Brewers Minor League Link Report (8/15): Wisconsin Dominates, Everybody Else? Not So Much!

Wisconsin valiantly tried to win the farm differential all by themselves with a 15-3 rout. The rest of the day's schedule was lined with losses, including a 10th in a row for the sagging Shuckers. 

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Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes (unavailable)
Final: Indianapolis (Pirates) 4, Nashville 3, ten innings
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Sounds, game details, and we encourage readers to always review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine:

Sounds Fall in Extras for Second Time This Week - Sproat tallies eight strikeouts, allowing one hit through 5.0 scoreless innings

Detailed game summary as always. You know, I thought I had fun with wordplay from time-to-time but between Nashville's Social Media Admin (see the two videos within the above link) and the nightly sub-header titles ("Let Me Clear My Sproat", "Tri-Mur"), the Sounds bring their game to try and entertain us nightly.

Sal Frelick (right shoulder) walked and stole a base in five plate appearances as the designated hitter, one night after seeing action in right field, a bit too early for back-to-backs on defense, apparently.

Would have been sweet for Blake Burke to come up big in the 10th, flyout to center to end the game with the bases juiced as the summary detailed.

Looked awkward as heck for Tyler Black in left field in the 6th, thankfully not hurt on this attempted catch -

Ghost runner for Indianapolis was still in place with two outs, RHP Blake Holub has been fantastic but was upset with this tiebreaker:

Nice glove work earlier in the game from Brock:

RHP Brett Wichrowski got an inning of work in on his 24th birthday, seemingly in a bullpen role for the time being.

Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Pensacola (Marlins) 7, Biloxi 3
Box Score and Game Log

Payne Reaches 3 Times in Debut, Shuckers Fall to Blue Wahoos - Guilarte records multi-hit, multi-RBI performance in loss

If you think we here on Link Report duty do our best to accentuate the positive, you can imagine the lengths Javik and Max are going to during this ten-game losing streak within their broadcasts and game summaries.

We don't know why LF Josh Adamczewski has now missed three games, but the usual cadence of a scheduled Sunday contest followed by the Monday off day means we may not know more until Tuesday, if then.

.933 OPS after one AA game for Braylon, that's a small sample we can live with.

This is RBI #86 on the season in 102 games for Andrew Fischer - that's impressive regardless of what other aspects of his game folks may focus on.

There was a 1970-71 minor leaguer named Gregory Goularte (Twins), that's the closest my last name (Goulart) has come to pro ball. So, despite it not being a match, I'll still smile when a close Venezuelan resemblance of the surname appears in the highlights:

Pensacola scored all seven of their runs by the end of the 5th. RHP Bishop Letson only went three innings and threw 51 pitches. This was his 2nd appearance after a three-week injured list stint.  

RBI single vs. Letson for the first of three Pensacola runs in the 2nd

The next run scored on another RBI single that RF Damon Keith then overran for a two-base error

In the 3rd, watch as Jesús Made has to spread-eagle 3B Guilarte, leading to Made's 18th error on the season

My goodness, Jack Seppings - in his last three outings, two with Nashville, and this one back in Biloxi:

11.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 5 B, 8 K

LF Mark Coley II was replaced defensively for the top of the 9th by Mike Boeve. Coley had grounded out into a fielder's choice to end the 8th, and the training staff was involved in Coley's removal, though we don't know the nature of the injury (I did check the broadcast archive).

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link)
Final: Wisconsin 15, Cedar Rapids (Twins) 3
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Timber Rattlers, game details (with four videos for your enjoyment): 

Rattlers Crush Kernels - Bitonti homers twice for Wisconsin in 15-3 win at Cedar Rapids

Midwest League second half standings - Beloit sweeps a doubleheader and the T-Rats actually drop a half-game Saturday. Boo!

Thanks for saving the minor league Saturday schedule, Rattlers!

Here are the videos that aren't tucked within that banger of a game summary by Chris Mehring:

That's seven clips altogether, not quite the same as the home game package experience, but very helpful nonetheless!

Wisconsin plated 15 runs with Luis Peña and Sawyer Strosnider enjoying an evening off. Manager Nick Stanley also only had to utilize two pitchers in southpaw Wande Torres and RH Daniel Corniel, setting up Sunday's finale nicely.

An additional note via Spencer on Bitonti:

22-year-old catcher Yannic Walther's High-A sample size is growing (82 plate appearances), and he padded his Wisconsin OPS nicely to .845 in this one, on base four times.

Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Columbia (Royals) 8, Wilson 5
Box Score and Game Log

Columbia Clocks Wilson for Their First Win of the Series - Antunez Records Three Hits

Rare hiccup of an outing for 18-year-old RHP Diustin Mayorquin as the game's linescore will show you: 2-2-2-1 is not how one wants to see the early inning runs allowed to appear. You have to go all the way back to May 16th in Maryvale to view anything resembling Saturday's outing for Mayorquin, as the Nicaraguan native's game log will show.

The Columbia 'X' admin had a busy night, so you'll be able to see five of Mayorquin's pitches (not in a good way) via that feed.

Wilson actually outhit the Fireflies 13-10, but in an extreme rarity for the team that leads the Carolina League in walks drawn by a ton (see here), the Warbirds received zero free passes. 

As for the good guys, we find:

Handelfry Encarnacion's LH swing is fun to watch

Carsten Sabathia III's RBI knock, one of two singles on his night (now 6-for-16, one double)

Brailyn Antunez scored each of Wilson's three runs, with the Encarnacion double, and Sabathia (twice) driving in Antunez (.400/.507/.817, 1.324 OPS in 73 Wilson plate appearances). Just typing that line for Antunez broke my computer's calculator.

This was the night for fine long relief efforts - Jack Seppings and Daniel Corniel as noted above, and RHP Tyler Renz allowed only one run in his four innings here. And as you'll notice below during your box score link clicking, LHP Alexander Mercedes performed admirably as well in the DSL Blue game.

Gee, the DSL regular season ends Tuesday, meaning this is the next-to-last Link Report with six games. Love you DSL Blue & Gold, but we won't miss the extra efforts required in our reports, although we are keeping today's updates lean!

Final: DSL Rojas (Reds) 4, DSL Brewers Gold 2
Box Score and Game Log

As far as DSL games go, I was going to say this was about as clean as they get defensively, over a full nine innings, only one error (Reds, did no damage), 

But an MLB-quality beauty? No, because Brewers batters drew ten walks, saw Reds' pitchers balk twice and throw two wild pitches, but only scored two runs. Only three singles on the Gold batting hit ledger.

• Team RISP: 1-for-13.
• Team LOB: 9.

Gold's division lead is 1.5 games (over a Cubs' squad, no less!)

Final: DSL LAD Bautista 8, DSL Brewers Blue 1
Box Score and Game Log

If the Dodgers were going to take a game Saturday over the Brewers, better that it be this one.

17-year-old Venezuelan RH starter Daniel Munoz managed a scoreless first inning. LA scored six in the 2nd and Munoz did not retire a batter:

• Walk
• Infield single
• HBP
• Walk
• Walk
• Walk
• Walk
• Walk

RHP Jean Rodriguez did well to strand two of the three runners he inherited.

Wilson and Wisconsin play early Sunday afternoon. Biloxi and Nashville host early evening games, and surely the Pensacola and Indianapolis equipment managers won't appreciate the lack of getaway day start times.

As for you folks, if you have a Sunday getaway planned, hope it's wonderful!

Oh, and Go Brewers in LA!

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