Link Report for Games of Tuesday, July 18th

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Tuesday's Daily Menu: Plenty of early-evening audio fare before the big boys play on the West Coast!

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Jared Fernandez at Omaha (Royals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at Carolina (Marlins), 6:00 PM pre-game, 6:15 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450radio.com/

 

Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 6:00 gametime; sorry, no audio for this series

 

West Virginia: RHP Matt Kretzschmar at Lexington (Astros), 5:55 AM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

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

 

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

 

Audio (click on "Listen Live"):

www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php

 

Arizona: LHP Luis Ramirez at home in Maryvale vs. the rookie Mariners, 12:30 PM Central time, 10:30 AM local, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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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_omaaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

 

Arizona Rookie:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_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

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Standings through Monday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 51 43 .543 - 32-19 19-24 L1[/b] Iowa 48 46 .511 3.0 25-21 23-25 L1 Memphis 38 56 .404 13.0 20-28 18-28 L5 Omaha 38 57 .400 13.5 23-21 15-36 W4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 15 10 .600 - 10-5 5-5 W2 Tennessee 13 12 .520 2.0 8-7 5-5 L4 West Tenn 12 13 .480 3.0 7-3 5-10 L5 [b]Huntsville 10 15 .400 5.0 5-10 5-5 L3[/b] Carolina 9 16 .360 6.0 5-5 4-11 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 17 6 .739 - 11-5 6-1 W3 St. Lucie 14 9 .609 3.0 7-4 7-5 W1 Palm Beach 11 14 .440 7.0 5-3 6-11 L3 Jupiter 10 14 .417 7.5 6-10 4-4 L1 Vero Beach 10 14 .417 7.5 5-8 5-6 W1 [b]Brevard County 9 14 .391 8.0 4-3 5-11 L1[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 17 8 .680 - 9-2 8-6 W1 Lake County 14 10 .583 2.5 8-5 6-5 L1 Hickory 13 12 .520 4.0 7-8 6-4 W8 Greensboro 12 12 .500 4.5 7-6 5-6 L1 Lexington 11 14 .440 6.0 7-4 4-10 W1 [b]West Virginia 10 14 .417 6.5 5-4 5-10 L1[/b] Hagerstown 8 16 .333 8.5 5-12 3-4 W1 Delmarva 7 17 .292 9.5 5-7 2-10 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 17 8 .680 - 11-3 6-5 L1 Great Falls 13 14 .481 5.0 6-9 7-5 L1 Missoula 11 15 .423 6.5 5-6 6-9 W1 [b]Helena 11 16 .407 7.0 5-7 6-9 W1[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 14 6 .700 - 6-3 8-3 L1 AZL Royals 13 7 .650 1.0 6-3 7-4 L1 AZL Padres 13 8 .619 1.5 4-5 9-3 W1 AZL Mariners 12 9 .571 2.5 7-4 5-5 W3 AZL Angels 11 10 .524 3.5 8-7 3-3 W2 AZL Athletics 9 12 .429 5.5 4-6 5-6 L1 [b]AZL Brewers 8 12 .400 6.0 3-7 5-5 W1[/b] AZL Rangers 7 14 .333 7.5 4-6 3-8 W1 AZL Cubs 6 15 .286 8.5 3-7 3-8 L2

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18 year old Luis Ramirez continues to put up good numbers for the baby Brewers. Anybody got the skinny on this kid?

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looking forward to taking in a sounds game before the brewers game tonite

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Hammond again with a good outing. AA seems to agree with him.

Braun manufactures a run with boot camp Lou driving him in with a SF.

 

EDIT: Wow, spoke too soon. Hammond cruises thru 5, hits the wall in the 6th.

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Final: Arizona Brewers 5, Arizona Mariners 4, 11 innings

Walk-off single by Jovanny Felix, who went 4-for-5...

 

Arizona Brewer Box Score and Game Log Link:

2006 2nd round pick Brent Brewer with his first pro home run, but also commits three errors at short; no hits for the Mariners over the final four innings; still some odd catching rotation stuff going on -- Jesse D'Amico replaces Brett Whiteside after one inning...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

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Final: Brevard County 2, Dunedin (Blue Jays) 1, ten innings

Walk off single for Ryan Crew...

 

Brevard County Box Score and Game Log Link:

LH starter Sam Narron stretched out to five innings; awesome relief erffort from Jeremy Lewis, Josh Alliston pitches the top of the 10th; the pitchers combine to strike out 14 and walk zero -- wow! Brendan Katin (hitting 7th?) reaches three times...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

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Final: Carolina (Marlins) 5, Huntsville 4

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=928

 

Carroll Blasts Carolina to Comeback Win

 

Brett Carroll?s three-run home run capped off a five-run sixth inning rally that carried Carolina past Huntsville 5-4 Tuesday night in the opener of a five-game set at Five County Stadium in Zebulon. The Mudcats snapped a four-game slide and won for just the second time in nine games to improve to 10-16 in the second half, while the Stars suffered their fourth straight loss to slide to 10-16 in the half.

 

Stars? starter Steve Hammond carried a 2-0 lead and a 20 2/3 innings scoreless streak into the home sixth before Edgar Gonzalez walked, moved to second base on a Lee Mitchell single and scored on a double by Ryan Bear that cut the visitors lead to 2-1 and chased Hammond from the game. Gerrit Simpson took over and walked Tony Schrager, playing in his first game in affiliated baseball in 2006, to load the bases for Jonathan Aceves, who delivered Mitchell with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at two. Carroll then blasted a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left field for his first long ball at the double-A level to put the home team ahead to stay. It was just the third home run allowed by Simpson in 50 innings of work and the first since a Micah Schnurstein round tripper at Birmingham on June 2. Carolina had been held to three runs in its last three games at Montgomery and 19 during a 10-game trip that also included five games against Jacksonville.

 

Jeff Eure?s two-out pinch-hit single scored Lou Palmisano to cut the Mudcats? lead to 5-3 and knocked Carolina starter Paul Mildren from the game. The southpaw was charged with three runs, two earned, on six hits over 6 2/3 innings and picked up his ninth win of the year. He fanned five, walked two and lasted at least six frames for an 11th straight start.

 

Christopher Young took over on the hill for Carolina in the ninth and yielded a leadoff double to Ryan Braun, who extended his hitting streak to nine games, and a single to Lou Palmisano that pushed Braun to third. Guilder Rodriguez dropped down a bunt to move Palmisano to second base, where he was replaced by pinch-runner Travis Ezi. Pinch-hitter Carlos Lee grounded out to score Braun to make it 5-4 and move Ezi to third, where he was left stranded when Steve Moss flied out to deep left field to end the game. Young recorded his fifth save in eight opportunities with the Mudcats.

 

Palmisano?s fly ball chased home Braun with the first run of the game in the fifth inning and Moss?s solo home run in the sixth pushed the Huntsville lead to 2-0. The Stars collected nine hits after being held to a dozen over the last three games and had multiple hits in three of the last four frames.

 

The series continues Wednesday night with left-hander Jorge De La Rosa making his fifth rehab start for Huntsville against Mudcats? right-hander James Russ. Coverage of the game begins at 6:00 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:

12 of Ryan Braun 's 21 Huntsville hits are for extra bases -- sweet!

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1

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Final: West Virginia 10, Lexington (Astros) 5

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

POWER SCORE FIVE IN THE FOURTH TO BEAT LEXINGTON

 

After a 16 inning marathon on Monday night in Lexington that lasted four hours and thirty minutes, the Power and Legends played a three hour and fifteen minute game on Tuesday night that involved a lot of offense, including a five-run fourth inning that put the Power over the top in a 10-5 victory over the Legends.

 

Lexington scored first on a two-out, two-run single from Jose Lopez in the top of the second inning. In the fourth inning, the Power sent ten batters to the plate and scored five runs on five hits to take the lead. Mike Thompson?s error on Michael Brantley?s ground ball to second base allowed Mike Bell to score and cut the lead in half. Hector Bernal?s RBI single began a string of four straight singles and tied the game at 2-2. Brantley scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball and the Power received RBI singles from Darren Ford and Angel Salome to complete the five-run frame.

 

In the top of the fifth inning eight batters went to the plate and the Power benefited from two bases loaded walks issued by Lexington pitcher Jamie Gant. The Power took an 8-2 lead into the eighth inning when Lorenzo Cain hit a leadoff home run, his fifth of the year, to give the Power a 9-2 advantage and Brad Willcutt ripped a two-out, two-run double down the left field line to push the final runs of the night across for the Power. Mike Thompson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for Lexington, but it was too little and too late for the Legends.

 

Matt Kretzschmar (2-4) allowed two runs over five innings to earn the victory, Dave Welch tossed four innings out of the bullpen to get the save (1) and Raymar Diaz (8-5) got the loss. The Power are 50-44 overall and 11-14 in the second half after the win while the Legends fell to 55-40 overall and 11-15 in the second half after the loss.

 

The Power are off on Wednesday but will begin a four-game series against the Lake County Captains at Appalachian Power Park on Thursday night. Right hander Albert Vargas (4-10, 4.23) will make the start for Lake County and the Power will counter with left hander Steve Garrison (4-3, 2.66). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score and Game Log:

Mat Gamel (recent HBP at his ear) back in the lineup; Tony Festa three singles; Michael Brantley leaves the game after getting hit by a pitch in the back in the 8th inning...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Pitching Coach Stan Kyles:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-18.mp3

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Final: Nashville 2, Omaha (Royals) 1

An astute GM is checking with Doug Melvin now -- Tim Wakefield's back is hurting, call Boston, Doug!

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Jared Fernandez photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2065

 

Fernandez Solid Again As Sounds Edge Royals

 

OMAHA ? Current Pacific Coast League Pitcher-of-the-Week Jared Fernandez turned in another solid start and the Nashville Sounds used a pair of timely extra-base hits to notch a 2-1 win over the division-rival Omaha Royals on Tuesday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium.

 

With the win, Nashville (52-43) picked up its sixth victory in the last eight contests and avoided suffering consecutive losses for the first time in the month of July.

 

Fernandez (6-2) picked up his fifth win in his last six starts. He allowed only one run on five hits while striking out four batters and walking none over his seven innings of work. With the outing, the knuckleballer?s ERA dropped to 2.20 on the season.

 

Royals right fielder Shane Costa spotted the home team a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a two-out solo homer to right off Fernandez. The blast was Costa?s eighth of the year and second in two nights.

 

Nashville claimed a 2-1 lead in the fifth with a set of extra-base hits against Omaha starter Kyle Middleton. Vinny Rottino, who paced the Sounds with a 3-for-4 evening, led off with a double before the next two batters were retired. With two down, shortstop Ozzie Chavez ripped a game-tying RBI triple to left. Kennard Bibbs followed with another two-out run-scoring knock, a double to right.

 

AUDIO: Ozzie Chavez Game-Tying Triple --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-18.mp3

 

Omaha put only one runner into scoring position the remainder of the night. Andres Blanco reached on a fielding error in the bottom of the fifth and advanced to third before being stranded when Fernandez struck out Costa to end the frame.

 

Sounds right fielder Nelson Cruz upped his hitting streak to seven games with a 2-for-4 evening, his third consecutive multiple-hit contest.

 

Alec Zumwalt recorded the final four outs to notch his team-leading ninth save of the campaign.

 

Middleton (0-3) failed in his attempt to earn his first victory of the year, taking the loss after giving up both Nashville runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 frames.

 

The teams continue the series with a 7:05 p.m. meeting on Wednesday evening. Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Ben Sheets (1-1, 3.12) will make his third rehab start of the year for the Sounds. The Royals will counter with right-hander Ryan Baerlocher (4-3, 4.16).

 

Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

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Final: Ogden (Dodgers) 7, Helena 5

 

Helena Box Score and Game Log Link:

Bad outing for lefty Jose Romero, three inherited runners score, and then he surrenders runs of his own doing as well; late innings very quiet...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

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Tuesday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with outfielder / DH Zach Clem (Select date for July 18th, skip to the 15:00 minute mark) -- discusses his concussion recovery:

 

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

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Link while active, text follows:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...906_03.txt

 

Big inning sinks Brewers

By KEVIN SHIVELY - Independent Record Sports Writer

 

The Helena Brewers had an early lead against the Ogden Raptors Tuesday night, but a five run inning and some key hits gave the Raptors the advantage for the second half of the contest.

 

The Raptors were able to hold onto their lead after the five run fourth inning, winning the game 7-5 and tying the series at 1-1.

 

?They just beat us tonight,? said Helena skipper Ed Sedar. ?They played long ball and we didn?t, plain and simple.?

 

In the fourth, Rick Taloa led the inning off with a towering homer over the scoreboard in left center field to bring the score to 4-2 Helena.

 

Taloa?s first at bat was also a home run that made his second look like a shallow pop fly. The ball cleared the forty foot net that hangs over the left field wall and probably traveled 475 feet.

 

Taloa was 3-for-4 on the day.

 

An error and two singles scored the next two runs, and Juan Revera hit a two-run homer that was fair by inches to give Ogden the two-run lead.

 

In the fourth third baseman Carlos De La Cruz scored on a Taylor Green single, but after that, Helena only managed two baserunners for the rest of the game.

 

?Their pitchers came in and had a plan,? said Sedar. ?We didn?t. Sometimes you just get beat.?

 

Paul Coleman got the win, Joe Jones followed with two scoreless innings for the hold, and Garrett White pitched a hitless ninth inning for the save.

 

Jesus Rodriguez started on the mound for the Raptors, pitching into the fourth. He was charged with all of the Brewers? runs but only three were earned.

 

After the fifth, the Brewers turned on the heat as well and didn?t allow a single Ogden baserunner.

 

Brock Kjeldgaard and Stuart Sutherland pitched the final four innings of shutout ball.

 

Stephen Chapman and Chris Errecart were each 2-for-4 for the Brewers.

 

?Chapman is Chapman,? said Sedar of the centerfielder who is batting .339 for the season. ?He?s solid.?

 

He also had a stolen base.

 

?Brad Miller was 0-5 tonight,? said Sedar. ?But he?s continued to have a hot bat for us, moving runners when we need him to.?

 

Miller moved De La Cruz to third in the fourth where he went on to score.

 

The two clubs will play again tonight at 7:05. Helena (11-16), who is in last place in the north, will turn to Brandon Parillo (0-2, 3.86), and Ogden will send Charles Dasni (2-2, 6.00) to the mound.

 

Jon Ebelt Independent Record Staff Photographer - Helena Brewer Stephen Chapman, left, looks for the ruling from the field umpire after a close call at second base during Pioneer League baseball Tuesday. In the end, the play would go against Chapman as Ogden?s Juan Rivera, right, was able convert the out.

 

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