Link Report for Saturday 5/28

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: LHP Sam Freeman at Fresno (Astros), 8:30 PM pre-game, 9:05 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. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 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 Eric Hanhold at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 5:35 PM gametime

 

Sorry folks, no audio available for this series...

 

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 Jordan Yamamoto at 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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Programming note: Cedar Rapids does provide MiLB.TV coverage; not sure if RHP Devin Williams will flip to the relief side of his tandem with Jordan Yamamoto tonight, look for Chris' notes later on.

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Follow Saturday'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:

 

Fresno, CA

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Viera, FL

 

Cedar Rapids, IA

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Highlight Vines via Nolan Bratt (@BrewerProspect) --

 

Garin Cecchini

 

Will Middlebrooks

 

Isan Diaz

 

Jake Gatewood

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Wisconsin takes it to 11 in 2-1 win

Timber Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids in 11 innings

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

I was watching the D3 World Series and following this game on my phone, switching constantly between the Rattlers and Shuckers on gameday because both games were fantastic. Jordan Yamamoto has been strong most of the season, he's had some blips, but for the most part he's been steady. Devin Williams was much better tonight, but still isn't throwing enough strikes, he threw 79 pitches to get through 4.1 innings.

 

Blake Allemand (2-4) had the only multi hit game for the Rattlers who collected just 6 hits and struck out 17(!) times.

 

Wisconsin Recap

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Shaw's 10th inning walk-off single lifts Shuckers!

Josh Hader struck out six BayBears over 5.1 innings on Saturday

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Nick Shaw provided the walk-off single scoring Tyrone Taylor in the bottom of the 10th inning (Michael Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

So Josh Hader was right on track through 4 throwing 64 pitches to get to that point, but then had a bit of blow up inning and only gets through 5.1 on his pitch count while doing his typical stellar work, and he even collected a hit tonight to boot. The thing is, he doesn't consistently get easy innings from a pitch count perspective, innings of less than 10 pitches are few and far between for him at this time, so one bad inning from a pitch count perspective and he won't make 6. The bullpen was awesome though Daniel Tillman made it a bit interesting but came through in the end.

 

Biloxi has quite a few interesting monthly splits... guys like Javier Betancourt and Victor Roache started hot and had rough going in May, while Jacob Nottingham was the reverse with a terrible April and fantastic May, then you have Brett Phillips who has flashed brilliance in spots but has made incremental improvement from April to May (DL stint aside). May's player of the month will be interesting as there are quite a few legit choices... Cooper, Gatewood, and Nottingham all immediately jump to mind, though my money is on Gatewood with his HR barrage.

 

Biloxi Recap

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Final: Tampa 9, Brevard County 6

 

Andujar ambushes Manatees, as late rally falls short

By Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Every player in the Manatees lineup had a hit with the lone exception of Clint Coulter. Multi hit efforts from Johnny Davis, Dustin DeMuth, and Fidel Pena, who each went 2-for-4.

 

As mentioned in the article, Malik Collymore made a run saving diving catch in the 9th inning.

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

Down 9-0, the Manatees mounted a comeback by scoring three runs in both the 7th and 8th inning. The final run in the 8th was the speedy Johnny Davis scoring on an unconventional sacrifice fly.

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 8th

Pitching Change: Caleb Frare replaces Joey Maher.

Elvis Rubio singles on a line drive to left fielder Zack Zehner.

Jose Cuas doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Zack Zehner. Elvis Rubio to 3rd.

With Malik Collymore batting, passed ball by Santiago Nessy, Elvis Rubio scores. Jose Cuas to 3rd.

Malik Collymore grounds out, third baseman Miguel Andujar to first baseman Vicente Conde. Jose Cuas scores.

Johnny Davis walks.

Angel Ortega walks. Johnny Davis to 2nd.

Clint Coulter walks. Johnny Davis to 3rd. Angel Ortega to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Travis Hissong replaces Caleb Frare.

Dustin DeMuth out on a sacrifice fly to shortstop Abiatal Avelino. Johnny Davis scores.

With Adam Weisenburger batting, wild pitch by Travis Hissong, Angel Ortega to 3rd. Clint Coulter to 2nd.

Adam Weisenburger strikes out swinging.

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Final: Fresno 8, Colorado Springs 4

 

Sky Sox Stunned 8-4 In Fresno

Manny Pina's fourth home run not enough as Fresno evens series

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

Walk-off grand slam loss, really?

 

When you combine the bizarre big league defeat with the drama within the four box scores from Saturday here, you've got quite the collection...

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

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AUDIO: Manager Rick Sweet - Friday's Sky Sox pre-game

 

Always a good listen...

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VIDEO via KCRG: Some Wisconsin highlights from this road game

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ARTICLE: From a Cedar Rapids perspective, but gives you a sense of what the Timber Rattlers were up against on Saturday

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Includes video interview and Q&A --

 

Aviles brings versatility to Timber Rattlers

Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent

 

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Brewers prospect Trent Clark learning to make adjustments as 19-year-old pro

Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel