Link Report for Monday 4/18

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP's Hiram Burgos and Ariel Pena in a doubleheader at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 4:30 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson)

 

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: LHP Josh Hader at home vs. Pensacola (Reds), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:40 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) joins Chris often. 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: RHP Angel Ventura at St. Lucie (Mets), 5:30 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (St. Lucie feed)

 

Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016.

 

No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Marcos Diplan at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime; expect RHP Freddy Peralta to appear in a tandem role

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

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.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them.

 

NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) 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.

[Mass Haas]

DVR ALERT! -- TONIGHT!

 

Timber Rattlers Game

 

Monday, April 18th, 6:30 PM -- MyNew32 TV

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Colorado Springs Game One

 

Colorado Springs Game Two

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

[Mass Haas]

Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

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

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

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Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Port St. Lucie, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

[reillymcshane]

I live about 1/2 hour north of Colorado Springs - I can't imagine them playing today. We got 2 feet of snow over the weekend and the high temperature is in the upper 30s. And Colorado Springs is expected to get a bit of rain/snow later today.

[battlekow]

We got 2 feet of snow over the weekend.

 

...wow!

[Mass Haas]

From Game One:

 

Col. Springs Bottom of the 1st

 

Keon Broxton strikes out swinging.

 

Col. Springs Bottom of the 3rd

 

Eric Young Jr. grounds out, second baseman Dean Anna to first baseman Jonathan Rodriguez.

Manny Pina singles on a line drive to left fielder Anthony Garcia.

Hiram Burgos out on a sacrifice bunt, first baseman Jonathan Rodriguez to second baseman Dean Anna. Manny Pina to 2nd.

Keon Broxton singles on a fly ball to right fielder Carlos Peguero. Manny Pina scores. Keon Broxton to 2nd on the throw.

With Orlando Arcia batting, Keon Broxton steals (1) 3rd base.

Orlando Arcia walks.

Alex Presley singles on a line drive to right fielder Carlos Peguero. Keon Broxton scores. Orlando Arcia to 3rd.

Hernan Perez grounds into a force out, second baseman Dean Anna to shortstop Alex Mejia. Alex Presley out at 2nd.

 

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Yee-hah! Keon breaks the drought!

[Mass Haas]

Preparing well - this dude's going to blow up the Pioneer League come June:

 

Tweet via AZ photo extraordinaire Bill Mitchell (no photo this time) --

 

Trent Clark swinging the bat well for #Brewers extended spring team. Such great bat control and feel for barrel. #1 AZL prospect last year.

[markedman5]

This continues to be the concern with Hader as a starter.

 

5 K's through 3 IP for @jhader17, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB. But the pitch count is really high again at 63 after 3.

[Jenkins5]

We got 2 feet of snow over the weekend.

 

...wow!

 

My best friend lives in Breck & said they got 3 feet in like 4 hours haha he was a at the pool the week before snapping pictures.... Little bit of s turn around

[reillymcshane]

We got 2 feet of snow over the weekend.

 

...wow!

Yeah, and I'm not even up in the mountains. As noted, some people were getting 3-4 feet of snow.

 

Luckily, it had been warm last week, and it never got too cold when it snowed, so things are melting quickly.

 

Supposed to be 70 degrees this weekend! Wahoo!

[TheCrew07]

Rattlers score five in first to beat Quad Cities

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Marcos Diplan allowed an unearned run on one hit and struck out six over four innings on Monday night for the Rattlers. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

Postgame Post – April 18, 2016

 

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Quad Cities is awful, at least to start the season, they are 2-10 in the early going.

 

I mention that because was it superb pitching or very poor hitting? Rattler pitchers gave up more walks than hits (4-3) while striking out 11 in this game. Marcus Diplan was especially impressive striking out 6 of those 11 batters in just 4 innings, though it did take him 76 pitches to do so.

 

Monte Harrison (2-4) and Isan Diaz (2-3,BB) led the way offensively with 2 hits apiece. For those of you prospect watching Harrison is inching his AVE up, now .222 and Jake Gatewood is currently sitting at .217 going the other way.

 

Wisconsin Recap

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: Colorado Springs 3, Memphis 1

Game Two: Postponed, Cold

 

Burgos Baffles Redbirds In 3-1 Win

Sky Sox pitching dominates to earn split of shortened series against Memphis

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Colorado Springs Game One Box Score

 

After the first inning, no Memphis batter reached second base. -- That'll work, be sure to read the game summary linked above...

 

Colorado Springs Game One Game Log

 

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Sky Sox breeze to victory before second game of doubleheader postponed

Brent Briggeman, Colorado Springs Gazettte

 

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Hiram Burgos pitched five strong inning to earn his first win of the season on Monday evening. (Photo by Paat Kelly)

 

In this cold, nobody wanted to play two.

 

After the Sky Sox breezed through a seven-inning victory in 1 hour, 43 minutes Monday, the teams and umpires met and decided that was enough for the day and postponed the second game of the doubleheader.

 

"Nobody was disappointed, I'll put it that way," said Sky Sox right fielder Alex Presley, whose third-inning single put Colorado Springs up for good on Memphis in the 3-1 victory. "Everybody wants to play, but certain situations make it miserable for everybody. Nobody was disappointed that we got to leave and get warm."

 

What was supposed to be a four-game series against the Redbirds to open the home season at Security Service Field was instead limited to two games - a frigid, windblown 10-9 Memphis victory on Friday night and Monday's shortened game. Triple-A doubleheaders consist of two seven-inning games, which is the reason Monday's game didn't go nine innings.

 

The teams will play doubleheaders June 22-23 when Memphis returns for what will now be a six-game, four-day series.

 

Official attendance was announced at 1,381, but an in-game hand count put the actual number of people in the stadium at around 100. One toddling young fan had no competition when he climbed several rows of seats in pursuit of a foul ball.

 

All things considered, everything cooperated Monday. The temperatures were in the mid-30s, but there was little wind and no precipitation during the game and the field was dry thanks to about six hours of snow shoveling by the Sky Sox grounds crew and staff Sunday. What's more, the pitchers stayed in the strike zone and issued just one combined walk - a free pass to Brewers top prospect Orlando Arcia, who scored a run and collected a hit for the Sky Sox. The pace was a major departure from the 3 hours, 40 minutes it took to complete Friday's opener.

 

"You get pitches to hit, too, so it's a win-win," said Presley, who has played parts of the past six seasons with Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Houston in the major leagues and is batting .344 so far for the Sky Sox. "I don't think anybody enjoys slow-paced baseball in general."

 

It was with all-too fresh memories of Friday's long opener that officials decided not to push it and play a second game with the threat of inclement weather on the way.

 

"What we went through the other night was absolutely miserable, by far," Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet said. "The last thing we want to do is start hurting people, and that's what we're close to doing if we start pushing them this much in this cold weather. And it was cold out there.

 

"Literally, a couple guys got windburn on their face," Sweet added. "That's how bad it was opening night."

 

Monday's game started ominously for the Sky Sox. Memphis opened with a double and single and led 1-0 before an out was recorded. But that's all the damage that was done as Hiram Burgos went five innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out five. Austin Ross and Damien Magnifico each pitched scoreless innings in relief, with Magnifico notching his third save.

[Mass Haas]

More updates to be posted by mid-morning...thanks for your patience.

[Eye Black]

Final: St. Lucie 9, Brevard County 4

 

St. Lucie bounces back against Manatees

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Manatees bats managed 8 hits, all singles. Multi-hit games from Johnny Davis (2-for-4), Angel Ortega (2-for-3), and Dustin Houle (2-for-4).

 

Manatees pitchers Angel Ventura, Kender Villegas, and Josh Uhen combined to give up 16 hits and 8 walks. Ventura lasted only 2.1 innings in which he threw 75 pitches giving up 7 hits, 2 walks and 3 runs.

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

The Manatees first three batters of the game reached base via a comedy of errors. It started with a bunt directly to the pitcher that was thrown off target, then a "single" where the ball got caught up in the third baseman's glove webbing, followed by a double play ball that went between the second baseman's legs. After a start like that it was a huge victory for St. Lucie to survive the inning only giving up one run.

 

Brevard County Top of the First

Johnny Davis reaches on a throwing error by pitcher Casey Delgado.

Angel Ortega singles on a ground ball to third baseman Jhoan Urena. Johnny Davis to 2nd.

Dustin DeMuth reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Luis Guillorme. Johnny Davis scores. Angel Ortega to 3rd.

Clint Coulter strikes out swinging.

George Iskenderian grounds into a double play, second baseman Luis Guillorme to shortstop Amed Rosario to first baseman Michael Katz. Dustin DeMuth out at 2nd

[And That]

Watched a few innings of both Hader and Freddy Peralta last night. Hader's stuff is still filthy, but he's running Gallardo-esque pitch counts. Of the things that will hold him back from being a front line starter, or even a starter, needing 20 pitches to get through every inning is one of them. He also threw a handful of pitches that weren't even close, though fatigue may have had something to do with it.

 

As for Peralta, I didn't hear a radar gun reading from Chris, but it looked to me like he was pitching somewhere in the high 80/low 90 range with his fastball. He appeared to be throwing both a 2-seam and 4-seam fastball. I didn't see any sharp breaking stuff, but I could have missed it. He was generally around the zone and was getting swings and misses in the zone. He got squeezed on a number of pitches, so I wouldn't read too much into the 3 walks.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Biloxi 5, Pensacola 2

 

Hader, Biloxi pitching help deliver 5-2 win over Wahoos

Shuckers even series with Pensacola on Monday night

 

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VIDEO via WLOX: Biloxi game highlights

 

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Hader proves unhittable in short stint

No. 4 Milwaukee prospect strikes out seven in four innings for Biloxi

By Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com

 

Link includes Hader video and quotes...

 

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Biloxi Box Score

 

Former Brewer farmhand RHP Barrett Astin toiling in the Reds' AA bullpen, appeared here; all nine of Javier Betancourt's hits are singles thus far, but a .355 OBP in the early going is suitable...

 

Biloxi Game Log

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[Mass Haas]

VIDEO: A different look at the Wisconsin highlights, this time via MyNew32 TV's broadcast

 

Includes more Diplan and the Griep pickoff move...

[wildcat2237]

This continues to be the concern with Hader as a starter.

 

5 K's through 3 IP for @jhader17, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB. But the pitch count is really high again at 63 after 3.

 

I dont think missing bats is every a concern.....as long as the walks are low.

 

May the inability to go deep into games makes him a #2 instead of a #1. If the guy can dominate for 5-6 innings and hand it over to the pen, i'm happy.