Link Report for Fri. 7/17 -- Chris Cody Quiets Over 11,000 in Iowa

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Menu: TGIF!

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Chris Cody at Iowa (Cubs), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: LHP Sam Narron at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at Clearwater (Phillies), 6:00 PM gametime

Sorry, no audio for this series

Wisconsin: RHP Wily Peralta at Great Lakes (Dodgers), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime; LHP Evan Frederickson will pitch in relief

Live Audio Link

 

Helena: RHP Damon Krestalude at Idaho Falls (Royals), 8:00 PM pre-game; 8:15 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

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

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at the DSL Royals (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 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_07_17_nasaaa_iowaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_hunaax_msbaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_breafa_clrafa_1

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_wisafx_swmafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_helrok_idarok_1&did=t433&sid=t433

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale):

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_royrok_brrrok_1

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_17_dobrok_dryrok_1

[Mass Haas]

The Nashville series at Iowa, and in a nice surprise, the Helena series at Idaho Falls, are available via the MiLB.TV subscription package -- $6.95 for the month, which will probably entice many of the families of the rookie H-Crew kids.

[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):



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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.

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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 51 40 .560 - 30-20 21-20 L1 Iowa 47 44 .516 4.0 26-17 21-27 W1 Memphis 45 45 .500 5.5 29-18 16-27 W2 Omaha 36 54 .400 14.5 15-24 21-30 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 15 7 .682 - 7-3 8-4 W1 Chattanooga 11 10 .524 3.5 6-4 5-6 W3 Tennessee 11 11 .500 4.0 4-6 7-5 W3 Huntsville 9 13 .409 6.0 4-6 5-7 L3 Carolina 7 15 .318 8.0 3-9 4-6 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 11 7 .611 - 6-5 5-2 W1 Tampa 10 7 .588 0.5 4-4 6-3 W1 Dunedin 11 8 .579 0.5 7-6 4-2 L1 Clearwater 10 8 .556 1.0 2-3 8-5 L1 Daytona 9 10 .474 2.5 4-7 5-3 L1 Lakeland 9 10 .474 2.5 2-4 7-6 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 13 9 .591 - 9-4 4-5 L1 Great Falls 12 10 .545 1.0 6-3 6-7 W1 Helena 11 11 .500 2.0 5-7 6-4 L1 Billings 8 14 .364 5.0 4-6 4-8 W3 

[Mass Haas]

Mark Rogers (one run on four hits and a walk, three K's) either was more economical or was given a longer leash as he worked 3.2 innings tonight.

 

You can tell he was lifted strictly on pitch count as he struck out the only two men he faced in the 4th.

 

Manatees up, 11-5, in the 8th.

[Mass Haas]

Final: DSL Royals 10, DSL Brewers / Orioles 5

 

DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score

The combined Baltimore / Milwaukee squad actually led 5-1 to the 6th, but Brewer LHP Jose Ramos couldn't strand two runners for the Oriole starter in the 6th, allowed two more runs on his own account in the same inning, and then loaded the bases when he was brought back out in the 7th only to see Brewer teammate RHP Jaime King allow all the runners to score; only SS Andres Martinez played among Brewer position players, and he was a late replacement...

 

It's apparent the Brewer organization has little to no control over this squad (pick up the phone, Reid!) as the 6'5", 228 pound lefty Ramos, who just turned 20 and has shown to be promising with an obviously ideal frame, has been abused to the point where he has now shown real signs of wear as of late as he has appeared in 19 of the 42 team games, with most outings covering more than one inning; Ramos has already made seven July appearances, most of which were two innings or more in length -- just imagine a Maryvale or Helena kid facing this workload -- I'm sure many folks gloss over the DSL portion of the Link Report, but this really has me miffed...

 

DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: Brevard County 12, Clearwater (Phillies) 5

This team rocks...

 

Brevard County Box Score

Manatees scored in each of the first four innings, rolling to an 11-1 lead at that point; Mark Rogers strong, as noted by an astute poster http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif above; LHP Lucas Luetge settled down and earned a four-inning save despite being hit up for a four-spot in his first inning of work; Zelous Wheeler drove in five on a perfect night with two doubles, a sacrifice fly, and two walks; Steffan Wilson 3-for-5, now hitting .294, good for 10th in the league -- my Wilson-autographed Manatee cap has been on all summer, kid; Logan Schafer and Lee Haydel joined Wilson by reaching three times each, three others were on base twice, including Caleb Gindl, who smacked HR # 10, a three-run shot; Sergio Miranda hit first homer of the season; catcher Anderson de la Rosa made his first appearance in a month, coming off the disabled list...

 

Brevard County Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Defensive gems for Hernan Iribarren and Jason Bourgeois in the 9th inning of a 4-1 Nashville win, a nice listen of Chuck's calls by popping in after another big league disappointment -- details soon...

[Mass Haas]

As of 10:00 PM Central, the Stars are clinging to a 4-3 lead in the 8th, a good chance to catch the end of Brett's call for those of you online at this time.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Great Lakes (Dodgers) 7, Wisconsin 5

 

Wisconsin Site Game Summary

Loons sweep Rattlers

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

MIDLAND, MI -- The Great Lakes Loons erased a 3-1 deficit with a six-run sixth inning and held off a late Rattler rally for a 7-5 win Friday night at Dow Diamond. The win gave the Loons a three-game sweep of the Rattlers in the series.

 

The teams traded runs in the second inning. Juan Sanchez gave the Rattlers (49-49 overall, 11-9 second half) a 1-0 lead with a two-out RBI single. But, the Loons (50-41, 10-11) answered with an RBI single by Nick Buss.

Brock Kjeldgaard untied the game in the top of the sixth against Loons reliever Geison Aguasviva. Corey Kemp started the inning with a single. and Kjeldgaard followed with a two-run homer for a 3-1 Wisconsin lead. The homer was Kjeldgaard's fifteenth of the season.

 

But Rattlers starting pitcher Wily Peralta couldn't hold the lead. He walked the leadoff batter in the bottom of the sixth and gave up a single to the second batter. Alfredo Silverio was next and his double drove in a run and put runners at second and third with no outs. Matt Wallach followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game 3-3.

 

Nick Buss singled and put runners at first and third. Then, Dee Gordon singled in a run to put the Loons up 4-3 and knock Peralta out of the game. Rattlers reliever Liam Ohlmann entered the game and gave up a two-run double to Jaime Pedroza that put the Loons up 6-3.

 

Ohlmann would walk the bases loaded after getting a strikeout for the second out of the inning. The righty would force in a run to make the score 7-3 by walking Anthony Hatch.

 

The Rattlers got a little help from Aguaviva in the top of the eighth inning. The lefty walked the first two batters he faced and Jose Duran doubled them in to cut the lead to 7-5. But, Aguasviva got the first out of the inning and Luis Garcia got the next two to keep the Rattlers at bay.

 

Wisconsin made it interesting in the ninth. After Garcia struck out the first batter, he gave up a single to Lorenzo Cain and walked Brett Lawrie to put the tying runs on base. Cole St. Clair relieved Garcia and got a strikeout for the second out. Kjeldgaard kept the game alive with an infield single to load the bases and put the lead run on base. But, St. Clair struck out Duran to end the game and sweep the Rattlers out of Dow Diamond.

 

The Rattlers continue their road swing through Michigan with a three-game series at Lansing that begins on Saturday night. Dan Merklinger (3-2, 2.74) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. The Lugnuts will send Joel Correno (0-1, 4.41) to the hill. Game time is 6:05 PM CDT.

 

Wisconsin Box Score

LHP Brandon Ritchie retired the only man he faced to strand three of Liam Ohlmann's baserunners to keep it close, and LHP Evan Frederickson only faced one over the minimum as he tossed two scoreless frames; RHP Wily Peralta allowed 13 baserunners in his 5.1 innings, so even before the disastrous 6th inning, he was uneven tonight; Michael Vass pinch-hit for SS Michael Marseco in a non-obvious pinch-hit situation in the 6th, no apparent reason for Marseco's exit; Lorenzo Cain one of four Rattlers with multiple hits, his second consecutive such game...

 

Wisconsin Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Woot-off!

 

Stars win 4-3, as Rob Wooten is now 4-for-4 in AA save chances with a sweet 1-2-3 effort with two K's , the rest of the bullpen shined as well, and Jonathan Lucroy with what proved to be a game-winning blast in the 7th. Details soon...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 4, Mississippi (Braves) 3

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary

 

Lucroy Long Ball Leads Stars to Victory

Huntsville Halts Three-Game Slide With Comeback Win

By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars

 

Jonathan Lucroy belted the game-winning home run in the seventh inning and the bullpen tossed four shutout innings to push Huntsville to a 4-3 come from behind win over Mississippi Friday night in the middle of a five-game set at Trustmark Park. The Stars improved to 10-13 in the second half and 48-44 overall, while the Braves dipped to 9-14 in the second half and 40-53 overall.

 

Willie Cabrera tripled with one out in the second inning and came into score on a base hit by Eric Campbell against a drawn-in infield. Cabrera pushed his hitting streak to 12 games and has now reached base in 34 straight, the longest active streak in the league and the second longest in the league this season behind Carolina's Chris Heisey, who had reached in 35 in a row to begin the season. Campbell advanced on a groundout and scored on a two-out single by Travis Jones, who moved to second on the throw home and came around to score on a Matt Young base hit to complete the three-run rally.

 

Stars' pitcher Sam Narron drew a one-out walk in the fifth and advanced to third base after a walk to Shane Justis and a Michael Garciaparra single. Drew Anderson's lineout to center field was deep enough to push across Narron with the visitors' first run of the game and their first of the series against a Braves' starter in 16 1/3 innings. Anderson has knocked in a run in five of the last six games.

 

Narron went five frames in his first start with the Stars this season, allowing three runs on six hits, while walking two and fanning two. The Stars strung together three singles to load the bases with one out in the sixth inning and knock Lyman out of the game. Tim Gustafson took over and retired pinch-hitter J.R. Hopf on a popout before issuing walks to Justis and Garciaparra that forced in runs to tie the game at three. Lyman was charged with three runs on six hits, while walking four and fanning three and remains winless in his seven starts.

 

Lucroy blasted his sixth home run of the season over the wall in straightaway center field off of Gustafson, who dropped to 1-1, to give the Stars their first lead of the night and first of the series. Mike McClendon worked scoreless relief in the sixth and seventh innings, allowing two hits and striking out two to grab his fourth win of the season and first since May 23. Bobby Bramhall walked Jason Heyward to open the eighth before he struck out Freddie Freeman and was followed to the hill by Juan Sandoval, who got two groundball outs to end the inning. Rob Wooten retired the side in order in the ninth to nail down his fourth save in as many chances.

 

The series continues Saturday night with Stars right-hander Donovan Hand taking the hill against Braves' southpaw Scott Diamond. 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

Jonathan Lucroy also nabbed the lone attempting basestealer; Shane Justis and Michael Garciaparra each walked three times at the top of the lineup, Garciaparra added a single; Stars drew nine bases on balls; Taylor Green 0-for-5 hitting cleanup...

 

Huntsville Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 4, Iowa (Cubs) 1

Brief Game Summary from the Cubs' Site:

Nashville's summary is delayed this evening...

 

The Nashville Sounds defeated the Iowa Cubs 4-1 Friday night at Principal Park in front of 11,235 fans. The Sounds got off to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Angel Salome hit a run-scoring single. Salome was 3-for-4 with a run scored tonight.

 

The Sounds made it 2-0 in the second inning when Adam Heether doubled to start the inning and scored on Cole Gillespie's single to left field.

 

Iowa plated their only run in the fourth inning. John-Ford Griffin doubled to right field to lead off the inning. Jason Dubois single to advance Griffin to third. Griffin then scored on Bobby Scales' sacrifice fly to trim Nashville's lead 2-1.

 

Nashville solidified their lead with a two-run sixth inning for the 4-1 final.

 

Jose Ascanio (2-2) was tagged with the loss for Iowa allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits. Chris Cody (4-4) picked up the win for the Sounds.

 

Iowa and Nashville play the third game of the series tomorrow. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

 

Nashville Box Score

Angel Salome and Cole Gillespie continue to see their averages climb -- Angel has hit .295, .315 and .314 monthly since his .191 April; just a wonderful line for Chris Cody, and after Toby ("And That") pointed out a less-than-stellar AAA strikeout ratio for Chris a few starts ago, look who has struck out 15 in his last 17.1 innings...

 

Nashville Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Helena wins 5-4, and the Maryvale kids are up 8-4 late with Wayne Dedrick having a big night at the plate.

 

Details in the early AM...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Brewers 11, Arizona Royals 4

 

Arizona Box Score

Usual third baseman Wayne Dedrick, focusing at the plate tonight as the DH, tripled, singled twice, walked, stole two bases, and drove in four to lead the way; second baseman Brandon Sizemore homered and trripled, it was his 2nd homer and the team's 7th; four Brewers were HBP and the boys also drew three walks to go along with 12 hits; Max Walla (slugging only .291) with a needed double as one of two base knocks; effective mound work from three RHP's, none older than 20 years old -- Jose Oviedo, Maverick Lasker, and Jose Sanchez...

 

Arizona Game Log

Brewers scored in six different innings, including from the 2nd through the 6th...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Helena 5, Idaho Falls (Royals) 3

Helena Box Score

Milwaukee faced Kansas City on three rookie levels Friday, taking two of three; Brewers scored three in the first, then two in the decisive 7th -- both innings detailed below, gifts in the 7th from the Chukars (it's a bird); slugging 22-year-old RF Scott Krieger has struck out 29 times in 87 AB's -- perhaps the next Brendan Katin in three years; 2nd baseman Mike Brownstein, still 21 until August, has a .467 OBP between Maryvale and Helena, he reached four times here; RHP Damon Kretalude was fine until a three-run 4th, then big 6'6" RHP Robert Currie, and fellow righties Ryan Platt and Michael Fiers finished up nicely...

 

Helena Game Log

 

Helena Top 1st

• Joshua Prince doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Allen Caldwell.
• Mike Brownstein singles on a fly ball to center fielder Hilton Richardson. Joshua Prince scores. Mike Brownstein to 2nd on the throw.
• Scott Krieger strikes out swinging.
• With Chris Ellington batting, Mike Brownstein steals (7) 3rd base, Mike Brownstein scores. Throwing error by catcher Salvador Perez.
• Chris Ellington homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.
• Cameron Garfield flies out to center fielder Hilton Richardson.
• Michael Roberts walks.
• Joseph Paciorek walks. Michael Roberts to 2nd.
• With Kyle Dhanani batting, Michael Roberts steals (2) 3rd base.
• Kyle Dhanani strikes out swinging.

Helena Top 7th

• Chad Stang triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Allen Caldwell.
• Joshua Prince walks.
• Mike Brownstein walks. Joshua Prince to 2nd.
• With Scott Krieger batting, wild pitch by Carlos Arias, Chadwin Stang scores. Joshua Prince to 3rd. Mike Brownstein to 2nd.
• Scott Krieger strikes out swinging.
• Chris Ellington hit by pitch.
• Cameron Garfield strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Carlos Arias. Joshua Prince scores. Mike Brownstein to 3rd. Chris Ellington to 2nd.
• Michael Roberts called out on strikes.

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Mass Haas wrote:

 

It's apparent the Brewer organization has little to no control over this squad (pick up the phone, Reid!) as the 6'5", 228 pound lefty Ramos, who just turned 20 and has shown to be promising with an obviously ideal frame, has been abused to the point where he has now shown real signs of wear as of late as he has appeared in 19 of the 42 team games, with most outings covering more than one inning; Ramos has already made seven July appearances, most of which were two innings or more in length -- just imagine a Maryvale or Helena kid facing this workload -- I'm sure many folks gloss over the DSL portion of the Link Report, but this really has me miffed...

I was thinking this exact same thing. Both Ramos and Edwin Linares have pitched in 19 games. Considering there is still 30 games left to go in the season I really hope they are both used a little more sparingly going forward. Both have shown promise and it would be nice to get them stateside with their arms still in tact.

[Never Outhustled]

Wayne Dedrick is a sleeper to watch. He was drafted for his raw ability, as he has very limited baseball experience. He had a D1 basketball scholarship to play PG. He's tall, explosive, and coordinated. Cool to see him off to a good start.

 

 

Awesome to see Chris Cody settle in. He might show to be a better alternative than Mike Burns, and could be a longterm term end of the rotation solution.

[bamberger]

Crew could use an inexpensive back of the rotation guy. We have two of them: Sup and Loop, who take up dollars they should be spending on the front.

 

Cody just keeps mowin' 'em down. It would be nice to see what he could do in MLB before the season's over.

[brewpitch]

Wayne Dedrick is a sleeper to watch. He was drafted for his raw ability, as he has very limited baseball experience. He had a D1 basketball scholarship to play PG. He's tall, explosive, and coordinated. Cool to see him off to a good start.

I wouldn't quite say that. He's played his entire life pretty much and has always been at or near the top of his league. He and Billings played on the same state championship team when they were 10. He's a tremendous athlete and probably would have made a great football player too.