Link Report for Wed. 6/16 -- Chase Wright a One-Hitter

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Sounds' Wright dazzles in one-hitter

Veteran southpaw untouchable after leadoff batter singles

By Danny Wild / MLB.com

 

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Chase Wright is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA in three starts this month. (Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds)

 

 

 

 

Chase Wright managed something on Wednesday that

he hadn't accomplished since 2007, something he's hoping gets him back

to where he was about four years ago.

 

 

"It's been awhile," Wright laughed. "I felt pretty good."

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· Gameday box score

 

· Wright's player page

 

· See a game in Nashville

 

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Wright tossed a one-hitter for his first complete-game shutout in

nearly three years as the Triple-A Nashville Sounds rolled past the

Memphis Redbirds, 9-0.

 

Jon Jay's line drive single to center field leading off the game was

the only hit the Redbirds managed against the 27-year-old southpaw.

 

"I'm just doing everything, I'm mentally and pshyically preparing in

between starts," Wright said. "When I'm able to get the ball and go out

and be effective, that's where I had us tonight and that's what you

hope might get you back to the big leagues."

 

Wright, who last went the distance in a four-hitter for Double-A

Trenton on Aug. 25, 2007, hopes he can climb his way back to the

Majors. After going 12-3 with a 1.88 ERA in the Florida State League in

2006, he earned a promotion to New York, where he won two of three

appearances in between an infamous night in Boston. He hasn't pitched

in the Majors since.

 

Has he thought much about getting to Milwaukee? "Absolutely," Wright

said. "But when you're here, you take it start by start and work, and

that's all you can do. You hope you get hot at the right time, when

they need someone up there. You gotta keep working."

 

Wright had everything working Wednesday, walking four and striking out

four in his third career complete game. He threw 67 of 111 pitches for

strikes, using his sinker-slider combo to induce 10 groundouts.

 

"I felt pretty good, especially since we have two doubleheaders with

these guys, so it's good to get out here and be efficient, work fast,

let them put it in play," he said. "We didn't have to eat into the

bullpen, so that'll keep them fresh."

 

Wright, who erased Jay with a double play in the first, walked fellow

Major League veteran Joe Mather to open the second. He also issued free

passes to Tyler Greene and Allen Craig in the fourth and allowed one

more baserunner when James Rapoport worked a one-out walk in the

eighth.

 

 

Wright was that close to a no-hitter, although it was never on his mind.

 

"After the game, I was just talking to the strength coach and he said,

'You realize the one was just the one hit.' But that's the way it goes.

 

 

 

"I used my sinkerball, changeup and slider and was just able to work first-pitch strikes. Keep everything down in the zone."

 

Wright improved to 5-3 and lowered his ERA to 3.73 in his first win

since June 5. His success this season has been interrupted occasionally

by forgettable outings -- he's allowed three earned runs or fewer in

seven of his last 10 outings but has surrendered 18 earned runs in the

other three starts.

 

"I'd like to get away from that," he said. "I'd like to roll out 10-12

good ones in a row, keep that bad one outta there. You've just got to

prepare in between, and when you get the ball be able to go at it."

 

Wright is just hoping to get the chance to join a Brewers team that is

10 games under .500 and near the bottom in the National League with a

5.12 ERA.

 

Of course, it's difficult to avoid Wright's previous Major League

history. He surrendered four consecutive home runs in a nationally

televised game at Fenway in 2007. He made one appearance for the

Yankees later that season but never returned, eventually getting traded

to Milwaukee in 2009. The Brewers re-signed him in February and he's

been at Nashville ever since.

 

 

"You just go out tomorrow and get ready for the next one," Wright said.

 

He had plenty of run support Wednesday. Mat Gamel launched a two-run

homer in the fourth inning and added a two-run single to cap a six-run

seventh. Three of those runs scored on bases-loaded walks to Wright,

Norris Hopper and Trent Oeltjen.

 

Danny Wild

is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of

the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game Two: DSL Cardinals 3, DSL Brewers 2, 12 innings (scheduled for seven)

DSL Brewers Game Two Box Score

Ah yes, defense. The DSL boys committed five errors, as none of the three Cardinal runs were earned over 12 innings; Brewer pitchers allowed only two singles as just the Cardinal leadoff man had any base knocks at all; however, Crew pitchers did walk ten (and fanned ten); starter Rolando Pascual walked six in his four innings plus; 20-year-old RHP Jose Cepeda was strong again (six hits, five walks, and only one run allowed in 16 innings this season), as he went the next five hitless innings (an inherited runner from Pascual scored in the 5th, on a sacrifice fly); Brewer batters stranded ten and were 0-for-8 with RISP; Jose Garcia homered in the 6th (he also doubled), and Jose Pena doubled twice and drove in the other run in his six AB's...

 

DSL Brewers Game Two Game Log

Tough way to lose -- be sure to review the log, the Milwaukee kids had big chances in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th to take the lead, just ridiculous, really...

 

DSL Cardinals Bottom 12th

Domingo Diaz reaches on fielding error by second baseman Yonki Hernandez.

Daniel Barbuena grounds out to first baseman Hitaniel Arias. Domingo Diaz to 2nd.

Robelys Reyes reaches on fielding error by shortstop Andres Martinez. Domingo Diaz scores.

[Mass Haas]

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Stars fall to Biscuits as Brewers' GM Melvin watches

Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times

 

HUNTSVILLE, AL. -- The Huntsville Stars dropped their fourth consecutive game Wednesday night, losing to the Montgomery Biscuits 9-4 as Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin watched from the stands.

 

The Stars, now 29-37 and eliminated from the first-half Southern League North race, host Montgomery again tonight and Friday at 7 p.m., with a 6 p.m. game Saturday at 1 p.m. start on Monday.

 

The Stars have lost 10 of 15 games in the month of June.

 

The start of the game was delayed by more than an hour because of early-evening rain and the announced crowd was only 724. Despite the 11-day gap since the Stars' last home game, the scoreboard was out of operation for the first four innings.

 

When it was finally turned on, fans were greeted to a 8-1 Montgomery lead, based on a six-run fourth inning against starter Michael Bowman, who was charged with seven runs after giving up six hits and five walks. He faced five men in the fourth without getting an out, then reliever Mark Willinsky gave up two more runs on five hits in his three innings' work.

 

Andy Machado drove in the Stars' first run with a second-inning single and Taylor Green had a two-run homer in the three-run eighth.

 

The Stars roster continues to shift, with pitcher Casey Baron being activated Wednesday. Outfielder Drew Anderson is on the disabled list.

(In an interesting name twist, the Biscuits have an outfielder named Drew Anderson as well. And their broadcaster is named Joe Davis, same as Huntsville's stadium name.)

 

According to Stars' PR director Jill Casic, of 24 players on the current active roster, only 15 were active during at least one game during the last homestand. The Stars are expected to have another roster move on Thursday, with the Class AAA Nashville Sounds playing a doubleheader and needing an extra pitcher. Chris Cody is the likely candidate to make the fill-in appearance.

 

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Brewers' general manager Doug Melvin

 

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[BrewCrewForever]

Nice to see Odorizzi bounce back and Jeffress with 2 strong innings.

[Mass Haas]

From the Clinton Herald's coverage of the Rattlers game:

 

At the same time, the Kings’ bats struggled against four Wisconsin pitchers, each of whom seemed to bring a different weapon to the table. Starter Jake Odorizzi threw consistent strikes with a slower pace and delivery, and relievers Santo Manzanillo, Jeremy Jeffress and Andy Sauter all had live arms, leading to 12 LumberKing strikeouts, an all-too-familiar statistic.

 

“Jeffress — he was in AA and shouldn’t really be here, but there’s a reason he’s here — he can throw 100 miles an hour,” Lumberkings' Manager John Tamargo (formerly the Manatees' manager) said of Milwaukee’s 2006 first-round draft pick who struck out five Clinton hitters in his two-inning stint.

[brewmann04]

Do the Brewers have a Minor league Fielding instructor?