Don’t look now, but the Minnesota Twins are streaking! While the big league club was finishing a sweep on Sunday afternoon, all four affiliates were in action in the Minors. While two of the lineups were only able to manage two and four hits respectively in losses, another exploded for twelve hits in a blowout victory that supported a dominating effort from their starting pitcher. In total, Twins affiliates went 2-2 on the day.

To find out who did what in Sunday’s games in the minors, keep reading!

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 0, Lehigh Valley 3

Box Score

Rochester’s game on Sunday was a pitcher’s duel throughout the first six innings. On the hill for the Red Wings was lefty Logan Darnell, and in those first six innings he was fantastic, allowing just three singles in the game until a two-out triple gave the Iron Pigs their first scoring chance of the game in the sixth. Darnell escaped the inning with the game still tied 0-0 but would run into further trouble in the seventh.

With two-outs and a man on, Darnell served up a home-run ball to put the Red Wings down 2-0 on the scoreboard, and an end to his night. David Martinez came on for the final out of the frame and remained in for the eighth inning, where he gave up a run of his own after a leadoff double, error, and wild pitch put the insurance across the plate.

There was little to no offense in this game as Rochester sent more than three hitters up to the plate in a single inning in only their first and last opportunities. Lehigh Valley starter Zach Eflin allowed just two hits in eight innings, while striking out five Red Wings. As a team, Rochester was just 0-3 with runners in scoring position, and left only two men on base for the game. James Beresford and Jorge Polanco each collected only a single.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 4, Mississippi 3

Box Score

The Lookouts took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after leadoff man Zach Granite ended up on third after a fielding error from the right fielder. Mitch Garver brought him home with a sacrifice fly.

The game would remain 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning, as Chattanooga starter Jason Wheeler was in control of the game until that point. He went one-two-three in each of the first, fourth, and fifth innings before a leadoff walk got him in trouble in the sixth. The next batter would triple to tie the game at 1, and the Braves would take the lead 2-1 on a wild pitch before Wheeler recovered to finish the inning.

Chattanooga would again tie the game in the top of the seventh, as a Granite single brought in Leonardo Reginatto from second base after singling himself and moving into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Levi Michael.

Mason Melotakis was summoned from the bullpen for the bottom half, and faced just three hitters, getting the first out on a single that was attempted to be stretched into a double on left fielder Travis Harrison, and two punchouts.

Chattanooga took the lead 4-2 in the top of the eight behind the bats Reginatto who drove in Carlos Paulino with a double, and Michael who singled with a line drive that deflected off the pitcher toward third base, who also committed a throwing error on the play to bring in Reginatto with the fourth run.

Alex Wimmers came on for the eighth inning, and a triple led to a run for the Braves to make it 4-3, but they would get no closer as J.T. Chargois shut the door in the ninth for his second save of the season. He struck out one and that makes four appearances and four perfect innings for the right-hander in 2016.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers 9, Daytona 0

Box Score

Fort Myers broke the game open in the third inning, as they batted through the lineup and sent five across home plate to take the lead.

The floodgates were opened by a Brian Navarreto single and Edgar Corcino triple for the game’s first run, and singles from Austin Diemer, Alex Swim, Nick Gordon, a Chris Paul walk, and another single from Logan Wade would follow to make it 5-0 on the scoreboard. Gordon also stole second base for his third swiped bag of the young season.

The Miracle would add three more runs in the fourth inning as Corcino would triple again to lead it off, scored on another single from Diemer, and he and Gordon (who also singled again) would come home on a triple from Paul to make it 8-0. The final run came in the eighth inning as a throwing error on a double-play turn would allow Navarreto to scamper home from second after reaching base with a single.

Felix Jorge was on the mound for the Miracle, and stifled the Tortuga’s bats for 6.2 innings. He had allowed just three singles and one walk to the Daytona lineup, while striking out eight to pick up his first win of 2016. Jorge threw 96 pitches, with 74 going for strikes in the dominating effort. Raul Fernandez relieved him after recording the first two outs in the seventh, and finished the final 2.1 innings and the shutout. He allowed just one hit.

En-route to scoring their nine runs, the Miracle got multiple hit efforts from Diemer (2-5, 2 R’s, 2 RBI), Gordon (3-5, 2 R’s, RBI) batting in the three-hole, Navarreto (2-4, 2 R’s), and Corcino (2-3, 2 R’s, 2 3B’s, RBI, BB). Paul and Wade joined Diemer with 2 RBI’s on the day.

If you're keeping track, the Miracle rotation collectively sports a 5-3 record with a 1.98 ERA, 66 K's in 63.1 IP, and a 0.86 WHIP so far on the year.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Clinton 7, Cedar Rapids 2

Box Score

The Clinton LumberKings split the four game series in Cedar Rapids by outhitting the home team 12-4 in this game.

They took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a solo home run from the second batter of the game against Kernels starter Dereck Rodriguez. Rodriguez would recover pretty well, putting up zeroes for the next five innings, including retiring eleven in a row at one point.

Cedar Rapids tied the game at one in the bottom of the fourth, as a single off the bat of Bryant Hayman scored Zander Wiel who had led off the inning with a single and reached third on two wild-pitches.

Rodriguez finally ran into some trouble with one out in the seventh, as a walk followed by consecutive singles put the go-ahead run on the board for Clinton and put an end to his day. C.K. Irby came on and allowed the inherited runner to score on a wild pitch. Rodriguez’s final line of the day was 6.1 innings pitched, with four runs (three earned) allowed on seven hits and two walks, with three strikeouts.

Irby finished the seventh inning for the Kernels, and they would push one run across thanks to a couple of errors in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 4-2, but they would get no closer than that.

Irby was relieved by Miles Nordgren for the final two innings, and he was greeted by back-to-back singles, an error on a bunt attempt to load the bases, and a two run single to make it 6-2 after the eighth, and a wild pitch allowed the seventh run on the board for Clinton in the ninth. In total, Nordgren allowed three runs on five hits and one walk in his two innings.

As a team, the Kernels were just 4-33 on the day (.121), with all four hits being singles. They were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Pitcher of the Day – Felix Jorge, Fort Myers Miracle (W, 6.2 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 BB, 8 K’s)

Hitter of the Day – Edgar Corcino, Fort Myers Miracle (2-3, 2 R’s, 2 3B’s, RBI, BB)

MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Pawtucket @ Rochester (5:35PM CST) – RHP Tyler Duffey (0-0, 2.08 ERA)

Chattanooga @ Mississippi(7:00PM CST) – RHP D.J. Baxendale (1-1, 3.27 ERA)

Fort Myers @ Dayton (6:05PM CST) – LHP Randy Rosario (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Cedar Rapids @ Burlington (6:30 PM CST) – RHP Cody Stashak (0-0, 2.25 ERA)

Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Sunday’s games.