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The Twins let one get away in Fenway, dropping 3 of 4 and falling to 40-37, 1.5 games behind the Cleveland baseball club. There was a full slate of games in the Twins minor leagues. There were lots of transactions. Find out if Zack Granite and Mitch Garver kept their hitting streaks alive. How did Kohl Stewart do in his return? Why did he pitch in Felix Jorge's spot in the Lookouts rotation? So much going on. Plenty of transactions and exciting action below.Find out everything that happened in the Twins minor league system on Thursday. Transactions: The Twins sent Ehire Adrianza on rehab assignment in Rochester, LHP Matt Tracy was demoted from Rochester to Chattanooga, RHP Randy LeBlanc demoted from Chattanooga to Fort Myers, Kohl Stewart was activated from the DL in Chattanooga, Andre Jernigan was promoted from Elizabethton to Cedar Rapids, Tyler Wells was placed on the DL with a right elbow strain, and LHP Taylor Clemensia was moved from Elizabethton to the GCL. And you might be interested in this tidbit from Mariana from Twins Latinos: RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 5 @ Buffalo 4 Box Score Rochester took the lead for the third time in the top of the ninth frame, when Zack Granite (who else?!) singled to lead off the inning and scored on a ByungHo Park single four batters later. Then John Curtiss shut down the Bisons in order in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the win. Granite was 1-4 with a walk and a run scored, and five other players reached base at least two times, led by Matt Hague, who was 2-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored. ByungHo Park was 2-4 with a TRIPLE(!), an RBI, and a run scored to go along with a pair of strikeouts. Park is hitting .342 over his last 10 games and has struck out just 10 times over that same span. The Red Wings used five pitchers to get through nine innings after starter Chris Heston did not make it out of the fifth inning, going just 4.2 innings, giving up three runs, five walks, a home run, while striking out just three. Drew Rucinski came in and did damage control with 1.2 scoreless innings. Mason Melotakis pitched 0.2 innings of hitless baseball, and then Ryan Pressly came on for what looked to be a 2-inning save, but gave up a run and was replaced by John Curtiss to start the ninth. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 4 @ Mississippi 1 Box Score The Lookouts used a three-run third inning to get out in front of the Mississippi Braves. The Lookouts scored three runs with one swing of the bat from T.J. White, as he crushed a homer to left center field and chased the Braves starter, Max Fried. The Lookouts added another run on a solo home run from Travis Harrison in the sixth. In addition to the home run, Harrison also had a double as part of his 2-4 night. Nick Gordon struggled at the plate on Thursday night, 0-4 with three strike outs, and he was charged with his 16th error of the season in the field. Kohl Stewart, fresh off of the disabled list, gave the Lookouts 6.0 innings of one run baseball, and that run was unearned. Stewart struck out only two, walked just one, and gave up only four hits. Ryan Eades gave the Lookouts a great bullpen performance, 2.0 innings, facing the minimum and striking out four of the six batters he faced. Luke Bard earned his third save of the year with a 1-2-3 ninth that included a pair of K's. MIRACLE MATTERS Clearwater 2 @ Fort Myers 7(Game 1) Box Score The Miracle tallied 13 hits in their 7-2 win against Clearwater. The Miracle jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and stretched the lead out from there. Lachlan Wells gave up just one run over 5.0 innings, gave up four hits, a walk and struck out four. Williams Ramirez gave up one run in the sixth. Then Tom Hackimer, Andrew Vasquez and Sam Clay combined for three scoreless innings in relief. Max Murphy went 3-5 in the game. Mitchell Kranson, Zander Wiel, Tanner English and Brandon Lopez each had two hits. English hit a double. Lopez and Wiel each drove in two runs. English also stole his eighth and ninth bases. There isn’t a lot more to tell, but HOO BOY, Tim Tebow (!!!!!!) and the Port Lucie Mets are coming to town on Friday and the Miracle are kicking things off with an informal Tim Tebow (!!!!!!) press conference at 3:25 in the visitors dugout. MIRACLE MATTERS Clearwater @ Fort Myers (Game 2) Postponed due to rain KERNELS NUGGETS Burlington 3 @ Cedar Rapids 11 Box Score The Kernels put up 11 runs on 15 hits, led by shortstop Gorge Munoz who was 4-5 with a home run, a double and five RBI. Hank Morrison had a big game as well, 3-4 with a double, a pair of RBI, and a run scored. Cedar Rapids also got a big day from starting pitching Sean Poppen who struck out nine Burlington Bees over 7.0 innings. Poppen gave up three runs (all unearned), on five hits. He did not walk a single hitter. Alex Robinson and Hector Lujan each pitched 1-2-3 innings to close out the Kernels blowout. E-Twins E-Notes Elizabethton 8 @ Kingsport 7 Box Score Elizabethton moved to 5-3 on the young season after an 11-inning thriller in Kingsport. The Twins took a 6-5 lead in the top of the 10th inning, but could not contain the Kingsport Mets in the bottom of the inning. Then in the eleventh things got weird as the Twins scored a pair of runs after a two-out double followed by three straight walks and then a HBP. The Twins gave up another run in the bottom of the eleventh but held on for the win. Trey Cabbage had a big night, 2-6 at the plate with a double and a triple. He scored two runs and had two RBI. Twins starter Huascar Ynoa gave up two runs (both earned) over 4.0 innings. He struck out two, walked three, and gave up six hits. Ynoa was replaced by Jared Finkel who struggled through 2.0 innings, giving up three hits, three earned runs, and two walks. Blair Lakso saved the day with 3.0 scoreless innings to get the Twins to extra innings and Juan Gamez recorded a blown save and got the win, pitching both of the extra frames. GCL Twins Takes GCL Twins 1 @ GCL Orioles 0 Box Score The GCL Twins scored a run in the top of the first inning, and that was the end of the scoring for the Twins and Orioles on Thursday afternoon. The Twins pitching staff held the Orioles to just three hits, all singles. Starter Pedro Garcia went 6.2 innings and gave up three hits, a walk, and struck out four. He was replaced by Vadim Balan for the remaining seven outs. Balan gave up no hits, no runs, walked two and struck out two. The Twins had just six hits in the game. Akil Baddoo had two hits including a double. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Sean Poppen, Cedar Rapids Kernels Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Gorge Munoz, Cedar Rapids Kernels FRIDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Lehigh Valley (6:05pm) – Tim Melville (2-0, 3.68) Chattanooga @ Mississippi (7:00pm) – Dereck Rodriguez (1-0, 4.50) St. Lucie @ Fort Myers (6:05pm) – Lewis Thorpe (1-2, 2.05) Cedar Rapids @ Clinton (6:30pm) – Domenick Carlini (3-6, 5.46) Elizabethton @ Kingsport (5:30pm) – Moises Gomez (0-0, 27.00) 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

You get an award, you get an award, everybody gets an AWARD! While this might not be completely true, two full-season leagues announced their post-season All-Star teams on Tuesday. Daniel Palka and Zack Granite were both named to the Southern Leage Post-Season All-Star team. It was the second career Post-Season All-Star selection for both players. The Rochester Red Wings had one representative make the International League Post-Season All-Star team. Relief pitcher Edward Mujica only signed with the club in August and has pitched in three games for the squad. During that time he has not given up a run and he's struck out four. Before joining the Twins organization, he had been pitching in the IL for the Phillies organization and he leads the IL in saves.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 5, Syracuse 1 Box Score After a third inning injury to starter David Hurlbut, Rochester used an interesting conglomeration of pitchers to make it through this victory. Hurlbut cruised through the first two frames as he only allowed two base runners and struck out one. He didn't make a pitch in the third. Omar Bencomo replaced Hurlbut and pitched well as he struck out seven and limited the Chiefs to one run across 4.2 innings. Bencomo ran into a little trouble in the top of the seventh inning as he surrendered the first Syracuse run. Neil Ramirez came on in relief and left a runner in scoring position. Ramirez pitched the next inning as well and racked up three strikeouts along the way. Daniel Palka and Adam Brett Walker continued to match each other in the home run department. Palka hit a solo shot in the seventh inning, his 33rd of the year and his 13th with Rochester. Walker is keeping the home run race close as he smacked his 27th long ball an inning later. Rochester is 3.5 games behind Lehigh Valley for the IL Wild Card spot with six games to play. Luckily five of their remaining games are against Lehigh Valley so their fate is in their own hands. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 3, Mississippi 6 Box Score Chattanooga held a slim 3-2 lead entering the final frame but Raul Fernandez struggled to get out of his second inning on the mound. After getting the last out of the eighth, Fernandez came back for the ninth and was charged with four runs on five hits with a strikeout and a walk. Ryan Eades started and went six strong innings, giving up two earned runs and striking out seven. Luke Bard pitched two shutout frames with three strikeouts. Tanner Witt went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run scored. Zack Granite and Edgar Corcino were both 2-for-4 while Granite stole his 53rd base on the season. D.J Hicks reached base three times and scored a run. Overall, the team went 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base. The loss drops the Lookouts to 71-63 on the season and they currently sit at 35-28 in the second-half standings. With six games to play, the Lookouts are 2.5 games behind Montgomery for a playoff spot. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers --, Palm Beach -- (Postponed) The Miracle and the Cardinals were postponed on Tuesday night due to rain. The game will be made up as part of doubleheader (two seven-inning contests) on Wednesday with the first game beginning at 5 p.m. Fort Myers sits three games back of the St. Lucie Mets for first place in the FSL South second-half standings. Their elimination number currently stands at four with the Jupiter Hammerheads also ahead of them in the standings. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 4, Greeneville 10 Box Score The E-Twins never held a lead in this game until the bottom of the eighth inning. With the club trailing 3-1, Luis Martinez and Ariel Montesino walked to start the frame. After a fly out, Mitchel Kranson brought home a run to make the score 3-2. A two-out wild pitch scored the tying run before Shane Carrier drove in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run inning. Elizabethton was limited to three hits but the team coaxed seven walks. Montesino, Martinez, and Amaurys Minier drew two walks each. Kranson, Carrier, and Caleb Hamilton were the lone batters with a hit to their name. After allowing five runs in five innings the last time out, Alex Schick put the E-Twins in position to win. He was charged with two earned runs and struck out five. It was his first appearance without giving up a walk since July 16. Austin Tribby took over for Schick and went 2.1 innings while giving up a run. Things blew up in the ninth. Colton Davis struck out the first batter before a walk, a single, and a hit by pitch left the bases loaded. Patrick McGuff came into the mess and allowed four runs to score. That isn't counting the three inherited runs that were charged to Davis. Overall, seven runs crossed the plate and the game was out of hand. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 7, GCL Rays 4 Box Score Earning a win is a weird statistic for pitchers. Bo Hellquist had given up a total of three earned runs in his last two starts (9.2 innings) and he took the loss in both of those appearances. In this game, he gave up three earned runs and came away with a win. Those three earned runs pushed his season ERA over 2.00 for the first time since the beginning of August. He struck out six and walked none. Zach Strecker earned his sixth save after pitching 3.2 innings while striking out three. Justin Hazard and Gorge Munoz led the way on the offensive side. Both players went 2-for-5 with a home run and Munoz drove in three RBIs. The top three batters in the order (Aaron Whitefield, Lean Marrero, and Kidany Salva) combined to go 7-for-14 with each batter collecting multiple hits. Marrero reached base three times and picked up his fifth double along with two RBIs. With the win the GCL Twins are tied with the GCL Red Sox for the top spot in the GCL South standings. This is the only division in the league that has yet to be determined. The GCL Twins have two games remaining on their schedule and both are against the GCL Rays. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day – Omar Bencomo, Rochester Red Wings Hitter of the Day – Gorge Munoz, GCL Twins WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester vs. Syracuse (6:05 CST) - RHP Jose Berrios (10-5, 2.44 ERA) Chattanooga vs. Mississippi (1:15 CST) - RHP Felix Jorge (2-4, 4.17 ERA) Fort Myers @ Palm Beach (4:00 CST) - RHP Miles Nordgren (1-4, 5.08 ERA) Fort Myers @ Palm Beach (Game 2) - TBD Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin (7:05 CST) - RHP Sean Poppen (0-0, 1.00 ERA) Elizabethton vs. Greenville (6:00 CST)- LHP Domenick Carlini (0-0, 0.00 ERA) GCL Twins vs. GCL Rays (11:00AM CST) - TBD Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Tuesday’s games. Click here to view the article