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It was a sweep for the Minnesota Twins and their minor league affiliates on Wednesday night. Wins have been infrequent for the Twins, and on this night, it their bats that led to the win. In the minors, it was more about the traditional way to win, strong pitching. Looking at the four starting pitchers in the minors, they combined to give up three runs over 27 innings. The bullpens then combined for nine scoreless innings. Pitching wins, and on this night, the Twins affiliates got some great pitching! Continue reading if you would like more information from your Minor League Report. By the end of the day on Thursday, the Twins will have drafted five players they hope to sign. Keep up with everything related to the draft here at Twins Daily.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 3, Buffalo 1 Box Score Tommy Milone put together another strong start for the Red Wings, and JT Chargois shut the door as the Red Wings improved to 35-25, the best record in the International League. Milone started and improved to 4-0 with a 1.94 ERA with seven strong innings. He gave up one run on eight hits and two walks. He struck out six. In the eighth inning, Mike Quade used three pitchers for one out apiece. David Martinez, Ryan O’Rourke and JT Chargois each got an out. Chargois pitched a clean ninth inning to record his fourth save. Buck Britton went 2-3 with a walk. John Ryan Murphy had the two biggest hits in the game. His fourth double drove in a run, and he also had an RBI single. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 5, Jacksonville 2 Box Score Aaron Slegers was solid on the mound again and his battery mate provided some of the power. Slegers worked the first seven innings. He gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out two batters. Luke Westphal gave up a hit and a walk, but he pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Trevor Hildenberger pitched a quick, perfect ninth inning to record his eighth Lookouts save. Shannon Wilkerson led the offense. The outfielder went 3-4 with his fifth double. Travis Harrison added his 11th double and a walk. Leonardo Reginnato went 2-5. Stuart Turner added his third home run of the season. The first four runs (three earned) scored by the Lookouts came against former Twins minor leaguer, lefty Matt Tomshaw. He was a minor league Rule 5 pick of the Marlins following the 2014 season. The Lookouts are inching closer to that .500 mark at 29-30 on the season. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 1, Brevard County 0 Box Score Tyler Jay may not have had his best stuff, but the results were terrific again. Jay gave up seven hits and walked two, but he threw six shutout innings. He struck out four. He has now thrown 15 consecutive shutout innings to drop his season ERA to 2.18. He was replaced by Luke Bard who struck out two over two scoreless innings. Yorman Landa worked the ninth to maintain the shutout and record his third save. Miracle pitchers were helped tremendously by five double plays. The pitching had little margin for error as the Brewers’ affiliate held the Miracle offense to just five hits and struck out 15. The lone run came in the fourth inning. With two outs, Edgar Corcino singled. Chris Paul doubled him in from first base. TJ White batted third in his return from Chattanooga. Joe Maloney played his first game for their Miracle. They batted third and fourth, respectively, and each had one hit. Maloney’s hit was a triple. For Brevard County, former Twins prospect Zack Jones made his first appearance of the year on a rehab assignment. The Rule 5 pick threw one inning. He walked one and struck out two. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 6, Kane County 0 Box Score The reports coming out of Ft. Myers this spring indicated that Fernando Romero was throwing well, and throwing hard. He recently was promoted to the Kernels and has been fantastic ever since. On this night, the strong right-hander improved to 4-0 and dropped his ERA to 1.17 with seven shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked one and struck out seven. Michael Cederoth worked the final two innings and kept the shutout. He walked one and struck out three. The Kernels got it going early. Zander Wiel had an RBI double. It was followed by a two-run blast off the bat of AJ Murray, his sixth homer of the year. In the seventh inning, the Kernels got RBI singles from JJ Fernandez and Luis Arraez, followed by an RBI double by Sean Miller. Arraez went 2-4 with a double. LaMonte Wade walked twice. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Fernando Romero, Cedar Rapids Kernels Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Buffalo (12:05 p.m. CST) - LHP Andrew Albers Jacksonville @ Chattanooga (10:15 am CST) - RHP Kohl Stewart Ft. Myers @ Brevard County (5:35 CST) – RHP Keaton Steele Kane County @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Miles Nordgren Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss the Wednesday games. Click here to view the article

The Twins lost both ends of a split double header and find themselves two and a half games behind the Astros for the second wild card spot. Now losers of five straight, the Twins are also a game behind the Angels and just a game and a half ahead of the Indians, all fighting for that final postseason spot. In the Minor Leagues, both the Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Chattanooga Lookouts returned home for the third game of their Championship Series. Let's see how things went. Biloxi Shuckers @ Chattanooga Lookouts Tyler Wagner vs. Greg Peavey Final: Shuckers 2, Lookouts 0 Box In the top of the first inning, Greg Peavey gave up a single and a double to the first two batters of the game to put runners at second and third with no outs. Peavey managed to limit the damage, with only one run scoring on a sacrifice fly, sandwiched between a pair of infield popups. Greg Peavey made it through the next three innings without giving up an additional run, but not without drama as he put the leadoff batter on base in every inning. In the fifth, Peavey again put the leadoff man on base, via a double. After a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk to Orlando Arcia, Manager Doug Mientkiewicz decided he had seen enough and lifted Peavey in favor of D. J. Johnson. Johnson walked the first batter he faced to load the bases. The next batter hit into a fielder's choice, but the Lookouts couldn't turn two, only grabbing the out at second base, allowing a run to score. D.J. Johnson managed to keep more runs off the board, despite throwing a wild pitch and walking the next batter before striking out Biloxi's centerfielder, Brett Phillips. Johnson recorded one out in the seventh before being lifted for Brett Lee. Brett Lee and Jake Reed finished things up, allowing just two hits the rest of the way. Two runs were plenty for the Shuckers as the Lookouts were 0-8 with runners in scoring position, stranding ten runners in the process. Shuckers pitchers Tyler Wagner and Yhonathan Barrios combined to strike out ten and walked just two, giving up eight total hits. The first three hitters in the Lookouts lineup, Stephen Wickens, Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler, went a combined 0-12. Cleanup hitter Travis Harrison had a great night, 3-3 with a walk and a double, but without anyone on base ahead of him, he didn't have any chances to drive in runs. Centerfielder and number nine hitter Shannon Wilkerson also had a pair of hits, 2-4 and a strike out. The Shuckers and the Lookouts are back on the field Sunday at 1:15pm. The Lookouts need a win to stay alive. West Michigan Whitecaps @ Cedar Rapids Kernels Artie Lewicki vs. Keaton Steele Final: Whitecaps 1, Kernels 2 Box The Kernels took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a Rafael P. Valera sacrifice fly, but then gave a run back to the Whitecaps in the top of the fourth to knot things at one-one. The game continued on, deadlocked, until the top of the ninth. Pitching his second inning of relief, Luke Bard walked the leadoff hitter and then found himself with a runner on second and one out after a sacrifice bunt. A single to centerfield scored the go-ahead run, and Wade capped the inning on back-to-back strike outs, with the Kernels now down 2-1, down to their last three outs. Edgar Corcino doubled to start things off for the Kernels in the bottom of the ninth, and then T.J. White came up with a double of his own, off of the left fielder's glove. Because the ball was nearly caught, Corcino was holding up and only advanced to third. With runners on second and third with no outs, the Whitecaps brought in their closer Joe Jimenez was was 5-1 with a 1.47 ERA in the regular season, converting on 17-20 save opportunities and racking up 61 strike outs against just 11 walks in 43 innings. Jimenez proceeded to walk the first batter he faced, LaMonte Wade, loading up the bases for Chris Paul. Paul struck out swinging. Max Murphy came up to bat with the bases still loaded and delivered a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Edgar Corcino and tying the game at 2-2, putting runners at the corner for Brian Navarreto. Navarreto worked deep into the count, with LaMonte Wade advancing to second on defensive indifference midway through the at bat. Navarreto fouled off a couple of pitches before hitting something close to a Baltimore Chop, a high bouncer that came down midway between the pitchers mound and third base. With T.J. White running home on contact, the only play for Whitecaps third basemen Francisco Contreras was at first. Navarreto beat the throw and the Kernels walk-off winners and are just one win away from winning the Midwest League Championship! Kernels pitching held the Whitecaps to just five hits all night, led by Keaton Steele who pitched seven innings, struck out five, walked one and gave up four hits. Luke Bard picked up the win thanks to those ninth inning heroics, giving up a hit, a run, striking out two and walking two. Kernels hitters struggled a bit, recording just seven hits, but three of them came in the ninth when they needed them most. Navarreto's infield single was his only hit of the night 1-4, and T.J. White, who scored the winning run, was the only Kernel with multiple hits, 2-4 with a double. The Kernels will play for the Midwest League Championship at 2:05pm on Sunday.

Two more big games in the Twins minor leagues. The Chattanooga Lookouts went to Montgomery for Game 3 of their Southern League playoff series. The Cedar Rapids Kernels held a 1-0 series lead against Peoria and returned to Cedar Rapids for Game 2. Would a Game 3 be needed? Continue below to read more in today's Minor League Report.The Minnesota Twins continued to have the number of American League Cy Young contender Chris Sale, who was chased after just three innings, nine hits, and six earned runs. Torii Hunter slugged his nineteenth home run of the year in the first inning to get it started, and they never looked back behind the start of Kyle Gibson. He went 7.2 innings of shutout ball, and struck out seven. The win kept the Twins just one game back of the Texas Rangers for the final AL Wild Card, who also won Sunday afternoon. In the minors on Sunday, both the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Chattanooga Lookouts continued their postseason push. One team found themselves down early and needed a comeback if they wanted to prevent a sudden death game three, and the other had to hold off a late comeback if they were going to take a series lead on the road. To find out how all it all went down on Sunday night, keep reading! CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 7, Montgomery 3 Box Score The Chattanooga offense got things started quickly, and it was courtesy of the Southern League home run champ, Adam Brett Walker. His two-run blast in the second inning put them up 2-0, as Lookouts starter Greg Peavey cruised in the early innings. Singles from Shannon Wilkerson, Stephen Wickens, and Max Kepler loaded the bases with one out in the third inning, and an error and fielder’s choice would add to more runs to make it 4-0 early. Peavey scattered five hits and three walks in six innings, striking out five while holding the Biscuits off the scoreboard. The Lookouts would add an insurance run for him in the top of the seventh on a Jorge Polanco sac fly. Peavey was relieved by Alex Wimmers with a five run lead in the seventh, and that’s when things got dicey. He recorded the innings first out, but consecutive walks were followed by a three run home run to make it 5-3. A double and single would follow to put the tying run in scoring position before the bullpen could get warmed up. Lefty Corey Williams was summoned for a same-sided hitter matchup, but he walked the batter to load the bases. Jake Reed was quickly brought in to face the right-handers coming up, and escaped the threat with consecutive strikeouts. The Lookouts mounted a two-out rally in the eighth, as an error put runners on second and third for Wilkerson, who brought them in with a single to right field to make it 7-3. Reed remained in the game for the eighth inning and kept Montgomery off the board, despite two walks. D.J. Johnson was called upon for the ninth, and finished the game with a one-two-three inning. The Lookouts got multiple hits from Wickens (2-5, R) in the leadoff spot, and Wilkerson (3-3, 2 R’s, 2 RBI) in the nine hole. Kepler was 1-4 with walk, and Walker’s home run was their only extra base hit of the day. The win puts Chattanooga out front 2-1 in the series, and they’ll look to end the five game series tomorrow night on the road. KERNELS NUGGETS Peoria 4, Cedar Rapids 5 Box Score In game two of their best of three Midwest League Western Division title series, Cedar Rapids sent left-hander Randy Rosario to the mound. He was spotted a 1-0 lead in the second inning when doubles from Chris Paul and Austin Diemer got the Kernels on the board first, but a rough top of the third for Rosario put Peoria out front. Consecutive singles started the inning, and a fielder’s choice ground ball and walk put runners on the corners. A strikeout for the second out gave Rosario two outs and a chance to escape unscathed, but a T.J. White error allowed the first two Chiefs runs to score and prolonged the inning. A balk on Rosario would score the third run of the inning and move another runner into scoring position, who came in on a single to the next batter to make it 4-1 Peoria early. Rosario picked up another strikeout to end the threat, and went on to finish six innings total. He retired the side one-two-three in each of the fifth and sixth. All of the four runs against Rosario were unearned. He allowed seven hits and walked one, while striking out five on the day. The Kernels would come back to pull within one run by scoring single runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth, Max Murphy led off with a single, and was followed by a double from Brian Navaretto to put runners on second and third. Diemer sent a single into left field to score Murphy, but Navaretto was gunned down at home for the innings first out. A double play ball would end the inning. The fifth started with a double from Edgar Corcino, and his run made the score 4-3 when LaMonte Wade doubled to right field. Michael Theofanopoulos came in from the bullpen for the seventh inning and struck out two hitters in a scoreless inning. He allowed one hit. In the bottom of the seventh, Nick Gordon wreaked some havoc on the bases, and the result put the Kernels out front. He led off the inning with a single and was moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Corcino to put the tying run in scoring position. Gordon didn’t think he was quite close enough, as he took off for third and stole it to put himself ninety-feet away. It was a pretty smart and important base, as a wild-pitch to the next batter allowed him to score the tying run and moved White to second. He would score on Paul’s single a batter later put the Kernels out front 5-4. Yorman Landa was then summoned from the Kernels bullpen in the eighth, and came out throwing fire. He struck out the side in quick fashion, all swinging, and made it four K’s in a row to start the ninth. He then walked a batter to put the tying run on base for Peoria, but followed that up by inducing a game-ending double play for his first postseason save. (Video by Steve Buhr) As a team the Kernels outhit the Chiefs thirteen to eight, and had far more scoring opportunities than Peoria. They were 4-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base, compared to just 1-4 with runners and scoring position and four men left on base for Peoria. Gordon led the Kernels with a 3-5 night, scoring one run and adding a double. Corcino (2-3, 2B, R), Paul (2-4, 2B, R, RBI), and Diemer (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI) each had two hits on the night. With the sweep of the three game series, the Kernels will make their first appearance in the Midwest League Championship Series since 1994, when they defeated Rockford three games to one in the five game series. Their defeat of the Chiefs also marks the second series win of the postseason where their opponent finished one or both halves of the MWL season with a better record. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day – Yorman Landa, Cedar Rapids Kernels (Save, 2.0 IP, 1 BB, 4 K’s) Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts (3-3, 2 R’s, 2 RBI) MONDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Chattanooga @ Montgomery (7:05PM CST) – TBD Cedar Rapids – Day off before MWL Championship series begins on Wednesday. Please feel free to ask any questions and discuss Sunday’s games! Click here to view the article

Pitching wins, right? Well, on a night when Mike Pelfrey got rocked yet again, all four Twins minor league starters posted quality starts. A couple of strong candidates for minor league starting pitcher of the year did what they’ve done all year. And there were some solid hitting performances too.Check out everything that happened in the Twins farm system on Friday. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 2, Pawtucket 1 Box Score Pat Dean made the final start of his remarkable 2015 season. Dean improved to 12-11 with a 2.82 ERA after completing his fifth game of the year. In his nine innings, he gave up one run on five hits. He walked none and struck out one. As you would guess, he needed just 97 pitches and 72 of them were strikes. Allan de San Miguel sat on the Rochester DL for most of the whole year. He was added to the roster on Tuesday. In this game, he went 2-3 with his first double. Oswaldo Arcia added his 13th double. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 8, Jackson 2 Box Score The Lookouts had a terrific night as they prepare for the Southern League playoffs. They got a strong start from David Hulbut. The southpaw went the first seven innings. He gave up two runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out three. Alex Wimmers and Nick Burdi both struck out two in perfect innings. Nearly everyone contributed to the offensive output. Shannon Wilkerson went 3-5 and stole his 10th base. Stuart Turner was 3-4. Niko Goodrum went 2-4 with a walk. Dalton Hicks and Heiker Meneses each had two hits. Adam Brett Walker hit his 31st double. Max Kepler was 0-2, but he walked three times. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 5, Charlotte 1 Box Score Stephen Gonsalves’s final start of the season was terrific. He improved to 7-2 with a 2.61 ERA with the Miracle with the win. The lefty went the first six innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He struck out five without issuing a walk. Matt Summers earned his first save with three shutout innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out two. Bryan Haar led the offense with a 3-4 game. Ryan Walker went 2-4 with a walk, his sixth double and his ninth stolen base. Logan Wade hit his 22nd double. Mitch Garver was 1-3 with a walk and his 24th double. Tanner Vavra went 1-2 with two walks. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 5, Wisconsin 4 Box Score The Kernels gave up the lead in the second half of this game, but they were able to come back and take the lead and secure another win over Wisconsin. Sam Gibbons started. He went six innings and gave up two runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out four. John Curtiss came on and gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning. Zach Tillery threw a scoreless eighth and Nick Anderson recorded his third save with a scoreless ninth. TJ White again led the way. He went 2-3 with his 21st double. LaMonte Wade went 2-4. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Pat Dean, Rochester Red Wings Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Ryan Walker, Ft. Myers Miracle SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Lehigh Valley (5:35 CST) – RHP JO Berrios Jackson @ Chattanooga (6:15) – RHP Greg Peavey Ft. Myers @ Charlotte (5:00 CST) – TBD vs Chih-Wei Hu Clinton @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Keaton Steele Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article

Rains were again a factor on Friday night. The games in Ft. Myers and Cedar Rapids were delayed by rain. In fact, Cedar Rapids was actually postponed and will play a doubleheader on Saturday. The game in Chattanooga experienced a mid-game rain delay as well. Could Rochester pitchers toss their third straight shutout? Which minor leaguer got on base all five times he came to the plate? Which Australian has multi-hit games in in four of his last eight games. Which 2015 draft pick has 25 walks and just nine strikeouts in August?It was a busy night in the Twins farm system. Check out all the game stories and highlights below. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 2, Syracuse 9 Box Score The Red Wings had shut out Syracuse in the two previous games. JO Berrios struck out 12 in seven shutout innings in Syracuse on Wednesday night. On Thursday night, Michael Bowden struck out nine in seven shutout innings. On Friday, it was Taylor Rogers’ turn. It didn’t go so well. Three batters into the game, Syracuse scored, and they kept on doing just that. Rogers went just 2.1 innings. He was charged with seven runs (six earned) on seven hits (two homers) and a walk. He struck out two. Tim Shibuya came on and gave up one run on four hits in three innings. He struck out four. Next up was Alex Meyer. He was charged with an unearned run on three hits over 2.2 innings. He struck out four without issuing a walk. Cole Johnson gave up a hit and a walk in the ninth, but he did not allow a run. Danny Santana was the only Red Wings player with more than one hit. He was 2-4, and the team had just four hits on the game. Xavier Avery knocked in two runs with his 21st double. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 5, Birmingham 0 Box Score The offense provided plenty of runs, but the pitching got the job done with a shutout performance. Jason Wheeler went the first 6.1 innings. He gave up two hits, walked three and struck out four. The game was delayed after the fifth inning due to rain, but Wheeler returned. Nick Burdi came on with one out in the seventh. He finished that inning and two more to earn his second Lookouts save. He went 2.2 innings and gave up no hits, walked two and struck out two. Shannon Wilkerson continued to be an instigator for the Lookouts offense. He went 3-3 with two walks in this game. In the third, the Lookouts got back-to-back singles from Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler to give them a 2-0 lead. That same duo contributed again in the seventh inning. Polanco singled in a run before Kepler gave the team a 4-0 lead with a sacrifice fly. Along with Polanco, Travis Harrison also had two hits. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, Bradenton 5 (11 innings) Box Score As has been the case about two dozen times this year, the Miracle needed extra frames to decide this game. Mat Batts started the game and was back on track. The southpaw gave up two runs on seven hits over six innings. He struck out two and he walked none. Todd Van Steensel gave up a hit and a walk, but no runs in the seventh. Tyler Jay struck out one in a scoreless eighth inning. It was his fifth straight inning without allowing a run. Alex Muren pitched a scoreless ninth. However, when the game went to the tenth, Muren was charged with an unearned run. Brian Gilbert got the 11th inning. He gave up two runs on one walk and one hit. Logan Wade led the offense. He went 4-5 with his 19th double. He drove in the game-tying run in the 10th inning. He also stole his third base. Engelb Vielma went 3-4 with a walk. He stole his 32nd base. Ryan Walker went 2-5. Chad Christensen went 2-5 and stole his 21st base. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids, Kane County Box Score Rain and lightning caused this game to be postponed. They will play two games on Saturday evening. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 6, Kingsport 9 (10 innings) Box Score The Twins had plenty of offense and they held the lead late, but they were unable to hold it and fell in extra innings. LaMonte Wade continues to hit well. He went 2-5 with his ninth home run. In August, he has walked 25 times while striking out just nine times. And in this game, he also threw out a runner at home. Brian Olson went 2-4 with a walk and his second home run. He’s now hitting .372 in his time with the Twins. Amaurys Minier went 2-4 with a walk and his ninth double. Jermaine Palacios went 2-5. Lewin Diaz has just six hits with the E-Twins in about 40 plate appearances, but on Friday, he hit his third home run. Onesimo Hernandez started and gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out six. Jose Abreu gave up one run on two hits in 1.1 innings. He struck out three. Kuo Hua Lo, who has been terrific this season as the team’s closer, gave up two runs on five hits. He gave up a home run in the eighth and game-tying homer in the ninth. Alex Robinson started the tenth inning. He was charged with three runs on two hits and three walks and recorded just two outs. Josh Guyer came on and walked one runner in before getting a strikeout to end the inning. In the game, Christian Cavaness, signed last month as a non-drafted from agent, led off and played center field. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 0, GCL Red Sox 1 Box Score The season is coming to a close. The team is scheduled to play just one more game, on Saturday, before these players get to travel home. Though they received very good pitching, the hitters looked like they were ready for the season to be over. The Twins had just four hits in the game. Ariel Montesino went 2-4. He stole his third base. Roberto Gonzalez and Kolton Kendrick each walked twice in the game. Gonzalez stole his eighth base of the season and tells me his knee continues to feel better. On the mound, seventh round pick Jovani Moran started and threw five innings. He gave up one run on four hits. He walked one and struck out three. He got seven grounders to just two fly outs. Miguel Gonzalez came in and threw four shutout innings. He didn’t give up any hits, walked one and struck out five. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Miguel Gonzalez, GCL Twins Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Pawtucket @ Rochester (6:05 CST) – LHP Logan Darnell Tennessee @ Chattanooga (6:30 CST) – LHP David Hurlbut Bradenton @ Ft. Myers (5:05 CST) – LHP Stephen Gonsalves Kane County @ Cedar Rapids (DH @ 5:35 CST) – RHP Randy LeBlanc, RHP Sam Gibbons Kingsport @ Elizabethton (5:00 CST) – RHP Miles Nordgren GCL Twins @ GCL Red Sox (9:00) – TBD (final game of their season) Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article

The Twins are still playing meaningful games in late August, and they’re being led by a trio of players who began this season in the minor leagues. Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton and Eddie Rosario are all performing very well. On Wednesday, they will send a fourth,Tyler Duffey, to the mound.Three of those players began this season in AA Chattanooga. The exciting thing is knowing that there is a lot more talent coming through the pipeline. Check out everything that happened in the Twins minor league system on Tuesday. The Midwest League announced its end-of-season awards and all-star team and no Kernels were named. The Appalachian League also named its all-stars as well. LaMonte Wade was an all- star outfielder. Kuo Hua Lo was named the league’s top reliever. Dereck Rodriguez was named the league’s Pitcher of the Year. RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 1, Syracuse 4 Box Score A night after collecting 20 hits, the Red Wings were only able to muster six hits in this game. Kennys Vargas had a single and a walk, the only player getting on base more than once. Pat Dean’s scoreless inning streak ended at 18 in the second inning when he gave up a run. The southpaw’s night ended after five innings. He gave up four runs on seven hits. He walked two and struck out three. Alex Meyer came on and needed just 20 pitches to strike out three over two perfect innings. Aaron Thompson struck out two in his inning of work. CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 4, Tennessee 3 Box Score Shannon Wilkerson has done a nice job for the Lookouts since signing out of the Can-Am League last month. He helped the Lookouts win this game. He had an RBI early, but in the bottom of the seventh, he tripled in Stuart Turner with the go-ahead run. He then scored on a throwing error to give the team the lead. Wilkerson led the offense. He went 2-3 with his third triple and two RBI. Turner went 1-2 with a walk and scored two runs. Heinker Meneses added his tenth double. Brett Lee started for the Lookouts. He gave up three runs (two earned) on eight hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out three. Alex Wimmers came on and threw three shutout innings for the win. He gave up three hits, walked none and struck out three. MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 2, Jupiter 4 Box Score The Miracle got a quality start from lefty Luke Westphal. He gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out two. Matt Summers came on and gave up one run on three hits in 1.2 innings before getting ejected. He struck out four. Jake Reed came on and got the final four outs. Logan Wade went 2-4 with his 18th double. He has hit in eight of his last nine games and has multiple hits in five of his last seven games. Jason Kanzler cut the Miracle deficit to one with his eighth homer of the season. Mitch Garver doubled for the 23rd time this year. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, Peoria 7 Box Score The odds of the Kernels coming back on this night and matching their 23-run, 27-hit night against Clinton the night before were not good. They did have eight hits and scored four runs, but it wasn’t enough against Peoria. Felix Jorge went six innings again. He was charged with four unearned runs in one inning which included two errors. In total, he gave up those four runs on nine hits and a walk. He struck out five. It is his 19th time in 21 starts this season that he has completed six innings. Luke Bard came on and gave up three runs on seven hits in three innings. He struck out three. Seven Kernels hitters had at least one hit. Edgar Corcino was the lone player with more than one hit. He was 2-4 with his 14th double. TJ White added his 19th double, and Max Murphy hit his 13th. E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 4, Greeneville 8 Box Score Cody Stashak has been very good, but he struggled on this night. In just 1.2 innings, he gave up seven runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out two. CK Irby came on and gave up one run on one hits and one walk in 3.1 innings. He struck out five. Jose Abreu gave up only a walk over three scoreless innings. It’s been a struggle for big Lewin Diaz since being promoted to E-Town. On this night, he hit his second home run. Manuel Guzman and Nelson Molina each went 2-4. Brad Hartong added his seventh double. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 1, GCL Rays 2 Box Score Rain has been, and always is, a force to be reckoned with in Southwest Florida. It was definitely the case on Tuesday afternoon. The Twins and Rays were set to finish a game from mid-July that was suspended after the fourth inning. They planned to finish that as a seven-inning game and then play another seven-inning game. They finished the first game. Brandon Poulson came in and began where he left off a month ago. He finished with 2.2 total innings. He gave up no runs on no hits. He walked two and struck out five. Johan Quezada came in for the eighth inning and gave up a run on three hits. The Twins were unable to come back in the bottom of the inning. In total, Luis Arraez went 2-3 with a walk. Roberto Gonzalez went 2-3 and stole his seventh base. They started game two, but again, it was suspended after four innings with the Twins leading 4-2. The plan is for the teams to finish this game and play another on Wednesday. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Alex Meyer, Rochester Red Wings Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Rochester @ Syracuse (6:05 CST) – RHP JO Berrios Tennessee @ Chattanooga (6:15 CST) – RHP Aaron Slegers Ft. Myers – No Game Scheduled Peoria @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Ethan Mildren Elizabethton @ Johnson City (6:00 CST) – LHP Sam Clay GCL Twins @ GCL Rays (DH @ 11:00) – TBD, TBD Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article

Throughout the night, this report was updated live. As Twins affiliates scored or innings passed or pitchers did something, it was updated. I hope you enjoy this format. Feel free to comment on it as maybe it can be done more as we move forward. The games are all complete, so be sure to check out everything that happened in the Twins minor league system.All that and more can be found as you work your way through today’s minor league report. TRANSACTIONS It was another busy day of transactions through the Twins minor leagues. Relievers Adrian Salcedo and Tim Shibuya promoted from Chattanooga to Rochester.Relievers Nick Burdi and Corey Williams promoted from Ft. Myers to Chattanooga.Reliever Matt Summers put on the ‘Restricted List’ in Chattanooga.RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 3, Scranton/Wilkes Barre 5 (FINAL) Box Score 6:32: The game is delayed due to rainy conditions in the area. Looking to start at 6:40 (CT) 6:54: The Red Wings twitter account notes that JO Berrios gave up two hard hit fly ball/line drives that Byron Buxton ran down and made look easy. 1-2-3 inning. 7:02: JO Berrios now has two strikeouts through two perfect innings. 7:08: Six up, Six down so far for the Red Wings hitters. 7:16: Berrios with a 1-2-3 third inning. Two strikeouts through three perfect innings. 7:25: Berrios with another scoreless inning in the 4th. Perfect game bid is over after hitting a batter. 7:37: Berrios with another 1-2-3 inning, striking out two. Through five innings, he has given up no hits. He's needed just 52 pitches (36 strikes). Red Wings have just one hit, a Doug Bernier single in the 3rd. 7:53: Berrios strikes out the side in the 6th inning to maintain the no-no. He's primarily throwing changeups and curveballs and batters are just looking silly. On the second strikeout, the batter threw that bat at the ball in an attempt to make contact. 8:02 - The Red Wings score two runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. Doug Bernier walked and went to second on an infield single by Byron Buxton. After a James Beresford sacrifice bunt, Reynaldo Rodriguez drove in Bernier with a ground out. Kennys Vargas followed with a single up the middle to score Buxton from second. Scranton's starter Brady Lail was removed from the game. 8:10: Berrios's no-hit and shutout bids are over as Rob Refsnyder homers to lead off the 7th inning. 8:18: After the homer, Berrios gave up a single, hit a batter and then gave up a 3-run homer to Yankees prospect Aaron Judge. That was followed by a single, a wild throw to 1B that advanced him to second, and another single. Another single made it 5-2 and Berrios's night is done. 8:24: Adrian Salcedo making his AAA debut. Berrios line 10 minutes ago: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K Berrios line now: 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 8 K 8:31 - Salcedo strands two of Berrios's runners. Strikeout-throw-out double play to end inning. 8:48: With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, Byron Buxton came to the plate representing the tying run. On a full-count pitch from former All Star Andrew Bailey, Buxton struck out on a fastball up and in. 9:08: Xavier Avery drove in a run, but the Red Wings left a couple on base and trail by two heading into the ninth. 9:13: Aaron Thompson comes in to replace Adrian Salcedo who had a very nice AAA debut. He went two innings and struck out three. No hits, no walks, no runs. 9:17: Thompson has a 1-2-3 top of the ninth. Byron Buxton is due to bat third in the bottom of the ninth. LP: Berrios (3-2, 3.38 ERA) Multi-Hit Games: Kennys Vargas (2-4) CHATTANOOGA CHATTER Chattanooga 14, Tennessee 2 (9th inning) Box Score 6:37: The Lookouts got things going right away in the 1st inning. A leadoff double by Stephen Wickens was followed by a single by Max Kepler. Third-place hitter Dalton Hicks homers and gave the Lookouts a 3-0 lead. Fourth batter Adam Brett Walker walked and scored on a Travis Harrison triple. Sixth-hitter Levi Michael singled in Harrison and it is 5-0 now. 6:55: Aaron Slegers has given up two hits and a walk, but no runs, through two innings. 7:00: Max Kepler's sacrifice fly scores Shannon Wilkerson. 7:09: Adam Brett Walker launched his 27th homer of the year. It was his first since July 26. 7:22: Following Walker's home run, the Lookouts added two when Shannon Wilkerson tripled in Levi Michael and Heiker Meneses. The Tennessee starter was removed, down 9-0. 8:23: Stephen Wickens, Travis Harrison and Levi Michael all have three hits so far. 8:30: Add Shannon Wilkerson to the three-hit list. In the 6th inning, Wilkerson hit a bases-loaded triple to give them a 13-2 lead. 8:39: Aaron Slegers is done after 6 innings. He gave up 2 runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out two. Nick Burdi came on for the 7th, his return to the Lookouts. He gave up a single, but struck out the side in that inning. 8:51: In his second inning of work, Burdi had a 1-2-3 inning and struck out two more batters. 9:02: Heiker Meneses doubled and scored later on a ground out by Shannon Wilkerson, who now has six RBI on the night. 9:08: Alex Wimmers comes in for the ninth inning. He gave up two hits in a scoreless inning. WP: Aaron Slegers (1-1, 3.46 ERA) Multi-Hit Games: Stephen Wickens (3-5, BB, 2B), Travis Harrison (3-5, 3B), Levi Michael (3-4, BB, 3B), Shannon Wilkerson (3-5, 2-3B, 6 RBI), Dalton Hicks 2-5, HR, 3 RBI), Heiker Meneses (3-5, 2B) - All nine batters had at least one hit. HR: Dalton Hicks (4), Adam Brett Walker (27) MIRACLE MATTERS Ft. Myers 3, Palm Beach 2 (FINAL) Box Score Omar Bencomo gave up an unearned run in the first inning. 6:56: Palm Beach starter Daniel Poncedeleon has walked three and hit one through two no-hit, no-run innings. 7:12: Just the unearned run so far allowed by Omar Bencomo through four innings. 7:32: The Miracle put two on the board in the bottom of the 4th to take a 2-1 lead. With the bases loaded and one out, Ryan Walker reached on a fielder's choice to score Tanner Vavra (who had been hit by a pitch to lead off). Then Zach Granite scored on a wild pitch. 8:14: Bencomo gave up a run in the sixth inning. We're tied at 2 going into the seventh inning. 8:26: Omar Bencomo's night is done. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on four hits. He walked three and struck out one. Jake Reed replaced him. He gave up one hit, but struck out two in the 7th. 8:49: An Engelb Vielma eighth inning single scored Zach Granite to give the Miracle a 3-2 lead. 8:59: Zack Jones comes in and records the Save. The Miracle win. WP: Jake Reed (1-0, 0.00) S: Zack Jones (2nd Save, 1.35) Multi-Hit Games: Engelb Vielma (2-4), KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, Ft. Wayne 10 (FINAL) Box Score 6:36: In the top of the first, Nick Gordon hit his 18th double and scored on a single off the bat of Edgar Corcino. Randy Rosario gave up a run on two hits in the bottom of the first to tie the score. 6:44: Tanner English removed from the game with Zach Larson taking over. Not ejected. Will try to find out more. 6:58: The Kernels scored three runs in the 2nd inning. The big hit was a two-run triple from Brian Navarreto. He scored on an Austin Diemer single. 7:05: Lefty Randy Rosario gave up three runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning and now it's tied at four. 7:24: Brian Navarreto throws out another would-be base stealer to end the third inning. He's been over 50% in that category as a pro. 7:40: Sounds like Tanner English left the game after colliding in left centerfield with Austin Diemer. The report is that he left with an "arm injury." 8:05: Randy Rosario's final line: 6 earned runs on 4 hits and 4 walks in 4 innings. He struck out 4. Ethan Mildren comes in for the 5th. 8:42: After a scoreless fifth inning, Mildren gave up four runs in the sixth inning. Kernels down 10-4. 8:55: Mike Theofanopoulos walked one and struck out six in two shutout innings. Multi-Hit Games: Edgar Corcino (2-4) E-TOWN E-NOTES Elizabethton 7, Bristol 0 (Final) Box Score 6:38: Three hits and a walk through two innings, but no runs yet for the E-Twins. Onesimo Hernandez with a flawless first inning. 6:59: One hit allowed in the 2nd inning by Hernandez, but he struck out the other three batters. No score after two. 7:14: Four runs in the top of the third innings for the E-Twins. They got a single, a walk and a single to lead off the inning. With the bases loaded and no one out, the Bristol starter struck out the next two batters. However, he walked Travis Blankenhorn to score the first run. Daniel Kihle singled in two. After a pitching change, Manuel Guzman singled in Blankenhorn. 4-0 E-Twins. 7:48: They're now in the 6th inning. Onesimo Hernandez has six strikeouts in five innings. 7:59: Hernandez with 7 strikeouts in six shutout innings. Two hits. 8:06: E-Twins add three more in the 7th inning. Daniel Kihle's first pro homer drove in Amaurys Minier and Travis Blankenhorn and gives them a 7-0 lead. 8:43: Onesimo Hernandez done after seven innings. He gave up no runs on four hits. He walked none and struck out eight. Tyler Stirewalt pitched a scoreless eighth frame. 8:54: Tyler Stirewalt struck out three over two scoreless innings. He completed the 7-0 shutout win. Multi-Hit Games: Alex Perez (3-5), LaMonte Wade (2-3, 2 BB, 2B), Daniel Kihle (2-5, HR, 5 RBI), Manuel Guzman (2-5, BB) HR: Daniel Kihle (1st professional home run) WP: Onesimo Hernandez. 5-0, 3.23 ERA. GCL TWINS TAKES GCL Twins 7, GCL Red Sox 0 (Final) Box Score Lefty Lachlan Wells started and improved to 4-2 with a 2.13 ERA. He gave up two hits over five shutout innings. He struck out six without issuing a walk. Miguel Gonzalez went the final four shutout innings. He gave up four hits and struck out four. He also didn't walk anyone. Christian Cavaness continues to hit. He went 3-4 with a single, his sixth double and his second triple. Blake Schmit went 2-4. Ruar Verkerk was 2-4 with his first double. Josmil Pinto, still DHing, went 1-4. TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Onesimo Hernandez, Elizabethton Twins Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Shannon Wilkerson, Chattanooga Lookouts SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS Scranton/Wilkes Barre (6:05 CST) – RHP Michael Bowden Tennessee @ Chattanooga (6:15 CST) – TBD Palm Beach @ Ft. Myers (5:05 CST) – RHP Ryan Eades Cedar Rapids @ Ft. Myers (6:05 CST) – RHP Sam Gibbons Elizabethton @ Bristol (6:00 CST) – RHP Miles Nordgren GCL Twins @ GCL Red Sox (9:00 CST) – TBD Feel free to leave any questions or comments below Click here to view the article