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The Twins are now 2-0 with Byron Buxton, Eddie Rosario and Miguel Sano in the same lineup after a win in Baltimore. There was a trade. JO Berrios was back on the mound, pitching against the same team he had no-hit for six innings a week ago. One of the more rare plays in baseball was accomplished in the Chattanooga game. There were a couple of blow-outs in the system, but there were also two walk-off games. Continue reading for everything that happened on Friday in the Twins minor league system.TRANSACTIONS There were a couple of transactions in the Twins system on Friday: Following the Twins 4-3 win in Baltimore, the Twins and Brewers announced that Neal Cotts was traded to the Twins for a player to be named later, or cash. To make room, AJ Achter was optioned to AAA Rochester.RED WINGS REPORTRochester 2, Scranton/Wilkes Barre 3 (14 innings) Box Score It was a long night in Scranton, and unfortunately for the Red Wings, the home team won. However, it started with another impressive performance from JO Berrios. One week ago, Berrios threw six no-hit innings against the RailRiders before giving up six runs in the seventh inning without recording an out. On this night, he lost the no-hitter early, and he gave up a run in the third inning. However, he was very impressive. He went the first seven innings. He gave up just the one run on five hits. He walked none and struck out ten. In the top of the eighth inning, the Red Wings scratched out the go-ahead run. Aaron Thompson replaced Berrios. He walked one batter and struck out another. Alex Meyer came on next. He walked one and then gave up a single just past a diving James Beresford to tie the game. Mark Hamburger came in and gave up just two hits over three shutout innings. Michael Tonkin then gave up two hits over two shutout innings. Adrian Salcedo came on for the 14th inning. He got two outs, but he gave up the winning run on the third hit of the inning, to take the loss. In 14 innings, the Red Wings managed just six hits. James Beresford went 2-5 with a walk and his 20th double. Kennys Vargas went 1-3 with a walk and his sixth double. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 7, Pensacola 2 Box Score It was a good day for the Lookouts. Adam Brett Walker got the scoring started in the first inning with an RBI double. Later in the game, he had another RBI double. He now has 28 doubles and 96 RBI on the season. Levi Michael went 2-4 with a walk, his tenth double and his fifth home run. Max Kepler went 2-5. Shannon Wilkerson hit his first home run with the Lookouts. DJ Baxendale made the start. He was wild but gave up just one run on five hits in five innings. He walked five and struck out six. Nick Burdi got the next two innings. He gave up no runs and no hits. He walked three and struck out three. Brandon Peterson worked the final two innings. He gave up one run on one hit. He walked two and struck out one. With the game still in the balance in the fourth inning, Baxendale started the inning by walking two straight batters. That brought up former Twins farmhand Ray Chang. The infielder grounded to Heiker Meneses who stepped on third base. He threw to Levi Michael at second for the second out. Michael then threw to Niko Goodrum at first base to complete the rare triple play. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, Bradenton 9 Box Score Matt Summers made his first start of the year after being returned to the Miracle. He gave up four runs on four hits and a walk over just two innings. He was replaced by Brian Gilbert who gave up three runs on five hits and two walks in three innings. Zack Jones came on and gave up two runs on two hits and three walks in two innings. He struck out three. Jake Reed struck out one in a flawless inning. Logan Wade and Jason Kanzler both went 2-4 in the game. Mitch Garver hit his 22nd double of the year. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 1, Clinton 2 Box Score As you would expect with someone returning from Tommy John surgery, there will be some ups and downs. That would describe Randy Rosario’s 2015 return, but tonight was a great night for the lefty. Rosario went seven innings. He gave up just one run on two hits. He walked one and struck out eight. He left with a tied game. Luke Bard pitched a scoreless eighth. However, with two outs in the ninth, he gave up the game-winning run. Bard struck out four in 1.2 innings. The Kernels managed just six hits. Sean Miller went 2-4 with his second double. Rafael Valera, Edgar Corcino, and TJ White each had a single and a walk. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 5, Pulaski 14 Box Score Dereck Rodriguez has been terrific for the E-Twins this season, but tonight didn’t go so well. In this one, he went just three innings. He was charged with six runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out two. With this rough outing, he falls to 5-2 with a very solid 2.65 ERA. CK Irby came on and gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits. He walked two and struck out one in two innings. Anthony Mciver gave up an unearned run on one hit and a hit batter in two innings. He struck out three. Josh Guyer gave up one run on one hit in his inning. LaMonte Wade went 2-3 with a walk. Jermaine Palacios gets back into these reports, going 2-5 with his first triple. Kamran Young hit his fourth homer and drove in three runs. Lewin Diaz is hitting just .083 since moving up to Elizabethton, but on this night, he hit his first Appy League homer. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 0, GCL Red Sox 10 Box Score The Twins bullpen struggled in this one, but it didn’t matter much because their bats managed just three hits. Luis Martinez hit his fourth double. Roni Tapia had a single and a walk. Eduardo del Rosario started. He gave up two runs on six hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out six. Brandon Poulson came on. He pitched a scoreless sixth inning before a wild seventh inning. Poulson got just one out. He was charged with three runs on two hits and two walks. Rich Condeelis came on and gave up five runs on four hits and a walk in 0.1 innings. Andrew Vasquez got the final out of the seventh, but not before walking two and giving up a hit to score all three inherited runners. Matz Schutte struck out one in a perfect eighth inning. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – JO Berrios, Rochester Red Wings Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Levi Michael, Chattanooga Lookouts SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Scranton/Wilkes Barre (6:05 CST) – RHP Michael Bowden Chattanooga @ Pensacola (6:35 CST) – LHP Jason Wheeler Ft. Myers @ Bradenton (5:30 CST) – LHP Mat Batts Cedar Rapids @ Clinton (6:30 CST) – RHP Sam Gibbons Elizabethton @ Pulaski (6:00 CST) – RHP Onesimo Hernandez GCL Red Sox @ GCL Twins (9:00 CST) – TBD Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article

What a night in the Twins system! The Twins found another way to lose to the Yankees. Byron Buxton continued to hit. Two top-ten prospects threw complete games for the Ft. Myers Miracle. With that true, the top pitching performance of the night came from Cedar Rapids. That says a lot when you consider the Elizabethton starter didn’t give up a hit.All that and more can be found as you work your way through today’s minor league report. TRANSACTIONS There were a couple of transactions in the Twins system on Tuesday: Lefty David Hurlbut, promoted to Rochester over the weekend for one start, was returned to AA Chattanooga.RHP Matt Summer was sent down to Ft. Myers.Danny Santana was activated from the 7-day disabled list. Eric Farris was placed on the DL for Rochester.In former Twins minor league news, as of last week when he was released from the Rochester roster, Nate Hanson has signed with the 62-19 St. Paul Saints. He was in their lineup on Tuesday night.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 6, Buffalo 5 Box Score Byron Buxton extended his hitting streak to all 12 games he’s spent with the Red Wings. He went 2-4 with his second double. Danny Santana was 2-4 with his seventh double and fourth triple. James Beresford was also 2-4. Kennys Vargas’s fifth double drove in two runs. Logan Darnell made the start and the lefty worked into the sixth inning. In 5.2 innings, he gave up three unearned runs. He allowed three hits, walked five and struck out three. Tim Shibuya, the Twins 23rd round pick in 2011, made his AAA debut. He gave up two hits over 1.1 scoreless innings in relief. Aaron Thompson came on to start the eighth, but he gave up two hits and walked a batter without recording an out. Mark Hamburger came in and allowed two of the inherited runners to score on a hit, but he got through the eighth inning holding a one-run lead. Michael Tonkin came on and pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 4, Pensacola 8 Box Score Greg Peavey had a rough one. He gave up six runs on four hits and four walks and recorded just four outs. Alex Wimmers came on and struck out three over 2.2 perfect innings. Brandon Peterson struck out one in a flawless inning. Nick Burdi gave up two runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings. He struck out two. DJ Johnson got the final out with a strikeout. The Lookouts went 1-2-3 in the first two innings. Niko Goodrum led off the third inning with his fifth home run. He went 2-3 in the game. Max Kepler was 1-3 with a walk. MIRACLE MATTERS Game 1 – Ft. Myers 4, Charlotte 1 Box Score Stephen Gonsalves continues a remarkable 2015 season. The left-hander went all seven innings of game one. He gave up just one run on four hits. He walked one and struck out seven. He improved to 6-1 with a 2.23 ERA with the Miracle. Josmil Pinto was added to the Miracle roster after DHing in four games with the GCL Twins. He was the DH and third hitter in this game. He went 1-4 but hit a solo home run. The other big hit came off the bat of Tanner Vavra. He hit a two-run single in a three-run fifth inning. Logan Wade hit his 17th double. Game 2 – Ft. Myers 5, Charlotte 2 Box Score Kohl Stewart followed Gonsalves’s complete game with one of his own. He gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings. He did not walk a batter. He struck out two and recorded 13 groundouts. He is now 6-7 with a 3.21 ERA on the season. Tanner Vavra again led the way. He went 2-2 with a walk. Aderlin Mejia went 1-2 with his eighth double and two RBI KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 0, Kane County 1 Box Score Keaton Steele deserved better. The right-hander gave up just one run on three hits over eight innings. He walked none and struck out four. However, he took the loss. The Kernels bats just couldn’t get anything going. They managed just six hits in the game. Zach Larson went 2-3 with his 18th double. Edgar Corcino went 2-4. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 6, Danville 2 Box Score Cody Stashak was back on the mound. Through five innings, he gave up only an unearned run. He gave up no hits, walked two and struck out six. He came out of the game and was replaced by Logan Lombana. He gave up one run on four hits over two innings. He struck out two and didn’t walk a batter. Kuo Hua Lo struck out four over the final two innings to drop his ERA to 1.03. Stashak improved to 5-1 with a 1.58 ERA. Kamran Young led the offense. He went 2-4 with his sixth double, his second triple and four RBI. LaMonte Wade went 1-2 with two walks. He also stole his sixth and seventh bases. Manuel Guzman walked twice. He stole his 16th, 17th and 18th bases. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 3, GCL Orioles 5 Box Score Christian Cavaness led off the game by being hit by a pitch. He stayed in the game and scored a run, but he was replaced by Jorge Andrade who went 3-3 for the rest of the game. He also stole his ninth base. Roberto Gonzalez went 2-4 in the game. Ariel Montesino had a single and a walk. Blake Schmit went 1-4 and drove in two runs. He has hit .324 in his rehab stint. Williams Ramirez started and gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits. In 4.2 innings, he walked once and struck out four. Max Cordy came on and worked the next 2.1 innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He struck out two. Johan Quezada gave up one run on one hit and one walk in his inning. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Keaton Steele, Cedar Rapids Kernels Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Tanner Vavra, Ft. Myers Miracle WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Buffalo @ Rochester (12:35 CST) – LHP Pat Dean Chattanooga @ Pensacola (6:35 CST) – LHP Brett Lee Ft. Myers @ Charlotte (6:00 CST) – TBD Cedar Rapids @ Ft. Myers (6:35 CST) – RHP Felix Jorge Elizabethton – No Game Scheduled GCL Orioles @ GCL Twins (11:00 CST) – TBD Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article

A couple of the Twins top pitching prospects were on the hill Saturday and there were some big offensive outputs as well. The Twins were playing a late game in Oakland. But all in all it was a pretty quiet day in the Twins world otherwise. Let's check the farm.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 2, Lehigh Valley 4 Box Score Jose Berrios made his third start in AAA this season on Saturday, hoping for results better than his previous two starts, both of which saw Berrios fail to make it out of the sixth inning. Well, it happened. Berrios allowed a solo opposite-field home run to Jordan Danks and a triple to Chase d’Arnaud, who scored on a sacrifice fly. In addition to that, Berrios only allowed one other hit, a hit batter and a sixth-inning walk. He made it through seven innings (on 101 pitches) and struck out nine. Berrios appeared to change his approach to help him make it deeper. In his second start, he threw a number of curveballs early in the game. On Saturday, Berrios worked off his fastball early, using his slider and change-up to keep hitters off balance. He started to show the curveball in the sixth inning, when he was facing the lineup for the third time. Alex Meyer took the loss, allowing a two-run home run. He struck out two in the eighth inning. Caleb Thielbar struck out two while facing the minimum in the ninth. Offensively, Danny Ortiz provided both runs with one swing of the bad, a two-run blast to tie the game in the fourth inning. But the team as a whole batted 0-11 with runners in scoring position, so there was plenty of opportunities to add more runs. Eric Farris had two hits. James Beresford had a double. Since homering off Aaron Nola, Oswaldo Arcia entered the game with six consecutive strikeouts. He broke that streak with a weak groundball to the second baseman. He singled later to center for his first hit since Thursday. Jorge Polanco committed his 7th AAA error - a throwing error. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 5, Biloxi 3 Box Score The Lookouts didn’t provide much offense - only six hits - and made multiple outs on the basepaths, but did enough to secure the victory. Kennys Vargas led the way with two solo home runs - one from each side of the plate - in the sixth and ninth innings. Max Kepler doubled in Niko Goodrum in the first inning. Adam Brett Walker drove in Kepler and Vargas scored on a Stuart Turner sac fly in the fourth. Goodrum committed two errors at third base. Jason Wheeler started the game and lasted 6.2 innings. He allowed two runs on seven hits. He walked one and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts. (He’s done it once in each of his four professional seasons.) Jake Reed struck out one in recording four outs. D.J. Johnson came in to get the save and walked the first batter. After striking out the next batter - who got ejected for arguing the call - Johnson gave up a single and then hit a batter to load the bases with one out. With the winning runner at the plate, the ball was batted toward the gap between Heiker Meneses and Goodrum. Meneses made a good play to force out the runner at third. A runner scores. Two outs. Johnson coaxed a pop out to short right field to end the game and secure the victory. The Lookouts improve to 7-14 in the second half. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 6, Brevard County 7 Box Score The Miracle scored four first inning runs and led until late, when Brevard County scored four late-inning runs to complete the comeback and hand Fort Myers a heartbreaking loss. By the time Kohl Stewart stepped on the mound, he already had a four-run lead, thanks to a walk, a couple singles and an error. Brett Doe drove in a run, Ryan Walker singled in two runs and Jason Kanzler rounded out the scoring with a sac fly. Kohl Stewart only gave up five hits in six innings, but walked four. Three runners crossed the plates, though only two were earned. He struck out four. Zach Granite drove in Chad Christensen in both the second and fourth inning to round out the Miracle scoring. The lead was handed to Corey Williams would sent Brevard County down 1-2-3 in the seventh but gave up two runs in the eighth on two hits. He gave way to Dallas Gallant who struggled with control and had two wild pitches and a walk. He left with two outs after giving up a single to the tying run. Zack Jones gave up a hit and a walk to load the bases. He hit the next batter to tie the game. And then promptly hit the next batter to give Brevard County a walk-off win. Granite, Doe and Walker all had two hit games. Walker added a triple. The Miracle head back home with a 51-42 overall record. They are 12-10 in the second half. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 3, Quad Cities 2 Box Score The Kernels scored first and last and that was enough to get the win on Saturday night. Nick Gordon’s third inning triple scored Brian Navarreto and extended his hitting streak to 17 games. Tanner English knocked in the tying and go-ahead runs in the ninth to seal the win. Sam Gibbons struck out four in five scoreless innings. He allowed five hits and walked one. Hard-throwing Yorman Landa walked three and allowed two hits which pushed two runs across. He struck out four. Alphabet Soup closed out the game and got credit with the win and save. Michael Theofanopoulos got three fly balls in a perfect eighth inning and Trevor Hildenberger finished it off. Navarreto had two hits and scored twice. Edgar Corcino also singled twice. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 15, Burlington 10 Box Score Some late inning fireworks helped the E-Twins climb back to one game under .500. Elizabethton jumped to a big lead with six second-inning runs. Amaurys Minier (single) and A.J. Murray (walk) advanced on a wild pitch and were joined on base by Travis Blankenhorn on an infield hit. Alex Perez cleared the bases with a double. After a Manuel Guzman walk, Kamran Young cleared the bases again with a three-run home run. They added a run in the third-, fourth-, and sixth-inning, but still found themselves down 10-9 when they came to bat in the ninth. Austin Diemer drove in two runs with a double and after another run scored on an error, LaMonte Wade added some insurance in the form of a three-run home run. All told, ten different batters scored, led by Young’s three runs. Rainis Silva had three hits including a double and Perez was a home run short of the cycle. Travis Blankenhorn had an RBI double. The pitching lines weren’t as pretty. Sam Clay lasted 3.1 innings, allowing four runs on two hits and a walk. He struck out one. Nate Gerken (1.2 IP) and Onesimo Hernandez (0.2 IP) both gave up multiple runs. C.K. Irby earned the win with 2.1 innings of shutout ball. Kuo Hua Lo closed the game with a scoreless inning. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 2, GCL Red Sox 7 Box Score The Red Sox jumped out to quick lead on starter Jose Martinez, scoring three runs in the first and adding another in the fifth off of Martinez, who finished five innings. He allowed four hits and three walks while striking out two, taking the loss. The Twins scored their runs in the third and fourth innings. The rehabbing D.J. Hicks doubled in Luis Martinez, who was hit by a pitch, in the third. The hot-hitting Jermaine Palacios doubled in the fourth and later scored on an RBI groundout by Robert Molina. After a 1-for-19 start, Palacios is 30-for-55 (.545) over his last 14 games. He’s still skinny (listed at 145 lbs), but is OPSing 1.044 on the season. Not a lot of pop (nine extra base hits), but an OBP of .476 certainly helps. Only 18 and playing shortstop, Palacios, who committed his fourth error today, is one to watch over the next couple of years. With no primary shortstops on the E-town roster - they’ve been rotating guys - it will be interesting to see if he gets a shot in the Appy League this season. Miguel Gonzalez, who signed for $650,000 in July of 2011, pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two. His third shot at the GCL has gone really well so far, Gonzalez has made seven appearances and pitched 16.1 innings, allowing only six hits and a two walks. No runs. He’s struck out 20. Things have not gone as smoothly for Rich Condeelis, a 36th-rounder in the 2015 draft from Pitt. For the third time in five games, Condeelis has allowed multiple runs. This time the damage was three runs on four hits and a walk. Also of note on Saturday, both Trey Cabbage and Lewin Diaz went 0-4 with two strikeouts. Their batting averages drop to .257 and .213, respectively. The loss drops the club to 13-9. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Jose Berrios, Rochester Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Kamran Young, Elizabethton SUNDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester vs Lehigh Valley (12:35 CST) – LHP Taylor Rogers Chattanooga at Biloxi (5:10 CST) – LHP David Hurlbut Ft. Myers vs Jupiter (3:05 CST) – LHP Stephen Gonsavles Cedar Rapids at Quad Cities (5:15 CST) – LHP Luke Westphal Elizabethton at Burlington (5:00 CST) - RHP Cody Stashak Feel free to leave any questions or comments below! Click here to view the article