Tuesday, April
13, 2010
Observations from
Opening Day
My StarTribune.com
TwinsCentric blog for this week is called Observations
from Opening Day. I wasnt sure how many observations I had as the game
was going on, but I know there are about 25 bullet points. Some are serious.
Some are fun (and maybe even funny?). So, be sure to go there and leave your
comments and observations from the first regular season game at Target Field
whether you were there in person or watched on TV.
PROGRAMMING NOTE I will be on KFAN and KFAN.com
with Paul Allen again today
(Tuesday) at about 9:20 a.m. Check it out if youre able to.
Twins Minor
League Weekly Travis Aune
and I will talk Twins Minor Leagues tonight at 10:00 central time. We will have
at least one Twins minor league join the show, so check
it out tonight by clicking here.
SethSpeaks Monday Minor League
Hitter of the Day Trevor Plouffe Rochester Red Wings
SethSpeaks Monday Minor League
Pitcher of the Day Tom Stuifbergen Beloit Snappers
The players of the day are Plouffe
and Stuif.
Keep reading below, if you want more proof.
Red Wings Report
Monday Rochester 5, Scranton/Wilkes Barre
6 (11 innings) Anthony Slama
entered the ninth inning, trying to protect a two run lead. However, after a
walk, he gave up a home run to Juan
Miranda that tied the game. Rob
Delaney came in for the 11th inning and after getting one out,
he gave up the game-winning run to the Barons. Mike Maroth made his first start. The
veteran lefty gave up only an unearned run on two hits in 3.1 innings. He
walked three and struck out three. Jose
Lugo gave up four hits, but no runs, in 1.2 innings. Matt Fox pitched an inning and gave up two runs. Kyle Waldrop pitched two scoreless
innings before giving way to Slama. The offense
produced plenty of hits, but not enough runs in this game. Trevor Plouffe went 3-5 with a walk and
two doubles. Brian Dinkelman
was 3-6 with a double. Erik Lis, Danny
Valencia and Jason Repko (who was making his first Rochester appearance)
were each 2-5. Wilson Ramos was also 2-5, but he added a
double. David Winfree
went 1-4 with a walk and his fourth double of the short season for S/WB.
New Britain Notes
Monday New Britain 2, Portland 8 Deolis Guerra got the start in this game. He gave up four runs in the
first inning, but he then settled down. In five innings, he gave up five runs
(4 earned) on six hits. He walked none and struck out two. Chris Province came in and gave up three runs on two hits and three
walks in 1.2 innings. He struck out three. Spencer
Steedley came in and threw 1.1 innings. He struck
out two. Steve Hirschfeld
pitched a perfect ninth innings. Joe
Benson busted out with a good game. He went 2-3 with a walk and a double. Steve Singleton also had two hits. Chris Parmelee
hit his second home run.
Miracle Matters
Monday Ft. Myers 2, Bradenton 6 Bruce Pugh made his first start. In three innings, he gave up two
runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out three. Blake Martin went the next two innings and gave up one run. Ron Mahay
pitched a perfect sixth inning. Henry
Arias gave up three unearned runs on two hits and a walk in two innings. Michael Harrington and Yangervis Solarte each
went 2-4.
Snappers Snippets
Monday Beloit 3, Peoria 0 Tom Stuifbergen came in for an inning
last week, but on this day, he made his first start. The Dutch right-hander
went six shutout innings. He gave up just four hits. He walked none and struck
out five for the Win. Peter Kennelly
got the next five outs, three of them on strikeouts. Edgar Ibarra got one out. Steve
Blevins recorded the save with a scoreless innings. Anderson Hidalgo had two
doubles in three at bats. Steve Liddle was 2-4 with his second home run. Josmil Pinto was 2-4. So was Brian Dozier, who added a stolen base
as well.
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