Link Report for Wed. 5/28 - Taylor Jungmann Makes 1st AAA Start (2nd Appearance)

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Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Taylor Jungmann at home vs. Colorado Springs (Rockies), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 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: LHP Hobbs Johnson at home vs. St. Lucie (Mets), 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 Preston Gainey at 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.

 

DVR Alert: The next Wisconsin game scheduled for local TV is Saturday evening, May 31st (MyNew32 TV).

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

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 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

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Nashville hanging on despite being only one game over .500 --

 

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

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

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Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

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Weather.com:

 

Nashville, TN

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Viera, FL (Melbourne)

 

Cedar Rapids, IA

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Huntsville Stars own best record in Southern League, but there are still wrinkles to iron

by Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times

 

What a buzz-kill. Huntsville Stars' manager Carlos Subero spent 10 minutes in lecture mode on Tuesday, nit-picking his players.

 

The Stars are merely the winningest team in the Southern League - 35-17 going into tonight's 6:45 game with the Tennessee Smokies - but Subero was in pretty much like a coach complaining about LeBron James' defense, like a photographer telling Kate Upton she might be attractive if she'd lose that mole.

 

But it wasn't so much party-pooping as it was a necessary, timely reality check. Just because the Stars were draining all the drama from a potential pennant race - they're 8.5 up on the Smokies with 18 games left in the half after their back-to-back walk-off wins against Tennessee -- it doesn't mean things have been perfect. Winning is wonderful makeup. It can make a lot of blemishes.

 

Subero met with his players to remind them of some flagging fundamentals, some mistakes that are being made.

 

"We love what's happening. Don't stop," he told his players of the winning. But he cautioned there are "little things" that need to be corrected.

 

Yes, winning is the object of the game. But the ultimate goal is reaching the major leagues. Subero and his staff of Sandy Guerrero and Chris Hook are charged with cultivating and producing major league talent more than they are with providing victories.

 

"Putting aside the record, there are things we have not done correctly and we've got to still work toward that," Subero said. "The goal is not just to win championships. Ultimately we get paid to develop ball players.

 

"Don't let the record fool the development side of that. There's still stuff we have to iron out on the field."

 

The timing of Subero's message was calculated. The Stars won Monday night on Jason Rogers' ninth-inning walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth. It was cause for celebration and another example of the Stars' confidence and resilience. However, had fundamentals - in this case some base-running gaffes - been perfect, the Stars wouldn't have needed the rally.

 

"We've been winning so many ball games doing some things that aren't correct," he said. "If we don't nip it, it's going to carry over. You want to stop that. I think they got the message."

 

Major league development people will gush about the culture of winning in the minor league level and its benefits. But in the development process, baseball is an individual, not a team, game.

 

"The reality is, when you've got to send in (nightly postgame) reports, I'm not going to send in a report that 'we're in first place and we've got a eight-and-a-half game lead over Tennessee,'" Subero said. "I've got to send in reports on our individual progress in different areas of the game. That's what I was telling the players. You can't overlook (fundamentals). You've got to do things better. When it's all said and done, that's going to catch up to you.

 

"Don't stop your energy and the good vibe you guys have got going," Subero told them. "All that is great. But we need to do this right."

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Rattler Radio blog -- Listen to Michael Ratterree's grand slam from Tuesday's Game One.

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Former Brewers RHP Mike McClendon returns to Rockies organization via the indy ball route, good for him.

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AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

"Tonight’s interview is with Rick Tomlin, minor league pitching coordinator for the Sounds’ parent-club Milwaukee Brewers. Tomlin discusses the performance so far this season by pitchers in the farm system (the Sounds, Double-A Huntsville and High-A Brevard County all are leading or 2nd in their league in team ERA); the promotion to the Sounds for Jungmann and how he was doing at Huntsville; and Jimmy Nelson’s development and first big league victory last Sunday in Miami."

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Solid first start for Jungmann. It will be fun to follow him, Nelson, Pena and Fiers at AAA.

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Final: St. Lucie 3, Brevard County 2

 

Ninth-inning rally falls short against Mets

Manatees fall 3-2 to St. Lucie, three-game win streak snapped

By Andrew Luftglass / Brevard County Manatees

 

VIERA, Fla. - The Brevard County Manatees finally broke out their bats in the ninth inning, but it turned out to be too little, too late in a 3-2 loss to the St. Lucie Mets on Wednesday night at Space Coast Stadium.

 

Brevard County (26-25) entered the inning trailing 3-0, but the 'Tees rallied quickly against Mets closer Randy Fontanez. Tyrone Taylor delivered a one-out single and then Nicky Delmonico drilled a double to right-center field, to score Taylor and cut the Manatees' deficit to two runs.

 

After Cameron Garfield flied out to center for the second out of the inning, Alfredo Rodriguez delivered. His RBI single scored Delmonico and pulled the 'Tees within one run.

 

Rodriguez carried the tying run on first base and the Manatees' chances rested on the shoulders of Yadiel Rivera. The second baseman battled against Fontanez, but ultimately grounded out to third for the final out of the ballgame. In the process, Fontanez nailed down his seventh save of the season.

 

St. Lucie (31-21) starter Domingo Tapia earned the win after pitching seven scoreless innings. Tapia (2-4, 3.74 ERA) surrendered just three hits, walked three and struck out one to pick up his first win in seven starts. The right-hander only allowed two men to reach scoring position all night.

 

St. Lucie struck early against Manatees' starting pitcher Hobbs Johnson. Brandon Nimmo got the Mets going in the first inning with a one-out single. After Gilbert Gomez walked, Jairo Perez drove in both men with a single to put the Mets on top, 2-0.

 

The Mets did not score again until the fourth inning. Perez hit a leadoff single and Aderlin Rodriguez reached on a one-out fielding error by Johnson. A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position and Eudy Pina drove in Perez with a sacrifice fly to left field.

 

Johnson (4-6, 2.95) settled down, but ultimately took the loss. The left-hander retired the final seven men he faced to finish on a high note. In the end, Johnson allowed three runs - two earned - over six innings on just four hits. He struck out five and walked two in a tough-luck defeat.

 

The 'Tees and Mets shift their series to St. Lucie for Thursday and Friday. First pitch on Thursday is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Tradition Field. Brevard County is expected to start Tyler Wagner (3-3, 2.05) against St. Lucie's Luis Cessa (3-3, 3.40).

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Alfredo Rodriguez had a nice game, getting on base three times with two singles and a walk. He also stole a base. Nicky Delmonico's double was the only extra base hit for the Manatees. Orlando Arcia is batting .342 in his last ten games and he singled and walked again tonight. Still no Victor Roache who hasn't played since May 21st. Hobbs Johnson with another quality start in which he took the loss.

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

 

Brevard's ninth inning rally that came up just short.

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 9th

Pitching Change: Randy Fontanez replaces Chase Huchingson.

Orlando Arcia pops out to shortstop Phillip Evans.

Tyrone Taylor singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brandon Nimmo.

Nick Delmonico doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Brandon Nimmo. Tyrone Taylor scores.

Cameron Garfield flies out to center fielder Brandon Nimmo.

Alfredo Rodriguez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Maikis De La Cruz. Nick Delmonico scores.

Yadiel Rivera grounds out, third baseman Aderlin Rodriguez to first baseman Jairo Perez.

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Cedar Rapids tops Wisconsin 5-2

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Jason Kanzler continued his hot hitting against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and paced the Cedar Rapids Kernels to a 5-2 victory Wednesday night at Perfect Game Field. Kanzler had two hits, drove in two runs, and scored one for the Kernels to help send the Rattlers to their second straight loss.

 

This is game number seven on the Rattlers current nine game road trip and for the seventh straight game, Wisconsin scored first. Jose Pena singled with two outs in the top of the second inning. Francisco Castillo was next and he lined a triple into the right field corner to drive in Pena for a 1-0 lead.

 

The Kernels (25-28) came back in the bottom of the second inning. Bryan Haar doubled to start the inning against Rattlers starting pitcher Preston Gainey. Jason Kanzler followed with an RBI triple to tie the game. Michael Quesada knocked in Kanzler with a sacrifice fly for a 2-1 lead.

 

Cedar Rapids added to their lead in the bottom of the third. Gainey retired the first two batters of the inning, but walked Mitch Garver to keep the inning alive. Haar followed with a single. Kanzler would also single to drive in Garver for a 3-1 lead. Kanzler is 8-for-18 with six RBI in four games against the Timber Rattlers this season.

 

The Kernels scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning against reliever Harvey Martin. Bo Altobelli and Michael Quesada had back-to-back doubles with one out to make it 4-1. Ryan Walker's two-out single drove in Quesada and the Kernels were up 5-1.

 

Wisconsin (24-28) could not get to Kernels starting pitcher Aaron Slegers after the second inning. The 6'-10" right-hander struck out four, walked two, gave up just three hits over six innings, and was in line for his fifth win of the season.

 

Pena, who had three hits for the Rattlers on the evening, accounted for the final run of the game. He started the ninth with a tape-measure home run that left the stadium off Todd Van Steensel. Pena's homer was his fifth of the season.

 

Wisconsin is 3-4 in the first seven games of their road trip.

 

Game two of the series is Thursday night. Taylor Williams (1-1, 3.18) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Ryan Eades (3-6, 6.12) is set to start for the Kernels. Game time is 6:35pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm.

 

WP: Aaron Slegers (5-2)

LP: Preston Gainey (1-3)

 

TIME: 2:53

ATTN: 1,143

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

You know how I'm always very slow to jump on the pitcher promotion bandwagon because I want to see how teams adjust the 2nd and 3rd time they see pitchers (the college guys especially)? Preston Gainey put 0s up on April 6th and 12th, since then he's only had 2 games with an ERA below 4.00... I could get into the all the advanced statistical stuff but in this case a simple glance at the ERA will tell you how he's trending. He's just very hittable and tends to give up too many XBHs. While he has made significant improvement over last year, everything about about him is very average in MLB terms.

 

For some reason I root pretty hard for Harvey Martin but he's been disappointing thus far, he's been alternating scoreless outings around the not-so-good for most of the season.

 

Jose Pena (3-4,HR) backs up yesterday's game 2 performance with another very good effort, unfortunately the rest of the team isn't hitting all that well of late. Michael Ratterree is rising up here and there, but Clint Coulter has slid all the way back to .280, Taylor Brennan is hitting just .167 over his last 10, and top it off both Francisco Castillo and Steven Halcomb are hitting below .200 for the season. I really miss David Denson and Chris McFarland, this line-up was looking pretty formidable 2 weeks ago and now... not so much.

 

If you want a downer for some morbid reason just click on each player in WI's box score and look at their last 10 games... blech.

 

Wisconsin Recap

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Sounds Win Over Sox, 7-2

Nashville's Taylor Jungmann Earns First Triple-A Victory

Nashville Sounds

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The first-place Nashville Sounds (28-26) picked up a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Wednesday night at Greer Stadium behind a charged-up offense and Taylor Jungmann's quality start.

 

The Sounds offense got off to a hot start, plating four runs on six singles in the first inning to snap a stretch of 18 1/3 scoreless frames.

 

Outfielder Sean Halton recorded the third single in the inning to score Hector Gomez for the Sounds initial 1-0 lead. Matt Pagnozzi, Taylor Green and Kevin Mattison each followed with two-out RBI singles into centerfield for the 4-0 Nashville advantage.

 

The Sounds plated two more runs in the home half of the second inning on Hunter Morris' sacrifice fly and a wild pitch from Sky Sox starting pitcher Yohan Flande (1-7).

 

Pinch hitter Hainley Statia connected for a double to lead off the 6th before scoring on a double from Pete Orr. Statia's twobagger improves his pinch-hit average to .571 (4-for-7) for the season.

 

Each of Nashville's batters, minus reliever Kyle Heckathorn, helped contribute for Nashville's 14 hits. Orr, Gomez, Caleb Gindl and Halton finished with multi-hit appearances.

 

In his first Triple-A start, Taylor Jungmann (1-1) picked up the win, holding Colorado Springs to one run on four hits over six innings of work. His lone blemish came in the 6th inning, allowing a solo home run to outfielder Kyle Parker, the Rockies' No. 4-rated prospect.

 

The 24-year-old earned his first Triple-A win with the quality start. He now holds a 1.35 ERA in the month of May, spanning four starts with Huntsville and two appearances, one start, with Nashville.

 

Rehabbing Brewers lefty Tom Gorzelanny entered in relief behind Jungmann in the 7th inning. In his second appearance for Nashville, the southpaw retired the side using only eight pitches, firing five for strikes.

 

Kyle Heckathorn also saw work out of the 'pen for Nashville, allowing one run in the 8th inning on one hit. Pinch hitter Angelys Nina hit a triple to centerfield and scored on Jason Pridie's groundout.

 

Sounds batters went 6-for-13 with runners in scoring position after hitting .103 (4-for-39) in their previous six games.

 

The Sounds will play game three against Colorado Springs on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. LHP Brad Mills (3-0, 2.02) takes the hill for Nashville, opposite RHP Christian Bergman (3-3, 3.92). Broadcaster Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5 The Game.

 

Nashville Boxscore

You know the picture got me wondering, can beards really be comfortable in the summer in the south? I've never rocked a beard but these are the random thoughts that pop into my head when I'm reading game stories...

 

Back to the game, Taylor Jungmann's second appearance went much better than the first. There are bound to be some ups and downs for him as we go but he'll have success if he can keep the walks down like he did tonight. Give some credit to the offense for putting up a huge 1st inning off nothing more than the singles to help him settle in.

 

I don't understand the Kyle Heckathorn obsession the organization seems to have. I liked the pick on draft day and I supported him all the way up to AA, but whatever he found last year snuck away over the winter.

 

[pre]Year Age Lev ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W

2009 21 Rk 6.04 6 5 22.1 30 18 15 4 4 15 1 1.522 12.1 1.6 1.6 6.0 3.75

2010 22 A-A+ 2.98 25 21 124.0 122 56 41 3 33 90 3 1.250 8.9 0.2 2.4 6.5 2.73

2011 23 A+-AA 4.97 22 22 116.0 127 74 64 15 38 89 5 1.422 9.9 1.2 2.9 6.9 2.34

2012 24 AA 4.75 35 17 119.1 127 67 63 7 38 88 13 1.383 9.6 0.5 2.9 6.6 2.32

2013 25 AAA 3.60 48 1 65.0 50 31 26 5 31 46 4 1.246 6.9 0.7 4.3 6.4 1.48

2014 26 AAA 8.44 14 1 21.1 33 21 20 5 11 15 2 2.062 13.9 2.1 4.6 6.3 1.36

6 Seasons 4.40 150 67 468.0 489 267 229 39 155 343 28 1.376 9.4 0.8 3.0 6.6 2.21

Rk (1 season) Rk 6.04 6 5 22.1 30 18 15 4 4 15 1 1.522 12.1 1.6 1.6 6.0 3.75

A (1 season) A 2.96 17 13 85.0 82 41 28 2 23 67 3 1.235 8.7 0.2 2.4 7.1 2.91

A+ (2 seasons) A+ 3.64 23 23 118.2 122 55 48 9 31 88 3 1.289 9.3 0.7 2.4 6.7 2.84

AA (2 seasons) AA 5.32 42 24 155.2 172 101 92 14 55 112 15 1.458 9.9 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.04

AAA (2 seasons) AAA 4.80 62 2 86.1 83 52 46 10 42 61 6 1.448 8.7 1.0 4.4 6.4 1.45[/pre]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Generated 5/28/2014.

 

Nashville Recap

 

You don't see many innings like this anymore... kicking it back old school stringing a mountain of singles together.

 

Nashville Bottom of the 1st

• Pete Orr strikes out on a foul tip.
  Hector Gomez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kyle Parker.
  Caleb Gindl singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Ryan Wheeler. Hector Gomez to 2nd.
  Sean Halton singles on a line drive to left fielder Tim Wheeler. Hector Gomez scores. Caleb Gindl to 2nd.
  Hunter Morris strikes out swinging.
  Matt Pagnozzi singles on a line drive to center fielder Jason Pridie. Caleb Gindl scores. Sean Halton to 2nd.
  Taylor Green singles on a line drive to center fielder Jason Pridie. Sean Halton scores. Matt Pagnozzi to 2nd.
  Kevin Mattison singles on a line drive to center fielder Jason Pridie. Matt Pagnozzi scores. Taylor Green to 2nd.
  Taylor Jungmann strikes out swinging.

 

Nashville Gameday

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Final: @Huntsville 2, Tennessee 1, 11 innings

 

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Weisenburger's Single In The 11th Propels Stars To Victory

 

Huntsville, AL - For the third straight night, the Huntsville Stars provided late inning magic as Wednesday night it was a different Stars player coming through in the clutch in the Stars 2-1 win over the Tennessee Smokies at Joe Davis Stadium.

 

Adam Weisenburger came off the Stars bench to pinch hit in the bottom of the eleventh inning with runners at first and second base with two outs.

 

Weisenburger delivered a base hit back through the middle against Smokies reliever P.J. Francescon (5-4) scoring Shawn Zarraga from second base. Zarraga slid into home feet first as the Stars rushed Weisenburger between second and third after his game winning hit.

 

The Stars have won all three games in their series against the Smokies in walk-off fashion. Monday, Jason Rogers had an RBI double in the ninth, Tuesday Joey Paciorek drew a bases loaded walk in the tenth and Wednesday Weisenburger was the latest Stars player to pull off a dramatic victory.

 

The Stars took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on a bunt RBI single by Josh Prince, scoring Zarraga.

 

The Smokies responded with a run of their own in their next at bat in the top of the sixth. With two outs, Huntsville starter Brent Suter gave up a solo home run to Kris Bryant. It was Bryant's Southern League best 15th home run of the season and it tied the game at 1-1.

 

Suter took a no decision after seven innings of allowing four hits. He struck out six and walked two.

 

The Stars received excellent bullpen work from Tim Dillard, Arcenio Leon and Tommy Toledo. The trio combined for four scoreless innings.

 

Toledo (2-0) earned the win out of the Stars bullpen as he threw a scoreless tenth and eleventh inning. He struck out two Smokies.

 

Nick Shaw led the Stars with three hits.

 

The Stars are now a season high ninteen games above the .500 mark with a 36-17 record. They've also increased their lead on the Tennessee Smokies (26-26) to 9.5 games for first place with seventeen games to play before the first half of the year ends.

 

The Stars lead the Smokies 3-0 in their five game series. Thursday night will be game four. Huntsville will send RHP Jacob Barnes (1-2, 6.26) to the hill. Tennessee will have RHP Joe Gardner (0-, 1.69) on the mound. Thursday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:15 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

First of all, we all know by now that Kris Bryant is an absolute beast, my goodness, he'll be terrorizing Brewers pitchers for the next decade at minimum.

 

Check out that National League tight game box score, all the jockeying of players/pitchers.

 

Shawn Zarraga's on-base self returned (double, single, two walks). How do you win game after game without elite offensive talent? Get on base (Zarraga .464, Weisenburger .406, Shaw .385, Prince .376, Rogers .364). Others on the squad, in particular Mitch Haniger (.299) do pale in comparison, though.

 

Yay, Brent Suter...

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Sounds' Jungmann wins first PCL start

Brewers' No. 8 prospect hurls six strong innings, gets infield single

By Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com

 

After nerves got the better of him in his Pacific Coast League debut, Taylor Jungmann spent the next four days getting comfortable with his new team and his new city.

 

On Wednesday night, the Brewers No. 8 prospect looked a lot more relaxed in a Sounds uniform as he hurled six strong innings to help Triple-A Nashville top Colorado Springs, 7-2.

 

"It was nice to go out there and throw well to help my team win -- that's what I'm trying to do, get my team a win," Jungmann said. "I felt good. It wasn't my best stuff, but I was able to throw strikes, I was able to come back in 2-0 counts."

 

The 24-year-old right-hander induced seven groundouts, but as a ground-ball pitcher, the total was fewer than he'd like. He recorded a season-low three strikeouts and issued one walk in his first Triple-A win.

 

Jungmann (1-1) worked around three hits over 5 1/3 scoreless frames before yielding a solo homer to Rockies No. 6 prospect Kyle Parker.

 

"It was a 3-2 pitch. I knew he was sitting on a fastball, but I tried to make my pitch. ... He put the bat on the ball and he's a strong guy, so it went out," said Jungmann, the 12th overall pick in the 2011 Draft. "When you're up six runs, you don't want to walk a guy, so I went after him, but it's OK. Like I said, we were up by six."

 

Jungmann was promoted after going 4-4 with a 2.77 ERA in his second stint with Double-A Huntsville. He made his first PCL appearance on May 23 and was roughed up for four runs on six hits over three innings out of the bullpen.

 

"I was a little anxious in my first outing, but just being comfortable and being around the team has helped," the University of Texas product said.

 

Every starter had at least one hit for the Sounds, including Jungmann, who got his second of the season and third of his career.

 

"It went 10 feet away from the catcher, it was a swinging bunt," he said with a laugh. "I don't [like to hit], but it's a part of the game, so I do it anyway."

 

Jungmann pitched with a lead almost from the outset as Nashville scored four runs in the bottom of the first and two more in the second. Leadoff man Pete Orr doubled twice and drove in a run, while Hector Gomez and Caleb Gindl both added two hits and scored twice.

 

Colorado Springs starter Yohan Flande (1-7) surrendered six runs on 11 hits while striking out five over 2 2/3 innings.

 

Taylor Jungmann is 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA in two appearances since his promotion to Triple-A Nashville. (Mike Strasinger photo/Nashville Sounds)

 

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We'll have audio / video highlights and more later this AM. Come on back when we do...

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Nashville -

 

The Sounds offense got off to a hot start, plating four runs on six singles in the first inning to snap a stretch of 18 1/3 scoreless frames.

 

Outfielder Sean Halton recorded the third single in the inning to score Hector Gomez for the Sounds initial 1-0 lead (audio). Matt Pagnozzi (audio), Taylor Green (audio) and Kevin Mattison each followed with two-out RBI singles into centerfield for the 4-0 Nashville advantage.

 

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VIDEO (Full At-Bat): Sounds' Taylor Jungmann strikes out Drew Garcia in Nashville's 7-2 win over Colorado Springs

 

VIDEO: Sky Sox' Kyle Parker takes Jungmann deep for Colorado Springs in 7-2 loss to Nashville

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More Sounds video, via local news report

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Brevard County --

 

AUDIO: OF Jose Sermo joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show

 

AUDIO, Game Highlights: The 'Tees rally late, but fall to the Mets, 3-2