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The Twins and all four of their affiliates played on Saturday Lots of good content for you below. But I also want to encourage you all to vote for your Top 20 Twins prospects . Your vote is important! It will help determine the updated Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects . TRANSACTIONSBelieve it or not, but the Twins made no official transactions before games played on Sunday. AWARDS
Twins Minor League Players of the Week
RHP Cole Peschl was named the Pitcher of the Week. He was the Twins 15th round pick last summer out of Campbell University. On Friday night, the 22-year-old started and tossed five scoreless innings and struck out nine batters. Wind Surge catcher Ricardo Olivar , 23, was named the Hitter of the Week. He played four games for Wichita and went 8-for-17 (.471) with two doubles, a homer and four RBI. SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 5, Indianapolis 3
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The Saints got ahead early and tried to give away the lead, but they added some late runs and held on for the win. The win was manager Toby Gardenhire's 300th win as manager of the Saints. Congratulations Toby! Zebby Matthews got the start and wasn’t quite himself but still gave his team a chance to win. In 4 2/3 innings, he gave up two runs on two hits. He had five strikeouts and a career-high four walks. Just 48 of his 84 pitches (57%) were strikes. Alex Speas came on with two runners on and allowed both to score before getting the final out of the fifth inning. Kyle Bischoff and Jacob Bosiokovic each pitched a scoreless inning. Anthony Misiewicz gave up a solo homer in the eighth inning. Kody Funderburk recorded his first Saints save of the year with a scoreless ninth. The Saints got the scoring going right away in the first inning. Ryan Fitzgerald walked, and then Royce Lewis singled him to second. Jeferson Morales had an infield single to load the bases. Carson McCusker followed with a two-run double. However, left with runners on second and third and nobody out, the Saints were unable to add on. In the second inning, Anthony Prato led off with a single. Diego Cartaya walked, and Fitzgerald singled to load the bases. Royce Lewis came up and just missed a grand slam. He flew out to the warning track for a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 Saints. Again, the Saints left two more runners on base. Jump ahead to the seventh inning. Indianapolis had cut the Saints lead to 3-2. With one out, Lewis singled and advanced to second on a Morales single. However, McCusker struck out. Fortunately, Mike Ford came up big with a line-drive single to right to drive in Lewis and give the Saints a 4-2 lead. The extra run was great because Nick Solak led off the top of the eighth inning with a pinch-hit homer to cut the lead to 4-3. In the bottom of the eighth, Anthony Prato walked and stole second base. Ryan Fitzgerald doubled off the wall in center to drive in Prato with the fifth run. Lewis went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. He played third base for seven innings as well. Fitzgerald was 2-for-4 with a walk and his fifth double. McCusker was 2-for-4 with his sixth double. Prato was 2-for-3 with a walk. He stole two bases to double his season total. Morales was 2-for-5. WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 4, Springfield 12
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Wichita fell behind early, but then surged back to tie it. Then they fell behind again and nearly caught up, but it was all Cardinals in the second half of this game. Ricky Castro started and gave up three runs over his three innings. He gave up three hits, walked three, and had three strikeouts. Down 3-0 going into the bottom of the third inning, the Surge had a runner on first base and two outs. Then Kala’i Rosario singled, and Kyler Fedko walked to load the bases. Ben Ross remained patient and drove in a run with a walk. Rubel Cespedes followed with a two-run single that tied the game. John Klein came in and gave up four runs (3 earned) on four hits and two walks. He struck out three batters. John Stankiewicz gave up four runs on four hits in 1 1/3 innings. Jaylen Nowlin gave up one run on two hits over the final two innings. Andrew Cossetti led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a long, towering blast that landed beyond the berm in left field. At the time, it cut the deficit to 5-4, but that was it for the Wind Surge offense. Tanner Schobel went 3-for-5. Kala’i Rosario went 2-for-4 with a walk. Ben Ross was 1-for-2 with two walks. KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 8, Wisconsin 1
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Kaelen Culpepper was eased into the 2025 season due to hamstring issues he fought during spring training. He was playing shortstop for about six or seven innings and then came out of the game. Then he had a wrist injury and went on the 7-Day IL. But he returned from that pretty quickly. Since he came back from the IL, he has been a full-time player, and he is showing his skills at the plate and in the field. He played a big part in Sunday’s win. But let’s start with the pitching because the Kernels allowed just one run in the game. Jose Olivares started and struck out three batters in three scoreless, one-hit, no-walk innings. Jeremy Lee came on and worked the next three innings. He gave up one run on three hits and a walk. Wilker Reyes had two strikes over his two scoreless, hitless innings. Samuel Perez struck out two batters in a perfect ninth inning to shut the door. The Kernels took the first lead of the game in the bottom of the second when Danny De Andrade hit his first home run of the season. The Timber Rattlers tied it up in the top of the fifth inning on a Daniel Guilarte sacrifice fly. Note: This is where the Kaelen Culpepper Show starts getting going. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, Kevin Maitan singled and Kyle Hess worked a walk. On a 1-1 pitch, Culpepper destroyed a pitch well beyond the wall in left center field. The three-run homer turned a tie-game into a three-run lead for the Kernels. If you like Win Probability, Culpepper’s blast increased the Kernels probability of winning by nearly 32%. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Kernels added a little insurance. Maitan and Hess each singled again. This time, Culpepper walked to load the bases. Kyle DeBarge grounded out to the pitcher, but it was enough for Maitan to score and make it a 5-1 lead. By the way, if you missed it, but sure to read Jeff Johnson ’s fantastic article on Kyle DeBarge. In high school, he was a catcher, and that’s what brought him to Lafayette, but he was just catching bullpens, the coaches had another idea, and it paid off. The Kernels added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth to make it 8-1. Gabriel Gonzalez singled to right. De Andrade walked. They successfully completed a double-steal. Khadim Diaw hit a sacrifice fly deep enough to drive in Gonzalez. Misael Urbina singled to advance De Andrade to third base. Maitan walked to load the bases. After a strikeout, Culpepper came to the plate. He lined a single to right field that drove in two more runs. (Of course, that only added 0.3% to the team’s win probability because it was pretty likely already.) The Kernels had nine hits and seven walks in the game. Culpepper led the way. He was 2-for-5 with a walk, his first homer, and five RBI. Kevin Maitan was 2-for-3 with a walk. Khadim Diaw went 1-for-1 with two walks. De Andrade had a walk and a stolen base to go with his homer as well. MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 10, Clearwater 1
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Early offense is something every team dreams of, and the Mussels provided just that and then they added on. Byron Chourio led off the game with his first triple. Jose Salas singled him in. That brought Jay Thomason to the plate. The Air Force alum launched the first pitch he saw at a 32 degree angle at 108.3 mph, and it landed approximately 405 from home plate, beyond the established fencing in the outfield. It was his fifth home run of the month and gave the Mussels a 3-0 lead. It’s always helpful to follow a big inning with a quick half-inning on the defensive side. Lefty Michael Carpenter helped with that. He tossed 10 pitches in the bottom of the first inning and none of them left the infield. In the top of the second, the Mussels scored two more runs. The first scored on a wild pitch, and the second scored on a Jose Salas sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. Carpenter needed 20 pitches to get through the second inning. That is largely due to striking out two batters, but he also gave up a solo home run to Raider Tello . But as cliches tell us, solo homers don’t hurt, especially when you have a big lead. In the bottom of the third inning, Maddux Houghton hit an opposite-field single that drove in Miguel Briceno with the team’s sixth run. After an out, Byron Chourio walked to load the bases. On an 0-2 pitch, Jose Salas launched a ball at 103.9 mph and 32 degrees. It landed well beyond the fence in right-center field for a grand slam. The Mussels led 10-1. Honestly, that’s about it for the game. The Mussels added a couple of doubles, but had more 1-2-3 innings. Michael Carpenter completed three innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He had four strikeouts and did not issue a walk. 33 of his 52 pitches were strikes. Fellow lefty Zander Sechrist came on and threw three scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, walked two and struck out two batters. Knuckleballer Devin Kirby tossed three scoreless innings to earn his first save of the season. He gave up one hit, walked two, and recorded three strikeouts. Salas led the way. He went 2-for-3 with two runs and six RBI. The grand slam was his first home run of his rehab assignment. Poncho Ruiz went 2-for-5 with his second double. All nine starters had at least one hit. Byron Chourio hit his first triple and walked two more times. Thomason walked twice to go with his home run. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS
MONDAY:
Minnesota @ Cleveland (5:10 PM CST) - RHP Bailey Ober (2-1, 5.04 ERA)
TUESDAY:
St. Paul @ Columbus (DH @ 4:05 PM CST) - RHP David Festa, RHP Andrew Morris.
Wichita @ Frisco (12:05 PM CST) - TBD.
South Bend @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM CST) - TBD.
Jupiter @ Fort Myers (5:05 PM CST) - TBD. Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the roster, and discuss Sunday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! Interested in learning more about the Minnesota Twins' top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!
