Minnesota Twins Daily Morning Dip for August 4th, 2017
Minnesota Twins Daily Dip, August 4th, 2017
Welcome to the August 4th edition of the Daily Dip, your daily piece of news and notes here on Puckett’s Pond. You’ll find the scores and a quick summary of every level of the Minnesota Twins organization and links to any information you need to know to follow the Minnesota Twins here every morning!
We’ll start with the news and notes portions and work our way through each level of the system!
News and Notes
Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 1
The Twins offense simply couldn’t get going, meaning no matter what the pitching did, the team was in trouble. Adalberto Mejia made the start, and went 4 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks, striking out 6. Dillon Gee made an excellent relief appearance, going 3 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and a walk, striking out 4. Byron Buxton had a double.
August 4th Probable Starter: Bartolo Colon vs. Texas, 7:10PM CT
Rochester Red Wings 5, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 2
Rochester jumped out with 3 runs early and kept it going. Hector Santiago made the start, going 5 2/3 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits and a walk, striking out 9. J.B. Shuck had a double and two singles. Daniel Palka had a home run and a single. ByungHo Park had a pair of singles. Mitch Garver had a single and a walk.
August 4th Probable Starter: Kyle Gibson @ Syracuse, 4:05PM CT (game 1); Dietrich Enns @ Syracuse (game 2)
Chattanooga Lookouts 4, Montgomery Biscuits 0
Felix Jorge spun a tremendous start to give the Lookouts the win on Thursday. Jorge went 7 2/3 innings, allowing just 4 hits and 2 walks, striking out 5. Nick Anderson finished the game with 1 1/3 perfect innings, striking out 2. Ryan Walker had a double and a single. Jonathan Rodriguez had a single and two walks. Travis Harrison had a triple, a walk, and a stolen base. Alex Perez had a double and a walk.
August 4th Probable Starter: TBD vs. Jackson, 6:15PM CT
Fort Myers Miracle 4, Jupiter Hammerheads 3
The Miracle walked off with a win on Thursday over Jupiter. Glen Perkins opened the game with a perfect inning of rehab, striking out 1. Brady Anderson followed with 5 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and no walks, striking out 2. Nelson Molina had a home run and a single. Brandon Lopez had four walks. Mitchell Kranson had two singles. Zander Wiel had a single and a walk. Tanner English had a single and was hit by pitch.
August 4th Probable Starter: Lewis Thorpe vs. Jupiter, 6:05PM CT
Kane County Cougars 6, Cedar Rapids Kernels 1
The Cougars stayed after it all game long, putting in a run at a time and then 2 at a time. Tyler Watson made his first start in the Twins system, going 5 1/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits and a walk, striking out 4. Travis Blankenhorn had a pair of singles and a walk. Caleb Hamilton had a single and two walks. Jimmy Kerrigan had a pair of singles. Jordan Gore had a double.
August 4th Probable Starter: Clark Beeker vs. Kane County, 6:35PM CT
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Burlington Royals 4, Elizabethton Twins 1
Burlington came out early on Elizabethton, and the Twins offense couldn’t get a run across in spite of plenty of base runners. Edwar Colina made the start, going 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks, striking out 6. Akil Baddoo had a pair of singles and a walk. Shane Carrier had a pair of singles. Kolton Kendrick had a single and a walk.
August 4th Probable Starter: Brusdar Graterol vs. Burlington, 6:00 PM CT
GCL Twins 3, GCL Rays 2
The Twins and Rays went 4 innings scoreless before each team scored in the next few innings, though the Twins came out on top. Tyler Wells had a tremendous start, going 3 perfect innings, striking out 3 in a rehab start. Jhon Alvarez had a single and two walks. Emmanuel Morel had a single, a walk, and two stolen bases. Jean Carlos Arias and Colton Burns each had a home run.
August 4th Opponent: @ GCL Red Sox, 11:00AM CT
DSL Twins 3, DSL Rockies 2
The Twins and Rockies combined to score 3 runs in the first inning and only two more the rest of the game as the Twins pulled off the win. Jesus Toledo made the start, going just one inning, allowing a run on 2 hits and 4 walks. Andriu Marin went 5 innings, allowing an unearned run on 2 hits and no walks, striking out 5. Yeltsin Encarnacion had a pair of doubles. Agustin Marte had a double and a walk. Samuel Vasquez, Darling Cuesto, and Alberoni Nunez each had a single and a walk.
August 4th Opponent: @ DSL Cardinals, 9:30AM CT
Minor League Pitcher/Hitter Of The Day
Pitcher: Felix Jorge, Chattanooga – 7 2/3 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts
Hitter: J.B. Shuck, Rochester – 3-5, run, double
Next: Fan Guide to the Waiver Trade Period
One Last Thing
Today is the birthday of former Twin Eric Milton. Milton was one of the pieces the Twins received in one of the biggest building trades in the history of the franchise, the trade that sent Chuck Knoblauch to the New York Yankees for Milton, Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzman, and Danny Mota. That trade set up the Twins 2000s excellent teams with the starting shortstop and Milton in the rotation.
After 6 seasons with the Twins at the major league level, including 57 wins, 987 1/3 innings, and 715 strikeouts, Milton ended up being the key piece himself in a productive trade for the Twins. He was traded to Philadelphia for Nick Punto, Carlos Silva, and Bobby Korecky.