Link Report for Sat. 6/28 -- Helena's Disjointed Roster Crumbling -- Where's Reid?

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Steve Hammond at Round Rock (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime

 

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

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/ip_index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=t556

Huntsville: RHP Nic Ungs at Carolina (Marlins), 5:00 PM pre-game; 5:15 gametime

 

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

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

 

Brevard County: TBD at Fort Myers (Twins), 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link via the Miracles' Sportsjuice network (game will not archive, however):

http://www.sportsjuice.com/broadcaster2.aspx?bid=MTQ5-g%2fzH4cwYBjA%3d

 

West Virginia: RHP R.J. Seidel at home vs. Lexington (Astros), 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):

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/ip_index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=t525

 

Helena: LHP Evan Frederickson at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

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

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/ip_index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=t433

 

Arizona: TBD in Maryvale vs. the mini-Mariners, 10:30 AM local Mountain Standard Time

 

Never any audio for the Maryvale Crew...

[Mass Haas]

Follow Saturday'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_06_28_nasaaa_rreaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_28_hunaax_cmcaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_28_breafa_ftmafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_28_lexafx_wvaafx_1

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_28_misrok_helrok_1

 

Arizona:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_28_mrnrok_brrrok_1

[Mass Haas]

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):

 

[Mass Haas]

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 47 35 .573 - 27-15 20-20 W2 Memphis 43 38 .531 3.5 19-18 24-20 W5 Omaha 39 38 .506 5.5 15-19 24-19 W6 Nashville 32 49 .395 14.5 17-22 15-27 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 8 2 .800 - 4-2 4-0 W6 Carolina 5 5 .500 3.0 2-2 3-3 W1 Huntsville 5 5 .500 3.0 3-3 2-2 L1 Chattanooga 4 6 .400 4.0 3-3 1-3 W1 West Tenn 3 7 .300 5.0 0-4 3-3 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 7 2 .778 - 5-1 2-1 L1 Jupiter 5 2 .714 1.0 1-0 4-2 W2 Vero Beach 6 3 .667 1.0 1-2 5-1 W4 Daytona 4 4 .500 2.5 1-1 3-3 W1 Palm Beach 3 4 .429 3.0 3-3 0-1 L1 Brevard County 3 6 .333 4.0 1-4 2-2 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hagerstown 6 3 .667 - 3-2 3-1 W1 Delmarva 5 4 .556 1.0 1-3 4-1 L1 Greensboro 5 4 .556 1.0 1-3 4-1 L2 West Virginia 5 4 .556 1.0 1-1 4-3 W1 Lake County 4 5 .444 2.0 2-3 2-2 W2 Hickory 3 5 .375 2.5 0-0 3-5 L2 Lakewood 3 6 .333 3.0 2-2 1-4 L4 Lexington 2 7 .222 4.0 1-6 1-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 9 2 .818 - 4-2 5-0 W3 Billings 6 5 .545 3.0 0-0 6-5 L2 Helena 5 6 .455 4.0 4-4 1-2 W2 Missoula 2 9 .182 7.0 1-7 1-2 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Angels 3 2 .600 - 1-1 2-1 W1 AZL Giants 3 2 .600 - 1-1 2-1 W2 AZL Mariners 3 2 .600 - 2-1 1-1 W3 AZL Padres 3 2 .600 - 2-0 1-2 L1 AZL Rangers 3 2 .600 - 1-2 2-0 L1 AZL Athletics 2 3 .400 1.0 1-2 1-1 L2 AZL Cubs 2 3 .400 1.0 2-1 0-2 W1 AZL Royals 2 3 .400 1.0 2-0 0-3 L1 AZL Brewers 1 3 .250 1.5 1-1 0-2 W1 

[DHonks]

Frederickson is bringing some excitement that I haven't had since Neugy, Gold, and Mieses

[Mass Haas]

Through three innings in Maryvale, the Brewers have committed seven errors, only on pace for 21 today...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Mariners 11, Arizona Brewers 4

 

Arizona Box Score

We mentioned earlier in a Helena game post how the Diamondbacks don't have a low-Rookie league squad, affecting the level of competition; similarly, because the Brewers don't maintain a formal Dominican or Venezuelan academy, their Latino kids tend to be more raw than those of most other organizations, but that doesn't account for a day like today necessarily; Brewer pitchers allowed five earned runs on three walks while striking out eight -- not bad in the big picture outside the unearned runs; 21-year-old RHP Liam Ohlmann has two scoreless outings now -- four innings, one hit, no walks, three K's; RHP Ben Jeffers has struck out eight in 4 1/3 innings in his two appearances; Brewer batters K'd 15 times, drew five walks and were hit by pitches twice; 6'6" 17-year-old OF Hitaniel Arias tripled and walked twice -- nice; 19-year-old Canadian first baseman and LH bat Cam Robulack singled and doubled, the lone Brewer with a multi-hit game...

 

Arizona Game Log

Brewers stranded 10...

[wibadgers23]

Sorry if this has been discussed already, but has anybody heard what kind of an injury Brantley had and how bad it is?

[battlekow]

Best game of his short pro career for Arias; nice to see.

[Brily0204]

AZL Mariners Top 2nd

 

Joe White flies out to left fielder Jose Garcia.

Joel Mendez reaches on fielding error by second baseman Allixon Cequea.

With Robert Rodriguez batting, Joel Mendez steals (3) 2nd base, . Joel Mendez advances to 3rd, on throwing error by catcher Shawn Zarraga.

Robert Rodriguez reaches on fielding error by second baseman Allixon Cequea. Joel Mendez scores.

Emmanuel Familia reaches on fielding error by left fielder Jose Garcia. Robert Rodriguez scores. Emmanuel Familia to 3rd.

Terry Serrano reaches on fielding error by third baseman Joseph Paciorek. Emmanuel Familia scores.

With Gabriel Noriega batting, Terry Serrano steals (1) 2nd base.

Gabriel Noriega flies out to center fielder Jose Rangel.

Cesar Fuentes strikes out swinging.

 

 

I remember playing on a church league softball team that had innings like that.

[Mass Haas]

Zach Braddock is starting on three days' rest for the Manatees tonight (doubleheader on the 24th). Surely he won't be expected to go deep into this one, unless he's unusually economical.

[battlekow]

BC's being delayed due to rain.

[Mass Haas]

Caleb Gindl is tearing it up, nearly .400 in the last week and a half, with a two-run double his first time up tonight. Not 20 years old until August 31st. Strikeout rate way down during this stretch as well. Sweet.

[battlekow]

The uptick in Gindl's walk rate has been great to see, too.

[TheCrew07]

Nix homers in the 1rst to put Nashville up 1.

 

Ungs with a nice start but Jones had a tough inning, 2 hits and 2 BBs but limited the damage to 1 run and the score in Huntsville is tied.

 

Braddock on short rest interests me, especially after how he pitched last time out, too bad BC is delayed.

 

Seidel has pitched well the last couple times out, nice to see.

 

Helena games need to start sooner on the weekends... just for my convienence.

 

Wow that AZ game was SLOPPY.

 

edit. As I was typing Jones gets into trouble again and ends up giving up another run, it would have been worse had Salome not gunned a guy trying to steal.

[Never Outhustled]

In the last 2 games, Carolina has stole 9 bases in 10 attempts against Salome. He also had his 8th and 9th passed balls of the season. Ouch.

 

Its easy to figure out how a team with the offensivew talent Huntsville has doesn't dominate. They are awful defensively.

[Mass Haas]

Once again at Helena, LHP Josh Romanski's debut as a pitcher is delayed as he's needed to DH once again.

 

Outfielder Logan Schafer is missing a second consecutive game with a strained groin, similar to Cutter Dykstra.

 

If a player needed to exit tonight's game, there is only backup catcher Derrick Alfonso and pitchers to step in.

 

Announcer Steve Wendt has commented that at least his scorecard is relatively clean each night.

[TheCrew07]

In the last 2 games, Carolina has stole 9 bases in 10 attempts against Salome. He also had his 8th and 9th passed balls of the season. Ouch.

 

Its easy to figure out how a team with the offensivew talent Huntsville has doesn't dominate. They are awful defensively.

He has to have some mechanical issues, his arm is too good for that sort of success rate. If his defense has improved, I wonder what aspects, because he's certainly not throwing runners out with any consistency.

[battlekow]

How about Josh Romanski? 3-3 with a double and 2 runs scored.

[twobrewers]

Braddock on short rest = bad idea.

[bork]

On the plus side, Salome only has 1 error, so he's not airmailing his throws into center field.

[battlekow]

On the plus side, Salome only has 1 error, so he's not airmailing his throws into center field.

I wonder how many errors Escobar has saved him on errant throws.

 

[Mass Haas]

Final: Fort Myers (Twins) 5, Brevard County 3

 

Game Summary from the Miracles' Site:

Miracle Show Patience in 5-3 Win

 

FORT MYERS, F.L. - After waiting almost two hours on Saturday night, the Fort Myers Miracle came out and made the wait worthwhile. The Miracle took advantage of a four-run second inning in a 5-3 win over the Brevard County Manatees. The Manatees out-hit the Miracle 7-3, but also hit two Miracle hitters and walked a half-dozen on the night.

 

Edward Ovalle led off the Miracle second with one of the two hit by pitches, followed by 'Tees starter Zach Braddock issuing back-to-back walks to Juan Portes and Eli Tintor. With the bases loaded, Steve Singleton made Brevard pay with an RBI-single to left, coupled with an error by Chuckie Caufield in left, scoring two runs for the early advantage. Danny Lehmann's bases-loaded walk and Garrett Olson's fielder's choice would bring in runs three and four in the second.

 

Long balls took over late on Saturday as Caufield got the Manatees on the board with a two-run shot to left in the seventh. Olson responded to Caufield's shot a half-inning later with a blast of his own, a solo-shot to left, putting the Miracle back up three. Finally in the ninth, Stephen Chapman's solo-HR, his tenth of the year, would round out scoring on the night.

 

Jay Rainville tossed seven solid innings in the win, allowing two runs on three hits, pushing his mark to 1-1. Anthony Slama got a strikeout and groundball in the ninth to retire the final two Manatees earning his 16th save of the season.

 

The series finale takes place on Sunday afternoon with the first-pitch scheduled for 1:05 PM (12:05 Central). RHP Alex Burnett (6-2, 3.56) is scheduled to start for the Miracle. Sunday's action can be heard live on the Miracle Baseball Radio Network.

 

Due to the lengthy rain delay to start Saturday's action, fans with ticket stubs for Saturday's game can hold on to them, using them for free admission to any remaining Miracle Sunday-Wednesday home game in 2008.

 

Brevard County Box Score

Over 3.200 in attendance -- that's a lot of folks to entertain for a two-hour rain delay on a Fireworks Night in the Florida State League; in hindisght, but even beforehand, we question the Brewers tossing Zach Braddock out on short rest -- John Axford and Bobby Bramhall, who each pitched well in relief, couldn't split the duty? Bramhall's peripherals continue to impress; 3-4 batters Jonathan Lucroy (0-for-4) and Taylor Green (0-for-3, BB) joined # 5 DH Charlie Fermaint (0-for-4) to make it a long night for the middle of the order; Green manages to get his walks even while his bat is quiet as of late (7-for-his-last-32, but seven free passes); double and single for Lorenzo Cain; home run and single for Chuckie Caufield...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Cain tried to steal home with two outs in the 6th and was caught -- it could have been a straight steal, as he was the only runner on base; Manatees had the tying bat at the plate in both the 8th and 9th...

 

Braddock's Eventful 2nd Inning:

Fort Myers Bottom 2nd

• - Edward Ovalle hit by pitch.
• - Juan Portes walks. Edward Ovalle to 2nd.
• - Eli Tintor walks. Edward Ovalle to 3rd. Juan Portes to 2nd.
• - Steven Singleton singles on a line drive to left fielder Chuck Caufield. Edward Ovalle scores. Juan Portes scores. Eli Tintor to 2nd. Fielding error by left fielder Chuck Caufield.
• - Yangervis Solarte hit by pitch. Eli Tintor to 3rd. Steven Singleton to 2nd.
• - Daniel Lehmann walks. Eli Tintor scores. Steven Singleton to 3rd. Yangervis Solarte to 2nd.
• - Pitcher Change: John Axford replaces Zach Braddock

This blog entry attributes some of Braddock's troubles to a hard steady drizzle in the 2nd inning.

[Mass Haas]

Final: West Virginia 3, Lexington (Astros) 1

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

SEIDEL SIZZLES, POWER WIN

 

R.J. Seidel held the Lexington Legends to just a run on three hits over six and two-thirds on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park as the Power defeated Lexington 3-1 for their second consecutive victory.

 

Matt Cline and Eric Farris began the first inning with back-to-back base hits and both scored on Caleb Gindl's double to right field. David Fonseca began a string of three straight two-out hits in the second inning and scored on Farris's second single of the game.

 

Brian Pellegrini belted his third home run of the series in the seventh inning to give the Legends their only run of the night. Pellegrini got to first base on a dropped third strike in the ninth inning with two outs to extend the game. Max Sapp followed with a walk, putting the tying runs on for Steve Brown. Corey Frerichs fanned Brown on three pitches to seal the deal.

 

Seidel (5-4) got the victory, and has allowed just three runs on nine hits over 12 and two-thirds in his first two starts of the second half. Frerichs (5) retired the first six batters he faced and didn't allow a run over two and a third to get the save. Luis Pardo (0-4) allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings and was tagged with the loss.

 

The Power improved to 38-41 on the year and 6-4 in the second half with the win, while the Legends fell to 23-56 on the year and 2-8 in the second half with the loss. Five of West Virginia's seven hits came from Cline and Farris at the top of the order. Cline paced the Power with a 3-for-4 performance. Steffan Wilson went 0-for-4, bringing his 12-game hitting streak to an end.

 

The Power will finish the four game series against Lexington Sunday night. Right hander Evan Anundsen (7-4, 3.38) will get the start for the Power and the Legends will counter with right hander Jacob Leonhardt (2-7, 5.62). The first pitch is scheduled for 6:05 PM (5:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score

You can almost mark the Power's overall improved play to the day that Matt Cline came down from Brevard and Brent Brewer went to the Manatees; Eric Farris 12-for-his-last-29 (.417, one BB, two K's); just-turned 22-year-old RHP Corey Frerichs has now struck out 56 in 43 innings...

 

West Virginia Game Log