Link Report for Tue. 6/15 -- Wisconsin's Lasker Highlights the Evening

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Tuesday's Daily Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Chuck Lofgren and RHP Marty McLeary in a doubleheader at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: Idle

 

Brevard County: TBD at Clearwater (Phillies), 6:00 PM gametime

Sorry, no audio for this series...

 

Wisconsin: RHP Maverick Lasker at Clinton (Mariners), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM

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Follow Tuesday'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 Game One (Gameday also available)

 

Nashville Game Two (Gameday also available)

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

DSL Brewers

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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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Memphis 35 28 .556 - 17-11 18-17 W1 
Omaha 33 29 .532 1.5 19-19 14-10 L1 
Iowa 33 30 .524 2.0 15-15 18-15 W2 
Nashville 33 30 .524 2.0 14-13 19-17 L4 
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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 39 25 .609 - 18-17 21-8 W2 
West Tenn 36 27 .571 2.5 13-16 23-11 L2 
Chattanooga 30 33 .476 8.5 16-17 14-16 W4 
Huntsville 29 36 .446 10.5 11-19 18-17 L3 
Carolina 28 36 .438 11.0 14-16 14-20 W3 
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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 37 25 .597 - 16-16 21-9 L1 
Tampa 33 27 .550 3.0 17-15 16-12 W3 
Lakeland 33 28 .541 3.5 17-13 16-15 L3 
Clearwater 31 31 .500 6.0 16-14 15-17 W1 
Daytona 30 32 .484 7.0 12-19 18-13 W1 
Brevard County 23 37 .383 13.0 14-19 9-18 L1

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MID Western (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Cedar Rapids	41	21	.661	-	23-4	18-17	7-3	W5
	Quad Cities	38	25	.603	3.5	22-9	16-16	7-3	W4
	Clinton	35	28	.556	6.5	20-13	15-15	5-5	L2
	Peoria	35	29	.547	7.0	21-10	14-19	6-4	W1
	Beloit	32	31	.508	9.5	17-15	15-16	6-4	L1
	Kane County	30	34	.469	12.0	18-14	12-20	7-3	W2
	Wisconsin	22	41	.349	19.5	13-22	9-19	3-7	L4
	Burlington	20	44	.313	22.0	9-23	11-21	1-9	L7

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DSL S.D. North (click column headers to sort)
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	DSL Cardinals	8	5	.615	-	6-1	2-4	5-5	W2
	DSL Athletics	8	6	.571	0.5	4-2	4-4	6-4	L2
	DSL Brewers	5	7	.417	2.5	3-2	2-5	4-6	L2
	DSL Mariners	5	8	.385	3.0	4-4	1-4	4-6	W2

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Nashville Media Notes

[DHonks]

the good news is that with Wisconsin getting some offensive upgrades, this lineup might now be able to help the talented pitching staff relax.

[derflotr]

So this Jeremy Jeffress/bullpen deal is only temporary, right?

[DHonks]

derflotr, we have not heard that. We've just heard that for this season, he'll be relieving to keep his head in games

[TheCrew07]

So this Jeremy Jeffress/bullpen deal is only temporary, right?

http://brewersfandemonium...oved--.html#reply-628866

[Mass Haas]

Rattler Radio:

 

June 15, 2010: Game Notes

 

June 15, 2010: Tonight's Starting Pitcher

 

June 15, 2010: Lineup You know it's a decent lineup if Chris Dennis is hitting 7th against a RHP

 

I was 11 in 1973, Chris, and the Superstars rocked!

Two hours before game time

[trwi7]

Anyone know if Komatsu can play a decent CF? That would be nice if he could.

[Mass Haas]

Ride the 25-year-old. RHP Michael Fiers plays the role of "TBD" for the Manatees tonight. He's pitching on four days' rest, with his All-Star inning on Saturday considered a side session, apparently.

[TheCrew07]

I've listened to quite a few minor league games over the years (capt obvious I know), I don't recall any infielder struggling with pop ups the way Dykstra has the last couple of weeks. There have been some issues outside of his control like wind and weather, but catch the ball young man.

 

Lasker has pitched pretty well so far, I wonder if he comes out for the 7th? I'm pretty high on him.

[CheeseheadInIllinois]

I've listened to quite a few minor league games over the years (capt obvious I know), I don't recall any infielder struggling with pop ups the way Dykstra has the last couple of weeks. There have been some issues outside of his control like wind and weather, but catch the ball young man.

 

Lasker has pitched pretty well so far, I wonder if he comes out for the 7th? I'm pretty high on him.

I wonder if there is some continuing issue here. I've seen outfielders struggle before on fly balls, but never in quite the same way as he did in the games I saw last year.

[DKM4Boston]

The DSL squad had a good day. 24 runs. Check out the ERAs for those Athletics' pitchers. Ouch.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Clearwater (Phillies) 8, Brevard County 4

 

Offense Returns As Threshers Roll Manatees

By Adrian Martinez, Clearwater Threshers

 

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A big night at the plate fueled an 8-4 victory for the Clearwater Threshers over the Brevard County Manatees at Bright House Field. The eight runs were the most scored by Clearwater since May 28 as the team finished with nine hits.

 

Harold Garcia led the charge with a two-for-four night that included three RBI. The second baseman extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a fourth inning bunt single. Then in the seventh with the Threshers up 5-2, he stroked a three-run double to right but was thrown out trying to reach third.

 

The runs were plenty for starter Trevor May (4-5) who earned his fourth win of the year with a seven-strikeout performance. May worked five and a third innings and surrendered just one run on two hits. He was followed by Jon Velasquez, Edgar Garcia, and Korey Noles to finish the win.

 

Clearwater got on the board in the first inning when Derrick Mitchell singled home Anthony Gose. Gose reached on a single to extend his hit streak to 12 games.

 

The Threshers got a run in the fifth on Joel Naughton's sacrifice fly and two more runs in the sixth when Darin Ruf clubbed his third home run of the year.

 

Phillies' shortstop Jimmy Rollins made the start for Clearwater as part of a Major League rehab assignment and went hitless in three plate appearances.

 

Clearwater will go for the sweep Wednesday night at 7:00 PM (6:00 Central) as Jesus Sanchez (5-4) takes on Dan Merklinger (3-1).

 

Brevard County Box Score

RHP Michael Fiers worked five strong innings, allowing two runs, one earned; despite out-hitting the Threshers 10-9, the Manatees never led, coming only as close as 2-1 heading to the bottom of the 6th when LHP Daniel Meadows issued a two-out walk followed by a home run; fellow southpaw Brandon Ritchie, who has had a miserable go of it in 2010 (8.02 ERA, 51 hits in 33.2 IP, 2.32 WHIP, only 14 K's), blew up again in a four-run Clearwater 7th which broke the game open -- Ritchie was fantastic in Wisconsin last year, just a complete 180 for the worst; Scott Krieger was 0-for-4 as your DH with three K's as Angel Salome sat again -- what a bizarre saga Angel's situation has become; Erik Komatsu, now playing CF, reached base four times on a single and three walks and sports a .392 OBP; Sergio Miranda doubled twice; Brevard lost the stolen base game -- Clearwater was 5-for-6, the 'Tees 1-for-3...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Manatees batters fanned 11 times...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Wisconsin 8, Clinton (Mariners) 1

Hey, a win to discuss!

 

Lasker & the Rattlers play spoilerBy Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

CLINTON, IA - Maverick Lasker tossed seven strong innings and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers hitters put together an 11-hit attack to defeat the Clinton LumberKings Tuesday night at Alliant Energy Field. Wisconsin's 8-1 victory put a serious dent into Clinton's playoff hopes and let the Rattlers start their final road trip of the first half on a good note.

 

Clinton (35-29) drew first blood. Henry Contreras grounded out to second to drive in a run from third in the bottom of the second. But, that was it for their offense. The LumberKings entered play on Tuesday trailing Quad Cities by three games for the Western Division Wild Card spot with six games to play. Quad Cities won 6-1 against Beloit on Tuesday night and took a four game lead with five to play.

 

LumberKings starter Taylor Stanton cruised through the first four innings as he retired the first 12 batters he faced. But the Wisconsin bats found the range in the fifth inning. Khris Davis, Cameron Garfield, and Cutter Dykstra had consecutive singles to load the bases. Chris Dennis followed with an RBI single to tie the game.

 

An errant throw on an attempted double play in the top of the sixth inning allowed D'Vontrey Richardson to score from second to put the Rattlers (23-41) in front. Later in the inning, Garfield drove in a run with a two-out double. Dykstra was the next batter and he singled to drive in Garfield.

 

The Rattlers tacked on three more runs in the eighth inning. Dykstra's third hit of the game was an RBI single. Dennis got into the act again in the inning with a two-run double for a 7-1 Wisconsin lead.

 

Lasker settled down after the second inning. He allowed one run on five hits, struck out six without walking a batter, and matched a professional high for innings pitched in a game with seven. It was enough to pick up his fourth win of the season.

 

Caleb Thielbar and newcomer Matt Costello each pitched a scoreless inning out of the bullpen to nail down the Wisconsin victory.

 

Game two of the series is Wednesday night. Jake Odorizzi (2-1, 4.02) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Clinton is countering with Jimmy Gillheeney (4-4, 2.82). Game time is 7:00 PM.

 

Wisconsin Box Score

Maverick Lasker has had a very solid age 20 season for the Rattlers, and the training wheels are officially off with this effort -- the early-season tandems now have Lasker at 52 innings for the season (3.46 ERA), so he should be able to ramp up for the 2nd half; Kentrail Davis singled and (what else) was HBP in his Wisconsin debut; Scooter Gennett's lone hit was his fourth home run -- now an .868 OPS for the just-turned 19-year-old, 5'9" 164 lb. second baseman -- is he really going to muscle out 8-10 blasts on the season?; Three singles for Cutter Dykstra; D'Vontrey Richardson reached base three times, Khris Davis, Cameron Garfield and Chris Dennis all with big contributions, as noted above; honestly, this lineup, and the majority of this pitching staff, is poised for some second-half success -- they just have to be...

 

Wisconsin Game Log

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Final, Game One: Memphis (Cardinals) 2, Nashville 1, nine innings (scheduled for seven)

 

Redbirds Clip Sounds In Twinbill Opener

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Ruben Gotay smacked an opposite-field solo homer in the top of the ninth inning to give the Memphis Redbirds to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Tuesday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader.

 

Gotay's blast to left-center, which came off Sounds reliever Jeff Bennett, was the veteran infielder's seventh roundtripper of the year and sent Nashville (33-31) to its fifth straight defeat.

 

Josh Kinney retired the Sounds in order in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the victory and record his second save in two nights for the Redbirds.

 

Memphis reliever Matt Scherer (3-1) was the beneficiary of Gotay's blast, picking up the win after working one scoreless frame.

 

Nashville grabbed a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth, thanks to a two-out throwing error by Redbirds shortstop Tyler Greene.

 

Adam Stern led off the Sounds' fifth with a single against Memphis starter Brandon Disckson and moved to second on a Ray Olmedo sacrifice. After an intentional walk to Trent Oeltjen put runners on first and second, Brendan Katin hit a routine grounder to short. Greene misfired to second on the play to allow Stern to hustle home with the night's first run.

 

Memphis rallied to tie the contest a half-inning later when Greene doubled with two outs and scored when Allen Craig followed with an RBI single to left off Sounds starter Chuck Löfgren.

 

Löfgren turned in his first quality start in over a month for the Sounds, allowing one run on four hits while striking out a season-high six batters over six innings, but took a no-decision for his efforts.

 

Brian Bruney made his Brewers organization debut with two scoreless innings for Nashville.

 

Bennett (0-1) took the loss for the Sounds after surrendering the go-ahead homer in his lone frame of action.

 

The Sounds had a pair of runners gunned down at the plate during the contest. To end the fourth frame, Redbirds centerfielder Jim Rapoport made a strong throw home to nail Mat Gamel as he attempted to score from second on Löfgren's single up the middle. In the sixth, skipper Don Money green-lighted Luis Cruz around third on pinch-hitter Erick Almonte's infield single to short, and the infielder was easily thrown out at the plate by 60 feet by Greene to squelch a scoring opportunity.

 

Nashville Game One Box Score

Only 60 feet? The Sounds had ten hits and drew four walks yet scored just the one (unearned) run -- what a funk, at least until Game Two, as you'll learn shortly; Chuck Lofgren really needed this effort, zero walks along with the six K's; before this night would end, Sounds catchers extended their hitless games streak to ten; Nashville batters did not make a fly ball out all night -- 11 ground ball outs, 11 K's; Mat Gamel singled twice, joining Trent Oeltjen and Luis Cruz with decent games at the plate, at least in terms of getting on base...

 

Nashville Game One Game Log

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Final, Game Two: Nashville 8, Memphis (Cardinals) 3

 

Nashville Splits Doubleheader With Memphis On Tuesday

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds won the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds, 8-3, splitting Tuesday's twinbill at historic Greer Stadium against the PCL Northern Division leader.

 

Ruben Gotay led off the top of the third inning with a single to center field and advanced to third base on two infield groundouts. Jon Jay then hit a grounder to second. Sounds second baseman Johnny Raburn dove to prevent the ball from leaving the outfield, but couldn't throw in time to first to record the final out as Jay scored the first run.

 

Nashville scored the next four runs in the next frame to take a 4-1 lead. Starting pitcher Marty McLeary singled to help his own cause, and then advanced to second on a throwing error by Memphis right fielder Joe Mather. Adam Stern singled to move the pitcher to third base, followed by a Trent Oeltjen RBI base knock to tie the game at 1-1.

 

With the bases loaded later in the inning, Luis Cruz took the Sounds team-lead in RBIs, singling home Katin and Gamel. On the next play, the Sounds went up 4-1 on a Raburn infield groundout.

 

The Redbirds got two back in the next inning to cut the Sounds lead to 4-3. Allen Craig hit his fourth homer of the year for the first run of the frame. After Joe Mather doubled, Mark Shorey singled him home from second base for the other run.

 

Stern tripled during the next inning for the Sounds and scored on a double from Oelten, his second RBI of the contest that made it 5-3.

 

The Sounds scored three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Mat Gamel singled home Stern for the first run, followed by a two-run double down the third base line by Brendan Katin for the other two runs for the 8-3 Nashville advantage.

 

After being released by the Blue Jays organization and signed by the Brewers yesterday, right-handed starter McLeary (1-5) picked up his first win of the season in his Sounds debut. The 35-year old allowed three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and a walk over 5 1/3 innings thrown

 

A.J. Murray pitched 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, as Brandon Kintzler threw a shutout seventh.

 

The Sounds and Redbirds are scheduled to play at 7:05 PM CT on Wednesday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the fourth game of a six-game series. Left-hander Chase Wright (4-3, .26) takes the mound for Nashville against Redbirds left-hander Evan MacLane (4-4, 4.13).

 

Nashville Game Two Box Score

Did you know that Greer Stadium is historic? Just joshin' with the Sounds' fantastic staff, which always provides detailed game summaries for us; in just the six offensive frames for the Sounds, the top four in the order (Stern, Oeltjen, Gamel, and Katin) reached ten times -- yes, Gamel hitting third, thank you, Don Money; it's not too early to think about the Rule 5 draft and 40-man roster protection -- who would have thought Brandon Kintzler would have worked his way into the discussion for this fall, but he certainly has...

 

Nashville Game Two Game Log

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Final: DSL Brewers 24, DSL Athletics 5

 

DSL Brewer Box Score

24 runs came in three innings, and we'll post those inning logs below -- five runs in the 4th, ten runs in the 5th, nine runs in the 7th; after three innings the Crew trailed 3-0; seven doubles and two triples among the 22 Brewer hits; amazingly, only one of 24 runs was driven in with two out; 18-year-old RHP Jeffrey Saba picked up the win with a 5.2 inning start, allowing five runs, three earned, and two of his runs scored after he departed; four Brewers had three-hit games, three others two-hit games; talk about outfield production! Prized RF Jose Pena gets the MVP, he was 3-for-4 (a HR shy of the cycle), walked twice, and drove in five; 18-year-old LH-hitting CF Ruben Sanchez doubled, singled twice, walked twice, and scored four runs; just-turned 18-year-old LF Erickson Salaya doubled, singled twice, and drove in four; there were multiple substitutions in an affair like this, as you can imagine -- normally the game log can hint at an injury or such, but hopefully here it was just a matter of letting everyone join in on the fun...

 

DSL Brewer Game Log

 

DSL Brewers Bottom 4th

Ruben Sanchez doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Anderson De La Rosa.

Carlos Pena singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Ruben Sanchez to 3rd.

Hitaniel Arias walks. Carlos Pena to 2nd.

Jose Pena doubles (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Ruben Sanchez scores. Carlos Pena scores. Hitaniel Arias to 3rd.

Pitcher Change: Rene Merestil replaces Robinson De Los Santos.

Allixon Cequea doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Luis Osorio. Hitaniel Arias scores. Jose Pena scores.

Andres Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Rene Merestil to first baseman Jose Rosario. Allixon Cequea to 3rd.

Jose R. Garcia pops out to second baseman Rodolfo Penalo.

Erickson Salaya singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Osorio. Allixon Cequea scores.

With Yonki Hernandez batting, Erickson Salaya steals (3) 2nd base.

Yonki Hernandez grounds out, third baseman Wilman Martinez to first baseman Jose Rosario.

DSL Brewers Bottom 5th

 

Ruben Sanchez singles on a ground ball to first baseman Jose Rosario.

Carlos Pena singles on a line drive to center fielder Anderson De La Rosa. Ruben Sanchez to 2nd.

Hitaniel Arias singles on a line drive to center fielder Anderson De La Rosa. Ruben Sanchez scores. Carlos Pena to 2nd.

Jose Pena triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Anderson De La Rosa. Carlos Pena scores. Hitaniel Arias scores.

Allixon Cequea hit by pitch.

Pitcher Change: Cristhian Perez replaces Rene Merestil.

Andres Martinez doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Luis Osorio. Jose Pena scores. Allixon Cequea to 3rd.

Jose R. Garcia reaches on fielding error by third baseman Wilman Martinez. Allixon Cequea scores. Andres Martinez to 3rd.

Erickson Salaya singles on a ground ball to second baseman Rodolfo Penalo. Andres Martinez scores. Jose R. Garcia to 2nd.

Yonki Hernandez strikes out swinging.

Ruben Sanchez singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Osorio. Jose R. Garcia scores. Erickson Salaya to 3rd. Ruben Sanchez to 2nd on the throw.

Carlos Pena triples (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Erickson Salaya scores. Ruben Sanchez scores.

Hitaniel Arias grounds out, third baseman Wilman Martinez to first baseman Jose Rosario. Carlos Pena scores.

Jose Pena walks.

Pitcher Change: Roberto Zapata replaces Cristhian Perez.

Allixon Cequea singles on a pop up to first baseman Jose Rosario. Jose Pena to 2nd.

Andres Martinez strikes out swinging.

DSL Brewers Bottom 8th

Pitcher Change: Benito Ramirez replaces Roberto Zapata.

Jose R. Garcia singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Osorio.

With Erickson Salaya batting, wild pitch by Benito Ramirez, Jose R. Garcia to 2nd.

Erickson Salaya grounds out, third baseman Wilman Martinez to first baseman Jose Rosario. Jose R. Garcia to 3rd.

Yonki Hernandez walks.

Ruben Sanchez walks. Yonki Hernandez to 2nd.

Jhonatan Diaz hit by pitch. Jose R. Garcia scores. Yonki Hernandez to 3rd. Ruben Sanchez to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Julio Sotelo replaces Jhonatan Diaz.

Juan De Leon walks. Yonki Hernandez scores. Ruben Sanchez to 3rd. Julio Sotelo to 2nd.

Jose Pena walks. Ruben Sanchez scores. Julio Sotelo to 3rd. Juan De Leon to 2nd.

Pitcher Change: Abraham De Leon replaces Benito Ramirez.

Jorge De La Cruz walks. Julio Sotelo scores. Juan De Leon to 3rd. Jose Pena to 2nd.

Joan Abreu doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Luis Osorio. Juan De Leon scores. Jose Pena scores. Jorge De La Cruz to 3rd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Orton Rodriguez replaces Jose R. Garcia.

Orton Rodriguez singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Jorge De La Cruz scores. Joan Abreu to 3rd. Orton Rodriguez to 2nd on the throw.

Erickson Salaya doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Luis Osorio. Joan Abreu scores. Orton Rodriguez scores.

Yonki Hernandez flies out to center fielder Anderson De La Rosa.

Ruben Sanchez flies out to left fielder Jose Sayegh.

[Never Outhustled]

Don Money tries something new and puts his best hitters at the top spots of the lineup for game 2, and it pays off big time. Who knew? Well, everybody, and for a long, long time. His most important job there right now is to get Mat Gamel ready.