Link Report for Games of Monday, August 10th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Menu:

 

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Salt Lake (Angels), 7:40 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: LHP David Welch at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: RHP Evan Anundsen at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 6:05 PM gametime

No audio for this series

Wisconsin: RHP Cody Scarpetta at Peoria (Cubs), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Helena: TBD at home vs. Ogden (Dodgers), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Arizona Summer League: at home vs. the Angels' 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 Red Sox (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 Monday'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_08_10_nasaaa_slcaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_msbaax_hunaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559

 

Brevard County:

 

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_10_lakafa_breafa_1&cid=503&t=g_box

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_wisafx_peoafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_ogdrok_helrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale):

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_angrok_brrrok_1

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_drsrok_dobrok_1

[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.

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Midwest League Standings

 

Arizona League Standings

 

Dominican Summer League Standings

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 61 54 .530 - 37-22 24-32 W2 Nashville 61 55 .526 0.5 34-25 27-30 L2 Iowa 58 57 .504 3.0 34-21 24-36 W3 Omaha 47 67 .412 13.5 23-32 24-35 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 24 20 .545 - 15-10 9-10 L2 Tennessee 22 22 .500 2.0 9-11 13-11 L4 West Tenn 22 22 .500 2.0 9-10 13-12 L2 Carolina 17 27 .386 7.0 7-13 10-14 W2 Huntsville 15 28 .349 8.5 6-12 9-16 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 30 10 .750 - 11-7 19-3 W6 Brevard County 25 15 .625 5.0 16-8 9-7 W1 Dunedin 22 19 .537 8.5 13-8 9-11 W2 Clearwater 20 20 .500 10.0 10-10 10-10 L2 Daytona 18 23 .439 12.5 9-13 9-10 L4 Lakeland 18 23 .439 12.5 7-9 11-14 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 5 1 .833 - 0-0 0-0 W3 Billings 3 2 .600 1.5 3-2 0-0 W3 Great Falls 2 4 .333 3.0 0-3 2-1 L4 Helena 1 4 .200 3.5 0-0 0-0 L2 

[Mass Haas]

Yesterday's Manatees' win deserves more detail, and the club provided it:

 

Wilson's Walkoff Slam Gives Manatees Win No. 999

 

(Viera, FL) Steffan Wilson's tenth inning, walkoff grand slam lifted the Manatees to a 6-2 win over Lakeland Sunday afternoon. Now, the Manatees are closing in on what might be the biggest milestone of their season, their 1,000th win. With Sunday's victory, the Manatees are just one win away from 1,000.

 

Michael Bowman took a no-hitter through 5.2 innings as the Manatees built a 2-0 lead. Bowman finished with just one hit allowed in six innings, while striking out eight. The game remained 2-0 into the ninth inning, with Jim Henderson looking to close out the victory. Flying Tigers leadoff hitter Devin Thomas reached base on an errant throw from Brent Brewer, however, opening the door for a Lakeland comeback. With Brevard County hanging on to a 2-1 lead with two outs and the bases loaded, Audy Ciriaco slapped a single up the middle. Jeramy Laster scored to tie the game, but Chris White was gunned down at the plate by Logan Schafer to leave the game tied at two.

 

Anderson De La Rosa led off the tenth inning with a double to left field. Schafer was then able to beat out a bunt single, giving the Manatees runners on first and third with no outs. After Eric Farris was intentionally walked to load the bases, Wilson blasted the second offering from Lakeland's Nolan Cain over the left field wall to win the game. It was Wilson's ninth homer of the season. Rafael Lluberes (3-2) earned the win in relief for Brevard County.

 

The Manatees look to win their 1,000th game tonight, as they close out the series with Lakeland. All-Star Evan Anundsen (8-7, 2.94) will be on the mound for the Manatees, facing Andrew Hess (6-9, 3.34). If the Manatees do not reach the milestone tonight, they will still have three more chances on this homestand, as Dunedin comes to town for a three-game series beginning Tuesday. Make sure to check out Space Coast Stadium during this homestand to see the Manatees make a run at a milestone!

[Mass Haas]

Brett in Appleton reminds us of the folly of thinking the T-Rats might be playoff-bound. Ain't happening, sorry...

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Update from Helena:

Helena will start RHP Chad Robinson tonight with RHP Hiram Burgos and LHP Jon Pokorny to follow because of Robinson's low pitch count.

[zzzmanwitz]

Gamel batting 6th today. I really hope he starts to turn it around.

[wibadgers23]

It's unusual to see Schafer with an 0-fer at the plate these days. Cain is 2 for 2 with 2 RBI's. Lucroy with a double and another caught stealing. Nashville really seems to be struggling at the moment.

 

Edit: And right after I type this, Nashville scores 5 in the 3rd. Salome with a homerun.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Lakeland (Tigers) 3, Brevard County 1

Brevard County Box Score

No baserunner for either team reached second base after the Flying Tigers scored two in the top of the 5th to take the lead; Evan Anundesn with a decent, actually strong, line; Omar Aguilar has been so dominant since his demotion from Huntsville, one wonders if he could bypass AA on the way back up; Lee Haydel the lone multi-hit night...

 

Brevard County Game Log

[TheCrew07]

Am I the only one with a messed Helena box score?

[wibadgers23]

Am I the only one with a messed Helena box score?

Nope, I have it too.

[TheCrew07]

Thanks, I just got home and was looking to find out who was doing what but Steve just updated the score.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Wisconsin 1, Peoria (Cubs) 0

Wisconsin Site Game Summary from Chris Mehring:

 

SCARPETTA & FIERS SHUTOUT CHIEFS; STOP LOSING STREAK

 

PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ended their eight-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Peoria Chiefs Monday night at O'Brien Field. Cody Scarpetta pitched six scoreless innings for the win. Mike Fiers tossed three scoreless frames for the save.

 

Josh Prince kick started the Wisconsin offense scored in the top of the first inning. The Rattlers leadoff hitter singled and stole second to start the game. Pete Fatse followed with an RBI single for a 1-0 lead. Wisconsin (49-64 overall, 15-28 second half) would load the bases with one out in the inning, but they could not score again. But on Monday night, that didn't matter.

 

The Chiefs (63-49, 25-18) appeared poised to tie the game or take the lead in the bottom of the first. The first two batters of the inning reached on a double and a walk. But, Scarpetta got a 6-4-3 double play and a grounder to second to get out of the inning.

 

Scarpetta gave up three hits over six scoreless frames, struck out five, and finished strong by retiring the final seven batters he faced before turning the ball over to Fiers.

 

Fiers relieved Scarpetta to start the seventh inning and gave up a lead off single. But, the Wisconsin defense turned a 5-4-3 double play and Fiers got a strikeout to end the inning.

 

After a 1-2-3 eighth inning, Brett Jackson started the bottom of the ninth with a single. But, Fiers, who was 8-for-8 in save opportunities with Helena in the Pioneer League before being promoted to the Timber Rattlers last week, got a pair of strikeouts and a grounder to first to record his first Midwest League save.

 

The Timber Rattlers continue their eight-game road trip with the first game of a four-game set at Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night. Daniel Meadows (12-4, 3.95) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Tyler Chatwood (3-7, 4.62) is set to start for the Kernels. Game time at Perfect Game Field is 6:35 PM.

 

Wisconsin Box Score

 

Wisconsin Game Log

[TheCrew07]

Poor Max Walla... 133 Abs, 60 strike outs.

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Robert Hinton

A good listen....

[1e Corbeau]

Poor Max Walla... 133 Abs, 60 strike outs.

Yeah, I know it's *way* too early for this, but, in another thread, second round busts were being mentioned. I think it was LouisEly who posted "Josh Murray says 'hi'" - and my immediate reaction was "Max Walla says 'hi.'"

 

Again, I know it's way too early for that talk and I'm sure Walla will come around. I'm just surprised at the initial struggle from someone who's supposed to have a short, compact stroke. You think he'd be able to put the bat on the ball a bit more consistently. Hopefully, it's just an 18 year old adjusting to the nerves of playing professionally - trying to do too much, etc. He sure had a gung-ho attitude on draft day.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 8, Mississippi (Braves) 2

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary

 

Welch Leads Stars Back Into Win Column

Timely Hitting Helps Huntsville End Skid

By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars

 

David Welch worked into and out of trouble for most of his seven innings of work and Huntsville scored in four straight innings en route to an 8-2 win over Mississippi Monday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars improved to 16-28 in the second half and snapped their six-game losing streak, while the Braves slipped to 22-22 in the second half and 53-61. The Stars won for only a third time in their last 14 home games since June 27 and lifted their record at "the Joe" to 21-28.

 

Jason Heyward tripled with two outs in the first inning and scored when Freddie Freeman singled into center field to give the visitors the early lead and mark the second straight day they had scored in their first at-bat. Jonathan Lucroy led off the home second with a double to push his hitting streak to a season-high 12 straight games and came in to score two batters later on a Lorenzo Cain single. Cain advanced to second base on a two-out walk to Yohannis Perez and came in to score the go-ahead run on a single by Welch, who drove in his first run of the season. Kevin Melillo led off the home third with a triple and scored on a two-out hit by Cain, who knocked in a pair of runs for a third time this season, to extend the cushion to 3-1.

 

Perez singled to lead off the fourth, moved to second base on a Welch sacrifice and then tagged up and moved to third base on an Adam Stern line out to right field. Shortstop Brandon Hicks mishandled Heyward's throw back to the infield to allow Perez to score to push the home team's lead to 4-1. Drew Anderson singled to start the fifth, stole second base, moved to third on a ground out and scored when Eric Campbell misplayed Taylor Green's grounder to third to extend the lead to 5-1. Braves' starter Tim Gustafson was lifted after five frames and charged with three earned runs on seven hits, while he issued four walks and struck out two. He took the loss to fall to 1-3 on the season.

Welch stranded a pair of runners in the third, fourth and fifth innings before retiring the side in order in the sixth. Matt Young opened the seventh with a triple and scored on a Heyward ground out that sliced the Stars' lead to 5-2. Welch was removed after allowing eight hits, walking three and fanning two. He stranded eight base runners to grab his sixth win of the season, and third at home.

 

Huntsville added three runs in the seventh against Jeff Lyman on a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded by J.R. Hopf and a wild pitch that scored Lucroy. The Stars last scored eight runs in a game in the first game of the last road trip at Montgomery on July 27. The Stars lifted their overall record to 54-59 and squared the season series at seven games apiece.

 

The series wraps up Tuesday night with right-hander Brandon Kintzler taking the hill for the Stars against Braves' right-hander Ryne Reynoso. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

Stars Manager Bob Miscik ejected in the 7th after Taylor Green was called out on strikes; Jonathan Lucroy on base three more times; Lorenzo Cain a modest four-game hit streak...

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Pete Fatse was replaced in the Rattler game after flying out to end the 5th, something to remember, I suppose, if he's absent for a bit.

[Mass Haas]

Final: DSL Red Sox 6, DSL Brewers / Orioles 4

 

DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score

No pitchers in action; Jhonatan Javier doubled twice -- the catcher with the .998 OPS has only K'd 26 times in 196 AB's; four other Brewer batters combined for two singles...

 

DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

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Final: Helena 8, Ogden (Dodgers) 1

 

Helena Box Score

Best team effort in weeks? Chad Robinson (one inning, one unearned run), Hiram Burgos (five scoreless innings, 7 K's), and Jon Pokorny (three scoreless, four K's) shined; no Brewer had more than one base hit, but nearly all contributed; SS Michael Marseco left the game after a HBP in the 5th -- hopefully he's OK; much more in the AM from the Helena press....

 

Helena Game Log

[LouisEly]

Corey Patterson is on one heckuva mission to get back into the big leagues, and it scares the bejeesus out of me.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville's going to win big, and the Maryvale kids are trying to hold on -- details in the AM...