Link Report for Games of Tuesday, June 21st

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Jeff Housman at Albuquerque (Marlins), 7:40 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime; back to Albuquerque? The Sounds were just there!

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Ryan Costello at Mobile (Padres), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; the second half begins

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

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

 

Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Vero Beach (Dodgers), 6:00 PM; no audio for this series

 

West Virginia: RHP Josh Wahpepah at Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM; let the second half commence...

 

Audio link:

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

 

Helena: RHP Robbie Wooley at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 8:05 PM

 

Audio Link (opponent's):

www.1340kylt.com/

 

Arizona: Yet to begin play

[homer]

Don't know about y'all, but I'm looking forward to the first Helena box score of the season!

[Manatees PR]

Ryan Anderson taking the hill for the Manatees today. Expect him to go somewhere around 30 pitches again. He will be piggybacking with another lefty Josh Habel who will come in the first full inning after Anderson comes out.

[Mass Haas]

Links to follow Tuesday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

 

Helena:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_misrok_1

[Mass Haas]

Don't know about y'all, but I'm looking forward to the first Helena box score of the season!

 

Why just the box score? Check out Missoula's audio after Cubs-Brewers, you'll likely hear the final few innings.

 

Ryan Anderson taking the hill for the Manatees today. Expect him to go somewhere around 30 pitches again. He will be piggybacking with another lefty Josh Habel who will come in the first full inning after Anderson comes out.

 

Thanks again, my Florida friend. If possible, include the next day's starter in future game recaps - gracias.

[Mass Haas]

USA Today's Minor League Index Page -- Stats, Standings, League Leaders:

 

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

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes for Tuesday (PDF Format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

[Mass Haas]

Vero Beach at Brevard County:

Game cancelled after two innings, rain -- I don't believe these stats will count, but check out the numbers in two innings for LHP Ryan Anderson. Since it's the last game of the first half schedule, the game won't be made up. Ben Diggins with a base hit...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

[DHonks]

yeah, too bad Mass. Perhaps we should file away the outing for Anderson and add them to his player profile independently of the stats that minorleaguebaseball.com provides

[Mass Haas]

Lineups posted in Helena for Opening Night:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_misrok_1

[DHonks]

Salome w/a homer!

[Mass Haas]

Final: Lexington (Astros) 12, West Virginia 5

Well, the Power was tied for first at 0-0 before the game started...

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Derek DeCarlo had cruised through four innings of relief as the Power rallied from a 4-1 deficit to take the lead heading into the 7th inning stretch -- after that, things got ugly...

 YTD YTD WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG LEXINGTON AB R H BI AVG A.Escobar SS 4 0 1 0 .287 J.Ash DH 5 1 1 0 .320 H.Iribarren 2B 4 0 0 1 .326 J.Towles CAT 5 3 4 2 .500 W.Lewis RF 2 1 0 0 .304 B.Zobrist SS 3 2 0 0 .298 C.Corporan DH 4 0 1 0 .241 K.Vital 1B 5 2 3 5 .188 J.Brady LF 4 1 0 0 .245 W.Torbert LF 4 1 1 2 .125 A.Festa 3B 4 0 0 0 .111 B.Barganier CF 5 1 1 1 .286 G.Richardson 1B 4 1 1 1 .241 M.Einertson RF 4 0 2 1 .228 N.Corredor CAT 4 1 1 1 .212 E.Babilonia 3B 4 0 1 1 .191 F.Parejo CF 4 1 2 1 .230 C.McGill 2B 4 2 2 0 .196 J.Wahpepah PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Martinez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Decarlo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Estrada PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Hinton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Thompson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Reineke PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Wigdahl PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 5 6 4 TOTALS 39 12 15 12 WEST VIRGINIA 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0- 5 6 0 LEXINGTON 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 X-12 15 3 E--B.Zobrist, W.Torbert, P.Estrada. DP--WEST VIRGINIA 0, LEXINGTON 1. LOB--WEST VIRGINIA 8, LEXINGTON 6. 2B--G.Richardson (11), N.Corredor (8), F.Parejo (7), B.Barganier (2), C.McGill (3). HR--J.Towles (1), K.Vital 2 (5), W.Torbert (1). SB--A.Escobar 2 (16), F.Parejo (13). HBP--A.Escobar, W.Lewis. SF--H.Iribarren. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST VIRGINIA J.Wahpepah 2.0 5 4 4 2 1 0 4.12 D.Decarlo (L,2-3) 4.1 5 5 5 1 1 2 4.76 R.Hinton 1.2 5 3 3 0 0 2 2.88 LEXINGTON R.Martinez 5.0 3 3 2 0 1 0 4.97 P.Estrada 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.86 R.Thompson (W,2-3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.06 C.Reineke 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.74 J.Wigdahl 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.93 HB--R.Martinez 2. SO--H.Iribarren, N.Corredor, F.Parejo, K.Vital, C.McGill. BB--W.Lewis 2, C.Corporan, B.Zobrist 2, W.Torbert. T--2:43. A--5897

West Virginia Game Log:

Not a good night for starter Josh Wahpepah; it happens so often -- a frustrated pitcher allows another home run immediately after a grand slam pitch (DeCarlo in the 7th)...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

[DKM4Boston]

Congrats to Ken Holmberg on his first professional HR.

[Brian the Automator]

2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K for Ryan Anderson.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Mobile (Padres) 7, Huntsville 5

Well, the Stars were tied for first at 0-0 before the game started...

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Team rallies from several runs down only to fall behind again immediately -- wait, didn't this already happen tonight? Eleven hits and seven walks for Stars batters, and Stars pitchers strike out nine and walk only one -- but it still adds up to a big "L"...

 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG MOBILE AB R H BI AVG A.Gwynn CF 4 1 3 2 .294 K.Jones CF 5 0 2 2 .265 J.Winchester CAT 3 1 0 0 .268 R.Merrill SS 5 0 0 0 .237 V.Rottino 1B 4 0 1 0 .276 P.McAnulty LF 3 2 1 0 .297 N.Cruz RF 4 0 2 2 .312 J.Gerber 1B 4 1 1 0 .297 N.Castro 3B 4 1 1 0 .200 C.Smith 3B 4 1 2 2 .270 E.Cruz SS 4 0 1 0 .284 C.Baker RF 4 0 0 0 .248 B.Vn Idrstne LF 4 1 3 1 .278 L.Carlin CAT 3 2 2 0 .301 C.Crabbe 2B 2 1 0 0 .225 C.Baker 2B 4 1 2 2 .248 R.Costello PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Thompson PIT 3 0 1 0 .188 D.Bradley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Tovar PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Vandn Berg PH 1 0 0 0 .257 N.Matel PIT 1 0 0 0 .333 K.Ballouli PIT 1 0 0 0 .176 D.Thayer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 .271 TOTALS 33 5 11 5 TOTALS 36 7 11 6 HUNTSVILLE 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0- 5 11 3 MOBILE 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 X- 7 11 0 E--A.Gwynn, N.Castro 2. DP--HUNTSVILLE 0, MOBILE 2. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 8, MOBILE 7. 2B--A.Gwynn (10), P.McAnulty (14), C.Smith (16). CS-- A.Gwynn 2. HBP--P.McAnulty. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE R.Costello 3.1 7 5 4 1 4 0 4.91 D.Bradley 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.29 K.Ballouli (L,2-6) 4.0 4 2 2 0 5 0 5.31 MOBILE M.Thompson 6.0 8 3 3 5 1 0 3.78 A.Tovar (W,2-0) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3.24 N.Matel 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 D.Thayer (S,14) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.69 HB--R.Costello. WP--R.Costello, K.Ballouli, A.Tovar 2. SO--J.Winchester, E.Cruz, B.Vn Idrstne, K.Ballouli, G.Rodriguez, R.Merrill, J.Gerber 2, C.Smith, C.Baker 4, M.Thompson. BB--A.Gwynn, J.Winchester 2, V.Rottino, N.Cruz, C.Crabbe 2, L.Carlin. T--2:55. A--1572

Huntsville Game Log:

Tony Gwynn with a nice night in the leadoff spot -- unless you count getting picked off one inning and getting caught stealing the next time up; Nelson Cruz represented the winning run in the 9th, but flied out...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1

[Mass Haas]

West Virgina Site Game Summary:

 

Legends hit four homers to beat the Power

Lexington, KY ? The West Virginia Power took a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning of Tuesday night?s game against the Lexington Legends. The Legends scored six runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth to beat the Power by the final score of 12-5.

 

In the first inning Beau Torbert walked with the bases loaded to give the Legends a 1-0 lead. Luke Bargainer reached on a fielder?s choice during the next at-bat and drove in the second run of the inning. Mitch Einertson delivered an RBI single later in the inning to make it 3-0 legends.

 

Grant Richardson knocked in Josh Brady on an RBI groundout in the top of the second inning to make it a 3-1 ballgame. J.R. Towles drove in a run on an RBI single in the bottom of the second to put the Legends on top 4-1. The Power chipped away at the lead in the fifth inning when Nestor Corredor knocked in Richardson on an RBI double, and Freddy Parejo delivered an RBI single.

 

The Power tied the game in the sixth inning when Will Lewis scored on an errant throw from Lexington pitcher Paul Estrada. In the top of the seventh Hernan Iribarren gave the Power their only lead of the game when he drove in Freddy Parejo with a sacrifice fly.

 

The Power were up 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh when Kevin Vital hit a grand slam to give the Legends the lead. Beau Torbert followed Vital with a solo shot and Edgar Babilonia knocked in the sixth run of the inning on an RBI single to give the Legends a 10-5 lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning, J.R. Towles and Kevin Vital both hit solo shots to make it a 12-5 ball game.

 

Ryan Thompson (2-3) earned the victory and Derek DeCarlo (2-3) obtained the loss. The Power fall to 0-1 in the second half with the loss and the Legends improve to 1-0 with the win.

 

The Power will continue the series against the Lexington Legends on Wednesday afternoon at Applebee?s Park in Lexington, Kentucky. RHP Forrest Martin (1-4, 6.18) will throw for the Power and the Legends will counter with right-handed pitcher Ryan McKeller (4-4, 5.54). The first pitch is scheduled for 12:35 PM (11:35 AM Central).

[Mass Haas]

Brevard County Site Update:

 

VIERA, FL -- After playing through steady rain for the first two innings, Tuesday night's game was halted due to rain. The game was eventually called after a 37 minute rain delay.

 

Since this was the final game of the first half of the Florida State League schedule the game will not be made up. Tomorrow's game versus the Vero Beach Dodgers will start the second half of the season with all teams cleaning out the record books and starting at scratch with 0-0 records.

 

Due to the rain the pitching rotation will have a bit of a shake-up as well. Carlos Villanueva's start will get pushed back a day and the Florida State League's reigning Pitcher of the Week Josh Habel will take the mound for the Manatees on Wednesday. He will be followed by Villanueva on Thursday and Luis Pena on Friday for Brevard.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 7, Albuquerque (Marlins) 3

This club's pretty darn resilient...

 

Nashville Box Score:

Yeah, Warren Morris was a solid veteran pickup; Mike Adams and Jose Capellan four scoreless relief innings combined...

 YTD YTD NASHVILLE AB R H BI AVG ALBUQUERQUE AB R H BI AVG D.Krynzel CF 5 1 2 0 .261 M.Little LF 3 0 0 0 .267 T.Durrington 1B 3 2 1 0 .284 W.Delgado 2B 4 0 0 1 .271 W.Morris 2B 4 3 4 4 .379 C.Aguila CF 4 2 2 1 .366 C.Hart RF 5 0 1 0 .277 J.Wood 3B 3 0 1 0 .297 B.Nelson LF 5 1 3 1 .253 J.Willingham CAT 3 0 2 1 .338 M.Erickson 3B 3 0 0 0 .389 M.Padgett RF 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Capellan PIT 1 0 1 1 .250 C.Ashby 1B 2 0 1 0 .246 S.Scarboroug SS 4 0 0 0 .245 P.Flury PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Mosquera CAT 2 0 0 1 .212 M.Perisho PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Housman PIT 3 0 0 0 .133 B.Corey PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Wathan PH 1 0 0 0 .230 T.Zuniga PH 0 0 0 0 .333 J.Wilson SS 4 0 0 0 .250 T.Zuniga 3B 0 0 0 0 .333 A.Prieto PIT 2 1 1 0 .182 T.Sears 1B 2 0 0 0 .341 TOTALS 35 7 12 7 TOTALS 32 3 7 3 NASHVILLE 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1- 7 12 2 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0- 3 7 2 E--D.Krynzel, J.Mosquera, J.Willingham, A.Prieto. DP--NASHVILLE 1, ALBUQUERQUE 0. LOB--NASHVILLE 9, ALBUQUERQUE 6. 2B--D.Krynzel (15), B.Nelson (15), C.Aguila (8), J.Willingham (14), A.Prieto (1). HR-- W.Morris 2 (2), C.Aguila (5). SB--T.Durrington (20), S.Scarboroug (6), T.Zuniga (1). CS--T.Durrington. SF--J.Mosquera, J.Willingham. SH-- T.Durrington, M.Erickson. CI--J.Mosquera, M.Little. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NASHVILLE J.Housman (W,3-6) 5.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 5.16 M.Adams 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86 J.Capellan (S,2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4.61 ALBUQUERQUE A.Prieto (L,4-3) 6.2 9 5 4 1 4 2 5.65 P.Flury 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.75 M.Perisho 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 B.Corey 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 7.22 SO--D.Krynzel 2, C.Hart, B.Nelson 2, J.Housman 2, M.Little 2, C.Aguila, J.Wood, M.Padgett 2, J.Wilson, A.Prieto, T.Sears. BB--T.Durrington, W.Morris, S.Scarboroug, T.Zuniga, J.Wood, C.Ashby. T--2:46. A--7252

Nashville Game Log:

Fans of catcher's interference calls, enjoy...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Corey Smith singled home the game-winning run in the seventh inning to lift Mobile to a 7-5 victory over Huntsville in the first game of the second half of the season at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears improved to 29-42 overall and won their third straight game over the Stars, who lost their second straight game to drop to 29-41 overall.

 

Paul McAnulty doubled with one out off of Khalid Ballouli, who threw scoreless relief in the fifth and sixth innings, and scored with two outs on a line drive single to left by Smith, the Cleveland Indians first round draft choice in 2000. Ballouli lasted three innings for a fifth time in seven relief outings but was saddled with his sixth loss of the season after allowing the decisive run on three hits, while striking out five.

 

Mobile tacked on another run in the eighth inning off of Mike Meyers on a fielder?s choice by Kennard Jones that plated Luke Carlin. Dale Thayer took over on the hill for the BayBears in the ninth inning and yielded a one-out walk to Tony Gwynn, Jr. and a two-out single by Vinny Rottino that moved Gwynn to third base before retiring Nelson Cruz on a fly ball to end the game and register his 14th save of the season.

 

The Stars scored four times in the seventh inning to get the game tied at five. Gwynn doubled inside the first base line to drive in Ben Van Iderstine and Callix Crabbe and came around to score with Jeff Winchester on a two-out, two-run single by Nelson Cruz, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

 

Mobile tallied five times in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead and marked the seventh time this season the Stars have allowed five runs in a frame. Smith tied the game with a run-scoring double and scored, along with Joe Gerber, on a bases loaded single by Casey Baker that put the home team on top, 3-1. Nelson Castro committed a throwing error that allowed another run to score and Jones singled home the final run of the frame.

 

Nelson Cruz opened the second with a walk, moved to second base on an infield hit by Castro but was thrown out at the plate trying to score on an Enrique Cruz single. Van Iderstine knocked in Castro with a single and Crabbe followed with a walk to load the bases but Stars? starter Ryan Costello grounded into an inning ending double play. The visitors amassed six hits and three walks in the first three innings against starter Sean Thompson but could only manage one run.

 

The four-game series continues Wednesday morning with left-hander Dana Eveland making the start for the Stars against BayBears right-hander Brian Whitaker. Coverage of the game gets underway at 11:50 a.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio with Pitching Coach Stan Kyles:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-21.mp3

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

ALBUQUERQUE ? Second baseman Warren Morris belted a pair of home runs and drove in four runs during a four-hit night to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 7-3 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Tuesday evening at Isotopes Park in the opener of a four-game series.

 

With the victory, Nashville (39-34) increased its lead to a season-high 3 ½ games over second-place Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

 

Morris ? who produced Nashville?s eighth two-homer game of the year ? spotted the Sounds a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning when he belted his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left-center off Isotopes starter Ariel Prieto. Dave Krynzel, who had doubled, scored on the blast.

 

Audio Link of Warren Morris' First HR:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-21.mp3

 

Albuquerque quickly tied the contest in the bottom of the frame against Nashville starter Jeff Housman. Prieto doubled to open the frame and later scored on a groundout to put the Isotopes on the board. Chris Aguila knotted the score with a two-out solo homer to left, the outfielder?s fifth of the year and second in two nights.

 

Morris put the Sounds ahead once again in the top of the fifth inning with a one-out RBI single to plate Trent Durrington, who singled earlier in the frame to extend his season-best hitting streak to 13 games then stole his team-leading 20th base. Brad Nelson, who went 3-for-5 on the evening, made it a 4-2 Nashville lead with a two-out RBI single that scored Morris later in the frame.

 

Josh Willingham pulled Albuquerque within a run at 4-3 with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth.

 

Morris, who reached base in all five plate appearances, continued his solid night in the seventh when he belted his second home run of the contest, a solo shot to left off Prieto that chased the right-hander.

 

The Sounds increased the lead to 6-3 in the eighth against Isotopes reliever Pat Flury when Julio Mosquera plated Nelson with a sacrifice fly, then Nashville reliever Jose Capellan finished the night?s scoring with a run-scoring single to plate Durrington in the ninth.

 

Housman (3-6) earned his first victory in seven starts by allowing three runs (two earned) over six innings. Prieto (4-3), the former Sound, was tagged with the loss after surrendering five runs (four earned) in his 6 2/3 frames.

 

Capellan worked the final two innings in scoreless fashion to earn his second save of the year.

 

The teams continue the series with an 8:05 p.m. CT matchup on Wednesday evening. Sounds right-hander Rick Helling (5-3, 4.30) makes the start to face Albuquerque right-hander Jeff Fulchino (5-6, 6.42).

[Mass Haas]

Final: Helena 16, Missoula (Diamondbacks) 3

Save some of those runs for the rest of the season...

 

Helena Box Score:

Confidence booster for starter Robbie Wooley, who toughed it out with men on base all night; several get off to fast offensive starts -- fatten up early; good night for 3B Agustin Septimo, but where's Matt Gamel prior to Ryan Braun's arrival?

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_misrok_1

 

Helena Game Log:

Sorry, but 19 runs scored plus 12:40 AM does not equal game log analysis from this Link Reporter...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_misrok_1

[DHonks]

good to see everyone got in on the carnage for the H-Brews. I'd still like to see the 2004 OBP draftees get going...that's Festa, Richardson, Brady, Sollman, Rasheed

[huntsvillefan]

Tony Gwynn with a nice night in the leadoff spot -- unless you count getting picked off one inning and getting caught stealing the next time up

 

Don't forget the other CS and the error - I swear that the better TGJ hits, the worse he gets at every other aspect of his game. Maybe Rickie & Prince explained to him that the Brewers don't care about your D or your base running, hitting is the only thing that counts in this set up.

Still, despite the loss at least we battled in this one -Call me a fool, but I really do have hopes of a more competitive second half.