Link Report for Games of Monday, April 28th

[MassBrew]

High Desert Updates from the Audio Pre-Game Show:

 

Pitching coach Bill Champion's mom died this weekend. Our condolences to the Champion family. Helena pitching coach Mark Littell moves up from extended spring training in Maryvale to cover for a bit.

 

Infielder Todd West's arm/shoulder continues to trouble him, and an MRI has been scheduled. West has not been placed on the DL, not as of yet, anyway, but he's not in Monday's lineup and will miss at least another day or two, even if he avoids a DL stint.

 

LHP Pete Smart, the Mavs' Opening Day starter, has been placed on the 7-day DL (which is the standard DL in the minor leagues). He, too, is scheduled for an MRI -- I believe it's his pitching arm.

 

The Brewers have signed a former big leaguer and assigned him to the High Desert roster. 28-year-old RHP Ken Ray saw action in relief in 13 games for the Kansas City Royals in 1999. Apparently, Ray was out of baseball in 2001 and saw some independent league action in 2002, according to Mavs' announcer Mike Lindskog.

 

Ray will not move into the starting rotation, however. RHP J.M. Gold moves into the rotation in Smart's spot Wednesday night.

 

So once again, the Brewers choose not to promote too quickly an organizational pitcher from Beloit or even Helena to High Desert to bridge the talent gap between the Huntsville and Beloit staffs, and sorry, that wording is not a slight on potential talents like Dan Hall, Dan Kolb, Chris Saenz, or Tony Stavros. But there is a perceived staff talent drop at the High-A level.

 

Starting with LHP Brian Mazone (27 years old this July), and RHP's Bobby Bystrowski (26), Aaron Dean (24), Justin Backsmeyer (23), and now Ray (28) , the Brewers have brought in pitchers who were let go by other major league organizations or who were toiling solely in independent ball. All appreciative of the opportunity, I'm sure, but also all thrust with a welcome to the High Desert pitching conditions.

 

Of course, the Mavericks also play road games, and as Lindskog reminds us tonight, not very well. Going back to last season, High Desert has lost a mind-numbing 25 of 26 road games.

[MassBrew]

Quad City (Twins) 5, Beloit 4, 11 innings

Reliever Josh Alliston involved in another decision, now 2-3; Snappers trailed 4-0 after four innings; more details as they become available...

[950opsLHcatcher]

Again, no slight to the High Desert pitching staff, but the talent gap that exists there seems to get bigger and bigger every week. Has anyone else just stared at the staff ERAs there and been completely boggled? I don't remember it being quite this bad last season, and the sample sizes aren't getting any smaller. I yearn for the day when it is not every other club in the system that has a solid staff. It is going to be a challenge for Saenz, Hall, Stavros , Schaub, et al, to form a solid staff there, and I hope they rise to that challenge eventually, for High Desert's sake. Clark and Johnson aren't going to be there all season.

[MassBrew]

Greenville 4, Huntsville 2, 10 innings

Just wrapped up; Stars' runs scored on a Chris Barnwell groundout and a catcher's bad throw on a Richard Paz steal of third. Huntsville was one out away from victory in the ninth, but an RBI single off of RHP Matt Parker kept the Stars from their fourth consecutive victory. Parker then gave up a 2-run HR in the tenth and took the loss.

 

Additional details overnight and in the early AM...

[MassBrew]

Beloit Site Game Blurb:

 

www.snappersbaseball.com/...me_id=1052

 

Game Summary from Riverbandits.com:

 

The Quad City River Bandits scratched across a run in the top of the 11th inning Monday night as they defeated the Beloit Snappers 5-4 at Beloit?s Pohlman Field on Monday night. Steve Murray pitched two scoreless innings to collect his first victory, while Omar Burgos scored the winning run on a wild pitch.

 

With one out and the game tied, Burgos doubled into left-center. With Kaulana Kuhaulua at the plate, Josh Alliston uncorked a breaking ball in the dirt that skipped away from Pedro Esparragoza. An aggressive Burgos took third on the play. With Burgos at third and one out, another Alliston slider slipped through Esparragoza?s legs, and Burgos slid in safely for a 5-4 Bandits lead.

 

Murray got into a bit of trouble in the eleventh, loading up the bases with one out. But Callix Crabbe popped to shallow center, and John Vanden Berg flied to deep right center. Trent Oeltjen made the catch to send the Bandits to a series-opening win. Murray struck out one in two innings to earn his first win with the Bandits.

 

Quad City used a pair of bunt base hits in the third to take a 2-0 lead. After Omar Burgos drew a leadoff walk, both Kaulana Kuhaulua and Scott Whitrock bunted down the third base line for singles to load up the bases. Seth Davidson bounced to second to bring home Burgos, and Kuhaulua scored on a sacrifice fly from Trent Oeltjen.

 

The Bandits added two more in the fourth inning. After Dusty Gomon hit an infield single to the hole on the left side, he moved to second base on a Felix Molina walk. Burgos singled to bring home Gomon, and an error allowed Molina to take third base. Molina scored on Kuhaulua?s chopper to third.

 

The Snappers scored three times to close the gap in the fifth. After Scott Tyler had pitched a no-hitter through the first four innings, the Snappers singled three straight times to bring home a run. Tyler then hit a man and walked two more to bring home a pair of runs, slicing the Bandits edge to 4-3.

 

Beloit tied the contest in the bottom of the eighth frame. After pitching two scoreless inning, Kevin Cameron walked leadoff hitter Kennard Bibbs and was replaced by Pat Neshek. After a walk to Prince Fielder, Jeff Eure hit a chopper to third base. Burgos? throw was wild, bringing home Bibbs with the tying run.

 

Scott Tyler got no decision for the Bandits, striking out three in five innings. Kevin Cameron allowed just an unearned run in two innings, while Pat Neshek maintained his 0.00 ERA with two scoreless innings.

 

UP NEXT: The River Bandits take on the Snappers in the second game of the three-game series. T.J. Prunty (1-2, 4.00) starts against Calvin Carpenter (0-1, 5.40). First pitch is scheduled 6:30, with pregame coverage on WKBF starting at 6:15.

[MassBrew]

Suggestion:

 

If I'm Snappers management and I have no local radio affiliate providing play-by-play, I audition announcers to stream the games over the Beloit website. I can imagine that dozens of local broadcasting majors in the area would jump at the chance. Heck, in order to get a season's worth of audio tapes for their resume, you'd probably get volunteers to do it without pay, just for the opportunity. Or at the least, cost would be minimal. Of course, there's only the benefit to the web fans, as you wouldn't be bringing in advertising income. But surely not a costly venture at all.

 

You'd likely only get home games, as there would be the cost associated with a traveling audio voice. Most team announcers fill another front office position; that could be the case here, or the Snappers could simply bring somebody in to be the online voice for the 70 home dates -- that's it.

 

The Oakland A's do this for their spring training games.

 

So how about it, Snappers? Could the parent Brewers assist and make sure the resources are available?

 

Bring Toby in, I've heard him now -- his voice rakes...http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[MassBrew]

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...?newsid=49

 

Huntsville Box Score:

J.J. Hardy still sidelined...

 GAME DATE: 4/28/03 GREENVILLE 4 AT HUNTSVILLE 2 (EXTRA INNINGS) YTD YTD GREENVILLE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG P.Orr 3B 4 0 1 1 .378 R.Knox LF 5 0 1 0 .258 R.Lewis 2B 5 0 0 0 .221 D.Krynzel CF 4 0 0 0 .275 R.Langerhans CF 3 1 2 0 .299 C.Hart 3B 4 0 1 0 .302 B.McCarthy LF 3 0 0 0 .246 B.Gemoll 1B 4 0 1 0 .238 J.Fitzgerald 1B 5 1 1 0 .229 C.Guerrero RF 3 1 0 0 .213 C.Aldridge RF 5 1 4 2 .268 R.Miller PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 K.Johnson SS 4 1 2 0 .264 M.Hammons PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Evans CAT 4 0 0 1 .260 R.Gripp PH 1 0 0 0 .163 B.Nelson PIT 2 0 0 0 .143 M.Parker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.LaRoche PH 1 0 0 0 .275 R.Paz 2B 3 1 0 0 .250 R.Aguilar PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 M.Kremblas CAT 3 0 1 0 .146 K.Barry PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Barnwell SS 3 0 0 1 .203 K.De Renne PH 1 0 0 0 .135 P.Liriano PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 W.Collazo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Cosbey RF 1 0 0 0 .346 J.Winkelsas PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 4 10 4 TOTALS 33 2 4 1 GREENVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2- 4 10 2 HUNTSVILLE 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0- 2 4 1 E--R.Lewis, L.Evans, P.Liriano. DP--GREENVILLE 0, HUNTSVILLE 0. LOB--GREENVILLE 10, HUNTSVILLE 7. 2B--R.Langerhans (8). 3B--K.Johnson (1). HR--C.Aldridge (2). SB--R.Paz (2). HBP--C.Hart, M.Kremblas, C.Barnwell. SH--B.McCarthy, K.Johnson, L.Evans, C.Cosbey. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREENVILLE B.Nelson 6.0 2 2 0 1 5 0 2.55 R.Aguilar 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 K.Barry 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 W.Collazo (W,2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 J.Winkelsas (S,2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 HUNTSVILLE P.Liriano 6.1 4 1 1 3 3 0 3.62 R.Miller 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.55 M.Hammons 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.91 M.Parker (L,0-1) 2.0 5 3 3 0 1 1 4.00 HB--B.Nelson 2, R.Aguilar. PB--L.Evans. SO--P.Orr, B.McCarthy, J.Fitzgerald, L.Evans 2, D.Krynzel, C.Hart 2, C.Guerrero, R.Paz, C.Barnwell, C.Cosbey. BB--P.Orr, R.Langerhans 2, B.McCarthy, D.Krynzel, R.Paz. T--3:02. A--992

[950opsLHcatcher]

Bring Toby in, I've heard him now -- his voice rakes...

 

And we all know what happened to Bill Scott.

 

I'd have to listen to many, many tapes of Bob Uecker before I'd consider myself ready, but hey, I'm game. I have nothing else going on this summer. The chicks dig the deep, if not somewhat nasely voice.

 

"Get up, get up, get out of here! Er, shhhhhhbang. Er.... crap."

[MassBrew]

Beloit Box Score:

Hmmm, RHP Ryan Trytten with a decent starting effort; that's why the Daily Menu says "pitchers subject to change", as Khalid Ballouli was originally scheuled. (There goes Colbyjack's Fan Fest pitcher projections...); LHP Justin Gabriel with a nice relief outing...

 

 GAME DATE: 4/28/03 QUAD CITY 5 AT BELOIT 4 (EXTRA INNINGS) YTD YTD QUAD CITY AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG S.Davidson SS 6 0 1 1 .296 K.Bibbs CF 4 1 1 1 .237 T.Oeltjen CF 3 0 0 1 .233 C.Crabbe 2B 5 0 1 1 .269 T.Oeltjen RF 0 0 0 0 .233 J.VandenBrg DH 6 0 0 0 .274 B.Kennedy CAT 3 0 0 0 .306 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 1 0 .367 D.Gomon 1B 4 1 1 0 .169 J.Eure 3B 4 1 2 1 .215 E.Lebron DH 5 0 0 0 .192 T.Hinton LF 4 1 1 0 .182 F.Molina 2B 3 1 0 0 .237 M.Mendez RF 5 1 2 1 .296 O.Burgos 3B 4 2 2 1 .207 P.Esparragz CAT 4 0 0 0 .297 K.Kuhaulua LF 5 1 2 1 .250 C.Terni SS 3 0 0 0 .205 S.Whitrock RF 4 0 1 0 .270 R.Trytten PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Romero PH 1 0 0 0 .130 J.Gabriel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Romero CF 0 0 0 0 .130 J.Alliston PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Tyler PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Cameron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Neshek PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Murray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 5 7 4 TOTALS 39 4 8 4 QUAD CITY 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 5 7 3 BELOIT 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0- 4 8 2 E--F.Molina, O.Burgos 2, C.Crabbe, T.Hinton. DP--QUAD CITY 1, BELOIT 0. LOB--QUAD CITY 8, BELOIT 11. 2B--O.Burgos (2). SB--D.Gomon (2), J.Eure (5). CS--S.Davidson. HBP--T.Oeltjen, B.Kennedy, C.Terni 2. SF--T.Oeltjen. SH--F.Molina, P.Esparragz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA QUAD CITY S.Tyler 5.0 3 3 3 3 3 0 5.91 K.Cameron 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 6.75 P.Neshek 2.0 3 0 0 2 3 0 0.00 S.Murray (W,1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 BELOIT R.Trytten 6.0 5 4 3 2 1 0 7.63 J.Gabriel 3.1 0 0 0 2 3 0 6.06 J.Alliston (L,2-3) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.70 HB--S.Tyler, S.Murray, R.Trytten, J.Gabriel. WP--J.Alliston 3. BALKS--R.Trytten. SO--S.Davidson, E.Lebron, F.Molina, O.Burgos, S.Whitrock, C.Crabbe, J.VandenBrg, P.Fielder, J.Eure, M.Mendez 2, P.Esparragz 3, C.Terni. BB--B.Kennedy, D.Gomon, F.Molina, O.Burgos, K.Bibbs 2, C.Crabbe, P.Fielder, J.Eure, T.Hinton. T--3:02. A--584

[MassBrew]

Lancaster (Diamondbacks) 10, High Desert 5

How much fun can the team breakfast be at the hotel these days? 26 of 27 is just crazy...

 

High Desert Site Game Story:

 

LANCASTER, CA ? The High Desert Mavericks overall losing streak reached a season-worst six straight games, as they fell in Lancaster on Monday night, losing to the JetHawks by a final of 10-5.

 

Lancaster got out in front 7-0 and was never challenged as the Mavs dropped their ninth straight road game overall. Dating back to last year, the Mavs have now lost 26 of their last 27 road games.

 

The JetHawks got on the board early with three runs off Mavs starter Brian Mazone (0-2) in the second inning for a 3-0 lead. That lead became 7-0 in the third, as Maybanex Santana hit a Grand Slam, which was also his first homer of the year.

 

Daryl Clark's first homer away from Mavericks Stadium put the Mavs on the board in the fourth inning. The home run came off JetHawks starter Justin Wechsler (2-0), who scattered seven hits over five innings for the win. He didn't walk a batter and recorded four strikeouts. For Clark, he now leads the League with 11 home runs and 26 RBIs.

 

Three more runs in the bottom of the fourth put the JetHawks up 10-1. Mazone was chased after he loaded the bases without retiring a man in the inning. Reliever David Nolasco came on and allowed all three men to score, but did work three full innings without allowing a run. Tony Stavros also worked two scoreless innings to help the Mavericks bullpen.

 

The Mavs got a run in the seventh on a Johnny Raburn RBI hit to make it 10-2. High Desert made things interesting with a three-run ninth off reliever Billy Biggs, but failed to bring the tying run to the plate, leaving the bases loaded at the end of the game.

 

Raburn finished the night with three hits and two RBIs for the Mavs. Scott Candelaria and Jason Belcher chipped in two hits each for the Mavs offense. Mark Ernster collected a ninth inning RBI hit that extended his hitting streak to seven straight.

 

The Mavs send Danny Kolb (0-1) to the hill tomorrow, as he faces southpaw, Doug Slaten (2-1) of the JetHawks. Game time is at 7:15 from Lancaster.

 

The Mavs return home on Friday, May 2nd.

 

High Desert Box Score:

 GAME DATE: 4/28/03 HIGH DESERT 5 AT LANCASTER 10 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG LANCASTER AB R H BI AVG J.Raburn SS 5 1 3 2 .317 M.Williams CF 5 0 2 1 .292 J.Belcher RF 5 0 2 0 .351 D.Uggla 3B 5 1 1 1 .286 K.Johnson CAT 3 0 1 0 .356 J.Kroeger RF 5 1 3 0 .353 B.Foster PH 1 0 0 0 .268 C.Snyder CAT 1 2 0 0 .282 B.Foster CAT 1 0 0 0 .268 M.DiRosa CAT 1 0 0 0 .111 D.Clark DH 4 1 2 1 .394 S.Santos SS 4 1 1 2 .278 M.Ernster 3B 5 0 1 1 .407 J.Jones LF 5 2 4 0 .286 F.Villanueva 1B 5 0 1 0 .339 M.Santana 1B 4 2 2 5 .293 D.Boyd LF 5 1 0 0 .222 E.Macha DH 3 1 1 1 .333 S.Candelaria 2B 3 1 2 0 .246 J.Stanek PH 1 0 0 0 .245 C.Morris CF 3 1 1 0 .235 D.Richar 2B 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Mazone PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Wechsler PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Nolasco PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Trejo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Stavros PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Castllanos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Biggs PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 40 5 13 4 TOTALS 38 10 14 10 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3- 5 13 0 LANCASTER 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 X-10 14 2 E--M.Santana, D.Richar. DP--HIGH DESERT 0, LANCASTER 2. LOB--HIGH DESERT 11, LANCASTER 9. 2B--F.Villanueva (4), S.Candelaria (1), E.Macha (1). 3B--J.Kroeger (3). HR--D.Clark (11), M.Santana (1). SB--K.Johnson (3), C.Morris (15), J.Kroeger (2). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT B.Mazone (L,0-2) 3.0 8 10 10 5 4 1 12.54 D.Nolasco 3.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 8.15 T.Stavros 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.03 LANCASTER J.Wechsler (W,2-0) 5.0 7 1 1 0 4 1 5.87 F.Trejo 2.0 2 1 0 2 6 0 0.82 J.Castllanos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.64 B.Biggs 1.0 4 3 2 1 2 0 4.70 WP--B.Biggs. SO--J.Belcher, B.Foster 2, D.Clark 2, M.Ernster 2, F.Villanueva 3, D.Boyd, S.Candelaria, M.Williams 2, D.Uggla, J.Kroeger, C.Snyder, S.Santos, M.Santana 2, E.Macha 2, D.Richar. BB--D.Clark, S.Candelaria, C.Morris, C.Snyder 3, S.Santos, M.Santana. T--2:53. A--1207

[MassBrew]

Well, technically it may not have been a total wipeout because Milwaukee and Indianapolis were idle, but Monday marked the first day since the start of the season that there wasn't at least one organizational victory to feel good about.

 

So we'll take our Pepto-Bismol and get ready for Today's Menu :

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio approx. 15 minutes prior to first pitch...

 

INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Pascual Coco vs. Louisville (Reds) at home, 7:05 PM

 

HUNTSVILLE: RHP Ben Diggins and his 2.05 ERA vs. Greenville (Braves) at home in a 12:05 PM lunchtime special -- fill us in here after listening in at the office...

 

HIGH DESERT: RHP Danny Kolb takes the mound at Lancaster (Diamondbacks) as the Mavericks look to turn things around -- heck, they will, starting at 9:15 tonight!!

 

BELOIT: RHP Calvin Carpenter at home vs. Quad City (Twins), 6:30 PM; audio is available at riverbandits.com. We'll see if we can determine Khalid Ballouli's status today.

[MassBrew]

Our weekly glance at the league leaders:

 

AAA International League:

 [b]TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] CHARLOTTE .288 695 105 200 21 51 138 19 7 ROCHESTER .283 692 104 196 15 57 140 11 11 LOUISVILLE .280 746 121 209 21 62 127 14 7 DURHAM .278 791 111 220 21 78 170 20 10 OTTAWA .276 760 106 210 7 89 162 19 10 PAWTUCKET .276 684 115 189 28 73 141 25 9 TOLEDO .269 702 105 189 25 61 167 25 9 BUFFALO .264 682 98 180 15 65 139 22 12 NORFOLK .257 720 99 185 19 78 130 36 5 RICHMOND .256 780 87 200 17 58 168 15 8 SCRANTON-WB .254 780 94 198 10 80 135 11 4 COLUMBUS .240 728 81 175 21 70 167 10 5 SYRACUSE .238 647 76 154 14 57 120 10 1 [b]INDIANAPOLIS .220 700 70 154 12 53 166 13 8[/b]

Not a single Indian among the batting leaders in any category...

 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO BUFFALO 14- 6 2.94 154 1 1 9 10 73 140 NORFOLK 14- 8 3.31 179 0 2 6 15 62 179 SCRANTON-WB 11- 13 3.45 199 1 3 4 10 50 152 TOLEDO 12- 10 3.55 179 1 2 3 21 55 107 RICHMOND 12- 12 3.59 191 0 3 8 21 86 187 CHARLOTTE 14- 8 4.00 172 0 3 11 18 61 150 DURHAM 11- 13 4.10 209 0 0 6 16 54 138 PAWTUCKET 12- 9 4.27 195 0 0 6 10 72 137 LOUISVILLE 13- 9 4.29 213 1 2 4 15 47 159 COLUMBUS 6- 16 4.36 195 0 0 3 22 66 170 OTTAWA 9- 14 4.50 206 0 0 6 19 78 149 [b]INDIANAPOLIS 8- 14 4.74 194 0 1 5 29 80 143[/b] ROCHESTER 11- 11 4.89 198 1 0 7 21 59 140 SYRACUSE 8- 12 4.97 175 1 1 6 19 89 119

 [b]PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 17 IP)[/b] [b]PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO[/b] Loux, Shane TOL 3- 0 0.38 24 16 7 10 *Kubes, Greg SWB 1- 1 1.31 21 16 2 15 Reyes, Carlos DUR 2- 1 1.38 26 19 0 17 Phillips, Jason BUF 4- 0 1.50 24 18 9 15 Strange, Pat NOR 2- 0 1.93 19 20 5 17 *Pulido, Carlos ROC 3- 1 2.05 22 19 0 18 Burba, Dave BUF 1- 3 2.05 22 18 5 10 *Porzio, Mike CHR 4- 0 2.05 22 15 6 18 [b]Quevedo, Ruben IND 2- 1 2.10 26 24 8 23[/b] Fussell, Chris RMD 2- 1 2.13 25 19 13 23

 [b]HOME RUNS ALLOWED[/b] De Paula, Jorge COL 8 [b]Campos, Francisco IND 6[/b] Chulk, Vinny SYR 6 Wright, Jamey IND 5 Greisinger, Seth TOL 5

AA SOUTHERN LEAGUE:

 [b]TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS [/b] CAROLINA .295 864 154 255 21 98 170 23 11 TENNESSEE .265 810 94 215 13 71 181 15 10 ORLANDO .259 876 89 227 14 68 174 18 10 WEST TENN .250 787 98 197 14 84 164 14 10 CHATTANOOGA .249 786 95 196 19 71 208 9 9 GREENVILLE .245 750 89 184 17 89 195 18 3 [b]HUNTSVILLE .242 846 107 205 11 82 179 33 15[/b] MOBILE .239 811 91 194 19 81 199 22 7 JACKSONVILLE .233 830 103 193 15 93 200 19 18 BIRMINGHAM .230 765 76 176 4 84 169 22 14

 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 64 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR .394 25 99 21 39 5 31 Dubois, Jason WTE .388 22 67 15 26 4 12 Diaz, Matt ORL .366 25 93 8 34 0 9 Martinez, Gabby ORL .344 22 93 11 32 0 5 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .333 20 78 18 26 4 13 [/b] Cosme, Caonabo TEN .329 23 82 6 27 1 11 Schumaker, Skip TEN .328 14 58 8 19 0 2 Valdez, Wilson CAR .326 23 89 19 29 0 8 Aguila, Chris CAR .323 25 96 21 31 7 17 Brock, Tarrik JAX .315 23 73 13 23 5 18 

 [b]RBI[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR 31 [b]Hart, Corey HVL 21[/b] Wilson, Josh CAR 19 Brock, Tarrik JAX 18 Aguila, Chris CAR 17

 [b]STOLEN BASES[/b] [b]Knox, Ryan HVL 9[/b] Valdez, Wilson CAR 8 [b]Krynzel, Dave HVL 8[/b] Alvarez, Nick JAX 8 Donovan, Todd MOB 7

 [b]TRIPLES[/b] [b]Krynzel, Dave HVL 3[/b] Ambres, Chip CAR 2 Burns, Kevan TEN 2 Several Players Tied at 1

 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Dubois, Jason WTE .494 Diaz, Matt ORL .450 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .438[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR .431 Ambres, Chip CAR .424

 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] Dubois, Jason WTE .701 Cabrera, Miguel CAR .677 Brock, Tarrik JAX .630 Aguila, Chris CAR .604 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .590[/b]

 [b]EXTRA-BASE HITS[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR 17 Aguila, Chris CAR 12 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL 12[/b] Dubois, Jason WTE 12 Brock, Tarrik JAX 12

 [b]RUNS SCORED[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR 21 Aguila, Chris CAR 21 Valdez, Wilson CAR 19 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL 18[/b] [b]Knox, Ryan HVL 18[/b]

 [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b]W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] TENNESSEE 15- 9 2.53 184 0 1 12 16 59 213 [b]HUNTSVILLE 14- 10 2.85 192 0 4 5 17 97 182[/b] BIRMINGHAM 11- 13 2.87 209 0 2 8 12 95 180 JACKSONVILLE 13- 12 2.91 212 0 1 5 8 63 181 GREENVILLE 12- 11 3.58 189 0 3 8 11 83 136 MOBILE 11- 13 3.66 177 0 1 8 19 103 212 WEST TENN 13- 11 3.78 208 0 0 6 17 75 208 ORLANDO 7- 18 3.85 227 0 1 2 13 83 176 CAROLINA 18- 7 3.92 209 0 2 10 12 96 199 CHATTANOOGA 7- 17 4.47 235 0 1 4 22 67 152

 [b]PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 19 IP)[/b] [b]PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO[/b] *Fesh, Sean CAR 6- 0 0.00 20 8 5 19 [b]*Martinez, Luis HVL 3- 1 0.31 29 13 13 38[/b] Pacheco, Enemencio BIR 2- 0 0.36 25 15 7 23 *Cotts, Neal BIR 4- 0 0.98 28 16 15 41 Haren, Danny TEN 4- 0 1.09 33 24 3 26 *Willis, Dontrelle CAR 3- 0 1.27 28 21 6 28 [b]Diggins, Ben HVL 2- 1 2.05 31 28 8 23[/b] Stokes, Brian ORL 0- 3 2.13 25 26 7 16 Moseley, Dustin CNG 2- 0 2.18 33 26 6 13 Mitre, Sergio WTE 1- 1 2.22 24 26 7 23

 [b]STRIKEOUTS[/b] Cotts, Neal BIR 41 [b]Martinez, Luis HVL 38[/b] Wellemeyer, Todd WTE 34 Parrott, Rhett TEN 32 Stewart, Cory MOB 31

 [b]WALKS[/b] Malone, Corwin BIR 22 Rojas, Chris MOB 18 [b]Jones, Mike HVL 17[/b] Several Players Tied at 15

HIGH-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE:

 [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b]AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS [/b] [b]HIGH DESERT .306 882 149 270 25 75 160 33 17 [/b] LAKE ELSINORE .306 813 151 249 23 93 177 34 12 BAKERSFIELD .300 740 126 222 14 50 163 21 10 LANCASTER .286 800 136 229 25 83 199 25 4 STOCKTON .276 831 152 229 13 124 194 24 13 INLAND EMPIRE .266 723 99 192 13 80 142 18 11 RANCHO CUCAMONGA .261 773 86 202 14 59 153 19 11 MODESTO .250 771 122 193 10 110 178 19 2 SAN JOSE .248 731 87 181 11 54 159 18 7 VISALIA .241 798 108 192 17 87 204 17 10 

 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 62 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD .394 24 99 25 39 11 26[/b] Florence, Branden SJ .393 22 89 12 35 4 13 Barfield, Josh LKE .392 22 97 14 38 3 26 Gathright, Joey BAK .380 22 79 19 30 0 10 Raymundo, G.J. STK .377 21 77 15 29 0 16 Oliveros, Luis INL .373 16 59 8 22 2 9 Jacobs, Greg INL .357 21 70 16 25 2 19 Guzman, Freddy LKE .357 19 70 22 25 1 7 [b]Johnson, Kade HD .356 24 104 21 37 7 24[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC .353 22 85 16 30 1 13 

 [b]HOME RUNS[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 11[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD 7[/b] [b]Foster, Brian HD 6[/b] Sain, Greg LKE 6 Several Players Tied at 5

 [b]RBI[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 26[/b] Barfield, Josh LKE 26 [b]Johnson, Kade HD 24[/b] Clark, Aaron BAK 21 Several Players Tied at 19

 [b]STOLEN BASES[/b] [b]Morris, Chris HD 15[/b] Williams, Marland LNC 14 Guzman, Freddy LKE 10 Gathright, Joey BAK 8 Thomas, Gary MOD 7

 [b]HITS[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 39[/b] Barfield, Josh LKE 38 [b]Johnson, Kade HD 37[/b] Florence, Branden SJ 35 Several Players Tied at 30

 [b]DOUBLES[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC 10 [b]Johnson, Kade HD 8[/b] Raymundo, G.J. STK 8 Barfield, Josh LKE 8 Several Players Tied at 7

 [b]TRIPLES[/b] Chavez, Angel SJ 4 [b]Clark, Daryl HD 4[/b] Meyer, Drew STK 4 Several Players Tied at 3

 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Raymundo, G.J. STK .480 Jacobs, Greg INL .471 Guzman, Freddy LKE .471 [b]Clark, Daryl HD .456[/b] Several Players Tied at .449

 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD .838[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD .654[/b] Florence, Branden SJ .652 Barfield, Josh LKE .608 Jacobs, Greg INL .586

 [b]EXTRA-BASE HITS[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 18[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD 16[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC 14 Several Players Tied at 13

 [b]RUNS SCORED[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 25[/b] Guzman, Freddy LKE 22 [b]Johnson, Kade HD 21[/b] Bourgeois, Jason STK 21 Boyd, Patrick STK 20

 [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b]W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] BAKERSFIELD 16- 6 3.35 175 0 3 7 14 82 173 LANCASTER 13- 10 3.62 222 0 0 4 16 69 147 STOCKTON 13- 10 4.05 225 0 1 6 16 79 172 RANCHO CUCAMONGA 13- 10 4.33 205 0 0 6 14 81 171 LAKE ELSINORE 13- 9 4.34 216 0 1 4 15 72 145 INLAND EMPIRE 11- 11 4.55 206 0 1 8 18 68 176 VISALIA 9- 14 4.76 226 0 2 3 10 77 186 MODESTO 9- 13 4.80 209 0 2 6 20 89 152 SAN JOSE 8- 14 5.22 205 0 2 6 7 82 201 [b]HIGH DESERT 8- 16 7.18 270 0 0 5 35 116 206[/b]

 [b]WINS[/b] Cormier, Lance LNC 3 [b]Hall, Dan HD 3[/b] Crawford, Chris BAK 3 Hampson, Justin VIS 3 Ketchner, Ryan INL 3

 [b]SAVES[/b] Parker, Josh BAK 6 Steele, Mike INL 6 Fischer, Steve MOD 4 [b]Bystrowski, Bobby HD 4[/b] Several Players Tied at 3

 [b]STRIKEOUTS[/b] Hannaman, Ryan SJ 37 Santana, Ervin RC 33 [b]Saenz, Chris HD 31[/b] Ketchner, Ryan INL 30 Hampson, Justin VIS 29

 [b]WALKS[/b] Esposito, Michael VIS 17 [b]Mazone, Brian HD 16[/b] [b]Gordon, Justin HD 15[/b] Thomas, Jared INL 15 Mozingo, Dan RC 14

 [b]HOME RUNS ALLOWED[/b] [b]Kolb, Dan HD 7[/b] Barber, Scott LNC 5 [b]Nolasco, Dave HD 5[/b] Matthews, Jarod BAK 5 Several Players Tied at 4

LOW-A MIDWEST LEAGUE:

 [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b]AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] PEORIA .275 790 134 217 13 92 164 33 15 KANE COUNTY .270 833 143 225 14 99 189 24 6 CEDAR RAPIDS .262 795 123 208 21 75 170 25 15 WISCONSIN .262 782 104 205 13 73 162 25 11 WEST MICHIGAN .261 767 118 200 11 83 158 19 10 CLINTON .256 766 109 196 6 93 194 33 12 LANSING .253 620 81 157 7 65 138 21 12 DAYTON .249 760 107 189 8 90 168 14 7 FORT WAYNE .249 786 117 196 5 110 182 15 16 [b]BELOIT .248 717 103 178 12 68 179 30 8[/b] BATTLE CREEK .242 679 86 164 12 65 138 10 7 QUAD CITY .225 728 94 164 9 58 146 15 9 BURLINGTON .215 824 84 177 6 101 190 18 8 SOUTH BEND .213 696 60 148 4 65 160 33 7

 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 62 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] Santor, John PEO .372 23 78 16 29 2 13 Hanson, Travis PEO .371 24 97 19 36 2 25 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .367 22 79 13 29 5 16[/b] Drobiak, Jayson BTC .361 22 83 16 30 5 13 Aybar, Eric CR .360 23 86 16 31 1 14 Baker, John KNC .354 21 82 16 29 2 16 Raburn, Ryan WMI .351 16 57 14 20 3 12 Reynolds, Wilton WMI .346 23 81 17 28 3 13 Rabelo, Mike WMI .344 20 64 8 22 1 6 Hanigan, Ryan DTN .333 16 54 7 18 0 8

 [b]HOME RUNS[/b] Cruz, Nelson KNC 6 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT 5[/b] Gates, David CR 5 Drobiak, Jayson BTC 5 Several Players Tied at 3

 [b]STOLEN BASES[/b] Senreiso, Juan CLN 13 Lemanczyk, Matt PEO 13 Ball, Jarred SBN 10 [b]Bibbs, Kennard BLT 9[/b] Stocker, Mel BUR 8

 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Santor, John PEO .484 Wayment, Kory KNC .466 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .462[/b] Kennedy, Bryan QC .443 Baker, John KNC .438

 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] Drobiak, Jayson BTC .675 Raburn, Ryan WMI .632 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .620[/b] Reynolds, Wilton WMI .593 Hanson, Travis PEO .588

 [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b]W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] LANSING 12- 8 2.33 128 2 2 4 1 65 149 KANE COUNTY 18- 6 2.76 172 1 6 6 5 63 178 FORT WAYNE 16- 8 3.13 172 0 0 6 11 59 199 SOUTH BEND 6- 16 3.27 170 1 4 2 6 66 154 WEST MICHIGAN 14- 10 3.48 181 1 0 7 8 102 170 PEORIA 16- 8 3.56 190 0 4 6 8 79 151 CEDAR RAPIDS 14- 10 3.66 170 1 5 3 10 89 170 [b]BELOIT 11- 11 3.73 190 0 0 6 7 74 189[/b] BATTLE CREEK 10- 12 3.79 170 0 3 3 9 80 149 WISCONSIN 11- 11 4.29 208 0 3 5 13 98 191 BURLINGTON 4- 20 4.84 232 1 0 1 18 90 166 CLINTON 10- 14 5.11 223 0 0 7 11 84 144 QUAD CITY 10- 14 5.38 209 0 0 4 23 91 161 DAYTON 10- 14 5.41 208 0 2 6 11 98 167

 [b]PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 18 IP)[/b] [b]PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO[/b] *Connolly, Jon WMI 4- 0 0.73 25 18 9 11 Garcia, Jose BTC 2- 1 0.74 24 14 7 20 [b]*Mendoza, Gabriel BLT 0- 0 1.00 18 14 8 24[/b] Nippert, Dustin SBN 2- 1 1.04 26 12 2 25 *Sisco, Andy LAN 2- 1 1.11 24 10 12 19 *Frias, Juan DTN 1- 1 1.17 23 14 9 18 Zumaya, Joel WMI 2- 1 1.35 20 8 11 32 Loe, Kameron CLN 0- 1 1.42 19 15 4 22 Hawksworth, Blake PEO 3- 0 1.50 24 13 6 27 *Murphy, Bill KNC 2- 1 1.66 22 14 7 24

[igor67]

Just like to give a little notice to super Mario Mendez who as I recall Toby touted quite a bit after seeing him in spring. He's off to a pretty good start at Beloit OPS comfortably over .900 good batting average. His strikeout to walk ratio could be improved, but since he hasn't been mentioned yet this year I thought he deserved a little love from Brewerfan

[MassBrew]

Probably should have picked up on this earlier, as he's missed the last nine Beloit games, but where's 2002 2nd rounder, SS Josh Murray?

 

We'll try to learn that today as well.

[MassBrew]

How much fun can the team breakfast be at the hotel these days?

 

We love it when our readers take a minute or two to educate us, as this one did:

 

The vast majority of California league road games do not involve hotel stays. The Brewers only pick up hotels if the trip is longer than 150 miles. That means that when the Mavericks play Lancaster, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, and Lake Elsinore they go back to Adelanto on the bus after each game. (The same thing happens when Beloit plays Kane County.) They only stay overnight when they play the Northern Division teams.

 

Those close road games are tough on the players, because it means they get back to their home park around 1:00 AM and to their apartments closer to 2:00.

 

The reader went on to note that's no excuse for losing 26 of 27 away from Friendly Mavericks Stadium. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[MassBrew]

Beloit Daily News Game Story:

The Snappers have been playing better as of late, but you'll understand why Don Money was so frustrated after this loss...

 

www.beloitdailynews.com/403/snap29.htm

[hsvstarsfan]

Additional details overnight and in the early AM...

 

Not today. Sorry. Was feeling under the weather. Will be back with Tuesday's game

 

www.starsboxscore.com

[MassBrew]

No problem, David. We're lucky enough to have backups here -- you're on your own. Get well soon.

 

We still have for you:

 

Huntsville Times Game Story:

Plenty of Pedro Liriano info...

 

www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...687410.xml