Link Report for Thurs. 5/15 -- Jeffress Uneven in Debut

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Thursday's Daily Menu: First time this season -- home cookin' for everybody! Mmm...mmm...good!

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: TBD at home vs. New Orleans (Mets), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at home vs. Carolina (Marlins), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link via WUMP (game will also archive at this link):

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?sid=t559

 

Brevard County: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at home vs. Jupiter (Marlins), 6:00 PM gametime

 

Sorry, no audio for this series...

West Virginia: RHP Evan Anundsen at home vs. Lake County (Indians), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link via WSWW, be sure to select the proper date (game will also archive at this link):

www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Follow Thursday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log" or "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often.

 

Nashville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_15_nozaaa_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_15_cmcaax_hunaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_15_jupafa_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_15_lcoafx_wvaafx_1

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This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated several hours prior to gametime.

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 20 18 .526 - 13-9 7-9 W7 Memphis 19 21 .475 2.0 6-10 13-11 W1 Omaha 17 20 .459 2.5 11-11 6-9 L4 Nashville 15 23 .395 5.0 7-8 8-15 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 29 11 .725 - 17-3 12-8 W6 West Tenn 24 16 .600 5.0 11-4 13-12 W1 Carolina 22 18 .550 7.0 11-9 11-9 L2 Chattanooga 21 19 .525 8.0 11-9 10-10 W2 Tennessee 15 25 .375 14.0 6-14 9-11 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 24 15 .615 - 15-7 9-8 W2 Brevard County 20 19 .513 4.0 11-8 9-11 W2 Jupiter 19 20 .487 5.0 12-5 7-15 L2 Vero Beach 19 20 .487 5.0 14-7 5-13 W3 Daytona 18 21 .462 6.0 7-9 11-12 L2 St. Lucie 8 31 .205 16.0 5-17 3-14 L7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake County 25 14 .641 - 9-8 16-6 W3 Greensboro 22 17 .564 3.0 9-12 13-5 W4 Delmarva 20 18 .526 4.5 12-8 8-10 L4 Lakewood 19 20 .487 6.0 10-10 9-10 L3 Hagerstown 18 20 .474 6.5 6-10 12-10 W2 Hickory 18 22 .450 7.5 7-12 11-10 W2 West Virginia 14 24 .368 10.5 7-13 7-11 L3 Lexington 12 26 .316 12.5 5-15 7-11 L2 

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One more reminder, thanks --

 

These arson wildfires in the Palm Bay / Brevard area have had an impact on the Manatees' staff:

 

Manatees Fans,

 

The wildfires in the Palm Bay area have directly affected our staff. Our Director of Group Sales, Dan Covey, and his wife Olivia's home is one of the 71 destroyed by the fires. Everything inside their walls is gone.

 

If anyone in the area has any extra furniture that they would like to donate to the Covey's to furnish their new home, please feel free to send a reply email or call the stadium at 321-633-9200. We will store the items at the park until they have moved into their new home. Any items that the Covey's wish not to use will be donated to other families that also have lost everything they own.

 

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this tragedy and those brave firefighters that are protecting all of us.

 

Stay safe everyone and have a good day.

 

Kyle J. Smith

General Manager

Brevard County Manatees

High-A, Milwaukee Brewers

321-633-9200 x3007 office

321-633-4418 fax

 

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Here's some additional info from Kyle Smith -- if folks don't mind there will be a post regarding this in Wednesday and Thursday's Link Reports as well.

 

Thank you for your support of Dan and his family. If people would like to send donations to the Covey's they can send them directly to the team w/"Covey Fire Donation" in the memo line. I'll list the address below.

 

The outpouring of support for the Covey's and the people of Palm Bay has been tremendous. Teams from across the Florida State League are donating household items and are holding fundraisers in their stadiums over the next week. Truly a time in which we as organization feel blessed to have great friends.

 

The atmosphere in Palm Bay is teetering on chaos. With an arsonist running around town, people have to decide whether to go to work and risk losing their home while providing for their families or to standby with garden hoses in hand and take a day off from their jobs. I myself worked from home this afternoon checking outside every 15 minutes. Recently, we've heard of a couple outbreaks in the area, so we're packing up what we can in case an evacuation is needed.

 

Thanks again to all.

 

Brevard County Manatees

5800 Stadium Parkway

Viera, FL 32940

Attn: Dan Covey

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From Wednesday's Pre-Game:

Huntsville Pre-Game Audio Interview with RHP Robert Hinton

Make sure you're pointing to the WUMP audio archive of May 14th, go to the 01:30:00 minute mark (one hour, 30 minutes); Hinton seems very well thought-out and analytical, nothing wrong with that...

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Initially listed as today's Nashville starter, Mark DiFelice has had his contract purchased by the Brewers, so we've switched to TBD at the moment.

 

Congrats to Mark! I'll see you in Boston -- he better acknowledge me, who's pimped him out more than me? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

 

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Nashville Media Notes:

 

GULIN TAKES THE HILL: Left-hander Lindsay Gulin will start tonight's game in place of Mark DiFelice but will do so on regular rest following yesterday's league-wide off day. The veteran southpaw has pitched well against New Orleans in his two previous starts, working 12.0 scoreless innings over a pair of starts for Las Vegas in 2002-03.

[DrWood]

Nashville Media Notes:

 

GULIN TAKES THE HILL: Left-hander Lindsay Gulin will start tonight's game in place of Mark DiFelice but will do so on regular rest following yesterday's league-wide off day. The veteran southpaw has pitched well against New Orleans in his two previous starts, working 12.0 scoreless innings over a pair of starts for Las Vegas in 2002-03.

good lord, why would what a guy did in the minors in 2002-2003 have any relevance to right now? Probably no players are the same.

 

[wvpowerblkwel]

WV Power rained out again tonite! Not much of a home stand between the rain and the Captains! Here's looking forward to a good road trip!

[PlayerHader]

So is Jeffress going to be on a tight pitch count or has he been "stretched out" somewhat already? Anyone know?

 

Lots of pitches in the first. 3 Ks, 2BB, 1H 0R...effectively wild?

[TheCrew07]

Not a good line thus far for JJ.

[twobrewers]

I always wondered what happened to Jeff Allison.

[battlekow]

I think this is already the third time this year the Manatees have faced Allison.

 

Jeffress gave up two two-run homers in the second inning.

[wibadgers23]

I think this is already the third time this year the Manatees have faced Allison.

 

Jeffress gave up two two-run homers in the second inning.

Ugh! Oh well, we always have Huntsville to look forward to.

[battlekow]

Final line: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 2 HR

 

Well, at least the strikeouts are nice…

[twobrewers]

I think this is already the third time this year the Manatees have faced Allison.

I am 100% guilty of only following the Brewers minor league players. I never check who they are playing - or even look at the opposing team's box scores. I just happened to catch that Allison was pitching.

 

You have to admit, two pitchers with drug-related incidents in their past makes for an exciting game!

[battlekow]

Jeffress threw in a wild pitch and a balk too, just for fun. I hope this was just rust, but it sucks to see both Jeffress and Braddock struggle in the pitcher-friendly FSL.

[TheCrew07]

Well Braddock has all of 5 appearances on the season, and none longer than 3 innings. If he gives up 1 run his ERA is going to look crappy.

[battlekow]

So Hammond stole second, and not on a busted hit-and-run. Apparently he has four steals in his year+ at Huntsville. Interesting.

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West Virginia Press Release:

 

Tonight's game between the West Virginia Power and Lake County Captains has been postponed. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio on Wednesday, May 21st. West Virginia will begin a four game series with the Lakewood BlueClaws at First Energy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey on Friday night. Right-hander Evan Anundsen (3-3, 3.85) will get the start for the Power and the BlueClaws will counter with right-hander Walter Tejada (3-1, 4.09). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

Not a good week for the Power front office, as they lose two home games for the week that won't be played in Charleston at all. Lake County should be forced to share some gate receipts when it's made up...

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Check out Lindsay Gulin's line in the Nashville game tonight -- six innings, four walks, ten K's, 109 pitches -- and oh yeah, no hits!

 

No combined team effort, however, it's 2-1 Sounds in the 7th...

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Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 5, Brevard County 2

 

Brevard County Box Score

As discussed above, a shaky first outing for Jeremy Jeffress -- in fact, Rafael Lluberes stranded two of Jeffress' baserunners or it may have been uglier; Taylor Green and Jimmy Mojica on base three times apiece -- they've both done that a bunch, with OBP's of .395 and .444, respectively; lefties Lluberes and Bobby Bramhall were fantastic (and unscored upon) in 6.1 innings combined; it's been ages since Stephen Chapman had a multi-hit game...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Jeffress had an eventful scoreless first inning, striking out the side (all swinging); Manatees wasted a 1st and 3rd, no out chance in the 6th; Darren Ford struck out with the bases loaded to end it in the 9th -- ugh...

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In progress: Carolina (Marlins) 2, Huntsville 2, after nine innings

It's 10:10 central, so...

 

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