Link Report for Mon. 7/16

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Round Rock (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Jeff Hem is the new play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off

 

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $39.99 season-long package ($9.99 to pay for a single month). We imagine the audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link.

 

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Huntsville: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page

 

Alex Cohen is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. It's fantastic that Huntsville is returning to what will be a traditional broadcast format this year. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast.

 

MiLB.TV subsciption note: Huntsville road games in four locales (Mississippi, Tennessee, Jacksonville and Pensacola) will be broadcast.

 

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

 

Free Live Audio Link -- Select the St. Lucie feed from the MiLB main audio page

 

Once again this season, Brevard does not have its own audio coverage. It appears two teams in the Manatees North Division (within which the majority of games are played) have audio, and all six teams in the South Division have audio (at least for their home games), so there will be opportunities to listen to approx. 70% or Brevard's games this season, just all from the opponent's perspective. There are no Florida State League games on MiLB.TV this year.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Mark Williams at Fort Wayne (Padres), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM

 

Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio.

 

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; Wisconsin is one of only two (Great Lakes) Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV; Chris' call provides the audio. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, all Timber Rattlers home games, and Stars' road games from four Southern League locales, plus one July Helena series (11th-13th).

 

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Helena: RHP Ryan Gibbard makes his first pro start (fifth appearance) at Ogden (Dodgers), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page

 

We're lucky to have Steve Wendt back on board for another H-Crew season.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL Angels, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

[Mass Haas]

Follow Monday's action as it happens with box score / game log links:

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

DSL Brewers

[Mass Haas]

STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division

 

AA - Southern League North Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division

 

Rookie - Arizona Summer League

 

DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris Division

 

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NOTE: AAA Nashville does not play a split schedule. The other leagues, including the rookie leagues, do. When you click on a standings link for Huntsville, Brevard County or Wisconsin, you'll then be able to choose 1st half and/or overall standings in addition to the current 2nd half standings.

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

DVR ALERT!

 

As we like to do, here's some notice for you.

 

This Thursday the 19th, Time Warner Cable Sports 32 TV will broadcast the Rattlers game (7:05 PM).

 

The Brewers are off, so a nice TV bonus for locals.

[Mass Haas]

Here's a nice article about longtime Brewer farmhand LHP Sam Narron, in his new role as a pitching coach in the Nationals' system.

 

It won't matter to anyone but me, but the manager alongside Narron is Gary Cathcart - we would have been high school classmates (same home town, I'm four days older), except that he attended a local Catholic high school. He topped out at AAA in the Yankees' system.

[Mass Haas]

Go to the 26:30 minute mark of the WSSP pre-game show from Sunday to hear Jeff Bianchi interviewed.

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Here's Chris' Nine After 9 from Sunday's Timber Rattlers' game

 

and

 

Monday's Media Notes

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes

 

GINDL GOING OFF: Outfielder Caleb Gindl is batting .389 (21-for-54) in his last 15 games, hitting safely in 14 of those contests.

[Mass Haas]

One reason Jeff Bianchi's callup to the big leagues at this particular time was so important to his family is made evident in this article from his hometown.

 

Jeff's high school alma mater held this fundraiser in April. Here's hoping that the very best is happening for Sarah.

[Mass Haas]

Boy, injuries, promotions and ineffectiveness have ravaged that Huntsville rotation.

 

It's at the point that LHP Daniel Meadows gets his chance to start on Tuesday (listed as probable starter).

[Tedaldtada]

BC game is postponed.

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO: Here is this week's installment of “Mondays with Mike” with Sounds manager Mike Guerrero via Jeff Hem

[Mass Haas]

BC game is postponed.

 

Via the 'Tees: Brevard County and St. Lucie will play a doubleheader on Tuesday beginning at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central). Both games will be seven innings.

[X-TAI]

BC game is postponed.

 

Huntsville also Postponed...

[Mass Haas]

Stars' doubleheader at 4:43 Tuesday. Enjoy the lighter volume tonight, Link Reporters. Meg-night Tuesday.

[Mass Haas]

No Tyrone Taylor in the Helena starting lineup. Night just became much less interesting.

 

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Every DSL game is either 3-1 or 12-10. There's no in-between, ever.

[Mass Haas]

Rain delay in Montana, too -- so while you multi-task with Cardinals/Brewers, here's Helena Brewers broadcaster Steve Wendt's audio with Minor League infield coordinator Bob Miscik

[TheCrew07]

Final: DSL Angels 3, DSL Brewers 1

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

If BA covered the DSL the only 2 starting pitchers on the Brewers' staff that wouldn't be in the "Man Among Boys" section would be Ortega and Rizzo. Don't get me wrong, all the pitching success is nice, but being 21 years old in the DSL means you're about 3 years behind the development curve. At any rate, Juan Santiago was fantastic once again and was the tough luck loser here going 6 innings allowing 6 hits, no walks, 1 run, and no earned runs while striking out 6. Miguel Diaz had a tough 7th allowing the 2 runs which put the game away. Joshua Torres pitched a clean frame to close it out.

 

The bats just didn't do much today scoring just 1 run off of 7 hits. Francisco Castillo channeled his all-star mojo into a 2-4 effort, but managed to get picked off of 1st base as well. The only other multi-hit game came from Alejandro Mendoza who went 2-3 during the contest. No batter had a walk or an XBH of any kind. The Brewers also committed 4 errors in the contest.

 

DSL Brewers Play By Play

The Brewers were no hit until the 6th...

DSL Brewers Top of the 6th

• Natanael Mejia grounds out, shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Ranyelmy Mendoza.
  Alejandro Mendoza singles on a fly ball to left fielder Luis Jolly.
  Francisco Castillo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ayendy Perez. Alejandro Mendoza to 3rd.
  With Raphachel Colatosti batting, Francisco Castillo picked off and caught stealing 2nd base, pitcher Angel Guerra to second baseman Ismael Dionicio.
  Raphachel Colatosti called out on strikes.

 

The biggest half inning of the game...

DSL Angels Bottom of the 7th

• Pitcher Change: Miguel Diaz replaces Juan Santiago.
  Jesus Fernandez singles on a fly ball to center fielder Francisco Castillo.
  With Gabriel Santana batting, wild pitch by Miguel Diaz, Jesus Fernandez to 2nd.
  Gabriel Santana reaches on fielding error by first baseman Yunior De La Cruz. Jesus Fernandez to 3rd.
  Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Angel Almao replaces Gabriel Santana.
  With Jose Herrera batting, throwing error by Yunior De La Cruz on the pickoff attempt, Jesus Fernandez scores.
  Jose Herrera singles on a ground ball to right fielder Elvis Rubio. Angel Almao to 3rd.
  Luis Jolly walks. Jose Herrera to 2nd.
  Ayendy Perez grounds into a force out, shortstop Raphachel Colatosti to catcher Natanael Mejia. Angel Almao out at home. Jose Herrera to 3rd. Luis Jolly to 2nd. Ayendy Perez to 1st.
  Erick Salcedo strikes out swinging.
  Ismael Dionicio reaches on fielding error by shortstop Raphachel Colatosti. Jose Herrera scores. Luis Jolly out at home, third baseman Jose Dicent to catcher Natanael Mejia.
  

 

Down 3-0 this was the game.

DSL Brewers Top of the 8th

• Angel Almao remains in the game as the designated hitter.
  Yunior De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Luis Jolly.
  Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Marcos Padilla replaces Yunior De La Cruz.
  Natanael Mejia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Luis Jolly. Marcos Padilla to 2nd.
  Alejandro Mendoza grounds out, first baseman Ranyelmy Mendoza to pitcher Angel Guerra. Marcos Padilla to 3rd. Natanael Mejia to 2nd.
  Pitcher Change: Alexis Campos replaces Angel Guerra.
  Francisco Castillo singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jose Herrera. Marcos Padilla scores. Natanael Mejia to 3rd.
  Raphachel Colatosti grounds into double play, pitcher Alexis Campos to shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Ranyelmy Mendoza. Francisco Castillo out at 2nd.

[Mass Haas]

Third rainout tonight, doubleheader in Ogden, Utah Tuesday at 6:30 Central.

[bkrause2]

Final: Wisconsin 4, Fort Wayne 7

 

Fort Wayne holds off Rattlers

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

FORT WAYNE, IN - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers trailed 7-2 heading to the top of the ninth inning on Monday night at Parkview Field. The Rattlers scored two runs and had the tying run at the plate, but the Fort Wayne TinCaps held on for a 7-4 win. Wisconsin wrapped up their six game road trip to the Eastern Division with a 3-3 record.

 

Tyler Stubblefield hit a solo homer with one out in the bottom of the first inning to put the TinCaps (44-50 overall, 13-11 second half) in front 1-0.

 

Cameron Garfield got the Rattlers (56-37, 12-12) back to even with a solo homer in the top of the second inning.

 

Wisconsin took the lead in the third inning. Chadwin Stang doubled with one out and took third base on a wild pitch. Lance Roenicke drove in Stang with a sacrifice fly to left for a 2-1.

 

But, Fort Wayne rallied to take the lead in the bottom of the third inning. Felix Cabrera singled and Travis Jankowski doubled to start the inning. Mike Gallic drove in Cabrera with a grounder to short to tie the game. A two-out double by Yeison Asencio sent Jankowski home with a run to put the TinCaps in front 3-2. A single by Duanel Jones capped the inning and made it 4-2.

 

Cabrera would homer in the fifth inning and the TinCaps lead was pushed to 5-2.

 

Fort Wayne added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Mike Gallic singled in Jankowski from second with one out. Gallic would steal second and be on the move to third base on a pitch to Asencio. Asencio sent a grounder to second for the second out, but Gallic never stopped runner and beat the throw to the plate for a 7-2 lead.

 

The Rattlers batters went without reaching base from a one out walk to Garfield in the fourth inning to a leadoff double by Roenicke in the ninth. Then, the Rattlers scraped together a rally to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth.

 

Brandon Macias followed the Roenicke double with an RBI single, his 47th RBI this season. The Rattlers would load the bases with one out on an error and a walk and the TinCaps went to Matt Stites, their closer with the tying run coming to the plate.

 

Mike Garza drove in Macias with a fielder's choice after a force out at second base to get the Rattlers to within 7-4. But, Stites got a strikeout to end the game.

 

The Timber Rattlers are off on Tuesday before returning to action at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Wednesday night. The Timber Rattlers begin a series with the Great Lakes Loons at 7:05pm on Wednesday. Chad Thompson (4-2, 4.84) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Raydel Sanchez (3-4, 4.03) is set to start for the Loons.

 

The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that catcher Jonathan Lucroy is tentatively scheduled to be on a rehabilitation assignment with the Timber Rattlers from Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July 22. Tickets are available for all six games of the homestand, including the four appearances by Lucroy. To purchase tickets, contact the Timber Rattlers Ticket office at (800) WI-TIMBER or (920) 733-4152, stop by Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium, or go online to timberrattlers.com.

 

HOME RUNS:

WIS:

Cameron Garfield (4th, 0 on in 2nd inning off Frank Garces, 1 out)

 

FW:

Tyler Stubblefield (4th, 0 on in 1st inning off Mark Williams, 1 out)

Felix Cabrera (1st, 0 on in 4th inning off Mark Williams, 2 out)

 

WP: Frank Garces (6-4)

LP: Mark Williams (5-7)

SAVE: Matt Stites (8)

 

TIME: 2:28

ATTN: 5,314

 

 

 

Wisconsin Box Score

 

Chadwin Stang stayed hot, going 2-4 with two doubles and a run scored. He's batting .333 over his last 10 games and has hits in 8 of those 10 games. Cameron Garfield was 1-2 with a pair of walks. He hit his 4th home run in just his 32nd game, which ties his career high for a season. Lance Roenicke was 1-3 with a double. Brandon Macias was on base three times with one hit and two walks. Michael Garza was 1-4 but got caught stealing.

 

Mark Williams went 5 innings and gave up five runs on eight hits. Mike Strong worked three innings and allowed two runs.

 

Wisconsin Play By Play

 

Wisconsin Top of the 9th

Pitcher Change: James Jones replaces Daniel Cropper.

Lance Roenicke doubles (4) on a pop up to second baseman Felix Cabrera.

With Brandon Macias batting, wild pitch by James Jones, Lance Roenicke to 3rd.

Brandon Macias singles on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Gaedele. Lance Roenicke scores.

Ben McMahan reaches on fielding error by shortstop Tyler Stubblefield. Brandon Macias to 2nd.

Nick Ramirez strikes out swinging.

Cameron Garfield walks. Brandon Macias to 3rd. Ben McMahan to 2nd.

Pitcher Change: Matthew Stites replaces James Jones.

Mike Garza grounds into a force out, shortstop Tyler Stubblefield to second baseman Felix Cabrera. Brandon Macias scores. Ben McMahan to 3rd. Cameron Garfield out at 2nd. Mike Garza to 1st.

Tyler Roberts called out on strikes.

[jjfanec]

Mark Rogers has had two great starts in row. He continues to do enough to keep me intrigued.

[TheCrew07]

Farris, Rogers Lead Sounds Past Express, 3-1

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Mark Rogers turned in a solid start and Eric Farris belted a two-run homer to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 3-1 victory over the Round Rock Express on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.

 

Rogers (5-6) continued his dominant pitching in home contests, holding the Express to one run on four hits over seven innings of work -- his fifth quality start of the year. He struck out six batters while walking only one during his 99-pitch effort.

 

With the solid effort, the right-hander improved to 3-2 with a 2.98 ERA (16er/48.1ip) in his nine starts at Greer this year (2-4, 7.07 in eight road outings).

 

Nashville pitchers combined to hold Round Rock to only four hits while striking out 10 batters in the contest.

 

The Sounds got on the board in the second when Andy Gonzalez and Taylor Green led off the frame with consecutive doubles against Round Rock starter Ben Snyder.

 

· AUDIO: Taylor Green Go-Ahead Double

 

Second baseman Eric Farris (2-for-4) upped the Nashville lead to 3-0 in the third when he slugged his second home run of the year, a two-run shot to left off Snyder. Catcher Dayton Buller (2-for-3), who led off the inning with an opposite-field double to right-center, also scored on the one-out blast.

 

· AUDIO: Eric Farris Two-Run HR

 

Round Rock jumped on the board in the seventh with a two-out rally against Rogers. After the first two batters were retired, Joey Butler reached on an infield single and raced around to score when Ryan Spilborghs ripped an RBI double to deep right-center to make it a 3-1 contest.

 

Jesus Sanchez worked a perfect eighth for the Sounds before closer Jim Henderson struck out the side in the ninth to nail down his 12th save of the season.

 

Snyder (2-4) drew the loss for the Express after allowing all three Nashville runs in his five innings of work.

 

Outfielder Caleb Gindl went 0-for-4 to snap the Sounds' longest active hitting streak at six games.

 

The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. meeting on Tuesday. Right-hander Brian Baker (2-3, 5.33) returns to the Nashville rotation with his first start for the Sounds since June 29th. Round Rock will counter with right-hander Greg Reynolds (7-6, 5.01).

 

Nashville Box Score

I had a chance to listen to a game for the first time in quite a while and it just happened to be another Mark Rogers start. I was a tad worried when he walked the first batter on 4 straight pitches but that was pretty much it until the 7th. The rest of his pitching line not mentioned in the game story; 4H, 65 of 99 pitches for strikes, and a 7:4 ratio. Jesus Sanchez remained perfect in Nashville with his scoreless frame, and what else can I say about Jim Henderson except isn't it time he gets a shot?

 

Eric Farris and Dayton Buller had the only multi-hit games, all of the XBHs were covered in the game story. Taylor Green was nabbed trying to steal a base and Edwin Maysonet committed his 3rd error.

 

Nashville Play By Play

It was an incredibly quick game, just over 2 hours, not much action beyond the game story.

[brewmann04]

very happy for Rogers and the brewers hope he continues to improve and get back to the bigs in the rotation.