Minor League Camp Updates -- Latest: More spring training boxes

[TooLiveBrew]

we'll kick off our "Your 2011 (affiliate team name)" threads

 

! I can't wait!

[brewfan1]

Also, the players that have been invited to the Rising stars game, need to fly Fri. (04-01-11) to Miller park, play Sat. and fly out to assignments on Sun.

[dcbrewers]

I noticed that a quite a few pitchers were pitching with different level teams other than where they may supposedly be assigned. Is there a specific reason for doing that?

[Mass Haas]

I noticed that a quite a few pitchers were pitching with different level teams other than where they may supposedly be assigned. Is there a specific reason for doing that?

 

I didn't find it that different from past years. There were occasions when the big league Brewers needed to have pitchers throw in AAA (or even AA) games, and thus that pushed others down a level for that day. We kind of indicate every year when the box scores start being released that folks should not read too much into the placements.

[battlekow]

It would appear that the decision to release Chris Cody came down to the wire; he was the only one of the recently pink-slipped players to appear on Sunday.

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Nashville rallied in the ninth to beat Tucson, 4-3. Brendan Katin’s RBI double in the ninth gave the Sounds a victory. The double added to an already successful day for Katin, who finished 2-for-4 with three RBI. Wily Peralta started and went five innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs. Jim Henderson was solid in relief, providing two innings of scoreless pitching.

	R	H	E
Tucson	3	12	1
Nashville	4	7	2
NASHVILLE	AB	R	H	BI
Caufield	4	0	1	1
Wilson	4	1	1	0
Gamel	4	1	1	0
Katin	4	0	2	3
Wheeler	2	0	0	0
Nowak	3	0	0	0
Jones	2	0	0	0
Buller	3	1	1	0
Machado	3	0	0	0
Peralta	1	1	1	0
2B: Gamel, Katin
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Peralta	5	7	2	2	1	2	65
Henderson	2	3	0	0	0	2	28
Hinton	1	2	1	1	0	1	19
Segovia	1	0	0	0	0	2	10

Huntsville knocked off San Antonio, 5-2. Michael Bowman twirled five innings of 2-hit ball for the Stars. Jon Pokorny picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Erik Komatsu was the Stars' offensive catalyst. He went 4-for-5 from the leadoff spot, scoring once and knocking a run in. Scott Krieger added three hits, including a double and home run.

	R	H	E
San Antonio	2	7	1
Huntsville	5	11	1
HUNTSVILLE	AB	R	H	BI
Komatsu	5	1	4	1
Cline	2	0	0	1
Morris	4	1	2	0
Kjeldgaard	3	0	2	1
SanchezJu	3	0	0	1
De La Rosa	4	0	0	0
Ortiz	3	1	0	0
Krieger	4	1	3	2
Bowman	1	1	0	0
Prince	0	0	0	0
2B: Morris, Kjeldgaard, Krieger
3B: Komatsu
HR: Krieger
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Bowman	5	2	0	0	2	3	59
Cody	1.2	5	2	2	1	2	44
Byrd	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	18
Pokorny	1	0	0	0	0	1	9

Brevard County topped Lake Elsinore, 5-3. Chad Stang had two hits for Brevard County. The Manatees bullpen dazzled the Storm’s hitters, holding them hitless in the final five frames. Maverick Lasker started and gave up three runs on three hits and two walks.

	R	H	E
Brevard County	5	6	1
Lake Elsinore	3	3	2
BREVARD CO	AB	R	H	BI
Garvey	4	0	0	0
Brownstein	3	0	1	0
Neda	1	1	0	0
Dean	2	1	1	0
Dennis	1	2	1	0
Arias	2	0	0	0
Paciorek	4	0	1	1
Stang	4	0	2	0
Berard	2	0	0	0
Roberts	3	1	0	0
ShawD	1	0	0	0
2B: Stang, Dean
S: Berard
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Lasker	4	3	3	2	2	4	70
Cravy	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
Wawrzasek	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Manzanillo	1	0	0	0	2	1	22
Nieves	1	0	0	0	0	0	9

Wisconsin toppled Fort Wayne, 8-6. Jason Rogers and Carlos George had two hits apiece for the Timber Rattlers offense. George knocked in two runs, as did 2nd baseman Nick Shaw. Daniel Britt stifled the Tin Caps in his two innings of relief, striking out four.

	R	H	E
Wisconsin	8	11	1
Fort Wayne	6	8	1
WISCONSIN	AB	R	H	BI
Allison	6	1	1	0
ShawN	4	1	1	2
Hopkins	4	1	1	0
Walker	3	0	0	1
McKelvie	2	0	0	0
Rogers	3	1	2	1
Mittelstaedt	1	1	1	0
RobertsT	1	1	1	0
Garfield	2	1	1	1
Dishon	4	0	0	0
George	3	0	2	2
Rivera	1	0	1	0
Pechek	3	1	0	0
2B: RobertsT, George
3B: Allison, Mittelstaedt
S: Dishon
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Bashara	4	5	4	3	0	3	57
Britt	2	0	0	0	0	4	31
Pascual	1	2	1	1	0	2	21
Crawford	1	1	1	1	1	0	16
Lintz	1	0	0	0	0	1	7

[Mass Haas]

Sounds Double Up River Cats In Spring Action, 8-4

Nashville Sounds

 

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- In their lone spring meeting, the Nashville Sounds doubled up the Sacramento River Cats (AAA-A's), 8-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Papago Park Complex.

 

Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson started for the Sounds and limited the River Cats to two runs on a hit and a walk in 5 1/3 innings of work.

 

Robert Hinton followed with 0.2 scoreless innings before Josh Butler closed out the game by tossing the final three frames for the Sounds, allowing two runs on three hits.

 

Outfielder Brett Carroll had a big day for the Sounds offense. He doubled, homered, and accounted for three Sounds runs. First baseman Mat Gamel added a double and home run of his own for Nashville. Outfielder Caleb Gindl drove in two RBIs, and infielder Edwin Maysonet and catcher Martin Maldonado each added two-hit efforts.

 

The Sounds continue their spring slate on Thursday with a home meeting with the Louisville Bats (AAA-Reds) at Maryvale Baseball Park.

[battlekow]

Wednesday box scores; we'll post Tuesday's if we get them:

Nashville doubled up Sacramento, 8-4. Chris Narveson started for the Sounds and limited the Rivercats to two runs on a hit and a walk in 5.1 innings of work. Brett Carroll had a big day for the Sounds offense. Carroll doubled, homered, and accounted for three Sounds runs. Mat Gamel added a double and home run of his own.

	R	H	E
Nashville	8	13	2
Sacramento	4	5	2
NASHVILLE	AB	R	H	BI
Gindl	4	0	1	2
Lucroy	2	0	0	0
Rivera	2	0	0	0
Gamel	3	1	2	1
Arias	0	1	0	0
Boggs	3	2	1	0
Garcia	1	0	0	0
Carroll	4	2	3	1
Caufield	1	0	1	1
Wheeler	3	1	1	2
Wilson	1	0	0	0
Maldonado	4	0	2	0
Nowak	4	0	0	0
Maysonet	3	1	2	0
Machado	1	0	0	0
2B: Gamel, Carroll		SF:	Maldonado, Wheeler
3B: Boggs
HR: Carroll, Gamel
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Narveson	5.1	1	2	2	1	4	76
Hinton	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	11
Butler	3	3	2	2	0	2	38

The Stars mashed their way past Midland, 9-7. Five Stars had two-hit games for Huntsville. Erik Komatsu, Anderson De La Rosa, and Lee Haydel each scored twice.

	R	H	E
Huntsville	9	12	0
Midland	7	13	1
HUNTSVILLE	AB	R	H	BI
Komatsu	3	2	2	1
Stang	0	0	0	0
Miranda	5	1	1	0
Green	4	0	1	0
Halton	4	0	2	2
Jones	3	1	0	0
Cline	4	1	2	0
Haydel	4	2	2	1
De La Rosa	4	2	2	1
SanchezJe	1	0	0	0
Kjeldgaard	2	0	0	0
Buller	1	0	0	0
2B: Garvey
S: SanchezJe
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
SanchezJe	5	5	2	2	2	4	73
Meadows	1.1	4	4	4	2	1	37
Crawford	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	11
Mercedes	1	2	1	1	0	1	19
Harvey	1	0	0	0	2	1	27

Stockton defeated Brevard County, 9-5. Nick Bucci allowed five earned runs in 5.1 innings, though he did strike out seven. Hunter Morris and Scott Krieger had two hits apiece for the Manatees, including a double each.

	R	H	E
Stockton	9	10	1
Brevard County	5	11	2
BREVARD CO	AB	R	H	BI
Prince	5	1	1	0
DavisKe	3	0	0	0
Romero	2	0	0	0
Gennett	2	0	1	0
Paciorek	1	1	0	0
Morris	4	1	2	1
DavisKh	3	0	1	1
ShawD	1	0	1	1
Dennis	4	1	1	0
Neda	2	0	0	0
Zarraga	2	1	1	0
Krieger	3	0	2	1
Vucinich	4	0	1	0
2B: Morris, ShawD, Krieger
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Bucci	5.2	5	5	5	2	7	75
Watten	1	1	2	2	1	1	23
Seidel	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	29
Willinsky	2	2	2	1	0	2	29

Burlington edged Wisconsin, 5-4. Jimmy Nelson started for the Timber Rattlers and went five innings, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks. Damon Krestalude, Thomas Keeling, and Tyler Cravy turned in scoreless relief outings. Carlos George picked up two hits and scored twice.

	R	H	E
Burlington	5	6	0
Wisconsin	4	10	2
WISCONSIN	AB	R	H	BI
ShawN	3	0	1	0
Hopkins	1	0	1	1
Keen	2	1	1	0
Allison	2	0	0	0
Hawn	2	0	0	1
Roberts	0	0	0	1
Rogers	3	0	1	0
Walker	4	0	1	1
Garfield	2	0	0	0
Dean	2	0	1	0
Walla	1	0	0	0
Dishon	2	0	0	0
George	3	2	2	0
Garvey	2	0	1	1
Mittelstaedt	1	1	1	0
2B: Keen, Garvey, Walker
SF: Hawn, Roberts
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	TP
Nelson	5	5	4	4	3	4	74
Krestalude	1	0	0	0	0	1	11
Wawrzasek	1	1	1	1	1	2	18
Keeling	1	0	0	0	1	0	12
Cravy	1	0	0	0	1	1	14

[battlekow]

Haudricourt:

Infielder Luis Cruz, who declined an outright assignment to Class AAA Nashville and exercised his right to free agency to sign with Texas, ended up in the minors when the Rangers sent him down.

So, what was the point of making that switch?

"They might have told him he'll be the first guy up if something happens," said general manager Doug Melvin. "I don't like doing that. I can't promise anything to guys. Suppose somebody else is playing better?

"I told him it would be between him and (Edwin) Maysonet if we needed a shortstop, whoever was playing better."

If anything happens to shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, Melvin said Maysonet would be summoned from Nashville. He said if anything happened to second baseman Rickie Weeks, it would be Eric Farris getting called up.

Melvin indicated Mat Gamel would see most of the action at first base at Nashville in the early weeks, with Farris at second, Maysonet at short and Zelous Wheeler at third.

"We're going to try to get away from moving guys around," said Melvin.

[Mass Haas]

These boxes are from Tuesday's games, we just happened to receive them after Wednesday's --

 

Louisville defeated Nashville, 6-2. Brett Carroll provided the offense for the Sounds, bopping a homer and scoring twice. Mark Rogers gave up three runs on three hits and five walks in five innings of work.

 

 

	R	H	E
Nashville	2	8	0
Louisville	6	8	0
NASHVILLE	AB	R	H	BI
Caufield	4	0	0	0
Carroll	3	2	3	1
Garcia	1	0	0	0
Gamel	3	0	1	0
Arias	1	0	0	0
Katin	3	0	0	0
Gindl	0	0	0	0
Nowak	2	0	1	1
Wilson	1	0	0	0
Maldonado	3	0	1	0
Arlis	1	0	1	0
Riggans	4	0	1	0
SanchezJu	3	0	0	0
ShawD	3	0	0	0
HR: Carroll
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IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

TP

Rogers

5

3

3

3

5

2

74

McClendon

2

3

1

1

0

0

26

James

1

2

2

2

1

1

22

Segovia

1

0

0

0

0

1

13

Carolina edged Huntsville, 2-1. Dan Merklinger started and allowed two runs, one earned, in five innings. The Stars pen held the Mudcats scoreless over the last four innings. Pete Fatse had two hits, including a double, but this would be his last game before getting released. Mike Fiers looked good for all eight of his pitches as we digest his AA relief assignment. We have a Corey Frerichs sighting out of the bullpen, so he comes off the "missing" list.

 

 

R

H

E

Huntsville

1

8

1

Carolina

2

7

1

HUNTSVILLE

AB

R

H

BI

Komatsu

3

0

1

0

Kjeldgaard

1

0

1

0

Haydel

4

0

1

0

Halton

4

1

1

0

[Mass Haas]

Sounds Take Down Bats In Spring Action, 6-1

Nashville Sounds

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Sounds defeated the Louisville Bats (AAA-Reds), 6-1, on Thursday afternoon at Maryvale Baseball Park.

 

The Sounds pitching staff scattered seven hits to limit the Bats to one run. Right-hander Frankie De La Cruz started and twirled four scoreless frames. Brewers right-hander LaTroy Hawkins followed with an inning and allowed the lone run of the game. Right-handers Mark DiFelice tossed a scoreless frame and Tim Dillard closed out the game with three scoreless innings.

 

Meanwhile, the offense made the most out of five hits. Caleb Gindl scored twice and Edwin Maysonet had a triple. Brendan Katin added an RBI double.

 

The Sounds (5-6) have their third and final "camp day" of the spring on Friday, when they'll participate in intrasquad workouts. Nashville closes out its spring slate with a Saturday home contest against the Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA-Dodgers).