Link Report for Games of Friday, August 11th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at Albuquerque (Marlins), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Yo Gallardo at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450radio.com/

 

Brevard County: LHP Derek Miller at Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.daytonacubs.com/

 

West Virginia: LHP Steve Garrison at Delmarva (Orioles), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

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

 

Helena: RHP Jose Beltre at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

 

Audio (click on "Listen Live"):

www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php

 

Arizona: Idle

[Mass Haas]

Follow Friday'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_msbaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_delafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_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]

Standings through Thursday's action:

Huntsville only needs to leap-frog Tennessee -- Chattanooga's already in the post-season (first-half victors)...

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 63 56 .529 - 35-25 28-31 L3[/b] Iowa 61 57 .517 1.5 35-27 26-30 W1 Memphis 46 72 .390 16.5 26-33 20-39 L1 Omaha 45 74 .378 18.0 27-33 18-41 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 28 19 .596 - 16-9 12-10 W3 Chattanooga 25 22 .532 3.0 16-11 9-11 L2 [b]Huntsville 24 22 .522 3.5 12-12 12-10 W4[/b] West Tenn 22 25 .468 6.0 14-6 8-19 L1 Carolina 20 27 .426 8.0 14-8 6-19 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 27 19 .587 - 18-10 9-9 W1 St. Lucie 26 20 .565 1.0 13-9 13-11 W1 Palm Beach 25 23 .521 3.0 14-9 11-14 L1 [b]Brevard County 19 27 .413 8.0 9-9 10-18 L2[/b] Jupiter 19 27 .413 8.0 11-13 8-14 L1 Vero Beach 19 28 .404 8.5 11-14 8-14 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 30 16 .652 - 14-5 16-11 W1 Lake County 25 19 .568 4.0 12-9 13-10 L1 Hickory 25 21 .543 5.0 13-15 12-6 W4 Greensboro 23 22 .511 6.5 13-12 10-10 W1 [b]West Virginia 23 23 .500 7.0 12-9 11-14 W1[/b] Hagerstown 19 27 .413 11.0 10-16 9-11 L4 Lexington 19 27 .413 11.0 13-11 6-16 W5 Delmarva 15 30 .333 14.5 8-13 7-17 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 7 5 .583 - 4-2 3-3 W2 Missoula 7 5 .583 - 5-1 2-4 L1 [b]Helena 6 6 .500 1.0 5-2 1-4 W1[/b] Great Falls 4 8 .333 3.0 3-2 1-6 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 9 3 .750 - 4-2 5-1 W4 AZL Royals 9 3 .750 - 5-2 4-1 W3 AZL Angels 8 4 .667 1.0 2-0 6-4 L2 AZL Padres 7 4 .636 1.5 4-2 3-2 L3 AZL Athletics 6 6 .500 3.0 5-2 1-4 W2 AZL Mariners 5 7 .417 4.0 5-2 0-5 W1 AZL Cubs 4 8 .333 5.0 1-5 3-3 W1 AZL Rangers 3 8 .273 5.5 3-3 0-5 L1 [b]AZL Brewers 2 10 .167 7.0 2-4 0-6 W1[/b]

[mpepy05]

Good writeup on Lorenzo Cain

www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060810&content_id=116253&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

[pogokat]

the text of that article appears in yesterday's link report

[mpepy05]

I see it under his player profile.

[Mass Haas]

the text of that article appears in yesterday's link report

 

Actually, it's in the "Your 2006 West Virginia Power" thread. All the feature stories that are written are placed in one of the affiliate threads. That way, all the features are grouped together for a nice season-long collection that can then be archived as well.

 

And yes, the vast majority of these feature stories are linked on a player's Brewerfan Player Index Page, and as long as the links remain active, provide a nice way to learn more about a player or look back on older articles.

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Site Note:

 

The Mississippi Braves announced Tuesday that Atlanta Braves? third baseman Chipper Jones is scheduled to make a rehab appearance with the M-Braves on Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12 against the Huntsville Stars.

 

Jones was placed on the 15-day disabled list by Atlanta on July 30 with a strained left oblique. Before his injury, Jones was the hottest man in the Braves? lineup in July. He had a batting average of .500 with seven doubles, one triple, seven homers, 20 RBI, and 19 runs scored through only 16 games in July.

 

The Stars are in Pearl, Mississippi for five games August 9-13 then have an off day on Monday, August 14 before beginning a 5-game series at Joe Davis Stadium on Tuesday, August 15 against the Carolina Mudcats.

[plowjockey]

Garrison maybe starting to hit the "wall". Long season for the young kids.

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In Progress: Huntsville 2, Mississippi (Braves) 1

 

Braun with another big night---a Triple! Yo with 6 k's through 5, even though he has allowed a (gasp) run.

 

edit: jinx!

[Mass Haas]

In progress: Huntsville 4, Mississippi (Braves) 1, top of the 7th in Jackson, with the Stars threatening for more

Ryan Braun continues to rake, Yo Gallardo has retired Chipper three times and has six fine innings in 98 degree heat, and I'm looking forward to giving my emotions to this team after another Milwaukee disappointment tonight -- listening to Brett Pollock on the mike now...

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Final: Daytona (Cubs) 4, Brevard County 1

 

Milb game Wrap:

link, then text:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...=t503

 

Simokaitis paces Cubs

 

 

Joseph Simokaitis singled in a run and scored in the first inning as Daytona beat visiting Brevard County, 4-1, on Friday.

 

The Cubs (28-19) broke out to an early lead as Nate Spears led off with a double, went to third on Jonathan Mota's sacrifice and scored when Simokaitis delivered a base hit to right field. Ryan Harvey's RBI groundout later in the opening frame made it 2-0.

 

Nathan Price and Matthew Ciaramella added RBI singles in the sixth for Daytona, which won its second straight.

 

Stephen Bonder (3-2) picked up the win in relief, despite yielding a run on two hits while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings. Starter Justin Berg allowed three hits over four scoreless frames.

 

Paul Schappert worked a scoreless ninth for his 13th save.

 

Manatees starter Derek Miller (0-3) surrendered four runs on eight hits with a walk and four strikeouts over five innings.

 

Kyle Phillips had an RBI single in the sixth for Brevard County (19-28 ). -- Marissa Rega/MLB.com

 

Brevard Box Score and Game Wrap:

Well, the 'Tees lost, but multiple hit games for Alcides and Heether. Derek Miller just not the same since hitting Brevard---on the other hand, Joe Thatcher says: "Send me to Huntsville! I love humidity!"

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._dbcafa_1

[Mass Haas]

That Brevard bunch has been in a really sorry funk for nearly a couple of months now. Someone with more knowledge of the FSL can verify this, but most of the Brevard road games don't involve hotel stays, I believe, but back and forth daily bus trips, similar to all those High Desert Cal League Southern Division games. It sure would be sweet to see the Brewers hook up with a Carolina League affiliate next season -- but the way the organization treats the high-A level in terms of philosophy, buyer beware.

[Mass Haas]

Yo with nine K's through seven innings (one run).

 

Little doubt that the Organizational Pitcher of the Year award can be engraved, we'll give it to Will Inman in 2007.

 

Yo is Superman.

 

EDIT: Yo is back out for the 8th inning...

[SheetsCyYoung04]

Brantley must really know the Delmarva first basemen well by now. He has been on first like 10 times in the last two games.

 

Edit: only 9.

[NastyTwig]

Ugh... Even when they're not on your team, you just have to feel bad for the guy.

 

Pitcher Change: Jason Neighborgall replaces Jordan Norberto.

Andy Bouchie singles on a line drive to left fielder Daniel Perales.

With Zach Clem batting, wild pitch by Jason Neighborgall, Andy Bouchie to 2nd.

With Zach Clem batting, passed ball by Gerardo Bustamante, Andy Bouchie to 3rd.

Zach Clem walks. Wild pitch by pitcher Jason Neighborgall. Andy Bouchie scores.

With Jordan Swaydan batting, wild pitch by Jason Neighborgall, Zach Clem to 2nd.

With Jordan Swaydan batting, wild pitch by Jason Neighborgall, Zach Clem to 3rd.

Jordan Swaydan walks.

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Final: Huntsville 4, Mississippi (Braves) 3

 

Huntsville Site Game Review:

 

link, then text:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/news/news.asp?newsId=965

 

Stars Survive Ninth to Keep Win Streak Going

 

Yovani Gallardo worked seven strong innings and Huntsville survived a scare in the ninth inning and hung on to defeat Mississippi 4-3 Friday night in the middle game of a five-game set at Trustmark Park. The Stars have won a season-high five straight games on the road and six of eight on the current road swing to improve to 25-22 in the second half and move into second place, three and a half games behind front-running Tennessee in the North Division, while the Braves fell to 20-28 in the second half.

 

Jarrod Saltalamacchia led off the ninth inning against Joe Valentine with a double and scored on a one-out single by Josh Burrus that trimmed the lead to 4-3. Pinch-hitter Josh Arteaga walked before Mike Rozema lined out to first baseman Brad Nelson, who doubled off Arteaga to end the game. Valentine recorded his fifth save in eight chances and has gone two innings in seven of his 12 appearances since joining the Stars.

 

Valentine took over for Gallardo with runners at first and second and nobody out in the home eighth and retired Yunel Escobar on a fly ball to right field that moved Rozema to third base. He scored on a wild pitch, to make it 4-2, that also moved Onil Joseph to second base. Chipper Jones grounded out to move Joseph to third and Valentine retired Brandon Jones on a fly ball to end the inning. Chipper Jones went hitless in four at-bats in the first of two scheduled rehab games with the Braves.

 

The Stars took a 2-1 lead into the seventh inning and scored on a throwing error by shortstop Luis Hernandez and on a fielder?s choice grounder by Ron Acuna to push their lead to three. Acuna went hitless in five at-bats and lost a season-high 10-game hitting streak. Ryan Braun doubled in a first inning run for Huntsville and an Escobar error in the second inning allowed Ozzie Chavez to score to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

 

Hernandez delivered a two-out single in the second inning that plated Rosamond, who had walked, to cut the visitors lead to 2-1 and produce the first earned run against the Stars? right-hander in 18 1/3 innings on the road. Gallardo allowed only four singles, walked two and struck out nine to earn his third win. ?He was dominant, giving us the type of start we really have come to expect from him? said Stars? manager Don Money.

 

The series continues Saturday night and the Stars right-hander and Mississippi native Tim Dillard while the Braves will counter with right-hander Kyle Davies. 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.

 

Huntsville Box Score and Game Log Link:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._msbaax_1

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Final: Albuequerque (Marlins) 4, Nashville 2

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Chad Moeller photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2104

 

Sounds Fall 4-2, Suffer Fourth Straight Loss

 

ALBUQUERQUE ? The Nashville Sounds dropped their fourth straight game on Friday evening at Isotopes Park, falling 4-2 to Albuquerque in the opener of a four-game series.

 

Nashville (63-57) had its lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division reduced to just a half-game over Iowa, its smallest margin since taking over the division lead on April 20.

 

The Sounds? four-game skid is one shy of the club?s longest this season.

 

The visitors grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Tony Gwynn walked and later scored on Andrew Beattie?s RBI double off Albuquerque starter Yusmeiro Petit. Beattie finished 2-for-3 in the contest, Nashville?s lone multiple-hit effort of the night.

 

Albuquerque responded with single runs in each of the first three innings to pull ahead 3-1 against Sounds starter Zach Jackson. The first two runs came home on groundouts and the third when Petit helped his own cause by scoring on a Mike Kinkade sacrifice fly.

 

The Isotopes increased the lead to 4-1 in the sixth with three consecutive one-out singles, the last of which by Edgar Gonzalez plated Tom Wilson and chased Jackson from the contest. Chris Demaria came on in relief for Nashville with runners on the corners and fanned the next two batters to escape the jam.

 

Dave Krynzel and Chad Moeller opened the seventh with back-to-back doubles off Petit to make it a 4-2 ballgame.

 

Petit (4-4) picked up the victory after turning in a quality start for the Isotopes. He allowed two runs on five hits while striking out four over seven innings.

 

Ex-Sound Brad Clontz struck out the side in the top of the ninth to notch his team-leading 17th save of the year for Albuquerque.

 

Jackson (2-5) allowed four runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings and suffered his third loss in four starts since rejoining Nashville from Milwaukee. His ERA over that four-game stretch stands at 8.22 (21ER / 23.0 IP).

 

Dennis Sarfate turned in his third consecutive solid relief outing for the Sounds. The right-hander retired all six batters he faced over two scoreless frames and has allowed only one hit over his last six frames of work.

 

The teams continue the series with an 8:05 p.m. CT meeting on Saturday evening. Right-hander Carlos Villanueva (4-0, 2.97) will man the bump for the Sounds. Albuquerque will counter with southpaw Jason Vargas (2-3, 5.10).

 

Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link:

Zach Jackson bucks the trend of sucking in Milwaukee then dominating in AAA...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._albaaa_1

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Final: Delmarva (O's) 12, West Virginia 3,

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

SHOREBIRDS BEAT POWER UNDER PROTEST

 

Friday night's game between the West Virginia Power and Delmarva Shorebirds was one sided for the most part with the Shorebirds dominating in every phase of the game as they beat the Power 12-3. However the game was played under protest because the home plate umpire Dan Oliver, who suffered a concussion a few days before, called the balls and strikes for the first six innings of the game, and had to leave due to illness just before the seventh inning. Power manager Mike Guerrero protested the game because he believed Oliver was not fit to start the contest.

 

Mark Fleisher hit a two-run double in the top of the first inning to give the Shorebirds an early lead. Delmarva scored four times in the fourth inning to pull away. Ryan Finan knocked in the first run on an RBI single and Kyle Dahlberg drove in the second run with a sacrifice fly. With runners on second and third base, Lorenzo Scott hit a groundball up the middle of the infield, Power second baseman Mike Bell made a terrific diving stop on the ball, but his throw to first base went into the Power dugout, allowing two more runs to score. The Power scored their first run of the game on Lorenzo Cain's RBI single in the fifth inning. Delmarva answered that with Stu Musslewhite's run-scoring single in the home half of the inning.

 

Delmarva scored three times in the sixth inning on RBI singles from Vito Chiaravalloti, Finan and Quincy Ascencion. Angel Salome ripped an RBI single in the seventh inning to make it a 10-2 contest. Chiaravalloti struck again for Delmarva in the seventh inning with a two run-double. The Power scored the final run of the game on Lorenzo Cain's RBI double in the top of the ninth.

 

After the home plate umpire Dan Oliver left in the seventh inning, his partner Tim Bretzke took over behind home plate, Delmarva pitcher Josh Potter became the third base umpire and Delmarva outfielder Danny Figueroa became the first base umpire.

 

Chorye Spoone (6-7) got the win, and Steve Garrison (5-5) got the loss. The Power are 62-54 on the year and 23-24 in the second half after the loss while the Shorebirds improved to 52-61 overall and 16-30 in the second half after the win.

 

The Power will continue the four game series against the Delmarva Shorebirds at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium on Saturday night. Right hander David Hernandez (5-7, 4.18) will make the start for Delmarva and the Power will counter with right hander Will Inman (9-1, 1.48). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score and Game Log Link:

Probably the first time I've ever heard of platers for the home team taking over for the umpire...that's solid grounds for protest, no doubt...they might have been better off just calling a delay and finishing the game tommorrow...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._dela

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Final: Helena 10, Missoula (Diamondbacks) 5

 

Helena Team site Game Wrap:

 

The Brewers Win Big

 

The Helena Brewers ended the recent home stand with a win Friday night, as they handled the Missoula Osprey 10-5. The win was their second in a row going into this weekends road trip against the Great Falls White Sox.

 

Zach Clem got things going for the Brewers, getting a solo homer in the bottom of the second. Missoula responded in the top half of the fifth with a run of their own, but the tie did not last long as Helena scored two more runs in the bottom half of the inning, led by Chuckie Caufield?s home run. The Osprey rallied back to get the lead, scoring three runs in the fourth and fifth, but thanks to Chris Errecart's grand slam in the bottom of the sixth, and the three other runs the Brewers scored, Helena regained a big lead 10-4. Missoula scored one run in the ninth, but that was all they would accomplish, as the Brewers would win the game 10-5. Roque Mercedes got the win for Helena, relieving Jose Beltre by going five innings, and giving up only two runs. Helena will be in Great Falls this weekend, and back on Monday to take on the Billings Mustangs.

 

Helena Box Score and Game Log:

Chris Errecart with an absolutely huge game. I would think that the Brewers will aggressively promote he and Gillespie next year, even if they didnt this year...I'd look to see them both in Brevard to start the year...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c..._helrok_1

[DHonks]

Really interesting that Jackson is still struggling. He never really had a dominant stretch. Even while his ERA was solid in AAA, he wasn't having Yo/Inman performances. Heck, they weren't as impressive as Eveland, Fernandez, and Hendrickson even.

 

Good to see Toby's boy Roque Mercedes with 5 innings. Seems that's the most we've seen from our young kids.

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...206_01.txt

 

Grand slam lifts Brewers past Osprey

By TOM COTTON - Independent Record Sports Editor

 

Chris Errecart says he is feeling confident when he steps up to the plate.

 

Friday night?s game against Missoula should do little to dampen his enthusiasm.

 

The University of California product swatted a grand slam in the sixth inning and drove in five runs, helping the Helena Brewers to a 10-5 win over the Osprey.

 

Errecart was 2-for-4 at the plate and is developing into one of the most dangerous offensive players in the Pioneer League. He has eight home runs to his credit this season and has raised his batting average to .321 after hitting under .200 to start the season.

 

?It wasn?t so much a struggle with the wood bats, it was just me getting ahead of myself,? he said. ?As the season moved along I was getting the hits I wasn?t getting before.?

 

Errecart?s slam highlighted a seven-run sixth inning which turned a close ball game into a rout.

 

He drove a pitch by Missoula?s Brett Reynolds over the left field wall much to the delight of the 973 fans at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

?It was a 1-1 count and the first pitch I was sitting on a slider,? Errecart said. ?The pitch was up. I thought it was a ball, but it was called a strike. After that I decided just to react. It was a fastball and I hit it well.?

 

The sixth inning was made even more miserable for Missoula thanks to a complete meltdown by their battery.

 

Jason Neighborgall started the inning for the Brewers and he unleashed four wild pitches in a two-batter span. Missoula catcher Gerardo Bustamante had two passed balls in the frame.

 

When the damage was done a 4-3 Missoula lead became a 10-4 blowout in favor of Helena.

 

The Brewers punished the Osprey batters with three home runs in the contest. Zach Clem and Chuckie Caufield each had solo home runs in the second and third innings, respectively.

 

Helena?s pitching was generally solid throughout the contest with Roque Mercedes picking up the win with five innings of good relief work.

 

He struck out three batters and gave up two earned runs over that span.

 

Helena is now lurking one-game behind first-place Billings in the Pioneer League?s North Division. They have won three of their last four games.

 

?I always thought when I got here that this team has a lot of good players and when the team gelled, it would fall into a groove,? Errecart said.

 

The Brewers now will play two games on the road, heading to Great Falls. Both contests will start at 7:00 PM (8:00 Central).

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Friday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with Clubhouse Manager David Larson (Select date for August 11th, skip to the 12:00 minute mark) --

A bit of an insight into the life of a "clubbie"...

 

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