Rochester 3 at Pawtucket 0 (7 Innings)
Record 4-2
W: K. Slowey (2-0, 0.00); L: D. Hansack (1-1, 1.69); SV: M. Venafro (1)
HR: ROC: M. Tolbert (1).
From redwingsbasball.com: Kevin Slowey recorded nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings as Rochester blanked Pawtucket 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon. The Paw Sox topped the Wings 4-0 in the second game. The Wings played for the first time since Saturday afternoon.
Slowey (2-0) scattered three hits and did not walk a batter. The 22-year-old has allowed only six hits over 11 2/3 shutout frames this season, and opponents are batting .130 against him. Mike Venafro worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief and picked up his first save of the season.
Matt Tolbert led off the third inning with a home run, giving the Red Wings all the offense they would need. Trent Oeltjen doubled to lead off the fifth and eventually scored on Denard Span's infield single. Span later scored on second baseman Chad Spann's throwing error. Pawtucket's best chance to score came in the third inning, when Spann doubled and Ed Rogers singled to put runners on first and third with two outs. Slowey then struck out Alex Ochoa to end the threat.
Devern Hansack (1-1) took the loss after yielding three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. The native Nicaraguan whiffed three batters and now leads the International League with 23 strikeouts on the season. Craig Hansen followed with 1 1/3 scoreless frames.
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Rochester 0 at Pawtucket 4 (7 Innings)
Record 4-3
W: C. Breslow (1-0, 2.45); L: M. Garza (0-1, 2.77); SV: E. Martinez (1)
HR: PAW: B. Moss (2).
E: Tolbert (4, fielding), Span (1, throw), DePaula (1, throw).
From redwingsbasball.com: In the second game Brandon Moss went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and two runs scored for Pawtucket. Moss homered to lead off the fourth inning, but it was a play that occurred two batters later that generated more excitement. Luis Jimenez circled the bases on a ground ball to second base, as Tolbert and Span both made throwing errors on the play.
Moss struck again in the sixth inning. The 23-year-old doubled to lead off the frame and eventually scored on a single by Jimenez.
Pawtucket (6-7), which snapped a five-game losing streak, received a strong effort from a quartet of relievers. Mike Burns started the game and tossed two perfect innings, and Craig Breslow (1-0) followed with three shutout frames of his own. Edgar Martinez recorded the last four outs of the ballgame and picked up his first save.
The Red Wings' best chance to score came in the sixth when they loaded the bases with two outs. Martinez struck out Doug Deeds on a full-count breaking ball to escape the jam.
Matt Garza (0-1) took the loss, yielding three runs -- two earned -- on six hits over five innings while striking out five. The Red Wings dropped to 4-3 on the season.
NOTES: INF Glenn Williams will not be with the team the next two days, so he can attend a funeral for a family friend. Williams will rejoin the club for Saturday night's home game... LHP Jon Lester, who went 7-2 in 15 games as a rookie for Boston last season, is tentatively scheduled to start for Pawtucket on April 25 at Frontier Field according to MiLB.com. Lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma near the end of last season, and underwent six chemotherapy treatments. Lester starts for Class A Greenville Friday.
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Connecticut 4 at New Britain 5
Record: 3-4
W: B. Duensing (1-0, 2.16); L: B. Cox (0-2, 6.30); SV: J. Mijares (2)
HR: CT: S. Holm (1). NBR: B. Peterson (1).
From rockcats.com: Brian Duensing tossed 5 2/3 strong innings and Brian Buscher drove in two runs as New Britain edged visiting Connecticut, 5-4, on Thursday.
Duensing (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four. The left-hander, who threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start against Portland on April 9, went 5-10 with a 3.49 ERA between Class A Beloit, Class A Advanced Fort Myers and New Britain last year.
Jose Mijares retired all five batters he faced, striking out two, to pick up his second save.
Buscher and David Winfree hit consecutive RBI doubles in the first to give the Rock Cats (3-4) a 2-0 lead. Brock Peterson hit his first homer of the season in the fourth, while Garrett Guzman lifted a sacrifice fly and Buscher delivered an RBI double in the fifth to cap the scoring for New Britain.
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Fort Myers 3 at Tampa 4
Record 6 - 7
W: J. Valdez (1-0, 1.50); L: A. Garcia (0-1, 2.57)
HR: None.
Steven Tolleson coaxed a two-out walk out of Tampa starter Chien-Ming Wang, then stole second and went to third on Dwayne White's infield single.
Whitney Robbins' single and a double by Erik Lis staked Fort Myers (6-7) to a 3-1 lead, but that was about all the Miracle got against Wang, a Cy Young runner-up who was making a rehab start for the Class A Tampa Yankees.
Miracle starter Alex Smit struck out seven while giving up two runs on six hits and a walk. Robbins led Fort Myers at the plate with a 2-for-3 night.
Angel Garcia (0-1) suffered the loss, giving up two runs on two hits and one walk in 1 2/3 innings. With runners on second and third, Reggie Corona pulled a pitch from Garcia to right field deep enough to score both runners and get Tampa to a .500 record.
Ticket Errata: Monday, April 23rd Miracle vs Clearwater Threshers - this game IS NOT at Terry Park
Wednesday, May 16th Miracle vs Clearwater Threshers - we are NOT playing the Palm Beach Cardinals
Friday, June 22nd Miracle vs Sarasota Reds at 12:05pm - this game IS NOT at 7:05pm (it is are annual Big Splash game)
Tuesday, July 3rd Miracle vs Lakeland Flying Tigers - we are NOT playing the Tampa Yankees
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Video (not mine):
Video: Meet Javi Sanchez
Although I'm thinking of doing something like this with the GCL boys.
The 2007 Miracle program is a study in bad printing and we've been playing Mystery Miracle since the start of the season. The picture shown next to Javi's profile information is actually Danny Santiesteban. My innital reaction was to blame the printer, but now I've decided it's not just them. Without Sean Arenson around, I doubt that anyone proof-read anything (witness all the printing errors on the tickets).
Wisconsin 2 at Beloit 3
Record 5-5
W: D. Hernandez (2-0, 0.00); L: J. Kantakevich (0-1, 1.08)
HR: None.
From snappersbaseball.com: The Snappers returned home and returned to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Thursday. Catcher, Greg Yersich, was the deciding factor again for the Snappers as he reached on a throwing error by third baseman Leury Bonilla in the bottom of the ninth inning. With Yersich reaching on the error, Joe Benson was able to score the winning run from third base.
Chris Parmelee got things going for Beloit in the bottom of the second inning with a double to left. Parmelee later reached third on a pick off attempt gone bad by pitcher Ricky Orta. Chris, however, had to leave the game after injuring himself on the play. One batter later, Mark Robinson had an RBI sacrifice fly, scoring pinch runner, Danny Santiesteban, from third. Robinson's RBI made it a 1-0 Snappers lead.
The game would remain scoreless until the eighth inning, when the Timber Rattlers would get on the board. Alex Liddi singled, Leury Bonilla double, and Jair Fernandez had a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-1 Wisconsin lead.
The Snappers would not lie down, however. They battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, Johnny Woodard RBI single to right. Woodard's single opened the door for Yersich, as he was the hero at Pohlman Field for the second straight home game.
Jeff Manship pitched a strong seven and two third's innings of two run, three hit baseball. Manship recorded another seven strikeouts in the Snappers' win. Danny Hernandez pitched an inning and a third of scoreless relief to pick up his second win of the season.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Miracle top Jays in controversial game
Dunedin 6 at Fort Myers 7
Record 3 - 5
W: D. Shinskie (1-0, 0.00); L: E. Estanga (0-1, 11.57)
HR: DUN: J. Butler (1), B. Jeroloman (1). FTM: E. Lis (1).
E: Lis (1, fielding), Portes (1, fielding).
Former Miracle catcher Kyle Phillips is now playing for the Blue Jays, he was their first baseman last night.
I wasn't all that impressed by Alex Smit. He got batted around a bit.
Alex Smit (Part 1)
Alex Smit (Part 2)
I need to convince Loek and Mushy to sit with me for his next outting and give me color commentary to go along with the video. It was way too crowded to try that last night.
I was even less impressed with Kyle Aselton in relief and was mildly ambivelant towards our fielding except for Erik Lis' error, which I screamed about. Toby Gardenhire didn't play and strangely enough, I didn't notice.
The fifth inning was pretty good.
4-Run 5th Inning (Part 2)
4-Run 5th Inning (Part 3)
(Part 1 is 103MB, so it needs to be edited and it not yet online.)
Whit Robbins looks funny from behind when he's batting. Part of the Hibbing branch of Eli Tintor fan club was at the game. He got a beauty hit for them and made several very nice catches in the field. I loved the T-Shirts!
Drew Thompson is having back problems. He said he's about a month away from playing, but I think he's being optimistic and is probably about 6 weeks out since he said he's not supposed to do anything for another 3 weeks.
Paul Kelly is having some knee issues and is not due back for a while. Jose Leger had surgery and is done for the season.
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Record 3 - 5
W: D. Shinskie (1-0, 0.00); L: E. Estanga (0-1, 11.57)
HR: DUN: J. Butler (1), B. Jeroloman (1). FTM: E. Lis (1).
E: Lis (1, fielding), Portes (1, fielding).
Former Miracle catcher Kyle Phillips is now playing for the Blue Jays, he was their first baseman last night.
I wasn't all that impressed by Alex Smit. He got batted around a bit.
Alex Smit (Part 1)
Alex Smit (Part 2)
I need to convince Loek and Mushy to sit with me for his next outting and give me color commentary to go along with the video. It was way too crowded to try that last night.
I was even less impressed with Kyle Aselton in relief and was mildly ambivelant towards our fielding except for Erik Lis' error, which I screamed about. Toby Gardenhire didn't play and strangely enough, I didn't notice.
The fifth inning was pretty good.
4-Run 5th Inning (Part 2)
4-Run 5th Inning (Part 3)
(Part 1 is 103MB, so it needs to be edited and it not yet online.)
Whit Robbins looks funny from behind when he's batting. Part of the Hibbing branch of Eli Tintor fan club was at the game. He got a beauty hit for them and made several very nice catches in the field. I loved the T-Shirts!
Drew Thompson is having back problems. He said he's about a month away from playing, but I think he's being optimistic and is probably about 6 weeks out since he said he's not supposed to do anything for another 3 weeks.
Paul Kelly is having some knee issues and is not due back for a while. Jose Leger had surgery and is done for the season.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Early season call ups may effect Miracle
Former Miracle oufielder Josh Rabe, second baseman Alexi Casilla, and left-hander pitcher Glen Perkins have all received early promotions to the Minnesota Twins.
While it's great to see former favorites progressing in the organization, it may not be good news for the Miracle. The Rochester Red Wings received catcher Chris Heintz from the Twins, but are still short two players and will be looking to the New Britain Rock Cats for help. That may well open an window for a couple of current Miracle players to earn trips to Connecticut.
And replacements might not be readily forthcoming.
Drew Thompson, Paul Kelly and Jose Leger are on the DL and nominally on the Beloit roster, but are expected to be re-assigned once they heal up. I have no word on the extent of their injuries so when they might be available to replace anyone lost to call ups is questionable. All three are currently attached to the Twins Minor League Complex at the Lee County Sportsplex.
Meanwhile, Rochester cancelled their game today against the Norfolk Tides due to poor field conditions following heavy rains in New York.
Beloit continues to lose games to snow, rain and poor field conditions, sitting out yesterday's game due to snow and then cancelling today's games, which would have been a double header. The team will make up the games in May and June.
The Miracle collected their first wins on the road against Lakeland yesterday in a double header. Juan Portes had two hits in the first game while Eddie Ovalle smacked one over the wall for two RBI's handing the Miracle a 5-4 win over the now Flying Tigers at Joker Marchent Stadium. Only Jeff Christy and Toby Gardenhire failed to record hits in the game, both going 0-for-3 at the plate.
In the second game, Frank Mata picked up the win in relief of Kyle Waldrop, while Erik Lis recorded two hits and batted in three to provide an offensive lift for the team. Steve Tolleson and Dwyane White were both 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs each while Portes continued to be hot, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs for the Miracle, who won the game 6-4.
The two teams play again tonight at 7:05 to finish off the three game series.
New Britain went 2-1 in a three game series against the Portland Sea Dogs. Former Miracle Brock Peterson, Luke Hughes and Kyle Geiger each had two runs batted in on Monday's game, which the Rock Cats won 8-6. Tim Lehay picked up the save in that one.
The hitting was more restrained in Tuesday's game, with Korey Feiner and Garrett Guzman getting the RBI's in a 3-1 victory. Jose Mijares had the save, while Korey Feiner and Brandon Roberts had two hits a piece in the game.
Last night was a different matter with the Red Sox AA affiliate roughing up Danny Powers for 4 runs in one inning. Trevor Plouffe and David Winfree each had two hits while Garrett Guzman batted in two runs, but the Rock Cats still fell 8-5 to Portland.
The Rock Cats open their 2007 season at home tonight against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Extended Spring Training continues at the Lee County Sportsplex. The Twins are at home against Pittsburgh today and Baltimore tomorrow and then take on the Red Sox in Fort Myers on Saturday. Game times are 12:30 pm for all contests.
Don't forget to check out www.miraclefans.com. We've added video clips of the game for the 2007 season including two of Oswaldo Sosa pitching for the home opener.
While it's great to see former favorites progressing in the organization, it may not be good news for the Miracle. The Rochester Red Wings received catcher Chris Heintz from the Twins, but are still short two players and will be looking to the New Britain Rock Cats for help. That may well open an window for a couple of current Miracle players to earn trips to Connecticut.
And replacements might not be readily forthcoming.
Drew Thompson, Paul Kelly and Jose Leger are on the DL and nominally on the Beloit roster, but are expected to be re-assigned once they heal up. I have no word on the extent of their injuries so when they might be available to replace anyone lost to call ups is questionable. All three are currently attached to the Twins Minor League Complex at the Lee County Sportsplex.
Meanwhile, Rochester cancelled their game today against the Norfolk Tides due to poor field conditions following heavy rains in New York.
Beloit continues to lose games to snow, rain and poor field conditions, sitting out yesterday's game due to snow and then cancelling today's games, which would have been a double header. The team will make up the games in May and June.
The Miracle collected their first wins on the road against Lakeland yesterday in a double header. Juan Portes had two hits in the first game while Eddie Ovalle smacked one over the wall for two RBI's handing the Miracle a 5-4 win over the now Flying Tigers at Joker Marchent Stadium. Only Jeff Christy and Toby Gardenhire failed to record hits in the game, both going 0-for-3 at the plate.
In the second game, Frank Mata picked up the win in relief of Kyle Waldrop, while Erik Lis recorded two hits and batted in three to provide an offensive lift for the team. Steve Tolleson and Dwyane White were both 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs each while Portes continued to be hot, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs for the Miracle, who won the game 6-4.
The two teams play again tonight at 7:05 to finish off the three game series.
New Britain went 2-1 in a three game series against the Portland Sea Dogs. Former Miracle Brock Peterson, Luke Hughes and Kyle Geiger each had two runs batted in on Monday's game, which the Rock Cats won 8-6. Tim Lehay picked up the save in that one.
The hitting was more restrained in Tuesday's game, with Korey Feiner and Garrett Guzman getting the RBI's in a 3-1 victory. Jose Mijares had the save, while Korey Feiner and Brandon Roberts had two hits a piece in the game.
Last night was a different matter with the Red Sox AA affiliate roughing up Danny Powers for 4 runs in one inning. Trevor Plouffe and David Winfree each had two hits while Garrett Guzman batted in two runs, but the Rock Cats still fell 8-5 to Portland.
The Rock Cats open their 2007 season at home tonight against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Extended Spring Training continues at the Lee County Sportsplex. The Twins are at home against Pittsburgh today and Baltimore tomorrow and then take on the Red Sox in Fort Myers on Saturday. Game times are 12:30 pm for all contests.
Don't forget to check out www.miraclefans.com. We've added video clips of the game for the 2007 season including two of Oswaldo Sosa pitching for the home opener.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Scoreboard for April 7, 2007
And on the third day, there was baseball....
Ottawa 11 at Rochester 12
Record 1-0
W: B. Korecky (1-0, 40.50); L: K. Davis (0-1, 27.00)
HR: None.
E: Garza (1, throw), Moses 2 (2, fielding, fielding), Morales, J (1, pickoff).
(I see MosEs is off to a fine start...)
From www.redwingsbaseball.com: Tommy Watkins drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rochester Red Wings beat the Ottawa Lynx 12-11 Saturday afternoon at Frontier Field in the season opener for both clubs. Jeremy Cummings pitched three shutout innings of relief for the Wings, who pounded out 11 hits - including key two-RBI hits by Garrett Jones and Matthew LeCroy. Both clubs struggled with the wintry weather conditions, committing four errors each.
After a postponement due to snow and cold on Friday, the teams lined up for introductions under partly sunny skies and 32 degree temperatures. The contest matched up Matt Garza, USA Today's 2006 Minor League Player of the Year, and last season's International League ERA leader Brian Mazone. Garza allowed a pair of first inning baserunners, but used a pair of strikeouts to escape trouble. In the Ottawa second, Garza loaded the bases with none out. Shortstop Watkins made a nice running play to snag a foul pop-up from Jason Jaramillo for the first out, but Chris Roberson's sacrifice fly brought in the game's first run for a 1-0 Lynx lead.
More trouble for Garza in the third, as his pitch count rose after issuing a pair of walks to open the frame. An error by Matt Moses set the stage for two more Lynx runs, when catcher Jose Morales tried to pick Jim Rushford off first with the bases loaded. Morales' throw went into right field, and both scored to make it 3-0 Ottawa.
Watkins led off the bottom of the Red Wings third, scorching a 1-0 Mazone pitch to left for Rochester's first base hit of the season. Jones drilled a two-out 1-2 pitch to center field for a two-run single, bringing the Wings back to within a run at 3-2. LeCroy followed Jones with another two-run single, and the Wings grabbed the lead 4-3.
Garza struck out Roberson to start the fourth, then gave way to Cummings. Garza's Opening Day line: 3 1/3 innings, two hits, three unearned runs and five walks to go with three strikeouts.
Fabio Castro relieved Mazone to start the Red Wings fifth, and quickly ran into a jam. After Alexi Casilla reached on an error, Jones punched a single to right and Casilla hustled around to third base. LeCroy plated Casilla with a run-scoring sacrifice fly for the fifth Red Wing run. In the fifth, the Wings knocked around reliever Yoel Hernandez for four hits and four more runs - highlighted by Josh Rabe's two-run opposite field single.
Cummings tossed three scoreless innings against his former teammates, allowing a pair of hits and fanning three. Mike Venafro pitched two innings and was charged with five runs; Bobby Korecky came on in the ninth inning with one out, two on, and two runs in. Korecky (1-0) allowed an RBI single to Lou Collier that brought the Lynx to within two at 9-7. Veteran Pedro Swann followed with a pinch-hit, first pitch double over the head of Trent Oletjen in center field that tied the score at 9-9. When Jason Jaramillo followed with a triple to left, the Lynx re-took the lead and then made it 11-9 on a run-scoring sacrifice fly.
Rabe struck out but reached first on a wild pitch to start the ninth. Jones lofted an RBI double to left-center that plated Rabe and made it 11-10 Ottawa; Kane Davis came out of the Ottawa bullpen to face LeCroy with the tying run on second. Davis skipped a wild pitch to the backstop to move Jones to third, then walked LeCroy. Glenn Williams tied the game at 11-11 when his sacrifice fly to left scored Jones. Davis walked Moses and Morales to load the bases with one out. Manager John Russell pulled Davis (0-1) and brought in Justin Miller to face Watkins, who worked Miller for the walk and run batted in, capping a wild back and forth contest.
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New Britain 6 at New Hampshire 7
Record: 0-1
W: M. MacDonald (1-0, 5.40); L: A. Swarzak (0-1, 10.12); SV: L. Gronkiewicz (1)
HR: NBR: G. Guzman (1). NHM: C. Cannon (1), E. Kratz (1), W. Lydon (1).
E: Peterson (1, fielding).
Korey Feiner went 3-for-4. I don't believe Korey Feiner has EVER gone 3-for-4 in his career before.
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Fort Myers 6 at Sarasota 7
Record 0 - 3
W: T. Wood (1-0, 7.20); L: J. Hill (0-1, 10.12); SV: R. Ramirez (1)
HR: SAR: M. Griffin (1).
E: Tintor (1, fielding), Betsill (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Portes (DeJesus at home), Tintor (Bruce at 2nd base).
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Cedar Rapids 1 at Beloit 2 (Seven Innings)
Record 1-0
W: D. Leatherman (1-0, 0.00); L: W. Madrigal (0-1, 13.50)
HR: CED: H. Conger (1).
(Dan Leatherman is listed in the Miracle program. Unfortunately, like more than half of the other guys, they have someone else's picture next to his stats.
He would also whine that the stats are wrong because he SWEARS he pitched an additional 3 innings in GCL which aren't showing up.)
This was supposed to be a double header, the second game was postponed due to cold weather.
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Ottawa 11 at Rochester 12
Record 1-0
W: B. Korecky (1-0, 40.50); L: K. Davis (0-1, 27.00)
HR: None.
E: Garza (1, throw), Moses 2 (2, fielding, fielding), Morales, J (1, pickoff).
(I see MosEs is off to a fine start...)
From www.redwingsbaseball.com: Tommy Watkins drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rochester Red Wings beat the Ottawa Lynx 12-11 Saturday afternoon at Frontier Field in the season opener for both clubs. Jeremy Cummings pitched three shutout innings of relief for the Wings, who pounded out 11 hits - including key two-RBI hits by Garrett Jones and Matthew LeCroy. Both clubs struggled with the wintry weather conditions, committing four errors each.
After a postponement due to snow and cold on Friday, the teams lined up for introductions under partly sunny skies and 32 degree temperatures. The contest matched up Matt Garza, USA Today's 2006 Minor League Player of the Year, and last season's International League ERA leader Brian Mazone. Garza allowed a pair of first inning baserunners, but used a pair of strikeouts to escape trouble. In the Ottawa second, Garza loaded the bases with none out. Shortstop Watkins made a nice running play to snag a foul pop-up from Jason Jaramillo for the first out, but Chris Roberson's sacrifice fly brought in the game's first run for a 1-0 Lynx lead.
More trouble for Garza in the third, as his pitch count rose after issuing a pair of walks to open the frame. An error by Matt Moses set the stage for two more Lynx runs, when catcher Jose Morales tried to pick Jim Rushford off first with the bases loaded. Morales' throw went into right field, and both scored to make it 3-0 Ottawa.
Watkins led off the bottom of the Red Wings third, scorching a 1-0 Mazone pitch to left for Rochester's first base hit of the season. Jones drilled a two-out 1-2 pitch to center field for a two-run single, bringing the Wings back to within a run at 3-2. LeCroy followed Jones with another two-run single, and the Wings grabbed the lead 4-3.
Garza struck out Roberson to start the fourth, then gave way to Cummings. Garza's Opening Day line: 3 1/3 innings, two hits, three unearned runs and five walks to go with three strikeouts.
Fabio Castro relieved Mazone to start the Red Wings fifth, and quickly ran into a jam. After Alexi Casilla reached on an error, Jones punched a single to right and Casilla hustled around to third base. LeCroy plated Casilla with a run-scoring sacrifice fly for the fifth Red Wing run. In the fifth, the Wings knocked around reliever Yoel Hernandez for four hits and four more runs - highlighted by Josh Rabe's two-run opposite field single.
Cummings tossed three scoreless innings against his former teammates, allowing a pair of hits and fanning three. Mike Venafro pitched two innings and was charged with five runs; Bobby Korecky came on in the ninth inning with one out, two on, and two runs in. Korecky (1-0) allowed an RBI single to Lou Collier that brought the Lynx to within two at 9-7. Veteran Pedro Swann followed with a pinch-hit, first pitch double over the head of Trent Oletjen in center field that tied the score at 9-9. When Jason Jaramillo followed with a triple to left, the Lynx re-took the lead and then made it 11-9 on a run-scoring sacrifice fly.
Rabe struck out but reached first on a wild pitch to start the ninth. Jones lofted an RBI double to left-center that plated Rabe and made it 11-10 Ottawa; Kane Davis came out of the Ottawa bullpen to face LeCroy with the tying run on second. Davis skipped a wild pitch to the backstop to move Jones to third, then walked LeCroy. Glenn Williams tied the game at 11-11 when his sacrifice fly to left scored Jones. Davis walked Moses and Morales to load the bases with one out. Manager John Russell pulled Davis (0-1) and brought in Justin Miller to face Watkins, who worked Miller for the walk and run batted in, capping a wild back and forth contest.
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New Britain 6 at New Hampshire 7
Record: 0-1
W: M. MacDonald (1-0, 5.40); L: A. Swarzak (0-1, 10.12); SV: L. Gronkiewicz (1)
HR: NBR: G. Guzman (1). NHM: C. Cannon (1), E. Kratz (1), W. Lydon (1).
E: Peterson (1, fielding).
Korey Feiner went 3-for-4. I don't believe Korey Feiner has EVER gone 3-for-4 in his career before.
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Fort Myers 6 at Sarasota 7
Record 0 - 3
W: T. Wood (1-0, 7.20); L: J. Hill (0-1, 10.12); SV: R. Ramirez (1)
HR: SAR: M. Griffin (1).
E: Tintor (1, fielding), Betsill (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Portes (DeJesus at home), Tintor (Bruce at 2nd base).
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Cedar Rapids 1 at Beloit 2 (Seven Innings)
Record 1-0
W: D. Leatherman (1-0, 0.00); L: W. Madrigal (0-1, 13.50)
HR: CED: H. Conger (1).
(Dan Leatherman is listed in the Miracle program. Unfortunately, like more than half of the other guys, they have someone else's picture next to his stats.
He would also whine that the stats are wrong because he SWEARS he pitched an additional 3 innings in GCL which aren't showing up.)
This was supposed to be a double header, the second game was postponed due to cold weather.
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Spring!
"You can't wear that hat," John says. I pull my Miracle hat off my head and look at it. "What's wrong with this hat?"
"No Miracle stuff at spring training. They want you to wear Twins Cities stuff only."
"Yeah, at least until 4:00," Chuck chimes in helpfully.
I shrug. "I'm not on the Twins payroll," I point out. "I can wear any hat I want. I can even where my Everblades hat if it pleases me.
"Where is my Mike Cudyer bat?"
"They don't make them," John says.
"Yes, they do, and Skippy was going to get me one."
"Skippy left," he says helpfully.
"I know. Probably out of fear of reprecussions for not get me a Mike Cudyer bat."
Ah...the joys of start of Spring Training. There is grass on the berm. Not all of the seats are in yet. You can jump off the patio into the trash compactor there is no fence there yet. They were bolting green padding onto the walls even as the players were taking the field.
As always, it's a bit of a three ring circus and I can't be at all the rings at the same time. This bothers me.
"I need to be cloned," I tell one of my friends.
"You need a posse," he counters as he attempts to stop his six year old from braining another kid with an aluminum bat.
Players running back and forth, especially Santana who seemed to be trying to run over as many people as possible; a long term game of "Find Frankie" which was not proving difficult, just follow the autograph seekers; kids saying "Mister, can I have an autograph," even when they don't know who the "mister" in question is.
Corey turns one kid down with a "later". He seems unhappy with that. "But I said 'sir'". Another kid is on his cell phone telling everyone back home in Minnesota that "Joe Mauer flipped me a ball!"
I find Kevin Slowey. I lose Kevin Slowey. Anna finds me.
"Where's Santana?"
"That field I think," pointing to the one behind my back as I try to find Slowey again. "Just look for the path of mown down people."
"Where's Torri Hunter?"
Dear god, I can't even find my boys and she wants me to keep track of her boys too?
"Where's you son?" I counter.
"Over there, why don't you take a picture of him?"
"I already did, he's in the second base cluster shot."
"Oh..."
I found Justin Morneau in the batting cage, first thing. This saved him from having to find me. I found Justin, my season ticket rep, in the gift shop. I told him where I wanted to sit, he told me he'd see what's available and get back with me. I had to rearrange my initial idea because they've moved the netting.
I find Slowey again the bullpen.
"Kevin, I need an autograph."
"Yeah, okay, after we're done." Except he snuck out through the dugout while I was trying to change film. I really need to get a digital.
I think the autograph seekers who are taking whoever they ran into instead of trying to get the guys they wanted were having better luck. I mean given that the same four guys were chasing Frankie around the whole time...
The weather was a nice sunny 82 degrees, if was amusing talking to everyone again, and I guess I did rather enjoy tailing Slowey all over the park.
Ah well...
In any case...Pictures, pictures, pictures:
American League MVP
How many second basemen do we need on this team?
Carlos Silva
Catching prospect Jose Morales
The Real Deal, whose new spring training job appears to be driving Francisco Liriano around in the golf cart.
Batting practice with Joe Mauer
Found! Kevin Slowey
You left me home alone to go to spring training?
Duh!
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