs and a pair of runs scored.

Final: Kernels 6, Snappers 4

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Elizabethton Twins @ kingsport Mets

Box Score

This seasaw game saw the teams combine for sixteen runs, twenty three hits and six errors over eleven innings. Elizabethton scored three runs in the top of the eleventh to earn the extra innings victory. Andro Cutura gave the Twins six strong innings, striking out six, walking none, and giving up just two runs (one earned). Tyler Stirewalt was credited with a seventh inning blown save after he gave up four runs on four hits, plus a walk in just two thirds of an inning. Jose Abreu pitched two and a third scoreless innings before the Twins went to C.K. Irby in the tenth. Irby pitched a scoreless tenth, but gave up a run in the eleventh and was lifted for Onesimo Hernandez, who faced one batter, struck him out, and earned a save.

LaMonte Wade led the way for E-Town. The Centerfielder was 3-5 with two runs scored, a home run, two RBIs and two walks. Tyler Kuresa was 2-5 in the DH role before being lifted for a pinch runner late in the game. Rainis Silva also had a pair of hits, 2-5 with a run scored, two RBIs and a walk.

Final: Twins 9, Mets 7

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Hitter of the Day - LaMonte Wade, Elizabethton Twins

Pitcher of the Day - Ryan Eades, Fort Myers Miracle

FRIDAY'S PROBABLES

Rochester @ Syracuse Chiefs (Game 1) - Taylor Rogers (7-5, 3.04) vs. TBD

Rochester @ Syracuse Chiefs (Game 2) - TBD vs. P.J. Walters

Mississippi Braves @ Chattanooga - Jason Hursh vs. Brett Lee (0-2, 4.70)

Clearwater Threshers vs. Fort Myers - David Whitehead vs. Mat Batts ( 3-2, 2.01)

Cedar Rapids @ Kane County Cougars - Zach Tillery (5-3, 2.31) vs. Ethan Elias

Elizabethton @ Kingsport Mets - Samuel Clay (0-0, 4.05) vs. Audry German