Minnesota Twins Daily Morning Dip for August 10th, 2017

Minnesota Twins Daily Dip, August 10th, 2017

Welcome to the August 10th 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

LHP Adalberto Mejia placed on 10-day DL with left arm brachialis strain
1B/DH Kennys Vargas recalled from Rochester
Rochester set to be the “Plates” for Thursday’s game
LHP Dietrich Enns recalled from Rochester

Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0

The Twins received another excellent start from Bartolo Colon in a shutout of the Brewers. Bartolo Colon made the start, going 7 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits and a walk, striking out 5. Taylor Rogers and Matt Belisle combined for 2 perfect innings with 5 combined strikeouts. Brian Dozier had a home run, a double, a single, and a stolen base. Jorge Polanco had a double, a single, and a stolen base. Miguel Sano had a double and a walk. Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario each had two walks.

August 10th Probable Starter: Kyle Gibson @ Milwaukee, 7:10PM CT

Rochester Red Wings 12, Columbus Clippers 3

Rochester had an offensive explosion to defeat the Clippers. Hector Santiago made the start, going 4 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits and 6 walks, striking out 4. Alex Wimmers had a dominant relief outing, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, striking out 6. Daniel Palka had a home run and two singles. Matt Hague had a double and walked three times. Niko Goodrum had three singles. Engelb Vielma had a triple, single, and a walk. Tommy Field had a double and a single. ByungHo Park had a pair of singles. J.B. Shuck had a pair of walks. Anthony Recker had a double.

August 10th Probable Starter: TBD vs. Norfolk, 6:05PM CT

Chattanooga had an off day

August 10th Probable Starter: Kohl Stewart @ Birmingham, 7:05PM CT

Fort Myers Miracle 5, Palm Beach Cardinals 2

Fort Myers came out strong late and overcame a 2-0 deficit to win the game. Lewis Thorpe made the start, going 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks, striking out 5. Tom Hackimer went 2 innings of scoreless relief, allowing a hit and a walk, striking out 4. Zander Wiel had three singles and a walk. Brent Rooker had three singles. Mitchell Kranson had a pair of singles and pair of walks. Jermaine Palacios had a pair of singles. Sean Miller had a single and was hit by pitch.

August 10th Probable Starter: Randy LeBlanc vs. Dunedin, 6:05PM CT

Cedar Rapids had an off day

August 10th Probable Starter: Tyler Watson vs. Quad Cities, 6:35PM CT

Elizabethton Twins 6, Greeneville Astros 1

The Twins got a dominant pitching performance and put up solid hitting up and down the lineup. Edwar Colina went 6 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits and 3 walks, striking out 5. Carson Crites had a double and two singles. J.J. Robinson had a home run and a single. Rainis Silva had a double, a single, and a hit by pitch. T.J. Dixon had a double and a walk. Akil Baddoo had a single and a walk. Kolton Kendrick had a double.

August 10th Probable Starter: Brusdar Graterol vs. Greeneville, 6:00PM CT

GCL Twins 6, GCL Orioles 1

The Twins had a dominant pitching performance and then put up insurance runs late in the game. Pedro Garcia went 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits and no walks, striking out 5. Every Twins hitter had a hit. Royce Lewis had a triple and a single. Colton Burns had a double and a walk. Kerby Camacho had a single and a walk. Jean Carlos Arias had a triple. Taylor Grzelakowski and Ricky De La Torre each had a double.

August 10th Opponent: vs. GCL Orioles, 11:00AM CT

DSL Twins 11, DSL Angels 10

The Angels jumped out early, but the Twins came back strong in the middle innings and held on for the win. Prelander Berroa made the start, but he struggled to 1 1/3 innings, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks, striking out 1. Juan Martinez had a double, single, and two walks. Darling Cuesto had a home run, single, and was hit by pitch. Agustin Marte had a double, single, and a walk. Felix Reyes had a single, walk, and was hit by pitch. Samuel Vasquez had a single, walk, and stole a base.

August 10th Opponent: @ DSL Angels, 9:30AM CT

Minor League Pitcher/Hitter Of The Day

Pitcher: Pedro Garcia, GCL – 5 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 walk, 5 strikeouts
Hitter: Matt Hague, Rochester – 1-2, 4 runs, double, 3 RBI, 3 walks

Next: Players the Twins should call up

One Last Thing

Thirty years ago on August 9th, Paul Molitor tied the Brewers hit streak record when he hit in his 24th straight game en route to a 39-game hitting streak. Now the Twins manager, Molitor’s hit streak remains the longest in the last 30 seasons, but it raises the question of the longest hit streak in Twins history.

Thirteen times a player has had a hit streak of 20+ games:
Ken Landreaux in 1980 with 31
Brian Harper in 1990 with 25
Brian Dozier in 2016 and Lenny Green in 1961 with 24
Torii Hunter in 2007, Cristian Guzman in 2002, Marty Cordova in 1996, Kirby Puckett in 1993, and Kent Hrbek in 1982 with 23
Shane Mack in 1992 with 22
Ben Revere in 2012 with 21
Chuck Knoblauch in 1991 and Ted Uhlaender in 1969 with 20

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