Link Report for Saturday 7/30

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 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: RHP Jorge Lopez 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at home vs. Charlotte (Rays), 5:35 PM gametime

 

Sorry, no audio is 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 Thomas Jankins at Peoria (Cardinals), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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 Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 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 (@CraigMDurham on Twitter).

 

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

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. 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

 

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:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Viera, FL

 

Peoria, IL

 

Missoula, MT

 

Goodyear, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

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Happy Birthday to Shuckers 1B Dustin Demuth, 25 and Manatees OF Clint Coulter, 23

[WV Brew]

DSL Yankees2 6, DSL Brewers 4

 

Box Score

 

Both teams scored 3 runs in the 1st inning but the Brewers could only manage one more and that one a gift. The Brewers were held to 4 hits in this game. Edwin Sano was 1-3 with 2 walks. That's about all worth mentioning. Joaquin De La Cruz took the loss going 5 2/3 innings (9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K). He was followed by 3 other pitchers.

 

Game Log (not for the squeamish).

[markedman5]

Orlando Arcia has hit his 8th HR, a 3-run shot. #SkySox

[Noche]

Clint Coulter with a couple of triples and walk on his BDay.

 

Joantgel Segovia up to .311 with a .399 OBP by the way.

[TheCrew07]

Rattlers drop 1-0 decision in Peoria

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Awesomely effective pitching for the Rattlers wasn't enough.

 

Troy Stokes (2-4,2B) continues his upward swing and was joined by Lucas Erceg (2-4,2B) putting up multi hit efforts for the Rattlers. The Wisconsin offense had base runners most of the game but didn't collect more than 1 hit in any particular inning and didn't record a single walk, so they weren't able to push any runs across.

 

Cards' opposing starting pitcher Dailyn Martinez has some skill, but hasn't exactly dominated with Peoria this season.

 

Wisconsin Recap

[And That]

5'3" Jose Gomez just hit a HR for the Baby Brewers. He had an ISO of .011 going into the game.

 

The Baby Brewers also tagged Brady Aiken pretty good, 5 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Gabe Garcia (at first base today) with yet another XBH.

 

Edit: Make that 2 XBH for Garcia, a double and a long ball. Only 8 of his 20 hits on the season have been singles.

[reillymcshane]

Final: Oklahoma City Dodgers 8, Colorado Springs 4

 

Sky Sox Defeated 8-4 By Dodgers

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

Colorado Springs Box Score

 

Colorado Springs fell to the Oklahoma City Dodgers 8-4 Saturday night. The Sky Sox were undone by three errors, three wild pitches and four walks - not to mention nine hits. In a disastrous second inning, the Sky Sox walked two batters, threw two wild pitches had an error and gave up two hits. The highlight of the evening for Colorado Springs was a three run HR by SS Orlando Arcia in the third. It was Arcia’s eight HR of the season, tying his career high (set last year at Biloxi). Hiram Burgos struggled in the lose, his eighth of the year. Yadiel Rivera had two of the Sky Sox’s errors.

 

Dodger prospect Jose De Leon held the Sky Sox to three hits over seven innings, walking only two and striking out one.

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

 

Garrett Cooper, who went 0-4 tonight, has struggled since his call up to AAA, hitting .105 since his promotion.

[Eye Black]

Final: Charlotte 6, Brevard County 4

 

Coulter celebrates birthday with three RBI night

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Make sure to check out the linked article for an excellent recap of the game. Oh, how differently things could have worked out if a couple of the early breaks (namely better defense) would have gone the Manatees way.

 

Also included in the game article are some quality photos of the Manatees wearing their Star Wars night uniforms.

 

Brevard County Box Score

 

Charlotte attempted 7 stolen bases off of the Kodi Medeiros and Fidel Pena battery. They successfully swiped bags on 5 of those 7 attempts. Medeiros encountered some trouble in the first couple of innings as well as a little tough luck with defensive miscues, but was able to finish strong over the final 3 scoreless frames of his 5.0 inning outing.

 

Clint Coulter was the story offensively for the Manatees going 2-for-3 with a pair of triples.

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

It's the bottom of the 9th and were only down two runs, let's get those rally caps on gentleman!

 

Brevard County Bottom of the 9th

• Corey Ray strikes out swinging.
  Blake Allemand strikes out swinging.
  George Iskenderian strikes out swinging.

 

--OUCH--

 

With the trade deadline approaching (now just 36 hours away) it would appear that this Manatees roster may experience a talent infusion in the very near future. Francisco Mejia will likely be expected to bring his 42 game hitting streak to the not-so-hitter-friendly confines of the Florida State League.

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VIDEO via KRDO: Sky Sox drop first game of 8 game home stand

[TheCrew07]

Ninth inning comeback falls short in loss to BayBears

Jorge Lopez strikes out five and walks five over five innings in MGM Park return

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Jorge Lopez made his first start since an outing with Colorado Springs on July 17. (M.K. Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Unfortunately Jorge Lopez' first start since the demotion was nothing to write home about it, maybe he can slowly turn it around and find some success the same way Jungmann has since his return from AZ.

 

With the help of the 9th inning barrage the Shuckers actually broke the double digit hit barrier, the highest batting average it today's starting line-up was just .244... With the Garrett Cooper promotion it's pretty bleak from an offensive prospective which is a shame given the actual prospect talent on this club.

 

Biloxi Recap

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Junior Guerra breaks the news -- Sky Sox catcher Manny Pina in the house in Milwaukee!

 

As I noted on Twitter, Jonathan Lucroy's 25-and-40 man roster spots become Pina's if the trade becomes official before gametime today, otherwise Pina's MLB activation may need to wait a bit.

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If you're keeping up with the Lucroy news, this video will have value to you --

 

 

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With talent sometimes comes attitude? This writer says Francisco Mejia "was a large pain for everyone"

 

Breakdown Of Potential Milwaukee Brewers' Jonathan Lucroy To Cleveland Indians

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As for top prospects officially here --

 

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BayBears slip past Shuckers

by Doug Barber, Special to the Biloxi Sun-Herald

 

PHOTOS: Tim Isbell has an extensive Biloxi gallery at the link

 

“It never feels good when you lose but it always is good to be competitive,’’ Biloxi manager Mike Guerrero said. “We were able to put together three runs out there. We need to stay competitive. The last six games have all been one-run games.

 

“There is a lot of good things and there are some things to work on (for Jorge Lopez). We know what he is capable and we want to turn him around.’’

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Final: Missoula 21, Helena 12

 

H-Crew missed two extra points...

 

Osprey Outslug Brewers 21-12

Teams Combine for 36 Hits & Eight Errors

By Craig Durham / Helena Brewers

 

MISSOULA, MT - The Helena Brewers led 5-0 after an inning and a half. They finished the game with 12 runs on 10 hits. They lost by nine.

 

The Missoula Osprey put together two separate eight run innings, and downed the Helena Brewers 21-12 in front of 1,494 on Saturday Night at Allegiance Field.

 

Trailing 11-5 after four, the Brewers responded with a six-run 5th inning to tie the game at 11. The highlight of the inning was a Wes Wilson three run home run, his second of the season. Wilson finished the game 2-for-5 with four RBIs.

 

The Osprey scored a run in the 6th to reclaim the lead at 12-11, but Ronnie Gideon's second home run of the night tied it up at 12 with one out in the top of the 7th. Gideon's blast to straight away center field was his seventh of the season - and fourth against the Osprey - but would prove to be the last bit of good news for the Brewers.

 

Missoula scored eight in the bottom of the 7th off Rodrigo Benoit to hand him his first loss of the season.

 

The three game series will conclude on Sunday, with the first pitch of the rubber match set for 5:15pm. Nattino Diplan will be making his first start since rejoining the Brewers opposite Chester Pimentel for the Osprey.

 

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Helena Box Score

 

Brewer pitchers allowed 30 men to reach base via 26 hits (including six doubles and two home runs), three walks, and an HBP. Mix in five errors behind the arms...

 

Never good when you see these lines in the box --

 

Fortuno pitched to 6 batters in the 3rd.

Romero pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.

 

Helena Game Log

 

Obviously, the bats did some nice things, including the four home runs.

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Final: Arizona Brewers 9, Arizona Indians 3

 

Brewers & Indians, gee, they're not in the news this AM, are they?

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

Just a really pretty box score - RHP Carlos Herrera pitched six strong; the youngest bats had fine nights - catcher Mario Feliciano, 1B Gabriel Garcia, 3B Chad McClanahan - honestly, this is one of those box scores that you can point to in 4-5 years and hopefully pull it from your memory bank. It's why the biggest Link Report fans enjoy the players' journeys all the way from rookie ball origins...

 

Maryvale Game Log

 

No confirmation by numbers that I have time to look up this AM, but isn't this one of the better defensive Maryvale clubs we've seen? Sloppy games few and far between, rare for this level...