Article: Twins Minor League Report (6/16): Lots Of K's For Twins MiLB Hitters

[Eric R Pleiss]

One final day off for the Minnesota Twins before they are back in action to begin the second half of the season. With no major league baseball, the minor leagues take center stage.RED WINGS REPORT

Lehigh Valley IronPigs vs. Rochester Red Wings

Box Score

 

Thanks to nine shutout innings from the Red Wings pitching staff, Rochester dealt Lehigh Valley's Aaron Nola his first AAA loss of the season. The Red Wings rode another strong Tyler Duffey (4-4) start to victory. Duffey went six innings, giving up just two hits. He walked five but struck out six. His ERA now sits at a sparkly 2.24. Duffey was replaced by Alex Meyer who pitched a perfect seventh, including a pair a strikeouts. Michael Tonkin and Aaron Thompson pitched an inning apiece to finish the night.

 

The Red Wings scored six runs despite striking out ten times and picking up only eight hits. Oswaldo Arcia hit his ninth AAA homer, a two-run shot in the first inning, and Danny Ortiz hit his ninth as well, a solo shot in the fourth. Ortiz's homer was part of a 3-4 night that also include a double and a pair of RBIs. Arcia's home run was part of his 1-4 night that also included three strike outs.

 

Final: IronPigs 0, Red Wings 6

 

 

LOOKOUTS LOOK-IN

Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Biloki Shuckers

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The Lookouts managed just four hits and three walks to go along with ten strikeouts of their own in a 3-0 shutout in Biloxi, Mississippi. Shannon Wilkerson, Niko Goodrum, and Max Kepler, batting first, second, and third, respectively, each had a hit. Jairo Rodriguez had the other hit on the evening for the Lookouts.

 

Brett Lee was tagged with the loss for Chattanooga, dropping to 0-4 on the year. Lee gave up just two hits, but issued five free passes and was victimized by a pair of unearned runs. Lee was lifted after the fourth inning. Tim Shibuya threw three scoreless innings of relief and Matt Summers pitched the eighth.

 

Final: Lookouts 0, Shuckers 3

 

 

MIRACLE MATTERS

Fort Myers Miracle vs. Brevard County Manatees

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When the leadoff hitter is 2-3 with a walk, you hope the top of your order can produce a couple of runs, but the Miracle could only push Zach Granite across one time for their lone run of the evening. No other Miracle hitter had multiple hits, though Brett Doe was 1-2 with a pair of walks.

 

Ryan Eades, who had put up a number of nice starts in the last two months, was tagged for four runs in 6.1 innings. He did, however, strike out seven and he didn't walk anyone. He was lifted for Brian Gilbert who pitched the final 1.1 inning, giving up one hit, one walk and he struck out a pair.

 

Final: Miracle 1, Manatees 4

 

 

KERNELS KORNER

Burlington Bees vs. Cedar Rapids Kernels

Box Score

 

Down 5-2 headed to the bottom of the seventh, the Kernels scored a run in bottom of the inning and then another in the ninth but came up just short, losing 5-4 in front of the home crowd in Cedar Rapids. The Kernels offense put together just seven hits, and like the Red Wings and the Lookouts, they also stuck out ten times. Brian Navarreto led the charge for the Kernels, their only hitter with multiple hits, was 2-4 with an RBI single.

 

Ethan Mildren was lifted after just four innings, giving up seven hits, three earned runs, two walks and a single strikeout. Jared Wilson pitched three innings but gave up two more runs. Chris Mazza and Cameron Booser each pitched a scoreless inning of relief, but the game was too far out of hand for the Kernels to come back.

 

Final: Bees 5, Kernels 4

 

 

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Elizabethton Twins vs. Danville Braves

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The E-Twins only struck out eight times, so I suppose that's pretty good news, but they still couldn't muster any offense, scoring just a single run. LaMonte Wade was 2-5 with an RBI and A.J. Murray was 2-4 with a double.

 

The Twins used four pitchers to get through eight innings even after they got six innings from their starter Miles Nordgren. Nordgren was tagged for one unearned run on five hits, no walks and five strike outs. He was replaced in the seventh by Alex Robinson who gave up an earned run of his own, which saddled him with the loss. Josh Guyer pitched two-thirds of an inning and gave up the Twins only earned run of the evening, and Onesimo Hernandez finished the eighth, putting down the only batter he faced.

 

Final: Twins 1, Braves 3

 

 

GCL Twins Takes

 

For the second straight day, the GCL Twins were rained out.

 

 

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY

 

Hitter of the Day - Danny Ortiz, Rochester Red Wings

Pitcher of the Day - Tyler Duffey, Rochester Red Wings

 

 

FRIDAY'S PROBABLES

 

Lehigh Valley @ Rochester - Jesse Biddle vs. Pat Dean (6-7, 3.39)

 

Chattanooga @ Biloxi - D.J. Baxendale (3-2, 3.99) vs. Johnny Hellweg

 

Fort Myers @ Brevard County - Mat Batts (3-2, 1.71) vs. Tristan Archer

 

Burlington @ Cedar Rapids - Michael Bolaski vs. Randy Rosario (1-0, 0.00)

 

Elizabethton @ Danville - Andro Cutura (1-1, 1.20) vs. Ryan Lawlor

 

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[Seth Stohs]

Ryan Eades was pretty solid, better than the numbers indicate, at least. He was actually perfect through four innings. He gave up a bloop single to lead off the 5th followed by a regular single and then the run scored on a sacrifice fly. The 6th didn't go so well, obviously with the big three-run homer.

 

Nick Gordon's been pretty good. Here were two tweets I posted on him tonight:

 

 

Nick Gordon is 1-3 tonight for Cedar Rapids, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. He's hitting .349 in that stretch.

 

 

 

In his previous 40 games, Nick Gordon (@FlashGThe3rd) has hit .306/.383/.369 (.752) with 10 doubles. Also been very good at shortstop.

 

[clutterheart]

Brett Lee is not getting lefties out this year,  He didn't do well against lefties in FM and it continues in AA.

 

At the start of the year I thought he would be another leftie bullpen candidate but if he can't get left handed hitters out his future is in trouble.  

 

Edited July 17, 2015 by clutterheart

[blindeke]

3 Ks and a HR is a typical Arcia line. It's not going to cut it in MLB.

[h2oface]

 Aren't old 6/16 June games old news?