Sunday, August
27, 2011
E-Twins Clinch Playoff Spot
Rock Cats Getting Closer
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The Twins lost
yet again. They are bad. Oh yeah, I
started with that yesterday. Well, it remains true… The story was different for
a couple of the Twins minor league affiliates
ELIZABETHTON TWINS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH
Ray Smith has
led his Elizabethton team back to the playoffs in 2011. The E-Twins clinched a
playoff spot on Saturday with a 5-3 win over Bluefield. Derek Christensen
started and gave up just one run on three hits in six innings. He walked three,
hit one and struck out five. Justin Parker and Cole Johnson pitched a scoreless
inning each. Corey Williams came in for the ninth, but he gave up a hit and
walked a batter before Matt Summers was brought in and got the final three
outs. The save was Summers’ sixth of the year, and
Christensen improved to 5-2.
The E-Twins box
scores have become must-see internet! Whenever the team is playing, it’s almost
necessary to watch the box score to see what Eddie Rosario and Miguel Sano can
do next. On Saturday, Rosario went 3-5 with his eighth triple and his 16th
and 17th stolen bases. Sano went 2-4 with a walk and his 18th
home run. Max Kepler went 2-4 with a walk. Rory
Rhodes went 0-1 with three walks.
NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS WIN LATE AGAIN
The Rock Cats
had won with some late inning heroics the previous two games. Could they do it
again? The Rock Cats jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to Joe Benson’s 15th
home run, a two-run blast. They added two, but in the bottom of the fourth,
Matt Schuld gave up four runs and the game was tied
at four. It remained that way until the top of the seventh inning. The Rock
Cats loaded the bases for Chris Parmelee who came up
with a big two-run single. On the play, there was also an error that allowed
Joe Benson to score from first base. The Rock Cats had a 7-4 lead that they
were able to hold on to.
Schuld started and gave up those four run on five hits in four innings. He walked
none and struck out three. Bret Jacobson threw two scoreless innings, and the
Dakota Watts pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 7th inning for his second
AA save. Chris Herrmann went 2-3. Benson was 1-2 with two walks and that big
home run.
Hurricane Irene
did affect things. The teams were supposed to play two games (they had moved
Sunday’s game to Saturday), but the second game was postponed. Looking at where
Trenton is and where New Britain is, I can definitely understand why! The Reading
Phillies played two games on Saturday and split which means that the Rock Cats
currently have a ½ game lead for the wild card spot. The Rock Cats are 2.5
games back of Harrisburg for the division title.
THE REST STILL MATTER
The Ft. Myers
Miracle traveled to Charlotte and swept a double header. In game 1, they won
3-0. Edgar Ibarra started and went five shutout innings. He allowed four hits,
walked two and struck out five. Matt Hauser struck out three in the final two
innings for his seventh save. Angel Morales went 2-4 with his sixth double.
Anderson Hidalgo was 1-1 with two walks and his sixth home run.
In Game 2, the
Miracle won 6-1. Caleb Thielbar started and threw two
scoreless innings despite giving up a hit and walking three. Clinton Dempster gave up one run on four hits over the next two
innings. Shooter Hunt threw four shutout innings. He gave up no hits, walked
four and struck out four. Dan Rohlfing went 2-4 with
his second home run. Aaron Hicks went 2-3 with a walk. James Beresford and Reggie
Williams each went 2-4. Oswaldo Arcia
went 1-3 with a walk, his 14th double and two RBI.
The GCL Twins
beat the GCL Red Sox 3-2. Angel Mata went four shutout innings. He gave up two
hits, walked two and struck out five. Josue Montanez
gave up one run on two hits and a walk. In two innings, he struck out three.
Kyle Wahl improved to 5-1. He gave up one run on three hits in three innings.
He walked one and struck out three. The Twins had just five hits. Drew Leachman was 1-2 with a walk. Stephen Wickens
walked two.
The Rochester
Red Wings fell 4-3 to Stephen Strasburg and Syracuse. The hard-throwing
right-hander rehabbing from his Tommy John surgery went five innings. He gave
up one run on two hits. He walked none and struck out seven. Andy Baldwin was
on the mound for the Red Wings. He gave up two runs on four hits and a walk in
six innings. He struck out six. Cole DeVries gave up
two runs on three hits and a walk in his inning. Kyle Waldrop threw a scoreless
inning. Ray Chang went 3-5. Toby Gardenhire went 2-3.
Beloit lost 6-2
to Clinton. Ryan O’Rourke started and gave up four runs on eight hits. In six
innings, he walked none and struck out nine. Nelvin
Fuentes gave up two unearned runs on two hits and two walks. Michael Tonkin
threw a scoreless inning. Jairo Perez went 2-5 with
his tenth steal. Lance Ray went 2-3 with a walk and his tenth stolen base. Andy
Leer and Tobias Streich each hit a double.
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