Link Report for Wed. 8/25 -- Alex Periard lives!

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Wednesday's Daily Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Huntsville: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Montgomery (Rays), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime

Live Audio Link

 

Brevard County: RHP's Kyle Heckathorn and Cody Scarpetta in a doubleheader at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 4:05 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

Live Audio Link (SpaceCoastBaseball.com)

 

Wisconsin: RHP Hiram Burgos at Burlington (Royals), 6:10 PM pre-game; 6:30 gametime

Live Audio Link

Helena: RHP Tyler Thornburg at Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the pint-size Reds; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league

 

DSL Brewers: Season complete

[Mass Haas]

Thanks again to Stephen C. Smith for taking it literally upon himself to provide us with some audio for the Manatees this season! Tonight marks his final scheduled broadcast.

 

I do have a note into Stephen asking him how his plans may change for this evening's doubleheader, considering that it was initially scheduled to be a single broadcast with a start-time two hours later than what is now planned.

 

Also, MiLB.com now shows LHP Josh Romanski as the Yankees' Game One starter.

[Mass Haas]

Follow Wednesday'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 Game One

 

Brevard County Game Two

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)

[Mass Haas]

PCL American North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Iowa	74	56	.569	-	-	37-31	37-25	5-5	L2
	Memphis	72	59	.550	2.5	12	40-25	32-34	6-4	W1
	Omaha	72	59	.550	2.5	12	34-29	38-30	6-4	L1
	Nashville	68	62	.523	6.0	9	35-30	33-32	6-4	W2

SOU North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
*	Tennessee	37	21	.638	-	-	22-9	15-12	6-4	W1
	Huntsville	29	29	.500	8.0	5	17-13	12-16	4-6	L3
	Chattanooga	27	31	.466	10.0	3	13-17	14-14	6-4	W1
	West Tenn	27	31	.466	10.0	3	14-13	13-18	4-6	L1
	Carolina	24	33	.421	12.5	E	11-18	13-15	3-7	L3

FSL North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Tampa	36	19	.655	-	-	19-9	17-10	7-3	W3
	Daytona	35	23	.603	2.5	11	20-9	15-14	4-6	W2
	Brevard County	33	25	.569	4.5	10	17-12	16-13	5-5	L1
	Lakeland	27	29	.482	9.5	4	14-11	13-18	5-5	L3
	Clearwater	25	33	.431	12.5	1	15-14	10-19	4-6	L2
*	Dunedin	24	33	.421	13.0	1	12-16	12-17	5-5	W1

MID Western
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Quad Cities	35	20	.636	-	-	11-14	24-6	8-2	L1
	Clinton	31	24	.564	4.0	-	17-12	14-12	6-4	W3
*	Cedar Rapids	31	25	.554	4.5	15	17-14	14-11	4-6	L2
	Kane County	30	26	.536	5.5	13	17-12	13-14	3-7	W1
	Beloit	28	26	.519	6.5	11	14-11	14-15	5-5	L1
	Wisconsin	27	30	.474	9.0	10	15-13	12-17	5-5	W2
	Peoria	25	28	.472	9.0	10	12-13	13-15	5-5	L3
	Burlington	19	35	.352	15.5	2	13-15	6-20	3-7	W1

PIO North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Helena	12	9	.571	-	-	7-5	5-4	6-4	W2
*	Great Falls	12	11	.522	1.0	16	6-3	6-8	5-5	W3
	Missoula	10	13	.435	3.0	14	6-8	4-5	4-6	L2
	Billings	9	12	.429	3.0	15	4-5	5-7	4-6	L2

AZL Central
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	AZL Brewers	32	19	.627	-	-	11-11	12-8	6-4	W1
	AZL Dodgers	28	23	.549	4.0	1	11-9	12-8	6-4	L1
	AZL Reds	27	24	.529	5.0	E	11-8	11-9	6-4	W2
	AZL Indians	20	31	.392	12.0	E	7-13	10-10	1-9	L3

DSL S.D. North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
#	DSL Mariners	43	28	.606	-	-	23-13	20-15	7-3	L1
	DSL Cardinals	39	32	.549	4.0	E	24-11	15-21	5-5	L2
	DSL Athletics	32	39	.451	11.0	E	17-19	15-20	6-4	W2
	DSL Brewers	28	43	.394	15.0	E	17-18	11-25	3-7	W1

[Mass Haas]

Cody Scarpetta celebrates his 22nd birthday on the mound at Space Coast tonight.

[Mass Haas]

PDF documents:

 

Nashville Media Notes

 

Huntsville Media Notes

[Tedaldtada]

H'Ville knocking around highly thought of prospect Alex Cobb pretty good in the first inning.

[homer]

And Rogers off to a great start. 4Ks in 2 innings, 1 BB and 1H

[Tedaldtada]

Rogers did Rogers. Plenty of good and bad. The cleanup hitter for the Rays squad is 0-4 with 4 K's. I haven't ever heard of the guy (3B named Wrigley), but he is hitting fourth nonetheless.

[WV Brew]

Big two out 2B by Taylor Green to make it 5-3 heading to the 9th. He leads the Stars in RBI's?

[And That]

Rogers is at 110 IP on the year now, almost a 50% increase from last year.

[battlekow]

Also, MiLB.com now shows LHP Josh Romanski as the Yankees' Game One starter.

The box score is up and now lists Shaeffer Hall as the starter. Maybe we'll see Romanski in game two.

[Mass Haas]

Stars win, 5-3, but West Tenn wins as well, so the small playoff hopes get smaller.

 

(Yes, we root for wins for the locals regardless of what the purists will say about player development is all that matters, so please don't chime in on that slant.)

[Mass Haas]

Rattler Radio:

 

August 25, 2010: Game Notes

 

August 25, 2010: Tonight's Starting Pitcher

 

August 25, 2010: Tonight's Lineup

[LouisEly]

Just when I was starting to warm on Zelous Wheeler as a utility prospect I see that he committed his 34th error on the season today. Ooof.

 

Fiers has pitched exclusively out of the bullpen since coming off of the DL. I wonder if that is because of the increase in innings over last year. Then again, college pitchers often go to the bullpen their first season or two because of the amount of innings they pitch in college, so I wonder if he pitched out of the bullpen last year not because they view him as a reliever but because of the innings he pitched in college.

[trwi7]

Another good outing for Heckathorn today. Would like to see him up the strikeouts some more, but he's not walking anyone and he's keeping the ball on the ground.

[battlekow]

Final: @Huntsville 5, Montgomery 3

Drew Anderson sparks Stars past Biscuits

Mark McCarter/Huntsville Times

 

HUNTSVILLE -- Journeyman Drew Anderson's quest for another crack at the major leagues keeps building momentum.

 

The 29-year-old Anderson, who had a brief stint with the Brewers in 2006, was responsible for every run in Huntsville's 5-3 win over Montgomery Wednesday afternoon, scoring three times and driving in two more in front of an announced crowd of 504.

 

Anderson had a two-run triple to ignite a three-run first then a pair of doubles. He is batting .308 in his last 10 games, with 10 runs scored and 10 RBIs.

 

The Stars, who open a four-game series at Mobile tonight, remain 4 1/2 games behind West Tenn in the Southern League North wild-card race after the Diamond Jaxx tripped Tennessee 5-4.

 

Huntsville starter Mark Rogers struck out eight in five innings but he walked in two runs in the third and left with the game tied at 3-all. Chris Cody allowed only one hit in two innings, fanning three, and Michael Fiers got the save with two innings of one-hit relief.

 

Biscuits starter Alex Cobb struck out 13 Stars in six innings, but was victimized by Anderson's two-run triple in the first followed by Andy Machado's sacrifice fly. Chuckie Caufield doubled home Anderson in the sixth to help chase Cobb, then Taylor Green doubled home Anderson in the eighth.

 

Huntsville box score

Rogers allowed six hits, walked four, hit a batter, and had one wild pitch. 54 of his 89 pitches were strikes. Fiers struck out two and walked one. Anderson added two doubles to his triple to cap a really fine day. Brett Lawrie was 0-3 with a walk and his 29th steal, Green also walked, and Caleb Gindl was 0-3.

 

Huntsville play-by-play

Rogers' troubled 3rd:

 

Montgomery Top of the 3rd

• Emeel Salem grounds out, second baseman Brett Lawrie to first baseman Anderson Machado.
• Rashad Eldridge singles on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel.
• John
  Matulia reaches on force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop
  Zelous Wheeler, assist to second baseman Brett Lawrie. Rashad
  Eldridge to 2nd.
• Henry Wrigley strikes out swinging.
• Jose
  Ruiz singles on a line drive to shortstop Zelous Wheeler, deflected by
  pitcher Mark Rogers. Rashad Eldridge to 3rd. John Matulia to 2nd.
  
• Drew M. Anderson walks. Rashad Eldridge scores. John Matulia to 3rd. Jose Ruiz to 2nd.
• Matt Spring walks. John Matulia scores. Jose Ruiz to 3rd. Drew M. Anderson to 2nd.
• Mike Folli grounds out, shortstop Zelous Wheeler to first baseman Anderson Machado.

[SpaceCoastBaseball]

Hi, we moved the final Manatees webcast to Thursday August 26 for a few reasons.

 

The weather forecast suggested tonight's doubleheader probably would be rained out too. As it turned out, the rain hit all around us and we got in Game #1. Game #2 is under way.

 

The second reason was that I wanted to get photos and video of Kyle Heckathorn. This was his final start at home.

 

I have video of Kyle and all the Manatees' scoring in Game #1. Hopefully I can post most of it tomorrow.

 

Assuming we play one game tomorrow, the final webcast will be at 6:50 PM EDT.

[battlekow]

Final (game one): @Brevard County 8, Tampa 3 (7 innings)

Brevard County box score

Thanks to the abbreviated length, Kyle Heckathorn notched a complete game, allowing three runs (one earned) on eight hits while fanning five and walking none. He posted an 8/6 GO/AO. The Manatees put up six runs in the 3rd, and though Heck immediately gave three back in the next half-inning, it turned out to be more than enough. Erik Komatsu and Shawn Zarraga had big nights; Komatsu homered and doubled, and Zarraga was 3-3 with his third homer. Sergio Miranda, Angel Salome, and Sean Halton each added two hits as well. Juan Sanchez entered the game fairly early, replacing Scott Krieger, and contributed by throwing a runner out at home. Josh Prince was 1-3 but was caught stealing and committed an error.

 

Brevard County play-by-play

The innings of interest:

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 3rd

• Matt Cline singles on a line drive to right fielder Zoilo Almonte.
• Sergio Miranda out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Shaeffer Hall to second baseman Anderson Feliz. Matt Cline to 2nd.
• Erik Komatsu homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Matt Cline scores.
• Angel Salome singles on a ground ball to center fielder Melky Mesa.
• Sean Halton singles on a line drive to left fielder Raymond Kruml. Angel Salome to 2nd.
• Brock Kjeldgaard doubles (26) on a line drive to left fielder Raymond Kruml. Angel Salome scores. Sean Halton to 3rd.
• Juan Sanchez pops out to catcher Mitch Abeita in foul territory.
• Shawn Zarraga homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Sean Halton scores. Brock Kjeldgaard scores.
• Josh Prince singles on a line drive to left fielder Raymond Kruml.
• Pitcher Change: Preston Claiborne replaces Shaeffer Hall.
• With Matt Cline batting, Josh Prince caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Mitch Abeita to shortstop Jose Pirela.

Tampa Top of the 4th

• Bradley Suttle grounds out to first baseman Sean Halton.
• Melky Mesa flies out to right fielder Juan Sanchez.
• Addison Maruszak doubles (16) on a ground ball to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard.
• Zoilo Almonte singles on a line drive to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Addison Maruszak scores.
• Anderson Feliz singles on a fly ball to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Zoilo Almonte to 2nd.
• Mitch
  Abeita reaches on force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Josh
  Prince. Zoilo Almonte to 3rd. Anderson Feliz to 2nd.
• Jack
  Rye doubles (17) on a line drive to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard.
  Zoilo Almonte scores. Anderson Feliz scores. Mitch Abeita to 3rd.
  
• Raymond Kruml called out on strikes.

[Mass Haas]

There is so much to be said for being economical with pitches and for being able to get through a lineup a third time as a starter over and over again. Being economical doesn't always mean being successful. Kyle Heckathorn's season has been fantastic, it really has.

 

***

 

Josh Romanski rudely greeted to high-A by the Manatees -- it wasn't a blowout inning, but a three-run 1st ended Romanski's night. Unfortunately, Cody Scarpetta couldn't take advantage. Not a birthday to remember for Cody -- neither starter made it through two innings.

[battlekow]

Mass Haas wrote:

---

Gord

Ash really needs to provide an update on RHP Alex Periard, for instance

-- he's on the 40-man roster, has only one option left, and seemingly

could never be ready for Milwaukee-only action in 2012, so his inclusion

on the 40-man at this time is unnecessary, outside of the fact he could

be claimed by another club. Of course, that organization would face

the same need to expose him to waivers eventually as well.

We have a Periard sighting! Started tonight for the Arizona Brewers and gave up four runs while only recording one out, but hey, at least he's healthy enough to go.

[battlekow]

Final (game two): Tampa 5, @Brevard County 3 (7 innings)

Brevard County box score

It's already detailed above, but neither birthday boy Cody Scarpetta nor former Brewers farmhand Josh Romanski pitched well. Trey Watten came on for Scarpetta and Wattened up the place: 7/1 GO/AO in 3.1 innings of work. Sergio Miranda cracked a two-run homer, and Erik Komatsu was 1-3 with a walk. Juan Sanchez threw out a runner at home, just as he did in the first game.

 

Brevard County play-by-play

The two frames you need to know about:

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 1st

• Matt Cline singles on a ground ball to right fielder Zoilo Almonte.
• Sergio Miranda homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Matt Cline scores.
• Erik Komatsu walks.
• Angel Salome doubles (16) on a line drive to left fielder Raymond Kruml. Erik Komatsu to 3rd.
• Sean Halton grounds out, third baseman Bradley Suttle to first baseman Myron Leslie. Erik Komatsu scores.
• Brock Kjeldgaard singles on a ground ball to third baseman Bradley Suttle.
• Juan
  Sanchez grounds out, second baseman Jose Pirela to first baseman Myron
  Leslie. Angel Salome to 3rd. Brock Kjeldgaard to 2nd.
• Sean McCraw walks.
• Josh Prince strikes out swinging.

Tampa Top of the 2nd

• Zoilo Almonte flies out to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard in foul territory.
• Myron Leslie lines out to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard.
• Jose Gil homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.
• Trent Lockwood walks.
• Raymond Kruml singles on a line drive to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Trent Lockwood to 2nd.
• Jose Pirela singles on a line drive to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Trent Lockwood to 3rd. Raymond Kruml to 2nd.
• Bradley
  Suttle doubles (32) on a line drive to right fielder Juan Sanchez.
  Trent Lockwood scores. Raymond Kruml scores. Jose Pirela scores.
• Pitcher Change: Trey Watten replaces Cody Scarpetta.
• Melky Mesa strikes out swinging.

I'm guessing Sanchez misplayed this ball initially, and though the outfield assist did prevent the inside-the-park homer, the play as a whole probably cost the 'Tees a run. Given the fielding adventures that bookended it, must have been a frustrating stretch for Watten:

 

Tampa Top of the 4th

• Trent Lockwood grounds out, second baseman Matt Cline to first baseman Sean Halton.
• Raymond Kruml reaches on fielding error by first baseman Sean Halton. Raymond Kruml to 2nd.
• Jose
  Pirela triples (13) on a line drive to right fielder Juan Sanchez.
  Raymond Kruml scores. Jose Pirela out at home, right fielder Juan
  Sanchez to second baseman Matt Cline to third baseman Sergio Miranda.
• Bradley Suttle reaches on throwing error by shortstop Josh Prince.
• Melky Mesa grounds out, shortstop Josh Prince to first baseman Sean Halton.

[colbyjack]

Thornburg cruised through the first three innings this evening for Helena, retiring the first 9 batters he faced. He then proceeded to walk three batters in the 4th and gave up a solo shot to open the 5th, the only hit and run that he would allow in his 5 innings of work (his longest outing of his so-far pro career). Steve Wendt mentioned that Thornburg has been throwing in the mid-90s this summer (no radar gun available tonight) while tossing a spike curveball and what he called a 'bugs bunny' changeup.

 

The Helena staff really has my interest piqued, and I believe it has been Invader that has been offering his support for the 2010 draft class even without Covey, which I'm starting to subscribe to (although I recognize that a college pitching heavy class better have good results in the Pioneer League). I followed Mass' suggestion to buy MiLB's TV package for the month to get the Chukars' feed this coming weekend. Being the dork that I am, I already mapped out the projected pitching matchups (assuming recent trends hold) for the Idaho Falls series for those that also want to see what these arms are all about:

 

Fri: Frederickson/Nelson

Sat: Miller

Sun: Ross

Mon: Cravy/Thornburg

[battlekow]

Final: Wisconsin 7, @Burlington 4

Rattlers win third straight

Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

BURLINGTON, IA – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers continued their late season roll with a 7-4 victory over the Burlington Bees on Wednesday night. Michael Marseco drove in three runs and Adrian Rosario go the final four outs to nail down Wisconsin’s third consecutive victory.

 

Marseco started the scoring for the Rattlers (54-72 overall, 28-30 second half). The bases were loaded with two outs in the top of the second and the shortstop snuck a single through the middle of the diamond to score a pair of runs. Later in the frame, Kentrail Davis drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run for a 3-0 lead.

 

Wisconsin added to their lead with a pair of runs in the third inning. Austin Stockfisch doubled in a run. He scored from third later in the inning when Marseco beat out an infield single and Wisconsin had a 5-0 advantage.

 

Burlington (41-83, 19-36) chipped away with a single runs in the third and fourth innings against Wisconsin starting pitcher Hiram Burgos. But, the Rattlers got both of those runs back with two runs in the top of the sixth. D’Vontrey Richardson doubled to start the inning. Kentrail Davis tripled Richardson home. Then, Hunter Morris singled to knock in Davis and the Rattlers went back up by five runs.

 

Burgos had two outs and a runner at first in the bottom of the sixth, but gave up consecutive RBI doubles to Jake Kuebler and Ben Theriot to let Burlington back to within 7-4.

 

The Bees got a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh off Burgos and Wisconsin went to the bullpen. Reliever Matt Costello entered and got Fernando Cruz to hit into a double play on the first pitch he threw. After a walk, Costello got the final out with a strikeout.

 

In the eighth, the Bees got the leadoff man aboard on an error. Costello got the next two batters to ground into force outs at second. But, he would walk Theriot to bring the tying run to the plate.

 

Rosario, who got the final three outs of the combined no-hitter in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night, came out of the bullpen again on Wednesday night and did the job. The righty struck out Jose Bonilla to extinguish the Burlington threat in the eighth. Then, Rosario pitched a 1-2-3 ninth with a pair of strikeouts for his second save in as many nights.

 

The series continues on Thursday night at Community Field. Maverick Lasker (7-4, 3.86) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Burlington will counter with Keaton Hayenga (1-12, 6.75). Game time is 6:30pm. Tune in for the play-by-play action on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame show at 6:10pm.

 

Wisconsin box score

Burgos only struck out one, but walked none; he also posted an excellent 12/4 GO/AO. D'Vo, Ke. Davis, and Chris Dennis all had the power/patience game going with a extra-base hit and a walk (two in Dennis's case). Dennis even stole a base for fun, his eighth. Khris Davis was 0-4 with a walk and three punch-outs, and of course the Scooter Gennett watch continues. Adrian Rosario has quietly (well, until yesterday, maybe) been pretty good in relief for the Rattlers.

 

Wisconsin play-by-play