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The Twins spent their off-day between Chicago and Detroit in preparation of their three-game series in Motown. And they didn’t want anything screwing up their hot start. The Tigers finished their series with visiting Boston and the Red Sox had several team employees and players suffering from the flu. The Twins, forced to stay in Chicago an extra night while Red Sox players remained in the city and their hotel, called the Tigers to get the visiting clubhouse fumigated. That’s all the Twins need after a quick start to their season… catching the Red Sox sick germs and losing players.To the minor-league front... We’re still waiting for additional details on second base prospect Luis Arraez. Arraez left Saturday’s game on a cart after an awkward tumble and was placed on the disabled list Monday. To take his place, the Miracle added outfield Casey Scoggins from extended spring training. In brighter news, pitching prospect Jose Berrios was named 2017’s first International League Pitcher of the Week. This comes on the heels of pitching six innings of shut out, seven-strikeout ball on Saturday. All of the affiliates were in action on Monday. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 4, Buffalo 9 Box Score After both teams started their seasons with sweeps, one team was bound to fall from the ranks of the undefeated. That team fell behind early and couldn’t mount a comeback. Jason Wheeler, who had a great bounce-back year in 2016 that saw him win 11 games in a Red Wings uniform, was making his 2017 debut. After a first inning that saw Buffalo quickly go down in order, Wheeler ran into trouble. Despite only walking two and a half batters per nine over his 700+ inning minor-league career, Wheeler issued three free passes in the second inning alone. Combine that with a passed ball and two singles and Wheeler was fortunate to escape the inning with only three runners crossing home plate. He settled down - allowing only a solo home run in the fourth - but still only was able to make it through five innings (91 pitches) before being lifted. He struck out three. The bullpen didn’t fare any better. D.J. Baxendale allowed two runs on three hits while recording four outs. Buddy Boshers gave up three runs on four hits and a walk while also recording four outs. Alex Wimmers got the last out of the eighth inning on a strikeout, but not before letting two of his three inherited runners score on a single. The offense collected nine hits, led by Leo Reginatto, who finished a triple short of the cycle and hit his first career AAA home run. He drove in two. Kenny Vargas chipped in with two hits and ByungHo Park doubled in the ninth inning, but was lifted for a pinch-runner. Reports from the field were that he may have aggravated a hamstring. While it could be nothing, it at least bears watching. Rochester falls to 3-1. The two teams collide again on Tuesday afternoon. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 7, Mobile 6 Box Score The Lookouts fell behind 5-0 before putting together a four-run sixth inning to close the gap to 6-5. A two-run eighth inning completed the comeback victory. In the sixth inning, Edgar Corcino led off with a double. He waited there through two outs and a pitching change. Then his teammates got to work. Travis Harrison doubled to score Corcino. LaMonte Wade singled Harrison in. Jairo Rodriguez hit a double to plate Wade. Then Rodriguez scored on a Levi Michael single, who later stole a base. The winning inning came courtesy of another Wade single and then a Rodriguez single. A wild-pitch advanced both runners and Rodriguez, now in scoring position, was replaced by Tanner English. Nick Gordon drove them both in, but was thrown out at second base. Rodriguez ended up with three hits and in addition to those multi-hit players mentioned already, Engelb Vielma also had two hits, including a double and an RBI. Paul Clemens made a forgettable Twins-organization debut. In four innings, he gave up five runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk. Ryan Eades walked three and allowed a solo home run, but was bailed out by Mason Melotakis, who relieved Eades with the bases loaded, but got an infield fly pop out and fly out to end the inning. Melotakis picked up the win. Luke Bard earned the save, but made it interesting by allowing two hits in the ninth. Chattanooga escapes with the win and improves to 3-2. MIRACLE MATTERS Fort Myers 3, Tampa 4 (13 innings) Box Score The Miracle scored runs early and got a great performance from pitcher Randy LeBlanc… but ended up losing in a 13-inning game that lasted three and a half hours. LeBlanc struck out eight in seven scoreless innings. He allowed five hits. LeBlanc made 13 starts for the Miracle last year after dominating in Cedar Rapids (and also made one start for Chattanooga). Jonny Drozd allowed three runs in the eighth inning and took a blown save. Nick Anderson pitched two innings of scoreless ball before turning it over to Anthony McIver, who retired five before allowing the winning run. The whole lineup, with the exception of Sean Miller, got a hit or two. But of the 11 hits, only one, a Nelson Molina solo home run, went for extra bases. The team struggled to a 1-8 line with runners in scoring position. Alex Perez was 2-4 with two walks. Fort Myers also made plenty of mistakes: Zander Wiel committed two fielding errors at first base and Rafael Valera and Nelson Molina were both caught stealing. The Miracle drops to 1-4 on the season. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 0, Kane County 2 Box Score The Kernels ran into a Kane County club that had pitched shutouts in two of their last three games. They saw more of the same on Monday night. Cedar Rapids starter Clark Beeker did his best to keep the Kernels in the game, completing seven innings. He allowed two runs, including a solo home run, on eight hits and a walk. He struck out three. Hector Lujan gave up a walk in his inning of work. The offense just didn’t do enough to score runs. They did collect eight hits - all singles - but went 1-9 with runners in scoring position, struck out 12 times and had an Aaron Whitefield caught-stealing. These things proved problematic. Jermaine Palacios and Brandon Lopez both had two-hit games. The Kernels will look to knock the Cougars from perfection on Tuesday afternoon. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day – Randy LeBlanc, Fort Myers Miracle Hitter of the Day – Leo Reginatto, Rochester Red Wings TUESDAY'S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester at Buffalo (12:05 CST) - RHP Aaron Slegers (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Fort Myers @ Tampa (6:00 CST) - LHP Lachlan Wells (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ Kane County (NOON CST) - RHP Tyler Beardsley (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Monday’s games. Click here to view the article