Link Report for Thursday 7/11

[Mass Haas]

http://www.brewerfan.net/images/store/dailylinkreport.jpg

 

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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Standings and sortable stat pages

 

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MiLB.TV options: San Antonio, Biloxi and Rocky Mountain home feeds, Wisconsin road; Carolina unavailable.

[Mass Haas]

Originally posted in the Link Report of June 25th:

 

Box (so far): DSL Brewers 3, DSL Diamondbacks #2 Squad, 3, suspended after seven innings

 

All three D-Back runs were unearned due to three Brewer errors in the 4th inning, four errors overall in the game thus far.

 

There was a 3-0 lead at one point --

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 3rd

 

Reidy Mercado grounds out, first baseman Jose Marcano to pitcher Carlos Telleria.

Joneiker Ponce de Leon reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Teofilo Mendez.

Jhonnys Cabrera singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alvin Guzman. Joneiker Ponce de Leon scores. Jhonnys Cabrera to 2nd. Fielding error by center fielder Alvin Guzman.

Sebastian Burciaga singles on a line drive to center fielder Alvin Guzman. Jhonnys Cabrera scores. Sebastian Burciaga to 3rd.

Wild pitch by pitcher Carlos Telleria. Sebastian Burciaga scores.

Eduarqui Fernandez pops out to shortstop Dairon Cuevas.

Jesus Parra flies out to center fielder Alvin Guzman.

 

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The game was completed today:

 

Box (Final): DSL Brewers 7, DSL Diamondbacks #2 Squad 6

 

Each team would score a single run in the 8th, then the Cerveceritos tallied three in the top of the 9th, and held on for dear life in the bottom of the frame.

 

Don't pay too much attention to the box score as the averages and ERA's relate to June 25th.

 

So we'll place all our focus on the 8th and 9th inning game log, which you may kindly review here.

[Mass Haas]

As for Thursday's regularly scheduled DSL action, the full Brewers squad won again on road soil, 9-5 in a seven-inning contest. That Crew is now 20-15, nice.

 

The DSL Brewers/Indians co-op won today too, a welcome change, 4-2, to improve to 10-25.

 

Details on those contests during the overnight.

[Brew crew 92]

Smyly another pretty good outing. So far so good.

[brewmann04]

Lazar is starting to be an arm to watch.

[markedman5]

Shaw 2-3 with a homer plus a walk

[brewmann04]

Cory Ray also having a nice game in Biloxi and Williams continues to impress in the relief role. I am curious if we might see him and Rassussem in the brewers pen at some point this season.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Nice to see Pablo Abreu is playing again. Despite the slow start, I'm still high on him.

 

Also, Devin Williams' last 10 stats are absolutely amazing. They'd have to be really confident in Rasmussen to call him up this year because they don't need to add him to the 40-man yet after the season. Williams on the other hand is making it a distinct possibility he could see Milwaukee this year.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Given how young the offense is this season, it is refreshing to look at the box scores and stats and see that pretty much every player on the main DSL team has been showing at least a minimum competence in hitting. The third string catcher is the only one with an OPS below .600. That hasn't been the case in recent years. Double digit stateside promotions for next season are possible just from the position players.

 

They also have two of my "Should I be paying more attention to him?" prospects. They weren't high profile signings and didn't start turning it on until recently, but Sebastian Burciaga and Joneiker Ponce de Leon have been consistently hitting above a few much more highly touted prospects in the lineup.

[Mass Haas]

Rasmussen ready to roll

Brewers prospect overcame two surgeries before turning pro

Brian Lester, MiLB.com

 

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Box: Biloxi 6, Chattanooga 2

 

Big Inning For Biloxi Delivers Series-Opening Win

Six Runs in the Fifth Help Shuckers Down Lookouts

By Garrett Greene / Biloxi Shuckers

 

"In his first appearance since the MLB All-Star Futures Game, RHP Devin Williams hurled two perfect innings, including striking out the side in the ninth. In the second half of the Southern League season, Williams has made six scoreless appearances for Biloxi."

 

Goodness, Williams' confidence must be sky-high right now.

 

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VIDEO Tweet: Corey Ray at the wall

 

VIDEO via WXXV: Corey Ray back in Biloxi (no new quotes quite yet)

[Mass Haas]

San Antonio Pre-Game Media Notes

 

Includes a laundry list of transactions.

 

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OF Tyrone Taylor's injury-plagued season continues, on the IL retro to 7/9.

 

Unsure if it's related to the collision with Trent Grisham in the prior San Antonio game last Sunday, but this brief tweet thread shows that video again and updates other potential injury news from that game.

 

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Box: San Antonio 9, Omaha 2

 

Spangenberg's Big Night Propels Flying Chanclas to Victory

San Antonio Utility Man Drives in Five Runs

 

Smyly, Shaw, a summary and box score to check out for sure...

 

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Triple-A Missions See Success on Diamond, But Attendance Lags Competitors

[Mass Haas]

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes

 

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Box: Wisconsin 1, Dayton 0

 

All seven hits for the T-Rats singles, pitching and defense will need to carry the day quite often...

 

Timber Rattlers Triumph 1-0 over Dragons

Lazar, Jarvis, and Castaneda hold the line for eight-hit shutout

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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With seven K's and no walks in this game, just-turned 20-year-old RHP Max Lazar has a 69-to-9 K-to-BB in 44.2 IP. Remarkable.

 

While not quite as gaudy stat-wise, 19-year-old RHP Justin Jarvis has a 1.16 WHIP in his 44 innings.

[Mass Haas]

Mudcats and Keys Postponed in Frederick

Thursday night's game in Frederick, MD has been postponed, doubleheader set for Friday at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central)

 

Projected pitchers at the link.

[Mass Haas]

Box: Billings 6, Rocky Mountain 1

 

Alternative box includes inning-by-inning linescore

 

Now a 9-16 record, only 3-9 at home, lost most recent four games.

 

Not only did 21-year-old Dominican RHP Cristian Sierra strand three runners, he finished up with an additional three scoreless innings. 2019 is his first professional action after serving a PED suspension, but the Brewers had seen enough to have him bypass both the DSL and Maryvale.

 

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Mustangs Take Game Two From Vibes Thursday Night

Micah Bello Homers in Tough Loss to Billings

 

The Billings Mustangs came out on top for the second night in a row over the Rocky Mountain Vibes, winning the Thursday night contest 6-1. The Vibes' one run came via a Micah Bello solo homer in the bottom of the third inning, marking a team-best fifth home run in 2019.

 

For the second night in a row, the Billings Mustangs scored first. Once again, they scored a sole run in the top of the second to go up 1-0, just as they did last night in game one of this series. In the top of the third, the Mustangs scored a sole run again to double their lead.

 

In the bottom half of the frame, Bello got the Vibes on the board with a team-leading fifth home run with no one on to make it 2-1. After hitting his first four homers in the first six games of the season, including a two-homer, five-RBI performance on June 16 in Orem against the Owlz, Bello went 17 games before adding on home run number five.

 

VIDEO Tweet: Bello's round-tripper and Bryan Torres' sweet play at third base

 

The Mustangs scored a sole run for the third inning in a row in the top of the fourth to make it 3-1, re-extending their lead over Rocky Mountain to two runs.

 

The fifth frame proved to be the first scoreless one since the first, with Billings going back to work in the top of the sixth. The Mustangs doubled their score with three more runs to go up 6-1 on the Vibes.

 

Thursday night turned out to be a tough one for the home team, as they collected just one run on four hits with two errors on the night, dropping their second straight game to the Mustangs.

 

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Nice weekly honor for RHP Michele Vassalotti

 

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Vibes feel good after switch to short-season

Rocky Mountain staff seeing positives in transition from Triple-A

By Brian Stultz / MiLB.com

 

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Via Toby on Twitter on RHP Paxton Schultz (from a prior appearance)

[Mass Haas]

Box, Regularly Scheduled Game: DSL Brewers 9, DSL Diamondbacks #2 Squad 5, seven innings

 

Cerveceritos were down 4-0 after three innings, quite the rally. They win despite issuing ten walks including five from RH starter Wellington Nunez.

 

This offense is more than passable as noted in CheeseheadInQC's comment above. The 5-6-7 spots with heavy damage here.

 

16-year-old 2B/3B Jesus Parra, who Toby was super-high on (I imagine still is) has found his 30-game introduction to pro ball a bit rough, but the .321 OBP works.

[Mass Haas]

Box: DSL Brewers/Indians 4, DSL Red Sox #2 Squad 2

 

Much-needed morale booster...

 

We can hope Bob Uecker will be around to call RHP Yostin Villalobos' MLB debut, just for the name fun. The 18-year-old Venezuelan rookie can pitch.

 

Middle infielder Alberis Ferrer with three hits including a double.

 

Here's the 8th inning rally that broke a 1-1 tie, Brewer names in bold.

 

DSL Indians/Brewers Top of the 8th

 

Alan Meza grounds out, third baseman Wilmer Perez to first baseman Jose Navas.

Henyer Gomez singles on a ground ball to first baseman Jose Navas.

Jeicor Cristian singles on a ground ball to right fielder Moises Barajas. Henyer Gomez to 3rd. Jeicor Cristian to 2nd. Henyer Gomez advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Moises Barajas.

Elian Gonzalez singles on a line drive to right fielder Moises Barajas. Henyer Gomez scores. Jeicor Cristian scores. Elian Gonzalez to 2nd. Elian Gonzalez advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by first baseman Jose Navas.

With Francisco Gonzalez batting, Elian Gonzalez advances to 3rd on a balk.

Francisco Gonzalez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Axel James. Elian Gonzalez scores.

Jose Baez grounds into a force out, shortstop Angeudis Santos to second baseman Luis Mota. Francisco Gonzalez out at 2nd. Jose Baez to 1st.

Alberis Ferrer singles on a line drive to left fielder Axel James. Jose Baez to 2nd.

Eduin Lugo flies out to right fielder Moises Barajas.

[Mass Haas]

Two losses in Maryvale, Toby with details later this AM --

 

Blue

 

Gold

[And That]

Final: AZL Rangers 5, AZL Brewers Blue 2

 

AZL Brewers Blue Box Score

 

A rough fifth inning for starter Nick Belzer doomed the Blues as they fall to 7-12. Arbert Cipion and Orveo Saint lead the offense with two hits apiece. Pablo Garabitos contributed three scoreless innings in relief of Belzer.

 

AZL Brewers Blue Game Log

 

Lead:

 

AZL Brewers Blue Bottom of the 3rd

Pitching Change: Rosmer Inojosa replaces Wei-Chieh Huang.

Orveo Saint triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Rafy Barete.

Arbert Cipion singles on a line drive to left fielder Angel Aponte. Orveo Saint scores.

Alex Hall flies out to center fielder Alexander Ovalles. Throwing error by center fielder Alexander Ovalles.

Cam Devanney out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Rafy Barete. Arbert Cipion scores.

Kevin Hardin pops out to third baseman Keyber Rodriguez in foul territory.

 

Lead gone:

 

AZL Rangers Top of the 5th

Rafy Barete singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Cam Devanney.

Keyber Rodriguez homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Rafy Barete scores.

Angel Aponte singles on a line drive to center fielder Arbert Cipion.

Alexander Ovalles singles on a line drive to right fielder Anderson Melendez. Angel Aponte to 2nd.

With Josh Jung batting, Angel Aponte advances to 3rd on a balk. Alexander Ovalles advances to 2nd on a balk.

Josh Jung strikes out swinging.

Wild pitch by pitcher Nick Belzer. Angel Aponte scores. Alexander Ovalles to 3rd.

Wild pitch by pitcher Nick Belzer. Alexander Ovalles scores.

Heriberto Hernandez strikes out swinging.

Randy Florentino homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

Osleivis Basabe grounds out, shortstop Danny Casals to first baseman Kevin Hardin.

[And That]

Final: AZL Indians Blue 11, AZL Brewers Gold 2

 

AZL Brewers Gold Box Score

 

The Golds took an early lead but could not hold on, and then the game got away from them late. They fall to 5-14, tied for the worst record in the AZL.

 

AZL Brewers Gold Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Gold falls to 5-14, tied for the worst record in the AZL.

 

RHP Wilber Diaz, who was off-the-charts impressive statistically as a 17-year-old rookie DSL'er in 2018, was very ineffective in his first Maryvale Gold appearance back on June 18th (two hits, four walks in 1.1 innings) and hasn't pitched since. Bummer.