Florida State League: Fort Myers 5, Sarasota 1.
Twins 3rd base prospect Danny Valencia continues to eat up high A ball pitching as he collects 3 hits in 5 AB’s raising his average up 2 .354! Yangervis Solarte received some playing time and he took advantage with 3 hits and 2 RBI. In 4 AB’s Solarte rsised his average to .323 getting his 31st AB with the Miracle. Deolis Guerra, a young fireballer acquired for Johan Santana, went 6 strong innings, giving up 4 hits, 1 earned run, although he walked 5. On another note, a franchise high 6 Miracle players were named to the FSL West all star team. Those players: Second baseman Brian Dinkelman, third baseman Danny Valencia, outfielder Rene Tosoni, starting pitcher Jeff Manship and relief pitchers Anthony Slama and Robert Delaney. The Miracle now lead the West with a 35-18 record.
Midwest League: Beloit, Clinton PPD
Eastern League: Conneticut 6, New Britain 10.
Hughes:1-3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, .343 avg.; Plouffe: 2-5; Peterson: 2-4, RBI 2B, BB; Winfree/Martin each: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI; Gardenhire: 2-4, R, RBI. Swarzak:5 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 10 SO, 4.18 ERA
International League: Charlotte 3, Rochester 4
Tommy Watkins collected 2 hits (both doubles) giving the Redwings a solid spot leadoff man in left. Darnell McDonald and Garett Jones eached smacked home runs for 3 combined runs and Kevin Mulvey went 7 strong while giving out 5 hits while striking out 9. Julio Depaula collected his first save of the year…

July 15th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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