Link Report for 7/24 - Luis' dandy debut; is Manny Parra OK?

[MassBrew]

Indy Site Game Summary:

Wonder if his new teammates enjoyed Martinez' "attempts" to hit http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ; what a night for Steve Scarborough -- heck, what a week!

 

RICHMOND, VA -- Luis Martinez earned the win in his first career Triple-A start as the visiting Indianapolis Indians defeated the Richmond Braves 6-1 on Thursday night. The Indians offense came through with three runs in both the seventh and eighth innings as Steve Scarborough and Pete Zoccolillo each blasted home runs for the Tribe.

 

Martinez, promoted from Double-A Huntsville earlier in the day, struck out six over 6.1 innings of shutout baseball, scattering seven hits. Martinez (1-0) struck out two batters in the first, third, and fourth innings before giving way to the Tribe bullpen with one out in the seventh inning.

 

Scarborough, meanwhile, had a monster game reaching safely in each of his first four trips to the plate. Scarborough finished the game 4-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBI, two doubles, and a back-breaking three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning that gave the Tribe a 6-0 lead.

 

Richmond's Chris Fussell (7-10) cruised through the Indians lineup to open the game, matching Martinez zero for zero while allowing only four Tribe hits through six innings.

 

Fussell's luck changed quickly in the top of the seventh inning when Keith Luuloa's one-out bloop single to right was followed by Zoccolillo's eighth home run of the season as the Indians broke open the scoreless tie. Scarborough scored the Tribe's third run of the inning on an RBI single by Ryan Knox.

 

John Foster relieved Martinez with one out in the bottom of the seventh and pitched 1.1 innings for Indianapolis striking out two and walking one. Ben Ford, who pitched the final out of the eighth inning in relief of Foster, allowed one run in the bottom of the ninth on a double and two infield singles before striking out Wilson Betemit for the final out of the ballgame.

 

The Indians (45-58 ) will travel to Durham on Friday to open a four-game series with the Bulls before returning to Victory Field on Tuesday to open an eight-game homestand. Lefthander Doug Davis (0-1, 6.43) will start Friday night for the Tribe against Bartolome Fortunato (1-1, 3.57) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Former Star Bucky Jacobsen will be 28 next month; it'll be interesting to see if St. Louis gives him some love soon...

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=235

[MassBrew]

High Desert Site Game Summary:

 

ADELANTO, CA ? The San Jose Giants took the final two games of the four-game series with the High Desert Mavericks, winning the finale at Mavericks Stadium by a final score of 8-3 on Thursday night. The loss is the second straight for the Mavs, as they fall to 7-26 in the second half, and 32-71 overall.

 

The Giants? offense got out to an 8-0 lead for starting pitcher Chris Begg, who was nearly flawless on the night. Begg benefited from good San Jose defense, holding the Mavs to just one run on three hits in eight innings of work. Begg?s only mistake came to Brian Foster in the eighth inning. Foster crushed a pitch down the left field line, for his team-leading 15th home run of the year, and third in his last three games. Begg (2-0) struck out six without walking a batter in earning his second win since leaving the Independent Northern League and signing with the Giants.

 

Dan Trumble?s two-run homer in the second put the Giants ahead to stay. The Giants made it 4-0 against Mavs starter Chad Petty in the fourth. Derin McMains homered and Branden Florence also drove in a run with an RBI single, as the Giants chased Petty (0-7) after throwing 90 pitches in only four innings. The Giants added three in the fifth off Mavs reliever Aaron Dean to go up 7-0. Justin Knoedler had a solo shot to lead the effort. They completed their scoring, picking up one more against Dean in the sixth, as McMains capped a three-RBI night with a sac fly.

 

Trailing 8-1 in the ninth, High Desert?s Daryl Clark crushed a two-run home run to right field off Giants? reliever Jackson Markert. For Clark, it?s his 13th homer of the year in a Mavs uniform and 15th overall. Clark appeared in his first game since May 9th when he and catcher Kade Johnson were promoted to AA Huntsville. Clark finished the night with two of the Mavs four base hits.

 

Jeff Hundley and Tony Stavros were excellent out of the Mavs bullpen, holding San Jose scoreless for a combined 3.2 innings.

 

The Mavs hit the road to Rancho Cucamonga in the first of ten straight road games on Friday night. Chris Saenz will go for the Mavs in the first of three at the Epicenter. Game time on Friday night is 7:15 (9:15 Central).

 

High Desert Line Score:

 

 CAL FINAL R H E - - - SAN JOSE 8 13 1 HIGH DESERT 3 4 2

[Highroller720]

As reported

 

Helena 7, Great Falls (White Sox) 4

 

Boxscore

 

 HELENA 7 AT GREAT FALLS 4 YTD YTD HELENA AB R H BI AVG GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG G.Rodriguez 2B 5 0 1 0 .241 A.Gray 2B 4 0 2 1 .331 T.Trofholz CF 5 2 4 0 .358 R.Nanita CF 4 0 0 0 .371 D.Anderson LF 4 1 1 1 .336 M.Myers SS 4 0 0 0 .310 R.Deevers PH 1 0 0 0 .310 C.Lee CAT 4 0 1 0 .323 R.Deevers RF 0 0 0 0 .310 B.Bounds 1B 4 0 0 0 .328 L.Palmisano CAT 5 2 2 1 .388 S.Morris RF 3 2 2 1 .264 B.Whitney DH 3 1 1 2 .358 C.Lisk DH 4 1 1 1 .266 V.Rottino 1B 5 0 3 2 .354 C.King LF 3 1 1 0 .261 J.Barnes 3B 5 0 0 0 .267 C.Kelly 3B 4 0 2 1 .223 M.Melo LF 0 0 0 0 .286 B.McCarthy PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Melo RF 4 0 0 0 .286 M.Moat PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Septimo SS 3 1 3 0 .227 F.Dizard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Kloostrmn PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Carter PIT 0 0 0 0 .289 D.Eveland PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 40 7 15 6 TOTALS 34 4 9 4 HELENA 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0- 7 15 0 GREAT FALLS 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2- 4 9 2 E--C.King, B.McCarthy. DP--HELENA 2, GREAT FALLS 1. LOB--HELENA 9, GREAT FALLS 8. 2B--B.Whitney (11), V.Rottino (5), C.Lisk (3), C.Kelly (7). 3B--C.King (2). HR--S.Morris (3). SB--T.Trofholz (15), D.Anderson (4), L.Palmisano (9), A.Septimo 2 (5). HBP--R.Nanita, C.King. SF--B.Whitney. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HELENA G.Kloostrmn (W,3-0) 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 4.28 N.Carter 1.1 3 2 2 1 2 0 7.71 D.Eveland 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.93 GREAT FALLS B.McCarthy (L,4-3) 6.0 12 7 7 1 5 0 2.94 M.Moat 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.77 F.Dizard 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.45 HB--D.Eveland 2. BALKS--N.Carter, D.Eveland, B.McCarthy. SO--D.Anderson 2, L.Palmisano, B.Whitney, V.Rottino, J.Barnes, M.Melo, R.Nanita 2, M.Myers 2, B.Bounds, S.Morris, C.Lisk 2, C.King, C.Kelly. BB--B.Whitney, A.Septimo, A.Gray, M.Myers, S.Morris. T--2:52. A--2291 

[MassBrew]

Beloit Game Summary (Burlington Site):

If Manny Parra left due to injury, it doesn't indicate so here -- but we'll try to find out more, as the Burlington newspaper accounts won't be out until early afternoon Friday; huge blast by Travis Hinton, who's heating up big-time...

 

www.gobees.com/press/p1_0725.html

[MassBrew]

Wow, some huge offensive nights for Helena; looks like the bullpen was spent -- seven big innings from lefty Greg Kloosterman, and then OF Nic Carter (!) brought in to mop up, with Dana Eveland plunking a couple of batters while protecting the late lead...

[mothershipconnection]

with Dana Eveland plunking a couple of batters to protect the late lead...

Ya gotta love minor leaguers who aren't afraid to dust/plunk guys, it shows that they already have the guts they're gonna need if they make it to the big show.

[MassBrew]

Thanks again to everyone for contributing to the Link Report again tonight! It took a little while, but this is exactly how we envisioned the "Report" taking shape.

 

Promote the heck out of the minor league kids -- make it convenient for everyone to locate their game broadcasts -- and share the fun!

 

We're thrilled that things have evolved the way they have -- heck, many of you now know how to post the box scores properly now! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[NastyTwig]

Quote:

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If Manny Parra left due to injury, it doesn't indicate so here -- but we'll try to find out more, as the Burlington newspaper accounts won't be out until early afternoon Friday

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I'm pretty sure he left due to injury. I believe he took a ball off his hand and left soon after that.

[obobo55]

Wow this is a heck of a team here in Helena!!!

 

There are no park-effects here like in Adelanto, right???

 

5 Regulars hitting above .336...

 

Trofholz 15 steals, Palmisano with 9!!!

 

Looks like they beat a pretty good pitcher tonite too--B. Mcarthy YTD ERA of 2.94 after giving up 7 earned in 6 innings?

 

Hope they can repeat these stats at higher levels next year after they win championship!!!http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eek.gif

[MassBrew]

High Desert Box Score:

Brian Foster must be the strongest kid in the system behind Prince -- 28 of his 49 hits for extra-bases -- now about the rest of his offensive game, though; wow, no more excuses -- Chad Petty's been a major disappointment...

 SAN JOSE AB R H BI AVG HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG D.McMains 2B 5 1 3 3 .248 C.Morris CF 3 1 0 0 .263 M.Holst LF 1 0 0 0 .271 J.Raburn 2B 4 0 0 0 .270 M.Holst CF 2 1 0 0 .271 D.Clark LF 4 1 2 2 .355 B.Carter CF 0 0 0 0 .263 S.Candelaria 3B 4 0 0 0 .294 B.Florence DH 6 0 1 1 .289 J.Frost 1B 4 0 0 0 .290 D.Ortmeier RF 6 0 3 1 .290 F.Villanueva DH 4 0 0 0 .289 T.Von schell 1B 6 0 0 0 .245 R.Santana RF 3 0 0 0 .272 J.Cordido SS 4 0 1 0 .258 B.Foster CAT 3 1 2 1 .194 J.Knoedler CAT 3 3 2 1 .240 T.West SS 3 0 0 0 .256 Z.Strong 3B 4 1 1 0 .215 C.Petty PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Trumble LF 3 2 2 2 .187 A.Dean PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Begg PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Hundley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Markert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Stavros PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 40 8 13 8 TOTALS 32 3 4 3 SAN JOSE 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0- 8 13 1 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2- 3 4 2 E--J.Cordido, J.Raburn, C.Petty. DP--SAN JOSE 0, HIGH DESERT 0. LOB--SAN JOSE 15, HIGH DESERT 3. 2B--D.McMains (2), D.Ortmeier (27), J.Cordido (15), J.Knoedler (18), Z.Strong (12). HR--D.McMains (1), J.Knoedler (6), D.Trumble (10), D.Clark (13), B.Foster (15). SB-- M.Holst (7). HBP--M.Holst 2. SF--D.McMains. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SAN JOSE C.Begg (W,2-0) 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 1 0.95 J.Markert 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1 3.86 HIGH DESERT C.Petty (L,0-7) 4.0 7 4 4 2 0 2 8.01 A.Dean 1.1 4 4 4 4 1 1 6.82 J.Hundley 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.20 T.Stavros 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 5.25 HB--C.Petty 2. WP--A.Dean. SO--M.Holst 2, T.Von schell, J.Knoedler, Z.Strong, J.Raburn, J.Frost 4, F.Villanueva, T.West. BB--M.Holst, J.Cordido, J.Knoedler 2, Z.Strong, D.Trumble 2, C.Morris. T--2:47. A--1287

[MassBrew]

Best number of the night:

 

Luis Martinez, only one walk in 6.1 IP, while maintaining his fine season-long K/IP rate in his initial AAA appearance.

 

Resounding success as far as debuts go!

[MassBrew]

Helena Associated Press Game Story:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...503_03.txt

[obobo55]

Looks like Helena needs 1 more win to clinch 1st half title!!!

 

According to the above posted article they lead by 1 1/2 with 2 to play...Go baby brewers!!!

[igor67]

Well obobo Helena is no another High Desert, and I think it's not even as friendly as Ogden was last year, but the Pioneer league is an offensive league like the Cal league and I'm pretty sure that Helena has a park affect similar to what Minute Maid field has. Additionally it's not uncommon for older college players to have big years in R+ and never make it out of A ball. So one does need to be cautious, but it is exciting.

[BrewDude]

Just curious about the Nick Carter pitching appearance. Wasn't he a pretty decent pitcher out of high school? If so, is this why they brought him out to pitch to see if he has any other usefulness besides the lack of offense that he brings as an outfielder?

[MassBrew]

News from Richmond last night:

 

Luis Martinez, who struck out six, left the game with one out in the seventh inning. An Indianapolis trainer jogged to the mound and chatted with Martinez before former Brave John Foster replaced the pitcher.

 

"[Martinez] was just fatigued, feeling a little dizzy," Indians manager Cecil Cooper said. "He hadn't had a lot to eat [yesterday]. But he's feeling fine now."

[MassBrew]

More detailed box scores for Indianapolis and Huntsville, with updated batting average and ERA info, have been posted on pages one and two of this thread...

 

Arizona Box Score:

2003 draftee Will Lewis says "get me back to Helena"; nice outing by LHP Edwin Walker, 2002's 9th rounder (San Antonio high schooler)...

 GAME DATE: 7/24/03 BREWERS 5 AT GIANTS 6 YTD YTD BREWERS AB R H BI AVG GIANTS AB R H BI AVG N.Bates LF 4 1 0 0 .000 R.Strain 2B 4 2 2 0 .315 W. Lewis DH 5 2 3 1 .444 J.Abreu CF 3 1 2 1 .281 G.Acosta SS 4 1 2 1 .354 J.Yens RF 4 1 0 0 .372 T.McCormack 3B 4 0 0 1 .247 W.Zbacnik 1B 4 1 1 1 .222 F.Plasencia CF 3 0 0 0 .275 M.Mooney LF 3 1 1 2 .279 F.Mejia RF 5 0 2 0 .286 M.Felix CAT 2 0 0 1 .214 R.Pijuan 1B 4 0 0 0 .221 L.Disla 3B 4 0 1 0 .217 G.Olayemi CAT 4 1 0 0 .053 R.Morillo SS 3 0 0 0 .250 J.Phillips 2B 4 0 1 1 .154 R.Ventura DH 4 0 0 0 .128 H.Pruett PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Matos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Walker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Villanueva PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Gittings PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 Y.Rondon PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.McGovern PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Nacar PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 5 8 4 TOTALS 31 6 7 5 BREWERS 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0- 5 8 2 GIANTS 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0- 6 7 6 E--G.Acosta, J.Phillips, J.Yens, M.Felix 2, L.Disla, R.Morillo, C.Villanueva. DP--BREWERS 0, GIANTS 0. LOB--BREWERS 10, GIANTS 7. 2B--W. Lewis (2), R.Strain (4), L.Disla (7). 3B--W. Lewis (1), G.Acosta (2), R.Strain (1), M.Mooney (2). SB--W. Lewis (1), G.Acosta 2 (12), G.Olayemi (1). CS--F.Plasencia. SF--T.McCormack, M.Felix. SH--J.Abreu, R.Morillo. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREWERS H.Pruett (L,0-1) 4.0 6 6 4 1 3 0 4.05 E.Walker 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5.00 C.Gittings 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.73 GIANTS O.Matos 3.0 4 4 3 1 4 0 4.50 C.Villanueva 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.38 Y.Rondon (W,1-1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 7.11 R.McGovern 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10.13 L.Nacar (S,6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.87 WP--H.Pruett 2, E.Walker. PB--M.Felix 2. SO--N.Bates, W. Lewis, T.McCormack 3, F.Plasencia 3, F.Mejia, R.Pijuan 2, G.Olayemi, J.Phillips, J.Abreu, J.Yens, W.Zbacnik, R.Morillo, R.Ventura. BB--N.Bates, G.Acosta, F.Plasencia 2, R.Strain, M.Mooney, M.Felix. T--2:40.

[MassBrew]

Daily Press High Desert Game Story:

Quotes from Daryl Clark and Brian Foster -- Clark recalls how he received the news about returning to the Mavs...

 

www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...580,60896,

 

Additional Notes From the Daily Press:

 

Catcher Joel Alvarado is day-to-day with a twisted ankle and hasn't played in the past two games.

 

Pitcher Dan Hall is progressing, Milwuakee pitching coordinator Dwight Bernard said. Hall will make his next scheduled start on a low pitch and inning count Sunday.

 

Tommy Marx will start for High Desert in Saturday's game against Rancho Cucamonga, pitching coach John Curtis said. Curtis added Marx will become a member of the rotation.

[clancyphile]

MassBrew

 

It could just be High Desert, but if the guy can get some time in with Cecil Cooper or Butch Wynegar this spring, he could be a good catching prospect.

 

From what I've read, he's pretty good defensively.

[MassBrew]

Beloit Game Account from the Burlington HawkEye:

Very good account, as if written for Beloit fans; plenty here -- how many of us knew OF Travis Hinton was coming off shoulder surgery? Wow, has he been hot...

 

www.thehawkeye.com/daily/..._0725.html

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Times Game Story:

The Brad Nelson era begins in Huntsville...

 

www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...204720.xml

 

Wow, this year's media guide lists Brad at 6'2", 220.

 

Now at 250? Yikes! Gotta love that Iowa corn feed.

[deeswan]

Hey MassBrew, first of all, thanks for all the work you do on the daily link. It is a must-read for me and I can't thank you enough.

Second, have you heard anything more on Charlie Fermaint? It seems he has missed 4 or 5 games now.

[Kaukauna]

As all the non-information on the matter would indicate, the word is that Manny Parra did not actually leave the game last night with an injury, he had simply reached pitch count (and wasn't exactly dominating). Great seasons by Jason Baker and Bo Hall for the most part though, eh?

[MassBrew]

Hey MassBrew, first of all, thanks for all the work you do on the daily link. It is a must-read for me and I can't thank you enough.

 

Second, have you heard anything more on Charlie Fermaint? It seems he has missed 4 or 5 games now.

 

Thanks for the kind words. It's a labor of love for me, so I'm glad others appreciate it. I pretty much have the search thing down to a science as far as what to find, where and when, and am glad to say I'm able to put things together much more quickly than when we started out -- contrary to popular opinion, I do have a life outside the Link Report.

 

As for OF Charlie Fermaint, the initial word from our friends at the Brewers was that it was a sore shoulder, and the extent of the injury had yet to be determined. To be honest, I don't want to overuse my "peskiness" in seeking updates, and we were also reminded that the Brewers can't always provide detailed injury reports for privacy reasons.

 

Let's see what happens over the next few days through next weekend -- certainly the Brewers aren't going to take chances with the 17-year-old 2003 4th rounder.