Link Report for Games of Tuesday, August 29th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Justin Lehr at Memphis (Cardinals), 7:20 PM pre-game; 7:35 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450radio.com/

 

Brevard County: Doubleheader canceled; see this related thread:

 

p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...3850.topic

 

West Virginia: RHP Will Inman at home vs. Greensboro (Marlins), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower.

 

Helena: RHP Amaury Rivas at home vs. Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

 

Audio (click on "Listen Live"):

www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php

 

Arizona: TBD at the Angels' complex to face the Anaheim kids, 9:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

[Mass Haas]

Follow Tuesday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often.

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

 

Arizona Rookie:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_angrok_1

[Mass Haas]

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated an hour or two prior to gametime:

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

Following Nashville's lead, Huntsville now makes its media notes available as well, nice:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

[Mass Haas]

Standings through Monday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 74 63 .540 - 41-27 33-36 W1[/b] Iowa 71 66 .518 3.0 43-28 28-38 L1 Memphis 55 82 .401 19.0 34-39 21-43 L1 Omaha 51 86 .372 23.0 31-37 20-49 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Huntsville 38 25 .603 - 21-12 17-13 W7[/b] Chattanooga 35 29 .547 3.5 20-14 15-15 W1 Tennessee 35 29 .547 3.5 18-12 17-17 W1 West Tenn 29 35 .453 9.5 19-11 10-24 L7 Carolina 26 38 .406 12.5 19-11 7-27 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 33 26 .559 - 18-11 15-15 W2 Daytona 35 28 .556 - 24-13 11-15 L1 St. Lucie 34 29 .540 1.0 17-14 17-15 L4 [b]Brevard County 26 33 .441 7.0 13-13 13-20 W3[/b] Vero Beach 23 36 .390 10.0 14-16 9-20 W2 Jupiter 22 40 .355 12.5 12-20 10-20 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 44 19 .698 - 24-7 20-12 W2 [b]West Virginia 33 29 .532 10.5 20-11 13-18 W3[/b] Lake County 32 29 .525 11.0 17-16 15-13 L2 Greensboro 31 30 .508 12.0 16-18 15-12 W1 Hickory 31 32 .492 13.0 14-18 17-14 L1 Lexington 26 37 .413 18.0 17-14 9-23 L2 Delmarva 25 37 .403 18.5 15-15 10-22 L1 Hagerstown 24 39 .381 20.0 12-18 12-21 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 20 9 .690 - 12-2 8-7 W1 Missoula 17 12 .586 3.0 10-5 7-7 L2 [b]Helena 16 13 .552 4.0 9-6 7-7 W3[/b] Great Falls 8 21 .276 12.0 6-8 2-13 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Angels 18 7 .720 - 5-2 13-5 W2 AZL Padres 17 8 .680 1.0 10-4 7-4 W5 AZL Royals 18 9 .667 1.0 9-6 9-3 W1 AZL Giants 16 10 .615 2.5 8-6 8-4 W1 AZL Athletics 13 13 .500 5.5 9-4 4-9 W2 AZL Cubs 11 15 .423 7.5 4-9 7-6 L1 AZL Mariners 11 15 .423 7.5 8-5 3-10 L2 AZL Rangers 8 19 .296 11.0 6-9 2-10 L3 [b]AZL Brewers 5 21 .192 13.5 4-9 1-12 L1[/b]

[Mass Haas]

Yovani Gallardo still featured prominently in Baseball America's Pitcher of the Year watch:

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...62341.html

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...006082922/

 

Power approaching more individual records

Michael Dailey

Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter

 

When the South Atlantic League playoffs begin next week, the West Virginia Power will not be a participant.

 

But despite the team's inability to reach postseason, there have been a few superb individual performances on display throughout the season.

 

A pair of Class A franchise records already have fallen and with seven games to play, a couple more marks are within reach as the Power opens its final home series of the season at 7:05 p.m. today (6:05 Central) against Greensboro.

 

Outfielder Lorenzo Cain started the record breaking by surpassing the former club mark for hits in a season (150) set by Bobby Perna in 1992.

 

Cain, a 17th round pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2004 draft, currently has a league-best 154 hits and ranks fourth in the batting title race with a .305 average.

 

With 86 runs on the season, Cain likely will fall short of the franchise record of 106 set by Scott Pose in 1990, but has a shot at second place if he can surpass the 93 runs scored by Dee Jenkins in 1993.

 

With another 40 at bats this season, Cain also will break the club mark of 544 set by Steve Gibralter in the 1991 season. Cain is only 15 at bats behind second-place holder Alcides Escobar, who had 520 at bats last season.

 

Fellow outfielder Darren Ford also placed his name in the franchise record book by surpassing the single-season stolen base mark of 61, established by Mike Curry in 1999.

 

Ford, who's blessed with world class speed, has 62 stolen bases entering tonight's play and with 91 runs on the season has an even greater chance to reach Jenkins' 1993 run total.

 

Another record within reach is the club, single-season home run mark of 20 set by former Alley Cat Jason Parsons during the 1997 season.

 

Third baseman Mat Gamel enters tonight with 17 homers, good for sixth in the league.

 

Gamel has three homers this season against Greensboro pitching, including two during a three-game series in North Carolina last week.

 

However, it's not just Power batters that have had solid seasons.

 

Right-handed starter Will Inman followed up a 6-0 record as a rookie in Helena last season, by entering tonight's series with a 10-1 record and a sterling 1.30 earned run average.

 

Inman, tonight's starting pitcher, has allowed a miniscule 14 earned runs in 97 innings pitched.

 

Assuming the Power plays its remaining seven scheduled games, Inman must toss a combined 13 2/3 innings in his final two starts of the season, to qualify for the league ERA title.

 

"We had a lot of ups and downs during the season, but in terms of how these guys have improved throughout the course of the season, it's been outstanding," said Power Manager Mike Guerrero. "We've seen a lot of maturity by the players and we've seen a lot of development in both the baseball and personal sides of the players.

 

"Individually, there's been a lot of accomplishments for the players to be proud of. When you talk about 19- and 20-year-olds reaching those kinds of goals in a league with an average age of 23 or 24, that says a lot about the development for these kids this year."

 

But not all the records were set on the playing field.

 

In 62 home dates entering this evening, 233,932 fans have passed through the turnstiles, surpassing last season's previous record of 233,555.

 

"I think this season was fantastic," said Power General Manager Andy Milovich. "It felt good from our standpoint, to be able to come into it with an entire off-season to prepare.

 

"We took a step forward from an attendance standpoint, from an operational standpoint and on the field we took a step forward.''

 

Now, Milovich and his staff will spend at least a portion of the coming off-season to improve operations in the club's third season in Appalachian Power Park.

 

"In the first couple weeks of the off-season, we'll kind of take a step back and the staff will sit down and brainstorm a little bit about things we can do next season," Milovich said.

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Monday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with Scouting Director Jack Zduriencik (Select date for August 28th, skip to the 11:00 minute mark) --

Interesting stuff, as expected...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

[homer]

Quote:

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Yovani Gallardo still featured prominently in Baseball America's Pitcher of the Year watch:

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Check out Gordon's stats. Dude is going to be good. If the Royals can find some pitching, they might be tough in a few years. Wonder if they'll trade Teahan or move him to the OF?

[brewerfan82]

Quote:

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If the Royals can find some pitching, they might be tough in a few years.

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Well they do have Johan De La Rosa... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[And That]

Will Inman with a ho-hum start to the game - striking out the side to open the game is just so passe.

[colbyjack]

I just wanted to point out that Inman is going up against Chris Volstad, one of the Marlins top prospects.

 

EDIT: Yowza, Toby, are you listening to this one as well or following the box score? Inman's got it going on tonight, tune in if you can.

[1e Corbeau]

Quote:

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Will Inman with a ho-hum start to the game - striking out the side to open the game is just so passe.

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He obviously missed the memo, as he just did it again.

[xisxisxis]

EDIT: Yowza, Toby, are you listening to this one as well or following the box score? Inman's got it going on tonight, tune in if you can.

 

I think somebody with a lot more time on their hands since the 'Fest season ended just jinxed Inman. Coincidence? I think not.

[colbyjack]

Why don't you go back to the issues forum and rip on the draft forum some more.

[hsvstarsfan]

Huntsville's final regular season game with Mississippi has been cancelled. Strong thundershowers moved through the area about 3 pm today. The tarp was put on the field in time but according to GM Tom Van Schaak, strong winds ripped about a 100' hole in it the middle where it was covering 2nd base. About 20 minutes before game time, grounds crew was trying to dry the area with an industrial strength fan and rake the area around first base, but the game was called at about 7 pm to "unsafe playing conditions."

 

The Stars are 3½ on top with six games to go. The magic number is 4. I heard Tim Dillard will start half of a doubleheader on Saturday.

[pogokat]

Volstad has been very impressive to watch this year...the fact that inman's numbers are so much better than his is mind boggling..volstad will pitch in the bigs..

[SheetsCyYoung04]

Was that Inman's first home run allowed all year?

 

Edit: didnt that Septimo guy who hit it use to be a Brewer farmhand?

[molitor fan]

Yeppers, and oh, yeah, yeppers.

[homer]

DFA Inman

[colbyjack]

102 innings under Inman's belt this year before he gives up his first dinger. Very impressive, congrats young man.

 

Although of the 3 hits he gave up tonight, one was a double, one was a triple and one was that home run.

[Katuluu]

Why don't you go back to the issues forum and rip on the draft forum some more.

 

 

That's Who's Godson? Forum

[colbyjack]

Omar Aguilar is the starter for the baby Brewers. Nice to see his name in the box scores.

 

Mike Bell stays red-hot, with a walk-off RBI single to push the Power past Greensboro this evening in the bottom of the 9th.

 

EDIT: Just noticed Bell's hit was a ruled a double according to the game log. Interesting how they score games in the minors, as he didn't have to move past 1B for Cain to score the winning run.

[pogokat]

Final: Albuquerque (Marlins) 7, Nashville 2

 

Nashville Site Game Summary

Link, including pic of Chris Barnwell, then text

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2132

Sounds Fall To Isotopes, 7-2

 

ALBUQUERQUE â?? The first-place Nashville Sounds dropped a 7-2 decision to Albuquerque on Tuesday night at Isotopes Park in the second game of a four-game set.

 

Despite the loss, Nashville (74-64) maintained its three-game lead over Iowa in the American Conference Northern Division; the Cubs lost at Oklahoma, 5-4. The Soundsâ?? magic number to clinch a playoff berth was reduced to three with six games remaining in the season.

 

Isotopes second baseman Edgar Gonzalez gave the home team a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a two-run homer to left off Sounds starter Justin Lehr, his third roundtripper of the campaign.

 

Albuquerque extended the lead to 3-0 in the second when Isotopes starting pitcher Chris George helped his own cause with an RBI triple off Lehr.

 

The home team upped the advantage to 5-0 in the fifth on a pair of RBI singles by Chris Aguila and Nick Trzesniak against Lehr.

 

Shortstop Chris Barnwell stole home with two outs in the top of the sixth inning to account for Nashvilleâ??s first run of the evening. The theft was his second of the game and 15th on the year.

 

Nashville made it a 5-2 game against reliever Chris Resop in the eighth when Tony Gwynn recorded a one-out double, moved to third on a Barnwell single, and scored on a fielderâ??s choice groundout off the bat of Zach Sorensen, who paced the Sounds with a 2-for-4 evening. Gwynn went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to nine games, the longest active on the club.

 

Steve Bray and Dennis Sarfate each worked a perfect inning in relief of Lehr before the Isotopes wrapped up the eveningâ??s scoring against Allan Simpson in the bottom of the eighth. Robert Andino delivered a two-out, two-run single on a 3-2 offering from the right-hander to extend the home clubâ??s lead to 7-2.

 

Albuquerque starter Chris George (4-6) picked up the victory to improve to 9-3 lifetime against the Sounds. The left-hander allowed one run on five hits while striking out six batters over 6 1/3 innings.

 

Lehr (4-7) took the loss after giving up five runs on nine hits over five frames of work.

 

The teams continue the series on Wednesday night with another 7:35 p.m. CT matchup. Right-hander Ben Hendrickson (9-7, 2.85) looks to end a four-start winless stretch when he takes the mound for Nashville to square off against Albuquerque southpaw Adam Bostick (1-1, 3.00).

 

Nashville Box Score and Game Log

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._albaaa_1

[pogokat]

Final: West Virginia 3, Greensboro (Marlins) 2

 

West Virginia Site Game Review

 

POWER RING BELL IN THE NINTH

 

Tied at 2-2 with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth inning of Tuesday nightâ??s game at Appalachian Power Park, Mike Bell ripped the game winning RBI single into right center field to score Lorenzo Cain as the West Virginia Power defeated the Greensboro Grasshoppers 3-2.

 

Greensboro scored the first run of the game in the top of the third inning when Gary Roche hit a ground ball to second base with Greg Burns on third. Power second baseman Mike Bellâ??s throw to the plate did not arrive in time, allowing Burns to score the go ahead run. West Virginia tied the game in the home half of the third after Nestor Corredor scored on Brett Hayesâ??s throwing error.

 

In the fourth inning the Power took the lead on Tony Festaâ??s solo homerun, his sixth of the season. Two innings later Agustin Septimo tied the game at 2-2 with a solo homerun, his seventh. Greensboro pitcher Mauro Zarate retired the first two batters in the bottom of the ninth inning before issuing two out walks to Lorenzo Cain and Mat Gamel. Mike Bell then ripped the second pitch of the at bat into center field to score Cain, marking the tenth time this season that West Virginia has won in their final at bat.

 

Will Inman, Patrick Ryan and Kevin Roberts combined to strike out 16 batters in the game, second most in a single game for the Power this season. West Virginia struck out 17 against Kannapolis back on June 22nd. Will Inman accounted for 11 of the 16 strikeouts, matching his single game season high. Inman pitched six innings, gave up two runs on three hits but did not get the decision. West Virginia has now won four in a row, their longest winning streak of the second half.

 

Kevin Roberts (6-10) struck out the only two batters he faced in the ninth inning and got the victory, while Mauro Zarate (3-4) suffered the loss. The Power are 73-59 on the year and 34-29 in the second half after the win while the Grasshoppers fell to 67-65 overall and 31-31 in the second half after the loss.

 

The Power will begin a three game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Appalachian Power Park on Wednesday night. The Power will throw right hander Shawn Ferguson (2-2, 6.68 ) and Greensboro will counter with right hander Joel Fountain (0-0, 0.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

 

WV Box Score and Game Log

Will Inman is awesome...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._wvaafx_1