Link Report for Games of Tuesday, April 19th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Daily Menu: At this point, the Stars will likely give you a better lunch experience than the Brewers...

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change:

 

Nashville: LHP Jeff Housman at Oklahoma (Rangers), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at home vs. Mobile (Padres), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime

 

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. St. Lucie (Mets), 6:00 PM -- no web audio for this one...

 

West Virginia: LHP Greg Kloosterman at home vs. Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM -- the Brewers only seem to be piggy-backing a few of their younger pitchers, "Kloos" is getting the starting nod each time, as has Forrest Martin...

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.wlxg.com/WLXG.asx

 

Try viewing what you can from the stadium webcam -- thanks to Ian Beresford for the reminder...

 

63.126.209.45/

[Mass Haas]

Use these links to follow the in-game box scores and game logs today -- Huntsville's live at noon...

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_orhaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

dailymail.com/news/Matt+L...t-20050419

 

These guys will be better than expected

Matt Lockhart

Charleston Daily Mail Sportswriter

 

Throw in the towel. Call them a wash. Vow to never watch the West Virginia Power again, while clutching your Alley Cat and Wheeler pennants.

 

Just don't miss the big picture here.

 

Minor League Baseball is about development. A major part of that is perfecting the things at which players aren't necessarily first-rate -- throwing a third or fourth pitch, or taking a slider the opposite way -- even if it means short-term success doesn't translate into boxscore joys.

 

You read it here. More players from the first Power club will have careers in the Major League than will members of the 2004 Alley Cats' team that won a first-half division title in the South Atlantic League.

 

Much of the Alley Cats' success came because of more experienced older players who will be career minor leaguers. These Power players have more upside, even if it's an uphill climb to reach potential.

 

Sure, to the average agate-page reader, this 2-9 start is comparable to Mike Tyson's recent boxing performance.

 

Just take Reid Nichols' word for the big league dreams. He's the Milwaukee minor league chief, a former Major Leaguer, and witness to the opening series at Appalachian Power Park.

 

"They have a lot of good players here," said Nichols, who is the Brewers' director of player development. "They have a lot of players here who will play in the big leagues. They're just young."

 

Heck, first-round pick Mark Rogers was probably at his high school prom this time last year. Now, the 19-year-old is throwing 94 mile per hour fastballs at college-aged Major League prospects.

 

Alcides Escobar, an 18-year-old shortstop from Venezuela, is another one of the players Nichols considers when talking about the Majors.

 

"He could be the best player on the field in five years," Nichols said of the youngster who is batting .244 and has a team-high three errors.

 

That's saying something, too, since second baseman Hernan Iribarren is listed as Milwaukee's No. 9 prospect by Baseball America, an honor earned after the 20-year-old batted .422 between Rookie League and Class A last season.

 

Milwaukee thought enough of Charleston to send its top four draft picks from 2004 -- all pitchers -- to the Power. That doesn't include Escobar and Iribarren, who were free agent signees from Venezuela.

 

Perhaps that's a big reason why Nichols said the Brewers could make changes if things get too bad in the standings. Two players, Adam Mannon and Jason Tuttle, have already been bumped from the roster.

 

"As much as the people here don't like to see this team struggle, we don't like to see it either," said Nichols. "If it gets to the point where it is getting to be detrimental to the team, then you make changes."

 

If it comes to that, Nichols will be careful about it.

 

"There are some guys you know are going to play in the big leagues and you have to stay with them and let them make adjustments," said Nichols. "Some guys who aren't going to play in the big leagues -- if we can do better, we'll do better.

 

"One thing we don't want to do is panic, though. It's a slow start."

 

There's no need to panic. This isn't that bad of a team. Many of these kids might just be temporarily over their heads, which should shortly become a non-factor as the 140-game season plays out.

 

Two summers ago as a 20-year-old intern, my gig was covering Major League Baseball in Detroit.

 

Like many of the Tigers, I might have been over my head during that dreadful 119-loss season. That was bad. This isn't.

 

It got so woeful that Manager Alan Trammell shut down pitcher Jeremy Bonderman, because he was afraid the 20-year-old was one start shy of losing 20 games. Truth is, he was.

 

The main lesson, though, was experience.

 

Bonderman learned how to handle batters. He learned how to handle the media. He learned how to pitch, instead of just raring back to throw. And he denied Roger Clemens his 300th win. Now, two years later, he's the ace of a Major League staff.

 

So, call them a wash, throw in your toast and vow to never watch these last-place dwellers.

 

Just remember, there are future Major Leaguers at this new ballpark.

 

Great job, Matt -- 22 years old, you're on your way to a promising big league career as well -- MassHaas

[Mass Haas]

Daily Mail:

 

Lexington's Hunter Pence is seventh in the South Atlantic League with a .370 batting average. Pence was the Houston Astros' top pick in the 2004 draft, which came as selection No. 64 because the team did not have a first-round pick.

 

A draft-and-follow that got away, Pence was drafted in the 40th round in 2002 by the Brewers while he was attending Texarkana Junior College, but he continued with plans to attend the University of Texas-Arlington -- Mass Haas

[DHonks]

I noticed that the boxscores this year include GO vs FO. Are these kept anywhere for the season? I looked at baseball america and it doesn't list GO and FO. I'm wondering because Hendrickson was hit so hard in spring training, then last night had a lot of groundouts, and I was curious as to if that's been the case in all of his starts so far

[homer]

Sarfate with a GREAT outing. I really hope he can keep up this kind of control. Man the top three at HV could really be special.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Very solid line for Sarfate today.

 

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sarfate 6.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 3.31

[homer]

Sarfat'es K:BB is now 24:3

[DHonks]

Sarfat'es K:BB is now 24:3

 

and the Huntsville big 3 is a combined 54:8, at around 7 to 1! Parra goes next time (I think), and needs 6+ strikeouts and 1 or fewer walks to keep pace with the other two

[huntsvillefan]

This was such a great game to watch, a perfect daygame.

If the radar gun on the scoreboard is accurate, Sarfate hit 97 at least once.

Callix Crabbe with two absolutely magnificent defensive plays, but really the whole team looked alive defensively.

This is one area where I think stats really do stink, last years team started great defensively (by the stats available), but they really were a lacklustre crowd who gave their pitchers little to no extra help(IMO). It is early days yet, but this team just buzzes with defensive commitment, I've heard more than one of the pitchers mention how much they like the D they are getting.

I'm not totally convinced by some of Don Money's base path decisions, but I love the attitude he has brought to this team.

Last year I was starting to wonder why I bothered to go watch at all, days like today remind me just how good it can be.

[SoCalBrewfan]

Wow, that K/BB ratio is a dramatic development for Sarfate. Seems to me we read somewhere that he's altered his approach this year...sure looks like something has clicked. Of course he has to keep this up beyond April, and stay healthy, but it's great to see him figure out his command.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 2, Mobile (Padres) 0

 

Link with Sarfate headshot photo, then text follows:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=567

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Dennis Sarfate, Josh Habel and Jerome Gamble combined on a four-hit shutout to lead the Stars to a 2-0 blanking of the BayBears in the second game of a four-game series at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Stars won their fourth consecutive game to improve to 5-7 on the 20th anniversary of the opening of the stadium. Moblie dropped its eighth straight game to fall to 4-8 and has mustered just one run in the first two games of the series.

 

Jeff Winchester, the hero of Monday?s 11-inning win with a pinch-hit single to knock in the decisive run, started behind the plate in Tuesday's afternoon affair and singled with one out in the second inning. Chris Barnwell followed by hitting a two-run home run to left field to produce the game?s only runs. It was Barnwell?s first long ball of the year, the team?s third and the first hit by someone other than Nelson Cruz.

 

Sarfate struck out two hitters in each of the first three innings and at that point, had fanned at least two hitters in seven of the last nine innings he had worked going back to the start of his six inning performance on April 13 at Jacksonville. The right-hander allowed two singles and did not give up a hit over his final four frames. Sarfate walked Luis Cruz and Mike Richardson with two outs in the fifth but worked out of trouble by retiring mound counterpart Mike Thompson on a ground ball. Cruz was the only BayBears runner to reach second base.

 

Sarfate earned his first win of the year to square his record at 1-1 and was followed by Josh Habel, who tossed two scoreless frames in relief to extend his shutout string to five innings over his last three outings. Jerome Gamble yielded a two-out single and struck out the side in the ninth to nail down his first save of the season. The three pitchers combined to fan 13 hitters to match a staff season high set by Sarfate, Gamble and Mitch Stetter on April 13 at Jacksonville.

 

Thompson lasted seven innings in his longest outing of the year and suffered the loss to fall to 1-1. He allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one.

 

The series against Mobile continues Wednesday morning with leftt-hander Manny Parra getting the starting assignment for the Stars against BayBears right-hander Travis Chick. Coverage of the game gets underway at 9:50 a.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Former Brewer farmhand LHP Craig Breslow made his AA debut earlier this season with Mobile -- he picked off Tony Gwynn in this one after hitting him with a pitch...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

The battle of the outfielders named "Kennard"...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

[Mass Haas]

In progress: West Virginia 4, Lexington (Astros) 0, after one inning

Only a Grant Richardson bases-loaded GIDP slowed down the Power in the first -- some help from the Legend defense; by the way, the webcam is not a plus for game viewing...

[Mass Haas]

In progress: St. Lucie 2, Brevard County 0, bottom of the second at Space Coast Stadium

RHP Luis Pena is your TBD tonight; Lou Palmisano DH'ing, Jeff Eure starts for Josh Brady at first base...

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes (PDF format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

In West Virginia, the Lexington play-by-play man is voicing his displeasure wuith the taunts of "Toast-Man" -- can't say I blame him, the lack of sportsmanship is pretty sad given the family-fun atmosphere, not to mention stealing the spotlight from the kids on the field, where it belongs. Then again -- the announcer also called the five Power mascots "lethargic" -- now that's just not right! (I guess the costumes are best described as "bulky" http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif )

[Mass Haas]

In progress: Lexington (Astros) 10, West Virginia 4, top of the 5th in the new ballpark

Yeah, there's still time, but I'm getting too old for this stuff -- gotta get a new hobby...

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio (Sunday) with relief pitcher Julio Santana, probably a Brewer before too long:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-18.mp3

[Mass Haas]

In progress: Nashville 5, Oklahoma (Rangers) 0, bottom of the 4th in Okie

Night off for David Krynzel; I never tire of the story of the Jeff Housman journey, that of a non-descript 33rd round pick who had a crappy rookie ball season in '02...

[DHonks]

wow, talk about a unique OF in West Virginia. Isn't that two 2b in the OF? Reminds me of when I saw HD a few years back and they were playing something like 5 middle infielders at a time

[rickmanningfan]

So what's the knock on William Lewis? He hit the ball well, in part time action, last year. He got sent back to low A this year. He's still hitting the ball well, but still in part time action. I'm certainly not advocating less time for the Hurricane, but are the Brewers lower minors options at short too good to allow Lewis a full-time shot? Can he not play there?

[hsvstarsfan]

20 years later...

Another beautiful day for baseball. This, in my memory, is the best weather we've had for an season-opening homestand in a long time, going back at least to 1995....... 78° and mostly clear skies for a Businessman's Special........ Nothing special about the attendance, though --- a sickly 813. Can you imagine if the weather was in the low 50s, as sometimes happens here in April?.
Dennis Sarfate and the Stars made quick work of the Mobile Bay Bears....... Backed by Chris Barnwell's 2-run HR over the left field wall in the 2nd inning, Sarfate wasted little time with hitters, using only 10-15 pitches to finish an inning until the 5th....... He went to a three-ball count only three times, walking two batters, and striking out Corey Smith on a 79 mph 3-2 curve in the 4th inning...... Mostly, Sarfate relied on his heat, and found the strike zone consistently with it....... As late as the 5th inning, he was still hurling it --- two straight 95 mph fastballs to strike out Nick Trzesniak to get the second out of the inning, then a 97 mph fastball to shortstop Juan Cruz...... However, by the time he hit the 70 pitch count, he was missing with that blazer more. He walked Cruz on a 3-1 fastball inside, the first pass issued in 11 2/3 innings, then walked right fielder Mike Richardson. He retired pinch-hitter Jason Clements to end the inning......... Sometime during the 6th, manager Don Money got Josh Habel up and working in the pen.

In a day of defensive highlights from the Stars, Sarfate was saved twice in the 6th....... Kennard Jones led off with a blast to left field on a 2-2 pitch. The other Kennard, Bibbs by name, sprinted towards the left field corner and made an over-the-shoulder catch on the warning track, before crashing into the wall...... One out later, Paul McAnulty was robbed for the 2nd time by Callix Crabbe on a ground ball to his right, diving to make a stop, then getting up and firing a one-hop rocket to Brandon Gemoll, who made a dandy stretch and pick-up...... I think that was topped by the play he made on McAnulty in the 4th -- a sharply hit ground ball, this time to his left, headed for the hole on the right side near first base. Crabbe sprinted over for this one and made a diving major-league highlight-reel stop on the high hop, sprung up, and made the throw to first for the out....... Chris Barnwell climbed the ladder in the 7th inning to make a leaping steal of a liner hit by Greg Sain, and nearly converted it into a double play for the fourth great defensive play that I counted....... Sarfate left the game after 87 pitches, 56 (64.3%) for strikes........ Jerome Gamble came on in the 9th to pick up his first save by throwing more smoke...... 94, then 95 mph fastballs to McAnulty for strikes, then a big 76 mph curve for the strikeout....... Corey Smith worked him for a 3-2 count. After fouling off a 79 mph curve, he brought home a 96 mph and 95 mph fastball for the 2nd out....... Sain got a hold of a 96 mph fastball and singled it off his glove, the ball going up the middle to Crabbe, who couldn't make a play on him, but Gamble struck out Trzesniak looking on 95 mph heat to end the game, giving Mobile their 8th straight loss and the Stars, their 4th straight victory...... The Stars are now 5-7 and find themselves chasing Chattanooga for 3rd place in the SL North.

The kids come by the busload tomorrow for a 10 am game....... Manny Parra will go for the Stars against right-hander Travis Chick, the Padres' top pitching prospect....... Chick is known to get consistently ahead in the count, relying on a fastball that sits in the low 90s and touches 94-95 mph, a hard slider, and a very good change-up. If he has any fault, he works high in the strike zone at times.

Nate Mateo, who worked the final inning for Mobile, was signed by former Stars catcher Wil Tejada. Tejada played for the Stars in 1992........ After 11 games, the Stars had a 4:1 strikeout-walk ratio -- best in the Southern League by a wide margin. Last year at the same point, it was 2.88....... The starting rotation, now after 12 games, has a composite 2.61 ERA and a 5.14 K-BB ratio........ Comparing that to last year, the starters in 2004 had a 4.41 ERA and a 2.82 ratio....... After 11 games, the Stars ERA last year was 3.89. This year, it's 3.09....... Even at the plate there's improvement over last year. The Stars, after 11 games, were hitting .256, compared to .233........ The only thing that hasn't improved is the record. The Stars were 7-5 after 12 games last year........ Batting in the leadoff position, Tony Gwynn, Jr. is hitting .167. In the #3 slot, he's .412 (7-for--17).

The Huntsville Stars played their first game at Joe Davis Stadium 20 years ago on this day against the Birmingham Barons before a crowd of over 10,000...... For the record, it was a 10-0 Stars victory for Tim Belcher and Wayne Giddings........It was a state-of-the-art stadium then, built by a local contractor, Goodrum and Knowles, several years before HOK breathed new life into the construction of baseball parks with Oriole Park at Camden Yards....... Since then our "state-of-the-art" park has become the Cleveland Municipal Stadium of the Southern League, with a capacity that now emphasizes our empty seats, instead of a baseball experience revolving around the fan's comfort and convenience....... It's now a dinosaur sitting on what used to be an airport runway, forlornly waiting for an infusion of cash to bring it up to a modern era that is now over 10 years old....... It's the home of a baseball franchise in trouble, taken under the wing of an absentee owner who still hasn't signed a lease with the city to keep the club in Huntsville, (it's over a year passed, but a good faith agreement keeps it going), situated in one of the smallest markets in Double-A, whose most loyal fans are getting smaller and older in number, and whose city for the most part, has abandoned its interest, and will no doubt, not bother to come to the rescue...... It's a pretty grim picture, I know. I'm by nature a positive person. I don't think negatively in situations, for more than likely, they'll come to their fruition, but I'm also a realist and pragmatic. Unless attendance comes well above 200,000 this year, I can't see Miles Prentice being very willing to keep this club in town very much longer........ Last year, the team with the lowest attendance figure is no longer there, and the 9th place team, the Diamond Jaxx, are leaving (or were trying to until the Capital City Bombers took Greenville away from them)....... We were 8th in attendance in the league, and it's very likely we'll be 9th or 10th this season.

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...270350.xml

 

Brewers' Gamble paying off

Milwaukee pickup of injury-prone pitcher saves Stars

By MARK McCARTER

Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com

 

Ah, medical science. An elbow goes bad? So what? Pop in a new ligament or tendon or something.

 

The last time doctors patched together a person the way they did Jerome Gamble's right elbow, it was Lee Majors. Remember? "The Six Million Dollar Man?''

 

He looks absolutely bionic. Or, for a nearby adjective, "electric,'' said teammate Chris Barnwell.

 

More innings like Gamble had in the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon, striking out three to preserve the Stars' 2-0 win over Mobile, he'll supplant a neighbor who he said "is literally in my back yard'' - a guy named Terrell Owens - as the most dynamic pro athlete from Alexander City.

 

"Down 2-0 in the ninth, he's the last guy you'd want to see,'' said Barnwell, whose second-inning homer provided the day's only runs.

 

Nice. Two Alabama teams, saved by a pitcher from Alabama. Who, he confessed, "didn't even know these teams were here until I got into pro ball.''

 

The BayBears managed only one single off Gamble, who ended the game with a 95 mph fastball that Greg Sain, the reigning Southern League home run king, merely watched - or listened to - sail past.

 

It was the Stars' fourth consecutive win, while Mobile has now lost eight in a row. The two meet again today at 10 a.m., with bus-loads of elementary school students being brought in for the "Three R's With The Stars'' promotion.

 

Gamble collected the save after a tidy two innings of one-hit setup relief by Josh Habel.

 

Dennis Sarfate was the starter, allowing only two hits and striking out eight in six innings. It was more evolution of Sarfate as a pitcher - "growing up, I guess,'' he said - from relying simply on firing a mid-90s fastball.

 

"He's been working on a lot of stuff, and he's followed through with it,'' pitching coach Rich Sauveur said.

 

The pitching staff benefited from some sensational defense, including a pair of diving stops by second baseman Callix Crabbe, reminiscent of an early Roberto Alomar, and a long gallop by left fielder Kennard Bibbs to steal an extra base hit.

 

"Defense and pitching usually win ball games,'' said manager Don Money. "We don't have a lot of power. We've got to scrap. We're not going to sit and wait for a three-run homer.''

 

Not to sniff at the two-run homer by Barnwell, "one of the least-expected people'' to homer, Money said.

 

Barnwell was the Stars' every-day third baseman last season, but has been evicted by the 30-year-old Tony Zuniga. Turned out to be a nice hunch for Money to give Zuniga a rest on this day game after a 12-inning marathon Monday.

 

"It's my role,'' Barnwell said, "and I've got to learn to do it. This is the best way for me to get to the big leagues, as a utility player.''

 

The best way for Gamble to get there is to remain healthy. Since he was drafted out of high school by the Red Sox, that's been his stumbling block.

 

Otherwise, "he's got two pitches that are above-average major league (level),'' said Sauveur of Gamble's fastball and curve.

 

"He's got filthy stuff,'' hitting coach Sandy Guerrero said. "His fastball explodes.''

 

Gamble underwent Tommy John surgery in 2001, sidelining him for 15 months. He admitted he fretted his career might be over, but his mother Doris "kept pushing me, telling me everything would be all right.''

 

He had more surgery last fall, simply to clean out some scar tissue and bone chips.

 

The troublesome elbow was enough to convince Boston to move him off its 40-man major league roster, making him available for the off-season draft of six-year minor league players.

 

The Brewers scooped him up.

 

Perhaps they shared the same philosophy that Gamble has about that adopted.

 

"Maybe,'' he said, "I've gotten all my injuries out of the way early.''

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 10, Oklahoma (Rangers) 8

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link includes Jeff Housman photo, text follows...

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1514

 

Kevin Orie ripped a pair of doubles and Trent Durrington recorded a team-high three RBIs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 10-8 victory over the Oklahoma RedHawks on Tuesday evening in the opener of a four-game series at SBC Bricktown Ballpark.

 

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Sounds (7-6), who retain a share of the American Conference Northern Division lead along with Omaha.

 

Orie extended his season-opening hitting streak to a current team-best eight games with his 2-for-4, three-run effort. Durrington followed suit, running his hit streak to seven games with a 2-for-2 night that also included a pair of walks and two stolen bases.

 

Pat Borders (2-for-4) and Ryan Knox (2-for-3) also added multiple-hit efforts for the victorious Sounds, who stranded a season-high 12 men on base including leaving the bases loaded twice.

 

The Nashville defense played its part in the win, as the Sounds turned two double plays and added an outfield assist when Knox threw out RedHawks leadoff man Andres Torres at third as he attempted to extend a double to a triple to lead off the bottom of the first.

 

Orie got things started for the Sounds, plating Corey Hart with the game?s first run on a double to center in the top of the second. Nashville proceeded to load the bases against Oklahoma starter Ricardo Rodriguez with none out; however, the right-hander worked out of the jam virtually unscathed, allowing only one additional run on a Steve Scarborough double-play grounder to make it a 2-0 lead.

 

Nashville tagged on three more runs in the fourth to up the lead to 5-0. Orie again got things started with a double then a pair of RedHawks errors opened the door for runs to score on a Pat Borders groundout, a Scarborough sacrifice fly, and a throwing error by third baseman Cody Ransom.

 

Oklahoma second baseman Ian Kinsler put the home team on the board in the bottom of the frame with a two-out, two-run shot off Sounds starter Jeff Housman, the infielder?s second roundtripper of the season.

 

The teams traded nine runs over the next two innings, resulting in a 10-7 Nashville lead. Durrington delivered the key hits for the Sounds over this stretch, including a bases-loaded, two-run single in the fifth and an RBI double in the sixth.

 

Marshall McDougall touched Sounds reliever Jeff Bennett for a two-out solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to bring the score to its final 10-8. The tater signified McDougall?s first longball of the season as well as the first run allowed by Bennett in seven innings on the season.

 

Housman (1-0) earned his first victory of the season -- as well as the first win of 2005 by a Sounds starter -- after allowing five runs over five innings of work. Rodriguez (1-2) took the loss for Oklahoma, surrendering eight runs in only four frames of action. Bennett tossed the final two innings, fanning three batters, to close out the victory and earn his third save of the year for Nashville.

 

The teams meet again in a 10:35 a.m. matinee on Tuesday morning in the second game of the four-game series. Right-hander Rick Helling (0-0, 3.18), a former Oklahoma City 89er and Oklahoma RedHawk, takes the hill for Nashville to face right-hander Shane Bazzell, who makes his first start for Oklahoma since being promoted from Double-A Frisco.

 

Nashville Box Score:

Pretty apparent the veterans are carrying this team...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_orhaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_orhaaa_1

 

Audio -- Ryan Knox' Throw:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-19.mp3

[Mass Haas]

Final: St. Lucie (Mets) 4, Brevard County 1

 

Brevard County Box Score:

 ST. LUCIE 4 AT BREVARD COUNTY 1 YTD YTD ST. LUCIE AB R H BI AVG BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG C.Ragsdale SS 4 1 2 2 .292 O.Chavez SS 3 0 1 0 .256 J.Slack LF 5 1 1 0 .261 L.Palmisano DH 4 0 1 0 .250 L.Milledge CF 4 0 0 1 .214 D.Anderson LF 4 0 0 0 .278 B.Harper 1B 2 0 1 1 .304 A.Heether 3B 4 1 1 0 .294 A.Wilson DH 3 0 1 0 .241 J.Eure 1B 3 0 0 0 .263 S.Bowman 3B 4 0 0 0 .119 S.Moss CF 2 0 0 0 .216 J.Hill RF 3 1 1 0 .146 T.Ezi CF 2 0 1 0 .188 B.Whealy 2B 4 0 1 0 .286 W.Campana 2B 4 0 2 1 .444 Y.Garcia CAT 1 1 0 0 .115 C.Medlin CAT 3 0 0 0 .111 G.Ramirez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Deevers RF 3 0 0 0 .083 B.King PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Pena PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Lopez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Camacho PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Diggins PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 4 7 4 TOTALS 32 1 6 1 ST. LUCIE 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1- 4 7 1 BREVARD COUNTY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1 6 0 E--C.Ragsdale. DP--ST. LUCIE 1, BREVARD COUNTY 3. LOB--ST. LUCIE 7, BREVARD COUNTY 7. 2B--W.Campana (1). 3B--T.Ezi (2). SB--Y.Garcia (1). CS--D.Anderson. HBP--C.Medlin. SF--C.Ragsdale. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA ST. LUCIE G.Ramirez (W,1-1) 6.0 2 1 1 1 5 0 4.02 B.King 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 R.Lopez 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 E.Camacho (S,1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 BREVARD COUNTY L.Pena (L,0-2) 7.0 6 3 3 4 9 0 4.34 B.Hall 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 B.Diggins 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.86 HB--R.Lopez. WP--L.Pena. SO--C.Ragsdale, J.Slack 2, L.Milledge, S.Bowman 2, J.Hill 2, B.Whealy, D.Anderson, J.Eure 3, T.Ezi, C.Medlin 2, R.Deevers 2. BB--B.Harper 2, A.Wilson, J.Hill, Y.Garcia 3, O.Chavez, J.Eure. T--2:26. A--847

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