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Final: Brevard County 7, Daytona 0 Brevard County box score Wily Peralta with easily the line of the night so far, eight strikeouts against no walks in six innings, allowing just four hits and posting a 6/2 GO/AO. Evan Frederickson was his typical self in relief, striking out two but also walking one and hitting a batter. Can't complain too much, though, since a strong Daytona lineup still hasn't scored on the Manatees staff after two games. On offense, Erik Komatsu had a nice night, going 2-4 with a double, triple, and walk. Kentrail Davis also had his second multiple-hit performance in as many career games, going 2-5. Erik Miller pitched in with a double and walk, and Anderson de la Rosa was 2-5 and drove in three runs. Brevard County play-by-play Peralta just got stronger as the game went on. His last two innings: Daytona Bottom 5th Nelson Perez strikes out swinging. Mark Reed strikes out swinging. Junior Lake strikes out swinging. Daytona Bottom 6th Brett Jackson flies out to center fielder Kentrail Davis. DJ LeMahieu grounds out, second baseman Juan Sanchez to first baseman Brock Kjeldgaard. Kyler Burke strikes out swinging.

Final: Chattanooga 3, Huntsville 2 Huntsville box score Alex Periard was decent in his six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits, but his K/BB was an uninspiring 1/2 (plus a HBP). He did apparently have his sinker working, getting 10 ground-ball outs against only four in the air. Caleb Gindl was the only Star with multiple hits, going 2-4 with an RBI double. Jonathan Lucroy was only 1-4 but contributed defensively by picking a runner off second. Lorenzo Cain and Brett Lawrie did not have a good day at the top of the order, the former 1-5 with three strikeouts and the latter 0-4 plus a throwing error. Huntsville play-by-play

Final: Wisconsin 3, Kane County 2 (7 innings) Wisconsin box score A "rehabbing" Jeff Suppan allowed a Suppanian 10 baserunners (seven hits, three walks) in 4.1 innings, though he only allowed one run and did strike out four. The Timber Rattlers got some power bullpen work, as Andre Lamontagne and Jon Pokorny combined to record seven of the last eight outs of the game via strikeout, with Pokorny's perfect 7th earning him the win. Joey Paciorek posted the only multiple-hit game among T-Rats, going 2-3 with a double. Scooter Gennett, making his pro debut, struck out in his first two at-bats but drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th with an infield single. D'Vontrey Richardson, also making his pro debut, was 1-4 with a single. The Chris Dennis infielder/outfielder controversy was moot, as Dennis DH'd. Worth noting: the losing pitcher, Ian Krol, was a touted prep arm out of Illinois last year who ended up pitching in a semi-pro league in Wisconsin after he was kicked off his high school team. Wisconsin play-by-play The walk-off 7th: Joseph Paciorek singles on a ground ball to right fielder Rashun Dixon. Carlos George out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Ian Krol to first baseman Anthony Aliotti. Joseph Paciorek to 2nd. Ian Krol intentionally walks Franklin Romero. D' Vontrey Richardson grounds out to catcher Max Stassi. Joseph Paciorek to 3rd. Franklin Romero to 2nd. Ryan Gennett singles on a ground ball to second baseman Conner Crumbliss. Joseph Paciorek scores. Franklin Romero to 3rd.

Just look at the pitchers' lines Turns out Peralta was just getting lathered up: 8/0 K/BB through six innings now, only four hits allowed (all singles), and a 6/2 GO/AO.

Angel Salome gets on the board with a solo homer. Chuck Lofgren is pitching well: three perfect innings with two strikeouts. For BC, Kentrail Davis is 2-3 again, as is Erik Komatsu, who has a double and a triple. Wily Peralta has struck out four and walked none through four innings.

I think Huntsville is, too; the Huntsville Times reporter a few weeks ago that Sergio Miranda was going to be the Stars' shortstop.

Just goes to show that my caution about extrapolating from the box score should extend to base running as well. Thanks for setting the record straight. I guess it means his legs are feeling good, so that's...nice.

Final: Brevard County 3, Daytona 0 Brevard County box score Mike Fiers shut down a Daytona lineup with several legitimate hitting prospects, striking out seven in five scoreless innings, allowing only three walks and a single hit. In fact, that was the only hit allowed the Manatees staff all night, as relievers Corey Frerichs, Lucas Luetge, and newly minted closer Nick Green combined to toss four perfect innings to close the game out. On the hitting side of the ledger, Kentrail Davis had an excellent Brewers debut, going 2-3 and coaxing a bases-loaded walk, and Brock Kjeldgaard also had two hits, including a two-run single to cap the victory. A healthy Erik Komatsu drew a walk and scored a run. Brevard County play-by-play The Manatees' big 8th inning: Matt Cline reaches on throwing error by shortstop Junior Lake. Juan Sanchez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kyler Burke. Matt Cline to 2nd. Brent Brewer out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Dae-Eun Rhee to second baseman DJ LeMahieu. Matt Cline to 3rd. Juan Sanchez to 2nd. Dae-Eun Rhee intentionally walks Erik Komatsu. Pitcher Change: Luke Sommer replaces Dae-Eun Rhee. Kentrail Davis walks. Matt Cline scores. Juan Sanchez to 3rd. Erik Komatsu to 2nd. Brock Kjeldgaard singles on a ground ball to left fielder Smailey Borges. Juan Sanchez scores. Erik Komatsu scores. Kentrail Davis to 3rd. Brock Kjeldgaard to 2nd on the throw. Erik Miller strikes out swinging, catcher Michael Brenly to first baseman Marwin Gonzalez. Sergio Miranda flies out to right fielder Kyler Burke.

Final: Chattanooga 4, Huntsville 2 Huntsville box score The season got off to an auspicious start as Lorenzo Cain singled, stole second, and was doubled home by Brett Lawrie, but those would be the only hits either tallied all night. Caleb Gindl and Jonathan Lucroy each saw first once, the former via walk and the latter via single. Taylor Green was 0-3 but did drive in Lawrie with a sac fly in the first. Both Lucroy and Green committed throwing errors, and Lookouts went 3-3 in stolen base attempts. Amaury Rivas had an encouraging AA debut, striking out four, walking three, and allowing three hits in five scoreless innings, but the bullpen let him down, surrendering four unearned runs over the last three innings to lose the game, with eternal Star Robert Hinton being the main culprit. Huntsville play-by-play The fateful three-run 8th inning: Trayvon Robinson bunt grounds out, catcher Jonathan Lucroy to first baseman Steffan Wilson. Andrew Lambo walks. Pitcher Change: Robert Hinton replaces Casey Baron, batting 9th. Lucas May reaches on throwing error by third baseman Taylor Green. Andrew Lambo to 3rd. Lucas May to 2nd. Eduardo Perez reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Zelous Wheeler to catcher Jonathan Lucroy. Andrew Lambo out at home. Lucas May to 3rd. Scott Van Slyke doubles (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Lucas May scores. Eduardo Perez scores. Scott Van Slyke to 3rd on the throw. Tommy Giles singles on a line drive to right fielder Caleb Gindl. Scott Van Slyke scores. With Dee Gordon batting, Tommy Giles steals (1) 2nd base. With Dee Gordon batting, wild pitch by Robert Hinton, Tommy Giles to 3rd. Dee Gordon strikes out swinging, catcher Jonathan Lucroy to first baseman Steffan Wilson.

Ha. I actually had a bit in there about Salome's defense, because Kameron Loe had a wild pitch as well, but decided it was unfair to even insinuate anything considering I didn't see the game. If anyone who watched it on MiLB.tv wants to chime in on this regard, please do.

Final: Nashville 6, Iowa 3 Katin Powers Sounds Past I-Cubs In Opener NashvilleSounds.com DES MOINES, Iowa - Right fielder Brendan Katin blasted a pair of home runs to power the Nashville Sounds to a season-opening 6-3 victory over the division-rival Iowa Cubs on Thursday evening at Principal Park. Katin, who closed out the 2009 campaign by smashing four homers in his final three games for Nashville, picked up right where he left off for the Sounds during his 2-for-4, three-RBI evening. Third baseman Adam Heether (2-for-3) also homered for Nashville, which won its opener for the first time since 2005. Right-hander Kameron Loe (1-0) turned in a quality start in his Sounds debut, holding the I-Cubs to three runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out six batters over six-plus innings of work to earn the win. The 6-foot-8 hurler also went 2-for-3 at the plate in the contest. Nashville (1-0) jumped on Iowa starter J.R. Mathes early, plating three runs in the top of the first inning. Norris Hopper led off the contest with a walk and scored two batters later when Trent Oeltjen doubled to left. Katin, who co-led Nashville with 24 home runs in 2009, increased the visitors' advantage to 3-0 when the Sounds' cleanup hitter belted a 1-1 Mathes offering over the left field wall for a two-run blast. The Sounds added single runs in the second on a Hopper RBI single and in the third on Heether's two-out solo homer to left-center off Mathes to extend the lead to 5-0. Iowa plated a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the third following a two-out Loe throwing error. The Cubs pulled with 5-3 in the seventh. Bobby Scales led off with a walk and moved to second on a Matt Camp single, which chased Loe from the contest after an 89-pitch outing. Highly-touted left-hander Zach Braddock was summoned from the bullpen to make his Triple-A debut and struck out pinch-hitter Bryan LaHair before Sam Fuld lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Scales. Braddock, who struck out the side on 14 pitches in the eighth, fanned four of the six batters he faced on the evening, retiring all of them. Katin struck again in the eighth when he greeted Cubs reliever Jeff Stevens with his second four-bagger of the evening, a leadoff solo shot to left-center. Right-hander Chris Smith, who paced Nashville with 17 saves last season, worked around a one-out walk in the bottom of the ninth to work a scoreless frame and notch his first stop of the year. Smith fanned the final two batters to cap off an 11-strikeout evening by the three Sounds hurlers. Sounds second baseman Eric Farris also made his Class AAA debut in the contest and finished 0-for-5. Mathes (0-1) absorbed the loss for Iowa after surrendering five runs on nine hits in his five frames of work. The teams continue their season-opening series with another 6:35 p.m. matchup on Friday night at Principal Park. Left-hander Chuck Lofgren, an off-season Rule 5 pickup from the Cleveland Indians, makes his Brewers organization debut when he mans the bump for the Sounds to face Iowa right-hander Jay Jackson. Nashville box scoreBig night for Katin, who says it doesn't matter how often you walk or strike out if you homer twice a game. Heether also continues to show he's worthy of a big league job; in addition to the 2-3 line, he also walked. Angel Salome also contributed positively, 1-3 with a walk, though he was caught stealing in what I can only imagine was a busted hit-and-run and also thrown out at home. Braddock really loosed his wrath on the I-Cubs. Nashville play-by-play Iowa Bottom 7th Bobby Scales walks. Matt Camp singles on a ground ball to center fielder Norris Hopper. Bobby Scales to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Zach Braddock replaces Kameron Loe, batting 9th. Bryan LaHair strikes out swinging. With Sam Fuld batting, wild pitch by Zach Braddock, Bobby Scales to 3rd. Matt Camp to 2nd. Sam Fuld out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Norris Hopper. Bobby Scales scores. Darwin Barney flies out to right fielder Brendan Katin. Iowa Bottom 8th Micah Hoffpauir strikes out swinging. Brad Snyder called out on strikes. James Adduci strikes out swinging. Nice, real nice.

Dave Weiser at starsboxscore.com has a recap of the game up. Opening day is like Christmas -- it's worth the wait to see what's inside the package. And it looked pretty right from the start. In the 1st inning, leadoff hitter Lorenzo Cain singled on a 1-1 pitch near the line to left then stole 2nd with Brett Lawrie at the plate. Lawrie on a 2-2 pitch, doubled off the base of the wall in right-center field, and it was 1-0, just like that. After Caleb Gindl lined out, Jonathan Lucroy singled to left to send Lawrie to third. A sacrifice fly to left by Taylor Green made it 2-0. That would be it until Gindl walked in the 6th. And that was all the scoring they would do, as well........ Chris Withrow, the Dodgers' #2 minor league prospect (2nd to Lookouts shortstop Dee Gordon), retired 14 in a row. A fly ball to left-center by Lucroy in the 6th was the deepest ball the Stars could drive off Withrow, who is capable of peaking at 98 mph. Amaury Rivas, in his Stars debut, did very well, holding the Lookouts for five innings, and striking out four, but threw 80 pitches, 51 for strikes. He got into a little bit of a jam after he walked Efrain Herrera with two out in the 5th. Herrera stole on a low strike two to Trayvon Robinson, then advanced to third on a throwing error by Lucroy, but Rivas closed out his night, getting Robinson to fan on a high pitch. The Lookouts did get their run in the next inning with two outs off reliever Brandon Kintzler. Andrew Lambo, who hit a club-leading 39 doubles for the Lookouts last year, led off the inning reaching first on a fielding error by Zelous Wheeler that was originally ruled a single. After Lucas May struck out and Eduardo Perez flied out, Scott Van Slyke, the son of former major league outfielder Andy, doubled on a sharp drive down the line past Taylor Green. But Jaime Pedroza then drove a ball that Lorenzo Cain caught just five feet from the wall to end the inning. The Stars tried to get something going in the 7th. Haydel and Wheeler both singled to right with two out, but Chris Errecart sent a waist-high 1-2 pitch back to the mound for the 3rd out. That, as it turned out, was the last shot for the Stars........ The Lookouts rallied, again thanks to the Stars' leaky infield defense tonight......... With one out, Andrew Lambo walked. Robert Hinton came in to replace Casey Baron on the mound. On a 1-2 inside pitch, Lucas May slapped a ball to Green, who threw it away and Hinton had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out, Lambo going to third. Eduardo Perez followed and hit a ground ball to Wheeler. Zee made a fine play, moving to his left, doing a 360°, then firing the ball to the plate, where Lucroy made the slap tag on Lambo for the 2nd out........ That was fine defense after Taylor's error, but Hinton could not get the Stars out of the inning. With Perez on first and May on third, Van Slyke drove a 2-1 pitch over Haydel's head. The ball came off the wall for a double, and the Lookouts had a 3-2 lead. Tommy Giles sealed the deal with a line drive single to right, making it 4-2. And that was all she wrote........ Robert Hinton, who was 0-6 last year, took the loss. He made his 113th appearance for the Stars, moving him in 3rd place ahead of former Oakland Athletic Steve Phoenix on the all-time list. Of the three openers the Stars have played against Chattanooga, this was their first loss. They beat the Lookouts, 9-7 in 2000 and 10-0 in 1995. Both those games were played at the Joe....... Friday, Alexandre Periard will make his return on the mound for Huntsville against Alberto Bastardo, a left-hander who is adept at keeping the ball down. The Stars beat him last year, 12-1 on June 25, when Zach Braddock became the first pitcher in Stars history to hit a grand-slam. Bastardo beat them on July 11 and wound up 6-3 for the Lookouts that year........ The Stars are now 15-10 on Opening Day, 7-5 since the Brewers became an affiliate.........

I'm not knocking him; I'm just saying that he's probably one of those guys who's not really going to be tested until AA, similar to Rob Wooten. Nashville's all over Iowa early, 5-0 in the third. Both Brendan "Boom Boom" Geoffrion Katin and Adam Heether have gone deep. Angel Salome's 1-2. Kentrail Davis just tallied his first legitimate hit, a line drive single. EDIT: Huntsville gives up four unearned runs over the last three innings to lose 4-2. Disappointing beginning to the season. EDIT: Manatees score three in the 8th to win 3-0. Nice game. Kentrail Davis 2-3 with a walk in his pro debut. EDIT: Sounds pull it out 6-3 behind two homers from Katin. Zach Braddock was dominant, coming on with two men on and no outs in the 7th and getting six straight outs, four via strikeout.

No, I took it that was as well, but I guess it's better than "He couldn't play second even if he wanted to." I guess. Maybe.

Cal(l)is is the Baseball America writer. Dolis is the Cubs pitcher. It's nice to be able to listen to the Manatees game and the Braves game at the same time, isn't it? Though it's only one game, Fiers may be too old/advanced for success at this level to tell us anything other than that A-ball hitters struggle with good offspeed stuff and smart pitchers, though there are three or four decent hitting prospects in the Cubs lineup. He can't possibly be throwing that hard, given that he he topped out at 92 out of the pen.

Did the box score screw up and show the wrong score? It's showing 0-0 for me, and I just confirmed that score on the radio. Looks like Rivas had a pretty solid start for Huntsville, and it should be noted that the Stars are facing a pretty solid pitching prospect in Chris Withrow. Brandon Kintzler is a decent relief sleeper; I'd be interested to know how hard he's throwing out of the pen this year. EDIT: Kentrail Davis picks up his first pro hit on a grounder to short that sounds like it could/should have been an error.

Well, at least one baseball professional thinks Lawrie can stick at second: [tt][/tt]

Awesome photos from the Timber Rattlers' Facebook page: http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs406.snc3/24600_382231629175_264627419175_3605234_6020103_n.jpg http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs426.snc3/24600_382231624175_264627419175_3605233_3547102_n.jpg That's Scooter Gennett taking down the snowman.

Peter Hjort has them saving quite a bit:

Jim Callis said yesterday "After [bryce Harper], there's such as steep dropoff, that the next 10 or so best prospects might all be pitchers." If that's true, I wonder how far Josh Sale will drop; he certainly smells like a Brewers-type player to me. Not a college bat, but still a bat.

Lester signed his deal before last year, before the huge jump in his strikeout rate.

Matt Treanor's contract was purchased by Texas.

Matt Treanor's contract was purchased by Texas.

Yep. Update from Mehring:

From Chris Mehring: