Minnesota Twins Minor League Report Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Team Level Record Yesterday’s Scores

Streak/Last 10

Rochester Red Wings Triple-A

32-30; 3.5 GB 2nd in Intl. League North

No Game W1, 3-7

Chattanooga Lookouts Double-A

39-24; 0.0 GB 1st in Southern League North

W, 4-1 vs. Birmingham W4, 9-1

Fort Myers Miracle

High-A 32-32; 11.5 GB 3rd in Fla. State League South

W, 3-2 vs. Daytona

W1, 7-3

C. Rapids Kernels Low-A

38-26; 4.0 GB 2nd in MW League Western

L, 8-2 vs. Lansing L1, 3-7

Elizabethton Twins Rookie

N/A No Game N/A

GCL Twins

Rookie N/A No Game

N/A

DSL Twins DSL

8-5, 1.5 GB 2nd in Boca Chica Baseball City

W, 14-3 vs. DSL Orioles2 W1, 7-3

Table of Contents

Yesterday’s Boxscores, Team Stats and Standings Pg. 2 Minor League Clips Pg. 10

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Chattanooga Lookouts (39-24) 4, Birmingham Barons (30-34) 1 June 15, 2015

Chattanooga AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Polanco, J, SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .309 Wickens, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 .218 Sano, 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .257 Kepler, 1B 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 .318 Gonzales, DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 .238 Walker, LF 5 1 4 1 0 1 3 .270 Harrison, RF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .262 Turner, C 3 0 1 1 1 1 5 .191 Goodrum, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .182 Peavey, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones, Z, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 37 4 14 3 5 8 18 .264

BATTING 2B: Walker 2 (17, Barnette, Bucciferro). HR: Sano (12, 8th inning off Davis, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Wickens; Harrison 2; Turner; Walker 6; Kepler 4; Gonzales; Sano 4. RBI: Turner (14), Walker (54), Sano (38). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzales; Turner; Walker 2. GIDP: Turner, Gonzales. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Turner (4, 2nd base off Barnette/Nieto), Wickens 3 (8, 2nd base off Davis/Nieto, 3rd base off Davis/Nieto, home off Davis/Nieto).

Birmingham AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Anderson, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296 DeMichele, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .271 Marrero, Chris, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .324 Marrero, Christian, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .276 Curley, 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .125 Hayes, DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .252 Nieto, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Farrell, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .211 Walker, K, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .121 Barnette, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bucciferro, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 29 1 4 1 2 6 7 .255

BATTING 2B: Nieto (4, Peavey). HR: Curley (1, 8th inning off Peavey, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Farrell; Marrero, Chris; Nieto 2; Curley 4. RBI: Curley (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Anderson; Marrero, Christian. Team RISP: 0-for-4. Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING CS: Marrero, Christian (1, 2nd base by Peavey/Turner), Walker, K (2, 2nd base by Peavey/Turner). FIELDING E: Farrell (11, throw). Outfield assists: Walker, K (Walker at home). DP: 4 (Anderson, Walker, K-Nieto, Farrell-Nieto-Curley, Anderson-Curley).

Chattanooga IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Peavey (W, 6-2) 8.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 4.66 Jones, Z (S, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.05 Totals 9.0 4 1 1 2 6 1 3.87

Birmingham IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Barnette (L, 2-3) 3.1 6 2 2 2 2 0 1.60 Bucciferro 3.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 7.08 Davis 2.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 4.50 Totals 9.0 14 4 4 5 8 1 3.71

Game Scores: Peavey 76, Barnette 40. IBB: Harrison (by Bucciferro), Sano (by Davis). Pitches-strikes: Peavey 97-65, Jones, Z 23-12, Barnette 62-41, Bucciferro 40-25, Davis 51-33. Groundouts-flyouts: Peavey 7-4, Jones, Z 0-0, Barnette 3-3, Bucciferro 3-3, Davis 1-0. Batters faced: Peavey 26, Jones, Z 5, Barnette 17, Bucciferro 12, Davis 13. Inherited runners-scored: Bucciferro 3-0. Umpires: HP: James Rackley. 1B: Adam Beck. 3B: J.J. January. Weather: 87 degrees, sunny. Wind: 4 mph, Varies. T: 2:27. Att: 5,584. Venue: Regions Field. June 15, 2015

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Chattanooga 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 14 0

Birmingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1

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Individual Stats (Batting) Player POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E

Max Kepler CF 48 176 32 56 17 4 3 23 90 19 22 8 3 .383 .511 .318 .894 3

Jorge Polanco SS 57 236 34 73 11 2 4 26 100 17 33 13 6 .354 .424 .309 .778 14

Dalton Hicks 1B 23 83 11 24 6 1 3 14 41 15 25 0 1 .394 .494 .289 .888 1

Byron Buxton CF 59 237 44 67 7 12 6 37 116 26 51 20 2 .351 .489 .283 .840 2

Adam Brett Walker II OF 61 230 43 62 17 2 17 54 134 16 91 2 2 .320 .583 .270 .903 4

Carlos Paulino C 20 63 4 17 4 1 0 8 23 7 6 0 0 .343 .365 .270 .708 3

Travis Harrison LF 60 214 36 56 15 2 3 27 84 28 58 1 6 .367 .393 .262 .759 4

Miguel Sano 3B 56 202 43 52 12 1 12 38 102 32 59 5 1 .358 .505 .257 .863 13

Levi Michael 2B 18 57 14 14 3 3 2 12 29 7 12 3 2 .353 .509 .246 .862 2

Heiker Meneses 3B 39 125 14 30 5 1 0 18 37 8 27 6 1 .289 .296 .240 .585 4

Mike Gonzales 1B 51 181 21 43 8 0 5 29 66 18 47 0 0 .315 .365 .238 .680 0

Stephen Wickens 2B 38 110 16 24 4 2 0 7 32 13 21 8 3 .307 .291 .218 .598 4

Stuart Turner C 44 152 18 29 5 0 3 14 43 20 38 4 1 .287 .283 .191 .570 2

Niko Goodrum 3B 3 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 .250 .182 .182 .432 0

Jairo Rodriguez C 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0

Individual Stats (Pitching) Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF

Jose Berrios 7 3 3.09 13 13 1 1 0 78.2 70 28 27 6 5 21 83 1.16 0 0

Greg Peavey 6 2 4.66 13 13 0 0 0 73.1 79 40 38 7 4 14 39 1.27 0 0

Alex Wimmers 4 1 4.84 11 11 0 0 0 57.2 56 31 31 4 0 22 51 1.35 0 0

Tyler Duffey 2 2 2.56 8 8 0 0 0 52.2 46 19 15 0 1 12 54 1.10 0 0

D.J. Baxendale 3 1 3.51 10 9 0 0 0 51.1 54 20 20 3 0 18 47 1.40 0 0

Cole Johnson 2 1 3.18 18 0 0 0 2 28.1 26 11 10 0 3 9 33 1.24 2 6

Nick Burdi 3 3 4.28 19 0 0 0 1 27.1 27 14 13 1 1 17 31 1.61 4 5

Jake Reed 2 2 5.54 20 0 0 0 1 26.0 31 24 16 1 3 10 24 1.58 6 3

D.J. Johnson 0 0 6.65 18 0 0 0 3 23.0 25 17 17 1 2 13 14 1.65 2 10

Zach Jones 3 1 2.05 21 0 0 0 9 22.0 15 5 5 1 1 7 26 1.00 0 19

David Hurlbut 2 2 5.14 4 4 0 0 0 21.0 21 12 12 1 0 9 15 1.43 0 0

Madison Boer 3 2 3.32 10 1 0 0 0 19.0 18 10 7 0 1 9 11 1.42 1 2

Tim Shibuya 0 2 3.18 10 1 0 0 0 17.0 16 8 6 0 3 5 9 1.24 1 4

Dallas Gallant 1 1 5.06 12 0 0 0 1 16.0 17 11 9 1 3 8 9 1.56 1 7

Adrian Salcedo 0 0 1.38 5 1 0 0 0 13.0 9 2 2 1 0 5 10 1.08 1 2

Brett Lee 0 1 6.35 2 2 0 0 0 11.1 11 8 8 0 1 5 5 1.41 0 0

J.T. Chargois 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 3 5.2 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 1.06 0 4

Ryan O'Rourke 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.50 2 0

Southern League North

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

Chattanooga Lookouts

39 24 .619 - 14-12 25-12 30-15 W4 9-1

Tennessee Smokies

35 29 .547 4.5 18-13 17-16 21-18 W3 4-6

Montgomery Biscuits

33 31 .516 6.5 19-16 14-15 14-20 L1 8-2

Birmingham Barons

30 34 .469 9.5 15-21 15-13 13-16 L4 4-6

Jackson Generals

27 36 .429 12.0 10-17 17-19 10-19 W5 5-5

Southern League South

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

* Biloxi Shuckers

40 24 .625 - 18-12 22-12 29-16 W4 7-3

Mississippi Braves

32 31 .508 7.5 19-16 13-15 16-17 L4 2-8

Mobile BayBears

30 34 .469 10.0 16-17 14-17 20-15 L5 2-8

Jacksonville Suns

28 36 .438 12.0 16-18 12-18 12-18 L3 6-4

Pensacola Blue Wahoos

24 39 .381 15.5 12-19 12-20 11-22 W1 2-8

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Fort Myers Miracle (32-32) 3, Daytona Tortugas (37-27) 2 June 15, 2015

Daytona AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Ervin, LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .264 Arias, Junior Felix, CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .268 Elizalde, S, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .263 Sparks, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 Blandino, SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .292 Ramirez, Ro, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 Wallach, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .226 Hudson, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .238 Daal, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .255 Travieso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Routt, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Becker, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mantoni, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chacin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 2 6 2 1 9 15 .248

BATTING 2B: Blandino (11, Batts), Wallach (10, Batts), Ramirez, Ro (7, Muren). HR: Arias, Junior Felix (5, 1st inning off Batts, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Arias, Junior Felix 4; Blandino 2; Sparks; Ramirez, Ro 2; Wallach 2; Daal. RBI: Arias, Junior Felix (19), Wallach (17). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Daal; Wallach; Elizalde, S; Sparks; Hudson. Team RISP: 1-for-13. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: Sparks (7, 2nd base off Batts/Garver), Ervin (13, 2nd base off Johnson, D/Garver). FIELDING E: Wallach (5, pickoff), Blandino (14, throw). DP: 2 (Daal-Wallach, Blandino-Daal-Wallach).

Fort Myers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Vielma, SS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .222 Walker, 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Swim, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .316 Knecht, LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .254 Garver, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .225 Haar, 3B 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .260 Kanzler, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245 Christensen, RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .288 Granite, DH 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 .259 Batts, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Muren, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 27 3 8 2 1 4 10 .246

BATTING TB: Swim; Kanzler; Vielma 2; Walker; Granite; Knecht; Christensen. RBI: Vielma (14), Walker (3). 2-out RBI: Vielma; Walker. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Knecht 2. SAC: Vielma; Walker. GIDP: Haar 2. Team RISP: 2-for-6. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING CS: Vielma (6, 2nd base by Routt/Hudson). FIELDING E: Muren (2, pickoff).

Daytona IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Travieso 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.98 Routt 4.1 3 1 0 1 1 0 3.52 Becker (BS, 3) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.70 Mantoni (L, 1-1) 1.1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 Chacin 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.95 Totals 8.0 8 3 1 1 4 0 3.44

Fort Myers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Batts 6.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 1.90 Johnson, D (W, 1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 Muren (S, 2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1.66 Totals 9.0 6 2 2 1 9 1 2.74

Game Scores: Travieso 52, Batts 58. HBP: Ervin (by Batts), Haar (by Mantoni). Groundouts-flyouts: Travieso 1-0, Routt 6-3, Becker 2-0, Mantoni 2-0, Chacin 1-0, Batts 6-5, Johnson, D 3-0, Muren 1-0. Batters faced: Travieso 2, Routt 14, Becker 5, Mantoni 6, Chacin 4, Batts 24, Johnson, D 5, Muren 6. Inherited runners-scored: Mantoni 2-0, Muren 1-0. Umpires: HP: John Mang. 1B: Matt Winter. Weather: 77 degrees, overcast. Wind: 3 mph, Varies. T: 2:48. Att: 940. Venue: CenturyLink Sports Complex. June 15, 2015

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Daytona 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2

Fort Myers 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 x 3 8 1

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Individual Stats (Batting) Player POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E

Alex Swim C 56 234 24 74 6 1 0 24 82 11 23 5 3 .350 .350 .316 .700 4

Chad Christensen OF 57 208 25 60 12 0 2 23 78 19 57 9 3 .348 .375 .288 .723 2

Ryan Walker SS 18 65 9 17 1 0 0 3 18 5 12 1 2 .329 .277 .262 .606 3

Bryan Haar 3B 47 181 15 47 13 0 1 16 63 15 46 1 0 .325 .348 .260 .673 5

Zach Granite CF 41 166 25 43 5 0 1 9 51 14 31 7 5 .322 .307 .259 .630 1

Marcus Knecht RF 53 197 22 50 10 2 1 27 67 21 38 7 0 .341 .340 .254 .681 1

Max Kepler CF 6 24 4 6 2 0 0 0 8 2 5 1 0 .308 .333 .250 .641 0

Jason Kanzler CF 43 147 19 36 4 0 4 15 52 12 43 10 7 .329 .354 .245 .683 1

Logan Wade 2B 40 133 10 30 8 1 1 12 43 7 23 2 0 .264 .323 .226 .588 7

Mitch Garver C 55 178 11 40 9 0 0 21 49 35 37 2 0 .357 .275 .225 .633 1

Engelb Vielma SS 58 212 18 47 3 1 1 14 55 11 37 14 6 .259 .259 .222 .518 9

Niko Goodrum 3B 53 205 24 45 11 1 4 19 70 32 59 11 5 .329 .341 .220 .671 14

Tanner Vavra 2B 40 108 15 22 3 0 0 7 25 5 26 4 2 .265 .231 .204 .496 4

Aderlin Mejia 2B 21 82 5 15 1 0 0 7 16 12 10 1 2 .278 .195 .183 .473 2

Michael Quesada C 24 84 3 14 2 1 0 6 18 9 32 0 0 .260 .214 .167 .475 3

Individual Stats (Pitching) Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF

Aaron Slegers 3 4 3.94 11 11 1 1 0 64.0 65 36 28 4 2 15 41 1.25 0 0

Ryan Eades 4 1 2.97 10 10 0 0 0 60.2 58 22 20 2 2 19 36 1.27 0 0

Kohl Stewart 2 4 3.62 9 9 0 0 0 49.2 58 28 20 0 2 16 23 1.49 0 0

Chih-Wei Hu 4 1 2.17 9 9 0 0 0 49.2 41 15 12 3 2 12 45 1.07 0 0

Todd Van Steensel 1 2 1.88 22 0 0 0 7 38.1 26 8 8 2 1 18 56 1.15 2 12

Brett Lee 1 3 3.29 6 6 0 0 0 38.1 40 15 14 0 0 12 20 1.36 0 0

Alex Muren 2 2 1.66 22 0 0 0 2 38.0 26 9 7 1 0 11 34 0.97 2 5

Ethan Mildren 1 4 5.45 8 6 0 0 0 33.0 49 23 20 4 1 9 15 1.76 1 1

Luke Westphal 2 3 3.94 15 5 0 0 0 32.0 42 16 14 0 1 13 21 1.72 1 4

Brandon Peterson 1 0 0.85 21 0 0 0 3 31.2 14 3 3 0 0 15 44 0.92 2 8

Brian Gilbert 1 2 2.12 19 0 0 0 0 29.2 19 8 7 0 2 20 25 1.31 2 4

Mat Batts 1 1 1.90 4 4 1 1 0 23.2 23 7 5 2 2 2 15 1.06 0 0

Madison Boer 2 2 1.62 11 0 0 0 1 16.2 8 3 3 0 1 6 11 0.84 0 8

J.T. Chargois 1 0 2.40 16 0 0 0 4 15.0 12 8 4 0 0 5 19 1.13 1 10

Tim Shibuya 1 0 0.66 6 0 0 0 0 13.2 9 1 1 0 0 1 13 0.73 0 1

David Hurlbut 0 1 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 12.0 6 4 0 0 1 3 9 0.75 0 1

Matt Summers 0 1 1.93 6 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 4 2 0 0 2 5 0.96 0 1

Stephen Gonsalves 1 0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 10 6 6 1 0 6 4 1.78 0 0

Corey Williams 2 0 1.42 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 1 1 0 0 3 3 1.42 0 1

Jared Wilson 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 1.20 0 0

Jose Velez 0 0 1.80 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0.20 2 0

D.J. Johnson 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.30 0 1

Dallas Gallant 0 1 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 2.57 0 3

Dereck Rodriguez 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.50 0 0

Alexis Tapia 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0 2

Florida State League North

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

Daytona Tortugas

37 27 .578 - 25-12 12-15 25-18 L1 5-5

Clearwater Threshers

32 31 .508 4.5 14-16 18-15 21-22 W2 5-5

Tampa Yankees

30 34 .469 7.0 15-15 15-19 22-21 L2 3-7

Dunedin Blue Jays

29 35 .453 8.0 18-17 11-18 21-22 L1 6-4

Brevard County Manatees

28 35 .444 8.5 17-17 11-18 19-23 W1 5-5

Lakeland Flying Tigers

27 35 .435 9.0 11-20 16-15 20-22 L8 2-8

Florida State League South

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

* Charlotte Stone Crabs

43 20 .683 - 22-5 21-15 29-14 W3 8-2

St. Lucie Mets

32 31 .508 11.0 19-13 13-18 22-21 W2 5-5

Fort Myers Miracle

32 32 .500 11.5 17-13 15-19 19-24 W1 7-3

Jupiter Hammerheads

31 33 .484 12.5 14-18 17-15 20-23 L4 4-6

Bradenton Marauders

30 34 .469 13.5 11-20 19-14 20-23 W3 5-5

Palm Beach Cardinals

30 34 .469 13.5 14-18 16-16 19-24 W1 5-5

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Lansing Lugnuts (37-27) 8, Cedar Rapids Kernels (38-26) 2 June 15, 2015

Lansing AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Alford, CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .271 Urena, R, SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .277 Tellez, 1B 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 .289 McBroom, DH 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .321 Leblebijian, 3B 5 3 3 2 0 0 1 .306 Almonte, J, RF 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .211 De La Cruz, M, C 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .116 Carlson, LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .276 Locastro, 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .327 Greene, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayza, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Biggs, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 37 8 12 6 3 5 14 .269

BATTING 2B: Leblebijian (2, Wilson). HR: Leblebijian (3, 2nd inning off Wilson, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Almonte, J 2; Carlson; Tellez 2; Leblebijian 7; Locastro 2; Urena, R; McBroom. RBI: Leblebijian 2 (6), McBroom (37), Almonte, J 2 (9), De La Cruz, M (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Alford; Tellez. SF: McBroom. Team RISP: 3-for-9. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Carlson (6, 2nd base off Velez/Navarreto). CS: Locastro (9, 2nd base by Wilson/Navarreto), Carlson (4, 3rd base by Velez/Navarreto). FIELDING PB: De La Cruz, M (10). DP: 3 (Tellez-Urena, R-Greene, Urena, R-Tellez, Locastro-Urena, R-Tellez).

Cedar Rapids AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Corcino, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288 Gordon, SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .239 Larson, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .243 Real, DH 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 .359 Doe, B, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318 White, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .227 Valera, R, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .308 Navarreto, C 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 .180 English, CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .234 Wilson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Velez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordgren, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 2 6 1 5 5 18 .245

BATTING HR: Real (1, 5th inning off Greene, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Doe, B; English; Navarreto; Real 5; White. RBI: Real (6). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: English; Valera, R; Real 2; Navarreto. GIDP: Doe, B, English, Valera, R. Team RISP: 0-for-7. Team LOB: 6. FIELDING E: Doe, B (3, pickoff), Valera, R 2 (2, throw, throw).

Lansing IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Greene (W, 6-2) 6.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 4.31 Mayza 1.1 1 1 0 3 1 0 3.38 Biggs 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.88 Totals 9.0 6 2 1 5 5 1 3.66

Cedar Rapids IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Wilson (L, 5-2) 4.0 7 5 5 3 1 1 3.71 Velez 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.38 Nordgren 3.0 4 3 0 0 2 0 2.61 Totals 9.0 12 8 5 3 5 1 2.78

Game Scores: Greene 61, Wilson 26. WP: Mayza, Wilson. HBP: Carlson (by Velez). Groundouts-flyouts: Greene 9-2, Mayza 1-2, Biggs 2-1, Wilson 6-3, Velez 2-1, Nordgren 5-2. Batters faced: Greene 21, Mayza 8, Biggs 6, Wilson 21, Velez 7, Nordgren 14. Inherited runners-scored: Biggs 3-1. Umpires: HP: Matt Bates. 1B: Aaron Higgins. Weather: 76 degrees, overcast. Wind: 3 mph, In from CF. T: 2:45. Att: 2,980.

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Lansing 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 12 0

Cedar Rapids 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 3

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Individual Stats (Batting) Player POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E

Alex Real C 11 39 4 14 3 0 1 6 20 6 5 0 0 .435 .513 .359 .948 0

Zach Granite CF 19 67 17 24 5 1 0 5 31 12 6 7 1 .463 .463 .358 .925 0

Trey Vavra 1B 42 156 29 54 10 1 6 28 84 13 30 2 0 .406 .538 .346 .944 2

Brett Doe C 30 107 9 34 7 0 2 18 47 7 19 2 0 .377 .439 .318 .816 3

Rafael P Valera 2B 5 13 3 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 .400 .385 .308 .785 2

Edgar Corcino 3B 15 59 11 17 3 2 1 11 27 4 12 3 0 .323 .458 .288 .781 0

Zack Larson RF 55 206 30 50 13 1 0 34 65 22 40 6 1 .318 .316 .243 .634 1

Nick Gordon SS 55 218 38 52 6 2 0 25 62 20 45 14 5 .314 .284 .239 .599 9

Tanner English CF 55 197 35 46 8 6 2 14 72 33 46 19 2 .345 .365 .234 .710 1

Max Murphy LF 55 208 37 48 9 6 2 24 75 22 53 4 1 .316 .361 .231 .677 5

T.J. White 3B 57 207 17 47 6 4 0 23 61 25 29 11 1 .322 .295 .227 .617 11

Rainis Silva C 11 44 4 10 3 0 0 2 13 3 9 0 0 .277 .295 .227 .572 0

Blake Schmit SS 18 62 8 14 2 1 1 12 21 6 11 1 0 .355 .339 .226 .694 0

Pat Kelly 2B 47 170 25 38 6 3 3 23 59 12 38 1 1 .275 .347 .224 .622 3

Jorge Fernandez C 35 136 15 29 11 1 2 19 48 10 41 0 0 .275 .353 .213 .628 6

Tyler Kuresa 1B 36 134 6 26 7 0 1 11 36 7 29 0 0 .236 .269 .194 .505 5

Brian Navarreto C 29 100 5 18 3 0 0 3 21 4 20 0 0 .210 .210 .180 .420 1

Jonatan Hinojosa 3B 18 65 8 10 1 0 0 2 11 5 21 3 3 .211 .169 .154 .380 4

Individual Stats (Pitching) Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF

Felix Jorge 3 3 2.57 10 10 0 0 0 63.0 47 21 18 6 1 12 52 0.94 0 0

Jared Wilson 5 2 3.71 11 10 0 0 0 53.1 54 23 22 4 3 27 31 1.52 1 0

Zach Tillery 4 1 2.13 14 5 0 0 1 42.1 27 11 10 1 2 14 39 0.97 0 6

Mat Batts 3 2 2.21 7 7 1 0 0 40.2 31 14 10 0 2 11 44 1.03 0 0

John Curtiss 2 3 5.84 7 7 0 0 0 37.0 50 26 24 8 3 7 36 1.54 0 0

Randy LeBlanc 4 0 1.75 16 0 0 0 1 36.0 28 7 7 1 4 11 33 1.08 2 6

Michael Cederoth 1 4 4.08 11 6 0 0 0 35.1 33 23 16 2 2 18 37 1.44 1 1

Michael Theofanopoulos 1 1 2.14 17 0 0 0 0 33.2 27 8 8 1 0 13 33 1.19 5 6

Trevor Hildenberger 2 1 0.54 18 0 0 0 6 33.1 15 4 2 0 1 5 43 0.60 1 14

Keaton Steele 2 2 4.18 5 4 0 0 0 28.0 27 16 13 3 1 8 23 1.25 0 1

Cameron Booser 1 1 1.35 19 0 0 0 6 26.2 11 6 4 0 0 20 40 1.16 0 13

Samuel Clay 0 2 4.50 9 0 0 0 0 18.0 15 9 9 0 1 18 19 1.83 1 2

Sam Gibbons 1 1 4.50 3 3 0 0 0 16.0 17 9 8 1 1 3 9 1.25 0 0

Luke Bard 3 0 1.26 7 0 0 0 0 14.1 6 2 2 0 1 2 7 0.56 0 3

C.K. Irby 0 0 3.21 10 0 0 0 1 14.0 9 5 5 0 0 14 20 1.64 1 6

Jose Velez 0 1 3.38 7 0 0 0 0 13.1 11 6 5 1 2 7 20 1.35 1 2

Miles Nordgren 0 0 2.61 5 0 0 0 0 10.1 12 6 3 0 1 3 6 1.45 1 3

Dereck Rodriguez 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 1 0 6 3 2.14 0 0

Yorman Landa 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0 0

Midwest League Eastern

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

Bowling Green Hot Rods

37 27 .578 - 21-14 16-13 28-24 L1 7-3

Lansing Lugnuts

37 27 .578 - 17-12 20-15 31-21 W1 5-5

Great Lakes Loons

35 27 .565 1.0 16-13 19-14 25-26 L1 9-1

Lake County Captains

34 28 .548 2.0 18-15 16-13 25-26 W6 9-1

Dayton Dragons

34 30 .531 3.0 20-12 14-18 27-25 W3 5-5

West Michigan Whitecaps

30 33 .476 6.5 17-15 13-18 26-26 L4 4-6

Fort Wayne TinCaps

28 34 .452 8.0 16-17 12-17 21-30 W3 7-3

South Bend Cubs

27 34 .443 8.5 15-13 12-21 23-28 W1 4-6

Midwest League Western

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

@ Quad Cities River Bandits

41 21 .661 - 19-12 22-9 36-16 W1 5-5

Cedar Rapids Kernels

38 26 .594 4.0 17-15 21-11 34-18 L1 3-7

Burlington Bees

33 30 .524 8.5 22-12 11-18 26-26 W5 6-4

Kane County Cougars

31 32 .492 10.5 12-17 19-15 26-26 L3 5-5

Peoria Chiefs

30 33 .476 11.5 17-17 13-16 26-26 L1 4-6

Beloit Snappers

25 39 .391 17.0 13-16 12-23 22-30 L3 2-8

Clinton LumberKings

23 40 .365 18.5 11-18 12-22 23-29 L15 0-10

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

21 43 .328 21.0 10-25 11-18 15-37 W1 5-5

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DSL Twins (8-5) 14, DSL Orioles2 (6-8) 3 June 15, 2015

DSL Orioles2 AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jean, CF 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 .250 Hernandez, L, SS 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 .200 De Los Santos, M, DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .174 Santa, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .233 Morillo, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .211 Barcenas, RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 Dixon, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .207 Gonzalez, A, C 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Flores, P, 2B 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 .225

Diaz, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Escarra, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

LeFranc, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 2 4 9 18 .222

BATTING 2B: Flores, P (1, Perez, R). HR: Jean (1, 9th inning off Feliz, D, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Jean 6; Flores, P 3; Santa; Barcenas. RBI: Jean 2 (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Santa; De Los Santos, M 2; Dixon 2; Hernandez, L. Team RISP: 1-for-14. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING SB: Jean (5, 2nd base off Graterol, B/Alvarez, J). CS: Barcenas (2, 2nd base by Graterol, B/Alvarez, J). PO: Barcenas (1st base by Graterol, B). FIELDING E: Hernandez, L 3 (10, fielding, throw, throw), Gonzalez, M (1, pickoff), Santa (1, fielding), Morillo, A (5, fielding).

DSL Twins AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Morel, E, DH 4 2 1 1 1 0 5 .412 Munoz, G, 3B 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 .300 Arias, J, CF 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 .289 Parra, J, 1B 4 1 3 3 0 0 2 .347 Tovar, A, LF 5 1 2 4 0 1 3 .319 Herrera, E, RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333

1-Bermudez, PR-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .150 Franco, E, SS 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .154 Alvarez, J, C 4 2 2 4 1 0 2 .095 Encarnacion, 2B 4 1 0 0 1 2 6 .214

Graterol, B, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bellorin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Perez, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feliz, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 14 14 14 5 5 25 .278

1-Ran for Herrera, E in the 4th. BATTING 2B: Arias, J 2 (4, Diaz, J, Gonzalez, M). 3B: Arias, J (3, Diaz, J). HR: Tovar, A (1, 3rd inning off Diaz, J, 1 on, 1 out), Alvarez, J 2 (2, 3rd inning off Diaz, J, 1 on, 2 out; 8th inning off LeFranc, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Alvarez, J 8; Arias, J 7; Morel, E; Franco, E; Parra, J 3; Herrera, E 2; Tovar, A 5. RBI: Parra, J 3 (15), Tovar, A 4 (9), Alvarez, J 4 (4), Arias, J (12), Franco, E (4), Morel, E (5). 2-out RBI: Parra, J; Alvarez, J 2; Tovar, A. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morel, E 3; Bermudez 2. SF: Parra, J; Morel, E. Team RISP: 6-for-17. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING SB: Arias, J (4, 2nd base off Escarra/Gonzalez, A). FIELDING E: Munoz, G (9, throw). Pickoffs: Graterol, B (Barcenas at 1st base).

DSL Orioles2 IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Diaz, J (L, 1-1) 2.2 8 6 3 0 3 2 3.09 Gonzalez, M 0.2 2 4 3 3 0 0 15.43 Escarra 3.2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2.35 LeFranc 1.0 1 3 3 2 0 1 6.35 Totals 8.0 14 14 9 5 5 3 3.97

DSL Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Graterol, B 4.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 2.70 Bellorin 2.0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0.00 Perez, R (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.86 Feliz, D 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1 6.75 Totals 9.0 7 3 2 4 9 1 4.15

Game Scores: Diaz, J 27, Graterol, B 64. WP: Diaz, J, LeFranc 2, Bellorin, Feliz, D. HBP: Barcenas (by Graterol, B), Jean (by Graterol, B). Groundouts-flyouts: Diaz, J 1-4, Gonzalez, M 3-1, Escarra 6-3, LeFranc 0-2, Graterol, B 1-3, Bellorin 3-2, Perez, R 1-2, Feliz, D 2-0. Batters faced: Diaz, J 17, Gonzalez, M 9, Escarra 16, LeFranc 6, Graterol, B 15, Bellorin 10, Perez, R 9, Feliz, D 5. Inherited runners-scored: Escarra 3-0. Umpires: HP: HP Umpire. 1B: 1B Umpire. Weather: 90 degrees, overcast. Wind: 12 mph, Out to LF. T: 3:12. Venue: TBD. June 15, 2015

Individual Stats (Batting) (click column headers to sort)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

DSL Orioles2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 6

DSL Twins 1 0 5 4 0 0 1 3 x 14 14 1

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Individual Stats (Batting) Player POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E Emmanuel Morel SS 13 51 17 21 2 5 0 5 33 13 11 7 5 .523 .647 .412 1.170 5 Jorge Parra IF 12 49 12 17 4 1 1 15 26 4 6 1 1 .393 .531 .347 .923 0 Darling Cuesto C 9 29 6 10 1 1 0 3 13 4 12 0 1 .441 .448 .345 .889 2 Edgar Herrera RF 10 39 4 13 4 0 0 5 17 2 3 0 1 .372 .436 .333 .808 3 Antonio Tovar LF 13 47 10 15 1 1 1 9 21 4 7 2 1 .373 .447 .319 .819 1 Gorge Munoz SS 14 50 12 15 4 0 0 9 19 5 10 5 5 .415 .380 .300 .795 9 Francisco Hernandez CF 9 34 4 10 0 1 0 4 12 1 11 1 0 .351 .353 .294 .704 0 Jean Carlos Arias CF 13 45 13 13 4 3 1 12 26 6 8 4 0 .370 .578 .289 .948 2 Jorge Acosta C 7 20 4 5 2 0 0 5 7 8 4 0 0 .464 .350 .250 .814 0 Yeltsin Encarnacion SS 4 14 4 3 1 0 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 .353 .286 .214 .639 4 Edwin Franco SS 7 26 2 4 0 0 0 4 4 3 7 0 1 .241 .154 .154 .395 2 Jose Bermudez RF 7 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 1 1 .320 .150 .150 .470 0 Gabriel A. Ynfante 3B 7 20 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 .250 .200 .150 .450 0 Jhonathan Alvarez C 6 21 3 2 0 0 2 4 8 1 6 0 0 .174 .381 .095 .555 1 Zaino Henriquez SS 9 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 .231 .048 .048 .278 1

Individual Stats (Pitching) Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF Jose Ramirez 0 1 5.14 3 3 0 0 0 14.0 18 11 8 0 0 7 8 1.79 0 0 Jadison Jimenez 1 1 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 14.0 14 8 6 3 1 3 18 1.21 0 0 Juan Herrera 0 1 6.92 4 3 0 0 0 13.0 14 11 10 2 8 4 12 1.38 0 1 Luis Bellorin 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 1 11.1 6 1 0 0 0 4 10 0.88 0 2 Miguel De Jesus 4 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1 1 16 0.45 0 3 Carlos Suniaga 0 0 3.38 4 0 0 0 0 10.2 10 4 4 0 0 1 9 1.03 0 0 Brusdar Graterol 0 1 2.70 3 3 0 0 0 10.0 11 4 3 0 2 1 15 1.20 0 0 Daulin Ramirez 1 0 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 11 9 0 2 9 8 2.00 0 1 Andriu Marin 1 0 5.19 5 0 0 0 1 8.2 14 6 5 0 0 2 5 1.85 0 2 Danny Feliz 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 7 6 2 1 4 6 1.63 0 3 Huascar Ynoa 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 1.00 0 0 Robener Cabrera 0 1 8.10 4 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 6 6 2 0 2 1 1.50 0 1 Randolph Perez 1 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 2 0 0 7 2 2.57 1 0

Dominican Summer League Boca Chica Baseball City

W L PCT GB Home Away Div Streak Last10

DSL Reds

10 4 .714 - 6-1 4-3 10-4 W4 8-2

DSL Twins

8 5 .615 1.5 4-3 4-2 0-0 W1 7-3

DSL Padres

8 6 .571 2.0 4-3 4-3 8-6 L2 4-6

DSL White Sox

6 8 .429 4.0 2-5 4-3 6-8 L3 4-6

DSL D-backs

5 9 .357 5.0 2-5 3-4 5-9 L3 3-7

DSL Orioles1

5 9 .357 5.0 1-6 4-3 5-9 W3 4-6

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MINOR LEAGUE CLIPS Lookouts on the brink of clinching first-half title Chattanooga Times Free Press– 6/16/15

Only a colossal collapse would keep the Chattanooga Lookouts from winning the North Division first-half championship in the Southern League, and they're not showing any signs of faltering.

The Lookouts completed a 10-2 road trip Monday afternoon by polishing off the Birmingham Barons 4-1. Chattanooga improved to a season-best 15 games over .500 at 39-24 and can win the North with a single victory in its upcoming five-game series against Jacksonville at AT&T Field or a single loss by the second-place Tennessee Smokies against Mississippi.

"It's definitely exciting," Lookouts outfielder Adam Walker said on his way back to Chattanooga. "We had a 12-day road trip, and we knew that if we took care of business that we had a chance of closing this first half out. We still have one more series, and we just want to keep playing our game.

"We had a bit of a rough start this season, and it was the first time in Double-A for a lot of our guys. It took a little time to get going, but I think we have a very talented team."

Chattanooga would have clinched the North with a Tennessee loss Monday night, but the Smokies stayed alive by improving to 35-29 with a 5-1 win in Jacksonville.

Walker has played a prominent role in Chattanooga's first-half success, collecting two doubles and two singles in Monday's win. The 6-foot-4, 223-pounder from Milwaukee leads the league in home runs (17), RBIs (54) and total bases (134).

"There have been some ups and downs and some things I need to work on, but getting four hits in a day is always nice," he said.

Walker opened the second inning Monday with a single to left field and scored the game's first run on Stuart Turner's one-out single to center. The Lookouts extended their advantage to 2-0 in the fourth inning when Walker's one-out double to left scored Max Kepler.

Chattanooga maintained a 2-0 lead until the eighth inning, when Miguel Sano led off with a home run to left.

The Lookouts, who are off today before Wednesday night's 7:15 series opener against the Suns, have not won a first-half championship since going 44-26 in 2006, when they were managed by Jayhawk Owens and affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. That is the only first-half title Chattanooga has won since moving to AT&T Field before the 2000 season.

Brett Lee (0-1, 6.35) is scheduled to start the series opener for the Lookouts.

Wednesday's game will be "Newspaper Night" at AT&T Field, as fans who bring a copy of Wednesday's Times Free Press will receive a free general admission ticket with a purchase of a ticket of equal value. The deal is good for Wednesday's contest only and will be based on availability.

Miracle capitalize on Tortugas errors, pick up 3-2 win Fort Myers Miracle– 6/15/15

FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 15, 2015) - The Fort Myers Miracle overcame an early two-run deficit to defeat the Daytona Tortugas, 3-2, on Monday evening at Hammond Stadium. Daytona got on the board in the first inning on a solo home run from Junior Arias. On a 3-2 pitch from Miracle starter Mat Batts, Arias sent a 382-foot drive onto the berm in left field, 1-0. In the second, the Tortugas added a second run. Alex Blandino led off with a double into the left field corner and advanced to third on a fly out to right from Robert Ramirez. Chad Wallach then cracked an 0-1 pitch into left center for a double and Blandino scored, 2-0. Engelb Vielma got the Miracle on the board in the bottom of the third with a two-out RBI. After Daytona reliever Nick Routt retired the first two hitters, Zack Granite laid down a bunt single in front of home plate. Then, Routt threw over to first on a pick-off attempt and Wallach lost the ball in the sun resulting in an error and Granite moving up to second. Vielma then pulled a soft liner on a 1-0 pitch to plate Granite and

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cut the Tortugas lead to 2-1. The Miracle drew even in the bottom of the sixth. Daytona brought in reliever Nolan Becker and Chad Christensen greeted him with a single into left field. Granite then hit into a force play that retired Christensen at second base. Granite advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Vielma and then scored on Ryan Walker's bouncing single up the middle to knot the game at 2-2. Batts exited the game after six innings and received a no decision after giving up two runs on five hits with no walks and four strikeouts. In the seventh, Daytona's defense committed a costly error that helped the Miracle take the lead. With one out, Tortugas reliever Joe Mantoni struck Bryan Haar with a 2-2 pitch. Jason Kanzler followed with a single into right field to put runners at first and second. Christensen then hit a ground ball to second baseman Carlton Daal who flipped to Blandino at shortstop for an out. Blandino then tried to complete the double play, but his throw bounced in the dirt and into the Daytona dugout. The throwing error allowed Haar to come home and give the Miracle a 3-2 advantage. After tossing a scoreless seventh, Miracle reliever D.J. Johnson started the top of the eight by walking Phillip Ervin. Stealing second, Ervin moved up to second. Johnson then struck out Arias for the first out and then was replaced by Alex Muren out of the bullpen. Muren wheeled around and threw a pick-off attempt to second to try and get Ervin, but the ball hit the runner and deflected into center field. With a runner at third and one out, Muren knuckled down to strikeout Sebastian Elizalde and Taylor Sparks to end the inning. Muren remained on the mound in the ninth and recorded his second save by fanning two more while stranding the tying runner at third for the second consecutive inning. The Miracle (32-32) snapped a two-game losing streak and continue the series at Hammond Stadium on Tuesday evening against the Tortugas (37-27). The game starts at 7:05 p.m. and gates open at 6 p.m. for a 2-for-1 Tuesday. Fans can take advantage of buy one, get one general admission tickets, domestic draft beers and hot dogs. For tickets and information, call (239) 768-4210 or www.miraclebaseball.com.

Kernels fail to complete sweep; fall 8-2 Cedar Rapids Kernels– 6/15/15

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Cedar Rapids failed to complete the sweep on Monday; falling to the Lansing Lugnuts 8-2. The Cedar Rapids bullpen didn't allow an earned run in five innings of relief.

Lansing struck first for the second straight day with a pair of runs in the top of second. Ryan McBroom drew a leadoff walk to begin the inning and came around to score on Jason Leblebijian's two-run home run to left, putting the Lugnuts in front of the Kernels, 2-0. The two-run homer was Leblebijian's third of the year and his first hit of the series.

The Lugnuts extended their lead to 5-0 with three runs in the top of the third. Richard Urena led off the frame with a single and then advanced to second on a Kernels throwing error. Rowdy Tellez followed Urena with a single to right, giving the Lugnuts runners on the corners. McBroom extended Lansing's lead to 3-0 with a sacrifice fly to center, bringing in Urena. Leblebijian then doubled to left-center, giving Lansing runners on second and third with still no outs in the inning. Josh Almonte's RBI groundout brought in Tellez from third, extending Lansing's lead to 4-0. A Jared Wilson wild pitch scored Leblebijian from third for the final run of the frame.

Alex Real cut the Lansing lead to 5-1 with a solo home run to begin the bottom of the fifth. The home run for Real was his first of the season.

Lansing (37-27) extended their lead to 8-1 with three unearned runs in the top of the seventh. Telez reached on a Kernels fielding error with one out in the frame. McBroom followed Tellez with a single to left, giving the Lugnuts runners on first and second. Leblebijian then singled to right, loading the bases for Lansing. Almonte extended the Lugnuts lead to 6-1 with an RBI single to right, scoring Tellez. Michael De La Cruz followed Almonte with RBI fielder's choice, bringing in McBroom. A Kernels throwing error on the double play attempt allowed Leblebijian to score from second for the final run of the inning.

Cedar Rapids (38-26) cut the Lansing lead to six with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Brian Navarreto drew a walk to leadoff the inning and then advanced to second on a Tanner English single to left. Two batters later, Nick Gordon reached on a Tim Mayza walk, loading the bases. Mark Biggs replaced Mayza out of the bullpen for Lansing following the bases loaded walk. A Michael De La Cruz passed ball brought in Navarreto from third, cutting the Lansing lead to 8-2.

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Alex Real led the Kernels with two hits while Brian Navarreto extended his hitting streak to six games with a single in the the top of the third. Real finished 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk.

Jared Wilson (5-2) suffered the loss for Cedar Rapids. The All-Star allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out one in four innings.

Jose Velez tossed two scoreless innings in relief for Cedar Rapids. The southpaw yielded just one hit and hit a batter. Miles Nordgren allowed three runs (all unearned) on four hits and struck out two in three innings of relief.

Conner Greene (6-2) earned the win for Lansing. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out three.

The Kernels resume their nine-game homestand tomorrow evening against the Burlington Bees First pitch in the series opener is at 6:35 p.m. from Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. RHP Felix Jorge (3-3, 2.57) gets the start for Cedar Rapids while RHP Michael Bolaski (4-5, 4.22) counters for Burlington.

Kernels’ Rodriguez trying to become a pitcher Cedar Rapids Gazette– 6/14/15

CEDAR RAPIDS – Believe it or not, he’s not a catcher. Never has been.

Dereck Rodriguez isn’t an outfielder anymore, either. He’s trying to be a pitcher, of all things.

The son of future hall of famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez made his second start for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in Game 1 of a marathon double-header Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. It wasn’t great, but better than his first Kernels appearance.

The 23-year-old is raw but has a good right arm. It’s just a matter of making that tough transition.

“It’s been great,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve always liked pitching, always liked throwing the ball, showing my arm. I can’t say it’s been rough, but it has been something different. It hasn’t been (easy) going from outfield to pitcher, but it’s fine.”

Rodriguez was a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 of the Minnesota Twins out of a Florida high school but hit just .216 in three seasons of Rookie ball. The Twins discussed a possible mound conversion with him after the 2013 season and he began his baseball transformation last season at Rookie-level Elizabethton.

He did well enough (five saves and a 1.05 earned run average) that Minnesota wants to see if he can make another transformation – bullpen to starter.

“Pitching was going to be kind of a last resort type of thing,” Kernels Manager Jake Mauer said. “He’s got good pitches, has got a good arm, good body. He’s got a chance.”

“The toughest adjustment has been trying to command my pitches,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve always been pretty good with the fastball, but I’m learning different pitches, learning where to throw them and learning when to throw them.”

Rodriguez said he simply never had the desire to be a catcher, which is why he never played the position like his dad. He said you’ve got to love the grind and squatting behind home plate for nine innings, and he didn’t.

He always has been his own player, someone trying to carve out his own baseball identity. Though it’s never a bad thing to have a 21-year major leaguer only a phone call away.

“He tells me that as long as I a uniform on, I’ll be fine,” Dereck said. “Just keep my head up and keep going forward.”

FIRST-HALF FINALE

The Midwest League’s first half is down to its final week, and the playoff picture is pretty clear. At least in the Western Division.

Quad Cities went into Saturday’s action having clinched one of two available postseason spots. The River Bandits were 40-20, 4.5 games ahead of second-place Cedar Rapids.

Barring a major collapse, the Kernels will get the first-half wildcard spot in the West, as they were five games up on Burlington.

In the Eastern Division, all kinds of teams are in playoff play. Lansing was a game ahead of Bowling Green for first place, 1.5 up on third-place Great Lakes. Lake County (3.5 out) also has legitimate chances, with Dayton (5 out) and West Michigan (6) a little more iffy.

With one more series of interleague play, the Eastern Division has a 44-27 lead on the Western Division. It doesn’t pick back up until August.