Link Report for Sat. 7/10

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at Memphis (Cardinals), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: LHP Lucas Luetge at Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: TBD (likely RHP Wily Peralta) at Tampa (Yankees), 6:00 PM gametime

Sorry, no audio for this series...

Wisconsin: RHP Damon Krestalude at home vs. Burlington (Royals), 6:15 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime

Live Audio Link

Helena: RHP Stosh Wawrzasek at Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-artful Dodgers; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league

 

DSL Brewers: at the DSL Mariners, 9:30 AM

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Nashville diehards can view the entire series in Memphis via a subscription to MiLB.TV.

[Mass Haas]

Follow Saturday'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

 

Helena

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)

 

DSL Brewers Game One

 

DSL Brewers Game Two

[Mass Haas]

The DSL team may end up with a doubleheader this evening, likely with each team acting as the home team once to account for Wednesday's rainout. If so, we'll be sure to include it.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville's divisional standings have been ridiculous for weeks -- last team standing wins, for sure; nice to see Huntsville and Brevard County relevant standings-wise; if only the Rattlers could win an occasional close game; Helena and Maryvale can't celebrate quite yet... PCL American North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Omaha	47	40	.540	-	-	22-21	25-19	6-4	W1
	Memphis	48	41	.539	-	-	25-18	23-23	6-4	L2
	Iowa	47	41	.534	0.5	56	25-24	22-17	5-5	W1
	Nashville	47	41	.534	0.5	56	23-18	24-23	5-5	W2

SOU North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Carolina	10	8	.556	-	-	4-2	6-6	7-3	W2
	Chattanooga	10	8	.556	-	-	7-5	3-3	4-6	L1
	Huntsville	9	9	.500	1.0	52	3-3	6-6	6-4	W1
*	Tennessee	8	10	.444	2.0	51	5-4	3-6	4-6	L5
	West Tenn	6	12	.333	4.0	49	4-5	2-7	2-8	L2

FSL North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Tampa	9	4	.692	-	-	4-1	5-3	7-3	L2
	Daytona	10	5	.667	-	-	7-1	3-4	6-4	W2
	Brevard County	8	7	.533	2.0	54	7-4	1-3	6-4	W3
	Clearwater	7	9	.438	3.5	52	5-1	2-8	5-5	L1
*	Dunedin	6	9	.400	4.0	52	3-3	3-6	4-6	L3
	Lakeland	4	10	.286	5.5	51	3-5	1-5	3-7	W1

MID Western
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Quad Cities	9	5	.643	-	-	3-2	6-3	6-4	W1
	Burlington	8	6	.571	1.0	-	7-2	1-4	8-2	L1
	Clinton	8	6	.571	1.0	-	5-4	3-2	6-4	L1
*	Cedar Rapids	8	7	.533	1.5	56	4-2	4-5	6-4	W1
	Kane County	8	7	.533	1.5	56	4-2	4-5	6-4	W2
	Beloit	7	8	.467	2.5	55	5-4	2-4	4-6	W1
	Wisconsin	6	9	.400	3.5	54	4-2	2-7	3-7	L1
	Peoria	4	10	.286	5.0	53	2-6	2-4	2-8	L2

PIO North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Helena	12	7	.632	-	-	7-3	5-4	4-6	W1
	Great Falls	11	8	.579	1.0	19	4-5	7-3	6-4	L1
	Billings	8	11	.421	4.0	16	4-5	4-6	6-4	W2
	Missoula	7	12	.368	5.0	15	5-5	2-7	4-6	L2

AZL Central
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	AZL Brewers	11	4	.733	-	-	1-2	0-1	1-3	W1
	AZL Dodgers	9	6	.600	2.0	40	2-0	1-0	3-0	W3
	AZL Reds	7	9	.438	4.5	37	0-1	2-1	2-2	W1
	AZL Indians	6	10	.375	5.5	36	1-1	2-1	3-2	W3

DSL S.D. North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	DSL Cardinals	21	14	.600	-	-	16-2	5-12	7-3	W3
	DSL Mariners	19	16	.543	2.0	36	13-5	6-11	6-4	W1
	DSL Brewers	16	18	.471	4.5	34	11-5	5-13	7-3	W1
	DSL Athletics	14	22	.389	7.5	30	8-10	6-12	0-10	L10

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes

 

Huntsville Media Notes

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Rattler Radio:

 

Game notes

 

Tonight's pitcher

 

Starting lineup

 

Fifth straight game that Kentrail Davis has missed.

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Final: Nashville 5, @Memphis 1

Narron, Sounds Shut Down Redbirds, 5-1

Nashville Sounds

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sam Narron held the Redbirds to one run over eight innings as the Nashville Sounds topped the Memphis Redbirds 5-1 on Saturday evening at AutoZone Park in the fourth game of a five-game series.

 

Nashville (48-41) won its third straight game after posting 10 hits for the third consecutive contest. Lorenzo Cain extended his hitting streak to six games with a 2-for-4 performance while catcher Ben Johnson also added three hits in the Nashville victory.

 

Throwing a quality start for the fifth time in his six starts this season for Nashville, Narron (4-3) scattered 10 hits while walking none and striking out five in eight innings pitched to earn the win.

 

The Sounds took an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame as leadoff hitter Adam Stern doubled to center field to begin the contest, with outfielder Cain singling in the next at-bat to reach base. During the Erick Almonte at-bat, Stern scored from third as Memphis catcher Matt Pagnozzi overthrew second base on the Cain swipe. Almonte then smacked a line drive single to center to drive Cain home from second for the second run of the inning.

 

The Redbirds got on the board in the bottom of the third as Aaron Luna tripled to center to begin the inning. The next batter David Kopp singled home Luna to reduce the Nashville lead to 2-1.

 

Sounds shortstop Luis Cruz continued to stay hot for the Sounds in the Nashville seventh, as the PCL All-Star jacked a one-out double to left field and moved to third on a Pagnozzi passed ball. After Johnny Raburn walked, Memphis reliever Renyal Pinto came into the game to replace David Kopp and surrendered an RBI base knock to Johnson. With two outs, Pinto walked Narron to load the bases, and then walked Cain to bring home another run for a 4-1 advantage.

 

Nashville tacked on another run in the top of the ninth inning for a 5-1 lead. Johnson doubled to right field for his third hit of the game, and later scored on a Cain two-out RBI double.

 

Brandon Kintzler finished the game with a perfect ninth while striking out one.

 

Kopp (4-3) took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

 

The Sounds and Redbirds will play the afternoon finale of a five-game series at 1:35 pm CT at AutoZone Park on Sunday before beginning the three-day Triple-A All-Star Break. Left-hander Chuck Lofgren (7-4, 4.94) will start for Nashville against Memphis righty P.J. Walters (2-2, 3.21).

 

Nashville Sounds box score

Cain is hungry. I would imagine Kintzler's belly is rumbling a bit, as well. Mat Gamel didn't start but pinch hit and struck out.

 

Nashville Sounds play-by-play

After reaching base all five times up yesterday in his first action as a new father, Stern reached in his first three plate appearances today as well.

[battlekow]

Final: Brevard County 5, @Tampa 4 (11 innings)

Brevard County box score

No, seriously, someone should be broadcasting this stuff! The Manatees scored four in the 8th to tie the game and won it in the 11th. Wily Peralta's kinda weird season continued: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 10/3 GO/AO. I really expected him to be a lot more dominant this year. Hopefully the stuff will shine through eventually. Buddy Flores and Dan Meadows turned in solid, shutout relief work, with Flores striking out six in his 2.1 innings and Meadows working the last two frames to pick up the win. Sean Halton clobbered (probably exaggerating--I imagine most FSL homers are wall-scrapers) a two-out three-run homer as part of his 2-5 night. Josh Prince and Matt Cline were also 2-5, each with a single and a double.

Brevard County play-by-play

The two relevant innings:

 

Brevard County Top 8th

• Scott Krieger strikes out
  swinging.
• Peter Fatse singles on a bunt ground ball to second
  baseman Corban Joseph.
• Josh Prince hits a ground-rule double
  (11) on a fly ball to right field. Peter Fatse to 3rd.
• Matt
  Cline singles on a ground ball to left fielder Raymond Kruml. Peter
  Fatse scores. Josh Prince to 3rd.
• Erik Komatsu grounds out,
  pitcher Adam Olbrychowski to first baseman Myron Leslie. Matt Cline
  to 2nd.
• Pitcher Change: Pat Venditte replaces Adam
  Olbrychowski.
• Sean Halton homers (7) on a fly ball to left
  field. Josh Prince scores. Matt Cline scores.
• Sergio
  Miranda called out on strikes.

Brevard County Top 11th

• Pitcher
  Change: Noel Castillo replaces Pat Venditte.
• Erik Komatsu
  strikes out swinging.
• Sean Halton singles on a line drive to
  right fielder Zoilo Almonte.
• Sergio Miranda singles on a
  ground ball to second baseman Corban Joseph. Sean Halton to 2nd.
• Brock
  Kjeldgaard flies out to right fielder Zoilo Almonte. Sean Halton to
  3rd.
• Sean McCraw singles on a line drive to left fielder
  Raymond Kruml. Sean Halton scores. Sergio Miranda to 2nd.
• With
  Scott Krieger batting, wild pitch by Noel Castillo, Sergio Miranda to
  3rd. Sean McCraw to 2nd.
• Scott Krieger strikes out
  swinging.

Bookended by Scott Krieger swinging strikeouts--nice symmetry, sea cows.

[And That]

Milb.com ads are taking over box scores on Safari for the iPhone. Lame. I blame Steve Jobs and his faulty signal strength algorithms.

[Mass Haas]

It's 11:00 PM Central, listen in as Helena heads to extra innings, tied at 4-4.

[uwisfan]

crazy line for Flores.. 2.1 IP, 0H, 3 BB, 6 Ks

[battlekow]

Final (game one): DSL Brewers 4, DSL Mariners 3 (12 innings)

DSL Brewers box score

This game was knotted at two until the 12th, when the Babiest Brewers scored two in the top half and held the Miniest M's to one in the bottom. Eduard Reyes again pitched very well: 7.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 7 K, 10/4 GO/AO. He turns 20 in a month. Hitaniel Arias was 1-3 with two walks and a HBP; Jose Pena was 1-4 with two walks; Jose R. Garcia was 2-6 with a double. Carlos Pena picked up his first hit since 6/24, 1-3 with a walk.

 

DSL Brewers play-by-play

The action-packed 12th:

 

DSL Brewers Top 12th

• Ruben Sanchez singles on a ground ball to center
  fielder Randy Perez.
• Allixon Cequea out on a sacrifice bunt,
  pitcher Martin Abad to second baseman George Soto. Ruben Sanchez to
  2nd.
• Pitcher Change: Yunior De Jesus replaces Martin Abad.
• Hitaniel
  Arias walks.
• Ronny Puello grounds into a force out, third
  baseman Jordy Lara to second baseman George Soto. Ruben Sanchez to
  3rd. Hitaniel Arias out at 2nd. Ronny Puello to 1st.
• Offensive
  Substitution: Pinch runner Erickson Salaya replaces Ronny Puello.
• Jose
  Pena singles on a ground ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Ruben
  Sanchez scores. Erickson Salaya to 2nd.
• Jose R. Garcia
  singles on a ground ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Erickson
  Salaya scores. Jose Pena to 2nd.
• Orton Rodriguez called out
  on strikes.

DSL Mariners Bottom 12th

• Erickson
  Salaya remains in the game as the designated hitter.
• George
  Drullard homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.
• Ivan Brea
  strikes out swinging, catcher Orton Rodriguez to first baseman Hitaniel
  Arias.
• Luis Matias grounds out, pitcher Rigoberto Almonte to
  first baseman Hitaniel Arias.
• Randy Perez grounds out,
  shortstop Andres Martinez to first baseman Hitaniel Arias.

[Mass Haas]

The 12-inning DSL game was actually scheduled for only seven as indeed the teams played two, swapping home games. Every manager's dream!

 

Adding the second box score link to our menu right now...

[Hammer]

The T-Rats game was a good one tonight (2-1 Rats on a bases loaded balk in the 3rd or 4th inning). Krestalude, although he was effective, does not look like he will cut it at levels higher than A ball. He only hit 88 on the gun once that I saw and was sitting mainly at 84-85 on the stadium gun all night. He and Garfield kept the hitters off balance with their changes of speeds but a more polished line-up would seemingly feast on those 84 mph bp fastballs. Nieves was a whole different story though. While he looks like he will dislocate his elbow/shoulder on every pitch (at least from our angle...1st baseline next to the press box) he over-matched the Bees for his entire outing (4 2/3). His FB was consistently in the 87-89 range and touched 90 a couple of times. His change/breaking ball really had the Bees coming out of their shoes though. They could not wait back for it no matter how hard they tried and it was comical to watch at times. This was the 2nd time that I have seen him pitch this year and he has really been impressive both times. The offense was pretty blah this evening though DeVo showed that once he learns the strike zone a little better he could be lethal at the top of the line-up. Speed, speed and more speed. He swiped 2nd on a pitch that bounced in front of the plate. It didn't roll away...just bounced. As soon as it touched dirt he was going 100% to 2nd. While I'm sure there are guys that are faster than him in the system his zero to flying is very quick. Good game to be at after the rain delay.

[TheCrew07]

Final: Wisconsin 2, Burlington 1

 

Home is a welcome site for Rattlers

 

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers returned home from a 2-7 road trip in need of some

wins. The team responded to the

return to the friendly confines of Time Warner Cable Field with a 2-1 win over

the Burlington Bees on Saturday night. Efrain

Nieves pitched 4-2/3 scoreless innings of relief after the Rattlers scratched

out a pair of runs to erase an early deficit.

 

Burlington (30-54 overall, 8-7

second half) took the lead with one out in the top of the first inning.

Deivy Batista tripled. Carlo

Testa followed with a triple and the Bees were up 1-0. That would be about all

the Burlington offense could manage in the game.

 

Wisconsin (33-51, 7-9)

manufactured a couple of runs in the third inning to take the lead.

D'Vontrey Richardson reached on a fielder's choice.

He stole second and went to third on a grounder to the right side.

Scooter Gennett delivered a two-out RBI single to send Richardson across

the plate with the tying run.

 

The Rattlers weren't done

against Burlington starter Dusty Odenbach. Khris

Davis was hit by a pitch and Hunter Morris drew a walk to load the bases for

Chris Dennis.

 

Odenbach made it an

anticlimactic at bat for one of the Midwest League leaders in RBI.

The Bees pitcher committed a balk to send Gennett home with the go ahead

run. The Wisconsin pitchers took

over from that point.

 

Rattlers starting pitcher Damon

Krestalude pitched four innings and gave up just one more hit after the

consecutive triples in the first inning. Nieves

came on in the fifth and retired nine of the first ten batters he faced.

Nieves also worked around a leadoff walk in the top of the eighth.

 

A leadoff single in the top of

the ninth inning was followed by a double play.

But, with two outs, Jose Bonilla singled to chase Nieves.

 

Closer Jon Pokorny came on to

get Fernando Cruz to pop out to end the game and pick up his sixth save of the

season.

 

Game two of the series with the

Bees is Sunday afternoon at 1:05pm. Jake

Odorizzi (4-1, 3.14) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.

Tyler Sample (3-5, 3.97) is set to start for the Bees.

 

Milwaukee Brewers legend Cecil

Cooper will be on hand for a Brewers Sunday presented by 107.5, The Fan.

He will throw out a first pitch and be available for autographs before

the game. Timber Rattlers players

will wear jerseys inspired by the 1982 Brewers.

 

Sunday is Strike Out Cancer

Day, too. One dollar for every

ticket sold on Sunday will go to area charities that fight cancer.

Please follow this link for more information on Strike

Out Cancer[/i] Day.

If you can't make it out to

Time Warner Cable Field, you may tune in to the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM

starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 12:45pm.

 

 

WP: Efrain Nieves (3-3)

LP: Dusty Odenbach (4-6)

SAVE: Jon Pokorny (6)

 

TIME: 2:28

ATTN: 4,721

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Well i fell asleep waiting for the game to start, so I missed one of the better pitching performances of the season. Damon Krestalude was more effective in his 2nd appearance off the DL, and Efrain Nieves turned what I believe to be his best outing of the season. As you may have guessed from the story and the score there wasn't much offense in this game, Cutter Dykstra was 1-3 with a 2B and Chris Dennis went 2-4.

 

 

Wisconsin Recap

Good pitching usually means a pretty boring play by play.

[TheCrew07]

Final: Huntville 7, Chattanooga 3

 

Huntsville Boxscore

Lucas Luetge started and ended up allowing the only the 3 runs the Lookouts would score. He went 3IP giving up 6H, 2ER, 2BB, while striking out 3. Robert Hinton was awesome in relief going 4IP allowing a single hit and he struck out 5. Andre Lamontagne closed out the game going 2 innings allowing 2 walks and striking out 3. Lee Haydel went 2-5, Zelous Wheeler had a monster game going 2-4 with a 2B and a HR, Drew Anderson went 3-5, and Taylor Green was 1-3 with a 2B. Anderson Machado had a tough game at SS committing 2 errors.

Huntsville Recap

The Stars scored 2 runs in the 1st, 5th, and 9th. Steffan Wilson gunned at home to end the 1st.

Huntsville Top 1st

• Lee Haydel singles on a line drive to right fielder Jerry Sands.
• With Caleb Gindl batting, Lee Haydel caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Jessie Mier to shortstop Ramon Nivar.
• Caleb Gindl walks.
• Zelous Wheeler flies out to right fielder Jerry Sands in foul territory.
• Drew T. Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Lambo. Caleb Gindl to 2nd.
• Steffan
  Wilson singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jaime Pedroza,
  deflected by pitcher Chris Withrow. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. Drew T.
  Anderson to 2nd.
• Taylor Green walks. Caleb Gindl scores. Drew T. Anderson to 3rd. Steffan Wilson to 2nd.
• Coaching visit to mound.
• Coaching visit to mound.
• Anderson
  Machado singles on a line drive to right fielder Jerry Sands. Drew T.
  Anderson scores. Steffan Wilson out at home, right fielder Jerry Sands
  to first baseman Eduardo Perez to catcher Jessie Mier to third baseman
  Corey Smith to shortstop Ramon Nivar.

Lutege had eventful 1st and 2nd innings and it caught up with him in the 3rd, a missed double play opportunity didn't help his cause.

Chattanooga Bottom 3rd

• Trayvon Robinson singles on a line drive to center fielder Lee Haydel.
• Ramon Nivar singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew T. Anderson. Trayvon Robinson to 2nd.
• Jerry Sands walks. Trayvon Robinson to 3rd. Ramon Nivar to 2nd.
• Corey
  Smith reaches on force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop
  Anderson Machado, assist to second baseman Zelous Wheeler. Trayvon
  Robinson scores. Ramon Nivar scores. Jerry Sands to 2nd.
• Andrew Lambo strikes out swinging.
• Eduardo Perez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew T. Anderson. Jerry Sands to 3rd. Corey Smith to 2nd.
• Jaime
  Pedroza grounds into double play, second baseman Zelous Wheeler to
  first baseman Steffan Wilson to shortstop Anderson Machado. Jerry Sands
  scores. Eduardo Perez out at 2nd.

Lamontagne was a tad shaky in the 8th but worked out of it.

Chattanooga Bottom 8th

• Pitcher Change: Andre Lamontagne replaces Robert Hinton, batting 7th, replacing shortstop Anderson Machado.
• Defensive Substitution: Juan Sanchez replaces pitcher Robert Hinton, batting 9th, playing shortstop.
• Corey Smith grounds out, shortstop Juan Sanchez to first baseman Steffan Wilson.
• Andrew Lambo walks.
• Eduardo Perez strikes out swinging.
• Jaime Pedroza walks. Andrew Lambo to 2nd.
• Jessie Mier called out on strikes.

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Final (game two): DSL Mariners 5, @DSL Brewers 2 (7 innings)

DSL Brewers box score

Joel Dicent started and got roughed up a bit, allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. 16-year-old Venezuelan Osmel Perez, my favorite Brewer farmhand, tossed 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. Very little going on on offense. Juan De Leon was 1-2 with a walk, and Jose R. Garcia and Andres Martinez were each 1-3. Hitaniel Arias was 0-3, and Jose Pena did not play.

 

DSL Brewers play-by-play

[battlekow]

Final: @AZL Brewers 9, AZL Dodgers 4

AZL Brewers box score

19-year-old Venezuelan Francisco Rivero allowed four runs in four innings; nevertheless, Rivero deserves to be commended for his precocious 19/3 K/BB so far, racked up in 22 innings of work. Skyler Crawford and Jose Sanchez teamed up to shut out the Diaper Dodgers for the rest of the game. Jason Rogers, Joey Paciorek, Kenny Allison, Max Walla, and Nick Shaw all had two hits for the Maryvale Crew, with Rogers, Paciorek, and Shaw each adding a walk as well. Walla tripled, just his fourth extra-base hit of the year. Demetrius McKelvie doubled but also struck out twice--that's 27 in 55 plate appearances, which is kind of amazing. Tyler Roberts' folk-hero status took a hit with an 0-5 line.

 

AZL Brewers play-by-play

Not sure why, but Justin Parker replaced Rogers at first base in the 9th; Rogers didn't bat in the preceding half inning. Do you sub for defense with a five-run lead?

[TheCrew07]

Final, 11 Inniings: Billings 5, Helena 4

 

Helena Boxscore

Stosh Wawrzasek retired the first 8 batters he faced cruising through 3, however the 4th inning wasn't kind to him. Stosh went 3.2 IP allowing 4 hits, 3 earned runs, and he struck out 3. Eric Marzec pitched the next 2.1, he's yet to allow an earned run this season. Tony Bulter pitched an inning and allowed a run without giving up a hit on 2 walks to start the 8th, but only because Brian Garman walked the bases loaded and then walked in the tying run. Garman did manage to double his season strike out total over his 3IP striking out 8! Rob Currie took the loss and a soft sinker liner that the outfielder John Bivens made a diving attempt at to extend the game but couldn't come up with.

 

Offensively Cody Hawn was 2-6 with 2 doubles, Reggie Keen was 1-5 with a 2B, Shea Vucinich was 2-5 with a 2B, Mike Walker was 2-4 with a 2B, John Dishon was 2-4, and finally Gerald Ogrinc was 2-5. Carlos George continues to be a butcher in the field committing his 7th error in Helena so far this season.

 

Helena Recap

The Billings 4th

Billings Bottom 4th

• Dayne Read singles on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens.
• Billy Hamilton singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Bivens. Dayne Read to 2nd.
• Jefry
  Sierra out on a sacrifice bunt, catcher Gerald Ogrinc to second baseman
  Shea Vucinich. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd.
• Sean
  Conner reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Shea
  Vucinich. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd.
• Jonathan Kaskow singles on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Billy Hamilton scores. Sean Conner to 3rd.
• Oliver
  Santos reaches on force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Carlos
  George. Sean Conner scores. Jonathan Kaskow to 2nd.
• Juan Duran strikes out swinging.
• Pitcher Change: Eric Marzec replaces Stosh Wawrzasek.
• Chris Berset grounds out, first baseman Brandon Sizemore to pitcher Eric Marzec.

had bad feeling gifting Billings a run would be the difference in the game.

Billings Bottom 8th

• Dayne Read walks.
• Billy Hamilton walks. Dayne Read to 2nd.
• Pitcher Change: Brian Garman replaces Tony Butler.
• Jefry Sierra walks. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd.
• Sean Conner strikes out swinging.
• Jonathan Kaskow strikes out swinging.
• Oliver Santos walks. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd. Jefry Sierra to 2nd.
• Juan Duran strikes out swinging.

Helena had a good chance in the 10th.

 

Helena Top 10th

• John Dishon called out on strikes.
• Brandon Sizemore singles on a ground ball to third baseman Oliver Santos.
• Gerald Ogrinc singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Duran. Brandon Sizemore to 2nd.
• John Bivens flies out to left fielder Dayne Read.
• With Reggie Keen batting, passed ball by Chris Berset, Brandon Sizemore to 3rd. Gerald Ogrinc to 2nd.
• Reggie Keen grounds out, shortstop Billy Hamilton to first baseman Jonathan Kaskow.

The willing rally

Billings Bottom 11th

• Pitcher Change: Robert Currie replaces Brian Garman.
• Jonathan Kaskow grounds out, first baseman Brandon Sizemore to pitcher Robert Currie.
• Oliver Santos hit by pitch.
• Juan Duran called out on strikes. Oliver Santos steals (1) 2nd base.
• Chris Berset singles on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens. Oliver Santos scores.

[CheeseheadInIllinois]

I don't know if it is a matter of struggling the second time through the lineup or tiring or just a small sample size fluke, but Wawrzasek (if my math is correct) has a 1.50 ERA with a WHIP of 1 in the first three innings of his outings but an ERA of 15.43 and a WHIP of 2.57 in any additional innings.

[Mass Haas]

The DSL Mariners took advantage of the Allixon Cequea new-to-catching experiment in that Game Two. First start behind the plate -- six stolen bases in the seven inning game, none of the double steal variety, off of three different pitchers teamed with Cequea, and he committed two errors on throws.

 

It'll be a great story if he ever makes the big leagues behind the plate, kind of like Rattlers' pitcher Santo Manzanillo's 47 walks in 16.1 Maryvale innings in 2006. OK, I guess nothing tops that.

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Lookouts Fall Out Of First Place In 7-3 Loss To Stars

Huntsville defeated Chattanooga Saturday night, 7-3, while taking 3-out-of-4 games in the series; Carolina (11-8) takes over the top spot in the SL North division from the Lookouts 10-9).

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Huntsville got off to an early lead by plating two runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk to Taylor Green and an Anderson Machado RBI single off Lookouts’ starter Chris Withrow.

 

Withrow left the game after one inning and was replaced by Tim Sexton.

 

Zelous Wheeler hit a solo shot in the top of the third for Huntsville, but the Lookouts would counter with three runs in the bottom portion of the inning. Trayvon Robinson and Ramon Nivar set the stage by leading off with singles.

 

After a Jerry Sands walk to load the bases, Corey Smith hit a hard grounder to second baseman Wheeler, who then attempted to start a double play, but shortstop Anderson Machado was unable to field the toss cleanly.

 

When the dust settled, the Lookouts found themselves back in the game with two runs.

 

The Lookouts eventually tied the score on a Jaime Pedroza ground ball with the bases loaded, which ultimately resulted in a double play to end the inning, but not before Sands was able to cross the plate.

 

The Stars broke the tie in the fifth by scoring two runs, highlighted by a Drew Anderson RBI single.

 

Wheeler struck again in the ninth with a two-run double to increase Huntsville’s lead, 7-3.

 

Andre Lamontagne shut the door on the Lookouts over the final two innings, earning his first save of the season.

 

Robert Hinton (3-2) picked up the win for the Stars in a relief appearance. In four innings, he yielded just one hit against five strikeouts.

 

Sexton (3-9), who pitched six innings out of the bullpen, took the loss for the Lookouts. He surrendered three runs on seven hits and one walk, while striking out three.

 

Photo by Tim Evearitt

Steffan Wilson is tagged out at home plate by Ramon Nivar in the first inning.

 

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