Link Report for Games of Monday, June 11th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Monday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Chris Oxspring at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:55 PM pre-game; 7:10 PM gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at West Tenn (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.huntsvillestars.com/

 

Brevard County: TBD at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

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

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

 

West Virginia: LHP Brae Wright at Hickory (Pirates), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

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

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

[Mass Haas]

Follow Monday'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_mrbaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

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Link for Nashville video feed ($3.95):

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t235

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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 Sunday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 36 26 .581 - 18-10 18-16 L3 Nashville 35 28 .556 1.5 21-10 14-18 L1 Omaha 32 31 .508 4.5 24-12 8-19 W1 Memphis 28 36 .438 9.0 17-15 11-21 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 34 28 .548 - 17-13 17-15 W1 Tennessee 33 29 .532 1.0 14-14 19-15 L2 Chattanooga 28 36 .438 7.0 17-18 11-18 W1 West Tenn 28 36 .438 7.0 18-16 10-20 L1 Carolina 23 41 .359 12.0 14-15 9-26 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 36 27 .571 - 21-10 15-17 W3 Palm Beach 33 29 .532 2.5 16-16 17-13 L1 Daytona 30 32 .484 5.5 19-12 11-20 L1 Vero Beach 29 33 .468 6.5 19-12 10-21 W1 St. Lucie 28 34 .452 7.5 15-17 13-17 W4 Jupiter 27 35 .435 8.5 12-18 15-17 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 43 17 .717 - 20-10 23-7 L1 Greensboro 34 29 .540 10.5 21-9 13-20 W3 Delmarva 30 30 .500 13.0 19-13 11-17 L1 Lakewood 30 30 .500 13.0 14-17 16-13 W1 Lake County 29 33 .468 15.0 17-15 12-18 L2 Lexington 28 35 .444 16.5 16-19 12-16 W1 Hagerstown 26 36 .419 18.0 14-14 12-22 W2 Hickory 25 35 .417 18.0 12-14 13-21 W2

[TheCrew07]

This Palm Beach series is huge for BC, keep the wins coming boys!

[Mass Haas]

Nice picture of Chuckie Caufield from MiLB.com:

 

Chuckie Caufield and the West Virginia Power became the first team in the Minors to clinch a playoff berth on Thursday. (Photos by Tony Farlow/MLB.com)

 

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West Virginia Power All-Star selection Darren Ford is tied for seventh in the SAL at .335 and leads the circuit with 31 stolen bases. Ford was recently promoted to Brevard County.

 

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[Mass Haas]

In progress: Brevard County 3, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 0, just underway

Mat Gamel, who has absolutely been on fire like no other Brewer farmhand the last week or two, with a two-run triple -- Manatee first inning still in progress; LHP David Welch is your starter tonight. Brevard's magic number over Palm Beach was six heading into this game...

 

MiLB.com:

 

3B Mat Gamel has been tearing the cover off of the ball of late. In his last ten, games Gamel is hitting .576 with six RBIs.

[TheCrew07]

Yep ever since I posted his horrible line he's been raking, I'm like the anti jinx.

[DHonks]

Brae Wright working on his second straight good outing. Maybe there is hope for him.

[TheCrew07]

Ohh my wow, BC is absolutely crushing Palm Beach, 11 runs thus far, all earned.

[Boy Jeenius]

West Virginia again (yawn) with the W. Taylor Green again hitting the ball all over. Good for Brae Wright with another good outing.

[NastyTwig]

Mike Brantley just turned 20 less than a month ago, he walks more than he strikes out, hits .300, steals bases, and is more than holding his own in AA.

 

Man-crush material boys.

[Boy Jeenius]

The paradox that is Dennis Sarfate. 2 innings, no runs (good)2 hits(ok), another walk(stop that!) and 6 - count 'em - 6 k's (great). If there ever comes a day that he harnesses that energy, we will be witness to something quite special.

[TheCrew07]

I agree BJ, I just can't bring myself to get off his band wagon, though I keep posting against calling him up on the MLB forum. He's just not ready yet in my opinion, but man if he can harness that stuff... Thatcher, Balfour, and Sarfate would be great additions to the pen.

[Boy Jeenius]

No, you're right. He keeps giving up free 90's (walks) at his current rate, there is no justification to bring him up. Especially if they continue to contend all year. Still, ever since he and Parra were at Beloit that year, there's been a certain fascination with the both of them.

[Team Canada]

Talk about a tough luck loss for Gulin. One pitch the difference in the game..

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Catcher J.R. Hopf:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-11.mp3

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 7, Memphis (Cardinals) 1

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for Chris Oxspring photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2380

 

Sounds Defeat Redbirds In Series Opener, 7-1

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? Chris Oxspring continued his recent run of dominant pitching and struck out a season-high 10 batters in leading the Nashville Sounds to a 7-1 victory over the division-rival Memphis Redbirds on Monday evening at AutoZone Park in the opener of a four-game series.

 

Oxspring (6-3) earned a victory for the fourth consecutive start after holding the Redbirds to one run on five hits over six innings of action, the Australian?s fifth quality start. The right-hander has hit his stride, allowing only one run over his last 22 innings.

 

The three Nashville hurlers in the contest combined for 17 strikeouts, a new season high.

 

Memphis leftfielder Skip Schumaker put the home team on the board with a leadoff home run to right off Oxspring in the bottom of the first inning. The blast, his fourth of the year, came on a 3-2 pitch and put an end to the right-hander?s 16-inning scoreless streak.

 

After the game-opening homer, the Redbirds would not score again the remainder of the evening.

 

Redbirds starter Mike Parisi opened with 3 1/3 hitless frames before Chris Barnwell singled up the middle in top of the fourth. The shortstop?s attempt to tie the contest was stifled later in the inning when he was thrown out at the plate by Memphis first baseman Tagg Bozied while attempting to score on a Joe Dillon grounder.

 

The Sounds grabbed a 2-1 lead later in the fourth against Parisi after loading the bases with two out against the right-hander. Vinny Rottino lifted a shallow fly to right that fell to the turf after narrowly missing the glove of a charging Nick Stavinoha, who had stormed at a full sprint 40 feet from his initial post in right field. The play was ruled an error, however, making the runs scored by Laynce Nix and Dillon unearned.

 

Charles Thomas continued his recent hot hitting when he increased the Nashville advantage to 3-1 in the fifth with a leadoff solo homer to right off Parisi, the outfielder?s third roundtripper of the year and second of the current road trip.

 

AUDIO: Charles Thomas Belts A Homer --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-11.mp3

 

Dillon, who entered the contest with a team-leading 36 RBIs for Nashville, added two more with a two-out single in the fifth that plated Oxspring and Callix Crabbe to stretch the Sounds? lead to 5-1. Both runs were unearned because Parisi misfired on a Crabbe sacrifice bunt earlier in the frame, allowing the second baseman to reach safely.

 

Jose Macias provided the Sounds with a pair of insurance runs with a two-out, two-run triple into the right-field corner that brought the score to its final 7-1.

 

Dennis Sarfate followed Oxspring with two scoreless innings and fanned six batters, the most by a Nashville reliever this season. Luther Hackman, a former Redbird, closed things out with a scoreless ninth for the Sounds.

 

Parisi (4-5) took the loss for the Redbirds after allowing five runs (one earned) on five hits over seven frames.

 

The teams continue the series with another 7:10 p.m. CT meeting on Tuesday. The game will feature an outstanding pitching matchup.

 

Right-hander Yovani Gallardo (8-2, 2.89), who leads the minor leagues with 98 strikeouts and paces the Pacific Coast League with eight wins, will start for the Sounds and face Memphis right-hander Anthony Reyes (0-1, 1.93), who has been impressive in two starts for the Redbirds since joining the club from St. Louis.

 

Nashville Box Score:

Chris Oxspring has given up three earned runs in his last four starts -- he's actually been more impressive than Yo in some regard lately -- what a season thus far...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

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Final: West Tenn (Mariners) 1, Huntsville 0

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1210

 

Road Trip Ends With Tough Loss to DJaxx

 

Travis Chick, Chad Fillinger and Kam Mickolio combined on a three-hit shutout, as West Tenn blanked Huntsville 1-0 Monday night in the final game of a five-game set at Pringles Park. The Stars fell to 34-29 but maintained their one-game lead in the North Division over Tennessee, which fell to Carolina. The Diamond Jaxx took three of the five games to improve to 29-36 and finish the first half with a five-game series against the Smokies. The Stars were shut out for a sixth time this season and wound up splitting the 10 games on the just concluded road trip to Chattanooga and Jackson, Tennessee.

 

The Stars stranded runners at first and second with nobody out in the fourth and with two outs in the fifth against Travis Chick, who was making his first start of the season. Chick lasted five frames, throwing 93 pitches, allowing two singles, walking two and fanning three. Fillinger worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one single and hitting a batter before Mickolio closed out the game and earned his second save by retiring all four hitters he faced. The Stars were blanked for a second time in the series on three hits and failed to advance a runner past second base in both of those losses.

 

Stars? starter Lindsay Gulin retired 10 batters in a row after Chartlon Jimerson reached on an error with one out in the first inning before Marshall Hubbard singled into center field to pick up the home side?s first hit. He was picked off to end the inning with Matt Tuiasosopo at the plate. The West Tenn third baseman led off the home fifth and belted Gulin?s first pitch over the wall in left field for his third home run of the season. The Stars? southpaw has given up a long ball in three straight starts and in five out of his last six turns and one in each of his two starts against West Tenn.

 

Brent Johnson doubled with two outs in the eighth before Charlton Jimerson walked and Gulin was replaced by David Johnson, who struck out Prentice Redman to end the inning. Gulin turned out to be the hard luck loser, giving up a lone run in 7 2/3 innings, his longest stint with the Stars, while walking two and fanning eight. He dropped to 4-3 and has been involved in the decision in each of his starts.

 

The Stars return home to open the final series of the first half on Wednesday night against Birmingham and will send southpaw Sam Narron to the mound against Baron?s right-hander Adam Russell. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 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 on base three times...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

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Final: Brevard County 12, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 9

 

MiLB.com:

 

Salome lifts Manatees

 

Angel Salome went 3-for-5 with two RBIs as visiting Brevard County won its fourth straight with a 12-9 victory over Palm Beach on Monday.

 

Salome's RBI base hit sparked a seven-run first inning. He added a run-scoring double in the fourth to give the Manatees (37-27) a 9-0 lead.

 

Mat Gamel, who extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and Darren Ford each delivered two-run triples in the first for Brevard County. Lorenzo Cain had three hits and three runs scored, while Cole Gillespie and Freddy Parejo chipped in two hits and two RBIs apiece.

 

Starter David Welch (2-2) won for the first time since April 28 after allowing four runs -- three earned -- on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six frames. The 24-year-old southpaw retired 14 of 15 batters after a leadoff single in the first but stalled during a four-run sixth.

 

Josh Wahpepah gave up two hits over two innings for his second save.

 

Cardinals starter Trey Hearne (3-6) retired only two batters and was charged with seven runs on six hits. Donnie Smith surrendered four runs on six hits and two walks over 3 1/3 frames and Scott Vander Weg yielded a run on four hits in four innings.

 

Brandon Yarbrough led off the sixth with his second homer of the season before Allen Craig crushed a two-run shot four batters later for Palm Beach (33-30). Ian Church's grand slam highlighted a five-run eighth. -- Marc Jimenez/MLB.com

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Vince Perkins, a short reliever, has given up earned runs in seven of his last ten appearances, struggling lately...

 

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

 

Brevard County Game Log:

A lot to soak in here, some good, some not so much -- somehow this one finished under three hours in length...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

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Final: West Virginia 2, Hickory (Pirates) 1

 

West Virginia Site Game Summary:

 

Hickory, NC - Power lefty Brae Wright tossed eight fantastic innings at L.P. Frans Stadium on Monday night, allowing just a run on four hits as the West Virginia Power went on to beat the Crawdads 2-1 in the first game of the series.

 

West Virginia scored their only two runs with two outs in the top of the second inning. Kenny Holmberg singled with two out and scored on John Alonso's double off the right-field wall. Alonso scored later in the inning on Taylor Green's opposite field single.

 

Hickory scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth. Bobby Kingsbury began the inning with a double, which was Hickory's only extra-base hit of the game and scored on Jim Negrych's RBI single.

 

Wright (5-3) struck out four and issued no free passes to get the win, Omar Aguilar (5) pitched a scoreless ninth inning to get the save and Mike Crotta (2-5) was tagged with the loss. Wright has allowed just two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts through 14 innings over his last two outings.

 

The Power improved to 44-17 with the win and the Crawdads fell to 25-36 with the loss. Green paced the Power with three hits while Alonso and Andrew Lefave chipped in with two. Over the last three games, the Power pitching staff has allowed just three runs on 16 hits.

 

The Power will continue the three game series against Hickory Tuesday night. Lefty Mike Ramlow (2-2, 7.33) will make the start for the Power and Hickory will counter with right hander Dionis Rodriguez (0-0, 3.60). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM (6:00 Central).

 

West Virginia Box Score:

It'd be huge if Brae Wright, having gone back to what had worked for him in the past, continued his turnaround...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

Charlie Fermaint in the leadoff spot in his return to low-A...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hicafx_1

[igor67]

Right now the Brewers system reminds me of Atlanta during their run. Hey we just promoted some guys, and we've got a whole new crop coming up. It's one thing to hit on your first rounder, but development wise the Brewers sure look like they are getting to the point were it's just a continuous flow of quality. I feel like this is the deepest we've ever been on the farm even though we'll probably take a hit in the rankings when Yo and Braun are off the list.

 

A comment on Sarfate I think the best comp maybe our very own Turnbow. Great stuff erratic command took a long time to develop.

[JohnBriggs12]

How about Chris Oxspring?

 

Last 4 starts:

 

4-0, 25 IP, 15 H, 3 ER, 32 K, 1.08 ERA.

 

Sure he's 30, but this guy could be useful in Brewer pen at some point throwing like that.