Link Report for Sat. 6/7

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at Memphis (Cardinals), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 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: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended game (scoreless in the 5th) vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 5:15 PM pre-game, 5:30 gametime, followed by Saturday's regularly-scheduled game. RHP Drew Gagnon is tentatively scheduled to start in the nightcap.

 

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. Bradenton (Pirates), 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: LHP Anthony Banda 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.

 

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: Next up on the Rattlers TV schedule is Tuesday, June 10th via TimeWarnerCable SportsChannel, with the "Timber Rattlers Field Pass" show airing as a pre-game at 6:30 PM.

 

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

 

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!

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville Completion of Friday's Suspended Game

 

Huntsville Regularly Scheduled Game

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

DSL Brewers

 

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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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

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers

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Weather.com:

 

Memphis, TN

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Viera, FL (Melbourne)

 

Clinton, IA

 

Santo Domingo, DR

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Check out Dominican $800,000 bonus baby SS Franly Mallen's twitter account for photos, including this one showing a walkoff celebration from earlier this week --

 

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Happy 27th Birthday, Sean Halton!

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Photo Gallery of Jed Bradley charting pitches and radar readings at the link

 

Huntsville High alumnus Jed Bradley ready to make Huntsville Stars home debut

By Jane Hammond, Huntsville Times

 

Jed Bradley's homecoming has been a bit delayed.

 

The Huntsville High graduate spent a few years in the Brewers' single A ball club in Florida after being selected as the 15th pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, waiting for a promotion up the ranks.

 

The left-handed pitcher began 2014 in Brevard County, compiling a 5-2 record in 10 starts with a 2.98 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 60.1 innings. He got the call to move up to double-A in late May, making a shaky debut in Jackson as the Generals beat the Stars 9-6.

 

Sunday should be different, as Bradley is set to be the second Huntsville native, after Hunter Morris in 2012 and 2013, to play for the Stars at home.

 

"I've been waiting on this a long time," Bradley said. "I'm just excited about time with the family, and to just try to help the Stars win a Southern League title."

 

The 24-year-old was born in Huntsville but moved around during his childhood. His senior year found him moving back to the Tennessee Valley, where he briefly pitched for the Panthers before being derailed by an appendectomy.

 

An almost chance encounter with Georgia Tech led to signing with the Yellow Jackets, and a few years later he joined the Brewers organization.

 

Staying healthy has been somewhat of an issue, with a shoulder injury delaying a potential Stars homecoming in 2013.

 

But now, the 6-foot-4 Bradley says he's ready to go.

 

"I try to stay as positive as possible," he said. "You can't really let things like that get you off your game or derail you. It's definitely a mental battle to go through something like that. ... Now I feel great."

 

His fastball is his forte, with a curveball and slider also in his repertoire. His goal while in Huntsville is to just continue to improve pitch command, even with the added pressure of pitching in front of family, friends and high school coaches.

 

Stars pitching coach Chris Hook isn't worried.

 

"Sometimes you try to do too much in front of family and friends," Hook said. "It's not easy, but it depends on the person. (Bradley's) laid back, and I think he'll be able to handle it fine. Obviously it'll be a nice thing for Huntsville to have a Huntsville guy in their last year."

 

Bradley, too, thinks the potential hollering during his 4 p.m. start could be good thing. It certainly doesn't hurt that, no matter how the game goes, he'll drive home and sleep in his own bed.

 

"There's dinner when I go home, so I think that's one of the things that guys miss the most about the season," Bradley said. "It's just a blessing to kind of have the best of both worlds."

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That's unfortunate the Stars got suspended like that, there was an absolute duel between starters Tyler Cravy 5IP 2 Hits 5K & Mobile starter Michael Lee 4IP 1 hit 1K against the two best teams in the league. They should start building minor league stadiums with rooftops.

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Brevard's game was suspended due to rain with the game tied 1-1 on a Nathan Orf home run. It will only be continued if it has playoff implications for Bradenton.

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Brevard's game was suspended due to rain with the game tied 1-1 on a Nathan Orf home run. It will only be continued if it has playoff implications for Bradenton.

 

Ninety-one professional games, and Orf's first home run (in possible game 92) will only count if the game is continued. That's one for the books. The Lopez-Glasnow duel was also shaping up as a great game through four innings that we've been robbed of seeing played out (partial box).

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AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

"Tonight’s interview is with Brewers left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, who has tossed six outings — two starts — for the Sounds and is currently on Day 25 of a 30-day maximum major league rehab assignment as he comes back from off-season left shoulder surgery. Gorzelanny discusses how he felt last night and has felt lately and what it’s been like to be away from the Brewers as the club sits in first place in the NL Central."

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Hermida Powers Sounds To 4-3 Win In Memphis

Nashville Survives Late Scare To Defeat Cross-State Rivals For Second Night In A Row

Nashville Sounds

 

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(Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Right fielder Jeremy Hermida homered and drove in three runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 4-3 victory over the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds on Saturday evening at AutoZone Park.

 

The Sounds (34-29) held a 4-1 lead heading to the bottom of the ninth and survived a scare from the Redbirds, who plated a pair and had the bases loaded with two outs before Dustin Molleken fanned Greg Garcia to slam the door and secure the one-run victory.

 

Catcher Matt Pagnozzi (2-for-4) also homered for Nashville as the Sounds won their second straight game against the division-rival Redbirds.

 

Kyle Heckathorn turned in a solid spot start for the Sounds after scheduled pitcher Mike Fiers was held out of duty and later called up by the Brewers. Heckathorn worked four scoreless frames, allowing only one hit.

 

Pagnozzi (2-for-4) put the visitors on the board when he belted a one-out solo homer to left off Memphis starter John Gast. The roundtripper was the backstop's fourth of the year.

 

Memphis knotted the contest at 1-1 in the sixth against Sounds reliever Jeremy Jeffress. Mike O'Neill singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout, and scored the tying run on Greg Garcia's two-out RBI single to center.

 

Nashville pulled right back ahead in the next half-inning when Hermida connected for a two-run big fly to straightaway center off Redbirds reliever Nick Greenwood. Pagnozzi, who preceded the outfielder with a single, scored his second run of the night on the tater, which gave the Sounds a 3-1 lead.

 

Hermida added an insurance run for the Sounds in the ninth when he plated Caleb Gindl, who had doubled, with an RBI single to stretch the advantage to 4-1.

 

Closer Donovan Hand, who inherited and stranded a pair of baserunners in the bottom of the eighth inning, couldn't close out the game for Nashville in the ninth as Memphis mounted a rally.

 

After the right-hander retired the first two batters of the frame, the next five Redbirds hitters reached base against Hand, resulting in a pair of runs to reduce the Nashville lead to 4-3.

 

Luis Mateo singled and Pete Kozma drew a walk before O'Neill laced an RBI single to right. Audry Perez followed with a grounder to short, where Jeff Bianchi's flip to second was wide of the bag to allow Kozma on the play, which was curiously ruled an infield single. After Jermaine Curtis drew a walk to load the bases, Sounds skipper Rick Sweet summoned Molleken from the bullpen and the hard-throwing right-hander fanned Garcia to leave the bags full of Redbirds as he recorded his second save of the year.

 

Jeffress (2-1) was awarded the victory for Nashville despite suffering a blown save in the contest. He allowed one run in his two innings of work.

 

The teams wrap up their four-game series with a 1:35 p.m. finale on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Taylor Jungmann (2-1, 2.93) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Memphis right-hander Angel Castro (5-3, 3.16).

 

Nashville Boxscore

The Sounds had to use 6 pitchers in a 9 inning game, that's not something you see very often. Kyle Heckathorn singled in his only AB and put up his best effort of the season.

 

Nashville Recap

 

Nashville Gameday

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Wisconsin rained out in Clinton on Saturday

Doubleheader set for Sunday at noon

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

CLINTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers will have to wait to try to extend their winning streak. They had their game with the Clinton LumberKings rained out Saturday night at Ashford University Field. The teams will play two on Sunday afternoon with game one scheduled to start at noon.

 

Wisconsin has announced Anthony Banda (1-5, 5.01) as the starter in game one. Clinton will send Eddie Campbell (4-3, 5.13) to the hill as their starter. The Timber Rattlers will have Victor Diaz (1-2, 3.48) as their game two starter. Clinton has now named Rafael Pineda (3-2, 2.45) out as their starter in the nightcap.

 

The Timber Rattlers had won four straight games heading into Saturday's contest. They will try to keep that streak - and their shot at the first half Western Division Wild Card spot - alive on Sunday. Catch both games of the twinbill on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 11:40am.

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Final: Mobile 4, @Huntsville 2, eight innings (scheduled for seven), completion of Friday's suspended game

 

Stars Fall In Extra Innings

Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars

 

The Mobile BayBears defeated the Huntsville Stars 4-2 in extra innings Saturday night which completed a suspended game from the night before.

 

Saturday's game resumed in the bottom of the fifth after rain had forced the game to stop Friday night.

 

The game was scheduled for seven innings as part of a doubleheader. With the game scoreless in the sixth, Mobile got a leadoff single from Tom Belza. The next batter, Jake Lamb, then crushed a two-run homer to right field against RHP Jose De La Torre giving the BayBears a 2-0 lead.

 

The Stars rallied in their sixth inning against Mobile closer Jake Barrett (1-2). With two on and two out, Nick Ramirez laced a two-run double to left centerfield scoring Kentrail Davis and Josh Prince. Ramirez's twelfth double of the year tied the game at 2-2.

 

The game went into extra innings with the game tied at 2-2 after neither team could score in the seventh.

 

In the top of the eighth inning the Stars had their closer David Goforth (2-3) on the mound. After he struck Belza out to begin the inning, the BayBears got back to back singles from Lamb and Dustin Martin.

 

With runners on the corners and with one out, Goforth struck out Jon Griffin.

 

The BayBears then brought in a pinch hitter for the pitcher's spot. Raywilly Gomez lined a two-run single off a diving Mitch Haniger's glove in right field which scored a pair of runs. Gomez's two-run single gave the BayBears a 4-2 lead.

 

Caleb Fleck earned his second save of the year for Mobile in the bottom of the eighth. With the tying runner at the plate, he struck out Ramirez to end the game.

 

Barrett collected the win for the BayBears who improve to 36-24. Goforth suffered the loss out of the Stars bullpen who are now 40-21.

 

The BayBears and Stars were attempting to play the second game of their doubleheader after game one, however a heavy downpour forced game two to be postponed until Sunday.

 

The BayBears lead the Stars 1-0 in their five game series. The series will resume Sunday with another doubleheader. In game one, RHP Drew Gagnon (4-2, 2.50) will get the ball for Huntsville. Mobile will have RHP Bradin Hagens (4-2, 2.89) on the hill. Sunday's doubleheader can be heard starting at 1:45 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM WTKI and online at http://www.wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

Overshadowed is RHP Tyler Cravy's five-inning stint before Friday's rain...

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Catcher Matt Pagnozzi (2-for-4) also homered for Nashville as the Sounds won their second straight game against the division-rival Redbirds. Pagnozzi put the visitors on the board when he belted a one-out solo homer to left off Memphis starter John Gast. The roundtripper was the backstop's fourth of the year.

 

Wasn't a HR at first...

 

AUDIO: Matt Pagnozzi go-ahead HR

 

VIDEO: Jeremy Hermida hits a two-run homer to give Nashville the lead as the Sounds top Memphis, 4-3

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No box score from the Dominican yet as of early Sunday AM...

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Final: DSL Phillies 3, DSL Brewers 7

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Brewers improved to 5-2 on the young season with a win on Saturday. Junior Flores started and pitched six shutout innings, allowing just one hit to pick up the win. Nicolas Pierre continued to excel in the leadoff role, going 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Franly Mallen went 2-for-4 as well and knocked in a pair of runs. Yerald Martinez tripled and drove in three, Nicol Valderrey singled, doubled and walked, and Dilson Fernandez doubled and tripled in just his second game of the year.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

The Brewers used a big fifth inning to knock off the Phillies on Saturday.

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 5th

Dilson Fernandez doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Edwin Rodriguez.

Julio Mendez hit by pitch.

Nicolas Pierre hit by pitch. Dilson Fernandez to 3rd. Julio Mendez to 2nd.

Franly Mallen singles on a ground ball to shortstop Ronaldo Marrero. Dilson Fernandez scores. Julio Mendez to 3rd. Nicolas Pierre to 2nd.

Yerald Martinez triples (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Henry Santana. Julio Mendez scores. Nicolas Pierre scores. Franly Mallen scores.

Pitching Change: Juan Torres replaces Joel Cabrera.

Nicol Valderrey walks.

Juan De Los Santos strikes out swinging.

Kevin Martinez grounds out to first baseman Enmanuel Garcia. Yerald Martinez scores. Nicol Valderrey to 2nd.

Raphachel Colatosti pops out to first baseman Enmanuel Garcia in foul territory.