Spencer Steer entered Sunday’s contest with three home runs in 12 Triple-A games. By game’s end, he had doubled that total. The ninth-ranked Twins prospect smacked three long balls and drove in five runs in St. Paul’s 16-7 win over Iowa, marking the first time the 24-year-old has hit for

The Double-A playoffs begin with three best-of-five series featuring the top two teams in each league. Montgomery and Mississippi face off in the South, Wichita wrestles with Northwest Arkansas in the Central and Bowie battles Akron in the Northeast. All three series are set to run from Sept. 21-26.

Springfield 8 Wichita 6 SPRINGFIELD, MO – In a back and forth battle, the Wind Surge could not hold off the Springfield Cardinals after taking the lead three times tonight. The Cardinals continued to answer the runs scored by Wichita and took game one 8-6. The Wind Surge spotted starter

NW Arkansas 8 Wichita 18 SPRINGDALE, AR– A record-breaking night for the Surge offensively as they bullied the Naturals on their way to a dominant 18-8 victory tonight in Springdale. Wichita broke the team record for most runs in a game (18) and most hits in a game (23) en

Arkansas 0 Wichita 5 LITTLE ROCK, AR– After a rain delay caused the game to be called in the 8th inning, the Wind Surge picked up their 7th shutout victory of the year in a 5-0 game three victory. Wichita has won the first three games of the series and

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Minnesota Twins announce that Trey Cabbage and Spencer Steer have been promoted to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge. Cedar Rapids adds Yeltsin Encarnacion from Wichita along with Edouard Julien from the Low-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. Brian Maloney, Minnesota Twins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Cedar Rapids Kernels manager Brian Dinkelman notched his 100th career victory as part of a 9-2 win Sunday against the South Bend Cubs in front of 2,067 fans at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Kernels (22-20) own a season-high five-game win streak and

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Jair Camargo hit two home runs Saturday and helped the Cedar Rapids Kernels earn a 10-2 win against the South Bend Cubs in front of a season-high crowd of 3,451 fans at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Kernels (21-20) plated nine unanswered runs

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored a season-high 12 runs including the final nine tallies Thursday within a 12-4 win against the South Bend Cubs at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Cedar Rapids (19-20) earned its second consecutive victory and owns a 2-1 lead over

BELOIT, Wis. – The Cedar Rapids Kernels finished a game by scoring six unanswered runs on home runs for the second night in a row and won Friday’s meeting with the Beloit Snappers, 7-5, at Pohlman Field. Cedar Rapids (16-18) is on a three-game win streak and leads Beloit (16-18)

BELOIT, Wis. – Career efforts for Spencer Steer, Kody Funderburk, and Jordan Gore carried the Cedar Rapids Kernels towards an 8-2 victory Wednesday versus the Beloit Snappers at Pohlman Field. Steer tallied a personal-best three extra-base hits including a pair of home runs. Funderburk and Gore set career highs in

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Spencer Steer’s first professional multi-homer game and a six-run go-ahead rally during the sixth inning Sunday highlighted an 11-3 Cedar Rapids Kernels win against the Fort Wayne TinCaps at Parkview Field. Cedar Rapids (13-17) and Fort Wayne (13-16) finished the series with a 3-3 split. Steer

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Cedar Rapids Kernels earned their first road win of the season Friday in a 6-2 triumph versus the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park. Spencer Steer went 2-of-3 with a home run, two runs batted in, and two runs scored out of the leadoff

DAVENPORT, Iowa – A straight steal of home plate by Spencer Steer led the Cedar Rapids Kernels to an early 1-0 edge Wednesday at Modern Woodmen Park, but the Quad Cities River Bandits surged in front for a 2-1 victory. River Bandits relievers Drew Parrish and Jonah Dipoto combined for