Link Report for Thurs. 9/4 -- Helena Flying Solo

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Thursday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: Season complete

 

Huntsville: Season complete

 

Brevard County: Season complete

 

West Virginia: Game Two of a Best-of-Three is Friday night, Power trail 1-0

 

Helena: LHP Efrain Nieves at Billings (Reds), 7:55 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime; final game is Friday

 

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

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

 

Arizona: Season complete

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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". 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.

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_09_04_helrok_bilrok_1

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Standings through Wednesday's action (Arizona League standings represent entire season):

 

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 83 59 .585 - 48-24 35-35 L2 Memphis 75 67 .528 8.0 37-33 38-34 W1 Omaha 63 81 .438 21.0 30-42 33-39 W2 Nashville 59 81 .421 23.0 29-42 30-39 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 42 28 .600 - 23-12 19-16 W2 Tennessee 35 34 .507 6.5 15-19 20-15 L2 Huntsville 32 38 .457 10.0 17-18 15-20 L1 Chattanooga 30 39 .435 11.5 16-19 14-20 W1 West Tenn 29 39 .426 12.0 14-20 15-19 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 38 24 .613 - 24-9 14-15 L1 Jupiter 41 28 .594 0.5 21-16 20-12 W1 St. Lucie 34 31 .523 5.5 15-16 19-15 W2 Palm Beach 33 34 .493 7.5 18-15 15-19 W1 Brevard County 31 38 .449 10.5 14-19 17-19 L2 Vero Beach 20 46 .303 20.0 8-23 12-23 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 45 25 .643 - 23-12 22-13 W1 Lakewood 42 28 .600 3.0 20-15 22-13 L1 Delmarva 40 30 .571 5.0 19-16 21-14 W1 Lake County 34 36 .486 11.0 18-17 16-19 W1 Greensboro 28 40 .412 16.0 15-20 13-20 W2 Hagerstown 27 43 .386 18.0 14-21 13-22 L1 Lexington 24 45 .348 20.5 12-23 12-22 L2 Hickory 22 47 .319 22.5 9-25 13-22 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 18 16 .529 - 14-7 4-9 L1 Great Falls 19 17 .528 - 10-7 9-10 W1 Helena 14 22 .389 5.0 5-13 9-9 W2 Missoula 11 24 .314 7.5 8-7 3-17 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Angels 39 17 .696 - 21-7 18-10 W7 AZL Giants 36 20 .643 3.0 19-9 17-11 W2 AZL Rangers 34 22 .607 5.0 18-10 16-12 W4 AZL Padres 33 23 .589 6.0 18-10 15-13 L2 AZL Cubs 31 24 .564 7.5 20-8 11-16 L5 AZL Royals 23 33 .411 16.0 13-15 10-18 W1 AZL Athletics 21 35 .375 18.0 11-17 10-18 W1 AZL Mariners 21 35 .375 18.0 11-17 10-18 L2 AZL Brewers 13 42 .236 25.5 9-18 4-24 L2 

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Helena Pre-Game Audio Interview from Wednesday with LHP Daniel Meadows

Click on the KCAP archive of September 3rd, then browse to the 19:00 minute mark; the 20-year-old had a nice season for a 49th round pick...

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I could be wrong guys, but I don't think Power game is until Friday nite!

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I could be wrong guys, but I don't think Power game is until Friday nite!

 

http://dailyconnect.in/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/jamster-simpsons-homer.jpgThanks, I've adjusted our thread here!

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After Helena scored 3 in the top of the 13th, this happened:

 

Cody Puckett walks.

Alex Buchholz flies out to right fielder Erik Komatsu.

Tony Brown singles on a line drive to center fielder Erik Miller. Cody Puckett to 2nd.

David Sappelt singles on a line drive to right fielder Erik Komatsu. Cody Puckett scores. Tony Brown to 2nd.

Brett Bartles singles on a line drive to center fielder Erik Miller. Tony Brown scores. David Sappelt to 3rd.

Matt Stiffler doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder Christopher Dennis. David Sappelt scores. Brett Bartles scores.

 

Sigh.

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Helena Pre-Game Audio Interview with RH reliever Adam Arnold

Click on the KCAP archive of September 4th, then browse to the 08:45 minute mark...

 

Final: Billings (Reds) 6, Helena 5, 13 innings

 

Link while active, text follows:

 

Lucky 13th: Mustangs rally to beat Helena

By MIKE SCHERTING

Of The Billings Gazette Staff

 

Out of the deep, dark night came a surprising Billings Mustangs victory.

 

After committing four errors that led to three unearned runs in the top of the 13th inning, the Mustangs pieced together four runs on four consecutive hits in the bottom half of the inning and walked away with a 6-5 win over the Helena Brewers Thursday night at Dehler Park.

 

Given the way the Mustangs looked in the field by night's end, a Billings victory appeared to be the remotest of possibilities.

 

But singles by Tony Brown (one out after a Cody Puckett walk to start the inning), David Sappelt and Brett Bartles accounted for two runs before Matt Stiffler laced a one-out double to the left-center gap to score Sappelt from third and Bartles from first with the tying and winning runs.

 

"I really don't know how to explain it," Mustangs manager Julio Garcia said. "I wasn't expecting that."

 

It was the second straight 13-inning game played between the two teams. Wednesday night the Brewers won a game that took more than four hours, but the Mustangs were victorious this time in a game that was much shorter in time (3:34) but ended in a slight, drizzling rain.

 

The Mustangs scored two runs in the first inning on a two-run triple by Tony Brown, but didn't score again until the dramatic 13th.

 

"Once we got that first hit, everybody cheered up more and more," said Stiffler, who had one of the errors in the 13th inning that led to Helena's final run. "We were able to just keep coming and coming so by the end we were pretty happy."

 

Justin Freeman (3-2) allowed the three unearned runs and was credited with the win in one inning of work. Combined, five Mustangs pitchers allowed just eight hits and struck out 16 (nine by starter Jamie Arneson).

 

"This team plays hard all the time, that's what we pride ourselves in," said Bartles, who finished with two hits, as did Brown and Sappelt. "Julio prides himself in getting us to play hard. Just play hard, that's all we do. That's all we can do."

 

Three Helena pitchers allowed just 10 hits. Daniel Meadows (2-2) took the loss.

 

The teams wrap up the regular season tonight at 7:00 PM (8:00 Central) at Dehler Park. The Mustangs begin their best-of-three playoff series with the Great Falls Voyagers Saturday night at home.

 

NOTES: Garcia has used 10 pitchers in the last two games, but he said he's not concerned about the status of his staff heading into the playoffs. ... Andrew Bowman (2-3) is scheduled to be the Mustangs' starter in tonight's finale against Helena's Cody Adams (4-4). ... Mustangs catcher Jordan Wideman threw out two base stealers, while Helena catcher Mike Roberts also gunned down two.

 

Helena Box Score

Efrain Nieves and Liam Ohlmann allowed only two runs through ten innings, with Ohlmann tossing four scoreless; eight Brewer hits in 13 innings, all singles, nothing to write home about; not a lot of fun this year for this bunch...

 

Helena Game Log