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Minor League Crooked Numbers from August 2024
nn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Sproat’s run of K carnage began with the second out of the second inning and continued until he was removed from the game after five. No one in Major League history has ever struck out 11 batters in a row; the record is 10, achieved most recently by Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes in 2021.nnThe bad news is that Sproat was removed from the game in a scoreless tie and Binghamton went on to lose, 7-3. The good news is that Sproat received a call-up to Triple-A Syracuse following this dominant outing, having seemingly nothing left to prove in Double-A.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”* Subscribe to Ben’s Biz Minor League Newsletter“,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Ten years after**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Aug. 2, 2014: Blake Snell, pitching in the Class A Advanced Florida State League against the Daytona Cubs, throws the [first no-hitter in Charlotte Stone Crabs history](https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-87673846). It was a rain-shortened effort, however, as the game was called after he tossed just 5 1/3 innings. Afterwards, Snell said the following: “I still want to try to go a nine-inning no-hitter all to myself, because you have to go through the lineup three or four times. So that’s something that would be the most special to me.”nnAug. 2, 2024: One decade later, to the day, Snell’s wish came true. Now a member of the San Francisco Giants, he pitched a nine-inning no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Blake Snell tosses the 18th no-hitter in @SFGiants history! pic.twitter.com/KVS3tml6CR
— MLB (@MLB) August 3, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Double digits Decker**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Rancho Cucamonga’s (Single-A Dodgers) 17-5 shellacking of San Jose (Giants) on Aug. 2 was powered by a monster performance by Cameron Decker, who went 6-for-6 with 10 RBIs. Along with Heston Kjerstad’s double-digit output for Triple-A Norfolk on April 3, it marked the most RBIs in a Minor League game since Aug. 30, 2000, when J.P. Woodward of the Idaho Falls Chukars knocked in 11.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Cameron Decker is cooking with gas 🔥🍖
Playing as a Rancho Cucamonga BBQ, the infielder smokes 6 hits, racking up 10 ribbies — marks not achieved in a MiLB game since at least 2005!@RCQuakes | @DodgerPlayerDev | @Dodgers pic.twitter.com/XVMwi0vreD
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 3, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Decker, who had 10 RBIs in his entire career entering the 2024 season, fell one short of the California League RBI record of 11, set by Stockton’s Robert Rivich on May 22, 1954. Rivich accomplished that prodigious feat despite being removed from the game after five innings!”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Just how they drew it up**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A A’s) hit seven home runs in their 21-5 win over Albuquerque (Rockies) on Aug. 4, a game in which they scored 10 runs in the third inning and never looked back. But would you believe that that 10-run frame did not include a single home run?”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Score 10 runs in an inning without hitting a homer?
See how @Athletics prospects did just that for the @AviatorsLV in the third: pic.twitter.com/FfNwvi8V2L
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 5, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”All seven Aviators dingers were hit in the fifth inning or later. Max Muncy led the charge, hitting three home runs as part of a massive game in which he went 5-for-5 with eight RBIs. In case you’re confused, this is NOT the Max Muncy who made his Major League debut in 2015 and currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.nnSpeaking of!”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Max Muncy vs. Max Muncy**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Aug. 13 was a monumental evening in baseball history. The Las Vegas Aviators hosted Oklahoma City (Dodgers), and BOTH teams featured Max Muncy in the lineup. As Ben Weinrib put it in his excellent game recap, “Professional Baseball has finally achieved Maximum Muncy.” The elder Max Muncy, on a rehab assignment before returning to Los Angeles, collected a hit in the game. His performance was outclassed by the younger Max Muncy, the A’s No. 8 prospect, who collected four hits and drove in three to propel the Aviators to a 10-8 win. An added bonus? Both Max Muncys (or is that “Muncies”?) were born on Aug. 25, 12 years apart.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
C’mon, the meeting between #Athletics prospect Max Muncy (@AviatorsLV) and rehabbing #Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (@okc_baseball) HAD to feature wackiness like this, right?
More on the unrelated Muncys born on the same day 12 years apart: https://t.co/S9txZX0NyO pic.twitter.com/mQsPsCMO5E
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 14, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Speaking of same-named individuals, we have more where that came from! Consider this from Corpus Christi (Double-A Astros):”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Brice Matthews (our player) & Bryce Matthew (our sales guy) pic.twitter.com/zTXHOglHCM
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 30, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Or this, from Everett (High-A Mariners):”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Charlie Condon, meet Charlie Condon! Prior to today’s game, we helped young baseball fan Charlie Condon meet the 2024 MLB Draft’s #3 overall pick, big Charlie Condon of the Spokane Indians.
This is what @milb is all about! pic.twitter.com/om4JTHMURH
— Everett AquaSox (@EverettAquaSox) September 2, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**He deserved better**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Jose Cabrera of the Hillsboro Hops (High-A D-backs) suffered the toughest of tough-luck losses against the Spokane Indians (Rockies) on Aug. 24. The 22-year-old right-hander pitched 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and had a chance for the 27th out, but first baseman Kevin Sim made an error on what should have been an inning-ending 4-3 putout. Kyle Karros followed with an RBI double, accounting for the only run of the evening for either team.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Jose Cabrera had something brewing! 🍻
The @HillsboroHops righty came thiiiiiiis close to a no-hitter (8.2 IP) with 11 strikeouts. pic.twitter.com/cnxvqF1M5G
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 25, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Been a while**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The Omaha Storm Chasers (Triple-A Royals) defeated the Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) on Aug. 20, marking the first time those two teams faced off against one another since the Clinton administration. Or, more specifically: July 20, 1997.nnAfter that ’97 season the league that both teams played in, the Triple-A American Association, of disbanded. In 1998, Buffalo went to the International League and Omaha to the Pacific Coast League, ensuring no matchups between the clubs. In 2021 Omaha switched to the International League, remade as a sprawling 20-team circuit, and it took until Aug. 20 this year for the club to finally play Buffalo once again.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
It has been 9,893 days since our last game against @OMAStormChasers, 7/20/97, a 12-11 Bisons’ win IN Omaha… our starting 2B that night was Casey Candaele.
Here’s what Casey has to say about it ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/euDasrsH0B
— Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) August 20, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Cardinals flying home**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Four teams in the St. Louis organization won via walk-off on Aug. 21, from the Major League Cardinals to Triple-A Memphis to Double-A Springfield to High-A Peoria. The only team that didn’t get in on the walk-off action was the Single-A Palm Beach Cardinals, but don’t blame them. They beat St. Lucie, 9-4, taking the lead for good in the sixth inning.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
Four walk-offs in the same day for the same organization?!
Here’s how it happened for the @Cardinals: https://t.co/cyBN1OhVRZ pic.twitter.com/3Nc4GD77zM
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 22, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Sweep? More like a power wash**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Minor League teams began playing six-game series against one another in 2021, making sweeps that much harder to achieve. Even harder to achieve? A seven-game sweep. It hardly seems possible, but the Hudson Valley Renegades (High-A Yankees) did just that against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Nationals), from Aug. 20-26. The series included a doubleheader on Aug. 22, as the teams were making up a game that was rained out earlier in the season. Hudson Valley plated 43 runs in the series, with Wilmington managing just 16.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Greatness behind the dish**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”A 1-2-3 inning comprised of two singles and a walk seems like a contradiction in terms, but not if the baserunners are feeling feisty and you have a catcher like Lynchburg’s Logun Clark (Guardians) behind the plate. Three Carolina Mudcats (Single-A Brewers) reached base in the third inning of Aug. 29’s game, and all three were caught stealing.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2024-08-30T03:28:16.413Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({“preferredPlaybacks”:”mp4AvcPlayback”})”:”https://milb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-08/29/a01b78c7-fc4d8220-9a9fcb91-csvm-diamondgcp-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Guardians catcher Logun Clark catches three runners stealing in the same inning for Single-A Lynchburg”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:33″,”slug”:”logun-clark-catches-three-runners-trying-to-steal”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”defense”,”title”:”defense”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”114-affiliate”,”title”:”Guardians affiliate”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”minor-league-baseball”,”title”:”Minor League Baseball”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-top-prospects”,”title”:”MLB Top Prospects”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/mmdazyt0fjz2fgy4scxv”},”title”:”Logun Clark catches three runners trying to steal”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/logun-clark-catches-three-runners-trying-to-steal”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Weirdness behind the dish**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Did you know? If a pitch takes a wayward bounce and gets lodged in a catcher’s chest protector, runners get to advance one base? This happened in the Aug. 24 game between Altoona (Double-A Pirates) and Richmond (Giants), with Altoona getting a fluke run out of the deal.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
MLB Rule 5.06(c)(7):
“(If) a pitched pall lodges in the catcher’s mask or paraphernalia, or in or against the umpire’s body, mask or paraphernalia, and remains out of play, runners advance one base”
Sure! 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/FheDfUiXI4
— Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) August 24, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Kerplunk**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Most of the time, using your noggin is a good thing. This was not one of those times:”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
HEADS UP!
Owen Caissie with an unlikely triple 👀 @Cubs | @IowaCubs pic.twitter.com/XUlimDTi7r
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 28, 2024
nnn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”**Out of the dumpster and into our heart**”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Did you know? Raccoons are nocturnal, omnivorous and able to propel home teams to victory.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”
This little guy showed up in the 7th inning last night and then we scored 6 runs. Coincidence? We think not…
Meet Rally Raccoon 🦝 pic.twitter.com/AXy2MFRUiQ
— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) August 8, 2024
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Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in touch if you’ve witnessed something weird at a Minor League game ([email protected]).
Set ‘em up, knock em’ down
Brandon Sproat, the Mets’ second-round Draft pick in 2023 and now MLB’s No. 39 prospect, struck out a career-high 13 batters for Double-A Binghamton on Aug. 2. He did this over the span of just five innings against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays) and, even more impressive: 11 of those batters were K’d consecutively!
Sproat’s run of K carnage began with the second out of the second inning and continued until he was removed from the game after five. No one in Major League history has ever struck out 11 batters in a row; the record is 10, achieved most recently by Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes in 2021.
The bad news is that Sproat was removed from the game in a scoreless tie and Binghamton went on to lose, 7-3. The good news is that Sproat received a call-up to Triple-A Syracuse following this dominant outing, having seemingly nothing left to prove in Double-A.
Aug. 2, 2014: Blake Snell, pitching in the Class A Advanced Florida State League against the Daytona Cubs, throws the first no-hitter in Charlotte Stone Crabs history. It was a rain-shortened effort, however, as the game was called after he tossed just 5 1/3 innings. Afterwards, Snell said the following: “I still want to try to go a nine-inning no-hitter all to myself, because you have to go through the lineup three or four times. So that’s something that would be the most special to me.”
Aug. 2, 2024: One decade later, to the day, Snell’s wish came true. Now a member of the San Francisco Giants, he pitched a nine-inning no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds.
Rancho Cucamonga’s (Single-A Dodgers) 17-5 shellacking of San Jose (Giants) on Aug. 2 was powered by a monster performance by Cameron Decker, who went 6-for-6 with 10 RBIs. Along with Heston Kjerstad’s double-digit output for Triple-A Norfolk on April 3, it marked the most RBIs in a Minor League game since Aug. 30, 2000, when J.P. Woodward of the Idaho Falls Chukars knocked in 11.
Decker, who had 10 RBIs in his entire career entering the 2024 season, fell one short of the California League RBI record of 11, set by Stockton’s Robert Rivich on May 22, 1954. Rivich accomplished that prodigious feat despite being removed from the game after five innings!
The Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A A’s) hit seven home runs in their 21-5 win over Albuquerque (Rockies) on Aug. 4, a game in which they scored 10 runs in the third inning and never looked back. But would you believe that that 10-run frame did not include a single home run?
All seven Aviators dingers were hit in the fifth inning or later. Max Muncy led the charge, hitting three home runs as part of a massive game in which he went 5-for-5 with eight RBIs. In case you’re confused, this is NOT the Max Muncy who made his Major League debut in 2015 and currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Aug. 13 was a monumental evening in baseball history. The Las Vegas Aviators hosted Oklahoma City (Dodgers), and BOTH teams featured Max Muncy in the lineup. As Ben Weinrib put it in his excellent game recap, “Professional Baseball has finally achieved Maximum Muncy.” The elder Max Muncy, on a rehab assignment before returning to Los Angeles, collected a hit in the game. His performance was outclassed by the younger Max Muncy, the A’s No. 8 prospect, who collected four hits and drove in three to propel the Aviators to a 10-8 win. An added bonus? Both Max Muncys (or is that “Muncies”?) were born on Aug. 25, 12 years apart.
Speaking of same-named individuals, we have more where that came from! Consider this from Corpus Christi (Double-A Astros):
Or this, from Everett (High-A Mariners):
Jose Cabrera of the Hillsboro Hops (High-A D-backs) suffered the toughest of tough-luck losses against the Spokane Indians (Rockies) on Aug. 24. The 22-year-old right-hander pitched 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and had a chance for the 27th out, but first baseman Kevin Sim made an error on what should have been an inning-ending 4-3 putout. Kyle Karros followed with an RBI double, accounting for the only run of the evening for either team.
The Omaha Storm Chasers (Triple-A Royals) defeated the Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays) on Aug. 20, marking the first time those two teams faced off against one another since the Clinton administration. Or, more specifically: July 20, 1997.
After that ’97 season the league that both teams played in, the Triple-A American Association, of disbanded. In 1998, Buffalo went to the International League and Omaha to the Pacific Coast League, ensuring no matchups between the clubs. In 2021 Omaha switched to the International League, remade as a sprawling 20-team circuit, and it took until Aug. 20 this year for the club to finally play Buffalo once again.
Four teams in the St. Louis organization won via walk-off on Aug. 21, from the Major League Cardinals to Triple-A Memphis to Double-A Springfield to High-A Peoria. The only team that didn’t get in on the walk-off action was the Single-A Palm Beach Cardinals, but don’t blame them. They beat St. Lucie, 9-4, taking the lead for good in the sixth inning.
Sweep? More like a power wash
Minor League teams began playing six-game series against one another in 2021, making sweeps that much harder to achieve. Even harder to achieve? A seven-game sweep. It hardly seems possible, but the Hudson Valley Renegades (High-A Yankees) did just that against the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Nationals), from Aug. 20-26. The series included a doubleheader on Aug. 22, as the teams were making up a game that was rained out earlier in the season. Hudson Valley plated 43 runs in the series, with Wilmington managing just 16.
Greatness behind the dish
A 1-2-3 inning comprised of two singles and a walk seems like a contradiction in terms, but not if the baserunners are feeling feisty and you have a catcher like Lynchburg’s Logun Clark (Guardians) behind the plate. Three Carolina Mudcats (Single-A Brewers) reached base in the third inning of Aug. 29’s game, and all three were caught stealing.
Weirdness behind the dish
Did you know? If a pitch takes a wayward bounce and gets lodged in a catcher’s chest protector, runners get to advance one base? This happened in the Aug. 24 game between Altoona (Double-A Pirates) and Richmond (Giants), with Altoona getting a fluke run out of the deal.
Most of the time, using your noggin is a good thing. This was not one of those times:
Out of the dumpster and into our heart
Did you know? Raccoons are nocturnal, omnivorous and able to propel home teams to victory.
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