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Double A
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Terry Tiffee homered and drove in four runs to lead
the New Britain Rock Cats to a 10-4 victory over the
Trenton Thunder.

Tiffee connected on a solo shot in the second inning,
an RBI single in the third and a two-run single in the
eighth frame. Jeff Deardorff had three hits and a pair
of RBI for New Britain, which has won seven of their
last eight games. Jim Abbott (2-0) allowed two runs
and four hits over six innings to get the win and
Kevin Hodge pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to record
his fifth save.

Aaron Rifkin had an RBI single in the sixth inning and
added a two-run base hit in the eighth for Trenton,
which has dropped 10 of its last 11 games, being held
to four runs or less in nine of those contests. Edison
Reynoso (6-5) yielded six runs and 10 hits in four
innings to suffer the loss.

Boxscore
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores103/103173/20030622EAST-NEWBRITAIN0nr.htm#R\
CPS

Tiffee Lifts Rock Cats
http://www.ctnow.com/sports/baseball/minors/hc-minors0623.artjun23,0,5812273.sto\
ry?coll=hc-headlines-sports

Rock Cats rocking in rout of Thunder
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8547448&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=17739\
&rfi=6

DeBoer’s legacy extends to the Twins
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8547450&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=17739\
&rfi=6

Class AA New Britain shortstop Jason Bartlett was
named Twins minor league player of the week. He batted
.414 with three homers and seven runs scored. He's
batting .315.

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Triple A
==================================

Mike Ryan drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the
eighth inning to lead the Rochester Red Wings past the
Toledo Mud Hens, 3-2.

Ryan, who entered the game hitting just .167
(5-for-30) with runners in scoring position and two
out, smacked a single to center field, plating Mike
Restovich from second base. Restovich, who doubled
down the right field line to open the eighth, finished
2-for-3 with two runs scored and Brandon Marsters
added a pair of doubles and an RBI for Rochester,
which has won six of seven. Jeromy Palki (4-2) gave up
an unearned run and no hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief
for the win. Starter Grant Belfour yielded just a run
and three hits with seven strikeouts over seven frames
in a no-decision.

Brant Ust broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the
fifth inning with an RBI sacrifice bunt, scoring Danny
Klassen, who led off the frame with his team-leading
fourth triple for Toledo, which has dropped three of
its last four. Carlos Pena, in his third rehab start,
went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. Terry Pearson (4-1),
who had not given up a run in his last seven
appearances, yielded the game winner in the eighth for
his first loss.

Boxscore
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores103/103173/20030622INTL-TOLEDO----0nr.htm

Ryan delivers winner for Wings
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/sports/wings/0623story1_wings.shtml

Hens’ hitting woes persist
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030623/SPORTS07/10623010\
0

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Single A - Advanced
==================================

Rain postpones Sunday doubleheader for Miracle
http://www.naplesnews.com/03/06/sports/d898449a.htm

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Single A
==================================

The Clinton LumberKings broke open a tight game with a
six-run seventh as they defeated the Quad City River
Bandits 9-2 at John O’Donnell Stadium. The Bandits and
LumberKings split a four-game series to start the
second half of the season, with Clinton outscoring
Quad City 17-4 as they took the final two games of the
series.

Clinton took a 1-0 lead on a Rick Asadoorian homer in
the top of the first, but the Bandits struck back in
the bottom of the inning. Kaulana Kuhaulua walked and
then swiped second and third base. Seth Davidson
plated Kuhaulua on an infield single to the right
side.

After Clinton expanded the lead on a two-out RBI in
the second and a solo homer in the third, Quad City
made brought the deficit back to one run in the
fourth. Danny Matienzo drilled a one-out solo homer in
the fourth, a blast to right center. It was Matienzo’s
seventh long ball of the season, and his third of the
series. With the blast, Matienzo became the first
Bandit to homer in consecutive games this season.

But the LumberKings broke the game open with their
six-run seventh. After T.J. Prunty allowed a walk and
a single to open the seventh, he was replaced by Peter
Tautor following a sacrifice bunt. Tautor committed an
error on Rick Asadoorian’s dribbler out in front of
the plate, and then the floodgates opened. Hector
Lebron had a two-run single through the right side of
the infield, and Pedro Quero had a two-run hit to put
Clinton up 7-2. Manny Santana capped the rally with a
two-run double to close the scoring.

Prunty was dealt the loss after getting charged with
five runs over 6.1 innings. Tautor allowed three runs
on four hits in 1.2 innings, while Nick Blackburn
struck out two in a perfect ninth. In two outings,
Blackburn has not allowed a baserunner and has struck
out four in two innings.

(Game recap from http://www.riverbandits.com/)

Boxscore
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores103/103173/20030622MID--QUADCITY--0nr.htm

Bandits snooze through a loss
http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1013968&t=Sports+News&c=32,1013968

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Rookie - Advanced
==================================

Boxscore
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/scoreboards/box_Rapp.shtml

Baby Birds' rally falls short in Elizabethton
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8544804&BRD=2088&PAG=461&dept_id=34622\
8&rfi=6

The Elizabethton paper has not updated yet. I'll send
the link to the story later in the day.

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Rookie
==================================

Gulf Coast League Twins had the day off on Sunday.
The Twins take on the Red Sox today at City of Palms
Park in Fort Myers at 11:00 AM.

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Twins
==================================

Denny Hocking emerged from "behind the scenes" to lead
the offense of the Minnesota Twins.

Hocking homered, tripled and scored three runs to help
the Twins avoid a three-game sweep with an 8-3 victory
over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Making just his 11th start of the campaign, Hocking
matched a season high with three hits. He also
collected three hits on May 18 against the Chicago
White Sox.

After Hocking walked with one out in the top of the
first inning, Corey Koskie launched a 1-0 pitch from
Brewers starter Matt Kinney (5-6) over the right field
wall to put the Twins ahead for good, 2-0.

Recap, boxscore and play-by-play
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores103/103173/20030622ML---MILWAUKEE-0nr.htm

TWINS 8, BREWERS 3: Twins tired of rocky road
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/sports/baseball/mlb/minnesota_twins/6\
148747.htm

Twins win series finale over Brewers
http://www.startribune.com/stories/509/3950491.html

TWINS REPORT: Sore groin might force reliever Romero
onto DL
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/sports/baseball/mlb/minnesota_twins/6\
148746.htm

Twins notes: Ailing Guzman gets some rest
http://www.startribune.com/stories/509/3950688.html

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