Link Report for Thursday 5/28 - Nice Mound Night!

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Salas, Seidenberger Silence Stone Crabs in Shutout

By Jerry Durney / Brevard County Manatees

05/28/2015 11:37 PM ET

 

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Jonathan Lucroy, pictured above, went 1-for-3 with a single in Thursday's win. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography)

 

Viera, Fla. - On a night when a Major League All-Star was on their side, it took a Major League caliber effort from the pitching staff for the Brevard County Manatees (19-27) to get their first win in their series with the Charlotte Stone Crabs (32-15) on Thursday night, 2-0.

 

The deciding run came in the first inning, which was jumpstarted by a leadoff walk to Chris McFarland. The rehabbing Jonathan Lucroy followed with a single in the hole between first and second base to move McFarland up a base. After Clint Coulter and Victor Roache popped up, Taylor Brennan slapped a base hit to center to bring McFarland around to score, a lead the Manatees would not relinquish despite numerous perils.

 

The Stone Crabs repeatedly threatened to tie the game but could not break Javi Salas down. Deadlock loomed in the top of the sixth as the inning started with a McFarland error that allowed Jake Bauers to reach. After Granden Goetzman popped out, Alec Sole grounded into a fielder's choice with the Manatees electing to force Bauers out at second. Salas had appeared to work out of the frame when Armand Araiza chopped a ball to third but Brennan couldn't handle it, giving Charlotte runners at the corners. Salas recovered to strike out Yoel Araujo to keep the 'Tees in the lead.

 

On a night when they would leave 13 runners on base, Brevard County would get a valuable insurance run in the bottom of the seventh, which started with a single to center by Roache. He would move to second on a Brennan groundout to short and then score on a base hit that Garrett Cooper scorched past Bauers at first into rightfield.

 

Charlotte's last threat would come the following inning as Goetzman led off with a single to center against Manatee reliever Tristan Archer. It appeared he had dodged troubled when he struck out Sole, got Araiza to pop out and then induced a grounder towards second by Araujo. However, as Angel Ortega fielded the ball, he decided to try to beat Goetzman to the second base bag but he was late. Manager Joe Ayrault decided to bring in Trevor Seidenberger to get the final four outs. It did not start well as he walked Braxton Lee. The Manatees did manage to hang on to the lead as Seidenberger got Dayron Varona to ground out to short to end the top of the eighth. The ninth inning would go much smoother as he set the Stone Crabs down in order.

 

Lucroy for the night went one-for-three at the plate and caught five innings. "I felt fine, just a little rusty," Lucroy said. "I missed some pitches I should have hit, but that is part of getting your timing back and seeing the ball again, seeing velocity." He also made a terrific play in the second inning with a quick leap from behind the plate on a bunt attempt by Araujo and threw a strike to third to erase Sole. "Sometimes you get a bunt right out front and I have to get that. I just have to react and make a play. Got the lead runner which was important to keep that run off the board."

 

Brevard County were buoyed by another excellent effort by Salas. At night's end, Salas threw six shutout innings, surrendering six hits, striking out five and walking two. Offensively, Roache, Brennan, Cooper and Omar Garcia all logged multi-hit games.

The Manatees will look to earn a series split in the finale at 6:35 P.M. on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium. RHP Jorge Ortega (3-4, 2.21 ERA) will get the start against Taylor Guerrieri (0-0, 1.59 ERA).

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

The Stone Crabs have been a dominant team in the FSL this year. They entered today's game with a 2.15 team ERA. Javier Salas with another good game. 6 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 5 K, 9/0 GO/FO. Trevor Seidenberger got a 4 out save. Chris McFarland took a pitch to the head but stayed in the game and seemed to be all right although he then had a couple of errors. Victor Roache got some tips from Jonathan Lucroy in BP and then went 2-4 with no strike outs.

 

Brevard County Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Finally on the correct side of an MiLB.com overnight feature!

 

Rattlers' Medeiros cruises for seven frames

Brewers southpaw permits two hits, walk while fanning five in victory

By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com

 

Kodi Medeiros took a little guidance under advisement for his Thursday night start, and he couldn't be happier with the results.

 

"My pitching coach, Gary Lucas, said that one of my main things is keeping the ball down to get ground-ball outs, and I executed," said the Brewers' No. 8 prospect. "The way it worked out, it shows what he meant."

 

The 19-year-old lefty permitted just four baserunners on two hits, a walk and a hit batsman over seven innings in Class A Wisconsin's 6-0 shutout at Cedar Rapids. Medeiros induced 11 ground-ball outs and struck out five in the win.

 

"I felt good out there. My catcher, [Carlos] Leal, whatever he was putting down, I was confident throwing. He mixed it up well, and my defense had my back," he said. "Our third baseman [sthervin Matos] especially -- he had a lot of balls hit at him and made some clutch plays. It was a great team effort."

 

Ten games and seven starts into his first full professional season, the 2014 first-rounder is 2-2 with a 4.27 ERA. He was 0-2 with a save and a 7.13 ERA across 17 2/3 Rookie-level innings in his debut campaign.

 

Thursday's outing marked his first scoreless appearance since he unfurled six no-hit innings in his first start for the Timber Rattlers.

 

Shrugging off a second-inning walk to the Kernels' T.J. White, Medeiros didn't allow a hit his first time through the lineup. He started the fourth, though, by plunking speedy Nick Gordon, who has 11 stolen bases this year and ranks as the Twins' No. 5 prospect. Zack Larson followed with a single on the ground through the left side.

 

"Having a guy like [Gordon] on base, you really have to hold him and keep him there," said the native of Hilo, Hawaii. "I was a little bummed that I beaned him. I didn't want to do that and put the leadoff guy on."

 

Medeiros got two quick outs by getting Max Murphy to bounce a dribbler to shortstop Gregory Munoz.

 

"That was big for me and for my defense," the hurler said. "Turn the double play, and just like that, it's a runner on third with two outs and we're one pitch away from getting out of it."

 

Another grounder to Munoz off the bat of Jorge Fernandez ended the frame.

 

Medeiros got a second double play to erase the only other hit he allowed -- a one-out infield single by Murphy in the seventh -- to end his evening.

 

"I could kind of tell [it would be my last inning]," he said. "I saw one of the pitchers warming up in the bullpen, so I knew I was getting near my limit. I wanted to get ahead early and make sure that I completed the seventh. Ending it with the double play to get out of the inning, thanks to my defense, was great."

 

David Burkhalter took the ball allowed two hits and fanned four over the final two frames.

 

Brandon Diaz homered and collected three RBIs for Wisconsin. Francisco Castillo went 3-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored and a walk while Matos plated two runs.

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO, Game Highlights: Brevard County defeats Charlotte, 2-0.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Colorado Springs 8, Las Vegas 3

 

Jungmann, Offense Roll to 8-3 Win Over 51s

Taylor Jungmann's Strong Seven Inning Start Helps Sox to Series-Split

By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Taylor Jungmann allowed three runs on just four hits and two walks while striking out eight over seven strong frames on Thursday. (File Photo from prior game by Paat Kelly)

 

The Sky Sox offense kept their collective foot on the gas for the second-straight night, collecting 13 hits in a smooth 8-3 victory over the Las Vegas 51s before a crowd of 5,008 at Cashman Field on Thursday night.

 

Shane Peterson would get the Sox off to another fast start, swatting a two-run shot to centerfield off of 51s starter Matt Bowman (2-6, 6.85) to give Colorado Springs a 2-0 lead before Las Vegas came to the plate.

 

The Sky Sox tacked on two more in the third on a Matt Clark two-run double that scored Scooter Gennett and Peterson, giving the Sox a 4-0 lead that they would hold until the fourth.

 

Taylor Jungmann (2-2, 6.49) would make his only real mistake of the night, giving up a two-run home run to 51s centerfielder Alex Castellanos that cut the Sox lead in half at 4-2 in the home fourth. Jungmann would allow just one more run in the ballgame, tossing seven frames of three-run ball on four hits and two walks while striking out eight 51s. The right-hander has now recorded consecutive seven-inning starts after not having pitched more than six in his prior eight appearances.

 

The Sox offense added four more runs before the night was through. Clark added a solo blast to right-centerfield to leadoff the sixth, extending the Colorado Springs lead to 5-2 by the end of six frames in Vegas.

 

The 51s added their final run of the ballgame in the home seventh to cut the Sox lead to 5-3. Colorado Springs wouldn't take long to respond, scoring three runs in the top of the eighth on the strength of a Shane Peterson solo homer, his second of the game, a Pete Orr RBI triple and Yadiel Rivera RBI double. The three-run frame would cap the Sox scoring as the team maintained an 8-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

 

After tossing a scoreless eighth in relief of Jungmann, Ariel Pena came out once again for the ninth to close out the 51s. The righty reliever would retire the side in order in the ninth, securing an 8-3 Sox victory to earn Colorado Springs a series-split in Las Vegas.

 

Seven of the nine Sox starters would collect base hits in the 13-hit effort, with five collecting multi-hit games. Clark and Peterson clearly lead the offensive charge as the three, four hitters in the Colorado Springs lineup combined to go 5-for-7 with a walk, three runs scored and a whopping six RBIs.

 

The Sox improve to 18-28 with the victory while dropping the 51s to 29-19.

 

The Sky Sox travel back to Colorado Springs to take on the defending world champion San Francisco Giants' top minor league affiliate in the Sacramento River Cats. Tyler Thornburg (0-2, 4.45) will look to lead the team to its third-straight win as he matches up with Sacramento left-hander Ty Blach (4-4, 4.07) in the first of a four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM MDT (8:05 Central) at Security Service Field.

 

Colorado Springs Box Score

 

A little late for a previously possible Taylor Jungmann call-up, but nice job; Shane Peterson counting the days to a Gerardo Parra deal, but to be honest, we're probably looking at the Brewers killing us with Logan Schafer at that point with the CF factor - Peterson with 203 games in CF, including 83 last season, so hopefully no more Logan; same deal for you, Matt Clark -- patience...

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

[Mass Haas]

VIDEO, Wednesday's Game: Nevin Ashley goes yard in Colorado Springs' 11-1 win at Las Vegas

 

What a bomb!

[Mass Haas]

Final: Chattanooga 3, Biloxi 2

 

Arcia doubles twice, rally late but fall short Thursday

Lookouts win 3-2 and even series at 1-1

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Orlando Arcia doubled twice and is now tied for the league lead with 15 two-baggers (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)

 

CHATTANOOGA, TN - Orlando Arcia doubled twice, including an RBI two-bagger in the eighth, but the Shuckers fell short, 3-2 at the hands of the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field on Thursday night. The Shuckers dropped to 9-4 in one-run games and saw their division lead dip to 2.5 games over the Mississippi Braves. Arcia has 15 doubles on the season and is now tied for the league lead.

 

Facing Minnesota Twins top pitching prospect Jose Berrios (W, 6-2), the Shuckers were shutout on six hits over the first seven innings, but did end his night abruptly in the eighth. Kyle Wren (2x4, R) and Tyrone Taylor (1x4, R) provided back-to-back one out singles and Arcia (2x4, 2 2B, RBI) launched a double down the left field line scoring Wren to cut a 3-0 lead to 3-1. Berrios turned the game over to reliever Zach Jones who walked Nick Ramirez (1x3, BB) and surrendered a bases loaded sacrifice fly by Michael Reed (1x3, 2B) that trimmed the deficit to 3-2.

 

Berrios became the Southern League's first six-game winner and allowed two runs on nine hits over 7.1 innings while walking none and striking out seven Shuckers. Brooks Hall (L, 4-3), making his first start since May 17th, suffered the loss giving up three runs, two earned on five hits, walking none and striking out five.

 

The Lookouts struck first in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Jorge Polanco that brought in Heiker Menesses from second base.

 

The Lookouts extended their lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning via the long ball. Adam Brett Walker blasted his league-leading 12th home run with a man on to extend the lead. Walker leads the league with now 39 RBI's.

 

The Shuckers held baseball's top prospect Byron Buxton hitless on Thursday night going 0-for-3 with a walk. Reed extended his hitting streak to six games on Thursday. Relievers Martin Viramontes (1.0 IP, SO, BB) and Jaye Chapman (2.0 IP, BB, 3 SO) pitched well as Biloxi relievers have tossed 9.0 shutout innings over the first two games in the series.

 

LHP Brent Suter (3-1, 2.20) makes the start for Biloxi on Friday night opposite Chattanooga LHP David Hurlbut (0-1, 21.00) in the middle game of the set. First pitch is scheduled for 6:15 PM, with coverage beginning at 6:00 on 1240-AM WGCM , WPMO-AM 1580 and the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network. Fans can also listen to the game using the TuneIn Radio app or by going to www.biloxishuckers.com.

 

Biloxi Box Score

 

Orlando Arcia's just ridiculous, isn't he? On a night when Biloxi couldn't quite overcome, the other three affiliates stepped up on this night...

 

Biloxi Game Log

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Soon as we move Lind looking forward to see Clark in the Lineup.

[CheezWizHed]

As Ken Rosenthal broke the news (actually Tyler's dad did , RHP Tyler Wagner will be added to the 25-man roster (and 40-man), and will join the Brewers' rotation in Wily Peralta's absence.

 

Congrats, Tyler (and family)!

 

I came here to catch up on last night and actually started wondering if Brooks Hall might be added to the 40-man for this very purpose. Then I read the first page that stated he had two bad starts (ok, I've been a bit out of the loop) and figured that nixed that idea.

 

Then to find out the idea was right, just the wrong guy. Congrats to Tyler! This should be interesting.