Link Report for Thurs. 4/29 -- Kameron Loe and the Sounds Salvage the Organizational Day

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Daily Menu:

 

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Kameron Loe at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

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Huntsville: LHP Chris Cody at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

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Brevard County: RHP Trey Watten at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:30 PM gametime; LHP Brandon Ritchie is expected to tandem

Sorry, no audio for this series...

 

Wisconsin: RHP Eric Arnett at Peoria (Cubs), 6:15 PM pre-game; 6:30 gametime

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[Mass Haas]

Follow Thursday'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 14 6 .700 - 3-5 11-1 W5 
Iowa 9 10 .474 4.5 5-6 4-4 W2 
Memphis 9 11 .450 5.0 4-4 5-7 W1 
Omaha 8 11 .421 5.5 3-8 5-3 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 15 5 .750 - 6-4 9-1 L2 
Huntsville 11 9 .550 4.0 5-5 6-4 L2 
Chattanooga 10 10 .500 5.0 6-4 4-6 W2 
West Tenn 10 10 .500 5.0 3-7 7-3 W3 
Carolina 6 14 .300 9.0 2-8 4-6 L10 
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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 11 8 .579 - 7-3 4-5 L2 
Dunedin 11 9 .550 0.5 5-4 6-5 L1 
Lakeland 10 9 .526 1.0 6-2 4-7 W1 
Tampa 11 10 .524 1.0 7-5 4-5 W1 
Brevard County 8 11 .421 3.0 4-6 4-5 W3 
Daytona 8 12 .400 3.5 3-7 5-5 L1 

[Mass Haas]

MID Western (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Quad Cities	14	6	.700	-	8-1	6-5	6-4	L2
	Beloit	12	8	.600	2.0	5-4	7-4	7-3	W1
	Peoria	12	8	.600	2.0	8-0	4-8	7-3	W2
	Clinton	10	10	.500	4.0	6-6	4-4	5-5	W2
	Kane County	10	10	.500	4.0	7-4	3-6	5-5	W3
	Cedar Rapids	8	12	.400	6.0	4-4	4-8	3-7	L2
	Wisconsin	7	12	.368	6.5	5-6	2-6	3-7	L4
	Burlington	7	14	.333	7.5	6-6	1-8	4-6	L1

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Nashville Media Notes

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Huntsville Media Notes

 

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Rattler Radio:

 

April 29, 2010: Game Notes

 

April 29, 2010: Rattlers' starting pitcher

 

April 29, 2010: Rattlers' Lineup

[TheCrew07]

It would be really nice if Arnett started to get on a bit of a roll here.

[TheCrew07]

I was just listening to the T-Rat pregame show on my way home and Chris announced that Heckathorn will be getting first start tomorrow night. Originally he was going to pitch one more time in relief but Hook and Tunnell decided to get him rolling sooner.

[TheCrew07]

I hate to be captain obvious but Arnett won't have success till he starts throwing more strikes. The stuff is there, but no pitcher is going to have tons of success pitching from behind to every single batter. He didn't throw a strike till pitch 7 today, he's walked 2 and struck out 2 so far this inning,

 

edit. A nubber up the first base line, Arnett makes an athletic play to field it, the throw goes in the dirt and short hops Halton who bobbles it, ruled a hit. On the very next pitch a ball gets through Garfield (ruled a WP) so a second runner scores. This is exactly the kind of stuff that happened to Arnett in Helena last year, for whatever reason the team plays horrible defense when he's on the mound. I'm sure he's partly to blame, but I've never consistently seen a young prospect pitcher give up so many questionable/unnecessary runs.

[captkirk16]

I saw he got a hit in his first at bat and there was an injury delay and he waas replaced. Anybody know?

[wibadgers23]

Seriously? Gindl is hurt now? Man, this has been a disastrous start to the year for our outfield prospects. Schafer, Cain, Davis, Gindl. I'm probably forgetting somebody too. On a better note, Lucroy continues to hit well in Nashville (double and 2 rbi's).

[TheCrew07]

Prince has had a very tough start to his season.

 

I didn't think the Brewers could have worse luck with injuries to positional players than they did last year, but it's looking like I was wrong.

[twobrewers]

I'm done with Arnett. The 11.25 ERA just isn't doing it for me. I'm past "small sample size" - he isn't a top 20 prospect anymore.

 

Braddock does it again. Another inning, another 3 strikeouts. (1 BB)

 

Lucroy only had one hit, but the .393 average sure is pretty.

[battlekow]

Final: Clearwater 6, Brevard County 5 (10 innings)

 

Brevard County box score

The Manatees entered the 9th trailing by one, but Erik Komatsu's two-out RBI double tied it up; however, they'd go on to lose on a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th. Komatsu finished 3-5, while Juan Sanchez did him one better with a 4-5 performance and two doubles. There was a troubling aspect to Sanchez's line, though: his position. Sanchez was in center while normal center fielder Kentrail Davis didn't make an appearance a day after being removed from the game following a HBP, already the second time Davis has been injured this year. Hopefully this one doesn't require a DL stint. Josh Prince was 1-3 with a walk and a sacrifice, while Shawn Zarraga, in just his second game since being transferred to BC, was 1-4 and was hit by a pitch. On the bump, Brandon Ritchie got the start and allowed four runs in 3.2 innings. His tandem partner, Trey Watten, finished the game and got hung with the loss but pitched well overall, giving up two runs in four innings on four hits and a walk, striking out four and posting a sterling 8/0 GO/AO; in fact, the game-ending home run was the first fly ball he allowed all night. In between Ritchie and Watten, Evan Frederickson tossed 1.1 scoreless innings with two walks and no strikeouts.

Brevard County play-by-play

This says a lot about Zarraga's current prospect status:

 

Brevard County Top 6th

• Juan Sanchez doubles (3) on a line
  drive to left fielder Steve Susdorf.
• Michael Roberts walks.
• Shawn
  Zarraga ground bunts into a force out, third baseman Cody Overbeck to
  shortstop Troy Hanzawa. Juan Sanchez out at 3rd. Michael Roberts
  to 2nd. Shawn Zarraga to 1st.

[battlekow]

More fielding hilarity from the Rattlers.

[battlekow]

Final: Birmingham 3, Huntsville 1

 

Huntsville box score

The curse of the minor league outfielders continues, this time with Caleb Gindl as its victim; Gindl singled in the first and was removed for a pinch runner after an injury delay. Not much going on for the Stars' bats tonight. Zelous Wheeler had two hits, and Chris Errecart doubled and walked. Brett Lawrie and Taylor Green were each 1-4. Starter Chris Cody allowed two runs in five innings on five hits, three walks, and a hit batter, striking out three. Mike Jones took it from there and pitched pretty well, allowing just an unearned run in three innings on one hit, one walk, and one hit batter, striking out three.

Huntsville play-by-play

[battlekow]

Final: Nashville 4, Memphis 2

 

Sounds Win 4-2 Over Division-Rival Redbirds

NashvilleSounds.com

 

NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds dropped the divisional-rival Memphis

Redbirds, 4-2, on Throwback Thursday at historic Greer Stadium in the

opener of a four-game series.

 

Sounds starter Kameron Loe (3-1) twirled his second consecutive quality

start in the victory, allowing two runs (zero earned) on seven hits with

three strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. The 6-8 right-hander

also induced three double plays during the first three innings.

 

The Sounds jumped on the board in the opening frame and took an early

1-0 lead after second baseman Eric Farris hit a leadoff single to extend

his team-high hitting streak to seven games. Farris advanced to second

base on a Ray Olmedo sacrifice bunt and then swiped third for his

team-leading fifth stolen base of the year. Joe Koshansky hit a

sacrifice fly to shallow center with Farris coming home and sliding

under the Bryan Anderson tag for the first run.

 

Memphis outfielder Shane Robinson tied the game in the following frame

with a two-out double that brought home Mark Hamilton.

 

 

Nashville started another rally in the bottom of the fourth inning,

adding three more runs to the Sounds' lead. Adam Heether started with

the game with his second walk of the contest and went to third on a

Koshansky double off the right field wall. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy

plated both runners for the first two runs with another double that

inning, and advanced to third on an infield bunt single by Norris

Hopper. Johnny Raburn followed with a sacrifice fly to score Lucroy for

the third run for a 4-1 Nashville lead.

 

 

Left-hander Zach Braddock pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief,

striking out five batters in the process. With a runner on first with

two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Chris Smith fanned Mark Shorey

with three pitches to lockdown his PCL-leading ninth save.

 

 

Memphis left-hander Evan MacLane (1-3) surrendered four runs on six hits

with five strikeouts and two walks over seven innings to take the loss.

Olmedo also extended his hitting streak to six games with a 1-for-3

performance.

 

 

The Sounds and division-rival Memphis Redbirds continue with the second

game of a four-game series at 7:05 pm CT on Friday evening at historic

Greer Stadium. Sounds southpaw Chuck Lofgren (3-1, 4.71) takes the mound

against Redbirds right-hander Lance Lynn (0-1, 5.23).

 

Nashville box scoreZach Braddock, ladies and gentlemen! The legend grows. This is the second time this year Braddock has been removed in the 9th inning so Smith could pick up a one-out save; I hope there are some steaks flowing in the opposite direction of the saves. No Sound had more than one hit; Koshansky, hit by a pitch to go along with his double, and Heether, with his two walks, were the only two to reach base more than once. I'm not sure if Farris was shaken up on the play at the plate, but he stayed in the game for two more innings until his turn in the order came up again, at which point he was pinch-hit for by Adam Stern, himself returning from an injury. I've typed the word "injury" at lot this year. Olmedo, in his brief time in left field before taking over for Farris at second, threw a runner out at home.

Nashville play-by-play

 

 

[battlekow]

Final: Peoria 8, Wisconsin 7

Rattlers take Chiefs to the limit, but fall in 9th

Chris Mehring/TimberRattlers.com

PEORIA, IL – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers showed plenty of scrap and

heart against the Peoria Chiefs on Thursday night at O’Brien Field.

The Rattlers rallied from a 5-0 and a 7-6 deficit against the Chiefs,

but a

two-out RBI single by Jonathan Mota in the bottom of the ninth drove

home the

winning run. Peoria won the game 8-7 to remain perfect at home in

2010. The loss was the fifth straight for Wisconsin.

 

 

 

The Chiefs

(13-8) grabbed the lead early. An RBI single by Justin Bour in the top

of

the first put the Chiefs on the board. Rattlers starting pitcher Eric

Arnett threw a wild pitch later in the frame to allow a run to score.

 

 

 

Peoria made

it 5-0 with three runs in the fourth inning. The first two batters

reached on a single and a double. Mota knocked in a run with a

sacrifice

fly. George Matheus doubled home a run and Francisco Guzman singled in

another for that five-run cushion.

 

 

 

Wisconsin (7-13)

rallied back in the top of the fifth. They loaded the bases on three

singles against Peoria starting pitcher Rob Whitenack. A run scored on a

wild pitch, but an overthrow on the play at the plate led to a runner

being

thrown out at third. So, the Rattlers were trailing 5-1 with two outs

and

a runner on second base.

 

 

 

Whitenack

walked Khris Davis and was pulled from the game. Peoria reliever Andres

Quezada entered the game and walked Sean Halton to reload the bases.

Pete

Fatse took ball one from Quezada. The Rattlers right fielder lined the

next pitch into the right field corner for a three-run triple and

Wisconsin

trailed by one run.

 

 

 

The Rattlers

got to Quezada again in the sixth inning. Carlos George tripled in the

tying run. He would score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

 

 

 

But, the

Chiefs fought to maintain their unbeaten record at home to start 2010.

Hiram Burgos gave up a single and a one-out ground rule double in the

bottom of

the seventh. Andre Lamontagne relieved Burgos and got a grounder to

first

off the bat of DJ Fitzgerald, but it was slow enough to get the tying

run

home. Mota was next and his single to center put the Chiefs up 7-6.

 

 

 

 

 

The Rattlers

did not quit. There were two outs and none on for Wisconsin in the top

of

the eighth. George kept the inning alive with his second triple of the

night. D’Vontrey Richardson drew a walk. Scooter Gennett

lined a 1-0 pitch to left-center to score George with the run to make

the score

7-7.

 

Lamontagne

gave up a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth. A sacrifice bunt,

an

intentional walk, and a strikeout set the stage for Mota. He smacked an

0-1 pitch to left for the game-winning single. Peoria is 9-0 at O’Brien

Field this season.

 

 

 

Wisconsin

continues their road trip with a stop in Beloit. The Rattlers start a

four game series with their in-state rivals on Thursday night. Kyle

Heckathorn (0-1, 2.25) is the scheduled starter for the Rattlers. Liam

Hendriks (1-0, 0.41) is the scheduled starter for the Snappers.

 

Wisconsin box score

Another day, another close loss for Wisconsin. On the game-winning hit, Davis* charged the ball as the runner on second rounded third; Mehring seemed to think Davis had a great shot at throwing out the runner at the plate, but Davis overran the ball. Arnett's final line: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 wild pitches, 1 error. He has not yet allowed fewer runs than innings pitched this year. On the bright side, Gennett continues to be awesome, 2-4 with a walk. Richardson was hit by a pitch in addition to his walk and stole a base, but also struck out three times. Davis was 0-4 with a walk, Cameron Garfield was 1-4, and Chris Dennis was 0-5.

 

*The PBP says the ball was hit to right, but the PBP lies.

 

Wisconsin play-by-play

[battlekow]

Overbeck's Two Homers Power Clearwater

ClearwaterThreshers.com

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Cody Overbeck hit a pair of homers including the

game winner in the bottom of the 10th inning to power the Threshers past

the Manatees 6-5 in the series finale. Clearwater avoids the sweep and

holds on to first place with its 12th win of the year.

 

 

Per trend in the series, the Manatees got off to a quick start

scoring two runs in the first inning. However the Threshers responded

with their first run in two games in the second when catcher Tim

Kennelly singled home Jim Murphy, who reached on a double.

 

 

Clearwater then took its first lead in the series the following

inning when Cody Overbeck launched his fourth homerun of the season to

score Anthony Gose. The Threshers picked up another run in the fourth to

bring the score to 4-2.

 

 

Brevard County responded the next half inning by loading the

bases with no outs, then picking up a run on a groundout and an RBI

single by Erik Komatsu.

 

 

With the score knotted up at four, Troy Hanzawa drove in Murphy

to put the Threshers back on top 5-4. Then with two outs in the ninth,

Justin De Fratus surrendered a double down the left field line to

Komatsu to score the tying run.

 

 

Then in the 10th inning, Overbeck led off and took the 1-2

offering from Trey Watten (0-3) over the leftfield fence for the walkoff

victory.

 

 

Heitor Correa got the start for the Threshers and went five

innings, giving up four runs on four hits, and striking out four. Tyler

Cloyd and Tyson Brummett combined for three scoreless innings in relief

of Correa. Chris Kissock pitched a perfect 10th for his first win of

2010.

[battlekow]

Home is where the victories are

Kevin Capie/Peoria Journal Star

 

PEORIA —How good are the Peoria Chiefs at home so far in 2010? So good, that

even they can shrug off bad luck and a middle-inning meltdown.

 

The Chiefs beat Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 8-7 Thursday on Jonathan

Mota’s single in the ninth inning.

 

Peoria’s ninth-straight home win to start a season broke the franchise

mark set in 2003. The Chiefs remain the only team in professional

baseball yet to lose at home this season.

 

“The reason we’ve been able to play well here at home is that we just

keep going,” manager Casey Kopitzke said. “It’s not over until we’ve got

27 outs against us and we’ve scored more runs then they have.”

 

The Chiefs wasted a 5-0 lead as the Timber Rattlers scored four runs in

the fifth — the same inning they picked up their first hits off starter

Rob Whitenack — and two more in the sixth off reliever Andres Quezada.

 

But Peoria scored two runs in the seventh to reclaim the lead.

 

Matt Cerda led off with a single and it looked like Justin Bour gave

the Chiefs the lead with one swing when he drove a ball to right field.

Base umpire Jeff Klinghoffer initially signaled home run.

 

But Wisconsin outfielder Peter Fatse protested and Klinghoffer went out

to investigate. Fatse leaped and pulled the ball from behind the

outfield padding for a million-to-one ground-rule double.

 

“The next thing I see, the guy jumps on top,” Kopitzke said. “As long

as the call gets done right, that’s all that matters.”

 

The Chiefs did not lose the runs however because D.J. Fitzgerald

followed with a grounder to first. Fitzgerald threw on the brakes

halfway down the line and then dropped to the ground, forcing Timber

Rattlers first baseman Sean Halton to apply the tag. The sequence bought

enough time for Cerda to score.

 

Bour stayed at second, but scored later on Mota’s single to center.

 

“I’ve never even seen (a ball disappear) before,” Bour said. “But both

runs scored in the end, and that’s all that matters.”

 

Wisconsin scored a run with two outs in the eighth off Corey Martin to

tie the game, but the right-hander worked a perfect ninth.

 

Cerda again led off with a single to start the Chiefs’ half.

 

“I was just trying to get on base,” Cerda said. “I knew I had (cleanup

hitter Greg) Rohan and Bour behind me.”

 

Rohan sacrificed Cerda to second and Wisconsin intentionally walked

Bour after he went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI

in his first four plate appearances.

 

After Fitzgerald struck out, Mota delivered again with a skipper

through the left side of the infield and Cerda scored standing up.

 

“It’s our job as a hitter to try to bring the runs around to the

plate,” said Mota, who also had a sacrifice fly in the three-run fourth

inning. “Tonight, I’m the lucky one and we won the game.”

[battlekow]

Interesting note from the Memphis Commerical Appeal:

Despite having the lowest batting average in the league, the Sounds are

15-6, thanks to their pitching.

[battlekow]

Stars stopped in their tracks by Barons

Aaron Morse/Huntsville Stars

 

Brent Morel drove in two runs and the Huntsville Stars (11-10) left nine men on base as the Birmingham Barons (6-14) prevailed by a final score of 3-1 Thursday night.

 

The Barons got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first against Stars starter Chris Cody (2-2). With one away, Greg Paiml drew a walk. That was followed by a Jim Gallagher single to right. Chuck Caufield attempted to get Paiml going from first to third, but was unsuccessful, the resulting throw allowed Gallagher to advance to second. With two on in scoring position, it looked like the Barons were headed towards a big inning. Morel singled to right to score Paiml. The throw to the plate was cut-off as Gallagher held at third, but Morel attempted to head to second on the play and Chris Errecart threw him out. After the next batter was hit by a pitch, Cody was able to get out of the jam with no further damage as he struck out Lee Cruz.

 

The Barons threatened in the second inning as they loaded the bases with only one away. But Cody was able to get a good old fashioned 5-4-3 double play to escape the inning unscathed.

 

Then the Stars were able to get even things up thanks mostly to Lee Haydel in the bottom half of the second. Haydel started the inning with a beautiful bunt single. The speedster stole second and advanced to third as the throw sailed into center field. One out later Caufield grounded out to drive Haydel home.

 

The Stars struggled mightily throughout the game with runners in scoring position. They finished the game 0-8 in that category.

 

Cody settled down but gave up a solo homer to John Shelby in the fifth as the Barons took a 2-1 lead. Cody ended the day by tossing five innings, surrendering five hits, giving up two runs, while walking three and striking out three as well.

 

Morel would single home Paiml again in the eighth off reliever Mike Jones to give the Barons an insurance run.

 

Despite out-hitting the Barons 10-6, the Stars saw their hold on second place erased as both the Lookouts and the Diamond Jaxx won today.

 

All three teams are now four games back of the Tennessee Smokies. Join us on WTKI and http://www.huntsvillestars.com Friday, beginning at 6:50pm Central Time for the Window World Pre-Game Show. Amaury Rivas (3-0) will be on the mound as he looks to help break the Stars? first 3-game losing streak of the year.

[JohnBriggs12]

Any word on why Eric Farris came out of the game after 1 AB?

[craigharmann]

Interesting note from the Memphis Commerical Appeal:

Despite having the lowest batting average in the league, the Sounds are

15-6, thanks to their pitching.

And why is Suppan being kept around?