Twins Minor League Report (7/11): Red Wings Rally And Rosario Rolls

Here's what happened in the Twins farm system on Saturday.

TRANSACTIONS

2015 Twins draft pick Sean Miller was promoted from Elizabethton to Cedar Rapids, taking T.J. White’s spot.

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 8, Syracuse 4

Box Score

Down 4-2 going into the eighth inning, the Red Wings put together a very quick rally. James Beresford singled to lead off the inning. Oswaldo Arcia doubled high off the right field wall to drive in one. Reynaldo Rodriguez scored Arcia with his 21st double of his own. Danny Ortiz then homered to break the tie and give the Red Wings a 6-4 lead. All runs were charged to #OldFriend PJ Walters. The Red Wings added two more runs in the top of the ninth.

James Beresford went 3-5. Arcia went 2-4 with a walk and his tenth double. Ortiz drove in three runs. Chris Herrmann went 2-3 with a walk and a double.Reynaldo Rodriguez went 2-5 with a double.

Pat Dean started. He went the first four innings and was charged with three runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out five. Alex Meyer went the next 2.1 innings. He gave up one run on four hits. He walked two and struck out three. Michael Tonkin gave up just one hit and recorded the next five outs. AJ Achter came on to protect the four-run lead in the ninth. After giving up back-to-back singles to start the ninth, he got back-to-back strikeouts followed by a groundout to end the game.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga 1, Mississippi 5

Box Score

The Lookouts continue to struggle, falling to 3-12 in the second half.

DJ Baxendale started and gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out two. Scott Atchison needed just 20 pitches to get through two perfect innings. Tim Shibuya walked one and struck out one in a scoreless ninth.

The Lookouts managed just five hits. Adam Brett Walker went 2-4 (including a ninth inning single off of fellow Milwaukee native and former Twins prospect Tyler Jones – who struck out two in a scoreless ninth frame). Kennys Vargas went 1-3 with a walk and his second Lookout double.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers 6, Clearwater 1

Box Score

Kohl Stewart improved to 4-5 on the season and dropped his season ERA to 3.28 on Saturday night. The right-hander went seven innings and gave up one run on seven hits. He walked three and struck out two. Dallas Gallant struck out one in a scoreless eighth inning. Corey Williams gave up two hits but no runs in a scoreless inning.

Alex Swim provided another big game. He went 3-4 with his ninth double and two RBIs and is now hitting .316. Michael Quesada went 2-2 with two walks. Ryan Walker went 2-4. Mitch Garver hit his 15^th double. Tanner Vavra’s two-run single gave the Miracle the lead.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 2, Kane County 0

Box Score

Randy Rosario began the 2014 season in the Cedar Rapids rotation. After one start, he was done and had Tommy John surgery. On Saturday night, Rosario made his second start since his return. He went six shutout innings. He gave up three hits, walked two and struck out four.

Cameron Booser struck out three over two scoreless innings. He gave up one hit and walked a batter. Trevor Hildenberger worked the ninth inning. He gave up a hit but recorded his 12^th save of the season, as his ERA dropped to 0.85.

Brian Navarreto got the Kernels offense going. His two-run single in the second inning provided all the scoring. Newcomer Sean Miller played shortstop and went 2-4. Tanner English led off and went 2-4 with a walk.

E-TWINS E-NOTES

Elizabethton 5, Johnson City 1

Box Score

Cody Stashak was the Twins 13^th round pick in June out of St. Johns. In his first two starts, he gave up no runs in nine innings. This start began with three more scoreless innings before he gave up a single run in the fourth. In his six innings, he gave up just the one run on six hits. He struck out seven without issuing a walk. Onesimo Hernandez gave up two hits and a walk in two scoreless innings. Kuo Hua Lo pitched a perfect ninth.

Amaurys Minier led the offense. He hit his first two E-Town doubles in his first two at-bats and ended the game 3-4. A.J. Murray went 2-4 and put the game out of reach with a two-run homer in the eighth inning. The homer was his second of the season.

GCL TWINS TAKES

GCL Twins 2, GCL Red Sox 0

Box Score

The Twins scored two in the bottom of the first. That was it for scoring. Fortunately, five pitchers were able to hold the Red Sox scoreless all nine innings.

Luis Arraez led off the bottom of the first with a single. Three batters later, Lewin Diaz doubled him in. Later, Jermaine Palacios scored on a passed ball. The Twins had just seven hits in the game. No one had more than one.

Jose Martinez started and threw four scoreless innings. He gave up three hits and walked one. Miguel Gonzalez came on and struck out four over two shutout innings. Chris Mazza struck out two in his rehab outing. Johan Quezada came on and hit 97 a few times. He worked a perfect eighth. Yorman Landa finished things out with a perfect ninth.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Randy Rosario, Cedar Rapids Kernels

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Amaurys Minier, Elizabethton Twins

SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Rochester @ Syracuse (12:05 CST) – RHP Greg Peavey

Mississippi @ Chattanooga (1:15 CST) – LHP Jason Wheeler

Clearwater @ Ft. Myers (305 CST) – LHP Stephen Gonsalves

Cedar Rapids @ Kane County (1:00 CST) – RHP Sam Gibbons

Johnson City @ Elizabethton (5:00 CST) – RHP Dereck Rodriguez

GCL Twins – No Game Scheduled.

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