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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:18:55 EDT 2003
MINNESOTA TWINS ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
ROCHESTER... 1B JUSTIN MORNEAU drove in three runs to lead a balanced offense past Buffalo, 11-4, August 23. Morneau broke open a two-run contest when he laced a bases-loaded double to right-center field that cleared the bases during a six-run seventh inning. 1B TODD SEARS belted a solo home run in the second and singled home a run in the fifth for Rochester, which had five players drive in at least two runs...
RHP TONY FIORE tossed seven strong innings in a 6-1 triumph over Buffalo August 24. Fiore allowed a run and four hits over seven innings for the win...
OF MICHAEL RESTOVICH hit three doubles (3-4, 1 RBI) on August 21 in a 6-4 win against Scranton-WB....
NEW BRITAIN... LHP HORACIO ESTRADA threw a nine-inning no-hitter, the first in 12 years for the Rock Cats, in a 10-0 victory at Reading August 24. Estrada, who made just his fourth start with New Britain since signing with the Minnesota Twins organization back on July 8, struck out eight batters and issued three walks for the Rock Cats, who have won nine of their last 10 games. The 27-year-old finished with a pitch count of 117 en route to the first no-hit game by New Britain since Brian Conroy topped Reading, 2-0, back on May 22, 1991. OF B.J. GARBE chipped in with a pair of fine defensive plays in center field. This was the third no-hitter thrown by an individual pitcher in the circuit this season, the most since 2001...
OF KEVIN WEST, who was leading the league with 41 doubles through August 27, went 4-for-4 with three RBI in a 9-8 win over New Haven August 21...
RHP J.D. DURBIN spun seven scoreless innings (7 H, 1 BB, 8 SO) in a 4-1 win at Reading August 22....
FORT MYERS... OF JAMES TOMLIN hit .063 (1-16, 2 SO) in four games August 22-25. Despite the recent struggles, Tomlin was leading the league in runs (85) while ranking second in hits (145) and third in batting (.303) through August 27...
RHP TRAVIS BOWYER allowed no earned runs in six consecutive games August 2-23 (12.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 8 SO)...
C GREG BLUM hit .100 (5-50, 8 SO) in 16 games July 26-August 22....
QUAD CITY... OF GARRETT GUZMAN went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBI on August 21 in a 15-9 loss against Battle Creek. RHP T.J. PRUNTY was charged with six runs, nine hits and a walk in two innings in the loss. Prunty fell to 0-5 with an 8.15 ERA in a 12-game span beginning July 2...
OF ALEX ROMERO hit .366 (26-71, 4 2B, 2 3B, 5 RBI, 2 SB) in 19 games August 2-25...
OF TRENT OELTJEN hit .500 (10-20, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB) in five games August 21-25....
ELIZABETHTON... The Twins ended the regular season riding a six-game winning streak and finished at 42-24, tops in the West Division. The club then beat Martinsville, two games to one, for the league championship...
OF RON PERODIN hit safely in 11 straight games (17-43, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 7 SB) August 14-25, raising his average from .315 to .335, good for fifth in the league...
3B BROCK PETERSON went 3-for-3 with a double, homer and five RBI on August 24 in a 12-7 win at Kingsport. Peterson ended the regular season leading the league in runs (53)....
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