Link Report for Saturday 4/30

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[Mass Haas]

Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Ariel Pena at Iowa (Cubs), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:08 gametime

 

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. Tennessee (Cubs), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:10 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 and LHP Kodi Medeiros in a doubleheader at Tampa (Yankees), 4:00 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link (Tampa 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 David Burkhalter at home vs. Lansing (Blue Jays), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime; expect RHP Jordan Yamamoto to pitch 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. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available.

 

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.

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DVR ALERT, Including this afternoon!

 

Timber Rattlers Game

 

Saturday, April 30th, 1:00 PM -- My New32 TV

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County Game One

 

Brevard County Game Two

 

Wisconsin

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

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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:

 

Des Moines, IA

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Tampa, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

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Catching up from Friday night with the Biloxi wrap-up --

 

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Of course this would be Brett Phillips in the starring role --

 

 

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Remarkably, this wasn't the first time in Phillips' relatively brief pro career that an opossum was a key factor --

 

Interrupted by critter, Phillips homers again

Astros prospect extends streak after opossum strays onto diamond

By Tyler Maun / MiLB.com

 

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Clint Coulter picks up his first HR of the year.

[MrTPlush]

Between Harrison, Diaz, and Gatewood every day I am assured to look at the T-Rats box score and walk away depressed.

[TheCrew07]

Lansing shuts out the Rattlers in eleven innings

Wisconsin falls 3-0 in extra innings to see winning streak snapped

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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David Burkhalter tossed seven scoreless innings and allowed two hits against Lansing on Saturday afternoon. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Nick Guenther)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Well nothing went right in the 11th on the mound and/or defensively, but this game was lost with just 4 hits in 11 innings which honestly shouldn't happen given all of the returning experience on the position player side of this team. Still it was a good run and the Rattlers are 11-12 on the season. Chris pointed out a couple of days ago that the only time the Rattlers were within 1 game of .500 in 2015 was after they lost the first game of the season, I have no complaints thus far.

 

As noted in the game story Luis Aviles (2-4,2B) had the only multi hit game and XBH in the contest.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

Rattler Radio Postgame with pics and interviews.

Once again please listen to the interviews as they are an excellent resource.

 

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I-Cubs and Sky Sox Postponed

Iowa Cubs

 

Des Moines, IA - Saturday's contest between the Iowa Cubs and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox has been postponed due to weather.

 

The two teams will play a double-header tomorrow beginning at 11:08 AM with each game lasting seven innings. Because tomorrow's scheduled contest was the last of the series, a 4:25 PM curfew has been placed on the games to fit both team's travel schedules.

[TheCrew07]

Biloxi currently in a rain delay.

[MrTPlush]

Biloxi currently in a rain delay.

 

When Hader is suppose to pitch

 

[markedman5]

Hader doing a better job with pitch count tonight

 

B4 | Hader through 4 IP, ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 SO - 55/35. Shuckers trail the Smokies, 1-0.

[TheCrew07]

Nottingham's walk-off gives Shuckers 2-1 victory

Josh Hader allowed one run over six innings on Saturday night

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Biloxi Boxscore

Despite being in an awful slump all season Jacob Nottingham continues to bat towards the top of the order and tonight it paid off. Looking somewhat objectively at his career, 2015 is the aberration at this point, kind of like Jorge Lopez on the pitching side. I'm usually pretty slow to jump on break out candidates, though occasionally I do like with Tyrone Taylor when he was in WI. More often than not I end up fooled in the end, which is why I typically wait for a repeat performance before getting overly excited. I'd settle for the .760 OPS he put up in 43 games in Stockton last year as proof of meaningful progression as a hitter.

 

Josh Hader showed some improvement getting through 6 complete for the first time this year on 89 pitches of which 54 were strikes (60.674%), not that 61% is an elite strike percentage, but it's progress.

 

Nick Ramirez (2-3,BB) pushed his AVE to .289, amazing what 5 hits in 2 days will do at this point in the season and Kyle Wren's 3 hit day pushed his AVE up to .213.

 

I wouldn't have setup the lineup the way Mike Guerrero has been doing it, but I would have been very wrong today as it worked out wonderfully.

 

Biloxi Recap

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AUDIO Sat. 4/30: Pregame interview with Biloxi Pitching Coach Chris Hook - Obviously a very worthwhile listen as Hook discusses members of the starting rotation

 

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AUDIO: Brett Phillips talks Opossum Mania - "I possibly saved a couple of children's lives"

 

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AUDIO: Game highlights from the 2-1 Biloxi walkoff win

 

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VIDEO: Another worthwhile look at the Timber Rattlers pitching and leather-flashing, this time via the MyNew32 TV broadcast

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Final, Game One: Brevard County 7, Tampa 4

 

Manatees take down Tampa in first game of doubleheader

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

Thanks again for the coverage, Donald -- as thorough a road game recap as we could hope for, fantastic...

 

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Brevard County Game One Box Score

 

You read about LHP Kodi Medeiros' 5th inning above, thankfully his first four innings were not so eventful...

 

Brevard County Game One Game Log

 

Catcher Dustin Houle threw out the sole attempted basestealer, still a strong part of his game, wish those minor league defensive catcher statistics in that regard were more readily available...

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Final, Game Two: Tampa 3, Brevard County 2, ten innings (scheduled for seven)

 

Tampa wins game two in walk-off fashion against the Manatees

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

A more familiar Manatee tale for 2016 in the nightcap -- not complete offensive futility, though, eight walks (but only three singles)...

 

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Brevard County Game Two Box Score

 

SS Angel Ortega is 5th in the Florida State League in batting - his .742 OPS dwarfs anything he's done offensively prior to this April -- good for you, sir, you're on your way to an FSL All-Star nod...

 

Brevard County Game Two Game Log

 

With the eight walks (and 15 K's), Manatee batters saw a whopping 155 pitches over the ten innings here...

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All indications are I'll be seeing RHP Junior Guerra make his Brewers' debut when I land in Milwaukee Tuesday, nice.

 

A saving grace during this big league rough stretch.

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Thank you again for posting them, I am glad it's appreciated.