Link Report for Games of Wednesday, July 5th

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Wednesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Jared Fernandez at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:10 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450radio.com/

 

Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.jupiterhammerheads.com/

 

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

 

Audio link:

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

 

Helena: RHP Brock Kjeldgaard at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime

 

Audio (click on "Listen Live"):

www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php

 

Arizona: RHP Rolando Pascual (third appearance, second start) at home vs. the young Royals, 12:30 PM Central time, 10:30 AM local, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Follow Wednesday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Activate the Nashville Gameday. For the other links, 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. It's sweet!

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

 

Arizona:

 

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 Tuesday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 44 40 .524 - 28-19 16-21 W1[/b] Iowa 40 44 .476 4.0 21-19 19-25 W1 Memphis 36 48 .429 8.0 18-24 18-24 L1 Omaha 33 52 .388 11.5 19-20 14-32 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 10 6 .625 - 6-4 4-2 W1 Tennessee 10 6 .625 - 5-1 5-5 W2 West Tenn 9 7 .563 1.0 4-2 5-5 L1 Carolina 7 9 .438 3.0 5-5 2-4 L2 [b]Huntsville 6 10 .375 4.0 3-7 3-3 W1[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 9 2 .818 - 5-2 4-0 W7 St. Lucie 9 2 .818 - 5-1 4-1 L1 Palm Beach 5 7 .417 4.5 3-2 2-5 L3 Jupiter 4 8 .333 5.5 3-4 1-4 W3 Vero Beach 4 8 .333 5.5 0-4 4-4 W1 [b]Brevard County 3 7 .300 5.5 2-3 1-4 L4[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 9 4 .692 - 5-1 4-3 W2 Lake County 7 6 .538 2.0 4-2 3-4 W1 [b]West Virginia 6 6 .500 2.5 3-1 3-5 L1[/b] Greensboro 6 7 .462 3.0 2-3 4-4 L2 Hagerstown 5 7 .417 3.5 4-5 1-2 L1 Hickory 5 8 .385 4.0 4-5 1-3 L2 Delmarva 4 8 .333 4.5 2-2 2-6 L4 Lexington 3 10 .231 6.0 2-3 1-7 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 10 5 .667 - 6-2 4-3 W2 Great Falls 8 7 .533 2.0 3-5 5-2 L2 [b]Helena 6 9 .400 4.0 2-5 4-4 W2[/b] Missoula 6 9 .400 4.0 3-4 3-5 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 8 3 .727 - 3-3 5-0 L2 AZL Mariners 8 3 .727 - 4-1 4-2 W4 AZL Royals 7 4 .636 1.0 3-3 4-1 W2 AZL Padres 5 5 .500 2.5 2-3 3-2 L1 AZL Rangers 5 6 .455 3.0 2-3 3-3 L3 AZL Angels 4 6 .400 3.5 2-4 2-2 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 4 6 .400 3.5 2-3 2-3 W1[/b] AZL Athletics 4 7 .364 4.0 2-2 2-5 L2 AZL Cubs 3 8 .273 5.0 1-5 2-3 W2

[bullox]

Hammond, Rogers, Inman and Pascual? Not a bad day.

[Team Canada]

My thoughts exactly. Link Reports are so much fun this year. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Rob]

The kid taking his lumps early in his career. Must be tough to be 16 and on your own. On a side note when does Gallardo get called up? I'm saying when Okha or Sheets gets hurt again they bring him up. I know it seemed unrealistic at the beginning of the year but now at AA, he's just as close as hendrickson or eveland.

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Final: Arizona Royals 12, Arizona Brewers 4

Nice three-inning relief stint for 2006 4th round high schooler Evan Anundsen; still trying to get the Latin hurlers on track, including Rolando Pascual; just five Brewer hits (triples for Brent Brewer and Brett Whiteside); Mike Goetz on base four times, all ten of his base hits thus far singles -- Goetz also 8-for-9 in stolen bases...

 

Arizona Brewer Box Score and Game Log Link:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

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Mark Rogers with four walks and three wild pitches in his first three innings tonight (two earned runs), Manatees lead 3-2, on a three-run first inning home run by Kyle Phillips.

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West Virginia Site:

 

Tonight's game against the Asheville Tourists has been declared a rainout. Thursday, the teams will play a doubleheader with the first game starting at 6:05 PM (5:05 Central).

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Yovani Gallardo and Dana Eveland on the Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet this week, which one is at # 2 overall? Find out:

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...61873.html

[plowjockey]

Wow. Huntsville with a snowman in the 3rd. Hammond with a shutout through 4.

[Wally Whitetail]

When is it ok to not even look at Mark's boxscore because you know what it looks like? It's like going to the 4th of July fireworks and they all come out duds....again, and again, and again.

 

Ugh.

[homer]

Well Wally you weren't looking before his last two starts because he was lights out.....granted it was only about 20 innings worth of work, but enough to get people semi-excited again. Having said that, I guess we can say those 20 innings were not the proof we needed that he was going to turn a corner this year.

[And That]

I guess we can say those 20 innings were not the proof we needed that he was going to turn a corner this year.

 

I think that was the not-very-eloquant point. Rogers had a few good starts, and some people were ready to annoint him for greatness because of it. Thing is, he's still a flawed, young, talent-laden pitcher. Just turns out he's more flawed than people were giving him credit for after he said he turned that corner. Might take another few corners.

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Final: Nashville 3, Memphis (Cardinals) 2

Link for Jared Fernandez photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2039

 

Fernandez Reaches Two Milestones In 3-2 Win

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? Sounds hurler Jared Fernandez earned his 100th career minor league victory on Wednesday evening at AutoZone Park in Nashville?s 3-2 win over the division-rival Memphis Redbirds.

 

Fernandez (4-2) worked 6 2/3 innings and held the Redbirds to two runs on eight hits while walking none and striking out five.

 

One milestone on the evening was apparently not good enough for the knuckleballer, however. Fernandez recorded his 1,000th career minor league strikeout when he fanned Timo Perez in the bottom of the sixth inning for his fifth punchout of the night.

 

AUDIO: Fernandez's 1,000th Career K --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%207-5.wma

 

Nashville (45-40) picked up a rare one-run road victory. The club improved to 4-16 in one-run decisions away from Greer Stadium and now sits one win shy of a series sweep of the Redbirds.

 

Every Sounds position player except Zach Sorensen, who scored one of the club's three runs, recorded a hit in the contest as Nashville rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to record the victory.

 

Memphis shortstop John Nelson gave the home team a 1-0 lead with a two-out solo homer to left in the bottom of the first inning off Fernandez. The blast was his team-leading 16th of the season.

 

The Redbirds doubled their lead in the second with another two-out run. John Gall, who had doubled with one out, scored on Brian Esposito?s single to right with two gone in the frame to up the lead to 2-0.

 

Nashville got on the board in the third when Sorensen walked with one out, moved up a base on a Brent Abernathy knock, and scored when right fielder Nelson Cruz singled to left to record his team-leading 54th RBI of the year.

 

The visitors tied it up at 2-2 in the fourth thanks to some solid baserunning by shortstop Ozzie Chavez. After singling with one out, the infielder moved from first to third on Fernandez?s sacrifice bunt then scored on Tony Gwynn?s two-out single to right.

 

The Sounds grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth when Dave Krynzel singled home catcher Mike Rivera with one out. Rivera had singled to open the inning.

 

Memphis failed to cash in on potential scoring opportunities in the late innings, leaving runners in scoring position in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings.

 

After the Redbirds put a runner on third with only one out in both the sixth and seven innings, Fernandez and reliever Mitch Stetter worked out of those jams, respectively, to preserve Nashville?s one-run lead. In the eighth, Alec Zumwalt popped up Gall to leave the potential tying run standing on second at the end of the inning.

 

Zumwalt recorded the final four outs for the Sounds to notch his team-leading seventh save of the year.

 

Memphis starter Randy Leek (3-7) took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings of action.

 

The Sounds look for the series sweep when the teams wrap up their brief three-game set with a 7:10 p.m. finale on Thursday. Left-hander Dana Eveland (3-3, 1.78) is slated to make the start for Nashville and face Memphis right-hander and former Milwaukee Brewer Travis Smith (3-2, 3.04).

 

Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Justin Lehr:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%207-5.wma

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Final: Huntsville 8, Birmingham (White Sox) 0

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=908

 

Stars Beat Up on Barons, Again

 

Brad Nelson?s three-run double highlighted an eight-run third inning outburst that carried Huntsville past Birmingham 8-0 Wednesday night in the second of a five-game set at the Hoover Met. The Stars won their second straight game to improve to 7-10 in the second half, while the Barons dropped to 9-8 in the second half and still remain one game behind South Division leader Montgomery, which was blanked by the Tennessee Smokies. The Stars won for the fifth time in seven games in Birmingham and have produced 57 runs and 76 in those seven contests.

 

Baron?s starter and former unsigned Brewer draft pick Ray Liotta retired the side in order in the first two innings before the first eight hitters all reached and scored in the third to produce the Stars? single biggest scoring inning of the season. Guilder Rodriguez knocked in the first run of the frame, and his first of the season in 47 at-bats, with a base hit to right field that plated Ryan Braun, who led off the frame with a double. Steve Moss followed with a single to score Ron Acuna to make it 2-0, Callix Crabbe?s bunt base hit loaded the bases and Jeff Eure was hit by a pitch to force in a run to extend the lead to three. Nelson then sliced a line drive to left-center field that got past a sliding Chris Amador all the way to the wall, allowing all three runners to score to push the visitors advantage to 6-0. Drew Anderson would single in Nelson and score on a wild pitch to complete the rally that included seven hits, the most by the Stars in a single frame this season.

 

Liotta was charged with all eight runs, the most he has allowed in any start this season, and suffered the loss to drop to 3-8. He has yielded a dozen runs on a dozen hits and five walks in four and a third innings in his last two starts. He blanked the Stars on two hits over six innings in his first start against them in an 8-0 win on April 11.

 

Steve Hammond went six scoreless innings for a second time in three starts at the double-A level to garner his first win. He allowed four hits, walked three, fanned four and stranded seven runners. The first two batters reached in the first, third and fourth innings and never moved, as Hammond worked out of trouble by retiring the next three hitters in each frame. Brett Evert tossed scoreless relief in the seventh and eighth innings and Matt Yeatman retired all three hitters he faced in the ninth to secure the Stars sixth shutout of the season. Huntsville now leads the season series seven games to five.

 

The series continues Thursday night with right-hander Yovani Gallardo taking the hill against Barons? right-hander Lance Broadway. 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...x_biraax_1

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Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 10, Brevard County 5

 

Brevard County Game Summary from the Jupiter Site:

 

JUPITER, FL- Jim Brauer started about as bad as you can start a game. He gave up a single, then made a throwing error on a bunt, and the third batter, DH Kyle Phillips, homered to give Brevard County a quick 3-0 lead. Jupiter scored two more on a Brad McCann double and he later scored on a Mark Rogers wild pitch, cutting the lead to one.

 

Rogers was wild all night, walking six on the night, ultimately leading to his early exit. He pitched five innings, giving up five hits and three runs, all earned, with three strikeouts. David Johnson relieved Rogers in the sixth. That was when the floodgates opened, and the Manatees were washed away.

 

Dominick Ambrosini, who had his best game as a Hammerhead (1-3 with a single and a walk), led off the inning grounding out to second. After three straight singles and an error by third baseman Ryan Crew, the Hammerheads led 6-5. McCann walked, J.T. Restko and Grant Psomas singled, and Brad Davis reached on a fielder?s choice. With the bases loaded, Ambrosini got his first RBI as a Hammerhead on a sacrifice fly, and the Hammerheads then led 10-5. With Johnson having done enough damage to Brevard, he was replaced by Ben Stanczyk, who pitched the final two and a third innings.

 

That was all they would need, with Michael Doolittle, who was just added to the roster today from Greensboro, picking up the win. Brauer went five and a third in a mediocre start, striking out five on six hits, five runs; they earned four, and walked three times. Doolittle went two and two-thirds of no-hit ball with four strikeouts, ranging in pitch speed from seventy miles per hour to ninety-six. Andy Jackson, a twenty-sixth round draft pick this year from Central Arkansas, pitched the ninth without breaking a sweat.

 

Brevard starting catcher C.J. Medlin was ejected in the top of the first for arguing balls and strikes. The teams meet again Thursday morning for some daytime baseball. Scheduled first pitch is 11:05 AM (10:05 Central). The probable starters are RHP Trevor Hutchinson for Jupiter and RHP Josh Wahpepah for Brevard.

 

Brevard County Box Score and Game Log Link:

A night to forget for reliever Dave Johnson; Alcides Escobar still streaky, lately in a not-so-good way; the Hurricane on base three more times; catcher C.J. Medlin ejected in the first inning...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

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In progress: Great Falls (White Sox) 4, Helena 4, after 11 innings

Send some of that Brewer extra-inning love tonight out to Montana http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ...

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Final: Helena 5, Great Falls (White Sox) 4, 13 innings

Wow - what a night, Chris Errecart with the walk-off single, driving in Taylor Green; plenty of details in the AM...

 

Helena Box Score and Game Log Link:

Brewers were intentionally walked six times, 11 times total; Shawn Ferguson escapes a no out, man on third crisis in the top of the 9th; Taylor Green thrown out at third base with none out in the bottom of the 9th, then thrown out at home to end the 11th -- no problem for him in the 13th though, after his leadoff walk...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

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Link while active, text follows:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...606_07.txt

 

Brewers outlast Sox

By KEVIN SHIVELY - Independent Record Sports Writer

 

The Helena Brewers were able to string together three wins for the first time this season, but it wasn?t easy.

 

The Brewers beat the Great Falls White Sox 5-4 in 13 innings Wednesday night for their longest win streak of the season.

 

Helena had some help getting the win. Great Falls had six errors in the game and one of the strangest wild pitches you could find.

 

In the bottom of the 13th, Taylor Green was walked and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. In the middle of pitching out to intentionally walk center fielder Stephen Chapman, White Sox pitcher Tim Sabo overthrew catcher Reymundo Tavares and Chapman moved to third.

 

The Sox still walked Chapman and also intentionally walked designated hitter Andy Bouchie to load the bases for Chris Errecart.

 

Errecart had a hit down the left field line to score Green and finally end the lengthy contest.

 

Errecart was 2-for-5 at the plate.

 

Great Falls, who led 4-1 early in the game, scored their first two runs in the second inning.

 

Helena pitcher Brock Kjeldgaard walked two runners and then with two outs, Christian Marrero hit a two-run double to the right center wall.

 

In the fourth, Great Falls slugger Chris Carter hit a two-run homer to make the score 4-1.

 

In the fifth, Bouchie lined an RBI single to right, and Chapman scored on an error by shortstop Tim Lawrence that tied the game at four runs each.

 

Lawrence had three errors in the game.

 

Even with this help, the Brewers struggled with runners in scoring position, leaving 17 runners on base.

 

Chapman, who is leading the team at the plate with a .383 average, was 2-for-4 with a pair of walks.

 

Chuckie Caufield was also 2-for-4 in the game with a double. Caufield is right behind Chapman with an average of .353.

 

Caufield?s double was Helena?s only extra base hit of the day.

 

Kjeldgaard pitched five innings of three hit ball, but it was Jose Romero?s win when he came in four pitchers and eight innings later.

 

Sabo was charged with the loss.

 

The Brewers (7-9) will host Billings tonight with the Helena club turning to right handed pitcher Roque Mercedes (1-1, 6.00) on the mound.

 

The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central).

 

Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer - Helena catcher Garry Savas (16) is in position to make the tag on Great Falls baserunner Christian Acosta at home plate, but is unable to hold onto the ball allowing Acosta to score a run for the White Sox Wednesday at Kindrick Legion Field.

 

http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2006/07/06/sports_top/b01070606_07.jpg

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Brevard County Site Game Summary:

 

Hammerheads double up Manatees

 

Dante Brinkley drove in the first of seven sixth-inning runs as Jupiter rallied to beat Brevard County, 10-5, on Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium.

 

The Hammerheads trailed, 5-3, in the sixth when Brinkley smacked a line-drive single up the middle to score Jai Miller. An error by third baseman Ryan Crew allowed Carlos Piste to come home, and J.T. Resko put Jupiter (5-8) ahead for good with a bases-loaded single to right field.

 

Brinkley went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while Brad McCann had two hits and scored three runs.

 

Jupiter reliever Todd Doolittle (1-0) got the win after striking out four and walking one over 2 2/3 hitless innings.

 

Brevard County (3-8) lost its fifth straight game despite jumping out to a quick lead in the first on Kyle Phillips' three-run homer off starter James Brauer. Hernan Iribarren went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Manatees.

 

Reliever Dave Johnson (5-5) suffered the loss, allowing seven runs -- five earned -- on five hits and a walk while retiring two batters. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com

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Link while active, text follows:

 

www.al.com/barons/birming...amp;coll=2

 

Huntsville pounds Liotta

DOUG SEGREST

Birmingham News staff writer

 

Birmingham closer Ehren Wassermann warmed up in the ninth inning, but he wasn't summoned.

 

He wasn't needed. The Barons bullpen patched together 6 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday night. That stalwart effort ensured the game with the Huntsville Stars ended at a reasonable hour.

 

It accomplished little else.

 

Huntsville continued its offensive assault at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium before a scarce crowd (1,929 tickets sold), scoring all the runs in an 8-0 shellacking in one epic inning against Barons starter Ray Liotta.

 

The Stars have won five of seven games at the Met this season, averaging more than 10 runs per victory.

 

"Go figure. We're something like 10-30 at home," Stars manager Don Money said.

 

Close enough. The Stars are 13-31 at Joe Davis Stadium. In fact, in every ballpark except the Met, Huntsville is a disappointing 26-53.

 

But Huntsville (7-10 in the second half) continued its mastery at the Met, with Liotta's ERA soaring like the price of a barrel of oil in the third inning.

 

By the time he departed, with just one out, he had allowed five singles, three doubles and two walks. He put an 11th Star on base by hitting him - on a ball that seemed to carom off the dirt first.

 

Huntsville DH Brad Nelson drove in three runs during the nightmare on Ben Chapman Drive with a double.

 

"This park feels like a graveyard," Nelson said, referring to how hard it is to homer in Hoover. "But you see the ball really well, much better than you do in Huntsville, where we have a dark field.

 

"Maybe that explains it. Maybe it's just that there's a comfort level. And hitting is contagious."

 

Cory Aldridge had two hits to give the Barons (9-8) a rumor of offense.

 

The bright spot for the Barons?

 

It came in the ninth, with Dwayne Pollok on the mound and Wassermann warming up furiously in the pen.

 

With no outs and the bases loaded, Pollok got Nelson to hit a liner to shortstop Pedro Lopez, who fielded the ball and fired to first for the double play. Pollok then ended the inning with a ground out to short.

 

"We've been fortunate down here," Huntsville's Money said. "We've swung the bats pretty well. Maybe they're not as sharp as they've been. Just don't ask me to figure it out."