tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5900182064841554242011-11-27T20:21:46.398-05:00A look at the Minnesota Twins farm system.Diamond Emerald-Eyesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590018206484155424.post-66540736826036888232008-10-10T09:34:00.002-04:002008-10-10T09:36:22.665-04:00

W: J. Jeffress (1-0, 3.00); L: J. Manship (0-1, 6.00)HR: None.Former Miracle hurler Jeff Manship (Minnesota) gave up 3 runs on four hits over three innings while fanning 3, putting the Desert Dogs in an early hole that they never recovered from. He'd take the loss, his first of the season for the defending Arizona Fall League champions.The Dogs actually got on the board first, with Evan Frey (

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W: S. Lindsay (1-0, 0.00); L: T. Brummett (0-1, 6.75); SV: A. Carignan (1)HR: PDD: J. Arencibia (1). MSS: L. Morrison (1).Wednesday night the Phoenix Desert Dogs overcame the Mesa Solar Sox, 7-5. Both teams pounded out 10 hits each, but the Dogs made their hits count.A throwing error in the first inning put lead off man Evan Frey (Arizona) on second base to start the game for the Dogs. Steve

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It took 10 innings, but the Mesa Solar Sox overcame the Phoenix Desert Dogs, 3-2 on the opening day of the 2008 Arizona Fall League Season.Mesa got on the board first, taking two runs from Phoenix starter Max Scherzer (Arizona), who went on to work 7 innings. A fielding error by Desert Dog Rusty Ryal (Arizona) allowed John Raynor (Florida) to reach. He was awarded second when the ball went into

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GCL Twins outfielder Aaron Hicks leads off the list of Baseball American's top 20 GCL Prospects. This is probably not surprising has Hicks enjoyed a great season with the GCL Twins, having a chance to focus on his fielding and his batting. The list also included Michael Almanzar (3b), Casey Kelly (SS/rhp) and Derrik Gibson (3b) for the GCL Red Sox and Jarek Cunningham (3b/ss) for the GCL Pirates

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The Fort Myers Miracle and the Minnesota Twins announced Friday that they have expended their affiliation agreement for an additional four year, running through 2012. "We are delighted to extend our affiliation with Fort Myers," said Twins Director of Minor League Operations Jim Rantz. "[Fort Myers president] Linda McNabb and her staff have created a great environment for Minor League Baseball

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Fort Myers 3 at Daytona 7W: A. Cashner (1-0, 0.00); L: A. Burnett (1-1, 3.38)HR: FTM: J. Woodard (1). DAY: J. Adduci (1), Y. Carter (1).The Daytona Cubs were bound and determined not to wait one more day for a Florida State League Championship. As a result, they wasted little time defeating the Fort Myers Miracle, 7-3 to take the title.I said I would be happy if the Miracle got past Dunedin and I

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Fort Myers 5 at Daytona 3W: C. Gutierrez (1-1, 9.00); L: J. Russell (0-1, 6.75); SV: A. Slama (3)HR: FTM: E. Ovalle (1), W. Robbins (1). DAY: T. Thomas (1).It seems the Miracle weren't quite as done in as some bloggers seemed to think. Indeed, the Fort Myers Miracle will live to see game four of the best of five series against Daytona, batting their way past the Cubs at Jackie Robinson Stadium

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Beloit Snappers Press ReleaseBen Revere did it all for the Snappers in 2008 and was named by the coaching staff as their Brodie Trophy Player of the Year. Ben was given the award before the Snappers took on the Burlington Bees on August 30th.Revere ended up leading the league in batting average (.375) and on-base percentage (.428), was second in stolen bases (44) and third in slugging percentage

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Daytona 9 at Fort Myers 1W: J. Jackson (1-0, 0.00); L: C. Devries (1-1, 4.22)HR: DAY: B. Lalli (1).The Daytona Cubs wasted no time sending the Fort Myers Miracle packing, taking five runs off Cole Devries in the 3rd inning in route to a 9-1 win, and a 2-0 game lead, in the best of five Florida State League Championship series.The Miracle will have to win three straight at Jackie Robinson Stadium

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Daytona 5 at Fort Myers 1W: J. Latham (1-0, 0.00); L: C. Gutierrez (0-1, 13.50)HR: FTM: R. Tosoni (2).Matt Fox pitched an absolutely incredible game for six innings, scattering 3 hits and a pair of walks and striking out an astounding 10 batters. But unfortunately, the bullpen could not match his performance.Carlos Gutierrez would get Carlos Canzier to strike out swinging to start his shift in

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Daytona 6 at Palm Beach 0W: H. Chen (1-0, 0.00); L: M. Diapoules (0-1, 7.20)HR: None.When the Daytona Cubs were in town earlier in the year for the regular season, they bought with them the reputation of being quite the road team. Evidently the travel mojo is still in effect as they blanked the Palm Beach Cardinals 6-0 at Roger Dean Stadium, to earn themselves a trip to Southwest Florida and the

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Palm Beach 5 at Daytona 4W: S. Garceau (1-0, 2.70); L: M. Mateo (0-1, 2.45); SV: P. Parise (1)HR: None.The come-back Cubs fell one short at Jackie Robinson Stadium, as the Palm Beach Cardinals forced game three of the Eastern Division finals.Antonio DeJesus singled to lead off the top of the first inning and Peter Kozma followed suite. Steve Hill would ground into a double play that allowed

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Dunedin 1 at Fort Myers 3W: A. Burnett (1-0, 0.00); L: R. Gonzalez (0-1, 3.00); SV: A. Slama (2)HR: None.The Fort Myers Miracle swept the Dunedin Blue Jays 2-game to none to become the 2008 West Division Champions of the Florida State League Wednesday night at Hammond Stadium.Alex Burnett pitched what may well have been one of the best games of his career, limiting the Jays to only 2 hits and 3

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Fort Myers 2 at Dunedin 1W: C. Devries (1-0, 0.00); L: B. Mills (0-1, 2.57); SV: A. Slama (1)HR: FTM: R. Tosoni (1). DUN: M. Liuzza (1).For the first time in Fort Myers Miracle playoff history, the Miracle took a win against the Dunedin Blue Jays - on the road.In 2003 and 2006, the Miracle won one against the Jays, but in each year, it was within the friendly confines of Hammond Stadium. The

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Pulaski 0 at Elizabethton 7W: D. Osterbrock (1-0, 0.00); L: B. Mohr (0-1, 40.50)HR: ELI: J. Waltenbury (1). Game of Friday, 29 August, 2008Dan Osterbrock gave up 9 hits, but no runs and struck out 11 over 7 inning to lead the Elizabethton Twins in a blanking of the Pulaski Mariners, 7-0. With the win, the Twins sweep the best of three series, 2-game to none, to repeat as Appalachian League

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Binghamton 1 at New Britain 3W: K. Aselton (8-6, 4.24); L: M. Antonini (1-3, 3.74); SV: R. Delaney (5)HR: None.The New Britain Rock Cats finished up their 2008 regular season with a win over the Binghamtom Mets, 3-1 at New Britain Stadium. Former Miracle Kyle Aselton picked up is eighth AA win while Rob Delaney recorded his 5th AA save.Aselton and Binghamton's Michael Antonini worked four

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Tampa 6 at Fort Myers 5W: R. Semerano (4-1, 5.09); L: J. Lugo (2-6, 4.04); SV: J. Schmidt (16)HR: TAM: L. Nunez (3).It took Jose Lugo a total of two pitches to lose the final game of the regular season for the playoff bound Fort Myers Miracle. There is some speculation that the Miracle have been playing the cards close, and that they are ready to turn it on in the playoffs, but there should be a

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Tampa 10 at Fort Myers 2W: H. Sanchez (1-1, 3.38); L: D. Guerra (11-9, 5.47)HR: None.The Fort Myers Miracle left the park with 11 hits, but just couldn't get them strung together for runs, falling 10-2 to the Tampa Yankees.The game would suffer a nearly 2 hour delay after a brief, but heavy, rain shower soaked the field before it could be tarped, turning 3rd base into a muddy mess that required

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Tampa 0 at Fort Myers 4W: A. Slama (4-1, 1.03); L: P. Bartleski (2-1, 1.67)HR: FTM: J. Portes (12).A sac fly would have done it. Heck, a ground out would have done it. Just about anything would have worked.Johnny Woodard had drawn a walk in the bottom of the ninth for the Fort Myers Miracle and Danny Lehmann moved him to 2nd with a sac bunt. Edward Ovalle was brought in to pinch hit for Danny

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Elizabethton 7 at Pulaski 4W: D. Rondon (1-0, 0.00); L: N. Czyz (0-1, 18.00); SV: S. Blevins (1)HR: ELI: E. Bigley (1).The Elizabethton Twins took early lead, held off a mid-game rally and went on to defeat the Pulaski Mariners, 7-4 in game one of the best-of-five Appalachian League Championship series.Reliever Danny Rondon would claim the win for the E-Twins, while Steve Blevins, a 2008

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Lakeland 3 at Fort Myers 6W: C. Devries (10-9, 2.93); L: A. Figaro (0-5, 4.91); SV: C. Gutierrez (1)HR: LAK: J. Laster (22), C. Iorg (10). FTM: S. Singleton (5).Cole Devries and the Fort Myers Miracle would take the Lakeland Flying Tigers 6-3, and the didn't need the scripted bragging of little men to help them do it.Cale Iorg would put the Tigers on the board first, putting his 10th home run of

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GCL Twins 5 at GCL Nationals 10W: P. Arnold (1-0, 3.18); L: M. Munoz (0-1, 67.50); SV: D. Gil (1)HR: None. While Miguel Munoz has shown an incredible capacity for the strike out, he has also demonstrated questionable control throughout the 2008 season. Thursday, Munoz was volatile.After getting Chris Curran to fly out in the first inning, Munoz would give up singles to Esmailyn Gonzalez and

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GCL Twins 3 at GCL Red Sox 6W: C. Cabral (2-5, 5.55); L: J. Mijares (0-3, 5.13); SV: A. Batista (1)HR: None. The GCL Red Sox have nearly a whole new roster from what they started the year with, but that's not surprising for the deep pocketed Sox. So losing to them late in the season is not surprising either.It does mean however, the Twins lose home field advantage for the playoffs.Aaron Hicks

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DSL Twins 3 at DSL Mariners 6W: M. Celestino (1-0, 0.00); L: A. Salcedo (0-1, 2.25)HR: None.The DSL Twins dropped game two of their best of three series to the DSL Mariners Wednesday at the Eppy Guerrero Complex in Villa Mella.The Mariners would jump on a throwing error by shortstop Yorby Martinez to start out, allowing Victor Ozuna to reach, and then advance to 2nd when the ball went into the

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Lakeland 1 at Fort Myers 0W: R. Porcello (8-6, 2.66); L: S. Steedley (1-4, 6.59); SV: J. Sborz (7)HR: None. Rick Porcello pitched a brilliant game Wednesday evening, limiting the Fort Myers Miracle to 3 hits in route to handing them their 10th shut out of the season.Porcello would not allow a hit until the bottom of the 4th when Juan Portes singled off of him. Rene Tosoni would ground into a

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Beloit Snappers Press ReleaseBen Revere has definitely received his fair share of awards this season and the speedy outfielder picked up two more honors on Tuesday. Revere was named by the 14 managers of the Midwest League as Most Valuable Player and as Prospect of the Year. Ben was also tabbed a starter on the MWL’s Postseason All-Star Team.In last month’s issue of Baseball America, Ben was also

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Lakeland 7 at Fort Myers 5W: L. Oliveros (1-1, 5.19); L: A. Burnett (8-6, 3.79); SV: R. Garcia (1)HR: FTM: J. Woodard (6).Both Jonah Nickerson and Alex Burnett got off to absolutely wretched starts, the difference is Nickerson came out and Burnett did not. Although to Alex's credit, after initial inning, he did not allow another run.It was the night of the million bloodsuckers at Hammond Stadium

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Fort Myers 3 at Clearwater 2W: D. Guerra (11-8, 5.26); L: A. Cruse (4-9, 3.53); SV: A. Slama (25)HR: None. The Fort Myers Miracle pounded out 11 hits, but came away with only three runs, Monday night at Bright House Networks Field. Still it was enough to avoid a sweep by the Clearwater Threshers, as they won, 3-2.Clearwater would open the scoring, with Tuffy Gosewisch doubling, then moving to

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GCL Reds 5 at GCL Twins 7W: A. Sanchez (4-3, 3.62); L: L. Machuca (1-3, 6.48); SV: B. Pugh (2)HR: RDS: D. Lutz (1). TWI: R. Tosoni (1). The GCL Twins were ahead when a late afternoon thunderstorm interrupted, and then ended the game at the Lee County Sportsplex early.Angelo Sanchez took the start for the Twins, picking up his 4th win of the season.Aaron Hicks doubled to lead off the bottom of

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GCL Orioles 4 at GCL Twins 7W: E. Ibarra (4-0, 3.12); L: J. Moore (1-4, 2.98)HR: TWI: D. Rohlfing (1). The Twins took an early lead despite a poor outing in the 7th by rehabbing pitcher Jay Sawatski. Aaron Hicks singled. He'd then try to steal 2nd but would be caught out between bases. While they were playing pickle, Edinho Meyer threw the ball passed second and into the outfield, allowing

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Fort Myers 0 at Clearwater 2W: C. Monasterios (5-8, 5.38); L: M. Fox (7-7, 3.55); SV: D. Brauer (3)HR: None.After heading over to Pelican Preserve for the golf tournament this morning, then heading back to Clearwater for a 4:00 PM game, it should come as no surprise that the Miracle were a bit lazy on the their offense.As a result, they were handed their 9th shut out of the season - their 5th in

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GCL Twins 1 at GCL Pirates 3W: I. Herrera-Rusova (1-0, 3.86); L: M. Garcia (2-2, 3.25)HR: None.Sloppy play and sloppy weather saw the GCL Twins fall to the GCL Pirates 3-1 in Bradenton despite giving up only one hit in six innings to the Bucs.AFter getting Adenson Chouno out on strikes in the bottom of the first inning, Martire Garcia would walk Ben Gonzalez. Jarek Cunningham would fall to

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Fort Myers 1 at Clearwater 4W: D. Naylor (3-7, 5.20); L: C. Devries (9-9, 2.97); SV: M. German (5)HR: FTM: E. Tintor (6). CLE: M. Eylward (1).The rains abated somewhat Saturday allowing the Fort Myers Miracle and the Clearwater Threshers to get in a game at Bright House Network Fields.Game between Sarasota and Tampa, and Daytona and St. Lucie were postponed, while a contest between Palm Beach and

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Elizabethton 12 at Danville 3W: T. Wright (4-0, 3.20); L: P. Clemens (3-3, 3.39); SV: S. Blevins (1)HR: None.The Elizabethton Twins clinched their playoff berth Friday night with a resounding defeat of the Danville Braves.Chris Shehan singled off Elizabethton starter Thom Wright in the bottom of the 2nd, then stole 2nd. A wild pitch by Wright moved Shehan to 3rd and Mike Elkerson doubled him in

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Friday's game between the Fort Myers Miracle and the Lakeland Flying Tigers has been postponed. The two teams will attempt to play a doubleheader on Wednesday, in Fort Myers, beginning at 5:05 PM.Thundershowers through out the day made field at Joker Marchant Stadium unplayable.The Miracle now travel to Clearwater although I'm sure they'd find place called "clear weather" more to their liking.

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Continued thundershowers in the wake of Hurricane Fay saw the start of cancellations for Gulf Coast League teams as they enter their final weekend of play.Games between the GCL Blue Jays and GCL Tigers, and GCL Yankees and GCL Phillies were both cancelled.The double header between the Indians and Braves was postponed at was the game between the GCL Marlins and the GCL Nationals. The game between

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Fort Myers 8 at Lakeland 1W: A. Burnett (8-5, 3.92); L: J. Nickerson (11-4, 3.88)HR: FTM: J. Portes (11). LAK: J. Justice (10). Justin Justice knocked a solo shot fly ball over the right field wall for his 10th home run of the year, but that was all the Lakeland Flying Tigers would get, as Alex Burnett turned in a stellar performance on the mound for the Fort Myers Miracle.Justice's yarder came

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Fort Myers 7 at Lakeland 9W: R. Weinhardt (3-1, 1.84); L: O. Sosa (2-2, 5.57); SV: R. Perry (4)HR: FTM: S. Singleton (4).The Lakeland Flying Tigers out slugged the Fort Myers Miracle as they feasted on Southwest Florida's pitching, taking a 9-7 win at Joker Marchant Stadium.At least the bat of reigning FSL offensive player of the week, Michael Bertram, was relatively quite, as he didn't put

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GCL Twins 3 at GCL Reds 0W: A. Sanchez (3-3, 3.26); L: L. Machuca (1-2, 4.15); SV: K. Mota (11)HR: None. Angelo Sanchez and three relievers held the GCL Reds to a total of 4 hits and a pair of walks over nine innings as the Twins blanked the Reds 3-0 at the City of Sarasota Complex.All three Twins runs came in the top of the 3rd inning, which started with a Herbert Lara ground out. Aaron Hicks

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New Britain Rock Cat's Press ReleaseRock Cats of the Eastern League announced two roster moves this morning, and one involves the Minnesota Twins sending INF Matt Tolbert to the Hardware City for a Major League rehabilitation assignment. The other move brings 23-year-old C/INF Danny Berg to the Rock Cats from Ft. Myers in the Florida State League.Related details:INF Matt Tolbert, a 26-year-old

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GCL Pirates 2 at GCL Twins 8W: J. Mijares (1-2, 3.93); L: G. Alvarado (4-2, 3.43); SV: M. Mopas (1)HR: TWI: A. Hicks (4), D. Ortiz (2), H. Lara (1). The GCL Twins used home field advantage at the Pirates complex and 10 hits to win 8-2 against their South Division rival. The game was moved to Bradenton due to the stormy conditions in Fort Myers as the Lee County Sportsplex and the surrounding

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Monday's game between the Sarasota Red and the Fort Myers Miracle at Ed Smith Stadium was canceled as weather conditions deteriorated in the area due to Tropical Storm Fay.Fay is expected make landfall in the Fort Myers area on Tuesday around 8:00 AM. She is expected to be packing winds of up to 95 miles per hour, at Category One Hurricane.As this was the last game between the two teams

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Beloit Snappers Press ReleaseMinnesota Twins' second baseman Alexi Casilla will be in uniform for the Snappers on Monday as they take on the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Casilla will join the Snappers for a short rehab assignment that could land him back with the big league club as early as Wednesday.Alexi has been on the 15-day DL since July 29th with a torn ligament in his right thumb. The second

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Fort Myers 15 at Sarasota 2W: M. Fox (7-6, 3.55); L: R. Gonzalez (5-10, 6.85)HR: FTM: J. Portes (10), J. Woodard (5).The Fort Myers Miracle made short work of Rafael Gonzalez, taking 9 runs, 8 earned, from the Sarasota Reds starter in route to a 15-2 drubbing at Ed Smith Stadium.Steve Singleton led off in the first with a line drive to center with one out on the board. Danny Berg Singled and

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GCL Twins 4 at GCL Red Sox 5W: A. Batista (5-1, 6.41); L: K. Nanney (3-1, 1.76)HR: None. I've been boycotting the Red Sox due to the local political problems with a team. Mainly we build then a nice stadium which is only used for about 10 weeks in the spring and eats taxpayer money the rest of the year. We spend a mill or so per year on them for upgrades, and they decide to turn around and move

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Lakeland 1 at Fort Myers 5W: S. Steedley (1-3, 7.83); L: A. Figaro (0-3, 4.64)HR: FTM: W. Robbins (6).Some of the Miracle faithful had questioned the wisdom of moving Spencer Steedley into the rotation. Steedley proved that's where he belongs Saturday night, as he limited the Lakeland Flying Tigers to only a pair of hits and 4 walks while fanning six over six innings.The Miracle got a boost onto

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GCL Reds 1 at GCL Twins 5W: M. Garcia (2-1, 3.61); L: E. Hildenbrandt (3-2, 2.92); SV: M. Schiavoni (2)HR: TWI: T. Ladendorf (1). The Twins took an early lead Friday at the Lee County Sportsplex and never relinquished it, picking up a 5-1 win over the 3rd placed Reds in the South Division standings.Andres Diaz singled his way onto base and one out later, Tyler Ladendorf hit his first home run of

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Lakeland 9 at Fort Myers 0W: J. Nickerson (11-3, 3.66); L: D. Guerra (10-8, 5.44)HR: LAK: M. Bertram (7). "What's wrong with Deolis tonight?" Iris was wondering in the first inning."What's always wrong with Deolis?" We'd been talking about who would be getting promoted and who would be staying--Spencer Steedley says "I'm staying", and I said I thought Guerra would be staying with the Fort Myers

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GCL Orioles 6 at GCL Twins 7W: K. Mota (2-0, 1.21); L: J. Reyes (0-3, 3.32)HR: None. The GCL Twins scored in the bottom of the 10th inning to pick up a 7-6 win over the GCL Orioles on Thursday at the Lee County Sportsplex.The Orioles jumped on Jean Mijares early when Garabez Rosa doubling with one out on the board. Luis Ramirez flew out, but Jerome Hoes and Edinho Meyer both took walks to load

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Lakeland 5 at Fort Myers 6W: C. Gutierrez (3-1, 2.89); L: R. Garcia (4-3, 4.63); SV: A. Slama (24)HR: LAK: M. Bertram 2 (6). FTM: W. Ramos (13), D. Santiesteban (6).Danny Santiesteban's home run in the bottom of the sixth put the Fort Myers Miracle on top, and Anthony Slama came in to shut the door, giving the Miracle a 6-5 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers.Justin Justice and Luis Ott hit

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GCL Twins 1 at GCL Pirates 4W: G. Amato (2-0, 0.00); L: A. Sanchez (2-3, 3.71)HR: None. The GCL Pirates roughed up Twins starter Angelo Sanchez, taking 3 earned runs of him on 7 hit and a pair of walks over 3 innings at Pirate City in Bradenton.Meanwhile Gabrial Alvarado limited the GCL Twins to just one hit and pair of walks over the first four innings.Adenson Chourio singled in the bottom of

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Dunedin 1 at Fort Myers 3W: J. Testa (1-0, 1.80); L: R. Boone (3-4, 5.44); SV: J. Lugo (1)HR: DUN: M. Liuzza (3).Injuries have been affecting the Miracle now for quite some time, but Wednesday night saw the Fort Myers Miracle ace, Cole Devries, sidelined with a sore back. Never fear! Southpaw Joe Testa was called up from the Gulf Coast League Twins and the former Wagner College ace performed

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Dunedin 9 at Fort Myers 2W: A. Wideman (5-5, 5.40); L: C. Gutierrez (2-1, 3.24); SV: C. Blackwell (1)HR: DUN: C. Patton (12).Carlos Gutierrez, Anthony Slama and Blair Erikson gave up a combined 7 run on 8 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings Tuesday night, leaving Jeff Smith no recourse but to turn to ace closer Danny Santiesteban to get the final out.The Miracle got on the board early. Danny Berg

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GCL Red Sox 1 at GCL Twins 3W: M. Munoz (4-2, 3.09); L: W. Lin (0-2, 4.41); SV: B. Pugh (1)HR: None. Juan Sanchez went 3-for-4 at the plate driving in two runs to pace the GCL Twins to a win over the GCL Red Sox at the Lee County Sportsplex in Fort Myers, Florida, Monday.Miguel Munoz worked six scoreless innings for the GCL Twins.The GCL Red Sox had two low minor league hurlers on rehab, Caleb

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Dunedin 7 at Fort Myers 2W: N. Starner (3-0, 2.25); L: S. Steedley (0-3, 10.59); SV: C. Polanco (5)HR: DUN: C. Emanuele (8), M. Cabral (4).Danny Santiesteban pitched the last two innings, much to the delight of the home town crowd in what was an otherwise unmemorable game at Hammond Stadium Monday night.Only a fraction of the announced 1.622 people that turned out for Bobblection were still in

Diannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102093471979033560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-590018206484155424.post-61906953877676755562008-08-11T16:24:00.001-04:002008-08-11T16:26:28.479-04:00

Indianapolis 4 at Rochester 5W: B. Korecky (6-4, 3.18); L: M. Thompson (2-3, 5.40)HR: ROC: G. Jones (17), H. Clark (6), S. Santos (5).The Rochester Red Wings used long ball to take a 5-4 win over the Indianapolis Indians Monday at Frontier Field. The Wings claim the series, 3-game-to-one.The Tribe got on the board first with Luis Cruz singling, then moving to 2nd on a Nyjer Morgan sac-bunt. After

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New Britain 4 at Bowie 6W: Z. Clark (2-1, 3.57); L: J. Manship (1-6, 5.04); SV: J. Manon (27)HR: None.Since his promotion to the New Britain Rock Cats, Jeff Manship has picked up only one win. Sunday was not his day either as the gave up 6 runs, all earned, on 8 hits and 3 walks while striking out 5.The Bowie Baysox wasted no time jumping on the Notre Dame grad, with Jonathan Tucker doubling out

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GCL Twins 6 at GCL Reds 4W: E. Ibarra (3-0, 3.15); L: J. Gil (0-1, 10.50); SV: J. Testa (1)HR: TWI: A. Hidalgo (1). While their High A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle, was blowing a 9 run lead to end up with a walk off loss in extra innings to the Sarasota Reds, the GCL Twins were busy overcoming a early 2 run deficit to go on to win, 6-4. The game was moved to the Lee County Sportsplex due

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Fort Myers Miracle 10 at Sarasota 11W: T. Young (1-1, 2.16); L: J. Lugo (2-5, 4.53)HR: FTM: D. Berg (6), W. Robbins (5). SAR: J. Francisco (20).Despite home runs by Danny Berg and Whit Robbins, the Fort Myers Miracle could not hold on to an early lead, losing 10-11 to the Sarasota Reds in extra innings Sunday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium.Juan Portes singled in the top off Red's start Matt

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GCL Orioles 3 at GCL Twins 5W: K. Nanney (3-0, 0.82); L: M. Moore (2-1, 0.00); SV: K. Mota (10)HR: None. Despite a light rain and threatening thunderstorms in the area, and a brief delay in the game, the GCL Twins managed to rally back in the 8th inning to pick up a win over the GCL Orioles, 5-3 at the Lee County Sportsplex Saturday.The rain limited the already small crowd - there were only 3

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New Britain 7 at Bowie 2W: Y. Pino (5-5, 4.75); L: C. Tillman (7-4, 3.67); SV: R. Delaney (1)HR: NBR: D. Winfree (15), S. Tolleson (6). BOW: J. Tucker (6).A big 9th inning gave the New Britain Rock Cats a lot of insurance, but solid pitching and a first inning home run by Steve Tolleson saw the Cats take a win over Bowie in Prince George's stadium.Brian Dinkelman drew a lead off walk, and

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Fort Myers 11 at Sarasota 3W: C. Gutierrez (2-0, 2.35); L: S. Carroll (6-5, 3.51)HR: SAR: J. Francisco (18).The Fort Myers Miracle found their bats late in the suspended contest against the Sarasota Reds, coming away with an 11-4 victory against their I-75 rival.Scott Carroll would replace Rafael Gonzalez, who threw only one inning before the game was interrupted by rain. Juan Portes would come

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New Britain 1 at Bowie 10W: D. Hernandez (7-4, 2.55); L: R. Mullins (7-9, 4.63)HR: BOW: M. Wieters 2 (9).Brock Peterson would take a walk in the top of the six off Bowie's David Hernandez. David Winfree tripled him in. That was pretty much it for the Rock Cats' offense.Ryan Mullins would take the start and work six inning for the New Brtian Rock Cats. He'd give up four runs, all in the fifth

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Beloit 6 at Kane County 2W: D. Bromberg (7-9, 5.04); L: J. Richmond (7-9, 4.54)HR: None.David Bromberg has been nothing if inconsistent this season. After getting shelled in his last outing, he turned around Friday night at Kane County to shut the Cougars out for the first five innings.Brombert scattered 5 hits and 4 walks, while striking out eight for his seventh win of the season. Mike Allen

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GCL Pirates 5 at GCL Twins 2W: T. Cox (2-2, 1.98); L: M. Tonkin (0-1, 6.00); SV: J. Charry (3)HR: None. The games between these two teams have been hard fought all year and this one was really no different.Jean Mijares took the start for the GCL Twins and held the Pirates off until the 3rd inning. Pirate Matt Capps, pitching on a major league rehab assignment, was not so lucky.Aaron Hicks and

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The game between the Fort Myers Miracle and the Sarasota Red was suspended in the top of the first inning when a nasty thunderstorm blew up in the area. (Funny, it barely rained in the Cape!)It will be played as part of a double header on Saturday starting at 4:00 PM. The second regularly scheduled game will be shortened to 7 innings and will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion

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Beloit 5 at Kane County 3W: M. McCardell (8-3, 2.82); L: J. Friend (4-5, 4.33); SV: S. Arias (2)HR: BEL: R. Leveret (2). KCC: L. Cobb (11).Mike McCardell worked 8 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, while scattering five hits and a walk and fanning 7 to help lead the Snappers to a 5-3 win over the Kane County Cougars. Estarlin De Los Santos lead the attack, going 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk

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New Britain 5 at Bowie 7W: F. Romero (7-3, 3.04); L: J. Rainville (8-9, 6.50); SV: J. Manon (26)HR: NBR: D. Martin (8). BOW: J. Tucker (5).A three-run home run by Jonathan Tucker in the fifth inning helped lift the Bowie Baysox to a 7-2 win over the New Britain Rock Cats Thursday night.Back-to-back doubles by Carlos Rojas and Nolan Reimold in the bottom of the first inning saw Sebastien Boucher,

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Fort Myers 2 at Tampa 1W: M. Fox (6-6, 3.84); L: Z. McAllister (6-6, 2.17); SV: A. Slama (23)HR: FTM: W. Robbins (4). The Fort Myers Miracle two-run lead would stand through nine innings as they hung on in the completion of the suspended game to defeat the Tampa Yankees, 2-1.Edward Ovalle would single in the top of the first with one out on the board. He'd be caught stealing however, so there'd

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New Britain Rock Cats Press ReleaseNew Britain, CT - The New Britain Rock Cats announced today that Erik Lis, their hard-hitting 24-year-old Outfielder who currently leads the Double-A, Eastern League in Doubles (36), has been placed on the Disabled List with a shoulder injury. The Evansville University product, selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th Round of the 2005 Draft, suffered a

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GCL Twins 9 at GCL Red Sox 3W: A. Lobanov (3-1, 3.54); L: A. Zerpa (2-1, 2.57)HR: TWI: J. Sanchez 2 (2), J. Pinto (1). Jakub Hajtmar went 5-for-6 at the plate with a pair of runs while Danny Ortiz had a pair of runs and a pair of runs batted in to lead the GCL Twins to a 9-3 blow out over the Boston Red Sox at City of Palms Complex on Wednesday.The Twins take Thursday off and return home Friday

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Fort Myers 2 at Tampa 0 - Suspended (Power)Did someone forget to pay the electric bill at Casa de Steinbrenner?Light failure at the home of the Tampa Yankees on Wednesday night forced the Fort Myers Miracle and Tampa Yankees into a suspended ball game with the Miracle ahead 2-0. The stadium lights were on pre-game but suddenly went dark just before first pitch. The stadium fire alarm went off

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GCL Reds 2 at GCL Twins 6W: M. Mopas (2-1, 4.15); L: L. Machuca (0-1, 6.75); SV: K. Nanney (2)HR: TWI: A. Diaz (3), M. Gonzales (3).The two big guys on the team, Andres Diaz and Mike Gonzales, each clobbered their 3rd home run of the year to help lead the Twins to 6-2 pasting of the GCL Reds at the Lee County Sportsplex on Tuesday.Diaz took a singled off Reds starter Luis Machuca with one out in

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Fort Myers 1 at Tampa 7W: I. Nova (7-11, 4.24); L: O. Sosa (2-1, 4.59)HR: FTM: D. Santiesteban (5).It seems like not too long ago, it was the Fort Myers Miracle who were beating up on the Tampa Yankees. Tuesday night, in a game shortened to 8 innings by rain and lightning, it was the Miracle who were victimized.Danny Santiesteban's solo shot home run in the top of the fifth would be the only

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New Britain Rock Cats Press ReleaseNew Britain, CT - The New Britain Rock Cats announced this afternoon that they have received a 24-year-old reliever - LHP Jose Mijares - from Ft. Myers in the Single-A Florida State League.The 6'0"/235-pound Mijares is a promising southpaw who was a 2007 Eastern League All-Star when he performed in New Britain last season. The Caracas, Venezuela native's career

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Saturday: Elizabethton 5 at Kingsport 3W: B. Lanigan (4-3, 3.74); L: G. Leduc (2-3, 5.27); SV: M. Hamburger (7)HR: ELI: E. Bigley (9). KNG: J. Garber (1).Bobby Lanigan worked 7 innings allowing 3 runs on 8 hits while fanning four to help the Elizabethton Twins to a 5-3 win over the Kingsport Mets.The Twins took a liking to Mets starter Oscar Melendez. Nick Romero singled to lead off the Twins

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GCL TWins 3 at GCL Orioles 5W: J. Almanzar (2-3, 6.00); L: M. Schiavoni (1-2, 2.31)HR: ORI: E. Meyer (1). The GCL Orioles rallied back from a 3-0 deficit to win in the 9th inning, 5-3 over the GCL Twins at the Twin Lakes Complex in Sarasota, Florida Monday.With two outs on the board in the top of the first inning, Danny Ortiz reached on a fielding error by Orioles' 2nd baseman Jerome Hoes.

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Elizabethton 4 at Greeneville 3W: C. Leavitt (5-1, 4.05); L: C. Pitkin (2-2, 4.18); SV: M. Hamburger (6)HR: None.The Elizabethton Twins would come out on top during the resumption of Thursday's game which had been suspended by rain. Adan Severino and James Beresford lead the attack against the Greeneville Astros.Brad Tippett would work just 2 innings before the game was halted. When it resumed,

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New Hampshire 12 at New Britain 4W: R. Ray (6-4, 3.19); L: Y. Pino (4-5, 5.04)HR: NHM: D. Smith (10), A. Pinckney (7). NBR: D. Winfree (14).It's official. The New Britain Rock are now cellar dwellers with a 46-68 record, 23.5 games behind the division leading Trenton Thunder. Not even two of three against the B-Mets could save them.Before you ask, they have 26 games left to play in the season.

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Sarasota 2 at Fort Myers 3W: J. Lugo (2-4, 4.19); L: R. Medina (2-7, 3.33)HR: FTM: W. Ramos (12).Brandon Roberts line drive out to center plated Danny Berg for the game winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning, a nice win in a game that, for a long time, looked like it might see the Fort Myers Miracle shut out.Jose Castro doubled in the top of the first off Deolis Guerra and Juan Francisco's

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International League names Philip Humber pitcher-of-the-week2-0, 2.30 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 15.2 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 19 SOAfter a particularly bad start on July 1, one that sent his ERA up to 6.00, the Twins took Philip Humber out of the Rochester rotation for the second time this season. Humber spent more than two weeks in the Rochester bullpen, putting together a scoreless outing in three of

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The New Britain Rock Cats took 2-of-3 games this weekend against the Binghamton Mets posting a loss on Friday and Wins on Saturday and Sunday.Friday: Binghamton 4 at New Britain 3W: R. Parnell (10-6, 4.33); L: K. Aselton (4-5, 4.42); SV: E. Kunz (27)HR: NBR: B. Peterson (14), E. Lis (11).Kyle Aselton took the start, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks while fanning 4 over five innings worth of

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The photos from Negro League Appreciation Night with the Fort Myers Miracle are now available online at the Kodak Gallery.These are the actually photos, not the sepia toned ones I did the layout's with:You can find the Sepia toned ones at Photobucket.I do have to admit considering grayscaling all the Clearwater photos to get rid of those wretched red shoes...

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GCL Twins 3 at GCL Pirates 2W: J. Testa (2-0, 1.54); L: F. Ortiz (1-1, 2.33); SV: K. Mota (9)HR: TWI: A. Hicks (3). A two-run home run by Aaron Hicks, his third of his professional career, helped propel the Twins to a 3-2 win over the GCL Pirates Sunday at Pirate City.Herbert Lara doubled his way onto base before Hicks towering fly ball went over the right field fence to give the Twins a 2-0

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Lansing 11 at Beloit 8W: B. Letko (3-3, 3.70); L: S. Hirschfeld (7-4, 4.03); SV: T. Collins (11)HR: LAN: J. Tolisano (6).About the time Steve Hirshfeld was giving up 8 runs for the Beloit Snappers in the 2nd inning of Sunday's contest, I was sitting at the drink rail in Hammond Stadium trying to remember who the fifth member of the Beloit rotation was. How could I forget?Hirschfeld would

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Sarasota 3 at Fort Myers 0W: R. Gonzalez (5-8, 6.42); L: A. Burnett (7-5, 3.74); SV: L. Ondrusek (1)HR: None.Sarasota played a 15 inning game last night, defeating Lakeland 3-2. Today, the Fort Myers Miracle looked more like the team that played 15 innings, as they allowed themselves to be shut out by a strong Sarasota Reds pitching staff.Alex Burnett worked a solid seven innings for the home

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Friday: Lansing 3 at Beloit 1W: L. Perez (5-8, 3.48); L: M. McCardell (7-3, 2.86); SV: T. Collins (10)HR: None.Before they even get to the Miracle, the Twins prospects become used to losing to the Blue Jays prospects. Welcome to Pohlman Field in Beloit where the Snappers managed only 3 hits against the Lansing Lugnuts. Mike McCardell, a guy I fully expect to see in the Miracle line up next season

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Clearwater 4 at Fort Myers 5W: C. Devries (8-8, 2.97); L: D. Naylor (1-6, 6.95); SV: A. Slama (22)HR: None.Despite being jipped out of a run in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Fort Myers Miracle took the rubber match, 5-4, to win the series, 2 games to one. Cole Devries was his usual efficient self, limiting the Threshers to just two runs while scattering seven hits and a walk over six inning.

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GCL Twins 4 at GCL Red Sox 10W: M. Lennox (1-2, 5.00); L: A. Sanchez (2-2, 3.38)HR: RSX: R. Feliz (7). A 5-run sixth inning broke open a close game and gave the GCL Red Sox a huge win the in the completion of the game that was suspended on Sunday, July 27.Angelo Sanchez had taken the start and would be back on the mound when the game resumed.Juan Sanchez would reach in the top of the 3rd on a

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Whit Robbins shows off the new uniformsHomestead 4 at Newark 0W: M. German (2-1, 3.13); L: S. Steedley (0-2, 13.50)HR: None.A classic pitcher's duel came to an unhappy end for the Newark Eagles who fell, 4-0 to the Homestead Grays on Negro League Appreciation Night.Quentin Berry singled off of reliever Spencer Steedley, then stole 2nd base. Watson would be hit by a pitch, but Michael Taylor

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As expected, the Minnesota Twins announced that they have recalled lefthanded pitcher Francisco Liriano and selected the contract of first baseman/designated hitter Randy Ruiz from Triple-A Rochester.Liriano was 10-2, 3.28 (118.0 ip, 43 er), allowing 102 hits with 31 walks and 113 strikeouts and an opponents' batting-average-against of .231 (102-for-441) in 19 starts for the Red Wings this season

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Great Lakes 2 at Beloit 3W: C. Nolte (4-2, 2.33); L: M. Ramirez (2-8, 4.04)HR: BEL: G. Yersich (8), M. Dolenc (3).A triple by Estarlin De Los Santos and a single by Yangervis Solarte combined to give the Beloit Snappers the game winning run in the bottom of the 11th and a sweep of the Great Lakes Loons at Pohlman Field on Thursday night.Great Lakes would get on the board first, with Preston

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New Britain 3 at Bowie 2W: A. Gabino (6-5, 3.11); L: G. Casadiego (5-5, 3.34); SV: B. Julianel (23)HR: NBR: B. Peterson 2 (13).A pair of home runs by Brock Peterson helped the New Britain Rock Cats to a 3-2 win over the Bowie Baysox, concluding the road series which Bowie took, 3 games to 1. New Britain returns home to fireworks Friday night at New Britain Stadium.Jeff Manship worked six innings

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GCL Twins 3 at GCL Reds 2W: M. Schiavoni (1-1, 1.66); L: B. Gardner (0-1, 4.85)HR: None. Aaron Hicks, Anderson Hidalgo and Juan Sanchez were all 2-for-5 at the plate as the GCL Twins slipped past the GCL Reds, 3-2 in extra innings, at the City of Sarasota Complex on Thursday afternoon.Miguel Munoz would keep the Reds off the board for five innings, but finally surrendered a pair of runs in the

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Clearwater 4 at Fort Myers 15W: C. Gutierrez (1-0, 2.70); L: J. Savery (5-9, 4.46)HR: None.The boys were wondering how I was going to handle this write up and to be honest, I myself am wondering the same thing. All pitchers are entitled to bad games, but for Joe Savery, this may well rank as one of the worst game of his career.The Clearwater lefty allowed 8 runs - all earned - on 8 hits and 4

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The Rochester Red Wings are reporting that outfielder Darnell McDonald is out for the season with a broken left hand. He suffered the injury when hit by a pitch in Wednesday’s 8-3 win in Pawtucket. He was hitting .268 with 11 HRs, 57 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 93 games.Third baseman Luke Hughes was promoted from New Britain of the Double-A Eastern League to take McDonald’s roster spot. In 70

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GCL Twins 5 at GCL Orioles 3W: E. Ibarra (2-0, 3.30); L: J. Moore (1-1, 2.48); SV: K. Mota (8)HR: None. Anderson Hidalgo and Danny Ortiz were key players in propelling the GCL Twins to a 5-3 win Wednesday over the GCL Orioles at Twins Lakes Park.Edgar Iberra took the start for the Twins, scattering seven hits and three walks over five innings to limit the Orioles to a pair of runs while striking

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Great Lakes 3 at Beloit 4W: C. Anderson (2-0, 6.06); L: R. Blevins (2-5, 2.45)HR: BEL: G. Yersich (7)."Great Lakes" sounds much better than "Midland" for a team location - the Midland Loonies anyone? - but in either case, "Beloit Snappers take a win" sounds the best.It took them 10 innings, but they did just that, defeating the Loons for a 4-3 victory.Rene Leveret reached on a throwing error in

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New Britain 6 at Bowie 8W: R. Keefer (2-4, 4.56); L: J. Miller (1-2, 5.15); SV: J. Manon (25)HR: NBR: D. Valencia (2). BOW: L. Montanez (24), J. Nettles (20), C. Rojas (1).The New Britain Rock Cats finally mounted an offense Wednesday evening at Prince Georges Stadium, but pitching proved to be the problem as they fell again, this time 8-6 to the Bowie Baysox.Carlos Rojas knocked his first home

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Rochester 8 at Pawtucket 3W: A. Swarzak (1-0, 1.80); L: D. Pauley (12-4, 3.40); SV: B. Korecky (17)HR: ROC: R. Ruiz (16), G. Jones (14). PAW: J. Natale (1).Anthony Swarzak picked up his first win at the AAA level, allowing only 3 runs - one earned - on 4 hits and 3 walks. He'd strike out 2 over five innings. Coupled with an offensive explosion, the Rochester Red Wings took an 8-3 win over the

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