Link Report for Mon. 5/16 -- Katin slugs 10th homer; Komatsu stays white-hot

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Monday's Daily Menu:

Times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Frankie de La Cruz at home vs. Sacramento (Athletics), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

Live Audio Link

iPad/iPhone: Listen

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers

Huntsville: RHP Michael Bowman at Jackson (Mariners), 7:05 PM gametime

Live Audio Link -- look for the Jackson feed off the master MiLB.com audio list

Brevard County: RHP Nick Bucci at St. Lucie (Mets), 5:30 PM gametime

Live Audio Link -- look for the St. Lucie feed off the master MiLB.com audio list

 

Wisconsin: Idle -- early DVR reminder: Rattlers on Time Warner Sports 32 on Thursday evening this week

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Follow Monday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville (Gameday also available)

Huntsville (Gameday also available)

Brevard County

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PCL American North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Omaha	21	16	.568	-	-	11-5	10-11	5-5	W2
	Iowa	16	21	.432	5.0	103	7-8	9-13	3-7	W1
	Memphis	14	22	.389	6.5	102	11-10	3-12	4-6	W2
	Nashville	13	23	.361	7.5	101	10-10	3-13	4-6	W1

SOU North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Tennessee	22	15	.595	-	-	10-5	12-10	6-4	W1
	Jackson	20	15	.571	1.0	34	8-7	12-8	6-4	W3
	Huntsville	19	17	.528	2.5	32	10-4	9-13	4-6	L4
	Chattanooga	19	18	.514	3.0	31	10-12	9-6	5-5	L1
	Carolina	11	26	.297	11.0	23	7-13	4-13	3-7	W1

FSL North
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Daytona	26	11	.703	-	-	12-5	14-6	7-3	W1
	Clearwater	24	13	.649	2.0	32	13-7	11-6	6-4	W1
	Dunedin	19	18	.514	7.0	27	6-10	13-8	7-3	W1
	Lakeland	18	19	.486	8.0	26	9-7	9-12	5-5	W1
	Tampa	14	23	.378	12.0	22	7-13	7-10	5-5	W1
	Brevard County	13	24	.351	13.0	21	7-15	6-9	3-7	L2

MID Western
	Club	W	L	PCT	GB	*ELIM #	Home	Away	L 10	Streak
	Burlington	27	9	.750	-	-	13-2	14-7	8-2	W3
	Beloit	19	16	.543	7.5	-	11-7	8-9	3-7	L2
	Cedar Rapids	20	17	.541	7.5	-	10-6	10-11	2-8	L7
	Peoria	20	17	.541	7.5	-	11-5	9-12	6-4	W1
	Wisconsin	18	16	.529	8.0	35	10-9	8-7	8-2	L1
	Quad Cities	19	18	.514	8.5	33	8-10	11-8	7-3	W2
	Kane County	13	25	.342	15.0	26	9-13	4-12	4-6	L1
	Clinton	10	28	.263	18.0	23	5-17	5-11	2-8	W1

[Mass Haas]

At least the Brewers don't have a player who pulled this stunt recently (watch).

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Nashville Media Notes

Huntsville Media Notes

[TooLiveBrew]

At least the Brewers don't have a player who pulled this stunt recently (watch).

Wow. Definitely read the story linked to in that BA piece, too. Piece of work.

[Mass Haas]

Eric will fill us in later on, but kudos to Manatees' RHP Nick Bucci, won't be 21 for another two months, and he's been as solid as any pitcher in the system. No walks in seven innings tonight -- Fred Dabney doing wonders with another high-A pitcher. Bucci's always limited the base hits, doing so while throwing strikes -- huge.

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Final: Sacramento 3, @Nashville 2

Sounds Fall To River Cats, 3-2

Nashville Sounds

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds were on the short end of a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the PCL-leading Sacramento River Cats on Monday evening at Greer Stadium.

The teams played a one-run game for the third consecutive game in a tightly-contested series, and Nashville (13-24) suffered its league-leading 14th one-run loss of the year.

Three Sacramento hurlers combined to limit the Sounds to a season-low two hits on the evening - an Eric Farris single and a Brendan Katin home run.

Left-hander Josh Outman (4-1) continued his solid work on the mound for the River Cats, notching a win for his fourth consecutive start. He held the Sounds to two runs on only two hits over seven strong innings of work.

Fautino De Los Santos and Joey Devine each worked a scoreless innings behind Outman, with Devine notching his third save of the year.

The visitors took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning against Sounds starter Frankie De La Cruz. Anthony Recker led off with a double into the left field corner and scored when Adrian Cardenas followed with an RBI single to center. Designated hitter Josh Donaldson continued the rally with a run-scoring double to left.

Sacramento upped its lead to 3-0 in the sixth. Donaldson doubled with one out off De La Cruz, then Michael Taylor (3-for-4) worked a nine-pitch at-bat into an RBI single to center.

Katin pulled the home team back within a run at 3-2 with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the seventh, belting a two-run homer to left off Outman. The blast, which also plated Brett Carroll (walk), was the Sounds slugger's team-leading 10th of the year.

De La Cruz (0-2) suffered the loss despite turning in his fourth quality start of the year for Nashville. He gave up three runs on seven hits while walking three batters and striking out six in six innings of work.

Sean Green turned in a solid relief effort behind De La Cruz, recording five of his six outs via strikeout in two scoreless frames.

Sounds shortstop Edwin Maysonet went 0-for-4 to snap the club's longest hitting streak of the year at nine games.

The teams wrap up the series with an 11:05 a.m. matinee on Tuesday morning, when thousands of area schoolchildren will pack the stands as a reward for reaching their educational goals in the popular Nashville Sounds Reading Club program.

Right-hander Josh Butler (2-2, 3.90) will make the series finale start for the Sounds and face Sacramento Guillermo Moscoso (3-2, 3.13).

Nashville box score

DLC pitched pretty well; good thing the PSN was back up so the Sounds were able to access him. With two walks, Caleb Gindl's on-base streak lives on. Mat Gamel walked once and struck out twice. Katin is now slugging .725. Taylor Green did not play.

Nashville play-by-play

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Final: @Jackson 5, Huntsville 2

Huntsville box score

Meh start from Michael Bowman, who went five innings and gave up three runs. Even though the Stars offense only scored two runs, Lee Haydel and Erik Komatsu each stayed hot with two hits; Komatsu also walked. Their lines are now .331/.394/.371 and .343/.438/.491. Komatsu's one out was a strikeout, just his 8th of the year, against 17 walks. He also stole his fourth base but was caught for the second time. SS Hainley Statia got just his fifth hit in 31 at-bats since being signed. Martin Maldonado threw out two of the three Generals trying to steal, bringing his CS% at Huntsville up to 48% (15/31). Aside from an aberrantly poor stretch with Nashville earlier this year, he's just been phenomenal at throwing out runners in his career.

Huntsville play-by-play

Needed to get more here, but sounds like tough luck:

Huntsville Top of the 4th

• Sergio Miranda doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Johermyn Chavez.
• Erik Komatsu walks.
• Steffan Wilson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jake Shaffer. Sergio Miranda scores. Erik Komatsu to 2nd.
• Brandon Jones strikes out swinging.
• Angel Gonzalez lines into double play, third baseman Nate Tenbrink to second baseman Kyle Seager. Erik Komatsu doubled off 2nd.

Angel Gonzalez also lined into another double play and had a hit and a walk in his other two plate appearances, so he's obviously still hot.

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Final: Brevard County 8, @St. Lucie 2

Brevard County box score

The game was tied at two until the 9th inning, when BC exploded for six runs. As MH said, Nick Bucci pitched very well: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 WP. Very nice work, including an 8/3 GO/FO. John Sickels analyzed Bucci today as part of an alternate universe draft crop where high schoolers that signed in 2008 instead went to college and thus were draft-eligible this year; he thinks Bucci would be a third- to fifth-round pick. Rob Wooten picked up the win with two perfect innings of relief, striking out one. Scooter Gennett, Hunter Morris, and Khris Davis each had two hits, with one of Morris's being a double. Kentrail Davis picked up a single and a walk, and D'Vontrey Richardson doubled and threw out a runner at third.

Brevard County play-by-play

Half the hits Bucci allowed came in one inning; Richardson's armed helped bail him out:

St. Lucie Bottom of the 2nd

• Jefry Marte singles on a fly ball to left fielder Scott Krieger.
• With Stefan Welch batting, wild pitch by Nicholas Bucci, Jefry Marte to 2nd.
• Stefan Welch grounds out, first baseman Hunter Morris to second baseman Scooter Gennett to pitcher Nicholas Bucci. Jefry Marte to 3rd.
• Juan Lagares grounds out to first baseman Hunter Morris.
• Pedro Zapata singles on a line drive to right fielder Kentrail Davis. Jefry Marte scores.
• Francisco Pena singles on a fly ball to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Pedro Zapata out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson to third baseman Juan Sanchez.

The big inning:

Brevard County Top of the 9th

• Khristopher Davis singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Den Dekker.
• D' Vontrey Richardson hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by third baseman Jefry Marte. Khristopher Davis to 2nd. D' Vontrey Richardson to 1st.
• Scott Krieger reaches on force attempt, throwing error by catcher Francisco Pena. Khristopher Davis to 3rd. D' Vontrey Richardson to 2nd.
• Mike Brownstein singles on a ground ball to left fielder Pedro Zapata. Khristopher Davis scores. D' Vontrey Richardson to 3rd. Scott Krieger to 2nd.
• Sean McCraw singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cesar Puello. D' Vontrey Richardson scores. Scott Krieger scores. Mike Brownstein to 3rd.
• Juan Sanchez hit by pitch. Sean McCraw to 2nd.
• Pitcher Change: Adam Kolarek replaces John Church.
• Scooter Gennett singles on a fly ball to left fielder Pedro Zapata. Mike Brownstein scores. Sean McCraw to 3rd. Juan Sanchez to 2nd.
• Kentrail Davis walks. Sean McCraw scores. Juan Sanchez to 3rd. Scooter Gennett to 2nd.
• Hunter Morris pops out to third baseman Jefry Marte in foul territory.
• Khristopher Davis out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cesar Puello. Juan Sanchez scores. Scooter Gennett to 3rd.
• D' Vontrey Richardson flies out to right fielder Cesar Puello.

[Mass Haas]

You can listen to Brendan Katin's home run via this link.

 

If the Brewers ever decide to return to a seven-man bullpen, Katin certainly makes sense as a RH power bat, certainly moreso that Erick Almonte, knee be damned, he'd only be needed for 2-3 AB's per week.

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Sacramento's Jemile Weeks takes credit for Rickie's dreadlocks

 

50 pounds lighter...

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It's wall-to-wall audio today including Brevard County at (gulp) 9:30 AM Central. Sounds 90 minutes later, then Stars and Rattlers pre-Brewers.

 

We'll hustle up a Tuesday Link Report prior to the Manatees' start.

[LouisEly]

You can listen to Brendan Katin's home run via this link.

 

If the Brewers ever decide to return to a seven-man bullpen, Katin certainly makes sense as a RH power bat, certainly moreso that Erick Almonte, knee be damned, he'd only be needed for 2-3 AB's per week.

I'll say it...

 

 

FREE BRENDAN KATIN

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Might be time to update your sig!