Link Report for Friday 5/13

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Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Taylor Jungmann 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: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 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's Angel Ventura and Bubba Derby in a doubleheader at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 4:00 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link (Dunedin 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 Miguel Diaz at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime; expect LHP Drake Owenby 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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Follow Friday'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:

 

New Orleans, LA

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Dunedin, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

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AUDIO via Thursday's Sky Sox pre-game show: Tim Dillard (yes, it's a fantastic listen)

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Thursday's Biloxi comeback win --

 

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Now in addition to those highlights from the Timber Rattlers' exciting Thursday night win, which we linked to last night, you can also check out the MyNew32 broadcast highlights, with several different plays featured, here.

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Transaction watchers peeking at a somewhat bloated Sky Sox roster, take note of this from Adam McClavy --

 

Left-hander Sam Freeman has reported to Colorado Springs, but he will throw a handful of side sessions before joining the team's active roster. He has not pitched in a game since April 28, before the Brewers designated him for assignment.

 

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No excuses for Taylor Jungmann tonight, pitching below sea-level in New Orleans...

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VIDEO via Ryan Rodig --"Hard-nosed" Clark off to impressive start with Timber Rattlers

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Even though one of the Manatee games is a makeup from Space Coast Stadium, looks like Dunedin will be the "home team" for both games tonight.

[FVBrewerFan]

Phillips, less Ks more BBs this weekend PLEASE

[TheCrew07]

The T-Rats are under a delay, it's fairly cold and was raining in the late afternoon but is clearing to the west.

[Mass Haas]

Monte Harrison back in the Timber Rattlers' lineup after serving his three-game suspension for his role in the scuffle in this game from last week.

[hurricanecrush]

Broxton with 2 more HRs? I'm excited to see him get another shot.

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Final, Game One: Brevard County 7, Dunedin 5

 

Houle just misses cycle in game one at Dunedin

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

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Brevard County Game One Box Score

 

Catcher Dustin Houle bumps his batting average to .247, even if one of his four hits may have been a gift of sorts, as you read; the two Dustin's (Houle & 1B Demuth) combined for seven hits, four for extra bases, in the seven-inning contest; only four of SS Angel Ortega's 42 hits have gone for extra bases and his walk rate is low, but enough balls have found holes that the batting average is still shiny - Ortega also stole his 4th base in as many attempts on the season tonight...

 

Brevard County Game One Game Log

 

RHP Bubba Derby will take the win despite the tough line, but focus on his impressive 41-to-9 K-to-BB ratio in 32.2 innings...

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Final, Game Two: Dunedin 6, Brevard County 2

 

Dunedin gains split of doubleheader with Manatees

Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

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Brevard County Game Two Box Score

 

Manatees are 8-7 since the horrific 3-17 start; Donald's report provides the details of a brutal inning for RH reliever Junior Rincon, the big-armed 24-year-old who skipped over Wisconsin this spring. Rincon was prone to the occasional blow-up outing during his two-year stay in Helena as well.

 

The respective leadoff men were Johnny Davis and Jonathan Davis, and Blue Jay 2012 1st round OF D.J. Davis (Dylan) was also in the lineup.

 

Brevard County Game Two Game Log

 

Here's a thought -- would it be so awful to swap 26-year-old Johnny Davis for still-so-young 22-year-old Tyrone Taylor at Biloxi? More about trying to get Taylor right against high-A pitchers.

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Final: Colorado Springs 10, New Orleans 3

 

Sky Sox Score Early And Often To Win 10-3

Broxton hits two homers as Sky Sox win three of four in New Orleans

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

It's video game numbers for Keon Broxton in the 23 Sky Sox games since his demotion, my goodness! Nate Orf with an .853 OPS in his 12 AAA games, so psyched the undrafted Baylor player is eventually going to be a big leaguer -- will be interesting what moves get made upon Yadiel Rivera's arrival to allow Orf to get his at-bats (Will Middlebrooks departure?). Will actually doubled, singled, and walked here.

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

 

Taylor Jungmann threw 94 pitches in five innings, and only 45 were strikes. Yay, he won! Sigh...

[TheCrew07]

Betancourt extends Shuckers winning streak with walk-off

The Shuckers complete their homestand with another comeback win

By Thaddeus Krzus / Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Javier Betancourt delivered Biloxi's walk-off double in a 6-5 victory over Jacksonville (Michael Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Wei-Chung Wang's strike outs per 9 continues to drop, which isn't a good sign as the season progresses, since it likely means that teams are figuring out that if you make him throw strikes he's not able to consistently locate his off speed in the zone.

 

Brett Phillips (2-3,HR,2B,BB) is only hitting .265 as I type this (Biloxi is batting in the 9th), but I'm not disappointed yet, he's doing enough good that I'm still excited. It would be nice if we had any top prospects hitting enough to be .300+, but most of our prospects are reasonably young for their leagues. They are playing at the correct level of competition, but they aren't as experienced and will need to make adjustments more quickly than their peers which is always interesting to watch from afar. Super prospects hit every where they go, like Braun and Trout in the minors, everyone else is going to have some ups and downs.

 

As I finish typing Biloxi completes an awesome come from behind victory, man this team is fun.

 

Biloxi Recap

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[TheCrew07]

Kernels crush Wisconsin 13-2

Murray goes 5-for-5 with two homers and 5RBI to pace Cedar Rapids

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Trent Clark went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks, and two runs scored for the Timber Rattlers on Friday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Well this game was a stinker, I actually quit watching in the 4th, though I did let the DVR finish. I do have a ton of observations from the televised games earlier this week that I didn't share because I was just wiped out. I'll share the pitching observations the next time those pitchers come around.

 

Jake Gatewood peaked .283 earlier this week after the first game of the double header but is starting to slide back, he's hitless in his last 12 ABs (Cedar Rapids is currently batting in the 8th) which would be 3 straight games if he doesn't collect a hit in the 8th or 9th.

 

Super utility player Luis Aviles is having a nice game and is currently the only Rattler with a multi hit game.

 

The T-Rats opened the defensive flood gates tonight with 5(!) errors; 2 each from Isan Diaz and Gatewood, 1 from Trent Clark, and to top it off Max McDowell had his 4th PB, which is about the only negative thus far in McDowell's 2016 campaign.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

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Rattler Radio Postgame with an interview.

 

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VIDEO via WLOX: More Biloxi game highlights

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New Orleans Advocate:

 

Outfielder Keon Broxton led off the game with a home run to center field and hit a two-run shot to left in the fourth, both off Jarred Cosart, helping power Colorado Springs on Friday at Zephyr Field.

 

“He has all the tools, and he’s working very hard on mental concentration, that mental focus so you eliminate mistakes,” Colorado Springs manager Rick Sweet said. “He does everything well. Now, it’s just getting himself under control with all that athleticism he has.”

[molitor fan]

love those video links on Biloxi game...Phillips is just a full-on nutball......he is going to get some Carlos Gomez like hate from opponents if he keeps it up in majors....plays the game with a huge amount of joy

[homer]

Trent Clark has 4 doubles and 9 walks in 5 games. Me likey.

[CheezWizHed]

Trent Clark has 4 doubles and 9 walks in 5 games. Me likey.

 

1 for 3 with a double and 2 BB is almost an every night occurrence.