Link Report for Tue. 6/24 - 19-Year-Old Arcia Entering "Phenom" Status After Epic Performance

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Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Johnnie Lowe at Salt Lake City (Angels), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 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 Jacob Barnes at home vs. Montgomery (Rays), 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 Damien Magnifico at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 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, as all games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2014.

 

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

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Preston Gainey at Kane County (Cubs), 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.

 

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Helena: RHP Jorge Ortega at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

There's a new Voice of the Helena Brewers in 2014, as Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter) takes over for legendary Steve Wendt. We look forward to Dustin building his own legacy moving forward.

 

MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction, Orem, and Idaho Falls (one series each), those games will be available to watch online.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle

 

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

 

We're also 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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DVR Alerts: This week's Friday and Saturday Timber Rattlers games (June 27/28) will be televised on MyNew32 TV out of Green Bay, 7:00 PM airtime each evening.

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

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: (For split-season leagues, 2nd half standings are shown as the default, although overall standings are also available at the link.)

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division

 

AA - Southern League North Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division

 

Rookie - Arizona Summer League Central Division

 

DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers

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Weather.com:

 

Salt Lake City, UT

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Viera, FL (Melbourne)

 

Geneva, IL

 

Missoula, MT

 

Santo Domingo, DR

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You'll hear the Salt Lake radio feed if you check out the Sounds today, as Jeff Hem had business to tend to for the team back in Nashville.

 

Check out this tweet to appreciate the voice you'll hear today.

[TheCrew07]

Nashville down early after Johnnie Lowe didn't make it out of the 1st, 4-0 Bees in the top of the 4th.

 

Salt Lake Bottom of the 1st

• Matt Long walks.
  With J. B. Shuck batting, Matt Long steals (16) 2nd base.
  J. B. Shuck homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Matt Long scores.
  Luis Jimenez singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Caleb Gindl.
  Zach Borenstein doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Kevin Mattison. Luis Jimenez to 3rd.
  Ian Stewart out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Caleb Gindl. Luis Jimenez scores. Zach Borenstein to 3rd.
  Roberto Lopez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Logan Schafer. Zach Borenstein scores.
  John Hester pops into a force out, second baseman Pete Orr to shortstop Jeff Bianchi. Roberto Lopez out at 2nd. John Hester to 1st.
  Vance Albitz walks. John Hester to 2nd.
  Pitching Change: Kyle Heckathorn replaces Johnnie Lowe.
  Taylor Lindsey flies out to right fielder Caleb Gindl.

[TheCrew07]

Sounds Stung By Bees, 5-1

Nashville's Bullpen Allows One Run in 8 2/3 Innings; Gindl Continues Hot Streak

Nashville Sounds

 

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SALT LAKE CITY - The Nashville Sounds (40-40) could not overcome a poor start in a 5-1 loss to the Salt Lake City Bees (32-48) on Tuesday afternoon at Smith's Ballpark. The defeat dropped Nashville to an 8-16 mark in its last 24 road games.

 

The Bees tagged Sounds starter Johnnie Lowe (0-3) for four runs in the top of the 1st, providing all the offense they would need to pick up a win. Lowe lasted just 2/3 of an inning, taking the loss after allowing four earned runs on four hits and two walks.

 

Salt Lake took a 2-0 lead after just two batters when J.B. Shuck hit a home run following a lead-off single from Matt Long. The Bees added two more runs in the opening frame on an Ian Stewart sacrifice fly and a Roberto Lopez RBI single.

 

Kyle Heckathorn took over for Lowe and gained control before things got out of hand, providing 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Heckathorn combined with relievers Alfredo Figaro, Donovan Hand, Arcenio Leon and Brent Leach to allow just one run in 8 2/3 innings of bullpen work.

 

Nashville's offense had batters reach safely in six of nine innings, but failed to put together a big rally needed to get back in the game.

 

Outfielder Caleb Gindl, however, continued his hot streak, going 3-for-4 including an RBI triple in the top of the 6th that cut the deficit to 4-1. In his last 12 games, Gindl has posted a .364 batting average (16-for-44) with six multi-hit games.

 

Sounds second baseman Pete Orr has hits in 14 of his last 16 games after hitting a double in the 2nd inning, posting a batting average of .373 (19-for-51) during that span.

 

The Bees answered in the bottom half of the 6th when Matt Long hit an RBI single off of Hand. Salt Lake City then put the game away by retiring the Sounds in order in two of the last three innings.

 

The Sounds return home and will begin an eight-game homestand on Thursday against the first-place New Orleans Zephyrs at 7:05 p.m. Sounds RHP Ariel Pena (4-5, 4.04 ERA) will face off against Zephyrs RHP Alex Sanabia (2-2, 5.23 ERA). Jeff Hem will have the call on 102.5 The Game.

 

Nashville Boxscore

I've been down on Kyle Heckathorn but he's been better over longer outings and hasn't given up any runs over his last 2 appearances (5.1 IP). Alfredo Figaro went 2 scoreless and Donovan Hand's struggles continue as he's now given up runs in 5 of his last 6 appearances. Arcenio Leon was oddly pulled after a single in the 8th so Brent Leach had to retire the final batter the Sounds faced.

 

The bats had a forgettable afternoon with Caleb Gindl (3-4,3B) putting half the hits on the board.

 

Nashville Recap

 

Nashville Gameday

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Final: DSL Cubs 10, DSL Brewers 7

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

An eight run second inning for the Cubs proved to be too much for the Brewers to overcome as they lost 10-7. Rodrigo Benoit took the loss after allowing eight runs in just 1.1 innings, though all eight runs were unearned as the Brewers committed five errors on the day. Melvin Tejada allowed one unearned run in 3.2 innings, Marcos Padilla pitched two scoreless and Boanerges Nova gave up on unearned run over the final two frames. Juan De Los Santos led the offense with a single, a double and two walks. Yerald Martinez singled and tripled in five at bats and Raphachel Colatosti added a single and a walk.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

The Brewers did a good job to battle back from the early deficit and actually brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth inning, but couldn't quite complete the comeback, leaving the bases loaded.

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 9th

Franly Mallen reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Miguel Ruiz.

Joantgel Segovia grounds into a force out, first baseman Jose Paniagua to shortstop Carlos Jimenez. Franly Mallen out at 2nd. Joantgel Segovia to 1st.

Yerald Martinez singles on a fly ball to center fielder Roberto Caro. Joantgel Segovia to 2nd.

Juan De Los Santos walks. Joantgel Segovia to 3rd. Yerald Martinez to 2nd.

Raphachel Colatosti singles on a fly ball to center fielder Roberto Caro. Joantgel Segovia scores. Yerald Martinez to 3rd. Juan De Los Santos to 2nd.

Geuris Santana called out on strikes.

Nicol Valderrey walks. Yerald Martinez scores. Juan De Los Santos to 3rd. Raphachel Colatosti to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Julio Mendez replaces Nicol Valderrey.

Dilson Fernandez called out on strikes.

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Have a game Orlando

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Catching up on Monday's media --

 

Brevard County

 

AUDIO, Game Highlights: The 'Tees offense explodes for six runs in the second inning en route to a 7-4 victory over Dunedin

 

And in his last act as a Manatee (now a Huntsville Star)...

 

AUDIO: After a three hit performance, SS Yadiel Rivera joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Postgame Show

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From Monday:

 

VIDEO: Nashville's Matt Pagnozzi connects for a two-run home run in an 8-6 win at Salt Lake

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Demuth is also destroying the Pioneer league thus far as well. Brandon Diaz also off to a fantastic start

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Manatees Blog on Holle, Rivera, Orf

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Have a game Orlando

This is a borderline understatement. Holy cow.

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Final: Lakeland 4, Brevard County 10

 

Arcia's career night leads 'Tees over Lakeland, 10-4

Brevard shortstop goes 5-for-5, falls homer shy of cycle

By Justin Rocke / Brevard County Manatees

 

VIERA, Fla. - Behind an incredible 5-for-5 night from Orlando Arcia, the Brevard County Manatees upended the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 10-4 at Space Coast Stadium on Tuesday night. His five hits were a new career-high and tied a career-high with five RBI, as the shortstop was just a home run shy of the cycle.

 

It was with his help that Brevard County (4-2 second half, 40-32 overall) jumped out to an early lead. In the bottom of the first, Nathan Orf led off with a triple that he demolished to left-center field. Arcia wasted no time driving him in, as he roped the first pitch he saw down the left field line for his first of two doubles of the night. The extra base-hit allowed Orf to score easily and gave the Manatees the lead, 1-0.

 

After James Robbins slammed a two-run home run to give Lakeland (2-4, 44-29) the 2-1 edge, the Brevard's bats struck right back. With one out in the third inning, Arcia picked up his second hit of the night with a single to left. Tyrone Taylor followed with a perfectly executed bunt single to put the pressure on Lakeland starter Kevin Eichhorn (4-2, 2.39 ERA).

 

With Michael Reed at the plate, the Manatees attempted a double steal. Both Arcia and Taylor slid in safely, but catcher Austin Green's throw sailed down the left field line. That allowed Arcia to scamper home and Taylor to advance to third and tie the game up at 2-2.

 

Reed then got in on the action by hitting a slow tapper back towards the mound that Eichhorn could not field cleanly. The Lakeland starter tried to flip the ball home to try and retire Taylor, who was racing home, but the throw and tag were late as the Manatees regained the lead for good, 3-2.

 

With the lead now in hand, Brevard busted the game open in the fourth and fifth. A single by Victor Roache and a double by Alfredo Rodriguez proceeded Arcia's next big hit. \

 

The Venezuela native slapped the ball into the right-center field gap, which allowed Roache and Rodriguez to scoot home easily and push the lead to 5-2. Arcia kept the motor on, as he slid into third with his third hit of the night and his team-leading fifth triple of the year.

 

The Manatees then put the game on ice in the following inning. With one out, Roache got plunked by Flying Tigers reliever Tyler Clark and Mike Garza followed with a single to put runners on the corners.

 

After Rodriguez brought home a run with a fielder's choice, Orf doubled to left to set the stage for Arcia once again. The 19-year-old did not disappoint, as he ripped another double - this time down the right field line - to bring home both runners and give the Manatees a six-run lead, 8-2.

 

Brevard extended their run total to ten in the seventh. With two outs, Orf was hit by his Florida league-high 13th pitch and Arcia picked up his fifth hit with a single to center. Taylor and Reed then followed suit by driving home both runners with back-to-back RBI singles.

 

Lakeland tallied their final two runs of the game on a run-scoring ground out by Lance Durham in the sixth and a RBI single by Connor Harrell in the eighth.

 

After going winless for just over a month, Damien Magnifico (4-4, 3.24) emerged victorious again tonight. In his longest start since May 24, the FSL All-Star went six innings and surrendered three runs - two earned - on four hits. His control was much improved, as he struck out four and issued just two walks.

 

Brevard County's offense continues to impress, tallying 11-plus hits for the fourth time in five games. As whole, the team recorded 16 base knocks with four players - Orf, Arcia, Taylor and Garza - put together multi-hit efforts. Brevard County showed speed too, as they stole five bases to set a single-game high for 2014.

 

The Manatees will battle the Flying Tigers again on Wednesday night, with first pitch slated for 6:35 p.m. Tyler Wagner (6-4, 1.96) gets the start, with the 'Tees looking to tie a season-high four-game winning streak. Lakeland will send southpaw and fellow All-Star Josh Turley (6-0, 1.91) to the mound to oppose him.

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Orlando Arcia bumped his average up 14 points from .264 to .278 with his game tonight. Nathan Orf also had a nice game, reaching base three times. he doubled, tripled, and was hit by a pitch (box score currently says he walked, but game story says hbp and I was listening to the game and they said hbp on the broadcast as well). Michael Garza had three more hits and is hitting .362 in the month of June. The 'Tees ran wild on the bases, going 5-for-5 in steal attempts. Arcia, Michael Reed and Cameron Garfield each swiped a bag and Tyrone Taylor got two.

 

Damien Magnifico gave up just four hits in six innings of work to pick up his fourth win. Martin Viramontes breezed through the seventh inning but ran in to a little bit of trouble in the eighth before turning things over to Scott Lieser who mowed down all four hitters he faced to close out the game.

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

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Manatees' Arcia shows off skills at plate

Brewers' No. 4 prospect goes 5-for-5, falls home run short of cycle

By Mark Emery / MiLB.com

 

If all you had seen of Orlando Arcia was his performance on Tuesday night, you would have no clue that the Brevard County shortstop is known more for his glove than his bat.

 

The Brewers' fourth-ranked prospect posted a 5-for-5 night in the Manatees' 10-4 win over Lakeland at Space Coast Stadium. He fell a homer shy of the cycle, ending up with two doubles, a triple, five RBIs and two runs scored. He threw in his 13th stolen base of the season.

 

"He was crushing the ball tonight," Brevard County batting coach Ned Yost IV said. "Every single at-bat, he hit the ball hard, which was great. He's been doing that as of late. He's really been working on just being on time and tonight, it all clicked for him. ... It was good to see. It was a lot of fun to watch."

 

Arcia set a career high for hits in a game while matching his previous best in RBIs. He also drove in five runs on June 7, 2011, in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League. Four of his RBIs on Tuesday came with two outs.

 

"You really know it's going well when that happens," Yost said. "That really demoralizes the other team, when they get you on your heels like that and then it seemed like every time he came around, he was in a big situation and came through for us."

 

The 19-year-old Venezuelan became the second member of the Manatees to go 5-for-5 this season; as Tyrone Taylor achieved the feat while hitting for the cycle on April 29 in a 20-0 rout of Clearwater.

 

Against the Flying Tigers, Arcia doubled to left field in the first, singled to left in the third, tripled to right-center in the fourth, doubled to right in the fifth and singled to center in the seventh. Less than halfway through the game, he'd made the cycle a possibility.

 

"It definitely crossed my mind," Yost said. "In his last at-bat, the first pitch, he was on it. He crushed it but pulled it foul. I mean, it wasn't home-run distance, but if he lets it get maybe just a tick deeper, he keeps it fair and then he's got a chance. But he came through and ended up getting a two-strike single up the middle.

 

"It's so impressive for a kid that young to be in that situation and not try to hit a home run and get that single up the middle."

 

Through 71 games, Arcia owns a .278/.338/.381 slash line with 16 doubles, five triples and one homer. He's also collected 29 RBIs while swiping 13 bags in 18 tries.

 

Yost mentioned Arcia's natural ability when explaining his success, also noting that it doesn't hurt for him to have an older brother playing for the Twins in Oswaldo Arcia. Regardless, the hitting coach had nothing but praise for the player who turned in a perfect night at the plate.

 

"He's having an excellent year," Yost said. "We always felt like he's a good player. And he's been outstanding defensively. We knew that coming in, that he was going to be that way. And offensively, we weren't expecting a whole lot, but he's really opened our eyes this year and he's really come on strong. He's doing an excellent job.

 

"Honestly, I'd just like to see him keep doing what he's doing. For him being 19 in this league, like I said, he's opening up a lot of eyes. And if he can continue to do this, he's going to end up having an outstanding year."

 

Orlando Arcia tied the career high for RBIs he set in 2011 in the Dominican Summer League. (Cliff Welch photo / MiLB.com)

 

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May be reading too much in to a tweet, but Tyler Wagner is listed as the scheduled starter for Brevard tomorrow night. Could a promotion be coming? Regardless, a 3 Ninjas tweet is too good to not be shared.

[TheCrew07]

Cougars snap Rattlers win streak

Wisconsin falls 9-3 to Kane County

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

GENEVA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers four-game winning streak came to an end with a 9-3 loss to the Kane County Cougars at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark on Tuesday night. The Cougars erased a 3-2 Wisconsin lead with four runs in the bottom of the third inning and never looked back.

 

Wisconsin (40-34 overall, 4-1 second half) pulled a successful double steal to get on the scoreboard in the first inning. Johnny Davis walked and went to third on a single by Omar Garcia. Garcia stole second and the throw went through to the base. Davis took off for the plate with the ball on the way to second and scored without a play.

 

But, Kane County rallied (49-26, 4-1) for two runs in the bottom of the first. Jake Hannemann and Carlos Penalver singled to start the inning. Kyle Schwarber was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Yasiel Balaguert's grounder to second was enough to get a force play at second, but the throw to first was wild. Both Hannemann and Penalver scored to put the Cougars up 2-1.

 

Jose Pena struck out but reached first on a wild pitch to start the Wisconsin second. Garrett Cooper singled to center and Pena hustled around for third base. Angel Ortega knocked in Pena with a sacrifice fly to right to tie the game.

 

The Rattlers went back in front in the top of the third. Michael Ratterree and Clint Coulter both walked to start the inning. After a fielder's choice and a flyout to shallow left Ratterree was at third and Taylor Brennan was at first. Pena knocked in Ratterree with a sharp single to center for a 3-2 Wisconsin lead.

 

But, the Cougars came right back against Wisconsin starting pitcher Preston Gainey in the bottom of the third. Schwarber walked to start the inning. Balaguert doubled to right-center and Schwarber came around to score the tying run. Jacob Rogers singled on an 0-2 pitch to put runners on the corners with no outs. Will Remilard's grounder behind third resulted in Balaguert scoring as the only play Brennan had was to first base. Balaguert's run made it 4-3 in favor of the Cougars.

 

Jeimer Candelario kept the inning going with an RBI double to get Rogers home. A wild pitch by Gainey let Candelario score the fourth run of the inning and the Cougars were up 6-3.

 

Kane County starter Paul Blackburn tossed a 1-2-3 fourth and allowed a two out single to Brennan in the fifth before exiting with the 6-3 lead.

 

The Cougars added a run off reliever Tyler Alexander in the fifth on a two-out RBI single by Hannemann to score Remillard.

 

The Rattlers could not score in three innings against Kane County reliever Michael Wagner, who struck out four and allowed one hit.

 

Kane County pushed two more runs across the plate in the seventh inning against reliever Harvey Martin. Hannemann tripled with one out to get Trey Martin home from second. Penalver followed with an RBI single and the Cougars were up 9-3.

 

In the ninth, Garcia singled with one out against Michael Heesch. It was the third hit of the game for Garcia. But, Heesch struck out the other three batters he faced in the ninth to close out the game.

 

The loss was the first of the second half of the season for the Rattlers. The Timber Rattlers are 2-8 in ten games with the Cougars this season. Kane County is now 32-8 at home in 2014.

 

Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. Anthony Banda (3-5, 4.47) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Kane County will counter with Tyler Skulina (4-3, 2.70). Game time is 12:00pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM and IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 11:40am.

 

WP: Paul Blackburn (6-2)

LP: Preston Gainey (2-4)

 

TIME: 2:51

ATTN: 4,212

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Boo to losing to Cubs yet again and also for the pitching in this one.

 

Since Chris covered everything else of note in the game story and this was a sour loss anyway I'll mention that Ortega committed his 18th error of the season and Coulter had 2 passed balls bumping his season total to 9. But hey, at least Ratterree scored an OF assist so the defense wasn't all bad.

 

To end on a happy note, Coulter's OBP is over .100 higher than his AVE but he's not alone, although Brennan is only hitting .241 his OBP is actually .375. When Denson was healthy and qualified he was the 3rd member of that club as he was hitting .245 at the time of the injury but posting a .376 OBP. Not too shabby for a trio of A ballers, 2 of which came to pro ball directly from the HS ranks...

 

Wisconsin Recap

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Final: Montgomery 5, @Huntsville 4, 10 innings

 

Stars Lose On Wild Pitch in 10

Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars

 

Huntsville, AL - The Montgomery Biscuits erased an early deficit and outlasted the Huntsville Stars 5-4 in ten innings Tuesday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville.

 

The Stars loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning against Montgomery RHP Dylan Floro. The Stars were only able to score once when Jason Rogers hit into a double play scoring Kentrail Davis.

 

The Stars extended their lead in the sixth inning. Nick Ramirez launched a solo home run to right field. It gave the Stars a 2-0 lead and it was Ramirez's 14th home run of the season.

 

Montgomery cut into the Stars lead in the seventh. Taylor Motter reached on an infield single to third base. Motter advanced to second on the play on a throwing error by the third baseman Rogers.

 

Moter later scored when he stole third base. Lucas May the catcher tried to throw him out at third but his throw went into left field scoring Motter.

 

Montgomery tied the game and took the lead in the ninth against Stars closer David Goforth.

 

Cameron Sietzer reached on an infield hit to second baseman Shea Vucinich. Richie Shaffer then singled into left field.

 

With two on base and nobody out, Jeff Malm singled back up the middle scoring Seitzer tying the game at 2-2.

 

The Biscuits took the lead when Jake DePew executed a suicide squeeze up the first baseline scoring Shafffer.

 

Montgomery made it 4-2 after Ryan Brett reached via a fielder's choice.

 

The Stars battled back in the bottom of the ninth. Rogers and Hainley Statia produced back to back singles. Both advanced on a wild pitch from Matt Lollis (4-2).

 

D'Vontrey Richardson reached on an infield single which scored Rogers from third making it 4-3. Statia was thrown out at third base by the first baseman Malm.

 

Josh Prince tied the game in the ninth with two outs when he blooped a single into right field scoring Richardson.

 

Lollis was able to get Kentrail Davis to ground out to second base forcing extra innings.

 

In the top of the tenth, Motter and Seitzer opened up the inning with singles against RHP Greg Holle (0-1). Motter eventually scored on a wild pitch from Holle to give the Biscuits a 5-4 lead.

 

Jimmy Patterson nailed down a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save of the season for the Biscuits.

 

RHP Jacob Barnes took a no decision for the Stars as he pitched 5.2 shutout innings allowing just two hits.

 

Montgomery (4-2, 39-37) leads the series 1-0. Game two of the series will be Wednesday night. The Stars (3-3, 49-27) will have LHP Jed Bradley (1-2, 3.79) on the mound. Montgomery will turn to LHP Grayson Garvin (0-3, 4.35). The game can be heard starting at 6:15 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

SS Yadiel Rivera singled in four at-bats in his AA debut.

 

Huntsville Game Log

 

Huntsville Bottom of the 3rd

 

Josh Prince singles on a line drive to center fielder Joey Rickard.

Kentrail Davis grounds into a double play, second baseman Ryan Brett to shortstop Hector Guevara to first baseman Jeff Malm. Josh Prince out at 2nd.

Huntsville Stars Manager Carlos Subero ejected by 3B umpire Jeremy Riggs.

Shea Vucinich grounds out, second baseman Ryan Brett to first baseman Jeff Malm.

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Helena squeaks out 4-3 win to move into tie for 2nd in North

By Dustin Daniel / Helena Brewers

 

The Helena Brewers (4-4) fought back to .500 and clinched their first series victory of the season with a 4-3 win over the Missoula Osprey (3-6) on Tuesday night.

 

Jorge Ortega (1-0) picked up his first win with another solid outing. Ortega would go five innings, giving up three runs on nine hits, striking out two and walking none.

 

It would be a pitcher's duel early on as both Ortega and Markus Solbach (0-2) would toss shutout baseball through four innings.

 

The Osprey would strike first, posting a run in the bottom of five when Dane McFarland scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Fernery Ozuna. Ozuna was 3-for-4 in the game with two doubles and an RBI.

 

Helena responded quickly by posting all four of their runs in the top of the sixth. The Osprey pitching staff would give up five consecutive hits to begin the inning as Solbach would be pulled after three batters. The Brewers came up with three doubles in the inning, as Tucker Neuhaus picked up his first RBI of the year by blasting a line drive into right to bring in Brandon Diaz. Neuhaus was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI.

 

Taking a 4-1 lead to the bottom of the sixth, the Brewers would let the Osprey back into the ballgame when Kevin Cron lined a two-run homer over the left field fence. It would be Cron's first professional base hit and brought the home team to within one run.

 

Luke Curtis closed out the game, pitching a clean ninth and picking up his first save.

 

The Brewers now return home for a two-game series with the Great Falls Voyagers. First pitch Wednesday night is set for 7:05 p.m.

 

Helena Box Score

 

 

Helena Play-By-Play

Helena was trailing 1-0 entering the 6th, and then broke out for 4 runs on 6 hits (including 3 doubles) in the inning.

 

Helena Top of the 6th

• Luis Aviles doubles (4) on a line drive to right fielder Dane McFarland.
  Gregory Munoz reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Markus Solbach. Luis Aviles to 3rd on the throw.
  Brandon Diaz doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Justin Williams. Luis Aviles scores. Gregory Munoz to 3rd.
  Pitching Change: Eric Brooks replaces Markus Solbach.
  Tucker Neuhaus doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Dane McFarland. Gregory Munoz scores. Brandon Diaz scores.
  Elvis Rubio singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Railey. Tucker Neuhaus to 3rd.
  Dustin DeMuth out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Justin Williams. Tucker Neuhaus scores.
  Natanael Mejia singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Railey. Elvis Rubio to 2nd.
  Mitch Meyer singles on a line drive to left fielder Justin Williams. Elvis Rubio to 3rd. Natanael Mejia to 2nd.
  Edgardo Rivera grounds out, second baseman Mike Abreu to first baseman Trevor Mitsui.