Saturday,
August 15, 2009
Friday Night
Lights
Here are the summaries of the
Twins game tonight, an incredible performance by Scott Baker and the offense, and the Twins minor league affiliates,
where you will find a few excellent performances but none more impressive than
that of 20 year old Deolis Guerra!
Have a great weekend! I am
really looking forward to seeing a few of you at the SBG
Convention at Minnehaha Falls from 11-2 today!
TWINS 11, CLEVELAND 0
Scott Baker, on his second
pitch of the game, hit Grady Sizemore.
That isn’t the way any pitcher wants to start a game. And yet, Scott Baker not only started the game
for the Twins, he finished it. Baker worked the complete game shutout and
allowed just two hits in the game. Threw
six innings, he had allowed just one hit and throw 73 pitches. After a four
pitch eighth inning, he was at just 85 pitches. He ended up with 94 pitches
thrown and 65 of them went for strikes. It was as impressive a pitching
performance that the Twins have seen this year. It was just what the Twins needed
after a rough, disappointing Royals series. It was just what the Twins, and their
fans, needed coming into this very important series with Cleveland. It
certainly set the tone for how the Twins need to pitch throughout the remainder
of the season if they want a chance to contend in the AL Central.
Although he didn’t really need
it, Baker was given plenty of run support too. The Twins scored three runs in
the third inning and six runs in the fourth inning before adding two more runs
in the sixth inning for the 11-0 win. Joe
Mauer was again very impressive He went 3-3 and
walked twice. Jason Kubel
went 3-5 with his career-high-tying 20th home run and five RBI. Justin Morneau
was 2-4 with two RBI. Just to summarize, the Twins 3-4-5 hitters (Mauer, Morneau, Kubel) combined to go 8-11 with
three walks and nine RBI.
Anthony Swarzak will take the mound for the Twins Saturday afternoon
against Cleveland lefty David Huff.
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MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Friday -
SethSpeaks.net Hitter of the Day – Brian Dozier, Elizabethton Twins
Friday -
SethSpeaks.net Pitcher of the Day – Deolis Guerra,
New Britain Rockcats
ROCHESTER REPORT
Friday – Rochester 3, Syracuse 4 – Matt Tolbert went 3-4 with a walk and his 10th double. Brock Peterson and Jose Morales each had two hits. Brian Buscher came in as a pinch hitter,
played some 2B, and then hit a solo home run in the 9th inning that
cut the lead to one, but it wasn’t enough on this night. Yohan Pino started and gave up two runs on
eight hits in 5.2 innings. He walked one and struck out four. Juan Morillo
gave up two runs on one hit and two walks in 1.1 innings. Tim Lahey struck out two in a perfect
inning.
ROCKCAT RECAP
Friday – New Britain 7, Akron 0 – What an incredible game for 20 year old Deolis Guerra! The tall righty worked the first six innings for the Rockcats. He gave up no runs on no
hits. He walked three and struck out nine. Let me repeat, NO hits! The pitch
count caught up to him, and so Loek Van Mil was
brought in to make his AA debut. He threw two shutout innings. Unfortunately,
he did allow a single that ended the team’s no-hit bid. Spencer Steedley pitched a perfect ninth
inning for the team. Erik Lis led the offense by going 3-4 with his 21st
double. Wilson Ramos went 2-3 with a
walk and his 10th double in his return to the lineup. Brian Dinkelman
went 2-4 with his 33rd double.
MIRACLE MEMOS
Friday – Ft. Myers 1, Sarasota 3 – Rain delayed this game’s start by almost an hour and it almost ended
it prematurely before the ninth inning. Tyler
Robertson was on the mound to start. The young lefty went six innings. He
gave up two runs on four hits and two walks. Michael Allen struck out four in two perfect innings. Blair Erickson gave up an unearned run
in his inning. Joe Benson went 2-3
with a walk and his fifth stolen base. Chris
Parmelee hit his 26th double. Jair Fernandez hit his 13th
double.
SNAPPERS SNIPPETS
Friday – Beloit 2, Clinton 0 –
Bruce Pugh pitched very well in just
his fourth start for the Snappers (he has come out of the bullpen 26 times). He
worked six shutout innings, allowing just two hits. He walked three and struck
out seven. Brad Stillings
struck out two in a scoreless inning in his first Beloit appearance. Steve Blevins struck out two in a
scoreless eighth. Billy Bullock
recorded the save with a scoreless ninth. Aaron
Hicks went 2-3 with a walk and his fifth stolen base (he was also caught
stealing for the seventh time). Ramon
Santana was 2-4 with his 24th double. Jon Waltenbury was 2-4. Danny Rams hit an RBI double (his 11th)
for the insurance run.
E-TWINS EXTRAS
Friday – Elizabethton 4, Bristol 3 – Angelo Sanchez went the
first six innings in this game. He gave up three runs on six hits. He walked
just one and struck out ten batters. Matt
Tone went the final three innings without allowing a run or a hit for his
fourth win. He walked three and struck out two. Brian Dozier went 4-5 in the game. Steve Liddle knocked his first home run
of his career in the game.
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The performance
of Matt Tone simply can not be ignored any more. Tone was the Twins 14th
round pick this June out of SUNY-Cortland. With his three hitless innings
tonight, he has not allowed a hit in 16 innings. Read that last sentence again
a time or two! He has not allowed a hit in 16 innings. He has not allowed a run
in 18 innings. Simply amazing, regardless of what level of baseball he is at!
GCL TWINS GOINGS ON
Friday – GCL Twins 6, GCL Reds 3 – Daniel Santana led the
Twins offensive attack. He went 2-5 with his fifth triple, third homer and
three RBI. Oswaldo Arcia and Nick Tindall
each went 2-4. Eliecer Cardenas started the game and worked
four shutout innings. He allowed three hits, walked none and struck out three. Nelvin Fuentes gave up two runs on six hits
over the next two innings. Jean Mijares struck
out three (and walked one) in a scoreless inning. Edison Alvarez gave up a run on two hits in his inning. Jay Rehacek
pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.
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