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The Twins gave one away in Chicago because they couldn’t manage to score many runs. It must have been a theme for the Twins affiliates on Thursday night, as most of the teams struggled to put guys on base, and paid the price. Find out everything that happened in the Twins minor league system on Thursday.Transactions: The Twins recalled Zack Granite from Rochester, and to take his place, the Red Wings grabbed Levi Michael from Chattanooga. RED WINGS REPORT Scranton/WB 8 @ Rochester 3 Box Score The Scranton RailRiders chased Red Wings starter Chris Heston after he faced eight batters in the fourth without recording an out. Heston’s line on the afternoon was 3.0+ IP, eight hits, seven runs (six earned), two walks, a strike out, and two home runs. Not a great day. Luke Bard came in to stop the damage, but the Wings were already in a deep hole. Bard went 2.2, and he gave up a run on four hits, walked one and struck out five. Mason Melotakis gave the Wings 2.0 innings of hitless baseball, but he walked three against just one strikeout. Jake Reed finished the game with 1.1 innings of one-hit ball. The Wings only recorded six hits, one each from Niko Goodrum, Daniel Palka, Leonardo Reginatto, J.B. Shuck, Anthony Recker, and Engelb Vielma. ByungHo Park was 0-4 with 3 K's. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Mississippi 6 @ Chattanooga 2 Box Score Just four hits for the Lookouts in a game in which they trailed 6-0 before they did anything with the bats. Jonathan Rodriguez led the Lookouts with a 2-3 night on a two-run homer, a double and a walk. What a day for the kid! Nick Gordon was 1-4 and Max Murphy was 1-3 with a walk, the only other players with hits for the Lookouts on Thursday. Fernando Romero was chased after just five innings. He gave up nine hits, six runs (five earned), walked no one and struck out three. Todd Van Steensel gave the Lookouts 2.0 innings of scoreless relief, and then Randy Rosario and Nick Anderson each pitched in 1.0 innings of scoreless, hitless ball. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 5 @ Clearwater 8 Box Score The Miracle gave up a five-spot in the bottom of the third inning that ultimately kept them from winning on Thursday night. Starter Clark Beeker survived the third and finished the fourth inning, but the damage was done, and the Miracle could not overcome the hole. Beeker went 4.0 innings, gave up 13 (THIRTEEN) hits, seven runs (all earned) and he walked and struck out one. Williams Ramirez gave up a run over 2.0 innings, and Michael Theofanopoulos gave the Miracle 2.0 no-hit innings, walking one and striking out four. With the bats, the Miracle did enough to keep the game close, but they were just 1-9 with runners in scoring position, stranding six runners. Brent Rooker was 2-4 with three RBI, a two-run homer and a run scored. Dude is raking! Nelson Molina had the other RBI for the Miracle on Thursday, going 1-4 with a double and a strikeout. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 6 @ Kane County 3 Box Score The Kernels used a balanced attack, and three runs in the top of the ninth inning to put away the Cougars, 6-3. The Kernels collected 11 hits, with no one having more than two, and six walks. Aaron Whitefield was the best hitter on the night, with a run scored, an RBI and a walk. But he gave a little back with a throwing error from Center Field and he was caught stealing! Anthony Marzi went 5.0 innings, gave up just three hits, one run, and walked and struck out two. Colton Davis picked up both a blown save and a win with 3.0 innings of four-hit, two-run baseball. He walked one and struck out two. Eduardo Del Rosario earned his first save for the Kernels, pitching a scoreless ninth. E-Twins E-Notes Bristol 10 @ Elizabethton 2 Box Score Classic butt-kicking in Elizabethton. The Twins gave up five in the fifth, four in the eighth and another in the top of the ninth just to make sure the game was out of reach. They surrendered 16 hits en route to giving up 10 runs, all earned. Bailey Ober fell to 2-2 after 5.0 innings of seven-hit, five-run baseball. He walked none and struck out seven, but just could not keep the ball from being hit all over the place. Juan Gamez did well enough with 2.1 innings of relief, giving up just one run on two hits. But Jose Martinez gave up four runs before he was lifted after 1.0 innings, giving up seven hits. Ricky Ramirez finished the game with 0.2 innings of scoreless ball. Not much doing with the sticks, as the Twins spread out their five hits between just three players. Two each for Jose Miranda and T.J. Dixon, and both with triples! The other hit was off the bat of DH Wander Javier, a single. The Twins struck out 11 times as a team against just two walks. GCL Twins Takes GCL Twins 7 @ GCL Orioles 1 Box Score With the game tied 1-1 after five innings, the Twins put two on the board in the sixth, seventh and ninth innings to take the game 7-1. The Twins were outhit 7-13, but used three Orioles errors to earn three unearned runs to knock the game open. Colton Burns led the Twins with a 2-3 night that included a pair of walks. And Ricky De La Torres was 1-5 but he had a two-run homers and a pair of runs scored to go along with three strikeouts. Starter Carlos Suniaga moved to 4-0 with 5.2 innings of one-run baseball. He gave up nine hits, but didn’t walk anyone, and struck out four. He was replaced by Kevin Marnon who recorded a 10-out save. Marnon gave up four hits, but likewise did not walk anyone, and had five strikeouts of his own. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Carlos Suniaga, GCL Twins Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Brent Rooker, Fort Myers Miracle FRIDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Buffalo @ Rochester (6:05pm) – Stephen Gonsalves (1-1, 5.06) Mississippi @ Chattanooga (6:15pm) - TBD Charlotte @Fort Myers (6:05pm) – Brady Anderson (6-8, 4.16) Cedar Rapids @ Quad Cities (6:35pm) – Charlie Barnes (2-0, 3.18) Bristol @ Elizabethton (6:00pm) – Ryley Widell (0-2, 2.08) GCL Red Sox @ GCL Twins (11:00am) - TBD Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Thursday's games. Click here to view the article