Link Report for Sun. 6/1

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[Mass Haas]

Sunday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:05 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: RHP Drew Gagnon at Jackson (Mariners), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 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). Yes, there is MiLB.TV coverage available from Jackson.

 

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Brevard County: RHP Jorge Lopez at Charlotte (Rays), 3:30 PM pre-game, 4:00 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 Victor Diaz at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM

 

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

 

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 Wednesday evening, June 4th (MyNew32 TV).

 

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DSL Brewers: Idle

 

We're going to lock in the link to Brad Krause's fantastic Miller Park Prospects - Dominican Summer League primer right here, at least for the first couple of months of the DSL campaign, for your easy review. Brad will also be adding DSL Link Report duties to his Brevard coverage for us here. Thanks, Brad!

[Mass Haas]

Follow Sunday'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

[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

 

DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

[Mass Haas]

Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers

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Weather.com:

 

Nashville, TN

 

Jackson, TN

 

Port Charlotte, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

[Mass Haas]

AAA All-Star Voting --

 

We can vote pitchers as well (wink-wink Nelson, Fiers, Mills).

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Baseball America --

 

PITCHER OF THE DAY: Jimmy Nelson, rhp — Triple-A Nashville (Brewers).

 

Nelson, who a week ago got his first major league win by holding the Marlins scoreless over 5 2/3 innings, returned to Nashville with a flourish by striking out a career high 11 batters Saturday over 7 2/3 innings in a 2-1 win over Iowa. In 10 starts, Nelson's allowed more than two earned runs once and has a WHIP under 1.

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

"Today’s interview is with right-hander Jimmy Nelson, who set a new career-high last night with 11 strikeouts over 7 2/3 dominant innings against the I-Cubs in the Sounds’ 2-1 win. It was Nelson’s first outing with the Sounds since coming back from the Brewers, for whom he pitched last Sunday in Miami en route to his first big league victory. Nelson discusses that outing, his outing last night, the development of his change-up to go with his heavy fastball and power slider and his quest for his first career hit (0-for-54), which nearly came last night on a liner to second base."

[TheCrew07]

T-Rats in their 2nd rain delay, Chris wasn't sure the game would be picked back up, the game was literally a couple of a pitches from being official.

[Mass Haas]

Pure goodness from Voice of the Stars Steve Jarnicki --

 

The Stars won their season high eighth straight game Saturday. Their eight straight wins surpassed their previous high mark of seven straight wins from April 4th-April 12th. The Stars also won their 23rd game in the month of May setting a franchise record for the most wins in a month. Prior to last night, the Stars 2006 team had won a record 22 games in August. The Stars finished the month of May, a Southern League best 23-7. They finished with the third highest team batting average at .259 and had the 2nd lowest team ERA 2.94. The Stars finished the first two months of April and May with the best record in the Southern League. The Stars improved to a season high 22 games above .500 and have a season high 12.5 game lead on the 2nd place team in the Southern League North standings…With 39 wins, the Stars now have the most wins in all of minor league baseball. The Stars 39-17 record is the 2nd best overall record in all of minor league baseball. The High-A Dunedin Blue Jays (Toronto Blue Jays) own the best record at 38-15. The Stars, however have the best record out of 30 Double-A teams…

 

Stars starter Tyler Cravy tossed six innings of one run ball. It was the 8th straight start by a Stars pitcher where they gave up 1 ER or less. Over their last 8 starts in 44 IP, the starters have a 1.23 ERA (6 ER)…

 

Mitch Haniger had a career high four hits Saturday. In his last three games, Haniger is 7 for his last 10. He has at least one hit in 10 out of his past 12 games. In his last 12 games, he’s batting .383 (18-47).

[TheCrew07]

T-Rats officially suspended, will be resumed at 12:05 PM tomorrow with a 7 inning game to follow.

[TheCrew07]

Sunday's game suspended by rain

Rattlers and River Bandits will restart the game on Monday at 12:05pm

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattler

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - Sunday's game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Quad Cities River Bandits at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium has been suspended by rain. The teams will restart the game on Monday, June 2 at 12:05pm. A seven-inning game will follow the completion of the suspended game.

 

Quad Cities was leading the Rattlers 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning with a runner at second, two outs, and a 1-2 count on Jose Pena. Then, a heavy downpour hit the ballpark and forced the umpire to call for the tarp to be placed on the field. Had the River Bandits recorded the final out of the inning, the game would have been official and the River Bandits would have won their sixth straight game.

 

The teams endured a 24-minute rain delay in the bottom of the fourth inning. Play resumed after the first band of showers pushed through in the bottom of the fourth, but the severe thunderstorms and heavy rain that fell after the second delay forced the suspension.

 

The weather also forced a shorter rehabilitation appearance for Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez. Ramirez was to get three plate appearances on Sunday for the Rattlers, but did not come out to play the field in the top of the fifth inning after the rain made the infield slick in the bottom of the fourth. Ramirez went 0-for-2 with a popup and a strikeout before being lifted from the game.

 

The teams will restart Sunday's suspended game on Monday at 12:05pm. The game will be played to its conclusion and the regularly scheduled game will be played after a thirty minute break. The regularly scheduled game is now set for 7-innings.

 

Fans with tickets for Monday's game will be admitted to both games.

 

Show your business card when you purchase a ticket and for $13.50 you will receive a box seat ticket, a beverage and your choice of brat or hot dog. The offer is also available to senior citizens (55 & older) courtesy of Baker Tilly, WVBO, and AM1280 WNAM.

 

Tickets for Sunday's game may be exchanged for the same price ticket to any future regular season Timber Rattlers home game in 2014. Tickets must be exchanged at the Timber Rattlers ticket office. Tickets cannot be replaced if lost, stolen, or destroyed and there are no cash refunds.

 

The Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium Box Office is open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday through Friday and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 3:00pm. Individual game tickets for the 2014 Timber Rattlers season are on sale now. Fans may purchase their tickets in person, by calling (800) WI-TIMBER or (920) 733-4152 or online through timberrattlers.com.

[TheCrew07]

Sounds Fall To I-Cubs, 5-2

Nashville's Mike Fiers Earns 8th Quality Start in Loss

Nashville Sounds

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The first-place Nashville Sounds (31-27) had their four-game winning streak come to an end Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium, as the visiting Iowa Cubs worked a pair of two-run homers for the 5-2 road victory.

 

The I-Cubs first touched Sounds starter Mike Fiers (6-3) for a home run in the second inning. Christian Villanueva's blast to left field scored Chris Valaika, who singled to lead off the inning for the initial 2-0 advantage.

 

Pinch hitter Brett Jackson recorded Iowa's second two-run homer in the seventh inning, sending Sounds reliever Michael Blazek's pitch over the right-field wall. It is the first pinch-hit home run against the Sounds since Fresno's Johnny Monell hit one on May 10, 2013.

 

The Cubs plated an additional run with Blazek on the hill in the eighth inning courtesy of Valaika's sac-fly to right.

 

Nashville picked up their first run in the home half of the fifth inning when Cubs prospect Javy Baez committed a throwing error, sailing the ball over I-Cubs first baseman Valaika in a double-play attempt, which allowed lead runner Matt Pagnozzi to score and cut the Iowa lead to one run.

 

Pagnozzi drew a lead-off walk to start the frame and advanced to third on Hainley Statia's single to left field. Statia accounted for two of the Sounds five hits.

 

Pagnozzi slapped an RBI-single in the ninth inning to bring home pinch hitter Kevin Mattison for the team's final run.

 

Despite limiting Iowa to two runs on three hits over six innings of work for his eighth quality start this season, Fiers was charged the loss, his third.

 

Fiers faced a jam in the third inning, with Baez moving from first to third on a pair of stolen bases. With two outs, the 28-year-old walked Valaika to put runners on the corners before escaping without damage with a strikeout.

 

He finished with seven strikeouts to bring his season total to 92, which leads the minors.

 

Nashville hurlers have earned 26 quality starts this season, which ranks second in the PCL behind Iowa, who picked up their 32nd with the effort turned in by starter Eric Jokisch (5-4).

 

Jokisch kept the Sounds quiet through the first four innings and retired his first 11 batters faced. Sean Halton broke the team's hitless stretch with his single to centerfield in the fourth inning. Jokisch picked up the win with his six innings of one-run baseball.

 

The Sounds will play game three against the Iowa Cubs on Monday at 7:05 p.m. RHP Taylor Jungmann (1-1, 5.00) takes the hill for Nashville, opposite RHP Dallas Beeler (2-0, 5.91). Broadcaster Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5 The Game.

 

Nashville Boxscore

This has been a Jekyll and Hyde offense of late, all or nothing, feast or famine, however you want to put it. Just 9 hits in the last 2 games...

 

Mike Fiers was his usual self... low hits & walks, high # of strike outs, too bad one of those hits was a HR which tagged him for the loss.

 

Nashville Recap

 

Nashville Gameday

[TheCrew07]

Chris put a couple of feel good pics and one of the field under a downpour, post game interviews with Ramirez and Erickson.

 

Post-Suspension Post – June 1, 2014

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Manatees were postponed. Will play two on Monday.

[Mass Haas]

Final: @Jackson 7, Huntsville 0

 

Eight Game Win Streak Ends

 

Jackson, TN - The Jackson Generals spoiled the Huntsville Stars chance of clinching a Southern League first half championship by blanking the Stars 7-0 Sunday night at The Ballpark at Jackson.

 

The Generals (23-33) ended the Stars (39-18) eight game winning streak and became just the second team to shutout the Stars this year.

 

Jackson scored in the fourth inning against Stars starter Drew Gagnon (4-2). Dario Pizzano ripped a ball past a diving Stars first baseman Nick Ramirez scoring Ketel Marte.

 

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Jamal Austin singled and stole second base. Marte scored him on an RBI single giving the Generals a 2-0 lead.

 

Gagnon exited the game and in came reliever Arcenio Leon. After Dan Paolini singled, Patrick Kivlehan reached on a fielder's choice scoring Marte which made it 3-0.

 

Gagnon went five innings allowing three runs on five hits. He also walked three and struck out three.

 

In the seventh, Leon Landry produced an RBI single off Leon making it 4-0. Paolini later in the inning lined a two-run single down the left field line.

 

Jackson scored their final run in the eighth inning against Tommy Toledo. Jack Marder doubled over D'Vontrey Richardson's head in centerfield scoring Manny Pina.

 

The Stars and Generals are tied 1-1 in their five game series. Game three is Monday night. LHP Brent Suter (6-3, 2.55) will start for the Stars. Jackson's starter is RHP Forrest Snow (0-0, 0.00). Monday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:50 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

Despite the loss, the Stars magic number fell to one game as Tennessee (Cubs) lost a 7th consecutive game. The other four teams in the Stars' division are all under .500 (a combined 34 games under).

 

Shawn Zarraga walked twice as his OBP lifted to .463. In 148 plate appearances, he has 25 walks vs. only 10 K's.

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Miller Park Prospects - Brad's Timber Rattlers / Aramis Ramirez Photo Gallery

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Knowing you all read the media notes daily, but making sure you saw this from Brevard --

 

ORLANDO MAGIC: Manatees INF Orlando Arcia has been on a tear at the plate over the last several games…Since the beginning of the series at Palm Beach, Arcia has a .370 batting average (17-for-46)…In those 12 games, Arcia has recorded five multi-hit games and four doubles…The infielder has driven in five runs and stolen two bases during this stretch.

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BitB Interview with Josh Kusnick – “Then one day, a player said, ‘If you buy me a glove, you’re my agent.’”

 

Very good read with many Brewers references...

 

We learn there never really was a decision by Cleveland to be made in the Brantley/Green PTBNL debate --

 

“The deal was, if the Brewers missed the playoffs, the Player to be Named would be Taylor Green, who is another one of my guys, and if the Brewers made the playoffs, it was Michael Brantley."

[igor67]

I'm rather impressed at how well the Indians nailed that trade-off. It was far from clear at the time that Brantley would be the better player.

[bjkrautk]

T-Rats in their 2nd rain delay, Chris wasn't sure the game would be picked back up, the game was literally a couple of a pitches from being official.

 

Wasn't Supposed to Rain 'til 5... by bjkrautk, on Flickr

 

Was not terribly impressed by the T-Rats starting pitcher. The defense, including the backup catcher, cut down a number of baserunners in the early innings. I was surprised at the number of bunt attempts, because it seemed so much easier to get on base by swinging the bat.

 

Ramirez was taken out after the first rain delay, which was disappointing only in that he had been on-deck when the prior inning ended.

 

Coulter looked pretty good at the plate (not catching; he was the DH).