Link Report for Mon. 9/7 -- Sounds, Rattlers End Seasons

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Monday's Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Mike Burns at New Orleans (Marlins), 1:45 PM pre-game; 2:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: RHP Cody Scarpetta at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: Idle

 

Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at Beloit (Twins), 1:45 PM pre-game; 2:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Helena: LHP Chris Capuano at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Arizona Summer League: Season complete (12-16 first half, 13-15 second half, 25-31 overall)

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: Season complete -- the squad finished 27-43, 11th place in the 12-team division, 24.5 games behind the first-place DSL Giants. If it makes you smile, the DSL Cubs #2 squad finished last at 15-52, and lost their final 19 games of the season.

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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_09_07_nasaaa_nozaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_09_07_jaxaax_hunaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_09_07_wisafx_belafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

 

Helena:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_09_07_grfrok_helrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433

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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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"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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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 77 66 .538 - 44-27 33-39 W4 Nashville 74 69 .517 3.0 38-33 36-36 W1 Iowa 72 71 .503 5.0 44-27 28-44 W1 Omaha 64 79 .448 13.0 34-39 30-40 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 38 31 .551 - 17-18 21-13 W3 Chattanooga 35 34 .507 3.0 20-15 15-19 W1 West Tenn 35 34 .507 3.0 19-15 16-19 L3 Carolina 28 41 .406 10.0 14-20 14-21 W7 Huntsville 25 43 .368 12.5 13-20 12-23 L8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 47 19 .712 - 19-12 28-7 W1 Brevard County 39 24 .619 6.5 23-14 16-10 L1 Dunedin 34 33 .507 13.5 18-13 16-20 W1 Clearwater 35 35 .500 14.0 19-19 16-16 W1 Daytona 30 38 .441 18.0 14-21 16-17 L1 Lakeland 26 39 .400 20.5 12-15 14-24 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 17 15 .531 - 6-8 11-7 L1 Missoula 16 17 .485 1.5 7-9 9-8 W1 Helena 10 22 .313 7.0 6-10 4-12 W2 Billings 10 23 .303 7.5 9-10 1-13 L2 

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Midwest League Standings

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Nice to see big Brock finish the year at a high point of .250. For much of the year he was around .220-230.

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Braddock had a very rough outing. He recorded 2 outs (both strike outs), but gave up four hits (one HR) and 4 ER.

 

I guess the good news is that he doesn't seem to have a problem throwing strikes. We have a lot of minor league pitchers with a high walk rate. Braddock threw 29 pitches with 22 for strikes.

 

I care more about Capuano's comeback than I probably should.

 

Our hitters, other than Schafer and Gindl, have been horrible. I'm starting to wonder if the Brewers will have any bats (save Ryan Braun) when all of the pitching arrives.

 

I can't wait for the AFL.

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Final: Jacksonville (Marlins) 9, Huntsville 5

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary

 

Stanton Powers Suns to Series Sweep

Regular Season Closes With Record Setting Performance

By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars

 

Mike Stanton hit two tremendous home runs, including the difference-making grand slam, in Jacksonville's 9-5 come from behind win over Huntsville Monday afternoon to finish off the 2009 regular season. The Suns swept the five-game set to finish the second half with a 47-23 mark and the regular season at 82-58, while the Stars ended the season on a nine-game skid to finish at 25-44 in the second half and 63-75 overall. The Suns took the season series twelve games to three, including eight of ten in Huntsville.

 

Josh Wahpepah tossed a scoreless sixth inning and handed over a 5-3 lead to Zach Braddock, who gave up three straight singles to load the bases with nobody out. The left-hander fanned Chris De La Cruz and pinch-hitter Ryan Klosterman before Stanton unloaded on a 1-2 offering for his first Jacksonville grand slam, and 16th long ball with the Suns, that put the visitors back in the lead 7-5. Braddock had allowed only one earned run over his first 15 innings before the decisive blow. The Suns added to their lead in the eighth against Mike McClendon on a run-scoring double by Chris Hatcher and a fielding error by Yohannis Perez.

 

Huntsville put runners at the corners with one out in the home seventh before Drew Anderson struck out and pinch-hitter Mike Brownstein popped up to end the threat. Suns' reliever Chris Leroux got the last out in the seventh and the first two in the eighth before a J.R. Hopf single and a walk to Michael Garciaparra brought Matt Peterson into the game for the Suns in what turned into a save situation. The right-hander gave up a single to Perez that loaded the bases before Freddy Parejo flied out to end the inning. Peterson then set down the side in order in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the series and Southern League record-setting 37th of the season.

 

Matt Dominguez's sacrifice fly in the second inning gave the Suns a 1-0 lead. Logan Morrison led off the second inning with a walk, stole second and scored when Stanton launched a mammoth home run off the flag pole beyond all three tiers of signage in left field to make it a 3-0 game.

 

Suns' starter Elih Villanueva retired the first 12 hitters he faced before he walked Jonathan Lucroy to open the fifth inning. Later in the frame, Hopf would deliver a two-run single to plate Lucroy and Taylor Green, who had singled, before coming into score on a two-out single by Parejo that tied the game at three.

 

Stars' starter Cody Scarpetta lasted five frames in his double-A debut, giving up five hits, while walking one and fanning one. Villanueva was lifted after five innings, yielding four hits, walking one and striking out a pair in his second double-A turn.

 

The Stars loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth against Jay Voss on an error, a pinch-hit single by Chuck Caufield and a walk. Lorenzo Cain fanned for the first out before Hopf's fielder's choice grounder chased home Anderson with the go-ahead run and Caufield scored on a wild pitch to push the home team's lead to two. Huntsville had been held to just two runs in the first 40 innings of the series before breaking through for five in back-to-back frames. The two runs against Voss were the only ones mustered against the Suns bullpen in 16 innings.

 

The Stars open the North Division playoffs Thursday night with right-hander Josh Butler taking the hill against Tennessee Smokies' left-hander Jeremy Papelbon. 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

J.R. Hopf hitting .310 since July 1st; the upcoming playoff series will be the ultimate test of whether a team can flick it on like a lightswitch; will it even feel like a Southern League championship should the Stars somehow win? 25-44 in the second half with virtually the same club, in fact you could make the case an improved bullpen squad...

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Not a peep from the Huntsville Times all homestand -- football season is underway, don'tcha know....

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Final: Great Falls (White Sox) 3, Helena 1, 11 innings

 

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Capuano can't save Brewers from playoff elimination

By CURT SYNNESS, Helena Independent Record

 

Not even a former Major League All-Star could save the Helena Brewers from playoff elimination on Monday night.

 

Chris Capuano pitched two innings in his second rehabilitation start in Helena, but the Great Falls Voyagers prevailed 3-1 in 11 innings before a season-low crowd of 482 fans at Kindrick Field.

 

The third time proved to be the charm for the Voyagers. After putting a runner on third base to no avail in the ninth and 10th innings in a 1-1 tie, the Voyagers again advanced another man 90-feet from home in the 11th.

 

This time they were able to break the tie, however, as Matt Harughty doubled in Jose Vargas and Nicholas Ciolloi, for what turned out to be the deciding.

 

The loss dropped the Brewers to 10-23 for the second half, and into a tie with Billings for the Northern Division basement. Helena has been eliminated from postseason play.

 

Great Falls, which has won nine of its last 10 games, improves to 18-15, and will meet Missoula next week in the Northern's Division playoffs.

Monday's game was a pitchers duel, with all three of the Voyager's runs being unearned. The Brewers were undone by committing four errors in the field, while having three runners thrown out on the base paths.

 

Capuano started on the hill for the Brew Crew, and worked the first two innings. After retiring the side in order in the opening frame, Capuano gave up an unearned run in the second. Vargas doubled and scored when first sacker Sean Halton misplayed Trayce Thompson's groundball.

With two down, the Brewers' Chris Ellington robbed Harughty of a sure base hit, with a diving catch of a sinking liner in shallow left field.

 

Capuano, who was selected to the 2006 All-Star game as a member of the parent Milwaukee club, hung around the mound as the home team headed for the dugout, touching gloves with Ellington as he passed by in appreciation of the web gem.

 

Capuano is working his way back to the majors, after sustaining an elbow injury in 2007. He underwent Tommy John surgery in May of 2008, and has not pitched in the bigs in two years. He is on a limited pitch count, and left the game after the second inning.

 

Hiram Burgos relieved Capuano, and went five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out three. He gave way to Ryan Platt, who pitched two shutout frames, whiffed four and permitted one hit.

 

Joel Morales relieved the final two stanzas and sustained the loss. His mental error in the 11th allowed Ciolli to steal second. Morales had Ciolli picked off of first base, but held the ball too long in the rundown, as the Voyager safely escaped the jam.

 

Ciolli had reached base on a walk, after Brewer third baseman Joey Paciorek dropped his foul pop for the team's fourth error.

 

Terry Doyle started for Great Falls and went six innings, giving up four hits and one run. Jacob Wilson worked the ninth and 10th to earn the win, with Gregory Johnson pitching the 11th for the save.

 

The hosts lone run came in the third stanza, when Cutter Dykstra scored from third on Paciorek's grounder to short.

 

Zachary Kayne, Vargas and Harughty had two hits apiece for the visitors. Edgar Trejo swung the big stick for Helena, rapping two singles and a double.

 

The series will shift to Great Falls with a make-up game scheduled for 5:30 PM (6:30 Central) with RHP Andre Lamontagne taking the mound to face RHP Brandon Kloess. The regularly scheduled game will have RHP Eric Arnett facing LHP Garrett Johnson.

 

Helena has two home games left in the season, this Thursday and Friday at Legion Field against Missoula.

 

Helena Box Score

Awesome job, Brewer pitchers; RHP Hiram Burgos has completely turned his season around...

 

Helena Game Log

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Six Helena photos from the Independent Record, RHP Hiram Burgos in a nice shot...

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Final: Nashville 8, New Orleans (Marlins) 3

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Mike Burns photo, text follows --

 

Sounds Wrap Up 2009 Slate With 8-3 Victory

 

METAIRIE, La. - The Nashville Sounds wrapped up their 2009 season on a positive note, posting an 8-3 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Monday afternoon at Zephyr Field.

 

With the victory, Nashville (75-69) gained a split of the four-game set and earned a 9-7 win in the season series against the Z's. The Sounds wrapped up the 21st winning season in the franchise's 32 years of existence.

 

Starting pitcher Mike Burns (8-3) worked a complete game to earn the victory for the Sounds, notching his team-leading tenth quality start of the year. The right-hander allowed three runs (two earned) on 10 hits and racked up a season-high eight strikeouts in the effort, Nashville's first nine-inning complete game all season. Burns tossed 98 pitches in the victory.

 

Every Sounds starter, including Burns (2-for-5), recorded a hit in the contest during Nashville's 17-hit output, two shy of the club's best effort of the year. Center fielder Tike Redman and first baseman Joe Koshansky led Nashville with three-hit afternoons.

 

The damage could have been worse for New Orleans, but the Sounds grounded into two bases-loaded, inning-ending double plays in the game.

 

Corey Hart wrapped up his rehabilitation stint with a 2-for-3 afternoon for the Sounds, playing the entire contest in right field. He singled in the first and eighth innings, struck out in the third, was hit by a pitch in the sixth, and drew a four-pitch walk in the seventh, scoring a pair of runs in the contest. In four games with Nashville, Hart batted .500 (5-for-10) with two walks and was hit by a pitch on two occasions.

 

Brendan Katin got the scoring started when he continued his recent surge by belting his team-leading 24th home run of the year in the top of the second inning, a two-out solo shot just inside the left field foul pole off Zephyrs starter John Koronka.

 

The 24 home runs match Katin's career high, set in 2007 with Double-A Huntsville. The longball marked the fourth straight at-bat in which the slugger went deep, dating back to Saturday's contest.

 

New Orleans tied the contest in the fourth when Michael Ryan reached when Katin failed to glove his fly ball to left but he was given a double on the play, allowing the outfielder to finish the year with a .300 average. Lee Mitchell followed with an RBI single down the right field line off Burns to plate Ryan and make it a 1-1 game.

 

Zephyrs center fielder Jai Miller put the home team in front by a 3-1 count in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run homer to center off Burns, his 16th roundtripper of the year. Emilio Ontiveros, who reached earlier in the frame when Sounds shortstop Johnny Raburn mishandled his grounder, also scored on the blast.

 

Nashville got a run back in the top of the sixth in a strange inning at the plate for the visitors. After Hart was hit by a pitch to start the frame, Koshansky hit a ball up the middle that caromed off Koronka's foot for a single then Adam Heether lifted a fly ball to center that Miller lost in the sun, resulting in an RBI single and a 3-2 score.

 

The visitors vaulted out to a 7-3 lead an inning later with a five-run seventh against Zephyrs reliever Willie Collazo in the left-hander's lone inning of action. Koshansky's 24th home run of the year, an opposite-field three-run shot to left, highlighted the scoring.

 

AUDIO: Joe Koshanksy Three-Run HR

 

Hart upped the Nashville lead to 8-3 in the eighth with a one-out RBI single to left that plated Burns.

 

Collazo (9-5) was saddled with the loss after surrendering five runs on four hits in his lone frame of action.

 

Baseball returns to historic Greer Stadium in April 2010 when the Sounds begin their 33rd season of competition. Season tickets are available now by calling 615-242-4371 or visiting the Greer Stadium box office.

 

NOTES: The Milwaukee Brewers announced after the game that third baseman Mat Gamel will be called up tomorrow to join the Brew Crew for the remainder of the 2009 season … Rehabbing outfielder Corey Hart is also expected to rejoin Milwaukee tomorrow after his four-game stint with the Sounds … Nashville manager Don Money will join the Brewers coaching staff on Friday in Phoenix … Second baseman Hernan Iribarren did not play for the second straight day and finished the year with a .311 batting average, marking the 6th time in his eight professional seasons he batted .300 or better … Brendan Katin homered in each of Nashville's final three games of the year, matching the longest such streak by a Sounds player all season (third occurrence) … Carlos Corporan singled in the second inning for the Sounds to close out the year with a season-best five-game hitting streak.

 

Nashville Box Score

Adam Heether on base three times, par for the season...

 

Nashville Game Log

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Some recent audio interviews were just posted:

 

September 7 - Coaches Chat with Manager Don Money

Angel Salome comment sneaks in ever so quickly, longer discussion of guys like Adam Heether, John Axford...

 

September 5 - Chat with Brewers Special Assistant To The GM Dan O'Brien

 

September 4 - Chat with Outfielder Jon Knott

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Final: Beloit (Twins) 5, Wisconsin 1

 

Wisconsin Site Game Summary

 

Rattlers season ends with a loss

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

BELOIT, WI - The Beloit Snappers defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5-1 in the final game of the 2009 season for both teams. Daniel Osterbrock struck out nine over seven innings for the win. The Beloit offense erased an early deficit by scoring three times in the fourth. Aaron Hicks and Drew Thompson led the way for the Snappers with a pair of RBI a piece.

 

Beloit (57-83 overall, 30-40 second half) had a lot of early chances, but Rattlers starting pitcher Evan Frederickson left the bases loaded in both the first and third innings. He also stranded a runner at third base in the second inning.

 

Brandon Sizemore gave the Rattlers (58-81, 24-45) the lead in the top of the fourth inning. The 30th round pick of the Brewers in the 2009 draft lined a two-out, solo homer over the fence in left. The long ball was the first for Sizemore as a Timber Rattler.

 

But, the Snappers broke through against Frederickson in the bottom of the fourth. Adan Severino doubled and Reggie Williams drew a walk to start the frame. Hicks doubled to send Severino home with the tying run. A sacrifice fly by Thompson let Williams score and give Beloit the 2-1 lead.

 

Later in the fourth, Hicks was at third base and Ozzie Lewis was at first. Lewis broke for second and Alfonso faked a throw to second before throwing to third to try to pick off Hicks. The throw sailed into left and Hicks scored easily for a 3-1 advantage.

 

Beloit added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning off reliever Daniel Meadows. Hicks had another RBI double and Thompson chipped in an RBI single.

 

Osterbrock went into cruise control after taking the lead. He retired nine of the final ten batters he faced before turning the game over to the bullpen in the top of the eighth. Osterbrock allowed three hits and one run without a walk.

 

Kyle Carr pitched the final two innings of the game for the Snappers, worked around three hits, and struck out five to finish off the Rattlers for the season. Wisconsin ended the year on a six game losing streak.

 

The 2010 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers schedule has been released. Season tickets for 2010 are now available. Packages range from seven-games and ten-games to half and full season. Fans may purchase tickets packages in person at the Time Warner Cable Field box office, over the phone at 800-WI-TIMBER or through the internet at www.timberrattler.com.

 

Opening Night for next season is Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Time Warner Cable Field. Wisconsin will host the Kane County Cougars at 6:35 PM.

 

Wisconsin Box Score

At some point soon, we'll do a more comprehensive statistical and peripheral analysis of the various completed seasons...

 

Wisconsin Game Log