Link Report for Sun. 7/11 -- Odorizzi Shines Again

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Sunday's Daily Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Chuck Lofgren at Memphis (Cardinals), 1:20 PM pre-game; 1:35 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: Idle; All-Star Game Monday

 

Brevard County: TBD (likely LHP Dan Merklinger) at Tampa (Yankees), 12:00 PM gametime

Sorry, no audio for this series...

Wisconsin: RHP Jake Odorizzi at home vs. Burlington (Royals), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

Helena: RHP Tyler Cravy at Billings (Reds), 4:50 PM pre-game; 5:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Rangers' complex in Surprise; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league

 

DSL Brewers: Idle

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

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Follow Sunday's action as it happens:

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Nashville (Gameday also available)

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)

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PCL American North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Omaha	48	40	.545	-	-	23-21	25-19	6-4	W2
	Iowa	48	41	.539	0.5	56	26-24	22-17	6-4	W2
	Nashville	48	41	.539	0.5	56	23-18	25-23	5-5	W3
	Memphis	48	42	.533	1.0	55	25-19	23-23	5-5	L3

 

 

SOU North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Carolina	11	8	.579	-	-	4-2	7-6	7-3	W3
	Chattanooga	10	9	.526	1.0	51	7-6	3-3	4-6	L2
	Huntsville	10	9	.526	1.0	51	3-3	7-6	6-4	W2
*	Tennessee	9	10	.474	2.0	50	5-4	4-6	4-6	W1
	West Tenn	6	13	.316	5.0	47	4-6	2-7	2-8	L3

FSL North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Tampa	9	5	.643	-	-	4-2	5-3	6-4	L3
	Daytona	10	6	.625	-	-	7-1	3-5	5-5	L1
	Brevard County	9	7	.563	1.0	54	7-4	2-3	7-3	W4
	Clearwater	8	9	.471	2.5	52	6-1	2-8	5-5	W1
*	Dunedin	7	9	.438	3.0	52	4-3	3-6	4-6	W1
	Lakeland	4	11	.267	5.5	50	3-5	1-6	3-7	L1

MID Western
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Quad Cities	10	5	.667	-	-	4-2	6-3	6-4	W2
*	Cedar Rapids	9	7	.563	1.5	-	5-2	4-5	6-4	W2
	Kane County	9	7	.563	1.5	-	5-2	4-5	7-3	W3
	Burlington	8	7	.533	2.0	55	7-2	1-5	7-3	L2
	Clinton	8	7	.533	2.0	55	5-4	3-3	5-5	L2
	Beloit	7	9	.438	3.5	53	5-4	2-5	4-6	L1
	Wisconsin	7	9	.438	3.5	53	5-2	2-7	3-7	W1
	Peoria	4	11	.267	6.0	51	2-6	2-5	2-8	L3

PIO North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Great Falls	12	8	.600	-	-	5-5	7-3	6-4	W1
	Helena	12	8	.600	-	-	7-3	5-5	4-6	L1
	Billings	9	11	.450	3.0	16	5-5	4-6	6-4	W3
	Missoula	7	13	.350	5.0	14	5-5	2-8	4-6	L3

AZL Central
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	AZL Brewers	12	4	.750	-	-	2-2	0-1	2-3	W2
	AZL Dodgers	9	7	.563	3.0	38	2-0	1-1	3-1	L1
	AZL Reds	7	9	.438	5.0	36	0-1	2-1	2-2	W1
	AZL Indians	6	10	.375	6.0	35	1-1	2-1	3-2	W3

DSL S.D. North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	DSL Cardinals	22	14	.611	-	-	17-2	5-12	8-2	W4
	DSL Mariners	20	17	.541	2.5	34	13-6	7-11	6-4	W1
	DSL Brewers	17	19	.472	5.0	32	11-6	6-13	7-3	L1
	DSL Athletics	14	23	.378	8.5	28	8-10	6-13	0-10	L11

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Check for updated game notes at these links shortly before scheduled game times --

 

Nashville Media Notes

 

Rattler Radio Blog

[Mass Haas]

Jake Odorizzi's last four starts -- 25 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB, 32 K

 

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[battlekow]

Final: @Tampa 3, Brevard County 2

Brevard County box score

Things looked pretty good entering the 8th, with the Manatees holding a 2-0 lead on the strength of a Scott Krieger two-run homer and Jeremy Jeffress entering the game. Unfortunately, Jeffress faltered, allowing two runs (one earned) while walking four and loosing two wild pitches. He only allowed one hit and struck out two, so the stuff is fine--it's just his old control demons rearing their ugly heads. Brandon Ritchie picked up the

loss, allowing a run in the bottom of the 10th. This spoiled a fine start from Dan Merklinger, who went six shutout innings, allowing seven hits and no walks and fanning six. Krieger was 3-4 with the homer, and Matt Cline was 1-3 with two walks. Erik Komatsu did not play.

 

Brevard County play-by-play

The decisive final three inning for the Yankees:

 

Tampa Bottom 8th

• Pitcher Change: Jeremy Jeffress
  replaces Trey Watten.
• Jose Pirela walks.
• Corban
  Joseph reaches on fielding error by third baseman Matt Cline. Jose
  Pirela to 2nd.
• With Bradley Suttle batting, wild pitch by
  Jeremy Jeffress, Jose Pirela to 3rd. Corban Joseph to 2nd.
• Bradley
  Suttle singles on a line drive to center fielder Franklin Romero.
  Jose Pirela scores. Corban Joseph scores.
• Melky Mesa called
  out on strikes.
• Zoilo Almonte strikes out swinging.
• With
  Jose Gil batting, wild pitch by Jeremy Jeffress, Bradley Suttle to 2nd.
  
• Jose Gil walks.
• Mitch Abeita walks. Bradley
  Suttle to 3rd. Jose Gil to 2nd.
• Myron Leslie lines out to
  center fielder Franklin Romero.

Tampa Bottom 9th

• Raymond
  Kruml flies out to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard.
• Jose Pirela
  walks.
• Pitcher Change: Brandon Ritchie replaces Jeremy
  Jeffress.
• With Corban Joseph batting, throwing error by
  Brandon Ritchie on the pickoff attempt, Jose Pirela to 2nd.
• Corban
  Joseph strikes out swinging, catcher Michael Roberts to first baseman
  Sean Halton.
• With Bradley Suttle batting, Jose Pirela steals
  (13) 3rd base.
• Bradley Suttle grounds out, third baseman Matt
  Cline to first baseman Sean Halton.

Tampa Bottom

10th

• Melky Mesa singles on a line drive to left fielder
  Brock Kjeldgaard.
• With Zoilo Almonte batting, Melky Mesa
  steals (23) 2nd base.
• Zoilo Almonte grounds out, second
  baseman Steve Braun to first baseman Sean Halton. Melky Mesa to 3rd.
  
• Brandon Ritchie intentionally walks Jose Gil.
• Brandon
  Ritchie intentionally walks Mitch Abeita. Jose Gil to 2nd.
• Myron
  Leslie singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard.
  Melky Mesa scores. Jose Gil to 3rd. Mitch Abeita to 2nd.

[jwill535]

Khris Davis's days in A ball have to be coming to an end here soon, especially being a college player.

[Never Outhustled]

Khris Davis's days in A ball have to be coming to an end here soon, especially being a college player.

 

Ya, him and Odorizzi can ride together to their next destination. Awesome to see these guys dominate. Is Jake becoming another Gallardo?

[battlekow]

Final: @Memphis 5, Nashville 1

Sounds drop series finale in Memphis, 5-1

Nashville Sounds

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis starting pitcher P.J. Walters used both his arm and his bat to propel the Redbirds to a 5-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Sunday afternoon at AutoZone Park in the finale of a five-game series.

 

Walters (3-2) tossed a quality start, holding the Sounds to one run on seven hits with five strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings, and the right-hander delivered a go-ahead, three-run double from the batter's box to lead Memphis to the win.

 

The defeat, which snapped a three-game win streak for the Sounds, was the last of 16 contests between the division rivals in 2010. Nashville (48-42), which took three of five from the Redbirds this weekend, won the season series by a 9-7 margin.

 

Sounds first baseman Joe Koshansky gave the visitors an early advantage when he led off the second inning with his team-leading 13th longball of the year, a solo shot to right-center off Walters.

 

Memphis rallied to take a 4-1 lead with a four-run outburst against a pair of Nashville hurlers in the bottom of the sixth.

 

Allen Craig and Joe Mather led off the frame with consecutive singles off Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren. After Bryan Anderson grounded into a force play that eliminated Craig from the basepaths and Nashville catcher Anderson De La Rosa picked Mather off second, Kevin Howard blooped a single to shallow center to put runners on the corners and chase Lofgren from the contest.

 

Right-hander Donovan Hand was summoned from the bullpen to make his career Triple-A debut for the Sounds and was promptly tagged with a blown save as he was greeted by Donovan Solano's game-tying RBI single to left, which made it a 1-1 contest.

 

Hand extended the inning with a mistake of his own when he mishandled Aaron Luna's lightly-hit comebacker; the error allowed the Redbirds to load the bases. Walters helped his own cause in a big way when he stepped into the box and hit a sinking liner to center that glanced off the glove of a diving Lorenzo Cain, plating three unearned runs on a play ruled as a double for the Memphis hurler.

 

Howard tacked on an insurance run for Memphis in the eighth when he greeted Sounds reliever Chris Smith by hammering the right-hander's 1-0 offering over the right-center wall. The blast was the infielder's fifth round tripper of the year and upped the Redbirds' lead to 5-1.

 

Fernando Salas worked the final two frames in scoreless fashion for Memphis to nail down his 16th save of the season.

 

Lofgren (7-5) was saddled with a tough-luck loss for the Sounds after allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits while walking a pair of batters and striking out four in his 5 2/3 innings of work.

 

Cain extended his hit streak to seven games with a fifth-inning double. The outfielder enters the break with a .368 average (14-for-38) in his nine games played for Nashville.

 

Adam Stern had his season-best seven-game hit streak halted for the Sounds with a pinch-hit flyout in the seventh. The outfielder enjoyed a 6-for-9 series against the 'Birds and enters the All-Star break batting .545 (12-for-22) in his last eight games.

 

After taking the next three days off for the Triple-A All-Star break, the Sounds return to action on Thursday night at Greer Stadium, when they welcome the division-rival Omaha Royals to Music City for the 7:05 p.m. opener of a four-game series.

 

Left-hander Chris Waters (5-5, 3.55) will man the bump for the Sounds in Thursday's series opener to face Omaha right-hander Luis Mendoza (5-7, 4.57).

 

A pair of Sounds players will compete in Wednesday night's Triple-A All-Star Game in Lehigh Valley, Pa. Shortstop Luis Cruz and right-handed pitcher Mike McClendon will serve as reserves for the Pacific Coast League stars in the 6:05 p.m. CT contest, which will be broadcast live on MLB Network as well as 104.5 FM "The Zone."

 

Nashville box score

Mat Gamel was 2-4 (with two strikeouts), the only Sound with multiple hits.

 

Nashville play-by-play

[YoungGeezy]

Khris Davis's days in A ball have to be coming to an end here soon, especially being a college player.

 

Ya, him and Odorizzi can ride together to their next destination. Awesome to see these guys dominate. Is Jake becoming another Gallardo?

Hopefully Heckathorn gets a seat right next to them on that ride as well. Odorizzi is on fire right now and I have been kind of wanting the Brewers to hold off on a promotion for him until he was not just pitching very well but dominating and he has absolutely done that over his last 4 starts!

 

Last 4 Starts:

3-0 W/L 25 IP 22H 1ER 3BB 32K 1.00 WHIP 0.36 ERA

 

That is just unreal and the true definition of dominating!

 

Also who here would have ever though entering the season that Scotter Gennet would be 3rd on the team in homeruns and 2nd in slugging percentage not to mention top 3 in the Midwest League in runs, hits, doubles, total bases, and batting average. Have to believe if Trout wasn't in the league Ryan would be consider the top canidate for League MVP. Only two things that make this season even stronger for him is if he took a few more walks and snagged a few more bases. (T-Rats are actually just about the worse baserunning team in the MWL 4th from last in steals and 2nd most caught stealings)

 

Jeffress was less than impressive to day with 4 BB and 2 WP

 

[TheCrew07]

Final: Wisconsin 4, Burlington 1

 

Odorizzi & Davis sting Bees

 

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

GRAND CHUTE, WI - Jake

Odorizzi and Khris Davis continued their domination of the Burlington Bees.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers duo led the team to a 4-1 victory over the

Bees Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field.

Odorizzi, the starting pitcher, tossed seven shutout innings and struck

out nine. Davis hit a pair of home

runs in his three hits against the Bees.

 

Scooter Gennett put the

Rattlers (8-9 second half, 34-51 overall) in front with a two-run homer in the

bottom of the first inning against Burlington starter Tyler Sample.

That was more than enough for Odorizzi.

 

The Rattlers right-hander

worked around a leadoff walk in the second and a leadoff double in the fifth to

protect that 2-0 lead.

 

Davis hit his first homer of

the game to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning.

He drilled the first pitch of the at bat versus reliever Sam Runion into

the Burlington bullpen past the wall in left-center and the Rattlers were up

3-0.

 

The Bees (8-8, 30-55)

threatened in the seventh against Odorizzi.

Burlington loaded the bases on a walk, a single, and another single.

Odorizzi got out of the jam with his ninth strikeout of the game and a

fly out to right.

 

In the eighth inning against

reliever Caleb Thielbar, Carlo Testa homered off the

foul pole in right field to get the Bees to within 3-1.

 

Davis answered with one out in

the bottom of the eighth. He lined a

2-1 pitch from Scott Kelley just over the wall in left field and the Rattlers

were up 4-1. Davis, who is the first

Rattler with a multi-homer game this season, has 15 home runs in 2010.

 

Thielbar walked the leadoff

batter in the top of the ninth, but retired the next three batters to nail down

the win and his third save of the season.

 

Odorizzi is 3-0 in four starts

against the Bees this season. He has

allowed one run and struck out 35 in 25 innings in those four starts against

Burlington.

 

Davis has hit six of his 15

home runs against the Bees in 2010. In

15 games against the Bees this season, Davis is 26-for-59 (.440) with 14 RBI.

 

The Timber Rattlers and Bees

wrap up their series Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field.

Kyle Heckathorn (6-5, 2.48) is the scheduled starting pitcher for

Wisconsin. Keaton Hayenga (1-6,

8.23) is set to go for Burlington. Game

time is 12:05pm.

 

If you can't make it out to

the game, you may tune into the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM.

The Miller Lite Pregame Show starts at 11:45am.

 

HOME RUNS:

 

BUR:

 

Carlo Testa (8^th, 0

on in 8^th inning, off Caleb Thielbar, 1 out)

 

 

WIS:

Scooter Gennett (6^th, 1 on in 1^st inning, off Tyler

Sample, 1 out)

 

Khris Davis (14^th, 0

on in 6^th inning, off Sam Runion, 0 out)

 

Khris Davis (15^th, 0

on in 8^th inning, off Scott Kelley, 1 out)

 

WP: Jake Odorizzi (5-1)

 

LP: Tyler Sample (3-6)

 

SAVE: Caleb Thielbar (3)

 

TIME: 2:19

 

ATTN:

2,69

Wisconsin Boxscore

Jack Odorizzi was fantastic but I'm going to take a contrary opinion to the ones already offered in this thread. Odorizzi is gong to get skipped at least one more time this season, he doesn't have enough IP built up. Instead I'd rather see Kyle Heckathorn and Khris Davis catch that plane together, 2 college players who should be on the fast track given their age. Odorizzi's final line was 7IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, and 9Ks. Caleb Thielbar pitched the final 2 innings continuing his recent string of appearances allowing a run, this time on a HR, but he did pick up his 3rd save of the season.

 

On the offensive side of things D' Vontrey Richardson had a big day going 3-4 with a triple but continues to make outs on the bases, he's just so raw yet. Scooter Gennett went 2-4 with a HR, but Khris Davis was the story here again today going 3-4 with 2 HRs! The Timber Rattlers also played a rare clean game defensively.

Wisconsin Recap

The T-Rats jumped out early and never looked back.

Wisconsin Bottom 1st

• D' Vontrey Richardson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Hilton Richardson.
• With
  Cutter Dykstra batting, D' Vontrey Richardson steals (13) 2nd base, .
  D' Vontrey Richardson advances to 3rd, on throwing error by catcher
  Drew Robertson.
• Cutter Dykstra strikes out swinging.
• Ryan Gennett homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. D' Vontrey Richardson scores.
• Kentrail Davis walks.
• Khristopher Davis strikes out swinging.
• Hunter Morris flies out to left fielder Carlo Testa in foul territory.

Wisconsin missed a chance in the 4th

Wisconsin Bottom 4th

• Kentrail Davis walks.
• With Khristopher Davis batting, wild pitch by Tyler Sample, Kentrail Davis to 2nd.
• Khristopher Davis singles on a line drive to center fielder Hilton Richardson. Kentrail Davis to 3rd.
• Hunter Morris strikes out swinging.
• With Cameron Garfield batting, Khristopher Davis steals (11) 2nd base.
• Cameron Garfield called out on strikes.
• Michael Marseco strikes out swinging.

Odorizzi's worst inning was his last.

Burlington Top 7th

• Rene Oriental walks.
• Fernando Cruz singles on a ground ball to second baseman Ryan Gennett. Rene Oriental to 2nd.
• Deivy Batista flies out to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson.
• Drew Robertson singles on a fly ball to right fielder Erik Miller. Rene Oriental to 3rd. Fernando Cruz to 2nd.
• Hilton Richardson strikes out swinging.
• Gerard Hall flies out to right fielder Erik Miller.

[uwisfan]

If Gennett's last name was Lawrie, would he still be in single A?

[YoungGeezy]

I believe so knowing Lawrie was there for nearly the entire season, plus Brett is much more physically advanced/matured than Scooter, I think that may have some factor

[TheCrew07]

Final: Billings 9, Helena 4

 

Helena Boxscore

Tyler Cravy started and wasn't sharp, but he deserved a better fate in the 3rd. Tyler went 2.1 IP, giving up 5 hits, 3 walks, 8 runs, 6 earned, against 2 strike outs. Tony Butler had his best outing for the H-Crew going 2.2 IP giving up 1H, 1BB, and he struck out 2. Thomas Keeling finished the game and Steve had nice things to say about him, apparently Thomas is just very raw as a pitcher. He went 3 IP, gave up a run without allowing a hit on 3 walks and striking out 4. Offensively Shea Vucinich was 2-4 and Brent Dean was 2-3.. Reggie Keen was hit by a pitch square on the top of his left hand during the 9th and had to exit the game, hopefully he's OK. The Brewers were horrible defensively, particularly in the 3rd, and had 4 errors on the evening, though Carlos George had a fantastic diving play and flip from the seat of his pants to end the 1st.

 

Helena Recap

The game was out of reach early.

Billings Bottom 1st

• Dayne Read singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Bivens.
• Billy Hamilton singles on a ground ball to shortstop Carlos George. Dayne Read to 2nd.
• Jefry Sierra walks. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd.
• Trey Manz strikes out swinging.
• Jonathan Kaskow walks. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd. Jefry Sierra to 2nd.
• Donald
  Lutz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Reggie Keen. Billy
  Hamilton scores. Jefry Sierra to 3rd. Jonathan Kaskow to 2nd.
• Juan Duran singles on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Jefry Sierra scores. Jonathan Kaskow scores.
• Oliver Santos grounds into a force out, shortstop Carlos George to second baseman Shea Vucinich. Juan Duran out at 2nd.

Billings Bottom 3rd

• Jefry Sierra grounds out, shortstop Carlos George to first baseman Cody Hawn.
• Trey Manz reaches on fielding error by left fielder John Bivens. Trey Manz to 2nd.
• Jonathan Kaskow walks.
• Donald
  Lutz doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Trey
  Manz scores. Jonathan Kaskow scores. Fielding error by center fielder
  Reggie Keen.
• Juan Duran doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens. Donald Lutz scores.
• Pitcher Change: Tony Butler replaces Tyler Cravy.
• With Oliver Santos batting, Juan Duran steals (1) 3rd base, Juan Duran scores. Throwing error by catcher Brent Dean.
• Oliver Santos flies out to right fielder John Dishon.
• Cristobal Rodriguez strikes out swinging.

Keelings 6th.

Billings Bottom 6th

• Pitcher Change: Thomas Keeling replaces Tony Butler.
• Oliver Santos walks.
• Cristobal Rodriguez walks. Oliver Santos to 2nd.
• With Dayne Read batting, wild pitch by Thomas Keeling, Oliver Santos to 3rd. Cristobal Rodriguez to 2nd.
• Dayne Read walks.
• With
  Billy Hamilton batting, wild pitch by Thomas Keeling, Oliver Santos
  scores. Cristobal Rodriguez to 3rd. Dayne Read to 2nd.
• Billy Hamilton strikes out swinging.
• Jefry
  Sierra flies into double play, right fielder John Dishon to catcher
  Brent Dean. Cristobal Rodriguez out at home on the throw.

The almost rally in the 9th, bases loaded with 1 out.

Helena Top 9th

• Pitcher Change: Porfirio Martinez replaces Blaine Howell.
• Brandon Sizemore singles on a ground ball to third baseman Oliver Santos.
• Brent Dean singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Duran. Brandon Sizemore to 2nd.
• John Bivens strikes out swinging.
• Reggie Keen hit by pitch. Brandon Sizemore to 3rd. Brent Dean to 2nd.
• Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Connor Lind replaces Reggie Keen.
• Carlos George lines out to first baseman Jonathan Kaskow.
• Cody Hawn strikes out swinging.

[battlekow]

Nice bounce-back for Keeling after two horrible appearances to begin his career and a three-walk first frame today.

[battlekow]

Wow, Bobby Bramhall must be an exceptionally fast healer. He had Tommy John surgery in November, and yet here he is, pitching the first inning for the AZL Brewers.

[battlekow]

Final: AZL Brewers 6, @AZL Rangers 2

AZL Brewers box score

As I noted above, LHP Bobby Bramhall, very fresh off Tommy John surgery in November, pitched the first inning. It's great to see him back. He allowed two runs, both unearned. After that, it was the Jose Oviedo show: he worked the next seven innings, striking out ten while allowing only two hits, a walk, and a hit batter. Seth Harvey struck out the side around two hits in the 9th. Okay, the folk-hero act is back on for Tyler Roberts, who, no doubt punishing me for leaving him off my Power 50 ballot, went 3-5 with two doubles and a homer. Roberts is now hitting a silly .465/.540/.767 in his first eleven games this year. Max Walla was 0-2 with two walks.

 

AZL Brewers play-by-play

The Brewers' four-run 3rd:

 

AZL Brewers Top 3rd

• Nick Shaw flies out to left
  fielder Braxton Lane.
• Kenneth Allison singles on a ground ball
  to left fielder Braxton Lane.
• Tyler Roberts hits a
  ground-rule double (6) on a fly ball to right field. Kenneth Allison
  to 3rd.
• Justin Parker walks.
• With Thomas
  Mittelstaedt batting, wild pitch by Carlos Melo, Kenneth Allison scores.
  Tyler Roberts to 3rd. Justin Parker to 2nd.
• With Thomas
  Mittelstaedt batting, wild pitch by Carlos Melo, Tyler Roberts scores.
  Justin Parker to 3rd.
• Thomas Mittelstaedt walks.
• With
  Joseph Paciorek batting, Thomas Mittelstaedt steals (1) 2nd base.
• Joseph
  Paciorek doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Travis Meiners.
  Justin Parker scores. Thomas Mittelstaedt scores.
• Maxwell
  Walla walks.
• Pitcher Change: Andres Perez-Lobo replaces Carlos
  Melo.
• Demetrius McKelvie grounds into a force out, shortstop
  Oduber Herrera to third baseman Christian Villanueva. Joseph Paciorek
  out at 3rd. Maxwell Walla to 2nd. Demetrius McKelvie to 1st.
• Derrick
  Shaw grounds out, second baseman Santiago Chirino to first baseman
  Jhonny Gomez.

[wibadgers23]

It'll be interesting to see where Odorizzi is ranked in the next power 50. He is awesome right now. Speaking of awesome, Khris Davis now has 15 homeruns and 50 RBI's. I didn't realize he had that many homeruns until today.

[uwisfan]

this has to be the biggest P50 shakeup ever. First, you get all the draft pickings coming aboard. Then, some of our top prospects have incredibly tanked (Salome, Gamel, Arnett). Finally, you get some former top prospects start to shine (Rogers, Jeffress, Dykstra). It's gonna get pretty crazy.

 

As for Odorizzi, I think he ends up around #3. Lucroy has done nothing to lose his spot and Lawrie is finally starting to shine. I don't see any reason to have anyone jump those 2 yet, much less a guy in A ball. Braddock has slightly underwhelmed me at the MLB level, so I can see those two swapping.

 

I'm thinking:

1 Lucroy

2 Lawrie (but maybe #1?)

3 Odorizzi

4 Braddock

5 Cain

6 Axford

7 Jeffress

8 Gamel

9 Peralta

10 Rivas

11 Heckathorn

12 Covey

13 Gennett

14 Rogers

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Just an FYI, but Dylan Covey hasn't signed, so he's not P50 eligible. And yes, look for a new P50 by mid-week the latest.

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Unfortunately, only video "lowlights" from the Helena loss Sunday evening, but Brewer players and family may recognize themselves amidst the many Billings highligts within this video report from the Billings Gazette.

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Full game article from Billings is here, Brewer portiosn excerpted below:

 

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The Mustangs will send right-hander Daniel Tuttle to the mound Monday. Tuttle is 3-1 with a 3.43 ERA. Helena will counter with Hiram Burgos (2-0, 3.52), who threw seven dominant innings in a win against Billings on July 2. Burgos allowed one run on four hits, struck out eight and didn’t allow a walk in that game.

“Last time we faced Burgos he threw a really good game against us,” DeShields said. “We need a good outing from Tuttle to give us a chance to get going.”

NOTES: The Brewers have a day off on Tuesday before beginning a seven-game homestand. … The teams combined for 11 base-on-balls. … Helena RP Thomas Keeling suffered through a wild sixth inning during which he walked three hitters and unleashed two wild pitches. Keeling recovered to retire Billings’ last six hitters. … Brewers OF Reggie Keen left the game after he was hit by a Martinez pitch in the ninth.

 

Photo by PAUL RUHTER/Gazette Staff

Mustangs base runner Oliver Santon scores as Helena pitcher Thomas Keeling goes up for a ball after throwing a wild pitch during the sixth inning on Sunday. The score gave the Mustangs a 9-4 lead.

 

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Timber Rattlers report: Wisconsin 4, Burlington 1

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The Rattlers got what every team wants, good pitching and good hitting.

 

The pitching came from starter Jake Odorizzi, who moved his record to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.86 with a four-hit performance over seven innings. He struck out nine and walked two.

 

"I've been having some pretty good outings lately," said Odorizzi. "The team has been helping me a lot and what's not to be confident about when you've got that? You feel good on the mound and know your defense is going to play good behind you.

 

"I felt like I could throw any pitch for a strike on any count. I just credit the bullpen work and working on the changeup a lot. (Pitching coach Chris) Hook helps me a lot in the bullpen and being precise with it and that's what I'm trying to do out there, be precise.''

 

Offensively, the Rattlers hit three homers, one by Scooter Gennett and two by Khris Davis, the first Rattler to have a multi-homer game this season.

 

Davis has 15 homers on the year, six shy of the team record shared by Juan Silvestre (1999) and Matt Hagen (2003).

 

"I don't know, this game is weird,'' Davis said of the home run mark. "You're never guaranteed any more. Got to enjoy them while you can.''

 

Davis went three-for-four on the day to raise his average to .303.

 

"Just trying to get better with the swing, have a better approach, always trying to get good pitches to hit,'' said Davis. "Some days you get mistakes and some days you don't get mistakes. As for being in the zone on a daily basis, I could say I feel pretty comfortable right now and pretty confident.''

 

He certainly has been against the Bees. On the season, Davis is 26-for-59 (.440) with 14 RBI in 15 games.