Link Report for Wed. 4/21 -- Lunchtime Audio Feast Results in Three Victories

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Wednesday's Daily Menu: Three-course meal and no early big league game to take the focus off the kids -- a rare weekday indeed...

 

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Chris Waters at home vs. Oklahoma City (Rangers), 10:50 AM pre-game; 11:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: RHP Mark Rogers at West Tenn (Mariners), 10:50 AM pre-game; 11:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: LHP Dan Merklinger at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 6:00 PM gametime

Sorry, no audio for this game, however, the Dunedin feed will be available Friday night for this series...

 

Wisconsin: RHP Jake Odorizzi at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Angels), 11:50 AM pre-game; 12:05 PM gametime; LHP Efrain Nieves will tandem

Live Audio Link

[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.

 

Nashville (Gameday also available)

 

Huntsville (Gameday also available)

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

[Mass Haas]

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings
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Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK 
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Nashville 8 5 .615 - 1-4 7-1 L3 
Iowa 6 7 .462 2.0 3-5 3-2 L1 
Memphis 6 7 .462 2.0 2-3 4-4 W2 
Omaha 5 8 .385 3.0 2-6 3-2 L1 
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Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings
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Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK 
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Tennessee 10 2 .833 - 4-1 6-1 W4 
Huntsville 8 4 .667 2.0 3-2 5-2 W4 
Carolina 6 6 .500 4.0 2-5 4-1 L2 
Chattanooga 4 8 .333 6.0 3-4 1-4 L1 
West Tenn 4 8 .333 6.0 1-6 3-2 L4 
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Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings
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Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK 
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Clearwater 8 5 .615 - 6-1 2-4 L1 
Lakeland 7 5 .583 0.5 4-1 3-4 W2 
Dunedin 7 6 .538 1.0 3-2 4-4 W2 
Tampa 7 6 .538 1.0 5-3 2-3 W1 
Daytona 5 8 .385 3.0 1-4 4-4 L2 
Brevard County 4 8 .333 3.5 3-5 1-3 L3

[Mass Haas]

MID Western (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Quad Cities	10	3	.769	-	5-1	5-2	8-2	W1
	Peoria	8	5	.615	2.0	4-0	4-5	7-3	W5
	Beloit	7	6	.538	3.0	4-3	3-3	6-4	L1
	Cedar Rapids	7	6	.538	3.0	4-2	3-4	5-5	W2
	Clinton	6	7	.462	4.0	4-3	2-4	4-6	W1
	Kane County	6	7	.462	4.0	5-4	1-3	5-5	L2
	Wisconsin	5	8	.385	5.0	3-4	2-4	3-7	L1
	Burlington	3	10	.231	7.0	3-3	0-7	2-8	L5

[Mass Haas]

PDF document:

 

Nashville Media Notes

[Mass Haas]

Rattler Radio Blog:

 

April 21, 2010: Timber Rattlers lineup (Pete Fatse sporting a nice little 1.497 OPS)

 

April 21, 2010: Today's Rattlers pitchers

 

April 21, 2010: Game notes

[Mass Haas]

PDF document:

Huntsville Media Notes

[MJLiverock]

Any idea when a new Power 50 may be up? Not trying to rush you guys, just curious. I noticed in the archive link under Power 50 there is a date of 04/20/10 but it just brings up a technical difficulty page holder.

 

Thanks in advance for the work you guys put into it.

[Weeks4MVP]

Lucroy continues to mash...1-2 with a double already

[And That]

Power 50 should be up by the weekend. We're working on comments presently. Escobar graduated due to ABs so there will be a new #1, though there were votes for three different #1s amongst the four voters. Exciting!

[And That]

In a shocking development, Taylor Green has hit a double. He's on pace to hit about 346 of them this year.

[jjfanec]

Rogers has started off pretty nice. No runs and only two walks through 4, although he does only have 2 strike outs. 6 ground out and 2 fly outs.

 

Edit. His final line looks very good. 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks, 0 ER, and 4 k's

[battlekow]

It kind of just sunk in that Mike Jones, Mark Rogers, and Brett Lawrie are somehow on the same baseball team. When Jeremy Jeffress is activated next month, the Stars will have fully half of the Brewers' first-round picks from the 2001-2008 period.

[PlayerHader]

Quick question...I'm looking to catch a T-Rats game on Friday night. Who looks to be the starter that game? I looked briefly on their site and didn't find anything.

[homer]

It kind of just sunk in that Mike Jones, Mark Rogers, and Brett Lawrie are somehow on the same baseball team. When Jeremy Jeffress is activated next month, the Stars will have fully half of the Brewers' first-round picks from the 2001-2008 period.

Wow, that's a pretty interesting factoid, bk.

[Mass Haas]

Quick question...I'm looking to catch a T-Rats game on Friday night. Who looks to be the starter that game? I looked briefly on their site and didn't find anything.

It will be some combination of Maverick Lasker and Kyle Heckathorn -- so far on that tandem, Lasker has made both starts with Heckathorn following, so maybe they're tandeming but not necessarily flip-flopping starting duties.

 

[jjfanec]

How good has Odorizzi been that two runs in 4 innings is a rough outing? I know it is not great start so far for him but his 7 k's over those 4 innings make things a little better. He has been hurt by the walk today.

[PlayerHader]

Quick question...I'm looking to catch a T-Rats game on Friday night. Who looks to be the starter that game? I looked briefly on their site and didn't find anything.

It will be some combination of Maverick Lasker and Kyle Heckathorn -- so far on that tandem, Lasker has made both starts with Heckathorn following, so maybe they're tandeming but not necessarily flip-flopping starting duties.

Sweet. Thanks. I was hoping for Odorrizzi then Arnett or Heckathorn. Looks like a good game to go to. Should be a good night in Appleton.

[homer]

Braddock walked someone!!!

[PlayerHader]

Braddock walked someone!!!

Cut him!!!

[Mass Haas]

Lorenzo Cain now just tied the club record for hitting streak to begin a season, 13. Cain was fortunate to salvage the streak, as his mates did a nice job of batting around in the 9th to give him a final chance to extend. Stars with a 7-0 lead to the final half-inning, I've listened to most every pitch, and will chime in a bit later on.

[Mass Haas]

Okla. City Top 9th

 

vs. Zach Braddock

 

- Jarrod Saltalamacchia strikes out swinging.

- Max Ramirez strikes out swinging.

- Mitch Moreland strikes out swinging.

 

Yeah, there's your closer for the next six years minimum, Milwaukee.

[zzzmanwitz]

I'm 24 years old, and this may be the most confident I've ever been in our minor league pitching talent. This could be an exciting few years for the Brewers pitching staff.

[battlekow]

Final: Nashville 4, Oklahoma City 2

Sounds End Skid With 4-2 Win Over RedHawks

NashvilleSounds.com

 

NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds snapped a three-game skid with a 4-2

victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks in a Wednesday matinee at

historic Greer Stadium in the second game of a four-game series.

 

With the win, Nashville (9-5) improved to 6-0 in morning contests over

the last two seasons.

 

The Sounds grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Norris

Hopper (3-for-4) led off with a double to center off Oklahoma City

starter Guillermo Moscoso. After the next two batters were retired, Eric

Farris drew a walk before new Nashville catcher Jonathan Lucroy ripped

his first Triple-A hit, an RBI double to left that plated Hopper to put

the home team on the board. Trent Oeltjen followed with a run-scoring

single to left that doubled the advantage.

 

Third baseman Adam Heether upped the Nashville lead to 3-0 in the fourth

with a one-out solo homer down the left field line off Moscoso. The

blast was the infielder's fourth of the year, tying him with the injured

Brendan Katin for the team lead.

 

 

RedHawks center fielder Craig Gentry pulled the visitors back within a

run at 3-2 in the fifth with a two-out, two-run homer to left off Sounds

starter Chris Waters. The longball, Gentry's second of the year, also

scored Gregorio Petit, who had preceded him with a two-out single.

 

 

Nashville got a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Oeltjen lifted a

sacrifice fly to the warning track in right to plate Ray Olmedo, who

had opened the frame with a single.

 

 

Waters (2-0) turned in his first quality start of the year to notch the

win for Nashville. The left-hander allowed two runs on five hits over

seven frames of work.

 

 

Zach Braddock followed Waters to the hill and worked two scoreless

innings to close out the win and pick up his first career Triple-A save.

The 22-year-old lefty has yet to allow a run in 7 2/3 innings this

season.

 

 

Moscoso (0-1) took his first loss of the year for Oklahoma City after

giving up four runs on five hits in five innings.

 

 

The teams play game three of the four-game set at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday

night. Left-hander Chase Wright (1-0, 2.25) will make the start for

Nashville to face Oklahoma City southpaw Michael Ballard (1-0, 5.40).

Nashville box scoreBraddock continues to lay waste to the PCL. He threw 32 pitches, 20 for strikes. I like seeing him for multiple innings. Lucroy drew a walk in addition to his double; nice debut, though he did commit a throwing error. Hopper was the only Sound with more than one hit.

Nashville play-by-play

The PBP has Luis Cruz being ejected to begin the top of the 9th, but I assume it actually occurred after his at-bat in the bottom of the 8th, when he was called out on strikes.