Link Report for Games of Saturday, July 19th

[MassBrew]

Collectively, this may one of the more interesting groupings of starting pitchers we've seen the organization trot out on any one day...

 

Saturday's Daily Menu -- we'll be plugging in the standings for playoff-contending Huntsville, Beloit, and Helena within the Daily Menu while pertinent; Huntsville's fighting for a second-half crown that would provide additional home field advantage in the playoffs; Beloit's looking to qualify with a second-half division championship, and Helena's looking for a first-half title (their first-half ends Sunday, July 27th).

 

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

 

INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Wes Obermueller at Rochester (Twins), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.newstalk1430.com/

 

HUNTSVILE: LHP Luis Martinez vs. West Tenn (Cubs) at home, 7:05 PM

 

Audio link:

espn1450.com/

 

 WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 14 12 .538 BIRMINGHAM BARONS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 14 12 .538 MOBILE BAY BEARS (SAN DIEGO) 13 12 .520 .5 [b]*HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 13 12 .520 .5[/b] CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 12 15 .444 2.5

HIGH DESERT: LHP Chad Petty at home vs. Inland Empire (Mariners), 9:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm

 

BELOIT: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 7:05 PM; say "Hi" to the Brewerfan gang if you're going

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.sportsjuice.com/provi...me=pchiefs

 

 WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB CLINTON LUMBER KINGS (TEXAS) 18 10 .643 PEORIA CHIEFS (ST.LOUIS) 16 12 .571 2.0 [b]BELOIT SNAPPERS (MILWAUKEE) 16 12 .571 2.0[/b] *KANE COUNTY COUGARS (OAKLAND) 15 13 .536 3.0 CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS (ANAHEIM) 13 14 .481 4.5 QUAD CITY RIVER BANDITS (MINNESOTA) 13 15 .464 5.0 %WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS (SEATTLE) 11 16 .407 6.5 BURLINGTON BEES (KANSAS CITY) 11 16 .407 6.5

HELENA: LHP Greg Kloosterman at home vs. Billings (Reds), 8:05 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.billingsmustangs.com/

 

 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]HELENA BREWERS (MILWAUKEE) 19 11 .633[/b] GREAT FALLS WHITE SOX (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 18 11 .621 .5 BILLINGS MUSTANGS (CINCINNATI) 17 12 .586 1.5 MISSOULA OSPREY (ARIZONA) 16 14 .533 3.0 

ARIZONA: The Brewers visit the rookie Rangers tonight, 8:00 PM; RHP Ryan Marion (2003 8th round, North Carolina high schooler) gets the starting assignment; never any audio for the Arizona kids...

[MassBrew]

For those of you don't normally visit the major league forum here at Brewerfan, you may want to peek in on this current thread over there:

 

pub123.ezboard.com/fbrewe...3678.topic

[MassBrew]

Rochester (Twins) 5, Indianapolis 4

Early 4-0 Indy lead built on HR's eventually extinguished; Wes Obermueller worked the double play ball to his advantage in the early going; Wes worked into the eighth and was saddled with the loss, however, as Ben Ford couldn't bail him out...

 INTL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - INDIANAPOLIS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 ROCHESTER 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 x 5 11 0 FINAL WP - GRANT BALFOUR (3-0) LP - WES OBERMUELLER (0-2) HOME RUNS: IND - DOUG JENNINGS (4) OFF MATT CARNES IN THE 1ST PETER ZOCCOLILLO (7) OFF MATT CARNES IN THE 2ND ALEX DELGADO (2) OFF MATT CARNES IN THE 2ND

[MassBrew]

Indy Site Game Summary:

 

ROCHESTER, NY -- Following an early power surge, the visiting Indianapolis Indians could not maintain a four-run lead, dropping a 5-4 contest to the Rochester Red Wings on Saturday evening. The Tribe slugged three homers in the first two innings, but the Red Wings tallied two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete the come from behind victory.

 

Designated hitter Todd Sears drove home three runs and second baseman Luis Rodriguez scored three for Rochester, as the pair combined to go 5-for-6 in the game. Sears drove home Rodriguez and Michael Restovich with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning, and plated Rodriguez with the tying run in the bottom of the eighth with another RBI single in finishing the day 3-for-4 with three RBI.

 

Red Wings starter Matt Carnes served up a two-run home run in the top of the first inning to Doug Jennings, and back-to-back solo shots to Pete Zoccolillo and Alex Delgado leading off the top of the second inning, as the Indians took a 4-0 lead in what had the makings of a successful offensive night for the Tribe.

 

After the Delgado homer and a visit to the mound from Rochester pitching coach Bobby Cuellar, Carnes battled back by retiring 14 of the next 16 Indians he faced before leaving the game trailing 4-2 following the sixth inning.

 

The only base hit Carnes allowed after the second inning came on Bill Hall's one-out single in the top of the fifth inning. The single extended Hall's season-high hitting streak to 12 games.

 

Wes Obermueller, making his third start of the season for the Tribe, allowed the Red Wings to inch closer at 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Shane Andrews brought home Rodriguez on a groundout to short.

 

Following a perfect seventh inning, Obermueller (0-2) returned to the mound to open the bottom of the eighth as the Indians still clung to a 4-3 lead. Following a groundout to open the frame, the Red Wings put together three consecutive singles to tie the score and chase Obermueller from the game. Ben Ford, who entered with Restovich on second and Sears on first, struck out Andrews for the second out of the inning. Red Wings leftfielder Mike Ryan then laced a single to right field off of Ford which brought home Restovich with the go-ahead run moments before Sears was thrown out attempting to advance to third for the final out of the inning.

 

Grant Balfour, who entered the game in relief of Carnes to open the seventh inning, retired all nine batters he faced in earning the win for Rochester (47-52). Balfour (3-0) struck out four Indians batters in 3.0 innings.

 

The Indians (42-56) will look to gather a split of the four-game series on Sunday afternoon when lefty Doug Davis makes his Tribe debut against Rochester's Brad Thomas (0-1, 1.13).

 

Indianapolis Box Score:

 INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI ROCHESTER AB R H BI B Hall 2B 4 0 1 0 C Green CF 4 0 0 0 J Conti CF 4 1 1 0 L Rodriguez 2B 2 3 2 0 J Rushford 1B 4 0 0 0 M Restovich RF 4 2 2 0 D Jennings DH 4 1 1 2 T Sears DH 4 0 3 3 K Luuloa 3B 4 0 0 0 S Andrews 3B 4 0 2 1 P Zoccolillo RF 3 1 1 1 M Ryan LF 4 0 1 1 A Delgado C 2 1 1 1 B Marsters C 3 0 0 0 R Knox LF 3 0 0 0 D Lamb 1B 3 0 0 0 S Scarborough SS 3 0 0 0 A Prieto SS 1 0 1 0 K Connacher 2B 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 4 5 4 TOTALS 31 5 11 5 INDIANAPOLIS 220 000 000 -- 4 ROCHESTER 000 201 02x -- 5 DP--INDIANAPOLIS 3. LOB--INDIANAPOLIS 1, ROCHESTER 4. 2B--J Conti, M Restovich, T Sears. HR--P Zoccolillo 1 (7) (off M Carnes), A Delgado 1 (2) (off M Carnes), D Jennings 1 (4) (off M Carnes). CS--A Prieto. IP H R ER BB SO HR INDIANAPOLIS W Obermueller (L,0-2) 7 1-3 10 5 5 2 6 0 B Ford 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 0 ROCHESTER M Carnes 6 5 4 4 1 5 3 G Balfour (W,3-0) 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP--M Carnes. SO--IND: J Conti 2, S Scarborough 2, J Rushford, D Jennings, R Knox, B Hall, K Luuloa. ROC: C Green 3, B Marsters, S Andrews, K Connacher, T Sears. BB--IND: A Delgado. ROC: L Rodriguez 2. T--2:11. A--6,791.

[MassBrew]

West Tenn (Cubs) , Huntsville 4

Four errors couldn't have helped the suddenly mediocre (record-wise, anyway) Stars squad in this one...

 

Huntsville Box Score:

For all the praise we give the Huntsville rotation, the whole bunch of them (Martinez / Jones / Liriano / Hendrickson) walk too many batters!

 WEST TENN AB R H BI HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI R Theriot SS 5 0 2 1 A Machado 2B 3 0 0 0 A Weston CF 4 2 1 0 D Krynzel CF 4 0 1 0 B Harris 3B 3 1 1 0 J HARDY SS 3 1 1 0 J Dubois RF 3 0 0 1 C Hart 3B 4 1 2 1 M Dzurilla 1B 3 1 1 1 B Gemoll 1B 3 1 1 2 J Melian LF 3 0 1 1 N Varner RF 4 0 1 1 J Arteaga 2B 4 1 1 0 D Clark LF 3 0 0 0 E Ramires P 0 0 0 0 B Adams P 0 0 0 0 J Karnuth P 0 0 0 0 R Paz PH 1 0 0 0 C Kopitzke C 2 0 0 0 K Johnson C 4 0 0 0 J Leicester P 1 0 0 0 L Martinez P 1 0 0 0 S Sonnier P 0 0 0 0 M Adams P 0 0 0 0 M Creighton 2B 0 0 0 0 R Gripp LF 2 1 1 0 TOTALS 28 5 7 4 TOTALS 32 4 7 4 WEST TENN 300 110 000 -- 5 HUNTSVILLE 000 300 010 -- 4 E--K Johnson 2, D Clark, D Krynzel. DP--WEST TENN 2, HUNTSVILLE 2. LOB--WEST TENN 6, HUNTSVILLE 5. 2B--B Gemoll, N Varner, J HARDY, M Dzurilla. SB--C Hart 1 (17), A Weston 3 (6). CS--R Theriot. S--J Leicester 2, M Creighton. IP H R ER BB SO HR WEST TENN J Leicester (W,4-3) 6 5 3 3 2 5 0 S Sonnier 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 E Ramires 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 J Karnuth (S,8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 HUNTSVILLE L Martinez (L,8-5) 6 6 5 4 4 3 0 M Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Adams 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 HBP--C Kopitzke by B Adams. SO--WTN: R Theriot 2, M Dzurilla. HUN: A Machado 2, D Krynzel, L Martinez, C Hart, N Varner. BB--WTN: J Melian, A Weston, C Kopitzke, M Dzurilla, J Dubois, B Harris. HUN: L Martinez, B Gemoll, A Machado, J HARDY. T--2:46. A--6,892.

[MassBrew]

In progress: Inland Empire (Mariners) 1, High Desert 0, after 5.5 innings

 

In front of a full house on Fireworks Night in Adelanto, the Mavs need a win desperately so that they may claim back-to-back wins for the first time since May.

 

Chad Petty is dealing for the second consecutive start (four hits through 6 IP), but is letting his defense (four double plays thus far!) do the work for him, rather than the high strikeout count he managed last time out.

 

Inland Empire's Ryan Ketchner, the deaf pitcher we've provided feature article links to here at Brewerfan in the past, has baffled the Mavericks all season, and is doing so again tonight. Hopefully the boys can get Petty his first High Desert win.

 

Update: Inland Empire (Mariners) 1, High Desert 1, after six innings

 

Jason Belcher's fielder's choice ground out drives in Brad Nelson, who led off the sixth with a double...

[MassBrew]

Beloit 5, Peoria (Cardinals) 2

Looks like it may have been a good night for Manny Parra -- in addition to the Beloit site game summary we'll see shortly, we'll probably get about 15 first-hand scouting reports from the Brewerfan brigade who took in this one http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ...

 MID FINAL R H E - - - PEORIA 2 5 1 BELOIT 5 9 2

[dman]

well they are going to the bottom of the 8th helena is tied 5-5 and yes lou has a hit to extend his hitting streak

[MassBrew]

Thanks for the update, dman, it's time for me to swich netcasts because...

 

Update: Inland Empire (Mariners) 4, High Desert 1, after 6.5 innings

 

The Mavs might come back, but if they do, I won't hear it -- prove me wrong for bailing out, guys...

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=224

[MassBrew]

Helena 6, Billings (Reds) 5, 10 innings

Lou Palmisano shrugs off three earlier K's with a game-winning base hit, his second base hit of the game, driving in Guilder Rodriguez, who walked to lead off the tenth.

 

The Cap'n Lou legend grows, although the game-winning hit was actually a double-play grounder that took a bad hop http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[MassBrew]

I enjoyed the end of that Helena game, but do you remember this?

 

The Mavs might come back, but if they do, I won't hear it -- prove me wrong for bailing out, guys...

 

Update: High Desert 5, Inland Empire (Mariners) 4, after seven innings

 

Please take me back, Mavericks! Now let's finish it off !!

[squarepusher]

Just got back from the Beloit game...

 

first the on-the-field action:

 

- Gwynn made a specatular diving catch to end an inning... Looks like his defense is what it's cracked up to be.

- Fielder hustled nicely on a double.... For a big fella, he's not to slow. He took a bad route on a foul ball and missed coming up with it.... But hey, he swings the bat enough to make up for it, and those are the kind of things he'll be ironing out in the minors.

- Parra looked excellent on the mound... Fooled a lot of hitters.

- Mario Mendez is tiny, holy cow.

 

now the off-the-field-action:

 

Turns out, Ulice Payne and Jack Z were in attendance tonight. Patrick astutely spotted him, and BlazinWings rushed down with a t-shirt to give him. Ulice (it seemed) brushed off Chris and said he had some business to take care of and he'd be right back... He announced that the Snappers will be taking on the T-Rattlers in Miller Park for $5, and free parking. (not sure which night it was, but we'll be reporting it).

 

Ulice was true to his word, and Chris presented him with a t-shirt. Not only did Ulice pose with a brewerfan t-shirt (we'll get the picture posted later), he remarked on how him and Melvin read the site and how much they appreciate the site. He also gave Chris his business card, and mentioned something about if he needed tickets sometime...

 

I was taking in the fireworks (post-game fireworks were excellent by the way), so I wasn't aware of what was going on. On the walk out, we spotted Ulice and his son (I believe), and I took the opportunity to say hey... He thanked us for the t-shirt and said that he'd be in contact with us soon.

 

It just sounds like they appreciate the site, and i'm sure all of the discussion and things that go on here. Ulice was EXTREMELY polite and I pretty much walked out of the stadium stunned. This had to rank up there with Jim Powell's first radio plug and Darron Sutton's first TV plug.

 

Hopefully this will be the start of stronger ties between the front office and brewerfan.net. He mentioned how he'd like us to promote the heck out of the Beloit / Miller Park game... I know I wouldn't miss seing the Snappers play in Miller Park for the world...

[DuWayne Steurer]

All I can say is wow. Being at the Snappers game and having Ulice show up was cool as heck. I was sitting with my wife and friend in the box seats, paying attention to this guy with a radar and a note pad, not knowing we were sitting directly next to Jack Z.

Parra looked good tonight, but threw a lot of pitches. Tony Gwynn had a nice game, despite not getting a hit, he drew a walk, drove in a run, stole a base, and made 2 really nice plays in center field.

[nikip43]

That is crazy cool news Square. This truely is a great site, never found anything so comprehensive with coverage, Im just glad it involves my favorite baseball team.

 

Ill have to admit that my interest of baseball has taken a 180 degree turnaround since years ago. Ill attribute the last 100+ degrees of my newfound love to this site, the minor league coverage and updating (especially the message board) is a pure joy.

 

I guess this is my time to show my appreciation for everyone involved with this site and their hard work. I hope you continue to get attention, maybe an advertisement behind home plate in a few years (ok ok)

[MassBrew]

Final: Inland Empire (Mariners) 8, High Desert 5

 

High Desert Site Game Summary:

 

ADELANTO, CA ? John Castellano?s two-out, three-run double in the eighth inning lifted the Inland Empire 66ers to an 8-5 come-from-behind win over the High Desert Mavericks on Saturday night at Mavericks Stadium.

 

Over 4,000 fans watched an exciting game that saw several lead changes, as the Mavs failed to win their second straight game. The last time High Desert achieved that accomplishment was over two months ago.

 

Leading 5-4, Jeff Hundley was summoned on to replace Justin Backsmeyer (1-7) to hold the fort with the bases loaded in the eighth. With two outs, Castellano ripped a double down the left field line bringing in three runs as the 66ers took a 7-5 lead. They added a run off Bobby Bystrowski in the ninth to make it 8-5.

 

The Mavs threatened in the ninth off 66ers reliever Rich Dorman (2-0), as Froilan Villanueva walked before Brad Nelson singled. After Scott Candelaria reached on a fielder?s choice, Jason Belcher grounded into the game-ending 4-6-3 double play. Emiliano Fruto earned the final three outs for his second save of the year for the 66ers.

 

The 66ers took the lead off Mavs starter Chad Petty in the second on Hunter Brown?s 13th homer of the year. Petty had one of his best starts for the Mavs, but left in the seventh after running into trouble.

 

After a Belcher ground ball scored Nelson in the sixth, the 66ers broke the 1-1 tie with three against Petty in the seventh. The Mavs responded in the bottom of the inning with four runs to take a 5-4 lead, as Chris Morris, Villanueva, Nelson and Candelaria all picked up RBIs.

 

High Desert is now 5-22 in the second half and just 30-68 overall this year.

 

The Mavs and 66ers meet for the final time at Mavericks Stadium this year with the series finale on Sunday. Chris Saenz (6-7) goes for the Mavs, while Glenn Bott (3-5) takes the ball for the 66ers. Game time on Sunday is 5:05 (7:05 Central).

 

High Desert Box Score:

 INLAND EMPIRE AB R H BI AVG HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG D.Delucchi CF 4 1 1 1 .346 C.Morris CF 4 1 1 1 .267 I.Castro 2B 4 2 3 0 .256 F.Villanueva 3B 3 0 1 1 .296 I.Castro SS 1 0 0 0 .256 B.Nelson 1B 1 0 1 0 .320 G.Jacobs RF 4 0 2 0 .363 B.Nelson LF 4 1 2 1 .320 J.Castellano 1B 4 1 2 4 .308 S.Candelaria DH 3 0 0 1 .299 J.VanMeetren LF 3 1 1 1 .270 J.Belcher RF 4 0 0 1 .316 H.Brown 3B 4 1 1 1 .267 J.Frost 1B 3 0 0 0 .308 C.Guerrero DH 4 0 0 0 .246 J.Alvarado CAT 0 0 0 0 .112 L.Oliveros CAT 2 1 0 0 .291 R.Santana 2B 4 1 2 0 .279 E.Menchaca SS 2 0 1 0 .237 B.Foster CAT 3 1 1 0 .180 E.BstdaMrtnz PH 1 1 1 0 .256 J.Raburn PH 1 0 1 0 .277 E.BstdaMrtnz 2B 1 0 0 0 .256 J.Raburn LF 0 0 0 0 .277 R.Ketchner PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Chavez SS 3 1 1 0 .221 R.Dorman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Petty PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Fruto PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Backsmeyer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Hundley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Bystrowski PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 8 12 7 TOTALS 33 5 10 5 INLAND EMPIRE 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1- 8 12 1 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0- 5 10 0 E--E.BstdaMrtnz. DP--INLAND EMPIRE 1, HIGH DESERT 4. LOB--INLAND EMPIRE 3, HIGH DESERT 9. 2B--I.Castro (15), J.Castellano (24), J.VanMeetren (12), E.BstdaMrtnz (9), B.Nelson 2 (8). 3B--D.Delucchi (4). HR--H.Brown (13). SB--C.Morris (51). CS--J.Belcher. SF--F.Villanueva, S.Candelaria. SH--S.Candelaria. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA INLAND EMPIRE R.Ketchner 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 0 3.53 R.Dorman (W,2-0) 2.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1.23 E.Fruto (S,2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.77 HIGH DESERT C.Petty 6.1 8 4 4 1 2 1 7.92 J.Backsmeyer (L,1-7) 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 5.26 J.Hundley 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.61 B.Bystrowski 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.14 WP--R.Ketchner, C.Petty, J.Backsmeyer 2. SO--I.Castro, H.Brown, C.Guerrero, E.BstdaMrtnz, C.Morris, F.Villanueva, J.Frost 2, B.Foster 2, O.Chavez. BB--D.Delucchi, J.VanMeetren, L.Oliveros 2, C.Morris, F.Villanueva, J.Belcher, J.Frost, O.Chavez. T--3:12. A--4038

[MassBrew]

Until we see a box score, not sure if the official scorer ruled Lou Palmisano's game-ending hard-hit ground ball an error or base hit; the Billings announcer seemed to indicate it would be ruled a hit, but this game story indicates otherwise. Either way, Cap'n Lou did hit safely earlier in the game. Isn't it ironic though that:

 

Palmisano's 22-game hitting streak is the second longest in the Pioneer League this season. Ricardo Nanita extended his hitting streak to 29 games against Missoula Saturday afternoon. Nanita's mark is a Pioneer League record.

 

27 had been the longest streak of all-time in the Pioneer League (league established in 1939). Palmisano challenges, only to see it extended elsewhere...

 

Helena Independent Record Game Story:

 

www.helenair.com/articles...003_02.txt

 

For the second day in a row, Pioneer League box scores are delayed -- check back later on...

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Times Weekly Stars' Notes Column:

 

www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...166690.xml

[MassBrew]

Beloit Box Score:

Zero earned runs against 10-game winner Manny Parra; Josh Alliston strikes out the side for the save in a perfect ninth; Both Kennard Bibbs and John Vanden Berg push their averages to .299; Tony Gwynn 8-for-9 in SB attempts after his first 21 Snapper appearances...

 PEORIA AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG M.Lemanczyk LF 4 1 2 0 .289 K.Bibbs LF 4 1 2 1 .299 M.Jaramillo SS 5 0 1 0 .211 C.Crabbe 2B 4 1 2 2 .258 R.Gorecki CF 3 0 0 0 .287 T.Gwynn CF 3 0 0 1 .349 T.Hanson 3B 4 0 1 0 .272 P.Fielder 1B 3 0 1 0 .313 J.Hileman RF 2 0 0 0 .256 T.Hinton DH 4 0 0 0 .204 J.Santor 1B 1 0 0 0 .289 J.VandenBrg CAT 2 1 1 0 .299 T.Lemon DH 4 0 0 0 .233 A.Heether 3B 4 0 1 0 .219 M.McCoy 2B 4 1 1 0 .229 M.Mendez RF 4 1 0 1 .247 J.Motte CAT 3 0 0 0 .111 C.Terni SS 3 1 2 0 .228 T.Durham CAT 1 0 0 0 .262 M.Parra PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Graves PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Bausher PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Mejia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Alliston PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Rogers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Flynn PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 2 5 0 TOTALS 31 5 9 5 PEORIA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0- 2 5 1 BELOIT 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X- 5 9 2 E--R.Gorecki, C.Crabbe, J.VandenBrg. DP--PEORIA 1, BELOIT 1. LOB-- PEORIA 9, BELOIT 6. 2B--M.Jaramillo (6), C.Crabbe (19), P.Fielder (17). 3B--C.Crabbe (5). SB--M.Lemanczyk (45), R.Gorecki (16), T.Gwynn (8), P.Fielder (2). CS--K.Bibbs. HBP--P.Fielder. SH--J.Santor. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA PEORIA D.Graves (L,7-6) 3.1 8 5 4 0 1 0 2.88 J.Mejia 2.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.30 J.Rogers 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.91 B.Flynn 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.02 BELOIT M.Parra (W,10-2) 6.0 4 2 0 3 4 0 2.74 T.Bausher 2.0 1 0 0 3 3 0 2.60 J.Alliston (S,5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.81 HB--J.Rogers. BALKS--M.Parra. SO--M.Lemanczyk 2, M.Jaramillo, R.Gorecki, T.Hanson, T.Lemon 3, J.Motte, T.Durham, P.Fielder, T.Hinton, A.Heether. BB--M.Lemanczyk, R.Gorecki, J.Hileman 2, J.Santor 2, T.Gwynn, J.VandenBrg 2. T--2:46. A--3390

[MassBrew]

Arizona Rangers 9, Arizona Brewers 7

 

OK, we're a bit concerned -- 2003 4th round OF Charlie Fermaint not in Saturday's lineup after being lifted after his stolen base on Friday -- we'll wait another box score or two before contacting the Brewers; RF Adam Mannon with his second HR of the season -- the team has five HR's after 22 games, not unusual for this league; Mannon leads the team in RBI with 18, eight more than Gilberto Acosta, who is second on the squad; here's hoping that 20-year-old Dominican RHP Wington Flandes makes it to Milwaukee some day, only because we like saying "Wington"...

 

Arizona Box Score:

 

 BREWERS AB R H BI AVG RANGERS AB R H BI AVG D.Bates LF 5 0 2 2 .286 M.Furtado 2B 4 2 2 1 .378 G.Acosta SS 4 1 0 0 .380 A.Guerra 3B 4 1 1 1 .309 B.Opdyke CAT 1 1 0 0 .200 B.Jacobsen 1B 4 1 2 1 .369 C.Lozada CAT 2 0 1 0 .405 L.Baez RF 5 1 1 1 .351 R.Pijuan PH 1 0 0 0 .273 I.Gac DH 4 0 1 0 .238 G.Olayemi CAT 0 0 0 0 .111 J.Mann CAT 3 0 1 0 .170 A.Mannon RF 4 1 1 3 .301 B.Cashman CF 3 1 2 2 .288 C.Corporan 1B 4 0 2 0 .242 L.Charles LF 4 1 1 1 .185 F.Plasencia CF 4 0 0 0 .254 E.Martinez SS 4 2 2 1 .308 T.McCormack 3B 4 1 1 0 .273 E.Volquez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Mejia DH 4 1 2 0 .306 C.Russ PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.DePaula 2B 3 2 2 0 .208 C.Cordiero PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Marion PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 V.Ramirez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Cedeno PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Flandes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 7 11 5 TOTALS 35 9 13 8 BREWERS 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1- 7 11 2 RANGERS 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 X- 9 13 0 E--T.McCormack, W.Flandes. DP--BREWERS 0, RANGERS 0. LOB--BREWERS 5, RANGERS 8. 2B--F.Mejia (2), B.DePaula (3), M.Furtado (5), L.Baez (8). HR--A.Mannon (2), B.Cashman (1), L.Charles (1), E.Martinez (1). SB--G.Acosta (10), M.Furtado (8), B.Jacobsen (9), B.Cashman (7), E.Martinez (2). CS--F.Plasencia, A.Guerra. SF--B.Cashman. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREWERS R.Marion 3.1 3 3 3 1 3 0 4.26 J.Cedeno (L,0-3) 1.2 7 6 6 3 1 3 8.77 W.Flandes 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2.45 RANGERS E.Volquez 3.0 2 3 3 2 3 1 4.05 C.Russ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 C.Cordiero (W,3-0) 4.0 8 3 3 0 2 0 10.80 V.Ramirez (S,2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 5.59 WP--J.Cedeno, V.Ramirez. SO--D.Bates, G.Acosta, A.Mannon 2, C.Corporan, T.McCormack 3, F.Mejia, M.Furtado, I.Gac, B.Cashman, L.Charles. BB--G.Acosta, B.Opdyke, B.DePaula, M.Furtado, A.Guerra, B.Jacobsen, I.Gac, J.Mann. T--2:53.

[MassBrew]

Helena Box Score:

Winning run scored on the error on Lou Palmisano's ground ball; here's why it was a great day for the Helena kids -- they played error-free ball, drew nine walks, and only allowed one base on balls themselves; the teams combined for 26 K's; Greg Kloosterman's among those in the LHP infusion we've seen the past two years at the lower levels; Racine, Wisconsin native Vinnie Rottino has had a heck of a summer thus far -- at 23 years old, he needed to make a big impression immediately...

 

www.milb.com/teams/box.asp?id=724

[colbyjack]

I'd like to thank everyone for showing up on Saturday night. It's always a nice time hanging out with the brewerfan.net crew. It also was a pleasure to meet some new people that took the time to come find us.

 

Chris, if I forget to email you, be sure to pass along your address so I can mail you another shirt. I'm glad we were able to make the most of that opportunity with Ulice Payne. Nice job guys.

 

A few other observations...

 

For some reason, I kept thinking the 3B was Jeff Eure. Probably because he was a big guy, and I remember Heether only being listed as 6'0". While he had a tough day at the plate, he made a couple of outstanding plays at 3B.

 

Callix Crabbe was very impressive. He made a bad throw from 2B that led to the unearned runs, but on offense he had a couple of nice base hits & flashed his speed on the basepaths.

 

What a treat to watch Manny Parra pitch. Man, is he smooth. Coming off of the best minor league pitcher thread, I certainly hope both Parra & Jones continue to progress because they both have the chance to be really special. You could tell that Manny was pretty frustrated with himself when he walked a batter, which is always good to see.

 

Prince Fielder gave Peoria's catcher a shove off with his elbow after being hit by a pitch. For those of us that have played baseball you know it's never a pleasant thing to have happen to you.

 

Thanks again everybody, hopefully we can do it again soon!

[MassBrew]

Daily Press High Desert Game Story:

 

www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...808,62889,

[MassBrew]

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

 

JULY'S HOT... BUT WE'RE NOT

Bat Day brought out another strong crowd, more actually than the Miguel Tejada Bobblehead Giveaway, on this humid 87° evening, but the hometown boys, sluggish again, disappointed the crowd of nearly 6,900, and in fact, gave it away on one bizarre play in the 5th inning.

 

Lanky outfielder Aron Weston led off the inning with a walk on four pitches from Luis Martinez....... Martinez can be terribly streaky. He can pitch like a world-beater, then lose control of the situation. He's done that since his first start this year. If you define quality starts as finishing a game with a 3.00 ERA or lower, then 13 of his 18 starts qualify. Of the five exceptions, four have come since May 28.......

 

Brendan Harris battled him at the plate, but flied out to left on a 3-and-2 count and Jason Dubois did the same to center on a 2-2 pitch....... With the count 2-and-1 on Mike Dzurilla, Weston tried to get his 3rd stolen base of the night. Kade Johnson's throw skipped into center field, where Dave Krynzel was backing up the play. He tried to gun down Weston at third, but the throw hit Weston in the back as he slid in, and the ball caromed toward the dugout. Weston leapt to his feet and sped home, giving the Diamond Jaxx a 5-3 lead....... The two errors following a stolen base became the insurance run in this ballgame........

 

In the 8th inning, Ryan Gripp, 6-for-13 in July and batting .329 since May, led off with a single to the right field corner and ultimately scored on a ground ball, for the Stars' 4th run....... Just off the top of my head, I believe this is the 12th game the Stars have lost this year as the result of an error or errors.

 

Where the Diamond Jaxx were able to capitalize on their opportunities, the Stars, so uncharacteristic of their first half play, were not, and the 8th inning is a model of that. After Gripp's single, Krynzel hit a timely one-out single in back of third base. Shortstop Ryan Theriot, who had just made a fine running play on Alejandro Machado on the outfield grass, was unable to make this play near the line, as the ball bounced just in front of his glove........ Reliever Emanuel Ramires walked J.J. Hardy on four pitches, then with runners on first and second, Corey Hart hit a grounder to third, forcing J.J. at second. Gripp scored, as I mentioned, as Corey beat the throw to first........ Brandon Gemoll, 11-for-33 during the Stars recent 11-game slump, was intentionally walked to face Noochie Varner........ It turned out to be a wise decision, even though Varner has hit .282 with 8 RBIs in the Stars' last 11 games. Varner, on the first pitch, hit a broken bat liner right back to Ramires. Ramires recorded the final out, then slammed the ball to the mound as Varner slammed his bat.

 

The Stars had a scoring opporunity in their big 3-run 4th inning when they came up with four consecutive hits from Hardy, Hart, Gemoll, and Varner, three of them doubles....... Varner was stranded after Daryl Clark grounded out to the right side and Kade Johnson grounded to short.

 

The Stars have lost three straight only three other times this season. They've now lost 7 of their last 11 and the breakdown is on the standings page........

 

www.starsboxscore.com/standing.html

 

The glaring stat out of this is the .186 batting average from the top 3 men in the order. Neither Alejandro Machado nor Dave Krynzel drove in a run, while producing a combined two doubles and three runs, all from Machado....... There has also been a failure from the bottom three of the order. Batting .210, they've gone 3-for-30 in their last three games.

 

Sunday's double-header will mark the Double-A debut of lefty Jeff Housman and righty Jason Shelley, as they take the mound for the Huntsville Stars........ This is not without precedent. On August 5, 2001 at Joe Davis Stadium, Andy High and Bobby Sismundo made their debuts with the Stars against Jacksonville. High had come up, like Shelley, from the independent ranks, while Sismundo had been acquired from the Phillies in a trade. Neither pitcher got the decision that day, as the Stars split the double-header with the Suns....... Housman and Shelley will be opposed by Korean Jae-Kuk Ryu (1-0, 4.97) and lefty Felix Sanchez (1-0, 3.58), who was activated off the disabled list five days ago.