Jim Goulart

Here's the recap from the Tuesday matinee -- LOOKOUTS WALK OFF SHUCKERS IN SERIES FINALE Biloxi Rally In The Ninth Spoiled By Paul CHATTANOOGA, TN – After scoring three runs in the top of the ninth, the Biloxi Shuckers (45-31) lost on a walk-off single by Chris Paul to the Chattanooga Lookouts (38-37) 5-4 on Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Field. Chattanooga tallied the first run of the game in the third. Alex Perez singled with two outs and scored on a Jimmy Kerrigan double, putting the Lookouts up 1-0. Biloxi responded with a run of their own in the top of the fourth after Keston Hiura doubled, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Lucas Erceg. Hiura has now hit safely in his last seven games with Biloxi. RHP Trey Supak turned in another good outing but departed the game in the sixth after allowing a pair of singles. Mitchell Kranson drove in a run for Chattanooga with a single before a walk to Jaylin Davis loaded the bases. Ryan Walker was hit by a pitch from RHP Jon Perrin, forcing in a run to make it 3-1 Lookouts. Chattanooga tacked on an extra run in the eighth on a fielder’s choice by Walker to stretch their advantage to 4-1. With two outs in the ninth, the Shuckers rallied for three runs against RHP Todd Van Steensel (BS, 5). Blake Allemand and Luis Aviles Jr. each walked, and Clint Coulter drove in a run with a single to left. Max McDowell singled the opposite way in the ensuing at bat, plating Aviles Jr. to bring the Shuckers within a run. Troy Stokes Jr. delivered the tying run for Biloxi, dropping a single into left field that evened the game at four all. LHP Paco Rodriguez (W, 2) halted the Shuckers rally with a groundball out from Trent Grisham. In the bottom of the ninth, Perez singled with one out, putting the winning run on base. RHP Miguel Sanchez (L, 1) forced a fly out to center by Jimmy Kerrigan before intentionally walking Brent Rooker. Chris Paul stepped to the plate and pounced on the first pitch, lining it into left field and sending home Perez to finish the game.

Final: Wisconsin 5, Quad Cities 0 Wisconsin Shuts Out River Bandits on Three Hits Taugner allows one hit over six innings and gets a five-run inning in support By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Some pitching positives within this 33-42 season thus far... Read about the one big inning and a pretty incredible scoreless streak the Rattlers have going against the River Bandits at the link above. *** Box Score / Game Log Catcher Brent Diaz is just 4-for-30 on the season, but three of those hits are home runs.

AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: "Dan Karcher gets to know Jake Hager, who earned a promotion to the Sky Sox after a hot first half at Double-A Biloxi"

Keep in mind, this is a catch-up video from Monday's Sky Sox win --

Not sure about the circumstances, but you'll see a flash of a serious finger in the face of the umpire in this video report from Chattanooga.

Final: Memphis 11, Colorado Springs 4 It was only 6-4 heading into the 9th... SKY SOX ROUTED BY REDBIRDS, SERIES TIED From the notes section at the link above -- Righty Corbin Burnes made his third appearance out of the pen on Tuesday night with a 1.1-inning performance. In 5.1 innings of relief, Burnes has allowed 10 hits, seven runs, walked two, and struck out seven. Ugly inning in this one: Memphis Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Corbin Burnes replaces Tim Dillard, batting 9th, replacing Jett Bandy. Carson Kelly grounds out, second baseman Nate Orf to first baseman Andres Blanco. Edmundo Sosa flies out to right fielder Domingo Santana. Oscar Mercado called out on strikes. Memphis Top of the 9th Max Schrock grounds out, shortstop Jake Hager to first baseman Andres Blanco. Rangel Ravelo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Luke Voit singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Rangel Ravelo to 2nd. Tyler O'Neill homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Rangel Ravelo scores. Luke Voit scores. Patrick Wisdom doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Tyrone Taylor. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Randy Arozarena replaces Sean Gilmartin. Randy Arozarena homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Patrick Wisdom scores. Pitching Change: Nick Ramirez replaces Corbin Burnes, batting 9th. Carson Kelly walks. Edmundo Sosa grounds into a force out, shortstop Jake Hager to second baseman Nate Orf. Carson Kelly out at 2nd. Edmundo Sosa to 1st. Oscar Mercado flies out to center fielder Brett Phillips. *** Box Score / Game Log E: Santana, Do 2 (2, fielding, fielding) Domingo doubled in four at-bats. The Christian Bethancourt (.851 OPS) opt-out-or-not update should be any day now. Newfound speed at age 28? Nate Orf, as of June 27th, has blown away his previous stolen base high of nine. Orf is now 18-for-19 this season, wow.

6'6" 19-year-old Cuban first baseman Ernesto Martinez missed Monday and Tuesday's Maryvale games. He had exited mid-game Sunday. AZL Brewers Bottom of the 6th Ernesto Martinez grounds out, shortstop Jordy Barley to first baseman Jason Pineda. AZL Padres 2 Top of the 7th Defensive Substitution: Jesse Williams replaces first baseman Ernesto Martinez, batting 3rd, playing third base.

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Final: Colorado Springs 8, Memphis 3 Sky Sox Win Fourth Straight With 8-3 Victory Over Memphis Jacob Nottingham gets the congrats *** Box Score / Game Log Six of the ten Sky Sox hits for extra bases, Brett Phillips and Dylan Moore on base three times each. Nate Orf plunked for the 15th time in 2018, and 82nd time in six minor league seasons.

Well, this must have been cathartic! Final: Wisconsin 9, Quad Cities 0 Rattlers Shut Out Quad Cities to End Losing Streak Francis strikes out ten over seven innings and receives plenty of offensive support By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Chris' keyboard smiling throughout... *** Box Score / Game Log Contributions from all 11 men. *** From Quad Cities -- DAVENPORT — Something about facing Quad-Cities brings out the best in Wisconsin pitcher Bowden Francis. For the second time this month, the Timber Rattlers’ right-hander handcuffed River Bandits batters with seven shutout innings of work. In Monday’s 9-0 Midwest League victory at Modern Woodmen Park, Francis gave up four singles and struck out a career-high 10 batters as he went seven innings for the third time in his last four starts. Francis’ work mirrored his effort in a 3-1 win over Quad-Cities on June 5, an outing which saw the Brewers’ seventh-round pick in the 2017 draft give up three hits and walk one batter while establishing his previous career high with nine strikeouts. “He had a good mix, kept his fastball down in the zone, showed a good breaking ball. Everything he was throwing at us seemed to work,’’ River Bandits manager Mickey Storey said after his team was shutout for just the fifth time in 76 games this season. “I had to double check his numbers during the game. He came in with an ERA just under 5.00 but he’s pitched a lot better than that against us.’’ Francis, now 4-4, wasn’t the only problem posed by Wisconsin as it ended its second 10-game losing streak of the season in emphatic fashion. The Timber Rattlers chased River Bandits starter Parker Mushinski from the game one out into the fourth inning. “Mushinski didn’t have much of anything working for him,’’ Storey said. “He’s had a couple of games where he’s struggled with a pitch, but he’s been able to work around it. He couldn’t do that this time. It happens.’’ By then, Wisconsin was on its way to scoring runs in each of the first four innings, piling up seven of its 13 hits and scoring all of the runs it needed to counter a quiet Quad-Cities offense. Tristen Lutz drove home single runs for the Timber Rattlers in each of the first two innings, putting Wisconsin on the board with a run-scoring double before extending the lead to 2-0 on a sacrifice fly in the second. The Timber Rattlers doubled their lead a two-run third inning that opened with a Payton Henry homer to left before scoring three runs with one swing of the bat in the fourth. After loading the bases on three straight one-out walks, Jay Feliciano cleared them with a two-run single that saw a third score on the River Bandits’ second error in as many innings. K.J. Harrison added the Rattlers’ final two runs when he doubled with two outs in the eighth. Quad-Cities threatened to prevent being shut out by more than two runs for the first time this season in both the eighth and ninth innings. The River Bandits, whose seven-hit attack was led by two hits apiece by Logan, Mattix and David Hensley, loaded the bases in the eighth and put on to open the ninth but came away empty. “Mattix and Hensley, the new guys, are swinging the bats well and we’re going to need that from them as we move forward,’’ Storey said. “We need any offense we can get.’’

VIDEO from Chattanooga -- Biloxi game highlights (busy at home plate)

As also posted in the season-long Helena/Maryvale feature article archive thread -- Helena Brewers catcher David Fry looking to make most of opportunities ERIK C. ANDERSON, 406mtsports.com Quotes within...

Helena Brewers catcher David Fry looking to make most of opportunities ERIK C. ANDERSON, 406mtsports.com Quotes within...

Soon-to-be 21-year-old Puerto Rico native Bryan Torres (primarily a catcher, but has found minimal time in the outfield, the corner infield spots, and even second base) spent the past three seasons in the Dominican Summer League. After just two games in Maryvale, Torres, a left-handed bat, was promoted to Helena on Monday.

Via the Sky Sox Media Notes: C Dustin Houle reinstated from disabled list; transferred to Carolina from Col. Springs C Robie Rojas transferred from Helena to Col. Springs, placed on disabled list (retro. 6/23)

These have been awesome! Pretty sure that's a jersey button violation there, Wilfred Salaman.

Final: Colorado Springs 2, Iowa 0 Not sure why the Sky Sox site isn't posting these road game summaries online, but here you go -- PITCHING STAYS HOT AS SOX POST THIRD SHUTOUT OF SERIES DES MOINES, Iowa – The Sky Sox closed out their series victory nicely Sunday afternoon with a 2-0 shutout over the Iowa Cubs to win the series four games to one. Three of the four victories came by way of shutout for the Sky Sox. As has been the case throughout most of this series, strong pitching from both squads was the story of game five on Sunday afternoon. After yesterday's doubleheader saw a total of eight combined runs scored by both Colorado Springs and Iowa, today proved to be equally low scoring. Both starting pitchers had strong games in this series finale. Zach Davies, who is currently down on MLB rehab, threw 4.1 scoreless innings for Colorado Springs, giving up just three hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Southpaw Kyle Ryan had nearly as good of a start for Iowa, allowing just one run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts through five innings of work. After two scoreless innings kicked off game five, the Sky Sox were the first to score in the top of the third. In the first at-bat of the inning, Quintin Berry hit a homer to left field for his first dinger of the season and the first run of the day. Berry has just come off the Helena roster, after spending a good chunk of the season there thus far. Davies then reached on a Cubs throwing error, but a strikeout and a double play later and the inning was over. After another two scoreless innings bookended the one-run third inning, the Sky Sox struck again in the sixth inning. Zach Hedges came into the game for Iowa to relieve Ryan on the mound, and gave up a double to the first batter he faced in the form of Brett Phillips. Phillips moved up to third on a groundout, scoring one batter later on a Nate Orf fielder's choice that saw both runners safe as the Cubs committed their second error of the afternoon on the play. Hedges got out of the inning without any more trouble, leaving the Sky Sox with a 2-0 lead. While the Cubs posted two errors today, the Sky Sox have gone the entire five-game series in Iowa without a single error. The Cubs drew a pair of walks in the bottom of the seventh—one intentional and one unintentional—but couldn't amount any more offense than that in the half-inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Mark Zagunis drew yet another walk for Iowa to lead off the inning, advancing to second on a wild pitch. However, the next three batters were all retired, and the leadoff walk was left stranded on second as the game headed into the final inning of both the afternoon and the five-game series. Orf led off the ninth inning with a single, moving up to second on an Andres Blanco one-out four-pitch walk. Both runners were stranded, however, after Hedges recorded a strikeout and a flyout to send it to the bottom of the ninth. Hedges finished the day with one run allowed on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts through four innings of relief, as he and starter Ryan proved to be Iowa's only pitchers in today's contest. Mike Zagurski then came into the game for the Sky Sox on the mound in the ninth, after throwing a three-up-three-down save yesterday for his second save of the season. For the second time in as many days, Zagurski recorded a three-up-three-down save to secure the win and give the Sky Sox a 4-1 series victory over the Iowa Cubs. The Sky Sox enter into the first game of a four-game homestand against the Memphis Redbirds tomorrow with a 7:40 PM Central scheduled first pitch at Security Service Field in Colorado Springs. For all information on Sky Sox, follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and visit the team's website at www.skysox.com. Doubling Up on Shutouts: The Sky Sox posted their sixth shutout of the season Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, in game two of a doubleheader, they posted their fifth shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory over the Cubs. Colorado Springs had just posted their fourth shutout Thursday evening against the Iowa Cubs with a 5-0 victory. The last shutout for the Colorado Springs squad before that came on May 24 in Nashville when they blanked the Sounds 4-0. In one series, Colorado Springs doubled their total number of shutouts from three to six after blanking Iowa thrice. Out in Front: The only time Iowa led in the entire five-game series was when they had the walkoff walk in the bottom of the ninth inning in game two on Friday night. *** Box Score / Game Log

Final: Cedar Rapids 14, Wisconsin 1 Ten-Run Inning Keys Kernels Win Over Wisconsin Cedar Rapids beats Rattlers 14-1 to complete four-game sweep By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers As Chris notes: This is the second ten-game losing streak of the season for the Rattlers. It's still a week from July. Yuck. *** Box Score / Game Log

49% is even better That's on me. It was 27 of 63, not 53, heading into Sunday, can't do math (Baseball Reference).

After three High-A games, up to AA Trenton, where he debuted Saturday. We'll see if the playing time is still frequent.

I can't point to a specific Timber Rattlers Home Game Postgame Show Soundcloud broadcast (I do listen to them all during my commute), but Chris and Kyle (along with Matt Erickson) have been very complimentary. Errorless ball in 47 starts behind the plate this year. Just three passed balls. 26 of 53 baserunners thrown out - 41% is outstanding.

*** *** I am hopeful (can't guarantee at this time) that I will be able to make the 25-mile trek to see both Matulovich and Daniel this Wednesday when they are in opposing dugouts in Wareham - no idea if either will be on the mound. I've been told Brewers will have scouting staff there, but they've had guys on the Cape all summer thus far. Scout Wynn Pelzer's twitter timeline is non-player specific, but has been glorious in wordsmithing. If I do go, I'll be all Brewer-geared up in my Travis Shaw shirsey and will make my selling point. If any other Brewer fan locals are nearby and want to potentially join me, reach out, please.

Sunday's Birthday -- You've earned that first legal frosty one tonight, Payton Henry. What a fantastic 2018 so far! Just wait until after this afternoon's Timber Rattlers game. Happy 21st! http://www.milb.com/images/668721/t572/180x270/668721.jpg

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Final: Billings 4, Helena 0 Brewers Blanked As Mustangs Even Series Helena Limited To Just Three Hits By Greg Mroz / Helena Brewers *** PHOTOS: If you're a family member, chances are you'll have some sweet photos of your Helena farmhand before long, plenty have been posted thus far including another nice full set at Saturday's link. *** Box Score / Game Log Brewers coaches said young RHP's Max Lazar and Justin Bullock were going to carry over strong work from extended spring training, and they have. Bullock's turn here. Recently-acquired former Yankee 10th round RHP Chad Whitmer made his Brewer debut with a scoreless inning. Eventful and mostly very good defense: E: Bullock (1, throw). Outfield assists: Lujano (Spillane at 2nd base). DP: 5 (Coca-Carmona-McClanahan 2; Coca-McClanahan; Carmona-McClanahan; Egnatuk-Carmona-McClanahan). Helena had been 8-for-10 in season-long SB attempts, but an 0-for-2 night here. *** You read about it at the linked summary, but yeah, this was rough, down 2-0 at the time. Helena Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Dauri Moreta replaces Andy Cox. David Fry walks. Pablo Abreu walks. David Fry to 2nd. Je'Von Ward singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Bren Spillane. David Fry to 3rd. Pablo Abreu to 2nd. Jesus Lujano strikes out swinging. Yeison Coca grounds into a force out, pitcher Dauri Moreta to catcher Jay Schuyler. David Fry out at home. Pablo Abreu to 3rd. Je'Von Ward to 2nd. Yeison Coca to 1st. Jean Carmona grounds into a force out, second baseman Francis Azcona to shortstop Carlos Rivero. Yeison Coca out at 2nd.