Link Report for Games of Friday, August 19th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All starts Central Time except for Arizona Rookie; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Wes Obermueller at home vs. Round Rock (Astros), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Nashville Site Gamecast Feed:

www.nashvillesounds.com/live/xlive.htm

 

Huntsville: LHP Josh Habel at Tennessee (Cardinals), 6:00 PM pre-game, 6:15 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

specs.eyecentric.com/pres...opup.shtml

 

Brevard County: LHP Steve Hammond at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.palmbeachcardinals.com/

 

West Virginia: RHP Mark Rogers at Kannapolis (White Sox), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link:

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

 

Helena: RHP Will Inman at Idaho Falls (Royals), 8:15 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.ifchukars.com/home/default.asp

 

Arizona: TBD (times two) at home in a double-dip vs. the pee-wee Padres at the Maryvale complex, 7:00 PM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

[Mass Haas]

Follow Friday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_tenaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_pbcafx_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_idarok_1

 

Arizona Game One:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

 

Arizona Game Two:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_2

[Mass Haas]

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 69 57 .548 - 32-31 37-26 L2[/b] Omaha 63 63 .500 6.0 28-31 35-32 W3 Memphis 62 63 .496 6.5 33-31 29-32 L2 Iowa 57 65 .467 10.0 36-27 21-38 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 30 21 .588 - 17-10 13-11 L5 West Tenn 29 23 .558 1.5 15-10 14-13 W3 Tennessee 23 29 .442 7.5 12-12 11-17 L1 [b]Huntsville 21 31 .404 9.5 8-15 13-16 W1[/b] Chattanooga 20 32 .385 10.5 13-18 7-14 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vero Beach 31 21 .596 - 17-10 14-11 L5 Palm Beach 32 22 .593 - 14-12 18-10 W1 [b]Brevard County 29 24 .547 2.5 12-14 17-10 L1[/b] St. Lucie 28 25 .528 3.5 12-13 16-12 L1 Daytona 25 27 .481 6.0 16-12 9-15 W4 Jupiter 20 31 .392 10.5 15-13 5-18 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 32 18 .640 - 19-5 13-13 W1 Lexington 28 24 .538 5.0 18-13 10-11 W1 [b]West Virginia 26 24 .520 6.0 14-13 12-11 L3[/b] Hickory 27 25 .519 6.0 15-10 12-15 L6 Lake County 25 25 .500 7.0 14-13 11-12 L1 Lakewood 25 26 .490 7.5 15-12 10-14 W5 Greensboro 23 29 .442 10.0 9-13 14-16 L1 Hagerstown 18 30 .375 13.0 9-12 9-18 W4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 13 4 .765 - 7-3 6-1 L1[/b] Missoula 9 8 .529 4.0 7-5 2-3 W6 Billings 6 10 .375 6.5 1-3 5-7 L2 Great Falls 6 11 .353 7.0 2-5 4-6 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Athletics 13 6 .684 - 8-2 5-4 W5 AZL Giants 11 6 .647 1.0 4-5 7-1 W1 AZL Mariners 10 7 .588 2.0 5-4 5-3 L3 AZL Rangers 11 8 .579 2.0 7-4 4-4 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 9 7 .563 2.5 3-5 6-2 L1[/b] AZL Royals 9 8 .529 3.0 6-3 3-5 W2 AZL Angels 6 12 .333 6.5 1-3 5-9 L1 AZL Padres 5 12 .294 7.0 2-8 3-4 L4 AZL Cubs 5 13 .278 7.5 2-7 3-6 L1

Stats and League Leaders, USA Today (or go to MILB.com):

 

www.usatoday.com/sports/b.../index.htm

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes for Friday (PDF format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

[bjamesw22]

Another in a long list of disappointing outtings for Mark Rogers.

 IP H R ER BB K 2.1 7 9 9 4 3

Everytime he starts I grimmace as the page loads, I brace myself for the inevitable, and yet I still cringe. The season couldn't end soon enough for poor Mark. He needs to put this season behind him and come back to WV next year with a chip on his shoulder.

[LV Brewer Fan]

I am not saying that his whole career will end up this way, so don't jump all over me, but Mark Rogers has been flat out been terrible this year. I don't care about radar gun readings, I want results and this kid hasn't produced much since the day he was drafted.

[Past Member]

Yeah, I wish Mark the best but he's been really disappointing. Man I wish we could have drafted Thomas Diamond.

[pogokat]

Fermaint leaves the lineup early, and braun is absent...i wonder....i wonder if i should drive to kannapolis tomorrow to watch this team play again...

[Past Member]

Has anyone found out what happened to Sweet Lou? Please let me know.

[pogokat]

yeah, he played today

[Mass Haas]

Final: Palm Beach (Cardinals) 1, Brevard County 0

Yawn to Florida State League playing conditions and 1-0 games (when you're on the wrong end of the score)...

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Four Manatee hits and zero walks - ugh; lefty Steve Hammond might be in Huntsville next spring, he was a 6th round pick out of Long Beach State this spring...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_pbcafx_1

 

Brevard County Game Log:

Leadoff Steve Sollman double wasted in the first a bad omen; Steve Moss leadoff single in the 4th, then promptly picked off...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_pbcafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 9, West Virginia 6

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Y'know, the Brewers will continue to spin Mark Rogers' upside and youth, but there's no denying he's been consistently very ineffective -- when he's managed to string together a few scoreless frames to begin a game, he's faltered with multi-run 4th and 5th innings on several occasions -- this was just hideous from the start tonight, retiring seven of 19 batters -- actually, not even that, one runner caught stealing; Justin Barnes stranded two runners to save Mark an uglier pitching line; RHP Dane Renkert effective in his Power debut; OF Brendan Katin's first appearance in a while...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

Check out the Kannapolis 2nd inning -- a bizarre mix of loading the bases on no base hits, almost escaping the damage, a two-out infield hit, and a killer grand slam -- c'mon, Mark...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 3, Tennessee (Cardinals) 2, ten innings

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Vinny Rottino on base four times; sweet relief work, Keith Stamler and Jerome Gamble...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_tenaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

Brandon Gemoll sacrifice fly scores the winning run...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_tenaax_1

[colbyjack]

Is this Rogers' first start after missing a few with a blister? I'm not trying to make an excuse for him, but since I was gone last weekend I want to make sure I didn't miss a start.

 

I know Rogers wasn't a particularly popular pick on draft day, and it's obvious he still has his fair share of critics. However, while he has struggled I still have to cut him some slack. My patience is growing more and more thin, but you gotta root for the kid.

 

How about some of the early draftees from this year's draft tonight? Mat Gamel, who was an early board favorite that really hasn't gotten much love after starting the season slow, is already 2 for 3 tonight with a double and 3 RBI. Right around when Braun got bumped up Gamel caught fire. He has struck out far too much, but IIRC, his strikeout pace upon entering pro baseball over the first month or so was horrendous. Both Will Inman and Steven Hammond pitched admirably tonight, despite handing out too many free passes.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Round Rock (Astros) 6, Nashville 4

Not shaping up as a night the organization will look back fondly on...

 

Nashville Box Score:

Sounds rallied to tie late after Wes Obermueller surrendered four in the 1st before settling in nicely; David Krynzel and Nelson Cruz reach three times apiece...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

Mitch Stetter can't bail out Jeff Bennett -- he only needed to retire one man...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

[Mass Haas]

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

INTIMIDATORS SCORE EARLY AND OFTEN TO BEAT THE POWER

Kannapolis, NC ? The Kannapolis Intimidators scored all nine of their runs in the first three innings of Friday night?s game against the West Virginia Power, and beat the Power 9-6 at FieldCrest Cannon Stadium.

 

Josh Hansen knocked in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning to give Kannapolis an early 1-0 lead. The Power scored four times in the top of the second to take their only lead of the game. Will Lewis tied the game at 1-1 with an RBI single. Lewis scored later in the inning on an errant throw by Lucas Harrell. Agustin Septimo drove in the third run of the inning on a groundout. The Power plated the final run of the inning when Charlie Fermaint got caught in a rundown between first and second base, and bought just enough time for Alcides Escobar to score from third before Fermaint was tagged out.

 

In the bottom of the second inning Kannapolis scored four times to take the lead for good. Chris Getz knocked in the first run on a single, and Sean Smith followed him with a grand slam to give Kannapolis a 6-4 lead. The Intimidators scored three more times in the bottom of the third inning. Jose De Los Santos knocked in the first run on an infield single and the next two runs scored on a double from Getz to make it a 9-4 game.

 

Carlos Corporan hit a solo shot, his eighth of the season, in the fourth inning to make it a 9-5 game. The Power scored the final run of the contest in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI double from Brendan Katin.

 

Harrell (7-9) earned the victory, Matt Zaleski (20) earned the save and Mark Rogers (1-8) obtained the loss. The Power are 26-25 in the second half after the loss and the Intimidators move to 28-20 with the win.

 

The Power will continue the series with the Intimidators at FieldCrest Cannon Stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina on Saturday night. The Power will throw RHP Kevin Roberts (1-2, 4.50) and Kannapolis will counter with RHP Carlos Torres (0-3, 4.57). The first pitch is scheduled for 6:05 PM (5:05 Central).

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Gemoll Gets Stars Going in Right Direction

Brandon Gemoll knocked in the winning run with a tenth inning sacrifice fly to push Huntsville past Tennessee 3-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game set at Smokies Park. The Stars won their second straight game to improve to 22-31 in the second half of the season, while the Smokies dropped their second straight game, both by a run, to fall to 23-30 in the second half and 30-30 at home. The Stars won their second straight game over the Smokies to square the season series at six games apiece.

 

Vinny Rottino singled with one out in the tenth against Phil Stockman, who suffered the loss for a second consecutive night, and moved to second base on a base hit by Brad Nelson, his second of the game. Stockman uncorked a wild pitch to make the count 2-1 to Enrique Cruz that allowed Rottino to move to third base and Nelson to second. The Smokies elected to walk Cruz to load the bases before Gemoll drove a 2-1 offering into left field to plate Rottino with the go-ahead and winning run, marking the second straight game in which he has knocked in the decisive run.

 

Jerome Gamble struck out Jerry Gil, retired Stephen Drew on a foul pop up and fanned Dan Uggla to end the game and earn his third win of the season. The right-hander has tossed two scoreless frames in each of his three outings on the current road trip.

 

Gil delivered a two-out, two-run double in the fifth to break up a scoreless game and put the home team on top. The Stars bounced right back in the top of the sixth to score twice to tie the game. Rottino led off with a walk, moved to third on a Nelson single and scored when Cruz grounded into a double play. Gemoll then doubled to left and came plateward on a single by Jeff Winchester, who knocked in his first run since August 8.

 

Josh Habel went five innings for the Stars, allowing two runs on six hits and a pair of walks in his first start against the Smokies. Keith Stamler worked three scoreless innings and closed his appearance by striking out the side in the eighth inning. Tony Gwynn, Jr. went hitless in five at-bats and lost a 14-game hitting streak, the longest for any Huntsville hitter this season.

 

The series continues Saturday night with right-hander Carlos Villanueva making his double-A debut for the Stars against Smokies? right-hander Adam Bass. Coverage gets underway at 6:00 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Players Chat With Infielder/Outfielder Trent Durrington:

Get your Aussie accent here...

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-19.mp3

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

NASHVILLE ? The Nashville Sounds lost their third consecutive game to the Round Rock Express on Friday evening, coming up on the short end of a 6-4 decision in front of 10,537 fans in the finale of a four-game series at Greer Stadium.

 

The loss, Nashville's sixth in its last seven games, cut the Sounds? lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division to five games over the red-hot Omaha Royals, who have won 19 of their last 23 contests. The crowd was the sixth sellout of the season at Greer Stadium.

 

Former Sound Carlos Rivera broke a 4-4 in the top of the eighth inning with a two-out, two-run double to right-center off Nashville reliever Mitch Stetter. Charles Gipson, who singled, and Mike Coolbaugh, who was hit by a Jeff Bennett pitch, scored on the knock to give Round Rock a 6-4 advantage. Rivera (3-for-4) finished the series with seven hits in 12 at-bats against his former club (.583).

 

Round Rock got off to a quick start, plating four runs against Sounds starter Wes Obermueller in the top of the first inning. The visitors jumped out to a 2-0 lead with two runs off Obermueller on the first five pitches of the ballgame. Gipson opened the game with a double for the second straight night and scored when Brooks Conrad followed with a two-bagger of his own. Luke Scott continued his strong series at the plate with an RBI single up the middle to increase the lead to 2-0. The outfielder finished 8-for-17 (.471) in the four-game series. Tommy Whiteman doubled the advantage to 4-0 later in the frame with a two-out double to right-center.

 

Nashville pulled within a run at 4-3 with three runs in the bottom of the fourth against Express starter Brandon Duckworth. Dave Krynzel put the Sounds on the board when he led off with his sixth triple of the season then scored when Jeff Cirillo followed with an RBI double to left, his first hit in four at-bats during his rehab stint. Nelson Cruz brought home Cirillo with an RBI two-bagger into the left field corner to cut the Round Rock lead to 4-2. Warren Morris pulled Nashville within a run with a sacrifice fly to left, which scored Cruz.

 

Pinch-hitter Corey Hart tied the contest for the Sounds in the bottom of the seventh with a one-out RBI double to left off New Orleans reliever Scott MacRae that scored Steve Scarborough.

 

AUDIO: Corey D. Hart's Game-Tying Double

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-19.mp3

 

MacRae (3-0) earned a back-door win after blowing the save for the Express. He allowed one run in his three innings of work. Bennett (2-2) took the loss after surrendering a pair of runs in his two-thirds of an inning.

 

Nashville executed its eighth successful fake-to-third, throw-to-first pickoff of the season when Obermueller caught Scott stealing home to end the top of the sixth.

 

The Sounds continue their homestand on Saturday when they welcome the Oklahoma RedHawks to town for the 6 p.m. opener of a four-game series. Nashville right-hander Gary Glover (5-2, 3.11) will make the start and face Oklahoma right-hander and Nashville native R.A. Dickey (7-5, 6.24).

[H0FFY]

re Rogers, I am glad I was one of the critics... not of him, but of high school pitching drafted high up.

 

So many college pitchers get drafted and perform quickly and even become stars... it seems to me to be a complete waste of money and then followup resources to pour down the drain.

 

What I do not understand is this: we drafted a guy who cannot throw a strike. Don't you think if we WERE to draft high school pitchers, we would draft the ones that could throw a ball straight.

 

We should be drafting the high school pitchers lower down and overpaying a little slot money so they sign. Since it is a lottery, why dont we buy more tickets -and cheaper

[zape40]

Just because the guy throws gas, does not mean instant success. Maybe they should move the guy down to Helena so he can blow them away with his fastball and get the mans confidence up, doesn't belong in W.V.

 

 

 

Just win baby !!

[bjamesw22]

What I do not understand is this: we drafted a guy who cannot throw a strike. Don't you think if we WERE to draft high school pitchers, we would draft the ones that could throw a ball straight.

 

He's like the right handed version of JDLR. Throws hard, has good secondary pitches, but can't command anything of it for his life and subsequently gets knocked around.

[48rogers48]

This was Rogers second start since he missed with the blister problem. He started last Sat(8-13) against Lexington, but didn't factor in the decision. Here are his stats.

 

IP 4.2

H 3

R 2

ER 2

BB 4

SO 7

HR 0

 

That was facing 21 batters.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Helena 8, Idaho Falls (Royals) 3

 

Helena Box Score:

Brewer pitchers combine for eight walks, which is totally unacceptable -- however, the right-left-right combo of Inman - Parillo - Malave represents three of the four youngest pitchers on the squad, all under 20 and with bright futures, it seems; five Brewers with two hits apiece -- among those ten hits, five were doubles, two by Ned Yost -- 12 hits overall for the team on the night...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_idarok_1

 

Helena Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_idarok_1