Thursday
Night, April 30, 2009
Perkins Appears
on Podcast
Glen Perkins and I co-hosted tonight’s MNGameNight podcast at 10:00
p.m. central time. Glen did a terrific job. We talked about a ton of topics
from what he did on his off day, a movie review, plenty of talk on Twins
pitchers, catchers, defense, the Rays series, the upcoming Royals series, the
Gophers, and much, much more. He stuck around for a couple of minutes after the
live show completed to answer a few more questions, so we really appreciate his
willingness to participate in something like this. So again, head over to www.MNGameNight.com, and check it out. We
would love to hear your input on the
show, and what you would like to hear on the podcasts.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
ROCHESTER REPORT
Thursday – Rochester/Indianapolis – Postponed by Wet Grounds. Anthony Swarzak scheduled
to start. Justin Huber was back in
the game lineup. In the meantime, please check out www.coryhepola.com. Cory posted a video of
a story he did with Red Wings outfielder David
Winfree. Remember three years ago when he left
the Ft. Myers team for a couple of months? This is the first time I have heard
him admit what was going on at the time.
ROCKCAT RECAP
Thursday – New Britain 3, New Hampshire 2 (10 innings) – What a strange game for the Rockcats!
The offense managed 17 hits in this game, but somehow they scored just three
runs. Fortunately it was enough for a 10 inning win. Brian Dinkelman went 3-4 with a walk. Erik Lis was
3-3. Whit Robbins went 2-5 with his
first homer of the season. Brandon
Roberts, Steve Tolleson,
Wilson Ramos and Matt Moses each had two hits. Cole Devries started and was
incredible. He threw six shutout innings. He gave up just two hits, walked only
one and struck out seven. Jose Lugo
and Rob Delaney each pitched a perfect
inning, including a strikeout. Anthony Slama proved himself human. He actually gave up a run
and blew a save. In his inning, he gave up a run on two hits and two walks, but
of course he still struck out two. But he then was credited with the Win because
the Rockcats scored in the top of the 10th.
Frank Mata got the save despite
giving up a run on three hits in the 10th.
MIRACLE MEMOS
Thursday –Ft. Myers 1, Charlotte 2 – Carlos Gutierrez had another solid start, but he took the loss in this one. He gave up one run on two hits in five innings. He did walk three, and hit one, while striking out four. Spencer Steedley threw two innings and gave up a run on two hits and a walk. Kyle Waldrop threw two scoreless innings in relief to drop his ERA to 1.35. Danny Lehmann is out from under the Mauer shadow, and he went 2-2 with two walks. Chris Parmelee went 2-4 with a double. Steve Singleton went 2-4.
SNAPPERS SNIPPETS
Thursday – Beloit 6, Dayton 4
– Evan Bigley
was 2-3 with a walk, his fourth double and two RBI. Dominic de la Osa went 2-4 with a walk
and his second double. Angel Morales
finally got the first home run of his season. He went 2-4 with the homer and
three RBI. Michael Allen started and
gave up three runs on five hits and four walks in just three innings. Steve Blevins threw three one-hit
innings. Matt Williams threw two
scoreless innings, and Bruce Pugh gave
up a run on a hit and two walks in his inning.
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