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Catcher Jose Godoy cleared waivers and was outrighted to St. Paul.
SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 15, Louisville 6
Box Score
SP: Jake Faria - 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
HR: Curtis Terry (1), Kyle Garlick (1), Mark Contreras (2), Daniel Robertson (1)
Multi hit games: Robertson (2-5 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB), Garlick (2-5 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB), Terry (2-3 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 BB), Contreras (3-5, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI), Jermaine Palacios (2-5 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI), Chance Sisco (3-5 2 R, 2 2B, RBI)
The Saints finished their series in Louisville with a bang as six Saints hitters tallied multiple hits in their 15-6 victory over the Bats.
The offense was balanced for the Saints with everyone except Derek Fisher getting a hit and top prospects Royce Lewis and Jose Miranda being the only ones without multiple hits. This gave an opportunity for all the other hitters in the Saints lineup a chance to shine, especially the likes of Sisco and Contreras who tallied two doubles each in their three-hit games.
Louisville starter Ben Lively struggled with his control in this game as he hit three batters, one to Miranda and two to Lewis. Fortunately for both Miranda and Lewis the pitches they took did not result in any serious injuries that removed them from the game.
Jake Faria struggled in his first two innings but recovered during his final inning and a third on the mound. Coming in to replace Faria was Chi Chi Gonzlaez, who had a notoriously bad spring training with the Twins posting an 18.69 ERA in just 4 1/3 innings pitched. A bad spring training did not carry over into Gonzalez’s Saints debut as he gave up two earned runs on three hits and a walk in 4 2/3 innings pitched.
WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 3, Tulsa 7
Box Score
SP: Chris Vallimont 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: Edouard Julien (2-4)
The Wind Surge took the only loss for the Twins minor league affiliates on Sunday. Chris Vallimont couldn’t find his way out of the first inning in his 2022 season debut. The Drillers tallied five runs off of him to knock him out early. Following Vallimont’s struggles, Kody Funderburk came in from the bullpen to stop the bleeding. Funderburk only surrendered one run in three innings of relief.
The Wind Surge were able to get a run back in the bottom half of the first inning thanks to a Spencer Steer double that drove in Austin Martin. But the Drillers were able to keep the Wind Surge scoreless until the seventh inning when they scored two more runs.
All nine Wind Surge hitters were able to get on base this game but still did not have enough juice in the bats to pull together a win. Wichita has yet to win a game this season, falling to 0-3.
KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 2, Beloit 0
Box Score
SP: Sawyer Gipson-Long 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: None
Christian Encarnacion-Strand had been the star of the Kernels first two games but his bat cooled off just a little bit in Sunday’s game going 1-for-4 with an RBI double. However, the pitching stepped up in a big way on Sunday.
The Kernels had five pitchers work on Sunday afternoon, and they combined to shutout the Sky Carp in a 2-0 victory. The starter for the Kernels was Sawyer Gipson-Long who hurled four scoreless innings and gave up two hits, walked two, and struck out five batters.
Following Gipson-Long from the bullpen were Bobby Milacki, Melvi Acosta, Denny Bentley, and Osiris German. They combined for five innings pitched of no-hit baseball giving up only two walks and striking out four Sky Carp batters. German earned the save for the Kernels.
The Kernels were able to pull off the sweep of the Sky Carp on only three hits thanks to the master class pitching from their rotation on Sunday.
MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 6, Clearwater 3
Box Score
SP: Travis Adams 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
HR: Noah Cardenas (1)
Multi-hit games: Kyler Fedko (2-3 1 R, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, K)
The Mighty Mussels completed their sweep of the Clearwater Threshers on Sunday bringing them to a 3-0 record to start the season. Mussels starter Travis Adams contributed a strong first outing of the season keeping Clearwater to one run in his five innings pitched. Jaylen Nowlin came into the game after Adams and surrendered the Threshers two runs, but the rest of the Fort Myers bullpen kept the game scoreless. Jackson Hicks pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Juan Mendez came on and recorded his first save of the season.
Kyler Fedko had the big hit of the game for Fort Myers. Fedko smacked a bases-clearing triple in the top of the seventh that gave the Mussels the lead making it a 6-3 game. Mussels catcher Noah Cardenas also had a big hit getting his first home run of the season in the second inning.
TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Travis Adams (Ft. Myers) - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Hitter of the Day – Mark Contreras (St. Paul) - 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, HR
PROSPECT SUMMARY
We will again keep tabs on the Twins' top prospects. You’ll probably read about them in the team sections, but if they aren’t there, you’ll see how they did here.
Here’s a look at how the current Twins Daily Top 20 performed:
#1 - Austin Martin (Wichita) - 1-4, 2B (2), K
#2 - Royce Lewis (St. Paul) - 1-4, 2B (3), 2 R, 2 K, RBI, CS, 2-HBP
#3 - Jose Miranda (St. Paul) - 1-5, K, RBI (4), HBP
#10 - Noah Miller (Ft. Myers) - 1-4, BB, 3 K, CS (1)
#12 - Matt Wallner (Wichita) - 0-3, BB, K, CS (1)
#15 - Emmanuel Rodriguez (Ft. Myers) - 0-3, 2 BB, SB (1)
#18 - Spencer Steer (Wichita) - 1-4, 2B (2), RBI
#19 - Edouard Julien (Wichita) - 2-4, K
TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
All Twins Minor League Affiliates are off on Monday and will resume their games on Tuesday, April 12. The only Monday in which there will be minor-league games is July 4th (and some for the Saints in September). The Saints and Mighty Muscles will be hosting their home openers on Tuesday.
Indianapolis @ St. Paul (6:37 PM CST) - RHP Daniel Gossett (0-0, 7.36 ERA, 1.36 WHIP)
Wichita @ NW Arkansas (7:05 PM CST) - RHP Brandon Lawson
Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (6:30 PM CST) - LHP Cade Povich
Jupiter @ Fort Myers (6:00 PM CST) - RHP Marco Raya (first professional start)
Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Sunday’s games as the first weekend of the Minor and Major League seasons has concluded.
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