Link Report for Games of Saturday, April 23rd

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Saturday's Daily Menu: Listen in and root on the Power as part of your Milwaukee pre-game -- then three choices after the Crew -- it's a wall-to-wall audio feast!

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change:

 

Nashville: RHP Ben Hendrickson at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Dana Eveland at West Tenn (Cubs), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:35 PM gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

 

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

 

Brevard County: RHP Carlos Villanueva at Jupiter (Marlins), 5:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.live365.com/cgi-bin/m...2747300015

 

West Virginia: TBD at Lake County (Indians), 1:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.welw.com/programming/webcast.html

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Standings and League Leaders headed into Saturday:

 

 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]NASHVILLE 9 7 .563[/b] OKLAHOMA 8 8 .500 1.0 NEW ORLEANS 7 8 .467 1.5 MEMPHIS 7 8 .467 1.5

 BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Ardoin, Danny CSP .447 12 38 9 17 2 9 Flores, Jose LVG .429 12 42 12 18 1 5 Self, Todd ROU .425 13 40 4 17 0 7 Laird, Gerald OKL .413 11 46 11 19 4 10 [b]Orie, Kevin NVL .410 12 39 12 16 3 10[/b]

 RBI Chen, Chin-Feng LVG 17 Pride, Curtis SLK 17 Diaz, Matt OMA 16 [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL 16[/b]

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS COLORADO SPRINGS .304 514 103 156 23 62 104 15 4 LAS VEGAS .302 483 104 146 22 70 92 6 5 OKLAHOMA .298 591 101 176 24 50 131 20 4 TUCSON .293 552 99 162 20 57 111 8 3 SALT LAKE .290 513 96 149 16 78 107 11 12 ALBUQUERQUE .276 529 102 146 23 61 124 14 11 [b]NASHVILLE .270 544 103 147 14 83 122 16 12[/b] NEW ORLEANS .270 488 56 132 8 50 98 8 6 FRESNO .261 545 79 142 12 46 108 21 5 ROUND ROCK .260 526 70 137 10 65 100 9 4 SACRAMENTO .258 551 79 142 13 70 121 15 4 OMAHA .256 531 79 136 14 57 101 13 2 TACOMA .252 523 66 132 12 75 113 14 8 IOWA .251 521 70 131 17 48 114 5 2 MEMPHIS .242 504 56 122 16 32 101 6 2 PORTLAND .229 519 69 119 15 73 139 19 6

 TRIPLES [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL 4[/b] Several Players Tied at 2

 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE [b]Orie, Kevin NVL .540[/b] Quentin, Carlos TCN .537 Ardoin, Danny CSP .533 Tracy, Andy CSP .509

 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Ardoin, Danny CSP .816 Mathis, Jeff SLK .771 [b]Orie, Kevin NVL .769[/b] Quentin, Carlos TCN .763

 RUNS SCORED Green, Andy TCN 18 Little, Mark ABQ 16 Quentin, Carlos TCN 15 [b]Weeks, Rickie NVL 14[/b] Tracy, Andy CSP 14

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO FRESNO 8- 8 3.47 115 1 2 3 12 69 123 MEMPHIS 7- 8 3.63 136 1 2 3 16 37 108 SACRAMENTO 8- 8 4.07 136 0 1 2 15 79 129 ROUND ROCK 7- 9 4.43 133 0 2 3 12 54 102 ALBUQUERQUE 10- 6 4.51 134 0 1 6 19 51 113 PORTLAND 9- 7 4.52 138 0 0 4 13 50 116 TACOMA 7- 9 4.52 146 0 2 2 12 66 113 NEW ORLEANS 7- 8 4.61 126 0 1 4 15 41 105 IOWA 7- 9 4.83 136 0 1 4 16 70 125 OMAHA 8- 8 5.01 147 0 0 5 17 56 99 OKLAHOMA 8- 8 5.04 143 1 0 5 15 74 118 SALT LAKE 10- 5 5.24 139 0 0 4 15 69 95 TUCSON 7- 9 5.48 162 0 0 4 22 75 119 [b]NASHVILLE 9- 7 5.79 172 0 0 6 16 63 121[/b] LAS VEGAS 7- 7 6.73 143 0 0 4 17 65 92 COLORADO SPRINGS 6- 9 7.97 169 0 0 2 27 58 108

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 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB CAROLINA 11 3 .786 WEST TENN 10 5 .667 1.5 [b]HUNTSVILLE 7 8 .467 4.5[/b] CHATTANOOGA 6 9 .400 5.5 TENNESSEE 4 11 .267 7.5

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS MONTGOMERY .328 528 106 173 11 60 111 18 8 WEST TENN .318 522 93 166 12 59 119 25 8 CAROLINA .299 461 62 138 13 42 102 5 3 TENNESSEE .276 544 75 150 10 54 125 16 9 JACKSONVILLE .266 503 75 134 14 56 133 13 5 BIRMINGHAM .262 462 70 121 10 49 132 16 4 [b]HUNTSVILLE .260 480 57 125 4 48 107 15 7[/b] CHATTANOOGA .259 513 64 133 17 41 120 17 1 MISSISSIPPI .250 507 60 127 8 38 115 13 4 MOBILE .246 529 62 130 5 56 129 5 4

 DOUBLES Isenia, Chairon MTG 8 Pie, Felix WTE 8 Denorfia, Chris CNG 7 [b]Cruz, Nelson HVL 7[/b]

 PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Johnson, Josh CAR 2- 1 1.13 16 12 8 15 [b]*Eveland, Dana HVL 0- 1 1.15 16 14 3 18[/b] Nolasco, Ricky WTE 2- 0 1.17 15 14 4 19 Kensing, Logan CAR 2- 1 1.45 19 15 7 17 *Switzer, Jon MTG 2- 0 1.84 15 12 3 10

 STRIKEOUTS Thompson, Derek JAX 25 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 24[/b] Goocher, Clint TEN 20 Gardner, Richie CNG 20 Olsen, Scott CAR 20

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO CAROLINA 11- 3 2.48 112 1 3 9 5 39 114 [b]HUNTSVILLE 7- 8 3.30 131 1 1 4 10 40 132[/b] JACKSONVILLE 7- 8 3.79 118 0 1 2 6 51 138 MOBILE 5- 10 4.14 141 0 0 2 8 53 106 WEST TENN 10- 5 4.24 137 0 0 3 16 42 128 MONTGOMERY 10- 5 4.40 148 0 1 3 14 45 113 BIRMINGHAM 10- 4 4.54 133 0 0 8 12 64 101 CHATTANOOGA 6- 9 4.66 151 0 0 5 12 60 133 TENNESSEE 4- 11 5.51 161 0 0 2 12 58 118 MISSISSIPPI 4- 11 6.66 165 0 0 3 9 51 110

 GAMES Baez, Federico WTE 9 White, Bill TEN 8 Biggs, Billy TEN 8 [b]Dewitt, Matt HVL 8[/b]

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 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB DAYTONA 8 6 .571 ST. LUCIE 8 7 .533 .5 PALM BEACH 8 7 .533 .5 JUPITER 8 7 .533 .5 VERO BEACH 7 8 .467 1.5 [b]BREVARD COUNTY 5 9 .357 3.0[/b]

 HOME RUNS Harper, Brett SLU 8 Sanchez, Danilo LAK 5 Clevlen, Brent LAK 4 [b]Eure, Jeffrey BRE 4[/b] LaRoche, Andy VB 4

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS LAKELAND .308 536 95 165 14 37 116 16 9 DUNEDIN .294 530 84 156 10 53 96 4 1 VERO BEACH .268 526 72 141 7 44 104 11 4 PALM BEACH .261 518 69 135 12 53 130 14 5 FORT MYERS .255 482 71 123 5 47 99 18 9 DAYTONA .249 449 61 112 11 59 92 24 9 JUPITER .249 503 78 125 11 60 135 16 8 SARASOTA .247 477 60 118 8 46 108 11 6 ST. LUCIE .234 501 71 117 17 55 152 15 7 [b]BREVARD COUNTY .232 456 47 106 9 30 90 5 10[/b] TAMPA .231 503 62 116 9 48 103 3 5 CLEARWATER .229 476 57 109 4 52 100 21 6

 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Harper, Brett SLU .776 Sanchez, Danilo LAK .682 Moses, Matt FTM .673 [b]Eure, Jeffrey BRE .667[/b] Clevlen, Brent LAK .661

 EXTRA BASE HITS Harper, Brett SLU 12 [b]Eure, Jeffrey BRE 10[/b] LaRoche, Andy VB 10 Moses, Matt FTM 9 Lind, Adam DUN 9

 PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO *Mathes, J.R. DAY 1- 0 0.00 17 10 4 17 *Tiffany, Chuck VB 3- 0 0.56 16 6 9 26 *Mildren, Paul JUP 1- 0 0.66 14 9 1 17 Tata, Jordan LAK 1- 0 1.02 18 13 4 8 *Purcey, David DUN 1- 0 1.20 15 10 10 14 *MacLane, Evan SLU 2- 0 1.65 16 14 1 14 Verlander, Justin LAK 2- 1 1.69 16 12 3 17 Hoorelbeke, Casey VB 1- 1 1.88 14 13 6 15 [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 3- 0 1.89 19 14 4 12[/b] *Isenberg, Kurt DUN 2- 0 2.08 13 11 3 12

 WINS Bumstead, Nathan LAK 3 [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 3[/b] Mateo, Juan DAY 3 Tiffany, Chuck VB 3

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO FORT MYERS 10- 5 2.86 101 0 2 3 9 39 127 LAKELAND 12- 3 2.91 113 0 0 5 4 44 90 VERO BEACH 7- 8 3.81 121 0 2 4 14 62 134 JUPITER 8- 7 3.90 134 0 0 5 12 46 107 ST. LUCIE 8- 7 4.06 130 0 3 5 8 32 107 PALM BEACH 8- 7 4.13 128 0 1 3 13 41 114 DAYTONA 8- 6 4.17 123 0 1 3 8 63 113 DUNEDIN 10- 5 4.23 127 0 1 5 11 57 119 SARASOTA 5- 10 4.44 144 0 0 3 9 52 104 [b]BREVARD COUNTY 5- 9 4.50 100 0 0 3 12 57 128[/b] TAMPA 5- 10 4.92 139 0 0 3 10 44 97 CLEARWATER 3- 12 5.48 163 0 0 1 7 47 85

 INNINGS PITCHED Bumstead, Nathan LAK 19.0 [b]Taubenheim, Ty BRE 19.0[/b] Blackburn, Nick FTM 19.0 Pena, Luismar BRE 18.2 Romero, Davis DUN 18.1

 LOSSES [b]Durost, Kenny BRE 3[/b] Sweeney, Matt CLW 3 Harmsen, Brandon TAM 3 Several Players Tied at 2

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 NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB HAGERSTOWN 11 3 .786 DELMARVA 10 4 .714 1.0 LEXINGTON 9 6 .600 2.5 LAKE COUNTY 9 6 .600 2.5 KANNAPOLIS 9 7 .563 3.0 HICKORY 6 10 .375 6.0 LAKEWOOD 3 12 .200 8.5 [b] WEST VIRGINIA 2 13 .133 9.5[/b]

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS HAGERSTOWN .277 477 76 132 17 41 104 24 15 ASHEVILLE .270 519 73 140 13 56 108 7 14 ROME .270 540 90 146 3 61 142 15 3 AUGUSTA .264 512 72 135 3 60 114 28 10 LAKE COUNTY .261 509 67 133 8 64 94 9 2 DELMARVA .258 472 62 122 3 61 89 13 8 GREENVILLE .255 428 62 109 3 58 104 5 4 KANNAPOLIS .246 505 60 124 17 42 134 8 5 LEXINGTON .243 493 83 120 15 64 105 17 9 GREENSBORO .242 528 87 128 15 58 135 18 7 SAVANNAH .235 468 61 110 10 53 106 26 4 COLUMBUS .234 512 64 120 9 56 120 5 3 LAKEWOOD .232 500 52 116 6 44 139 8 6 CHARLESTON .228 461 66 105 10 44 111 19 10 HICKORY .220 505 58 111 5 63 109 20 15 [b]WEST VIRGINIA .202 476 39 96 8 38 139 12 8[/b]

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO KANNAPOLIS 9- 7 2.51 93 0 3 2 7 47 124 LAKE COUNTY 9- 6 2.68 117 0 2 5 3 51 106 LEXINGTON 9- 6 2.79 119 2 1 3 8 48 133 AUGUSTA 10- 5 2.89 107 0 1 5 4 48 136 HAGERSTOWN 11- 3 2.91 98 0 1 6 6 44 128 DELMARVA 10- 4 3.17 101 0 1 9 6 65 105 GREENSBORO 9- 7 3.29 126 0 2 6 10 67 116 GREENVILLE 8- 5 3.52 112 1 0 4 8 41 94 ROME 8- 7 3.56 125 0 0 2 9 64 126 CHARLESTON 8- 6 3.70 125 0 1 6 4 53 114 SAVANNAH 5- 9 4.03 114 1 0 3 2 57 98 HICKORY 6- 10 4.25 125 0 0 2 13 60 120 LAKEWOOD 3- 12 4.30 148 1 0 0 12 56 97 ASHEVILLE 8- 8 5.56 159 0 1 4 20 45 126 [b]WEST VIRGINIA 2- 13 5.60 136 0 0 1 22 48 101[/b] COLUMBUS 4- 11 5.80 142 0 1 2 11 69 129

 GAMES [b]Hinton, Robert WVA 8[/b] Several Players Tied at 7

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Patton, David ASH 4 [b]Martin, Forrest WVA 4[/b] [b]Wahpepah, Joshua WVA 4[/b] Several Players Tied at 3

[DHonks]

What I love about today is that it's kind of reassuring. I mean, I know that on the next three Link Reports I'm going to see an exciting AAA prospect. Throw in Villanueva, Ben the groundball machine, and someone like Rogers, and this is another tasty day

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The audio links are your ears to today's action as these links are your eyes -- West Virginia starting at 1:00 PM Central:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jupafx_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lcoafx_1

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Nashville Media Notes for Saturday (PDF format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

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Saturday afternoon?s scheduled game between the Lake County Captains and the West Virginia Power has been postponed due to inclement weather.

 

The two teams will attempt to make up the game as part of a doubleheader on Monday evening, April 25th, beginning at 6:05 PM (5:05 Central). The doubleheader will be two seven-inning games -- Captains' site

[ThePurpleStorm]

What's going on in the Nashville game? The audio link isn't working and it says there's no box score on the other link.

[brewersdad]

the game is in rain delay and you can listen to it on the iowa sta

[ThePurpleStorm]

Is the audio link working for anyone? It keeps saying that it won't connect.

[Gben027]

After a slow start, Eveland is dealing again

[ThePurpleStorm]

When is this man going to get a promotion?

[NDBrewerfan]

brevard county in the 12th now

villaneuva with a nice line

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Nashville Site:

 

Saturday night's series opener between the Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and delayed initially by rain, has been postponed due to a power outage in the area surrounding Greer Stadium.

 

The game will be made up as part of a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.

 

The power outage was a result of a one-car accident involving an electrical pole beyond the center field fence. Officials were unable to determine when power would be restored.

 

In Sunday's twinbill, Nashville right-hander Ben Hendrickson (0-1, 6.14) will start the opener and face Iowa southpaw Renyel Pinto (0-2, 11.32). Left-hander Jeff Housman (1-0, 4.02) will start the nightcap for the Sounds and face right-hander Sergio Mitre (1-2, 4.24).

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Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 4, Brevard County 3, 12 innings

Jeff Eure's 5th HR, in the 9th, tied it up...

 

Brevard County Box Score:

One fly ball, nine ground outs for RHP Carlos Villanueva; please, someone give us a reason to be excited about a young position player at high-A or low-A...

 YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG JUPITER AB R H BI AVG O.Chavez SS 6 0 0 0 .203 A.De Aza DH 4 0 0 0 .275 L.Palmisano CAT 5 0 1 0 .241 F.Moore LF 5 1 1 0 .350 D.Anderson LF 6 1 2 0 .315 A.Molina RF 4 1 1 2 .262 A.Heether 3B 4 0 0 0 .273 R.Bear 1B 5 0 2 1 .302 J.Eure DH 3 1 1 1 .315 M.Tucker 3B 5 0 3 0 .500 J.Brady 1B 5 0 0 0 .023 M.Brock PR 0 1 0 0 .184 S.Sollmann 2B 4 1 1 1 .216 K.Randel 2B 4 0 1 0 .200 R.Deevers RF 5 0 1 0 .185 R.Abercrombi CF 4 0 0 0 .216 T.Ezi CF 4 0 0 1 .171 T.Arnerich CAT 5 0 1 1 .222 C.Villanueva PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Campusano SS 4 1 2 0 .152 D.Grybash PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Russ PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Lewis PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Overman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Cave PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Rival PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.McNutt PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Olivera PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 42 3 6 3 TOTALS 40 4 11 4 BREVARD COUNTY 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 3 6 0 JUPITER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1- 4 11 3 E--M.Tucker, K.Randel, T.Arnerich. DP--BREVARD COUNTY 3, JUPITER 2. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 9, JUPITER 6. 2B--D.Anderson (3), S.Sollmann (3), J.Campusano (2). HR--J.Eure (5), A.Molina (3). SB--O.Chavez (2), J.Brady (1), R.Deevers (2), F.Moore (4), M.Brock (1). HBP--A.Heether, S.Sollmann. SF--T.Ezi. SH--A.De Aza. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY C.Villanueva 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 1.69 D.Grybash 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.22 J.Lewis 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 3.52 N.Slack 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10.13 K.Rival (L,0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 6.43 JUPITER J.Russ 6.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 3.47 M.Overman 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.38 K.Cave 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.00 M.McNutt 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.08 M.Olivera (W,1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 HB--J.Russ 2. SO--O.Chavez, L.Palmisano 2, D.Anderson, J.Eure, J.Brady 2, T.Ezi, A.De Aza 2, F.Moore, A.Molina 2, R.Bear, K.Randel, R.Abercrombi, T.Arnerich 2. BB--L.Palmisano, J.Eure 2, A.Molina, K.Randel, R.Abercrombi. T--3:32. A--1951

Brevard County Game Log:

I'd love not to, but how can you miss Josh Brady's 1-for-43 (one walk on the season)? Robbie Deevers double-play in the 4th a killer; leadoff double wasted in the 6th; more chances in the 10th and 11th...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jupafx_1

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Final: Huntsville 5, West Tenn (Cubs) 3

LHP Dana Eveland has walked three, struck out 24 in 21.2 IP...

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Link with Mitch Stetter photo, text follows:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=571

 

Vinny Rottino collected three hits, scored a run and knocked in a run and Mitch Stetter tossed two scoreless innings in relief to preserve the Stars 5-3 win over West Tenn Saturday night in the second game of a three-game series. The Stars won for a seventh time in eight games to even their record at 8-8, while the DiamondJaxx lost for just the second time in eight games and slipped to 10-6. The Stars won for just the second time in nine games on the road and handed the DiamondJaxx their fourth loss in nine home games.

 

The visitors jumped on starter Jae-kuk Ryu for three runs in the first inning, their highest scoring first inning of the year. Kennard Bibbs led off with a double and scored on a two-out single by Tony Zuniga, who knocked in his eighth run of the year. Rottino followed with a double to left field that moved Zuniga to third before Matt Murton?s errant throw back to the infield allowed Zuniga to score to make it 2-0. Jeff Winchester then singled into left field to plate Rottino to knock in his fifth run of the season.

 

Stars? starter Dana Eveland, who had yielded only two runs in his first three starts, could not hold the lead and gave up three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Murton belted a two-out, solo home run to right field, his third of the year to get the home team on the board. Brandon Sing doubled and scored on a double by Casey McGehee, who drove in his fourth run of the series, before coming into score on a Bucky Coats single.

 

The score remained tied at three until the fifth when the visitors tallied twice with the help of wildness by Ryu. The Korean right-hander yielded a one-out single to Tony Gwynn, Jr. and then uncorked three wild pitches to push the Stars center fielder across the plate with the go-ahead run. Callix Crabbe had worked a walk after Gwynn?s hit and scored on a double by Rottino with two away that gave Huntsville a 5-3 edge.

 

Eveland retired 12 in a row after allowing a leadoff single in the second inning before Murton led off the sixth with a single, moved to second on an infield hit by Sing and to third base on a throwing error by Zuniga. However, the Stars southpaw buckled down and struck out McGehee and Coats and induced Adam Greenberg to ground out to end the threat and keep the Stars in the lead.

 

Matt Ford worked a scoreless seventh inning and Stetter took over in the eighth. He allowed a one-out single and got out of the frame with a ground ball double play and stranded Jose Reyes at first after a one-out, pinch-hit single in the ninth. Stetter earned his first save of the year and joined Matt DeWitt and Jerome Gamble in the save column for the Stars. The left-hander has allowed only one run in 10 2/3rd innings of work and has recorded at least one strikeout in six straight appearances.

 

The Stars will send right-hander Dennis Sarfate to the hill for the final game of the series Sunday against Jaxx right-hander Ricky Nolasco. Coverage of the game gets underway at 12:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

[colbyjack]

The good news is that tonight's start by Eveland probably was his worst at the AA level, if that makes sense. That BB to K ratio is outstanding. The guy just keeps on dealing. With his polish, at what point do we see him bumped up to AAA?

 

Nice to see Carlos Villanueva continue to pitch well. I know there were a lot of nice reports on him out of Beloit last year. He could be a semi-sleeper (there are no real prospect sleepers around these parts).

[DHonks]

With his polish, at what point do we see him bumped up to AAA?

 

I almost forgot about last year...so he's now thrown about 45 innings in AA. I would assume 75 innings is about what they'd want to see, so for him, mid-May. I say 75, because that's about half a season's worth

[colbyjack]

Of course, we'll probably have to wait for a spot to open up for Eveland at the AAA level. If there is an injury at the big-league level (or at Nashville), that likely would set off a chain reaction of some kind.

 

Dennis Sarfate is another guy that is deserving of a promotion since he pitched all last season at Huntsville. Here's to another good outing for him tomorrow.

[Mass Haas]

Because the Marlins and Cardinals share Roger Dean Stadium, the Manatees continue their road trip Sunday in the same stadium -- against a different team...and another power failure here, that's two tonight!

 

Brevard County Game Summary (Hammerheads' Site):

 

It took 12 innings, but the Hammerheads finally pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Brevard County Manatees tonight at Roger Dean Stadium. Hammerheads catcher Tony Arnerich proved to be the game?s hero, knocking in the winning run with a base hit to left in the bottom of the 12th. Kevin Rival (0-1), who pitched the final two innings for Brevard, took the loss. Manuel Olivera (1-0), who pitched the top of the 12th, gets his first win on the season.

 

The game began with the promise of a pitching duel between Brevard starter Carlos Villanueva and Jupiter?s James Russ. It in fact was that way up until both men left the game after each pitched six innings. Both men left the game with Brevard leading 2-1. Villanueva was solid in his third appearance of the year, giving up one run on five hits while striking out seven. Russ faced 25 batters, yielding two runs on four hits and striking out six.

 

The 2-1 score would remain until the bottom of the 8th, when power became the story of the evening. After a Jose Campusano infield single and an Alejandro De Aza sacrifice, the power went out at Roger Dean Stadium. The outage was caused by a surge, which shut down everything in the stadium. It took seven minutes for the lights to turn on and play to resume. Once it did, Frank Moore grounded out to second, before Angel Molina delivered a two-run blast that hit the light tower in left, putting the Hammerheads up 3-2.

 

Jupiter reliever Kevin Cave could not hold the lead in the 9th, yielding a solo homer to designated hitter Jeff Eure on the first pitch of the inning. It was Cave?s first blown save of the year, an uncharacteristic hiccup from the Hammerhead bullpen, which has been outstanding as of late. Coming into the game, the bullpen had pitched 16 and two-thirds innings, allowing only two earned runs in their last four games, including five perfect innings last night.

 

In the bottom of the 12th, Michael Tucker singled up the middle to begin the winning rally. After Kevin Randel struck out looking, Reggie Abercrombie was intentionally walked, opening the door for Arnerich. Arnerich singled to left, driving in the game winning run and capping off a wild night at the Dean. The Hammerheads won the series 2-1, evening the season series between the two teams at three games apiece.

 

The Manatees will remain in Abacoa for the next three games to face the Palm Beach Cardinals.

[BillScottCanRake]

Are Helling and Pratt just filler at this point? Or is there some sort of expectation that they can be useful to Milwaukee should there be an injury of some sort?

 

I'd be inclined to get rid of those two as soon as Dennis and Dana are ready to make the jump to AAA... unless, of course, something happens and Hendrickson or Capellan are promoted.

[DHonks]

I would think Helling would be given the choice...move to relief or be released. Probably a solid vet to have around. Pratt would be cut, because as much as he might has a nice arm, there's a lot of hard throwers who can never put it together