Link Report for Sat. 5/19 -- Zach Braddock Wows Us Again

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Jose Capellan at home vs. Albuquerque (Marlins), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. West Tenn (Mariners), 1:55 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.huntsvillestars.com/

 

Brevard County: TBD at home vs. St. Lucie (Mets), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime; it'll probably be LHP Rafael Lluberes, it's his turn in the rotation --

 

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

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

 

West Virginia: LHP Zach Braddock at Asheville (Rockies), 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_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1

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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

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Standings through Friday's action:

 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 23 18 .561 - 14-6 9-12 L1 Nashville 21 20 .512 2.0 11-6 10-14 L1 Omaha 19 22 .463 4.0 15-9 4-13 W1 Memphis 19 23 .452 4.5 13-9 6-14 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 20 19 .513 - 10-11 10-8 W1 Tennessee 20 20 .500 0.5 8-10 12-10 L2 Chattanooga 19 23 .452 2.5 11-11 8-12 L1 West Tenn 18 23 .439 3.0 10-10 8-13 L1 Carolina 16 26 .381 5.5 9-11 7-15 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 25 16 .610 - 14-6 11-10 W3 Palm Beach 23 18 .561 2.0 12-12 11-6 W2 Daytona 20 20 .500 4.5 12-8 8-12 L5 Vero Beach 20 21 .488 5.0 14-7 6-14 L2 Jupiter 18 23 .439 7.0 6-11 12-12 W2 St. Lucie 16 25 .390 9.0 8-13 8-12 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 26 12 .684 - 13-7 13-5 W1 Greensboro 25 16 .610 2.5 13-5 12-11 L3 Lakewood 19 19 .500 7.0 7-11 12-8 L1 Lake County 19 20 .487 7.5 11-11 8-9 L2 Lexington 18 24 .429 10.0 8-13 10-11 W1 Hagerstown 17 23 .425 10.0 10-12 7-11 W2 Delmarva 16 23 .410 10.5 7-10 9-13 W1 Hickory 15 23 .395 11.0 6-9 9-14 L4

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Link Report Bonus:

In seven plus years of Link Reporting, we've yet to see a box score quite like this one from the Cal League Friday night, as the Padres high-A team beat the Red Sox squad --

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lncafa_1

[JoeHova]

Mario Pena put Elmer Dessens to shame with 11 earned runs in 1 2/3 innings pitched.

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville up, 2-0 early.

 

Manny Parra is hitting a consistent 92-94 on the gun today in the early going.

 

Our lefty power arm is alive and kickin' http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .

[DHonks]

I seem to recall liking Scott Sollman quite a bit, too. But Steven is really doing a heck of a job with the singles and walks

[TheCrew07]

ohh my wow. That's like highschool girls softball games when I was in school.

[statman0007]

What are the chances Parra gets a chance in the big leagues yet this year? I'd love to see him and Yo on a potential playoff roster in the place of Spurling and Dessens.

[igor67]

Wow that box score must feel like condensing all of the anguish fromthose bad high desert teams into one hopeless night that never ends. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/embarassed.gif

[TheCrew07]

I told myself I wouldn't get excited about Palmisano till it was mide June and he was still over .300 which it seemed like it was so far away a week or 2 ago. Now it's pretty darn close...

 

I don't remember much talk about his defense, does anyone have first hand knowledge how he does the job?

[bretsky07]

Braun is in the lineup!

[wvpowerblkwel]

Power is up 7-0 after sending 11 to the plate in the first, and Zach Braddock struck out the side....nice 1st inning!

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 11, West Tenn (Mariners) 6

 

Huntsville Site Game Summary:

Link, text follows --

 

Mateo Makes Major Impact in Stars' Win

 

Ruben Mateo slugged two home runs and knocked in five runs to lead a 15-hit attack that powered Huntsville to an 11-6 win over West Tenn Saturday afternoon in front of 4,019 at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars have taken the first two games of the series to improve to 21-19 and maintain the top spot in the North Division, while the Diamond Jaxx fell to 18-24 and four games off the pace. The Stars pushed their home win streak to a season-high four games and squared their record on home soil at 11-11.

 

Mateo?s first long ball in the third inning gave the Stars the lead for good at 4-3 and his second home run, a three-run shot in the fourth, capped a four-run rally that extended the home team?s lead to 8-3. The former big leaguer went hitless in four at-bats last night in his first game in organized baseball in the United States since 2004 and went deep for the first time at the double-A level since 1998 when he was playing for Tulsa in the Texas League when he was on his way up in the Rangers? organization.

 

West Tenn battled back to score twice in the fifth on a run-scoring double by Erick Monzon and a ground ball out by Prentice Redman that trimmed the Huntsville lead to 8-5. Stars? starter Manny Parra was lifted after five frames in his shortest outing since his first turn of the season on April 8 after allowing a season-high five runs, three earned, on five hits. The southpaw struck out five and walked a season-high three in picking up his fourth win at home and his fifth of the season. Parra joins four other pitchers in the league with five victories.

 

Steve Moss?s run-scoring single in the home sixth pushed the Stars? lead to 9-5 before Sebastian Boucher hit a home run off Mark DiFelice in the seventh to cut the lead back to 9-6. DiFelice retired the side in order in the sixth and eighth innings and wound up going three innings for a third time this season. Huntsville tacked on two runs in the eighth on a run-scoring infield single by Brendan Katin and a bases loaded walk to Adam Heether.

 

Lou Palmisano singled twice, walked twice and scored three times, while Steve Sollmann collected two hits, scored two runs and drove in a run, as every position player reached base at least once in the Stars? highest scoring game at home this season.

 

The series continues on Sunday afternoon, as Huntsville will send southpaw Adam Pettyjohn to the hill against West Tenn left-hander Robert Rorbaugh. Coverage of the game begins at 1:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 AM WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

 

Huntsville Box Score:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

 

Huntsville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

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Power:

Zach Braddock is quickly becoming a "must-follow" appointment, a la those two guys named Will and Yovani.

 

Manatees:

Cole Gillespie two home runs thus far, sandwiched around an HBP.

 

Sounds:

Ryan Braun (two runs) has scored more by himself than the Brewers as of this post.

[Gben027]

Zach Braddock so far: 7 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 11 K's

[homer]

Zach Braddock with 11Ks, 0BB, and 2 hits through 7. He's certainly going to move up the Power 50.

 

Nice to see Gillespie show some power. He's been getting on base, just not with hits. And Cain is on fire right now.

[aintbize]

Braddock is unreal tonight, 7 IP-No Runs-2 H-No BB-11k's...probably right around 75 pitches, struck out the side in the 1st & 7th...pretty impressive...AGAIN! Power erupts for 11 runs in 7 innings as well!!

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Minor League Field Coordinator Charlie Greene:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-19.mp3

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Final: Brevard County 10, St. Lucie (Mets) 3

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Cole Gillespie heating up big-time, pretty much since I called his slow start one of the bigger disappointments of the early season; Angel Salome three singles and a walk; Lorenzo Cain just turned 21 last month -- darn, he's an exciting prospect; hard to complain about one walk drawn when you score in double digits...

 

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

 

Brevard County Game Log:

Josh Wahpepah induces two double plays in three scoreless innings; Kevin Roberts strikes out the side to end it...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

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Final: West Virginia 11, Asheville (Rockies) 0

What a joy this Power squad is -- you simply could not have seen this coming out of last year's Helena kids, not this kind of day-to-day dominance, but it's more than that -- clean, smart play, kudos to the Power coaching staff and all involved...

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Your trivia for the night -- Zach Braddock's first name is William (but Sir Inman took that, so we go with Zach); in Braddock's last six starts (34.1 IP), he has struck out 51 and walked five -- read that again so you can fully digest it; the Brewers can currently say they have the best pitcher in all of AAA, all of high-A, and all of low-A thus far in 2007, and the three pitchers are 21, 20, and 19 years old respectively, think about that; oh yeah, the offense bludgeoned another pitching staff as everyone in the lineup reached base at least once (five guys at least twice)...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1

 

West Virginia Game Log:

Reminder, this Asheville team was 29-10 heading into Friday night, and was 15-4 at home...

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1

 

It's too bad Zach couldn't end his night on a high note:

 

Asheville Bottom 7th

 

Hector Gomez strikes out swinging.

Daniel Mayora strikes out swinging.

Logan Wiens strikes out swinging.

[TheCrew07]

Does Braddok have good movement on his fastball? Anyone know?

[Mass Haas]

Final: Nashville 5, Albuquerque (Marlins) 3

 

Nashville Site Game Summary:

Link for R.A. Dickey photo, text follows --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2327

 

Abad, Dickey Lead Sounds Past Isotopes, 5-3

 

NASHVILLE ? Andy Abad homered and drove in four runs and R.A. Dickey worked six scoreless relief innings to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 5-3 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Saturday evening in front of 7,917 fans at Greer Stadium.

 

The win was the 11th in the last 13 home games for Nashville (22-20).

 

Abad (2-for-4) gave the Sounds an early 3-0 lead with a two-out, three-run homer to right off Albuquerque starter Kenny Baugh in the bottom of the first inning. The blast was the veteran?s fourth of the season.

 

AUDIO: Andy Abad Three-Run Homer --

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-19.mp3

 

Albuquerque plated a pair of two-out runs in the top of the second inning against Jose Capellan, who made his first non-rehab start since June 9, 2005.

 

The Isotopes loaded the bases with no outs following a Scott Seabol walk, John Baker single, and Brett Carroll hit-by-pitch. Capellan recovered to strikeout out Josh Labandeira and Baugh for the first two outs before issuing a walk to Robert Andino to force home Seabol. Eric Reed followed with an RBI bunt single to second to reduce the Nashville lead to 3-2.

 

Capellan was removed following his two innings of work due to a scheduled pitch count. He threw 43 pitches, 27 for strikes, and allowed two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out three.

 

Dickey (2-4) took over for Capellan in the third and turned in an outstanding relief stint, allowing three hits and striking out four batters over six scoreless frames to earn the victory.

 

Nashville increased its lead to 5-2 in the third with a pair of two-out unearned runs. Callix Crabbe, who opened the frame by reaching on a fielding error by Andino at shortstop, scored on a Joe Dillon groundout and Abad followed with an RBI single that plated Ryan Braun, who returned to the Sounds? lineup after missing 12 games due to left wrist tendinitis.

 

The Isotopes finished off the evening?s scoring in the ninth against Joe Thatcher. Brett Carroll reached on a one-out single, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a two-out bloop RBI single to left off the bat of pinch-hitter Todd Sears, bringing the score to its final 5-3. The run snapped a 15 2/3 scoreless innings streak for the southpaw, which dated back to April 8.

 

Luther Hackman came on to record the final out of the contest and earned his team-leading fifth save of the year for the Sounds.

 

Baugh (0-1) took the loss after allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits over six innings. He walked four batters and struck out four in his outing.

 

The teams wrap up the series with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Tim Dillard (1-3, 3.28) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Isotopes southpaw Paul Mildren (3-3, 4.33).

 

Nashville Box Score:

It's about somebody broke out the term "man the bump" this year --- cool; who's this "R Braun" guy? Welcome back, kid, if all goes well this week, we'll see you on the West Coast; take a deep breath, Thatch, we know you're this close to Milwaukee, don't do anything to delay things...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

 

Nashville Game Log:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1