Link Report for Mon 6/25: PERFECT PARRA! 27 up, 27 down!

[TheCrew07]

I saw that, thank you much.

 

If anyone would like the mp3 of the final out shoot me a PM with your email addy and I'll get em out tonight.

[nullbyte]

Congrats, Manny!!!

[berniebrewer4life]

Just another reason to jump on the Parra Bandwagon. I love this kid, and hope he makes the Milwaukee team quickly. Congrats to the Sounds, their fans, and Manny.

[Mass Haas]

Sweet picture of Manny on the MiLB.com home page:

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?cid=milb

[fondybrewfan]

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So how soon can we swap Parra for Spurling?

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I just talked to Melvin, you dont need to worry about that

[Brian the Automator]

This is just one of those nights when you get shivers down your spine. The Brewers, loaded with young talent, are rolling.... Parra throws a perfect game.... Laporta signs... Villanueva and Gallardo aren't even officially in the rotation yet.

 

All hail Jack Z.

[Hammer]

Screw it. Let's go to a 6 man rotation and keep them all fresh http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[colbyjack]

What a nice surprise that was listening to the Brewers game tonight when Jim Powell mentioned the perfecto to Ueck. We've been talking about Parra quite a bit this spring, noting that we've heard reports of his velocity returning to the mid-90s and how his status as a prospect should receive an equally impressive boost. This cements that, and definitely puts his name back in the minds of even those that casually follow the minors.

 

Congrats Manny Parra!

[hawing]

So how soon can we swap Parra for Spurling?

 

I like your use of the navy font. Kinda sarcastic, but kinda serious.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 3, Round Rock (Astros) 0

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Manny Parra photo in his big league garb, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2408

 

Manny Parra Tosses Perfect Game For Sounds!

 

ROUND ROCK, Texas ? Sounds left-hander Manny Parra made history on Monday evening at The Dell Diamond, throwing a perfect game in Nashville?s 3-0 victory over the Round Rock Express in his second Triple-A start.

 

The 24-year-old hurler was mobbed near the mound by teammates shortly after 9:43 p.m. as first baseman Brad Nelson gloved a game-ending popup off the bat of pinch-hitter Jesse Garcia as Parra etched his name into the record books.

 

AUDIO: The Final Pitch And Celebration --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-25.mp3

 

The rare achievement was only the third nine-inning perfect game in the 104-year history of the Pacific Coast League ? and the second by a member of the Nashville Sounds. Tacoma?s John Halama threw the first on July 8, 2001 before the Sounds? John Wasdin duplicated the feat on April 7, 2003 at Greer Stadium.

 

Parra (1-1), who earned his first career Triple-A victory with the historic effort, set a new career high with 11 strikeouts in the contest. He previously fanned 10 batters on five occasions during the first four seasons of his pro career.

 

The southpaw, who threw 107 pitches including 77 strikes, did not face a three-ball count against any batter until the bottom of the seventh inning and worked through three-ball counts only three times all evening.

 

Parra?s perfect game was Nashville?s first no-hit effort since July 15, 2006, when Carlos Villanueva (7.0 IP), Mike Meyers (2.0 IP), and Alec Zumwalt (1.0 IP) combined on a no-no against Memphis at Greer Stadium. It was the sixth no-hit effort by a Sounds hurler (second perfect game) and 11th overall no-hitter in a game involving the Sounds in the club?s 30-year history.

 

The Nashville victory coupled with a loss by Iowa thrust the Sounds (45-32) back into first place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.

 

Nashville jumped on the board in the top of the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead when Callix Crabbe (3-for-4) doubled to right and scored two batters later on Joe Dillon?s two-out RBI single to left off Express starter Matt Albers. On the play, Crabbe ran through Round Rock catcher Humberto Quintero to reach the plate safely.

 

The Sounds added a pair of insurance runs in the ninth on Mike Rivera?s two-run double off Express reliever Paul Estrada, extending the lead to 3-0.

 

Albers (2-3) turned in an outstanding outing but drew the tough-luck loss for Round Rock. The right-hander allowed one run on eight hits while striking out six batters over seven innings of work.

 

The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. CT finale on Tuesday evening. Left-hander Adam Pettyjohn (3-1, 3.46), a winner in each of his last three starts, will man the bump for Nashville and face Round Rock right-hander Chan Ho Park (4-6, 5.79).

 

Nashville Box Score:

Kudos to the defense and for scoring at least one run...

 

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Nashville Game Log:

Preserved below for your appreciation...

 

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Round Rock Bottom 1st

 

- Mike Rodriguez called out on strikes.

- Brooks Conrad strikes out swinging, catcher Mike Rivera to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Danny Klassen flies out to center fielder Tony Gwynn.

 

Round Rock Bottom 2nd

 

- Jason Lane strikes out swinging.

- Cody Ransom pops out to second baseman Callix Crabbe.

- Mark Saccomanno grounds out to first baseman Brad Nelson.

 

Round Rock Bottom 3rd

 

- Humberto Quintero grounds out, shortstop Ozzie Chavez to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Josh Anderson called out on strikes.

- Matt Albers strikes out swinging.

 

Round Rock Bottom 4th

 

- Mike Rodriguez grounds out, second baseman Callix Crabbe to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Brooks Conrad called out on strikes.

- Danny Klassen flies out to center fielder Tony Gwynn.

 

Round Rock Bottom 5th

 

- Jason Lane strikes out swinging.

- Cody Ransom flies out to right fielder Laynce Nix.

- Mark Saccomanno flies out to center fielder Tony Gwynn.

 

Round Rock Bottom 6th

 

- Humberto Quintero flies out to center fielder Tony Gwynn.

- Josh Anderson strikes out swinging.

- Matt Albers grounds out, second baseman Callix Crabbe to first baseman Brad Nelson.

 

Round Rock Bottom 7th

 

- Mike Rodriguez grounds out, shortstop Ozzie Chavez to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Brooks Conrad strikes out swinging, catcher Mike Rivera to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Danny Klassen strikes out swinging.

 

Round Rock Bottom 8th

 

- Jason Lane grounds out, shortstop Ozzie Chavez to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Cody Ransom pops out to first baseman Brad Nelson in foul territory.

- Mark Saccomanno flies out to right fielder Laynce Nix.

 

Round Rock Bottom 9th

 

- Humberto Quintero pops out to first baseman Brad Nelson.

- Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Barry Wesson replaces Josh Anderson.

- Barry Wesson strikes out swinging.

- Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Jesse Garcia replaces Paul Estrada.

- Jesse Garcia pops out to first baseman Brad Nelson.

[jlau20]

This is just one of those nights when you get shivers down your spine. The Brewers, loaded with young talent, are rolling.... Parra throws a perfect game.... Laporta signs... Villanueva and Gallardo aren't even officially in the rotation yet.

 

Isn't that the truth. Whenever I'm talking Brewers at work or whatever it's hard to keep the conversation on one topic or player without moving on to another young 20-something year old Brewer doing something awesome.

 

Nice work Manny.

[bball123h2]

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The rare achievement was only the third nine-inning perfect game in the 104-year history of the Pacific Coast League ? and the second by a member of the Nashville Sounds. Tacoma?s John Halama threw the first on July 8, 2001 before the Sounds? John Wasdin duplicated the feat on April 7, 2003 at Greer Stadium.

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So, 98 years without a perfect game, and now 3 in 6 years?

 

I blame steroids.

 

Here's hoping Parra doesn't follow the career path of Halama or Wasdin, and that we see him in our bullpen come August or September!

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

They just mentioned Parra's perfect game on ESPNNEWS. Awesome!

[Mass Haas]

Final: Chattanooga (Reds) 10, Huntsville 0

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1238

 

Avery and Bruce Lead Lookouts to Victory

 

James Avery tossed eight scoreless innings and Jay Bruce homered twice and finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle in Chattanooga?s 10-0 blanking of Huntsville Monday night at Joe Davis Stadium. The Lookouts improved to 6-2 in the second half of the season and 35-42 overall, while the Stars fell to 3-5 in the second half and 40-36 overall in suffering their worst defeat of the season. The Stars were held to three runs or less for a 12th time in the last 14 games and held to six hits or fewer for an 11th time in the last 16 contests.

 

Adam Rosales tripled in two runs with two outs in the first inning and scored on a base hit to right field by Luis Bolivar to make it 3-0 Lookouts six batters into the game. Bruce crushed a three-run home run to center field and a run-scoring fielder?s choice grounder by Ryan Hanigan plated a fourth run in the second inning to extend the visitors lead to 7-0. Stars? starter Will Inman was taken out after two frames, allowing eight hits, walking two and fanning four to fall to 0-3. The young right-hander allowed 15 earned runs in 78 2/3 innings in 13 starts at high-class A Brevard County and has yielded 16 runs in 10 2/3 innings in three starts at the double-A level.

 

Hanigan clubbed a home run in the seventh and Bruce?s long ball the opposite way to left-center field leading off in the eighth closed the scoring. Bruce also doubled and scored in the third and singled in just his fourth game at the double-A level. Drew Anderson, Paul Janish, Bruce and Enrique Cruz all scored twice for the visitors, who banged out 16 hits, the most allowed in a game by the Stars this season.

 

Avery allowed only a single to Steve Sollmann and a single and double to Adam Heether, who was the only Stars? base runner to advance as far as third base. The right-hander fanned four, did not walk a batter and improved to 7-7.

 

The series continues Tuesday night, as Huntsville will send right-hander Corey Thurman to the hill against Lookouts? right-hander Johnny Cueto, making his first double-A start. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on Sports Radio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Hey, how about that Manny Parra?

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

[DKM4Boston]

Pitching not too bad in Helena either...Seidel, Baron, and Tyson combine on a one-hitter.

[TheCrew07]

I expected Seidel to rebound nicely, his get me over first pitch fastballs got picked on in that first outing.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Lakeland (Tigers) 8, Brevard County 3

 

MiLB.com:

 

Hernandez hammers Manatees

 

Michael Hernandez plated four runs to propel host Lakeland past Brevard County, 8-3, on Monday.

 

Hernandez hit a two-run homer, his 12th, in the fifth inning and drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the seventh. He added an RBI single in the eighth. The 23-year-old right fielder also drove in four runs on June 12 at Sarasota.

 

Cameron Maybin went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI, and William Rhymes scored three runs for the Flying Tigers (2-2).

 

Lakeland starter Lucas French gave up three runs -- one earned -- on 10 hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six frames. Ricky Steik (1-6) yielded two hits with a strikeout over three scoreless innings for the win.

 

Darren Ford hit three singles and knocked in two runs and Chris Errecart went 3-for-4 for the Manatees (3-2).

 

Brevard County reliever Patrick Ryan (1-2) gave up two runs on two hits and a walk over one inning for the loss. Starter Derek Miller tossed six frames, surrendering three runs on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts. -- Michael Blinn/MLB.com

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Hey, how about that Manny Parra? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Actually, there is news here, as Mat Gamel extends his hit streak to 23 games, that's the longest I can remember in 6+ years of Link Reports -- remind us if you can remember a longer Brewer farmhand streak; Manatees actually outhit Lakeland, where nobody goes to the games (411 on this night)...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lakafa_1

 

Brevard County Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lakafa_1

[Mass Haas]

Final: Augusta (Giants) 4, West Virginia 0

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

The West Virginia Power had nine hits, and at least one baserunner in every inning of Monday night?s game against the Augusta GreenJackets at Lake Olmstead Stadium, but it was not enough as the GreenJackets took game one of the series with a 4-0 shutout.

 

Matt Weston?s two-out RBI double put Augusta on the board in the first inning. The GreenJackets increased their lead on two-out RBI singles from Bobby Felmy in the third and Manny Burris in the fifth inning. Augusta plated their final run on Tyler Graham?s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning.

 

The 4-0 loss marked the third time that West Virginia has been shutout this season, and it was their first shutout loss since May 15th against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. West Virginia has lost 4-0 in all three of their shutout losses this season.

 

Steve Calicutt (2-3) pitched four scoreless innings of relief to get the victory and Chris Toneguzzi (0-1) got the loss after surrendering three runs on five hits over five innings.

 

The Power fell to 50-23 overall and 2-3 in the second half, and the GreenJackets improved to 54-21 overall and 4-1 in the second half with the win. Andrew Lefave paced the Power with three hits and Steve Chapman chipped in with two.

 

The Power will continue the four game series against the GreenJackets Tuesday night. The Power will start right hander Jeremy Jeffress (4-0, 1.14) and Augusta will start left hander Ben Snyder (8-2, 2.22). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Hey, how about that Manny Parra?

 

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West Virginia Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_augafx_1

[DKM4Boston]

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Actually, there is news here, as Mat Gamel extends his hit streak to 23 games, that's the longest I can remember in 6+ years of Link Reports -- remind us if you can remember a longer Brewer farmhand streak

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Didn't Enrique Cruz have something like a 30 game hit streak back in the High Desert days? I remember he and Glenn Woolard both had amazing streaks (Woolard with the scoreless inning streak) around the same time.

[reillymcshane]

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So how soon can we swap Parra for Spurling?

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Even before the perfecto game, I was wondering if Parra could be a second lefty in the pen for the Brewers before the season was out. At AA, he had held lefties to a .190 BA and a sub-.500 OPS.

 

Give him a little AAA seasoning, and perhaps he can be an additional arm down the stretch.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Mariners 11, Arizona Brewers 3

 

Arizona Box Score:

Trivia: Manny Parra appeared in one game for the Arizona Brewers in 2002, tossing two innings, serving up one home run ball, not perfect that day...

 

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Arizona Game Log:

 

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[Mass Haas]

Didn't Enrique Cruz have something like a 30 game hit streak back in the High Desert days?

 

Good call, DK! Cruz hit in 28 straight at High Desert in 2004.

[JoeHova]

wow, impressive performance for Manny. Let's hope he gets the call at some point.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Helena 9, Missoula (Diamondbacks) 2

 

Helena Box Score:

The boys probably picked the wrong night to fire a combined one-hitter, but you know Brewer brass will congratulate them -- ground ball double to right in the 4th the only hit for the Osprey; 15 Brewer hits -- this was much needed; Eric Newton his 2nd home run; four players reached three times apiece, another four twice, and one once; media coverage in the AM...

 

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Helena Game Log:

 

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[Mass Haas]

Helena Site Game Summary:

 

Brewer Pitchers Toss One-Hitter

 

HELENA--Three Helena pitchers combined to toss a one-hitter and end the Brewers' three-game losing streak. Brewer pitching silenced the bats from the Missoula Osprey and for the second consecutive night Helena set a season high in hits, ultimately prevailing 9-2.

 

Brewer starter R.J. Seidel struck out six over five innings and allowed the only Osprey hit when catcher Sean Coughlin ripped a RBI double to rightfield in the fourth inning. Relievers Casey Baron and Nick Tyson followed Seidel's performance by combining for four no-hit, shutout innings.

 

Offensively Helena scored in five of the first six innings to take a 9-2 lead that later stood as the final. Jonathan Lucroy and Eric Newton both went 3-for-5; Newton had three RBIs, including a two-run home run. Zealous Wheeler had his second multi-hit game in a row going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Others with two hits included Caleb Gindl and Kurt Crowell. Gindl now has a seven-game hitting streak to begin his professional career. Along with his two hits, Crowell had two RBIs on the night.

 

All three of the Brewer wins this year have come against Missoula. The win also marks Helena's first home victory of the 2007 season. The Brewers will look to make it two in a row 7:05 PM (8:05 Central) on Tuesday night against the Osprey.