TRANSACTIONS
There were multiple moves on Wednesday that had ripple effects across the organization.

SAINTS SENTINEL
Saints 7, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5
Box Scor
St. Paul scored two runs in the eighth inning to squeak out a victory, despite being out hit 11-to-8. Payton Eeles was electric out of the lead-off spot going 3-for-4 with three runs, two steals and a walk. Mickey Gasper, Edouard Julien and DaShawn Keirsey Jr. each drove in a pair of runs. Gasper was the lone Saints batter with an extra-base hit as he cracked two doubles and has 10 on the season at Triple-A. St. Paul left 12 men on base, but still found a way to win. 

On the mound, Randy Dobnak started and scattered five hits over four innings. He allowed one earned run while walking one and striking out one. He threw 67 pitches and 40 were strikes. Kyle Bischoff and Richard Lovelady combined for three shutout innings to end the game. It was Bischoff’s fourth win and Lovelady’s fourth save. 

WIND SURGE WISDOM
NW Arkansas 6, Wichita 5 (11 Innings)
Box Score
Wichita scored four runs in the third inning to take the lead but it wasn’t enough and lost in extra innings. Ricardo Olivar led the way offensively with two home runs. He smacked a two-run shot in the third inning and a solo shot in the fifth. Kala’i Rosario went 3-for-5 with a double. Aaron Sabato has reached base in 22 straight games with two walks in this one. 

John Klein made only his second start of the season. In three innings, he allowed three runs on three hits with three strikeouts and a walk. Ricky Castro tied a season-high with five strikeouts. He pitched four innings of relief and allowed one run on five hits. John Stankiewicz pitched a scoreless eighth inning to keep the game close. 

KERNELS NUGGETS
Wisconsin 8, Cedar Rapids 2
Box Score
Cedar Rapids entered the game on a five game winning streak and Kaelen Culpepper got the game started with a lead off home run. In the top of the fourth, Brandon Winokur crushed a 113 MPH homer to cut the lead to 4-2. However, that’s as close as Cedar Rapids would get. 

Jose Olivares started and allowed six earned runs on four hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Hunter Hoopes made his High-A debut after being called up earlier in the week from Fort Myers. He pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout. 

Cedar Rapids 15, Wisconsin 2
Box Score
Culpepper hit a leadoff homer for the second game in a row and this time the Kernels were off and running. Winokur continued his hot hitting too. He finished game two by going 2-for-3 with his 13th double. Danny De Andrade led the team with five RBI as he had a double and a triple to combine for five total bases. 

The 15 runs of support were more than enough for starter Cole Peschl. In his third Cedar Rapids outing, Peschl collected his second consecutive win, allowing just a run on two hits with four strikeouts across five innings of work. Samuel Perez finished the game by allowing one unearned run over two innings. 

MUSSEL MATTERS
Palm Beach 8, Fort Myers 1
Box Score
Eli Jones retired five straight batters to start the game but things fell apart from there. He failed to make it out of the second inning as the Cardinals plated five runs on four hits against him. His early exit snapped a streak of four consecutive starts of at least five innings for him. Jakob Hall, Josh Bortka, and Peyton Carr combined for six shutout innings to end the game. Bortka struck out four in two innings of work and threw 20 of his 23 pitches for strikes.

Fort Myers only managed four hits and no players recorded an extra-base knock. Miguel Briceno and Yohander Martinez each reached base twice. Caleb McNeely drove in the only run of the game with a two-out hit in the bottom of the sixth. 

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Cole Peschl, Cedar Rapids Kernels (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 K, 1 BB)
Hitter of the Day – Kaelen Culpepper, Cedar Rapids Kernels (3-for-6, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB) 

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they performed on Wednesday.

#6 – Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-6, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
#9 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 4-for-6, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
#11 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 5 K
#14 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 0-for-6, 2 K
#17 – Tanner Schobel (St. Paul): 0-for-3, BB, 3 K
#19 – Carson McCusker (St. Paul): 0-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 3-for-9, 2 HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, 3 K

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre @ St. Paul (7:07 PM CDT) – RHP Marco Raya (0-3, 9.26 ERA)
Wichita @ NW Arkansas (4:05 PM CDT) – LHP Christian MacLeod (0-1, 1.31 ERA)
Cedar Rapids @ Wisconsin, Game 1 (6:40 PM CDT) – RHP Ty Langenberg (0-3, 7.98 ERA)
Palm Beach @ Fort Myers (6:05 PM CDT) – RHP Jason Doktorczyk (2-2, 5.35 ERA)
DSL Rangers @ DSL Twins (11:00 AM CDT) – TBD
FCL Braves @ FCL Twins (11:00 AM CDT) – TBD

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