Link Report for Games of Monday, August 28th

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Dana Eveland at Memphis (Cardinals), 7:20 PM pre-game; 7:35 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450radio.com/

 

Brevard County: TBD at Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.jupiterhammerheads.com/

 

West Virginia: Idle

 

Helena: TBD 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 Royals' complex to face the Kansas City kids, 9:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

[Mass Haas]

Follow Monday'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

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

 

Arizona Rookie:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_royrok_1

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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]

Sunday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with first baseman Bill Rowe (Select date for August 27th, skip to the 10:00 minute mark) --

 

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

[Mass Haas]

Standings through Sunday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 73 63 .537 - 41-27 32-36 L3[/b] Iowa 71 65 .522 2.0 43-28 28-37 W2 Memphis 55 81 .404 18.0 34-39 21-42 W3 Omaha 51 85 .375 22.0 31-37 20-48 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Huntsville 37 25 .597 - 20-12 17-13 W6[/b] Chattanooga 34 29 .540 3.5 19-14 15-15 L1 Tennessee 34 29 .540 3.5 18-12 16-17 L3 West Tenn 29 34 .460 8.5 19-11 10-23 L6 Carolina 26 37 .413 11.5 19-11 7-26 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 35 27 .565 - 24-13 11-14 W2 St. Lucie 34 27 .557 0.5 17-12 17-15 L2 Palm Beach 31 26 .544 1.5 18-11 13-15 L1 [b]Brevard County 25 33 .431 8.0 13-13 12-20 W2[/b] Vero Beach 22 36 .379 11.0 13-16 9-20 W1 Jupiter 22 39 .361 12.5 12-19 10-20 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 43 19 .694 - 24-7 19-12 W1 Lake County 32 28 .533 10.0 17-16 15-12 L1 [b]West Virginia 33 29 .532 10.0 20-11 13-18 W3[/b] Greensboro 31 30 .508 11.5 16-18 15-12 W1 Hickory 31 32 .492 12.5 14-18 17-14 L1 Lexington 26 37 .413 17.5 17-14 9-23 L2 Delmarva 25 36 .410 17.5 15-14 10-22 W2 Hagerstown 23 39 .371 20.0 11-18 12-21 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 19 9 .679 - 12-2 7-7 L1 Missoula 17 11 .607 2.0 10-4 7-7 L1 [b]Helena 15 13 .536 4.0 8-6 7-7 W2[/b] Great Falls 7 21 .250 12.0 6-8 1-13 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 8 .667 1.5 10-4 6-4 W4 AZL Royals 17 9 .654 1.5 8-6 9-3 L1 AZL Giants 15 10 .600 3.0 7-6 8-4 L3 AZL Athletics 12 13 .480 6.0 9-4 3-9 W1 AZL Cubs 11 14 .440 7.0 4-8 7-6 W1 AZL Mariners 11 14 .440 7.0 8-5 3-9 L1 AZL Rangers 8 18 .308 10.5 6-8 2-10 L2 [b]AZL Brewers 5 20 .200 13.0 4-9 1-11 W1[/b]

[And That]

Sam Narron was your Brevard starter tonight. He went 4 innings, throwing scoreless ball. Rob Hinton on in relief, also scoreless through 2 innings of work.

 

Zach Braddock is your Helena starter tonight.

[SheetsCyYoung04]

Nelson has certainly played well enough in August to get an invited back next season. It would be a shame to watch him take off for some other team.

[Mass Haas]

Yovani Gallardo and a Helena Brewer grace this week's Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet:

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...62342.html

[And That]

Yovani Gallardo and a Helena Brewer grace this week's Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet:

 

Yah, Yo Gallardo is pretty good.

[Mass Haas]

Brad Nelson with an absolute bomb, just tied up the Huntsville game 3-3 after six innings, check out the audio...

[Mass Haas]

This is from Sunday's West Virginia game, but at this time of day, it will likely get a wider audience in this Link Report:

 

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...006082840/

 

Power wins as records fall

Chuck McGill

For the Charleston Daily Mail

 

Records are made to be broken and West Virginia Power General Manager Andy Milovich is ecstatic another one fell to pieces at Appalachian Power Park on Sunday.

 

A crowd of 1,821 witnessed the Power defeat the Lexington Legends, 4-0. The turnout, while sparse by normal standards, pushed the Power's season attendance to new heights, setting a new record for Charleston minor league baseball, a mark that was established last season.

 

"It says a lot about the community and its commitment to baseball and the ballpark," Milovich said.

 

The new record now stands at 233,933 for a single season, and the Power still has three home games remaining this week. Last year's season attendance was 233,555.

 

"It was nice as a staff to see it grow, what we set as a foundation, and how we've built upon that," Milovich said.

 

Milovich, however, said his goal entering the season was to reach 250,000 in attendance, but a handful of rainouts and a brutal August schedule hurt the organization's chances of reaching the mark. That will serve as extra motivation for Milovich as the Power embarks on its third season in its new ballpark in 2007.

 

"We want to continue to grow," he said. "We want to promote aggressively, sell aggressively and reach out and build outside of the city of Charleston."

 

The attendance mark wasn't the only Charleston baseball record to be surpassed this weekend, as leadoff hitter Darren Ford swiped his 62nd base to establish a new record for steals in a season.

 

Ford tied the record in the sixth inning and bested it with another steal in the seventh in a 3-1 win over Lexington Saturday.

 

On Sunday, Ford found a quicker way to round the bases, blasting a fourth-inning home run to left field to help the Power cap a two-game sweep of the Legends.

 

It was an eventful weekend for Ford, who had a host of family members on hand for the series. In the short series, he scored three of the Power's seven runs, stole the aforementioned two bases and clubbed his seventh homer of the year.

 

He also led off the game with a base hit, which was followed by a Lorenzo Cain double and an RBI groundout by Mat Gamel, which scored Ford. Mike Bell singled home Cain to give the Power a 2-0 cushion after one inning.

 

Michael Brantley added an RBI double in the third and Ford wrapped up the scoring in the following inning with his homer.

 

He was happy his family was there to experience it with him.

 

"It was good because they are always here to support me, they've always been there for me, especially my mom," he said.

 

The spotlight also shined brightly on the Power pitching staff this weekend.

 

In the two-game series, it allowed just one earned run.

 

Steve Garrison tossed six shutout innings Sunday to improve his season record to 7-6. He allowed only two hits and struck out four.

 

"He pitches consistently well," Power pitching coach John Curtis said. "He has things to work on, but he has all the tools, the poise, the work habits.

 

"He's a heck of a young pitcher."

 

Garrison, just 19 years of age, has posted a 3.45 earned run average this season, and Curtis says he's outgrown his stay in low-A baseball.

 

"He's proved himself, he's mastered everything he needs to here," Curtis said. "He's improved his command, he knows when to throw strikes, and when not to throw strikes.

 

"He has four pitches he can get over whenever he wants. He's really distinguished himself with his pitching."

 

As a team, it was West Virginia's 10th shutout. The Power improved to 33-29 in the second half, and 72-59 overall.

 

The Power is off today before beginning the season's final home stand on Tuesday against Greensboro.

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Wow, Nashville is going to town in the 5th. 8 in, bases loaded, only 1 out.

 

edit: The full nightmare:

 

Zach Sorensen singles on a fly ball to right fielder Matt Cepicky.

 

Chris Barnwell walks. Zach Sorensen to 2nd.

 

Drew Anderson grounds into a force out, shortstop Robert Andino to second baseman Tony Schrager. Zach Sorensen to 3rd. Chris Barnwell out at 2nd. Drew Anderson to 1st.

 

Graham Koonce homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Zach Sorensen scores. Drew Anderson scores.

 

Brent Abernathy singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chris Aguila.

 

Andrew Beattie singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chris Aguila. Brent Abernathy to 3rd.

 

Vinny Rottino doubles (25) on a fly ball to center fielder Eric Reed. Brent Abernathy scores. Andrew Beattie to 3rd.

 

Jason Vargas intentionally walks Chad Moeller.

 

Pitcher Change: Ross Wolf replaces Jason Vargas, batting 9th.

 

Dana Eveland doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Chris Aguila. Andrew Beattie scores. Vinny Rottino scores. Chad Moeller to 3rd.

 

Zach Sorensen singles on a line drive to left fielder Chris Aguila. Chad Moeller scores. Dana Eveland to 3rd.

 

Chris Barnwell singles on a line drive to center fielder Eric Reed. Dana Eveland scores. Zach Sorensen to 2nd.

 

Drew Anderson singles on a ground ball to pitcher Ross Wolf. Zach Sorensen to 3rd. Chris Barnwell to 2nd.

 

Graham Koonce grounds out, second baseman Tony Schrager to first baseman Tom Wilson. Zach Sorensen scores. Chris Barnwell to 3rd. Drew Anderson to 2nd.

 

Ouch.

[Mass Haas]

We jinxed Joe Thatcher today, a single and a walk in the 8th -- after a Lou Palmisano passed ball put the runners on 2nd and 3rd, Thatcher got a big strikeout for the second out of the inning but was then lifted for Matt Yeatman, who surrendered a two-run ground ball single. Stars down, 5-3, bottom of the 8th.

 

Let Joe pitch to righties, too!

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Brendan Katin ON FIRE!

 

Two-run blast ties it up in the bottom of the 8th!

 

Great Stars game tonight!

 

EDIT: Later in the 8th, Lou Palmisano first HR since May 29th! 6-5 Stars!!

[And That]

The Stars are everything the Brewers wish they could be.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Brevard County 4, Jupiter (Marlins) 3

At least somebody beat the Marlins this week...

 

Brevard County Box Score and Game Log:

Remember these guys? Charlie Fermaint (three hits), Hernan Iribarren and C.J. Medlin (two hits apiece) combine for all seven Manatee hits; nice four-inning outing for Sam Narron, another piece of Doug Melvin's Texas organization connection...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

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How in the world did the AZ Brewers ever win 5 whole games?

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In progress: Arizona Royals 8, Arizona Brewers 0, after three innings

Ah, those crazy Maryvale kids; 22nd round pick J.T. King made two early-season appearances with Helena and hadn't been seen since -- he pitched an inning to start this game; Shane Hill didn't get defensive help, but he still hasn't had a good first summer on the mound for the A-Crew; the boys have three more errors than hits (zero) thus far...

[Mass Haas]

Let's see, Zach Braddock, Steve Garrison, Derek Miller -- former Northeast Area Scout Tony Blengino had a knack with lefties, huh? Nice job by Zach tonight. Throw in Darren Ford, Angel Salome, Mark Rogers, not a bad track record there for Tony, now working in the central scouting office with Jack Z.

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Final: Nashville 12, Albuquerque (Marlins) 4

 

Dana Eveland has been absolutely fantastic in AAA this year. His numbers aren't as Flashy as Yo's, but he really deserves another long term chance in the majors...maybe 2 or 3 more chances...Another good game by Vinny Rotino

 

Nashville Box Score and Game Log

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._albaaa_1

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Final: Huntsville 6, Mississippi (Braves) 5

 

Ryan Braun with 3 hits...Brendan Katin Slugging over .500 so far in AA and Tim Dillard with 6 k's against 0 walks...

 

this team is the exact oppostie of the collapsible Stars of the past...impressive.

 

Huntsville Box Score and Game Log

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._hunaax_1

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Nashville Site Game Review

Link, including pic of Dana Eveland, then text

www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2131

 

Sounds Pound Isotopes In Series Opener

 

ALBUQUERQUE ? The Nashville Sounds broke out of their offensive funk in a big way on Monday evening at Isotopes Park, hammering out 16 hits ? including nine during a nine-run fifth inning ? in a 12-4 drubbing of Albuquerque in the opener of a four-game series.

 

With the win, Nashville (74-63) increased its lead over Iowa back to three games in the American Conference Northern Division; the Cubs lost at Oklahoma, 1-0. The Sounds? magic number to clinch a playoff berth was reduced to four with seven games remaining in the season.

 

Sounds starter Dana Eveland (6-4) continued his run of recent strong starts, earning a victory for the third consecutive outing by holding the Isotopes to two runs on four hits over seven innings of work. The quality start was the southpaw?s sixth in his last eight games. He kept the Isotopes in check early on, allowing only one hit and facing one batter over the minimum through his first four frames.

 

Every Sounds starter, including Eveland, recorded at least one hit and scored a run in the contest. Seven of the nine drove in a run on the evening. The 12 runs scored matches the team's best effort of the year, previously accomplished on April 30 at New Orleans.

 

Third baseman Vinny Rottino continued his red-hot hitting by pacing Nashville with a 3-for-5 evening at the plate that included a pair of doubles and two runs scored. Rottino is batting .411 (30-for-73) in the month of August.

 

The Sounds jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning against Albuquerque starter Jason Vargas, using back-to-back doubles by Rottino and Chad Moeller.

 

Drew Anderson extended the Nashville lead to 2-0 in the third when he plated Chris Barnwell with a one-out RBI double. The outfielder has opened his Sounds career by hitting safely in eight of his first 10 games with the club.

 

Nashville put the game out of reach in the fifth by sending 14 batters to the plate during a season-best nine-run inning that increased the lead to a whopping 11-0. Vargas took the brunt of the damage, surrendering seven runs in the frame including three on Graham Koonce?s 17th home run of the year.

 

Rottino added an RBI two-bagger later in the frame before Eveland helped his own cause with a two-run double to left that greeted Albuquerque reliever Ross Wolf. Zach Sorensen and Barnwell contributed RBI singles before Koonce wrapped up the scoring with a run-scoring groundout, giving the first baseman four RBIs in the inning.

 

Sorensen accomplished a feat that had not been done by a Sound since the 2002 campaign in the top of the fifth when he recorded a pair of singles in the frame. Chris Pritchett had been the last to post two knocks in a single inning, achieving the feat on July 21, 2002 against Calgary.

 

Albuquerque finally got on the board against Eveland in the bottom of the sixth when Edgar Gonzalez scored on a Robert Andino sacrifice fly. The home team picked up its second run in the seventh when Gonzales drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk from Eveland, who faced a bags-full one-out jam and escaped with only that one run scoring as he retired Eric Reed on an inning-ending groundout.

 

Nashville added its final run in the top of the ninth against Isotopes reliever Jim Brower. Tony Gwynn delivered a two-out, pinch-hit single to extend his hitting streak to eight games, the longest active on the club. Sorensen followed with his third hit of the ballgame, an RBI double to right.

 

Chris Demaria worked a scoreless eighth behind Eveland before Alec Zumwalt took over in the ninth and allowed a pair of two-out Albuquerque runs to bring the score to its final 12-4.

 

Vargas (2-6) took the loss for the Isotopes after surrendering nine runs on 10 hits over his 4 1/3 frames of action.

 

The teams continue the series on Tuesday with another 7:35 p.m. CT matchup. Right-hander Justin Lehr (4-6, 3.69) takes the hill for Nashville to face Albuquerque left-hander Chris George (3-6, 5.[/i]

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Huntsville Site Game Summary

link, then text

www.huntsvillestars.com/news/news.asp?newsId=987

 

Palmisano Powers Stars to Comeback Victory

 

Lou Palmisano belted a two-out, solo home run in the eighth inning to complete a three-run rally that carried Huntsville to a 6-5 comeback win over Mississippi in the fourth game of the final five-game regular season set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars have won the first four games by a total of five runs to extend their win streak to a season-high seven games and improve to 38-25 in the second half. Huntsville holds on to a three and a half game lead over Tennessee and Chattanooga, both victorious earlier in the evening. The Stars also established a franchise record with their eleventh consecutive win at home, dating back to August 1.

 

Ralph Roberts opened the eighth inning on the hill for Mississippi and was greeted by a Ryan Braun double into the alley in right-center field. Brendan Katin followed by belting a 1-1 offering off the Stars? tri-vision star to the left of the scoreboard for a home run to tie the game at five. Katin has hit four long balls, including two game-winners, since joining the Stars on August 18. Roberts retired the next two hitters before Palmisano smacked a 1-1 offering over the wall in left field for his fourth of the season, second game-winner and first since May 29 vs. West Tenn. Roberts was making his first appearance at the double-A level this season and tenth of his career.

 

Mike Rozema singled and Onil Joseph walked with one out and advanced on a passed ball charged to Palmisano before Joe Thatcher struck out Matt Young for the second out in the top half of the eighth. Thatcher was replaced by Matt Yeatman, who gave up a two-run single to Yunel Escobar that put the Braves on top at 5-3. Yeatman, who fanned Josh Burrus to end the inning, picked up his second win of the series after going winless since May 17.

 

Joe Valentine took over on the hill for the Stars in the ninth inning and fanned Ivan Terrazas and retired Ray Serrano on a fly ball before Josh Arteaga doubled. Eddie Perez was called on to pinch-hit and was fanned by Valentine for the final out in the game for a second time in three days. Valentine earned his 10th save and has allowed only one run in his last 13 innings.

 

Rozema?s two-run double off of starter Tim Dillard gave the Braves a 3-2 lead in the sixth before Brad Nelson homered off of Mississippi starter Matt Harrison in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. Nelson has hit three long balls in the series to push his season total to six, all of which have been hit at home.

 

The series wraps up Tuesday night with left-hander Manny Parra taking the hill for Huntsville against Braves? southpaw Dan Smith. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on ESPN Radio 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

[pogokat]

Final: Helena 3, Casper (Rockies) 1

 

Helena Box Score and Game Log

Fredy De La Cruz has had a good season as SS for Helena...wonder how he will play as he moves up---i don't know anything about him at all beyond his stats...Cole Gillespie continues his ownership of the Pioneer League

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._helrok_1