Link Report for Sun. 7/31 -- Peralta dominant, Thornburg hits 98

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'Tees drop fifth in a row

Thornburg K's seven in losing effort

By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees

VIERA, Fla. -- The Brevard County Manatees losing streak extended to five games as the 'Tees dropped their third in a row to the Bradenton Marauders on Sunday evening, by the score of 6-1.

The 'Tees (43-62 overall, 16-19 second half) turned to Tyler Thornburg to snap their current losing streak and while Thornburg did strike out seven in 5 1/3 innings of work, he allowed four runs en route to his third loss as a Manatee.

The game was scoreless until the fifth inning as Bradenton (52-56, 22-16) plated two in the frame. Marauders first baseman Kelson Brown led off the inning with a double, but Thornburg was able to retire the next two hitters.

Thornburg then walked Robbie Grossman with two outs and Grossman proceeded to steal second and put runners on second and third. The walk would prove costly as Adalberto Santos singled to center to drive in both Brown and Grossman.

Brevard County got one run back in the bottom of the fifth as Josh Prince singled with two outs and then stole both second and third, then proceeded to score on a wild pitch.

Bradenton scored two more in the sixth and chased Thornburg from the game and then scored two more runs in the seventh.

Offensively, the Manatees managed just five hits and for the second night in a row Brevard County had zero extra base hits.

Scooter Gennett went 2-for-4 for the second night in a row.

Brevard County and Bradenton will close out their four-game series on Monday night at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

Taking the mound for the 'Tees will be Hiram Burgos (3-6, 4.66) and the Marauders will send lefty Nathan Baker (6-7, 3.80) to the hill.

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The Helena Independent Record provides a Brewers perspective from a distance for the road game in Billings --

 

Late rally helps Brewers open 2nd half with win

 

BILLINGS — The Helena Brewers rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth inning and opened the second half of their season strong with a 6-4 win over the Billings Mustangs on the road on Sunday night.

The clubs locked into a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning when Kyle Waldrop drove a two-out line-drive single to center field to plate Ryan Wright and Sean Buckley for Billings.

Neither team could plate a run again until Helena’s Robbie Garvey knocked a sacrifice fly to center field with one out in the ninth to score Kenny Allison for the visitors. Yadiel Rivera next dropped a single in right field to bring home Adrian Williams to provide the final margin.

Seth Harvey picked up the win for the Brewers with two strong innings of work after relieving starter Andy Moye in the bottom of the seventh. Harvey allowed three hits and no runs, while striking out three.

Moye surrendered eight hits and four earned runs in his six innings of work, striking out five.

Sean Albury picked up the save for Helena, allowing one hit and striking out two in the bottom of the ninth.

Left fielder Ben McMahon led the Brewers’ offense with a 2-for-4 effort at the plate that included a pair of RBIs. Parker Berberet and Kyle Dhanani also had a pair of hits for Helena.

Waldrop went 2 for 4 with three RBIs to lead Billlings.

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Lots of Helena action on the field in this interesting video report on a Pioneer League two-man umpiring crew.