Link Report for Sat. 8/2 - Tyler Wagner and his 1.53 ERA Starts for Brevard

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP Michael Blazek at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 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 Eric Marzec at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 6:10 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 Tyler Wagner at Bradenton (Pirates), 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: RHP Preston Gainey at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 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.

 

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Helena: RHP J.B. Kole 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.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the little Rangers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

Miller Park Prospects - Arizona League Primer

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL Phillies, 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 Alert!

 

The Timber Rattlers are on local TV tonight, the last of five consecutive nights, 6:30 PM airtime on MyNew32 TV.

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

 

Nashville

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

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.

 

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:

 

New Orleans, LA

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Bradenton, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

 

Missoula, MT

 

Maryvale, AZ

 

Boca Chica, DR

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The delayed DSL box has been posted to Friday's Link Report.

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Tyler Wagner 80 pitches through 4 innings is really struggling in this game, mostly with command. Tyrone Taylor has his 35th double and Roache has homered.

 

Wagner went 5, left with a 3-2 lead and is in line for the win. He did manage to wall off Fortunato, who was 0-2. (Poe reference).

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Tyrone Taylor has his 35th double

With 30 games remaining in the Manatees season, Tyrone Taylor is approaching a historic season in terms of doubles production in the Florida State League. He is just 3 doubles shy of entering the top ten doubles leaders in the Florida State League since 2000. He would be one of just four players on the list that were in their age 20 season or younger. The other three are Miguel Cabrera, David Wright, and Logan Morrison.

 

[pre]Florida State League Doubles Leaders Since 2000

 

Rank 2B Player (Year) Age Games

T-1) 43 Miguel Cabrera (2002) 19 124

43 Darin Ruf (2011) 24 133

43 Jim Murphy (2012) 26 125

4) 42 Adam Lind (2005) 21 126

5) 41 Eric Nielsen (2007) 25 117

T-6) 40 Ron Davenport (2004) 22 113

40 Gaby Sanchez (2007) 23 132

T-8) 39 Kevin Mench (2000) 22 132

39 David Wright (2003) 20 133

T-10) 38 Cody Ehlers (2006) 24 134

38 Logan Morrison (2008) 20 130[/pre]

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Final: Brevard County 4, Bradenton 2

 

'Tees snap three-game skid with 4-2 win over Bradenton

Roache's blast, Peterson's relief keys Brevard's victory

By Justin Rocke / Brevard County Manatees

 

BRADENTON, Fla. - Victor Roache drove in two and Stephen Peterson tossed four innings of perfect relief to lead the Brevard County Manatees over the Bradenton Marauders, 4-2 on Saturday night at McKechnie Field.

 

After the Marauders (25-16 second half, 60-50 overall) grabbed a 1-0 in the bottom of the first, Roache put the Manatees (20-18, 56-48) on the comeback trail in the next half-inning.

 

With one out in the top of the second, the former first-round pick unloaded on a ball to deep right-center field. Center fielder Raul Fortunato and right fielder Walker Gourley chased it into the gap and both made a leaping attempt to try and snare the ball.

 

However, neither came down with it. Roache's solo clout was his team-leading 13th of the year and it knotted the game up at one.

 

With the game still tied at one, Roache played a key part in the 'Tees rally in the fourth. Michael Reed sparked the onslaught with single to right and Cameron Garfield followed him up with a double to the opposite field, as well.

 

On a 1-2 pitch to Roache, Bradenton starter Jason Creasy (6-7, 3.72 ERA) spiked one in the dirt. The ball caromed off the equipment of catcher Jason Stallings and flew over his head to the backstop. Reed raced home from third and Garfield advanced behind him to third to give Brevard its first lead, 2-1.

 

The Georgia Southern product made the situation worse for Bradenton later in the at-bat. Two pitches later, Roache laced a line drive into right field. Garfield scored from third and the Manatees had a two-run advantage, 3-1.

 

In the sixth, Roache almost clobbered his second blast of the game. However, with the wind whipping out towards right, the ball died in the left-center field warning track for a fly out.

 

Bradenton would scratch across another run in the bottom of the fourth on a bases loaded, passed ball, but that was the last time they would score this evening.

 

Manatees' ace Tyler Wagner (11-4, 1.54) did not have his best stuff, but kept Brevard in the ball game. The former Utah Ute allowed just two runs - one earned - over five innings, as he tallied his 11th win of the season, which ties him with Bradenton's Chad Kuhl for the Florida State League-lead.

 

With 91 pitches through five, a high pitch count kept Wagner from going deeper into the night. He ended his evening with two walks and four strikeouts and still leads the FSL in ERA with a 1.54 mark.

 

Even with the short outing, Wagner's numbers over his last eight are still remarkable. In those outings, he is now 7-0 with a 0.52 ERA.

 

Peterson came out of the bullpen and put a stop to any possible Marauder comeback. The left-handed reliever twirled his best outing of the season, as he threw four perfect innings to record his third save of the year.

 

The Massachusetts native was efficient, too. It took Peterson just 42 pitches to retire all 12 men he faced.

 

Brevard gave Peterson some extra cushion in the seventh. Following a lead-off double by Garrett Cooper, Nathan Orf sliced an RBI triple into the right-center field gap to increase the Manatees' lead to 4-2.

 

Tyrone Taylor had another spectacular evening at the plate in the victory. The number two prospect in the Brewers organization, according to both Baseball America and MLB.com, pieced together a three-hit night, which included his league-leading 35th double of the year.

 

Joe Ayrault will turn to left-hander Hobbs Johnson (10-7, 3.15) tomorrow evening at McKechnie Field with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Johnson will look to tie Wagner and Kuhl for the league-lead in wins at 11. Shane Carle (1-2, 5.40) will make his fifth start for the Marauders.

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Tyler Wagner didn't have his most dominating game tonight, but still won his 11th game of the season, going five innings and giving up only one earned run. Stephen Peterson worked the final four frames without allowing a hit or a run to notch his third save. Tyrone Taylor went 3-for-4 with a double while Victor Roache singled and hit his team leading 13th home run. Mike Garza added a single and a double and Garrett Cooper doubled and walked in four plate appearances.

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

 

The Manatees took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth inning.

 

Brevard County Top of the 4th

Michael Reed singles on a fly ball to center fielder Raul Fortunato.

Cameron Garfield doubles (18) on a fly ball to right fielder Walker Gourley. Michael Reed to 3rd.

With Victor Roache batting, wild pitch by Jason Creasy, Michael Reed scores. Cameron Garfield to 3rd.

Victor Roache singles on a ground ball to left fielder Justin Howard. Cameron Garfield scores.

With Mike Garza batting, Victor Roache caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Jacob Stallings to second baseman Max Moroff.

Mike Garza doubles (15) on a fly ball to left fielder Justin Howard.

Garrett Cooper flies out to right fielder Walker Gourley. Mike Garza to 3rd.

Brandon Macias flies out to center fielder Raul Fortunato.

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Final: DSL Brewers 6, DSL Phillies 3

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Brewers got back on the winning track as they scored six runs in the sixth inning to pull out a 6-3 victory. Junior Flores started and earned the win after going six innings and allowing just two runs. Juan Diaz followed and went two innings, allowing one run. Axel Cordero worked a scoreless ninth to pick up the save. Joantgel Segovia and Johel Atencio each collected two hits with Segovia also stealing a pair of bases.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

The big six run sixth inning.

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 6th

Pitching Change: Yan De La Cruz replaces Yonathan Gonzalez.

Joantgel Segovia singles on a ground ball to shortstop Ronaldo Marrero.

With Franly Mallen batting, Joantgel Segovia steals (5) 2nd base.

Franly Mallen walks.

Yerald Martinez singles on a line drive to left fielder Edwin Rodriguez. Joantgel Segovia to 3rd. Franly Mallen to 2nd.

Johel Atencio singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Santana. Joantgel Segovia scores. Franly Mallen to 3rd. Yerald Martinez to 2nd.

With Juan De Los Santos batting, wild pitch by Yan De La Cruz, Franly Mallen scores. Yerald Martinez to 3rd. Johel Atencio to 2nd.

Juan De Los Santos called out on strikes.

Henry Correa reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Luis Beaufond. Yerald Martinez scores. Johel Atencio to 3rd.

With Nicol Valderrey batting, Henry Correa steals (1) 2nd base.

Nicol Valderrey reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Enmanuel Garcia. Johel Atencio scores. Henry Correa to 3rd. Nicol Valderrey to 2nd.

Roosevert Chal singles on a ground ball to right fielder Bryan Martelo. Henry Correa scores. Nicol Valderrey to 3rd.

Julio Mendez grounds out, shortstop Ronaldo Marrero to first baseman Wilber Torres. Nicol Valderrey scores. Roosevert Chal to 2nd.

With Joantgel Segovia batting, wild pitch by Yan De La Cruz, Roosevert Chal to 3rd.

Joantgel Segovia grounds out, third baseman Enmanuel Garcia to first baseman Wilber Torres.

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Chiefs stop Rattlers win streak

Peoria beats Wisconsin 9-3

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Angel Ortega drives in a pair of runs for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with a single in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday night.

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Peoria Chiefs defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 9-3 on Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to snap Wisconsin's four-game winning streak. All nine of Peoria's runs scored with two outs.

 

Wisconsin (59-51 overall, 23-18 second half) scored first. Taylor Brennan drew a walk to start the bottom of the first inning and Chris McFarland followed with a single off Peoria starter Rob Kaminsky. Michael Ratterree was next and he grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that got Brennan to third base. Clint Coulter singled to drive in Brennan for a 1-0 lead.

 

Peoria (59-51, 22-19) had a runner at third with two outs in the top of the third inning when Rattlers starting pitcher Preston Gainey walked Carson Kelly. Rowan Wick has next and he hit a three-run homer to right-center to give the Chiefs the lead.

 

In the fourth, Gainey retired the first two batters, but a walk to Vaughn Bryan and a wild pitch kept the inning alive. CJ McElroy Jr. hit a slow roller to first and he just beat the flip to the bag. Bryan never slowed around third base and scored ahead of the throw to the plate.

 

The Chiefs added a run against reliever Harvey Martin in the fifth. A walk and a hit batsman to start the inning were followed by a pair of strikeouts, but Ronald Castillo singled up the middle on an 0-2 pitch to drive in a run for a 5-1 lead.

 

Kaminsky ran into trouble against the Rattlers in the bottom of the sixth. Ratterree walked and Coulter singled to put two runners on base. Kaminsky got the first out with a strikeout before turning the game over to the bullpen.

 

Reliever Jhonny Polanco entered the game and walked Omar Garcia to load the bases. Polanco got the second out of the inning without a run scoring. Then, Angel Ortega battled a ten-pitch at bat as he fouled off five different two-strike pitches before lining a single to left that drove in Ratterree and Coulter to cut the Peoria lead to 5-3.

 

Martin had two one with two out in the top of the seventh inning, but gave up an RBI single to Cesar Valera. Richy Pedroza was next and he lined a 3-2 pitch into the corner in right for a two-run double that made it 8-3.

 

Chris Razo took over for Martin and an error on an infield single by Bryan allowed Pedroza to score for a 9-3 lead.

 

Polanco retired the Rattlers in order in the seventh and eighth innings. Steven Sabatino set the Rattlers down 1-2-3 in the ninth to finish the game.

 

The final game of the series is Sunday afternoon. Javier Salas, the 10th round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers from the 2014 draft, will make his Midwest League debut as the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Peoria plans on Arturo Reyes (6-7, 3.75) is set to start for the Chiefs. Game time is 1:05pm.

 

The first 1,000 fans to attend Sunday's game will receive the Khris Davis bobblehead courtesy of Goodwill as part of the 20th Anniversary bobblehead series.

 

Fans can play catch on-field courtesy of Rasmussen College before the Rattlers game and Bernie Brewer, the mascot of the Milwaukee Brewers, will be on hand to meet and greet fans as part of Brewers Sunday presented by 107.5, The Fan. Plus, Timber Rattlers players and coaches will be wearing gold Rattlers jerseys based on the design of the Milwaukee Brewers and all Timber Rattlers players will be available for a postgame autograph session.

 

Sunday is also McClone's Strike Out Cancer Day. The Timber Rattlers will donate $1 for all tickets sold on Sunday to the Strike Out Cancer Day Fund to benefit local families battling pediatric cancer. Shear Chaos Salon will be at the ballpark for fans who wish to participate in a Locks of Love Drive. Be the Match Bone Marrow registry will be at the game with information on how to Be the Match.

 

If you can't make it out to the ballpark, catch the action on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 12:45pm. Sunday's game is also available to MiLB.tv subscribers.

 

HOME RUN:

PEO:

Rowan Wick (2nd, 2 on in 3rd inning off Preston Gainey, 2 out)

 

WP: Rob Kaminsky (6-2)

LP: Preston Gainey (3-7)

 

TIME: 3:02

ATTN: 5,797

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

I was at the game and was shocked when Preston Gainey went 93,93,93,94 according to my stalker gun on FBs in the first, he's added significant velocity. Unfortunately his control is still lacking so the end result hasn't been what he or we would be looking for. About the only bad thing at Neuroscience Field is the crappy stadium gun, it's regularly off 2-4 MPH but every once in a while will nail a pitch.

 

Harvey Martin is an enigma... he has a 91-93 MPH FB, decent secondary stuff, he's not wild in that he's missing spots by 2-3 feet like some guys, but he regularly leaves pitches up in the zone over the plate and gets beat around.

 

Clint Coulter (2-4) had the only multi-hit game for the T-Rats, both singles were to right field. The first was well struck, the 2nd a blooper into no man's land in short RF.

 

St Louis prospect Rob Kaminsky looked to be working with a cutter against RH batters, he was 86-87 and then starting mixing in a 4 seamer at 89-91, topping out at 92. He's not flashy, his delivery is a bit messy, but it's hard to complain about the ultimate result.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Wisconsin Gameday

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Blazek Pitches, Hits Sounds To 4-2 Win In New Orleans

First-Place Sounds Take Series Opener Against Division-Rival Z's

Nashville Sounds

 

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METAIRIE, La. - Pitcher Michael Blazek tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings and accounted for three of Nashville's four runs scored in the Sounds' 4-2 victory over New Orleans on Saturday evening at Zephyr Field in the opener of a four-game series.

 

With the victory, the Sounds (62-53) maintained their two-game lead in the PCL American Conference Southern Division.

 

Blazek (2-4) pick up his second win of the year with his solid outing. The right-hander has been outstanding in his last four starts for the Sounds, posting a 0.92 ERA (2er/19.2ip) over that stretch.

 

Blazek helped his own cause in the top of the fifth inning when the hurler led off with a double to right-center and later scored the night's first run on a wild pitch from Zephyrs starter Anthony DeSclafani (2-3) to give the Sounds a 1-0 lead.

 

Blazek (2-for-3) continued to get it done with the lumber in the sixth, upping the Nashville advantage to 3-0 with a two-out, two-run single to right off Z's reliever Bryan Evans. Sean Halton (2-for-4) got things started in the frame with a leadoff doubled off the center field wall. With two down, New Orleans elected to intentionally walk Kevin Mattison, who was hitless in his last 17 at-bats, to face Blazek, and the hurler made them pay for that decision with his two-run knock. On the play, Mattison hustled around the bases to score from first.

 

Nashville tacked on another run in the seventh against Casey McCarthy. Jason Rogers (2-for-4) smacked a one-out double into the left field corner then scored on a Halton bloop single to shallow left-center that dropped among three Zephyrs defenders to make it a 4-0 contest.

 

The Zephyrs broke up the shutout bid in the home half of the seventh with a pair of runs off Sounds reliever Dustin Molleken. The speedy Austin Wates led off with an infield single before scoring two batters later on Mark Canha's run-scoring double into the right field corner. Justin Bour followed with a first-pitch RBI single to left that halved the Nashville lead to 4-2.

 

Brent Leach (1.1 IP) and Rob Wooten closed out the victory with scoreless relief outings for Nashville; Wooten nailed down his ninth save of the year.

 

Eugenio Velez, who entered the game in the seventh inning as part of a double switch, flew out in his lone plate appearance to snap his season-best hitting streak at eight games for the Sounds.

 

The teams continue the series with a 4:00 p.m. contest on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Mike Fiers (8-5, 2.62) will toe the slab for the Sounds to face New Orleans right-hander Alex Sanabia (5-4, 4.80).

 

Nashville Boxscore

Michael Blazek says, "DH this!", I sure do love it when pitchers can hit a little bit. Blazek worked around 7 hits and 3 walks in his eventful 5.2 innings to put up a scoreless night.

 

Nashville Recap

 

Nashville Gameday

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Final: Helena 10, Missoula 1

 

Big sixth pushes Brewers past Missoula

By Bill Speltz / Missoulian

 

MISSOULA — A brutal sixth inning smothered the Missoula Osprey on Saturday night, killing their promising win streak at four games.

 

The Helena Brewers exploded for eight runs on eight hits in the fateful frame and cruised to a 10-1 win in front of 2,106 fans at Ogren-Allegiance Park.

 

The only good news for Missoula was that Justin Williams extended his team-record hit streak to 28 games on an opposite-field single to left in the eighth inning.

 

Williams was down to his last chance when he delivered on a 3-2 pitch. The left-handed hitter came up empty in his first three plate appearances.

 

“It was staying on top of the ball, stay through it, and I didn’t come off,” said Williams, a second-year Osprey from Houma, Louisiana. “It was getting a good pitch to hit and don’t miss the fastball basically.

 

“This is my greatest moment in pro ball for sure.”

 

With the game knotted at 1, the Helena sixth started quietly enough when Edgardo Rivera grounded out to second. From there it went downhill in a hurry for Missoula starting pitcher Gabriel Moya.

 

Consecutive singles by Sthervin Matos, Connor Narron, Mitch Meyer and Tucker Neuhaus scored two runs and chased Moya. Jency Solis came on in relief and didn’t fare much better. He surrendered four runs on four hits and retired just one batter before being lifted.

 

Will Landsheft came on and struck out Connor Narron to end the inning. But the Osprey headed to the dugout saddled with a 9-1 deficit.

 

“They just started getting hits, timely hits at that,” Williams said. “With runners in scoring position they put the ball in play, moved them over.”

 

J.B. Kole (1-2) picked up his first pitching win of the season in eight appearances. He allowed just one run on five hits in the first five innings as Helena pulled even with Missoula in the second-half standings at 4-4.

 

Missoula’s only run came on a towering home run to right field by Tyler Baker in the fifth inning. That evened the score after Helena plated the first run on a Mitch Meyer solo shot to right field in the top of the fourth.

 

Helena out-hit the hosts 14-6. Tucker Neuhaus went 3 for 4 with an RBI and Sthervin Matos 3 for 5 with an RBI.

 

Number 9 hitter Dionis Hinojosa, who was batting .186 heading into the game, was 2 for 3 with three RBIs. He also had a diving circus catch in the first frame, robbing Williams of a hit on a liner to left field.

 

Leadoff hitter Sergio Alcantara led the Osprey attack, going 2 for 4 with a pair of singles. Dane McFarland had a triple in the second inning.

 

Moya suffered the loss, dropping his record to 2-4. He allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings.

 

The Brewers will take a travel day today — there are no Pioneer League games on the schedule, in fact — and play at Idaho Falls on Monday night.

 

Helena Box Score

 

The Brewers put up 14 hits, only 2 of which were extra base hits. They were clutch with runners in scoring position, hitting 6-for-10 in such instances tonight. Sthervin Matos went 3-for-5, but also committed his 7th error while playing 3B tonight. Mitch Meyer was 2-for-5 with a home run and 3 runs scored. Tucker Neuhaus continued his show signs of improving offensively by going 3-for-4 with a walk and stolen base.

 

Helena Game Log

 

With the game tied 1-1, Helena broke the game open in the 6th with 8 runs on 8 hits.

 

Helena Top of the 6th

• Edgardo Rivera grounds out, second baseman Fernery Ozuna to first baseman Trevor Mitsui.
  Sthervin Matos singles on a line drive to right fielder Stewart Ijames.
  Connor Narron singles on a ground ball to first baseman Trevor Mitsui. Sthervin Matos to 3rd.
  Mitch Meyer singles on a line drive to right fielder Stewart Ijames. Sthervin Matos scores. Connor Narron to 3rd. Mitch Meyer to 2nd on the throw.
  Tucker Neuhaus singles on a fly ball to left fielder Justin Williams. Connor Narron scores. Mitch Meyer to 3rd.
  Pitching Change: Jency Solis replaces Gabriel Moya.
  With Luis Aviles batting, wild pitch by Jency Solis, Tucker Neuhaus to 2nd.
  Luis Aviles walks.
  Alan Sharkey singles on a line drive to center fielder Dane McFarland. Mitch Meyer scores. Tucker Neuhaus scores. Luis Aviles to 3rd. Alan Sharkey to 2nd on the throw.
  Dionis Hinojosa singles on a line drive to right fielder Stewart Ijames. Luis Aviles scores. Alan Sharkey scores. Dionis Hinojosa to 2nd on the throw.
  Francisco Castillo doubles (8) on a fly ball to center fielder Dane McFarland. Dionis Hinojosa scores.
  Edgardo Rivera flies out to left fielder Justin Williams.
  Sthervin Matos singles on a line drive to center fielder Dane McFarland. Francisco Castillo scores.
  Pitching Change: Will Landsheft replaces Jency Solis.
  Connor Narron called out on strikes.

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New Orleans newspaper coverage includes --

 

Zephyrs drop fifth straight in series opener against Nashville

 

Former LSU baseball player Matt Clark played for Nashville Saturday. Signed by the Brewers to a minor league deal on July 4, the first baseman previously played for Double-A Binghamton in the Mets system but opted out of his contract and was released on June 25.

 

Clark, who went 0-for-4 with a walk, said it's been a hectic year but is happy to get situated with his new club.

 

"It's a great group of guys here," Clark said. "Everyone here does what they need to do on a daily basis. The managers and coaching staff are awesome, and it's been fun so far."

 

Nashville starting pitcher Michael Blazek (2-4) helped his own cause in the fifth inning when he led off the frame with a double to center field. The Las Vegas native went to third on a sacrifice and scored on a wild pitch by Zephyr's starter Anthony DeSclafani (2-3) to put the Sounds on top 1-0.

 

That wild pitch was New Orleans' 87th on the season, setting a franchise single-season record.

 

Blazek would again help his own cause in the sixth inning when he ripped a two-RBI single to right field, plating Sean Halton and former Zephyr Kevin Mattison for the 3-0 lead. Halton and Mattison reached on a double and a walk, respectively.

 

Blazek went 5 2/3 innings in the win, giving up no runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks. DeSclafani went five innings and gave up one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts and four walks.

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Michael Blazek (2-for-3) continued to get it done with the lumber in the sixth, upping the Nashville advantage to 3-0 with a two-out, two-run single to right off Z's reliever Bryan Evans. Sean Halton (2-for-4) got things started in the frame with a leadoff doubled off the center field wall. With two down, New Orleans elected to intentionally walk Kevin Mattison, who was hitless in his last 17 at-bats, to face Blazek, and the hurler made them pay for that decision with his two-run knock. On the play, Mattison hustled around the bases to score from first.

 

AUDIO: Michael Blazek Two-Run Single

 

Nashville tacked on another run in the seventh against Casey McCarthy. Jason Rogers (2-for-4) smacked a one-out double into the left field corner then scored on a Sean Halton bloop single to shallow left-center that dropped among three Zephyrs defenders to make it a 4-0 contest.

 

AUDIO: Sean Halton Bloop RBI Single

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Brevard County -

 

AUDIO: Brevard County's best plays for the month of July, courtesy of the Manatees Radio Network

 

AUDIO: 'Tees first base coach Reggie Williams joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show to talk about Brevard's aggressiveness on the bases

Ten minutes worth your while...

 

AUDIO, Game Highlights: Victor Roache and Stephen Peterson lead the 'Tees to a 4-2 victory

 

AUDIO: After a 4-2 'Tees win, the two stars of the game, Victor Roache and Stephen Peterson, join Justin Rocke on the Manatees Radio Network

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Final: Jacksonville 3, @Huntsville 2

 

Suns Edge Stars

Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars

 

Huntsville, AL - The Jacksonville Suns got a quality start from Robert Morey (3-2) and were able to hold off the Huntsville Stars late for a 3-2 victory Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville.

 

The Stars took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Hector Gimenez.

 

The Suns took the lead for good in the top of the second against Huntsville starter Eric Marzec (1-3).

 

Brady Shoemaker and Alex Burg opened the inning with back to back singles. Two batters later, Isaac Galloway lined a bases clearing triple to the alley in right center giving the Suns a 2-1 lead.

 

The next batter, Brent Keys, extended the lead to 3-1. Keys lined a ball off the shortstop Yadiel Rivera's glove scoring Galloway.

 

The Stars got a run closer in the bottom of the seventh. Adam Weisenburger led off with a solo home run against Morey. It was Weisenburger's second home run of the year.

 

Morey worked six innings allowing two runs on five hits.

 

The Stars attempted a late comeback against Jacksonville's closer Nick Wittgren in the ninth. With two on base and two outs, Nick Shaw swung at the first pitch and popped out to the shortstop Austin Nola to end the game.

 

Wittgren collected his 17th save of the season.

 

Marzec, who took the loss, pitched 5.2 innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits.

 

The Stars have now lost four straight.

 

The Stars (19-24, 65-48) trail the Suns (64-49, 28-15) 3-0 in their five game series which continues Sunday afternoon. The Stars will have LHP Jed Bradley (4-5, 3.81) on the mound. Jacksonville will send LHP Justin Nicolino (9-3, 2.95) to the hill. The game can be heard starting at 3:45 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

We've seen this before over the years, fielding slumps, from the more-than-capable SS Yadiel Rivera.

 

RHP Kevin Shackelford stranded two of Eric Marzec's baserunners, then tossed another scoreless frame, in a needed positive outing.

 

Huntsville Game Log

 

Not quite...

 

Huntsville Bottom of the 9th

 

Pitching Change: Nick Wittgren replaces Greg Nappo, batting 6th, replacing left fielder Ryan Rieger.

Joe Benson remains in the game as the left fielder.

Adam Weisenburger hit by pitch.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Josh Prince replaces Adam Weisenburger.

Kentrail Davis ground bunts into a force out, pitcher Nick Wittgren to shortstop Austin Nola. Josh Prince out at 2nd. Kentrail Davis to 1st.

Yadiel Rivera flies out to right fielder Brent Keys.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Erik Komatsu replaces Tim Dillard.

Erik Komatsu walks. Kentrail Davis to 2nd.

Nick Shaw pops out to shortstop Austin Nola.

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Final: @AZL Brewers 4, AZL Rangers 3

 

Whew, finally a close game (and a win!)

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

Didn't look promising when LHP Tyler Alexander didn't make it out of a wild, sloppy three-run Rangers first inning:

 

AZL Rangers Top of the 1st

 

Carlos Arroyo singles on a ground ball to left fielder Troy Stokes.

Yeyson Yrizarri flies out to center fielder Monte Harrison. Carlos Arroyo advances to 2nd, on a missed catch error by first baseman Tanner Norton, assist to center fielder Monte Harrison.

Josh Morgan walks.

Oliver Caraballo grounds out, third baseman Jorge Quiterio to first baseman Tanner Norton. Carlos Arroyo to 3rd. Josh Morgan to 2nd.

Ti'Quan Forbes walks.

With Zach Stephens batting, wild pitch by Tyler Alexander, Carlos Arroyo scores. Josh Morgan to 3rd. Ti'Quan Forbes to 2nd.

Zach Stephens singles on a ground ball to center fielder Monte Harrison. Josh Morgan scores. Ti'Quan Forbes scores.

Elio Castillo walks. Zach Stephens to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Joshua Torres replaces Tyler Alexander.

Isaias Quiroz strikes out swinging.

 

20-year-old pro, undrafted Puerto Rico RHP product Joshua Torres, has really had a nice summer in the midst of many team struggles. Simply fantastic work here, be sure to review the box / log links for his efforts. Nice two-inning save for LHP Chad Reeves.

 

Maryvale Game Log

 

T: 2:54 (:01 delay).

 

A one-minute delay? Really?

 

Matt Martin, the 21-year-old catcher out of Wake Forest, has had a nice summer showing, he homers and doubles here (1.038 OPS in his 39 Maryvale AB's). He'll be looking to skip to Wisconsin next spring.

 

SS Jake Gatewood singled twice and walked, nice.

 

LF Troy Stokes singled and doubled, he's had a solid summer and is hitting .302 in his last ten games, although the walks (one in that span) are less frequent than they were early in his season.

 

Martin's heroics:

 

AZL Brewers Bottom of the 7th

 

Jonathan Oquendo grounds out, shortstop Ti'Quan Forbes to first baseman Zach Stephens.

Monte Harrison singles on a ground ball to third baseman Elio Castillo.

With Jake Gatewood batting, Monte Harrison steals (19) 2nd base.

Jake Gatewood strikes out swinging.

Pitching Change: Easton Napiontek replaces Ariel Jurado.

Matt Martin homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Monte Harrison scores.

Tanner Norton grounds out, third baseman Elio Castillo to first baseman Zach Stephens.

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Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame entry

 

Audio, video, photos...

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We're archiving the latest Post-Crescent profile, of OF Jose Pena in our Timber Ratters thread today.

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Another look at the Timber Rattlers loss, video high/lowlights via the MyNew32 TV broadcast.