As the Minnesota Twins played an afternoon game with potential trade commodity Ervin Santana on the mound against the White Sox, there were five games being played in the minor leagues by their affiliates on Sunday.

LaMonte Wade had a big game for the Fort Myers Miracle, but it wasn’t enough for his team to come out on top. Rain also affected multiple games on the day, with one being postponed and the other being called complete in the top of the sixth. Who got to play, and would anyone challenge Wade for the Hitter of the Day award?

Check out all the action from Sunday, and discover the answer to those questions by reading on!

RED WINGS REPORT

Lehigh Valley 5, Rochester 1

Box Score

The Rochester lineup was unable to muster much offense on Sunday afternoon, as they collected just four hits as a team, were just 1-5 with runners in scoring position, and left eight men on base. Logan Schafer was 2-3 and drew a walk. Wilfredo Tovar hit a triple, and scored the Red Wings only run a batter later on a Daniel Palka sac fly. Buck Britton had the other hit, a single.

Lefty Andrew Albers took the mound for the Red Wings, and made it through 4.2 innings. He allowed three runs on six hits two walks, while striking out five. After a sac fly in the top of the fifth that scored one and advanced the other runner to third, Marcus Walden was summoned from the bullpen for the final out, a strikeout.

Walden also finished the sixth and started the seventh, but gave up a leadoff single that later scored assisted by an error by Tommy Field at second base. Ryan O’Rourke got one out in the inning, a K, and Alex Wimmers stopped the threat by retiring the two batters he faced. Wimmers also threw a scoreless eighth inning, and Neil Ramirez gave up one run in the ninth to finish the game. It was his first run allowed since finding himself in AAA.

The Red Wings fall to 62-48 on the season and are now one game behind the Iron Pigs for second place in the International League North division standings after losing the series 2-1.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 1, Mobile 0 (Postponed to 08/01/2016)

Box Score

The Lookouts game with Mobile was postponed for the night in the top of the third inning, as rains came into the area. The game will be completed tomorrow before the regularly scheduled second game of the five game series.

Chattanooga currently holds a 1-0 lead thanks to a leadoff double from Engelb Vielma that was followed by an RBI single from Levi Michael in the third inning. Zach Granite also added a single before the rains brought a halt to the inning.

Starter Aaron Slegers had pitched two scoreless innings thus far. He allowed two hits and had no walks or strikeouts.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Clearwater 8, Fort Myers 5

Box score

Fort Myers got a big game out of outfielder LaMonte Wade, but didn’t get the chance to start a comeback as rains came in the top of the sixth, and the game was called complete after an hour long delay.

Wade was 2-3 with his third and fourth Florida State League home runs. He drove in three. Joe Maloney and Nick Gordon added doubles to the effort. Tanner Witt and Gordon drove in the other runs.

Miles Nordgren made the start for the Miracle and went the first four innings. He had a little trouble with the strike zone and got knocked around which is not a good combination. He allowed four runs on seven hits and four walks. He struck out zero. Despite that, the game was tied when he left and did not factor into the decision.

In the fifth, Michael Theofanopoulos fared even worse to get saddled with the loss, as he allowed four more runs on two walks and three hits, including a three-run home run, to put Clearwater out front 8-4. Brian Gilbert got one out in the sixth before the game was called. He allowed one hit, walked one, and struck out one.

The Miracle look to avoid a sweep against the Threshers on Monday night, with Keaton Steele on the mound who pitched seven shutout innings his last time out.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 4, Burlington 6

Box Score

The Kernels scored first in this one, thanks to a first inning home run off the bat of Zander Wiel (second straight game with a home run), but the Bees did even more damage in the bottom of the first against starter Lachlan Wells.

An RBI double, RBI single, and error led to three runs for Burlington in the inning, and they would add two more in the third thanks in part to another error on the Kernels defense. Though four of the Bees six runs on the day were earned, Cedar Rapids committed four total errors on the game, leading to a lot of extra outs for their pitchers.

Wells managed to finish six innings, allowing just two more baserunners in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. He allowed five runs (four earned on seven hits and two walks. He struck out three.

Cameron Booser was charged with an unearned run in the seventh. He allowed one hit, walked one, and struck out one in his inning. Michael Cederoth cam one four the eighth and pitched a scoreless inning while walking one and striking out one.

The Kernels continue their four game series with the Bees on Monday night with Dereck Rodriguez taking the hill.

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Princeton 6, Elizabethton 1

Box Score

Like their AAA teammates, the Elizabethton Twins were unable to put much offense together on Sunday night. Their lone run came on a single from Bryant Hayman in the fourth to drive in Alex Kirilloff, who had doubled to lead off the inning.

Ariel Montesino, Luis Martinez, and Caleb Hamilton added the other hits for Elizabethton, who were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base for the game.

Jose Martinez made the start for the Twins and lasted into the fifth inning. In his 4.2 innings, he allowed four runs on eight hits, including two home runs, and a walk. He struck out one.

Hector Lujan came on for the final out of the fifth and added two more scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. Austin Tribby added a scoreless eighth inning, picking up a double-play ball to end the inning and erase an error that put a runner on base.

Johan Quezada came on for the ninth, and couldn’t keep the game close. Two runs would score on four hits before he got his second strikeout to end the inning. In encouraging news, Quezada did not walk a batter.

GCL TWINS TAKES

The GCL Twins, like most the rest of the Gulf Coast League, had the day off on Sunday. They get back to action tomorrow morning at home in Fort Myers against the GCL Rays.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Pitcher of the Day – Alex Wimmers, Rochester Red Wings (1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K) (Wimmers has lowered his ERA by nearly two runs since June 11^th, including scoreless appearances in 13 of 17 games along with 5 saves)

Hitter of the Day – LaMonte Wade, Fort Myers Miracle (2-3, 2 R’s, 2 HR’s, 3 RBI)

MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester – Scheduled day-off.

Chattanooga @ Mobile (6:35PM CST) – TBD

Clearwater @ Fort Myers (6:05PM CST) – RHP Keaton Steele (4-9, 4.29 ERA)

Cedar Rapids @ Burlington (6:30PM PM CST) – RHP Dereck Rodriguez (3-11, 5.46 ERA)

Princeton @ Elizabethton (6:00PM CST) – RHP Tyler Beardsley (1-0, 3.33 ERA)

GCL Rays @ GCL Twins (11:00AM CST) – TBD

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