Link Report for Wednesday 7/1 -- You Get To Walk Off! And You Get To Walk Off! And You Get To Walk Off!

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Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at Nashville (Athletics), 6:35 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We welcome Dan Karcher, who is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox; follow him on Twitter @SkySoxKarch

 

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs 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. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link.

 

NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup.

 

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Biloxi: RHP Tyler Wagner at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:55 PM pre-game, 7:10 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We also welcome Chris Harris as the very first play-by-play voice of the Shuckers! Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them!

 

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Brevard County: TBD at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:30 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link, Dunedin Feed Only

 

No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV.

 

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Wisconsin: LHP Zach Hirsch at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - 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.

 

NOTE: Forty-two (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (34) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity.

 

So, for the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sky Sox games, most Shuckers games, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games.

 

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Helena: LHP Jake Drossner at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We welcome back and again look forward to hearing second-year Voice of the H-Crew Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter).

 

MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction and Orem in July, and Idaho Falls in August, those games will be available to watch online.

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-artful Dodgers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Marlins, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

 

We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men.

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DVR ALERT! -

 

Tonight's Timber Rattlers game is on MyNew32 TV, 7:00 PM airtime.

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

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 this just prior to the game time --

 

Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog

 

Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

 

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STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division

 

AA - Southern League South Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

Pioneer League North Division

 

Arizona League Central Division

 

Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

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Weather.com:

 

Nashville, TN

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Dunedin, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

 

Helena, MT

 

Maryvale, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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Catching up from Tuesday's win --

 

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Wednesday's farmhand birthday --

 

As noted yesterday, 2015 5th round infielder Blake Allemand celebrates his 23rd with a promotion to Wisconsin from Helena.

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Matt Dominguez cranks his 1st Brewers organization HR for the Sky Sox Tuesday; old friend Jeff Hem with the call from Nashville's new ballpark

 

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Pitcher Tyler Cravy Named To 2015 PCL All-Star Team

The First National Bank 2015 Triple-A All-Star Game will be held at Omaha's Werner Park on July 15

By Nick Dobreff / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Pitcher Tyler Cravy and pitching coach Fred Dabney will represent the Sky Sox at the 2015 Triple-A All-Star Game on July 15.

 

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Pacific Coast League have announced that Sky Sox starting pitcher Tyler Cravy has been named to the PCL All-Star Team. He joins pitching coach Fred Dabney as the Sky Sox representatives at the First National Bank 2015 Triple-A All-Star Game which will be played at Werner Park in Omaha, NE, home of the Storm Chasers, on Wednesday, July 15 starting at 6:05 PM MDT (7:05 Central). The game will be broadcast live on MLB Network.

 

Cravy, 25, is 7-5 with a 3.79 ERA (33 ER/78.1 IP) and 66 strikeouts in 14 starts so far with the Sky Sox this season. He leads the team and is tied for second in the PCL with seven wins and leads all Sky Sox pitchers in strikeouts while holding opposing batters to a .241 average.

 

He had a string of five wins in five consecutive starts from May 15-June 13 that saw him post an ERA of 1.42 (5 ER/31.2 IP).That stretch included a win against the Las Vegas 51s on May 27 that saw him allow a run on five hits over a career-high 8.0 inning pitched. In a win against the Memphis Redbirds on May 5, he allowed a run on three hits over 6.0 innings while also going 1-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run, the first long ball of his professional career.

 

Cravy made his Major League debut with the Milwaukee Brewers on June 2 against the St. Louis Cardinals, allowing just one run on four hits over 7.0 innings pitched in a 1-0 loss.

 

Originally drafted by the Brewers in the 17th round of the June 2009 First-Year Player Draft, Cravy entered the 2015 season rated as the No. 24 Prospect in the Brewers organization by Baseball America. He attended Napa Valley College and in 2009 was named the Bay Valley Conference Most Valuable Player after going 8-3 with a 2.99 ERA (30 ER/ 90.1 IP) and 110 strikeouts.

 

Cravy was the starting pitcher for the North Division at the 2014 Southern League All-Star game after going 8-1 with a 1.72 ERA (14 ER/73.1 IP) and holding opposing batters to a .184 average in 14 games (12 starts) with the Double-A Huntsville Stars. He was promoted to Triple-A Nashville following the All-Star game but suffered a strained oblique muscle in his first start with the team which limited him to just two rehab starts the rest of the season.

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Back to back seasons as an All Star in two different leagues. Congrats Tyler Cravy! I think he is much higher than the #24 ranked prospect in the system.

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Baseball Prospectus Milwaukee -- Trending Up, Trending Down In Brewers’ Minor-League System

 

The Woodruff selection seems like a reach, we've seen low K rates at High-A when pitchers are instructed to focus on other aspects of their game in that big ballpark environment...

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Stop the presses! Manatees hit 3 home runs in 3 innings. The Dunedin starter Jairo Labourt matches his season total gopher balls in just 3 innings.

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6th rounder RHP Eric Hanhold has signed per Brewers player development. I hadn't seen that before.

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Former Bethune-Cookman pitcher Hiram Burgos aims for second shot at big leagues

By Chris Boyle, Daytona News-Journal

 

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Hiram Burgos was the Milwaukee Brewers minor-league pitcher of the year in 2012. Colorado Springs Sky Sox / Paat Kelly Photo

 

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Also linked in full in our season-long Sky Sox feature archive thread...

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Iskenderian Ready to Step in For Brewers Following Promotions

By Jake Jones, KFBB Sports Reporter

 

HELENA - It's been six days since George Iskenderian signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and was assigned to Helena, which is a bit change from the University of Miami.

 

"I kind of had an idea," said Iskenderian. "I wasn't sure, but I had an idea I was coming here."

 

Iskenderian was a 7th round pick for Milwaukee and a key member of the Hurricanes baseball team, which recently played in the College World Series. So let's just say he's not afraid of the big stage.

 

"Playing in front of that many fans helps a lot," said Iskenderian. "You can talk about it all you want, but once you experience it it's completely different. There's 25,000 people in the stands, and you can just eliminate everything besides the game."

 

"You've already had to deal with pressure," said Helena Brewers manager Tony Diggs. "And that's the biggest thing about this game. If you can deal with pressure and you can keep an even keel, then you're able to do that on a daily basis."

 

Playing in the World Series caused Iskenderian to sign with Milwaukee late, but he's become an immediate starter at second base with the promotion of Blake Allemand.

 

"Just enjoy it as much as I can, learn as much as I can," said Iskenderian. "Obviously we have a great coaching staff with big league experience. So I'm just nitpicking and learning from everyone, and trying to get better every day."

 

"I'm not looking for him to bring something different, I'm looking for him to enhance what we've already started," said Diggs. "We've been doing a lot of things solidly. What he brings to the table is that extra advantage that we can continue that and make sure that continues on."

 

With yesterdays promotions of RHP Cody Ponce and Allemand, the Brewers have proven they're willing to promote their players quickly. So even with his late arrival, Iskenderian's experience in college should help his transition, and hopefully help him move up quickly.

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He's the best --

 

Via Brad Krause of Miller Park Prospects -- Photo Gallery: Timber Rattlers 6/30/15

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Final: DSL Marlins 3, DSL Brewers 4

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

Nice win for the Brewers who trailed 3-1 heading to the bottom of the ninth. As is often the case in these games, a Marlins error helped the Brewers rally efforts, and Julio Mendez came through with a single to center to knock in the tying and winning runs.

 

18-year-old Venezuelan Julio Mendez went 3-for-5 and knocked in a pair of runs. Another Venezuelan, 19-year-old center fielder Marcos Pinero added a single and a pair of walks. Right fielder Anderson Jesus singled and was hit by a pitch, Yerison Pena singled, walked and stole a pair of bases and Ariel Estades and Adolfo Morillo each contributed a pinch-hit single.

 

21-year-old Dominican Rodrigo Benoit turned in his second straight quality start, going six and two-thirds allowing just one earned run. He struck out seven and only walked one. Jesus Brea pitched a scoreless ninth and picked up the win. The 6'3" 19-year-old has yet to give up an earned run in any of his eight outings this season.

 

The Brewers defense did commit four errors, including two more from Franly Mallen who was playing shortstop in this one.

 

DSL Brewers Game Log

 

The ninth inning rally

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 9th

Yerison Pena walks.

Marcos Pinero strikes out swinging.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Ariel Estades replaces Josue Herrera.

Ariel Estades singles on a fly ball to center fielder Juan Borges. Yerison Pena to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Javier Castillo replaces Sandy Martinez.

Javier Castillo reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by second baseman Yefry Reyes. Yerison Pena to 3rd. Ariel Estades to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Adolfo Morillo replaces Henry Correa.

With Adolfo Morillo batting, Welbin Bautista picks off Javier Castillo at 1st on throw to Jose Lizarraga.

Adolfo Morillo doubles (5) on a ground ball to left fielder Sleyter Soto. Yerison Pena scores. Ariel Estades to 3rd.

Julio Mendez singles on a fly ball to center fielder Juan Borges. Ariel Estades scores. Adolfo Morillo scores.

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Surprising roster note -- still only two catchers, you'd think a 3rd body would help catch the side sessions with 15 active pitchers, even after Ponce's bump up.

 

Bingo!

 

40th round Fordham catcher Charles Galiano, who you had learned about in prior posts here and here, will be making his pro debut in Helena, where he has been assigned.

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Thank you for this image, Mr. "Linebacker" -- Demi Orimoloye and Gilbert Lara in Maryvale

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Taylor Jungmann's comments about pitching at AAA, documented to Adam McCalvy here, are fascinating in their honesty and relative simplicity.

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AZL Brewers on the wrong side of a perfect game with two out in the 9th inning...

 

BUT manage two hits (thank you Daniel Leonardo and Joantgel Segovia)! The two pitchers they faced tonight, rehabbing Zach Lee (23 years old) and Jairo Heredia (25 years old), have been in pro ball for a combined 14 years, so not exactly your typical AZL level hurlers.

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Final: Mississippi 1, Biloxi 2 (10 Innings)

 

Fellhauer provides more MGM Park magic in extra-inning walk-off victory Wednesday

Josh Fellhauer delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning, scoring Nick Shaw

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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BILOXI, MS – In what’s becoming commonplace at MGM Park, the Biloxi Shuckers walked-off for the third-straight time at home with a 2-1, 10-inning victory, in front of 4,123 fans on Wednesday night. Josh Fellhauer provided a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Nick Shaw, giving Biloxi a 2-1 victory. The win provided the Shuckers their sixth walk-off of the season and fourth in 10 games at MGM Park. The win also puts Biloxi a game in front of three teams in the Southern League South Division in the early stages of the second half. The Shuckers have won five-straight against their Magnolia State rival, M-Braves and lead the season-series 7-4.

 

Shaw (2x4, R) led off the 10th with a single to right-center field and moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Weisenburger (1x3). Fellhauer (1x1, RBI) came on to pinch-hit for relief pitcher Mike Strong (3-0), and served the game-winning hit into the gap in right-center to plate Shaw for the Shuckers’ third-consecutive walk-off victory at MGM Park.

 

Biloxi (4-2) jumped on the board early in the first inning with a RBI single off the bat of Orlando Arcia (2x4, RBI) to bring in Nathan Orf (2x4, R, 2 2B), the 20-year-old’s 40th run driven in on the season.

 

Mississippi (3-3) had a hit in every inning except for the first, but finally broke through in the sixth on Matt Lipka’s first home run of the season, a two-out solo shot to left to tie the game at one apiece. The M-Braves’ hadn’t homered in 21 games and it was only the clubs 13th on the season.

 

Shuckers’ starter Tyler Wagner worked a season-high eight innings and struck out three without issuing a walk on Wednesday night. The Las Vergas native benefitted from clutch defense behind him as the Shuckers turned a season-high four double plays to keep the Braves at bay. It was Wagner’s team-leading ninth quality start in 13 outings and 31st overall by the staff. M-Braves starter Greg Ross took a no decision, allowing just one run over seven innings and reliever Francisco Rondon (2-2) was saddled with the loss.

 

Biloxi will seek out its ninth-straight series victory on Thursday night against Mississippi. Thursday’s have not been kind to the Shuckers, as the team is 3-10 in those contests. RHP Jorge Lopez (6-2, 2.80) comes in red-hot as Biloxi has won the 22-year-old’s last six starts, and 10 of his 13 on the season. The Braves will counter with RHP Victor Mateo (4-4, 2.49). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m., with coverage beginning at 6:55 a.m. on 1240-AM WGCM, 1580-AM WPMO and the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network. Fans can also listen to the game using the TuneIn Radio app or by going to http://www.biloxishuckers.com.

 

Biloxi Box Score

 

Tyler Wagner's fine season continued as he went eight innings and gave up only one run on 109 pitches, but he received a no-decision. Lefty Mike Strong tossed another two solid innings of relief and was rewarded with the win.

 

Orlando Arcia, Nick Ramirez, Nathan Orf and Nick Shaw each finished the game with two hits for the Shuckers. Both of Orf's hits went for doubles and Ramirez added a two-bagger as well.

 

Biloxi Game Log

 

Biloxi Bottom of the 10th

Nick Shaw singles on a fly ball to right fielder David Rohm.

Defensive switch from first base to catcher for Matt Kennelly.

Defensive Substitution: Kevin Ahrens replaces pitcher Francisco Rondon, batting 9th, playing first base.

Pitching Change: Tyler Jones replaces Francisco Rondon, batting 8th.

Adam Weisenburger out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Tyler Jones to first baseman Kevin Ahrens. Nick Shaw to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Josh Fellhauer replaces Mike Strong.

Josh Fellhauer singles on a line drive to right fielder David Rohm. Nick Shaw scores.

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Cedar Rapids scores in ninth to beat Wisconsin

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Brandon Diaz had a pair of doubles, a walk, and an RBI for the Rattlers on Wednesday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rallied with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie their game with the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Wednesday night. But, Rafael Valera hit a two-out RBI single in the top of the ninth and the Kernels beat the Rattlers 3-2.

 

Max Murphy gave Cedar Rapids (45-32 overall, 4-3 second half) the early lead. He tripled with one out in the top of the second inning to drive in Alex Real from second base. Murphy has thirteen RBI in eleven games against Wisconsin this season. He has a total of 28 RBI in 65 games this season.

 

Rattlers starting pitcher Zach Hirsch eleven of the next twelve batters he faced. In the top of the sixth, Edgar Corcino reached on an error to start the inning. He moved to second on a wild pitch and - after a Hirsch strikeout - took third on a grounder. Real got Corcino home with a single and the unearned run gave the Kernels a 2-0 lead.

 

Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Felix Jorge allowed four hits over six scoreless innings despite allowing the leadoff man to reach in the first three innings. Two of those three leadoff hits were doubles.

 

Michael Theofanopoulos entered the game for the Kernels in the bottom of the seventh and retired the Rattlers (22-52, 2-5) in order. But, it was a different story in the bottom of the eighth.

 

Greg McCall singled to start the Wisconsin eighth and Alan Sharkey drew a walk with one out. Brandon Diaz lined a double to left on a 3-1 pitch and McCall scored. The ball was misplayed in left and that allowed Sharkey to score the tying run.

 

Khris Davis, who is with Wisconsin on a rehabilitation assignment from the Milwaukee Brewers, was the next batter for the Rattlers. However, the Kernels elected to walk Davis intentionally. Theofanopoulos got out of the inning by retiring the next batter on a ground out.

 

Davis went 0-for-3 with a walk in the game. He is scheduled to appear in four more games for the Timber Rattlers on his rehabilitation assignment.

 

Gian Rizzo gave the Rattlers a chance to get back into the game with a perfect seventh and a perfect eighth.

 

In the top of the ninth, Scott Lieser allowed a leadoff single to Real, the third hit of the night for Real. Tanner English came on to pinch run for Real and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.

 

Lieser got the second out on a popout, but Valera lined a single to left and English scored the go-ahead run.

 

Trevor Hildenberger retired the Rattlers in order in the bottom of the ninth for his ninth save of the season.

 

The Kernels are 11-1 against the Timber Rattlers this season, including 9-0 against Wisconsin at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

 

The Timber Rattlers begin a short two-game road trip with a game against the Beloit Snappers on Thursday night. Devin Williams (2-4, 3.12) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Brett Graves (6-3, 4.89) is scheduled to start for the Snappers. Game time is 7:00pm.

 

Catch the radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40. The broadcast may also be heard on Tune In Radio and IHeartRadio.

 

WP: Michael Theofanopoulos (2-2)

LP: Scott Lieser (0-2)

SAVE: Trevor Hildenberger (9)

 

TIME: 2:25

ATTN: 3,072

 

Rattler Radio Postgame Post – July 1, 2015

Am I the only one who doesn't like rehab assignments? Half the interview questions end up being about the big league player which is just of no interest to me. I want nuggets of wisdom, not drivel about the rehab timeline.

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

So I was home for literally 15 minutes today, and of course in that 15 minutes between work and family commitments I completely forgot to set the DVR even though I was positive I did, so when I got home 45 minutes ago I was surprised to find I have nothing more to offer regarding Blake Allemand's debut than his 0-4 effort and short discussion in Matt Erickson's post game interview linked above in the Rattler Radio section.

 

Brandon Diaz is

! He's pushed his last 10 up to .433 now, and his BA all the way to .230, which considering where it was is awfully impressive. Dustin DeMuth (2-4,2B) had the other multi-hit game and while he's been fairly consistent, he's been putting up lots of 1-4 type games mixed with the occasional 0-fer so his last 10 was surprisingly only .231.

 

Zach Hirsch continued the recent trend of starting pitching doing very well only to be sabotaged by the BP and lack of offense in the end. If this club ever puts it together they could be quite a bit of fun in the 2nd half.

 

... and yes, everyone needs a little Sterling Archer, "Danger Zone!" in their life!

 

Wisconsin Recap