Link Report for Mon. 6/28

[TheCrew07]

Final, 14 innings: Quad Cities (Cardinals) 7, Wisconsin 6

 

Winning streak ends in extra innings

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The

five-game winning streak of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ended in gut-wrenching

fashion on Monday night. The Quad

Cities River Bandits beat the Rattlers 7-6 in 14 innings at Time Warner Cable

Field. The final inning featured a

triple and a wild pitch to score the go-ahead run for Quad Cities and a Timber

Rattlers runner thrown out at the plate.

 

Quad Cities (43-30 overall, 3-1

second half) jumped on Timber Rattlers starting pitcher Nick Bucci right away in

the first inning. Bucci walked

Michael Swinson to start the inning. Devin

Goodwin drove in Swinson with a single. Bucci

would walk the next two batters to load the bases.

One out later, Robert Stock singled to knock in a pair of runs for a 3-0

lead.

 

Wisconsin (29-43, 3-1) answered

in the bottom of the second inning. Khris

Davis walked to start the inning and scored on a double by Hunter Morris.

Cameron Garfield drove in Morris later in the inning with a sacrifice

fly.

 

The River Bandits made the

score 4-2 in the top of the fourth inning. CJ

Beatty doubled in a run to knock Bucci out of the game.

 

The Rattlers loaded the bases

with no outs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

They managed a run when Michael Marseco grounded into a 6-4-3 double

play.

 

Kentrail Davis put Wisconsin in

front for the first time in the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the

fifth. The homer, the first for

Davis as a professional, was a line shot to right-center that landed on the

beach seating area and gave the Rattlers a 5-4 lead.

 

A two-out RBI single by Stock

in the top of the seventh tied the game for a moment.

 

Khris Davis, who had been named

the Midwest League Batter of the Week earlier in the day, stepped to the plate

in the bottom of the seventh. He

lifted a high fly ball to left field. The

ball had enough to clear the fence for a 6-5 Wisconsin lead.

The home run was the eleventh of the season for Khris Davis and his third

in four games during the second half of the season.

 

But, the Bandits came back to

tie the game in the top of the eighth. Swinson

singled with two outs against Caleb Thielbar.

Goodwin was next and he tripled off the wall in left-center to send

Swinson home to even the score 6-6.

 

Both teams had chances to take

the lead before the fourteenth. Wisconsin

loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, but could not

score. Quad Cities got a leadoff

triple from Jason Stidham in the top of the eleventh, but Rattlers reliever Jon

Pokorny got out of the frame with the game still tied.

 

Quad Cities took the lead in

the top of the fourteenth against Matt Costello.

After retiring the first two batters, Frederick Parejo tripled to right.

That brought pinch hitter Edgar Lara to the plate.

Costello struck out Lara on a 2-2 pitch in the dirt.

But, the ball got past catcher Cameron Garfield and all the way to the

backstop. Lara reached first and

Parejo scored on the wild pitch.

 

Khris Davis doubled with one

out in the bottom of the fourteenth off River Bandits closer Aaron Terry.

Morris followed with a single to right.

Davis headed home with the tying run, but Parejo's throw to the plate

was in plenty of time to cut down Davis. Terry

recorded the final out with a strikeout, the eighteenth of the game by River

Bandits pitching.

 

Wisconsin is 0-8 in extra

inning games this season. They also

fall to 3-20 in games decided by a single run.

 

Monday was the shortest game of

the week for the River Bandits. Quad

Cities played sixteen innings on Sunday night at home in a 4-3 win over the Kane

County Cougars.

 

The series continues on Tuesday

night. It's the first Bang for

Your Buck Night of the second half with soda, hotdogs, and Miller Beer are

available for $1. Additionally, it

is a KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets[/i].

Fans who bring in a KRAFT Singles package wrapper and purchase one

reserved seat will receive a second reserved seat free.

 

Maverick Lasker (5-3, 3.21) is

the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers.

The Bandits have Joe Kelly (3-5, 3.46) as their scheduled starter.

Game time is 7:05pm.

 

If you can't make it out to

the game, you may tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or on

timberrattlers.com. The Miller Lite

Pregame show starts at 6:45pm.

 

HOME RUNS:

Kentrail Davis (1^st, 1 on in 5^th inning, off Deryk #@%+$#,

0 out)

 

Khris Davis (11^th, 0

on in 7^th inning, off Michael Blazek, 1 out)

 

WP: Dan Calhoun (5-0)

LP: Matt Costello (0-1)

SAVE: Aaron Terry (9)

 

TIME:

4:34

ATTN: 2,060

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Some day this team will win an extra inning game and the masses will rejoice. Nick Bucci's peripherals are catching up to him. If Santo Manzanillo could consistently locate I'd be all over him as a prospect. Caleb Theilbar had a 2 innings, John Pokorny had to work some magic to go scoreless, Jeremy Jeffress did what he does to A ball hitters, and Matt Costello deserved better as the winning run scored on a strike out which would have been the 3rd out that got away from Garfield. Scooter Gennett was 3 for 7 with 2 doubles, Kentrail Davis was 3 for 7 with a HR, Kris Davis was 2-5 with a 2B and a HR, Hunter Morris was 2-6 with a 2B, Cameron Garfield was 3-6, and Cutter Dykstra was 2-4.

 

Wisconsin Recap

Bucci's 1st.

Quad Cities Top 1st

• Michael Swinson walks.
• With Devin Goodwin batting, Michael Swinson steals (3) 2nd base.
• Devin
  Goodwin singles on a ground ball to center fielder D' Vontrey
  Richardson. Michael Swinson scores. Devin Goodwin advances to 2nd, on
  throwing error by center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson.
• Jason Stidham walks.
• Matthew Adams walks. Devin Goodwin to 3rd. Jason Stidham to 2nd.
• Niko Vasquez called out on strikes.
• Robert
  Stock singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kentrail Davis. Devin
  Goodwin scores. Jason Stidham scores. Matthew Adams to 2nd.
• Frederick Parejo strikes out swinging.
• C. J. Beatty grounds out, second baseman Ryan Gennett to first baseman Hunter Morris.

T-Rats had their chances.

Wisconsin Bottom 9th

• Ryan Gennett doubles (22) on a line drive to right fielder Frederick Parejo.
• Pitcher Change: Jesse Simpson replaces Michael Blazek.
• Kentrail Davis grounds out, shortstop Niko Vasquez to first baseman Matthew Adams. Ryan Gennett to 3rd.
• Jesse Simpson intentionally walks Khristopher Davis.
• Hunter Morris walks. Khristopher Davis to 2nd.
• Cameron
  Garfield grounds into double play, pitcher Jesse Simpson to catcher
  Robert Stock to first baseman Matthew Adams. Ryan Gennett out at home.

Quad Cities Top 14th

• Pitcher Change: Matt Costello replaces Jeremy Jeffress.
• Niko Vasquez flies out to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson.
• Robert Stock grounds out, first baseman Hunter Morris to pitcher Matt Costello.
• Frederick Parejo triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Kentrail Davis.
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Edgar Lara replaces C. J. Beatty.
• Edgar Lara strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Matt Costello. Frederick Parejo scores. Edgar Lara to 1st.
• Luis Mateo grounds out, pitcher Matt Costello to first baseman Hunter Morris.

Wisconsin Bottom 14th

• Defensive switch from second base to left field for Jason Stidham.
• Defensive switch from shortstop to third base for Niko Vasquez.
• Defensive Substitution: Ryan Jackson replaces Edgar Lara, batting 8th, playing shortstop.
• Defensive switch from third base to second base for Luis Mateo.
• Pitcher Change: Aaron Terry replaces Daniel Calhoun.
• Kentrail Davis strikes out swinging.
• Khristopher Davis doubles (18) on a fly ball to right fielder Frederick Parejo.
• Hunter
  Morris singles on a ground ball to right fielder Frederick Parejo.
  Khristopher Davis out at home on the throw, right fielder Frederick
  Parejo to catcher Robert Stock. Hunter Morris to 2nd on the throw.
• Cameron Garfield strikes out swinging.

Pokorny was huge in the 11th... the lead off triple was played poorly.

Quad Cities Top 11th

• Jason Stidham triples (2) on a line drive to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson.
• Matthew Adams pops out to second baseman Ryan Gennett.
• Niko Vasquez strikes out swinging.
• Robert Stock grounds out, pitcher Jonathan Pokorny to shortstop Michael Marseco to first baseman Hunter Morris.

[LouisEly]

Cutter Dykstra's OBP is up to .389. Turns 21 tomorrow. If he can keep that OBP up he may have a future.

[Mass Haas]

Teams combined to go 5-for-32 with RISP in the Rattlers game. D'Vontrey Richardson walked once in seven trips but fanned five times (0-for-6).

 

In Helena, John Dishon pinch-hit for Reggie Keen in the 5th. Both RH batters, so keep an eye out for Keen going forward.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 11, Round Rock (Astros) 2

 

Sounds Derail Express, 11-2

Nashville Sounds

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Left-hander Sam Narron tossed a quality start and first baseman Joe Koshansky belted a three-run homer to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-2 victory over the visiting Round Rock Express on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium.

 

Narron (2-3) held Round Rock to two runs on eight hits over seven innings of work to pick up the win. The quality start was the southpaw's third in four starts with the Sounds this season and resulted in his first win as a starter since August 24, 2008, also against Round Rock, snapping a 13-start victory drought in PCL action.

 

Every member of the Nashville lineup recorded a hit in the contest, led by three two-hit efforts. Left fielder Trent Oeltjen (2-for-5) produced his third straight multiple-hit effort and is batting .403 (25-for-62) over his last 16 games, recording an extra-base knock in 12 of those contests.

The Sounds jumped out to an early lead with a five-run outburst in the bottom of the first inning against Round Rock starter Andy Van Hekken.

Oeltjen got things started when he led off with his team-leading 24th double of the year and scored the contest's first run when Norris Hopper followed with a single to right that was mishandled by Express right fielder Andrew Locke. After Mat Gamel followed with a double to center to put runners on second and third, Brendan Katin extended his longest hitting streak to five games and upped the Nashville lead to 2-0 with a run-scoring single to center.

 

Koshansky capped off the frame's scoring when he belted a three-run homer onto the home run deck in right-center field, his ninth big fly of the year (audio is available at the link above).

 

Round Rock put a pair of runs on the board in the fifth against Narron to pull within 5-2. Ramon Vazquez led off with a single and moved to third on a Locke double. David Cook plated the visitors' first run with a sac fly then Brian Esposito blooped an RBI single to shallow right that dropped just short of the reach of Katin.

 

Nashville got one of the runs back in the bottom of the fifth when Oeltjen singled and later sprinted home on a Gamel sacrifice fly.

 

The Sounds put the game of reach in the seventh, sending 10 batters to the plate against Express reliever Sergio Perez and plating five runs to stretch the lead to 11-2. Shortstop Ray Olmedo contributed a two-out, two-run single to highlight the frame for Nashville.

 

David Johnson followed Narron with two scoreless innings to close out the win for the Sounds.

 

Nashville catcher Anderson De La Rosa went 2-for-4 on the night and singled in the first inning for his first career Triple-A hit.

 

Van Hekken (4-5) took the loss for the Express after allowing six runs on seven hits over his six frames of action.

 

The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 PM finale on Tuesday evening at Greer. Right-hander Marty McLeary (1-6, 12.14) will start for the Sounds to face Round Rock right-hander Shane Loux (2-4, 6.21).

 

Nashville Box Score

Nothing dampens an 11-2 win game summary like a reminder that Marty McLeary starts Tuesday night -- come back soon, Marco Estrada; anyway, Trent Oeltjen's super-hot streak comes at a fortuitous time for him -- he can opt out of his deal if not in the big leagues within 48 hours of July 1st; Sam Narron a nice pickup; every position player with at least one hit, and the one pinch-hitter, Adam Stern, singled; rare night off for Luis Cruz...

 

Nashville Game Log

Five run 1st and five-run 7th --

 

Nashville Bottom 1st

• Trent Oeltjen hits a ground-rule double (24) on a fly ball to center field.
  
• Norris Hopper singles on a line drive to right fielder Andrew Locke. Trent Oeltjen scores. Fielding error by right fielder Andrew Locke.
  
• Mat Gamel doubles (7) on a line drive to center fielder Brian Bogusevic. Norris Hopper to 3rd.
  
• Brendan Katin singles on a line drive to center fielder Brian Bogusevic. Norris Hopper scores. Mat Gamel to 3rd.
  
• Joe Koshansky homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Mat Gamel scores. Brendan Katin scores.
  
• Ray Olmedo pops out to second baseman Ramon Vazquez.
  
• Johnny Raburn lines out to center fielder Brian Bogusevic.
  
• Anderson De La Rosa singles on a fly ball to center fielder Brian Bogusevic.
  
• Sam Narron grounds out to first baseman Tommy Everidge.

Nashville Bottom 7th

• Pitcher Change: Sergio Perez replaces Andy Van Hekken, batting 9th.
  
• Anderson De La Rosa doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder David Cook.
  
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Adam Stern replaces Sam Narron.
  
• Adam Stern singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Sergio Perez. Anderson De La Rosa scores. Throwing error by pitcher Sergio Perez.
  
• Trent Oeltjen lines out to center fielder Brian Bogusevic.
  
• Norris Hopper singles on a ground ball to right fielder Andrew Locke. Adam Stern to 3rd.
  
• With Mat Gamel batting, passed ball by Brian Esposito, Norris Hopper to 2nd.
  
• Sergio Perez intentionally walks Mat Gamel.
  
• Brendan Katin grounds out, third baseman Matt Kata to first baseman Tommy Everidge. Adam Stern scores. Norris Hopper to 3rd. Mat Gamel to 2nd.
  
• Joe Koshansky walks.
  
• Ray Olmedo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brian Bogusevic. Norris Hopper scores. Mat Gamel scores. Joe Koshansky to 3rd.
  
• Johnny Raburn singles on a ground ball to right fielder Andrew Locke. Joe Koshansky scores. Ray Olmedo to 3rd.
  
• Anderson De La Rosa pops out to first baseman Tommy Everidge.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Brewers 8, Arizona Giants 2

Cant's touch this...7-0, baby!

 

Arizona Box Score

109 degrees at game time doesn't describe how hot these kids are; four Brewer pitchers didn't walk a batter and struck out 19; yes, you read that right, a 19-to-0 ratio for the game! as noted above, 22-year-old 6'7" LHP Tony Butler is now a Brewer, he had struggled this season in the low-A South Atlantic League, as his stat page indicates; RHP's Dan Britt, Eric Arnett, and Eric Marzec combined to throw seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball, fanning 16 -- Marzec fell one batter short of matching Arnett's feat (six outs, six K's) when the first batter he faced lined out in the infield.

 

Leadoff man CF Robbie Garvey tripled, cingled, walked, and added a sacrifice bunt; five Brewers had multiple-hit games and seven Brewers reached more than once; Jhonatan Javier caught the whole game, doubled, and added a sacrifce fly; his double was one of five extra-bas ehits including three triples (Garvey's, along with Demetrius McKelvie and T.J. Mittelstaedt); slugging first baseman Jason Rogers smoked a double and single; there are a bunch of reinforcements ready for Helena when their call comes; this team has a completely different dynamic from past years with so many of the raw DSL kids off the mainland...

 

Arizona Game Log

Max Walla another outfield assist, this time at third base...

 

AZL Giants Bottom 1st

Carlos Willoughby strikes out swinging.

Wes Hobson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Robert Garvey.

Joseph Staley singles on a ground ball to right fielder Maxwell Walla. Wes Hobson out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Maxwell Walla to third baseman Justin Parker.

With Brice Cutspec batting, Joseph Staley steals (2) 2nd base.

Brice Cutspec strikes out swinging.

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: DSL Athletics 6, DSL Brewers 0

DSL Brewers Game One Box Score

Four of the runs allowed were unearned -- sloppy; 19-year-old 6'5" RHP Juan Francisco with a nice debut in relief -- that's a new signing we'll need to add to our database; seven walks, two HBP's, three errors, a passed ball; on offense, five harmless singles, nine K's, put this one to bed; on second glance, we'll give 6'4" third baseman Juan De Leon props for two singles and a walk, reaching all three times up...

 

DSL Brewers Game One Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game Two: DSL Brewers 10, DSL Athletics 9

The boys scored four in the bottom of the 3rd to tie the game at 4-4 in this seven-inning nightcap, fell behind 7-4 after surrendering three runs in the top of the 6th, only to come back with six of their own in the bottom of the frame to grab a 10-7 lead, then finally held on with the potential tie run on third base...

 

DSL Brewers Game Two Box Score

19-year-old 6'6" RHP Jairo Mejia has been lights out in his six tiny little outings this year, and got the save by retiring the one man he faced on a groundout; uneven to rough outings for the other three Brewer hurlers; the two teams' pitchers combined to allow all seven inherited runners to score until Mejia's game-ender; 3B Allixon Cequea was 2-for-4 with a three-run home run; despite the big run total, Hitaniel Arias' double was the only other Brewer extra-base hit, and only Cequea had multiple hits -- the D-Crew did draw six walks...

 

DSL Brewers Game Two Game Log

 

DSL Brewers Bottom 3rd

• Alejandro Mendoza walks.
  
• With Erickson Salaya batting, wild pitch by Jose Castillo, Alejandro Mendoza to 2nd.
  
• Erickson Salaya grounds out, third baseman Wilman Martinez to first baseman Michael Soto.
  
• Allixon Cequea singles on a line drive to left fielder Alfredo Sosa. Alejandro Mendoza to 3rd.
  
• Ronny Puello singles on a ground ball to first baseman Michael Soto. Alejandro Mendoza scores. Allixon Cequea to 2nd.
  
• Hitaniel Arias doubles (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Charli Blanco. Allixon Cequea scores. Ronny Puello to 3rd.
  
• Pitcher Change: Anderson Fortuna replaces Jose Castillo.
  
• Juan De Leon walks.
  
• Jose R. Garcia grounds into a force out, shortstop Wilfredo Solano to second baseman Rodolfo Penalo. Ronny Puello scores. Hitaniel Arias scores. Juan De Leon out at 2nd. Garcia advances to 2nd, on throwing error by second baseman Rodolfo Penalo.
  
• With Julio Sotelo batting, wild pitch by Anderson Fortuna, Jose R. Garcia to 3rd.
  
• Julio Sotelo called out on strikes.

DSL Brewers Bottom 6th

• Juan De Leon walks.
  
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Yonki Hernandez replaces Juan De Leon.
  
• Ruben Sanchez singles on a line drive to right fielder Anderson De La Rosa. Yonki Hernandez to 3rd.
  
• With Julio Sotelo batting, Ruben Sanchez steals (5) 2nd base.
  
• Julio Sotelo walks.
  
• Pitcher Change: William Bautista replaces Anderson Fortuna.
  
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Orton Rodriguez replaces Joan Abreu.
  
• Orton Rodriguez grounds into a force out, shortstop Wilfredo Solano to second baseman Rodolfo Penalo. Yonki Hernandez scores. Ruben Sanchez to 3rd. Julio Sotelo out at 2nd. Orton Rodriguez to 1st.
  
• Alejandro Mendoza singles on a ground ball to third baseman Wilman Martinez. Ruben Sanchez scores. Orton Rodriguez scores. Alejandro Mendoza to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Wilman Martinez.
  
• Erickson Salaya walks.
  
• Allixon Cequea homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Alejandro Mendoza scores. Erickson Salaya scores.
  
• Ronny Puello grounds out, third baseman Wilman Martinez to first baseman Michael Soto.
  
• Hitaniel Arias strikes out swinging.

[Mass Haas]

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Late-inning heroics rescue Brewers again

By AMBER KUEHN, Helena Independent Record

 

With the Billings Mustangs threatening to tie the game in the ninth inning on Monday, Helena Brewers second baseman Shea Vucinich scooped up a routine ground ball hit by Oliver Santos and tossed it to Cody Hawn for the final out.

 

Afterward, Vucinich pumped his fist in relief. It may have been a routine play, but it came in a game that was anything but routine.

 

“It was a big moment,” Vucinich said later.

 

The Brewers battled back from a 5-1 deficit to beat Billings 8-7 in the series opener at Kindrick Field, but this comeback was unlike their previous three rallies at home this season.

 

An odd eighth inning saw Billings second baseman Billy Hamilton get called out on batter interference, then more strange calls followed in the hosts’ half.

 

Carlos George got aboard on a leadoff single, later advancing to third on a throwing error by pitcher Tyler Cline. John Dishon then hit an RBI bunt single down the third-base line to tie the game at 5-all.

 

With another Helena comeback brewing, Franklin Romero Jr. laid down a timely, beautiful bunt, but was called out for running outside the first-base line.

 

A livid manager Joe Ayrault was ejected from the game for arguing home plate umpire Nate White’s call, drawing boos from the 919 in attendance.

 

“That’s one I haven’t seen called before on that type of bunt,” Ayrault said. “Usually, possibly on a ball down the foul line... but he was running straight down the line and for them to call obstruction right there, it would have been first and third with nobody out.”

 

Instead, with one out, Ayrault back in the clubhouse and hitting coach Ned Yost at the helm, the Brewers (7-1) used an RBI single by Mike Walker and a two-run double to center by Vucinich to push across the go-ahead runs. The Mustangs (2-6) made things interesting by scoring two runs in the ninth off closer Brian Garman, but the end result rolled in the Brewers’ favor.

 

This one was for their skipper.

 

“When we start coming back and something like that happens, it gives you something inside that makes you want to win even more,” said Vucinich, who was 3 for 4 with a home run and two doubles for the first-place Pioneer League squad. “It was just one of those nights. I think everyone has it every once in awhile. Ball seems big and a little slower than usual.”

 

Ayrault said he wasn’t nervous when the Mustangs started mounting a comeback of their own, saying he trusted that Yost would do a good job and that his players would step up in his absence.

 

“It’s one of those things that happens and I’m glad the guys responded,” Ayrault said. “It fired them up and they did a good job in the end.”

 

Prior to the ninth, all of Billings’ five runs had come in a big fourth inning off of Helena starter Seth Lintz. The Mustangs had four extra-base hits to jump out to a big lead.

 

But the never-say-die Brewers scored five of their own in the eighth, despite calls not going their way.

 

“You always say in baseball ‘never say never,’” Ayrault said. “Crazy stuff happens everyday. It’s one of those things you just go out there and keep battling.”

[brewmann04]

Nice Outing's by Evan Frederickson ,Arnett and Jeffress it a postive for all 3 and it great to see Evan throw strikes.