Thursday, July
23, 2009
Talkin’ Twins
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Rough
afternoon for the Twins. They lost
16-1 to the A’s before heading down to Anaheim where they will start a four
game series tonight. Glen Perkins
got just three outs and gave up eight runs. After the game, he said he’s been
experiencing shoulder soreness when he is warming up. So, he is going to join Joe Crede
in visiting Dr. Yocum
to see what is wrong with their shoulders, if anything. That’s right, Crede missed another game
due to injury. It will be interesting to see what both players learn and what the
ramifications of that would be. If Crede went on the
DL, would the Twins add Danny Valencia
to the 40 man roster and call him up, or would the Twins go with the Buscher/Harris 3B platoon and call up either Matt Tolbert or Jose Morales? What if Perkins goes on the DL? Does Mulvey turn around and come back to the team to make some
starts? Do they promote a reliever and give Brian Duensing
a start or two?
The only real positive was that
Justin Morneau
hit his 24th home run of the year. I still can not believe that so
many people think he is over rated. He ranks in the top 5 (or top one or two)
in most offensive categories. I get the Mauer thing,
but seriously, Justin Morneau should be the top candidate.
Truly, it’s important to not
make too much of this series against the A’s and continue to look forward. I
don’t have much more to add, but during the chat last night, there was so much
more Twins talk that I think you’ll really enjoy. I encourage you to check
out last night’s SethSpeaks.net Live Twins Chat. It started about 7:00 and
is still going at about 12:45 am… there is a ton of content, a lot of great
questions on the Twins and the minor league system. Please consider that my
blog entry for today (except for the below minor league notes, of course).
What topics would you want to
discuss? Leave your
comments here.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Tuesday -
SethSpeaks.net Hitter of the Day – Josmil Pinto, Elizabethton
Twins
Tuesday -
SethSpeaks.net Pitcher of the Day – Brad Tippett, Beloit
Snappers
ROCHESTER REPORT
Tuesday – Game 1 – Rochester 5, Pawtucket 0 – Jeff Manship improved to 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA with this gem. In six
shutout innings, he gave up just one hit. He walked and struck out three. Rob Delaney threw a scoreless seventh
inning. Danny Valencia went 2-3 with
his 10th double and two RBI. Justin
Huber went 1-2 with a walk and his 14th home run. David Winfree
hit his 23rd double.
Tuesday – Game 2 – Rochester 6, Pawtucket 1 – In the second game, Armando Gabino started and gave up a run on three hits in four
innings. He walked two and struck out four. Juan Morillo then struck out four in two
innings. Sean Henn
pitched a perfect seventh. Brock
Peterson led the offense. He went 2-3 with his fifth home run. Jose Morales went 2-3. Steve Tolleson
went 2-4.
ROCKCAT RECAP
Tuesday – Game 1 - New Britain 0, Portland 3 – Ryan Mullins went the distance in Game 1. He gave up three runs in
his seven innings. He allowed eight hits, walked none and struck out six. The
team had just four hits in the game. Juan
Portes hit his third triple.
Tuesday – Game 2 - New Britain 1, Portland 5 – Frank Mata was given another start in this game. In 3.2 innings,
he gave up one run on two hits. He walked one and struck out four. Alex Burnett went two innings and gave
up a run on two hits. He walked four and struck out one. Jose Lugo gave up three runs on two hits and two walks in just 1.1
innings. Rene Tosoni, Brian Dinkelman and Steve Singleton each hit a double.
MIRACLE MEMOS
Tuesday – Ft. Myers 2, Tampa 1 –
David Bromberg pitched well again
and improved to 8-1 with a 2.76 ERA. In 6.2 innings, he gave up a run on three
hits. He walked three and struck out five. Spencer
Steedley recorded the final seven outs for his
sixth save. Nick Romero went 2-3
with a walk and his second steal. Chris Parmelee hit his 15th double.
SNAPPERS SNIPPETS
Tuesday – Beloit 2, Cedar Rapids 1 (10 innings) – What a great game for Brad Tippett! The Australian righty had a
no-hitter into the 6th inning. He had a shutout (and a 1-0) until a
two out triple in the bottom of the 9th ended that and tied the
game. Billy Bullock came in and got
a strikeout to end that threat. He then threw a perfect 10th. Tippett went 8.2 innings and gave up just three hits. He
walked one and struck out three. Angel
Morales went 2-4 with his 12th double. Danny Rams knocked his third home run.
E-TWINS EXTRAS
Tuesday – Elizabethton 8, Princeton 11 – Josmil Pinto went
3-3 with a walk and his second triple. Brian Dozier went 3-5 with his fifth and
sixth doubles. Michael Gonzalez went
2-4 with his third homer and four RBI. Miguel
Munoz started and gave up eight runs
(5 earned) on ten hits in just 3.1 innings. He walked none and struck out two. Matt Tone gave up just one hit and one
walk over the next 2.2 innings. Ramon
Acosta then gave up three runs on six hits in his two innings. Ben Tootle pitched a perfect inning.
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