Sunday, June 21,
2009
Father’s Day
Notebook
I will be
updating throughout the day on several notes and rumblings and updates and such,
so please check that site throughout the day and frequently comment here.
I will be
posting game thoughts from Saturday and Sunday. I have heard another promotion.
I have the current Elizabethton Twins and GCL Twins rosters, which of course
can and will need to be updated as more draftees continue to sign. So, be sure
to check
back and comment!
Happy Father’s
Day to all of the Fathers out there, especially mine!
First of all,
here are the most up-to-date rosters for the Twins short-season teams. As I
said, these rosters are subject to frequent change due to need at Beloit, and
additional 2009 draft picks signing.
ELIZABETHTON TWINS
Pitchers – Tom Stuifbergen, Liam Hendriks,
Angelo Sanchez, Martire Garcia, Miguel Munoz, Kyle
Carr, Tony Davis, Edgar Ibarra, Winston Marquez, Ramon Acosta, Billy Bullock,
Kane Holbrooks, Brad Stillings.
Catchers – Josmir Pinto, Danny Rams, Tobias Streich,
Dan Rohlfing
Infield – Michael Gonzalez, Derek McCallum, Reggie Williams, Tyler Ladendorf, Anderson Hidalgo.
Outfield – Jhon Goncalves, Chris Hermann,
Paul Klingsburg, Herbert Lara
GULF COAST LEAGUE TWINS
Pitchers –
Adrian Salcedo, BJ Hermsen,
Michael Tonkin, Blayne Weller, Jose Gonzalez, Andrey Lobanov, Nelvin Fuentes, Jean Mijares, Edilson Alvarez, Eliecer
Cardenas, Raynard Doran, Jhon
Garcia, Kelvin Mota, Leonardo Parra, Zachary See,
Dakota Watts
Catchers – Jhonatan Arias, Trayvone Johnson,
Nickolas Tindall
Infielders –
Frederic Hanvi, Kennys
Vargas, Hyeong-Rok Choi, Jairo Perez, Daniel Santana, Brian Bistagne,
Kyun Kang, Rory Rhodes
Outfield – Oswaldo Arcia, Hyun-Wook Choi, Matej
Hejma, Wang-Wei Lin
Saturday Game Notes:
The Florida
State League All Star Game was held last night. David Bromberg made the start and threw a scoreless first inning. Spencer Steedley gave
up an unearned run on two hits in his inning. Steve Hirschfeld gave up two hits in a
scoreless inning. Ben Revere was the
leadoff man, and he went 2-5 with a double and a stolen base. Chris Parmelee went
1-2. Steve Singleton was 0-2. Chris Cates was 1-3 with a walk.
Aaron Hicks finally made his Beloit debut last night. In the
first game, the Snappers won 6-0. Hicks batted second and played CF. He was 2-4
with his first double. Ozzie Lewis
hit his sixth homer and drove in two runs. Drew
Thompson and Jeff Lanning each doubled. Bobby Lanigan went six shutout innings
before Steve Blevins pitched a
perfect seventh.
In the second
game, the Snappers lost 6-1 and managed just two hits. One of the hits was the
22nd double of Michael
Harrington’s season. Curtis Leavitt
made a spot start and gave up four runs (2 earned) on four hits and a walk in
four innings. Bruce Pugh and Thomas Wright each gave up a run in
their inning. Michael Allen pitched
a scoreless inning.
Ryan Mullins gave up five runs in the first inning. The New
Britain Rockcats cut the lead to 5-4 with a four run
third frame, but that was it for the offense, and the Rockcats
too the loss 5-4. Mullins stayed in for 4.2 innings and gave up the five runs
with six hits and three walks. Yohan Pino and Jose
Lugo combined for 3.1 shutout innings of relief. Rene Tosoni had the big hit of the third
inning. He hit his ninth home run, a three run shot. Erik Lis went 2-4. Yancarlos Ortiz went 1-2 with two walks.
The Rochester
Red Wings game against Toledo was rained out. They are playing a double header
on Sunday.
Last night, I
went to The Proposal, and laughed a
ton. With a 6-5 loss to the lowly Astros, I think I made the right decision.
What are the odds that the Twins hit four home runs in a game and lose? Crazy!
Sunday Game Notes:
Nick Punto is not in Sunday’s
lineup after bruising some ribs diving head-first into first base on Saturday
night. They do not believe that he will need to go in the Disabled List.
However, if it does, who would be promoted? I don’t think it would be Alexi Casilla
this time, do you? Could it be Steve Tolleson, who is playing well in his short time in
Rochester? Could they give a big league taste to Trevor Plouffe? Would they promote a
utility type like Matt Macri?
Promotion – Kyle Waldrop has been promoted to New
Britain after spending the first half of his comeback season in Ft. Myers.
Rochester and
Toledo were attempting to get a doubleheader in today after yesterday’s rain
out. They are currently in a rain delay in the 5th inning of the
first game. Alexi Casilla
left the game early with what is being called a groin strain.
The Rochester
game is back underway. Brian Duensing gave up four runs in five innings before the
delay. When play resumed, Jesse Crain
came in and struck out two in a perfect inning.
The Twins just
lost 4-1 to Wandy Rodriguez and the Houston Astros this
afternoon (Sunday). The Astros scored three quick runs off of Glen Perkins in the first, but other
than that he was very good. The Twins managed just two hits in the entire game.
The first was a long solo home run by Michael
Cuddyer. The other was by Brian Buscher who was not even in the
starting lineup but came in when Jason Kubel fell ill. Justin
Morneau was also not in the lineup, which is
never a good thing and rarely happens, but I think we can all agree that he
needs time off from time to time.
I’m normally
pretty down to earth during a long season, but to think that a 3-3 record at
home against the Pirates and Astros is anything but disappointing is not
accurate. Not a good week!
Game 1 is over
in Rochester. The Red Wings fell 6-4 to Toledo. After Duensing
and Crain, Tim Lahey
came in and gave up two unearned runs in the 7th. Tommy Watkins went 2-3 with a walk. Brock Peterson went 2-3 with his second
home run. Steve Tolleson
was 2-4 with his ninth double Game 2 just began and Kevin Mulvey is on the mound.
New Britain beat
Bowie 9-1 this afternoon. Cole Devries
got the win to even his record at 5-5. He threw six shutout innings. Alex Burnett pitched a scoreless
seventh. Jose Lugo got two outs but
gave up a run on three hits and a walk. Frank
Mata came in and got the final four outs, three on strikeouts. Offense was
abundant! Juan Portes
raised his average to .345 with a 3-5 game. Brandon Roberts, Brian Dinkelman and Danny
Valencia were all 2-5. Rene Tosoni was 2-3
with two walks and three RBI. Allan de
San Miguel went 1-2 with two walks and his third AA double.
Beloit had a 4-0
lead heading into the 9th. Michael
Tarsi went 6.2 innings of shutout ball. Joe Testa got the five out of the 7th
on a strikeout and struck out three in the 8th. But then came the ninth. Testa started the
inning by giving up a walk and a single before getting another strikeout. But
then he walked another. And then a single scored two, and then there was an
infield single. Matt Williams came
in and gave up a grand slam. Beloit loses to Quad Cities 6-4. Jeff Lanning was 2-4 with a triple and
two driven in. Aaron Hicks was 1-2
with three walks, including one intentional.