
CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 40-42
St. Paul Saints: 35-41
Wichita Wind Surge: 40-33
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 42-31
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 31-40
FCL Twins: 24-13
DSL Twins: 5-13
TRANSACTIONS
Royce Lewis joined the Saints on a rehab assignment. He suffered a left hamstring strain on June 13.
SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 6, Louisville 5
Box Score
Louisville manufactured a run in the top of the ninth inning to take the lead but the Saints were ready with a response. Payton Eeles led off the bottom of the ninth with a single, followed by a Jeferson Morales six-pitch walk. Will Holland managed to get a sacrifice bunt down on a 99.5 mph sinker to advance both runners into scoring position. Noah Cardenes didn’t have to do much to get the speedy Eeles in from third.
Cardenes hit a weak grounder toward the shortstop that the third baseman cut off. He was out at first on a bang-bang play, but Eeles scampered home to score the tying run. After Anthony Prato was hit with a 100.6 mph fastball, Edouard Julien lined the second pitch he saw just over the leaping second baseman to give the Saints a walk-off win.
It was Julien’s only hit of the night, but he’s been a standout performer in June. He has a .305/.436/.537 line so far this month for the Saints, a .973 OPS.
Also tonight, Cory Lewis had by far his best outing of the season. Not only did he go five innings for the first time in 2025, he only gave up one run on two hits. He walked two batters and struck out six.
As Cody Christie wrote about yesterday, Lewis has pivoted from a pitcher who mixes in a knuckleball to using that unique offering as his primary pitch. Of his 75 pitches tonight, Lewis threw the knuckler 41 times. Despite a lack of premium velocity, Lewis was able to baffle lower-level hitters without having to rely much on the knuckleball. That’s not been the case in Triple-A, and it’s great to see him finding a new way to be successful.
Royce Lewis was 0-for-3 with a strikeout as the DH in the first game of his rehab assignment.
WIND SURGE WISDOM
Springfield 10, Wichita 7
Box Score
Connor Prielipp got knocked around tonight, but his defense also let him down a couple times. Springfield loaded the bases with two outs, but what should have been an inning-ending groundout to third was an error instead. The Cardinals scored two runs on that error, then two more on a liner through the middle.
Prielipp faced the minimum in the second inning, but gave up a leadoff single followed by a two-run homer in the third inning. While the error in the first inning definitely hurt, there were just a lot of balls in play. Springfield seemed to be seeing the ball well against Prielipp, who only struck out one of the 18 batters he faced tonight.
The Wind Surge lineup battled back to tie the game at 7-7 in the bottom of the fifth. The score remained tied until the Cardinals tallied three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Kyler Fedko had a monster game, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, the first being a grand slam off top Cardinals pitching prospect Tink Hence.
Fedko is up to 16 home runs in 64 games played this year after hitting just three in 76 games last season. He also drove in six runs tonight, giving him 44 RBIs. That’s up from just 21 last season. It’s a monster power breakout from Fedko, who is hitting .262/.380/.515 (.895 OPS).
Walker Jenkins reached safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. He also stole his fifth base in 10 games with Wichita.
KERNELS NUGGETS
Game 1: Cedar Rapids 6, South Bend 5
Box Score
This was a continuation of yesterday’s game, which was postponed in the third inning. The Kernels trailed 5-0 at that point. They didn’t take long to erase that deficit today.
The Cedar Rapids lineup put together a great two-out rally in the bottom of the third inning. Misael Urbina drew an eight-pitch walk before singles from Kyle DeBarge and Brandon Winokur. Then Danny De Andrade blasted the first pitch he saw for an opposite-field game-tying grand slam. DeBarge put the Kernels up with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Jose Olivares took over on the mound for the Kernels when the game restarted today and was the only pitcher they needed to finish it off. The 22-year-old right-hander delivered six innings for the second straight outing, and held his opponent scoreless for the fifth time this season. He yielded just three hits, walked two batters and tallied seven strikeouts.
Things got hairy in the ninth inning. Trying to protect a one-run lead, Olivares walked the leadoff man, then gave up a single. He responded by getting a massive strikeout followed by a ground out to first base and a fly out to left field to end it.
Game 2: South Bend 12, Cedar Rapids 4
Box Score
Kernels starter Jeremy Lee got off to a very rough start and Wilker Reyes couldn’t help out much as the first man out of the bullpen. The Cubs tallied all 12 of their runs in the first three innings.
Billy Amick was 2-for-4 with a double and was the only Cedar Rapids hitter with a mutli-hit game. Kyle DeBarge stole his 41st base of the season. He’s 41-for-42 on stolen base attempts this season and has a total of 56 steals in 92 games.
MUSSEL MATTERS
Tampa 5, Fort Myers 3
Box Score
Tampa scored all their runs in the first two innings, as Mussels starter Dylan Questad struggled to find the strike zone (again). He walked five batters in his three innings of work, hit another, and threw less than 50 percent of his pitches for strikes.
While the rest of the Fort Myers pitching staff did great — two innings each from Brennen Oxford and Ivran Romero followed by a frame from Zander Sechrist — the lineup couldn’t get much going. Tampa starter Xavier Rivas struck out 13 batters in 5 2/3 innings without issuing a walk.
Byron Chourio and Angel Del Rosario were the only Mighty Mussels with multi-hit games. Del Rosario also stole his 26th base of the season.
COMPLEX CHRONICLES
Postponed due to rain. Makeup on July 4.
DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 15, DSL Tigers (1) 3
Box Score
Among the methods in which the DSL Twins scored runs were a bases-loaded hit by pitch, two throwing errors and two wild pitches. Dominican Summer League baseball, ladies and gentlemen!
The Twins also did some damage with their bats, of course. Cristian Bonifacio, a 17-year-old Dominican, hit his first pro homer. Carlos Taveras reached safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of walks.
On the mound, Santiago Castellanos continued a stellar start to his pro career. The Venezuelan right-hander pitched four near perfect innings while striking out seven batters. He didn’t surrender any hits or walks, but he did hit a couple of batters. Castellanos has a 1.32 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings so far this season.
TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day: Jose Olivares, Cedar Rapids (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K)
Hitter of the Day: Kyler Fedko, Wichita (3-for-4, 2 HR, BB, 6 RBI, 3 R)
PROSPECT SUMMARY
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1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, SB (5), K
4. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 1-for-4, BB, R, SB (1), 2 K
5. Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
9. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, R, K
10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-7, 2 2B, BB, SB (41), 2 R, 3 RBI, K
12. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, 2B, R, RBI, 2 K
13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 1-for-4, BB, K
17. Cory Lewis (St. Paul): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K
19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, GS HR, R, 4 RBI, 4 K
20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 2-for-3, BB, 2 R, K
TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul vs. Louisville, 4:07 pm CT: Marco Raya
St. Paul vs. Louisville, Game 2: José Ureña
Wichita vs. Springfield, 6:05 pm CT: Darren Bowen
Cedar Rapids vs. South Bend, 6:35 pm CT: Cole Peschl
Fort Myers at Tampa, 5:30 pm CT: Dasan Hill
FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox, 9 am CT: TBD
DSL Twins vs. DSL Marlins, 9 am CT: TBD
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