Link Report for Friday, August 12th -- AZ Box Score Now Up

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Friiday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

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

 

Nashville: RHP Ben Hendrickson at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Ty Taubenheim at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

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

 

Brevard County: TBD (times two) in a doubleheader at home vs. St. Lucie (Mets), 4:00 PM; no audio for this series

 

West Virginia: LHP Derek Miller at home vs. Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link:

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

 

Helena: RHP Tyler Morrison at home vs. Casper (Rockies), 8:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.casperrockies.com/

 

Arizona: TBD at home in Maryvale vs. the rookie Angels, 7:00 PM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

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Links to follow Friday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1

 

Brevard County Game One:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

 

Brevard County Game Two:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_2

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

 

Arizona:

Not updated live, but usually later during the overnight...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 67 52 .563 - 31-29 36-23 W4[/b] Memphis 58 60 .492 8.5 30-30 28-30 W1 Omaha 57 62 .479 10.0 25-30 32-32 W1 Iowa 55 60 .478 10.0 36-27 19-33 W4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 29 15 .659 - 17-10 12-5 W3 West Tenn 26 20 .565 4.0 12-10 14-10 L3 [b]Huntsville 20 26 .435 10.0 8-15 12-11 L1[/b] Tennessee 20 26 .435 10.0 10-11 10-15 L2 Chattanooga 16 30 .348 14.0 9-16 7-14 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vero Beach 30 16 .652 - 16-8 14-8 L1 Palm Beach 28 20 .583 3.0 13-12 15-8 W1 [b]Brevard County 26 20 .565 4.0 10-12 16-8 L2[/b] St. Lucie 25 21 .543 5.0 11-12 14-9 L1 Daytona 21 25 .457 9.0 13-12 8-13 W1 Jupiter 16 29 .356 13.5 11-11 5-18 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 29 16 .644 - 17-3 12-13 L3 Hickory 26 19 .578 3.0 15-10 11-9 L1 Lexington 25 20 .556 4.0 16-11 9-9 W4 [b]West Virginia 24 21 .533 5.0 12-10 12-11 L1[/b] Lake County 20 23 .465 8.0 9-11 11-12 W1 Greensboro 20 26 .435 9.5 8-12 12-14 W2 Lakewood 20 26 .435 9.5 12-12 8-14 L4 Hagerstown 13 29 .310 14.5 5-12 8-17 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 10 1 .909 - 4-1 6-0 L1[/b] Billings 4 7 .364 6.0 1-3 3-4 W1 Great Falls 4 7 .364 6.0 2-4 2-3 L1 Missoula 3 8 .273 7.0 2-5 1-3 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Giants 8 3 .727 - 3-3 5-0 L1 AZL Athletics 8 4 .667 0.5 6-1 2-3 W6 AZL Mariners 7 4 .636 1.0 4-2 3-2 L2 AZL Rangers 6 6 .500 2.5 4-3 2-3 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 5 5 .500 2.5 1-4 4-1 L1[/b] AZL Royals 4 5 .444 3.0 2-2 2-3 W2 AZL Angels 4 7 .364 4.0 1-1 3-6 L1 AZL Padres 4 7 .364 4.0 1-5 3-2 L1 AZL Cubs 3 8 .273 5.0 1-5 2-3 W1

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

 

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

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Nashville Media Notes for Friday (PDF format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

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MILB.com has updated their "Top 50 Prospects" list -- three Brewers make the cut:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...?content=1

[dixieflatline]

It's nice to see three brewers on the list and two in the top ten. I still think they have underated Prince. Hermida(also 21 years old) at #5 is hitting .299 BA/.463 OBP/.520 SLG at AA compared to Prince's .286/.382/.549 at AAA. Sure Hermida play in the OF but Prince has better number in previous years. It's close.

 

In any case what is is James Loney doing on the list?

[PrimetimeHater]

I think the most encouraging thing about that list is that the Reds and Astros have zero people on that, while the Cards and Pirates only have one each.

[heresrobin]

Braun with a couple of hits. Fermaint with a jack. Salome with a double and a run-he also picked off a guy at first base. And Derek Miller with a good outing so far. I love this West Virginia team.

[molitor fan]

Corey Hart just stole 2nd and 3rd, so he now has 31 stolen bases on the year.....does it take 4 or 5 strides for Corey to steal a base....

[pogokat]

prince goes yard...is he gonna finish the year with 30+ hr's and a .300 avg?

[H0FFY]

I almost posted this about little Ben, but I will use hindsight. The guy is like 20th in the league in era. So he is not hopeless. And there is a bunch just in front of him. So, I wondered, just a couple of stellar starts and maybe Ben can be near the top 10 in era for starters.

 

And re Prince... are you kidding me. That is hot. Now batting .290 as 2 for 2 tonight.

[Katuluu]

Prince also with his 8th stolen base of the year. How I pity those poor middle infielders who are subjected to that bull in a china shop.

[pogokat]

prince just went 8 for his last 10,with six consecutive hits in a row...plus several walks...dang

[molitor fan]

Robert Hinton was just an amazing relief performance tonight - 4 innings - 0 hits - 0 walks - 6 k's

[And That]

But aren't we keeping Overbay next season? Keep Prince in AAA until Lyle retires, that's the only way.

 

But seriously, Robert Hinton is very good.

[H0FFY]

I saw that line by Hinton. And Miller, the starter, gave up his first run at A ball, now with a 0.73 and whip under 1 after being promoted from rookie ball with a whip under 1.

 

It will be nice to have a bundle of even 'middle' pitching prospects at the higher levels. We are going to need a couple guys next year and the year after.

[Ando Calrissian]

what's the background on miller (wv sp)? the player index says that he was drafted in the 47th rd of the 05 draft, but that info doesn't appear to be accurate when cross-checked with the draft list.

[And That]

He was drafted in the 47th round of the '04 draft, was signed as a DFE. Throws in the high 80's to low 90's. Probably a relief prospect to maximize his velocity. Pretty good breaking ball.

[SheetsCyYoung04]

He was a fifth year college senior out of U of Vermont so he is somewhat old, but still a decent prospect.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 8, Memphis (Cardinals) 2

How about we just swap all these guys for the boys in Milwaukee? Would that count as just one transaction?

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

Link for Ben Hendrickson photo, text follows:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1743

 

MEMPHIS ? The division-leading Nashville Sounds extended their longest winning streak of the season to five games with an 8-2 victory over the second-place Memphis Redbirds on Friday evening at Auto Zone Park in the opener of a four-game series.

 

With the win, Nashville (68-52) extended its lead to a season-best 9 ½ games over the Redbirds and improved to 16 games over .500, the club?s highest standing this season, as the Sounds were victorious for the eighth time in nine games on their current road trip.

 

Nashville starter Ben Hendrickson (6-9) was masterful, limiting Memphis to three hits over seven scoreless frames while striking out eight to earn the victory.

 

Every Nashville position player in the lineup recorded a hit by the sixth inning as the Sounds posted a double-digit hit total (14) for the fifth consecutive contest. Six of the eight starters posted a multiple-hit effort for Nashville, led by Tony Zuniga?s 2-for-4, three-RBI effort.

 

The Sounds have scored eight runs in each of their victories during the club?s five-game winning streak.

 

All-Star outfielder Corey Hart stole a pair of bases in the top of the first inning to assume the Pacific Coast League lead with a career-best 31 thefts. Nashville finished the evening with a season-high five swipes.

 

Hart gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the third when he plated Warren Morris, who led off the frame with a triple to center, with an RBI fielder?s choice to third. Morris? triple extended the second baseman?s season-best hitting streak to nine games.

 

Prince Fielder (2-for-4) followed by extending his hitting streak to eight games with a single up the middle before Zuniga upped his season-best streak to nine games with a one-out RBI single to center that drove in Hart for a 2-0 lead.

 

Fielder ? who is batting .500 (22-for-44) in the month of August ? led off the fifth inning with his team-leading 26th home run of the season, a solo shot off former Sound Kevin Jarvis that barely cleared the right field wall. The blast tied the first baseman for 2nd in the PCL in longballs and moved him into a tie for the 8th-best single-season roundtripper output in the Sounds? 28-year franchise history, matching J.J. Davis? 2003 effort.

 

After Nelson Cruz singled, Zuniga crushed a two-run homer to left-center off Jarvis, his seventh of the year, to extend the Nashville lead to 5-0. Catcher Mike Rivera, who earlier extended his hitting streak to a season-best seven games, followed with a solo shot to the same spot, his 14th tater of the year. The backstop has homered in three straight games for the second time this season and has gone deep in four of his last five games.

 

Zuniga and Rivera?s jacks were the third set of back-to-back homers produced by Sounds hitters this season; all three sets have occurred in the last 15 games.

 

The Sounds offense kept going in the sixth, upping the lead to 7-0 against Jarvis. Hart led off with a single to center and scored on Cruz?s one-out RBI double into the left field corner, which chased the right-hander from the ballgame.

 

Center fielder Dave Krynzel, who went 2-for-5 on the evening to extend the Sounds? longest active hit streak to 11 games, belted his ninth home run of the year in the top of the seventh, a solo shot to right off Redbirds reliever Josh Pearce.

 

The homestanding Redbirds finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth against Sounds reliever Mike Adams, who was making his first appearance in nearly a month after being activated from the disabled list prior to the game. With one out, Bo Hart singled then scored on Reggie Taylor?s RBI triple to center. Taylor scored Memphis? second run of the frame on a John Gall groundout.

 

Jarvis (10-4) absorbed the loss after surrendering season-high totals of seven runs and 12 hits in his 5 1/3 frames.

 

The teams play game two of the series at 6:05 p.m. CT on Saturday evening. Left-hander Jeff Housman (5-10, 5.72) will start for Nashville and face Redbirds southpaw Chris Narveson, who will make his first PCL start of the season after joining Memphis from the Boston Red Sox organization (4-5, 4.77 ERA in 21 starts for Triple-A Pawtucket).

 

Nashville Box Score:

Corey Hart 31-of-38 in the stolen base department -- don't look now, but he's sneaking towards PCL MVP consideration...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio with RHP Jeff Bennett:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-12.mp3

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Final: West Virginia 6, Lexington (Astros) 1

OK, if not the Sounds, then how about we just swap all these guys for the boys in Milwaukee?

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

Miller and Hinton toss gem in Power win

Charleston, WV ? Derek Miller started Friday night?s game against the Lexington Legends, tossing five strong innings and Robert Hinton followed Miller with four scoreless innings providing the Power with a 6-1 victory at Appalachian Power Park.

 

Hasan Rasheed snapped a scoreless tie in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single. The Power took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning on Charlie Fermaint?s three-run homer, his fourth with the Power.

 

Lexington scored their only run of the game in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI single from Lou Santangelo. Hernan Iribarren knocked in Rasheed in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI triple. The Power scored their final run of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning on Carlos Corporan?s solo shot, his seventh of the year.

 

Grant Richardson went 0 for 4 in the game, but he did reach base on an error, marking the 30th straight game that he has reached base safely.

 

Miller (1-0) earned the victory, Hinton (12) earned the save and Evan Englebrook (7-5) obtained the loss. The Power are 25-21 in the second half after the win and the Legends move to 25-21 with the loss.

 

The Power will continue the four game series with Lexington on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. The Power will throw RHP Mark Rogers (1-7, 4.70) and Lexington will counter with right-handed pitcher Ronnie Martinez (9-3, 4.21). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

If you follow the draft forum, we had been telling you about 2004 draft-and-follow southpaw Derek Miller for months prior to his signing; Ryan Braun with another error at third -- he'll be fine; having Hasan Rasheed hit 9th provides some nice back-to-back-to-back-to-back speed combinations with the Hurricane and Alcides Escobar (who had the night off)...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

Angel Salome picks off a man at first base in the 3rd...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

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Final, Game One: Brevard County 7, St. Lucie (Mets) 4

 

Brevard County Game One Box Score:

Steve Moss, Drew Anderson, and Steve Sollman with nice nights; this just in -- Carlos Villanueva still hasn't turned 22 yet (November)...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

 

Brevard County Game One Game Log:

These Mets have a Piazza as well?

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

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Final, Game Two: St. Lucie (Mets) 5, Brevard County 2

 

Brevard County Game Two Box Score:

So far, hardly any walks drawn on the farm tonight, even in the victories -- none here; most staffs will struggle when doubleheaders require they dip for that sixth starter...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_2

 

Brevard County Game Two Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_2