Link Report for Friday 7/8

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Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 7:30 PM pre-game, 8:05 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: RHP Brandon Woodruff 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Bradenton (Pirates), 5:30 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Bradenton 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: LHP Jake Drossner at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Gentry Fortuno at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

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): Idle

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL Angels, 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 Friday's action as it happens with box score / game log links:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

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:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Bradenton, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

 

Helena, MT

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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Timber Rattlers DVR Alerts (including tonight!)

 

FRI, July 8, vs. Peoria Chiefs, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

SAT, July 9, vs. Peoria Chiefs, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

MON, July 11, vs. Peoria Chiefs, 7:00 PM, TWC SportsChannel

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AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM Fri. 7/8: What did the Brewers get in return from Boston when they traded Aaron Hill? Alex Speier, from the Boston Globe, joins the show to discuss the trade between the Brewers and Red Sox. How will Aaron Hill fit in the Red Sox organization?

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THURSDAY - AAA LHP Josh Hader on WTMJ's Brewers Weekly

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Disciples of Uecker -- Revisiting Baseball America’s top Brewers prospects

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Thursday's games --

 

Best part of Arcia's video is Tim Dillard "chugging" and high-fiving. He had reached base on a strikeout / wild pitch.

 

 

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Check out Matt Eddy's June analysis here & here.

 

Cha-ching!

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VIDEO via KPAX - A Demi Orimoloye base hit from Helena

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Fangraphs: Projecting the Prospects in the Aaron Hill Trade

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A whole bunch of video highlights on each --

 

Wendell Rijo

 

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Aaron Wilkerson

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Nice 9th inning for the DSL Brewers today. Yes--they did win.

 

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 9th

 

Defensive Substitution: Oswaldo Garcia replaces catcher Joel Borges, batting 8th, playing catcher.

Javier Castillo doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Rayneldy Rosario.

Edwin Sano singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cristian Gomez. Javier Castillo scores.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Yorki Franco replaces Luis Avila.

Yorki Franco doubles (4) on a line drive to right fielder Cristian Gomez. Edwin Sano to 3rd.

Jose Pena out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Johan Sala. Edwin Sano scores. Yorki Franco to 3rd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Bryan Torres replaces Luis Manon.

With Bryan Torres batting, wild pitch by Jesus Castro, Yorki Franco scores.

Bryan Torres walks.

Jesus Lujano singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cristian Gomez. Bryan Torres to 2nd.

Moises Perez walks. Bryan Torres to 3rd. Jesus Lujano to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Anderson Montilla replaces Jesus Castro.

Bryan Connell reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Kevin Arias. Bryan Torres scores. Jesus Lujano scores. Moises Perez to 3rd.

Jose Sibrian hit by pitch. Bryan Connell to 2nd.

Javier Castillo hit by pitch. Moises Perez scores. Bryan Connell to 3rd. Jose Sibrian to 2nd.

With Edwin Sano batting, wild pitch by Anderson Montilla, Bryan Connell scores. Jose Sibrian to 3rd. Javier Castillo to 2nd.

With Edwin Sano batting, wild pitch by Anderson Montilla, Jose Sibrian scores. Javier Castillo to 3rd.

Edwin Sano walks.

With Yorki Franco batting, wild pitch by Anderson Montilla, Edwin Sano to 2nd.

Yorki Franco walks.

Pitching Change: Shakiro Pina replaces Anderson Montilla.

Jose Pena singles on a ground ball to second baseman Miguel De La Cruz. Javier Castillo scores. Edwin Sano to 3rd. Yorki Franco to 2nd.

Bryan Torres grounds out, first baseman Angel Molina to pitcher Shakiro Pina. Edwin Sano scores. Yorki Franco to 3rd. Jose Pena to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Marcos Pinero replaces Jesus Lujano.

Marcos Pinero lines out to first baseman Angel Molina.

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Four Manatee batters hit by pitch in the 4th inning alone. Don't see that very often.

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Reading the comments on the Wilkerson profile, I'm glad the Sox fans are unhappy with giving him up!

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Final: Bradenton 6, Brevard County 4

 

Marauders eighth inning rally sinks Manatees

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Corey Ray knocked in his 3rd RBI of the season on a sacrifice fly. Ray is just five games into his professional career so it's certainly not worth dwelling on the stats at this point, but surely a 2-for-23 start with 6 strikeouts and 0 walks wasn't exactly the start he was hoping for.

 

Dustin DeMuth (2-for-4, 2B) had his 5th straight multi-hit game, and is 12-for-20 over that stretch. He also has a current six game hitting streak.

 

Kodi Medeiros went 5.0 innings giving up 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, and striking out 2. The primary damage came on a 2-run homer in the 4th inning.

 

The Manatees left 10 runners on base. Bradenton tallied 6 runs despite hitting just 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

The Manatees took the lead with a wild 4-run 4th inning which included twice as many hit batters than batters with hits. The lead held until the 8th inning.

 

Brevard County Top of the 4th

• Elvis Rubio called out on strikes.
  Clint Coulter hit by pitch.
  George Iskenderian walks. Clint Coulter to 2nd.
  Fidel Pena singles on a line drive to right fielder Michael Suchy. Clint Coulter scores. George Iskenderian to 2nd.
  Jose Cuas doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Elvis Escobar. George Iskenderian scores. Fidel Pena scores.
  With Omar Garcia batting, wild pitch by Buddy Borden, Jose Cuas to 3rd.
  Omar Garcia hit by pitch.
  Pitching Change: Tate Scioneaux replaces Buddy Borden.
  Corey Ray out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Tito Polo. Jose Cuas scores.
  Blake Allemand hit by pitch. Omar Garcia to 2nd.
  Dustin DeMuth hit by pitch. Omar Garcia to 3rd. Blake Allemand to 2nd.
  Elvis Rubio flies out to left fielder Elvis Escobar.
  

 

The Manatees mounted a 9th inning rally, but a rally killing out at home in the 9th is followed by manager Joe Ayrault's 2nd ejection in the past three games.

 

Brevard County Top of the 9th

• Pitching Change: Nick Neumann replaces Junior Lopez.
  Blake Allemand singles on a line drive to left fielder Elvis Escobar.
  Dustin DeMuth doubles (16) on a line drive to right fielder Michael Suchy. Blake Allemand to 3rd.
  Blake Allemand out at home, catcher Erik Lunde to pitcher Nick Neumann. Dustin DeMuth to 3rd.
  Brevard County Manatees Manager Joe Ayrault ejected by HP umpire Matt Snodgrass.
  Elvis Rubio pops out to shortstop Pablo Reyes.
  Clint Coulter flies out to center fielder Tito Polo.

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Ghelfi Drives in Three for Rattler Victory

Wisconsin beats Peoria 4-2

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Mitch Ghelfi went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI for the Rattlers on Friday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Mitch Ghelfi continues to surprise.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

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Postgame Post – July 8, 2016

 

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Biloxi drops fourth straight to Suns Friday

Tyrone Taylor sees his eight-game hitting streak end

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Brett Phillips snapped an 0-for-8 with a 2-for-3 night on Friday, including a first inning triple. (Michael Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

 

Biloxi Recap

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MiLB hasn't processed an official transaction yet, but you read in Chris' Rattlers game summary:

 

Game two of the series is Saturday night. Corbin Burnes, the 4th round pick of the Brewers in the 2016 draft, will make his Midwest League debut as the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.

 

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Three impressive appearances at Helena for the 21-year-old Burnes, that's an exciting bump up.

 

Looks like the Wisconsin roster was at 24, so no corresponding move necessary.

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Via the Biloxi Sun-Herald --

 

"“I think (Brandon) Woodruff threw the ball well,’’ Shuckers manager Mike Guerrero said. “The run they scored on him came on an error.

 

“The problem in the game is we need to come up with clutch hits. You have to make good pitches when it counts. They got key hits when it counted and we didn’t.’’

 

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VIDEO via WLOX: Biloxi high/lowlights

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Final: Missoula 13, Helena 4

 

The Missoula Osprey salvaged a split of the two game series in Helena, pounding out 19 hits including six home runs in a victory over the Brewers on Friday night at Helena's Kindrick Legion Field.

 

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PHOTOS: James Ridle has taken excellent photos for the Helena Independent Record all season; three more at the link

 

Via the Record -- politely avoiding many of the pitching details

 

Proceeding the Helena Brewers' Pioneer League outing against the Missoula Osprey Friday night, a cache of crowd-pleasing fireworks were launched from Kindrick Legion Field.

 

The Osprey had already set off a few blasts of their own, however, in the form of six home runs, routing the Brewers 13-4 to split the two-game series.

 

Missoula, which tied a franchise record with single-game homers, teed off on the Brewers in the third inning, hitting four homers in the frame -- including a grand slam by Eudy Ramos. Ramos also had a solo homer.

 

The Osprey (10-11) who tallied 19 hits and the Brewers (9-11) had nine.

 

Joantgel Segovia paced the Brewers, going 2 for 3 and was walked twice. Lucas Erceg hit a two-RBI single in the third and Yeraldy Martinez hit a solo homer.

 

The Brewers next play host to the Billings Mustangs at 7:05 PM Saturday (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

Helena Box Score

 

Fifth Pioneer League appearance was not positive for RHP Gentry Fortuno, a shocking line given all the success he's had going back to his Maryvale debut last summer, so let's just file this one away for good. Fortuno may be the rare youngster who needs to avoid the strike zone a bit more. RHP Rodrigo Benoit also did not issue a walk, but was more effective over the final four mop-up frames.

 

CF Joantgel Segovia was on base four times, seven other Brewers recorded a single hit. Yerald Martinez walked, and his 5th HR (tied for 2nd most in the Pioneer League) was the H-Crew's lone extra-base hit.

 

The only Brewer without a hit was SS Gilbert Lara, 0-for-5, batting 2nd in the lineup in this one. Yes, Lara did net his first XBH of the season, a double, in his prior game, and we'll remind ourselves that this is his age 18 season, but if some of you are becoming concerned, you'd have some right to be.

 

As for Oluwademilade Oluwadamilola Orimoloye, it's now nine steals in 12 attempts (17 games), and as you may have seen at the photos link above, more on him in a moment...

 

Helena Game Log

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As also archived in full within our Helena / Maryvale feature thread --

 

Orimoloye trying to make some MLB history

Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record

 

Just two continents are devoid of a major leaguer born on their soil.

 

Frigid and essentially uninhabited Antarctica is an obvious choice. Vast and populous Africa is the other.

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Here's another look at the highlight we linked to earlier in this thread --

 

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Final: Colorado Springs 15, Iowa 5

 

Sky Sox Defeat Iowa 15-5 In Rout

Sky Sox score early and often to win second straight over I-Cubs

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Manny Pina led the way with four RBI in the Sky Sox win on Friday. (Paat Kelly photo)

 

Enjoy the read...and this --

 

 

Colorado Springs Box Score

 

As with Aaron Hill, veteran free-agent-to-be RHP Blaine Boyer's eventual departure would make room for a well-earned Corey Knebel big league return - giving RHP Jacob Barnes a bit more seasoning could be in the works as well to allow for Corey's call-up. Tough decision on pulling LHP Brent Suter an out for a win-qualifying effort (73 pitches).

 

Would anybody be surprised if Manny Pina and Josmil Pinto were the big league catching tandem next season? At some point you can only factor in the Pacific Coast League effect so much and have to give proper due. Pina reached base five times, Pinto, Kyle Wren, Nate Orf, and Garin Cecchini were all on base four times, Orlando Arcia and Michael Reed thrice.

 

Add that all up, and the Sky Sox had an incredible 29 at-bats with runners in scoring position (11-for-29).

 

Colorado Springs Game Log