Twins Minor League Report (8/12): The Buck Starts Here

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 6, Buffalo 5

Box Score

Rochester’s comeback fell one run short, but Byron Buxton is the story. He was 4-5 tonight (and now batting .458 in AAA) with four singles. He scored twice and also struck out once. Vargas had three hits including two doubles and drove in two. Reynaldo Rodriguez hit a three-run triple.

Taylor Rogers lost his tenth game of the season, pitching five innings (10 hits, two walks) and allowing five runs. He threw 83 pitches (55 strikes). Alex Meyer pitched the final three innings. He allowed a run, but allowed only two hits and no walks (though he did throw two wild pitches). He struck out two. Something worth watching: He threw 56 pitches (stretching him out?) with 36 of them finding the strike zone.

Rochester drops to 60-58.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 2, Tennessee 4 (13 innings)

Box Score

The Lookouts dropped to 62-50 with an extra-inning loss.

Max Kepler led the offense (again) with two hits, including his 28th double. He drove in a run and recorded an outfield assist. Stephen Wickens also had two singles and his 14th stolen base. The team went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 on base.

Greg Peavey pitched a two-hitter over eight innings, but the two runs were too many. He struck out three and gets a no-decision. J.T. Chargois walked one in the ninth. D.J. Johnson struck out four in three big innings. Adrian Salcedo allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in the 13th.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers 1, St. Lucie 0

Box Score

A Chad Christensen sac fly that followed a Ryan Walker triple was the difference in Wednesday’s Miracle victory that helped improve the team to 63-54. Walker’s three-bagger was the only extra base hit of the six hits the Miracle scratched out. Engelb Vielma stole his 28th base.

Kohl Stewart picked up his fifth win. He allowed eight hits and a walk, while striking out five over 6.2 shutout innings. Corey Williams struck out two in recording four outs. Trevor Hildenberger picked up his first FSL save.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 3, Lake County 6

Box Score

T.J. White accounted for the only Kernel extra-base hit (a double) among their five hits. Nick Gordon was 1-4 with a walk. Tanner English swiped two bags and has 37 on the year. Offensively, Cedar Rapids was 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Felix Jorge picked up a no-decision. He struck out six in six innings, allowing three hits and a walk. Unfortunately, one of those hits was a three-run blast. Jared Wilson was charged with the loss. He gave up three runs in two innings.

The Kernels are 67-48 on the season.

E-TOWN E-NOTES

Elizabethton 1, Greeneville 4

Box Score

The offense of the E-Twins was very quiet on Wednesday. Only Travis Blankenhorn got a hit. Jermaine Palacios snapped a 15-game hitting streak with an 0-4 performance. He also committed his eighth error in the Appy League.

Sam Clay didn’t allow an earned run over seven frames, but the two unearned runs hung him with a loss. He struck out four and walked one. Alex Robinson recorded four outs, but walked four and allowed two runs to score. Josh Guyer recorded two outs, one by strikeout.

Elizabethton drops to 25-25

GCL TWINS TAKES

GCL Twins 5, GCL Rays 2 (Game 1) (7 innings)

Box Score

The GCL affiliate took the first game of a doubleheader. Two big innings accounted for all five runs. Eight of the nine starters got hits, led by Robert Molina, Ruar Verkerk and Ariel Montesino all having two-hit games. Interestingly, the top four hitters - Christian Cavaness, Luis Arraez, Josmil Pinto and Kolton Kendrick - all doubled. Cavaness drove in two runs. Molina and Verkerk accounted for the other two RBI.

Williams Ramirez allowed two unearned runs over 4.2 innings. He struck out four. Hector Lujan got the win, striking out one in 2.1 scoreless, one-hit innings.

GCL Twins 0, GCL Rays 1 (Game 2) (9 innings)

Box Score

The bats fell cold in the second game, getting shut out on five hits. Trey Cabbage had two singles. Christian Cavaness doubled. Cavaness also stole his third base of the season.

Max Cordy (4 IP) and Brandon Paulson (2.2 IP) had identical lines: one hit, three walks, four strikeouts. Johan Quezada walked two and retired four. Moises Gomez was charged with the loss, allowing a walkoff home run in the ninth inning.

The GCL Twins split the doubleheader and are 23-20.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Greg Peavey, Chattanooga

Twins Daily Minor League Hitters of the Day – Byron Buxton, Rochester

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester at Buffalo (11:35 CST) – LHP Pat Dean

Rochester at Buffalo (Game 2) – TBD

Chattanooga vs Tennessee (6:15 CST) – LHP Brett Lee

Ft. Myers vs Palm Beach (6:05 CST) – LHP Luke Westphal

Cedar Rapids at Lake Country (6:00 CST) – RHP Zach Tillery

Elizabethton at Bristol (6:00 CST) - RHP Dereck Rodriguez

GCL Twins at GCL Rays (11:00 CST) - TBD

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