Link Report for Games of Tuesday, May 31st

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Tuesday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Jeff Housman at Albuquerque (Marlins), 7:45 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime -- remember Homer Simpson amd the Isotopes?

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

 

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

 

Brevard County: Idle

 

West Virginia: RHP Josh Baker at Delmarva (Orioles), 5:35 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's -- right side of web page link):

www.theshorebirds.com/

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Links to follow Tuesday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_delafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Heading into Tuesday's action:

 AM-NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (ST.LOUIS) 26 24 .520 [b]NASHVILLE SOUNDS (MILWAUKEE) 27 25 .519[/b] IOWA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 23 28 .451 3.5 OMAHA ROYALS (KANSAS CITY) 22 30 .423 5.0

 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 35 16 .686 CAROLINA MUDCATS (FLORIDA) 33 17 .660 1.5 TENNESSEE SMOKIES (ARIZONA) 22 29 .431 13.0 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 22 29 .431 13.0[/b] CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 21 30 .412 14.0

 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB VERO BEACH DODGERS (LOS ANGELES DODGERS) 30 22 .577 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (FLORIDA) 27 23 .540 2.0 DAYTONA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 25 22 .532 2.5 PALM BEACH CARDINALS (ST.LOUIS) 24 26 .480 5.0 ST. LUCIE METS (NEW YORK METS) 19 31 .380 10.0 [b]BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES (MILWAUKEE) 19 32 .373 10.5[/b]

 NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB HAGERSTOWN SUNS (NEW YORK METS) 32 18 .640 LEXINGTON LEGENDS (HOUSTON) 30 20 .600 2.0 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (CLEVELAND) 29 22 .569 3.5 KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 27 24 .529 5.5 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (BALTIMORE) 23 28 .451 9.5 HICKORY CRAWDADS (PITTSBURGH) 20 30 .400 12.0 [b]WEST VIRGINIA POWER (MILWAUKEE) 16 35 .314 16.5[/b] LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (PHILADELPHIA) 16 35 .314 16.5

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Nashville Media Notes Updated for Tuesday (PDF format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

Game-Ending Double Play from Monday's Game -- Audio Link:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-30.mp3

[DHonks]

nice trio going today. Throw in that I think Anderson and Parra should be throwing tomorrow, and it's downright exciting these two days

[SheetsCyYoung04]

Have not seen this elsewhere. Rickie #1 Prince #8, solidhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

 

www.baseballamerica.com/t...t2005.html

 

. Rickie Weeks, 2b, Brewers (Triple-A Nashville)

If you downgraded Weeks from "potential superstar" to "potential solid player" after last year's .259-8-42 showing at Double-A Huntsville, it's time to re-evaluate. Weeks needed just 46 this year to match his 2004 RBI total, and is 8-for-19 with three doubles, three home runs and nine RBIs in five games since a two-day break to attend his brother's graduation.

 

8. Prince Fielder, 1b, Brewers (Triple-A Nashville)

Fielder hit three home runs in his first 44 games this season, but has exploded for seven home runs and 16 RBIs in his last eight contests. The future right side of the infield in Milwaukee is looking mighty good from here.

[Brian the Automator]

Nice to see Josh Baker break out of his funk tonight with a strong outing:

5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

[DHonks]

nice outing from Baker...I think he's had two of these so far.

 

Other than him and Adams throwing well...yuck!

So who all is in the rotation in AA now, if Sarfate, Ballouli, and Costello all went tonight?

[Mass Haas]

Final: Delmarva (Orioles) 5, West Virginia 2

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

FIVE ERRORS HAUNT THE POWER IN LOSS TO DELMARVA

SALISBURY, MD ? The West Virginia Power committed five errors in Tuesday night?s game against Delmarva and fell to the Shorebirds by the final score of 5-2 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

 

Jake Duncan scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Duncan crossed the plate when Brian Bock hit a groundball to Josh Murray at third, but Murray was unable to handle it, allowing Bock to reach and Duncan to score and give the Shorebirds a 1-0 lead.

 

The Power tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning on Carlos Corporan?s RBI single. Duncan gave the Shorebirds the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when he scored on a wild pitch and Bock drove in Arturo Rivas later in the inning with a single to give the Shorebirds a 3-1 lead. Pete Maestrales scored on an errant throw from Robbie Wooley in the bottom of the seventh inning and Bock knocked in the second run of the inning with a single to give the Shorebirds a 5-1 lead. The Power scored the last run of the game on Alcides Escobar?s sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning.

 

Radhames Liz (1-0) earned the victory, David Haehnel earned his 13th save of the season, and Wooley (1-3) obtained the loss. The Power fall to 16-36 with the loss and the Shorebirds move to 24-28 with the win.

 

The Power will continue the four game series against Delmarva on Wednesday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. RHP Josh Wahpepah (2-3, 3.72) will throw for the Power and the Shorebirds will counter with RHP Kevin Hart (3-2, 3.35). The first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM (5:35 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Hasan Rasheed has struck out 10 times in his first 25 Power AB's; another error at second base (# 10) for Hernan Iribarren...

 YTD YTD WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG DELMARVA AB R H BI AVG A.Escobar SS 3 0 0 1 .311 P.Maestrales LF 4 1 0 0 .287 H.Iribarren 2B 4 1 1 0 .306 J.Duncan RF 4 2 2 0 .283 J.Brady LF 3 0 0 0 .255 A.Rivas CF 3 2 1 0 .283 G.Richardson 1B 4 0 0 0 .240 M.De La Cruz 1B 2 0 0 0 .264 C.Corporan DH 4 0 2 1 .226 C.Smith 1B 1 0 0 0 .256 J.Murray 3B 4 0 0 0 .192 B.Bock CAT 4 0 2 2 .234 H.Rasheed CF 3 0 0 0 .200 J.Fransz DH 3 0 0 0 .250 F.Parejo RF 2 1 0 0 .243 J.Gutierrez 3B 3 0 2 0 .224 C.Blevins CAT 2 0 1 0 .214 J.Zapata 2B 3 0 0 0 .235 N.Corredor PH 0 0 0 0 .203 F.Guerrero SS 4 0 0 0 .208 N.Corredor CAT 1 0 1 0 .203 R.Liz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Baker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Smith PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 R.Wooley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Jan PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Hinton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Haehnel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 5 7 2 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0- 2 5 5 DELMARVA 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 X- 5 7 0 E--H.Iribarren, J.Murray, C.Blevins, R.Wooley 2. DP--WEST VIRGINIA 1, DELMARVA 1. LOB--WEST VIRGINIA 4, DELMARVA 7. 2B--N.Corredor (4), J.Duncan (5), A.Rivas (10). SB--H.Iribarren (17), B.Bock (2). HBP-- A.Rivas. SF--A.Escobar. SH--J.Zapata. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST VIRGINIA J.Baker 5.0 1 1 0 2 3 0 7.46 R.Wooley (L,1-3) 1.2 5 4 2 1 3 0 4.72 R.Hinton 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.19 DELMARVA R.Liz (W,1-0) 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 3.18 C.Smith 1.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 8.54 C.Jan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.57 D.Haehnel (S,13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.35 HB--R.Wooley. WP--J.Baker, R.Wooley 2. SO--A.Escobar, H.Iribarren 2, J.Brady 2, C.Corporan, J.Murray 2, H.Rasheed 3, A.Rivas, C.Smith, J.Fransz 2, J.Zapata, F.Guerrero 2. BB--J.Brady, F.Parejo, M.De La Cruz, J.Fransz, J.Gutierrez. T--2:33. A--2057

West Virginia Game Log:

Josh Baker very, very good in his last two outings; Robbie Wooley will bounce back from this one (two wild pitches, two errant pickoff attempts); and I'm officially petitioning for some Power 50 love for 20-year-old Robert Hinton, who seems to strand inherited runners in each of his appearances...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_delafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Final: Mississippi (Braves) 10, Huntsville 1

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Joseph, Lerew Lead Braves to Big Win

Onil Joseph singled three times and knocked in four runs as Mississippi pounded out a season-high 15 hits en route a 10-1 win over Huntsville in the first of a four-game series at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi. The Braves improved to 25-27 and moved to within two games of South Division leaders Birmingham, which was rained out at home against Montgomery. The Stars dropped their fourth consecutive game to the Braves and fell to 22-30 overall and 10-18 on the road in their most lopsided loss of the season.

 

The Braves reached Stars starter Dennis Sarfate for three runs in the second inning, all with two outs. Mississippi starter Anthony Lerew singled back through the middle to drive in Brian McCann from third and push Wes Timmons to third base to start the scoring. Gregor Blanco walked to load the bases before Joseph legged out an infield hit on a chopping ground ball to shortstop Enrique Cruz, who sailed his throw to first past first sacker Brandon Gemoll to allow Lerew to score to make it 3-0.

 

The Braves tacked on two more in the third on when McCann doubled with one out and scored when Timmons followed with a two-base hit. Luis Hernandez then singled home Timmons with two outs. Sarfate was taken out after four innings, his shortest outing of the year, during which he allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits. The right-hander struck out three and issued four walks for a second straight start.

 

The Stars lone run came on an opposite-field home run to left by Gemoll, his second of the season. Lerew limited the visitors to one run on three hits over six innings and has now allowed just one run on six hits with 14 strikeouts over 13 innings in two starts, which have produced two of his four victories on the season.

 

The home team put the game away with four runs in the sixth against Khalid Ballouli, making his second appearance in relief. Joseph singled home a pair, Scott Thorman drove in a run with a single to extend his hitting streak to 15 games and Timmons doubled home his second run of the night and finished with three hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Joseph knocked in four runs in a game for the second time this year and tallied three hits for a first time, while Hernandez chipped with three hits and two runs scored.

 

The series continues Wednesday night with southpaw Manny Parra getting the start for the Stars against Braves left-hander Matt Coenen. Coverage of the game gets underway at 6:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Stars' pitchers went 2-for-2 at the plate (searching for silver lining); again, looks like Vinny Rottino is now a third baseman more than anything else...

 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG MISSISSIPPI AB R H BI AVG A.Gwynn CF 4 0 0 0 .293 G.Blanco CF 4 0 0 0 .218 K.Bibbs LF 4 0 0 0 .284 O.Joseph LF 3 1 3 4 .241 V.Rottino 3B 4 0 0 0 .281 J.Francoeur RF 4 0 2 0 .270 N.Cruz RF 4 0 1 0 .285 S.Thorman 1B 4 1 1 1 .316 B.Gemoll 1B 4 1 2 1 .231 B.McCann CAT 4 2 2 0 .274 E.Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 .280 W.Timmons 3B 5 2 3 2 .311 J.Winchester CAT 2 0 1 0 .277 J.Schuerholz 2B 5 0 0 0 .253 G.Rodriguez 2B 3 0 0 0 .235 L.Hernandez SS 4 2 3 1 .207 D.Sarfate PIT 1 0 1 0 .053 A.Lerew PIT 2 2 1 1 .313 B.Vn Idrstne PH 1 0 0 0 .261 C.DeHart PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 K.Ballouli PIT 1 0 1 0 .231 G.Tucker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Costello PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 37 10 15 9 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0- 1 6 3 MISSISSIPPI 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 X-10 15 1 E--B.Gemoll, E.Cruz, K.Ballouli, G.Blanco. DP--HUNTSVILLE 0, MISSISSIPPI 2. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 6, MISSISSIPPI 11. 2B--B.McCann (13), W.Timmons 2 (13), L.Hernandez (6). HR--B.Gemoll (2). CS--O.Joseph. HBP--S.Thorman, B.McCann. SH--A.Lerew. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE D.Sarfate (L,4-3) 4.0 7 5 4 4 3 0 3.56 K.Ballouli 2.2 8 5 3 0 2 0 5.36 R.Costello 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 MISSISSIPPI A.Lerew (W,4-2) 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 4.69 C.DeHart 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.04 G.Tucker 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 HB--K.Ballouli 2. WP--C.DeHart. PB--J.Winchester. SO--A.Gwynn 3, N.Cruz 2, B.Vn Idrstne, G.Blanco, J.Francoeur, S.Thorman, W.Timmons, J.Schuerholz. BB--J.Winchester 2, G.Blanco, O.Joseph 2, J.Francoeur, L.Hernandez. T--2:37. A--2617

Huntsville Game Log:

Bases-loaded double play by Guilder Rodriguez in the 2nd set the tone early; Ryan Costello came in with the bases loaded in the 7th for out # 3, or it could have been worse for Khalid and the boys...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1

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Pre-Game Audio with David Krynzel, who got a rare night off:

There's a hill in CF like in Minute Maid Park (nothing to do with the night off)...

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-31.mp3

 

Final: Albuquerque (Marlins) 6, Nashville 3

Not playing a depleted New Orleans squad any more...

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

ALBUQUERQUE ? A pair of former Sounds helped to end Nashville?s season-best four-game winning streak on Tuesday evening as the Albuquerque Isotopes extended their own win streak to six games with a 6-3 victory at Isotopes Park.

 

Third baseman Jason Wood (Sound in 2000-01) homered and drove in four runs and starting pitcher Ariel Prieto (Sound in 2003) threw 5 2/3 solid innings to earn the victory for the Isotopes. In addition to his offensive performance, Wood took away two runs from the Sounds with a pair of outstanding defensive plays from his post at the hot corner.

 

With the loss, Nashville (27-26) drops back to second place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division, one game behind Memphis. Albuquerque (31-22) picked up its league-leading 31st victory.

 

The Sounds struck first, taking a 1-0 lead on a pair of back-to-back two-out doubles by Prince Fielder and Corey Hart in the top of the first inning. The RBI two-bagger for Hart (2-for-4) extended the outfielder?s season-best hitting streak to nine games. Fielder?s double was the prospect?s tenth consecutive extra-base hit.

 

Wood knotted the contest with a two-out hit of his own in the bottom of the frame, plating Wilson Delgado with an RBI single off Nashville starter Jeff Housman.

 

Wood delivered again against his old club in the bottom of the third when he belted a two-out, three-run homer off Housman, his eighth roundtripper of the year, to give Albuquerque a 4-1 lead.

 

Ryan Knox pulled the Sounds within a run with a two-out, two-run double to the left-center gap in the top of the fourth. Hart and Julio Mosquera scored on the knock.

 

Audio Link, Ryan Knox's two-run double:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-31.mp3

 

Albuquerque added a pair of insurance runs later in the contest. Isotopes left fielder Mike Colangelo upped the Albuquerque advantage to 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double. Matt Padgett, the Isotopes? top hitter, plated the game?s final run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth to run the score to its final 6-3.

 

Rickie Weeks had his seven-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-3 effort for Nashville.

 

Prieto (3-2) earned the win after allowing three runs and striking out six over his 5 2/3 innings of work. Housman (2-4) took a loss for his third consecutive start after surrendering five runs on six hits in five frames. J.B. (formerly Bart) Miadich worked a scoreless ninth for Albuquerque to pick up his team-leading ninth save.

 

Right-hander Mike Adams made an impressive debut for the Sounds, retiring all six batters he faced, including three strikeouts, over two scoreless innings of work.

 

The teams meet again in the second game of the series at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday evening. Right-hander Rick Helling (3-2, 4.43) makes the start for Nashville on schedule, four days removed from having his left arm impaled by a piece of New Orleans catcher Craig Kuzmic?s bat on Friday at Greer Stadium. Albuquerque will counter with right-hander Jeff Fulchino (4-3, 5.26).

 

Nashville Box Score:

Has Jeff Housman maxed out his abilities at this point? It's been quite the climb for the 2002 33rd rounder...

 YTD YTD NASHVILLE AB R H BI AVG ALBUQUERQUE AB R H BI AVG T.Durrington 3B 4 0 0 0 .290 M.Little CF 4 1 2 0 .303 R.Weeks 2B 3 0 0 0 .314 W.Delgado 2B 2 3 1 0 .242 P.Fielder 1B 4 1 1 0 .253 M.Colangelo LF 4 1 3 1 .296 C.Hart RF 4 1 2 1 .247 M.Padgett RF 2 0 0 1 .358 B.Nelson LF 4 0 1 0 .244 J.Wood 3B 4 1 2 4 .285 J.Mosquera CAT 3 1 0 0 .200 C.Ashby 1B 4 0 0 0 .317 R.Knox CF 4 0 2 2 .247 R.Jorgensen CAT 2 0 0 0 .184 S.Scarboroug SS 4 0 0 0 .234 J.Wilson SS 3 0 0 0 .292 J.Housman PIT 2 0 1 0 .222 A.Prieto PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 K.Orie PH 1 0 0 0 .311 M.Flannery PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Aguila PH 1 0 0 0 .200 K.Davis PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Bentz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Barnwell PH 1 0 1 0 .259 B.Miadich PIT 0 0 0 0 1.000 TOTALS 34 3 8 3 TOTALS 28 6 8 6 NASHVILLE 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0- 3 8 0 ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 X- 6 8 0 DP--NASHVILLE 1, ALBUQUERQUE 0. LOB--NASHVILLE 7, ALBUQUERQUE 3. 2B--P.Fielder (10), C.Hart (12), R.Knox (5), C.Barnwell (5), M.Little 2 (10), M.Colangelo (11). HR--J.Wood (8). SB--C.Hart (8), W.Delgado (2). HBP--R.Jorgensen. SF--M.Padgett. SH--T.Durrington, W.Delgado. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NASHVILLE J.Housman (L,2-4) 5.0 6 5 5 2 1 1 5.57 M.Adams 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 K.Davis 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.63 ALBUQUERQUE A.Prieto (W,3-2) 5.2 7 3 3 2 6 0 5.74 M.Flannery 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 C.Bentz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 B.Miadich (S,9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.70 HB--J.Housman. WP--A.Prieto. SO--T.Durrington, R.Weeks, C.Hart, B.Nelson 2, J.Mosquera, R.Knox, S.Scarboroug 2, J.Housman, M.Padgett, C.Ashby, R.Jorgensen, J.Wilson. BB--R.Weeks, J.Mosquera, W.Delgado, M.Padgett. T--2:22. A--6601

Nashville Game Log:

Rickie Weeks picked off in the first...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_albaaa_1

[comicfletcher]

I was able to attend this game. Anyone know whey Krynzel didn't play? I was kinda dissapointed that he wasn't in the lineup. It was nice to see Nelson play again, I saw him play when he was a junior in high school.

 

I wish the outcome would have been different since I was the only person rooting for the Sounds. Adams looked awesome in the two or three innings that he pitched. Housman made a couple mistakes, but other than the homerun to Wood and hitting Jergensen, I thought he looked solid. I'm glad they were able to take the other three games in the series.