Link Report for Wed. 7/9 -- Jason Rogers Exits, Injured in Nashville's Loss

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Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Michael Blazek at 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: Idle

 

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Brevard County: RHP Tyler Wagner at Lakeland (Tigers), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 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: LHP Clint Terry at Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM

 

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

 

For the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from seven Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games.

 

NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (30) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule so you can coordinate your DVR activity.

 

The next televised Timber Rattlers game is Friday, July 11th on MyNew32 TV (7:00 PM airtime).

 

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Helena: RHP Brandon Woodruff at Orem (Angels), 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 -- This entire seven-game road trip (Orem and Grand Junction) will be available for viewing by MiLB.TV subscribers, including archived broadcasts.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL Pirates, 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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As per our highlight above, if you only want to make a one-month commitment to MiLB.TV for Helena (plus the other Brewer affiliates), here's the link for the $12.99 purchase.

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Nashville

 

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.

[Mass Haas]

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:

 

Memphis, TN

 

Lakeland, FL

 

Cedar Rapids, IA

 

Orem, UT

 

Boca Chica, DR

[Mass Haas]

Following the Stars' lead, the Sounds have posted a blog page telling us which four former Nashville Sounds are in this year's All-Star Game.

 

Difficult to get all four, I promise. Remember, major league injury rehab stints don't count, although we also learn the names of two of those players.

 

So try to list all four (to yourself, not here) without consulting a master list.

 

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To learn the answer, click here.

[homer]

Per his Twitter account, Devin Williams says he's "on the bump" tonight. Is he piggybacking with Woodruff?

[Mass Haas]

Via the Sounds --

 

BREAKING: Sounds RHP Mike Fiers has been named as a PCL All-Star by the league office. Congrats to @Fiers64!

[igor67]

Tyler Wagner with quite the start going tonight, and Roche with his second 2 hit game in row.

[Noche]

Tyler Wagner with quite the start going tonight, and Roche with his second 2 hit game in row.

 

That's 27 straight scoreless for Tyler. In case anyone is wondering, Tyler has 2 plus pitches, an average 3rd, and has been dealing for nearly 2 straight years.

 

BP is like, 'meh...Nick Kingham is on the Pirates'. BA is like, 'who?'.

[Mass Haas]

Well, he's the Cape League's most impressive pitcher as of today...

 

Cape Cod League News Report --

 

"Orleans Firebirds: This bird is spitting fire for Orleans. Kolton Mahoney (BYU), who has reached the mid-90s with his fastball on radar guns, is leading the Cape League in strikeouts. Mahoney, who pitched a no-hitter for BYU back in March, has fanned 28 batters over just 21 innings of work. On Saturday 6/28, against Y-D, he struck out a season-high 11 Red Sox hitters over six innings of work. He is now 3-0 overall on the season with a four-inning save over four appearances. He’s allowed just ten hits and three earned runs (1.28 ERA), with just seven walks."

 

Player Profile Page - Cape site

 

Mahoney is the Brewers 23rd round pick out of BYU, he pitched his freshman year there in 2011, missed two seasons while on a Mormon mission, and returned for the 2014 season. He turned 22 in May.

 

Will he sign before the deadline in one week on the 18th?

 

Orleans' Kolton Mahoney delivers a pitch in the first inning against Harwich at Whitehouse Field. Photo By: Cape Cod Times/Shane Flanigan

 

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[Eye Black]

At the risk of jinxing him, it was a good first inning of work for Devin Williams tonight.

 

Orem Bottom of the 5th

• Pitching Change: Devin Williams replaces Brandon Woodruff.
  Caleb Adams strikes out swinging, catcher Jack Cleary to first baseman Alan Sharkey.
  Andrew Daniel doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera.
  Bo Way strikes out swinging.
  Ryan Seiz strikes out swinging.

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Final: Brevard County 3, Lakeland 1

 

Wagner leads 'Tees over Tigers, 3-1

By Justin Rocke / Brevard County Manatees

 

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Brevard County starting pitcher Tyler Wagner extended his scoreless innings streak to 27.1 innings before giving up a home run to Connor Harrell with one out in the ninth inning on Wednesday night. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography)

 

LAKELAND, Fla. - Behind another dominant performance by Tyler Wagner (8-4, 1.74 ERA), the Brevard County Manatees upended the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 3-1 at Joker Marchant Stadium on Wednesday night.

 

From the get go, Wagner was locked in. The Las Vegas native worked around a jam in the third and caught fire in the middle innings.

 

After a lead-off single by Chad Wright in the fourth, Wagner went on to retire 16 straight batters. It ended when Connor Harrell's home run in the bottom of the ninth snapped his 27.1 scoreless inning streak.

 

Wagner's night ended after he walked the next batter, Jeff McVaney, on five pitches. The former fifth round pick finished with one run allowed on five hits. He walked one and tied a season-high with nine strikeouts in a year-best 8.1 innings of work.

 

In his last four starts, Wagner is 4-0 with an unfathomable 0.32 earned run average. He has surrendered just 12 hits and walked seven batters, which gives him an equally stellar 0.70 WHIP. With his effort tonight, Wagner now has a Florida State League-leading 1.74 ERA.

 

Mark Williams came out of the bullpen and had trouble locating the strike zone, but was able to close out Wagner's victory and end the Manatees (11-6 second half, 47-36 overall) three-game losing streak. After walking the bases loaded with two outs, Williams forced James Robbins to ground out to first to end the threat and the ball game.

 

The 'Tees gave Wagner some early run support, courtesy of an unsung hero. In the top of the third, Alfredo Rodriguez crushed a 0-1 pitch from Flying Tigers (4-15, 46-40) starter Josh Turley (7-1, 1.85) onto the berm in left for his first home run of the season. The solo shot gave Brevard the lead, 1-0.

 

Two innings later, Rodriguez struck again. Following a lead-off single by Parker Berberet, Rodriguez slapped one down the line in right. The ball rolled into the corner, which allowed Berberet to score from first with ease. Rodriguez motored into third with an RBI triple and the Brevard advantage was stretched to two.

 

After Nathan Orf struck out and Orlando Arcia flew out to shallow right, Tyrone Taylor delivered the next big blow. The top prospect drove a ball into deep left-center field, but it seemed as if Major League rehabber Andy Dirks was going to track it down.

 

However, the ball caromed off the edge of glove and rolled to the wall. Rodriguez was able to walk home and Taylor hustled into third with the second run-scoring triple of the game to increase the Manatees lead to 3-0.

 

With the win, Brevard County handed Turley his first loss of the season. The left-hander had a solid game, but was no match for Wagner tonight. Turley allowed all three runs on eight hits over seven frames. He struck out five and did not walk a batter.

 

Overall, the Manatees had another quality offensive performance. Three players - Berberet, Rodriguez and Victor Roache - recorded two-hit games. As well, the 'Tees tallied five extra-base hits - two doubles, two triples and a home run - en route to victory.

 

Brevard County and Lakeland will meet again tomorrow at Joker Marchant Stadium with the rubber match slated for 6:30 p.m. Hobbs Johnson (9-6, 3.23) will look to pick up his FSL-best 10th win against Lakeland's right-hander Yorfrank Lopez (4-6, 4.60).

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Prior to the ninth inning tonight, Tyler Wagner had not give up a run since June 3rd. To put in to perspective how dominant Wagner has been, he had a 2.04 ERA in June and that was his worst month of the season. As mentioned above, his nine punchouts tied a season high. Victor Roache collected two hits for the second night in a row and is 5-for-11 over the last three games. Mark Williams earned the save and has now made 12 appearances without allowing an earned run since being promoted to BC.

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

 

The Manatees scored a pair of runs in the fifth courtesy of two triples.

 

Brevard County Top of the 5th

Parker Berberet singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jeff McVaney.

Alfredo Rodriguez triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Jeff McVaney. Parker Berberet scores.

Nathan Orf strikes out swinging, catcher Austin Green to first baseman James Robbins.

Orlando Arcia flies out to right fielder Jeff McVaney.

Tyrone Taylor triples (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Andy Dirks. Alfredo Rodriguez scores.

Michael Reed grounds out, pitcher Joshua Turley to first baseman James Robbins.

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Final: DSL Brewers 4, DSL Pirates 6

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

Despite out-hitting the Pirates 8-7, the Brewers fell on Wednesday by a score of 6-4. Yosmer Leal started and took the loss after giving up four runs, three earned, in five innings of work. Juan Diaz followed and worked two innings, allowing just an unearned run and Orlando Torrez surrendered a run in one inning on the mound. Julio Mendez and Roosevert Chal each came up with two hits for the Brewers while Nicol Valderrey launched his first professional home run.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

The Brewers mounted a two out rally in the seventh but it wasn't enough.

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 7th

Pitching Change: Raymond Rodriguez replaces Julian Villamar.

Kevin Martinez grounds out, shortstop Luis Perez to first baseman Yunelky Adames.

Juan De Los Santos flies out to center fielder Victor Fernandez.

Nicol Valderrey walks.

Roosevert Chal singles on a ground ball to pitcher Raymond Rodriguez. Nicol Valderrey to 2nd.

Joantgel Segovia walks. Nicol Valderrey to 3rd. Roosevert Chal to 2nd.

Julio Mendez singles on a ground ball to third baseman Johan De Jesus. Nicol Valderrey scores. Roosevert Chal to 3rd. Joantgel Segovia to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Delvin Hiciano replaces Raymond Rodriguez.

With Johel Atencio batting, wild pitch by Delvin Hiciano, Roosevert Chal scores. Joantgel Segovia to 3rd. Julio Mendez to 2nd.

Johel Atencio strikes out swinging.

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Sounds' Bats Silenced By Memphis In 8-1 Loss

Nashville's Halton Continues Hot Streak With Homer

Nashville Sounds

 

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(MIKE STRASINGER )

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The first-place Nashville Sounds (49-45) had their chance at capturing the I-40 Cup spoiled by an impressive pitching performance from the Memphis Redbirds (44-47) in an 8-1 loss at AutoZone Park on Wednesday night.

 

Nashville never found an answer against Redbirds starter Tim Cooney, who struck out eight Sounds in eight innings while allowing just three hits.

 

Outfielder Sean Halton was able to continue his impressive run at the plate despite the result. He went 2-for-4 including a solo home run in the top of the seventh for Nashville's lone run of the night. Halton is now hitting .440 (22-for-50) in his last 12 games and increased his hitting streak to six games.

 

Third baseman Jason Rogers also picked up two hits in the contest, but he left the game in the top of the ninth after suffering an injury when beating out an infield single.

 

Sounds starter Michael Blazek appeared to find his stride after a shaky beginning to his outing, as he retired 10 straight batters after allowing Memphis to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a Xavier Scruggs RBI double.

 

The wheels fell off for Nashville in the bottom of the fifth when the Redbirds scored four runs that were all charged to Blazek. Sounds reliever Jose De La Torre saw his string of six consecutive scoreless outings end when he allowed a solo home run to Ed Easley in the bottom of the sixth.

 

Nashville reliever Dustin Molleken made his first appearance since being placed on the disabled list on June 30, allowing one run in 0.2 innings while striking out two.

 

The Sounds will have one last chance to clinch the I-40 Cup against Memphis on Thursday at 12:05 p.m. Nashville will send RHP Mike Fires (6-4, 2.63) to the bump opposite Memphis RHP Boone Whiting (1-6, 4.26). Jeff Hem will have the call on 102.5 The GAME.

 

Nashville Boxscore

The Sounds had to use 5 pitchers to get through this disaster... did I mention how much I hate losing to divisional rivals on any level?

 

Nashville Recap

 

Jose De La Torre didn't do Blazek any favors...

 

Memphis Bottom of the 5th

• Ed Easley singles on a line drive to right fielder Caleb Gindl.
  Tim Cooney out on a sacrifice bunt, catcher Shawn Zarraga to second baseman Eugenio Velez. Ed Easley to 2nd.
  Shane Robinson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Elian Herrera. Ed Easley scores.
  Randal Grichuk flies out to right fielder Caleb Gindl.
  Scott Moore walks. Shane Robinson to 2nd.
  Xavier Scruggs singles on a line drive to center fielder Elian Herrera. Shane Robinson scores. Scott Moore to 2nd.
  Pitching Change: Jose De La Torre replaces Michael Blazek, batting 7th.
  Defensive Substitution: Kevin Mattison replaces pitcher Michael Blazek, batting 9th, playing right field.
  Thomas Pham walks. Scott Moore to 3rd. Xavier Scruggs to 2nd.
  Greg Garcia singles on a ground ball to center fielder Elian Herrera. Scott Moore scores. Xavier Scruggs scores. Thomas Pham to 3rd.
  Pete Kozma grounds out, pitcher Jose De La Torre to first baseman Matt Clark.
  

 

Nashville Gameday

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Ortega's inside job jump starts Rattlers to 5-2 win at Cedar Rapids

Wisconsin shortstop drives in four, including three with inside-the-park homer

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Angel Ortega drove in four runs, including three with an inside-the park home run, to support solid pitching and send the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 5-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Perfect Game Field on Wednesday night. The win snapped Wisconsin's three-game losing streak.

 

The Timber Rattlers (46-42 overall, 10-9 second half) had Rafael Neda at first and Dustin DeMuth at third with two outs in the top of the fourth with Angel Ortega coming to the plate. Ortega had been at the plate in the top of the second with two outs and the bases loaded, but he struck out against Kernels starter Ryan Eades to end that inning. That would not be the case in the fourth.

 

Ortega send a sinking line drive to center and Jason Kanzler attempted to make a diving catch. Kanzler came up short and the ball went all to the way to the wall just to the right of the 407' mark. DeMuth and Neda scored easily. Ortega never slowed heading into third base as he was waved home by third base coach Matt Ericksion. Ortega beat the relay throw with a head first slide for the three-run, inside-the-park home run.

 

Wisconsin tacked on two runs in the top of the sixth inning. Wisconsin had DeMuth at third and Taylor Brennan at second with one out. The Kernels brought the infield in and Jose Pena's hard smash deflected off the glove of Bryan Haar at third base for an RBI infield single to score DeMuth and get Brennan to third. Ortega's shallow fly to right was trapped by Jonathan Murphy on a sliding catch. Brennan scored, but Pena was forced at second base to make it an RBI fielder's choice for Ortega and a 5-0 lead.

 

Rattlers starting pitcher Clint Terry tossed five scoreless innings, but got into trouble against the Kernels (37-51, 6-12) in the bottom of the sixth. Consecutive singles by Chad Christensen and Mitch Garver and a wild pitch by Terry put runners on second and third with no outs. Terry struck out Haar for the first out. An error on a grounder off the bat of Alex Swim allowed Christensen to score, but Garver had to hold at second base. That was all for Terry.

 

Luke Curtis, the newest addition to the Timber Rattlers bullpen came on to relieve Terry and retired the next two batters to keep Wisconsin's lead at 5-1.

 

Terry struck out seven as he scattered seven hits and allowed one run in 5-1/3 innings pitched.

 

Curtis hit Tanner Vavra to start the bottom of the seventh inning and Vavra tagged to move to second on a fly ball deep to right-center field. Christensen singled to drive in Vavra to make the score 5-2.

 

Barrett Astin took over for Curtis in the eighth and gave up a one out single, but got Kanzler to ground into a 1-6-3 double play, the third twin killing by the Rattlers defense in the game, to end the inning.

 

Astin retired the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth inning, but walked Jon Murphy on four straight pitches. Walker was next and his single to left put runners on first and third. Christensen was at the plate as the tying run, but Astin ended the drama with a strikeout to earn his second save of the season.

 

The final game of the series is Thursday night at 6:35pm. Taylor Williams (6-1, 2.87) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Chih-Wei Hu is scheduled to start for the Kernels and will make his 2014 Midwest League debut. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm.

 

HOME RUN:

WIS:

Angel Ortega (3rd, Inside-the-park, 2 on in 4th inning off

 

WP: Clint Terry (2-2)

LP: Ryan Eades (5-9)

SAVE: Barrett Astin (2)

 

TIME: 3:05

ATTN: 1,597

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Clint Terry gave up 7 hits and 2 walks in his 5.1 innings but limited the damage to 1 run with 7 strike outs and a couple of double plays, a fine effort. He's not going to blow anyone away stuff wise but he manages a high K rate regardless. Luke Curtis made his Rattler debut and allowed a run in his 1.2 innings. Barrett Astin closed out the final 2 innings.

 

Despite 8 hits only the incredibly steady of late Rafael Neda (2-4) had a multi-hit game... and he managed to not even get hit by a pitch!

 

Wisconsin Recap

[Eye Black]

At the risk of jinxing him, it was a good first inning of work for Devin Williams tonight.

 

Orem Bottom of the 5th

• Pitching Change: Devin Williams replaces Brandon Woodruff.
  Caleb Adams strikes out swinging, catcher Jack Cleary to first baseman Alan Sharkey.
  Andrew Daniel doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera.
  Bo Way strikes out swinging.
  Ryan Seiz strikes out swinging.

 

So about that whole jinx thing , Devin's final line tonight: 3.0 IP, 9 Hits, 6 Runs (all earned), 0 BB, 4 K's, 2 HR's allowed

[TooLiveBrew]

At the risk of jinxing him, it was a good first inning of work for Devin Williams tonight.

 

Orem Bottom of the 5th

• Pitching Change: Devin Williams replaces Brandon Woodruff.
  Caleb Adams strikes out swinging, catcher Jack Cleary to first baseman Alan Sharkey.
  Andrew Daniel doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera.
  Bo Way strikes out swinging.
  Ryan Seiz strikes out swinging.

 

So about that whole jinx thing , Devin's final line tonight: 3.0 IP, 9 Hits, 6 Runs (all earned), 0 BB, 4 K's, 2 HR's allowed

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!

[Eye Black]

Final: Orem 8, Helena 3

 

Brewers lose fourth straight 8-3

By Dustin Daniel / Helena Brewers

 

The Orem Owlz (16-7) stymied the Helena Brewers (9-14) for the second straight night, beating the visitors 8-3.

 

Helena would score first when Jack Cleary and Alan Sharkey each came up with RBI singles in the first, giving them a 2-0 lead for the second consecutive game. Sharkey led the way offensively going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI.

 

The Owlz responded with one run in both the bottom of the first and second off Brandon Woodruff to tie things up. Woodruff pitched a season-high four innings in the start, giving up two runs on four hits, walking two and striking out three.

 

The score would remain tied 2-2 through five innings before the Brewers captured another lead. Sharkey had his second RBI single of the game to score Greg McCall and put the Brewers up 3-2.

 

Orem responded immediately with three runs in the bottom of the sixth and six runs over the next two innings.

 

Jonah Wesely closed out the ninth for the Owlz, pitching a clean inning and giving them their second straight victory.

 

All four Pioneer League North Division teams lost on Wednesday, keeping the Brewers at a manageable four games out of first place with 15 games remaining in the first half.

 

The Brewers and Owlz will face off in game three of their four-game series Thursday at Brent Brown Ballpark. First pitch from Orem is set for 7:05 p.m.

 

Helena Box Score

 

Helena struggled at the plate with 14 strikeouts in the game, which doubled the number of hits they recorded. Leading the way in the strikeout category was Brandon Diaz with 5 strikeouts in 5 at-bats.

 

Helena Game Log

 

Leading 3-2 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, the wheels fell off for Helena in a hurry during the next inning and a half with Devin Williams on the mound.

 

Orem Bottom of the 6th

• Zach Houchins homers (5) on a line drive to left field.
  Michael Strentz doubles (3) on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera.
  Natanael Delgado homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Michael Strentz scores.
  RJ Santigate called out on strikes.
  Quinten Davis bunt pops out to catcher Jack Cleary in foul territory.
  Caleb Adams flies out to right fielder Elvis Rubio.

 

Helena Top of the 7th

• Luis Aviles strikes out swinging.
  Brandon Diaz strikes out swinging.
  Tucker Neuhaus strikes out swinging.

 

Orem Bottom of the 7th

• Andrew Daniel doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Brandon Diaz.
  Bo Way triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Elvis Rubio. Andrew Daniel scores.
  Ryan Seiz grounds out, shortstop Luis Aviles to first baseman Alan Sharkey.
  With Zach Houchins batting, wild pitch by Devin Williams, Bo Way scores.
  Zach Houchins doubles (8) on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera.
  Michael Strentz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Elvis Rubio. Zach Houchins scores.
  Natanael Delgado singles on a ground ball to left fielder Edgardo Rivera. Michael Strentz to 2nd.
  RJ Santigate lines out to center fielder Brandon Diaz.
  With Quinten Davis batting, Jack Cleary picks off Natanael Delgado at 1st on throw to Alan Sharkey.

[Eye Black]

Owlz rally past Helena

Provo (UT) Daily Herald

 

The Orem Owlz, as has happened often in the past couple of weeks, trailed early when they took on Helena Brewers on Wednesday night at Brent Brown Ballpark.

 

But the Owlz, as they have often in the past couple of weeks, rallied in the middle innings and went on to earn an 8-3 victory over the Brewers,

 

The victory helped Orem improve to a league-best 16-7, three games ahead of second-place Grand Junction in the Pioneer League South standings.

 

The Owlz trailed 2-1 early, but a three-run sixth, fueled by a solo homer from Zach Houchins and a two-run shot from Nataneal Delgado, gave Orem the lead for good at 5-3.

 

A three-run seventh gave the home team some breathing room, as Andrew Daniels and Bo Way opened the frame with a double and an RBI triple. Way scored on a wild pitch and Michael Strentz drove in another run for an 8-3 Owlz advantage.

 

And that was more than enough. Raman Rodriguez came on in the sixth to get starter Michael Bolaski out of a bit of trouble, getting a fly out to end the inning after one run scored and another runner was in scoring position. Rodriguez got out of a little bit of his own trouble in the eighth, getting a strikeout after a two-out walk and double left two runners in scoring position.

 

In the ninth, Jonah Wesley struck out two of the three batters he faced

 

Bolaski went 5.2 innings for the win, giving up six hits and three runs, walking two and striking out seven. Rodriguez got the win, giving up just one hit and struck out five in his 2.1 innings.

 

Andrew Daniel led the Owlz at the plate, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and and RBI. Houchins was 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI, and Delgado was 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI as Orem pounded out 13 hits.

 

The same two teams play Game 3 of their four-game series tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Brent Brown Ballpark.

[Mass Haas]

INSIDE-THE-PARK HR JOYRIDE

 

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers shortstop Angel Ortega slides safely into home plate against the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (Adam Wesley photo / The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

 

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And here's the video.

 

Notice that link also includes a photo gallery tab, Rattlers LHP Clint Terry among the shots there.