Link Report for Games of Friday, May 8th

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Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive.

 

Sorry, no audio for this Brevard County series.

 

Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Omaha (Royals), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Huntsville: LHP David Welch at West Tenn (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Brevard County: RHP Evan Anundsen at Lakeland (Tigers), 6:00 PM gametime

 

Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at South Bend (Diamondbacks), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

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Follow Friday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or 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.

 

MiLB.com now has Gameday available for AA as well as AAA this season.

 

Nashville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_08_nasaaa_omaaaa_1

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_08_hunaax_wtdaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_08_breafa_lakafa_1

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_08_wisafx_souafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

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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 a few hours prior to gametime.

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

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Midwest League Standings

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 16 9 .640 - 9-4 7-5 W2 Nashville 15 12 .556 2.0 6-9 9-3 W1 Iowa 14 12 .538 2.5 7-5 7-7 L1 Omaha 14 12 .538 2.5 5-6 9-6 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 13 11 .542 - 5-4 8-7 W1 Huntsville 13 12 .520 0.5 5-7 8-5 W3 Carolina 11 17 .393 4.0 5-8 6-9 L1 Chattanooga 11 17 .393 4.0 6-7 5-10 W1 West Tenn 10 16 .385 4.0 5-7 5-9 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 20 7 .741 - 10-2 10-5 L1 Clearwater 13 14 .481 7.0 7-9 6-5 L5 Daytona 13 14 .481 7.0 6-6 7-8 W1 Dunedin 13 14 .481 7.0 4-7 9-7 W2 Lakeland 12 15 .444 8.0 9-6 3-9 W1 Tampa 10 17 .370 10.0 5-10 5-7 L1 

[TheCrew07]

With Braddock and Rogers back and pitching, and Rivas and Anundsen pitching well, the starts will only get more important for Welch as we go along here, there's going to be some pressure to open rotation spots in AA at the break. One could maybe consider Jones for a promotion, he hasn't been lights out, but he's been so much better than last season, it just doesn't appear the organization has much a of commitment to Mike having offered him his release.

 

I'm interested to see what sort of start Frederickson has as well.

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TheCrew07, Jones' progress is a good sign, but remember that he began last year roughly 10 months removed from Tommy john surgery and finished it only about 14-15 months removed from it. His arm may very well be the best it has been in 4-5 years. It'd be interesting to hear if he's still able to bring it at around 90 mph.

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Michael Marseco leading off, Cutter Dykstra hitting 9th -- that and more from the Rattler Radio Blog (Efrain Nieves set to piggyback Evan Frederickson)

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Awesome second inning for Frederickson. He's been amazingly bad, though unusually it was hits instead of walks that really hurt him.

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To his credit, he finished strong, striking out the side in the fourth.

[BoKnowsBall]

Wooten picks up another save after giving up a leadoff single

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Awesome second inning for Frederickson. He's been amazingly bad, though unusually it was hits instead of walks that really hurt him.

He just isn't able to avoid the blow up inning... looking at it statistically he appears to be weak upstairs. Hopefully I can see him live in the next 2 weeks, I'm curious about him. It seems like 1 thing goes bad and his inning goes to hell... the ball starts hitting the backstop, he walks people, today he just got hit hard for in 1 inning. If we could pull that 1 inning from each of his bad starts, he'd be all world. Just limit the damage son, roll with the punches, there's hope for you yet.

[rotoherb]

Has anyone else noticed that Gamel is hitting .250 with 16! strikeouts over the last 10 games?

[battlekow]

Awesome, Salome got his second dinger.

[TheCrew07]

I know they normally wait till the breaks to promote guys, but this is getting silly, Wooten needs more advanced competition.

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Final: Brevard County 5, Lakeland (Tigers) 3

Eric Farris go-ahead home run leading off the 6th...

 

Brevard County Box Score

Technically, four Lakeland errors didn't hurt the Tigers, but clean Manatee defense certainly helped the 'Tees -- catcher Martin Maldonado picked off runners at first and third (!) base; broken record alert -- four scoreless bullpen innings behind Evan Anundsen; RHP Brandon Rapoza (13 scoreless innings in '09), LHP Rafael Lluberes (finding a niche in short relief) and as noted above, Rob Wooten, close things out.

 

Offensively, six different Brevard batters reached base at least twice, with Lee Haydel (three singles), and Brent Brewer (triple, single, walk) leading the way; Maldonado seems to get HBP'd often, if memory serves me...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Haydel's 11th stolen base set up a textbook manufactured run in the 1st; a sacrifice fly in each of the first two innings scores a run as this fun team (can a team be fun to follow by game log only?) is doing nearly everything right; Haydel needlessly thrown out on a steal attempt of 3rd to end the 7th; fortunately, an inning-ending 1-2-3 GIDP in the 9th by Chris Errecart didn't cost the boys...

 

Lakeland Bottom 5th

• Christopher White triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Caleb Gindl.
• Audy Ciriaco grounds out, pitcher Evan Anundsen to first baseman Chris Errecart.
• With Michael Bertram batting, Martin Maldonado picks off Christopher White at 3rd on throw to Zelous Wheeler. -- WOW
• Michael Bertram doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Lee Haydel.
• Kody Kaiser grounds out, shortstop Brent Brewer to first baseman Chris Errecart.

Whew -- this is work, patching a game story together for Brevard, whenever they play on the road...

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Final: South Bend (Diamondbacks) 6, Wisconsin 1

 

Wisconsin Site Game Summary

 

Rattlers still winless on the road

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

SOUTH BEND, IN - Trevor Harden spotted the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers a run on Friday night at Coveleski Regional Stadium. Then, the South Bend Silver Hawks scored five times in the bottom of the second inning. Harden took that lead and ran with it for his fifth win of the season as the Hawks beat the Rattlers 6-1. The loss knocked Wisconsin to 0-8 in road games this season.

 

The Rattlers (10-17) scored a run in the top of the second inning. Corey Kemp drew a leadoff walk, but he was still at first with two outs. Sean McCraw drove Kemp home with a double to right for a 1-0 lead. But, South Bend (15-13) came right back in the bottom of the second.

 

Chris Davis singled and took second on an error. Jake Elmore's single put runners at first and third. An error on a grounder back to the mound allowed Davis to score the tying run. After a walk loaded the bases, Evan Frederickson uncorked a wild pitch to allow a run to score. Alfredo Marte followed with a two-run single. One out later, Justin Parker doubled in a run for a 5-1 lead.

 

The Silver Hawks tacked on one more run against Rattler reliever Daniel Meadows in the fifth. Elmore's two-out RBI single made the score 6-1.

 

Harden pitched seven innings, allowed one run on four hits, and struck out seven. Harden has won five consecutive starts and is now 5-1 on the season.

 

Wisconsin has lost three straight games and is a season low seven games under .500.

 

The second game of the series is Saturday afternoon. Cody Adams (1-2, 3.60) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Brett Moorhouse (0-3, 4.95) is slated to start for the Silver Hawks. Game time is 1:00 PM CDT.

 

Wisconsin Box Score

Trying to find bright sides -- Efrain Nieves faces one over the minimum in the final three scoreless innings; catcher Sean McCraw and Evan Frederickson eliminated two off the basepaths; Michael Marseco two singles from the leadoff spot; that's about it...

 

Wisconsin Game Log

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Final: Huntsville 9, West Tenn (Mariners) 4

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary

 

Early Offense Carries Huntsville to Victory

Stars Take Over Top Spot in North

By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars

 

David Welch tossed a season-high six innings and Huntsville continued its offensive assault on West Tenn pitching in a 9-4 victory Friday night at Pringles Park in Jackson, TN. The Stars have won the first four games of the five-game set to improve to 14-12 and move back into first place in the North Division, a half-game ahead of Tennessee, while the Diamond Jaxx dropped to 10-17 overall and 5-9 at home. The Stars have fashioned their third four-game win streak of the season and are now 9-5 away from home.

 

The Stars jumped on Jaxx' starter Justin Souza for three runs in the first inning, stringing together consecutive run-scoring hits by Adam Heether, Jonathan Lucroy and Drew Anderson to score in their first at-bat for a third straight game. Kevin Melillo singled home a run, Lucroy added a scoring fly ball and Anderson singled in another run in the second to push the visitors' advantage to 6-1. Souza was then lifted in the middle of a Vinny Rottino at-bat and recorded only four outs before being replaced by Aaron Cotter, who went 4 2/3 innings in relief in his longest outing of the year. Souza suffered the loss to drop to 1-2 after being charged with six runs on eight hits and two walks.

 

Melillo singled home two runs with two outs in the third and Chuck Caufield singled in a run in the fourth to complete the scoring for the Stars, who collected a season-high 19 hits. Huntsville has scored 35 runs on 55 hits in the four games of the series. Melillo and Anderson led the offensive onslaught with four hits each, while Heether chipped in with three hits and Adam Stern and Johnny Raburn added two apiece.

Welch gave up solo home runs to Brent Johnson in the first inning and to Adam Moore in the fourth and wound up yielding single runs in four different frames in his longest outing of the season. He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out a season-high six in earning his first victory against three losses. Donovan Hand tossed three scoreless frames, allowing three hits to earn his first save of the season.

 

The series finishes Friday night with left-hander Chris Cody taking the hill for the Stars against Diamond Jaxx right-hander Steve Hensley. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

Just enjoy all the crooked numbers, too numerous to detail here; Stars scored nine but stranded 12; of Donovan Hand's ten relief appearances, five have been at least three innings -- biding his time awaiting a starting spot if needed...

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Final: Omaha (Royals) 6, Nashville 5

 

Nashville Site Game Summary

Link for Tony Gwynn, Jr. photo, text follows --

 

Sounds Fall To Royals In Series Opener

OMAHA, Neb. - The Nashville Sounds came up on the short end of a 6-5 loss to the division-rival Omaha Royals on Friday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium in the opener of a five-game series.

 

The Sounds, who entered the ninth inning on the short end of a 6-3 deficit, rallied to pull within a run and had the potential game-tying run on third with only one out before Royals reliever Greg Atencio worked out of the jam with no further damage to preserve the one-run victory.

 

Tony Gwynn drove in a run and scored three of the other four Nashville runs on the evening, coming plateward each time on a two-out Brendan Katin hit.

 

Nashville took the first lead of the evening in the top of the fourth inning when Katin's two-out RBI double to left off Omaha starter Lenny DiNardo. Gwynn, who opened the inning by reaching on a DiNardo error, scored in unearned fashion on the play to put the visitors on top, 1-0.

 

The host Royals rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fifth against Sounds starter Chase Wright, using a pair of two-run doubles off the bats of Irving Falu and Ryan Shealy to take a 4-1 lead. Three of the four runs came home unearned following an inning-opening error by second baseman Michael Garciaparra, who made his Nashville debut in the contest.

 

The Sounds got a run back in the sixth when Katin delivered his second two-out, run-scoring knock of the evening, a single to center off DiNardo that plated Gwynn.

 

Omaha right fielder Brian Buchanan increased the Royals' lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the frame when he slugged his first home run of the season, a one-out solo shot to right off Wright. The Royals added another run later in the frame when Ed Lucas greeted Sounds reliever David Johnson with an RBI single.

 

The Gwynn-Katin tag team worked together again one more time for the Sounds in the eighth as the leadoff hitter drew a walk before being driven home for the third occasion in the contest by the cleanup hitter's second double of the night and tenth two-bagger of the year, which ties Mat Gamel for the club lead. Katin's two-out double to left came against Royals reliever Carlos Rosa.

 

AUDIO: Katin Drives In Gwynn ... Again

 

Nashville catcher Angel Salome led off the top of the ninth with a solo homer to right off Sosa. The backstop's second longball of the year reduced the deficit to 6-4.

 

Erick Almonte followed with a double and pinch-hitter Hernan Iribarren greeted Omaha reliever Dusty Hughes with a single to put runners on the corners. Gwynn followed by ripping an RBI double to right to chase Hughes and pull Nashville within a run at 6-5.

 

Atencio was summoned from the Royals bullpen and struck out Alcides Escobar for the second out of the frame before intentionally walking Gamel to load the bases for Katin, who lined out to left to end the contest.

 

DiNardo (2-1) picked up his second victory of the year with a quality start for the Royals. The southpaw allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out seven batters over his seven frames of work.

 

Wright (1-4) took the loss for Nashville after surrendering six runs (two earned) on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

 

The division rivals continue their series with another 7:05 PM meeting on Saturday night. Right-hander Nick Green (2-2, 4.18) will make the start for the Sounds and face Omaha southpaw Heath Phillips (1-3, 6.56).

 

Nashville Box Score

Darn, that Alcides Escobar strikout marred what could have been a heck of a 9th inning rally -- Escobar with the 0-for-4, four K golden sombrero, we've been passing those out like candy this week; of the three 40-man roster AAA starting pitchers, you'd have to rank them Tim Dillard, Nick Green, and then Chase Wright at this time; as our friend noted above, Mat Gamel a bit K-crazy as of late, three in this game; Angel Salome 8-for-25 in recent action with four extra base hits -- the breakout has begun, get ready, everyone; Hernan Iribarren can't start every game, but the Michael Garciaparra-for Hernan swap in this one proved costly; kudos to Brendan Katin for all the two-out production...

 

Nashville Game Log

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It's Saturday AM -- Happy 25th Birthday, Prince...

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Link Report Bonus:

Looks like Helena's Kindrick Field will be in awesome shape in June thanks to this young man