Minnesota Twins Daily Morning Dip for August 12th, 2017

Minnesota Twins Daily Dip, August 12th, 2017

Welcome to the August 12th 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

Dietrich Enns will make another start
OF LaMonte Wade activated from DL by Chattanooga
OF Travis Harrison placed on DL by Chattanooga
IF Travis Blankenhorn placed on DL by Cedar Rapids with lower back strain

Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 4

The Twins pushed their winning streak to 6 on Friday night, racking up 16 hits along the way. Kyle Gibson made the start and went 4 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks, striking out 6. Ryan Pressly went 1 1/3 perfect innings of relief striking out 1. Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler each had a home run and two singles. Rosario added a stolen base. Joe Mauer had three singles. Brian Dozier had a triple, a single, and a walk. Jorge Polanco had another multi-hit night with two singles.

August 12th Probable Starter: Jose Berrios @ Detroit, 5:10PM CT

Norfolk Tides 7, Rochester Red Wings 2

The Red Wings and Tides went through 6 scoreless innings, but the Rochester bullpen couldn’t keep the Tides from scoring in the final three innings. David Hurlbut made the start, going 7 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 10 hits and no walks, striking out 8. Kennys Vargas had a pair of singles. Mitch Garver had a double and a walk. Daniel Palka had a double.

August 12th Probable Starter: Aaron Slegers vs. Norfolk, 6:05PM CT

Chattanooga Lookouts 7, Birmingham Barons 2

Zack Littell had an excellent second start with the Lookouts, and the offense backed him up for a Friday win. Littell went 6 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits and 3 walks, striking out 3. Ryan Eades closed out the game with 2 perfect innings of relief, striking out 1. LaMonte Wade had a single, two walks, and was hit by pitch. Nick Gordon had a pair of singles. Jonathan Rodriguez had a pair of walks. Andy Wilkins had a single and a walk. Edgar Corcino had a double and was hit by pitch.

August 12th Probable Starter: Dereck Rodriguez @ Birmingham, 6:30PM CT

Fort Myers Miracle 6, Dunedin Blue Jays 4 (game 1); Fort Myers Miracle 1, Dunedin Blue Jays 0 (game 2)

The Miracle swept a double header from Dunedin on Friday. In the first game, the Miracle got 5 runs in the first inning and never looked back. Randy LeBlanc made the start, going 4 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks, striking out 3. Zander Wiel had a double and a walk. Brent Rooker hit a home run. Jaylin Davis had a double.

The Miracle scored one run in the bottom of the 7th to break a scoreless tie and take the victory in the second game. Sean Poppen made the start, going 6 innings, allowing a hit and a walk, striking out 5. Jaylin Davis had a double and a single. Shane Kennedy had a single and two walks.

August 12th Probable Starter: Eduardo Del Rosario vs. Dunedin, 5:05PM CT

Cedar Rapids Kernels 3, Quad Cities River Bandits 0

The Kernels scored a shutout over the River Bandits on Friday. Clark Beeker made the start, throwing 7 innings, allowing 3 hits and 3 walks. Ben Rortvedt had a home run and a single. Lewin Diaz had a pair of singles and was hit by pitch. Christian Cavaness had a single and two walks. Caleb Hamilton had a single and a walk.

August 12th Probable Starter: Anthony Marzi vs. Quad Cities, 6:35PM CT

Greeneville Astros 3, Elizabethton Twins 1

The Twins simply couldn’t push runs across, in spite of 8 hits and 2 walks, dropping the Friday contest. Bailey Ober started the game and went 5 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and a walk, striking out 5. Jared Finkel had a perfect inning, striking out 1. Andrew Cosgrove had a double and a single. Jose Miranda had a pair of singles. Kolton Kendrick had a home run and a single. T.J. Dixon had a double and a walk.

August 12th Probable Starter: TBD @ Johnson City, 6:00PM CT

GCL Twins 4, GCL Red Sox 3

The Twins scored 3 in the bottom of the first inning and then walked off in the bottom of the 9th for the win. Austin Bizzle made the start, going 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and no walks, striking out 6. Carlos Suniaga went 4 2/3 innings of relief, allowing a run on 3 hits and 3 walks, striking out 8. Benjamin Rodriguez had a double, single, and a walk. Taylor Grzelakowski had a pair of singles.

August 12th Opponent: @ GCL Red Sox, 9:00AM CT

DSL Twins 3, DSL Mets1 1

The Twins and Mets1 went 6 scoreless before the Twins broke through and then kept the Mets1 team from scoring more than one run. Andriu Marin went 4 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits and no walks, striking out 4. Juan Mojica threw a pair of scoreless relief innings, allowing one hit, striking out 2. Estamy Urena had a pair of singles. Alberoni Nunez had a single and a walk. Mariano Calcano had a double.

August 12th Opponent: vs. DSL Mets1, 9:30AM CT

Minor League Pitcher/Hitter Of The Day

Pitcher: Clark Beeker, Cedar Rapids – 7 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 3 walks, 0 strikeouts
Hitter: Jaylin Davis, Fort Myers – 3-6, 2 runs, 2 doubles (across double header)

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One Last Thing

Saturday is Lew Ford’s 41st birthday. He was mentioned in the above link for his 2004 season. In looking deeper, Ford’s 31 doubles, 15 home runs, and 20 stolen bases season was a combination that I was curious how frequent it was.

It turns out that 8 players have accomplished the line 9 times in Twins history. The first was Zoilo Versalles in 1965. Torii Hunter is the only Twin to have accomplished the feat twice, in 2002 and 2004. The last one to do it was Brian Dozier in 2014. Interestingly, 5 of the 9 occurrences have occurred since 2000.