Scoreboard - July 27, 2007

Syracuse 4 at Rochester 2

Record 57 - 50

W: J. Banks (9-7, 4.65); L: K. Slowey (8-3, 1.87); SV: B. Neal (11)
HR: ROC: T. Watkins (6), D. McDonald (5).


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Rochester's Darnell McDonald, right, steals second in front of Syracuse shortstop Ray Olmedo on Friday.

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: The Syracuse Chiefs used three hits and a walk to post three sixth inning runs, giving the Chiefs a 4-2 win Friday night at Frontier Field. Darnell McDonald and Tommy Watkins homered for Rochester; the Wings open a two-game series with the first place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Saturday in Pennsylvania, with the series moving to Frontier Monday and Tuesday night.

Wings starter Kevin Slowey proved to be vulnerable in the first inning but was fortunate in not allowing any runs. Russ Adams and Kevin Barker hit back-to-back singles with one out to put runners on first and third. Syracuse slugger John-Ford Griffin then flew out to short and Adam Lind struck out to help the Wings get out of an early jam.

Syracuse struck first in the second inning. John Hattig got things started with a double, then scored on Robinzon Diaz's RBI single up the middle to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Ray Olmedo then advanced to second on his one-out single after Denard Span's unsuccessful attempt in throwing Hattig out at third, putting two runners in scoring position. Slowey then struck out Wayne Lydon and forced Adams to pop out to catcher Jose Morales to end the inning.

In the fifth the Wings threatened with runners on first and second with two outs but Alexi Casilla struck out on a splitter, leaving Banks' quest for a shutout intact. Slowey settled down after giving up his first run, retiring eight of the next 10 Syracuse hitters without allowing any to reach scoring position.

Slowey began to struggle in the sixth inning. Lind's one-out single followed by Mike Vento's walk allowed Hattig to hit a sharp run-scoring double over Garrett Jones' head on a ball that he misjudged. Diaz then hit a two-run single that bounced off the glove of second basemen Matt Tolbert, who was playing in. Olmedo followed with a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning with Syracuse leading 4-0.

Rochester responded in the bottom half of the sixth. McDonald hit a towering solo home run that sneaked inside the left field pole to trim their deficit to 4-1. Jones' single was followed by a 4-6-3 double play by Glenn Williams to end the momentum.

Slowey pitched six innings allowing four earned runs on nine hits and striking three. It was his first time allowing more than three runs as a Red Wing this season.

Syracuse starter Josh Banks pitched six 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on seven hits. Watkins' solo blast in the seventh cut the Chiefs lead to 4-2 and forced Banks out of the game, but the Wings could not muster any more offense in the inning against Syracuse reliever Scott Sauerbeck, who came in to get the final two outs. Jason Miller pitched three scoreless relief innings for the Wings, allowing just one hit and striking out two.

NOTES: LHP Carmen Cali moved to 5-0 with his win in Thursday’s 3-2 victory over Syracuse at Frontier Field. Cali is the first Red Wings relief pitcher to start the season with a 5-0 record since 1981 when LHP Jeff Schneider started 5-0 (finished with a 5-1 record). Cali is only the sixth pitcher (seven times) to start the season with a 5-0 record since 1988 and first to do it since 1998. Here’s a look at the distinguished list (RHP Joel Bennett 10-0 in 1998, LHP Jamie Moyer 6-0 in 1993, RHP Bob Milacki 5-0 in 1992 and 1988, RHP John Mitchell 5-0 in 1990, and RHP Mickey Weston 10-0 in 1990)....Brian Buscher singled on a 1-1 pitch from Cleveland's Paul Byrd Friday night, getting a hit in his big league debut with the Twins. Buscher added another single off Byrd later in the game.

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New Britain 6 at New Hampshire 8

Record: 47 - 53

W: J. Machi (2-2, 3.53); L: T. Crawford (6-5, 5.49); SV: J. Carlson (5)
HR: NBR: L. Hughes (5). NHM: D. Smith (14), R. Cosby (9).

From nhfishercats.com: Rob Cosby hit a second inning home run and had the go-ahead single in the seventh inning to propel the Fisher Cats to an 8-6 win over the New Britain Rock Cats.

The single in the seventh put the team ahead 7-6, and the play was named the RELCO Enlightening Play of Game.

The Fisher Cats were behind 5-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, but the team rallied for six runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings scoring two in each frame.

The fifth inning had Sergio Santos drive home Erik Kratz and Manny Mayorson on a double to right-center field.

David Smith hit his fifth home run in five games in the sixth inning bringing home Chip Cannon and tie the game at six.

Mayorson and Ryan Patterson led off with back-to-back singles to start the seventh inning. Santos flew out to left field for the first out, and then the Rock Cats optioned to intentionally walk Aaron Mathews. Cosby then singled between the third baseman and the shortstop to bring home Mayorson. Cannon's sacrifice fly to right field scored Patterson to lead the team to the win.

Santos (two RBI, one run), Cosby (three RBI, one run) and Cannon (two RBI, one run) each had two hits apiece.

Kurt Isenberg started and went five innings allowing six runs on 11 hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Jean Machi earned the win going two innings giving up just one hit and one walk. Sean Stidfole and Jesse Carlson (fifth save in five chances) each worked a scoreless inning of relief.

Garrett Guzman led the Rock Cats going 4 for 5 with two RBI and one run. Luke Hughes hit his fifth home run of the year for New Britain.

The Fisher Cats return to the field Saturday with a day-night doubleheader with the Rock Cats. LHP Ricky Romero (0-4, 5.04) faces New Britain's RHP Yohan Pino (0-1, 17.18) in the 2:05pm game. The 7:05pm game features RHP Yusaku Iriki (1-3, 5.88) opposing a pitcher to still be determined for the Rock Cats. The nightcap includes another Atlas Fireworks Show and Regal Cinemas Promotional Night.

Radio coverage begins at 6:45pm on the WGIR Fisher Cats Radio Network (610-AM, Manchester; 930-AM, Rochester; 1540-AM, Exeter) with Bob Lipman and Mike Murphy.

For tickets, visit http://www.nhfishercats.com or call 603-641-2005.

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Tampa 2 at Fort Myers 4 (Rain Shortened)

Record 17 - 18

W: E. Simonitsch (1-0, 4.50); L: B. Smith (0-1, 10.80)
HR: FTM: E. Lis (9).

E: Valencia (4, fielding).


The daily tarp pulling contest remains one of the more popular promotions at Hammond Stadium

This was a long game. It took two days to play it. It was also a short game, as the contest only lasted 6 1/2 innings.

But then, the Miracle faithful have seen more rain in the last two days than baseball.

Zach Ward started off by pitching a no hitter on Thursday...for all of two innings.

Brian Dinkelman walked, and Erik Lis hit his 9th home run of the season to make it 2-0 Miracle in the first inning.

In the second, Edward Ovalle walked, moved to second on Luis Ugueto's ground ball bunt, and to 3rd on a passed ball by Francisco Cervelli. Jeff Christy offered up a sac-fly to bring him across the plate, making it 3-0.

That's when the rains came, clearing the field of players and ushering in the tarp crew. They'd wait until 9 PM before finally calling the game, due to unplayable field conditions.

Errol Simonitch would replace Ward to resume the game on Friday. The no hitter ended in the 4th, when Austin Jackson singled.

Ugueto took a walk in the bottom of that inning, and wandered over to second when Christy drew a walk as well. Dinkelman hit into a double play, but Kevin Russo misplayed the ball, allowing Dinkelman to reach first and Ugueto to cross the plate to make it 4-0.

Reegie Corona got the Yankees on the board in the 6th when he doubled off Simo, then moved to 3rd on Jackson's ground out. Jose Tabata plated him, but Simo managed 2 more gound outs to end the inning.

Marcos Echionacci douled in the 7th and came home on a pair of singles by Tim Battle and Kevin Russo. Kevin Boles had just gone up to the hill to relieve Simonitch of his duties, when the umpires decided it might be prudent to get everyone off the field due to the close proximity of lightning in the area.

Iris was inquiring how they would know to resume the game if it didn't rain, but she really didn't have to worry about that, because the skies opened up shortly thereafter.

It was Dog Daze II at the stadium and the rain was heavy enough to force people to seek shelter in the more portected areas of the concourse. Lots of dogs, lightning, rain, and very little room led quickly to a Mike Vick promotion at Hammond Stadium. Leave it to the Mircle to jump on the controversial topics of today for their promotions.

In all honesty, the dogs were better behaved then some of the autograph seekers who had come looking for Jason Giambi's sig. Giambi kept the crowd amused, as did promotions by the Canine Coach and one of the local dog adoption agencies.

Giambi signed multiple items for people, although in some cases it was clear that the individuals in question were taking advantage of his generousity.

The field crew worked their best magic, and while we had dogs, not frogs, hoping on the field, it wouldn't be enough and the game was called around 8 PM.

Giambi will stay with Tampa as they try to play 2 today against the Miracle starting at 5:05 on Backpack Give Away night.

Surpringly enough Saturday's forcast calls for late afternoon thunder storms, with a 60% chance of rain starting at 2 PM and lasting until 11 PM at night. WUnderground

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South Bend 1 at Beloit 0

Record 19 - 13

W: C. Valdez (6-7, 3.11); L: A. Burnett (6-6, 2.90)
HR: None.

E: SantiEstEban (11, fielding).


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Garrett Olson, right, is congratulated by Yancarlos Ortiz (9) after hitting a two-run homer in the second inning Thursday.

From snappersbaseball.com: Steve Singleton hit a one-out single in the bottom of the fifth inning to notch the only hit of the night for the Snappers. Singleton and the Snappers fell to the Silver Hawks, 1-0 on Friday night.

South Bend scored their lone run in the bottom of the first inning on a Brad Miller RBI single to center field. Miller drove home Joey Side who singled off of pitcher Alex Burnett with one out in the inning. Side’s run gave the Silver Hawks all the runs that they would need.

South Bend starter Cesar Valdez pitched an absolute gem allowing only one hit while striking out four Snappers and going the distance.

Beloit starter Alex Burnett also pitched well only allowing one run off of five hits in six innings. Burnett improved his ERA to 2.90 in the loss.

Beloit’s second half record is now 19-13.

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Elizabethton Twins - Off

Record 24 - 10



Elizabethton takes Friday and Saturday off and plays a double header Sunday at home against the Greeneville Astros.

Catching up with the E-Star

"Elizabethton could hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle..." I assume Tim meant "couldn't" and I can say I've never quite heard it put that way before!

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GCL Reds Sox 1 at GCL Twins 5

Current Record: 22 - 8

W: N. Fuentes (1-0, 1.13); L: J. Alvarez (1-1, 2.35)
HR: None.

E: Brito (5, fielding).

Liam Hendriks says there is no such thing as an Australian Shephard. It's unfortunate that he was not at the Miracle game Friday night, as there was an Aussie Shepard pup hanging out at the beer garden.

Perhaps he was tired out after striking out 8 in four innings during the GCL Twins' pasting of the GCL Red Sox. Hendriks allowed only 4 hits in the game, but did not pick up the win. That distinction when to Nelvin Fuentes who came on to relieve him in the 5th.

The Twins jumped on the Red sox early, when Jeanfred Brito reached on a throwing error by Boston shortstop Oscar Tejeda. Ben Revere followed that with a bunt single, and Andrew Schmiesing followed them onto the bags with a hit out to center field. Juan Richardson doubled the trio in, stole 3rd and came home on a Angel Morales sac fly.

Coach Milt Cuyler says that also long as Brito and Revere do their job and get on base, the Twins will be alright. That was also the case in the bottom of the second inning, as the leadoff pair both singled. Brito got caught stealing, but Revere managed it with Schmiesing at the plate. The Twins left fielder hit a single that brought Revere in, but he tried to stretch his hit for a double and was taken out at second. Richardson ground out to end the inning.

That would be all the Twins would get in the game, but it proved to be enough for a stingy Twins pitching staff.

Fuentos would allow only 1 hit while striking out 2 during twin innings on the mound. Jakub Toufar allowed 2 hits, but came out of the seventh fine, using a pair of ground outs and a fly out to retire the Red Sox.

Mark Hamburger walked Luis Sumoza in the top of the 8th, and a fielding error by Brito put him into scoring position on 3rd. Ricardo Burgos ground out would allow him to score, but Hamburger also got ground outs of Tejeda and Victor Serrano to end the late inning rally.

Revere finished off the game 3-for-4 at the plate with 2 runs, Schmeising was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs and a run, and Richardson had 2 RBIs in the game. Morlaes struck out 3 times but did have the 1 RBI in the first inning. Jon Waltenbury drew the lone Twins walk.

The team takes on the Orioles for a league wide 10 AM start on Saturday at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, and then takes Sunday off before hosting the Pirates on Monday.

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DSL Twins 7 at DSL Blue Jays 6 (13 innings)

Current Record: 22 - 24

W: K. Mota (1-0, 1.69); L: J. Quero (1-1, 6.53); SV: E. Santana (2)
HR: DSL BLJ1: H. Rodriguez (2).

E: Morillo (3, throw), Sanchez, J (14, fielding), Mota (1, pickoff).

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VSL Cubs/Twins - Off

Current Record: 31 - 30

The team hosts the VSL Astros today at 11:00 AM

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Syracuse 2 at Rochester 3

Record 57 - 49

W: C. Cali (5-0, 2.49); L: M. Venafro (1-1, 3.56)
HR: SYR: R. Adams (10).


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Wings infielder Matt Tolbert is talked into one more autograph as he goes to the dugout before Thursday's game.

From redwingsbaseball.com: Before a paid attendence of 10,340, the Red Wings defeated the Syracuse Chiefs Thursday afternoon 3-2 at Frontier Field in just 2 hours and 17 minutes after a walk-off hit by Glenn Williams in the bottom of the ninth. The Wings scored twice in the first inning and after seven shutout innings by starter Brian Bass and a blown save by closer Bobby Korecky, came back to escape with a clutch victory in the bottom of the 9th.

In the first inning, Matt Tolbert looked to kick start the Red Wings offense by laying down a perfect bunt toward third for an infield hit. Darnell McDonald, just sent down by the Twins yesterday, sent a 3-2 pitch just inside the first base bag for a single, advancing Tolbert to third. Garrett Jones proceeded to take a 1-0 offering to right, just out of the reach of the outfielder, for an RBI double, leaving runners at second and third. Chris Heintz hit a grounder in the hole at short, ruled an infield single, that the shortstop could not come up with cleanly and Jones attempted to move up to third, but was thrown out when the fielder quickly tracked down the loose ball. Jose Morales grounded back to the pitcher to leave one stranded.

The Chiefs responded in the second when John-Ford Griffin hit a sinking line drive that fooled Denard Span and fell in for a hit. However, a quick double play by Bass eliminated any scoring opportunities. A nice running play by Span, however, ended the inning.

After the second, Bass settled in and began crafting a gem. In the third inning Robinzon Diaz swung and lost the handle of the bat having it fly into the stands on a swinging strike three. The next batter, Ray Olmedo, also lost his grip and sent his bat flying to the backstop. Both batters struck out.

After retiring 14 in a row, Bass finally gave up a single up the middle in the top of the 7th inning. However, the base runner was erased on another double play. He would finish the day with seven shutout innings, seven strikeouts and only three hits allowed and did not walk a batter.

Korecky came in for the top of the 9th trying to close out the win. A leadoff single to Diaz brought the tying run to the plate. After inducing a fielder's choice, Russ Adams connected for a two-run home run to tie the ball game. After allowing another hit to Kevin Barker, Korecky was taken out in favor of Carmen Cali who got a popup to send the game to the bottom of the 9th.

After a ground out by Morales, Tommy Watkins stretched a single to center into a double, sliding in just ahead of the tag. In scoring position with one out, Williams stepped up to hit right-handed against the left-hander Mike Venafro, who came into the game in the eighth. But Chiefs manager Doug Davis opted to bring in righty Ryan Houston, allowing the switch-hitting Williams to bat left-handed. With a batting average 100 points higher against right-handers, Williams responded with a drive to right that allowed Watkins to score easily with the winning run.

NOTES: The Red Wings have now won nine of their last 10 games vs. Syracuse at Frontier Field (Red Wings have outscored Syracuse 51-30 during this 10-game stretch). Rochester hasn’t lost a season series vs. Syracuse since 2000 (58-45 record since 2001)....DePaula has been lights out his last 11 games, going 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA. In 21.2 innings of work, DePaula has allowed just three runs on 14 hits while walking just three and striking out 23. Opponents are batting just .194 (14-for-72) against him during this 10-game stretch.

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New Britain 3 at New Hampshire 4

Record: 47 - 52

W: E. Fowler (3-3, 5.97); L: J. Floyd (4-9, 4.82); SV: J. Carlson (4)
HR: NHM: D. Smith 2 (13).

E: Feiner (1, pickoff).

From nhfishercats.com: David Smith hit a pair of home runs to lead the Fisher Cats over the New Britain Rock Cats in the series opener, 4-3.

The right fielder had a three-run shot in the second inning, and he added a solo shot in the fourth inning that hit off of the Hilton Garden Inn in left-center field.

New Hampshire's Aaron Mathews opened the second inning with a walk, and Rob Cosby followed by popping out. Chip Cannon then hit a double to right field, and then Smith connected for his first of the game on a shot to right field, which was named the RELCO Enlightening Play of Game.

Smith's home run in the fourth came with two outs and gave the Fisher Cats a 4-1 lead. Smith now has 13 home runs and 44 RBI this year. Smith also had a multi-home run game back on July 18 of last year against Portland.

Eric Fowler was dominant on the mound for New Hampshire giving up just seven hits, three runs (two earned) and no walks while striking out three. It was Fowler's first quality start since his Eastern League debut back on June 21.

Seth Overbey pitched an inning of relief allowing just one hit and striking out one. Jesse Carlson earned his first save of the year pitching the final 1.1 innings and allowing just one hit with two strikeouts.

The hit Carlson allowed was a ninth inning leadoff double by David Winfree. Winfree (3 for 4) went to third on a sacrifice bunt, but he was stranded there as Matt Allegra struck out and Felix Molina grounded out.

The Fisher Cats only tallied five hits - Smith's home runs, Cannon's double and singles by Sergio Santos and Erik Kratz.

New Britain starter Jesse Floyd went just four innings giving up all five hits and all four runs with one walk and three strikeouts.

The Fisher Cats return to the field Friday with the Rock Cats with LHP Kurt Isenberg (3-8, 5.53) facing New Britain's RHP Oswaldo Sosa (0-0, 3.60). Game time is 7:05pm. The first 2,000 fans through the gates will receive Aaron Hill t-shirts courtesy of St. Mary's Bank, and the day is also a Scout Sleepover night.

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Tampa at Fort Myers - Suspended

Record 16 - 18


Tarp, and lots of it.

Zach Ward was on the mound. Erik Lis hit a 2 run home run. The skies opened up and started pouring. Lightning flashed. Thunder crashed. The tarp crew tarped the field.

"When are they going to call the game?" Who knows, but we all have jobs to go to in the morning.

The conclussion of Thursday's game will start Friday at 5:05 PM. with a second 7-inning game following. Jason Giambi will be making a rehab start for the Yankees, serving as designed hitter.

It's dog days at the stadium, so don't forget to bring your pooch to the park.

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South Bend 2 at Beloit 4

Record 19 - 12

W: T. Robertson (5-2, 1.81); L: E. Romero (6-5, 4.21); SV: A. Slama (3)
HR: BEL: W. Ramos (7), G. Olson (5).


Tyler Robertson

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Elizabethton 3 at Kingsport 4

Record 24 - 9

W: R. Cruz (1-0, 0.00); L: L. Van Mil (2-1, 2.79)
HR: None.

From MiLB.com: Donald Green scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning as Kingsport pulled out a 4-3 victory over Elizabethton in Thursday's doubleheader opener.

Green, who entered the game as a pinch-runner after Yasmil Bucce lined a leadoff single, advanced on a sacrifice and a groundout before coming home on reliever Blair Erickson's wild pitch.

Bucce went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Greg Veloz scored on a wild pitch in the fifth for the Mets (16-15).

Kingsport starter Angel Calero allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four over 6 2/3 innings. Rhinel Cruz (1-0) allowed two hits before getting the final out in the seventh to pick up the win.

Estarlin De Los Santos smacked a two-run single in the third and Eric Santiago lined an RBI single in the seventh for the Twins (24-9).

Elizabethton reliever Ludovicus Van Mil (2-1) took the loss after surrendering two runs on three hits in 2 1/3 frames.

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Elizabethton 2 at Kingsport 3

Record 24 - 10

W: J. Bierd (1-0, 11.12); L: O. Alcala (0-1, 5.73)
HR: None.

E: Lawman (8, throw), Alcala (1, pickoff).

From MiLB.com: Brandon Richey lifted a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning as Kingsport beat visiting Elizabethton, 3-2, to sweep Thursday's doubleheader.

Richard Pena led off the decisive frame with a walk and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt by Twins reliever Omar Alcala (0-1). After Nicholas Giarraputo struck out, Jose Jimenez was intentionally walked. Richey followed with a fly ball to right field to plate Pena.

Jimenez went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored for the Mets (17-15).

Reliever Jose Bierd (1-0) gave up two hits and a walk with one strikeout over two scoreless innings for the win.

Rene Tosoni doubled twice and scored a run for Elizabethton (24-10), which has dropped four straight.

Alcala allowed an unearned run on two walks while retiring two batters.

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GCL Reds 6 at GCL Twins 2

Current Record: 20 - 8

W: B. Rice (2-0, 3.32); L: R. Gessmann (2-1, 2.93)
HR: None.

It's usually bad luck to mention that the opposing team is on a losing streak. I know that. I shouldn't have done it.

The two runs the Twins had to start the game would be all they would get in the conclusion of Saturday's suspended game.

Cincinnati tied the game in sixth when David Scott tripled Neftali Soto in. They then picked up 3 runs in the 8th, with Alexis Oliveras coming in on a Radhames Moreta sac fly, Justin Reed on a Sota double and Soto on a Devin Mesoraco single to take the lead for good.

Reed plated Oliveras in the ninth to finish it off.

Jeanfred Brito was 4-for-4 at the plate, Danny Rohlfing was 2-for-4, and Juan Richardson had a pair of walks in the contest. Angel Morales struck out twice.

Rodney Guessmann absorbed the loss, giving up 4 runs, all earned on 6 hits and 1 walk in 3.2 innings. Jarrad Eacott finished up the game, allowing 1 run on 2 hits in 1.1 innings work.

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GCL Reds 1 at GCL Twins 4

W: W. Marquez (2-1, 2.67); L: S. Otterness (0-4, 5.26)
HR: RDS: T. Brown (3).

The Twins bats rebounded in the second game through, and the Twins used a 3 run sixth inning to bring in a win.

Ramon Santana was hit by a pitch to get on base, but didn't stay there long as Jeanfred Brito hit into a force out. 1st round draft pick Ben Revere walked before Yangervis Solarte singled to load the bases. A Juan Richardson single brought in Brito and an Angel Morales double finished off the work before Nick Biagini was called out on strikes to end the inning.

The Twin had gotten onto the board when Revere singled, move to 2nd on a sac-bunt, stole 3rd and came home on Steve Otterness' wild pitch.

The Reds got their lone run when Tony Brown homered off closer Danny Rondon.

Winston Marquez picked up the win for the home team, allowing 3 hits and 1 walk in 5 innings while striking out 3. Jose Acosta threw a perfect sixth inning before Rondon was brought in to end the game.

Five different Twins had hits in the game, with Morales have the lone double. Danny Rams and Biagini each struck out twice.

The Red Sox visit the Lee County Sportsplex for a nooner today. I believe Liam "The Terminator" Hendriks is due up on the mound for this one.

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DSL Twins 8 at DSL Indians 14

Current Record: 21 - 24

W: D. Montero (1-0, 6.00); L: E. Arias (0-1, 8.10)
HR: None.

E: Pinto (6, throw), Soliman (13, fielding), Santana, E (3, throw), Goncalves (3, throw).

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VSL Cardinals 1 at VSL Cubs/Twins 3

Current Record: 31 - 30

W: E. Infante (2-4, 3.84); L: Y. Gonzalez (0-4, 4.35); SV: C. Rojas (4)
HR: None.

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Red Wings shortstop Alexi Casilla can’t hide his dejection after an inning-ending double play in the fourth inning against Syracuse on Wednesday.

Syracuse 8 at Rochester 1

Record 55 - 48

W: J. Cummings (4-6, 3.80); L: D. Gassner (3-12, 5.74)
HR: SYR: K. Barker (12).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Ex-Red Wing Jeremy Cummings pitched eight dominant innings as the Red Wings were defeated by the Syracuse Chiefs 8-1 on Wednesday night at Frontier Field. The Chiefs pounded out 18 hits off four combined Wings pitchers, including at least one hit from every Syracuse starter. Dave Gassner (3-12) took the loss after giving up four earned runs on 10 hits despite striking out eight. The Wings remain 1/2 game behind Buffalo in the wild card race after Buffalo was defeated by Charlotte 5-3.

Syracuse got on the board in the second after top prospect Adam Lind and Sal Fasano started the inning with consecutive hits. Gassner struck out John Hattig and Ray Olmedo, but Olmedo reached first base on a wild pitch to load the bases. Ryan Roberts hit a single to center field to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, but on the same play center fielder Denard Span threw out Fasano at home to prevent further damage.

The Chiefs added to their lead in the third inning. Kevin Barker led off with a home run to right field on the first pitch to give Syracuse a 2-0 lead. Chad Mottola then hit a double down the left field line, followed by a run-scoring double by Mike Vento to extend Syracuse's lead to 3-0.

In the fifth inning Syracuse continued their hitting onslaught. Mottola led off with a single and Vento followed with a walk to put runners on first and second with no outs. After getting the next two batters to fly out, Gassner gave up a run-scoring single to Hattig to make it 4-0.

Jason Miller relieved Gassner in the sixth but could not solve Syracuse's hitting attack. Vento led off the seventh with a double and later scored on Hattig's run-scoring single and extend their lead to 5-0.

Brad Baker fared no better after coming in for Miller in the eighth. Roberts began the inning with a double and Barker followed with a single. Mottola then hit a two-run triple to left-center to put the game out of reach at 7-0. A sacrifice fly by Vento made the game 8-0.

The Wings got some offense in the eighth but it would prove meaningless. Garrett Jones led off with a double and was plated by Chris Heintz's run-scoring single to put Rochester on the board trailing 8-1, providing the only highlight of Rochester's three-hit night

NOTES: Wings RHP Kevin Slowey (#17) and Beloit LHP Tyler Robertson (#18) appear on this week's Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet ranking of the 20 hottest minor league prospects. About Robertson, BA says "Still only 19, the athletic 6-foor-5 lefthander has a 1.71 ERA through 58 innings, including 64 strikeouts and 19 walks. Robertson's 2-to-1 groundout-to-flyout ratio has helped him allow only one home run on the year"....The Twins lost to the Blue Jays 13-1 Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series in Toronto. After the game, Minnesota optioned OF Darnell McDonald to the Wings; the Twins will call up Wings 3B Brian Buscher on Friday. Boof Bonser (5-6, 4.53 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for Minnesota when the Twins open a three-game series against the Indians on Friday night in Cleveland... The Red Wings held a ceremony Wednesday afternoon to unveil a statue of Morrie Silver, who organizaed the stock drive to save baseball in Rochester in late 1956. Click here for coverage of the ceremony in the Special Events section.

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New Britain 0 at Connecticut 3

Record: 47 - 51

W: R. Sadowski (2-2), L: J. Martinez (3-6), S: K. Pichardo (2)
HR: CT: Sosa (5)

From ctdefenders.com: The Connecticut Defenders and the New Britain Rock Cats woke up bright an early to face off in a morning special on Wednesday July 25. The Defenders looked to sweep the short two game set against their cross-state rivals and did just that, picking up a late inning blast to give them a 3-0 victory.

Rock Cats starter Anthony Swarzak, after missing most of the season due to violating the league’s substance abuse policy, showed no ill effects in his return on the mound. Swarzak was in the zone and the Defenders could not figure him out. Only four batters reached base against him in his first five innings of work and not one of them advanced to second base.

Geno Espineli did a great job in his best attempts to match Swarzak. After working himself into trouble and loading the bases in the first inning, he was able to escape the inning unscathed. He’d settle down thereafter to retire 18 of the next 21 batters he faced. Both starters went seven full innings and departed with the game scoreless.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, J.P. Martinez entered for the Rock Cats and after retiring the first batter on a fly out to right field, he struggled against the next two batters. He walked SS Jake Wald and gave up a bloop single Trey Webb. The Rock Cats pulled Martinez and went to their all star closer Jose Mijares. The move backfired though as Mijares delivered a 1-1 pitch to OF Carlos Sosa that was hit down the left field line and just squeaked inside the foul pole for a 3-run HR (5). The big blow sent the crowd into a frenzy and put the Defenders up 3-0 heading into the top of the ninth.

Reliever Kelvin Pichardo entered in the ninth and retired 3 of 4 batters to pick up the save and nail down the victory for the Defenders, 3-0. Both starting pitchers dazzled in their outings despite neither factoring in the decision. Anthony Swarzak went 7 scoreless innings, surrendering just 2 hits without walking a batter and striking out 11 Defenders. Geno Espineli pitched 7 scoreless innings as well, gave up 4 hits, walked 1 and struck out 5 batters. J.P. Martinez (L, 3-6) picked up his sixth loss of the year after lasting just a third of an innings, surrendering 2 runs on 1 hit and walking a batter. Ryan Sadowski (W, 2-2) picked up the win after working a scoreless inning and allowing a hit. Kelvin Pichardo (S, 2) notched his second save of the season after working around a hit in the final frame. Carlos Sosa went 1 for 4 in the game with a home run and 3 RBI. Trey Webb went 2 for 4 with a run scored in the victory.

The Rock Cats travel to New Hampshire for a 5 game series against the Fisher Cats starting Thursday at 7:05 PM.

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Fort Myers 2 at Lakeland 3

Record 16 - 18

W: E. Aponte (3-8, 5.19); L: J. Rainville (5-10, 3.60); SV: F. Dolsi (20)
HR: FTM: B. Dinkelman (5).

E: Gardenhire (8, throw).

Diek Scram doubled in Rafael Mendez and Joel Roa in the 5th inning to lead the Lakeland Flying Tigers past the Fort Myers Miracle Wednesday evening at Joker Marchant Stadium.

Brian Dinkelman opened the scoring when he walked, then came across the plate on a Juan Portes ground out in the first inning. An Erik Lis double in the same inning though would only get Portes as far as 3rd base.

The Tigers tied it up in the second when Mark Haske reached on a throwing error by shortstop Toby Gardenhire, then moved to 3rd on a Rafael Mendez ground out. Shawn Roof plated him with a single to 2nd.

Dinkelman would hit his fifth home run of the season in a Miracle uniform at the top of the 5th, but that was all the Miracle could manage against the Lakeland squad.

Eleazar Aponte would allow both Fort Myers runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings while striking out 7. Freddy Dolsi picked up his 20th save of the season for Lakeland allowing a Jeff Christy single and issuing walks to Luis Ugueto and Steve Tolleson, but Portes hit into a double play to end the Miracle's late inning rally attempt.

Jay Rayville saw his record drop to 5-10, allowing only 2 runs on 5 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4 in 5.2 innings. Kyle Aselton allowed only 1 hit to finish off the game for Fort Myers.

The Miracle return home to take on the division leading Tampa Yankees who defeated Clearwater Wednesday, 7-4. Zach Ward (2-14, 3.09) will take the start for Fort Myers.

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Beloit manager Jeff Smith was on top of the action as Garrett Olson slid safely into third in the third inning. Carlos Santana couldn’t handle the throw.

Beloit Snappers

Record 18-12

League Day Off

The Snappers being a 4-game series against the Silver Bend Silver Hawks at Pohlman Field Thursday at 7:00 PM Central Time.

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Elizabethton at Kingsport (Doubleheader)

Record 24 - 8

From MiLB.com: Wednesday's Appy League doubleheader between Elizabethton and Kingsport was postponed due to rain.

The first game of the twinbill will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader. There is information yet on the makeup date for the second game.

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Jon Waltenbury

GCL Twins 6 at GCL Pirates 2

Current Record: 20 - 7

W: D. Berlind (4-0, 0.87); L: R. Paulino (1-1, 8.00)
HR: TWI: J. Waltenbury (2).

Yangervis Solarte, Juan Richardson and Jon Waltenbury all went 2-for-4 at the plate including the ball Waltenbury ripped yard in the 8th, to lead the GCL Twins to a 6-2 victory over the GCL Pirates at Pirate City Wednesday afternoon.

The Twins wasted no time getting onto the board. With two outs in the first inning, Solarte singled his way on base, moved to 2nd on a wild pitch by Eddy Nunez and came home a Richardson line drive to right.

Daniel Berlind walked Thomas Hagen in the second inning. Hagen moved to second on Josue Peley's single, and to 3rd when Berlin walked Victor Alvarez to load the bases. A wild pitch sent Hagen home, but Berlind then took out Juan Garcia on strikes to end the inning.

It would be all the Pirates would get out of the stingy Berlind, who allowed only 4 more hits to go with single and 2 walks in the second and struck out 4 over six innings to keep the Pirates at bay.

Nunez tried to match Berlind's pace, allowing 6 hits but striking out only 1 in five innings. Ricardo Paulino got through the sixth inning unscathed, but found double trouble in the seventh.

Waltenbury singled his way onto first and moved to second on Wang-Wei Lin's walk. Andrew Schmiesing would double the pair in, putting the Twins up by 2 in the contest.

Ben Revere greeted Paulino with another double at the top of the 8th, and Solarte brought the speedy Revere home on his own double. Gary Amato was brought in, and got Richardson and Danny Rams to ground out, but Waltenbury sent a ball over the right field wall to make it 6-1.

Tom Stuifbergen made his first start of the season, allowing only a Quincy Latimore single in the bottom of the inning.

Michael Mopas came on for the 9th. A Victor Alvarez single, a Caleb Fields walk and line drive by Ciro Rosero gave the Pirates hope of a late inning rally, but Mopas induced Quincy Latimore to hit into a force out to end the game.

Lin was 2-for-3 in the contest with a walk. Waltenbury and Solarte both had 2 runs and the Waltenbury and Schmiesing had 2 RBIs each.

The Twins will face the Reds Thursday at the Lee County Sportsplex and will play the conclusion of Saturday's rain suspended contest at 10 Am, followed by a 7 inning game. The Twins were leading 2-1 at the bottom of the 4th with 2 outs before lightning caused the game to be haulted.

The Reds are in last place in the GCL South Division, 14 games behind the Twins and have lost their last 7.

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DSL Cubs 2 at DSL Twins 7

Current Record: 21 - 22

W: M. Garcia (5-2, 2.15); L: M. Perez (1-1, 2.77)
HR: None.

E: Caro (17, fielding), Sanchez, J (13, fielding).

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VSL Cubs/Twins 4 at VSL Pirates 5

Current Record 29 - 30

W: J. Ramos (5-3, 2.57); L: R. Navarro (1-4, 5.10); SV: E. Gutierrez (2)
HR: VSL PIT: R. Noris (8), M. Trinidad (4).

E: Lara (7, fielding).

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Rochester Red Wing Denard Span (27) celebrates his grand slam during the second inning against the Syracuse Chiefs at Frontier Field on Tuesday. It was the center fielder's third home run this season.

Syracuse 6 at Rochester 9

Record 55 - 47

W: C. Cali (4-0, 2.51); L: T. Taubenheim (4-6, 6.34); SV: B. Korecky (27)
HR: SYR: C. Mottola (12), R. Roberts (6). ROC: B. Buscher (6), D. Span (3).

E: Morales, J (4, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: It was a night of home runs as the Red Wings defeated the Syracuse Chiefs 9-6 Tuesday night at Frontier Field. Denard Span's grand slam in the second inning started the Wings on a two inning scoring streak. Brian Buscher followed in the third with a three-run homer to secure the win. The win moved the Wings to within a half-game of Buffalo for the International League wild card spot.

In his second start for the Wings, pitcher Ryan Mullins began the game by striking out the final two of three Syracuse batters in the first inning.

The Wings took the lead in an exciting second inning. Syracuse Starter Ty Taubenheim started the inning by walking Garrett Jones. Doug Deeds then knocked a line drive down the first base line for a single, moving Jones to third. After Buscher popped out to second base, Tommy Watkins walked to load the bases. After a second out, Span slammed a ball just over the right field wall for a grand slam, the second for the Wings this season, giving the Wings a 4-0 lead.

In the third, Matt Tolbert led off with a base hit. With one out, Jones was walked again placing Tolbert in scoring position. Deeds then singled a line drive to right field plating Tolbert, moving Jones to third, and advancing to second on the throw. With two runners in scoring position, Buscher smacked a ball into the right field bullpen for a three-run home run to double the Wings lead, 8-0.

Syracuse answered back with a home run of their own in the fourth. With one out, Adam Lind hit a ball to centerfield for a base hit. Chad Mottola followed with a two-run homer over left centerfield, bringing the score to 8-2.

The Chiefs cut into the Wings lead as Mullins struggled in the fifth. Russ Adams started the inning by reaching base off an error. He then advanced to third on a single to centerfield by Robinzon Diaz. Adams was brought home off a double to right field by Wayne Lydon. With no outs and two runners in scoring position, Ryan Roberts knocked a hit on a full count pitch for a three-run homer causing Carmen Cali to enter the game, relieving Mullins. Cali started by walking his first batter but was quickly saved by a double-play to second and first. He then struck out the final batter, holding the Wings lead, 8-6.

The Wings increased their lead in the sixth. The inning started with Watkins being walked by relief pitcher Jordan De Jong. This caused Syracuse to make a pitching change and bring in Scott Sauerbeck to face Trent Oeltjen, who, on a full count pitch, knocked a ball to centerfield for a triple, bringing home Watkins. After Span struck out, Oeltjen was tagged out at home by a fielder's choice by Alexi Casilla. Casilla then stole second but was stranded as Tolbert stuck out to end the inning with the score 9-6 Wings.

Julio DePaula entered the game to relieve Cali in the seventh. DePaula allowed one hit and struck out two. He was relieved by Bobby Korecky in the eighth. Korecky, who recorded his 27th save, struck out three and allowed a base hit in the two innings to end the game with the score of 9-6. Cali took the win, improving his record to 4-0.

NOTES: Span came into the game hitting a team-best .500 (6-for-12) with the bases loaded. His total of 19 RBI with the bases full is also tops on the club, with Jones second at 13...5' 3" rookie shortstop Chris Cates reached base in all six of his at-bats and scored four times Tuesday afternoon, as the Class A Beloit Snappers won a wild 12-11 game that went 11 innings. Joe Benson had four hits for the Snappers, who scored six in the bottom of the 12th inning - winning the game on Eli Tintor's 2-RBI single...In game one of Monday's doubleheader LHP Brian Duensing pitched the Red Wings' 11th complete-game of the 2007 season. The 11 complete games are the most by a Red Wings team since 1997 when Rochester had 13 complete-games. Of the 11 complete-games the Red Wings have this season, seven are seven-inning games...So far this season the Red Wings have a 25-26 record away from Frontier Field. If Rochester can finish with a winning road record this season it would be the first time since Red Wings records began in 1979 that Rochester has had back-to-back winning road records. In 2006 the Red Wings had a 37-35 road record, Rochester’s first winning road record since 1993 when the Red Wings finished with a 37-34 record away from Silver Stadium....The International League held a press conference at Frontier Field Tuesday afternoon to announce plans to revive the IL Hall of Fame, part of the league celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2008.

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New Britain 2 at Connecticut 6

Record: 47 - 50

W: D. McKae (4-2, 2.97); L: Y. Pino (0-1, 17.18)
HR: None

E: PlouffE (21, missed catch).

From ctdefenders.com: The Connecticut Defenders hosted the New Britain Rock Cats on Tuesday July 24 at Dodd Stadium. What started out as a pitchers duel between the two clubs, unraveled for the Rock Cats down the stretch and the Defenders took advantage to pick up a 6-2 victory.

Rock Cats starter Josh Hill began strong and was dealing out of the gates. Hill retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced. Defenders starter Dave McKae matched him on the mound to 8 of 9 to start the game. But in the top of the fourth inning, OF Brandon Roberts led off with a double and was sacrificed over to third on a bunt by SS Trevor Plouffe. OF Garrett Guzman followed with an RBI single to right field, scoring Roberts to put the Rock Cats up 1-0 after four full innings.

The Defenders struck back in the bottom of the fifth inning. C Steve Holm led off the inning with a single and eventually came around to score on a bases loaded walk to SS Jake Wald. That tied up the game at 1-1. The tie was short-lived and in the Defenders favor. Hill exited after five full innings and watched things implode on the mound with reliever Yohan Pino. All nine players in the Defenders lineup batted in the inning and Connecticut put up five runs. 3B Simon Klink delivered an RBI single, OF Carlos Sosa came through with a 2-run single and SS Jake Wald laced a 2-run double to complete the scoring effort. Connecticut led 6-1 after six innings.

After McKae was staked to the lead he did not relinquish it. The Rock Cats tagged him for a run in the top of the seventh inning on a Luke Hughes sacrifice fly that scored 3B Matt Moses, but that was all they could muster up. McKae completed a 1-2-3 eighth inning and Joe Bateman took care of 3 of 4 batters in the ninth to nail down the Defenders win 6-2.

Yohan Pino (L, 0-1) took the loss after pitching just a third of an inning, surrendering 5 runs (4 earned), 4 hits and striking out a batter. Dave McKae (W, 4-2) picked up his fourth win and his first in nearly a month. He matched a season high with 8 innings, giving up just 2 runs, scattering 4 hits, and striking out 2 batters without surrendering a walk. Joe Bateman worked around a walk to pitch a scoreless ninth. Simon Klink went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored, Carlos Sosa went 1 for 2 with 2 RBI, 2 walks and run scored, and Jake Wald went 1 for 3 with a double, 3 RBI and a walk. The Defenders snapped a four game losing streak to the Rock Cats.

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Fort Myers 2 at Lakeland 3

Record 16 - 17

W: B. Badenhop (10-5, 3.09); L: K. Waldrop (4-3, 2.82); SV: F. Dolsi (19)
HR: FTM: J. Woodard (4).

E: Shinskie (2, throw).

Burke Badenhop's pitching limited the Fort Myers Miracle bats Tuesday night and while the Lakeland Flying Tigers used 6 hits small ball to help themselves to a win at Joker Marchant Stadium.

Deik Scram's double greeted Fort Myers starter Kyle Waldrop who was making his first start since his demotion from AA. Sram moved to 3rd on a Ovandy Suero ground out. Having some room, Waldrop walked Maxwell Leon. Michael Hernandez then doubled Scram in, which put Leon in scoring position. He came ome on a Justin Justice ground out.

The Miracle got one back in the second inning when newcomer Alex Soto doubled in Dwayne White. Soto was called up from the GCL to replace catcher Allan de San Miguel who was placed on the DL with a broken pinky. But that would be all the Miracle would manage until late in the game.

Ovandy Suero singled his way onto base in the bottom of the 8th and advanced on a throw error during a pick off attempt by David Shinkie. He moved to 3rd on a Leon sac-bunt, and came home on a wild pitch by Shinskie to give the Tigers 3.

Johnny Woodard homered off Freddy Dolsi in the ninth for Fort Myers, but Soto flew out and Brian Dinkelman and Steve Tolleson both ground out to end the inning and the game.

Badenhop would be charged for 1 run on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 5 over 6 innings. Waldrop lasted 7, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks but struck out only 1 in the game.

Tolleson was 2-for-5 at the plate, Soto was 2-for-4. The FSL Player of the Week Danny Valencia was 0-for-3 with 1 walk. Dinkelman, the Twins player of the week, was 0-for-3 with 2 walks.

The two teams play the final game of the series Wednesday night at 7 PM with Jay Rainville (5-9, 3.62) throwing for the Miracle and Eleazar Aponte (2-8, 5.30) doing the gunning for the Flying Tigers.

The loss does nothing to change the Florida State League standings, as the Flying Tigers remain firmly entrenced in last place and Fort Myers remains 6 games back from Tampa, who have lost their last 2 games to Clearwater.

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Thomas Giles (6) of the Great Lakes Loons bears down on Beloit’s Steve Singleton during the first inning of the Snappers’ 7-6 win Monday night. Giles was out, but Singleton was not able to a complete the double play.

Great Lakes 11 at Beloit 12 (12 innings)

Record 18-12

W: J. Carnevales (5-4, 4.29); L: J. Peterson (0-1, 22.50)
HR: GLL: J. Apodaca (7), M. Berezay (7), T. Giles 2 (6).

E: SinglEton (18, throw), Berg (5, throw).

From snappersbaseball.com: For the second time in as many days, the Beloit Snappers walked off winners in extra innings over the visiting Great Lakes Loons, 12-11. The four and a half hour marathon of a game ended after the Snappers’ Eli Tintor drove in a pair with a bouncing single into left field.

The Snappers snatched the lead in the third inning on a Wilson Ramos RBI single. Beloit added another run in the inning when Garrett Olson scored on a throwing error by Carlos Santana. The Loons’ responded quickly as Tommy Giles led off the fourth with a home run off starter Cole Devries to narrow the score 2-1.

Five hits led to four more runs for Great Lakes in the top of the fifth to lead for the first time all day. Down by four after the Loons’ added another score, the Snappers struck back in their half of the sixth. Following a Chris Cates walk, Joe Benson ripped a triple to right field to score Cates. Benson would sprint home on a wild pitch to make the score 6-4 in favor of the Loons’.

For the second consecutive game, the Snappers found late inning magic when Chris Parmelee knocked in a pair with a blazing single to right field. Parmelee’s clutch hit tied the game at six heading towards the ninth. With neither team able to score, the game went to an extra frame for the second day straight.

As the game dragged on into the 12th, the Loons’ were finally able to break the gridlock with a five run explosion. Juan Apodaca ignited the rally with a solo home run to center. Matt Berezay and Tommy Giles added solo shots of their own to widen the lead.

Once again the Snappers fought back with a miraculous six run 12th inning. With no pitchers left in the bullpen, the Loons’ turned to outfielder James Peterson and shortstop Adolfo Gonzalez to close out the game. The lack of pitching would cost the Loons the win, though, as Peterson and Gonzalez struggled with control.

Jesus Carnevales picked up his fifth win of the season in relief while James Peterson was charged with the loss. Offensively, the Snappers were led by Joe Benson, who had four hits, including a triple. Wilson Ramos and Chris Parmelee had two RBI each in the win.

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Elizabethton 0 at Johnson City 1 - Suspended

Record 24 - 8

From MiLB.com: Tuesday night's Appalachian League game between the Elizabethton Twins and Johnson City Cardinals was suspended due to rain.

It will be resumed on Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. ET followed by the regularly scheduled game.

The Cardinals had a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning when play was halted.

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Current Record: 19 - 7

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DSL Twins 1 at DSL Yankees I 9

Current Record: 20 - 22

W: J. Selenes (2-0, 3.00); L: E. Cardenas (0-2, 4.74)
HR: None.

E: Soliman (12, fielding), Doran (4, fielding), Franco (5, fielding).

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VSL Mets 2 at VSL Cubs/Twins 6

Current Record 29 - 29

W: G. Rodriguez (3-2, 3.07); L: M. Alvarez (1-3, 4.35)
HR: None.

E: Lara (6, fielding), Soto, K (2, throw).

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Rochester 9 at Ottawa 3 (7 innings)

Record 53 - 47

W: B. Duensing (7-2, 3.21); L: L. Jacobsen (1-4, 6.37)
HR: ROC: A. Casilla (3).

E: Casilla (10, throw), Watkins (12, fielding).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Trent Oeltjen and Span drove in three runs apiece as Rochester defeated host Ottawa 9-3 in game one of Monday afternoon's doubleheader.

Oeltjen was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second inning to force in the Red Wings' first run, and Span followed with a two-run single. Span contributed another run-scoring single in the fourth, while Oeltjen's two-run base hit in the fifth capped a four-run frame.

Alexi Casilla hit a leadoff dinger in the fifth for the Red Wings. Heintz and Tommy Watkins both contributed RBI singles.

Ottawa got on the board in the third inning. Carlos Leon walked and Chris Roberson singled to put runners on first and second with two outs. Leon scored when Casilla made a throwing error on Joe Thurston's infield single before, and Brennan King followed with an RBI single. Pedro Swann doubled to lead off the fifth and eventually scored on left fielder Watkins' throwing error.

Brian Duensing (7-2) earned a complete-game victory, yielding three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits over seven innings.

Landon Jacobsen (1-4) took the loss after allowing eight runs on 10 hits over five frames while striking out five. Josepeh Bisenius surrendered a run in two innings of work.

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Rochester 4 at Ottawa 3 (7 innings)

Record 54 - 47

W: J. DePaula (8-5, 2.88); L: K. Davis (1-2, 2.88); SV: B. Korecky (26)
HR: ROC: C. Heintz (1).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Denard Span knocked in Brian Buscher with the winning run, keying a 4-3 Red Wings comeback win in the second game of Monday's matinee doubleheader and giving Rochester a sweep of the twinbill. The Wings return home to open a four-game series against Syracuse Tuesday night at Frontier Field.

The Red Wings (55-48) fell behind 3-0 after three innings, but plated one run in each of the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth frames. Chris Heintz delivered a solo homer in the fourth, while his RBI single with two outs in the seventh tied the game at 3-3. Two singles and an intentional walk loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, and Span came through with a run-scoring single to left field. The 23-year-old center fielder drove in three runs in the first game of the doubleheader.

Jason Jaramillo's RBI single in the first put the Lynx (40-61) on the board. Jaramillo also contributed an RBI double in the third and came home to score on Gary Burnham's single to left field.

Julio DePaula (8-5) hurled two scoreless innings and notched the win, while Bobby Korecky shut down Ottawa in the eighth to pick up his 26th save. Starter Jay Sawatski allowed three runs on six hits over three innings.

Kane Davis (1-2) pitched the eighth and took the loss, while Anderson Garcia blew a save opportunity by yielding a run in both the sixth and seventh frames. Starter John Ennis surrendered a run on five hits over five innings.

NOTES: The Red Wings now have an impressive 18-5-20 record in doubleheaders since Rochester changed affiliations to the Minnesota Twins in 2003...Twins LHP.Glen Perkins, who has been on the disabled list since May 22 with left shoulder discomfort, is traveling to Ft. Myers today where he will begin a throwing program...Since June 10, Twins SS Jason Bartlett has hit safely in 30 of 36 games, including hitting safely in 10 of his last 11 games...during the 36 game stretch he is hitting .303 (44-for-145) with five doubles, one triple, one home run, 29 runs scored and 12 stolen bases...he has recorded 12 multi-hit games and has a .354 on-base percentage...his 29 runs scored during the span are the most among American League shortstops, only Jimmy Rollins has scored more (35)...on the season, he has stolen a career-high 19 bases in 20 tries...his 95% stolen base percentage is the highest in the American League.

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Connecticut at New Britain - Postponed Rain

Record: 47 - 49

From rockcats.com: Tonight's Rock Cats game with the Defenders from Norwich has been postponed due to inclement weather. The make-up date will be announced at a later date. Tickets for the July 23 game may be exchanged for any remaining 2007 regular season home game, pending availability.

Many good seats remain for upcoming home games at New Britain Stadium. To exchange tickets for the July 23 rainout, fans should visit the Stadium Box Office between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday-Friday or between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM on Saturdays.

(Notice how they are the Defenders, from Norwhich and not the Connecticut Defenders? I guess they are still hissed off at the name change.)

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Jeff Manship

Fort Myers 4 at Lakeland 1

Record 16 - 16

W: J. Manship (5-1, 2.61); L: L. French (5-8, 3.65); SV: A. Gabino (4)
HR: None.

After a rain delay that pushed the start of the game back two hours, Juan Portes went 3-for-4 at the plate and Erik Lis drove in 2 runs to lead the Fort Myers Miracle to a slightly soggy 4-1 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers.

Jeff Manship struck out 12 over 7 innings. The lone Tigers run came in the second inning when Michael Hernandez singled his way onto the bag and was moved to 2nd by a Justin "Hey, are you related to David?" Justice fly to right flied. Daniel Worth walked to load the bags. With no outs, Mark Haske was induced to hit into a double play, the Miracle could not turn it fast enough, taking out Worth at second but allowing Haske to reach first and Hernandez to score. Manship took the next two batters out on strikes to end the inning.

The Miracle got on board in the first inning when Steve Tolleson walked, moved to 3rd on Portes' double and came home on a Lis ground out.

They took the lead back at the top of the 3rd with Brian Dinkelman walking his way onto base, then moving on a pair of singles by Tolleson and Portes. A sac-fly by Lis would see him across the plate.

Catcher Jeff Christy and Dinkelman both singled in the 5th. Christy came home when Tolleson reached on a fielding error by Tigers first baeman Rafael Mendez. Dinkelman would be plated by a Portes single.

Armando Gabino picked up his 4th save of the season, striking out 2 in 2 innings. Lucas French suffered the loss for the Tigers, giving up all 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks while striking out only Dwayne White in the 2nd inning.

Kyle Waldrop (4-2, 2.86) will make the first start since his demotion Tuesday night, taking on Tigers ace Burke Badenhop (9-5, 3.17) in a game scheduled to start a 7.

The win puts the Miracle at the .500 mark, still in 5th place in the division, 6 games behind the Tampa Yankees.

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Roster Moves: Catcher Alexander Soto was added to the Miracle roster from the GCL Twins. He replaces Allan de San Miguel who was placed on the DL with a broken pinky.


BDN Staff photo by Jim Franz
Beloit second baseman Chris Cates went airborne after colliding with Juan Rivera (12) as he threw to first for a double play Sunday.

Great Lakes 6 at Beloit 7 (10 innings)

Record 17-12

W: A. Slama (1-0, 2.84); L: T. Melgarejo (4-6, 6.47)
HR: GLL: F. Lizarraga (4).

E: Ortiz (22, fielding).

From snappersbaseball.com: After dropping game two of a four game set Sunday afternoon to the Great Lakes Loons, the Snappers came from behind to grab a win Monday Night at Pohlman Field, 7-6 in 10 innings.

The Snappers jumped to a quick 1-0 lead on a Wilson Ramos RBI single in the first inning. The Loons would answer in the fifth, touching up Beloit starter Brian Kirwan for five runs. Loons’ shortstop Francisco Lizarraga knocked a first pitch fastball out of the park. Several Snapper miscues led to four more runs for Great Lakes.

The lead would not last, though, as the Snapper bats came alive in the sixth inning. Five different Snappers had RBI hits for Beloit, as they secured a narrow 6-5 lead heading to the seventh.

The Loons would not go quietly, however, tying the game at six in their half of the eight. After reaching on a Yancarlos Ortiz error, Francisco Lizarraga scored on a Matt Berezay triple. Neither team was able to score in the ninth as the game stretched into extra innings.

Snappy would have the last laugh, though, as Anthony Slama pitched two and a third strong innings in relief. In the last of the tenth, Chris Parmelee scored from third on a Steve Singleton sacrifice fly. Slama’s effort earned him the victory, his first of the season, and pushed the Snappers’ second half record to 17-12. Chris Parmelee tallied three hits while Singleton drove in a pair for the Snappers.

Beloit wraps up the four game series against Great Lakes Tuesday at noon at Pohlman Field.

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Elizabethton 0 at Johnson City 3 (6 innings - Rain)

Record 24 - 8

W: B. Broderick (2-2, 1.75); L: M. McCardell (1-1, 3.60); SV: T. Leach (1)
HR: None.

From www.MiLB.com: Brian Broderick and Tyler Leach combined on a two-hitter as Johnson City blanked visiting Elizabethton, 3-0, in a rain-shortened game Monday.

Broderick (2-2) gave up two hits -- a single in the fourth inning and a double in the fifth -- while striking out two without a walk in five frames. The 20-year-old right-hander lowered his ERA to 1.75 over eight appearances, including five starts.

Leach pitched a perfect sixth for his first save.

Dognnt Bolivar singled and scored on Adron Chambers' double in the third and stroked an RBI single in the fourth for the Cardinals (15-16). Wilmer Alvarado delivered a run-scoring double in the fourth.

Twins starter Michael McCardell (1-1) gave up three runs on seven hits while striking out eight without a walk in five innings.

Wesley Connor and Estarlin De Los Santos had the hits for Elizabethton (24-8).

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GCL Orioles at GCL Twins

Current Record: 19 - 7

Postponed - Rain

New Video has been added from this weekend's games.

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DSL Rockies 17 at DSL TWins 7

Current Record: 20 - 21

W: S. Morillo (2-1, 2.67); L: C. Garcia (1-4, 4.97)
HR: None.

E: Arias, J 2 (2, throw, throw), Germosen (1, pickoff), Mercedes (2, fielding).

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VSL Cubs/Twins 9 at VSL Tigers 10

Current Record 28 - 29
W: J. Siso (1-2, 11.17); L: J. Mijares (1-4, 6.49); SV: L. Oliveros (18)
HR: VSL CHC/MN: J. Blanco (1). VSL DET: A. Espinoza 2 (10).

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Rochester 2 at Ottawa 3 (10 innings)

Record 52 - 47

W: B. Sanches (2-2, 4.76); L: B. Baker (0-1, 7.88)
HR: None.

E: Morales, J (3, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Brennan King's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave Ottawa a 3-2 win over Rochester on Sunday. Trent Oeltjen had two hits and an RBI for the Red Wings (53-48).

With the score tied, 2-2, Chris Roberson led off the decisive frame with a single, advanced to second on Joe Thurston's sacrifice and stole third. After Brad Baker (0-1) intentionally walked Gary Burnham, King singled to left field, plating Roberson.

The Lynx (40-59) had tied the game in the seventh against Carmen Cali, when Roberson's groundout plated Dusty Wathan.

Brian Sanches (2-2) scattered three hits and fanned one in two scoreless innings to pick up the win. Ottawa starter Matt Childers allowed one run on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts over six frames.

Baker yielded one run on two hits, striking out one and walking one while recording two outs. Rochester starter Kevin Slowey, gave up a run on four hits and a walk while striking out six in six innings.

Doug Deeds, Tommy Watkins and Denard Span each had two hits for Rochester.

NOTES: Class A Ft. Myers (Florida State League) infielder Brian Dinkelman is the Twins Minor League Player of the Week for July 14-20...Dinkelman, 23, hit .407 with two home runs, six rbi, four walks and scored 10 runs in six games...he had a .484 on-base percentage and a .704 slugging percentage...he was the Twins eighth round selection in the 2006 First-Year Player draft. Dinkelman extended his hitting streak to 14 Sunday in a 13-4 Ft. Myers win over Sarasota...Twins OF Rondell White had three hits and an RBI in a rehab start for the Twins' Rookie level Gulf Coast League club Sunday afternoon....Twins C.Joe Mauer connected for his first career inside-the-park home run in the eighth inning Saturday night...Mauer became the first Twins player to hit one since Torii Hunter on July 26, 2001 at Oakland and the first Twins player to hit one at the Metrodome since Chad Moeller on July 29, 2000 vs. NYY...he became the first catcher to hit one since Kelly Stinnett (with the D-Backs) at San Diego on August 25, 2005...the inside-the-park home run was the 48th in Twins history.

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Trenton 7 at New Britain 2

Record: 47 - 49

W: S. Patterson (3-1, 1.03); L: T. Lahey (7-3, 3.43)
HR: None.

From rockcats.com: Trenton scored five runs in the top of the ninth to break a tie game and go on to down the Rock Cats 7-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Reliever Tim Lahey came on in the top of the ninth. The first two batters he faced reached on errors and he intentionally walked the bases loaded. Lahey (7-3) then walked Colin Curtis for the eventual game-winning run. Trenton’s Juan Miranda then cleared the bases with a three-run double. Lahey’s wild pitch put Miranda on third before he scored on an RBI single by Matt Carson. Lahey was charged with five unearned runs on three hits and two walks.

Oswaldo Sosa made his Double-A debut for the Rock Cats. The 21-year-old prospect cruised through the first two innings. He retired the first seven batters he faced before allowing a one-out single to Aarom Baldiris in the third inning. Gabriel Lopez followed with another single. With two outs, Alberto Gonzalez lined a single to left field that scored Baldiris for a 1-0 Thunder lead. Gonzalez was thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit into a double to end the inning.

Gonzalez (3-for-4) added an RBI double in the fifth inning to put the Thunder ahead, 2-0.

Trenton’s Ian Kennedy shutout the ‘Cats through five innings, but then struggled with control in the sixth. Kennedy hit leadoff batter Brandon Roberts with a pitch and then walked Trevor Plouffe. Kennedy was removed for Michael Gardner, who allowed a single to Garrett Guzman. Matt Moses delivered an RBI single to score Roberts and cut the Thunder lead in half, 2-1. Felix Molina then popped out to third base in foul territory. On a heads-up play, Plouffe tagged up and scored from third to tie the game.

Kennedy was charged with two runs and three hits. He struck out six. Scott Patterson (3-1) picked up the win in relief.

Sosa lasted five innings, surrendering eight hits and two runs. He struck out three. The Venezuelan native showed poise in the fifth inning when he allowed four hits but went on to strike out Juan Miranda with the bases loaded to end the inning. J.P. Martinez and Jose Mijares combined for three shutout innings in relief.

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Sarasota 4 at Fort Myers 13

Record 15 - 16

W: A. Hawes (1-1, 3.72); L: L. Ondrusek (5-7, 4.98)
HR: None.

E: UguEto (16, throw).

From miraclebaseball.com: A Sunday afternoon ball game at Hammond Stadium saw the Fort Myers Miracle score eight runs in the third, five in the fifth cruising to a 13-4 blowout of the Sarasota Reds. The Miracle sent a dozen hitters to the plate in the third and another 10 in the fifth earning the series-split against the Reds.

The Miracle third began with back-to-back walks issued to Luis Ugueto and Dwayne White. Brian Dinkelman followed with a RBI-single to extend his hit-streak to 14 and give the Miracle 1-0 lead. Juan Portes would be drilled with the bases-loaded to pick up the second-RBI before a two-run double from Erik Lis and a pair of RBI-singles from Danny Valencia and White capped off the first big frame.

Sarasota would respond with three of their four runs in the fourth as Justin Tordi roped a one-out double to right scoring Tonys Gutierrez and Miguel Perez for the first pair of runs. Gerardo Cabrera quickly followed with a run-scoring single to left reducing the Reds deficit to five.

An error, passed ball and wild pitch helped out in the Miracle fifth. Edward Ovalle led off with a double to right and later scored on Jeff Christy’s RBI-single to center. Steve Tolleson and Lis each picked up a RBI-single in the inning after Dinkelman kept the inning alive by reaching on an error.

The final Reds run came in the seventh as Danny Dorn picked up a RBI-single. The run, charged to reliever Adam Hawes, turned out to be unearned. Hawes went 4.1 innings out of the bullpen Sunday, allowing the one run on six hits in the win.

A three-game road trip for the Miracle will begin on Monday in Lakeland. Game one of the series against the Flying Tigers will see RHP Jeff Manship (4-1, 2.90) take the hill for the Miracle. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.

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Great Lakes 6 at Beloit 4

Record 16-12

W: D. Pfeiffer (4-2, 3.24); L: J. Carnevales (4-4, 4.08); SV: M. Ramirez (11)
HR: None.

E: Olson 2 (18, fielding, fielding), Petsch (1, fielding), SantiEstEban (10, fielding).

From snappersbaseball.com: Four runs in the last three innings by the Loons proved to be the deciding factor in Great Lakes’ 6-4 win over the Snappers. Jesus Carnevales pitched two thirds of an inning and allowed two runs to pick up his fourth loss of the season.

Great Lakes struck first in the top of the first inning. The Loons scored two runs off of four hits and two errors by the Snappers. James Peterson and Carlos Santana delivered the RBI singles to give the Loons a 2-0 advantage after one.

The Snappers managed to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning on sacrifice flies from Danny Santiesteban and Yancarlos Ortiz.

Beloit then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with two more runs. Newcomer Ben Petsch led the inning off with a triple to center and was then driven home off the bat of Danny Berg. Berg singled to left-center field. After a single from Eli Tintor, first baseman Matt Betsill doubled home Danny Berg from second. Betsill’s RBI double gave the Snappers a 4-2 lead.

The Loons then scored a run in the top of the seventh and a run in the top of the eighth off of the Snappers’ bullpen to tie the game at 4-4. Great Lakes eventually took the lead in the top of the ninth inning with two runs off of relievers Jesus Carnevales and Danny Vais.

The Snappers were unable to get anything going in the bottom half of the ninth as they went on drop game two of the four game series with the Loons, 6-4. The loss drops Beloit’s second half record to 16-12.

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Bluefield 8 at Elizabethton 4

Record 24 - 7

W: S. Procner (2-0, 3.14); L: S. Steedley (1-1, 3.54)
HR: BLU: M. Tucker (4), J. White (1).

E: Leveret (3, throw), Van Mil (1, throw).

From MiLB.com: Matthew Tucker and Jason White homered and combined for five RBIs to power Bluefield past host Elizabethton, 8-4, on Sunday.

White slugged a two-run shot, his first, in the second inning and Tucker belted a three-run blast, his fourth, in the ninth.

The Orioles (17-16) scored three times without getting a hit in the sixth. Tucker came home on a throwing error, White scored on a wild pitch and Pedro Silveren was balked home.

Bluefield starter Stephen Procner (2-0) surrendered two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings.

Deibinson Romero went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in the first and a two-run double in the ninth for the Twins (24-7), who had their five-game winning streak snapped.

Elizabethton reliever Spencer Steedley (1-1) allowed two unearned runs on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in three frames. Starter Steven Hirschfeld surrendered two runs on three hits and a walk while fanning one in two innings.

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GCL Twins 3 at GCL Red Sox 5

Current Record: 19 - 7

Santos Arias gave up a home run to Engel Beltre in the 4th inning that allowed the GCL Red Sox to slip by the GCL Twins 5-3 at the City of Palms Complex in Fort Myers Sunday.

The Sox also tacked on an insurance run in the fifth on a contested play that resulted in a warning issued to each side after a rather lengthy discussion by the umpires. The game started out on a contested call however, when Rondell White double a ball down the left field line that was foul, but which the umpire declaired fair. White would come home on Danny Rams' single one out later to put the Twins on the board.

Boston took the run back in the bottom of the second, when Beltre doubled a ball through a hole in Ramon Santana's glove and came home on a Chih-Hsiang Huang sac fly.

The Twins scored two more in the top of the 3rd. Jeanfred Brito singled and Santana hit into what whould have been a double play, but Huang dropped the ball, which delayed the throw enough to allow Santana to reach base safely.

Yangervis Solarte singled to get on board, followed by White, who was 3-for-4 in the contest. White brought in Santana, and Solarte came home when Juan Richardson reached on a throwing error by shortstop Oscar Tejeda.

The Sox tied it back up though when Victor Serrano doubled and came home on a sac-fly. Araias, who was struggling a bit with his control again, balked then threw his second wild pitch of the inning, prompting Nelson Prada to go have a few words with his young pitcher. Mitch Denning singled, moved to second on the balk and to 3rd on the wild pitch. Arias then gave up a single to Tejeda that plated him.

Arias made it through 4.2 innings before he was pulled in favor of Jarrad Eacott. "E" would work 2.1 innings allowing 3 hits, 1 walk and striking out 3. Brito saw a ball go through a hole in his gove in the sixth, but Eacott used a strike out and two grounders to close the inning.

Dominigue Rodgers, a 36th round pick for the Twins in 2007 made his professional debute, starting with a fly-out before throwing 2 strikes for a quick 8th inning.

The Twins were to take on the Orioles Monday at home, but the game was rained out by an early morning storm which also played havoc with the phone and internet lines. The Twins take on the Pirates Wednesday at Pirate City.

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DSL AL All-stars 1 vs. DSL NL All-stars 4

Current Record: 20 - 20

W: J. De Paula; L: L. Batista
HR: DSLA: G. Soto. DSLN: E. Urbina.

Twins prospect Edison Alvarez pitched 2 innings for the AL team, allowing 2 hits and striking out 2.

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VSL Devil Rays/Reds 4 vs. VSL Cubs/Twins 5

Current Record 28 - 28

W: J. Mijares (1-3, 4.72); L: E. Quinonez (0-2, 8.86)
HR: None.

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