Record 42-36
W: N. Blackburn (5-1, 1.57); L: T. Peguero (0-3, 8.72)
HR: ROC: G. Williams (6), T. Watkins (4), B. Buscher (3), D. McDonald (3).
From RedWingsBaseball.com: Nick Blackburn extended his earned-run streak and Darnell McDonald drove in five runs as visiting Rochester pounded Durham, 12-0, on Thursday.
Blackburn (5-1) scattered seven hits with two strikeouts en route to his fifth straight win, all in June.
The 25-year-old right-hander has not allowed an earned run in his last 41 1/3 innings. He has fanned 21, walked one and lowered his ERA from 4.91 to 1.57 over that span.
Red Wings relievers Ricky Barrett and Jason Miller tossed a hitless inning apiece.
McDonald ripped a two-run double in the first inning and a three-run homer, his third, in the fourth. The 28-year-old outfielder had three of the Red Wings' 13 hits.
Glenn Williams hit a solo homer, his sixth, and Tommy Watkins ripped a two-run blast, his fourth, in the second for Rochester (42-36). Brian Buscher smacked a solo shot, his third, in the third.
Bulls starter Tony Peguero (0-3) gave up 11 runs on nine hits and five walks in four innings. Jon Switzer surrendered an unearned run on three hits over 1 2/3 frames.
Jeremy Owens went 2-for-4 for Durham (41-40).
GARZA PROMOTED: Wings RHP Matt Garza was promoted to Minnesota on Thursday afternoon, with C/INF Chris Heintz optioned to Rochester. 1B/DH Ken Harvey (DL, knee) is expected to join the Wings sometime next week.
I think they promoted the wrong guy, and I think Blackburn should have been selected to the All-star game. With Garza up, perhaps they'll take him as an alternate.
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New Britain 7 at New Hampshire 3
Record: 36-38
W: A. Swarzak (1-2, 8.18); L: K. Yates (5-4, 4.40)
HR: NBR: D. Winfree (5), M. Moses (1).
From nhfishercats.com: In game one, Mathews went 3 for 3 to lead the Fisher Cats, but the team dropped the first game of the doubleheader with the New Britain Rock Cats, 7-3. Mathews also drove home a run and tallied a RBI.
The Rock Cats took a 4-0 after the top of the third on Matt Moses’ grand slam, his first home run this year in the Eastern League.
The Fisher Cats struck back in the bottom of the third. Ryan Klosterman led off the frame with a walk and was driven home by Robinzon Diaz’ RBI double to left center field.
New Hampshire added two in the sixth. Diaz led off with a double and was brought home on Mathews’ double down the left field line. Ryan Patterson hit a single to bring Mathews home.
Kyle Yates started for the Fisher Cats and went 4.2 innings allowing seven runs, 11 hits, one walk and two home runs while striking out four. Seth Overbey pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. The righty allowed just one walk to go with one strikeout.
Anthony Swarzak went 5.1 innings allowing six hits, one walk and three runs. He also struck out eight to get the win.
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New Britain 2 at New Hampshire 3
Record: 36-39
From nhfishercats.com: David Smith drove home Aaron Mathews in the eighth inning of the second game of the doubleheader to give the Fisher Cats a 3-2 win over the New Britain Rock Cats. The Rock Cats took game one of the twin bill, 7-3.
Smith's single came after his sixth inning home run that cut the Fisher Cats deficit to 2-1 to put the Fisher Cats in position to get the win.
The doubleheader was a pair of seven inning games from which one was rescheduled from the first series of the year.
Mathews singled in the eighth to after Robinzon Diaz struck out to get aboard. Mathews advanced to second on Rob Cosby's ground out and to third on a passed ball. Smith followed with a single to left field to score the game winning run in the Fisher Cats' eighth walk off win of the season.
Smith's home run in the sixth was his sixth of the year and put the Fisher Cats on the board. Ryan Klosterman hit his second home run of the year in the bottom of the seventh with two outs to tie the game and force extra innings. Klosterman's game-changing shot was named the RELCO Enlightening Play of the Game.
Jo Matumoto started for the Fisher Cats and went six innings allowing just five hits, one walk and two unearned runs. The lefty, who made his second start of the season, struck out four. Tracy Thorpe went two innings while only giving up one walk while striking out two.
Fisher Cats LHP Kurt Isenberg (2-4, 5.09) takes on RHP Jesse Floyd (4-5, 3.73) Friday in the 7:05pm game. Friday is one of the most anticipated promotions of the year. The first 2,000 fans will receive New Britain David Ortiz Bobbleheads courtesy of Sovereign Bank. For tickets, visit http://www.nhfishercats.com or call (603) 641-2005.
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.
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St. Lucie 3 at Fort Myers 12
Record 4 - 4
W: J. Manship (1-0, 3.60); L: J. Niese (6-4, 5.15)
HR: SLU: J. Petersen (5). FTM: J. Portes (5).
E: Ugueto (14, throw).
There were a bunch of new broken bats in the gift shop prior to the game, most of which were unidentifiable based on their markings. Justin assures me they are genunine Miracle bats.
"Glenn Williams' is a genunine Miracle bat?" Well, Twins bats, at the least.
So perhaps they've gotten rid of all the old bats and have got a new shipment of lumber with lightning in it?
The Miracle errupted for 10 hits, 12 runs against the St. Lucie Mets, with 5 coming in the 8th inning against reliever Ricardo Morales including Juan Portes' 5th home run of the season.
Fort Myers got on the board early when Steve Tolleson doubled, and then came home on passed ball by Rafael Arroyo. They tacked on two more in the 2nd, with a throwing error by shortstop Emmanuel Garcia helping. Erik Lis and Luis Ugueto both came home on Javi Sanchez's single. Sanchez tried to stretch it for 2, but was taken out at 2nd, which also ended the inning.
St. Lucie got on the board in the top of the fourth when Joshua Peterson tripled and then came home on a Ryan Coultas ground out. Peterson would hit a home run in the sixth that scored Dan Murphy as well, accounting for all three Mets runs. Gene got the home run ball for Peterson and gave it to him later in the game.
The home run would also finish Jeff Manship's first start for the Miracle as he was taken out in favor of Armando Gabino. Manship finished up the night allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6 in 5 innings worth of work. It was a solid 2007 debute for the Miracle's newest addition to the starting rotation and I expect he'll get better as the season progresses.
Sanchez finished off the night 3-for-4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI. Tolleson was 2-for-3 with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 2 walks and 1 rbi.
Toby Gardenhire, who showed up with new bright red catching gear, the type the Twins gift to players contemplating a positioning change, caught Eduardo Morlan for the 9th inning to close the game.
I did pick up one bat the gift shop which may or may not be the coveted Toby Gardenhire cracked bat I wanted. I'll drag it down to the dugout tonight and see who claims past ownership of it.
"Toby should just give you a bat," Iris says. Well, it's not like he's actually using them for anything.
The two teams play game three of the series Friday night with Tobi Stoner (0-1, 5.74) going up against Yohan Pino (2-3, 1.75). Rondell White is expected to start his rehab assignment with the Miracle Friday as well.
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Beloit 4 at Cedar Rapids 5 (10 innings)
Record 3-5
W: W. Madrigal (4-3, 3.21); L: J. Lugo (2-4, 5.04)
HR: CED: M. Trumbo (8).
E: Ortiz (11, fielding).
From kernelsbaseball.com: Pinch hitter Abel Nieves hit a one out singe to score Tyler Johnson from second and give the Kernels a 5-4 extra inning win over the Beloit Snappers in front of 3,319 fans at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Thursday night.
The win improves the Kernels second half record to 4-4 and 42-35 overall. Beloit falls to 2-4 and 47-31 overall.
Kernels starter David Herndon took a 2-0 lead into the top of the seventh inning and saw the Snappers strike for four runs to take a 4-2 lead. The Kernels rallied back and tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on Mark Trumbo’s 2 RBI double down the left field line. Trumbo had just made it a 2-0 Kernels lead in the sixth inning by launching his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot, over the left center field wall.
Herndon allowed four runs on six hits and struck out two over 6-2/3 innings in a no-decision effort. Felipe Arrendondo struck out four and allowed one hit in 2-1/3 innings of relief and Warner Madrigal (4-3) allowed a hit and struck out two to get the win.
Wil Ortiz, Julio Perez and Mark Trumbo each had two hits and Josh Davies had a double and RBI. The Kernels finished with 10 hits on the night.
Beloit reliever Jose Lugo (2-4) walked two over 1/3 inning and was tagged with the loss.
Having had enough popped corn now to last a lifetime, the Snappers return home to face the Clinton Lumberkings.
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Danville 13 at Elizabethton 5
Record 7 - 1
W: T. Palica (1-0, 0.00); L: H. Reyes (1-1, 9.00)
HR: DAN: A. Coe (1). ELI: M. Dolenc (1).
E: Santiago (1, throw), Palacios (1, catcher interference).
From MiLB.com: Adam Coe homered and Cody Johnson had three hits and two RBIs as visiting Danville routed previously unbeaten Elizabethton, 13-5, on Thursday.
Coe's two-run blast, his first, gave the Braves (5-3) a 3-0 lead in the second inning. The 19-year-old third baseman, who went 2-for-5, entered the contest with only five hits in his first 28 at-bats.
Johnson, who also scored twice, singled home Travis Jones and Ernesto Mejia to cap a three-run eighth for Danville, which rapped 19 hits. Michael Fisher doubled, tripled and drove in two runs, while Jeff Stevens and Javier Dominguez each went 3-for-5 as every Braves starter hit safely and scored.
Reliever Thomas Palica (1-0) recorded the win after yielding three hits and two walks while striking out four in three scoreless innings. Starter Chad Rodgers surrendered two hits and a walk while fanning seven in four frames.
Twins starter Henry Reyes (1-1) left after allowing the first six batters in the second to reach base. He was charged with four runs on seven hits with a strikeout.
Mark Dolenc cranked a three-run homer in the eighth and Gregory Yersich hit a run-scoring single in the fourth for Danville (7-1). The Gulf Coast League Dodgers (7-0) are the only undefeated team in Minor League Baseball.
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GCL Twins 6 at GCL Orioles 0
Current Record: 6 - 2
W: D. Berlind (2-0, 0.00); L: A. Odom (0-2, 2.00); SV: M. McCardell (1)
HR: None.
Daniel Berlind allowed only 5 walks and struck out 5 in 5 innings to pick up his second win of the season as the GCL Twins blanked the GCL Orioles 6-0 at Twin Lakes Park.
Catcher Daniel Rohlfing was 2-for-3 in the game with a walk and an RBI, Jeanfred Brito was 2-for-4 with 2 runs, and Ben Revere was 2-for-5 with 1 run and 1 RBI.
The Twins got on the board in the first when Juan Richardson plated Brito during a force out. Brito would get his second run of the day in the fifth when Rondell White reached on a fielder's choice.
Andrew Schmiesing drew a walk in the 7th and came home on a Revere's ground out, making the score 3-0 Twins. Richardson singled with 1 out in the 8th and came home on a Rohlfing single. Yangervis Solarte found his way across the plate when James Beresford ground his way into a force out making it 5-0 Twins.
Revere topped off the game and scoring on a while pitch by Orioles reliever Miguel Achil.
Mike McCardell picked up the save, allowing only 1 hit in 4 innings while striking out 5.
The Twins have a day off Friday, before facing the Pirates at home on Saturday. This will make the start of a four-day split team doubleheader marthon for me, but I will try to keep up with the reporting as we go along.
Rondell White finished off his rehab assignment with this game and is expected to join the Fort Myers Miracle for the second part of his rehab assignment. Ken Harvey is finishing off his rehab assignment as well, and is expected to join the AAA Rochester team next week.
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