Link Report for Sat. 6/9 -- Did Jeffress hit 103 tonight?

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: LHP Adam Pettyjohn at Omaha (Royals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: RHP Corey Thurman at West Tenn (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.huntsvillestars.com/

 

Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime; it will probably be LHP Rafael Lluberes, it's his turn

 

Audio link (game will also archive at this link):

www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

 

West Virginia: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at Lexington (Astros), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime

 

Audio link (game will also archive at this link):

www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

[Mass Haas]

Follow Saturday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often.

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

[Mass Haas]

The Lexington site indicates the next full video availability will be Sunday, not Saturday's game (the West Virginia Power).

[Mass Haas]

These links will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally they are updated an hour or two prior to gametime, with Nashville's usually earlier:

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

 

Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

[Mass Haas]

Standings through Friday's action:

 

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 36 24 .600 - 18-8 18-16 L1 Nashville 34 27 .557 2.5 21-10 13-17 W1 Omaha 31 30 .508 5.5 23-11 8-19 L1 Memphis 27 35 .435 10.0 17-15 10-20 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 33 27 .550 - 17-13 16-14 W1 Tennessee 33 27 .550 - 14-14 19-13 W1 Chattanooga 27 35 .435 7.0 17-18 10-17 L1 West Tenn 27 35 .435 7.0 17-15 10-20 L1 Carolina 21 41 .339 13.0 12-15 9-26 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 34 27 .557 - 20-10 14-17 W1 Palm Beach 32 28 .533 1.5 15-15 17-13 W1 Daytona 29 31 .483 4.5 18-12 11-19 L1 Vero Beach 28 32 .467 5.5 18-12 10-20 L1 Jupiter 27 33 .450 6.5 12-18 15-15 W1 St. Lucie 26 34 .433 7.5 13-17 13-17 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 42 16 .724 - 20-10 22-6 W5 Greensboro 32 29 .525 11.5 19-9 13-20 W1 Delmarva 29 29 .500 13.0 18-12 11-17 W8 Lakewood 29 29 .500 13.0 14-17 15-12 L2 Lake County 29 31 .483 14.0 17-13 12-18 W2 Lexington 27 34 .443 16.5 15-18 12-16 L2 Hagerstown 24 36 .400 19.0 14-14 10-22 L4 Hickory 23 35 .397 19.0 10-14 13-21 L3

[Mass Haas]

In progress: Lakeland (Tigers) 3, Brevard County 2, after seven innings

Former West Virginia pitcher Mike McClendon, not Rafael Lluberes, was your starter, fine job, one run in six innings -- Ben Stanczyk on now; Angel Salome is 3-for-3 with three doubles (he has the Manatees' lone RBI and three of their four hits thus far) -- tougher time behind the plate for Salome, he and the pitchers have watched Lakeland runners swipe eight bases in eight attempts thus far, including two double steals, two Salome passed balls in the 7th....

 

***

In progress: West Virginia 2, Lexington (Astros) 0, after two innings

Have to love Jeremy Jeffress' below --

 

Lexington Bottom 2nd

 

- Max Sapp singles on a line drive to right fielder Stephen Chapman.

- Koby Clemens flies out to center fielder Chuck Caufield.

- Jhon Florentino singles on a ground ball to center fielder Chuck Caufield. Max Sapp to 2nd.

- Ralph Henriquez reaches on fielding error by shortstop Brent Brewer. Max Sapp to 3rd. Jhon Florentino to 2nd.

- Andrew Holder strikes out swinging.

- Nicholas Moresi strikes out swinging.

 

***

In progress: Nashville 7, Omaha (Royals) 0, bottom of the 5th in Omaha

Looks like this one got underway an hour earlier than advertised; Brad Nelson, Joe Dillon, and Chris Barnwell have hit home runs to back Adam Pettyjohn...

[TheCrew07]

Big come from behind win for BC, but Palm Beach keeps matching the Mantees game for game. Hopefully the promotions can push BC over the hump and help secure a playoff berth.

 

edit. changed the team name, I was thinking about the Power promotions and put that in instead.

[Team Canada]

Huge night for Angel - 4/4, 3 doubles

[Mass Haas]

Final: Brevard County 5, Lakeland (Tigers) 3

 

Brevard County Box Score:

With Luis Pena in Huntsville, the 'Tees didn't have a formal closer -- promoted from West Virginia, submariner E.J. Shanks takes care of that, getting his customary two ground balls here; Darren Ford with a walk, sacrifice fly, stolen base, and run scored in his high-A debut; Micheal Bell three hits...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503

 

Brevard County Game Log:

Nice three-run rally in the 8th to win it...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

[Mass Haas]

Final: West Virginia 10, Lexington (Astros) 0

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

POWER SHUT OUT LEGENDS TO WIN SIXTH IN A ROW

 

The West Virginia Power pitched their third shutout of the season as they defeated the Lexington Legends 10-0 at Applebee?s Park on Saturday night to win their sixth game in a row.

 

The first half champs took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning after Jimmy Mojica scored on Ralphie Henriquez?s throwing error and Andrew Lefave?s RBI groundout. The Power sent eight batters to the plate in the top of the third and scored four times. Chuckie Caufield?s RBI single was followed up by Andy Bouchie?s run-scoring double and Steve Chapman knocked in the last two runs of the inning on an opposite field double.

 

West Virginia added another run in the fifth inning when Caufield doubled and scored on a wild pitch. In the seventh, the Power sent eight batters to the plate again and scored three more times. Kenny Holmberg drove in the first run on a sacrifice fly and John Alonso plated the final two on a double.

 

Jeremy Jeffress (2-0) pitched five scoreless frames of four-hit ball and struck out three to get the victory while Sergio Severino (1-4) was tagged with the loss and didn?t get out of the third inning. Jeffress, J.T. King, D.J. Lidyard and Jared Sutton combined to pitch the six-hit shutout.

 

The Power improved to 43-16 with the win and the Legends fell to 27-35 with the loss. Chuckie Caufield and Jimmy Mojica paced the Power with three hits apiece while Steve Chapman and Andy Bouchie both chipped in with two. Caufield?s three-hit game gives him a league best 80 hits on the season. The power scored ten runs on 12 hits, marking the tenth straight game that they?ve recorded double digit hits.

 

The Power will finish the four game series against Lexington Sunday night. Lefty Zach Braddock (3-1, 1.30) is expected to come off the disabled list and make the start. Lexington will counter with lefty Dave Qualben (6-4, 3.41). The first pitch is scheduled for 6:05 PM (5:05 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

The somewhat unexpected Jeremy Jeffress promotion to the Power is working out fine after three starts; it must be the uniform -- this team's incredible...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

[DKM4Boston]

The Iowa Cubs are currently getting the snot beat out of them by New Orleans, so the Sounds should be just 1.5 games back in the standings after tonight. Jake Gautreau is 6 for 6 with 4 doubles, a homer, 5 runs scored, and 8 rbis for the Zephyrs and will probably get one more at-bat.

[Mass Haas]

Link Report Reminder --

 

Here's our Official Draft Pick Thread from the Draft Forum, this link happens to begin at Round 20, because we've included many article links on the posts for players chosen from Rounds 21-47 today, hopefully several of which you'll find interesting. We'll be working on locating newspaper and web items such as these on the players from the earlier rounds during the overnight and into Sunday, and you'll be notified again.

 

Please do not add to the posts in the linked thread, there are discussion threads on the Draft Forum for that purpose, thanks.

 

p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...mp;stop=50

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 8, Omaha (Royals) 5

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Brad Nelson photo, text follows --

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

 

Sounds Blast Their Way Past Royals, 8-5

 

OMAHA ? The Nashville Sounds belted a season-high four home runs and held off a late Omaha rally to post an 8-5 victory over the division-rival Royals on Saturday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium.

 

With the win, Nashville (35-27) notched its eighth victory in the club?s last 10 games.

 

All 13 runs scored in the game came plateward on home runs.

 

The Sounds used the power of the longball all evening long, crushing four home runs against Royals pitching to tie the club?s best single-game effort of the season. Nashville has erupted for seven home runs in the last two games against Omaha.

 

Adam Pettyjohn (1-1) earned his first Sounds victory after allowing five runs on seven hits, including a pair of homers, in eight innings of work.

 

The left-hander was very efficient for the majority of the evening, throwing only 39 pitches, including 33 strikes, through his first five innings and faced two batters over the minimum through seven innings before losing a shutout bid in the eighth, when he surrendered five runs.

 

First baseman Brad Nelson gave Nashville a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a two-out, three-run homer to right off Omaha starter Billy Buckner. The blast, his eighth of the year, snapped an eight at-bat hitless streak for the slugger. Callix Crabbe and Chris Barnwell, who opened the game with consecutive singles, scored on the roundtripper.

 

AUDIO: Brad Nelson Three-Run HR --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-9.mp3

 

Barnwell got into the act in the fourth for Nashville, belting a two-out, three-run home run of his own off Buckner to double the lead to 6-0. It was the shortstop?s fourth longball of the season and also scored Charles Thomas and Crabbe.

 

Joe Dillon pushed the Nashville advantage to 7-0 in the fifth when he crushed Buckner?s first pitch of the inning over the left field wall for his ninth home run of the season and second in two games against the Royals.

 

Buckner (4-2) took the loss for Omaha after being touched for seven runs on nine hits, including three homers, in only 4 2/3 innings of work.

 

Thomas wrapped up the Sounds? scoring in the eighth with the club?s fourth and final home run of the night, a two-out solo shot to right off Roberto Giron. It was the outfielder?s second four-bagger of the year.

 

Omaha broke up Pettyjohn?s shutout bid with a pair of longballs of their own against the left-hander in the bottom of the eighth.

 

After Mitch Maier opened the frame with a double, Jorge Padilla touched the left-hander for a two-run homer to left on an 0-2 pitch to put the home club on the board and make it an 8-2 game. The longball was Padilla?s fourth of the season.

 

Billy Butler made it an 8-5 contest later in the frame with a two-out, three-run home run to left-center that didn?t leave the yard without controversy. The blast, Butler?s 11th home run, prompted an argument from Sounds manager Frank Kremblas, who was ejected by third-base umpire Joe Stegner while discussing that the ball may have struck the outfield wall instead of clearing it. It was Kremblas? first ejection of the season.

 

Steve Bray took over on the Nashville hill in the ninth and worked a scoreless inning to secure the victory and earn his first save in his first opportunity of the year.

 

The teams wrap up the series with a 1:35 p.m. finale on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Tim Dillard (3-3, 3.68 ) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Omaha right-hander Jason Shiell (0-2, 2.93).

 

Nashville Box Score:

Y'know, 24-year-old Callix Crabbe is having a heck of season and probably really should be on the Power 50 (who has a hand in putting that together, anyway? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ), OBP of .383, more walks than strikeouts, slugging over .400 -- yeah, that's an oversight...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

[Mass Haas]

By the way, I put together that Nashville post during the Texas Ranger 9th inning -- did I miss anything?

[Brian the Automator]

[ By the way, I put together that Nashville post during the Texas Ranger 9th inning -- did I miss anything? ]

 

Other than the end of civilization, no.

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Zach Jackson:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-9.mp3

[LouisEly]

By the way, I put together that Nashville post during the Texas Ranger 9th inning -- did I miss anything?

 

If I could reach through this ethernet cable and fiber optic phone line and smack you I would.

 

Notice how that is in navy so I'm only half kidding...

[Mass Haas]

Final: West Tenn (Mariners) 10, Huntsville 2

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1206

 

Diamond Jaxx Down Stars Behind Rohrbaugh, Oliveros

 

Robert Rohrbaugh spun six solid frames and Luis Oliveros collected three hits and drove in a pair to push West Tenn past Huntsville 10-2 Saturday night at Pringles Park in the middle game of a five-game set Jackson, TN. The Stars slipped to 33-28 on the season but lost no ground and remain tied for the top spot in the North Division after Tennessee fell at Carolina, while the Diamond Jaxx won for the second time in the series to improve to 28-35 on the season. The Stars and Smokies have done exactly the same thing, win or lose, for ten straight days and have seven games left in the first half to determine a winner.

 

Stars? starter Corey Thurman pitched a scoreless first inning but surrendered a leadoff home run to Marshall Hubbard in the home second to make it 1-0 West Tenn. It was the fifth leadoff long ball allowed by Thurman and the 11th straight run he had allowed that scored on a home run. Brent Johnson walked and scored on a triple by Luis Valbuena, who then scored on a Luis Oliveros base hit to make it 3-0 before Charlton Jimerson completed the rally with a two-out, two-run double. Thurman was lifted after just two frames, allowing five runs on five hits and three walks, while striking out three. He had walked only three batters in 14 relief appearances covering 26 2/3 innings but has issued a trio of free passes in each of his two starts.

 

Bo Hall took over and gave up a two-out run scoring single to Oliveros that made it 6-1 in the third, marking the third straight appearance in which he has been scored on. The right-hander worked scoreless relief in the fourth and fifth innings before being lifted with two outs and Sebastien Boucher at third base so left-hander Jeff Housman could face the lefty-swinging Hubbard. The Stars? southpaw issued back-to-back walks to Hubbard and Matt Tuiasosopo before Brent Johnson drove in all three runners with a double to push the home team?s lead to 9-1. Seven of the ten runs plated by the Diamond Jaxx were scored with two outs.

 

The only run the Stars managed against Rohrbaugh came in the third when Michael Brantley singled in his first double-A at-bat, moved to second when Yohannis Perez walked and scored when Chris Minaker could not field a Steve Moss ground ball. Guilder Rodriguez dropped down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners but they did not move, as both Steve Sollmann and Brendan Katin grounded out. Rohrbaugh fanned six, struck out two and allowed only two singles to pick up his sixth win of the season. West Tenn?s two left-hand starters in the series have held the Stars to a lone run on five singles over a combined 14 frames.

 

The series continues Sunday afternoon when the Stars send southpaw Steve Hammond to the mound against Diamond Jaxx? right-hander Joe Woerman. Coverage of the game begins at 12:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Michael Brantley in left field as Steve Sollmann played first base...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

[Mass Haas]

More on the Power from MiLB.com:

 

Dog Days Set in: Power Drub Legends

 

Lexington was soundly beaten by the visiting West Virginia Power, 10-0 at Applebee's Park on Saturday Night. Jeremy Jeffress, said to reach speeds of 103 miles per hour on some radar guns, shut down the Legends for five innings, and three pitchers entered from the bullpen to preserve the shutout. Meanwhile, Lexington's pitching staff allowed runs early and often, augmented by three errors made in the field by the Legends' defense. 6,825 people (and more than 300 dogs) witnessed the massacre.

 

Some say that one of the joys of baseball is seeing something new every time you come out to the park. Legends fans got that experience and more Saturday night, as four zany plays occurred during the game's first four innings. In the first, Jordan Parraz was called out on the basepaths when he was hit by Chris Johnson's line drive.

 

In the third inning, already up 2-0, Jimmy Mojica hit a single and Andrew Lefave walked. With Chuckie Caufield at the plate, Lefave took off for second base. However, Mojica faked toward third and retreated to second. The throw from catcher Ralphie Henriquez went down to third, and Lefave ran back toward first. Trying to get Lefave, Koby Clemens threw across to Chris Johnson, who dropped the ball. The runners advanced to second and third base on the error. The Power moved on to score four runs in the inning off starter Sergio Severino (1-4). The inning ended when Steve Chapman hit a two-run double into the left-field corner. Kenny Holmberg, who had reached after being hit by a pitch, attempted to score from first. However, he slipped and fell rounding third. Clemens took the relay throw and ran Holmberg down as he tried to get up.

 

In the bottom of the fourth, the Legends had something going when Clemens walked and Jhon Florentino reached on Mojica's bobble. Henriquez came to the plate and lined a shot to Mojica. He couldn't glove the ball, and ended up getting a double play, stepping on the bag and tossing to second for the second out.

 

That concluded the blooper reel, but wasn't the end of West Virginia's fireworks. They added a run off Bryan Hallberg in the fifth, and three more against Victor Garate in the seventh to put the game firmly out of reach. Jeffress (2-0) got the win for his effort, striking out three and walking two.

[Mass Haas]

I realize Jeremy's 103 was likely not from tonight's game, but we really need to distract ourselves from the big league boys, thus tonight's thread title.

[brewers19]

Yeah, I think I'm going to make the Power my primary allegiance for the time being.

[Mass Haas]

MiLB.com:

 

Salome sparks Manatees

 

Angel Salome went 4-for-4 with three doubles and an RBI as Brevard County rallied past visiting Lakeland, 5-3, on Saturday.

 

Salome opened the scoring with an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning. He doubled again leading off the fourth and stroked his 11th two-base hit of the year in the sixth.

 

The 21-year-old catcher also delivered a leadoff single to spark a three-run eighth as the Manatees (35-27) erased a 3-2 deficit and earned a split of their four-game series with the Flying Tigers (27-33).

 

Salome was lifted for pinch-runner Freddy Parejo, who scored on Mat Gamel's team-leading 21st double to forge a 3-3 tie. Cole Gillespie followed with a go-ahead RBI double before Michael Bell capped the scoring with a run-scoring single.

 

Josh Wahpepah (5-4) struck out one in a perfect eighth to pick up the win and E.J. Shanks pitched around a walk in the ninth for his first save since a promotion to Brevard.

 

Brevard County starter Mike McClendon allowed a run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts over six innings.

 

Jacob Ramos (4-2) took the loss after surrendering three runs on three hits without retiring a batter in the eighth. Starter Burke Badenhop yielded two runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 frames.

 

Cameron Maybin went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Lakeland. -- John Torenli/MLB.com

[True CryM]

8 bags on 8 attempts? I thought Salome had a cannon. Maybe a loose cannon tonight? Does anyone have some in-game reasoning regarding this? Thanks.

[TheCrew07]

I would think they picked up something on the pitcher, no one steals 8 times in one game on the catcher. I could be wrong, but 8 steals screams that they had something, none of the steals came in the 8th or 9th. Salome did have 2 passed balls and another throwing error in the game so maybe it was on him. He is supposed to have a cannon, but the game log doesn't help with this sort of issue. I would think it was something to do with McClendon, as I can't remember anywhere near this many steals on Salome in the past. McClendon doesn't throw hard and is a sinkerball pitcher, so I could see Salome having to dig a bunch of balls. Obviously, balls in the dirt are good to steal on.