Link Report for Wednesday 7/12 - Brunch with the Mudcats & Shuckers

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Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: 1B Garrett Cooper starts for the Pacific Coast League in the AAA All-Star Game in Tacoma; the game airs on MLB Network at 8:00 PM

 

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Biloxi: RHP Freddy Peralta at Jacksonville (Marlins), 10:45 AM pre-game, 11:05 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. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) 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. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available.

 

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Carolina: RHP Marcos Diplan at home vs. Down East (Rangers), 9:45 AM pre-game, 10:00 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 Great Lakes (Dodgers), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 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.

 

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 Nelson Hernandez at Idaho Falls (Royals), 7:55 PM pre-game, 8:15 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: at home vs. the little Angels, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Phillies "White" Squad, 9:30 AM

 

DSL Brewers/Indians: at the DSL Cubs #1 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.

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

 

AAA All-Star Game

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

DSL Brewers/Indians

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

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

 

Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty 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:

 

Jacksonville, FL

 

Zebulon, NC

 

Midland, MI

 

Idaho Falls, ID

 

Maryvale, AZ

 

Santo Domingo, DR

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All the games are available on MiLB.TV tonight, including the Helena series in Idaho Falls.

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Monte Harrison is back in the lineup today. Has been out since 7/3. Nice return though. 1B and HR in his first two ABs.

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Mudcats open home series with 7-3 victory

McDowell & Harrison combined for 7 RBIs in home win

By Carolina Mudcats | July 12, 2017 3:44 PM ET

 

Brett Martin was the starter for Down East today and he is rated between 5 and 10 in the Rangers' list of prospects depending on whom you talk to. He retired the first 5 batters of the game. In the second inning, after falling behind to Jake Gatewood (1-3, 2B, BB) 3-0, he struck him out on 3 straight fastballs. Lucas Erceg (1-4) then also struck out and it appeared Martin might be tough to hit today. Then Isan Diaz came up, and it was mentioned by Greg Young during the at bat, he had a very good at bat which really changed the game. Diaz (1-3, 2B, BB) fouled off 8 pitches during a 14 pitch at bat. Finally, he lined a double to the gap in left center. Monte Harrison (2-4, HR, 4 RBI, SB) then followed with a single to score Diaz. Max McDowell (2-3, HR, 3 RBI, SB) then followed with his first home run of the year to make it 3-0 before Martin knew what hit him. Harrison and McDowell combined to get all 7 of the Mudcats' RBIs.

 

Marcos Diplan (6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 3 K) got his second quality start of the year. He has now given up 10 home runs this year compared to 7 all of last year. Luke (not Len, wrong century) Barker (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K) looked very good in relief. The only hit he gave up was a seeing eye grounder between Gatewood and Diaz. Nate Griep worked the 9th yielding a walk and a hit batsman before retiring the side.

 

Monte Harrison now has a 6 game hitting streak with a bunch of games missed in the middle. Trent Clark was 0-4 today but had an OBP of .530 in the second half going into today so let's give him a mulligan on that. Trent Clark is developing quite a split in L vs R. He has BA of .190 vs .269, OBP of .352 vs .405 and SLG of .290 vs .463 on the season. Isan Diaz is slightly better against lefties and Lucas Erceg is about the same. Wood Duck starter Martin is a lefty.

 

Carolina Box Score

 

Carolina Game Log

 

 

Carolina Bottom of the 2nd

 

Jake Gatewood strikes out swinging.

Lucas Erceg called out on strikes.

Isan Diaz doubles (17) on a line drive to center fielder Matt Lipka.

Monte Harrison singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Lipka. Isan Diaz scores.

Max McDowell homers (1) on a line drive to left center field. Monte Harrison scores.

Luis Aviles singles on a line drive to right fielder Yanio Perez.

With Trent Clark batting, Luis Aviles picked off and caught stealing 2nd base, pitcher Brett Martin to first baseman Carlos Garay to shortstop Josh Morgan.

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Helena's starting pitcher Nelson Hernandez is working at a pace that would make Brent Suter blush.

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Norwood walks off Shuckers with 10th inning home run

Dustin Houle hit a go-ahead homer for the Shuckers in the eighth inning

By Biloxi Shuckers

 

Dustin hit his first Biloxi Shuckers home run in the eighth inning on Wednesday. (BENTON REED)

 

Biloxi Shuckers Box Score

 

 

Quick Summary:

Strikeout machine Freddy Peralta kept racking up the strikeouts adding 5 more to his season total after going 5.2 innings of one run baseball for the Shuckers. Peralta has kept it going after his promotion to AA to the tune of a 3.10 ERA. Dustin Houle had a big offensive day for the Shuckers hitting a go ahead homerun in the 8th inning, but the pitching could hold on. Jorge Lopez blew the lead right away and Nick Ramirez gave up the deciding homerun in the 10th inning to hand the Shuckers a 3-2 loss.

 

Pitching Summary:

On the mound, Freddy Peralta (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 10 K) started the game while Quintin Torres-Costa (1.1 IP, H, BB, K), Jorge Lopez (2.0 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 2 K), and Nick Ramirez (0.0 IP, H, ER, HR) provided the relief.

 

Hitting Summary:

Tyrone Taylor (1-4)

Dustin Houle (2-3, R, HR, RBI)

Javier Betancourt (1-4, R)

 

 

Biloxi Shuckers Game Log

 

Another loss in extras for the Shuckers.

 

Jacksonville Bottom of the 10th

 

Pitching Change: Nick Ramirez replaces Jorge Lopez, batting 9th.

John Norwood homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field.

[And That]

Jeff Suppan is the Idaho Falls pitching coach. So there's that.

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Final: DSL Cubs1 10, DSL Indians/Brewers 5

 

The Brewers full DSL squad had their game suspended by rain in the fifth inning and their co-op team may have wished they did as well, as the Cubs scored seven runs in the bottom of the eighth to come from behind and defeat the Indians/Brewers 10-5.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Box Score

 

Unfortunately it was Brewers pitching that coughed up the lead late. Melvin Mendez went an inning plus, giving up two runs and newly signed Jorge Mancebo got touched up for five runs (though only one was earned) in an inning of work. Mancebo, the former Rangers farmhand who was signed by the Brewers on Friday, gave up three hits and walked three and was charged with the loss. Rafael Brito had a three-hit game for the Brewers, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Luis Avila continued his hot-hitting ways, going 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to nine games. The 18-year-old Venezuelan has 15 hits in 39 at-bats during that span, including five multi-hit games. Yorki Franco singled, doubled and drove in a pair of runs.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Game Log

 

The Brewers plated four runs in the third inning to take a lead, which they held until the eighth inning implosion.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Top of the 3rd

Jesus Maestre walks.

Luis Avila singles on a ground ball to first baseman Luis Hidalgo. Jesus Maestre to 3rd.

With Micael Ramirez batting, wild pitch by Maikel Aguiar, Jesus Maestre scores. Luis Avila to 3rd. Throwing error by catcher Henderson Perez.

Micael Ramirez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Jules. Luis Avila scores.

Edwin Sano out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Maikel Aguiar to first baseman Luis Hidalgo. Micael Ramirez to 2nd.

Cristopher Cespedes reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Christopher Morel. Micael Ramirez to 3rd.

Rafael Brito singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Jules. Micael Ramirez scores. Cristopher Cespedes to 2nd.

Yorki Franco doubles (6) on a ground ball to right fielder Jose Jules. Cristopher Cespedes scores. Rafael Brito out at home on the throw, right fielder Jose Jules to shortstop Christopher Morel to catcher Henderson Perez.

Derian Perez grounds out, second baseman Herson Perez to first baseman Luis Hidalgo.

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Came on a 3-0 fastball from Nick Ramirez --

 

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Combination of my work in the Transaction Thread this AM and then some technical difficulties, but I'm going to be delayed on the Wisconsin (nicely done, Rattlers) and Helena (again, it went well) games, as well as a full Garrett Cooper update.

 

If any of our trusted Link Reporters have an unplanned moment to pitch in this AM, thanks; if not, understood and I'll chime in later. Kind of like when a news broadcast has to improvise live . "And That" is still slated to break down Maryvale later this AM.

 

In the meantime, enjoy these additional clips for now:

 

 

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AUDIO via Biloxi's pre-game: "Interview with Brewers Vice President and Director of Scouting Ray Montgomery on the draft, approaching the trading deadline and his job expectations."

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Brewers Take Opening Game From Chukars

Helena scores three early runs, doesn't look back in second straight victory

By Helena Brewers | July 13, 2017 1:34 AM ET

 

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Big day for Payton Henry (3-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) in front of his family who attended the game. Likewise Jay Feliciano (3-5, 2B). Dallas Carroll, KJ Harrison, Zach Clark and Nick Roscetti each had two hits.

 

Nelson Hernandez worked 6 innings giving up two runs. Parker Bean closed out the game over 2+ innings.

 

Helena Box Score

 

Helena Game Log

[And That]

AZL Brewers 9, AZL Angels 3

 

AZL Brewers Boxscore

 

The Brewers' magical run continues as the team moves to a league-best 12-3 record. They have a magic number of 11 for the first half Central division crown, if you're wondering.

 

Tristen Lutz did not hit any more home runs, but he did go 3-4 with a triple and a walk. He has yet to strike out through 11 pro PAs. Keston Hiura saw his hitting streak end at 10 - he went 0-2 with 3 walks. Je'Von Ward notched his first two pro hits, both singles, and he had a walk in three official at-bats.

 

Robert Henry, Hiura UC-Irvine teammate Alex Guenette, and Julio Mendez all also had two hits. Guennette and Mendez both launched a double.

 

Joaquin De La Cruz was once again pretty great, allowing one run in five innings of work. In my humble opinion, he should be in Helena.

 

AZL Brewers Game Log

 

Six in the seventh:

 

AZL Brewers Bottom of the 7th

Kenny Corey hit by pitch.

Tristen Lutz singles on a line drive to left fielder Jacob Pearson. Kenny Corey to 2nd.

Keston Hiura walks. Kenny Corey to 3rd. Tristen Lutz to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Jorge Tavarez replaces Ryan Clark.

Pat McInerney called out on strikes.

Robert Henry singles on a ground ball to center fielder Johan Sala. Kenny Corey scores. Tristen Lutz scores. Keston Hiura to 3rd.

Je'Von Ward walks. Robert Henry to 2nd.

Alexandre Guenette doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Jimmy Barnes. Keston Hiura scores. Robert Henry scores. Je'Von Ward to 3rd.

Julio Mendez hits a ground-rule double (3) on a fly ball to left field. Je'Von Ward scores. Alexandre Guenette scores.

Francisco Thomas strikes out swinging.

Pitching Change: Kida De La Cruz replaces Jorge Tavarez.

Kenny Corey flies out to center fielder Johan Sala.

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Final: Wisconsin 7, Great Lakes 2

 

After noting their troubles over the past 41 games, the Rattlers showed us and put together one of their vest best performances of the season.

 

Rattlers Open Road Trip With 7-2 Win over Loons

Lara & Hairston each have two hits and two RBI for Wisconsin

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

 

Gilbert Lara singles to drive in two runs in the top of the seventh and put the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers up 3-1 at Great Lakes on Wednesday night.

 

Chris with some bounce in his step in a team-earned positive-themed write-up linked above.

 

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VIDEO TWEET: Game's final out

 

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Wisconsin Box Score

 

Thirteen baserunners, no errors, 3-for-8 in RISP plus a sacrifice fly, solid mound work -- need more performances like this when the team gets back home. Kudos, guys.

 

Wisconsin Game Log

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It's been a rough season for Dodgers' 2016 1st rounder, IF Gavin Lux of Kenosha, but he had three hits vs. the Rattlers Wednesday night.

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Garrett Cooper finished 1-for-3 in the AAA All-Star Game, with the one RBI single in the video earlier in this thread.

 

The game story from MiLB.com is here, box score here.

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If you slide down @BrewerProspect's Twitter timeline from late Wednesday / early Thursday, you'll see additional video from the Carolina matinee as well.

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Additional Biloxi VIDEO via WXXV

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Chris Kusiolek‏ @CaliKusiolek 19s19 seconds ago

Joaquin De La Cruz ok arm action; moderate effort, firm and slight crossbody. Mature avg build; Fairly true 86-87; splitter feel; rolling CB

 

Chris Kusiolek‏ @CaliKusiolek 4m4 minutes ago

Je'Von Ward lithe build w/ length, athlete. Second gear, close there. Extremely loose w/ elongated path, lift. Some present hitting acumen