Link Report for Fri. 8/23

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Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Alfredo Figaro at Albuquerque (Dodgers), 7:15 PM pre-game, 7:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Jeff Hem is the 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). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link.

 

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Huntsville: RHP Drew Gagnon at Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Alex Cohen is the play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. It appears four Southern League teams air their home games on MiLB.TV, and we'll let you know when those dates pop up on the schedule.

 

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Brevard County: RHP Damien Magnifico at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link -- Select the link based on listed schedule

 

Manatees audio, hooray! Dave Walkovic is the first play-by-play voice of the 'Tees since 2007, he's joined by Andy Towne; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio. All home games and many road games are scheduled to be broadcast. When road games are only available via the opponents' audio feed, we'll let you know that.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Austin Ross at Clinton (Mariners), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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 four Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV.

 

So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from four Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games.

 

NOTE: Many of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and WACY-TV My NEW32 will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and will try to provide day-before DVR reminders, so regularly check with us.

 

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Helena: RHP Barrett Astin at Orem (Angels), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Voice of the Helena Brewers Steve Wendt is back on board, and this year he's added Twitter to the mix @steve_wendt. We've been treated to Steve's work for many years now (ten!); he is among the very best at the art of the pre-game interview, especially considering how at ease he makes all these first-time professional ballplayers.

 

MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction (August), those games will be available for viewing online.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Angels' complex in Tempe, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Braves, 9:30 AM gametime, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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Programming notes --

 

In addition to the Sounds (always), both Huntsville and Helena are available via MiLB.TV for their current series. Helena will also be available (live and archived) for their next stop in Grand Junction.

 

Speaking of MiLB.TV, rare four-packs of games will be available when Wisconsin (all home games covered) returns to Appleton Saturday.

 

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DVR Alert! (One day's notice)

 

Saturday's 6:35 PM Timber Rattlers game will be televised on MyNew32 TV out of Green Bay. "Showdown: Timber Rattlers Pre-Game" airs at 6:00.

 

MyNew32 TV is still in a dispute with Time Warner Cable.

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

New MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

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To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

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Look for Nashville and Wisconsin media notes at the links just prior to their game times.

 

New this season: Brevard County has media notes; as of now, it's a unique link each day, but look for it just prior to game time each day within the "Stats and Scores" banner here.

 

Also new this season: Helena has media notes; it's a unique link each day, but look for it just prior to game time each day within the "Stats and Scores" banner here.

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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: To view first half or overall standings for Huntsville, Brevard County, Wisconsin, and Maryvale, you'll notice options at the respective links for that. Otherwise it's second-half standings as the default view for those three leagues.

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Weather.com:

 

Albuquerque, NM

 

Pearl, MS

 

Viera, FL (Melbourne)

 

Clinton, IA

 

Orem, UT

 

Tempe, AZ

 

San Pedro De Macoris, DR

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Happy 23rd Birthday to Helena RHP Eduard Reyes, we documented his recent troubles yesterday, hopefully a birthday brightens his situation.

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VIDEO from Thursday: Nashville's Kentrail Davis homers in the seventh inning of a 9-5 loss to Albuquerque

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Voting continues through August 29th:

 

Moniker Madness is back, and they've abandoned the bracket format for a different voting look.

 

Rankings as of 2:15 PM Central on Friday for the four Brewers are Brevard RHP Damien Magnifico (7th of 75), Huntsville RHP David Goforth (38th place), Huntsville OF Chadwin Stang (47th), and Dionis Hinojosa (74th, no longer last!).

 

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Stryker Trahan is still your leader, here's your leaderboard.

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VIDEO from Thursday: Nashville's Kentrail Davis homers in the seventh inning of a 9-5 loss to Albuquerque

Wow, oppo-shot well over the 383' sign. Impressive swing.

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Peterson hit in face by fastball

Mariners first-rounder hospitalized after being struck in jaw

By Ashley Marshall / Special to MiLB.com

 

Seattle third-base prospect D.J. Peterson was hospitalized Thursday evening after being hit in the face by a fastball in a Class A game for Clinton.

 

The organization's No. 3 prospect was struck in the jaw by Wisconsin Timber Rattlers' right-hander Jorge Lopez in the bottom of the third inning of the LumberKings' 8-5 loss.

 

Tough update for the young man:

 

D.J. Peterson suffered an open fracture of the left mandible. Will undergo surgery today at U of I Medical Center in Iowa City.

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Rattlers win and cut into Clinton's Wild Card lead

Wisconsin wins 1-0 Friday night

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

CLINTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers needed a win at Clinton on Friday night. They got it. Alfredo Rodriguez drove in the only run of the game and three Wisconsin pitchers combined on the four-hit, 1-0 shutout at Ashford University Field. Austin Ross, Allan Williams, and Taylor Wall kept the LumberKings off the scoreboard and helped Wisconsin move a little closer in the playoff chase.

 

Parker Berberet started the Wisconsin fifth inning with a double off the wall in left-center. Clinton starter Victor Sanchez got the next two outs, but threw a wild pitch with Adrian Williams at the plate to allow Berberet to take third. Williams would draw a walk to get the inning to Alfredo Rodriguez. The Rattlers leadoff batter smacked a double down the line in right to score Berberet and the Rattlers (56-69 overall, 27-33 second half) were up 1-0.

 

Ross faced difficult situations in the first and third innings, but escaped each time. In the bottom of the first, a walk and a hit batsman put runners at first and second with one outs. Ross got out of the jam by getting Gaby Guerrero to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. In bottom of the third inning, the LumberKings (64-65, 31-29) got the leadoff batter on base due to an error. A two out walk put two runners on base for Guerrero again. Then, Ross struck out Guerrero to end the threat.

 

Ross allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out five in his five innings.

 

Alan Williams took over for Ross in the sixth inning. The lefty, who was making his 2013 debut with the Timber Rattlers, allowed a leadoff single in the seventh and a two out double in the eighth inning. But Williams held the lead.

 

Taylor Wall took over for the bottom of the ninth inning. Wall tossed a 1-2-3 inning, including two strikeouts. He struck out pinch-hitter Tyler Marlette to close out the game and earn his seventh save of the season.

 

The victory moved the Timber Rattler to within four games of Clinton for the Western Division Wild Card with ten games left to play in the regular season.

 

Clinton's remaining schedule includes a seven game road trip that starts on Friday with four games at Beloit followed by three games at Peoria. Clinton ends their season with three games at home against Cedar Rapids over Labor Day weekend.

 

The Timber Rattlers begin a seven game homestand with a game against the Kane County Cougars at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Saturday night. Preston Gainey (4-7, 5.40) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Kane County sends Tayler Scott (5-8, 4.21) to the mound. Game time is 6:35pm. The Timber Rattlers end their season with three games at Burlington over Labor Day Weekend.

 

Saturday is Milwaukee Bucks Night at the ballpark. Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks Dancers, Seniorgee!, and the Rim Rockers are all scheduled to be on hand to meet fans to get ready for the NBA season. Fly Away Saturday means one lucky fan will win airfare for two from Funjet Vacations and Fox World Travel at this game. FOX 11 presents a postgame fireworks display.

 

My NEW 32's Sports Showdown will have the television broadcast starting at 6:00pm. You may catch the radio call on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting at 6:15pm. Saturday's game is also available to subscribers of MiLB.TV.

 

WP: Austin Ross (2-0)

LP: Victor Sanchez (6-6)

SAVE: Taylor Wall (7)

 

TIME: 2:25

ATTN: N/A

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

What a fantastic pitching effort in this one: Austin Ross, Allan Williams, and Taylor Wall combined to walk 2 and strike out 9. Wall should have been promoted at the break, he's just been fantastic all season and was perfect again tonight.

 

The Rattlers managed just 3 hits but it was enough as Alfredo Rodriguez and Parker Berberet both doubled in the 5th for the T-Rats lone run as Mehring covered above.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Wisconsin Top of the 5th

• Parker Berberet doubles (14) on a fly ball to center fielder Janelfry Zorrilla.
  Mike Garza flies out to center fielder Janelfry Zorrilla.
  Orlando Arcia flies out to right fielder Gabriel Guerrero.
  With Adrian Williams batting, wild pitch by Victor Sanchez, Parker Berberet to 3rd.
  Adrian Williams walks.
  Alfredo Rodriguez doubles (12) on a line drive to right fielder Gabriel Guerrero. Parker Berberet scores. Adrian Williams to 3rd.
  Michael Reed walks.
  Tyrone Taylor grounds into a force out, fielded by third baseman Martin Peguero. Alfredo Rodriguez out at 3rd.

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Final: Brevard County 3, Dunedin 1

 

Three-run second helps 'Tees edge Jays

Barnes earns ninth win with six scoreless innings of relief

By Andy Towne / Brevard County Manatees

 

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Manatees pitcher Jacob Barnes threw six shutout innings out of the bullpen and allowed just three hits, while striking out six Brevard County's 3-1 win over the Dunedin Blue Jays at Space Coast Stadium in Viera on Friday night. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography)

 

• AUDIO: Game Highlights
   
  
• AUDIO: Tyler Cravy Pre-Game Interview

 

VIERA, Fla. - Despite going down 1-0 in the first inning, the Brevard County Manatees were able to come back and take a 3-1 win over the Dunedin Blue Jays to open an eight-game home stand on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium.

 

Dunedin's first inning run was unearned as Jon Berti took a four-pitch walk to open up the contest. After he stole his league-leading 53rd base of the year, he forced a throwing error in the attempt to knock him down and took an extra bag. From third, he scored on Michael Crouse's sacrifice fly.

 

Brevard County (26-31 second half, 63-61 overall) bounced back in the second, taking advantage of a pair of defensive errors.

 

Cameron Garfield led off with an infield single and advanced to second when Cody Hawn grounded a ball to the first baseman. Trying to get the lead runner, shortstop Shane Opitz was unable to corral the throw to second, making both runners safe.

 

Greg Hopkins then dropped down a bunt single, which resulted in a throwing error by catcher Derrick Chung. Thanks to the miscue, Garfield was able to score from second, Hawn advanced to third and Hopkins scampered an extra 90 feet to second.

 

T.J. Mittelstaedt drove a two-run double to right-center, giving the Manatees a 3-1 lead that would last to the end of the ballgame thanks to stellar pitching from the 'Tees bullpen.

 

After Damien Magnifico's two innings, over which he allowed just the unearned run on a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Jacob Barnes came on for six shutout innings.

 

Barnes (9-5, 3.02 ERA) was credited with the win, giving up just three hits and a base on balls while recording six strikeouts before Tommy Toledo came on for the ninth, to earn his 18th save of the season.

 

Starting for Dunedin (22-33, 59-62) was Scott Copeland, who was charged with two earned runs out of the three total that he allowed. In his four innings, Copeland surrendered five hits, issued two walks and struck out five batters.

 

Wil Browning, Tony Davis, Jesse Hernandez and Ajay Meyer out of the Blue Jays' bullpen held Brevard County scoreless the rest of the way.

 

Game two of the series takes place on Saturday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. It will be a battle of starters on Major League rehab assignments, with Mark Rogers (0-1, 6.75) slated to take the hill for the Manatees against lefty Luis Perez (0-0, 3.00) for the Blue Jays.

 

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

 

Brevard County Play-by-Play

 

BC takes the lead in the 2nd:

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 2nd

• Cameron Garfield singles on a ground ball to shortstop Shane Opitz, deflected by third baseman Gustavo Pierre.
  
• Cody Hawn reaches on a force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop Shane Opitz, assist to first baseman K. Hobson. Cameron Garfield to 2nd.
  
• Gregory Hopkins singles on a bunt ground ball to catcher Derrick Chung. Cameron Garfield scores. Cody Hawn to 3rd. Gregory Hopkins to 2nd. Throwing error by catcher Derrick Chung.
  
• T. J. Mittelstaedt doubles (13) on a line drive to center fielder Mike Crouse. Cody Hawn scores. Gregory Hopkins scores.
  
• Ben McMahan strikes out swinging.
  
• D' Vontrey Richardson lines into a double play, shortstop Shane Opitz to second baseman Jon Berti. T. Mittelstaedt doubled off 2nd.

 

Nice overall performance on the mound from Jacob Barnes, including a stellar 4th:

 

Dunedin Top of the 4th

• Marcus Knecht strikes out swinging.
  
• Gustavo Pierre strikes out swinging.
  
• Matt Newman strikes out swinging.

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Final: Mississippi 4 Huntsville 0

 

The Stars late season woes continued Friday night as they were shutout by the Mississippi Braves 4-0. The Stars have now lost 8 of their last 11 games and haven't scored more than 4 runs in a game since August 7th. In fact, over their last 11 games, they have scored a total of 17 runs. Tonight, Drew Gagnon got the start for Huntsville. He struggled in 2 innings, the first and the sixth, allowing 2 runs in each inning. He wasn't able to make it out of the 6th tonight. Gagnon (4-8, 5.58) took the loss, working 5 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs, all earned, on 7 hit and 3 walks while striking out 4. Gagnon threw 96 pitches tonight, 58 for strikes and had a 5-5 GO/FO ratio. After getting into trouble in the 6th, Eric Marzec was called on to get the Stars out of the jam. He came on with 2 on and 2 outs and proceeded to record a strike out to end the inning. That would be the only batter he would face tonight. Michael Olmsted came on and pitched a scoreless 7th. He walked one and struck out 2. Frankie De La Cruz worked a 1-2-3 8th, striking out 1.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

The Stars offense outhit the Braves 9-7 but were unable to get that clutch hit to drive in runs. Twice they had runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and didn't score. Eric Patterson paced the Stars, going 2-5. He was the only Stars hitter to record more than 1 hit. Mike Walker and Shea Vucinich each had a double, the Stars only extra base hits tonight. Walker also drew a walk. Micah Owings got his first hit with the Stars tonight. He also drew a walk. Nick Shaw returned after missing nearly 2 games with a leg/foot injury and singled. The Stars also got singles from Brock Kjeldgaard, Shawn Zarraga, and pitcher Drew Gagnon.

 

Huntsville Play By Play

 

2 big chances that went for naught.

 

Huntsville Top of the 6th

 

Mike Walker doubles (14) on a line drive to left fielder Robby Hefflinger.

Brock Kjeldgaard singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tommy La Stella.

Shawn Zarraga out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Michael Lee to second baseman Tommy La Stella. Mike Walker to 3rd. Brock Kjeldgaard to 2nd.

Micah Owings pops out to shortstop Jaime Pedroza.

Hector Gomez flies out to right fielder Jose Martinez.

 

Huntsville Top of the 9th

 

Pitching Change: Ryne Harper replaces Juan Jaime, batting 9th.

Micah Owings walks.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Chadwin Stang replaces Frankie De La Cruz.

Chadwin Stang strikes out swinging.

Shea Vucinich doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Robby Hefflinger. Micah Owings to 3rd.

Eric Patterson lines out to third baseman Edward Salcedo.

Nick Shaw strikes out swinging.

 

The Stars (26-35 second half, 55-74 overall) will look to get things turned around when the face the Mississippi Braves Saturday night. Righty Andy Moye (5-14, 4.17) will be on the hill for the Stars. Game time is set for 6:00 Central with the Voice Of The Stars, Alex Cohen kicking things off at 5:45 with the pregame show. This game will be available on MiLB TV for those with a subscription. Remember, you can turn down the TV sound and turn up the Stars broadcast.

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Final: DSL Braves 2, DSL Brewers 4

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Brewers got a solid pitching performance from a trio of pitchers to pick up the win in their second to last game of the season. Starter Rodrigo Benoit went five and gave up just two runs, though he did allow eight hits. Victor Diaz followed with 3.1 scoreless innings of relief and got his fifth win of the season. Doni Arias got the final two outs to record his sixth save.

 

Juan De Los Santos and Leudi Otaño each reached base three times for the Brewers. De Los Santos singled twice and was hit by a pitch, while Otaño singled twice and drew a walk. Juan Ortiz doubled for the lone extra base hit for the Brewers. Roosevert Chal went 1-for-4 with an RBI and scored a run. Gregory Munoz and Natanael Mejia each singled.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

DSL BREWERS inning 6

- Ortiz, J. doubled.

- De LosStos,J singled; Ortiz, J. advanced to third.

- Otano, L. singled, RBI; De LosStos,J advanced to second; Ortiz, J. scored.

- Matos, D. to p for Manzanares,O.

- Santana, Y. walked; Otano, L. advanced to second; De LosStos,J advanced to third.

- De Leon, J. struck out swinging.

- Santiago, J. to p for Matos, D..

- Mejia, N. flied out to lf.

- Chal, R. singled, RBI; Santana, Y. advanced to second; Otano, L. advanced to third; De LosStos,J scored.

- Munoz, G. flied out to cf.

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Stars Shutout in Series Opener With M-Braves

 

By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars

 

 

To open up a five-game set at Trustmark Park and their final road trip of 2013, the Huntsville Stars beat the Mississippi Braves by a score of 2-1 on Friday night.

 

For the M-Braves, they got things started off in the first inning against Stars starting pitcher Drew Gagnon. Following a two-out double by second baseman Tommy LaStella and a walk drawn by third basemen Edward Salcedo, both runners would a score on a two-run double from outfielder Jose Martinez to make the score 2-0.

 

Those early runs were plenty for the Mississippi pitching staff. Starting pitcher Michael Lee turned in an impressive scoreless seven innings while giving eight hits to improve to 9-8 on the season. The victory for Lee and the shutout for the M-Braves were both insured by an inning of relief from righty Juan Jaime and a scoreless ninth from righty Ryne Harper.

 

The shutout marks the third time in the last eleven games that the Stars have been blanked by an opponent. Huntsville has now scored just 17 runs in their last 12 games and has been held to two runs or less in a game for the last seven straight contests.

 

Despite the shutout, the Stars outhit the M-Braves by a 9-7 margin. Huntsville was led by outfielder Eric Patterson with two hits, his second straight multi-hit game. The Stars left 11 runners on base and were 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

 

Mississippi tacked on their two other insurance runs in the sixth inning with a RBI double from outfielder Robby Hefflinger and a RBI single by shortstop Jamie Pedroza.

 

All four runs of the ballgame were tabbed to Gagnon, who fell to 4-8 on the year with the loss after tossing 5.2 innings while giving up seven hits and striking out four batters.

 

Aside from Gagnon, righties Eric Marzec, Michael Olmsted and Frankie De La Cruz combined to toss 2.1 innings of scoreless and hitless baseball.

 

On Saturday, the Stars will play game two of a five-game set against the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park. Huntsville will send RHP Andy Moye (5-14, 4.17 ERA) to the hill to try to get back on the winning track while Mississippi will counter with LHP Ian Thomas (7-7, 2.80 ERA).

 

First pitch is at 6:00 PM.

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Final: Helena 11, @Orem 2

 

Helena box score

Boom! The Brewers put 22 men on base today, and that's not counting the three Owlz errors. Omar Garcia set the table quite effectively, reaching base in five of six plate appearances. Garcia also stole his 25th base, though he was also picked off. Several other Brewers were on three times, including Michael Ratterree and Taylor Brennan, each of whom hit their 11th homer. Angel Ortega also went deep.

 

Barrett Astin and Taylor Williams each pitched okay in short appearances. Astin continues to burn worms, posting a 6/0 GO/FO tonight; for once, though, he didn't allow a homer to go with all the groundouts.

 

Helena play-by-play

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Final: AZL Brewers 12, @AZL Angels 2

 

AZL Brewers Box Score

 

Nice bench-clearing effort in which the A-Crew jumped out to early lead and all hands jumped in the fun. An 8-2 lead became an 11-2 lead in the 7th.

 

Eight singles, four doubles, and four triples! Nine-for-22 with RISP! Jose Sermo, the DH in this one, had one of the doubles and singles. CF Johnny Davis singled twice and doubled. 17-year-old 6'4" 245 lb. David Denson walked and had one of the triples, that must have been fun to see.

 

Let's not overlook clean defense in this game from the Crew, thanks.

 

RHP's Martin Viramontes, Alex Lavandero, Josh Uhen, and Dylan Brock combined to only allow one earned run, with Uhen (three innings) and Brock (final two frames) with especially clean lines. The fireballing Viramontes is technically assigned formally to Maryvale, but the former Timber Rattler should begin 2014 at Brevard County as a guy to watch.

 

AZL Brewers Game Log

 

AZL Brewers Top of the 2nd

 

Jose Sermo triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Brad Guenther.

David Denson walks.

With Brandon Diaz batting, wild pitch by Clint Sharp, Jose Sermo scores. David Denson to 2nd.

Brandon Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Glenn Beltran. David Denson to 3rd.

With Jack Cleary batting, Brandon Diaz steals (19) 2nd base.

Jack Cleary doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Glenn Beltran. David Denson scores. Brandon Diaz scores.

Steven Halcomb grounds out, second baseman Nathan Goro to first baseman Taylor Johnson. Jack Cleary to 3rd.

Yonki Hernandez reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Erick Salcedo. Jack Cleary scores. Yonki Hernandez to 2nd.

Johnny Davis strikes out swinging.

Francisco Castillo triples (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Ricky Martinez. Yonki Hernandez scores.

Pitching Change: Greg Terhune replaces Clint Sharp.

Tucker Neuhaus grounds out, shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Taylor Johnson.

 

AZL Brewers Top of the 3rd

 

Jose Sermo strikes out swinging.

David Denson triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Ricky Martinez.

Brandon Diaz doubles (7) on a line drive to center fielder Brad Guenther. David Denson scores.

Jack Cleary grounds out, shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Taylor Johnson. Brandon Diaz to 3rd.

Steven Halcomb singles on a line drive to left fielder Glenn Beltran. Brandon Diaz scores.

Yonki Hernandez reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Ismael Dionicio. Steven Halcomb to 2nd.

Johnny Davis doubles (5) on a line drive to right fielder Ricky Martinez. Steven Halcomb scores. Yonki Hernandez to 3rd.

Francisco Castillo grounds out, shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Taylor Johnson.

 

AZL Brewers Top of the 7th

 

Jack Cleary singles on a line drive to left fielder Glenn Beltran.

Steven Halcomb flies out to left fielder Glenn Beltran.

Yonki Hernandez triples (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Ricky Martinez. Jack Cleary scores.

Johnny Davis singles on a ground ball to second baseman Nathan Goro. Yonki Hernandez scores.

With Luis Aviles batting, passed ball by Chase Patterson, Johnny Davis to 2nd.

Luis Aviles strikes out swinging.

Tucker Neuhaus singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ricky Martinez. Johnny Davis scores.

Jose Sermo strikes out swinging.

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Via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

Audio from Albuquerque — Shortstop Blake Davis

 

Tonight’s interview is with Sounds shortstop Blake Davis, who discusses his game last night coming back from a hamstring injury; his first professional season away from the Orioles organization, which drafted him in the 4th round in ’06 and for which he made his major league debut in ’11 under former Sound Buck Showalter; what he thinks of the travel and ballparks in the Pacific Coast League compared to the International League (which holds Baltimore’s Triple-A Norfolk club); and his two different colored eyes, a condition called heterochromia iridum.

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Helena Pre-Game Audio:

 

Hall of Fame pitcher Rollie Fingers talks about how the closer role has changed and his time with the Milwaukee Brewers and the Oakland A's

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Rattler Radio Blog -- Postgame entry kicks off with Steve Winwood lyric, nice

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AUDIO LINKS embedded in game story -- (once again, I'm not able to play, starting to think it may be me, let me know...)

 

Final: @Albuquerque 9, Nashville 7

 

Sounds Five-Run Rally Not Enough

Nashville's Robinzon Diaz and Kentrail Davis Homer In 9-7 Loss

Nashville Sounds

 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Despite stringing together a five-run seventh-inning rally to go ahead of the Albuquerque Isotopes Friday night at Isotopes Park, the Nashville Sounds were unable to hold off the 'Topes final charge, losing 9-7 for the team's sixth consecutive loss.

 

Sounds reliever Brent Leach (0-2) entered the game in the eighth inning with Nashville leading 6-5. The left-handed pitcher allowed a single to his first batter before recording two outs. A single from former Sound Tony Gwynn Jr. put runners on the corners for the 'Topes and ended Leach's night.

 

Dustin Molleken stepped to the hill for Nashville to record the final out of the inning, but not before Chili Buss hit the two-run game-winning double off of a sliding Sean Halton in right field. Alex Castellanos added a pair of insurance runs in the frame with a single to shallow left field.

 

The Sounds put together a similar rally just one inning before, trailing 4-1 in the seventh. Nashville started out with two hits and a walk to set the table for pinch hitter Hunter Morris, who lined a double to the right-field corner to make it a 4-3 ballgame (audio).

 

Kentrail Davis followed Morris with a three-run homer to dead center field to give Nashville its first lead of the night (audio). Davis recorded his first Triple-A home run on Thursday night and his effort over the two days marks the 12th time a Sound has homers on back-to-back nights this season.

 

Albuquerque picked up two runs in the first inning off of Sounds starter Alfredo Figaro. With the bases loaded, Buss hit a sacrifice fly to the wall in deep center field, where Kentrail Davis made the out while falling backwards up the hill. Two runners scored on the play, before Davis threw out Scott Van Slyke at third base for the double play.

 

Figaro pitched four innings in his second start for Nashville, allowing Albuquerque four runs, two earned, on five hits. He walked three and fanned two before R.J. Seidel took over in the fifth inning to log two scoreless frames for Nashville.

 

With two outs in the home half of the fourth inning, Figaro committed an error attempting to throw out the speedy Dee Gordon at first base. The ball sailed over Blake Lalli to put two runners in scoring position. On the next play, catcher Robinzon Diaz threw attempted a put out at first, but through the ball past Lalli into foul territory, which scored both runners.

 

Diaz put the Sounds on the board in the fourth inning with a towering home run to center field. The solo shot was Diaz's fourth of the season (audio). Nashville plated their final run in the ninth via Eugenio Velez's triple to center field (audio). The knock extends Velez's season-best hit streak to 12 games.

 

The Isotopes picked up a run in the seventh inning to pull within one run of Nashville when Van Slyke singled home Gwynn Jr., who tripled to lead off the inning. A single through the infield followed to put runners on the corners with no outs, but Sounds reliever Kyle Heckathorn escaped the inning without allowing the tying run to score.

 

Leach was charged with the loss, his second, while Albuquerque's Sean White (4-6) picked up the win with two innings of relief work.

 

The Sounds play game four on Saturday night at Isotopes Park and send LHP Aaron Laffey (6-7, 6.36) to the hill opposite Albuquerque's RHP Stephen Fife (1-4, 6.11). Baseball returns to Greer Stadium on Friday, August 30, for the team's final homestand of the season.

 

Robinzon Diaz file photo by Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds

 

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Nashville Box Score

34-year-old former Brewer farmhand catcher Eliezer Alfonzo still around...

 

Nashville Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Been meaning to see if I can properly state this for a while --

 

Watching Khris Davis and Scooter Gennett lead the Brewers to an exciting win last night (at least as exciting as a 56-72 record will allow, darn you May 2013), makes all of us here realize just how much more enjoyment and appreciation we get at the big league level when we have an understanding of what happened with each player at the minor league level along the way.

 

Click on those two links above, your memory will get jogged and I'm not saying that you should have those stat lines embedded in your brain, but if you're a regular Link Report visitor, you'll definitely have the background and say "oh yeah, I enjoyed watching that Khris Davis trajectory (how about that 44-game 2012 Huntsville stretch!)" or you'll remember that Scooter Gennett was a 16th round pick enticed from Florida State who jumped over rookie ball to make his pro debut in Wisconsin the following year.

 

I'm not disparaging the Brewer big league fans who love the major league team only. But I'd try to explain to those diehard big league fans that somehow you do feel like the proud parent (or proud big or little sibling for you younger folks) when you truly understand the career path, ups and downs, of those new big league Brewers, whether it's for an eventual cup-of-coffee, or future big league All-Star. It adds such a huge layer of enjoyment to the big league experience, and that's what our Link Report staff tries to provide here.