Link Report for Games of Thursday, July 31st

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Site Doubleheader Summary:

Jeff Housman your featured photo...

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=247

 

Huntsville Game One Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 7/31/03 BIRMINGHAM 1 AT HUNTSVILLE 5 DH GAME #1 YTD YTD BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG C.Durham CF 2 0 0 0 .277 R.Knox LF 3 0 0 0 .252 J.Piniella LF 3 0 0 0 .284 D.Krynzel CF 2 1 0 0 .299 J.Reed RF 3 0 0 0 .394 J.Hardy SS 3 1 1 0 .289 G.Alvarez 1B 3 0 1 0 .310 C.Hart 3B 3 1 2 2 .306 C.Maldonado DH 3 0 0 0 .266 B.Gemoll DH 3 1 1 0 .255 C.Saunders 3B 3 0 2 0 .196 N.Varner RF 3 1 1 1 .277 G.Reyes SS 2 0 0 0 .198 B.Nelson 1B 3 0 1 2 .192 S.Morales CAT 3 1 2 1 .200 K.Johnson CAT 2 0 0 0 .179 D.Sandoval 2B 3 0 1 0 .271 A.Machado 2B 2 0 0 0 .228 M.Wylie PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Housman PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 TOTALS 25 1 6 1 TOTALS 24 5 6 5 BIRMINGHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 1 6 1 HUNTSVILLE 0 3 2 0 0 0 X- 5 6 0 E--C.Durham. DP--BIRMINGHAM 0, HUNTSVILLE 2. LOB--BIRMINGHAM 5, HUNTSVILLE 2. 2B--C.Hart (30), B.Nelson (2). HR--S.Morales (1). SB--D.Krynzel (38). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BIRMINGHAM M.Wylie (L,3-4) 6.0 6 5 5 1 5 0 4.47 HUNTSVILLE J.Housman (W,3-0) 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 1 1.45 SO--C.Durham, C.Saunders, R.Knox, D.Krynzel, C.Hart, B.Nelson, K.Johnson. BB--C.Durham, G.Reyes, D.Krynzel. T--1:52.

Huntsville Game Two Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 7/31/03 BIRMINGHAM 1 AT HUNTSVILLE 2 DH GAME #2 YTD YTD BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG D.Sandoval SS 4 0 0 0 .268 R.Knox LF 2 0 0 0 .250 T.Nicholson 2B 2 1 1 0 .250 D.Krynzel CF 3 0 1 0 .300 J.Reed RF 3 0 1 0 .393 J.Hardy SS 2 0 0 0 .287 G.Alvarez 1B 3 0 1 1 .310 C.Hart 3B 2 1 1 0 .307 S.Bikowski DH 3 0 1 0 .316 R.Gripp DH 3 0 1 1 .288 C.Maldonado CAT 3 0 1 0 .267 N.Varner RF 2 0 1 0 .279 J.Hamilton LF 3 0 1 0 .273 B.Nelson 1B 2 0 0 0 .179 J.Shaffer 3B 2 0 0 0 .206 M.Kremblas CAT 2 1 1 0 .199 C.Saunders PH 1 0 0 0 .191 C.Barnwell 2B 2 0 0 0 .247 C.Durham CF 3 0 2 0 .281 J.Shelley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.An PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Parker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.McWhirter PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Meaux PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 27 1 8 1 TOTALS 20 2 5 1 BIRMINGHAM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1 8 3 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 1 0 0 1 X- 2 5 0 E--C.Maldonado, J.Hamilton, C.Durham. DP--BIRMINGHAM 0, HUNTSVILLE 2. LOB--BIRMINGHAM 6, HUNTSVILLE 4. 2B--S.Bikowski (20). SB--T.Nicholson (2), M.Kremblas (4). CS--R.Knox. HBP--T.Nicholson. SH--J.Hardy. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BIRMINGHAM B.An 3.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.40 K.McWhirter 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5.27 R.Meaux (L,0-1) 2.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1.93 HUNTSVILLE J.Shelley 5.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 2.00 M.Parker (W,7-5) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.38 HB--J.Shelley. WP--J.Shelley. SO--D.Sandoval, J.Reed, G.Alvarez 2, C.Maldonado, J.Shaffer, C.Saunders, D.Krynzel, B.Nelson, M.Kremblas. BB--R.Knox, C.Hart, N.Varner. T--1:51.

[MassBrew]

Inland Empire (Mariners) 6, High Desert 2

 

High Desert Site Game Summary:

 

San Bernardino, CA ? The Inland Empire 66ers capitalized on seven walks in the first three innings, and defeated the High Desert Mavericks by a final score of 6-2 on Thursday night at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in San Bernardino.

 

Mavs starter Tommy Marx (0-2) struggled with his control, allowing three runs in the first inning as Inland Empire took an early 3-0 lead. After allowing an RBI double to Shin-Soo Choo to make it 2-0, Marx loaded the bases and then forced in a run with a walk to Hunter Brown.

 

The 66ers added a run in the second as Dustin DeLucchi doubled and scored from third on a wild pitch.

 

In the third, Marx walked the first two men he faced before getting Brown to foul out. Danny Stout came on and after getting Chris Collins to foul out, gave up an RBI single to former Mav Cristian Guerrero, making it 5-0.

 

Guerrero added his second of three hits on the night in the fifth, as he knocked in Jason Van Meetren with an RBI double to make it 6-0.

 

The Mavs finally got something going against 66ers starter Glenn Bott in the seventh. Froilan Villanueva and Jeremy Frost opened up the inning with consecutive hits. Frost's double chased home Villanueva to make it 6-1. Frost later scored on an RBI double to left field by Ralph Santana to make it 6-2. After Joel Alvarado singled to put runners at first and third with one out, Bott (6-5) was replaced by Ryan Rowland-Smith. Ozzie Chavez promptly grounded into the inning-ending double play to end any chance at a come-back.

 

Tony Stavros came out of the bullpen and worked two scoreless innings for High Desert to keep it close.

 

In the ninth, Jared Thomas worked a 1-2-3 frame as Inland Empire held on for their third win in four games in the series.

 

Santana, who started the game in right field, threw out two different base runners at home on the night. Santana threw out Jason Van Meetren trying to score from second to end the third inning. He later gunned down Dustin DeLucchi, trying to score on a fly ball by Shin-Soo Choo in the sixth.

 

The loss is the fifth in the last six games for the Mavs, as they fall to 9-31 in the second half. They are now 42 games under .500 at 34-76 overall in 2003.

 

High Desert opens a three-game set in Lancater on Friday night against the JetHawks. Dan Hall (6-9) throws against Keith Whatley (2-2) of the JetHawks. Game time from the Hangar is 7:15 (9:15 Central).

 

High Desert Box Score:

Mavs' batters just aren't working the count at all as of late -- no walks drawn...

 GAME DATE: 7/31/03 HIGH DESERT 2 AT INLAND EMPIRE 6 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG INLAND EMPIRE AB R H BI AVG C.Morris CF 4 0 1 0 .264 D.Delucchi CF 2 2 2 0 .329 T.West 2B 4 0 1 0 .245 I.Castro 2B 3 1 1 0 .264 D.Clark LF 4 0 0 0 .350 S.Choo LF 4 1 1 1 .296 F.Villanueva DH 4 1 1 0 .296 J.Castellano 1B 2 1 0 0 .305 J.Frost 1B 4 1 1 1 .259 J.VanMeetren DH 2 1 1 0 .257 J.Raburn 3B 4 0 0 0 .271 H.Brown 3B 3 0 0 1 .272 R.Santana RF 3 0 2 1 .277 C.Collins CAT 4 0 0 0 .294 J.Alvarado CAT 3 0 1 0 .143 C.Guerrero RF 4 0 3 2 .271 O.Chavez SS 3 0 0 0 .225 E.Menchaca SS 4 0 1 0 .231 T.Marx PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Bott PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Stout PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Rowland-sm PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Stavros PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Thomas PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 28 6 9 4 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0- 2 7 3 INLAND EMPIRE 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X- 6 9 0 E--C.Morris, J.Alvarado, T.Marx. DP--HIGH DESERT 4, INLAND EMPIRE 1. LOB--HIGH DESERT 4, INLAND EMPIRE 8. 2B--J.Frost (6), R.Santana (8), D.Delucchi 2 (14), S.Choo (12), C.Guerrero (9). CI--D.Delucchi. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT T.Marx (L,0-2) 2.1 2 5 5 7 1 0 17.50 D.Stout 3.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 4.76 T.Stavros 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.96 INLAND EMPIRE G.Bott (W,6-5) 6.1 7 2 2 0 8 0 3.09 R.Rowland-sm 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.07 J.Thomas 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.96 WP--T.Marx 2. SO--D.Clark 2, F.Villanueva 2, J.Frost 3, J.Raburn, R.Santana, O.Chavez, J.Castellano, C.Collins, E.Menchaca 2. BB-- D.Delucchi 2, I.Castro 2, J.Castellano 2, J.VanMeetren 2, H.Brown. T--2:54. A--1980

[MassBrew]

Billings (Reds) 12, Helena 8

 

Helena Independent Record Game Story:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...103_02.txt

 

Helena Site with additional details:

 

Helena jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first but was unable to hold it, as Billings scored eight runs in the middle three; including six in the seventh to top Helena 12-6 Thursday night in Billings. Helena had 11 hits but left seven on base as their second half struggles continued. The Brew Crew is now 1-3 to start the second half.

 

Lou Palmisano went three-for-five, a home run shy of the cycle. Drew Anderson went two-for-five with an RBI for the Brewers. Andri Gomez had two hits coming off the bench.

 

Mitch Stetter started for the Brewers only lasting four innings while giving up four runs. Simon Beresford had his worst outing of the season pitching one-and-one-third allowing five runs on three hits. Greg Moreira pitched the final two and two-thirds allowing three runs on three hits.

 

Helena Box Score:

Six unearned runs, otherwise ERA's would have suffered more...

 GAME DATE: 7/31/03 HELENA 8 AT BILLINGS 12 YTD YTD HELENA AB R H BI AVG BILLINGS AB R H BI AVG G.Rodriguez 2B 3 0 0 0 .231 L.Bolivar SS 3 2 1 3 .420 A.Gomez PH 1 1 1 0 .233 T.Cairns 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Gomez 2B 1 1 1 0 .233 J.Votto 1B 2 0 0 0 .345 M.Melo CF 5 2 1 0 .258 P.Gentry LF 2 1 0 0 .206 D.Anderson LF 5 2 2 1 .326 M.Perez CAT 3 2 0 0 .368 L.Palmisano DH 5 1 3 2 .378 W.Olmstead 1B 3 2 2 1 .269 B.Whitney 1B 4 1 0 0 .333 W.Olmstead LF 2 0 1 0 .269 J.Barnes 3B 5 0 1 1 .264 B.Himes RF 4 0 2 2 .305 A.SegurCornr CAT 3 0 1 0 .340 R.Mosby DH 5 2 3 3 .213 V.Rottino CAT 1 0 0 0 .345 C.Dickerson CF 4 1 1 0 .200 R.Deevers RF 4 0 1 1 .306 D.Beale 2B 3 2 1 1 .223 A.Septimo SS 4 0 0 0 .219 J.Knoff PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Stetter PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Escorcha PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Talamantez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Moreira PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Shafer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 41 8 11 5 TOTALS 35 12 12 10 HELENA 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3- 8 11 2 BILLINGS 0 3 0 1 2 6 0 0 X-12 12 4 E--A.SegurCornr, A.Septimo, L.Bolivar, T.Cairns, J.Votto 2. DP-- HELENA 0, BILLINGS 0. LOB--HELENA 7, BILLINGS 7. 2B--A.Gomez 2 (5), D.Anderson (8), L.Palmisano (11), B.Himes (7), C.Dickerson (4). 3B--L.Palmisano (1). HR--L.Bolivar (5), R.Mosby (5). SB--W.Olmstead (1). HBP--M.Perez 2. SF--B.Himes. SH--T.Cairns. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HELENA M.Stetter 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 1 3.38 S.Beresford (L,2-3) 1.1 3 5 3 3 1 0 4.58 G.Moreira 2.2 3 3 0 0 2 1 5.93 BILLINGS J.Knoff (W,6-1) 6.0 6 4 0 1 4 0 1.32 O.Escorcha 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.14 D.Talamantez 1.1 3 3 2 0 2 0 8.50 D.Shafer 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.59 HB--S.Beresford, G.Moreira. WP--M.Stetter, S.Beresford, G.Moreira, D.Talamantez. PB--M.Perez. SO--G.Rodriguez, D.Anderson, B.Whitney 3, A.SegurCornr, V.Rottino, A.Septimo, J.Votto, P.Gentry, W.Olmstead 2, B.Himes, C.Dickerson. BB--B.Whitney, L.Bolivar 2, P.Gentry, D.Beale. T--2:52. A--2687

[MassBrew]

Arizona Brewers 7, Arizona Athletics 2

 

Outstanding pitching here from 2003 8th round North Carolina high schooler Ryan Marion, 2003 6th round Indiana high schooler Robbie Wooley, and undrafted free agent Forrest Martin (striking out the side in the 9th).

 

We've uncovered the missing Arizona box score from Wednesday's game -- make sure to check out the tail end of that Link Report for details...

 GAME DATE: 7/31/03 BREWERS 7 AT ATHLETICS 2 YTD YTD BREWERS AB R H BI AVG ATHLETICS AB R H BI AVG D.Bates LF 3 0 2 0 .290 J.Mejia 2B 4 0 0 0 .374 W. Lewis 2B 3 2 0 1 .292 J.Acosta SS 3 0 0 0 .291 G.Acosta SS 5 2 3 2 .346 D.Sutton 1B 4 0 1 0 .352 C.Corporan CAT 4 1 1 2 .274 T.Klipnstein LF 4 0 1 0 .325 B.Opdyke DH 4 0 2 1 .240 J.Garcia CF 4 0 1 0 .326 F.Plasencia CF 4 0 1 0 .276 G.Petit DH 4 0 0 0 .273 T.McCormack 3B 4 1 1 0 .241 J.Ramirez CAT 4 1 2 1 .256 R.Pijuan 1B 4 0 1 1 .250 E.Macha 3B 4 1 2 0 .163 F.Mejia RF 4 1 1 0 .273 J.Beauregard RF 3 0 1 0 .253 B.Rauch PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Santana PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Wooley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Santana PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Martin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Heuser PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Tovar PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 7 12 7 TOTALS 34 2 8 1 BREWERS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3- 7 12 3 ATHLETICS 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0- 2 8 0 E--T.McCormack 2, R.Pijuan. DP--BREWERS 2, ATHLETICS 0. LOB--BREWERS 11, ATHLETICS 6. 2B--B.Opdyke (4), T.McCormack (4), R.Pijuan (3), D.Sutton (14), J.Ramirez (6). 3B--G.Acosta (3), J.Garcia (4). HR--J.Ramirez (4). SB--F.Mejia (2). HBP--R.Pijuan, F.Mejia. SF--W. Lewis, C.Corporan, B.Opdyke. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREWERS R.Marion (W,2-0) 6.0 5 2 1 0 4 1 2.76 R.Wooley 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2.25 F.Martin 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.70 ATHLETICS B.Santana (L,3-1) 5.0 8 4 4 1 4 0 5.17 R.Santana 3.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 6.11 J.Heuser 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 12.10 M.Tovar 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.10 HB--B.Santana, R.Santana. SO--D.Bates, F.Plasencia, T.McCormack, R.Pijuan 2, F.Mejia, J.Mejia 3, T.Klipnstein, G.Petit 2, J.Ramirez, E.Macha 2. BB--D.Bates 2, W. Lewis, F.Plasencia, T.McCormack, J.Acosta. T--2:46.

[biedergb]

I am officially going to start the petition that Jason Shelley and Jeff Housman pitch double-headers for the rest of the season.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

But really - wow, two shutout on their debuts, solid follow up starts, and now the double-dip again with a combined 2 runs allowed.

 

Also the group of HS drafted pitchers in Arizona is encouraging (Hawk, Wooley, Marion and Morrison).http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/glasses.gif

[lend d money]

It was a beneficial night for both the Snappers and the Stars as both beat a pursuer and saw other close second-half eligible contenders lose.

[MassBrew]

Darn near impossible to get game stories this week while the Snappers visit Peoria. There's little doubt that all the newspaper reporters throughout the Midwest League towns and in future minor league locales have two easy feature article targets in Prince Fielder and Tony Gwynn. I imagine they're asked to grant interview requests in each and every town they visit. Prince was yesterday, Tony today:

 

Peoria Star Tony Gwynn Feature:

 

pjstar.com/sports/chiefs/g180560a.html

[MassBrew]

Daily Press High Desert Game Story:

Full of quotes -- an example here of being able to stick with a struggling player when a playoff spot isn't on the line, and nice to see Ralph Santana backing up his teammate; that being said, even with a 12-man staff, these arms are pretty stretched out...

 

www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...888,88749,

[MassBrew]

From today's Journal Online:

 

HUNTSVILLE (AA): The Stars (21-16) took game one of a doubleheader, beating Birmingham 5-1. Jeff Housman (3-0) went the distance for Huntsville. Game two was postponed by rain.

 

Must have been a scrimmage last night, then....

 

Sometimes I wonder why Brian felt there was a need for Brewerfan, given the outstanding coverage elsewhere...

[squarepusher]

First Jason Shelley has to endure 2+ years in the independent leagues, and now his starts don't even count.

 

talk about having the deck stacked against you.

[WanaBGM]

Give him a break. Nieves was a fine young pitcher who, unfortunately,http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eyes.gif tore up his shoulder because of excessive, unsupervised weight lifting.

[MassBrew]

That's how I remember Juan Nieves as well, WanaBGM -- sometimes those of us old enough to remember need to set the young pups straight...

 

Anyway, back to the "Report":

 

Huntsville Times Game Story:

Quotes from Jeff Housman, his manager, and his pitching coach...

 

www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...774820.xml