Link Report for Thursday 5/12

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Thursday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Tyler Cravy at New Orleans (Marlins), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:00 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: RHP Javi Salas at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 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 Eric Hanhold at Daytona (Reds), 6:05 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Daytona 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 Devin Williams at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime

 

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 ALERTS! (Includes tonight)

 

Timber Rattlers Games

 

Thursday May 12th, 6:30 PM -- MyNew32 TV

 

Friday May 13th, 6:30 PM -- MyNew32 TV

 

Saturday May 14th, 1:00 PM -- MyNew32 TV

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

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:

 

New Orleans, LA

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Daytona Beach, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

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AUDIO via Wednesday's Sky Sox pre-game show: Pitching Coach Fred Dabney Part 2

 

Part 1 was taped and aired back on April 23rd and was linked here at that time. Here it is again in case you missed it.

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Remember that RHP Tyler Spurlin (01:15 minute mark in the video) was converted to a sidearm delivery by the organization, he discussed that in these two Brevard County interviews.

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Chris mentioned in the broadcast yesterday that the Burkhalter-Yamamoto tandem has been broken up so that Yamamoto can enter a tandem with Devin Williams. So expect to see Jordan backing up Devin tonight.

 

Burkhalter is now on his own, released from tandem-hood.

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Yikes, Javi Salas, only 12 strikes in 33 pitches --

 

Jacksonville Top of the 1st

 

Yefri Perez walks.

Avery Romero flies out to center fielder Brett Phillips.

With J. T. Riddle batting, Yefri Perez steals (24) 2nd base.

J. T. Riddle walks.

Austin Dean doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Victor Roache. Yefri Perez scores. J. T. Riddle to 3rd.

Brady Shoemaker walks.

Peter Mooney walks. J. T. Riddle scores. Austin Dean to 3rd. Brady Shoemaker to 2nd.

James Roberts hit by pitch. Austin Dean scores. Brady Shoemaker to 3rd. Peter Mooney to 2nd.

Cam Maron walks. Brady Shoemaker scores. Peter Mooney to 3rd. James Roberts to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Tristan Archer replaces Javier Salas, batting 9th.

Patrick Johnson grounds into a double play, shortstop Nick Shaw to second baseman Javier Betancourt to first baseman Nick Ramirez. Cam Maron out at 2nd.

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Nice to see Clark hit the ground running.

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Nice to see Clark hit the ground running.

 

Hit the ground walking really, good to see.

[Eye Black]

Final: Brevard County 2, Daytona 0

 

Hanhold earns first win, shuts out Daytona

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Congrats to Eric Hanhold on his first professional win.

 

George Iskenderian tallied three hits including a double and an RBI.

 

Shortstop Angel Ortega finished with a pair of hits to extend his hitting streak to seven games.

 

Brevard County Game Log

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Today's link report is a nice breath of fresh air. Clark with 3bb and a 2b. Solid game at BC. Chapman continues to get it done. 3 come from behind wins. Quite nice!

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Shuckers complete four-run comeback in 8-6 win over Suns

Victor Roache and Javier Betancourt homered, while Nick Shaw tallied four hits

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Victor Roache smashed his second homer of the season in the second inning on Thursday night (Michael Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

 

Biloxi Recap

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Rattlers Crack Kernels in Ten Innings

Ghelfi homers in ninth to tie; Diaz knocks in game-winner in tenth

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Mitch Ghelfi was 1-for-2 with two walks, a sacrifice fly, and a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth for the Timber Rattlers on Thursday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Somehow the MyNew32 broadcast was at least 15 minutes behind the game so my phone was updating me long before I saw what happened on TV. Devin Williams in his first start of 2016 didn't look appreciably different than last year from a mechanics and stuff standpoint.

 

Isan Diaz continues to impress as a SS, he's got range not to mention being athletic and smooth.

 

Wisconsin Recap

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Final: Colorado Springs 4, New Orleans 2, 12 innings

 

Sky Sox Win Extra Inning Battle 4-2

Sky Sox pitching allows just four hits to defeat Zephyrs on Thursday

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

Be sure to check out the combined pitching line for the five Sky Sox hurlers; Will Middlebrooks is hitting .187 and has walked once all season...

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

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AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Blog's Postgame Entry

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Daytona News-Journal --

 

“(Eric Hanhold) threw the ball well, he kept the ball down and away from our hitters all night long,” Tortugas manager Eli Marrero said. “We never made the adjustment. We just kept swinging at it and swinging at it and never really made him throw it over the plate. We just never came up with the big hit.”

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VIDEO via WDAM: Biloxi game highlights

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PHOTOS available at the link

 

Shuckers rally in 8th to topple Jacksonville

Doug Barber, Biloxi Sun-Herald

 

BILOXI -- The Biloxi Shuckers displayed the kind of late-inning magic Thursday that has them sitting on top of the Southern League's South Division.

 

The Shuckers erupted for two runs in the seventh and four in the eighth to rally for an 8-6 victory over the Jacksonville Suns.

 

Shortstop Nick Shaw went 4-for-4 while Victor Roache and Javier Betancourt blasted two-run homers to left as the Shuckers moved to 21-12 on the season. The Shuckers trailed the Suns (14-20) 6-2 after 2½ innings.

 

"It's been a process, now I'm starting to get some playing time consistently," said Shaw, who entered Thursday's game with a .234 batting average. "It's a little easier now.

 

"But what a team win, after giving up four in the first. (Javi) Salas didn't have the best of starts but that is OK. The guys picked him up. Everybody picked him up."

 

Betancourt's two-run blast in the seventh cut the Suns lead to 6-4. Then Tyrone Taylor led off the eighth with a walk, and Shaw singled one out later. Brandon Macias hit an RBI double to left. Then pinchhitter Kyle Wren grounded to second. The second baseman bobbled the ball, and by the time the dust cleared, the Shuckers led 7-6.

 

"I was trying to move the line, I'm not the guy to hit the ball out of the park," Shaw said of the winning rally. "We have other guys to do that as you saw tonight. It's about everyone doing their job."

 

Brett Lee (1-0) picked up the win in relief and Stephen Kohlscheen gained his second save.

 

The Shuckers honored the Biloxi Dodgers in a Salute to the Negro Baseball Leagues in pregame ceremonies on Thursday night. The teams also wore throwback uniforms of the various Negro League teams.

 

The Shuckers close out their homestand Friday at 7:10 p.m., then open a road series at Chattanooga on Saturday at 6:15 p.m.

 

Jacksonville took advantage of Salas' inability to find the plate, jumping to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Salas issued five walks and hit one batter in just one third of an inning before giving way to Tristan Archer. Austin Dean hit an RBI double to left for the Suns, the only hit of the inning. Salas walked two with the bases loaded to force in runs, and also hit a batter with the bases loaded.

 

Roache blasted a two-run homer to left to cut the Suns' lead in half at 4-2 in the second inning.

 

It was Roache's second homer of the season.

 

Jacksonville added two more runs in the third on a two-run double by Cam Maron.

 

But the Shuckers bullpen shut the door after that. Archer, Jed Bradley, Brooks Hall, Lee and Kohlscheen contained the Suns offense after that first inning.

 

"We were able to come back late in the game, scoring six runs in the last two innings," Biloxi manager Mike Guerrero said. "I have to tip my hat to the bullpen, they did a great job. They kept us in the ballgame and we had a great comeback."

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VIDEO Interview with Isan Diaz at the link, some quotes included in the text below

 

Rattlers win on walk-off single by Isan Diaz

Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent

 

GRAND CHUTE - Isan Diaz is a high-ceiling player and showed late Thursday night why he could be working at Miller Park some day.

 

The talented 19-year-old made a terrific defensive play at shortstop in the top of the ninth inning, then delivered a game-winning walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Cedar Rapids Kernels.

 

“It feels great,” said Diaz. “I was very blessed to come up in that situation because I felt I had kind of a rough night. I’m very appreciative I got that opportunity.”

 

With two out, Diaz lined a 1-2 pitch from the Kernels’ C.K. Irby into center to score Carlos Belonis from second with the game-winning hit.

 

“It was a high-end fastball, a pitch I was kind of thinking he might throw,” Diaz said. “I tried not to do too much with it, just punch it to the outfield. I stayed with my two-strike approach and tried to stay inside the ball, and it worked out.”

 

The RBI was Diaz’s 13th of the season — second highest on the team behind Jake Gatewood’s 18. Diaz started the season fast at the plate, but has been struggling in recent weeks and his two hits Thursday raised his average to .220. Still, there isn’t much doubt that Diaz is going to hit, and he has shown good power with three home runs and seven doubles.

 

“It’s been kind of difficult, obviously something I’m not used to,” said Diaz. “But I’m constantly speaking with my hitting coaches and trying to stay consistent with my approach. I’m trying to stay focused mentally because this game can drain you both ways. But if you stay in the game and stay focused and back up your team, at some point in the game you will get repaid.”

 

Diaz also showed his range at shortstop in the ninth when he took a hit away from A.J. Murray for an eye-catching putout. Diaz was a key piece of Milwaukee’s trade with Arizona last winter for shortstop Jean Segura and Tyler Wagner, and is rated by MLB Pipeline as the 11th-best prospect in the Milwaukee organization.

 

“He had a couple chances earlier in the game with runners in scoring position and was a little overanxious,” said Wisconsin manager Matt Erickson. “I thought his last two at-bats were much better, a lot more controlled swing. He controlled the strike zone a little better and was rewarded at the end with a two-strike approach. The pitcher jammed him a little bit, but he was able to get enough of it.”

 

The Rattlers (16-18) trailed 5-4 entering the bottom of the ninth, but forced extra innings when Mitch Ghelfi socked a solo home run over the right-field wall for his first round-tripper of the year.

 

Belonis and Max McDowell also had two hits for the Rattlers, who received 11 walks on the night.

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Is Clint Coulter injured?

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Is Clint Coulter injured?

 

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