Link Report for Saturday 7/31

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

 

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Links for affiliate audio

 

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Standings and sortable stat pages

 

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MiLB.TV options: MiLB.TV available throughout. Only Carolina is on the road, and the only audio for the Mudcats series is from the Lynchburg feed.

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The two Brewers Arizona Complex League clubs are in action against each other in a day game

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Box: DSL Brewers #2 Squad 3, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 2, seven innings

 

Walk-off loss...

 

No wait, walk-off win!

 

 

The teams combined for five hits and five errors.

 

The team that won had four of the hits and committed only one of the errors. And yes, there's a reason these Brewer DSL box scores have a lot of tiny numbers.

 

There are 46 DSL teams.

 

Sortable team stats can be found here.

 

Through 15 and 14 games, respectively:

 

DSL Brewers #1 - One Home Run

DSL Brewers #2 - Four Home Runs

 

DSL Brewers #1 - 15th in walks (offense)

DSL Brewers #2 - 36th

 

DSL Brewers #1 - 38th in K's (offense, so 38 is good)

DSL Brewers #2 - 22nd

 

DSL Brewers #1 - OPS .649 (23rd)

DSL Brewers #2 - OPS .552 (44th)

 

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DSL Brewers #1 - ERA 3.05 (5th best of 46)

DSL Brewers #2 - ERA 2.32

 

DSL Brewers #1 - WHIP 1.23 (7th)

DSL Brewers #2 - WHIP 1.07 (3rd)

 

DSL Brewers #1 - Walks Allowed (62 in 106.1 IP, 20th fewest)

DSL Brewers #2 - Walks Allowed (45 in 101 IP, 6th fewest)

 

DSL Brewers #1 - K's (153 in 106.1 IP, 2nd most)

DSL Brewers #2 - K's (107 in 101 IP, 25th most)

 

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It was a walk-off HBP, by the way.

 

Catcher Darlin Lora, an 18-tear-old Dominican native, made his pro debut. He had an infield single to lead off the final inning and scored the game-winner.

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Aaron Ashby makes his 10th start of the season for AAA Nashville, which aims for a 3rd straight win. He’s been solid over his past 4 appearances (2.84 ERA and 21 Ks in 12.2 innings):

 

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Strikeout king Brandon Knarr (4th in Low-A East with 79 Ks in 57.1 innings) takes the mound for the Mudcats, which seek a 2nd straight victory:

 

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Cristian Sierra makes his second career start for the Timber Rattlers, which try to bounce back from a tough loss yesterday:

 

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Where has Mitchell been lately? I must have missed an injury report on him.

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Biloxi’s riding the hot bats of Chad Spanberger (1.547 OPS over last 9 games) and Alexander Palma (8-game hitting streak), as the Shuckers strive for a fourth consecutive win:

 

1 - Aguilar - 1B

2 - Turang - SS

3 - Longo - CF

4 - Palma - DH

5 - Fry - C

6 - Spanberger - RF

7 - Castro - LF

8 - G. Garcia - 3B

9 - Devanney - 2B

X - Zavolas - P

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Free Felix Valerio!

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The two Brewers Arizona Complex League clubs are in action against each other in a day game

 

Box: ACL Brewers Gold 4, ACL Brewers Blue 1, seven innings

 

For the victors, 20-year-old 3rd-year-pro and Dominican native 3B/2B/SS Alberis Ferrer has some pop, home run here his 8th in 296 career at-bats. OPS is 1.045 in 2021.

 

It was only one game late in the 2018 season, but Tijuana, Mexico native RHP Fernando Olguin made his pro debut at age 17 in the Mexican Summer League (often compared to AAA). The Brewers then signed him the following May, and he's been fantastic since. Wonderful outing here, including stranding two runners when he first entered.

 

18-year-old Venezuelan C Blayberg Diaz with his first pro HR and falls a triple shy of the cycle thanks to the 7-inning game. That HR was the lone Blue run.

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Box/Gameday (so far): Columbus (indians) 1, Nashville 0, after three innings

 

Sounds and Clippers Suspended at First Horizon Park

Game To Be Resumed Sunday at 5:00 PM Central

 

LHP Aaron Ashby 6 K's, one BB (video evidence).

 

Jeff Hem with an Ashby stat of note.

 

RH reliever Luke Barker makes a point and I chime in (read all the way through the quoted tweets here.

 

RH reliever Justin Topa's rehab transferred from Biloxi to Nashville.

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Box: Montgomery (Rays) 6, Biloxi 4

 

Biscuits Hold On For 6-4 Win Over Shuckers

Turang Launches Fifth Home Run For Biloxi

By Garrett Greene

 

Where has Mitchell been lately? I must have missed an injury report on him.

 

Often the broadcasters will share info, especially home games, but Garrett Greene has no answers as he indicates here.

 

Mitchell's been with the team at least for the past two games, and perhaps the whole time since last playing the full game on Sunday July 25th.

 

It's one thing when we try to figure out absences across the farm system, but when it's the talented #1 prospect who has already missed stretches of time, well, we're going to wonder.

 

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VIDEO Tweet: Turang's long HR off the scoreboard

 

It's been a rough season for LHP Cody Beckman, so props given here for three scoreless in relief.

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Box: Wisconsin 12, Cedar Rapids (Twins) 2

 

Offense Provides Twelve Runs and Bullpen Does The Work for a Timber Rattlers Win

Three Wisconsin pitchers hold Kernels to two runs and combine for 13K in a “bullpen game”

By Chris Mehring

 

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Four Rattlers reached base thrice (Howell, Gray, Kahle, Coca). Three others reached twice.

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Box: Carolina 11, Lynchburg (Indians) 2

 

Hillcats pitching implodes in seventh as Mudcats cruise to triumph

Via "The News & Advance"

 

Lynchburg starter Juan Zapata kept the ball in the strike zone and allowed the Hillcats to remain close through six innings Saturday evening against Carolina.

 

The bullpen, however, was erratic, and the Mudcats capitalized in a big way.

 

Carolina took advantage of four hits, four walks and three stolen bases to score six times in the seventh inning, and the Mudcats cruised from there for an 11-2 triumph over the Hillcats at Bank of the James Stadium.

 

Mudcats designated hitter Felix Valerio, who delivered the big hit in the seventh inning, went 4 for 4 with six RBIs. He was one of five players with a multi-hit performance as Carolina rattled off 15 hits and drew eight walks to create scoring opportunities aplenty against Lynchburg.

 

Zapata (1-3) exited after six innings in which he allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts. He didn’t walk any batters, and that allowed the Hillcats to remain close despite being handcuffed by Mudcats starter Brandon Knarr.

 

Valerio drove in both of the runs against Zapata with a first-inning single and third-inning sacrifice fly.

 

That all changed in the top of the seventh.

 

Trey Benton, the first to relieve Zapata, faced five batters and threw 21 pitches.

 

However, only five of those pitches were in the strike zone. The Mudcats (46-31) drew four walks and stole three bases against Benton in his brief ⅓-inning outing.

 

The deficit was only three runs with Jacob Forrester replacing Benton, but Valerio greeted him by pouncing on a 2-0 offering for a bases-clearing triple to right field.

 

Micah Bello and Ernesto Martinez capped the seventh-inning scoring with an RBI single and RBI double, respectively, as the lead swelled to 8-0.

 

Jhonkensy Noel, who went 3 for 4, got the Hillcats on the board with a solo homer in the seventh inning, and that was the only mistake Knarr (6-2) made over 6 2/3 innings.

 

He struck out 11, scattered six hits and allowed the one run.

 

Johnathan Rodriguez’s eight-inning single scored Christian Cairo that allowed the Hillcats to cut the deficit to 9-2.

 

Carolina finished the victory as Freddy Zamora and Valerio drew bases-loaded walks in the ninth.

 

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VIDEO Tweet: Valerio's three-run triple (what a season for the 20-year-old 5'7" cleanup hitter!)