Tuesday, May 4,
2010
Tuesday Morning
Notes
On Monday afternoon,
I was on Fox9.com’s Sports on Demand show. Check
it out here. I then picked up my soon-to-be-four-year-old daughter and we
headed in to Target Field. We parked in Garage A, walked through the walkways,
through Target Plaza and into Target Field. When going with someone so young,
you just never know what to expect. However, she was awesome. She watched
batting practice and yelled out “home run” as appropriate, and sometimes at pop
ups. She ate a hot dog and a bag of chips nicely. During player introductions,
she was cheering for each player loudly and yelling their names. She knows most
of the names already. She sang the National Anthem and loved the fireworks, and
when “We’re Going to Win Twins” came on, she sang the whole thing. She was
really excited for Michael Cuddyer’s home run and the fireworks that went with it.
It was apparently raining during the game, but sitting in the 3rd
deck, we didn’t even notice. It was a lot of fun. We left after the 7th
inning just because I went with the “Better to leave a little too early than to
leave a little too late” philosophy. But it was a lot of fun. It was my first
night game. It was fun to see the Twins win and play so well. It was good to
see Scott Baker have a quality
start, and Wilson Ramos is really,
really good.
After getting
home, I wrote up my TwinsCentric blog for StarTribune.com. I wrote an
article on Wilson Ramos and what
happens when Joe Mauer
comes back. I compared it to what happened during spring training. Check out
the article here,
and feel free to comment.
Tonight at 10:00
central time, Travis Aune
and I will be hosting Twins Minor
League Weekly. We’ll discuss what’s happening in the Twins farm system,
so check it out.
SethSpeaks Monday Minor League
Hitter of the Day – Joe Benson – New
Britain Rockcats
SethSpeaks Monday Minor League
Pitcher of the Day – Bruce Pugh –
Ft. Myers Miracle
Red Wings Report
Monday – Rochester 2, Durham 10 – Charlie Zink was back on the mound for the Red Wings and the
knuckleball was all over the place, but rarely in the strike zone. Zink went
five innings and gave up six runs (5 earned) on six hits. He again walked six
batters and struck out two. Of the 115 pitches he threw, just 53 were strikes. Jose Lugo gave up one run in two
innings. Kyle Waldrop was then charged
with three unearned runs on four hits in two innings. Matt Tolbert went 2-4 with his first home run. Danny Valencia drove in a run with two outs with his eighth double.
New Britain Notes
Monday – New Britain 9, New Hampshire 10 – Another late loss for
the Rockcats, and I think things are starting to get
a little frustrating for them. There was plenty of offense in this game. Joe Benson went 2-2 with three walks,
his fourth double and second home run. Chris
Parmelee went 2-5 with his third home run. Steve Singleton was 2-5 with his first
homer. Estarlin de Los Santos, Alexander Soto and Mark Dolenc each had two hits. Juan Portes had just one hit, but it was
his third home run. Deolis Guerra got the start. He gave up three
runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out five. Cole DeVries came in and gave up five runs
on five hits and two walks in just 1.2 innings. Chris Province got the blown save. In 1.1 innings, he gave up two
runs on four hits and a walk. In the 8th inning, both Rene Tosoni
and Ben Revere were ejected by the
home plate umpire, along with manager Jeff
Smith.
Miracle Matters
Monday – Ft. Myers 5, Jupiter 3 – Bruce Pugh was on the mound for the
second straight time against Jupiter, and for the second straight time, he was
the winner. In this game, he went seven innings and gave up two runs on six this
and a walk. He struck out five. Shooter
Hunt gave up a run and a hit on a walk in one inning. Billy Bullock recorded his fifth save with a two hit, no run ninth.
Chris Herrmann went 3-3 with a walk.
Evan Bigley
was 2-4. Jair
Fernandez went 1-3 with a walk and
two RBI.
Snappers Snippets
Monday – Beloit 9, Wisconsin 8 (10) – Anderson Hidalgo singled in a run in the bottom of the 9th
to tie the game at nine. Then with one out in the bottom of the 10th,
Wang-Wei Lin hit a walk-off home run
to end the game. Lin went 2-4 with a walk and the home run, his first of the
year. Hidalgo was 2-5. Brian Dozier
went 2-5 with his fourth double. Angel
Morales was 2-5 with his sixth double and three RBI. He also stole his
ninth base. Aaron Hicks had a single
and two more walks. Brad Stillings started and went the first 4.1 innings. He
gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks. Dakota Watts struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings. Kane Holbrooks
gave up three runs (2 earned) on four hits in 1.2 innings. The runs were the first
he had allowed on the season. Matt Tone
got the final four outs unscathed.
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