Link Report for Games of Thursday May 29th

[MassBrew]

Daily Menu for Thursday:

 

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

 

INDIANAPOLIS: RHP?s David Manning and Pascual Coco in a home doubleheader vs. Rochester (Twins), 6:00 PM

 

HUNTSVILLE: RHP Pedro Liriano at Birmingham (White Sox), 7:00 PM

 

HIGH DESERT: Idle; a day off in northern California

 

BELOIT: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Battle Creek (Yankees), 6:00 PM; visitor's audio available at www.battlecreekyankees.com

[DHonks]

Hey Mass, just wondering if you can come up with the probables for High Desert this weekend. I believe they have an odd series that goes Fri-Sun-Mon. I'd like to check them out here in San Jose (and of course I'd give updates)

[squarepusher]

Beloit 3, Battle Creek (Yankees) 1

 

Sarfate on the ball again..... Allison on in relief.... 3 outs to go for the win..... Bo Hall on for the save, gives up a first pitch solo HR..... Bo Hall with the save....

 

Dennis Sarfate with 7 innings of shutout ball, is an offically "a machine". Steve Moss the offensive star with a bases loaded single (2 rbi) in the 1st, and a 2-out rbi single in the 2nd.

 

 MID FINAL R H E - - - BELOIT 3 6 0 BATTLE CREEK 1 9 2 

[squarepusher]

Game One: Rochester (Twins) 7, Indianapolis 1

 GAME DATE: 5/29/03 ROCHESTER 7 AT INDIANAPOLIS 1 DH GAME #1 GAME 1 YTD YTD ROCHESTER AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG M.Ryan CF 2 1 0 0 .193 J.Conti CF 4 0 1 0 .226 L.Rodriguez 2B 4 1 2 0 .275 B.Hall 2B 3 0 0 0 .234 M.Cuddyer RF 1 1 1 0 .397 J.Rushford 1B 3 0 2 0 .270 M.Duvall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Smith RF 3 0 0 0 .314 J.Morneau 1B 3 2 2 4 .340 K.Luuloa DH 3 0 1 0 .268 M.Restovich LF 1 0 1 1 .275 W.Veras 3B 3 1 1 0 .232 M.Restovich RF 3 0 3 0 .275 P.Zoccolillo LF 3 0 1 1 .254 D.Lamb SS 4 0 1 0 .291 J.Lawrence CAT 3 0 1 0 .214 S.Andrews 3B 3 0 1 1 .216 S.Scarboroug SS 3 0 1 0 .143 K.Connacher 3B 0 0 0 0 .186 D.Manning PIT 0 0 0 0 .200 K.Connacher LF 3 0 0 0 .186 M.Buddie PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Marsters CAT 4 1 1 1 .290 B.Hoard PIT 1 1 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 7 12 7 TOTALS 28 1 8 1 ROCHESTER 2 0 0 0 4 0 1- 7 12 1 INDIANAPOLIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0- 1 8 0 E--B.Hoard. DP--ROCHESTER 1, INDIANAPOLIS 1. LOB--ROCHESTER 8, INDIANAPOLIS 7. 2B--M.Restovich (14), S.Andrews (10), W.Veras (3). HR--J.Morneau (10), B.Marsters (3). SB--M.Ryan (2), M.Restovich (3). SF--J.Morneau. SH--B.Hoard. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA ROCHESTER B.Hoard (W,3-3) 6.0 6 1 1 1 2 0 6.53 M.Duvall 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.08 INDIANAPOLIS D.Manning (L,3-2) 4.2 9 6 6 3 3 2 2.83 M.Buddie 2.1 3 1 1 2 2 0 4.35 WP--M.Buddie. SO--M.Ryan, S.Andrews, B.Marsters 2, B.Hoard, J.Conti, M.Smith. BB--M.Ryan 2, S.Andrews, K.Connacher, B.Hoard, B.Hall. T--2:03. A--4874

[colbyjack]

Isn't this Sarfate's 3rd dominant start in a row, all starting with his FanFest performance?

[squarepusher]

Birmingham (White Sox) 7, Huntsville 0 (in progress, 5th inning)

 

Perdro Liriano fares not so well, as the Barons hang a 5 on the board in the 2nd inning.... HR given up to Ryan Hankins... Liriano gives up another 2-run HR, gets pulled for Brian Adams as he can't finish 5... Liriano's final line is 4 1/3 IP, 6 H, 7 R, but only 2 ER because of an error on JJ Hardy.

[950opsLHcatcher]

Jeff Allison on in relief

 

Heh.

 

Got draft on the brain, Brian?

[MassBrew]

Beloit Game Summary from the Battle Creek Site:

Well, it's their site, and they lost, so if they don't want to mention Dennis Sarfate by name, I guess it's OK; with this pitching staff and a still struggling offense, every Beloit game seems to finish in about an hour and a half...

 

The Beloit Snappers defeated Battle Creek 3-1 Thursday night in a Midwest League baseball game at C.O. Brown Stadium to drop the Yankees to three games below .500 for the first time this season. Battle Creek (25-28) opens a four-game series at Burlington on Friday night.

 

Rudy Guillen led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run ? his seventh of the season ? for the Yankees? only run. Battle Creek outhit Beloit 9-6, with Erold Andrus getting three hits and Joaquin Arias two.

 

A crowd of 2,058 ? the third-largest home crowd of the season ? was on hand for Lou Gehrig Bobble Head Doll Night. But the Yankees lost ? again ? as they have won just once before the seven largest home crowds this season.

 

The Yankees have been at .500 a total of 16 times this season ? and never more than two games above or below that mark until now.

 

The Snappers came to town with an eight-game losing streak, but took three of the four games in the series. The Yankees? only win was a 16-4 rout; Beloit outscored Battle Creek 16-2 in the other three games.

 

Beloit scored two runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded single by Steve Moss with two outs. The Snappers padded their lead to 3-0 in the second on a two-out single by Moss.

 

The Yankees never got more than one hit in any one inning. A fifth-inning triple by Arias was the team?s only extra-base hit until Guillen?s home run.

[MassBrew]

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 9, Huntsville 1

 

ESPN Southern League Page:

Linescore only as of post time; box score will be here in a bit...

 

sports.espn.go.com/minorl...league=sou

[MassBrew]

Beloit Box Score:

I have run out of adjectives to describe the Snapper's pitching performances this season; on the flip side, the offensive woes continue to be quite evident...

 GAME DATE: 5/29/03 BELOIT 3 AT BATTLE CREEK 1 YTD YTD BELOIT AB R H BI AVG BATTLE CREEK AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs LF 3 1 1 0 .268 G.Lopez 2B 4 0 0 0 .250 K.Bibbs CF 1 0 0 0 .268 E.Andrus LF 4 0 3 0 .538 C.Terni SS 3 0 0 0 .262 J.Drobiak 1B 4 0 1 0 .294 J.Eure 3B 4 1 2 0 .250 M.Carson RF 4 0 1 0 .287 P.Fielder 1B 3 1 0 0 .286 E.Verbryke DH 4 0 1 0 .230 T.Hinton DH 3 0 0 0 .172 R.Guillen CF 4 1 1 1 .277 S.Moss CF 2 0 2 3 .248 S.Madera CAT 2 0 0 0 .000 M.Mendez RF 2 0 0 0 .246 W.Vasquez 3B 4 0 0 0 .233 P.Esparragz CAT 4 0 1 0 .242 J.Arias SS 4 0 2 0 .236 N.Carter LF 2 0 0 0 .129 J.Valdez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Carter RF 2 0 0 0 .129 C.Mendoza PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Crabbe 2B 1 0 0 0 .193 M.Brumit PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Sarfate PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Alliston PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 3 6 3 TOTALS 34 1 9 1 BELOIT 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0- 3 6 0 BATTLE CREEK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 1 9 2 E--G.Lopez, J.Arias. DP--BELOIT 0, BATTLE CREEK 1. LOB--BELOIT 5, BATTLE CREEK 8. 2B--J.Eure (11). 3B--J.Arias (3). HR--R.Guillen (7). SB--C.Crabbe (8), J.Drobiak (4). CS--T.Hinton, S.Moss, E.Andrus. SH--C.Terni. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT D.Sarfate (W,4-2) 7.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 1.80 J.Alliston 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.22 B.Hall (S,6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.01 BATTLE CREEK J.Valdez (L,5-3) 6.0 6 3 3 3 6 0 3.49 C.Mendoza 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.91 M.Brumit 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.42 WP--C.Mendoza. BALKS--C.Mendoza. SO--K.Bibbs, C.Terni, J.Eure, T.Hinton, M.Mendez 2, P.Esparragz, N.Carter, G.Lopez, M.Carson, E.Verbryke 2, R.Guillen, S.Madera, J.Arias. BB--P.Fielder, T.Hinton, C.Crabbe 2, S.Madera 2. A--2058

[MassBrew]

Hey Mass, just wondering if you can come up with the probables for High Desert this weekend. I believe they have an odd series that goes Fri-Sun-Mon. I'd like to check them out here in San Jose (and of course I'd give updates)

 

Have a good time!

 

If the rotation holds to form, you'll see lefty Brian Mazone, and then RHP's Dan Kolb and Jeff Robinson against the Giant farmhands.

 

But the real wild card is Chad Petty. That'd be pretty cool if you saw his first Brewer start.

 

Jeff Robinson, trying to come back from injury, has pitched pretty well, and he just turned 26 years old. It makes way too much sense to figure out a way to have the '99 7th rounder join Huntsville as their 11th pitcher, and then plug Petty into his spot.

 

If that's the case, Monday's your must-see, I would think.

 

I'm hoping that one of our High Desert posters, like MavsWin, might fill us in should a weekend rotation be confirmed for you.

[DHonks]

Thanks Mass. I don't think I'll be able to go to Friday's game, but I should be at Sunday's (with a notepad and pen) and possibly Monday's.

[hsvstarsfan]

Working someone else's shift + working my own =

No sleep. Sorry. No report today. Need that snooze time.

[MassBrew]

starsboxscore.com

No problem, David. With a 9-1 Huntsville loss, you picked a good evening to skip.

 

Game One: Rochester (Twins) 7, Indianapolis 1

Game Two: Rochester 4, Indianapolis 3

 

Indy Site Doubleheader Summary:

 

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Indians (18-33) dropped both ends of a doubleheader against the Rochester Red Wings (23-28) on Thursday night, losing 7-1 in the first game and 4-3 in the second. Justin Morneau led a Red Wings offensive attack that mashed out 23 hits in the two ballgames.

 

Brent Hoard (3-3) pitched 6.0 innings holding the Tribe to six hits and only one run in game one. David Manning, who entered the game with a 1.88 ERA on the season, took the loss for Indianapolis as he allowed six runs off nine hits in only 4.2 innings. Brandon Marsters and Morneau each homered off Manning in the fifth inning, Marsters with a solo shot and Morneau with a three-run homer. Morneau was 2-for-3 in game one with two runs scored and four RBI.

 

The Tribe's lone run in game one was scored in the home half of the second inning when Pete Zoccolillo's single drove home Wilton Veras after Veras had reached base on a double.

 

In game two, the Indians jumped out to an early lead scoring single runs in the first and second innings to take a 2-0 lead. Zoccolillo doubled home Bill Hall in the first inning and Jason Conti was balked home as Veras batted against Red Wings starter Matt Carnes in the bottom of the second.

 

After coasting through the Red Wings order in the first three innings, Tribe starter Pasqual Coco ran into trouble facing Morneau leading off the fourth inning, as Morneau connected for his second home run of the night and 11th of the season with a solo blast to right center. Rochester then tied the game on a Marsters RBI double later in the inning. The Red Wings and Tribe traded runs in the fifth inning when Luis Rodriguez delivered an RBI base hit for Rochester and Zoccolillo plated Mark Budzinski on a groundout in the bottom half of the inning.

 

Coco pitched 5.0 innings in game two allowing three runs on eight hits before giving way to John Foster (1-1) with the score tied at three apiece heading into the sixth. Foster, who had won his only other appearance with the Indians this season, allowed Shane Andrews to score the go-ahead run for Rochester in the top of the sixth on an RBI groundout by Gabby Torres.

 

Juan Padilla (2-1), who came on in relief of Carnes with one out and two Indians runners on base in the bottom of the fifth, earned the win for Rochester in game two.

 

Jim Rushford, who was a combined 3-for-6 on the day, extended his hitting streak to nine games after connecting for base hits in both contests.

 

The Indians will open a four game series with Ottawa on Friday night when Dave Burba (2-5, 3.86) faces Eric DuBose (4-3, 4.05) at 7 p.m. from Victory Field.

 

Indianapolis Star Game Story:

"Action Shot" of Steve Scarborough, but you've got to get quotes at the home games, Indy writers -- it's kind of ironic that the weakest overall coverage of the farm system by local writers is at the AAA level....

 

www.indystar.com/print/ar...6-036.html

 

Indianapolis Star Dave Burba Story:

Another member of the Tribe contemplating retirement; apparently, the Brewers did not have to compensate Cleveland after all....

 

www.indystar.com/print/ar...4-036.html

 

Indianapolis Game Two Box Score:

The rainout Wednesday throws the Indy rotation into flux for next week, especially with LHP Nate Teut's injury status in question...

 GAME DATE: 5/29/03 ROCHESTER 4 AT INDIANAPOLIS 3 DH GAME #2 GAME 2 YTD YTD ROCHESTER AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG M.Ryan CF 4 1 3 0 .206 M.Budzinski RF 3 1 1 0 .264 L.Rodriguez 2B 3 0 2 1 .282 B.Hall SS 4 1 2 0 .241 J.Morneau 1B 3 1 1 1 .340 J.Rushford 1B 3 0 1 0 .275 M.Restovich RF 4 1 1 0 .275 P.Zoccolillo LF 3 0 1 2 .255 D.Lamb SS 4 0 2 0 .296 K.Luuloa DH 3 0 0 0 .260 S.Andrews 3B 3 1 0 0 .212 J.Conti CF 2 1 2 0 .236 K.Connacher LF 2 0 1 0 .200 C.McKay CAT 2 0 1 0 .181 B.Marsters CAT 2 0 1 1 .293 W.Veras 3B 3 0 0 0 .227 G.Torres DH 3 0 0 1 .227 S.Scarboroug 2B 3 0 0 0 .139 M.Carnes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Coco PIT 0 0 0 0 .143 J.Padilla PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Foster PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Erdos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Kolb PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 4 11 4 TOTALS 26 3 8 2 ROCHESTER 0 0 0 2 1 1 0- 4 11 0 INDIANAPOLIS 1 1 0 0 1 0 0- 3 8 0 DP--ROCHESTER 1, INDIANAPOLIS 2. LOB--ROCHESTER 7, INDIANAPOLIS 5. 2B--M.Ryan (6), B.Marsters (9), P.Zoccolillo (10), J.Conti (6). 3B--M.Ryan (2). HR--J.Morneau (11). CS--L.Rodriguez, J.Conti. SH-- L.Rodriguez, C.McKay. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA ROCHESTER M.Carnes 4.1 7 3 3 2 2 0 3.52 J.Padilla (W,2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.55 T.Erdos (S,6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.83 INDIANAPOLIS P.Coco 5.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 5.26 J.Foster (L,1-1) 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 3.38 D.Kolb 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.33 BALKS--M.Carnes. SO--M.Ryan, M.Restovich 2, S.Andrews, K.Connacher, B.Hall, W.Veras 2, S.Scarboroug. BB--J.Morneau, K.Connacher, B.Marsters, M.Budzinski, J.Conti. T--2:14.

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...?newsid=82

 

Huntsville Box Score from Baseball America:

Includes updated averages and ERA's...

 GAME DATE: 5/29/03 HUNTSVILLE 1 AT BIRMINGHAM 9 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI AVG R.Knox LF 4 0 1 0 .251 C.Durham CF 3 1 0 0 .273 D.Krynzel CF 3 0 2 0 .316 D.Sandoval SS 4 1 1 0 .250 J.Hardy SS 4 0 1 1 .324 R.Hankins 2B 4 2 1 3 .270 C.Hart 3B 4 0 1 0 .302 D.Ingram LF 0 0 0 0 .216 N.Varner RF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Ingram DH 1 1 0 0 .216 B.Gemoll 1B 2 0 0 0 .247 S.Bikowski RF 4 1 1 2 .320 R.Gripp DH 4 0 0 0 .222 C.Maldonado CAT 3 1 1 1 .299 K.Johnson CAT 4 0 0 0 .100 J.Acevas 1B 3 1 0 0 .269 R.Paz 2B 2 1 2 0 .263 J.Piniella LF 3 1 2 1 .254 P.Liriano PIT 0 0 0 0 .077 J.Piniella CF 0 0 0 0 .254 B.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Shaffer 3B 4 0 2 1 .207 R.Miller PIT 0 0 0 0 .250 N.Cotts PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Bullard PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 1 7 1 TOTALS 30 9 8 8 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0- 1 7 2 BIRMINGHAM 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 X- 9 8 1 E--J.Hardy, P.Liriano, J.Piniella. DP--HUNTSVILLE 1, BIRMINGHAM 2. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 7, BIRMINGHAM 6. 2B--R.Paz (9), C.Maldonado (9), J.Piniella (7). HR--R.Hankins (6), S.Bikowski (1). SB--R.Knox (17), D.Sandoval (8). CS--D.Krynzel, D.Ingram. HBP--D.Krynzel. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE P.Liriano (L,4-5) 4.1 6 7 2 7 3 2 2.91 B.Adams 2.2 2 2 2 2 2 0 10.80 R.Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.00 BIRMINGHAM N.Cotts (W,7-2) 6.1 4 1 1 2 12 0 2.18 J.Bullard 2.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 4.72 HB--N.Cotts. WP--P.Liriano, B.Adams. SO--R.Knox, J.Hardy, C.Hart 3, N.Varner 2, B.Gemoll, R.Gripp 2, K.Johnson 2, C.Durham, D.Sandoval, D.Ingram, J.Piniella, J.Shaffer 2, J.Bullard. BB--B.Gemoll 2, R.Paz, C.Durham, D.Sandoval, R.Hankins, D.Ingram 3, C.Maldonado, J.Acevas, J.Piniella. T--2:45. A--3325

[MassBrew]

Beloit Game Story from the Battle Creek Enquirer:

A few additional details here...

 

www.battlecreekenquirer.c...88715.html