Link Report for Thurs. 8/21

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[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Nashville: RHP's Ariel Pena and Taylor Jungmann in a doubleheader at home vs. Fresno (Giants), 5:15 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

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 Brent Suter at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 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 Jorge Lopez at Tampa (Yankees), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:00 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 Tristan Archer at Peoria (Cardinals), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Helena: RHP Josh Uhen at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 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 the Indians' complex in Goodyear, 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 Blue Jays, 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!

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Nashville Game One

 

Nashville Game Two

 

Huntsville

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

Dominican Summer League Brewers

 

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Weather.com:

 

Nashville, TN

 

Huntsville, AL

 

Tampa, FL

 

Peoria, IL

 

Great Falls, MT

 

Goodyear, AZ

 

Santo Domingo, DR

[Mass Haas]

ICYMI - Catch our latest article link in the Helena / Maryvale thread, focusing on UW-Milwaukee's RHP Josh Uhen and an instructional league mention.

[Mass Haas]

From Tuesday's Sounds 13-12 win --

 

Nashville Top of the 7th

 

Irving Falu singles on a line drive to right fielder Mike Baxter.

Caleb Gindl out on a sacrifice bunt, third baseman Jamie Romak to first baseman Clint Robinson. Irving Falu to 2nd.

Logan Schafer doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Mike Baxter. Irving Falu scores.

Defensive switch from left field to center field for Joc Pederson.

Pitching Change: Robert Carson replaces Justin Germano, batting 7th.

Defensive Substitution: Brock Peterson replaces pitcher Justin Germano, batting 9th, playing left field.

Pete Orr doubles (20) on a line drive to right fielder Mike Baxter. Logan Schafer scores.

Jeremy Hermida homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Pete Orr scores.

Jason Rogers reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Jamie Romak.

Matt Clark lines out to shortstop Walter Ibarra.

Jose De La Torre called out on strikes.

 

AUDIO: Logan Schafer's double ties the score at 10-10

 

AUDIO: Pete Orr puts Nashville on top to stay

 

VIDEO: Nashville's Jeremy Hermida goes deep during the Sounds' 13-12 win at Albuquerque.

 

AUDIO: Listen to Jeff Hem's call of Hermida's long ball

 

AUDIO: Rob Wooten Hangs On For The Save

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Brevard County --

 

AUDIO: RHP Martin Viramontes joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Radio Network

 

AUDIO, Game Highlights (well, lowlights): The Yankees win, 11-1

 

VIDEO: Manager Joe Ayrault gets fired up and performs the Ice Bucket Challenge to strike out ALS

[Mass Haas]

By the way, while several farmhands have been notified about Fall Instructional League participation, the Brewers are still finalizing the list and are not quite prepared to release it (Adam McCalvy posted it last year).

[Mass Haas]

A real clunker of a concert performance from Ariel "Speedwagon" Pena tonight...

[WV Brew]

A real clunker of a concert performance from Ariel "Speedwagon" Pena tonight...

 

Ditto for Jorge Lopez.

[Mass Haas]

From Chris Mehring's Wisconsin Media Notes:

 

"PEORIA STARTING PITCHER: LHP Rob Kaminsky was selected by the Cardinals in the first round with the 28th pick of the 2013 draft out of St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. He turned down a scholarship offer from the University of North Carolina. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and was 0-3 with a 3.68 ERA. Kaminsky walked nine and struck out 28 in 22 innings last season. In his start prior to this evening, Kaminsky had a no decision against the Timber Rattlers on August 8 at Dozer Park. He allowed two runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts over 6-1/3 innings. The Chiefs won the game 5-2 with three runs in the bottom of the eighth to break a 2-2 tie. Kaminsky is 1-0 in three starts against the Rattlers this season. He has allowed seven runs on 13 hits with seven walks and fifteen strikeouts over 17 innings against Wisconsin in 2014. Baseball America rates Kaminsky as the #9 prospect in the St. Louis organization."

 

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If you click that player link, you'll see the 19-year-old Kaminsky has been pretty spectacular this season.

 

We bring this up because the southpaw is pretty likely to potentially torment the Brewers, and he was taken by the Cardinals with the much-debated Kyle Lohse draft pick, as Grant Brisbee details here.

 

Three scoreless thus far for Kaminsky, with five K's.

[Mass Haas]

Speaking of 19-year-old LHP's, Brad will fill us in on the Brewers' DSL starter today -- nice!

[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Rattlers game --

 

O'Neill was next and he hit a high popup less than ten feet in front of the plate. Sthervin Matos had to charge all the way down the line from his third base position because no one else saw the ball. Matos got a glove on the ball after a long run, but dropped it out of his glove for an error to let Barbosa score from second. The confusion of the popup led to no Rattler defender covering second. So O'Neill looked to take the extra base. Centerfielder Johnny Davis raced in to cover, but the throw from Matos sailed into an unoccupied centerfield. By the time anyone could get to the ball, both Thomas and O'Neill scored to put the LumberKings up 8-5.

 

Chris' tweets --

 

And the VIDEO.

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Final: DSL Brewers 3, DSL Blue Jays 4

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Blue Jays scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to send the Brewers to their seventh straight loss. Joan De La Cruz started and went 5.2 innings. He allowed two runs, though only one was earned, and struck out 11 batters. Carlos Luna followed and took the loss after allowing two runs over the game's final three innings. Yerald Martinez had a single, double and a pair of walks. Juan De Los Santos added a single, double and a walk and Julio Mendez went 2-for-5 out of the leadoff spot.

 

DSL Brewers Play-By-Play

 

De La Cruz struck out the side in the fourth. Unfortunately he also gave up a hit, a walk, a wild pitch and hit a batter.

 

DSL Blue Jays Bottom of the 4th

Ronniel Demorizi called out on strikes.

Francisco Rodriguez hit by pitch.

With Bryan Lizardo batting, wild pitch by Joan De La Cruz, Francisco Rodriguez to 2nd.

Bryan Lizardo walks.

Manuel Herazo strikes out swinging.

Jesus Severino singles on a ground ball to center fielder Nicolas Pierre. Francisco Rodriguez scores. Bryan Lizardo to 3rd.

With Junior Vasquez batting, Jesus Severino steals (10) 2nd base.

Junior Vasquez strikes out swinging.

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A real clunker of a concert performance from Ariel "Speedwagon" Pena tonight...

 

Pena's control is disturbing. It didn't help walking the pitcher. This guy should be in the bullpen only.

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Final: Brevard County 6, Tampa 10

 

'Tees 10 hits not enough in 10-6 loss to Tampa

Brevard County pitching staff strikes out 11 in defeat

By Justin Rocke / Brevard County Manatees

 

TAMPA, Fla. - Despite recording 10 hits and striking out 11 batters, the Brevard County Manatees fell to the Tampa Yankees, 10-6 on Thursday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

 

After Brevard County (29-29 second half, 65-59 overall) out to a 1-0 lead on a Mike Garza RBI double, the Yankees (32-28, 65-65) bats exploded in the third inning and went on to score at least one run in every inning until the end of the seventh.

 

Once again, it was the long ball that keyed Tampa's success. After Manatees starter Jorge Lopez (9-9, 4.30 ERA) kept the Yankees hitless through the first two innings, Ericson Leonora and Reymond Nunez smashed back-to-back home runs to lead off the third, which gave Tampa the lead, 2-1.

 

Courtesy of Nunez, the Yankees broke the game wide open in the fourth. After the first run came across on a fielder's choice by Jose Rosario, Lopez struck out Trent Garrison for the second out of the inning.

 

Following a walk to Leonora, Nunez hammered another ball deep to left field. Once again, the ball carried out of the ballpark; this time it was a three-run home run to make it 6-1, Tampa.

 

The blast was Nunez's second home run of the game and third long ball in his last two contests. With a double in the seventh, the first baseman finished his night with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate with four runs driven in.

 

The Yankees would push across two more runs against Lopez in the fifth. After walking the first two batters of the frame, Jon Huizinga came out of the bullpen. The 34-year-old got through the inning, but could not keep the inherited runners from scoring. With one out, Trent Garrison laced a double passed a diving Michael Reed in right to drive home two more runs to make it 8-2.

 

Mike Ford ripped a run-scoring single in the sixth off Huizinga and Mark Payton drove home Tampa's final tally in the seventh with a single to center off Tyler Spurlin.

 

In the last two games played at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees scored 21 runs on 31 hits. This comes directly after Tampa scored just one run on 11 hits in the first two games of the series in Viera.

 

Lopez took his ninth loss of the season after going just four-plus innings. The right-hander allowed eight runs on six hits, walked four and struck out five.

 

Huizinga utilized the strike out a lot more in his second appearance with the 'Tees. The side-armer punched out five batters in his two innings of work. Huizinga also yielded one run on three hits and walked three in his second game in affiliated baseball since 2003.

 

Brevard County's offense showed fight, as they put the tying run on deck in the ninth inning. The first four batters reached base against reliever Ramon Benjamin, which included an RBI double by Orlando Arcia and a run-scoring single by Reed, but could not get any closer.

 

The Manatees hit well against Tampa starter Brett Gerritse (5-7, 4.12). With the Yankees leading 6-2, Brevard County chased the righty from the game in the sixth when they put they brought the tying run to the plate. After three singles and a sacrifice fly by Cameron Garfield, Gerritse got Greg Hopkins to fly out to right to end his evening.

 

With two down, right-hander Caleb Cotham, who was added to the Tampa roster from Double-A Trenton earlier in the day, came in out of the bullpen. After surrendering an RBI single to Nathan Orf, Cotham struck out Arcia to end the threat.

 

Gerritse picked up his fifth win of the season, despite allowing four runs over 5.2 innings. He gave up six hits, walked four and punched out five.

 

Orf, Arcia, Reed and Garza all had solid nights with the bat. Each of the four players recorded two hits and drove home a run in the loss. Alfredo Rodriguez recorded a base-hit as well to extend his hitting streak to seven games.

 

With the loss, Brevard County split the season series with Tampa at nine games apiece. The home team dominated in the series, as both squads went 7-2 in their home ballpark.

 

With Daytona's victory, the Manatees are now four games back of first place in the Florida State League North Division. Back-to-back losses to the Yankees have also put Brevard County two games back of Tampa for second place in the division.

 

The 'Tees will look to gain some ground tomorrow when they travel to Clearwater to take on the Threshers in a doubleheader. Game one will start at 5:00 p.m. at Bright House Field with game two slated to begin a half-hour after the first game's completion. Brevard County will be the home team in game two, as it is a makeup for a game that was postponed at Space Coast Stadium on August 10.

 

Taylor Williams (1-1, 1.80) goes for his second straight victory in game one against right-hander Colin Kleven (6-9, 4.41). Chad Pierce (3-8, 4.63) gets the spot start in the nightcap for the Manatees. Clearwater's game two starter has yet to be named.

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Brevard County Play-By-Play

[TheCrew07]

Chiefs beat Rattlers 3-1 to tighten playoff race

Coulter hits 20th homer of season for Wisconsin

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had opportunities against the Peoria Chiefs on Thursday night at Dozer Park. But, the Chiefs held the Rattlers in check for a 3-1 victory that allowed them to creep closer to the Rattlers in the second half playoff race.

 

The Chiefs (65-63 overall, 29-30 overall) struck first. Rowan Wick smacked a triple off the wall in center for a triple to start the bottom of the second. Luis Perez put Peoria up 1-0 with an RBI grounder to second.

 

Wisconsin had some early opportunities against Chiefs starter Rob Kaminsky. Jose Pena and Omar Garcia both singled with one out in the third, but were left stranded. Clint Coulter and Taylor Brennan singled to lead off the Rattlers fourth inning, but both were left on base.

 

Peoria added to their lead in the fifth inning. CJ McElroy, Jr. sent a grounder through the middle of the diamond to start the frame and stretched the routine single into a double. A sacrifice bunt moved McElroy to third base. Justin Ringo singled through the drawn-in infield to knock in McElroy for a 2-0 lead.

 

Then, the defense let Rattlers starting pitcher Tristan Archer down. A grounder to second that should have at least got one out was misplayed for an error. Wick was next and his high fly to center field was lost off the bat and wound up dropping in for a double to score Ringo for a 3-0 lead.

 

Coulter got the Timber Rattlers on the scoreboard against Kaminsky in the sixth inning. The Wisconsin catcher drilled a one-out home run to left-center. The homer, Coulter's 20th of the season, pulled the Rattlers to within 3-1.

 

Kaminsky left the game after retiring the next two batters in the sixth. The lefty struck out eight, walked one, and scattered five hits over his six innings.

 

Wisconsin would threaten again in the seventh inning against reliever Blake McKnight as Rafael Neda walked to start the inning and Pena singled with one out. But, McKnight got a popup and a flyout to end the inning.

 

The last chance for the Rattlers came in the top of the ninth. Pinch-hitter David Denson reached on an infield single of Tyler Bray with two outs. The Chiefs brought closer Kyle Barraclough into the game and he struck out Pena on three pitches to end the game.

 

Coulter becomes the sixth Timber Rattlers hitter in twenty seasons to hit at least twenty home runs in a season. The franchise record for home runs in a season is 22. It was set by Khris Davis in 2010 and matched by Victor Roache in 2013.

 

Peoria's win moved them to within two games of the Timber Rattlers for the second half Western Division Wild Card with eleven games left in the season. The season series between the teams, which is the first tie-breaker, is now even 8-8 with two games left between Wisconsin and Peoria in this series and in this season.

 

Game two of the series is Friday night at Dozer Park. Wei-Chung Wang (0-2, 4.91) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Peoria plans to send Arturo Reyes (6-7, 3.86) is set to start for the Chiefs. Game time is 7:00pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40

 

HOME RUN:

WIS:

Clint Coulter (20th, 0 on in 6th inning off Rob Kaminsky, 1 out)

 

WP: Rob Kaminsky (7-2)

LP: Tristan Archer (6-6)

SAVE: Kyle Barraclough (8)

 

TIME: 2:33

ATTN: 1,797

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Reyes and Kaminsky back to back is a tough series... I talked about Kaminsky at length after watching him pitch last month and MH detailed him above so I'll leave that be. Tristan Archer gave up 9 hits but just 1 walk in his eventful 6 innings and kept it close. Barrett Astin was fantastic with no hits, no walks, and 4 strikeouts in his 2 innings.

 

I've said it before but Clint Coulter (2-4, HR) is not a .250 hitter, if he'll stay within himself and be patient he's an easy .270 guy, he's been hot here to close out the season hitting .385 over his last ten. Jose Pena had the other multi-hit game for the T-Rats.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Wisconsin Gameday

[TheCrew07]

Grizzlies Double Up Sounds In Twinbill Opener, 8-4

Nashville Sounds

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Fresno Grizzlies doubled up the Nashville Sounds, 8-4, in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday evening at Greer Stadium.

 

The defeat, which dropped the Sounds (71-60) into a tie with Memphis for the division lead, marked the first time in nine contests that Nashville had lost in doubleheader action at Greer this season.

 

Fresno left fielder Juan Perez (3-for-3) spotted the visitors a 1-0 lead with a one-out solo homer off Ariel Pena in the top of the first inning, the outfielder's seventh big fly of the season.

 

Logan Schafer led off the bottom of the first with a single to left to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, the longest by a Sound this season, and later tied the game when he scored on a Jason Rogers groundout.

 

The Grizzlies blew the game open with a five-run outburst in the top of the second. Following an inning-opening walk to Jarrett Parker, Pena served up a two-run tater to Tony Abreu, the second-sacker's seventh of the year. Fresno tacked on the final three runs in the frame after reliever Alfredo Figaro took over for Pena on the hill. Perez lifted a sacrifice fly before Mark Minicozzi drilled a two-run double to the wall in left-center to make it a 5-1 contest.

 

Pena (9-8) lasted only 1 1/3 innings for the Sounds, his shortest start of the season. The right-hander took the loss after giving up six runs on three hits while walking three batters. All four of his outs recorded were strikeouts during his 57-pitch effort.

 

Irving Falu slugged his second home run of the year in the second inning for the Sounds, a one-out line drive to left off Grizzlies starter Mike Kickham.

 

The Sounds got another run back in the fourth when Nashville loaded the bases with one out on a Sean Halton walk sandwiched between singles by Matt Clark and Falu. Pinch-hitter Lucas May followed with an RBI single to center that brought in Clark to halve the Fresno lead to 6-3. Halton was thrown out at home while also attempting to score on the play.

 

Clark, who has been red-hot for the Sounds of late, made it a 6-4 game in the home half of the sixth when he launched a leadoff solo homer to right off Kickham, his 12th homer of the year. The infielder extended his best hitting streak of the year to 10 games with a 2-for-3 night; he is hitting .475 (19-for-40) over that 10-game stretch.

 

Fresno added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh against Arcenio Leon when Perez doubled home Gary Brown and later scored on a Chris Dominguez sac fly.

 

Kickham (8-8) twirled a quality start to pick up the win for the Grizzlies. The southpaw held the Sounds to four runs (three earned) on six hits while fanning five over his six frames of action.

 

The Sounds didn't go down without a fight against Grizzlies reliever Erik Cordier in the seventh, loading the bases with two outs. However, the Fresno right-hander induced a game-ending popout from Halton to end the threat.

 

Nashville Game 2 Boxscore

Alfredo Figaro didn't do Ariel Pena any favors but wow...

 

Billy Buckner pitched 2 scoreless at least.

 

Nashville Game 2 Recap

 

Nashville Game 2 Gameday

[TheCrew07]

Sounds Two-Hit Fresno In Nightcap Shutout

Nashville's Jungmann Deals; Rogers and Weisenburger Go Yard

Nashville Sounds

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds (72-60) shut out the Fresno Grizzlies in the nightcap of Thursday evening's doubleheader at Greer Stadium, winning 7-0 guided by a stellar night on the hill by Taylor Jungmann.

 

Jungmann held the Grizzlies to two hits in the shutout and fanned seven batters en route to his eighth win of the year. The 24-year-old fired set down his final 15 batters to improve his August ERA from 2.12 to 1.57 (4er/23.0ip).

 

After three and a half scoreless innings, Sounds third baseman Jason Rogers launched a solo home run over the left-field wall to give Nashville the 1-0 lead. The homer was his 12th long ball of the season.

 

The Sounds tacked on two more runs in the inning with a pair of two-out singles to first base.

 

Pete Orr hustled to the bag after grounding the ball to first, but Chris Dominguez was unable to step on first to record the out, allowing Matt Clark to score from third.

 

Second baseman Eugenio Velez followed with a chopper to first base to plate Hunter Morris, who made his first start as a Sound since being placed on the D.L. on July 4.

 

Sounds catcher Adam Weisenburger doubled up the Sounds' lead with his three-run home run in the home half of the fifth inning. The homer scored Morris, who hit a ground-rule double to get aboard, and Caleb Gindl.

 

Nashville held on to improve their record when scoring first at Greer Stadium to an impressive 35-2.

 

Nashville pitchers kept Fresno's two hits in the park to break their streak of 11 consecutive games having allowed a home run.

 

With hits in both games, including a broken-bat single to plate Nashville's final run of the night in the sixth, Clark extended his season-best hit streak to 11 games.

 

The Sounds remain a half-game ahead of Memphis for first place in the division.

 

The teams continue the series with a 7:05 p.m. contest on Friday. Right-hander Jay Jackson (0-2, 7.50) will toe the slab for the Sounds and face Fresno right-hander Chris Heston (10-8, 3.50).

 

Nashville Game 2 Boxscore

 

Nashville Game 2 Recap

[Mass Haas]

The Maryvale game in Goodyear was rained out (and cancelled, no makeup) in the bottom of the 3rd inning with the Brewers down 1-0. The stats from this partial game will not count.

 

Maryvale Partial Box Score

 

RF Monte Harrison loses two singles with the cancellation.

 

LHP Kodi Medeiros saw all the mound action, 2.1 innings, walking three, hitting one batter, one wild pitch and fanning three (all four outs in play on the ground).

 

Kodi's night --

 

AZL Indians Bottom of the 1st

 

Silento Sayles grounds out, shortstop Jake Gatewood to first baseman Juan Ortiz.

Willi Castro singles on a ground ball to second baseman Daniel Leonardo, deflected by first baseman Juan Ortiz.

Emmanuel Tapia reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Kodi Medeiros. Willi Castro to 2nd.

Gerald Bautista grounds out, third baseman Jorge Quiterio to first baseman Juan Ortiz. Willi Castro to 3rd. Emmanuel Tapia to 2nd.

With Simeon Lucas batting, wild pitch by Kodi Medeiros, Willi Castro scores. Emmanuel Tapia out at home, second baseman Daniel Leonardo to catcher Leudi Otano.

 

AZL Indians Bottom of the 2nd

 

Simeon Lucas strikes out swinging.

Jodd Carter walks.

Grofi Cruz walks. Jodd Carter to 2nd.

Kevin Calderon strikes out swinging.

Alexis Pantoja called out on strikes.

 

AZL Indians Bottom of the 3rd

 

Silento Sayles grounds out, pitcher Kodi Medeiros to first baseman Juan Ortiz.

Willi Castro walks.

With Emmanuel Tapia batting, Willi Castro steals (9) 2nd base.

Emmanuel Tapia hit by pitch.

 

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Silento may be the greatest name ever, especially at birth (crying baby reference).

[Mass Haas]

Final: Jackson 3, @Huntsville 2

 

Costly Error Dooms Stars

Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars

 

Huntsville, AL - The Jackson Generals took advantage of a miscue by the Huntsville Stars defense Thursday night and won the series finale 3-2 at Joe Davis Stadium.

 

With the Generals leading 1-0 in the top of the sixth and with two outs, Jabari Blash hit a groundball under the legs of Stars shortstop Yadiel Rivera. The error by Rivera allowed Dan Paolini to score and extended Jackson's inning.

 

The next batter Jordy Lara smoked an RBI double scoring Blash making it 3-0.

 

Huntsville starter Brent Suter (10-9) was the tough luck loser on a night where he pitched well and didn't get any run support. Suter went 5.2 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits.

 

The Stars scored both of their runs late in the game against Jackson starter Victor Sanchez (7-5) who turned in a very impressive start.

 

At one point of the game, Sanchez had retired fifteen consecutive Stars hitters.

 

In the bottom of the seventh, Sanchez had his lengthy streak of consecutive hitters retired come to an end. He walked the leadoff man Josh Fellhauer who later scored in the inning on a fielder's choice by Hainley Statia.

 

In the bottom of the eighth, Rivera lined a two-out double down the right field line to start a rally.

 

The Generals then went to the bullpen and brought in Trevor Miller. The first pitch Miller threw, Josh Prince smacked a single into left scoring Rivera, cutting the lead to 3-2.

 

Miller was unfazed as he went on to retire Fellhauer on a groundout to second to end the inning. Miller then recorded a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his fourth save of the season.

 

Sanchez earned the win for the Generals after pitching 7.2 dominant innings. He allowed two runs on four hits with three strikeouts.

 

The Stars still won three out of five from the Generals in the series.

 

The Stars (28-32,74-56) travel to Mobile, Alabama Friday to start a five game series with the Mobile BayBears, the Double-A Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks at Hank Aaron Stadium. The Stars will have RHP Drew Gagnon (9-6, 3.88) on the mound. Mobile will send RHP Bryan Woodall (0-3, 3.67) to the hill. The game can be heard starting at 6:50 CDT on the internet only at wtkiradio.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score

 

Only five hits and one walk for the Stars.

 

The error described was one of two at short by Yadiel Rivera, now with 16 in 50 Huntsville games. Based on past reputation, his overall defensive game should still be considered very strong.

 

Huntsville Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Game One --

 

Irving Falu slugged his second home run of the year in the second inning for the Sounds, a one-out line drive to left off Grizzlies starter Mike Kickham.

 

AUDIO: Irving Falu HR

 

The Sounds got another run back in the fourth when Nashville loaded the bases with one out on a Sean Halton walk sandwiched between singles by Matt Clark and Falu. Pinch-hitter Lucas May followed with an RBI single to center that brought in Clark to halve the Fresno lead to 6-3. Halton was thrown out at home while also attempting to score on the play.

 

AUDIO: Lucas May PH RBI Single

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Game Two --

 

After three and a half scoreless innings, Sounds third baseman Jason Rogers launched a solo home run over the left-field wall to give Nashville the 1-0 lead. The homer was his 12th long ball of the season.

 

AUDIO: Jason Rogers HR

 

Sounds catcher Adam Weisenburger doubled up the Sounds' lead with his three-run home run in the home half of the fifth inning. The homer scored Morris, who hit a ground-rule double to get aboard, and Caleb Gindl.

 

AUDIO: Adam Weisenburger 3-Run HR

[Mass Haas]

Brevard County --

 

AUDIO: LHP Hobbs Johnson joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show to talk about his strong outing on Tuesday and the dramatic walk-off win

 

AUDIO, Game Highlights: Brevard County's comeback attempt falls short. The Yankees win, 10-6.

[Mass Haas]

Memphis won after the Sounds' doubleheader, so the two teams are once again tied coming down the stretch.