Link Report for Wednesday, August 15

[reillymcshane]

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Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

 

Dominican Summer League Scoreboard (includes DSL Brewers/Indians game)

 

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Links for affiliate audio

 

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Media notes, standings, and sortable stat pages

 

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The entire local TV Timber Rattlers broadcast schedule

[bkrause2]

Final: DSL Brewers 2, DSL Mets2 1

 

Juan Frias drove in Victor Maria on a base hit in the bottom of the ninth as the DSL Brewers walked off with a 2-1 win over the Mets on Wednesday. Wilber Diaz got the start and worked four scoreless innings before giving way to the bullpen. Jose Alberro followed with three innings of one-run ball and Abner Uribe followed with two shutout innings to pick up the win. Frias finished 2-for-4 and drove in both runs while Andres Melendez added a single and a double in his two plate appearances.

 

Box Score / Game Log

 

 

Final: DSL Cubs1 8, DSL Indians/Brewers 2

 

The Brewers' co-op team fell behind early and were never able to climb back into it as the Cubs rolled to an 8-2 win. Not much to see here from the Milwaukee farmhands as all of the pitchers used were from the Indians' organization and outfielder Vitor Watanabe was the only Brewers to reach base, going 0-for-2 with a walk.

 

Box Score / Game Log

[DHonks]

I know he's a non-prospect at this point, but Coulter has a line of .305/.389/.561 (950ops) in the 2nd half. Was he battling injury?

[reillymcshane]

Final: Biloxi 6, Mobile 5

 

Coulter's Bases-Clearing Triple Fuels Another Comeback Victory for the Shuckers

Eighth Inning Error the Difference in 6-5 Win

By Spencer Siegel / Biloxi Shuckers

 

(Michael Krebs)

 

Biloxi Box Score

 

Down by four runs, Biloxi managed a 6-5 come-from-behind victory on Wednesday, defeating Mobile. The Shuckers only had six hits, but took advantage of five walks and four errors by the BayBears. An 8th inning error by Mobile allowed the Shuckers to score the winning run. Blake Allemand and Clint Coulter had two hits each. Coulter keyed a four-run 6th inning with a bases loaded triple.

 

Jon Olczak pitched 1.2 innings of scoreless relief to snag the win - his second in as many days.

 

Batting

 

Lucas Erceg: 1-3, BB

Blake Allemand: 2-3, BB

Clint Coulter: 2-4, 3B

Trent Grisham: 02, 2BB

 

Pitching

 

Trey Supak: 5.0 IP, 6 hits, 3 ER, 0BB, 3K

Cody Ponce: 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 2BB, 4K

Jon Olczak: 1.2 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER, 1BB, 2K, Win

Nate Griep: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER, 1BB, 1K, Save

 

Notes

 

Nate Griep got his league leading 29th save on Wednesday night.

 

Biloxi Game Log

 

Bases-loaded triple from Coulter does the big damage of the day.

 

Biloxi Bottom of the 6th

Keston Hiura reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Zach Houchins.

Lucas Erceg walks. Keston Hiura to 2nd.

With Blake Allemand batting, wild pitch by Daniel Procopio, Keston Hiura to 3rd. Lucas Erceg to 2nd.

Blake Allemand walks.

Clint Coulter triples (3) on a ground ball to left fielder Zach Gibbons. Keston Hiura scores. Lucas Erceg scores. Blake Allemand scores.

Trent Grisham walks.

Pitching Change: Adam Hofacket replaces Daniel Procopio.

Max McDowell grounds out, catcher Mitch Ghelfi to first baseman Mitch Spires. Trent Grisham to 2nd.

Luis Aviles Jr. grounds out, second baseman Connor Justus to first baseman Mitch Spires. Clint Coulter scores. Trent Grisham to 3rd.

Corey Ray lines out to first baseman Mitch Spires.

[WV Brew]

Down East 6, Carolina 2

 

Mudcats Walloped 6-2 by Taveras and Wood Ducks in Kinston

Carolina fell to 0-8 at Grainger Stadium this season with the loss

 

 

Jorge Ortega gave up a leadoff home run and things went downhill from there. Jorge is now just over two years off of Tommy John surgery and is still not back to where he was before. Nathan Kirby also had a rough night. Robbie Rojas was the catcher in this game. It's disappointing that Cooper Hummel has gotten almost no play behind the plate and Mario Feliciano very little. It is becoming somewhat of a lost year for Mario. You have to wonder if either one of those guys will achieve their goals if they cannot stick behind the plate.

 

Jorge Ortega: 3 2/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 BB. 2 K

Nathan Kirby: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 K

Cody Beckman: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K

 

Mario Feliciano: 1-4, HR, 3 K

Joantgel Segovia: 2-3

 

Carolina Box Score

 

Carolina Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: Burlington 7, Wisconsin 1

 

Slow Start Costs Rattlers a 7-1 loss at Burlington

Wisconsin drops ground in second half wild card race, too

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Box Score / Game Log

 

Check out the line for 1st year pro RHP J.T. Hintzen, what a shining star within this one...

[Mass Haas]

Final, Game One: Colorado Springs 3, Iowa 1, completion of suspended game

Final, Game Two: Iowa 9, Colorado Springs 4

 

SKY SOX AND CUBS SPLIT FIRST TWO GAMES OF SERIES

 

DES MOINES, Iowa – After game one of this quick three-game series against the Cubs in Iowa was suspended yesterday due to rain, the Sky Sox played two games on Wednesday evening, with the completion of game one going to the Sky Sox, 3-1. In the seven-inning game two, the Cubs responded with a big 9-4 win to even the series.

 

GAME ONE

 

The first four innings of game one were played on Tuesday evening before the game was suspended due to rain and rescheduled for today, with the Sky Sox leading 1-0 after those four innings of play.

 

In the top of the first inning, in the first at-bat of the game, Nate Orf was hit by pitch, marking his 18th HBP this season and the second most in a season by any Sky Sox player. Clint Barmes holds the single season record with 22 HBP in the 2007 season. The hit by pitch by Orf is also his 35th HBP in the regular season in his Sky Sox career, tying former Sky Sox catcher Mark Strittmatter for second place all-time with 35 career HBP. Strittmatter played parts of seven seasons with the Sky Sox (1993, 1995-2000). Clint Barmes holds the career HBP record with 47 HBP (2003-2004, 2007-2008). Orf proved to be the only baserunner of the half-inning, however, after a double play and a pop out brought the top of the first to a close.

 

There would be no scoring in the game until the top of the fourth frame three innings later, when the Sky Sox found their way onto the board first. Eric Sogard led off with a single on the first pitch of the inning, moving up to second on a Christian Bethancourt single. With two outs on the board, Domingo Santana lined Colorado Springs' third single of the inning to score Sogard and make it 1-0, before the suspension put the game on hold for a day.

 

Through the first four innings, both starters had similar stat lines. Colorado Springs' starter Brandon Woodruff had allowed just two hits with a pair of walks and four strikeouts when the game was suspended, while Iowa's starter Jen-Ho Tseng had allowed just one run on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts.

 

Tristan Archer took over on the mound for the Sky Sox in the fifth inning when the game resumed this afternoon, while Craig Brooks took over on the mound for the Cubs in the bottom half of the inning. Neither pitcher allowed a run or a hit in their outings, as Archer finished the day with two strikeouts through two innings of work, while Brooks allowed two walks with three strikeouts through 1.2 innings of work.

 

The game remained a taut 1-0 contest until the bottom of the penultimate inning, when Iowa scored a sole run to tie the game at 1-1. Pinch-hitter Trey Martin led off the bottom of the eighth with a walk, advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt, and to third on a wild pitch. A sacrifice fly from Ryan Court brought Martin home to tie the game.

 

In the top of the ninth, Santana led off with a walk of his own, moving up to second on a steal. Richie Shaffer and Quintin Berry both then drew walks to load the bases for Orf, who struck out for the second out of the inning. Sogard managed to draw a walk on four pitches, however, scoring Santana with Colorado Springs' fourth walk of the half-inning. Tyler Saladino then reached on a costly Iowa error that allowed Shaffer to score to give the Sky Sox a 3-1 lead, which would be enough to take game one.

 

Game One Box Score / Game Log

 

GAME TWO

 

Game two looked like it might also be a low-scoring contest after the first two frames, at which point the Cubs led 1-0. In the bottom of the first inning, Bijan Rademacher drew a walk in the Cubs' first at-bat of the game, moving up 90 feet on a ground out. A Jason Vosler RBI single would then score Rademacher to give the Cubs their first lead of the series.

 

In the bottom of the third, the Cubs offense exploded for five more runs. Cubs starting pitcher Luke Farrell opened with a ground-rule double, followed by a Rademacher single. Court singled home Farrell, and Vosler singled home Rademacher to make it a 3-0 game. Mark Zagunis then drew a walk, and a Taylor Davis RBI double scored Vosler and moved Zagunis into scoring position at third. Chris Gimenez then hit the Cubs' second ground-rule double of the inning, clearing the bases to give Iowa a 6-0 lead.

 

In the top of the fifth frame, the Sky Sox broke up the shutout. Tyrone Taylor led off with a single, before Santana and Bethancourt drew back-to-back walks to load the bases for Dylan Moore. Moore singled to plate Taylor and reload the bases for Berry, who struck out while pinch-hitting in the pitcher's spot for the first out of the inning. Orf then lined an RBI single to plate Santana and make it a 6-2 game.

 

The Cubs went on to extend their lead in the bottom half of the inning. Court and Zagunis both drew walks to put two on for Gimenez, who belted his second homer of the season to make it a 9-2 affair.

 

Colorado Springs did not go quietly into the night, however, responding in the very next half-inning with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Jett Bandy and Taylor led off with a single and a double, respectively, with both coming home on a Bethancourt RBI double to make it a five-run game at 9-4. That score would hold, with the Cubs taking game two to even the series.

 

Thursday's Preview: The Sky Sox head into the final game of the three-game set against Iowa Cubs, Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, with first pitch scheduled for 12:08 a.m. CST. Iowa righty Trevor Clifton (3-2) looks to pick up his fourth win of the season against MLB rehabber Zach Davies, who is 0-2 at Triple-A this season in four rehab starts.

 

Swipin' Bags: The 143 Sky Sox stolen bases this season is currently the fourth most in a single season. The team record is 169 stolen bases, which was set in 2009. The next feat to reach is third-most 149 set in 2000 while the second-most 151 is held by 2016 squad.

 

Sweet Tally: With another win on Wednesday, manager Rick Sweet's win count improves to 270 total (regular season) with the Sky Sox. Sweet trails Brad Mills by only one win to tie Mills' club record 271 wins as Sky Sox manager. If you include postseason wins, Sweet is at 272 overall wins, trailing Mills by only four overall wins.

 

Game Two Box Score / Game Log

[Mass Haas]

[Mass Haas]

VIDEO via the Shuckers: Wednesday Game Highlights

[And That]

Final: Orem 7, Helena 4

 

Owlz Snap Brewers Streak At Four

Helena Manages Just One Hit Through First Six Innings

By Greg Mroz / Helena Brewers

 

 

Orem, UT - In search of a five game winning streak and a series sweep, the Brewers fell in a hole early and never recovered against Orem. The Owlz scored in the first and never looked back, winning 7-4. Helena's winning streak ends at four, but they finish the seven game road trip 4-3.

 

For the second straight night, Orem scored a pair of runs in the first. Jeremiah Jackson drew a leadoff walk, and got to third as Kevin Maitan followed him with a double. With D'Shawn Knowles up, Lemons balked home the first run, and one batter later Francisco Del Valle brought home Maitan with a sacrifice fly, making it 2-0 Owlz.

 

Orem busted the game open in the third, as Rayneldy Rosario started the inning by reaching on an error. Jackson tripled him home, and Maitan then singled home Jackson. Knowles then delivered the big blow with a two run homer, extending the Orem lead to 6-0.

 

Owlz starter Cristopher Molina allowed a one out single to Yeison Coca in the first, but didn't allow a hit the rest of his outing. The right hander picked up the win, striking out a season high eight over five shutout innings. Helena's offense eventually got going, as they scored four runs over the last three innings, but it was not enough.

 

The Brewers have tomorrow off and return to action on Friday at home against Grand Junction.

 

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Helena Box Score

 

Helena Game Log

[And That]

Final: AZL Brewers 4, AZL Indians1 2

 

AZL Brewers Box Score

 

Wade Beasley got his first 3 pro strikeouts in easily the best outing of his young career, Carlos Luna threw 4 innings for the first time since 2015, and #FreeJohanDominguez ran his AZL scoreless streak to 17.1 innings with two more scoreless frames.

 

Seven singles and 6 walks for the Brewers offense were enough to win. Jess Williams and Aaron Familia each notched 2 hits.

 

AZL Brewers Game Log

[clancyphile]

Ortega needs to get the rust off. This is the year for that. 2019 will truly tell the tale for him.

 

EDIT: I'll add the control still seems to be there - no walks.