Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Twins Day Off
Good Monday Morning! It is going to be a really quick posting today. First things first, I do have to say a very happy first birthday to Jozie! It's hard to believe it has been a year already! But it has been wonderful!
The Twins had an off day and traveled to Cleveland where they will begin a three game series tonight. Here are the pitching matchups:
Tuesday - 6:05 - Ramon Ortiz (3-3, 3.80, 1.11, .236) vs Paul Byrd (2-1, 2.84, 1.29, .292)
Wednesday - 6:05 - Carlos Silva (2-3, 3.00, 1.38, .286) vs CC Sabathia (5-1, 4.02, 1.29, .281)
Thursday - 11:05 a.m. - Johan Santana (4-3, 3.35, 1.18, .237) vs Fausto Carmona (4-1, 3.12, 1.24, .250)
Other Notes/Blog Spotting -
LaVelle E. Neal answered questions from his Cleveland hotel room on his blog last night. Check out his answers here.
It is another Kevin Slowey/Jeff Manship night tonight, so be sure to check out those box scores and you know you will be able to find more on them and their performances right here tomorrow.
Joe Christensen is Introducing Garrett Jones.
Aaron Gleeman posted his thoughts on Sidney Ponson, Garrett Jones and more.
If you check out Pat Neshek's blog, he is auctioning off a Game-Used Michael Cuddyer bat.
There is a lot of great work being done over at Twins Killings.
Nick & Nick has a Twins/Cleveland Preview posted.
cmathewson posted a very good article over at Twinkie Town on the Twins Catching Factory.
Here is our friend Roger's most recent minor league update (also at Twinkie Town).
Check out the eerie comparison between some of the numbers of Sidney Ponson and Ramon Ortiz. (article by ubelman over at Stick & Ball Guy)
Twins and their Minor League Updates
Here are the Twins updates from last night, including game reports of their minor league affiliates.
Friday SethSpeaks Player of the Day – Alexi Casilla, Rochester Red Wings
Friday SethSpeaks Pitcher of the Day – Ryan Mullins, Ft. Myers Miracle
ROCHESTER
REPORT
Monday - Red Wings 2, Buffalo 6 – David Gassner took the loss and fell to 0-2 with a 6.83 ERA. The soft-tossing lefty went the first 5.1 innings and gave up four runs on nine hits. He walked none, struck out two and gave up two home runs (one to Luis Rivas). Jason Miller came in and gave up two runs (on two homers) in 1.2 innings. Ricky Barrett and Brian Bass each pitched a scoreless inning. Alexi Casilla went 2-4 with a double and an RBI. Matt Tolbert went 2-4 and is now hitting .396. Jose Morales was also 2-4.
NEW BRITAIN
NEWS
Monday - Rockcats
– No Game Scheduled.
FT MYERS MEMOS
Monday - Miracle
0, Clearwater 1
–
Three hits for the Miracle made
Ryan Mullins a tough-luck loser again. The lefty pitched
very well again. He gave up just one run on six hits in seven
innings. He walked just one and struck out five. However, he fell to
1-3. Yohan Pino threw two shutout innings in relief. Steve
Tolleson went 1-3 with a walk. Erik Lis went 1-3 with a
walk. Eli Tintor went 1-4.
In some very exciting
news for the Miracle, on Friday when they take on Tampa,
Kyle Waldrop
will take the mound for the Miracle
against
Roger Clemens, who will be
making his first appearance of the year. Should be a good challenge
for the Miracle bats.
BELOIT
BITS
Monday - Snappers
– No Game Scheduled.
Do you have any further thoughts on any Twins prospects, minor leaguers, or these summaries? E-mail me, or also feel free to leave comments below.
That is it for today. Have a great day!
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