Link Report for Mon. 6/7

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Daily Menu: Stephen C. Smith with audio from a Brevard perspective tonight...

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at Round Rock (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: RHP Mark Rogers at Tennessee (Cubs), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Bradenton (Pirates), 6:05 PM gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Wisconsin: Idle

 

DSL Brewers: at home in a doubleheader vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM; each contest slated for seven innings

[Mass Haas]

If Wily Peralta pitches for Brevard tonight, it'll be on five days' rest. If he doesn't, then we'll have to wonder what may be up...

 

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It would not be a shock to see the DSL team play two to make up for the May 31st rainout -- battlekow will keep an eye on that this evening for you.

 

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Nashville diehards can watch the series at Round Rock via a subscription to MiLB.TV.

[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.

 

Nashville (Gameday also available)

 

Huntsville (Gameday also available)

Brevard County

 

DSL Brewers Game One

DSL Brewers Game Two

[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 32 24 .571 - 14-12 18-12 L1 
Memphis 30 26 .536 2.0 15-9 15-17 L2 
Omaha 29 26 .527 2.5 15-17 14-9 L4 
Iowa 29 27 .518 3.0 13-14 16-13 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 34 22 .607 - 13-14 21-8 L1 
West Tenn 32 23 .582 1.5 11-15 21-8 W8 
Huntsville 26 31 .456 8.5 11-19 15-12 W1 
Carolina 25 32 .439 9.5 11-14 14-18 L3 
Chattanooga 24 32 .429 10.0 14-17 10-15 W2 
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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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Dunedin 34 23 .596 - 13-15 21-8 L1 
Lakeland 32 24 .571 1.5 16-11 16-13 L1 
Tampa 30 25 .545 3.0 15-13 15-12 W3 
Clearwater 30 27 .526 4.0 15-14 15-13 L5 
Daytona 26 31 .456 8.0 10-18 16-13 W1 
Brevard County 20 35 .364 13.0 12-19 8-16 W1

[Mass Haas]

MID Western (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Cedar Rapids	36	21	.632	-	18-4	18-17	7-3	L2
	Quad Cities	34	23	.596	2.0	18-7	16-16	6-4	L1
	Clinton	32	25	.561	4.0	17-10	15-15	5-5	W1
	Peoria	30	27	.526	6.0	17-8	13-19	4-6	L1
	Beloit	28	29	.491	8.0	13-13	15-16	3-7	L1
	Kane County	26	32	.448	10.5	14-12	12-20	5-5	L1
	Wisconsin	21	36	.368	15.0	12-17	9-19	3-7	W1
	Burlington	20	37	.351	16.0	9-16	11-21	4-6	W1

[Mass Haas]

DSL S.D. North (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	DSL Athletics	3	2	.600	-	1-1	2-1	3-2	W2
	DSL Cardinals	3	2	.600	-	2-1	1-1	3-2	L2
	DSL Brewers	2	3	.400	1.0	1-1	1-2	2-3	L1
	DSL Mariners	2	3	.400	1.0	1-2	1-1	2-3	W1

[Mass Haas]

PDF document:

 

Nashville Media Notes

[Mass Haas]

PDF document:

Huntsville Media Notes

 

How many catchers thus far in Huntsville this season? Answer at the link...

[TheCrew07]

Transaction Wire…

RHP Amaury Rivas was activated from the DL today. RHP Alex Periard was placed on the DL, retroactive to

June 6. RHP Brandon Kintzler, the Stars closer, was promoted to Triple-A Nashville. LHP Lucas Luetge has

been promoted from Single-A Brevard County to Huntsville. Steffan Wilson was activated from the DL

yesterday. With these moves, the Stars active roster remains at 24, the Southern League limit.

Yay.

[uwisfan]

a nice week for big-name recoveries given all the injuries this season

[battlekow]

Manatees rained out. Doubleheader tomorrow starting at noon.

[TheCrew07]

Rogers was OK... not good, not bad. 85 pitches, 52 for strikes, and only 1 walk.

 

I don't understand the whole Narron deal, but he's picking up right where he left off, and I don't mean that in a good way.

[YoungGeezy]

I know they are being safe but I wish one of these game Rogers could go over 85 pitches or 5 innings

[Mass Haas]

Vamos a jugar dos!

 

As anticipated, "Let's Play Two" the theme in the D.R. An extra link was added above...

[Mass Haas]

Stephen won't be able to webcast Tuesday's Manatees doubleheader, but we appreciate his efforts regardless. A one-man show as a baseball afficionado.

[battlekow]

Final: DSL Brewers 7, DSL A's 2 (7 innings)

DSL Brewers box score

18-year-old righty Leonard Lorenzo had an unusually good game for the DSL, tossing all seven innings and allowing just two unearned runs on four hits and four walks, striking out nine. SS Andres Martinez stayed hot, going 2-2 with a walk, and OF Jose Pena was 1-2 with a walk. OF Jose R. Garcia was 1-2 with a double and a walk, and 1B Hitaniel Arias was 1-4. 2B Yonki Hernandez was 3-4.

 

DSL Brewers play-by-play

[battlekow]

Final: DSL A's 5, DSL Brewers 2 (7 innings)

DSL Brewers box score

Rolando Pascual, in a very familiar position, picked up the loss after allowing two runs in three innings. Jose Pena was 1-4 with a double, and Hitaniel Arias and Jose R. Garcia were both 1-3 with a triple. SS Andres Martinez did not play.

 

DSL Brewers play-by-play

Well, at least they went down swinging:

 

DSL Brewers Bottom 7th

• Yonki Hernandez pops out to pitcher
  Victor Trinidad.
• Joan Abreu singles on a ground ball to
  center fielder Anderson De La Rosa.
• Jose Pena doubles (1) on a
  fly ball to left fielder Charli Blanco. Joan Abreu to 3rd.
• Hitaniel
  Arias strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Victor Trinidad.
  Joan Abreu scores. Jose Pena to 3rd. Hitaniel Arias to 1st.
• Jose
  R. Garcia strikes out swinging.
• Juan De Leon strikes out
  swinging.

[battlekow]

Final: Round Rock 5, Nashville 3

Sounds fall to Express on Monday night, 5-3

Nashville Sounds

 

ROUND ROCK, Tex. - The Round Rock Express topped the Nashville Sounds,

5-3, on Monday evening at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock in the

third-game of a four-game series.

 

With the loss, Nashville (32-25) has dropped four of its last five

contests overall, with the Express also holding the Sounds to three of

fewer runs in six of the seven games between the two clubs this season.

 

The Sounds were also held without an extra-base hit and went 2-for-9

with runners in scoring position.

 

Round Rock took a 1-0 lead in the opening frame, as Express outfielder

Jason Bourgeois hit a leadoff double off former Sounds teammate Sam

Narron. After Edwin Maysonet singled over Bourgeois to third, Narron

induced an infield double play and allowed the run to score for third.

 

 

The Express added another run for a 2-0 lead in the next inning on

another infield groundout, as Yordany Ramirez grounded out to Luis Cruz

to plate Jason Castro.

 

 

After a one-out, Oswaldo Navarro double in the bottom of fourth inning,

Matt Kata hit an RBI-base knock to left field that extended the Round

Rock lead to 3-0.

 

 

After Express starting pitcher Andy Van Hekken was removed from the game

and replaced with Yorman Bazardo, the Sounds got on the board in the

top of the sixth inning and reduced the Express lead to two runs.

Nashville loaded the bases with no outs, thanks to walks from Mat Gamel

and Brendan Katin, plus a single from Erick Almonte. Cruz then brought

home the club's first run on an infield groundout to the second baseman

that scored Gamel from third. It was Cruz's 31st RBI of the season,

tying him with Joe Koshansky for the team-lead.

 

 

The Express tacked on two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth

inning. In a rehab appearance for the Brewers, reliever David Riske

allowed two two-out RBI-singles to Brian Bogusevic and Chris Johnson for

a 5-1 Round Rock advantage.

 

 

The Sounds rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to load the bases

off reliever Tim Corcoran, but were able to only score two runs in the

final frame. With two outs and the bases juiced, Adam Stern singled up

the middle to score Johnny Raburn and Koshansky to cut the lead to

two runs. Corcoran then got Gamel to groundout and end the ballgame.

 

 

Van Hekken (3-4) earned the win, allowing one run on four hits with

three walks over five innings for Round Rock. Bazardo added three

shutout innings in relief.

 

 

Narron (0-1) took the tough loss after twirling a quality start in his

2010 Sounds debut. The 6-foot-7 left-hander surrendered three runs on

seven hits with two strikeouts over six innings pitched. A.J. Murray

provided one scoreless inning in relief.

 

 

Stern snapped out of an 0-for-17 hitless drought with a 2-for-5

performance while adding two RBIs. Almonte also went 2-for-3 with a

walk, posting a multihit-game for the ninth time in his last 12 contests

with multiple appearances.

 

 

The Sounds and Express will continue their four-game series with Tuesday

evening's 7:05 pm CT finale at The Dell Diamond. Left-hander Chris

Waters (4-2, 3.43) takes the hill for Nashville against Round Rock

right-hander Shane Loux (1-1, 9.53).

Nashville box score

You can listen to Stern's two-run single here. Gamel was 1-4 in addition to the walk and committed zero errors.

 

Nashville play-by-play

After Cruz's RBI ground out, Raburn struck out with Almonte on third and one out.

[battlekow]

Final: Huntsville 6, Tennessee 4

Stars earn comeback win over Smokies

Aaron Morse/Huntsville Stars

 

Andy Machado lined a pitch past Smokies’ shortstop Marwin Gonzalez and

the Huntsville Stars (27-31) scored four runs in the eighth inning on

their way to a 6-4 win over the Tennessee Smokies (34-23) Monday night.

 

It was Tennessee getting on the board in the bottom of the first

against Stars’ starter Mark Rogers. Back-to-back singles by Tony Campana

and Marwin Gonzalez put runners on first and second with nobody out.

They pulled off a double steal and Rogers was in all sorts of trouble.

He managed to strike-out team RBI leader Ty Wright for the first out of

the inning. Rogers got Blake Lalli to hit a slow chopper to short which

Zelous Wheeler booted. Campana scored on the play and the Smokies had

runners at the corners with only one down. A RBI ground-out off the bat

of Robinson Chirinos made it 2-0 Smokies.

 

Huntsville loaded

the bases with only one away in the second inning. However Smokies’

starter Craig Muschko struck-out two straight batters to get out of the

jam unscathed.

 

In the top of the third, bad defense gave the

Stars a run. Brett Lawrie hit a grounder to third that Josh Vitters

threw wild to first. Muschko tried to pick him off like he had in the

first inning. The throw was wild though, and Lawrie scampered around to

third. A Lorenzo Cain ground-out drove home Lawrie to cut the deficit

to 2-1.

 

Tennessee smacked back-to-back singles to start the

third against Rogers. Lalli’s single sent Wright to third base and

Chirinos picked up his second RBI of the evening with a sacrifice fly to

center.

 

Rogers went five plus innings, giving up three runs

(two earned), on six hits. He only walked one while striking out four.

 

Facing a 3-1 hole, the Stars chipped away in the sixth. Caleb Gindl

struck out his first two times up, but he singled to lead off the frame.

A hit-and-run ground-out off the bat of Wheeler advanced Gindl

to second. With two away, Steffan Wilson drove a ball to center that

Campana attempted to catch on a dive. It got past him and Gindl scored

to make the score 3-2.

 

Muschko went six innings, scattering six

hits while giving up two runs, one of which was earned. He walked one

and struck-out eight Stars.

 

The Smokies took a two-run lead for

the third time in the game thanks to a Tony Thomas solo homer in the

seventh against Stars’ reliever Jim Henderson.

 

The Stars’ big

eighth innings started with one away when Gindl singled to left.

Wheeler hit a chopper to third that Russ Canzler had go off his glove

into shallow left field. Gindl went from first to third on the play,

which was ruled a single. Taylor Green hit a single that bounced over

the head of Lalli at first base to score Gindl and cut the Smokies’ lead

to 4-3. With runners at the corners Wilson came up big again as he

doubled to center to tie the game. That was the end of the day for

reliever Jake Muyco who went 1.1 innings out of the ‘pen.

 

New

pitcher Luke Sommer struck out Chuckie Caufield and intentionally walked

Dayton Buller. Machado, pinch hitting for Henderson, hit a hard

one hopper that scooted under the glove of Gonzalez, scoring Green and

Wilson. It was ruled an error, but Machado picks up the most productive

0-1 of the Stars’ season.

 

Robert Hinton tossed an inning of

shutout ball for his second hold of the year, and the Brandon

Kintzler-less Stars got a save from Donovan Hand. Hand threw a scoreless

ninth for his first save in 2010.

 

Henderson (2-0) worked two

innings for the win while Muyco (1-2) picked up the loss.

 

Green,

Gindl, and Wilson all had multi-hit games, with Green going 3-5 and

Wilson driving in two runs.

 

With the win the Stars move to 7.5

games back of Tennessee in the north division.

 

Amaury Rivas

(5-3, 2.64) takes the mound Tuesday as the Stars look to clinch the

series victory. First pitch is at 6:15pm central time and can be heard

on www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville box score

Lawrie was 1-5 and committed his 12th error of the year. A suddenly cold Cain was 0-5, but Gindl and Green may be heating up; Gindl walked to go with his two hits. Lee Haydel was 1-3 before Caufield pinch hit for him in the 8th.

 

Huntsville play-by-play

[LouisEly]

I know they are being safe but I wish one of these game Rogers could go over 85 pitches or 5 innings.

Conventional wisdom states that they should only have him throw X% more than he did the year before. There are two ways to do it - throw more pitches but fewer starts, or more starts but fewer pitches per start. Personally, I think the thing is to see him go a full season, so I'd rather see him throw fewer pitches and go more starts than more pitches and fewer starts. Step 1 is to stretch him out over a full season; once he succeeds with that, then we'll worry about throwing 100 pitches in a start.

[YoungGeezy]

See I thought last season he was at 85 max also, there was one game I remember that he had i believe a no hitter through 5 and they had to pull him because he was around 85. I could be wrong though. I understand the reasoning behind it and it is smart but it would be nice to see how he does for a real non-restrict start.

[DHonks]

TheCrew, why so negative about Narron? He had a good outing tonight and he's been good for us in the past. Plus, his Bugs Bunny changeup is awesome. I swear that it couldn't break a pane of glass.

 

Also, Rolando Pascual is learning the strikezone! The big righty with some Neighborgall-esque K:BB totals in the past is not at 8:0 so far this year! I don't mind the hits allowed...because he's actually making hitters have to swing!

[battlekow]

Neighborgall-esque

Nice.

[DHonks]

Neighborgall-esque

Nice.

battlekow, when I worked in Dbacks minor league camp one spring, I asked if it's worth watching him throw a bullpen session. The equipment guys just laughed and said that if I want to watch, I'd better be behind him. Although looking back, the safest spot might have been directly behind the catcher http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif