Link Report for Friday 8/26

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: LHP Josh Hader at 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 Angel Ventura at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:40 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 Jon Perrin at Tampa (Yankees), 11:00 AM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Tampa 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 Jordan Yamamoto at Quad Cities (Astros), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 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 Nash Walters at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 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 Dodgers' complex in Glendale, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Angels, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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

 

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:

 

Oklahoma City, OK

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Tampa, FL

 

Davenport, IA

 

Helena, MT

 

Glendale, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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NOTES:

 

The Wisconsin road series is available via MiLB.TV for subscribers.

 

Only two games left after tonight for Maryvale (Saturday and Monday).

 

Only one game left after today for the DSL men (Saturday).

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More on Brinson / Burgos from Thursday via MiLB.com

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DSL Brewers 4, DSL Angels 2

 

Jesus Brea, who normally pitches in relief, started and went 5 innings. He gave up 5 hits and 1 run while walking none and striking out 5. Henry Medina worked the final 4 innings and picked up the win. DSL Brewers Box Score

 

The Brewers only managed 5 hits in the game and were aided by 3 Angels errors. Antonio Pinero was 2-3 with a double.

 

 

DSL Angels Top of the 4th==May be repercussions from a play a couple of days ago.

 

Angel Molina grounds out, third baseman Aaron Familia to first baseman Moises Perez.

Miguel De La Cruz grounds out, second baseman Edwin Sano to first baseman Moises Perez.

Oscateri Castillo doubles (6) on a line drive to center fielder Jesus Lujano.

Cristian Gomez triples (4) on a line drive to right fielder Bryan Connell. Oscateri Castillo scores.

Defensive Substitution: Luis Avalo replaces first baseman Moises Perez, batting 4th, playing first base.

Joel Borges flies out to right fielder Bryan Connell.

 

DSL Brewers Game Log

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VIDEO via NBC26: Nice little story about the Timber Rattlers' Luis Aviles and his host family

[markedman5]

Yamamoto's Line: 7IP, 3H, R, BB, 10K, 89 pitches/69 strikes #TRatNation

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Originally posted August 1st --

 

AUDIO:

 

Colorado Springs strength & conditioning coach Andrew Emmick

 

Here's part two of the conversation...

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More Sky Sox pre-game audio from earlier this week --

 

OF Eric Young, Jr.

 

RHP Drew Gagnon

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AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Mon. 8/22 (Tim Allen in as host/interviewer): Biloxi OF Brett Phillips

[BrewersAA]

I went to go see Hader tonight and they cancelled the damn game due to a 10 minute sprinkle of rain, super disappointing and they are already sold out on the rest of the sox games :-(

[reillymcshane]

Colorado Springs vs Oklahoma has been canceled due to rain.

[Eye Black]

Final: Tampa 7, Brevard County 6

 

Manatees Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short in Tampa

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

The Manatees managed 15 hits offensively (although just 1 extra base hit). Jon Perrin and Freddy Peralta combined to strike out 9 (albeit with too many hits and runs mixed in). Plenty to check out in the game story, box score, and game log.

 

Sorry for the abbreviated post, but the last week of the MiLB season unfortunately coincides with quite a few real world obligations.

 

Brevard County Game Log

[TheCrew07]

Record setting eighth gives Shuckers first ever five-game sweep

Biloxi scored a club-record seven runs during the eighth, en route to sweep of Braves

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Jacob Nottingham blasted his 10th home run in the Shuckers comeback win on Friday (Mike Krebs)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Took a night off from baseball to watch high school and NFL football, the game stories will have to suffice.

 

Biloxi Recap

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Harrison Knocks in Go-Ahead Run in Ninth

Rattlers pick up ground in playoff chase with 2-1 win at Quad Cities

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

 

Wisconsin Recap

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AUDIO via Chris Harris and the Shuckers: Biloxi Game Highlights

 

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Then catch up on video highlights of the five-game sweep of Mississippi, Friday's Game Five should post later on Saturday --

 

Game

 

One

 

Two

 

Three

 

Four

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Here's the updated scoop on the Shuckers playoff chances.

 

Everyone should be a Pensacola Blue Wahoos fan, because Pensacola, which won the first half division title, needs to also win the second half title in order to put Biloxi into play.

 

Pensacola trails Mississippi by 2.5 games (three in the loss column). The Blue Wahoos have ten games left, as do the M-Braves, so those two teams cannot finish in a tie.

 

Mississippi finishes its season, however, with a five-game home series vs. your Biloxi Shuckers. So you can see how huge this five-game sweep was for Biloxi. Mississippi was 33-20 in the second half before their current six-game skid, now 33-26.

 

If Pensacola takes the 2nd half title and can overcome that 2.5 game gap, the team with the 2nd best overall season mark makes the playoffs. Right now, Biloxi trails Mississippi by just half a game.

 

In other words, if Biloxi takes care of its own business, especially in the final five games, things are looking up.

 

If you want to Southern League scoreboard watch, root for Chattanooga over Mississippi and Pensacola over Jacksonville over the next set of five-game series. The teams we're rooting for are all at home (Chattanooga, Pensacola, and Biloxi).

 

Biloxi takes on Jackson (Mariners) in their next five-game series.

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Just making sure (while we're talking playoffs), that you read this snippet from the Timber Rattlers' game summary --

 

The Rattlers are just one game behind the Burlington Bees with nine games left to play in the season. Quad Cities remained five games behind the Bees.

 

Wisconsin does not play Burlington in anymore this season, but the Rattlers hold the tie-breaker over the Bees by virtue of winning the season series between the teams. If the Rattlers and Bees would finish the season with the same record, the Rattlers would go through to the playoffs.

 

So yes, Link Report fans, we do have fun scoreboard watching down the stretch.

 

Heck, it would still be very improbable overall, but talk to us Monday AM if the Sky Sox win all three games at Oklahoma City this weekend, including Saturday's doubleheader. Then we can talk at least a AAA possibility as well. Without a three-game weekend sweep, not really worth discussing.

 

A weekend sweep puts the Sky Sox 3.5 games back with eight to play, just two back in the loss column.

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Final: Great Falls 7, Helena 2

 

Gee, remember when Helena started the season 5-1?

 

They are an ugly 18-38 since.

 

Brewers Drop Fifth Straight

 

HELENA, MT - The Great Falls Voyagers and Helena Brewers met for the final time in 2016 on Friday night at Kindrick Legion Field. The Voyagers scored three times in the second inning, and went on to defeat the Brewers 8-5, handing the Brewers their fifth straight defeat.

 

The Brewers' Nash Walters left the game after the first inning, and Santos Saldivar came on in the second, riding a streak of five straight scoreless outings. The right-hander allowed a two-run home run to Max Dutto after giving up an RBI single to Anthony Villa, and the Voyagers cruised from there.

 

The Brewers did not record a hit until the sixth, and they got on the board in the seventh when Gilbert Lara scored on a wild pitch.

 

The Voyagers scored two more in the eighth and a Ronnie Gideon home run in the ninth inning brought the final score to 7-2.

 

Rodrigo Benoit worked his longest outing of the season, 5.2 innings, and Colton Cross finished the game for the Brewers with 1.1 scoreless innings.

 

The Brewers finished the regular season series by dropping 11 of 13 to Great Falls, and they have lost nine of their last 10 games, having been held to two runs or less in seven of the last 10.

 

Helena welcomes Billings to town for a two game series beginning Saturday night. First pitch is set for 7:05 (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

THREE MORE PHOTOS (Thanks, James Ridle, for the great shots all home season long)

 

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Helena Box Score

 

No word on the reason for the extra-brief Nash Walters start; Ronnie Gideon homered, because, well, because of course he did, #15...

 

Helena Game Log

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By the way, Nashville Sounds ownership got what they were looking for in Year 2 of the Brewers break-up; A's give them 78-56 & an early playoff clinch.

 

Oh, and it was the Sounds' first playoff clinch since 2007. That was the year Ryan Braun played 34 games there before his callup.

 

2007 Nashville Sounds stats

 

It's why the Brewers are with the Sky Sox now, folks.

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Final: Arizona Dodgers 7, Arizona Brewers 6, 16 innings

 

Heck, four hours and 14 minutes seems reasonable....

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

Four Brewer pitchers combined to strike out 21 and walk only one; Dodger pitchers fanned 22 and walked five.

 

LHP Boanerges Nova walked none and fanned nine in five scoreless innings, wow. The DSL product will be 24 in February, look for him to be a Timber Rattler next April.

 

Second baseman Tucker Neuhaus tripled and singled twice in his 2nd rehab game, showing that he'd like to be added to the Wisconsin playoff push.

 

18-year-old big bonus 3B Chad McClanahan was 1-for-7, but the "1" was his 3rd home run of the summer.

 

Normally productive RF Jay Feliciano was 0-for-7 with five K's, ouch.

 

18-year-old Dodgers 1st round SS, Gavin Lux of Kenosha, has been solid but not spectacular.

 

Maryvale Game Log

 

Ejections: AZL Brewers Manager Tony Diggs ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon (8th); AZL Brewers catcher Payton Henry ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon (8th)

 

Maybe Henry was chirping?

 

AZL Brewers Top of the 8th

 

Chad McClanahan grounds out to first baseman Dylan Cook.

Jay Feliciano grounds out, third baseman Cristian Santana to first baseman Dylan Cook.

Tyrone Perry strikes out swinging.

 

AZL Dodgers Bottom of the 8th

 

AZL Brewers Manager Tony Diggs ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon.

AZL Brewers catcher Payton Henry ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon.

 

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Game ended on one swing within RHP Jeremy Newton's second inning of relief work --

 

AZL Dodgers Bottom of the 16th

 

Cristian Santana strikes out swinging.

Carlos Rincon homers (7) on a fly ball to left field.

[Crash2303]

Oh, and it was the Sounds' first playoff clinch since 2007. That was the year Ryan Braun played 34 games there before his callup.

 

2007 Nashville Sounds stats

wow, I know its the PCL, but those are some awesome hitting numbers. great memories. the MLB team had great hitting too- just very little pitching- the story of their late 2000s window. They could have used someone like RA Dickey and Grant Balfour....oh.

 

Still irked about that Linebrink deal- so much pressure to "do something"- wish they had had the patience to give more of a shot to their AAA guys like Thatcher, Aquino, DiFelice, Stetter, McClung, and Balfour- all of whom dominated PCL hitters. the potential rising of 1-2 of them, may have also had the latent benefit of not feeling the need to sign Riske and Gagne the following offseason.

 

that season also saw the empty promise of Capellan and Parra and the bursts of things to come in Gallardo and Braun.

 

and heart-warming to see Dillard there- nine years ago- and poor AAAA All-Star, Joe Dillon- always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

ahh, what could have been.

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