Link Report for Games of Wednesday, July 9th

[MassBrew]

More here shortly, but since Indy has a matinee today, we'll kick the Daily Menu off with them:

 

INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Pascual Coco vs. Norfolk (Mets), 2:00 PM Central Time

 

Audio link:

www.newstalk1430.com/

 

Indianapolis Media Notes for Wednesday:

 

TODAY: The Indians and Norfolk Tides continue a four-game series at Victory Field. This is the Tides first visit to Indy since July 13 and 14 of last season. The teams met for four games at Harbor Park in early May. The teams split the series. The Tribe lost the last game 7-6 in 11 innings. Norfolk, which leads the IL with 127 stolen bases, has swiped 11 bases in the five head-to-head matchups.

 

The Indians were just 2-10 against the Tides last season including an 0-6 mark at Victory Field. Prior to Tuesday's win, the Tribe's last win over Norfolk at home came on June 24, 2001. Since joining the IL in 1998, the Indians are 27-38 against the Tides.

 

2001 Tribe MVP Marco Scutaro is with Norfolk.

 

After going 19-10 in June, the Indians are off to a 2-6 start in July. The team is hitting .272, but the pitching staff has a 5.97 ERA.

 

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY: Mother Nature has given central Indiana and the Indians all that they could handle the past few days. Since the Tribe opened this homestand on July 4, Victory Field has received 3.18 inches of rain (through midnight Tuesday). Players and fans have waited out three official delays totaling 3 hours 46 minutes. There was also an unofficial delay of about two hours Saturday before the game was postponed.

 

ON THE MOUND: Righthander Pasqual Coco makes his team-leading 19th start today. He leads the team in with eight wins, 91,1 innings and 67 strikeouts. He is tied for third in the IL in wins. Coco won seven consecutive decisions over 12 starts from May 4 through June 28 recording a 3.84 ERA. The streak was snapped in his most-recent start, however. Coco took the loss on July 3 at Columbus when he allowed seven runs in 3.0 innings. Coco is 4-1 with a 4.15 ERA in eight starts at Victory Field this season. He is 3-3 with a 5.06 ERA in seven afternoon starts. Coco, who had not batted prior to this season, is 3-for-12 at the plate and has a three-game hitting streak.

 

ON THE LEADER BOARD: Pasqual Coco is tied for third in the IL with eight wins. Keith Luuloa is third in the circuit with a .512 slugging percentage. Roberto Giron ranks fourth with 14 saves. Bill Hall is fifth with 50 runs scored. David Manning ranks third with 44 bases on balls.

 

UPCOMING PROBABLES:

Thursday vs. Norfolk - RHP Jason Scobie (1-2, 4.95) vs. LHP Nate Teut (1-3, 3.12)

Friday vs. Norfolk - RHP Jason Middlebrook (4-6, 4.66) vs. LHP Derek Lee (0-1, 7.20)

[MassBrew]

Now for the rest of the day's action:

 

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

 

HUNTSVILE: Idle

 

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

 

Audio link:

www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm

 

BELOIT: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 7:00 PM

 

Audio link (opponent's):

www.kernels.com/Pages/radio.html

 

HELENA: Big, big series at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), as the standings below will attest to; LHP Greg Kloosterman gets the starting nod; very sorry to report again there appears to be no audio available for this series

 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB GREAT FALLS WHITE SOX (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 15 4 .789 HELENA BREWERS (MILWAUKEE) 14 5 .737 1.0 BILLINGS MUSTANGS (CINCINNATI) 11 9 .550 4.5 MISSOULA OSPREY (ARIZONA) 10 10 .500 5.5

ARIZONA: The Brewers hosted the Giants' Rookie squad this AM; RHP Tommy Hawk was scheduled to start

[MassBrew]

In progress: Rain delay, Indianapolis 2, Norfolk (Mets) 1, after 7.5 innings

Wilton Veras with his first HR...

 INTL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NORFOLK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 INDIANAPOLIS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 (END 7) HOME RUNS: NOR - MATT WATSON (5) OFF PASQUAL COCO IN THE 2ND IND - WILTON VERAS (1) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 5TH

[MassBrew]

Arizona Giants 3, Arizona Brewers 1

 

Charlie Fermaint continues to wail away... Gilberto Acosta continues the hit parade... Tommy Hawk impressive, but the baby Brewers cough up a loss...

 

Arizona Box Score:

 YTD YTD GIANTS AB R H BI AVG BREWERS AB R H BI AVG J.Abreu RF 4 1 0 0 .311 D.Bates LF 4 0 0 0 .279 R.Strain 2B 2 0 0 1 .268 C.Fermaint CF 4 0 2 0 .426 J.Hammonds CF 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Opdyke DH 4 1 0 0 .138 J.Yens CF 2 0 1 1 .354 A.Correa CAT 4 0 1 0 .250 N.Schierhltz 3B 3 1 3 0 .432 G.Acosta SS 4 0 2 1 .409 N.Schierhltz 1B 2 0 1 0 .432 F.Plasencia RF 4 0 0 0 .209 W.Zbacnik 1B 3 0 1 0 .226 T.McCormack 3B 3 0 0 0 .298 L.Disla 3B 1 0 0 0 .182 R.Pijuan 1B 2 0 0 0 .250 D.Buller CAT 3 0 1 1 .324 B.DePaula 2B 3 0 0 0 .182 M.Felix CAT 2 0 1 0 .261 T.Hawk PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Mooney DH 5 1 1 0 .250 A.Martinezsa PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.German LF 4 0 1 0 .205 J.Cedeno PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Ventura SS 2 0 0 0 .182 J.English PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 Marker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Nacar PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 3 10 3 TOTALS 32 1 5 1 GIANTS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0- 3 10 1 BREWERS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 1 5 2 E--W.Zbacnik, A.Correa 2. DP--GIANTS 1, BREWERS 2. LOB--GIANTS 13, BREWERS 6. 2B--J.Yens (3), M.Felix (1). SB--J.Abreu (4), N.Schierhltz 3 (4), W.Zbacnik (1), M.Mooney (4), G.Acosta (7). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GIANTS J.English 5.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 4.50 L.Anderson 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 18.00 Marker (W,1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 L.Nacar (S,4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.69 BREWERS T.Hawk 4.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 3.38 A.Martinezsa (L,0-2) 3.2 4 2 2 4 8 0 4.72 J.Cedeno 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.87 WP--J.English 2, A.Martinezsa. SO--R.Strain, J.Yens, N.Schierhltz, W.Zbacnik, L.Disla, D.Buller 2, M.Mooney 2, C.German, R.Ventura, D.Bates 2, C.Fermaint, B.Opdyke, A.Correa 2, F.Plasencia 3, T.McCormack 2, R.Pijuan 2, B.DePaula. BB--J.Abreu, R.Strain 3, L.Disla, R.Ventura 2, T.McCormack, R.Pijuan. T--2:49.

[MassBrew]

Norfolk (Mets) 5, Indianapolis 3

Reminiscient of the tough High Desert loss last night -- really now, it seems closers are struggling throughout the organization this month, except for Helena...

 

Indy Site Game Summary:

 

INDIANAPOLIS -- The visiting Norfolk Tides came to life in the top of the ninth inning, scorching closer Roberto Giron for four runs to take a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over the Indianapolis Indians on Wednesday afternoon. The late comeback spoiled a solid one-run, eight-inning effort by Tribe starting pitcher Pasqual Coco as the Tides evened the four-game series at one apiece.

 

Norfolk sent nine batters to the plate against Giron in the top of the ninth inning, the first four of which all crossed home plate. Jorge Velandia and Marco Scutaro started the inning off with leadoff singles putting runners on first and second for Tsuyoshi Shinjo, whose sacrifice bunt was fielded by Giron and thrown wide of first baseman Keith Luuloa allowing Velandia to score and Scutaro to move on to third base. Matt Watson then ripped an RBI double scoring Scutaro with the tying run and sending Shinjo to third base.

 

Following a ground out to Giron by Russ Johnson and an intentional walk to Mike Glavine, pinch hitter Dan Garcia ripped a single to left field scoring Shinjo and Watson to give the Tides their first lead of the day at 5-3.

 

Norfolk's late-inning heroics came after Coco held the Tides to only one run on five hits over his eight innings prior to a 56-minute rain delay that hit Victory Field in the bottom of the eighth inning.

 

The Tribe opened the scoring in the bottom of the first when Ryan Knox scored on Mark Smith's RBI groundout.

 

With the score tied at one in the bottom of the fifth inning, Tribe third baseman Wilton Veras connected on his first home run in nearly a year when he belted Tides starter Mike Bacsik's pitch over the left field wall to give the Indians a 2-1 lead.

 

The Tribe added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning off of reliever Heath Bell when Bill Hall led off the inning with a double to right before scoring on Pete Zoccolillo's sacrifice fly two batters later.

 

Ed Almonte pitched the ninth inning for Norfolk to record his 16th save of the season, allowing one hit while also striking out one batter.

 

The Indians (40-51) and Tides (46-45) will continue the four-game series on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Victory Field when lefty Nate Teut (1-3, 3.12) takes the mound for Indianapolis to face Jason Scobie (1-2, 4.95).

 

Indianapolis Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 7/09/03 NORFOLK 5 AT INDIANAPOLIS 3 YTD YTD NORFOLK AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG E.Snead CF 4 0 0 0 .233 B.Hall 2B 4 1 2 0 .274 J.Velandia SS 4 1 1 0 .231 R.Knox CF 2 1 0 0 .182 M.Scutaro 3B 4 1 3 0 .305 P.Zoccolillo RF 3 0 1 1 .280 T.Shinjo RF 3 1 1 0 .233 M.Smith LF 4 0 1 1 .297 M.Watson LF 4 2 3 2 .280 K.Luuloa 1B 3 0 0 0 .264 R.Johnson 2B 4 0 0 0 .274 S.Scarboroug SS 4 0 0 0 .214 M.Glavine 1B 3 0 0 0 .213 W.Veras 3B 3 1 1 1 .229 J.Depastino CAT 0 0 0 0 .298 J.Rushford PH 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Wilson CAT 3 0 0 0 .238 A.Delgado CAT 3 0 0 0 .298 D.Garcia PH 1 0 1 2 .299 C.McKay PH 1 0 1 0 .238 E.Almonte PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Coco PIT 3 0 1 0 .267 M.Bacsik PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Giron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Redman PH 1 0 0 0 .242 J.Conti PH 1 0 0 0 .214 H.Bell PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Toca PH 0 0 0 0 .257 J.Toca 1B 0 0 0 0 .257 TOTALS 33 5 9 4 TOTALS 32 3 7 3 NORFOLK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4- 5 9 2 INDIANAPOLIS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0- 3 7 1 E--J.Velandia, M.Scutaro, R.Giron. DP--NORFOLK 1, INDIANAPOLIS 1. LOB--NORFOLK 5, INDIANAPOLIS 6. 2B--M.Scutaro (15), M.Watson (13), B.Hall (22), P.Zoccolillo (23). HR--M.Watson (5), W.Veras (1). SB--K.Luuloa (2). SF--P.Zoccolillo. SH--T.Shinjo, R.Knox. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NORFOLK M.Bacsik 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 5.26 H.Bell (W,1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.14 E.Almonte (S,2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.08 INDIANAPOLIS P.Coco 8.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 4.53 R.Giron (L,0-2) 1.0 4 4 3 2 0 0 4.95 BALKS--M.Bacsik. SO--J.Velandia 2, T.Shinjo, M.Glavine, J.Wilson, M.Bacsik, B.Hall, K.Luuloa, S.Scarboroug 2, A.Delgado. BB--E.Snead, M.Glavine, J.Toca, R.Knox, K.Luuloa. T--2:29. A--7211

[Kaukauna]

I imagine Coco's last stinker of an outing was partially a product of the team choosing Burba over him to fill the void ont he big league roster. Seriously, the fact that Burba is pitching for the Brewers while Coco sits there in AAA is a joke. Not that our resident thief will dominate the majors, but he at least has a chance of becoming a serviceable starter/long reliever for a long period of time whereas Burba...could be friends with my dad.

[igor67]

Anyone got a SLG or doubles total to go with Hall's phenomenal turn around? It seems like he's really started to smack the baseball into the gap ontop of a few more walks and a lot more hits. It so disappointing to look at his season totals when he seems like such a different player now after that awful start. I don't think he's a .320 hitter, but .280 with good gap power goes along way.

[HonoluluBrew]

If he keeps playing like this, a September call-up doesnt seem out of the question.

[MassBrew]

Analyzing an Arizona box score is always an adventure.

 

Switch-hitting 20-year-old Venezuelan SS Gilberto Acosta has only made one error in 13 games, is 7-for-7 in SB attempts, and pushes his OPS closer to .950 with today's performance. Not a bad start to the season; he hit .315 in 184 Arizona AB's last year.

 

CF Charlie Fermaint is now 20-for-45; eventually he'll take that first walk, but for now, the hack attack sure is working nicely for the 17-year-old. He's a RH bat.

 

Another 17-year-old, Alvaro Martinez, struck out eight in 3.2 IP. He's the 6'7" (and still growing) RHP. He's got to be a scary sight for opposing batters.

 

I'm going to need some help with this next one. Batting cleanup, at catcher, with his first four AB's of the year, A. Correa, which must be Alex, the soon-to-be 21-year-old with two years in the DSL and two years in Arizona already under his belt.

 

But all as a pitcher! Now the Giants were 6-for-6 in SB attempts, and Correa made two errors, so it wasn't a great day behind the plate.

 

Here's the additional kicker -- Correa is left-handed! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eek.gif

 

Clancy, I apologize for knocking the let's convert Brandon Gemoll to catcher idea you were pushing.

 

We'll try to verify if that was indeed Alex Correa behind the plate (and batting cleanup). It's not like the Maryvale team is hurting for catchers, even with Simon Guhring in Germany.

[Al the Thinking Man]

Billy Hall's line:

 

.272/.325/.393

 

21 walks, 24 doubles in just under 300 AB's.

[MassBrew]

Yes, but from Indy's site:

 

Bill Hall was moved into the lead-off spot in the lineup June 7 and has gone 34-for-102 (.333) with 23 runs scored, 12 doubles, two home runs, eight walks and five stolen bases in 25 games since. Hall has hit safely in 32 of his last 38 games. In that period, he's batting .314 (50-for-159). Hall had back-to-back eight-game hitting streaks in June (June 7-16 and 18-26).

[MassBrew]

Inland Empire (Mariners) 3, High Desert 2

 

High Desert Site Game Summary:

 

SAN BERNARDINO, CA - The High Desert Mavericks lost their ninth straight game on Wednesday night, losing to the Inland Empire 66ers by a final score of 3-2 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park in San Bernardino.

 

Mavs starter Chad Petty (0-5) had the best outing of his brief Maverick career, pitching eight solid innings, allowing just three runs on seven hits. Petty's offense didn't give him enough support though, despite working only the second complete game of the year for the High Desert pitching staff.

 

Inland Empire jumped out to a 2-0 third inning lead. Eddie Menchaca doubled home Ismael Castro for a 1-0 lead and later scored to make it 2-0. Menchaca would again knock in Castro, this time in the fifth, as the 66ers took a 3-0 lead.

 

The Mavs finally got on the board against 66ers starter Ryan Ketchner (10-3) in the sixth inning. Jason Belcher's two-out single plated Froilan Villanueva, as the Mavs made it 3-1. High Desert's struggling offense got their second run in the eighth, as Ozzie Chavez scored from second base on an error by Inland Empire's John Castellano at first base. Ketchner retired Scott Candelaria on a ground ball to second with the tying run at first base though, ending the Maverick threat.

 

In the ninth, Justin Blood was brought out of the 66ers bullpen and retired Brad Nelson. Emiliano Fruto then struck out Jeremy Frost and Johnny Raburn to end the game, earning his first save of the year.

 

With the win, Ketchner improves to 4-0 against the Mavs and is the Cal League's first 10-game winner.

 

The ninth straight loss is a new high for the Mavs, who are 32 games under .500 at 28-60.

 

Jeff Hundley (0-1) will go for the Mavs on Thursday night in San Bernardino. The 66ers will throw left-hander Glenn Bott (3-5). Game time is 7:05 (9:05 Central) from Arrowhead Credit Union Park.

 

The Mavs return home on Friday, July 11th as they face Rancho Cucamonga at Mavericks Stadium.

 

High Desert Box Score:

Brad Nelson with his second game in LF; by necessity on this squad?

 GAME DATE: 7/09/03 HIGH DESERT 2 AT INLAND EMPIRE 3 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG INLAND EMPIRE AB R H BI AVG F.Villanueva 1B 4 1 2 0 .295 D.Delucchi CF 2 0 1 0 .331 J.Belcher RF 4 0 2 1 .326 H.Brown 3B 3 0 0 1 .262 S.Candelaria 3B 4 0 0 0 .296 G.Jacobs LF 3 0 0 0 .351 B.Nelson LF 4 0 0 0 .309 J.Castellano 1B 4 0 2 0 .306 J.Frost DH 4 0 0 0 .346 J.VanMeetren DH 3 0 0 0 .258 J.Raburn CF 4 0 1 0 .269 C.Guerrero RF 4 0 0 0 .273 T.West 2B 3 0 0 0 .260 L.Oliveros CAT 3 0 0 0 .307 B.Foster CAT 3 0 0 0 .182 I.Castro 2B 3 2 2 0 .254 O.Chavez SS 3 1 1 0 .240 E.Menchaca SS 3 1 2 2 .245 C.Petty PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Ketchner PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Blood PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Fruto PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 2 6 1 TOTALS 28 3 7 3 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0- 2 6 0 INLAND EMPIRE 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X- 3 7 1 E--J.Castellano. DP--HIGH DESERT 1, INLAND EMPIRE 1. LOB--HIGH DESERT 4, INLAND EMPIRE 6. 2B--F.Villanueva (16), I.Castro (12), E.Menchaca (5). HBP--D.Delucchi, G.Jacobs. SF--H.Brown. SH--D.Delucchi. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT C.Petty (L,0-5) 8.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 8.45 INLAND EMPIRE R.Ketchner (W,10-3) 8.0 6 2 1 0 2 0 3.36 J.Blood 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.14 E.Fruto (S,1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.72 HB--C.Petty 2. WP--R.Ketchner. PB--B.Foster. SO--S.Candelaria, J.Frost, J.Raburn, B.Foster, G.Jacobs, J.Castellano, J.VanMeetren. BB--J.VanMeetren. T--2:23. A--3935

[MassBrew]

Beloit 7, Cedar Rapids (Angels) 4

 

River Bandits' Site Game Summary:

 

Prince Fielder's two-run home run in the top of the third inning broke a 3-3 tie and sent the Beloit Snappers past the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7-4, Wednesday before a paid crowd of 4,475 on Mediacom/Fox Sports Net Fireworks Night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The loss dropped the Kernels to 10-11 in the second half of the Midwest League race. Beloit is 11-10.

 

The Kernels scored twice in the bottom of the first inning to take a 2-1 lead. Erick Aybar rocketed a one-out triple to right and scored on Alberto Callaspo's line single off Beloit pitcher Dennis Sarfate (7-2). A pair of walks loaded the bases and Callaspo scored on Greg Porter's single. The Kernels left the bases loaded when Caleb Maher flied out to shallow left and Jake Mathis grounded out.

 

Beloit reclaimed the lead, 3-2, in the top of the second on Callix Crabbe's two-run single. Aybar's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second tied the score, 3-3. Fielder's 17th home run, a two-run, opposite-field shot to left, put Beloit back on top, 5-3, in the top of the third.

 

The Snappers tacked on runs in the fifth and sixth innings to build their lead to 7-3. Travis Hinton had an RBI double and Crabbe a run-scoring single.

 

Beloit Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 7/09/03 BELOIT 7 AT CEDAR RAPIDS 4 YTD YTD BELOIT AB R H BI AVG CEDAR RAPIDS AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs LF 5 1 3 0 .283 Q.Cosby CF 5 0 1 0 .220 C.Crabbe 2B 4 0 2 3 .252 E.Aybar SS 4 1 1 1 .303 T.Gwynn CF 4 1 1 0 .389 A.Callaspo 2B 4 1 3 2 .331 P.Fielder 1B 5 1 1 2 .299 J.Abruzzo CAT 4 0 0 0 .262 J.Eure DH 3 1 1 0 .244 M.Abram DH 3 0 0 0 .244 T.Hinton RF 4 0 1 1 .200 G.Porter 3B 3 0 1 1 .296 M.Mendez RF 0 0 0 0 .255 C.Maher LF 4 0 0 0 .255 J.VandenBrg CAT 4 1 1 0 .293 J.Mathis 1B 4 0 0 0 .236 A.Heether 3B 4 1 1 0 .216 B.Weed RF 3 2 2 0 .286 C.Terni SS 2 1 0 0 .229 R.Ray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Sarfate PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Cimorelli PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Baker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Gliemmo PIT 0 0 0 0 1.000 J.Huizinga PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 7 11 6 TOTALS 34 4 8 4 BELOIT 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0- 7 11 1 CEDAR RAPIDS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 4 8 2 E--P.Fielder, E.Aybar, J.Mathis. DP--BELOIT 1, CEDAR RAPIDS 1. LOB--BELOIT 6, CEDAR RAPIDS 9. 2B--T.Hinton (13), J.VandenBrg (8). 3B--E.Aybar (7). HR--P.Fielder (17). SB--B.Weed (12). HBP--J.Eure, A.Callaspo, G.Porter. SF--E.Aybar. SH--C.Crabbe. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT D.Sarfate (W,7-2) 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 2.97 J.Baker 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.27 J.Huizinga 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.11 CEDAR RAPIDS R.Ray (L,2-5) 2.0 6 5 4 1 1 1 4.56 B.Cimorelli 3.1 5 2 1 1 1 0 6.91 H.Gliemmo 3.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.27 HB--J.Baker 2, R.Ray. WP--J.Baker, R.Ray. SO--T.Hinton, J.VandenBrg, Q.Cosby 4, A.Callaspo, M.Abram, C.Maher. BB--T.Gwynn, C.Terni 2, J.Abruzzo, M.Abram, B.Weed. T--2:44. A--4475

[MassBrew]

Helena 8, Great Falls (White Sox) 5

 

Helena Independent Record Game Story:

Your Lou Palmisano "Action Shot" included; Johnny Naron mentioned as the hitting coach, with Andy Tomberlin having been moved to High Desert earlier...

 

www.helenair.com/articles...003_01.txt

 

Helena Box Score:

17 hits, 16 of them singles -- that's OK; lots of these kids are putting together nice offensive seasons that will look pretty in next year's media guide -- definitely a fun team to follow via the box scores; the Great Falls starter had allowed zero hits in his previous start -- 13 Wednesday night...

 GAME DATE: 7/09/03 GREAT FALLS 5 AT HELENA 8 YTD YTD GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG HELENA AB R H BI AVG A.Gray 2B 4 0 1 1 .328 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 2 2 0 .246 R.Nanita RF 4 0 1 0 .410 T.Trofholz CF 4 1 2 0 .300 B.Anderson CF 4 0 0 0 .391 D.Anderson LF 3 2 2 1 .288 S.Morris DH 4 0 0 0 .308 L.Palmisano CAT 5 2 1 1 .391 B.Bounds 1B 3 1 0 0 .373 B.Whitney 1B 4 1 4 1 .378 C.Lisk CAT 2 1 1 1 .340 R.Deevers RF 5 0 4 2 .339 M.Deuchler CAT 1 1 1 0 .433 M.Ramirez DH 4 0 0 0 .389 C.Kelly 3B 4 0 1 2 .188 J.Barnes 3B 4 0 0 0 .273 C.King LF 4 2 1 0 .233 A.Septimo SS 4 0 2 0 .245 M.Myers SS 4 0 2 0 .304 G.Kloostrmn PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.McCarthy PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Taubenheim PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Dizard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 5 8 4 TOTALS 37 8 17 5 GREAT FALLS 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2- 5 8 3 HELENA 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 X- 8 17 1 E--C.Kelly 2, B.McCarthy, R.Deevers. DP--GREAT FALLS 3, HELENA 2. LOB--GREAT FALLS 4, HELENA 10. 2B--M.Deuchler (2), C.King (2), R.Deevers (3). HR--C.Lisk (4). SB--T.Trofholz (5), L.Palmisano (4). SF--B.Whitney. SH--T.Trofholz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREAT FALLS B.McCarthy (L,4-1) 6.0 13 5 3 2 4 0 1.97 F.Dizard 2.0 4 3 2 1 3 0 6.00 HELENA G.Kloostrmn (W,1-0) 5.0 5 3 3 1 7 1 4.32 T.Taubenheim 3.1 3 2 2 1 4 0 4.15 N.Slack (S,3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 WP--F.Dizard 2, G.Kloostrmn. PB--C.Lisk, M.Deuchler. SO--A.Gray 2, R.Nanita, B.Anderson, S.Morris 4, B.Bounds 2, C.Kelly, C.King, L.Palmisano, R.Deevers, M.Ramirez 3, J.Barnes 2. BB--B.Bounds, C.Lisk, G.Rodriguez, D.Anderson 2. T--2:37. A--1422

[MassBrew]

Indianapolis Star Game Story:

 

www.indystar.com/print/ar...8-036.html

[BrewDude]

Hey what a smart sign of that Barrett Whitney!! Looks like a worldbeater out there. 4-4 with a run, rbi, and batting .378. Wow!!! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eek.gif

[bork]

Did Nelson just get his first OF start? Wonder how he looked out there and if we're going to see more over the next month.

 

Might as well give it a try since with only 2 OF on the roster.

[Katuluu]

I believe this was his second start in LF. The first one came this past weekend IIRC.

[MassBrew]

From the High Desert Game Post above:

 

Brad Nelson with his second game in LF; by necessity on this squad?

 

I may have to put the miscellaneous comments in red http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[MassBrew]

Daily Press High Desert Game Story:

Interesting account of how a struggling pitcher, in this case Chad Petty, can start to work things out...

 

www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...147,17204,

[squarepusher]

Can Brad Nelson play the outfield?

 

*drool*

[igor67]

I think it's a desperate ploy by Blackwell to entice the front office to promote Fielder. Of course if it works on either account the team wins big.

[clancyphile]

He's playing left field...

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Jenkins, Sexson, Fielder, Hart, Nelson...

 

*drools*

 

Please, National League, adopt the designated hitter rule...

[MassBrew]

Foiled again by the often unreliable Arizona box score!

 

As I thought last night (but should have typed), the Brewers have confirmed the Arizona rookie Brewer catcher Wednesday was 2003 12th rounder Carlos Corporan, not LHP Alex Correa (both last names begin with "Cor").

 

At some point, it'd be interesting to learn how the box scores are generated and prepared by the official scorers at these Rookie League games in Arizona, where often less than a dozen or so are in attendance.

 

Either way, Corporan had a rough night behind the plate, then...

 

Fun while it lasted!

[Member]

Please, National League, adopt the designated hitter rule...

 

No more... seriously, we all know you like the DH, and we know you'd like to have them amend the rule so that Milwaukee can take advantage of all those players.

 

And, there is no need for you to re-state your position. I get it already.

 

Thanks.