Twins Minor League Report (6/9): Lookouts Sweep, Polanco Promoted

TRANSACTIONS

It appears that Jorge Polanco is on his way to Minneapolis and should be ready to play on Wednesday night.To make room for Polanco, Eddie Rosario is being placed on Paternity Leave. With an off-day on Thursday, Rosario will miss just one game. Will be interesting to see if Polanco stay beyond the one game.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE ALL STARS

On Tuesday, the Southern League announced their All-Stars and the Lookouts were represented mightily. Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano, Jorge Polanco and Adam Brett Walker were all named as All-Star hitters while J.O. Berrios, D.J. Baxendale and Zack Jones all will represent Chattanooga on the mound.

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 4, Indianapolis 5

Box Score

The Red Wings got the tying run on base with two outs in the ninth inning but were unable to bring him in and fell 5-4 to Indianapolis.

Taylor Rogers made the start and was solid through five innings. However, he gave up three in the sixth inning to take the loss. He was charged with five runs on nine hits in 5.2 innings. He walked one and struck out two. Caleb Thielbar went 1.1 perfect innings. Michael Tonkin struck out four batters in two shutout innings.

Danny Santana made his first appearance with the Red Wings. He went 1-4 with a double and two RBI. Oswaldo Arcia and Ryan Wheeler were both 2-4. Danny Ortiz went 1-3 with a walk and his 15^th double. Josmil Pinto went 1-4 and also had two throwing errors in the game.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Game 1 – Chattanooga 6, Jackson 2

Box Score

In the first of two games, the Lookouts got a very good start from J.O. Berrios and consistent hitting for a nice win.

The Lookouts scored six runs in the seven-inning game, but they never scored more than two runs in an inning. Adam Brett Walker again led the way. He went 2-3 with his 14^th double, his 16^th home run and four RBI. He now has 50 on the season. Max Kepler went 2-4 with his fourth triple. Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano each went 1-3 with a walk. Buxton stole his 20^th base.

J.O. Berrios improved to 7-3 on the season. He went 6.1 innings and was charged with two runs on six hits. He walked one and struck out five. Cole Johnson came on to get the final two outs and earn his second save.

Jorge Polanco went 0-2 with two walks in the game. Reports following game 1

indicated that Polanco was informed that he was being promoted to the big leagues.

Game 2 – Chattanooga 2, Jackson 2

Box Score

The Lookouts took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and held on for the win. Max Kepler walked and Travis Harrison was hit by a pitch. Mike Gonzales belted a double which scored both of them. He later scored on a single by Byron Buxton.

Buxton went 1-2 with two walks. Heiker Meneses went 2-3 and stole his fifth base of the season.

It was a bullpen game for the Lookouts. Tim Shibuya started and went the first three innings. He gave up just two hits. Madison Boer pitched a scoreless innings. Jake Reed pitched a scoreless fifth inning. He then gave up a two-run homer in the sixth inning to cut the Lookout lead to just one. J.T. Chargois came on for the bottom of the seventh inning. He got three hitters in order, the final out coming on a strikeout, for his first Lookouts save.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers @ Lakeland

Box Score

This game was postponed by rain and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids

Box Score

No Game Scheduled.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Tim Shibuya, Chattanooga Lookouts

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Adam Brett Walker, Chattanooga Lookouts

WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Indianapolis @ Rochester (12:35 CST) – LHP Pat Dean

Chattanooga @ Jackson (7:05 CST) – LHP Brett Lee

Ft. Myers @ Lakeland (DH @ 4:00) – LHP Mat Batts, RHP Ryan Eades

Great Lakes @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Felix Jorge

Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the Tuesday games.