Link Report for Fri. 5/9

[Mass Haas]

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Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Ariel Pena at Colorado Springs (Rockies), 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 $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 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 Jacob Barnes at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Steve Jarnicki is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars - welcome aboard! Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveJarnicki. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast.

 

MiLB.TV - It appears seven of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games (not the Stars).

 

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Brevard County: RHP Jorge Lopez at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime

 

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

 

Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; 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 (or not at all), we'll let you know that.

 

No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Zach Quintana at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 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.

 

For the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from seven Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games.

 

NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (30) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule so you can coordinate your DVR activity.

[Mass Haas]

DVR ALERT: As we've been reminding you, tonight's (Friday's) Timber Rattlers game is available on local TV on MyNew32 TV, 6:00 pregame show.

 

FYI -- After tonight, next televised game is this coming Mon. 5/12, same channel and time as this evening.

[Mass Haas]

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.

[Mass Haas]

Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Nashville Media Notes - it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Roster" banner on the Sounds' site.

 

Brevard County Media Notes - again, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site.

 

Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

[Mass Haas]

STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division

 

AA - Southern League North Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

[Mass Haas]

Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

[Mass Haas]

Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Viera, FL (Melbourne)

 

Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

[Mass Haas]

Via Disciples of Uecker -- Brewers First Month Minor League Awards

[Mass Haas]

Really looking forward to listening to this podcast later today --

 

BrewerNation Podcast Featuring Joe Hamrahi and Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus

[Mass Haas]

Did we say TGIF above? Sure did, here's some memories for many of you:

 

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Media Notes:

 

ON DECK: The Stars will travel tomorrow to Chattanooga, TN to begin a five-game series with the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Lookouts are the Double-A Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Stars manager Carlos Subero will make his return to Chattanooga where he managed the Lookouts from 2010-2012. Subero took the Lookouts to the Southern League playoffs in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

 

Tomorrow, the Lookouts will be hosting their inaugural Negro League Baseball Night presented by Erlanger. This special event will pay homage to the rich baseball history of Chattanooga and feature former Negro Leaguers Carl Long and Clifford Layton. To honor the impact Negro League Baseball has had on the Scenic City, the Chattanooga Lookouts and their opponent, the Huntsville Stars, will don commemorative uniforms of the Homestead Grays (Lookouts) and the Newark Eagles (Stars).

 

FROM LAST NIGHT: The Stars are now 8-6 at home, and they are still actually being outscored at home by their opponents 57-55…Last night, lefty Brent Suter earned his fifth victory of the season. Suter tied teammate Tyler Cravy for the most victories in the Southern League with five. Suter allowed his first HR in 42 IP… the Stars had 12 hits which matched a season high for most hits in a home game. They also had 12 on April 19th in a 10-7 loss to Mobile…The Stars scored a run in multiple innings, ending a string of six consecutive home games where they had done all their scoring in one inning. Last night they posted runs in the 3rd, 7th and 8th….

 

Stars OF Mitch Haniger, the 5th ranked prospect in the Brewers organization, led the Stars offense last night. He had his second three hit game of the season (other was 4/19 vs Mobile). After a slow month of April, where he batted just .193 his bat is starting to heat up. He has recorded a hit in 8 of his last 9 games. In his last 9, he is 13 for his last 35 with 3 RBI (.371 average). In the month of May alone in 7 games, he’s batting .407 with 2 RBI. Haniger is also one of the select few performing well at home, hitting .308…The Stars enter tonight having the third highest fielding percentage in all of minor league baseball at .984. Arkansas, Double-A, Texas League has the highest fielding percentage at .987, then New Orleans, Triple-A, PCL, at .986, then the Stars are tied with Syracuse, Triple-A International League.

[TheCrew07]

So I was messing around looking at the last 14 days of hitting stats around the organization, the T-Rats list was slightly surprising:

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS

1 Taylor Smith-Brennan 22 Wisconsin 13 55 44 8 14 1 3 1 8 11 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 .318 .455 .545 1.000

2 Clint Coulter 20 Wisconsin 13 57 46 7 13 2 1 3 11 7 1 12 3 0 1 1 1 1 .283 .404 .565 .969

3 David Denson 19 Wisconsin 13 55 48 10 15 1 1 2 12 7 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313 .400 .500 .900

4 Christopher McFarland 21 Wisconsin 12 53 44 10 13 2 1 2 7 5 0 14 1 1 2 0 3 1 .295 .365 .523 .888

5 Jose Pena 21 Wisconsin 11 46 43 6 12 4 0 1 7 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .326 .442 .768

6 Omar Garcia 20 Wisconsin 12 51 40 10 12 1 0 0 1 7 0 4 2 2 0 1 11 2 .300 .429 .325 .754

7 Michael Ratterree 23 Wisconsin 13 58 50 10 11 5 0 2 9 5 0 16 1 0 2 0 1 0 .220 .293 .440 .733

8 Steven Halcomb 23 Wisconsin 8 29 25 3 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .280 .379 .280 .659

9 Rafael Neda 25 Wisconsin 7 27 26 1 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .296 .346 .642

10 Johnny Davis 24 Wisconsin 9 38 34 5 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 1 1 .265 .286 .324 .609

11 Angel Ortega 20 Wisconsin 12 47 43 3 8 1 0 0 6 3 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 .186 .239 .209 .448[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

 

Taylor Brennan had snuck past me in my enthusiasm for what Coulter and Denson have been doing.

[TheCrew07]

Here's the same for BC.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS

1 Michael Reed 21 Brevard County 13 60 44 12 19 7 0 2 6 15 0 8 1 0 0 1 3 3 .432 .583 .727 1.311

2 Tyrone Taylor 20 Brevard County 12 59 52 16 19 8 1 2 12 6 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .365 .424 .673 1.097

3 Mike Garza 24 Brevard County 9 36 34 3 11 0 2 1 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .324 .361 .529 .891

4 Brandon Macias 25 Brevard County 12 51 45 4 15 5 0 0 5 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 1 .333 .380 .444 .824

5 Cameron Garfield 23 Brevard County 10 46 42 5 14 5 0 0 6 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .370 .452 .822

6 Victor Roache 22 Brevard County 12 54 50 6 11 1 1 4 12 3 1 13 1 0 0 2 1 0 .220 .278 .520 .798

7 Nathan Orf 24 Brevard County 10 47 32 7 8 3 0 0 4 9 0 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 .250 .435 .344 .779

8 Orlando Arcia 19 Brevard County 12 60 52 6 16 2 0 0 2 8 0 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 .308 .400 .346 .746

9 Yadiel Rivera 22 Brevard County 11 45 39 8 10 0 0 1 4 5 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 .256 .356 .333 .689[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

AA... D'Vo!

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS

1 Adam Weisenburger 25 Huntsville 7 26 19 2 7 4 1 0 6 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .368 .538 .684 1.223

2 Nick Ramirez 24 Huntsville 13 59 54 13 19 3 2 4 15 5 0 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 .352 .407 .704 1.110

3 Shawn Zarraga 25 Huntsville 10 42 33 11 15 3 0 0 5 5 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 .455 .524 .545 1.069

4 Josh Prince 26 Huntsville 10 43 35 8 10 3 0 0 3 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 .286 .419 .371 .790

5 Nick Shaw 25 Huntsville 11 44 35 7 10 1 0 0 2 8 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .432 .314 .746

6 Jason Rogers 26 Huntsville 12 52 49 7 12 5 0 1 8 2 0 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 .245 .288 .408 .697

7 Mitch Haniger 23 Huntsville 12 45 42 5 13 1 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 0 .310 .333 .333 .667

8 Greg Hopkins 25 Huntsville 9 37 33 6 6 1 1 0 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 .182 .270 .273 .543

9 Kentrail Davis 26 Huntsville 12 48 43 5 6 3 1 0 6 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 0 .140 .208 .256 .464

10 D Vontrey Richardson 25 Huntsville 12 56 51 7 8 1 0 0 3 4 0 7 1 0 0 5 1 1 .157 .232 .176 .409[/pre]

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Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

... and finally AAA.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS

1 Caleb Gindl 25 Nashville 7 30 29 6 13 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .448 .467 .690 1.156

2 Sean Halton 27 Nashville 12 39 32 4 11 2 0 1 8 4 1 11 1 0 2 0 0 0 .344 .410 .500 .910

3 Irving Falu 31 Nashville 13 50 44 6 16 2 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .364 .408 .477 .885

4 Jeremy Hermida 30 Nashville 12 47 40 3 12 2 0 1 8 6 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .383 .425 .808

5 Hunter Morris 25 Nashville 14 55 50 9 13 4 0 2 9 4 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .327 .460 .787

6 Hector Gomez 26 Nashville 13 36 33 4 9 3 0 1 5 2 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .306 .455 .760

7 Taylor Green 27 Nashville 9 33 29 2 8 1 0 1 4 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 .276 .313 .414 .726

8 Eugenio Velez 32 Nashville 12 40 37 5 8 2 0 1 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 .216 .275 .351 .626

9 Robinzon Diaz 30 Nashville 8 32 31 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 .194 .219 .226 .445

10 Pete Orr 35 Nashville 10 41 39 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 .179 .200 .205 .405[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

Here's the Rattler pitching staff for the season, those that put a fair amount of stock in GO/FO (GB/FB in this case) ratios won't be impressed.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA Str StL StS GB/FB LD PU WHIP BAbip SO9 SO/W

1 Harvey Martin 24 Wisconsin 7 0 2 2 1 12.0 13 8 8 2 18 2 0 6.00 69% 21% 13% 0.76 27% 7% 1.250 .393 13.5 9.00

2 Barrett Astin 22 Wisconsin 7 6 3 2 36.1 43 20 19 4 21 2 0 4.71 66% 13% 11% 0.95 27% 6% 1.294 .328 5.2 5.25

3 Victor Diaz 20 Wisconsin 6 2 1 21.0 18 12 12 9 18 2 0 5.14 66% 17% 8% 0.55 17% 8% 1.286 .276 7.7 2.00

4 Taylor Williams 22 Wisconsin 7 4 1 33.0 23 15 13 10 28 1 3 3.55 65% 17% 13% 0.88 13% 12% 1.000 .237 7.6 2.80

5 Trevor Seidenberger 22 Wisconsin 7 0 2 13.1 10 4 3 7 15 0 1 2.03 64% 17% 12% 0.43 30% 12% 1.275 .313 10.1 2.14

6 Rodolfo Fernandez 24 Wisconsin 4 0 1 11.0 10 6 5 3 8 0 0 4.09 64% 18% 9% 0.42 27% 22% 1.182 .278 6.5 2.67

7 Mark Williams 24 Wisconsin 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 63% 31% 0% 1.00 50% 0% 1.000 .500 9.0

8 Chris Razo 24 Wisconsin 8 0 1 12.1 16 10 9 6 13 0 2 6.57 62% 18% 8% 0.73 18% 8% 1.784 .421 9.5 2.17

9 Anthony Banda 20 Wisconsin 6 5 1 4 27.0 32 15 13 10 18 1 0 4.33 62% 17% 12% 0.98 16% 9% 1.556 .348 6.0 1.80

10 Preston Gainey 23 Wisconsin 5 5 1 2 24.1 22 13 7 10 21 1 2 2.59 62% 15% 12% 0.90 22% 7% 1.315 .284 7.8 2.10

11 Tyler Alexander 22 Wisconsin 7 3 2 3 22.1 30 17 13 12 27 0 2 5.24 61% 16% 13% 0.67 28% 6% 1.881 .441 10.9 2.25

12 Tyler Spurlin 23 Wisconsin 6 0 10.0 8 5 4 6 4 1 0 3.60 58% 17% 9% 1.50 17% 3% 1.400 .259 3.6 0.67

13 Zach Quintana 20 Wisconsin 5 5 2 22.0 31 16 15 9 13 1 1 6.14 58% 16% 7% 0.60 24% 6% 1.818 .361 5.3 1.44

14 Tristan Archer 23 Wisconsin 5 3 1 1 2 19.0 16 8 6 13 12 1 1 2.84 57% 16% 9% 0.65 25% 11% 1.526 .259 5.7 0.92

15 Tyler Linehan 22 Wisconsin 5 0 1 1 11.2 18 16 13 9 8 0 0 10.03 54% 10% 7% 0.96 16% 4% 2.314 .400 6.2 0.89[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

Some gaudy ratios/rate stats in this group at BC, no pitch data is available for the FSL so the list is sorted by games.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA GB/FB LD PU WHIP BAbip SO9 SO/W

1 Tanner Poppe 23 Brevard County 10 0 1 7 13.0 14 4 4 2 14 1 0 2.77 1.12 11% 14% 1.231 .371 9.7 7.00

2 Stephen Peterson 26 Brevard County 9 0 1 14.2 14 8 7 5 11 1 0 4.30 0.69 2% 18% 1.295 .283 6.8 2.20

3 Michael Strong 25 Brevard County 9 0 1 1 13.1 7 1 1 5 17 0 2 0.68 1.08 7% 15% 0.900 .259 11.5 3.40

4 Austin Ross 25 Brevard County 8 0 2 23.0 20 8 8 4 27 2 0 3.13 0.97 14% 3% 1.043 .310 10.6 6.75

5 Martin Viramontes 24 Brevard County 8 0 1 17.0 16 5 5 4 12 1 1 2.65 0.50 13% 11% 1.176 .294 6.4 3.00

6 Jed Bradley 24 Brevard County 7 7 4 1 39.0 32 12 12 7 42 2 0 2.77 1.76 7% 0% 1.000 .303 9.7 6.00

7 Damien Magnifico 23 Brevard County 7 7 2 2 35.0 32 13 11 10 20 0 3 2.83 1.25 12% 4% 1.200 .281 5.1 2.00

8 Tommy Toledo 25 Brevard County 7 0 2 4 9.0 9 2 1 4 9 0 0 1.00 0.67 0% 12% 1.444 .346 9.0 2.25

9 Tyler Wagner 23 Brevard County 7 7 3 1 40.0 34 12 9 15 26 2 1 2.03 0.95 9% 9% 1.225 .274 5.9 1.73

10 Hobbs Johnson 23 Brevard County 6 5 2 4 31.2 30 16 11 5 29 2 2 3.13 0.88 14% 9% 1.105 .304 8.2 5.80

11 Jorge Lopez 21 Brevard County 6 6 3 2 28.0 33 19 16 8 26 1 1 5.14 0.89 16% 7% 1.464 .386 8.4 3.25

12 Chad Pierce 26 Brevard County 6 1 1 14.1 14 9 6 6 14 3 0 3.77 0.75 10% 7% 1.395 .289 8.8 2.33

13 Jacob Barnes 24 Brevard County 3 0 7.1 3 1 1 0 8 1 0 1.23 1.29 0% 6% 0.409 .133 9.8

14 Greg Holle 25 Brevard County 3 0 4.1 3 2 2 1 4 1 0 4.15 0.83 18% 9% 0.923 .200 8.3 4.00[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

Back to sorting by strike % for AA, once again there is quite a bit to like here as well. Just an FYI that I'm using the % because it doesn't remove any pitchers from the list. Dillard, Leach, Lowe in AA at various stages this season... *sigh*. Drew Gagnon's ultimate results have been good, but the peripherals aren't backing him up at all.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA Str StL StS GB/FB LD PU WHIP BAbip SO9 SO/W

1 Andy Moye 26 Huntsville 1 1 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 76% 14% 10% 0.50 50% 0% 1.200 .333 0.0

2 Tim Dillard 30 Huntsville 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 70% 26% 11% 2.00 13% 0% 0.200 .067 1.8

3 Kevin Shackelford 25 Huntsville 13 0 1 1 1 18.2 23 9 7 6 7 1 1 3.38 69% 11% 8% 1.88 10% 0% 1.554 .324 3.4 1.17

4 Tyler Cravy 24 Huntsville 7 5 5 1 30.1 18 7 7 7 30 3 2 2.08 68% 18% 12% 0.85 13% 9% 0.824 .205 8.9 4.29

5 Johnnie Lowe 29 Huntsville 5 0 1 10.2 12 5 5 2 8 3 0 4.22 67% 18% 7% 1.00 16% 6% 1.313 .290 6.8 4.00

6 Eric Marzec 26 Huntsville 10 0 2 14.1 14 9 9 5 13 2 0 5.65 65% 19% 10% 0.65 16% 9% 1.326 .293 8.2 2.60

7 Casey Medlen 24 Huntsville 12 0 2 17.1 11 4 4 4 18 3 0 2.08 65% 18% 12% 1.05 13% 7% 0.865 .190 9.3 4.50

8 Brent Suter 24 Huntsville 7 7 5 1 42.0 22 8 8 12 38 1 2 1.71 65% 20% 8% 0.75 16% 10% 0.810 .206 8.1 3.17

9 Arcenio Leon 27 Huntsville 13 0 3 19.0 12 2 2 2 16 0 1 0.95 64% 16% 13% 2.57 10% 4% 0.737 .240 7.6 8.00

10 Brooks Hall 24 Huntsville 5 5 2 1 26.0 24 9 8 7 16 1 5 2.77 63% 18% 9% 0.70 16% 9% 1.192 .303 5.5 2.29

11 Taylor Jungmann 24 Huntsville 7 7 2 4 38.0 36 20 15 13 38 4 2 3.55 63% 18% 11% 1.10 11% 6% 1.289 .317 9.0 2.92

12 Brent Leach 31 Huntsville 4 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 2.25 63% 13% 14% 0.29 0% 11% 0.500 .000 9.0 4.00

13 Tommy Toledo 25 Huntsville 3 0 3.0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 6.00 63% 15% 11% 0.67 0% 10% 1.333 .200 6.0 1.00

14 David Goforth 25 Huntsville 13 0 1 1 7 17.1 15 5 5 6 8 1 0 2.60 62% 16% 5% 1.15 13% 9% 1.212 .250 4.2 1.33

15 Drew Gagnon 24 Huntsville 7 7 3 1 40.2 27 12 12 20 19 6 2 2.66 61% 17% 7% 0.85 13% 8% 1.156 .184 4.2 0.95

16 Jacob Barnes 24 Huntsville 3 2 9.0 5 5 5 5 8 0 2 5.00 57% 21% 4% 0.64 17% 13% 1.111 .227 8.0 1.60[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[TheCrew07]

AAA pitching for the year... Ariel Pena has 27 SOs in 23 IP but only has a SO:BB of 2.25 because of those 13 walks.

 

[pre]Rk Age Tm G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA Str StL StS GB/FB LD PU WHIP BAbip SO9 SO/W

1 Jose De La Torre 28 Nashville 1 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 27.00 75% 13% 38% --- 0% 0% 3.000 1.000 27.0

2 Rob Wooten 28 Nashville 5 0 4 5.0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0.00 70% 18% 18% 3.33 15% 8% 0.400 .154 9.0

3 Donovan Hand 28 Nashville 16 0 6 17.2 22 10 10 4 16 1 1 5.09 68% 18% 13% 1.27 20% 8% 1.472 .362 8.2 4.00

4 Mike Fiers 29 Nashville 6 6 5 1 38.2 25 8 8 5 51 3 1 1.86 67% 22% 10% 0.69 19% 9% 0.776 .259 11.9 10.20

5 Alfredo Figaro 29 Nashville 10 1 1 18.2 25 9 9 2 14 3 0 4.34 67% 21% 8% 0.80 29% 6% 1.446 .373 6.8 7.00

6 Jimmy Nelson 25 Nashville 7 7 4 1 45.0 31 12 10 13 44 1 0 2.00 67% 17% 12% 1.53 13% 10% 0.978 .256 8.8 3.38

7 Brad Mills 29 Nashville 7 5 2 31.1 24 7 6 6 23 2 2 1.72 65% 20% 8% 1.09 16% 9% 0.957 .244 6.6 3.83

8 Johnnie Lowe 29 Nashville 2 1 4.2 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0.00 64% 15% 14% 0.50 22% 11% 0.643 .200 11.6 6.00

9 Eric Marzec 26 Nashville 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 64% 18% 0% 0.00 33% 33% 2.000 .333 9.0 1.00

10 Kyle Heckathorn 26 Nashville 10 0 2 1 13.0 21 16 15 10 11 3 1 10.38 61% 15% 9% 0.92 22% 6% 2.385 .400 7.6 1.10

11 Dustin Molleken 29 Nashville 14 0 2 1 20.1 20 12 8 10 17 2 2 3.54 61% 13% 15% 0.89 14% 8% 1.475 .300 7.5 1.70

12 Michael Blazek 25 Nashville 14 0 2 16.2 29 13 13 7 19 1 0 7.02 60% 14% 14% 1.07 13% 4% 2.160 .509 10.3 2.71

13 Jeremy Jeffress 26 Nashville 5 0 1 8.1 8 2 2 6 10 0 0 2.16 60% 13% 13% 0.92 30% 0% 1.680 .348 10.8 1.67

14 Ariel Pena 25 Nashville 5 5 1 2 23.0 18 13 11 12 27 2 1 4.30 60% 16% 16% 0.53 17% 16% 1.304 .286 10.6 2.25

15 Hiram Burgos 26 Nashville 4 4 1 3 18.0 22 16 13 10 20 2 4 6.50 58% 20% 11% 0.47 7% 9% 1.778 .377 10.0 2.00

16 Brent Leach 31 Nashville 11 1 2 13.1 8 4 4 7 14 1 1 2.70 57% 16% 14% 1.00 9% 9% 1.125 .233 9.5 2.00

17 Johnny Hellweg 25 Nashville 4 4 1 2 20.0 21 11 11 15 12 1 2 4.95 56% 18% 8% 1.41 17% 3% 1.800 .323 5.4 0.80[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/9/2014.

[Mass Haas]

For those with an MLB (audio or video) subscription, Victor Roache was the pre-game guest of Joe Block Wednesday, listen at the 19:15 minute mark via the WTMJ link on this MLB page.

[DHonks]

interesting to see some of the stats. I like seeing Jungmann's K/IP. That's progress. lots of decent WHIP's for the pitchers.

[bkrause2]

Final: Daytona 2, Brevard County 5

 

Lopez solid as 'Tees top Cubs, 5-2

By Andrew Luftglass / Brevard County Manatees

 

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Brevard County starting pitcher Jorge Lopez allowed two unearned runs and struck out five over seven innings of work as the Manatees defeated the Daytona Cubs, 5-3 on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium in Viera. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography)

 

VIERA, Fla. - Thanks in large part to a stellar, seven-inning performance from Jorge Lopez, the Brevard County Manatees won their third straight game against the Daytona Cubs, with a 5-2 victory on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium.

 

Brevard County's starter turned in his longest and most effective performance of the season. Lopez did not allow a hit until the third inning and did not surrender another one until the sixth. Both times, Lopez (4-2, 4.11 ERA) induced double plays to erase the base runners.

 

Lopez's only two runs allowed were unearned after errors in the third and fifth. Daytona scored the game's first run after Lopez threw a would-be double play ball into center field. Brevard County (19-15) turned a double play right after the error, but Rock Shoulders scored on the play to put Daytona (10-22) on top, 1-0.

 

The Manatees' offense avenged Lopez with five runs in the bottom half of the third. After Brandon Macias reached on an error, Nathan Orf ripped a triple to right-center field to tie the game. Orlando Arcia came up next and singled home Orf with the go-ahead run.

 

Arcia made a big baserunning play to keep the rally alive in the third. Tyrone Taylor hit a ground ball to second base, but the Cubs could not turn a double play because Arcia slid in hard at second. Taylor was safe at first and scored two batters later when Cameron Garfield smacked a two-bagger down the left field line.

 

Victor Roache and Garrett Cooper also contributed to the Manatees' rally. Roache expanded the lead with a run-scoring single and later scored himself, when Cooper delivered a double to give the 'Tees a 5-1 lead.

 

Lopez took the run support and ran with it. He only gave up one more run when the 'Tees committed three errors in the fifth. Jeimer Candelario reached second base to lead off the inning when Cooper had trouble fielding a ground ball and threw away his throw to Lopez, who was covering the bag.

 

Candelario scored later in the inning when Cooper fielded a two-out grounder off the bat of Marco Hernandez, but Lopez dropped the first baseman's flip.

 

The Manatees overcame their defensive miscues and closed out the win. Lopez finished with five strikeouts and three walks, as he won his third straight start.

 

Mike Strong earned his second save with two scoreless innings in relief. Strong walked two, allowed a pair of hits and struck out three.

 

Brevard County will go for the four-game series sweep of the Cubs on Saturday night in Daytona Beach with first pitch set for 7:05 p.m. The Manatees will hand the ball to southpaw Hobbs Johnson (2-4, 3.13), while the Cubs will send righty Jose Rosario (2-2, 3.81) to the hill.

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

This was a nice start for Jorge Lopez, probably his best of the season. Seven innings and only two unearned runs on two hits. Mike Strong has been lights out so far this season and has to be in line for a promotion when a spot opens up in Huntsville. Only one run allowed all season. Makes it all the more puzzling when they sign a guy like Tim Dillard. Cameron Garfield is hitting .421 over his last ten games and has the average all the way up to .288. He went 2-for-4 with a double tonight. Garrett Cooper doubled and walked twice while Nathan Orf tripled and was hit by a pitch.

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 3rd

 

Brandon Macias reaches on a missed catch error by first baseman Rock Shoulders, assist to shortstop Marco Hernandez.

With Nathan Orf batting, Brandon Macias steals (2) 2nd base.

Nathan Orf triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Albert Almora. Brandon Macias scores.

Orlando Arcia singles on a ground ball to center fielder Albert Almora. Nathan Orf scores.

Tyrone Taylor grounds into a force out, second baseman Gioskar Amaya to shortstop Marco Hernandez. Orlando Arcia out at 2nd. Tyrone Taylor to 1st.

Michael Reed flies out to right fielder Bijan Rademacher.

Cameron Garfield doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Zeke DeVoss. Tyrone Taylor scores.

Victor Roache singles on a fly ball to left fielder Zeke DeVoss. Cameron Garfield scores.

Garrett Cooper doubles (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Zeke DeVoss. Victor Roache scores.

Yadiel Rivera strikes out swinging.

[Mass Haas]

Audio via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

"Tonight’s interview is with Sounds reliever Michael Blazek, who tossed three scoreless innings yesterday in the Sounds’ 1-0, 13-inning loss. Blazek discusses that outing, his season so far, coming over to the Brewers last September in the trade that sent former Sound John Axford to the Cardinals, the Cardinals’ development of so many quality hard-throwing pitchers and misconceptions about Las Vegas, Blazek’s hometown."

[TheCrew07]

Kernels double up Rattlers in 10-5 win

Coulter homers in thrd straight game for Wisconsin

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Omar Garcia greets Angel Ortega at home plate after Ortega's home run in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday night. (Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - Clint Coulter and Chris McFarland stayed hot for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, but it wasn't enough on Friday night against the Cedar Rapids Kernels. The Kernels banged out eighteen hits in a 10-5 victory over the Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

 

Cedar Rapids (19-15) had four hits off Wisconsin starter Zach Quintana in the first inning, but managed just one run. Bryan Haar's infield single with the bases loaded scored the Kernels run.

 

Wisconsin (15-19) answered immediately in the bottom of the first inning. Johnny Davis dragged a bunt single to start the frame. An errant pickoff throw let Davis move to second. McFarland sent a single to left and Davis scored on the play to tie the game. McFarland's single extended his current hitting streak to seven games.

 

The Kernels took advantage of a pair of Wisconsin errors in the top of the third inning to score three runs. Engelb Vielma reached on an infield single and a throwing error moved him to second base at the start of the inning. Mitch Garver drew a one out walk after Vielma had moved on to third base. Vielma would score on a sacrifice fly by Zack Larson. Bryan Haar's single to left was misplayed and allowed Garver to come around to score another run. Haar wound up on third base and he scored on Jason Kanzler's single to give the Kernels a 4-1 lead.

 

The Rattlers got a run back in the bottom of the third. McFarland doubled with one out. Coulter's sharp single to left sent McFarland to third. David Denson chopped a single through the right side of the infield to get McFarland home and the Rattlers were down 4-2.

 

Tristan Archer came on to pitch for Wisconsin at the beginning of the top of the fourth. The Kernels had runners at first and second with two outs. Then, Garver doubled to left to drive in both runners and the Kernels were up 6-2.

 

In the bottom of the fifth, Coulter blasted his eighth home run of the season. His leadoff, line drive homer was just to the right of the batter's eye in center and landed in the Wisconsin bullpen. Coulter has a home run in his last three games and he leads the Midwest League in homers.

 

But, Cedar Rapids got that run back in the top of the sixth. Garver doubled to left to drive in Vielma who had singled to start the inning.

 

Wisconsin used the home run to pull back within two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Omar Garcia singled with one out and stole second base. Angel Ortega crushed the next pitch to left for his second homer of the season. The Rattlers, who lead the league in homers as a team with 30, were down 7-5.

 

The Kernels tacked on three runs in the top of the eighth inning to reach double digits in runs. Vielma tripled to left, his fourth hit of the night, to start the inning. Chad Christensen singled over the drawn-in infield and Vielma scored his fourth run of the game. Harvey Martin took over for Tristan Archer after the single by Christensen and allowed a single and issued a walk to force in a run. Kanzler drove in his second run of the game with another single and the Kernels were up 10-5.

 

Slegers struck out seven over 5-2/3 innings while walking one to earn his fourth win of the season. Reliever Todd Van Steensel recorded six strikeouts in 2-1/3 innings. Christian Powell, the third Cedar Rapids pitcher of the night, issued three walks in the ninth, but ended the game with a strikeout, the fourteenth of the night for the Kernels.

 

The final game of the series Saturday afternoon. Victor Diaz (0-1, 5.14) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Cedar Rapids will send Ryan Eades (3-3, 2.87) to the mound. Game time is 1:05pm.

 

The Timber Rattlers host their sixth annual Bark in the Park event on Saturday afternoon. The left field berm will be set aside for pets and pet owners to enjoy the game. Tickets are $6 for humans and free for dogs. The first 150 pets to attend the game will receive a bag of gourmet pet food from Fromm Foods. There will also be a pet food drive to benefit the Pet Pantry of Wisconsin. Click this link for more details.

 

If you can't make it out to the game, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the pregame show at 12:45pm. Saturday's game is also available to subscribers of MiLB.TV.

 

HOME RUNS:

WIS:

Clint Coulter (8th, 0 on in 5th inning off Aaron Slegers, 0 out)

Angel Ortega (2nd, 1 on in 6th inning off Aaron Slegers, 1 out)

 

WP: Aaron Slegers (4-0)

LP: Zach Quintana (0-3)

 

TIME: 3:19

ATTN: 3,668

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

So I've been thinking about something positive to say about Zach Quintana since he exited the game, but I just have nothing. Yes shoddy defense cost him in the 3rd, but if not for 2 great defensive plays on rockets to Michael Ratterree and Omar Garcia the damage would have been much worse, the errors allowed extra bases on what were already hits, everything was hit hard in the inning. He was all over the place and he doesn't have any kind of strike out pitch, at least that he displayed this evening. I think his ERA is an accurate reflection of where he's currently at as a pitcher.

 

Tristan Archer showed a little bit, he didn't locate well either, but at least he can induce some swings and misses. I've been surprised by Harvey Martin's early struggles, I was expecting more. I thought this pitching staff might be a strength coming into the season but thus far they have allowed the 5th most runs in the league.

 

Johnny Davis had a tough night. He bunted in his first 3 ABs; the first for a hit, the second should have been a hit but he was called out, the 3rd he popped up, in the next AB he struck out on a bad pitch, but he walked in the 9th. Unfortunately he also misplayed or bobbled every ground ball hit to him in LF during the game but was only charged with 1 error, and he turned a single into a triple to start the 8th by trying to make a diving catch and coming up completely empty.

 

Omar Garcia (2-4, 2 SB), Chris McFarland (2-5,SB), and Clint Coulter (2-3,HR,2BB) had the multi-hit games. Coulter's HR came on a very easy swing to the deepest part of the ballpark in right center, it was wind aided, but still impressive.

 

For a little dude Angel Ortega has some decent pull power, his HR was a no doubter to LF.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Wisconsin Gameday