Link Report for Games of Friday, May 28th

[MassBrew]

Friday's Daily Menu: Listen to Indy's Big Ben for a couple of hours before the Brewers begin their night...

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio begins approx. 15 minutes prior to game time listed...

 

INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Ben Hendrickson at Pawtucket (Red Sox), 5:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.newstalk1430.com/

 

Alternate audio link (Pawsox' feed):

www.pawsox.com/

 

HUNTSVILLE: RHP Dennis Sarfate at home vs. Mobile (Padres), 7:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

HIGH DESERT: RHP Bo Hall at Inland Empire (Mariners), 9:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm

 

BELOIT: TBD at home vs. West Michigan (Tigers), 6:30 PM

 

No online audio for this series http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[MassBrew]

RHP Ken Durost will be starting for Beloit tonight.

 

And at Indy, RHP Matt Chlders is listed as "day-to-day" with a groin pull.

[brewcrewkid14]

Here are some updates from today so far:

 

Final: Indianapolis 12, Pawtucket (Red Sox) 10

 

Indianapolis Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 5/28/04 IND at PAW INDIANAPOLIS 12 AT PAWTUCKET 10 YTD YTD INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG PAWTUCKET AB R H BI AVG R.Knox CF 5 2 1 0 .250 C.Febles SS 4 2 2 1 .264 M.Erickson 2B 4 2 1 0 .213 T.Coquilette 1B 5 0 1 3 .283 C.Hart RF 4 1 1 3 .263 A.Hyzdu DH 3 0 0 0 .280 J.Liefer 1B 3 1 2 3 .338 E.Snyder 3B 5 3 3 3 .288 J.Nunnally DH 4 0 0 0 .256 J.Sherrod RF 5 1 1 1 .287 C.Magruder LF 4 1 1 0 .271 T.Schrager 2B 4 0 0 0 .272 S.Scarbrough SS 5 1 1 0 .218 H.Stanley CF 4 1 2 0 .211 M.Johnson CAT 5 2 3 2 .274 K.Shoppach CAT 4 1 1 1 .221 L.Figueroa 3B 4 2 2 2 .298 M.Curry LF 3 2 1 1 .237 B.Hendrckson PIT 0 0 0 0 .286 T.Kester PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Giron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Hamulack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Reichert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Cameron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Childers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Duff PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 12 12 10 TOTALS 37 10 11 10 INDIANAPOLIS 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 0-12 12 0 PAWTUCKET 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0-10 11 3 E--C.Febles, E.Snyder, T.Hamulack. DP--INDIANAPOLIS 0, PAWTUCKET 2. LOB--INDIANAPOLIS 7, PAWTUCKET 7. 2B--R.Knox (6), C.Hart (10), J.Liefer (12), L.Figueroa 2 (6), C.Febles (8), T.Coquilette (7), J.Sherrod (4). HR--M.Johnson (1), E.Snyder 2 (16). SB--C.Hart (6), C.Febles (6), M.Curry (10). CS--L.Figueroa. HBP--C.Febles. SF-- J.Liefer, K.Shoppach. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA INDIANAPOLIS B.Hendrckson 5.0 5 6 6 3 7 2 2.96 R.Giron (W,3-0) 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 0 5.68 D.Reichert 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1.22 J.Childers (S,13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.57 PAWTUCKET T.Kester 6.0 8 6 2 1 1 1 2.93 T.Hamulack (L,5-4) 0.1 2 5 3 2 1 0 8.31 R.Cameron 1.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 4.50 M.Duff 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 3.77 HB--B.Hendrckson. WP--R.Cameron 2. SO--R.Knox 2, J.Nunnally 2, C.Magruder, S.Scarbrough 2, T.Coquilette 2, A.Hyzdu, E.Snyder 2, J.Sherrod 3, H.Stanley, K.Shoppach 2, M.Curry. BB--R.Knox, M.Erickson, C.Hart, J.Liefer, J.Nunnally, C.Magruder, L.Figueroa, A.Hyzdu 2, T.Schrager, H.Stanley, M.Curry. T--3:27. A--8429

Indianapolis Game Log:

 

www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=13581

 

Final: Huntsville 3, Mobile (Padres) 1

 

Huntsville Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 5/28/04 MOB at HVL MOBILE 1 AT HUNTSVILLE 3 YTD YTD MOBILE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG T.Donovan CF 3 0 0 0 .287 R.Weeks 2B 4 0 0 0 .253 R.Merrill SS 4 0 2 0 .214 A.Gwynn CF 2 0 1 1 .263 G.Sain 1B 4 0 0 0 .229 B.Nelson LF 4 0 0 0 .281 J.Gautreau 3B 4 0 0 0 .225 J.Belcher RF 4 0 0 0 .282 B.Johnson RF 4 0 0 0 .226 K.Johnson CAT 4 0 0 0 .229 J.Barfield 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 C.Barnwell 3B 4 0 2 0 .210 J.Roman LF 3 0 0 0 .167 J.Raburn 1B 2 2 1 0 .247 M.Richardson CAT 2 1 1 0 .364 O.Chavez SS 3 1 1 1 .208 T.Stauffer PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Sarfate PIT 2 0 0 0 .154 J.Clements PH 1 0 0 0 .246 J.Novinsky PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Thompson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 1 3 0 TOTALS 29 3 5 2 MOBILE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 1 3 3 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X- 3 5 1 E--R.Merrill 2, J.Roman, K.Johnson. DP--MOBILE 0, HUNTSVILLE 0. LOB--MOBILE 4, HUNTSVILLE 6. 2B--R.Merrill (3), C.Barnwell (8). 3B--J.Raburn (2). SB--J.Raburn (4). CS--C.Barnwell. HBP--T.Donovan, M.Richardson. SH--T.Stauffer, J.Novinsky. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA MOBILE T.Stauffer (L,1-1) 7.0 5 3 1 3 5 0 2.33 M.Thompson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.09 HUNTSVILLE D.Sarfate (W,3-4) 6.0 3 1 0 0 9 0 4.21 J.Novinsky (S,2) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.28 HB--J.Novinsky 2. WP--T.Stauffer, J.Novinsky. SO--T.Donovan 2, R.Merrill, G.Sain 2, J.Gautreau 4, B.Johnson 3, J.Barfield, R.Weeks 3, A.Gwynn, C.Barnwell, D.Sarfate. BB--A.Gwynn 2, J.Raburn. T--2:16. A--2498

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=11990

 

Final: Beloit 4, West Michigan (Tigers) 3

 

Beloit Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 5/28/04 WMI at BLT WEST MICHIGAN 3 AT BELOIT 4 YTD YTD WEST MICHIGAN AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG V.Blue CF 3 1 0 0 .249 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 1 1 0 .285 J.Francia SS 4 1 2 0 .333 T.Trofholz RF 3 1 0 0 .291 K.Kirkland 3B 5 1 2 3 .227 D.Anderson LF 4 0 1 2 .270 K.Hunt 1B 4 0 1 0 .279 L.Palmisano CAT 4 0 1 1 .304 G.McKinney RF 3 0 1 0 .239 V.Rottino DH 4 0 1 0 .313 K.Piantek DH 4 0 0 0 .196 A.Heether 3B 4 1 3 1 .257 L.Sabino LF 4 0 0 0 .233 S.Moss CF 4 0 0 0 .164 A.Trezza CAT 4 0 0 0 .183 M.Ramirez 1B 4 0 0 0 .271 E.Rodland 2B 4 0 2 0 .270 J.Murray SS 3 1 1 0 .220 J.Tata PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Durost PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Zell PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Delacruz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Dillard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 4 8 4 WEST MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0- 3 8 5 BELOIT 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X- 4 8 1 E--J.Francia 2, K.Kirkland 3, D.Anderson. DP--WEST MICHIGAN 1, BELOIT 0. LOB--WEST MICHIGAN 9, BELOIT 7. 2B--K.Kirkland (8), A.Heether (14). HR--K.Kirkland (2), A.Heether (5). SB--T.Trofholz (11), A.Heether (1). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST MICHIGAN J.Tata (L,1-6) 6.0 7 4 2 1 3 1 4.80 D.Zell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.95 E.Delacruz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 BELOIT K.Durost (W,4-3) 6.2 5 2 2 4 10 0 3.43 S.Beresford 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.88 T.Dillard (S,3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.56 SO--V.Blue 2, J.Francia, K.Kirkland 3, G.McKinney, K.Piantek 3, L.Sabino 2, A.Trezza, V.Rottino, S.Moss, M.Ramirez. BB--V.Blue 2, J.Francia, G.McKinney, T.Trofholz. T--2:28. A--794

Beloit Game Log:

 

www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=12484

[PrimetimeHater]

Wow...another impressive performance by Sarfate. Hopefully he's on track now....could be a heck of a prospect.

[MassBrew]

HE CAUGHT IT! OH MY GOD, HE CAUGHT IT!

So how many games feature 32 runs, 33 hits, eight doubles, three HR's, 12 walks and 19 strikeouts, yet all anyone can remember and buzz about is a single defensive play? A play so incredible that after the game, the opponent's post-game radio interview show, conducted live on the field with the player we're talking about here and heard in the stadium via the crowd sound speakers, focuses on this one defensive gem.

Pawtucket Bottom 7th
- Snyder, E singled to left field.
- Sherrod, J doubled to left center, RBI; Snyder, E scored.
- Reichert, D to p for Giron, R.
- Schrager, T walked.
- Stanley, H singled to right field; Schrager, T advanced to second; Sherrod, J advanced to third.
- Shoppach, K flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Sherrod, J scored.
- Curry, M grounded out to 1b unassisted; Stanley, H advanced to second; Schrager, T advanced to third.
- Febles, C grounded out to 2b.

Just back from Pawtucket, and the (redundant) firework show after a 3 hour, 30 minute Indianapolis 12-10 win.

I'm a big fan of the new Sports Network game logs, but I'm sure that night in and night out these little lines do the players no justice, despite the usually solid efforts of the local newspaper accounts and website game summaries. This is one of those cases. Sacrifice fly, out recorded, one run scores -- yawn. Yeah, right.

The PawSox close off beer sales after the seventh, I believe, so fans had a little extra time to toss them back tonight. Top of the 7th, the Tribe puts up an 8-spot to take a 12-8 lead. Given the wild events of the night thus far, this lone Brewer / Indy fan felt little comfort in the four-run bulge, and even less after Roberto Giron allows an inning-opening single and run-scoring double right after the seventh-inning stretch.

Enter Dan Reichert. Walk and single load the bases with none out, tying run on first -- go-ahead run at the plate, 8400 already hoarse fans going nuts. Catcher Kelly Shoppach brings his thick tree-trunk legs and his right-handed bat to the plate.

Shoppach launches an absolute laser beam to deep right-center. This isn't a lofty, pretty thing, it's a low land-to-air missile traveling at warp speed. The crowd is nuts, they're watching a go-ahead grand slam -- or not. Racing back, tracking, hunting, now reaching, wait, there's the wall, now extending, but man, crashing, is Corey Hart -- running, stretching, (and catching!) within nanoseconds. Grand slam stolen. Wall somehow still standing. So is Corey. Hart raises his glove ever so quickly (in shock?) to demonstrate that he has the ball. The runner on third obviously scores to make it 12-10. The runner on second, with so little time to react on such a hard-hit screamer, regardless of depth, is not in position to tag. Runners on first and second, one out. The very impressive Reichert, obviously buoyed, closes out the inning nicely.

Given the circumstances, one of the best plays I've ever seen live, when you don't get the benefit of seeing the replay over and over to confirm the play's greatness. The reaction of his teammates by the dugout in congratulating Corey after the inning solidified my belief. I so look forward to Hart being penciled in to RF in Milwaukee for 150 games in 2005, I can't tell you enough. What an athlete. What a talent.

Not sure who pitched the first two innings for Indy -- they told me it was Ben Hendrickson, but I didn't recognize him by the results. Ben was due for a night like this, and I credit him for bulldogging it through five innings. It seemed like Ben went to a 2-0 count on every batter in those two innings, and so many pitches were up, up, up in the zone. He ran into the ridiculously hot Earl Snyder (two HR's, now with 16). But there was no comfort level evident, yet notice he still managed to strike out seven. I was sitting behind the Indy dugout, where it was hard to view the 12-to-6 nature of Hendrickson's curve. But I loved how he continually would bust a fastball up and in to the several PawSox who were leaning in looking for the curve. I give no credence to the Pawtucket speed gun, which must have run ridiculously slow all night long. I saw one Hendrickson fastball hit 88, otherwise 86. But that was the only pitch above 86 I saw for either team all night long, and no way was that the case.

Jason Childers is a very, very nice pitcher. He's 29, right-handed, 6'0", and 160 pounds, yet watching him pitch is a joy. I really hope the Crew finds room for him in September, and some organization is going to enjoy his work next year unless the Brewers and he hook up for a 40-man spot or another re-up.

Jeff Liefer is just raking. Two more hits, a walk, and another great sacrifice fly story. His SF was a blast to straight-away center, that CF Henri Stanley laid out for as he made an over-the-shoulder catch as his body went tumbling into the base of the wall at the 400-foot mark. On any other night, it'd be the defensive runaway for play of the game.

Tribe rallies from 5-0 and 8-4 down to win. The kid eats every sweet and goodie known to man, falls sound asleep in the car on the way home, is carried in her baseball game clothes to bed without brushing her teeth. That cotton-candy dental bill might be troublseome, but I'm hoping her perfect dental record survives this one adventure.

We lower a pretty unique cloth Brewer wall-hanging (the old ball and glove) that I have into the sunken Indy dugout (unique field layout at McCoy), prior to the game. Many players sign (including Corey http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ). I had taped a little note to the cloth:

"Go Indy! Your New England Fans from www.brewerfan.net"

That's all it said.

We pull up the souvenir via our little rope once game time approaches. On the note, an additional message has been scribbled: "MassBrew rules!" I have no idea who wrote that, but I got a good chuckle out of it.

Great night until I heard the Brewer score back in the car afterwards. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif

Huge thanks to brewcrewkid14 for all the links, it looks like a wonderful night for all the affiliates (High Desert just won, 2-1!), and I'm looking forward to reviewing all the action and posting all the summaries and reports Saturday AM. But it's going to have to wait until then -- busy evening.

-- Jim

[MassBrew]

By the way, in the 2-1 High Desert win Mike Kusiewicz got the save after allowing the game-tying run to reach third base with no one out in the ninth, and then proceeding to strike out the side!

 

The Mavericks have an announcer intern by the name of Mike Benton who normally takes an inning or two mid-game each night. With lead broadcaster Roxy Bernstein away for a family wedding this weekend, Mike's taking the entire show on the road on his own.

 

The dude is outstanding -- and these tapes are going to help launch one heck of a career. Great job, kid.

[MassBrew]

Final: High Desert 2, Inland Empire (Mariners) 1

 

Early Game Story from the San Bernadino Sun:

We should have a Daily Press story later this AM; what a day behind the plate for Froilan Villanueva...

 

Sixers are off base, lose

By JAMES CURRAN, Correspondent

 

SAN BERNARDINO - A virus is spreading at Arrowhead Credit Union Park from the hands to the legs.

Not only has the hitting been a plague to the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino lately, but on Friday, runners were caught off base six times in a 2-1 loss to High Desert in a California League game in front of 3,982 fans.

 

Troy Farnsworth lifted a solo home run in the fifth inning to provide the winning margin for the Mavericks.

 

What was more detrimental to Southern Division-leading San Bernardino (28-20) was the staggering way it self-destructed on the base paths.

 

Mavericks catcher Froilan Villanueva threw out four baserunners Friday. The Sixers became the first team in the California League to have five runners caught stealing this year. Gary Harris singled in Jesus Guzman with the lone Sixers run in the fourth inning. The run was just the eighth for Inland Empire in the last five games.

 

Sixers manager Daren Brown said his players were trying to make something happen and were a bit overzealous.

 

"We haven't swung the bats well,' Brown said. "Tonight, we had a lot of guys trying to make things happen, we're pressing a little bit, hopefully we can put this behind us.'

 

San Bernardino pitcher P.A. Fulmer (3-4) could have been considered the right guy at the right time with a minimal margin for error. Fulner started for San Bernardino in the only game in which High Desert was shut out this year, on May 12.

 

Friday, Fulmer didn't pitch poorly either, allowing two runs and six hits in six innings with five strikeouts and a walk.

 

Bo Hall (3-3) was just a bit better for High Desert. He allowed only one run in five innings with three hits, four strikeouts and two walks.

 

Danny Kolb and Mike Kusiewicz then combined for four shutout innings for the Mavs (20-29). Kusiewicz earned his first save but High Desert manager Mel Queen said Villanueva was the rightful recipient of the save.

 

Villanueva's efforts were particularly evident in the seventh inning. Harris doubled to lead off the seventh inning and a potential big inning seemed imminent.

 

However, when Kolb threw a pitch to T.J. Bohn that skidded past Villanueva, Harris took off for third. The ball barely reached the grass around home plate and Villanueva threw out Harris.

 

"It was a bang-bang play and you can't fault the runner,' Queen said. "But you gotta be cautious.

 

"Our pitching coach (John Curtis) said he actually saved the game.

 

Said Brown: "We tried to hammer into these guys about being aggressive especially about balls in the dirt. One of our guys was being too aggressive, but here is where they learn how to play the game.'

 

Aside from a welcome start to a nine game road trip, High Desert managed to accomplish something that it hasn't done before this year -- win a pitcher's duel. Before Friday the Mavericks had lost all 14 games they played when they scored three runs or less.

 

66ers notes

 

In today's game at 6:11 PM (8:11 Central), the Sixers will send Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-0, 3.55 ERA) to the mound and the Mavs will counter with Manny Parra (1-1, 4.42 ERA).

 

High Desert Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 5/28/04 HD at INL HIGH DESERT 2 AT INLAND EMPIRE 1 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG INLAND EMPIRE AB R H BI AVG C.Morris DH 4 0 1 0 .315 J.Gonzalez SS 4 0 1 0 .326 C.Crabbe 2B 3 0 1 0 .288 J.Guzman 3B 3 1 2 0 .313 D.Boyd LF 3 0 0 0 .280 G.Harris CF 4 0 2 1 .274 T.Hinton 1B 3 0 0 0 .290 T.Bohn RF 3 0 0 0 .297 F.Villanueva CAT 4 1 1 0 .223 V.Faison DH 3 0 0 0 .261 K.Bibbs CF 3 0 0 0 .295 R.Rivera CAT 2 0 0 0 .279 S.Candelaria RF 4 0 2 1 .257 M.Rogelstad 2B 2 0 0 0 .265 T.Farnsworth 3B 3 1 1 1 .176 M.Hagen 1B 2 0 0 0 .211 E.Cruz SS 2 0 0 0 .219 J.Nelson PH 1 0 0 0 .290 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Nelson 1B 0 0 0 0 .290 D.Kolb PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Arroyo LF 2 0 0 0 .308 M.Kusiewicz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Fulmer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Martinez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 2 6 2 TOTALS 26 1 5 1 HIGH DESERT 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 2 6 2 INLAND EMPIRE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0- 1 5 1 E--E.Cruz, D.Kolb, J.Guzman. DP--HIGH DESERT 1, INLAND EMPIRE 1. LOB--HIGH DESERT 5, INLAND EMPIRE 2. 2B--G.Harris (5). HR--T.Farnsworth (2). SB--C.Morris (23). CS--C.Crabbe, J.Gonzalez, J.Guzman, G.Harris 2, M.Rogelstad. SH--D.Boyd, K.Bibbs. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT B.Hall (W,3-3) 5.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 6.15 D.Kolb 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 M.Kusiewicz (S,1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4 0 5.17 INLAND EMPIRE T.Fulmer (L,3-4) 6.2 6 2 2 1 5 1 4.24 M.Martinez 2.1 0 0 0 2 3 0 4.15 WP--M.Kusiewicz 2. SO--C.Morris 2, T.Hinton 2, F.Villanueva, S.Candelaria, T.Farnsworth 2, J.Gonzalez, J.Guzman, G.Harris 2, M.Hagen 2, J.Nelson, C.Arroyo. BB--C.Crabbe, T.Hinton, E.Cruz, J.Guzman, R.Rivera, M.Rogelstad, C.Arroyo. T--2:41. A--3982

High Desert Game Log:

 

www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=18043

[MassBrew]

 WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (MILWAUKEE) 27 19 .587[/b] COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (NEW YORK YANKEES) 24 22 .522 3.0 TOLEDO MUD HENS (DETROIT) 24 25 .490 4.5 LOUISVILLE BATS (CINCINNATI) 23 25 .479 5.0

 WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 27 20 .574 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 26 22 .542 1.5[/b] BIRMINGHAM BARONS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 24 23 .511 3.0 MOBILE BAY BEARS (SAN DIEGO) 24 24 .500 3.5 MONTGOMERY BISCUITS (TAMPA BAY) 18 30 .375 9.5

 SOUTH DIVISION W L PCT GB INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS (SEATTLE) 28 20 .583 LANCASTER JETHAWKS (ARIZONA) 27 20 .574 .5 LAKE ELSINORE STORM (SAN DIEGO) 26 21 .553 1.5 RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (ANAHEIM) 21 26 .447 6.5 [b]HIGH DESERT MAVERICKS (MILWAUKEE) 20 29 .408 8.5[/b]

 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB PEORIA CHIEFS (ST.LOUIS) 28 19 .596 KANE COUNTY COUGARS (OAKLAND) 28 19 .596 CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS (ANAHEIM) 28 19 .596 [b]BELOIT SNAPPERS (MILWAUKEE) 27 21 .563 1.5[/b] CLINTON LUMBER KINGS (TEXAS) 26 22 .542 2.5 QUAD CITY RIVER BANDITS (MINNESOTA) 22 24 .478 5.5 WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS (SEATTLE) 20 27 .426 8.0 BURLINGTON BEES (KANSAS CITY) 16 32 .333 12.5

[MassBrew]

Indianapolis Post-Game Notes:

 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

 

Friday night was fireworks night at McCoy Stadium and the Indians and PawSox supplied plenty of firepower. For Indianapolis, Jeff Liefer and Corey Hart each drove in three runs and Mark Johnson?s (1) solo homer in the visitor seventh ignited an eight-run Tribe rally that carried Indianapolis past Pawtucket, 12-10. Johnson added another RBI in the seventh and Luis Figueroa produced two doubles in the frame.

 

Indianapolis battled back from deficits of 5-0 and 8-4, adding 12 hits on the night.

 

Hart came up with the defensive play of the game in the bottom of the seventh. The 6-6 right fielder robbed Kelly Shoppach of a grand slam homer, making a leaping catch against the wall with the bases loaded, limiting the PawSox to just one run on the play.

 

Indianapolis remains in first place in the IL West Division, improving to 27-19, Pawtucket drops to 25-24. Second place Columbus lost 7-2 to Scranton/Wilkes Barre in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night, then dropped game two as well, 6-4.

 

Dan Reichert pitched two near-perfect innings of relief for the Tribe and closer Jason Childers picked up his 13th save, second best in the IL.

 

QUOTES:

 

Indians manager Cecil Cooper:

 

?You like to get better pitching, but what can I say about Corey (Hart) and Childers?? said Cecil Cooper. ?The replay showed that Hart caught the ball over the wall. The kid made a great play. We had a scuffle out there tonight. We had the good sense to win it.?

 

Indians catcher Mark Johnson on his clutch hitting and Tribe pitching:

 

?I?ve just been a little more aggressive,? said Johnson. ?I kept swinging the bat and good things happened. Reichert and Childers are solid each time out. They did a heckuva job tonight.?

 

Indians right fielder Corey Hart on his defensive effort:

 

?When I took off, I did not realize how close I was to the wall,? said Hart. ?It was a great thing to happen. I am a lot more comfortable now in right field. It is my first year playing there and I know that I still have a lot more to learn. Offensively, it?s pretty nice to get three RBI tonight. It?s taken me a couple of games to get adjusted since getting back (from Milwaukee). Everybody?s contributing on this team and that?s great.?

 

NOTES:

 

The Tribe and PawSox split the series 2-2. Indianapolis was due to take a five-hour bus ride to Scranton after the game tonight.

 

Jeff Liefer?s RBI total (41) is second in the league. Liefer is fourth in slugging percentage (.620), sixth in extra-base hits (23), eighth in batting average (.329), ninth in hits (52), and ninth in on-base percentage (.398). He has hit seven homers and 17 RBI in May.

 

The Tribe is 24-1 when leading after eight innings.

 

Dan Reichert is 1-0 with an 0.89 ERA during the month of May.

[MassBrew]

Providence Journal Newspaper Account:

 

PawSox blow big leads and Indians make them pay

Indianapolis scores eight runs in the top of the seventh for the victory

BY PAUL KENYON

Journal Sports Writer

 

PAWTUCKET -- Blame the defense. And the relief pitching, too. They both had bad nights for the Pawtucket Red Sox last night. Just don't blame Earl Snyder for the wild 12-10 loss to Indianapolis.

 

The Indians rallied for eight runs in the top of the seventh -- the second eight-run inning Pawtucket has allowed this week -- to beat the PawSox before a crowd of 8,429 on the aptly named Fireworks Night at McCoy.

 

Indianapolis pounded out 12 hits, but also took advantage of three critical Pawtucket errors that led to five earned runs. Pawtucket pitchers also walked seven and threw two wild pitches in helping blow leads of 5-0 and 8-4.

 

Of all the problems, Pawtucket manager Buddy Bailey felt the fielding was the worst.

 

"Obviously, the errors killed us tonight, no doubt about it," Bailey said. "We scored in five of the first seven innings and we still couldn't win."

 

Indianapolis bunched all its runs in two innings, getting four in the third and eight in a 38-minute top of the seventh. Pawtucket had two errors in the fourth, making all four runs in that inning unearned. A botched double-play ball on which no one was retired, opened the flood gates to the eight-run seventh.

 

"I know before the top of the seventh Kate Smith sang "God Bless America" and in the bottom of the seventh I was saying God bless America," Bailey said. "It was just one of those innings." The key was a grounder back to the mound by Corey Hart, that could have been a double play. Instead, the throw by releiver Tim Hamulack was wild and no one was retired.

 

"You're really barking up the wrong tree when you don't turn double plays that are there for you," Bailey said. "That opened up a can of worms and it just snowballed from there."

 

Luis Figueroa had two doubles in the inning and Mark Johnson a home run and a single.

 

The problems ruined a big night by the Pawtucket offense, a great night by Snyder.

 

Snyder added to an already dazzling season by blasting two more home runs and adding a single to start a two-run seventh by the PawSox that closed the gap to 12-10.

 

The third baseman (and occasional first baseman and leftfielder) now has 16 home runs, which not only leads the I.L., it ties Omaha's Calvin Pickering for the lead in all of professional baseball. Snyder also leads the league with 44 RBI and is in the top six in slugging percentage, extra base hits and doubles.

 

There have been 11 players who have performed for both Boston and Pawtucket already this season. Seven players who began the season in Pawtucket have been promoted to Boston. Snyder, a native New Englander (New Britain, Conn.) not only has not been promoted, he is not even on the parent team's 40-man roster. Going back to his big second half last season, Snyder has hit 31 home runs and driven 93 runs in his last 111 games.

 

"It's been a good streak. I'm feeling good, trying to do certain things in the cage," Snyder said. "I've been kind of streaky in my career, but in that I tread water a little bit at the start of the season then in the summer months I heat up a little bit."

 

Snyder is on such a streak that he hit his second homer in the fifth even though he was jammed on a pitch.

 

"It was a sinker down and in," Snyder said. He was not able to extend on the pitch and his top hand came off as he swung. "It looked ugly, but I got the barrel of the bat on it," he said.

 

"That just shows you how strong he is," Bailey said. The ball ended up on the berm in left, home run No. 16. Summer isn't even here and Snyder already is rod hot.

 

Even with all the scoring, it was a defensive play that saved the game for the Indians. Pawtucket had a run in, to close to 12-9, and the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the seventh. Kelly Shoppach then drilled a blast to right. The ball was long enough to get out for a grandslam. But Indianapolis rightfielder Hart went back to the fence, jumped and pulled the ball back in.

 

It went for a sacrifice fly but Indianapolis held the lead. Combined with the Indians' eight runs in the top of the inning, the seventh lasted 55 minutes.

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Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

Right-hander Dennis Sarfate delivered his second straight stellar performance and the short-handed Stars rolled to a 3-1 victory over Mobile on Friday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville (26-22) has won six of eight to pull within 1 1/2 games of West Tenn's lead in the Southern League West.

 

Sarfate (3-4) fanned nine Bay Bears, his personal season-high, and allowed just one unearned run over six outstanding innings. Sarfate permitted only three hits and walked none to win his second consecutive start. He threw 99 pitches, 65 for strikes, and surrendered but three baserunners, all on singles.

 

Huntsville's depleted offense - top run-producer Prince Fielder was suspended for three games for his part in Thursday's bench-clearing brawl - took advantage of two third-inning errors by Bears shortstop Ronnie Merrill, scoring one on a wild pitch and another on Tony Gwynn Jr.'s two-out single. In the seventh, Johnny Raburn ripped a triple to left-center and scored on Ozzie Chavez's single for a 3-1 Stars lead.

 

Stars reliver John Novinsky handled the rest. Novinsky has two victories and two saves in his last five appearances, notching his second save of the season Friday night. He fanned four and hit two batters over three scoreless, hitless frames.

 

Huntsville matches lefty Jeff Housman (1-2, 3.11) against Bears righty Clay Hensley (3-6, 6.11) in game three of the series Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Game time is 7:05 PM.

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Huntsville Times Game Story:

 

Sarfate sees the light, but not on scoreboard

Stars pitcher starting to figure out Double-A

By PAUL GATTIS

Times Sports Staff pgattis@htimes.com

 

Remember the old Saturday morning cartoons when a light bulb would flash above Wile E. Coyote's head when he finally figured it all out?

 

Now picture Wile E. wearing a Huntsville Stars cap and pitcher Dennis Sarfate's No. 40 jersey.

 

That's what the Mobile BayBears and 2,498 fans at Joe Davis Stadium saw Friday night - figuratively speaking, of course. After Sarfate struggled miserably through his first seven starts, the light bulb is now glowing above his head.

 

He sparkled in his second straight start, allowing only an unearned run on three hits in six innings as the Stars beat Mobile 3-1.

 

In fact, the worst thing Sarfate (3-4) did was perhaps strike out too many BayBears. He whiffed nine batters - including the first five of the game - but the strikeouts quickly upped his pitch count and he had to leave after six innings.

 

But after getting only one win in his first seven starts, Sarfate will happily accept such problems.

 

"I've gotten to where I'm more comfortable coming up from low A ball," Sarfate said. "You can get away with more pitches there. I've started concentrating more between starts."

 

Indeed, that renewed concentration was what earned Sarfate praise from pitching coach Fred Dabney following his seven-inning performance last Saturday when he allowed only two hits and one unearned run in seven innings.

 

And on a night when the new scoreboard was not debuted as planned (that grand opening will be tonight at 7:05 p.m.), the Stars provided ample entertainment themselves.

 

In the second inning, Johnny Raburn and Ozzie Chavez each reached on an error by Mobile shortstop Ronnie Merrill. Raburn scored on a wild pitch from losing pitcher Tim Stauffer (1-1) while Chavez scored on a two-out single by Tony Gwynn Jr.

 

That was a surplus of runs for Sarfate, who retired the first 10 batters he faced. The only Mobile run came in the sixth inning when Stars catcher Kade Johnson failed to handle a throw from Gwynn to tag out Mike Richardson.

 

Sarfate mowed down the BayBears by getting ahead with his fastball, then throwing his curveball and change-up for strikes. He also described his outing as "effectively wild" - keeping Mobile's batters off-balance even though he didn't walk a batter.

 

Then John Novinsky finished off the win with three dazzling innings of his own for his second save, striking out four and not allowing a hit.

 

It seems as if Sarfate is catching up with his quick promotion to Double-A Huntsville. After going 12-2 with a 2.84 ERA last year at low Single-A Beloit, Sarfate skipped high Single-A High Desert and headed for the Stars.

 

"It's a pretty big jump," Stars manager Frank Kremblas said. "Hitters here are a lot more patient for the most part. If you show that you're a little wild, they'll make you throw strikes."

 

Still, Kremblas isn't ready to declare Sarfate an all-star.

 

"Not really," Kremblas said. "He still had a lot of balls up in the (strike) zone. But if they keep swinging at it, you might as well keep throwing it there.

 

"But I'm sure some of them were not planned to be up there."

 

That light bulb above Sarfate's head, though, is still glowing.

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David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com Huntsville update:

 

13 Ks, 0 BBs, 0 SCOREBOARD

Maybe tomorrow.

 

That was the catch phrase today after the promised on-line debut of the new scoreboard didn't exactly materialize...... The lights worked, the led display worked, and the hi-def video screen worked, but the work on the scoreboard couldn't be completed because a three-hour shower during the afternoon kept workers from finishing the wiring and subsequent conduit work to the control room.......

 

The rain, as always when it's forecast, put a big damper on the crowd, usually large on a fireworks night........ By gametime, the skies were still mostly cloudy and the temperature, in the upper 80s all week, fell to 70° ........ Stars staff workers were optimistic that the scoreboard, with better weather forecast for Saturday, would get done, but some gave the odds at 50-50........ All the fans got tonight was a little tease. They saw the red lights register all zeroes across the nine-inning display. The logo lit brightly on the video screen (too brightly, in fact. It had to be turned off because Mobile players said it was too bright, and too distracting)....... The revolving ad panels had also yet to be finished and the analog clock had not been hoisted up.

 

Although the big night for the scoreboard turned out to be a dud, Dennis Sarfate was at least dynamite....... He turned in another excellent start, and following his seven-inning two-hitter over Jacksonville, he now has 13 innings in consecutive games without giving up an earned run........ Starting out with a fastball that topped at 95 mph early on, and a new curve variation he learned from Ben Hendrickson, Sarfate struck out the first five Mobile Bay Bears to face him --- swinging........ However, he really worked for it. Even though he struck out the side in the 1st and retired the side in the 2nd, he used 38 pitches doing it. He went to 3-and-2 counts to four of the first five hitters, 2-and-2 to another, and tolerated a lot of fouled off pitches --- four in the 1st and six more in the 2nd inning.......

 

Still, no Huntsville Star had struck out the first five hitters in a game since Luis Martinez did it last year, April 5th, when he pitched one of the finest games in Stars history, pitching no-hit ball for five innings against Jacksonville and striking out 11....... Sarfate had the goods to go nine innings tonight, if it were not for the fact that the first two innings were so prolonged. He threw 99 pitches, 65 for strikes in only six innings, but struck out nine, which is a season high for a starter, accomplished twice this season by Saturday's starter, Jeff Housman (1-2, 3.11), and scattered three hits --- a single through the right side with one out in the 4th, and a pair of singles to center in the 6th.......

 

John Novinsky pitched brilliantly with three no-hit innings of relief, striking out four, and registering the 700th save in Stars history........ Another milestone is expected to be reached tomorrow. The pitching staff is expected to hit the 17,000 mark in strikeouts for its 20-year history.......... The Bay Bears scored their only run to come within one while I was paying the price for a combination of burger and onions, so I can't really tell you what happened but we know back-up catcher Mike Richardson scored on a single by shortstop Ronnie Merrill and an error on Kade Johnson after the throw home.

 

There was one tense moment in the 8th inning when Novinsky repeated what pitcher Chris Rojas got suspended for Friday night.......... With one out, Novinsky, who had hit only one batter in over 21 innings this year, hit Richardson on the top of the helmet so loud, that the broadcast booth could hear it, and so hard, the ball bounced high in the air...... To his credit, Richardson simply dropped the bat down and trotted to first........ But then Novinsky hit the next batter, Todd Donovan, and that brought a warning from crew chief Rusty Griffin, who was behind home plate tonight, and visits to the mound by Fred Dabney and the infield, huddled in front of Novinsky for his sake........ Rattled, Novinsky threw a 1-1 pitch to Merrill wild and in the dirt, moving the two runners into scoring position, but Novinsky got him soon afterward on a grounder to Rickie Weeks.

 

Huntsville scored the first two runs of the game in the 4th inning as two disputed calls factored in the inning........ Johnny Raburn reached on a bobbled grounder by Merrill to lead off the frame and stole second on a close play at second that prompted Mobile manager Gary Jones to race out to argue with umpire Ria Cortesio........ Cortesio, the league's first female ump, had quite a hard day. After she was involved in a couple of disputed calls with Frank Kremblas, and a bad call in the 6th that cost the Stars a run, if that wasn't enough, three drunken redneck individuals were hurling insults at Cortesio from about six rows behind home plate, and were bounced from the stadium by GM Bryan Dingo on orders by Griffin.

 

Ozzie Chavez followed Raburn with a ground ball to short that was momentary fumbled again by Merrill, who recovered to throw to first as Chavez was called safe on another close play, and that prompted another visit to the field by Jones to argue........ Raburn eventually scored on a wild pitch and Chavez scored on a two-out single up the middle by Tony Gwynn Jr. to make it 2-0........ Raburn, who's turned into one very valuable utilityman, figured in the Stars' third run when he led off the 7th with a triple to the gap in right-center. He scored as Chavez singled him in.

 

Just as the Stars' problems with being short-handed in the bullpen early in the month ended, the problem is now with the bench, where catcher Joel Alvarado became the only one available after the suspension of Prince Fielder and the roster spot that's been empty since the promotion of Brandon Gemoll to Indy........ Fielder, technically a "combatant" in Friday night's brawl, was fined the $300 minimum for his part by the league and suspended for three games, as well as Mobile catcher Nick Trzesniak and pitcher Chris Rojas, who won't start serving his until the day before his next scheduled start........ Oddly enough, Rojas was just named BC Powder Southern League Pitcher-of-the-Week for allowing just three earned runs in 12 1/.3 innings for a 2.19 ERA....... Since both benches and bullpens emptied, everyone on both rosters was fined $100.

 

Without the problem of a depleted offense, the Stars have enough trouble scoring runs.... In games when they can muster only three runs or less, they are 7-18........ That changes dramatically with the addition of just one run. The Stars are 21-4 when they score four times or more in a game........ Mobile is batting under .230 as a team over their last 37 games and are now 3-10 when their opponents score first........ That should give us good odds to win tomorrow. The league is hitting .324 off tomorrow's starter, Clay Hensley (3-6, 6.11), who is tied for the lead in losses.......

 

Tony Gwynn (.350) and Brad Nelson (.318, four doubles) are the only Stars hitting better than .300 on this homestand....... Richie Weeks, uncharacteristally, has struck out six times in his last eight at-bats. Prior to Wednesday's off-day, Weeks had just 27 strikeouts in 138 at-bats (a .196 average)........ Dennis Sarfate finishes the month of May with a record of 2-2 and an ERA of 3.09 in six starts.

 

After 48 games, the Stars have committed 48 errors. the club record for fewest errors after 50 games is 53, set by the 1999 Stars....... The Stars already broke the record for fewest errors after 40 games (with 39), also previously held by the 1999 Stars....... With the 13-strikeout performance by Sarfate and Novinsky, the Stars pitching staff now leads the league with 413 Ks, two ahead of Greenville and seven ahead of Chattanooga. The Stars are also 3rd in ERA....... The BayBears promoted outfielder Freddy Guzman to the Triple-A Portland (PCL) before Friday's game.

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MassBrew

 

I watched the entire game on tv but not a single Brewer fan got in the view of the camera. I really enjoyed the two announcers the Paw Sox had working on the Cox 3 station that was being shown on our TV-40 in Indy. The Paw Sox also seem to get a better camera crew than the Indians always get. Very fun game to watch. I wish the games that I've been to so far this year would have been as exciting as this one. Corey Hart did a nice job on the field and on the bases. Steve Scarborough's glove to hand transition still bothers me. I've been watching it for 3 years and it has yet to improve. He makes a lot of easy outs almost turn into very close plays because of that. Once Ben Hendrickson got past the first few innings, he settled down nicely. His curveball was off last night so he re-adjusted with a fastball and slider combination. Roberto Giron needs to find a new organization. Three years is way too much time to invest into a AAA reliever. He shows some good stuff at times but he simply can not be relied upon. I hope he succeeds but his best chances are with someone else. Very nice game overall, especially by Earl Snyder.

[MassBrew]

Newspaper Coverage from Grand Rapids:

Beloit Daily News game story expected later today...

 

Caps' Kirkland has memorable night

The Grand Rapids Press

 

BELOIT, Wis. -- Kody Kirkland had both a night to remember and forget.

 

The red-hot-hitting third baseman went 2-for-5 at the plate with a run-scoring double, a two-run homer and all three RBIs for the West Michigan Whitecaps in a 4-3 defeat to the Beloit Snappers on Friday night at Pohlman Field.

 

Yet, in the field, he committed three errors in the same inning.

 

He also struck out three times, including getting called out on strikes with a pair of runners on base to end the contest.

 

The loss for the Whitecaps (18-29) was their fifth in the last six games.

 

The 20-year-old Kirkland supplied nearly all of the team's offense in the opener of a four-game series against the Snappers.

 

In the fifth inning, he ripped a two-out RBI double down the left-field line that brought home shortstop Juan Francia.

 

Kirkland has five doubles and eight extra-base hits over the last six games.

 

He stepped up to the plate in the seventh inning and hammered the first offering from Snappers relief pitcher Simon Beresford beyond the left-center field wall for a two-run shot that trimmed the deficit to one run.

 

Kirkland got one last opportunity to rescue the Whitecaps in their final at-bat.

 

Kirkland, who struck out in his first two plate appearances, came up in the top of the ninth inning with center fielder Vince Blue and second baseman Eric Rodland on first and second base, respectively, representing the tying and go-ahead runs. He got caught looking at a third-strike curveball for the final out of the game.

 

The team's record in one-run games drops to 4-11 this season.

 

Ironically, even though Kirkland had a pair of throwing errors and a fielding error in the fourth inning, the Snappers were unable to capitalize on the multiple miscues. Beloit scored just once during the frame on Adam Heether's leadoff homer.

 

The Snappers (25-21) grabbed a 4-0 lead with three runs in third inning and one more in the fourth.

[MassBrew]

Beloit Site Game Notes and Player of the Game Info:

 

www.snappersbaseball.com/...5962720e28

[MassBrew]

Our once-in-a-while look at the affiliate team stats and league leaders:

Keep in mind that players promoted between leagues get punished a bit when considered for being listed among league leaders...

 

AAA:

 

 BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 126 PLATE APPEARANCES) BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Vitiello, Joe TOL .357 38 140 25 50 8 32 Morneau, Justin ROC .356 37 149 27 53 10 29 Orr, Pete RMD .351 43 171 27 60 1 18 Peralta, Jhonny BUF .347 46 176 29 61 1 26 Bartlett, Jason ROC .339 27 115 23 39 1 12 Leon, Jose OTT .339 37 118 23 40 11 29 Thomas, Charles RMD .338 40 136 21 46 3 19 [b]Liefer, Jeff IND .338 45 160 30 54 11 41[/b] Collier, Lou SWB .329 46 170 27 56 8 35 Nelson, Bryant CHR .328 49 201 30 66 9 32

 RBI Snyder, Earl PAW 44 [b]Liefer, Jeff IND 41[/b] Deardorff, Jeff COL 40 Thames, Marcus TOL 38 Dominique, Andy PAW 38

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS COLUMBUS .286 1553 255 444 55 159 319 17 12 BUFFALO .277 1544 231 428 47 153 305 44 24 TOLEDO .277 1672 253 463 52 119 348 52 17 RICHMOND .275 1530 217 420 48 144 324 23 21 LOUISVILLE .270 1553 259 420 44 167 368 43 17 OTTAWA .266 1634 215 434 37 117 300 33 14 PAWTUCKET .265 1672 268 443 70 187 402 25 14 CHARLOTTE .263 1663 238 437 62 147 319 40 16 ROCHESTER .263 1622 216 427 45 159 263 32 19 [b]INDIANAPOLIS .260 1563 226 406 41 148 281 32 23[/b] SCRANTON-WB .259 1517 224 393 28 169 254 40 18 DURHAM .256 1482 209 380 50 126 329 33 16 SYRACUSE .255 1616 208 412 42 162 346 13 11 NORFOLK .247 1503 169 371 38 91 331 25 21

 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Leon, Jose OTT .720 Thames, Marcus TOL .649 Morneau, Justin ROC .644 Snyder, Earl PAW .633 [b]Liefer, Jeff IND .631[/b]

 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 37 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO [b]Reichert, Dan IND 2- 0 1.22 37 28 15 29[/b] Bell, Rob DUR 5- 0 1.69 37 28 8 35 Powell, Brian SWB 3- 1 1.83 39 24 6 25 Diaz, Felix CHR 7- 0 2.41 52 43 9 45 Denney, Kyle BUF 4- 1 2.45 44 34 9 43 Smith, Travis RMD 4- 1 2.49 51 47 13 44 *Graman, Alex COL 3- 2 2.50 40 28 15 41 Munro, Pete ROC 6- 2 2.81 48 43 10 32 Drew, Tim RMD 2- 4 2.84 44 49 13 20 Brown, Jamie PAW 3- 1 2.84 38 28 2 27

 SAVES Whiteside, Matt RMD 13 [b]Childers, Jason IND 13[/b] Crain, Jesse ROC 12 German, Franklyn TOL 12 Parra, Jose NOR 10

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO SCRANTON-WB 27- 20 3.76 376 4 5 15 40 122 247 NORFOLK 21- 24 3.90 405 0 3 14 46 139 293 DURHAM 24- 22 3.99 389 0 5 13 34 150 338 CHARLOTTE 27- 22 4.00 413 0 2 14 57 151 355 PAWTUCKET 25- 24 4.08 450 2 4 6 72 123 287 [b]INDIANAPOLIS 27- 19 4.13 421 0 2 15 40 148 345[/b] RICHMOND 23- 23 4.15 415 1 2 15 34 141 314 TOLEDO 24- 25 4.21 404 3 4 13 44 134 322 ROCHESTER 26- 22 4.25 432 0 3 19 50 122 350 COLUMBUS 24- 22 4.40 414 2 0 8 47 131 322 SYRACUSE 21- 28 4.42 455 3 1 14 50 134 345 LOUISVILLE 23- 25 4.74 401 2 3 9 49 161 337 BUFFALO 21- 26 5.40 416 1 2 11 37 188 294 OTTAWA 19- 30 5.82 487 0 1 12 59 204 340

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AA:

 RBI Stokes, Jason CAR 46 Hoffpauir, Micah WTE 39 Gutierrez, Jesse CNG 35 [b]Fielder, Prince HVL 33[/b] Several Players Tied at 31

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS CHATTANOOGA .283 1645 228 465 35 161 370 47 14 WEST TENN .275 1504 214 414 31 129 369 51 27 GREENVILLE .274 1639 211 449 45 144 389 28 23 CAROLINA .261 1573 242 411 57 165 397 49 23 MONTGOMERY .260 1593 197 414 24 107 339 21 18 TENNESSEE .260 1551 236 404 50 173 376 48 19 BIRMINGHAM .257 1575 218 404 45 162 386 41 24 JACKSONVILLE .255 1642 200 419 39 155 378 35 28 MOBILE .241 1550 202 373 51 153 395 42 21 [b]HUNTSVILLE .237 1555 207 368 39 155 364 44 25[/b]

 DOUBLES Ambres, Chip CAR 16 [b]Nelson, Brad HVL 15[/b] Lewis, Richard WTE 15 Bannon, Jeff CNG 14 Kelly, Kenny CNG 14

 EXTRA-BASE HITS [b]Nelson, Brad HVL 25[/b] Stokes, Jason CAR 25 McNeal, Aaron BIR 24 Lewis, Richard WTE 24 Several Players Tied at 22

 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 38 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Thompson, Bradley TEN 7- 1 1.33 54 37 7 39 *Munoz, Arnaldo BIR 6- 0 1.87 53 32 17 45 Etherton, Seth CNG 4- 1 1.98 41 31 9 46 *Meyer, Dan GRV 4- 2 1.98 41 29 8 50 Nall, T.J. JAX 4- 0 1.99 45 36 9 34 *Ketchner, Ryan JAX 3- 2 2.13 42 43 14 36 [b]Stewart, Paul HVL 4- 0 2.38 42 37 6 43[/b] *Thompson, Derek JAX 2- 2 2.55 49 55 16 34 Yofu, Tetsu BIR 3- 2 2.63 41 39 9 41 Brownlie, Bobby WTE 5- 3 2.83 60 52 13 43

 SAVES Baker, Brad MOB 12 Van Buren, Jermaine WTE 9 [b]Giron, Roberto HVL 8[/b] Brazoban, Yhency JAX 7 Several Players Tied at 6

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO BIRMINGHAM 24- 23 3.36 394 0 5 9 28 129 370 JACKSONVILLE 25- 23 3.46 417 1 1 9 42 168 400 [b]HUNTSVILLE 26- 22 3.51 409 0 2 13 35 135 413[/b] CHATTANOOGA 27- 21 3.81 422 1 2 11 39 123 406 WEST TENN 27- 20 4.15 395 1 3 11 42 163 354 MOBILE 24- 24 4.16 416 0 2 14 40 147 316 CAROLINA 26- 22 4.25 407 0 5 12 49 167 375 GREENVILLE 18- 30 4.27 429 0 3 6 31 183 411 TENNESSEE 24- 24 4.41 385 3 5 7 52 157 351 MONTGOMERY 18- 30 5.03 447 2 1 7 58 132 367

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A+:

 BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 129 PLATE APPEARANCES) BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Aybar, Erick RC .361 46 180 35 65 2 18 Colamarino, Brant MOD .352 48 176 39 62 11 40 Sinisi, Vincent STK .335 48 185 30 62 4 31 Baker, Jeffrey VIS .329 38 146 34 48 4 29 Lewis, Fred SJ .327 38 147 26 48 1 15 Gonzalez, Juan INL .326 45 181 31 59 1 23 Trumble, Dan SJ .325 45 154 31 50 13 30 Salazar, Jeff VIS .325 45 194 47 63 9 28 [b]Chavez, Ozzie HD .323 39 130 19 42 1 23[/b] Stavisky, Brian MOD .323 41 130 20 42 1 16

 STOLEN BASES Aybar, Erick RC 26 [b]Morris, Chris HD 23[/b] [b]Bibbs, Kennard HD 17[/b] Willits, Reggie RC 17 [b]Crabbe, Callix HD 16[/b]

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS LANCASTER .300 1635 321 491 59 168 271 42 23 MODESTO .288 1704 261 491 32 181 311 28 16 RANCHO CUCAMONGA .280 1644 260 461 46 132 335 70 43 INLAND EMPIRE .279 1635 259 456 26 133 318 49 33 BAKERSFIELD .274 1663 223 455 39 124 347 34 25 VISALIA .269 1674 282 450 38 193 360 33 13 [b]HIGH DESERT .268 1696 255 455 29 171 352 71 37[/b] LAKE ELSINORE .268 1654 236 444 37 174 403 37 26 STOCKTON .265 1644 254 436 33 192 380 43 19 SAN JOSE .263 1670 251 439 39 177 358 47 24

 TRIPLES Sosa, Carlos SJ 6 Salazar, Jeff VIS 5 Aybar, Erick RC 5 [b]Crabbe, Callix HD 5[/b] [b]Bibbs, Kennard HD 5[/b]

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO INLAND EMPIRE 28- 20 3.55 380 0 4 16 30 116 374 SAN JOSE 27- 22 3.80 405 0 1 14 32 152 357 LAKE ELSINORE 26- 21 4.22 442 1 3 14 36 158 333 MODESTO 30- 19 4.54 438 0 1 17 28 184 350 BAKERSFIELD 17- 31 4.57 464 0 2 9 28 202 374 STOCKTON 22- 26 4.65 449 1 4 8 34 154 287 RANCHO CUCAMONGA 21- 26 4.91 476 0 0 13 47 173 338 LANCASTER 27- 20 5.04 491 0 1 8 41 158 339 VISALIA 22- 26 5.51 497 1 1 12 46 156 317 [b]HIGH DESERT 20- 29 6.10 536 0 0 9 56 192 366[/b]

 WALKS Comolli, Mark BAK 42 DeBarr, Nick BAK 34 [b]Henderson, Eric HD 31[/b] Toledo, Jean RC 23 Several Players Tied at 22

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Johnson, Doug VIS 9 Shell, Steven RC 9 Wilson, Phil RC 9 [b]Ballouli, Khalid HD 9[/b] Several Players Tied at 8

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A:

 BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 126 PLATE APPEARANCES) BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Kinsler, Ian CLN .396 47 182 40 72 6 40 Ryan, Brendan PEO .361 37 147 17 53 0 22 Kendrick, Howie CR .341 40 170 38 58 4 21 Cabrera, Melky BTC .333 42 171 35 57 0 16 Collins, Kevin LAN .333 45 156 29 52 13 38 Senreiso, Juan CLN .329 40 155 26 51 3 28 Wilson, Bobby CR .325 32 120 15 39 3 26 [b]Rottino, Vinny BLT .313 47 179 24 56 5 32[/b] Ramos, Peeter FTW .310 41 171 28 53 3 21 Maier, Mitch BUR .309 45 175 20 54 3 23

 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS PEORIA .276 1562 242 431 34 154 331 48 22 CEDAR RAPIDS .269 1595 258 429 51 119 401 58 25 BATTLE CREEK .261 1566 203 408 33 138 370 29 15 KANE COUNTY .261 1617 265 422 34 239 372 24 9 [b]BELOIT .258 1540 214 398 22 123 331 29 17[/b] CLINTON .258 1557 243 401 29 214 396 57 21 SOUTH BEND .253 1594 209 404 27 92 304 50 23 LANSING .250 1613 221 403 40 134 365 51 22 WEST MICHIGAN .247 1647 184 407 30 133 402 47 21 DAYTON .243 1572 210 382 45 166 506 27 20 FORT WAYNE .239 1665 205 398 31 134 418 30 16 QUAD CITY .236 1524 201 360 22 135 330 56 21 WISCONSIN .226 1529 194 346 24 185 366 41 16 BURLINGTON .218 1516 162 330 16 136 358 45 21

 HITS Kinsler, Ian CLN 72 Kendrick, Howie CR 58 Cabrera, Melky BTC 57 [b]Rottino, Vinny BLT 56[/b] Maier, Mitch BUR 54

 TRIPLES Chirinos, Robinson LAN 6 Colton, Chris WIS 5 [b]Rottino, Vinny BLT 5[/b] Cosby, Quan CR 4 Whitrock, Scott QC 4

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO LANSING 28- 20 2.89 377 1 4 17 30 119 405 SOUTH BEND 31- 17 3.04 370 2 6 20 27 131 393 KANE COUNTY 28- 19 3.42 372 1 4 13 31 118 411 QUAD CITY 22- 24 3.63 374 0 4 14 22 185 388 WEST MICHIGAN 18- 29 3.64 418 1 3 8 20 134 329 CLINTON 26- 22 3.74 369 0 5 13 30 119 398 CEDAR RAPIDS 28- 19 3.75 355 1 5 13 25 181 401 WISCONSIN 20- 27 4.24 410 1 4 10 35 152 338 FORT WAYNE 19- 29 4.27 435 1 1 6 39 171 410 [b]BELOIT 27- 21 4.31 400 1 3 14 39 167 339[/b] BATTLE CREEK 21- 26 4.36 407 2 5 11 26 186 381 PEORIA 28- 19 4.36 405 4 5 14 30 147 300 BURLINGTON 16- 32 4.41 418 1 2 9 38 131 361 DAYTON 20- 28 4.93 409 0 2 12 46 161 396

 WALKS Gomez, Abel BTC 29 Wright, Chase BTC 27 [b]Montalbo, Brian BLT 26[/b] Coonrod, Aaron FTW 25 Several Players Tied at 24

 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Beam, T.J. BTC 8 [b]Montalbo, Brian BLT 8[/b] Several Players Tied at 7

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Daily Press High Desert Game Story:

 

www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...754,43012,

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Beloit Daily News Game Story:

A bit surprisingly, not a first-hand account...

 

www.beloitdailynews.com/504/snap29.htm