With a potential playoff berth at stake, Jhoan Duran did his part to tighten the Southern League South Division race.The ninth-ranked Twins prospect allowed two hits and a walk and hit a batter while striking out 10 over a career-high eight scoreless innings as Double-A Pensacola held off Jackson, 3-2,

Even when Jhoan Duran allowed baserunners, they weren't aboard for very long.Making his Double-A debut along with Royce Lewis, the Minnesota's No. 9 prospect gave up two hits over five innings as Pensacola blanked Jacksonville, 5-0, on Sunday at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Lewis -- MLB.com's No. 7 overall prospect -- picked

Royals LHP Kris Bubic, Class A Advanced Wilmington: 6 IP, 5 H, R, 11 K -- The southpaw was in command for most of the outing, falling one strikeout shy of matching his career high. He kept Winston-Salem off the board through three innings, with his only blemish coming in the

Jhoan Duran was in uncharted territory Sunday.Minnesota's No. 7 prospect recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts over six innings in his longest outing of the season, but Class A Advanced Fort Myers fell to Daytona, 5-3, at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. He gave up two runs -- one earned -- on one hit

Cedar Rapids, IA - The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Minnesota Twins announce that RHP Jared Finkel and INF Yunior Severino have joined the Kernels from the GCL Twins and RHP Jhoan Duran and RHP Randy Dobnak have been assigned to the GCL Twins. Brian Maloney, Twins Senior Manager of Minor

BELOIT, Wis. - The Kernels rolled to a 10-1 win over the Beloit Snappers at Pohlman Field in Game 1 on Thursday night. Cedar Rapids hit four home runs while Jhoan Duran struck out 10 Snappers for the victory on the mound. Cedar Rapids has now won nine consecutive first-round

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - Jhoan Duran was terrific against his former teammates in a 3-1 win over the Kane County Cougars on Friday night. Duran (7-5) struck out a season-high 10 batters and allowed just one hit over 6.2 scoreless innings to earn the victory.Duran was facing Kane County for

As well as Eduardo Escobar has hit for the D-backs since Minnesota traded him on July 27, it's fair to say the Twins are happy with the return.Jhoan Duran, one of three players the Twins got for Escobar, gave up one hit and recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts over 6

Cedar Rapids, IA - The Midwest League and MiLB.com announced today that Kernels pitcher Jhoan Duran and catcher Ryan Jeffers have been named the Midwest League Pitcher and Player of the Week for the period ending August 6th.Durán made two starts last week, posting a 1-0 record and not allowing

DAVENPORT, IOWA - Jhoan Duran and Jared Finkel came within one out of a combined no-hitter Monday evening at Modern Woodmen Park, but the Cedar Rapids Kernels still picked up an 8-0 one-hit shutout over the Quad Cities River Bandits. Jose Miranda and Ryan Jeffers led an early offensive outburst

As far as organization debuts go, you'd have a difficult time topping Jhoan Duran.The right-hander -- acquired three days ago from the D-backs along with Ernie De La Trinidad and Gabriel Maciel for Eduardo Escobar -- pitched seven hitless innings Monday in his Twins debut to lead Class A Cedar

Cedar Rapids, IA - The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Minnesota Twins announce that RHP Jhoan Duran and OF Gabriel Maciel will join the Kernels from Kane County; RHP Bailey Ober has been placed on the 7-day DL; and OF Jared Akins has been assigned to Elizabethton. Brian Maloney, Twins Senior

The Hops opening day starter Jhoan Duran was considered one of the top pitching prospects entering the 2017 season. The 19-year-old hurler has found his groove in the month of August.Duran tossed six strong innings and picked up his fourth straight win as the Hops defeated the Tri-City Dust Devils

It was a sloppy game. It was not entirely unexpected considering the events of the day before. The Hops built a big lead and then hung on at the end thanks to some more brilliance from the bullpen.The Hops scored seven runs in the third inning to build a big

Facing the highest-drafted pitcher in the Northwest League this season, the Hops got one of their strongest pitching performances of the season.Three Hops pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout as Hillsboro defeated the Eugene Emeralds 3-0 at Ron Tonkin Field Thursday night.

The team least likely to bunt in the Northwest League used a pair of them to ignite a game-winning rally.Daulton Varsho and Tra Holmes had back-to-back bunt base hits to start the fifth, an inning in which the Hillsboro Hops batted around and scored four times on the way to

Four Hops pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout Sunday as Hillsboro defeated the Everett AquaSox 3-0 to win their fourth consecutive game in the series.The four wins in a row is a season-high and moves the Hops to within a game of first-place Eugene in the Northwest League South Division

KEIZER, Ore. -- After a grueling four-hour, 11 inning affair on Tuesday night that ended in heartbreaking fashion for Salem-Keizer, the Volcanoes would bounce back to steal game two of the series on a similarly lengthy nailbiter at Ron Tonkin Field on Wednesday evening winning 5 to 3 in thirteen

EVERETT, WASH. --- So far, so good. It's just one game, but Hillsboro got a win on Opening Night in Everett. Three home runs highlighted a 10-3 victory, and gave Hops manager Shawn Roof the first win of his managerial career.The Hops struck early, as center fielder Billy Endris and