Link Report for Thurs. 5/28 -- Brewers Idle Licking Their Wounds, So Listen to the Kids

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Daily Menu -- It's All Road Cooking Today, Hopefuly Not Roadkill...

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

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

 

For the Brevard County series, you can click on the audio link for the St. Lucie (Mets) feed.

 

Nashville: RHP Mike Burns at Tacoma (Mariners), 8:35 PM pre-game; 9:00 gametime

 

Huntsville: LHP Bobby Bramhall and RHP Mike McClendon in a doubleheader at Tennessee (Cubs), 4:15 PM pre-game; 4:30 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Brevard County: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at St. Lucie (Mets), 6:00 PM gametime

 

Wisconsin: RHP Trey Watten at Dayton (Reds), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

[Mass Haas]

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 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_28_nasaaa_tacaaa_1

 

Huntsville Game One:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_28_hunaax_tenaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Two:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_28_hunaax_tenaax_2

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_28_breafa_sluafa_1

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_28_wisafx_dayafx_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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 26 21 .553 - 12-11 14-10 W1 Memphis 23 21 .523 1.5 13-8 10-13 W1 Iowa 23 22 .511 2.0 12-11 11-11 W1 Omaha 21 25 .457 4.5 10-13 11-12 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 23 20 .535 - 10-11 13-9 W2 Carolina 22 24 .478 2.5 10-12 12-12 L1 Tennessee 21 24 .467 3.0 10-13 11-11 L2 Chattanooga 18 26 .409 5.5 10-15 8-11 L6 West Tenn 17 26 .395 6.0 8-11 9-15 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 28 12 .700 - 12-6 16-6 L1 Clearwater 21 20 .512 7.5 9-12 12-8 L1 Daytona 19 21 .475 9.0 8-9 11-12 L2 Lakeland 18 20 .474 9.0 11-11 7-9 L1 Tampa 19 24 .442 10.5 11-13 8-11 L1 Dunedin 17 25 .405 12.0 5-16 12-9 W2 

[trwi7]

Kinda wish we had a noon game, followed by a 3 game followed by two night games. We'd have baseball all day!

[Mass Haas]

I plan on doing quite a bit of computer work while listening to the Stars' twinbill tonight. Do we have any volunteers to listen in best they can to the TimberRattlers, Sounds, or even the Mets' broadcast of the Manatees tonight? Maybe keep a notebook nearby and jot down any tidbits from the broadcasters that might not make their way to the game summary. Even if it's just a note or two, I'm sure many would appreciate reading about it here. Jump in roll call-style and let us know you're listening if possible. Thanks.

[battlekow]

Lawrie's back in the starting lineup, so whatever happened yesterday can't have been that big of a deal.

[TheCrew07]

I just got settled in and tuned in to WI, I missed the pregame interview if there was one, he's doing the lineups.

 

edit. Lawrie pulled on a Manager's Decision yesterday, no further explanation.

 

edit. WI just isn't able to keep people from running on them, Watten walks the first batter then gives up a SB on a pitch out... then Suppelt stole 3B on the very next pitch, that's got to be frustrating for the coaching staff.

 

edit3. LOL! Sorry for the AOL speak, but after all the drama Watten picks Rejas off of 1B with the little league fake to 3rd and throw to first pick off move... I've never understood how players fall for that one, Watten strikes out the next 2 batters to get out of the inning. He's throwing 90-91 with his fastball according to the broadcast.

[battlekow]

I just turned on the Manatees game. Wow, the Mets' announcer sure is nasal.

[BoKnowsBall]

After the pick off Watten's next five outs were strike outs

[battlekow]

Second inning for Jeffress:

 

called strike

swinging strike

ball in dirt (five feet in front of home)

swinging strike

 

?? strike

check-swing strike

foul

ball outside

ball high (breaking ball)

ground ball single

 

wild pitch/passed ball

ball up & in (fastball)

check-swing foul

?? ball

ball low

 

?? ball

swinging strike

called strike (fastball)

swinging strike/caught stealing

 

The second batter might be a window into Jeffress' surprising hittability at times. He thought the second ball was strike three, so he might have followed it up with a hittable pitch because he was frustrated, or maybe he was worried about going to a three-ball count. Did giving up the hit after being ahead in the count rattle him, causing him to throw a wild pitch on his next offering and walk the guy on five pitches? Anyway, the stuff is undeniable.

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: Huntsville 3, Tennessee (Cubs) 1

Full details from Brett Pollock with the recap later tonight...

 

LHP Bobby Bramhall (Chris Cody-like but without the polish Cody has on his stuff quite yet, according to Brett) gets his first victory of the season, and was 2-for-2 at the plate. All the Stars' scoring here --

 

Huntsville Top 2nd

• Vinny Rottino singles on a line drive to center fielder Brandon Guyer.
• Kevin Melillo singles on a line drive to right fielder James Adduci. Vinny Rottino to 2nd.
• Taylor Green doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder James Adduci. Vinny Rottino scores. Kevin Melillo to 3rd.
• Yohannis Perez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brandon Guyer. Kevin Melillo scores. Taylor Green scores. Throwing error by center fielder Brandon Guyer.
• Bobby Bramhall singles on a line drive to left fielder Ty Wright.
• Adam Stern flies out to left fielder Ty Wright.
• Shane Justis grounds out, second baseman Jonathan Mota to first baseman Russ Canzler.

On the odd sacrifice fly scoring two, Taylor Green with a nice bit of baserunning and an athletic slide to sneak in just ahead of the retrieval throw on the center fielder's throwing error. All three of those base hits to open the inning were ripped.

 

Juan Sandoval threw three pitches to get an inning-ending double play on the only man he faced in the 6th, and Omar Aguilar needed 28 pitches to sweat out the save in the final inning (several foul balls, one lengthy AB walk).

 

Sorry for the lack of additional broadcast insight -- Brett was a pro as always, but I admit to cranking up the audio and stretching out (and occasionally zoning out), recovering from spreading mulch all day -- a bit sore, and beat. Stars take 3-of-the-first-4 in this eight-game set.

 

I should also be available for the nightcap (audio-wise), perhaps a bit more insightful.

Huntsville Game One Box Score

Bramhall stranded the bases loaded in both the 2nd and 3rd innings (allowed his one run in the 3rd) -- in the 2nd, he was fortunate to face the pitcher (strikeout) to end the inning, in the 3rd, Jonathan Lucroy gunned down an attempted steal and a two-out single with men on 1st and 2nd was hit too hard to left field to score a runner; Bramhall threw only 48-of-88 pitches for strikes, walking four and hitting a batter in 5.1 innings, and also saw nine fly ball outs vs. three on the ground, so yes, a win, but not overly inspiring...

 

Huntsville Game One Game Log

[battlekow]

Farris rips a line-drive homer following up Schafer's opposite-field double off the end of the bat.

[battlekow]

Jeffress' third inning:

 

called strike

?? strike

ball outside

ball up & in (fastball)

foul

foul out (Gindl was positioned near the line)

 

grounder to first (Errecart booted it but recovered to get the out, tossing to Jeffress)

 

?? (two balls and a strike)

swinging strike

check-swing ball

check-swing ball low

 

?? strike

ball in dirt

swinging strike

ball inside (Jeffress missed badly; Maldonado set up outside)

swinging strike

 

The Mets announcer mentioned that St. Lucie never tuns the gun on for visitors' halves of innings but that Jeffress is "throwing hard".

[Mass Haas]

My "nap" caused me to miss Wisconsin's Chris Mehring's blog game notes links, but he did post this ticket giveaway.

 

Perhaps it's all done (first 24 respondents to him), but if not, it'd be nice if Link Report readers could take advantage.

 

Check out the other blog posts to catch up on his game notes for the day, including reminding us how well Nick Tyson has pitched in his four brief relief appearances since being added to the roster.

[TheCrew07]

WI is just not good on the bases, I meant to post this 15 minutes ago and forgot about it. Kemp thrown out at second what was supposed to be a hit and run with BK at the plate, then BK picked off of first, and Chris wasn't very happy about it. Just a bad sequence of events.

 

edit. Kemp badly misplays a popup and Chapman gets to first, he didn't get a glove on it so it's got to be a hit, but the C just haven't been impressive for WI.

[battlekow]

Jeffress' fourth inning:

 

?? (at least one strike)

swinging strike

ball in dirt

swinging strike

 

ball inside (fastball)

called strike (fastball)

called strike

called strike

 

ball

called strike

swinging strike

grounder to first (nice play by Errecart)

[battlekow]

More baserunning fun: Martin Maldonado gets picked off.

[battlekow]

Gindl walks on four pitches. Odd lapse from Shaw, who had only one walk previously.

 

EDIT: Steffan Wilson's RBI single was not well-struck. Broken-bat blooper into center.

[TheCrew07]

Dennis tries to make a diving catch to get out of the inning and it goes to the wall scoring 2 more runs. From the way it sounded Watten pitched better than his line would suggest, I'll be curious to see him next week. Watten with 101 pitches unofficially.

 

Kemp's play ruled an error, Almonte comes in and gets out of the inning. He was throwing 92-93 but Chris notes the gun is juiced about a MPH or 2.

[Mass Haas]

In progess: Huntsville 2, Tennessee (Cubs) 2, bottom of the 3rd in Tennessee

 

OK, let's see --

• Stars facing the Cubs' 25-year-old, 6'8", 260-pound behemoth Jesus Estrada, down from AAA Iowa
• Kevin Melillo just hit his 4th HR in eight games, a two-run shot, to tie the game in the 3rd
• Starter Mike McClendon described as tough, aggressive, mixes it up, by the coaching staff -- his slider seems to be a key pitch, electric thus far, but a key wild pitch on it as well
• Drew Anderson was 1-for-18 prior to a bunt base hit in the 2nd
• Melillo back at his natural second base position with Shane Justis getting the night off -- Melillo has played first base for the past week

As I've typed, the Smokies have loaded the bases on McClendon with none out in the 3rd, including two bunt hits -- stay tuned...

[TheCrew07]

Lots of commentary on Trejo's swing and approach throughout the game. He seems to be a free swinger who lets his swing get real long... earlier in the game he actually swung at a ball that bounced in 3-5 feet in front of home plate. He's doing what he was doing early in the season, his 7 game hitting streak a distant memory already...

 

Almonte runs a couple of balls up there at 94.

[battlekow]

Character-building fifth inning for Jeffress:

 

ball high (fastball)

ball outside

foul

foul

called strike

 

ball inside (fastball)

ball outside

?? ball

?? ball

 

foul

foul

ball outside

check-swing strike

 

?? ball

ball high & outside (fastball)

called strike

called strike

ball low/wild pitch

ball high ("very high")

 

*mound visit*

 

ball outside

ball outside (fastball)

ball high & outside

called strike

called strike

?? ball ("very close", Jeffress was visibly upset)

 

called strike

single lined back up the middle

 

called strike

swinging strike

foul

swinging strike

 

You can tell he was wearing out, falling behind hitters. I had hope he'd get out of it without allowing a run after he got a first-pitch strike on Guzman, but it was not to be. Still, it was nice to see him rally rather than imploding.