Link Report for Games of Saturday, May 28th

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Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Justin Lehr at home vs. New Orleans (Nationals), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 PM gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Can't listen? -- follow the live gamecast here:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/live/xlive.htm

 

Huntsville: RHP Glenn Woolard at home vs. Tennessee (Diamondbacks), 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: LHP Josh Habel at Fort Myers (Twins), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's -- scroll to very bottom of link):

www.miracle-baseball.com/

 

West Virginia: RHP Yovani Gallardo at home vs. Lake County (Indians), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.welw.com/programming/webcast.html

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Links to follow Saturday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ftmafx_1

 

West Virginia Game One:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

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 AM-NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (ST.LOUIS) 26 21 .553 [b]NASHVILLE SOUNDS (MILWAUKEE) 24 25 .490 3.0[/b] OMAHA ROYALS (KANSAS CITY) 22 27 .449 5.0 IOWA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 20 28 .417 6.5

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS OKLAHOMA .295 1730 295 510 69 189 369 41 14 COLORADO SPRINGS .294 1489 263 438 51 166 288 33 13 ALBUQUERQUE .285 1657 307 473 74 203 379 37 21 LAS VEGAS .281 1618 286 454 52 225 331 25 19 SACRAMENTO .281 1737 277 488 39 217 377 28 11 TUCSON .278 1690 282 470 49 199 320 29 10 SALT LAKE .275 1507 244 415 41 168 287 31 25 NEW ORLEANS .274 1637 214 448 33 160 304 36 26 ROUND ROCK .270 1670 216 451 43 164 357 25 10 TACOMA .269 1579 226 424 47 180 326 39 25 MEMPHIS .265 1595 223 422 53 162 295 27 13 OMAHA .265 1622 245 430 49 166 364 32 8 IOWA .258 1571 219 405 36 180 317 31 11 [b]NASHVILLE .257 1613 256 414 48 210 361 47 22[/b] FRESNO .254 1689 213 429 45 150 330 51 13 PORTLAND .253 1504 217 381 44 182 343 44 14

 STOLEN BASES Robinson, Kerry POR 21 [b]Durrington, Trent NVL 15[/b] Brown, Adrian OMA 15 German, Esteban OKL 12 Several Players Tied at 11

 TRIPLES [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL 8[/b] Green, Andy TCN 6 Gorneault, Nick SLK 5 Several Players Tied at 4

 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Willingham, Josh ABQ .737 [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL .658[/b] Seabol, Scott MEM .658 Dillon, Joe ABQ .631 Linden, Todd FRN .626

 EXTRA BASE HITS Green, Andy TCN 29 [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL 29[/b] Linden, Todd FRN 29 Guiel, Aaron OMA 28 Knott, Jon POR 27

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO MEMPHIS 26- 21 3.75 402 3 4 11 43 122 349 TACOMA 24- 23 4.27 405 1 7 9 34 184 313 FRESNO 21- 28 4.53 432 1 3 10 37 213 362 SALT LAKE 26- 20 4.54 390 0 1 12 43 167 276 SACRAMENTO 26- 23 4.58 434 0 3 11 44 234 370 OKLAHOMA 26- 23 4.59 453 3 2 16 47 190 326 TUCSON 26- 23 4.60 473 0 2 10 52 186 351 ROUND ROCK 25- 24 4.70 450 0 3 13 54 187 297 PORTLAND 23- 23 4.76 410 1 2 13 52 160 331 OMAHA 22- 27 4.81 470 0 1 14 49 162 292 ALBUQUERQUE 27- 22 4.92 464 0 1 13 64 179 329 NEW ORLEANS 21- 27 4.92 440 0 3 11 56 157 383 [b]NASHVILLE 24- 25 5.00 464 0 1 13 42 217 370[/b] IOWA 20- 28 5.31 430 0 5 10 50 206 347 LAS VEGAS 25- 22 5.47 457 1 2 13 55 192 334 COLORADO SPRINGS 21- 24 6.36 478 1 0 8 51 165 318

 INNINGS PITCHED Wainwright, Adam MEM 66.2 Gonzalez, Edgar TCN 64.0 Gothreaux, Jared ROU 63.1 Cooper, Brian FRN 63.0 [b]Helling, Rick NVL 63.0[/b]

 WALKS Hernandez, Carlos ROU 34 Standridge, Jason OKL 31 [b]Helling, Rick NVL 31[/b] Lee, Corey SLK 29 Serrano, Jim SCO 29

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 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 33 15 .688 CAROLINA MUDCATS (FLORIDA) 30 17 .638 2.5 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 21 27 .438 12.0[/b] CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 21 27 .438 12.0 TENNESSEE SMOKIES (ARIZONA) 20 28 .417 13.0

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS WEST TENN .294 1648 235 484 37 190 333 65 22 CAROLINA .284 1598 229 454 34 158 369 44 14 MONTGOMERY .284 1670 258 474 44 151 373 65 19 TENNESSEE .271 1637 243 443 40 158 340 67 23 CHATTANOOGA .269 1653 218 444 40 141 366 45 16 BIRMINGHAM .268 1594 240 427 37 167 370 34 18 JACKSONVILLE .265 1616 229 428 44 175 378 33 17 [b]HUNTSVILLE .257 1592 199 409 24 169 340 51 21[/b] MISSISSIPPI .247 1596 198 394 27 171 343 33 18 MOBILE .242 1599 197 387 27 185 388 28 14

 STOLEN BASES [b]Gwynn, Anthony HVL 20[/b] Young, Delmon MTG 19 Williams, Marland TEN 18 Donovan, Todd JAX 18 Owens, Jerry BIR 14

 TRIPLES Donovan, Todd JAX 5 Blanco, Gregor MSS 5 [b]Bibbs, Kennard HVL 4[/b] Several Players Tied at 3

 RUNS SCORED Denorfia, Chris CNG 40 Hermida, Jeremy CAR 36 Young, Delmon MTG 35 [b]Gwynn, Anthony HVL 33[/b] Varner, Noochie TEN 33

 PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Nolasco, Ricky WTE 6- 0 2.08 61 54 18 62 *Kozlowski, Ben CNG 2- 0 2.63 41 40 11 34 Thompson, Mike MOB 3- 4 2.69 80 69 20 55 *Coenen, Matt MSS 2- 2 2.70 43 36 21 26 Johnson, Josh CAR 5- 1 2.91 46 40 19 42 Gonzalez, Enrique TEN 5- 1 2.98 57 48 17 50 Tracey, Sean BIR 6- 1 3.07 59 50 29 42 *Pignatiello, Carmen WTE 4- 2 3.10 52 41 18 47 Kensing, Logan CAR 4- 1 3.10 41 37 14 35 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 4- 2 3.18 57 45 16 58[/b]

 STRIKEOUTS Hill, Rich WTE 90 Nolasco, Ricky WTE 62 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 58[/b] Olsen, Scott CAR 58 Thompson, Mike MOB 55

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO WEST TENN 33- 15 3.14 394 0 3 13 32 145 416 CAROLINA 30- 17 3.56 387 1 5 19 33 139 353 MOBILE 21- 27 3.78 425 1 2 11 25 169 345 [b]HUNTSVILLE 21- 27 4.03 443 1 1 13 38 144 387[/b] BIRMINGHAM 25- 22 4.16 444 0 1 17 41 190 330 JACKSONVILLE 22- 26 4.27 391 0 4 10 31 200 378 MISSISSIPPI 21- 27 4.35 430 0 2 10 29 183 341 CHATTANOOGA 21- 27 4.51 470 0 2 12 41 181 388 TENNESSEE 20- 28 4.87 481 5 6 6 36 159 325 MONTGOMERY 25- 23 5.01 479 0 2 12 48 155 337

 WALKS Tracey, Sean BIR 29 Oyervidez, Jose MOB 25 Caraccioli, Lance CNG 24 [b]Woolard, Glenn HVL 24[/b] Lerew, Anthony MSS 24

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Autrey, Scott MTG 13 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 9[/b] Hill, Rich WTE 9 Chico, Matt TEN 8 Villacis, Eduardo BIR 8

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 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB VERO BEACH DODGERS (LOS ANGELES DODGERS) 29 20 .592 DAYTONA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 24 21 .533 3.0 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (FLORIDA) 25 22 .532 3.0 PALM BEACH CARDINALS (ST.LOUIS) 21 26 .447 7.0 [b]BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES (MILWAUKEE) 18 30 .375 10.5[/b] ST. LUCIE METS (NEW YORK METS) 16 31 .340 12.0

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS DUNEDIN .285 1682 264 479 29 175 293 14 4 LAKELAND .284 1684 263 478 39 154 368 62 27 VERO BEACH .279 1676 265 467 51 150 327 41 20 SARASOTA .267 1604 238 428 32 185 400 51 20 FORT MYERS .261 1534 227 401 23 157 320 56 27 JUPITER .254 1613 239 410 31 180 399 62 23 CLEARWATER .247 1539 197 380 33 154 331 46 22 [b]BREVARD COUNTY .246 1584 188 389 28 127 341 24 32[/b] DAYTONA .246 1503 201 370 36 145 343 50 22 TAMPA .246 1608 220 395 31 151 310 27 15 PALM BEACH .242 1584 196 383 36 121 372 48 21 ST. LUCIE .238 1556 219 371 54 154 429 39 26

 HOME RUNS LaRoche, Andy VB 19 Harper, Brett SLU 17 [b]Eure, Jeffrey BRE 11[/b] Dryer, Matt PLM 11 Abercrombie, Reggie JUP 10

 EXTRA BASE HITS LaRoche, Andy VB 31 Harper, Brett SLU 27 [b]Eure, Jeffrey BRE 24[/b] Several Players Tied at 23

 PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Verlander, Justin LAK 6- 2 1.55 58 45 14 72 Tata, Jordan LAK 4- 0 1.91 57 43 10 45 [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 7- 1 2.07 70 47 17 41[/b] *Marshall, Sean DAY 3- 2 2.11 47 41 15 45 Orenduff, Justin VB 3- 2 2.13 42 24 19 56 [b]Villanueva, Carlos BRE 5- 0 2.36 42 24 13 53[/b] *Isenberg, Kurt DUN 4- 3 2.47 47 42 13 42 *Mildren, Paul JUP 4- 0 2.50 40 29 11 38 Hoorelbeke, Casey VB 4- 1 2.52 39 36 18 31 [b]*Costello, Ryan BRE 4- 1 2.56 46 33 15 50[/b]

 WINS Jackson, Zachary DUN 8 [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 7[/b] Lambert, Christopher PLM 7 Several Players Tied at 6

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO LAKELAND 33- 15 3.11 375 3 3 15 26 140 345 DUNEDIN 30- 19 3.68 422 0 5 11 35 151 387 PALM BEACH 21- 26 3.91 410 0 4 10 29 140 314 [b]BREVARD COUNTY 18- 30 3.92 361 3 1 10 42 161 379[/b] FORT MYERS 26- 20 3.96 372 1 3 12 30 149 366 JUPITER 25- 22 4.01 415 0 2 14 30 153 356 DAYTONA 24- 21 4.10 409 0 2 12 37 174 346 TAMPA 26- 22 4.23 417 1 2 15 32 129 327 VERO BEACH 29- 20 4.28 412 1 4 10 46 201 422 SARASOTA 25- 23 4.31 444 0 1 13 39 153 382 ST. LUCIE 16- 31 4.67 421 0 3 11 36 138 328 CLEARWATER 11- 35 5.85 493 0 0 6 41 164 281

 INNINGS PITCHED [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 69.2[/b] Bumstead, Nathan LAK 66.0 [b]Dillard, Tim BRE 59.1[/b] Simonitsch, Errol FTM 59.1 Jackson, Zachary DUN 59.1

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Tyler, Scott FTM 10 Tavares, Anderson DAY 10 [b]Durost, Kenny BRE 9[/b] Glaser, Eric CLW 9 MacLane, Evan SLU 8

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 NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB HAGERSTOWN SUNS (NEW YORK METS) 30 17 .638 LEXINGTON LEGENDS (HOUSTON) 29 19 .604 1.5 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (CLEVELAND) 27 21 .563 3.5 KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 26 23 .531 5.0 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (BALTIMORE) 21 27 .438 9.5 HICKORY CRAWDADS (PITTSBURGH) 19 29 .396 11.5 [b]WEST VIRGINIA POWER (MILWAUKEE) 16 32 .333 14.5[/b] LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (PHILADELPHIA) 15 34 .306 16.0

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS GREENVILLE .271 1561 222 423 20 161 337 20 10 AUGUSTA .270 1648 238 445 25 207 359 71 26 HAGERSTOWN .270 1604 260 433 55 149 363 81 42 ROME .270 1648 238 445 17 145 339 39 22 ASHEVILLE .268 1635 249 438 40 182 353 33 27 LEXINGTON .268 1603 262 429 58 192 351 44 29 CHARLESTON .256 1620 239 414 33 152 350 58 27 COLUMBUS .252 1605 198 404 25 173 325 20 13 LAKEWOOD .252 1621 206 408 20 162 393 27 21 KANNAPOLIS .248 1631 202 404 41 165 363 27 15 SAVANNAH .248 1535 217 381 41 187 355 62 22 DELMARVA .246 1670 218 410 24 168 352 34 19 GREENSBORO .246 1564 240 384 48 157 403 39 18 HICKORY .245 1598 175 392 19 144 360 50 35 LAKE COUNTY .244 1633 227 398 29 174 352 25 12 [b]WEST VIRGINIA .236 1530 174 361 22 142 373 56 28[/b]

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO LEXINGTON 29- 19 3.08 355 3 4 10 26 168 421 CHARLESTON 32- 17 3.21 404 0 2 19 16 167 374 KANNAPOLIS 26- 23 3.35 369 2 8 10 26 170 363 LAKE COUNTY 27- 21 3.54 416 1 5 15 28 152 337 HAGERSTOWN 30- 17 3.65 371 0 4 19 34 182 394 GREENSBORO 27- 20 3.78 401 0 4 17 40 190 364 ROME 27- 21 3.79 423 2 4 10 29 176 346 GREENVILLE 22- 25 3.80 408 2 2 11 33 162 308 COLUMBUS 16- 32 3.90 411 2 4 7 19 202 385 AUGUSTA 29- 19 4.09 420 0 1 9 23 166 359 DELMARVA 21- 27 4.18 453 0 2 15 19 187 384 HICKORY 19- 29 4.32 407 1 1 10 43 167 317 SAVANNAH 22- 26 4.38 426 1 1 13 34 140 298 LAKEWOOD 15- 34 4.60 448 4 2 4 39 140 340 ASHEVILLE 26- 22 4.65 438 1 2 15 60 133 373 [b]WEST VIRGINIA 16- 32 4.77 419 0 1 8 48 158 365[/b]

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Lo, Ching-Lung ASH 11 [b]Baker, Joshua WVA 8[/b] Carrasco, Carlos LWD 8 Drage, Derek HCK 8 Several Players Tied at 7

[Brian the Automator]

Anyone know who's pitching tomorrow for the Sounds? I'm going to be at the game, and I just want to know who i'm going to see.

[TracyThom]

You really were not joking about going to Nashville for some Waffle House food and a Sounds game. Wow.

 

Did anyone else see the West Virginia Power has crawled out of last place? Just give the youngsters some time, they will do just fine.

[Mass Haas]

Anyone know who's pitching tomorrow for the Sounds? I'm going to be at the game, and I just want to know who i'm going to see.

 

Brian, enjoy Mr. Capellan on Sunday. Have a great trip!

 

Remember, the Nashville media notes always includes the upcoming rotation -- here's Saturday's notes:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

Also from the Nashville site:

 

Nashville Sounds right-hander Rick Helling, who had a fragment of a broken bat impale his lower left forearm in the seventh inning of Friday evening's 13-3 win, sat down with Sounds play-by-play announcer Chuck Valenches to discuss the injury prior to this evening's game against the Zephyrs.

 

Helling will make his next start on Wednesday. Here's the audio link:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-28.mp3

[PrimetimeHater]

Weeks has doubled and walked so far in the game and has 2 RBI's. Fielder is having a monster game so far...a double and a homerun so far good for 6 RBI's.

[jvrocksaz]

Nashville is really tearing it up... 6 of their 9 hits have been for extra bases!!! Krynzel, Fielder, & Orie with HR's...

 

I think I posted a similar post last nighthttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Brian the Automator]

Just pulled into the hotel in Nashville. Very excited to see Capellan tomorrow, and to partake in some fried catfish nuggets.

[huntsvillefan]

I'm glad Brian is getting a good game to watch in Nashville as there is a bit of disappointment for him in Huntsville tonight. Khalid pitched in relief, which I presume means that he goes to the pen to make way for Ryan Costello.

I feel really sorry for him (Khalid), you can't argue that Ryan deserves to be starting at AA, but it would have been nice to see the space made for him by Sarfate's promotion to Nashville rather than this. I really have felt that Khalid has pitched better than his numbers show, but thats obviously not the view held in Milwaukee.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 13, New Orleans (Nationals) 8

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

 

NASHVILLE ? Prince Fielder belted a grand slam and matched his career high with six RBIs in leading the Nashville Sounds to a 13-8 victory over the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs on Saturday evening in front of 8,137 fans at Greer Stadium.

 

With the victory, the Sounds (25-25) pulled back to .500 on the season and within two games of first-place Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

 

Nashville exploded for a double-digit outburst against the Z?s for the second consecutive night; the Sounds scored 13 in the series opener on Friday. Every Nashville position player recorded a hit except Ryan Knox.

 

Former Sound J.J. Davis spotted the visitors a 1-0 lead with an RBI double off Sounds starter Justin Lehr in the top of the first inning. New Orleans doubled the advantage in the third on Matt Cepicky?s two-out RBI double down the left field line.

 

Fielder tied the game at 2-2 with an opposite-field, two-run double off the base of the wall in left in the bottom of the third. Lehr, who had walked, and Rickie Weeks, who doubled, scored on the two-bagger.

 

The Zephyrs retook the lead with a two-run fourth against Lehr despite not having a hit leave the infield, using a pair of Nashville errors to register the tallies.

 

Nashville exploded for six runs in the bottom of the fourth, highlighted by Fielder?s grand slam off Yarnall, to jump ahead, 8-4, before tacking on four more in the fifth to make it a 12-4 contest. Dave Krynzel and Kevin Orie both homered during the Nashville fifth, belting their fifth and eighth roundtrippers of the season respectively.

 

Audio Link for Prince Fielder's Grand Slam:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-28.mp3

 

New Orleans got four runs back in the top of the sixth with a pair of two-run homers off Sounds reliever Andy Pratt. Davis continued his solid evening when he belted his second homer in as many nights against his former club, smacking the first two-run shot for his third roundtripper of the season. Rick Short followed with his own two-run shot off Pratt two batters later, his fifth homer of the year.

 

Weeks ripped his second double of the night to plate Chris Barnwell with the evening?s final run, extending the Nashville lead to 13-8 in the bottom of the eighth. The Brewers? top prospect has mashed 19 of his last 25 hits for extra bases.

 

Pratt (2-4) picked up the victory after allowing four runs in two innings of relief work behind Lehr. Yarnall (3-3) was tagged with the loss after surrendering eight runs in only three frames of work.

 

The teams continue the series with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Jose Capellan (3-2, 4.87) will make the start for the Sounds and face New Orleans right-hander Chad Durbin (0-2, 8.17).

 

The Tennessean -- MIKE ORGAN

 

Game at a glance

 

? Winning pitcher: Andy Pratt (2-4).

 

? Big stick: Prince Fielder, 2-for-4, grand slam, six RBIs.

 

? How they won: Prince Fielder hit the Sounds' first grand slam of the season in the fourth inning to break a 4-4 tie. Dave Krynzel hit a homer and Kevin Orie had a three-run blast in the fifth for a 12?4 cushion. The Zephyrs got a couple of two-run homers to trim the gap to 12?8 in the sixth.

 

? What they said: "With less than two outs I was just trying to get the guy from third in. I either wanted to get a fly ball or hit the ball hard out of the infield. It (the grand slam) gave us a little lead and things started going more our way,'' ? Sounds first baseman Prince Fielder.

 

? Today's pitchers: Sounds RHP Jose Capellan (3-2, 4.87) vs. Zephyrs RHP Chad Durbin (0-2, 8.17 ERA).

 

Nashville Box Score:

Justin Lehr disappoints; Andy Pratt with an undeserving win...

 YTD YTD NEW ORLEANS AB R H BI AVG NASHVILLE AB R H BI AVG B.Watson CF 5 1 2 1 .400 D.Krynzel CF 5 2 2 3 .261 J.Bowers SS 2 1 1 0 .207 R.Weeks 2B 3 3 2 1 .317 J.Davis LF 4 1 2 3 .267 P.Fielder 1B 4 2 2 6 .251 M.Cepicky RF 5 1 3 1 .256 K.Orie 3B 4 1 1 3 .308 R.Short 3B 3 1 1 2 .331 C.Paronto PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Kuzmic 1B 5 1 0 0 .125 S.Scarboroug PH 1 0 0 0 .244 D.DeMent 2B 2 1 0 0 .321 J.Bennett PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Hughes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Hart RF 5 0 1 0 .235 C.Schroder PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Durrington SS 2 0 1 0 .283 J.Wilson PH 0 0 0 0 .212 M.Rivera CAT 5 1 2 0 .294 J.Wilson CAT 2 0 0 0 .212 R.Knox LF 4 1 0 0 .238 H.Ortiz CAT 3 0 0 0 .306 J.Lehr PIT 0 1 0 0 .000 D.Smith PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Nelson PH 0 1 0 0 .249 M.Nieves PH 1 0 0 0 .239 A.Pratt PIT 2 0 1 0 .364 E.Yarnall PIT 2 0 1 0 .167 K.Davis PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Karp PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Barnwell 3B 1 1 1 0 .264 W.Carroll 2B 2 1 0 0 .271 TOTALS 36 8 10 7 TOTALS 36 13 13 13 NEW ORLEANS 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0- 8 10 1 NASHVILLE 0 0 2 6 4 0 0 1 X-13 13 2 E--J.Davis, R.Weeks, J.Lehr. DP--NEW ORLEANS 0, NASHVILLE 1. LOB-- NEW ORLEANS 10, NASHVILLE 13. 2B--J.Davis (5), M.Cepicky 2 (12), R.Weeks 2 (14), P.Fielder (9), C.Hart (10). HR--J.Davis (3), R.Short (5), D.Krynzel (5), P.Fielder (8), K.Orie (8). SB--D.Krynzel (4), C.Hart (6). CS--J.Davis. HBP--J.Davis, R.Weeks 2, B.Nelson. SH--T.Durrington. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NEW ORLEANS E.Yarnall (L,3-3) 3.0 6 8 8 5 2 1 6.38 J.Karp 1.1 3 4 4 2 2 2 5.64 T.Hughes 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.16 C.Schroder 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86 D.Smith 2.0 3 1 1 2 1 0 10.91 NASHVILLE J.Lehr 4.0 7 4 3 3 3 0 6.61 A.Pratt (W,2-4) 2.0 3 4 4 2 2 2 8.84 K.Davis 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.39 C.Paronto 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.86 J.Bennett 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.24 HB--E.Yarnall, J.Karp, C.Schroder, C.Paronto. SO--J.Davis, M.Cepicky, R.Short, C.Kuzmic 2, D.DeMent, J.Wilson, W.Carroll, D.Krynzel, C.Hart, T.Durrington, M.Rivera, R.Knox 2, A.Pratt. BB--J.Bowers 3, R.Short 2, D.DeMent, H.Ortiz, W.Carroll, D.Krynzel, R.Weeks, P.Fielder 2, K.Orie, C.Hart, T.Durrington 2, R.Knox, J.Lehr. T--3:44. A--8137

Nashville Game Log:

Rickie Weeks OPS is 1.102! Gee, it's not like Junior Spivey is making costly errors, right, Ben Sheets?

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....1/SPORTS04

 

Injury won't sideline Helling

Bat in arm requires just seven stitches

By MIKE ORGAN

Tennessean Staff Writer

 

The day after suffering one of the most bizarre injuries in baseball, Sounds pitcher Rick Helling was at Greer Stadium last night for Nashville's game against New Orleans.

 

He spent much of the day answering calls from family and friends who heard about the injury. In the seventh inning of Friday night's game, Helling threw a pitch that jammed New Orleans' Craig Kuzmic. A piece of Kuzmic's shattered bat about 10 inches long flew out to the pitcher's mound and stabbed Helling in his left (non-pitching) arm.

 

"I've never seen anything like that happen to anybody else,'' Helling said. "I've never even heard of anything like that.''

 

Last year a line drive came back and hit Helling, 34, and broke his leg.

 

"It's a hazard to be a pitcher, sometimes you're in harm's way, but still, I've never heard of anything like what happened (Friday) night,'' Helling said. "People get hit sometimes by the bat. Sometimes broken bats go into the stands and fans get hit, but I've never heard of anybody actually getting stuck with a bat.''

 

After the incident Helling was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital and needed seven stitches to close the wound made by the piece of wood that went 3½ inches into his upper forearm.

 

No X-rays were performed because, according to doctors, wood would not show up. The wound was cleansed but Helling was told there still could be some small splinters inside.

 

Helling, who was injured on his 87th pitch, was credited with the 13-3 win.

 

The victory improved his record to 3-2.

 

Helling said his arm was sore, but he hopes to be able to pitch when he comes up again in the rotation Wednesday at Albuquerque.

 

"We'll see what happens these next three days,'' Helling said.

 

"As long as I can use my left arm to catch the ball, I'll try to make due.''

 

Sounds catcher Julio Mosquera said he nearly fainted when he saw the sheared piece of the bat fly into Helling's arm.

 

Helling said he saw the bat coming and tried to get out of the way, but was unable to.

 

"I saw a big part of the bat coming, like the barrel or something, I don't know if there was more than one piece or not,'' Helling said. "I tried to jump out of the way of it, but obviously I didn't miss all of it. Then I remember looking down and seeing the bat sticking out of my arm and knowing that wasn't normal.''

 

The puncture, Helling said, wasn't nearly as painful as when medical personnel removed the piece from his arm.

 

"When they took it out, that was really painful,'' Helling said.

 

Mike Organ is a staff writer for The Tennessean. Reach him at morgan@tennessean.com.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Tennessean (Diamondbacks) 4, Huntsville 3, 11 innings

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Jerry Gil?s leadoff home run in the 11th inning lifted Tennessee to a 4-3 win over Huntsville Saturday night in the second game of a four game series. The Smokies have taken the first two games of the series to improve to 21-28 and move into a three-way tie with the Stars and Chattanooga for third place in the North Division. The Stars have lost seven straight home games and 10 out of their last 11 at Joe Davis Stadium after winning a franchise-best 10 in a row between April 16 and May 1.

 

Mitch Stetter entered the game in the 11th on the hill for Huntsville and Gil blasted a 1-1 curve ball over the wall in left field for his first home run in five games with the Smokies on his rehabilitation assignment from the Diamondbacks. It was the second home run allowed by the Stars southpaw and the first since April 13 at Jacksonville when Joel Guzman homered off of him in the ninth inning.

 

Tony Gwynn, Jr. led off the home 11th with a walk and was forced at second base for the first out of the inning on a Vinny Rottino ground ball that was not fielded cleanly by third baseman Jamie D?Antona, Arizona?s second round selection in 2003. Nelson Cruz followed with a base hit to center field that pushed Rottino to second and chased pitcher Casey Daigle from the game. Left-hander Bill White was brought on to face lefty swinging Brandon Gemoll, who bounced into a force play at third for the second out of the inning. Right-hander Pete Sikaras was then called on to face righty swinging John Vanden Berg, who reached when D?Antona could not cleanly field his ground ball behind the bag at third base. Callix Crabbe came to bat with the sacks full and two down and whistled a one-hopper down the first base line that was gloved by a diving Dan Uggla, who took the ball to the bag to retire Crabbe to end the game. The Stars left the bases loaded in their final at-bat in each of their last three losses.

 

Tennessee?s bullpen worked four scoreless frames behind starter Enrique Gonzalez and has blanked the Stars over nine innings in two games. Daigle earned his second win and Sikaras nailed down his second save. Gonzalez, who had allowed just two runs in 30 2/3 innings in his last four starts, gave up three runs on six hits over seven frames.

 

The Stars got leadoff triples from Crabbe in the third and Gemoll in the fifth that were converted into runs and a two-out run-scoring single from Nelson Cruz in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. Nelson Cruz finished with two hits in five at-bats after being activated from the disabled list and playing for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury on May 20. Gwynn went hitless in three at-bats and lost a nine-game home hitting streak.

 

The series continues Sunday with right-hander David Bradley making a spot start for the Stars against Smokies? left-hander Clint Goocher. Coverage of the game gets underway at 5:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Glenn Woolard still walking too many; if Vinny Rottino's not going to catch, then third base is the best alternative...

 YTD YTD TENNESSEE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG M.Williams CF 6 0 1 0 .284 K.Bibbs LF 4 1 0 0 .301 N.Brown 2B 3 2 3 0 .258 A.Gwynn CF 3 0 0 0 .297 N.Varner LF 5 0 2 1 .314 V.Rottino 3B 5 0 1 0 .287 D.Uggla 1B 3 0 0 0 .339 N.Cruz RF 5 0 2 1 .273 J.D'Antona 3B 5 0 0 0 .233 B.Gemoll 1B 5 1 2 0 .220 J.Zeringue RF 5 1 1 0 .255 G.Rodriguez PR 0 0 0 0 .111 B.White PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Vandn Berg CAT 5 0 1 1 .250 P.Sikaras PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Crabbe 2B 4 1 1 0 .218 J.Gil SS 5 1 2 2 .316 E.Cruz SS 4 0 1 1 .292 M.DiRosa CAT 3 0 0 0 .184 G.Woolard PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Gonzalez PIT 3 0 0 0 .059 K.Ballouli PIT 1 0 0 0 .167 J.Cota PH 1 0 0 0 .308 B.Vn Idrstne PH 1 0 0 0 .274 D.Slaten PIT 0 0 0 0 .500 M.Dewitt PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Schultz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Zuniga PH 1 0 0 0 .252 C.Daigle PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Stetter PIT 0 0 0 0 1.000 J.Ball RF 1 0 0 0 .242 TOTALS 40 4 9 3 TOTALS 39 3 8 3 TENNESSEE 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1- 4 9 1 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0- 3 8 1 E--J.D'Antona, B.Gemoll. DP--TENNESSEE 3, HUNTSVILLE 0. LOB--TENNESSEE 9, HUNTSVILLE 7. 2B--N.Varner (12), J.Zeringue (7). 3B--B.Gemoll (1), C.Crabbe (1). HR--J.Gil (1). SB--M.Williams 2 (20), N.Brown 2 (9). CS--N.Brown 2, B.Gemoll. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA TENNESSEE E.Gonzalez 7.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 3.08 D.Slaten 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 M.Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.22 C.Daigle (W,2-0) 1.1 2 0 0 2 1 0 3.54 B.White 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.52 P.Sikaras (S,2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.82 HUNTSVILLE G.Woolard 5.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 4.83 K.Ballouli 3.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 5.08 M.Dewitt 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.55 M.Stetter (L,0-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.57 WP--K.Ballouli. SO--M.Williams, N.Varner 2, D.Uggla, J.D'Antona, J.Gil, M.DiRosa, K.Bibbs 2, A.Gwynn, V.Rottino, N.Cruz, J.Vandn Berg, G.Woolard, K.Ballouli. BB--N.Brown 2, D.Uggla 2, M.DiRosa 2, K.Bibbs, A.Gwynn 2, C.Crabbe. T--3:45. A--3077

Huntsville Game Log:

Nice job by Woolard in the 5th; Stars' late-inning futility exasperating...

 

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Final: Fort Myers (Twins) 11, Brevard County 4

 

Game Summary from the Miracle's Site:

 

FORT MYERS, FL ? It took nearly a month, but the Fort Myers Miracle finally gained a game in the division as they beat up on the Brevard County Manatees 11-4 on Saturday night at Hammond Stadium.

 

For the first time since April 30, when the Miracle defeated the Lakeland Tigers 6-5, the Miracle won on a night the first place Tigers lost and pulled to within five games of the division lead. There were two stars on the night, starting pitcher Scott Tyler and left fielder Trent Oeltjen.

 

Tyler was spectacular in hurling seven innings allowing one run, a solo homer to C.J. Medlin in the seventh inning, on three hits while walking one and striking out seven. He made 88 pitches, 64 for strikes. He retired 15 straight in the game, from one out in the first until a one out single in the sixth.

 

Oeltjen provided a lot of the offense, blasting two two-run homers and knocking in five runs. It was his first multi-homer game of his career and the third time a Miracle player has hit two homers in a game this season. Brock Peterson did it twice before.

 

The Miracle got single runs in the first and second innings before Oeltjen came calling in the sixth. With Ben Pattee on at first, Oeltjen crushed one over the right field wall for his first homer of the season. Two batters later Scott Whitrock hit a solo homer over the right field wall, his seventh of the season.

 

The Miracle poured it on in the eighth sending 12 men to the plate and scoring six runs. Oeltjen got it started again. With Pattee on first Oeltjen hit a hanging breaking ball over the right field wall for his second of the game. Matt Tolbert had an RBI single, Matt Moses had a bloop RBI double down the left field line and Kyle Geiger had an RBI single. Oeltjen came up with the bases loaded in the same inning and singled to left to drive in his fifth run of the game. He finished the night 3-5 with two homers, five RBI and two runs scored.

 

Tolbert went 3-4 with a triple, RBI and a run scored, while Moses, Geiger and Whitrock each collected two hits.

 

The same two teams meet Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. (12:05 Central). The Miracle send RHP Adam Harben (3-4, 3.94) to the hill against the Manatees RHP Carlos Villanueva (5-0, 2.14).

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Backup catcher C.J. Medlin working his way into some DH at-bats; this squad sorely lacks run producers; four errors? C'mon, guys...

 YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG FORT MYERS AB R H BI AVG D.Anderson LF 3 0 0 0 .293 D.Span CF 5 0 0 0 .341 S.Sollmann 2B 3 1 1 0 .238 S.Taylor SS 4 2 1 0 .306 S.Moss CF 4 0 0 0 .275 M.Moses DH 4 1 2 1 .340 J.Eure 1B 4 1 1 0 .236 K.Geiger CAT 4 0 2 2 .247 L.Palmisano CAT 3 1 0 0 .253 B.Pattee 3B 3 2 1 0 .338 C.Medlin DH 4 1 2 3 .298 T.Oeltjen LF 5 2 3 5 .253 W.Campana 3B 4 0 0 0 .271 B.Peterson 1B 4 0 0 0 .223 O.Chavez SS 4 0 1 1 .244 S.Whitrock RF 3 2 1 1 .246 C.De La Cruz RF 4 0 1 0 .213 J.Arneson PH 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Habel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Arneson RF 1 1 1 0 .250 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Tolbert 2B 4 1 3 1 .256 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Tyler PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Grybash PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.DePaula PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Henkenjoha PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 4 6 4 TOTALS 37 11 14 10 BREVARD COUNTY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3- 4 6 4 FORT MYERS 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 X-11 14 0 E--S.Sollmann, J.Eure, L.Palmisano, W.Campana. DP--BREVARD COUNTY 1, FORT MYERS 0. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 5, FORT MYERS 8. 2B--J.Eure (13), M.Moses (12), J.Arneson (1). 3B--M.Tolbert (3). HR--C.Medlin (2), T.Oeltjen 2 (2), S.Whitrock (7). SB--S.Sollmann (7), S.Whitrock (13). CS--K.Geiger, B.Pattee. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY J.Habel (L,0-3) 5.0 6 2 0 2 5 0 2.14 B.Hall 2.0 2 3 2 1 1 2 4.45 N.Slack 0.2 3 5 5 2 0 1 9.00 D.Grybash 0.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 8.24 FORT MYERS S.Tyler (W,3-3) 7.0 3 1 1 1 7 1 5.14 J.DePaula 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.26 T.Henkenjoha 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 6.75 WP--J.Habel. SO--D.Anderson 2, S.Moss 2, J.Eure 2, W.Campana 2, O.Chavez, D.Span, S.Taylor, M.Moses, K.Geiger, T.Oeltjen, S.Whitrock. BB--D.Anderson, S.Sollmann, L.Palmisano, S.Taylor, M.Moses, K.Geiger, B.Pattee 2, B.Peterson. T--2:48. A--3559

Brevard County Game Log:

Starter Josh Habel OK;Reliever Nick Slack has not found his home state to his liking; not even a three-run "rally" by the 'Tees in the 9th could make this one respectable...

 

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Final: Lake County (Indians) 10, West Virginia 5

Only Nashville's bats save the day for the organization...

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

Power haunted by big innings in loss to Lake County

The Lake County Captains scored four runs in the first inning and five runs in the fifth inning on Saturday night to beat the West Virginia Power by the final score of 10-5 at Appalachian Power Park.

 

Mike Butia knocked in the first run of the game with a single to give the Captains a 1-0 lead. Matt Whitney reached on an infield single during the next at bat to give the Captains their second run of the inning and Josh Noviskey drove in the final two runs of the inning with a double to make it 4-0 Captains.

 

In the bottom of the first inning Hernan Iribarren reached on an infield single and drove in Hasan Rasheed to make it a 4-1 game. Carlos Corporan hit a two-run single later in the inning to make it a 4-3 ballgame.

 

Juan Valdes crossed the plate in the top of the second inning on a sacrifice fly from Brian Finegan to make it a 5-3 Captains lead. The Power came within a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Josh Murray hit a solo shot. It was his fourth homer of the year and made it a 5-4 ballgame. The Captains scored five times in the fifth inning and pulled away. Josh Noviskey hit a three-run homer and Argenis Reyes knocked in the final two runs of the inning with a double to make it 10-4 Captains. Iribarren drove in the last run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning, but it was too little and too late for the Power.

 

Brandon Rickert (2-0) earned the victory and Dave Johnson (0-1) obtained the loss. The Power move to 16-33 with the loss and the Captains move to 28-21 with the win.

 

The Power will conclude the series against Lake County on Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park. RHP Brian Montalbo (1-1, 3.72) will throw for the Power and the Captains will counter with right-handed pitcher Chris Niesel (3-2, 4.44). The first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM (1:05 Central).

 

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Captains pound Power 10-5

By Jim Workman

For Sunday Gazette-Mail

 

The West Virginia Power retired the first two Lake County batters Saturday night, and Fernando Pacheco?s fly ball to right looked to be an easy third out, but Power right fielder Adam Mannon lost the ball in the evening sun and allowed the ball to hit his glove and bounce out.

 

Things snowballed from there as the Captains took advantage of that opportunity and plated four unearned runs in the first inning en route to a 10-5 victory over the Power in a South Atlantic League contest at Appalachian Power Park.

 

?That happens when we need to make a play and don?t get it,? said Power manager Ramon Aviles. ?It was a tough play early in the game, but the sun is the same for both of the teams. We have to make that play. Sometimes when you get in a big hole, it?s hard to come out of it.?

 

Lake County (28-21) got RBI singles from Mike Butia and Matt Whitney while Josh Noviskey added a two-run double for the Captains in the first.

 

Undeterred, the Power (16-33) plated three runs of its own in the bottom of the first. Hernan Iribarren?s bunt single scored Hasan Rasheed and Carlos Corporan swatted a two-run single to cut the Lake County advantage to 4-3.

 

Brian Finegan?s sacrifice fly in the second gave the Captains a 5-3 lead, but West Virginia answered again in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run off the bat of Josh Murray to bring the Power to within one at 5-4.

 

Another big inning sealed the Power?s fate when a five-run fifth gave Lake County some breathing room. Noviskey plowed a three-run homer over the right-field fence and Argenis Reyes smacked a two-run double to make it 10-4 Captains.

 

?There were a couple of pitches that we thought were third strikes that ended up being a walk and a three-run homer,? Aviles said. ?That cost us.?

 

Iribarren drove home another run in the seventh with a sacrifice fly, scoring Rasheed to trim the Captains? margin to 10-5. But those were all the runs the Power could muster.

 

The Power had runners on base in every inning except one.

 

?We had chances,? Aviles admitted. ?We just didn?t come up with the big hit. We don?t give up and we play hard all the time. I?m not complaining about that.?

 

Power starter Dave Johnson (0-1) got the loss, although all five runs he allowed were unearned. He struck out three in his two innings. Captains? reliever Brandon Rickert (2-0) was credited with the win.

 

Rasheed, who joined the Power Thursday, was making his second start in the leadoff spot of the lineup. He responded with two hits, a walk and two runs scored.

 

?He is a guy that puts the ball in play and can run,? Aviles said. ?He does a good job and he gives [Alcides] Escobar more fastballs to hit.?

 

Escobar had three hits and scored a run from the second slot in the order.

 

POWER POINTS: The Power failed in its attempt to put together its first three-game win streak of the season, but has won four of the last six games.

 

West Virginia will wrap up the current home stand with a 2:05 p.m. start today (1:05 Central) for ?Upper Kanawha Valley Community Day and Kids Day.? An eight-game road series with four games at Delmarva and four at Lakewood will begin Monday, with the Power returning home June 7 for two four-game series with Lexington and Lakewood.

 

Chris Hook, a Charleston Wheelers pitcher during the club?s 1990 South Atlantic League championship season, was in attendance at Saturday?s contest. Hook, the founder and president of ?At The Yard? ? a magazine devoted to minor league baseball ? was promoting the publication by giving complimentary copies out to fans and signing up new subscribers.

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Not a good piggy-back outing for Yo Gallardo...

 YTD YTD LAKE COUNTY AB R H BI AVG WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG A.Reyes 3B 5 0 1 2 .301 H.Rasheed LF 4 2 2 0 .417 B.Finegan SS 4 0 0 1 .252 A.Escobar SS 5 1 3 0 .304 F.Pacheco 1B 5 1 0 0 .268 H.Iribarren 2B 4 1 2 2 .299 B.Barton RF 3 2 1 0 .404 J.Brady 1B 3 0 0 0 .256 M.Butia LF 5 1 2 1 .234 C.Corporan CAT 4 0 1 2 .218 M.Whitney DH 4 2 1 1 .214 G.Richardson DH 3 0 1 0 .230 J.Noviskey CAT 3 1 2 5 .253 J.Murray 3B 4 1 1 1 .188 M.Szabo 2B 4 1 1 0 .232 F.Parejo CF 4 0 0 0 .254 J.Valdes CF 3 2 1 0 .184 A.Mannon RF 4 0 0 0 .125 T.Burton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Johnson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Rickert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 Y.Gallardo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Ortega PIT 0 0 0 0 .125 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Collins PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Mattison PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 10 9 10 TOTALS 35 5 10 5 LAKE COUNTY 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0-10 9 0 WEST VIRGINIA 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0- 5 10 3 E--C.Corporan, A.Mannon, D.Johnson. DP--LAKE COUNTY 1, WEST VIRGINIA 0. LOB--LAKE COUNTY 7, WEST VIRGINIA 8. 2B--A.Reyes (8), J.Noviskey (3). HR--J.Noviskey (2), J.Murray (4). SB--A.Escobar (13), H.Iribarren (16), J.Brady (4). HBP--J.Brady. SF--B.Finegan, H.Iribarren. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LAKE COUNTY T.Burton 3.0 4 3 3 1 4 0 5.14 B.Rickert (W,2-0) 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.14 J.Ortega 2.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 K.Collins 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.73 K.Mattison 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.80 WEST VIRGINIA D.Johnson (L,0-1) 2.0 3 5 0 2 3 0 6.23 Y.Gallardo 4.2 4 5 5 4 6 1 4.04 S.Beresford 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 5.76 HB--B.Rickert. PB--J.Noviskey. SO--A.Reyes, B.Finegan, F.Pacheco 3, B.Barton, M.Butia 2, M.Whitney, J.Noviskey, M.Szabo, A.Escobar, J.Brady, C.Corporan, G.Richardson, J.Murray, A.Mannon. BB--B.Barton 2, M.Whitney, J.Noviskey 2, M.Szabo, J.Valdes, H.Rasheed, J.Brady, G.Richardson. T--2:56. A--3091

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Power shortstop Alcides Escobar (left) eludes a sliding Josh Noviskey of Lake County after recording a forceout at second base.

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Stars give extra effort, only to fall to Smokies

Huntsville loses 4-3 to Tennessee in 11 innings

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Huntsville Stars manager Don Money has been around baseball long enough to have seen it all.

 

He knows teams go through tough times when everything seems to be going wrong, so he's philosophical about the Stars' recent troubles.

 

"We're in a little funk right now," he said before Saturday night's game against the Tennessee Smokies.

 

"It seems like when we make an error, it costs us runs. When you're not going very well, those things jump up and bite you. That's why this game is so fickle at times. You just can't figure it out."

 

"We haven't gotten those breaks we usually get," Stars second baseman Callix Crabbe said. "We're not panicking. We're going to do one thing, and that is play hard. Baseball is a game of ups and downs. You've just got to try to even it out."

 

It didn't happen Saturday night, however.

 

The Smokies beat the Stars 4-3 on Jerry Gil's leadoff homer in the 11th inning before an announced crowd of 3,077 at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville reliever Mitch Stetter (0-3) took the loss.

 

Tennessee reliever Casey Daigle (2-0) got the win and Pete Sikaras earned his second save.

 

Tennessee took a 1-0 advantage in the first against Stars starter Glenn Woolard on Noochie Varner's RBI double, scoring Neb Brown, who had walked.

 

Stars pitching coach Rich Sauveur had a short night. He got thrown out by third base umpire Steve Cummings in the top of the third.

 

Crabbe hit a leadoff triple in the third and scored on Enrique Cruz's groundout for a 1-all tie against Smokies starter Enrique Gonzalez.

 

Tennessee (21-28) retook a 2-1 lead in the fourth with two outs when Jon Zeringue doubled and scored on Gil's single.

 

Huntsville (21-28) made it 2-all in the fifth when Brandon Gemoll tripled and scored on John Vanden Berg's single.

 

Kennard Bibbs walked, advanced to third on Vinny Rottino's single to right and eventually scored on Nelson Cruz's single for a 3-2 Stars lead in the sixth.

 

Khalid Ballouli, making his first relief appearance for the Stars, came on in the sixth and gave up a game-tying run in the seventh.

 

His wild pitch with the bases loaded allowed Brown to score from third.

 

The Stars and Smokies play the third of their four-game series tonight at 6:05 at Joe Davis Stadium.

 

The probable starters are Huntsville right-hander David Bradley (2-1, 1.69) and Tennessee left-hander Clint Goocher (4-2, 4.08).