Link Report for Mon. 6/30

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Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 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 Jed Bradley at Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 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).

 

NOTE: Mississippi does broadcast their games via MiLB.TV.

 

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Brevard County: Idle

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Victor Diaz at home vs. Burlington (Angels), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM 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: LHP Luis Ortega at Billings (Reds), 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): at home vs. the mini-Mariners, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

Miller Park Prospects - Arizona League Primer

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Braves, 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: The next three televised Timber Rattlers games are all this week, Tue. 7/1 on MyNew32 TV, Wed. 7/2 on TWC Sportschannel, and then back to MyNew32 TV on Thurs. 7/3, 7:00 PM airtimes each night.

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

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.

 

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:

 

Nashville, TN

 

Pearl, MS

 

Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

 

Billings, MT

 

Maryvale, AZ

 

Santo Domingo, DR

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Tim Dillard's latest -- “Good, Great, Grand, Wonderful. No Yelling On The Bus!"

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Kyle Lobner in Appleton today, here's a pregame report on Chris McFarland and Garrett Cooper.

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Oh dear. 2 runs score on balls that get by Coulter. Rattlers now trail. Diaz with 5 scoreless innings before loading the bases in the 6th. Banda's turn is being skipped.

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Via Justin of the Manatees' Broadcast Team --

 

Orlando Arcia named FSL Player of the Week

 

VIERA, Fla. – The Florida State League announced on Monday that Brevard County Manatees shortstop Orlando Arcia was named the league’s player of the week for the period of June 23-29.

 

In seven games last week, Arcia hit .485 (16-for-33) with two home runs, a Florida State League-leading 13 runs batted in and scored eight runs. He also doubled six times, tripled and stole a base.

 

Arcia recorded five multi-hit games during the week and fell one hit shy of the cycle three times. On June 25, he set a career-high in hits with a 5-for-5 performance against the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Arcia also tied a career-high with five runs batted in and was a home run away from the cycle. On June 27 and 28 in Clearwater, he went a combined 6-for-11 and fell a triple shy of the cycle both nights. In the latter game, Arcia hit a game-tying, two-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning en route to a 12-inning, 6-4 Manatees victory.

 

Arcia was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as a non-drafted free agent on October 22, 2010 from Anaco, Venezuela.

 

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MLB.com provides an additional feature.

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Steve with the Huntsville club:

 

The Stars won their fourth game this season when trailing by three runs at any stage of a ballgame. The Stars racked up 12 hits, a day after they posted a season high 18. In their last two games, the Stars offense is batting .417 (30-72). Out of the 40 hits, only five have gone for extra base hits.

 

Joey Paciorek, who delivered the pinch-hit two-run single Sunday, has now hit safely in five straight games. In his last five, Paciorek is 8-17 (.471) with a home run and 4 RBI. Kentrail Davis went 3-3 with 3 RBI on his 26th birthday. Including Saturday’s game after his first at bat, Davis is 7 for his last 7 with four RBI. He has also been on base in nine straight plate appearances. Davis enters today on a seven-game hit streak and has been on base in 18 consecutive games, the third longest active on base streak in the Southern League. For the month of June, Davis is tied with Mississippi’s Cedric Hunter for the 8th best batting average in June in the Southern League at .344.

 

The Stars improved to a season best 25 games above the .500 mark with their overall record now at 53-28. The Stars did not homer last night, but still have hit 16 homeruns in their last 16 games and their 21 in the month of June are tied with Mobile for the most in June in the Southern League…Josh Prince went 1-4 with an RBI. After going 1-22 recently, Prince is now 10 for his last 24 (.417)… Nick Shaw did not play, but still his been on base in ten consecutive games…

 

The bullpen for the Stars tossed 3.1 scoreless innings Sunday and has now thrown 11.1 consecutive scoreless innings…RHP Jose De La Torre did not pitch last night. De La Torre has thrown ten consecutive scoreless innings… Since the Stars clinched the 1st half championship they’ve gone 14-9…In the month of June alone, the Stars are 14-11.

[TheCrew07]

Bees edge Wisconsin

Burlington hangs on for 4-3 win

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Rafael Neda is greeted by his teammates after his second inning home run put Wisconsin up 2-0 on Monday afternoon.

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Burlington Bees scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 4-2 lead over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The Bees held on for a 4-3 victory over Wisconsin Monday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

 

It was the Rattlers (42-38 overall, 6-5 second half) who jumped to the early lead. Omar Garcia doubled with one out in the bottom of the second. He stole third and scored on a passed ball. Rafael Neda made it 2-0 in favor of the Rattlers with a two-out solo homer later in the inning.

 

Victor Diaz, Wisconsin's starting pitcher, pitched like that would be enough for him. The right-hander extended his scoreless innings streak to fifteen when he worked a 1-2-3 fifth. But, the streak would not go past fifteen innings.

 

Angel Rosa and Eric Aguilera singled to start the top of the sixth. Brandon Bayardi followed with a walk and the bases were loaded with no outs. The call went to the bullpen for Trevor Seidenberger to take over for Diaz.

 

Seidenberger fell behind Stephen McGee 3-0 on the first three pitches he threw in the game. Seidenberger came back with two strikes, but would eventually walk McGee to force in a run.

 

The Wisconsin lefty struck out Tyler Palmer for the first out, but he threw a wild pitch with Cambric Moye at the plate to let Aguilera score the tying run.

 

Ranyelmy Mendoza was up with two out and runners at second and third when Seidenberger uncorked another wild pitch to let Bayardi score the go-ahead run. Later in the at bat, Mendoza singled to knock in McGee and the Bees (44-36, 6-5) were up 4-2.

 

Burlington, the first half wild card in the Western Division, was forced to go to their bullpen in the third inning. Starting pitcher Daniel Hurtado left the game after the second inning. Trevor Foss, Cole Swanson, and Alex Blackford kept the Rattlers off the board for five innings. But, the Rattlers got something going against Blackford in the eighth.

 

Steve Halcomb and Johnny Davis started the rally with singles and they were bunted into scoring position by Chris McFarland. Michael Ratterree blooped a 3-2 pitch from Blackford down the right field line for what looked to be a game-tying single. But the ball dropped just foul. Then, Blackford struck out Ratterree for the second out of the inning. Blackford would walk Clint Coulter on a 3-2 pitch and that ended his day.

 

Alan Busenitz, the fifth Burlington pitcher of the game, entered and walked Taylor Brennan on four straight pitches to force in Halcomb and the Rattlers were within one. Busenitz got the final out on a force out at second.

 

In the bottom of the ninth, Busenitz struck out the first two batters of the inning. Halcomb kept the game going with a single. But, Busenitz ended the game with a ground out to earn his tenth save of the season.

 

Wisconsin swept Burlington in a four-game series at Community Field to open the second half of the season last weekend. The Bees came to Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium and took three of four games from the Timber Rattlers. The season series is even at eight win for each team. They will meet again August 27 through 29 in Grand Chute.

 

The Timber Rattlers continue their homestand on Tuesday night. The Cedar Rapids Kernels are in town for the first game of a three-game series. Wisconsin has named Zach Quintana (2-4, 6.02) as their starting pitcher. Cedar Rapids has Aaron Slegers (5-5, 5.75) set to start for them. Game time is 7:05pm.

 

The first 1,000 fans to attend this game will receive a bobblehead of Jim Henderson, a Timber Rattler in 2009 and a member of the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen since 2012, courtesy of American National Bank - Fox Cities.

 

Tuesday's contest is the first game of the three-game Military Appreciation Series. Active, reserve, or retired members of all branches of the military will receive a free reserved bleacher seat ticket to any of the three games in the series with a valid military ID or verification of form DD-214 at the box office. Friends and family members of the military member may purchase a reserved bleacher seat at a discounted price of $7.00 per ticket. Timber Rattlers players and coaches will wear military-themed jerseys and hats during all games in this set with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Hats and jerseys will be available in a silent auction that begins on July 1 and ends in the seventh inning of the game on July 3. Fans may phone in bids for the jerseys on July 2 and July 3 from 9:00am to 2:00pm by calling (800) WI-TIMBER or (920) 733-4152. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Fox Valley Veterans Council Emergency Fund.

 

If you can't make it out to the game, there are many ways to catch the action. The television broadcast will be on MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown starting at 7:00pm. The radio call is on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. The game is also available to subscribers of MiLB.TV.

 

HOME RUN:

WIS:

Rafael Neda (2nd, 0 on in 2nd inning off Daniel Hurtado, 2 out)

 

WP: Cole Swanson (1-1)

LP: Victor Diaz (2-3)

SAVE: Alan Busenitz (10)

 

TIME: 3:04

ATTN: 2,172

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

So the "Wild Pitches" that were uncorked in the 6th, Chris said they "got through Coulter", not "Coulter never had a chance", so chances are they should have been blocked.

 

Victor Diaz' peripherals aren't going to wow anyone but he's still young enough they could improve as he moves up. Trevor Seidenberger has been on a bit of a cold streak, he's giving up runs in 4 of his last 6 appearances.

 

Chris McFarland (2-3,CS) and Steven Halcomb (2-4) had the multi-hit games for T-Rats.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Wisconsin Gameday

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Rattler Radio blog - Postgame entry

 

Postgame audio with RHP Victor Diaz and Manager Matt Erickson, photos, and video highlights...

 

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Kyle's BrewCrewBall followup - incorporates the interviews included above...

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AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog --

 

"Tonight’s interview is this week’s installment of “Mondays with the Manager” with Sounds skipper Rick Sweet, who discusses the injury status of Hunter Morris, who left Sunday’s game after getting hit by a pitch; the additions of Jason Rogers and Shawn Zarraga from Double-A Huntsville; the recent surge from the team’s offense; and Jeremy Jeffress’ taking over the closing duties for the time being."

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Rattler Radio blog - Postgame entry

 

Postgame audio with RHP Victor Diaz and Manager Matt Erickson, photos, and video highlights...

 

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Kyle's BrewCrewBall followup - incorporates the interviews included above...

 

Be sure to see the Omar Garcia / Johnny Davis collision as the final highlight -- looks like they dodged a serious injury bullet...

[TheCrew07]

Halton Powers Sounds To Fourth Straight Win

Nashville Regains Share Of First Place With 9-4 Victory Over Memphis

Nashville Sounds

 

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(Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds)

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - First baseman Sean Halton homered and drove in three runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 9-4 victory over the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.

 

Nashville (44-41) won its fourth straight game to pull into a first place tie in the PCL American Conference Southern Division.

 

Halton's two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning erased a 3-2 deficit and provided the Sounds with their tenth come-from-behind victory of the year. The slugger went 2-for-4 on the night and is hitting .440 (11-for-25) over his past seven games.

 

Memphis took a 2-0 lead against Sounds starter Mike Fiers in the top of the second inning when Tommy Pham belted a two-out, two-run homer to left-center, the outfielder's sixth roundtripper of the year.

 

Halton halved the Redbirds' lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the second when he slugged a solo homer to left-center off Boone Whiting. The blast was Halton's fourth of the year and first in his last 126 at-bats.

 

The Redbirds stretched the lead to 3-1 with an unearned run in the fourth, stemming from a fielding error by Sounds shortstop Hector Gomez.

 

Fiers took a no-decision in his first start for the Sounds since June 1. He allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits in four innings of work, tossing 81 pitches.

 

Nashville rallied to grab a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Sounds loaded the bases to open the frame by drawing three straight walks from Whiting. After Joey Donofrio took over on the Memphis hill, the right-hander committed a balk to force in Logan Schafer to make it a 3-2 contest, then Halton delivered again for Nashville, roping a two-run double down the left field line to put the home team in front.

 

Right-hander Johnnie Lowe (1-3) was the beneficiary of the Nashville rally and picked up his first win of the year after tossing 2 2/3 scoreless frames of relief, fanning a season-high four. Whiting (0-6) drew the loss for Memphis after being tagged for four runs in his five innings of action.

 

The Sounds put the game out of reach by plating five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning against Redbirds reliever Seth Blair. Pete Orr, who is hitting .323 (20-for-62) over his last 21 contests, delivered the big knock for Nashville, drilling a two-out, two-run double to center to cap the five-run outburst. Four of the five runs were unearned following a pair of errors charged to Memphis shortstop Pete Kozma in the frame.

 

Memphis plated the night's final run in unearned fashion against Arcenio Leon in the top of the ninth when Orr booted a two-out Randal Grichuk grounder at second base, allowing Luis Mateo to score from second.

 

The teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. matchup. Right-hander Ariel Pena (4-6, 4.72) will toe the slab for the Sounds to face rehabbing Memphis right-hander Joe Kelly (0-0, 9.00).

 

Nashville Boxscore

Beat the Cards!

 

Not the dominance we've become accustomed to from Mike Fiers but I'll take a win. Jeremy Jeffress was fully warmed up and ready to go until Memphis gifted the 5 runs in the 8th. I may have just sent him out there anyway since he was already warm, but then again I could care less about saves.

 

Nashville Recap

 

Nashville Gameday

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Final: @Mississippi 6, Huntsville 0

 

Ross Fires Gem To Blank Stars

Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars

 

Pearl, MS - Mississippi Braves RHP Greg Ross (2-0) threw a complete game shutout in just his second Double-A start, leading the Braves to a 6-0 shutout win over the Huntsville Stars Monday night at Trustmark Park.

 

Ross scattered six hits through his gem. Nick Shaw and Yadiel Rivera each had two hits apiece in the Stars loss.

 

Jed Bradley suffered the loss, dropping the left-hander to 1-4 on the AA season.

 

Mississippi scored five runs against Bradley in the bottom of the fourth inning.

 

Matt Kennelly was able to work a walk after trailing in the count 0-2. Barrett Kleinknecht then launched a two-run homer over the left field wall putting the Braves ahead 2-0.

 

The Braves made it 3-0 when Kyle Wren grounded an infield single off of Bradley. Cedric Hunter added a sacrifice fly and Jose Peraza stole home giving the Braves a 5-0 advantage.

 

Bradley allowed five runs on five hits in his four innings on the mound.

 

The Braves scored their final run in the 8th on Wren’s RBI single. Wren led the Braves attack by going 3-5 with 2 RBI.

 

Ross walked Joey Paciorek with two outs in the ninth, but was able to get Erik Komatsu to ground out to first to end the game. Ross helped earn Mississippi’s Southern League best tenth shutout of the season. The Stars were shutout for the first time since June 9th.

 

The Stars (7-4, 53-28) and Braves are tied at 1-1 in their five game series. Game three will be Tuesday. RHP Drew Gagnon (5-2, 3.05) will start for the Stars. Mississippi will have RHP Williams Perez (3-4, 2.66) on the mound. The game can be heard starting at 6:45 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

SS Yadiel Rivera adjusting nicely to AA, 2-for-3 with a triple, sweet.

 

Jed Bradley hit two batters, walked three, yet managed to throw 50 strikes in his 78 pitches. This will be his 2nd half AA get comfortable season (hopefully), and he'll likely open up in Biloxi next spring.

 

Huntsville Game Log

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Somebody remind Logan Schafer he's in Nashville to regain his stroke, please.

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Final: DSL Braves 5, DSL Brewers 1

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Brewers fell back to .500, losing by a score of 5-1 as starting pitcher Nattino Diplan gave up five runs, though only two were earned, over five innings and took the loss. Pedro Peguero, Orlando Torrez and Axel Cordero combined for four scoreless innings of relief. Johel Atencio had the only multi-hit game for the Brewers. The 17-year-old Atencio went 2-for-4 with a double to raise his season average to .322. Franly Mallen and Nicol Valderrey each singled for the only other hits for the Brewers.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

The Brewers only run came on a ninth inning ground out.

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 9th

Franly Mallen singles on a line drive to left fielder Reangelo Willems.

Johel Atencio doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Reangelo Willems. Franly Mallen to 3rd.

Yerald Martinez grounds out, third baseman Alejandro Salazar to first baseman Jorge Cortes.

Juan De Los Santos grounds out, shortstop Bryan Philips to first baseman Jorge Cortes. Franly Mallen scores. Johel Atencio to 3rd.

Raphachel Colatosti strikes out swinging.

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Final: Billings 12, Helena 8

 

Helena blows lead, lose 12-8 in series finale

By Dustin Daniel / Helena Brewers

 

The Helena Brewers (6-8) gave up a 4-run lead on Monday on their way to a 12-8 loss at the hands of the Billings Mustangs (7-7).

 

The Mustangs would post 12 runs after falling behind 4-0 before the Brewers made the game interesting late.

 

Tucker Neuhaus lined his fifth double of the year into left with one out in the first off of Billings starter Mike Saunders. He would score when Greg McCall picked up a 2-RBI double later in the inning. Immediately following McCall's two-bagger, Mitch Meyer hit his third homerun of the year to make it a 4-0 advantage for Helena.

 

Billings responded quickly, tallying six runs in the bottom of the first off of Luis Ortega (0-2). Brian O'Grady knocked in two runs on a double to start off his hot night. O'Grady was 4-for-5 with 5 RBI, two doubles, a homerun, and four runs scored.

 

The Mustangs extended their lead to 12-4 when they picked up two runs in the second, fourth, and sixth innings. Ortega was knocked out after three innings, giving up eight runs on eight hits.

 

Four runs in the eighth and ninth for the Brewers injected some suspense into the series finale. With the lead down to four and the bases loaded, Dustin DeMuth came to the plate with two outs in the top of the ninth representing the tying run. Wagner Gomez, struggling to find outs, was able to get DeMuth to ground to shortstop Alex Blandino to conclude the game.

 

The Brewers now head back to Helena to host the Great Falls Voyagers in a two-game series. First pitch from Kindrick Field on Tuesday is set for 7:05 p.m.

 

Helena Box Score

 

Helena Game Log

 

Nice start to the game for Helena before things went south including Mitch Meyer's second homerun in as many nights:

Helena Top of the 1st

• Brandon Diaz grounds out, shortstop Alex Blandino to first baseman Brian O'Grady.
  Tucker Neuhaus doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Alex Greer.
  Elvis Rubio grounds out to first baseman Brian O'Grady. Tucker Neuhaus to 3rd.
  Dustin DeMuth walks.
  Greg McCall doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Nick Benedetto. Tucker Neuhaus scores. Dustin DeMuth scores.
  Mitch Meyer homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Greg McCall scores.
  Francisco Castillo called out on strikes.

[Mass Haas]

Darn, wish this Maryvale game had audio, wow -- set up a kid with a transistor remote somehow...

 

(For you overnight readers, details in the AM.)

[WV Brew]

Baby Brewers headed to the 13th. Nice day for Gatewood in particular.

 

13th. Harrison on 2nd. Base hit by Tanner Norton--Harrison out at home, Norton out at 2nd. Yikes.