Tonight, the Ft. Myers Miracle are celebrating Blogapalooza and hoping to bring lots of bloggers out to their stadium and find them outside of their market too.

 

Join me here tonight to discuss the Miracle game against the St. Lucie Mets. We'll talk about the game, the players and more here, so please join us.

 

Listen to the game here, if you can't be there.

http://media4.aicmail.net:8080/MiLB/GameAudio/LiveStreamFlash/fsl_fort_myers_miracle

 

Lineup:

AJ Pettersen SS

Levi Michael DH

Eddie Rosario 2B

Miguel Sano 3B

Kennys Vargas 1B

Angel Morales CF

Kyle Knudson C

Andy Leer RF

Stephen Wickens LF

 

Jason Wheeler SP

Lefty Jason Wheeler got the first two batters out in the 1st inning, but he then walked the next two batters. The fifth batter doubled in a run to give St. Lucie a 1-0 lead. Wheeler got out of the inning, but the old 'walks will haunt' proved true in that inning.

 

In 2012 in Beloit, Wheeler walked just 43 batters in 156 innings. That's 2.5 per nine innings.

Appropriate that Twins Daily's AJ Pettersen leads off for the Miracle on Blogopolooza Night for the Miracle. Pettersen flew out. Levi Michael struck out, and Eddie Rosario grounded out.

 

After 1 inning, St. Lucie 1, Miracle 0.

Wheeler gives up two hits in the 2nd inning, but gets a tailor-made 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

 

I"m not saying this because he's 'one of us' (Minnesotan and Twins Daily writer), but if you ever get the chance to watch AJ Pettersen play shortstop, you really should. I haven't seen many play the position so smoothly.

Kennys Vargas singled in the 2nd inning, but the Miracle did not score.

 

After 2, Miracle 0, Mets 1.

Eddie Rosario ranges far to his right to make a terrific defensive play. As a reminder, he was a (very good) centerfielder two years ago in Elizabethton Last year, he transitioned to second base but played a little bit of center too. In the playoffs, Rosario played CF. Now, he's playing great defense exclusively at second base.

 

Mets don't score in the top of the 3rd.

Andy Leer led off for the Miracle in the 3rd inning. Leer is from Williston, North Dakota, and was the Twins 25th round pick in 2010 out of the University of Mary, in Bismarck. Gotta love when guys from northern, small schools get an opportunity. Utility guy playing right field tonight. I believe he has played every position over the last year-plus in Ft. Myers.

Jason Wheeler posted his first 1-2-3 inning in the fourth inning thanks, in part, to a great running catch by CF Angel Morales.

Bottom of the 4th. With two outs, Kennys Vargas hit a solo home run on an 0-2 pitch to tie the game at 1.

You'll want to listen to the post-game show. AJ Pettersen will be their post-game guest. http://media4.aicmail.net:8080/MiLB/GameAudio/LiveStreamFlash/fsl_fort_myers_miracle

Cole Johnson enters the game for the Miracle in the top of the 7th. The Notre Dame alum had a very strong April for the Miracle.

Miracle still down 2-1 going into the bottom of the 8th inning. Eddie Rosario just started another nice double play.

Seth Stohs ‏@SethTweets20s

Down 2-1, bottom of the 8th, two outs... Two runners on... MIguel Sano comes up and... singles up the middle to tie the game!

It feels strange to me that I'm about as interested in our A+ team as I am the big league club....

Andy Leer led off for the Miracle in the 3rd inning. Leer is from Williston, North Dakota, and was the Twins 25th round pick in 2010 out of the University of Mary, in Bismarck. Gotta love when guys from northern, small schools get an opportunity. Utility guy playing right field tonight. I believe he has played every position over the last year-plus in Ft. Myers.

 

NoDak Pride! Even though Williston is basically Montana

It feels strange to me that I'm about as interested in our A+ team as I am the big league club....

 

Nothing wrong with that. They are an exciting bunch of players.

Miracle win on a Walk-off walk by Levi Michael!

Miracle win on a Walk-off walk by Levi Michael!

 

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

Are we sure the runner from third touched home before the celebration started this time ?