Link Report for Wed. 7/1 -- Latest: More Helena Photos

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at Round Rock (Astros), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at Tennessee (Cubs), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: RHP's Evan Anundsen and Amaury Rivas in a doubleheader at Charlotte (Rays), 4:00 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

Live (Opponent's) Audio Link

 

Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime; RHP Wily Peralta is scheduled to pitch in relief

Live Audio Link

 

Helena: RHP Andre Lamontagne at Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Arizona Summer League: vs. the mini-Mariners in Maryvale; no more day games -- all games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; no audio, naturally...

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at home vs. the DSL Dodgers (see this thread for some roster background) -- all games are 10:30 local time in the Dominican, and no need to ask about web audio; we usually won't see updated box scores until the overnight...

[Mass Haas]

Follow Wednesday'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_07_01_nasaaa_rreaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_hunaax_tenaax_1

 

Brevard County Game One:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_breafa_chaafa_1

 

Brevard County Game Two:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_breafa_chaafa_2

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_cliafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t433&gid=2009_07_01_helrok_bilrok_1&cid=433&t=g_box

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale):

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_mrnrok_brrrok_1

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&gid=2009_07_01_ddorok_dobrok_1&cid=3130&t=g_box

[Mass Haas]

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):



***

We're going to include the link to Kraig McNutt's Nashville blog in the same post as the Nashville media notes link going forward.

Kraig has video for you (Chris Cody from Tuesday's game).

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"Voice of the Rattlers" Chris Mehring's informative and entertaining Rattlers Radio Blog includes game notes an hour or two before gametime.

[Mass Haas]

Midwest League Standings

 

Arizona League Standings

 

Dominican Summer League Standings

[Mass Haas]

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 44 35 .557 - 25-17 19-18 L1 Iowa 40 38 .513 3.5 23-16 17-22 L4 Memphis 37 40 .481 6.0 22-16 15-24 W2 Omaha 31 47 .397 12.5 14-22 17-25 W3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 5 4 .556 - 4-2 1-2 L2 Tennessee 5 4 .556 - 2-1 3-3 W2 West Tenn 5 4 .556 - 2-1 3-3 W2 Chattanooga 4 5 .444 1.0 2-1 2-4 W1 Carolina 2 7 .222 3.0 1-5 1-2 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 5 0 1.000 - 0-0 5-0 W6 Tampa 3 1 .750 1.5 2-1 1-0 W2 Daytona 4 2 .667 1.5 1-1 3-1 L1 Brevard County 3 2 .600 2.0 2-2 1-0 W2 Dunedin 3 2 .600 2.0 3-2 0-0 L2 Lakeland 2 3 .400 3.0 0-0 0-0 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 6 2 .750 - 4-1 2-1 L1 Helena 4 4 .500 2.0 3-2 1-2 L1 Missoula 4 4 .500 2.0 2-1 2-3 W1 Billings 2 6 .250 4.0 1-2 1-4 W1 

[battlekow]

Lawrie's off to a nice start, 1-1 with a double and a walk; the T-Rats had three consecutive doubles to score two runs in the 1st, with Kemp and Delaney doubling after Lawrie's. Frederickson had a so-so day, two runs, both earned, in four innings and a 3/2/4 K/BB/H. He also allowed a solo homer, just the third HR he's allowed all year, and threw a wild pitch.

 

EDIT: Lawrie's added a triple; 2-3 now, and he has a SB. T-Rats have tied it up, 3-3.

[bretsky07]

Yikes, Steve Moss is playing CF for Clinton.

[battlekow]

Interesting 7th inning for Peralta:

 

Clinton Top 7th

• Pitcher Change: Wily Peralta replaces Daniel Meadows.
• Terry Serrano called out on strikes.
• Luis Nunez strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Wily Peralta. Luis Nunez to 1st.
• With Scott Savastano batting, Luis Nunez steals (9) 2nd base.
• Scott Savastano walks. Luis Nunez caught stealing 3rd base, catcher Sean McCraw to third baseman John Delaney.
• With Kris Sanchez batting, Scott Savastano steals (9) 2nd base.
• Kris Sanchez strikes out swinging.

I love the guy reaching on a dropped third strike and then getting throw out stealing on ball four to the next guy. Anyway, just more ho-hum dominance from Wily P. The T-Rats have scored in the bottom of the 7th, so they're leading now, 4-3. They had a chance to get more, but lots of missed opportunities:

 

Wisconsin Bottom 7th

• Corey Kemp grounds out, shortstop Ogui Diaz to first baseman Scott Savastano.
• John Delaney walks.
• Brock Kjeldgaard triples (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Denny Almonte. John Delaney scores.
• Jose Duran reaches on a fielder's choice out, first baseman Scott Savastano to catcher Fleming Baez. Brock Kjeldgaard out at home.
• Pitcher Change: Greg Moviel replaces Blake Nation.
• With Sean McCraw batting, Jose Duran steals (4) 2nd base.
• Sean McCraw walks.
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Michael Vass replaces Derrick McPhearson.
• With Michael Vass batting, wild pitch by Greg Moviel, Jose Duran to 3rd. Sean McCraw to 2nd.
• Michael Vass walks.
• Juan Sanchez pops out to second baseman Luis Nunez.

[battlekow]

Peralta's been unusually wild today. Two scoreless, hitless innings and four strikeouts, but three walks.

 

EDIT: Lawrie walked again. Great day for him.

 

EDIT 2: Peralta finished strong to get the win:

 

Clinton Top 9th

• Terry Serrano strikes out swinging.
• Luis Nunez flies out to center fielder Peter Fatse.
• Scott Savastano called out on strikes.

Final line for him: 3 IP, 6 K, 3 BB, 0 H. Very nice. He's going to get quite famous this offseason in prospect circles.

[TheCrew07]

Lawrie did have a great day at the plate, but getting picked off in 9th irked me a little. I listened to the last 3 innings and it occurred to me that the great thing about the minors is it gives me 6-8 games per day to be happy. If the big league club loses I'm disappointed, but there's usually a performance or three on the MiLB side that manages to pick up my spirits. If the big league club wins whatever happens on the MiLB side is gravy... with the farm system in great shape it's a win/win everyday.

 

Sooner or later the organization will screw it up and put up a big 0 fer, but it sure is fun having talented teams and players top to bottom in the organization.

[TheCrew07]

Shocking I know, but BC is postponed again.

[trwi7]

I'd like to see Peralta be challenged, as well as Anundsen. I would've moved them up a level.

[wibadgers23]

I'm gonna have to head over to Appleton to watch Peralta pitch before he gets promoted. Very exciting prospect. For those who have watched him pitch, what kind of "stuff" does he have? I know he throws his fastball in the mid-90's, but how are his secondary pitches?

[TheCrew07]

[trwi7]

I'm gonna have to head over to Appleton to watch Peralta pitch before he gets promoted. Very exciting prospect. For those who have watched him pitch, what kind of "stuff" does he have? I know he throws his fastball in the mid-90's, but how are his secondary pitches?

Really, when I saw him it was a fastball with good movement in to righties and a slider. He threw a couple of changeups, but fastball/slider was his main thing. Threw the slider between 83-86 and the fastball between 92-94 reaching 97 in the 1st inning.

[TheCrew07]

It's a little bit difficult to tell the pitches from the video now that I watch it closer. He's a FB/Slider guy, with a change or curve as trwi7 pointed out.

 

Pitchers duel in Tennessee, the Stars are down 1-0 moving into the later innings, and they only have 3 hits, Lucroy does have 3 BBs in the game though.

 

Nashville down 1-0 going to the 3rd, Gulin gave up a solo HR.

[TheCrew07]

Prince walks and steals 2nd and 3rd in 2 pitches... Brownstein flied out to RF and Prince beat the throw with a nice hook slide, talk about instant offense. That's 13 swipes out of 16 tries in his 9th game.

 

BtW, the pre game audio was with Ellington, he had TJ surgery out of high school then went to a JuCo, which is why he was a 5th year senior.

 

edit. Minigoon you didn't have to delete your post?

[battlekow]

Rattlers outlast LumberKings

Chris Mehring

GRAND CHUTE, WI - It was a test of nerves and patience at Time Warner Cable Field on Wednesday afternoon. In the end it was the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Clinton LumberKings 4-3 in a game that featured 15 walks, 22 stranded runners, four errors, three wild pitches, and lasted three hours and thirty-seven minutes. Brock Kjeldgaard broke a 3-3 tie with a triple in the bottom of the seventh inning and Wily Peralta closed out the LumberKings in style.

Wisconsin (38-38 overall, 4-2 second half) took a first inning lead with three straight two-out doubles. Brett Lawrie started the rally with a double to left. Corey Kemp drove in Lawrie with a double down the third base line. John Delaney made the score 2-0 by doubling to the gap in right-center.

But, the LumberKings (43-33, 3-3) chipped away with single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to take the lead. Kris Sanchez lined a homer to right with two outs in the third inning.

In the fourth, Clinton had a runner at second and two outs against Wisconsin starting pitcher Evan Frederickson. Ogui Diaz sent a slow grounder wide of first and the ball was fielded by Kemp at first. Diaz beat Frederickson to the bag and the runner from second scored without a play as no one was covering home.

Clinton took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth as Sanchez tripled in the go ahead run against reliever Daniel Meadows.

The Rattlers fought back to tie the game with a two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth. Derrick McPhearson drew a two-out walk and stole second base. Juan Sanchez hit a grounder to third that was booted for an error to put runners at the corners. Pete Fatse drove in the tying run with a seeing-eye single to right.

Brock Kjeldgaard gave the Rattlers a lead in the bottom of the seventh. Delaney drew a walk -- the sixth of the game by Clinton pitchers -- with one out. Kjeldgaard lined a triple off the wall in right and Delaney scored easily for the 4-3 lead.

Wisconsin would load the bases later in their half of the seventh, but could not push across an insurance run.

Peralta, who had entered the game in the top of the seventh inning, walked a pair of runners in the top of the eighth inning. An error put runners at second and third with one out and Wisconsin hanging on to that one run lead. Peralta struck out pinch hitter Jake Shaffer for the second out and got Diaz to ground out weakly to second to keep the Rattlers in front.

In the ninth, Peralta retired the side in order, including a pair of strikeouts to finish off Clinton. The Wisconsin hurler struck out six over three innings of relief to get his third win of the season. Peralta now has 83 K's on the season and is the new Midwest League leader in that category.

Game three of the series is Thursday night. Dan Merklinger (1-2, 3.18) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Clinton counters with Bobby LaFromboise (5-2, 3.38). Game time is 7:05pm.

Wisconsin box score

As we talked about above, nice games for Wily Peralta and Brett Lawrie, who put together one of the double-and-triple combos he seemed to manage about every week or so in April. No other Rattlers had more than one hit, but Corey Kemp did double and walk twice; Sean McCraw also had a hit and two walks. Derrick McPhearson still looking for his first A-ball hit after two strikeouts today, though he did walk once and stole a base. Drafted as a 2B, Pete Fatse played CF, which we saw him do down in Helena too--if he can hack it out there, that adds a lot to his value.

Wisconsin play-by-play

I pointed out a couple PBP events that caught my above.http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t572&t=g_log&gid=2009_07_01_cliafx_wisafx_1

[battlekow]

Timber Rattlers 4, LumberKings 3

Brett Christopherson

 

Brock Kjeldgaard's one-out triple to right in the seventh scored what proved to be the game-winner as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rallied to earn a 4-3 victory over the Clinton LumberKings on Wednesday in a Midwest League game at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.

Four Clinton hurlers combined to surrender 10 walks, two of which led to the final runs Wisconsin pushed across as it claimed the first two games of the four-game set.

Kjeldgaard's triple was his third of the season and scored John Delaney from first. Delaney drew a one-out walk to set up the key hit.

The Rattlers opened quickly with a pair of runs - sparked by successive two-out triples from Brett Lawrie, Corey Kemp and Delaney - in the first to grab a 2-0 lead.

They evened the game at 3-3 in the sixth when Peter Fatse's grounder trickled past a diving second baseman and into right field to score Derrick McPhearson from third. McPhearson reached safely on a two-out walk.

Wily Peralta entered the game to open the seventh and tossed three hitless innings to earn the win and improve to 3-1.

Turning point

Clinton had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth, but Peralta worked out of the jam with a strikeout and a groundout. The right-hander then retired the side in order in the ninth, finishing with another strikeout - his sixth of the game.

Stat pack

2: Consecutive winning months for the Rattlers, the first time they've accomplished that feat since July and August of 2005. Wisconsin followed up a 16-15 May record with a 13-12 June mark.

13: Combined hits collected by both clubs - seven for Wisconsin and six for Clinton.

15: Combined walks issued by both clubs. Peralta walked three, while starter Evan Frederickson walked two.

22: Combined strikeouts recorded by both clubs - 12 for Wisconsin and 10 for Clinton.

83: Season strikeouts for Peralta, which leads the league.

Wanted man

One of the stranger scenes from Wednesday's game didn't take place on the field but inside a stadium suite. Rattlers infielder Steve Braun, on the disabled list after fracturing an ankle in Saturday's extra-inning win against Peoria, signed autographs for about an hour as a stream of fans formed a long line in front of the window of the suite in which he was watching the game. Braun is the younger brother of Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun and was signed by the Crew as a non-drafted free agent in July 2008.

[TheCrew07]

Lucroy has walked for the 4th time! The Stars up 2-1 going to the 9th.

 

Escobar 1 for 2 with a BB and a K, Heether, Katin, and Anderson with multi hit games, Heether with a HR. Nashville up 5 to 1 in the 6th.

[twobrewers]

Braddock with 2 scoreless innings.

 

Not entirely clean, however. He finished with 3 hits and 2 BBs.

 

Wooten came in to get him out of a bases loaded jam with two out in the bottom of the 8th.

[battlekow]

Salome was pinch-hit for in the 5th inning. Was it related to the play at the plate in the 2nd on which he was thrown out?

[battlekow]

Blake Billings is starting for the Arizona Brewers. He struck out the side in a perfect first inning.

[brewmann04]

Heether with 2 hits tonight an Katlin 4-4 with Another HR . I am not Sure if there a Spot For Heether, But Katlin could take Gerut spot w/o a problem