Link Report for Saturday 6/25 - Let's Try Again, Will All Seven Teams Play?

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Wei-Chung Wang at home vs. Montgomery (Rays), 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 Bubba Derby at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 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 Marcos Diplan at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 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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Helena: RHP Michael Petersen and TBD in a doubleheader at Great Falls (White Sox), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham ([b@CraigMDurham[/b] on Twitter).

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Padres' complex in Peoria, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL Yankees' #2 Squad, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

 

We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men.

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena Game One

 

Helena Game Two

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

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

 

Pioneer League North Division

 

Arizona League Central Division

 

Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

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Weather.com:

 

Round Rock, TX

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Viera, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

 

Great Falls, MT

 

Peoria, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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Several Timber Rattlers DVR Alerts, including TONIGHT!

 

SAT, June 25, vs. Quad Cities River Bandits, 6:30 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

MON, June 27, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

WED, June 29, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

THU, June 30, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, TWC SportsChannel

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Saturday's farmhand birthday --

 

RHP Emerson Gibbs, the Brewers' 33rd round pick out of Tulane, turns 22; he made his pro debut on Wednesday with an inning of work (1 R, 2 H)

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AUDIO via Friday's Sky Sox pregame - The weekly visit with Manager Rick Sweet (Positive news on catcher Manny Pina's hamstring injury; honest breakdown of St. Louis top pitching prospect Alex Reyes)

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Congratulations to two of our friends in the Brewers' blogosphere, Marcus and Brad of Miller Park Prospects (see why)!

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Chris Harris tweet from Biloxi --

 

A battle of friends from Taiwan Saturday night at MGM with @LeftyWang51 facing off against Montgomery's Chih-Wei Hu.

[homer]

Isan Diaz has a 1.005 OPS in June.

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From Yahoo's Jeff Passan's "Prospect Heat Check" --

 

21. Josh Hader, SP, Triple-A, Milwaukee

 

Speaking of, Hader once was an Astro. Now he's the Brewers' best pitching prospect, an unorthodox left-hander who piles up strikeouts. It's still too early to say whether the Brewers have found long-term rotation pieces in Zach Davies and Junior Guerra, but Hader is the sort who will make room for himself. First he needs to brave the altitude of Colorado Springs and survive the Pacific Coast League. Then, come next season – he's not yet on the 40-man roster, so a September call-up is less likely than not – he'll join the rotation at some point and see whether his funk can translate.

 

22. Marcos Diplan, SP, Low-A, Milwaukee

 

At 12.3 strikeouts per nine, Diplan punches out even more hitters than Hader. Why isn't he more highly touted? Well, size for one: Diplan stands only 6-foot. As does Red Sox uberprospect Anderson Espinoza. So let the crowding of the Diplan bandwagon begin here. The Rangers saw enough to give him $1.3 million to sign before shipping him off to the Brewers in the Yovani Gallardo deal. Diplan is still just 19, and one scout said: “Nobody, not even Hader, has his upside.”

 

[And That]

15th rounder Scott Serigstad making his pro debut on the bump tonight as Helena's game two starter. Peterson and Supak both pitched well in game one.

 

Clark and Diaz with jacks for the Rattlers but some truly awful defense has left the offense with a steep hill to climb.

 

Carlos Herrera making his second start of the season for the Baby Brewers.

[pogokat]

Isan's year ops is at about .750 now.

 

just from watching his stats, he looks like a stud

[TheCrew07]

I'll get my 2 teams in the AM, my brother and I framed my sister's basement today and I've fallen asleep 4 times trying to watch the T-Rat game.

[MrTPlush]

Umm yikes just saw how many errors Gatewood and Diaz have(42 combined). I know errors aren't a ton, but that is bad...really bad. Anyone know what Gatewood's errors have mostly been? He was way better in the error department last year at SS so I imagine throwing errors are the culprit.

 

Would suck to have him move off of 3B for 1B.

[DHonks]

Umm yikes just saw how many errors Gatewood and Diaz have(42 combined). I know errors aren't a ton, but that is bad...really bad. Anyone know what Gatewood's errors have mostly been? He was way better in the error department last year at SS so I imagine throwing errors are the culprit.

 

Would suck to have him move off of 3B for 1B.

 

It's minor leagues...don't worry. Didn't Jeter once have like 30 or 40 in a season? As the Brewers recently said, his footwork and arm angles get off, but they think he's playing excellent defense now

[Mass Haas]

Final: DSL Yankees #2 Squad 6, DSL Brewers 3

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

Tied at 2-2, a three-run Yankee 3rd inning happened; the D-Crew couldn't recover from that.

 

Team RISP: 2-for-15.

Team LOB: 11.

 

Brewers had their chances; 17-year-old Venezuelan leadoff SS Luis Avila was on base four times, and now sports a .300/.367/.300 line, all 21 hits are singles, one would think at least one base knock would find a gap; first error for bonus baby catcher Jose Sibrian, that's promising, although we had highlighted some passed balls in earlier games.

 

The two players we highlighted Friday as leaving with likely injuries, SS Luis Manon and 1B Josue Herrera, did not play.

 

DSL Brewers Game Log

 

Shaky start for 20-year-old 2nd year RHP Joaquin De La Cruz - 3 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K; 19-year-old rookie RH reliever Daniel Acosta has struglled with control in his six appearances, ten walks in five innings.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Colorado Springs 8, Round Rock 5

 

This is the most fun 36-37 team around, no? Now 4.5 games out of first place...

 

Early Runs Pace Sky Sox Past Express 8-5

Sky Sox blast three homers to give Burgos second win in a row

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

Excellent detail in the write-up, be sure to give it a read...

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

Very productive top four in the order, on base ten times plus Michael Reed's sacrifice fly; on a Will Middlebrooks designated hitter day, Yadiel Rivera played third base - Garin Cecchini has played 12 games at third vs. 49 at first base.

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

 

RH closer Damien Magnifico remains solid...

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Final: Arizona Padres 9, Arizona Brewers 2

 

Weather: 107 degrees, partly cloudy.

Wind: 7 mph, R to L.

 

Team falls to 2-3, four errors here added to the ugliness...

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

Two of those errors were by starting RHP Carlos Herrera (Adam Lind trade), both on pickoff throws. 34th round RHP Matt Smith (Georgetown) allowed one run in his three innings of work, and 22-year-old rookie RHP Miguel Sanchez made his stateside debut after just two DSL appearances (2 IP, 3 H, 2 R). The three hurlers combined for an impressive 10-to-0 K-to-BB line, despite the final score.

 

Maryvale Game Log

 

Four Brewers reached base twice, yet the four combined for just two hits - CF Jose Gomez, 2B Trey York, DH Zach Taylor, and C Johel Atencio, who added a sacrifice fly.

 

Through five games, the Brewers are last in the 14-team Arizona League with a .174 average and .512 OPS. Still early, but hopefully not a sign of the summer to come.

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: Helena 5, Great Falls 2

 

Game Summary via the Helena site --

 

The Brewers came out of the gate hot, scoring twice in the first and never looking back in a 5-2 victory. Ronnie Gideon's RBI single in the top of the first put the Brewers up 2-0, and a strong start from Michael Petersen made it stand up.

 

Petersen allowed two runs in four innings of work, recording a season high five strikeouts in the process, and got run support throughout the game.

 

After Great Falls cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second, Demi Orimoloye crushed his first Pioneer League home run in the bottom of the fourth - a two run blast - to put the Brewers ahead 4-1.

 

That was all the offense the Brewers would need as Trey Supak (1-0) followed Petersen with three scoreless innings of dominant relief work, earning his first victory as a member of the Milwaukee organization. Supak allowed just two hits, did not walk a batter and fanned four in his second outing of the year.

 

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Helena Game One Box Score

 

At some point, we'll learn the backstory behind 6'7" 17th round (2015) RHP Michael Petersen (with an "sen", not "son"). He was born in the U.K. and his middle name is "Kenechukwu". Drafted four times and still not a sure Brewers sign last year (here's the draft history), there was one article that proved very helpful during the wait for a signature last summer, check that out here. Nice tandem for this seven-inning game with RHP Trey Supak, who now has two matching glorious scoreless three-inning outings. Supak only needed 22 pitches, and threw only three balls outside the strike zone in the three innings.

 

Helena Game One Game Log

 

Six Brewers had a single base hit, four were singles. Joantgel Segovia doubled and as you saw above, this --

 

Helena Top of the 4th

 

Juan Ortiz flies out to center fielder Aaron Schnurbusch.

Ronnie Gideon grounds out, shortstop Mitch Roman to first baseman Corey Zangari.

Weston Wilson singles on a line drive to left fielder Jameson Fisher.

Demi Orimoloye homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Weston Wilson scores.

 

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Great Falls Bottom of the 4th

 

Yerald Martinez called out on strikes.

Helena Brewers left fielder Yerald Martinez ejected by HP umpire Trevor Danneger.

 

Can't do that, young man. Guess who the manager sat in Game Two...

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game Two: Great Falls 11, Helena 4

 

H-Crew now 6-3 on the season...

 

Game Summary via the Helena site --

 

As in the first game of the doubleheader, Helena set the tone early, grabbing a 2-0 in the top of the second on back-to-back one-out singles. That was where the similarities would end, however, as Great Falls came roaring to life in the bottom of the inning.

 

Scott Serigstad (0-1) walked the leadoff man to start the second, and after striking out Nate Nolan in the next at-bat things got ugly. The next four Voyagers recorded hits to chase Serigstad from the game, turning the 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead.

 

Santos Saldivar replaced Serigstad, striking out Jameson Fisher for the second out of the inning, but a two-out Brady Conlan double plated two more, putting the Voyagers ahead 5-2. They would add another and take a 6-2 lead into the third.

 

Helena responded with two in the top of the third - including Juan Ortiz's first home run of the year - but 6-4 would as close as the Brewers would get as the Voyagers went on to score the game's last five runs.

 

Ryan Hinchley (1-0) earned the victory, as he was the first of three Great Falls relievers to keep the Brewers off the scoreboard.

 

The fourth and final game of the series in Great Falls will be the last head-to-head matchup between these two teams in the first half. Helena currently leads the season series four games to three.

 

Thomas Jankins will be on the mound for the Brewers opposite Fernando Gallegos for the Voyagers. First pitch at Centene Stadium is scheduled for 1:00PM.

 

Helena Game Two Box Score

 

None of the four pitchers used shined here, and 21-year-old 15th round (Cal State-Fullerton) RHP Scott Serigstad didn't have a start to remember, get them next time, young man.

 

Helena Game Two Game Log

 

First baseman Juan Ortiz homered and singled, and his 1.119 OPS after 31 at-bats is a thing of beauty. Second baseman Franly Mallen (pronounced "My'-en") doubled, singled, drove in two, and is off to a 10-for-23 start.

 

SS Gilbert Lara is just 6-for-32 (two walks, ten K's), and is looking for his first extra-base hit of 2016.

[Mass Haas]

From Friday's game --

 

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We'll note this in the Transaction Thread with a bit more detail, but you'll see this in the Manatee update later this AM --

 

That was the end of Bubba Derby’s night, as he gave way to Junior Rincon after 4.1 innings pitched and seven hits, five coming in that fifth inning. Derby allowed three earned runs, struck out five and walked one. He threw 93 pitches, 63 strikes. Rincon did a great job to kill the rally, as he struck out Green and Kyle Martin, to get out of the bases loaded jam. “He did a great job and he earned a promotion to Double-A too,” said Manager Joe Ayrault of Rincon. “He’s flying out tomorrow. He’s been doing a great job for us and we’ll definitely miss him. I’m real happy for him.”

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Tempers Saturday night --

 

Wisconsin Bottom of the 4th

 

Sthervin Matos called out on strikes.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers third baseman Sthervin Matos ejected by HP umpire Jesse Gonzalez.

[Mass Haas]

As also archived in our 2016 Timber Rattlers thread --

 

Griep emerges as closer for Timber Rattlers

Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent

 

He’s a Rattler who doesn’t rattle.

 

Nicely stated, Tim, how long have you been waiting to use that one?