Link Report for Games of Monday, April 17th

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Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Ben Hendrickson at home vs. Oklahoma (Rangers), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Nashville Game Day Feature from MILB.com:

Please note that GameDay links will not become active until approximately 1-2 hours before game time

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville: RHP Tim Dillard at Montgomery (Devil Rays), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

Brevard County: LHP Steve Hammond at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:00 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

Hopefully working this week from Palm Beach!

www.palmbeachcardinals.com/

 

West Virginia: Idle

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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". 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_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_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 Sunday's Action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 7 4 .636 - 5-3 2-1 W1 Iowa 6 5 .545 1.0 5-3 1-2 L1 [b]Nashville 6 5 .545 1.0 3-0 3-5 W3[/b] Memphis 1 10 .091 6.0 1-2 0-8 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 7 3 .700 - 0-0 7-3 L1 Chattanooga 7 4 .636 0.5 4-1 3-3 L1 [b]Huntsville 6 5 .545 1.5 2-3 4-2 W3[/b] Carolina 5 6 .455 2.5 1-0 4-6 W1 Tennessee 4 7 .364 3.5 2-3 2-4 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 9 1 .900 - 5-1 4-0 W4[/b] St. Lucie 8 2 .800 1.0 4-1 4-1 W3 Palm Beach 6 4 .600 3.0 1-1 5-3 L1 Jupiter 4 6 .400 5.0 3-5 1-1 L3 Daytona 2 8 .200 7.0 1-6 1-2 W1 Vero Beach 1 9 .100 8.0 1-1 0-8 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lexington 8 3 .727 - 6-2 2-1 L1 Delmarva 7 3 .700 0.5 2-1 5-2 L1 Greensboro 7 4 .636 1.0 5-3 2-1 W1 Lake County 6 5 .545 2.0 2-2 4-3 L2 Hagerstown 5 6 .455 3.0 3-0 2-6 W2 [b]West Virginia 5 6 .455 3.0 2-5 3-1 W1[/b] Hickory 4 7 .364 4.0 2-5 2-2 L1 Lakewood 1 9 .100 6.5 1-2 0-7 W1

[DHonks]

interesting that with no Gwynn in there, Krynzel is still batting 2nd. I guess this shows that the organization likes Gwynn as a potential leadoff man, and Krynzel is now something more of a 2, 6, 7, or 8 hitter.

[DHonks]

also, tune in to the gametracker for Nashville. Hendrickson has allowed 1 walk through 3, on a mere 38 pitches. That means that in 14 innings, he's allowed 7 walks, 2 hits, and 9 K's. Oh yeah, and his ERA is unchanged today...still 0.00

 

edit, 54 pitches through 4 IP. make that 11 K's on the season in 15 IP

[plowjockey]

Hammond's allowed only one hit through 4 complete. Braun with a double for Brevard's only hit.

[Cyanogen5]

Hendrickson gives up a solo shot to Adam Hyzdu...ERA at 0.56. So far today, 5 innings, 2 walks, 5 K's, 1 run.

[heresrobin]

It appears that Gwynn has replaced Krynzel in CF. Did anybody hear what happened?

[molitor fan]

Dave Krynzel gets injured? Gwynn replaces him midgame......

[DHonks]

I guess he ran into the wall making a catch.

 

Hendrickson hit the wall in the 7th. Two walks, then got an out, and Simpson allowed at least one inherited runner to score. Too bad, the walks hurt, and they probably didn't have anyone ready in the pen. Some offense would have helped.

 

edit...I see they got Li'l Ben off the hook, game tied at 6

[DHonks]

wow, Nelson Cruz w/a 2-out, walkoff 2 run homer. And isn't it fun to see Matt Yeatman back?

[Team Canada]

I don't know if there's ever been a time when every Brewer team has been in first, but we're not that far away.

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Final: Huntsville 5, Montgomery (Devil Rays ) 2

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=787

 

Sain Stings Biscuits, Again

 

Greg Sain homered for a third straight game and the bullpen tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings to preserve Huntsville?s 5-2 win over Montgomery Monday night in the second game of a five-game set at Riverwalk Stadium. The Stars won their fourth straight after a three-game slide to improve to 7-5 overall and 5-2 on the road, while the Biscuits dropped their fifth in a row after a six-game win streak to fall to 6-6. The Stars did not win three consecutive games on the road last season until June 22-24 at Mobile.

 

Kennard Bibbs started the game with a ground ball out and Callix Crabbe followed by hitting the first pitch he saw over the wall in right field for his first home run of the year and the 14th of his five-year career. He went 4-for-20 against Biscuits pitching last year and the long ball was his fourth hit in five at-bats in the series. Drew Anderson doubled on the next pitch and Sain then blasted a two-run home run to left field to make it 3-0 Stars. It was his fourth home run of the year and his 10th in 30 games against Montgomery. He has knocked in 23 runs against the Biscuits and has nine extra-base hits in 15 games in Montgomery.

 

Biscuits? pitcher Tony Peguero retired the next four hitters, gave up a single to Ozzie Chavez and then set down the next 17 hitters he faced before a single in the eighth by Chavez chased him from the game. Peguero suffered the loss and dropped to 2-1.

 

Tim Dillard tossed five scoreless frames for the Stars before allowing three straight singles to open the sixth inning, including a base hit by Wes Bankston that plated Elliot Johnson for the home team?s first run. However, Jason Pridie was tagged out between second and third base for the first out of the frame. Michael Coleman greeted Mike Meyers with a single to score Bankston, who had advanced to second during the rundown, to trim the Stars lead to 3-2. Meyers worked out of further trouble and was followed on the hill by Matt Yeatman, who worked two scoreless innings and has now gone 7 2/3 innings without giving up a run over his last four appearances.

 

Jose Rodriguez issued two-out walks to Adam Heether and Lou Palmisano in the ninth before Ron Acuna singled into right field to score Heether and end a hitless string of 11 at-bats. Palmisano advanced to third and then scored on a wild pitch. Alec Zumwalt tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth to register his third save in as many opportunities. The Stars bullpen has allowed just one run in its? last 15 2/3 innings of work since Micah Schnurstein?s game-winning home run in the seventh inning on Thursday night.

 

The Stars will send right-hander Corey Thurman to the hill on Tuesday morning for the third game of the set against Biscuits? right-hander Jim Magrane. Coverage of the game begins at 10:20 a.m. central time and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Link for Ozzie Chavez photo while active, text follows:

 

www.montgomeryadvertiser....80340/1002

 

Stars shine again

By A. Stacy Long

Montgomery Advertiser

 

Tony Peguero's sketchy first inning didn't turn into a horrid start.

 

Montgomery's starting pitcher bore the brunt of the Biscuits' 5-2 loss to the Huntsville Stars on Monday.

 

Callix Crabbe's solo home run and Greg Sain's two-run shot gave Huntsville a 3-0 lead in the first. The Stars barely touched Peguero again.

 

"He was doing a great job," Huntsville manager Don Money said. "We were just hitting the ball into the ground. I wouldn't say we were beating it."

 

Peguero retired 17 straight hitters at one point and allowed only two more hits until he left. Ozzie Chavez singled in the second and singled again in the eighth. The last chased Peguero (2-1).

 

"I felt good," Peguero said. "The only bad thing was that first inning."

 

Crabbe shot the first pitch he saw from Peguero over the right-field wall. Drew Anderson followed with a ringing double into the left-center gap.

 

Sain came up and did what he always seems to do against the Biscuits -- homer. He has 10 home runs in 30 career games against Montgomery.

 

Monday's blast left Montgomery staring at a 3-0 deficit before it even batted.

 

"The first inning, that was it," catcher Chairon Isenia said. "He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently in the zone."

 

Peguero rallied without overpowering the Stars. His strikeout of Jeff Eure to lead off the eighth was only his third.

 

The right-hander finished with 13 groundball outs. When he left, the Biscuits trailed only 3-2.

 

"Some kids give up three runs and it's all downhill," Montgomery manager Charlie Montoyo said. "Peguero didn't do that. When you get down like that, that's when you find out what type of makeup the guy has."

 

The Biscuits regularly had baserunners against Huntsville's Tim Dillard (2-1), but didn't score until the sixth.

 

Two Biscuits were caught stealing and three others stranded in the first five innings.

 

"When a team is doing good, you let them do good," said Montoyo, whose team has scored only 10 runs on its current five-game losing streak.

 

"When you're struggling, you try to make something happen."

 

Montgomery's two-run sixth could have been more except for a mistake on the bases.

 

With runners on first and second, Wes Bankston laced an RBI single to right. Jason Pridie rounded second too far and was caught in a rundown for the inning's first out.

 

Bankston advanced to second on the play and scored on Michael Coleman's single to make it 3-2. Matthew Maniscalco's flyout -- a borderline potential sacrifice fly -- instead ended the inning.

 

"That was bad baserunning on our part," Montoyo said of Pridie. "That made a difference in that inning. When you're struggling to score runs, that's something you don't want to do."

 

The Stars added two in the ninth when Biscuits reliever Jose Rodriguez handed out two two-out walks. Ronald Acuna hit an RBI single and Rodriguez uncorked a run-scoring wild pitch.

 

Huntsville's Alec Zumwalt gave up two hits in the ninth before recording his third save.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with First Baseman Brad Nelson:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-17.wma

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Final: Nashville 8, Oklahoma (Rangers) 7

Link, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1907

 

Cruz Homers Sounds To Win In Bottom Of Ninth

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Outfielder Nelson Cruz belted a two-out, two-run opposite-field homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to erase a 7-6 deficit and give the Nashville Sounds a thrilling 8-7 victory over the Oklahoma RedHawks on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the finale of the clubs? four-game series.

 

Nashville (7-5) completed a four-game sweep with the victory ? its fourth in a row ? and has won six of its last seven contests after starting the season with a 1-4 mark.

 

The dramatic blast, Cruz's PCL-leading ninth extra-base hit of the year, came off RedHawks reliever Scott Feldman and was his lone hit in five trips to the plate on the evening. The outfielder leads Nashville with three home runs and 11 RBIs on the season.

 

The win was the Sounds? first in their last at-bat this season. The club thrived on those victories in 2005, recording 22 en route to winning the PCL title.

 

After Erasmo Ramirez retired the first two Sounds batters in the ninth, Oklahoma skipper Tim Ireland summoned Feldman from the bullpen to attempt to record the final out. After hitting Vinny Rottino, Feldman delivered a 2-1 down-and-away offering to Cruz that the slugger lined over the fence in right to provide the Nashville victory.

 

AUDIO: Nelson Cruz's Game-Ending HR --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-17.wma

 

The game-ending homer was only part of the ninth-inning drama that unfolded on the Greer Stadium turf.

 

With Nashville leading 6-5 in the top of the ninth, former Sound Adam Hyzdu (2-for-3, 3 R) belted his second home run of the night to stave off defeat for the RedHawks. The veteran led off the frame and crushed a 2-1 Allan Simpson offering over the wall in straightaway center for a 6-6 tie. The blast was Hyzdu?s third of the season.

 

Oklahoma scored the go-ahead run later in the inning when Drew Meyer drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk from Mitch Stetter on a 3-2 pitch, forcing home Jamie Burke from third with the eventual winning run.

 

Stetter (1-2) picked up the victory following Cruz?s heroics, while Feldman (0-1) took the loss for Oklahoma after surrendering the game-winning blast.

 

Every Sounds position player recorded at least one hit in the contest. Rottino (2-for-3) and Brent Abernathy (2-for-4) paced the club with two-hit efforts.

 

Nashville jumped on the board first with an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Abernathy singled off Oklahoma starter John Rheinecker. After advancing to second on a passed ball by catcher Nick Trzesniak, Chris Barnwell brought him in with an RBI single to left.

 

Sounds right-hander Ben Hendrickson ran his scoreless innings streak to 15 frames to open the season and held the RedHawks offense hitless through the first four innings before Hyzdu belted a game-tying solo homer off the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. The blast accounted for the first run and only the third hit allowed by Hendrickson in 2006.

 

Oklahoma jumped ahead 3-1 with a pair of sixth-inning runs against Hendrickson. Ruddy Yan opened the frame with a bunt single and moved to third on Meyer?s double. Yan scored and Meyer moved to third on a Hendrickson wild pitch, which made it a 2-1 game. Joaquin Arias followed with a sacrifice fly to deep right-center to plate Meyer for a two-run lead.

 

The RedHawks tacked on two more in the seventh against Hendrickson, plating the first on a Trzesniak sacrifice fly and the second in unearned fashion on a fielding error later in the inning by centerfielder Tony Gwynn to increase the lead to 5-1.

 

Nashville reclaimed a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the inning with a five-run rally against ex-Sound John Wasdin. All five runs in the frame were unearned. Mike Rivera opened the frame by reaching on a throwing error by Burke, the Oklahoma third baseman, and later scored on a Brad Nelson RBI single.

 

With two down in the frame, Gwynn ripped an 0-2 Wasdin offering into right-center for a two-run single to pull the home team with a run at 5-4. After Gwynn stole second, Rottino put the Sounds in the lead with a two-run infield single to third as Frank Kremblas sent Gwynn home to score without a throw on the play.

 

Nashville centerfielder Dave Krynzel left the game in the middle of the third inning after colliding with the wall in center while making a running catch on a ball hit by Trzesniak in the top of the inning.

 

The Sounds continue their opening homestand on Tuesday when they welcome the division-rival Omaha Royals to town for the 6 p.m. opener of a four-game series. Nashville left-hander Zach Jackson (0-1, 1.64) makes his Greer Stadium debut when he starts for the Sounds. Omaha will counter with southpaw J.P. Howell (2-0, 2.25).

 

http://www.nashvillesounds.com/images/news/cruzscoring.jpg

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Link for Vinny Rottino photo while active, text follows:

 

tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS

 

Sounds win on walk-off Cruz homer

Get a sweep after Oklahoma goes ahead in ninth

By MAURICE PATTON

Tennessean Staff Writer

 

The Nashville Sounds wound up on the high end of a seesaw battle last night with visiting Oklahoma, as Nelson Cruz's two-run home run in the ninth inning gave the hosts an 8-7 victory.

 

Nashville trailed 5-1 heading into its half of the seventh inning, but scored five unearned runs off former Sounds pitcher John Wasdin.

 

Ex-Nashville outfielder Adam Hyzdu hit his second solo homer of the game ? and his third in the last two games ? to key a two-run ninth inning comeback for Oklahoma.

 

Down 7-6 with two outs in the ninth, the Sounds stayed alive as Vinny Rottino was hit by a pitch from Scott Feldman.

 

Cruz, the MVP in last year's Pacific Coast League championship series, made Feldman and the RedHawks pay with a game-ending drive over the right-field fence.

 

"They weren't bad pitches; they were down in the zone," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said of Cruz's at-bat. "Cruzer went down and got them, hit the first one foul and stayed with his approach."

 

The win marked the first four-game series sweep for the Sounds since Aug. 8-11 at Salt Lake, and the first at home since beating New Orleans May 27-30. It was also Nashville's first win of the 2006 season in its final at-bat, after registering 22 such victories last year.

 

Nashville starter Ben Hendrickson ? who came into the game with a string of 11 scoreless innings ? squandered a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning as Hyzdu's solo homer off the guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the left-field fence.

 

Oklahoma added a pair of runs in each of the next two innings to take a four-run lead.

 

"Any time you can come back and win in the ninth, it's a great thing," Hendrickson said after taking a no-decision. "That's what makes it so much fun for the players, the managers and the fans."

 

The Sounds went up in the second inning with a Brent Abernathy two-out single, a passed ball and a Chris Barnwell RBI base hit.

 

Prior to his ninth-inning heroics, Cruz was the only Nashville player without a hit as the Sounds finished the night with 12 hits.

 

For the series, Nashville battered RedHawk pitching for 56 hits.

 

What they said: "That's why it's a team game. They came through." ? Hendrickson, who left the game trailing 5-1 in the seventh but wound up with a no-decision.

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Link while active, text follows:

 

tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS

 

New umps not making big impact

MAURICE PATTON, the Tennessean

 

After nearly two weeks, Pacific Coast League President Branch Rickey III said the on-field difference between the current working umpires and the striking umpires they have replaced has been negligible.

 

"The most common comment we're getting is 'Yeah, they're missing some (calls) ? but so were the other guys,'" Rickey said during last night's Sounds game with Oklahoma as he stopped through Greer Stadium for a brief visit.

 

The Association of Minor League Umpires announced its strike prior to the beginning of the season because of what it called unfair labor practices and compensatory issues. In the aftermath, the PCL and other leagues have had to come up with stopgap umpires.

 

"It's a different scenario than anything we've done," Rickey said. "We're mixing and matching. As availability and circumstances warrant, we're doing what's necessary to make things work. We're so accustomed to a fixed formula. We've had to come up with the staffing, and had to do it pretty much at the last minute.

 

"But we've got over 90 (umpiring) contracts in hand, more in the offing, and we expect in the next few weeks there will be a whole lot of supplemental personnel available."

 

There have been few glitches on the field with the umpires.

 

"I'd say the overriding reaction we're getting right now is pretty positive," Rickey said. "Certainly I think there is comment from some of the managers to the players saying, 'Look, we don't know these guys; let's not rush to confront.' But our ejections are few and far between. We're not getting an uproar or a negative reaction from the fans. We're not getting any kind of sentiment that would indicate the average fan is in any way impacted.

 

"It's a pretty favorable start, as opposed to saying we're not going to play all the infielders in the PCL and we're going to bring in independent infielders."

 

Krynzel shaken up: Sounds center fielder Dave Krynzel left the game prior to his third-inning at-bat, after slamming into the wall in right-centerfield to track down a drive by Oklahoma catcher Nick Trzesniak. On the collision, Krynzel appeared to aggravate the left collarbone that he broke over the offseason.

 

"He banged it pretty good," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said. "It was an off-balance, falling kind of thing. He's pretty sore. We'll see how it feels (today)."

 

Tony Gwynn Jr. replaced Krnyzel in the Sounds lineup and had a two-run bases-loaded double in the seventh inning.

 

Streakin': Nashville catcher Mike Rivera extended his hitting streak to a team-high six games with his fourth-inning double off Oklahoma starter John Rheinecker .

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Link while active, text follows:

 

www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=49234

 

Nelson Cruz hits walk-off homer to keep Sounds perfect at home

By Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent

 

Home certainly has been sweet to the Nashville Sounds. Nelson Cruz hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to power the Sounds to an 8-7 victory over Oklahoma on Monday at Greer Stadium.

 

With the win, Nashville notches a series sweep of the RedHawks and moves to a perfect 4-0 at home this season.

 

The Sounds did pay a price for their victory, however. Outfielder Dave Krynzel, who had off-season surgery to repair a broken collarbone, crashed into the center field wall after making a stellar catch and had to come out of the game in the third inning.

 

Of his opposite field game-winning blast off Oklahoma reliever Scott Feldman, Cruz said, ?It felt great. We?re finding a way to win here.?

 

The Sounds (7-5) found a way to win in rather unusual circumstances. Oklahoma retired the first two Nashville batters in the bottom of the ninth, which brought Vinny Rotino to the plate to face Feldman. Rotino was grazed by a pitch, allowing him to take first base and setting the table for Cruz.

 

?It was nice we took advantage of a break, because the guy barely knicked [Rotino?s] shirt,? Manager Frank Kremblas said. ?Then Nelson had a pretty good piece of hitting.?

 

The pitch before the game-winning homer, Cruz hit a ball that narrowly sliced foul down the right field line.

 

Cruz said Feldman threw him the same pitch on the home run as he did on the long foul ball.

 

?I was just trying to see the pitch and make a good swing,? he said.

 

After the game, Kremblas couldn?t say how severe Krynzel?s shoulder injury was. Kremblas said Krynzel was ?pretty sore though? and the team would know more today.

 

Krynzel is off to a strong start this season, hitting .371 and playing strong defensively.

 

Ben Hendrickson got the start for the Sounds and allowed his first runs of the season en route to a no-decision. Hendrickson began the season with an 15-inning scoreless streak before giving up a home run to Adam Hyzdu in the fourth inning.

 

?I feel great,? Hendrickson said. ?I?m feeling better and better every time. [As for] the command on my fastball, I threw where I wanted to throw. I was just off on a few pitches.?

 

Nashville had the lead going into the ninth inning, but the RedHawks scored a pair of runs off reliever Allan Simpson. Mitch Stetter spelled Simpson, allowing one inherited runner to score before a double play line out ended the inning.

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Final: Brevard County 3, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 1

 

Brevard County Site Game Notes:

 

Fermaint's double lifts Manatees

 

Charlie Fermaint's two-run double in the top of the fifth inning helped Brevard County to a 3-1 victory over Palm Beach on Monday.

 

Fermaint, who finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, broke a scoreless tie by plating Carlos Corporan and Freddy Parejo with a one-out drive into right-center field.

 

He came around to score on a groundout by Travis Ezi as the Manatees amassed all the runs they'd need en route to their season high-tying fifth straight win. Brevard County opened the season 5-0 before an 11-9 loss to Palm Beach last Tuesday.

 

Steve Hammond (1-0) earned his first win for Brevard County (10-1), allowing a run on three hits over 6 1/3 solid innings. Robert Hinton worked 1 2/3 frames before Josh Alliston pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

 

Christopher Patrick's run-scoring double in the seventh provided the only offense for the Cardinals (6-5), who have dropped consecutive games.

 

Mitchell Boggs (0-2) took the loss, yielding three runs on four hits over five innings.

 

The teams continue their three-game series at 6:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday. -- Marc Jimenez/MLB.com

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Carlos de la Cruz at shortstop -- that's new...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

 

Brevard County Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

[clancyphile]

I hope Krynzel's OK. So far, he seems to have been turning things around this year.

 

(I know, small smaple, still... some good signs).