Link Report for Tuesday 6/27 - Lunch with the Timber Rattlers

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP's Angel Ventura and Bubba Derby in a doubleheader at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again 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: Idle

 

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Carolina: RHP Jordan Yamamoto at Buies Creek (Astros), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County.

 

MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Victor Diaz at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM 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.

 

In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance.

 

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Helena: RHP Michael Petersen at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

The broadcast duo of Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham) and Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017

 

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Maryvale: Idle

 

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DSL Brewers: at the DSL "Rojos" Squad, 9:30 AM

 

DSL Brewers/Indians: at the DSL Rays #2 Squad, 9:30 AM

 

For each DSL contest, 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. You can also use that link to differentiate between Brewer and Indians' prospects on the co-op team.

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Colorado Springs Game One

 

Colorado Springs Game Two

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

DSL Brewers

 

DSL Brewers/Indians

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

[Mass Haas]

Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official 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 - Carolina League Southern Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

Pioneer League North Division

 

Arizona League Central Division

 

Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division

 

Dominican Summer League North Division

 

NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link.

 

NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link.

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

DSL Brewers/Indians

 

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Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Buies Creek, NC

 

Grand Chute, WI

 

Helena, MT

 

Santo Domingo, DR

[Mass Haas]

Final: Quad Cities 6, Wisconsin 5

 

Quad Cities Edges Rattlers

River Bandits hold on for a 6-5 win at Wisconsin

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

 

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Quad Cities River Bandits broke a 5-5 tie with a run-scoring wild pitch in the top of the sixth inning and held on to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 6-5 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Click above for all the details...

 

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AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "Chris Mehring & Kyle Lobner discuss the Timber Rattlers' 6-5 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits on Tuesday afternoon. Hear from Matt Erickson, Demi Orimoloye, and Weston Wilson.

 

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Wisconsin Box Score

 

Starting RHP Victor Diaz had a pretty unique five-inning line, mix in an HBP...

 

Wisconsin Game Log

[LouisEly]

Ivan DeJesus is 8 for his last 8 with a walk.

[LouisEly]

Ivan DeJesus is 8 for his last 8 with a walk.

Make that 9 for his last 9 with a walk. That's incredible at any level. I wonder what the record is for consecutive ABs with getting on base with at least 80% being hits.

[CheezWizHed]

Or just consecutive hits in official ABs (noting that walks don't count as ABs)

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Final: DSL Indians/Brewers 2, DSL Rays2 1

 

The Brewers co-op team managed just three hits, but were aided by four Rays errors as they edged Tampa's DSL affiliate 2-1.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Box Score

 

20-year-old righty Juan Gomez made his first start of the year and worked four innings, allowing one run. Daniel Acosta followed with 2.2 scoreless frames and was credited with the win, while Jose Alberro went the final 2.1 shutout innings to notch his second save. Catcher Bryan Torres accounted for the bulk of the offense, going 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of stolen bases. He was also hit by a pitch and scored a run. Outfielder Bryan Dimas did the rest, drawing two walks while also stealing two bags and scoring the other run.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Game Log

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Final: DSL Rojas 11, DSL Brewers 8

 

The Brewers rallied for three runs in the ninth, but it wasn't enough as they lost to the Reds by a score of 11-8.

 

DSL Brewers Box Score

 

Brayan Salaya got the starting nod and went 2.2 innings. giving up two runs (one earned). Jose Parra followed and was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs in 3.1 innings of work. Jean Carmona paced the offense, going 3-for-4 with a double and a triple. He was also hit by a pitch and knocked in four runs. Second baseman Luis Manon reached base four times, collecting two singles to go along with two walks, and leadoff hitter Francis Florentino added two hits in five trips to the plate.

 

DSL Brewers Game Log

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 9th

Pitching Change: Samuel Berroa replaces Ariel Mojica.

Kelvin Pacheco walks.

Luis Manon walks. Kelvin Pacheco to 2nd.

Francis Florentino grounds into a double play, pitcher Samuel Berroa to shortstop Miguel Hernandez to first baseman Jorge Sencion. Kelvin Pacheco to 3rd. Luis Manon out at 2nd.

Victor Maria hit by pitch.

DSL Rojos pitcher Samuel Berroa ejected by HP umpire Jesus Bravo.

Pitching Change: Reinardo Mota replaces Samuel Berroa.

Jean Carmona triples (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Peterson Plaz. Kelvin Pacheco scores. Victor Maria scores. Jean Carmona scores. Throwing error by shortstop Miguel Hernandez.

Anderson Melendez flies out to center fielder Peterson Plaz.

[WV Brew]

Mudcats outlast Astros 6-5 in 15-inning road game

Eric Hanhold struck out nine over 4.0 innings and earned the win

By Carolina Mudcats | June 28, 2017 12:54 AM ET

 

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Eric Hanhold pitching for the Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, N.C. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats)

 

Eric Hanhold (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K) picked a good time to have, arguably, his best game of the year. He picked up the win and is now 5-2. Jordan Yamamoto (6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 8 K) started the game. The two runs he gave up should have been unearned. With two out in the 3rd inning, Jake Gatewood missed a popup that landed fair but rolled foul. He was not given an error however. The batter then hit a home run. The next hitter hit a triple and scored on a balk when Yamamoto tripped while making a pitch. Nate Griep was given a blown save when he gave up a two run home run to tie the game in the 9th but really they were trying to squeeze a 3rd inning out of him so give him a mulligan on that one. Quintin Torres-Costa worked a 1-2-3 15th with 2 K's to pick up his first save. The Hawaiian contingent are now calling themselves "Hawaii KO".

 

On the offensive side, Monte Harrison (3-6, 2B, HR, BB) led the way. Troy Stokes Jr was 2-7 with a double. Lucas Erceg was 3-7 with two doubles and drove in the first two runs with his second double. Cooper Hummel was 0-4 but walked 3 times. Trent Clark was 1-6 and had 4 K's although he did have a walk and a stolen base to go with that. He was also caught trying to steal home (now 17/20 in SB's).

 

Carolina Box Score

 

Carolina Game Log

 

Mudcats took a 3-run lead here:

 

Carolina Top of the 6th

 

Monte Harrison homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Trent Clark called out on strikes.

Luis Aviles singles on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez.

Cooper Hummel walks. Luis Aviles to 2nd.

Jonathan Oquendo pops out to second baseman Ryne Birk on the infield fly rule.

Corey Ray doubles (17) on a fly ball to right fielder Myles Straw. Luis Aviles scores. Cooper Hummel scores.

Pitching Change: Sean Stutzman replaces Howie Brey.

Troy Stokes Jr. singles on a ground ball to shortstop Alex De Goti.

Lucas Erceg called out on strikes.

 

Nate Griep's blown save:

 

Buies Creek Bottom of the 9th

 

Jake Rogers doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Trent Clark.

Spencer Johnson grounds out, shortstop Luis Aviles to first baseman Jake Gatewood.

Stephen Wrenn homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Rogers scores.

Randy Cesar strikes out swinging.

Eduardo de Oleo called out on strikes.

 

The winning rally:

 

Carolina Top of the 15th

 

Monte Harrison doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Myles Straw.

Trent Clark singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Randy Cesar. Monte Harrison to 3rd.

Luis Aviles out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Monte Harrison scores.

With Cooper Hummel batting, Trent Clark steals (17) 2nd base, Trent Clark to 3rd. Wild pitch by pitcher Sebastian Kessay.

Cooper Hummel walks.

Jonathan Oquendo strikes out swinging.

With Corey Ray batting, Trent Clark caught stealing home, catcher Jake Rogers to third baseman Randy Cesar to catcher Jake Rogers.

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: Colorado Springs 14, Omaha 6

 

Bandy Drives In Five In 14-6 Win

Sky Sox take game one with 11 runs in fifth and sixth innings

By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

 

Andrew Susac had a second consecutive two-hit game in game one of the Tuesday night doubleheader, combining for four RBI in the two contests. (Paat Kelly photo)

 

Catcher's delight here (one as a DH, lest you be confused by the summary title / photo.

 

Colorado Springs Game One Box Score

 

As the summary you just read noted, this was a 2nd consecutive game scoring 14 runs for the good guys. That's the beauty of the "link" part of the report, as you just dive in now to the box and digest all you can.

 

Colorado Springs Game One Game Log

 

This was RHP Angel Ventura's first start at the Springs, as his prior three starts had all been on the road, including the most recent two in pitcher-friendly Memphis and New Orleans. His line reflects that.

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AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: Part One of a chat with Hitting Coordinator Kenny Graham

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Final, Game Two: Colorado Springs 10, Omaha 2

 

Sky Sox Sweep Doubleheader

Phillips, Brinson, Susac club homers in victory

By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

 

Bubba Derby benefited from a strong offensive output and earned his second win in his second Triple-A start. (Paat Kelly photo)

 

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3rd Inning Blast --

 

 

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4th Inning Fun, Three-Run Bomb Temporarily Knocked Out the Video Satellite Feed --

 

 

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Colorado Springs Game Two Box Score

 

Yes, Ivan De Jesus, Jr. is 11-for-12 with a walk in his last three games, behold. Nothing new, we've been highlighting his consistency here for weeks.

 

Now seems like a fine time to link to the Sky Sox' individual stats page, where you'll see that it certainly isn't a small sample anymore at this point in the season for many.

 

Note that for any individual player page, you can click on "Splits" and compare home and away. In the case of De Jesus, Jr., the travel split is not extreme at all, it is more so for Garrett Cooper, who sat out Game Two.

 

Colorado Springs Game Two Game Log

 

RHP Bubba Derby with a big bounceback season (trust your Brewers professional scouts and David Stearns much more often than not); RHP Tom Wilhelmsen needed a nice clean frame, and he got it.

[Mass Haas]

Toby ("And That") will have the details of a Helena walk-off extra-inning win a bit later this AM.

 

We appreciate everyone's patience as we Link Reporters balance home and work life as well, across a variety of time zones, and given the often late-night nature of these games, to do our reports justice.

 

That said, it's another day for a pesky matinee game, as the Sky Sox pre-game audio will kick off at 1:00 PM Central, the boys go from evening doubleheader to daytime affair. Seems like that has the makings of a Tim Dillard classic feature film on quick turnaround somehow. Look for the new Link Report just prior to gametime.

 

-- Jim

[Mass Haas]

VIDEO via Fox11Online: Another peek at the Rattlers game and comment from Matt Erickson

 

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VIDEO via WLOX: Very cool video feature on new Shucker RHP Freddy Peralta

[FVBrewerFan]

Where did that outing from Hanhold come from? Been a long time he had a dominating appearance like that.

 

Sky Sox bats are unreal, and really makes you wonder how good Brinson/ Phillips really are. I swear, you could put Ray, Erceg, Clark, etc. in CS and they would have better numbers than they do now.

[And That]

Error Leads to Brewers Walk Off in Extras

In third extra inning game against Voyagers, Brewers win on error to top Voyagers for first time this season

By Garrett Greene / Helena Brewers

 

(Photo: Helena Brewers)

 

Helena Independent Record (w/quotes) - Brewers walk off winners with extra-inning hit, error

 

Helena Boxscore

 

Before getting too concerned about Helena's poor start to the season, I want to take you back to 2016. Helena won their first three games of the season, five of their first six, and were 6-3 after nine games. The 2016 team would go on to 22 of their remaining 65 games, and finish 18 games under .500. Point being, it's still early folks. And now they have their first winning streak of the season.

 

Starting with pitching first, reigning Pioneer League player of the week Michael Petersen pitched an outstanding first four innings and seemed to be putting himself into contention for the award again before running into trouble in the fifth. Through 4 innings, Petersen had allowed 1 hit, 1 walk, and struck out 6. The fifth inning saw him allow a leadoff home run, a single and two walks before giving way to NDFA signee Brandon Texiera. Texiera, to his credit, stranded both of the runners that Petersen left on base upon exit.

 

Peterson is a big dude without a ton of experience, partly due to being academically ineligible for the 2014 season, so despite the fact that he's 23, he's still a bit of a project. Petersen throws plenty hard, touching the middle 90s, gets some sink due to his arm slot and throws a nice curveball. Command has always been his bugaboo, and he does now have 7 walks in 10 2/3 innings, but it seems he his making progress in that regard.

 

Texiera would go on to give up two runs of his own in 2 1/3 innings pitched. Parker Bean and Juan Diaz combined on a scoreless final 3 innings, with Diaz getting the win. All in all, the Helena pitchers got 15 groundball outs against just 3 flyball outs.

 

Helena's bats as group are slowly coming around. Zach Clark, who has walked plenty but hit little this year, notched his first home run, a 3-run job, in the second innings. Dallas Carroll, Jay Feliciano, and Nic Pierre all had two hits apiece, with Feliciano's double being the only other extra base hit. They won, so we'll ignore that the offense struck out 15 times and only walked once.

 

Their team batting average is still the lowest in the league, at .256. Their team ERA is 5.59, which is actually third-best in eight team league. Their staff has walked the most batters in the league, however.

 

Helena Game Log

 

The winning... rally?:

 

Helena Bottom of the 10th

Pitching Change: Blake Battenfield replaces Tyler Johnson.

Nick Roscetti singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Anthony Villa.

With Dallas Carroll batting, wild pitch by Blake Battenfield, Nick Roscetti to 2nd.

Dallas Carroll singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tate Blackman. Nick Roscetti scores. Throwing error by second baseman Tate Blackman.

[leitermab07]

Carolina left 24 guys on base.. this team is so frustrating to watch... Good to see Harrison step into this lineup and have continued success.. Isan Diaz has now sat out three straight games... Hopefully, that is an ego check to get his **** straight, especially after he get ejected for the third time this yr on Sunday.. He is still my favorite positional player in the system, but now with Keston Hiura in the system, he has some serious competition for the future 2nd basemen of this franchise. Hiura swing is even more pretty than Diaz.. not alot of swing and miss, unlike Diaz.

[CheezWizHed]

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