Link Report for Sun. 8/3 -- Where else will you get three walk-off audio clips?

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Sunday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central except Arizona League; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Richie Gardner at Fresno (Giants), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 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: LHP Brae Wright at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 4:50 PM pre-game; 5:05 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: LHP Bobby Bramhall at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 12:00 PM gametime

 

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

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?cid=503&sid=t503

 

West Virginia: RHP Michael Bowman at home vs. Delmarva (Orioles), 4:55 PM pre-game, 5:05 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: RHP Trey Watten at home vs. Billings (Reds), 4:55 PM pre-game, 5:05 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 at the Padres' complex in Peoria, 7:00 PM local Mountain Standard Time

 

Never any audio for the Maryvale Crew

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Follow Sunday'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 "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_08_03_nasaaa_freaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2008_08_03_msbaax_hunaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2008_08_03_dbcafa_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_08_03_delafx_wvaafx_1

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_08_03_bilrok_helrok_1

 

Arizona:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_08_03_brrrok_pdrrok_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):

 

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 67 47 .588 - 40-20 27-27 L1 Memphis 63 51 .553 4.0 30-25 33-26 L1 Omaha 50 64 .439 17.0 23-32 27-32 L2 Nashville 44 70 .386 23.0 21-33 23-37 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 25 17 .595 - 14-6 11-11 W1 Tennessee 23 19 .548 2.0 11-11 12-8 L1 Huntsville 19 23 .452 6.0 9-13 10-10 W1 West Tenn 16 25 .390 8.5 6-13 10-12 L2 Chattanooga 16 26 .381 9.0 8-12 8-14 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 24 14 .632 - 14-6 10-8 W4 St. Lucie 20 17 .541 3.5 9-7 11-10 L2 Jupiter 21 18 .538 3.5 12-9 9-9 W2 Palm Beach 20 20 .500 5.0 12-7 8-13 W2 Brevard County 16 23 .410 8.5 8-12 8-11 L2 Vero Beach 14 27 .341 11.5 6-14 8-13 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 29 13 .690 - 15-4 14-9 W1 Lakewood 27 15 .643 2.0 14-8 13-7 W2 Delmarva 23 19 .548 6.0 10-12 13-7 L1 Hagerstown 19 23 .452 10.0 9-14 10-9 L1 Lake County 18 24 .429 11.0 10-13 8-11 W4 Lexington 16 25 .390 12.5 7-13 9-12 L2 Greensboro 15 27 .357 14.0 7-12 8-15 L4 Hickory 14 28 .333 15.0 3-15 11-13 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 6 0 1.000 - 5-0 1-0 W6 Great Falls 2 4 .333 4.0 1-2 1-2 L1 Helena 2 4 .333 4.0 0-2 2-2 L2 Missoula 2 4 .333 4.0 2-0 0-4 W1 

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Arizona League Standings

[EbbaStClaire]

At the risk of jinxing him, Gamel has made no errors in the last 15 games.

[battlekow]

Sadly, he has only 7 hits over those 15 games.

[Never Outhustled]

BC wins 1-0 on a walkoffhomer by Charlie Fermaint to leadoff the 9th. Terrific start by Bobby Brahmal, 6 shutout inning, allowing only 3 singles, K'd 5.

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Final: Brevard County 1, Daytona (Cubs) 0

Brevard County Box Score

Charlie Fermaint with a walkoff leadoff home run for the game's only run; Bobby Bramhall allowed only three singles and nothing else in his six innings with five K's; Derrick Ellison and Josh Wahpepah watched as six baserunners reached over the final three innings, but did not allow a run; we'll get you what must have been the disappointed Daytona audio call of Fermaint's gamewinner later on before a cozy crowd of 766...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Bramhall ended his day by striking out two batters with men on 2nd and 3rd after a Brent Brewer error got him in trouble; Derrick Ellison's 8th inning was a wild ride, including a baserunner thrown out at home after a slightly errant pickoff throw at first, perhaps? Game logs can be a mystery at times...

[Boy Jeenius]

Gamel's stats took a hit once LaPorta got traded and no longer protected him in the lineup. No one is pitching to him at all. Note that he did not really figure it out until the last 4 or 5 games when he started taking a few walks. Former #1 overall pick David Price challenged him in the first inning the other day and Gamel took him yard. It's actually pretty good practice for Gamel to concentrate on being more patient and selective. His #s are going to be down a bit in the second half, it seems.

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Charlie Fermaint's Game-Winning Blast

Click on the WELE archive of August 3rd, then browse to the 02:45:00 hour / minute mark for the buildup on how well the Cubs' relief pitcher had been as of late -- http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif...

 

Chuck Fermaint?

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Some Brewerfan.net love from Steve Wendt tonight during the Helena broadcast!

[TheCrew07]

Bowman with his second consecutive rough outing, he's still pimpable though. WV getting hammered late.

[homer]

Great to see Peralta with another stellar outing (3IP, 6 Ks, 0BB). For the season he's got a 2.91 ERA, 26Ks and 7BBs in 21.2 innings. The 19 year old may be a pick to click in '09.

[Mass Haas]

Erik Komatsu singles for a walk-off Helena win! (Thank you Billings defense earlier in the inning.)

 

Wonderful pitching lines for Cody Adams and Wily Peralta, combining for seven innings of shutout ball. Details and audio a bit later.

[Minigoon]

Fact for the day - Helena leads the Pioneer league in home runs.

[Never Outhustled]

Brae Wright has really turned the corner. After striking out just 50 in his 1st 90 innings of the season, he has K'd 44 in his last 50 innings, with a 2.34 ERA in that span, covering 7 starts.

 

Cody Adams is starting to get it going, there was some speculation in his pre-draft scouting reports that he was in need of some mechanical adjustments, likely part of his slow start. It is still puzzling though that he doesn't K more considering he throws pretty good smoke.

[Boy Jeenius]

Gas that has little movement gets hit, no matter the league. Strictly a wild guess that the mechanical adjustments may have something to do with this.

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Helena Pre-Game Audio Interview with infielder Steven Braun

Click on the KCAP archive of August 3rd, then browse to the 21:00 minute mark; you can picture Ryan's voice, although Steve Wendt does a nice job putting the focus on Steven and his college and pro career...

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Final: Helena 4, Billings (Reds) 3

Link while active, text follows:

 

Brewers edge Mustangs in last at-bat

By CURT SYNNESS - Helena Independent Record

 

The Brewers handed the Billings Mustangs their first loss of the second half of the season Sunday, 4-3.

 

Helena Brewers' relief pitchers Cody Adams and Wily Peralta shut down the Mustangs' hitters, setting up teammate Erik Komatsu's two-out walk-off game-winning hit.

 

With the score knotted at 3-3 at Kindrick Legion Field in the bottom of the ninth with two down, Helena's John Delaney worked a base on balls off Jordan Hodgkiss. After David Fonseca reached on an error, Komatsu stroked a 2-0 pitch to center field as Delaney sprinted home for the victory.

 

To listen to the walk-off win, use the same link as the Steven Braun interview above, the "rally" starts at the 03:04:00 hour / minute mark with a failed hit-and-run, actually, with Eril Komatsu's base hit coming at the 03:08:00 hour / minute mark...

 

"We had nothing going with two outs until Delaney walks and Fonseca gets on with that swinging bunt," Brewers' manager Rene Gonzales said. "It was important that Komatsu got ahead in the count, because then he could sit on a pitch that he liked."

 

Trey Watten started on the mound for the home team, giving up three runs in the third inning to Billings. The Magic City group still ranks first in the Pioneer league's Northern Division.

 

Adams relieved in the third, and gave up only one hit in four innings. Peralta was firing seeds during his three frames of work, allowing one hit and striking out six batters for the win. He did not permit a walk. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Peralta, 19, is a native of Samana, Dominican Republic. His fast ball was clocked at 95 miles per hour.

 

"Adams and Peralta were both outstanding," said Gonzales. "Putting up zeros in all their innings kept us in the game."

 

The Brew Crew (3-4) scored two in the second inning, when Mike Vass reached on an error and Derrick Alfonso scalded a two-run homer high off of the netting above the left field fence. Brock Kjeldgaard produced Helena's third tally with a round-tripper in the third stanza. Komatsu finished the night at 3-for-5, raising his season average to .337.

 

On defense, the Brewers comitted only one error, compared to four miscues by the visitors. Helena rolled a pair of 6-4-3 rally-killing double plays in the first and fifth stanzas, while shortstop David Fonseca made a sensational over-the-shoulder diving catch on a fly ball in shallow left field in the third.

 

The Brewers and Mustangs will tangle again tonight at 7:05 PM (8:05 Central).

 

Helena Box Score

The buzz and press remains very strong on Wily Peralta, coming off Tommy John surgery...

 

Helena Game Log

[Rudy]

Bobby Bramhall is the league leader in ERA for the Florida State League. Wow!!

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Interview (from Saturday) with infielder / outfielder Callix Crabbe

Click on the WNSR archive of August 2nd, then browse to the 03:00 minute mark; five minutes of chicken pox chat, although curiously entertaining...

 

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Interview with Pitching Coach Stan Kyles

Click on the WNSR archive of August 3rd, then browse to the 06:45 minute mark; Luis Pena needs to be more consistent, even pitch-to-pitch...

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Final: Nashville 15, Fresno (Giants) 9

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

Sounds Score Season-High in 15-9 Win

 

FRESNO, Calif. -- A go-ahead grand slam from Chris Woodward in the sixth inning pushed the Nashville Sounds over the top of the Fresno Grizzlies, 15-9, in a high-scoring series opener on Sunday night at Chukchansi Park.

 

Nashville recorded a season-high 15 runs on 14 hits, with nine runs coming off Fresno starting pitcher Victor Santos. The Sounds also tied a season-high with four home runs, including Woodward's grand slam in the top of the sixth inning that gave Nashville the lead for good. Woodward went 4-for-6 on the night and set a career-high with six RBIs.

 

Sounds starter Richie Gardner struggled in his worst start of the year, giving up nine runs off 10 hits and two walks in just four innings of work. But the bullpen came through as Erasmo Ramirez and Troy Cate combined to throw five scoreless innings to keep the Grizzlies off the board after the fourth inning.

 

Fresno got to Gardner early, touching him up for three runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Grizzlies were a home run shy of the cycle as Clay Timpner started the inning with a single followed by an RBI-double from Travis Denker and an RBI-triple from Travis Ishikawa that barely stayed fair down the right field line. Scott McClain concluded the scoring with a sacrifice fly that scored Ishikawa from third base.

 

The Sounds responded in the top of the second with a pair of runs to cut the Grizzlies lead to one. Laynce Nix crushed a 2-0 pitch over the right field wall for his 21st homer of the year to plate the Sounds first run. Adam Heether and J.R. Hopf followed Nix with back-to-back walks and Woodward then knocked an RBI-single to center field to score Heether from second base.

 

The Grizzlies scored again in the bottom of the second inning when Ishikawa belted a home run off Gardner to right field. The longball was Ishikawa's 12th on the year and scored Timpner, who singled earlier in the inning.

 

The scoring continued in the top of the third inning when Nix hit a single to center field to score Brad Nelson (double) and Joe Dillon (walk). Nix later scored on a sacrifice fly from Hopf to tie the game at five.

 

Dillon then put the Sounds up 8-5 when he knocked a three-run homer in the top of the fourth inning off Santos. The longball was Dillon's third on the year and second in the last two games. Hernan Iribarren and Tony Gwynn both scored after hitting back-to-back singles in the previous at-bats.

 

Not to be outdone, Ishikawa belted his second home run of the night off Gardner with a two-run shot to left field in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Grizzlies scored again in the inning after Gardner gave up back-to-back singles to McClain and Brett Harper, and a passed ball followed by a wild pitch brought McClain around to score and give Fresno a 9-8 lead.

 

The lead didn't last for long though, with Hopf tying the game in the top of the fifth inning with a solo home run to center field. The longball was Hopf's second of the year and first since May 28. Santos was relieved by Pat Misch after giving up nine earned runs off nine hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings.

 

In their fifth straight run-scoring inning, the Sounds plated four more runs in the top of the sixth inning thanks to Woodward's grand slam off Fresno reliever Erick Threets. The four-run blast came on an 0-2 count with two outs and was Woodward's second homer of the year.

 

Nashville added on two more insurance runs in the top of the eighth inning when Woodward capped his stellar night with a two-run single that scored Nix and Hopf and gave the Sounds their highest run-total of the year.

 

Ramirez (2-4) picked up the win for the Sounds after throwing three scoreless innings of relief, and Threets (1-5) took the loss for the Grizzlies after giving up the grand slam to Woodward and allowing four runs in two innings.

 

The teams will continue the series tomorrow at 9:05 p.m. CT at Chukchansi Park. Southpaw Sam Narron (6-3, 4.57) will man the bump for the Sounds against righty Brad Hennessey (6-8, 5.12) for the Grizzlies.

 

Nashville Box Score

Laynce Nix scored four runs; one of the most productive days, if not the most productive ever, for J.R. Hopf -- home run, single, sacrifice fly, two walks, perfect at the plate, although Hopf couldn't guide Richie Gardner through his disastrous start, but handled Erasmo Ramirez and Troy Cate through the late innings; 100 degrees on a Sunday evening in Fresno...

 

Nashville Game Log

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Link Report Bonus:

 

Former Brewer organization pitching coach Mike Caldwell (and former big league Brewer, of course) still doing his thing (at Fresno)