JAY CAPERS RDC staff photographer
Red Wings starter Dave Gassner made an early exit Sunday after he was tagged for nine runs in the 2-plus innings he worked vs. Indianapolis.
Indianapolis 16 at Rochester 3
Record 50 - 43
W: K. Bouknight (1-1, 4.50); L: D. Gassner (3-10, 5.46)
HR: IND: Y. De Caster (6), B. Bixler (5). ROC: T. Watkins (5).
E: Casilla (9, fielding).
From redwingsbaseball.com: The Indianapolis Indians pounded out 17 hits, beating Rochester 16-3 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. [The Indianapolis Indians pounded out 17 hits, beating Rochester 16-3 Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field. Tommy Watkins homered, and Chris Heintz had two hits and two RBI as Indianapolis ended the Wings' five-game win streak. Rochester leaves Monday for a 10-game, eight-day roadtrip to Syracuse and Ottawa; the Wings return home July 24 for a four-game homestand.
Rochester started Dave Gassner let Indianapolis take an early lead in the first. Lead-off batter Russ Johnson hit a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Shortstop Watkins was able to hold Johnson on second as he caught a driving low ball for the second out. Brad Eldred then smacked a line drive down the third base line to plate Johnson and give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gassner then struck out the final batter to end the inning.
The Red Wings picked up a pair of first inning hits against Indians starter Kip Bouknight, but couldn't pick up a run. The Indians came right back against Gassner in the second, combining two hits and two walks to score one run and load the bases for Brian Bixler. Bixler, 1-for-6 in his previous bases-loaded at-bats this season, belted a grand slam off Gassner over the wall in left to stake Indianapolis to a 6-0 lead.
The Indians knocked Gassner out of the game in the third, picking up three more runs and bringing Brad Baker out of the Rochester bullpen and into the game. Baker allowed one hit, and one walk before striking out the final batter to end the inning.
The Wings offense struggled since the first inning with no hits until the fifth, when Watkins smashed a solo home run into the left field bullpen to put the Wings on the scoreboard. The Indians were not phased as they were able to retire the next two batters holding their lead, 9-1.
Yurendell de Caster started the top of the sixth by walloping a solo home run into the Wings bullpen to take back the nine run lead, bringing the score to 10-1. The Indians scored again as a ground rule double by Michael Ryan; Ryan scored by a line drive down the third base line from Luis Matos. Matos was brought home on a base hit to center field by Luis Ordaz, increasing the Indians lead 12-1.
Casilla led off the bottom of the sixth with a line drive to center field for a single. He moved to second from another line drive to center field by Matthew LeCroy. Both moved into scoring position as Doug Deeds grounded out. With two outs, Heintz singled to left field, plating Casilla and bringing the score to 12-2. LeCroy and Heintz were stranded on base as the inning ended from a pop foul to third by Brian Buscher.
The Wings tried to turn their luck in the seventh by making multiple defensive changes. They were unsuccesful as an error by Casilla and two singles allowed by Baker loaded the bases with no outs. Baker then walked in the next two runs before manager Stan Cliburn brought in Julio DePaula, who started by hitting Matos with a pitch, giving another run to the Indians. Matos was upset and took a long time walking to first, while talking to umpire Rob Healey; Healey then warned both dugouts, which prompted a spriited discussion with Indians manager Trent Jewitt. It took Rochester seven batters before they were able to get the first out of the inning, followed by a double play to end the inning. The Indians recorded four runs for the inning, bringing their lead to 16-2.
Indianapolis starter Kip Bouknight was cruising along into the eighth when he hit Gil Velazquez with a pitch; Bouknight and Jewitt were ejected, and Mark Corey came in to pitch. Heintz delivered his second run-scoring hit of the day off Corey, who struggled with his control and loaded the bases after two consecutive walks. Corey went to a full count on Oeltjen, who took a called third strike to end the inning.
NOTES: The total runs and hits were each the most given up by the Rochester pitching staff this season..Buscher went 0-for-3 with a walk, ending a six-game hitting streak during which he hit .571 (12-for-21) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBI. Buscher had five multi-hit games during the six-game hitting streak. Buscher has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI ... The Red Wings offense had crushed the ball during the five-game winning streak that ended Sunday, batting .353 (60-for-170) as a team. Before Sunday's loss, Rochester’s offense had a great start to July batting .305 (120-for-393) as a team with 10 or more hits in seven of 12 games. Tommy Watkins homered, and Chris Heintz had two hits and two RBI as Indianapolis ended the Wings' five-game win streak. Rochester leaves Monday for a 10-game, eight-day roadtrip to Syracuse and Ottawa; the Wings return home July 24 for a four-game homestand.
Rochester started Dave Gassner let Indianapolis take an early lead in the first. Lead-off batter Russ Johnson hit a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. Shortstop Watkins was able to hold Johnson on second as he caught a driving low ball for the second out. Brad Eldred then smacked a line drive down the third base line to plate Johnson and give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gassner then struck out the final batter to end the inning.
The Red Wings picked up a pair of first inning hits against Indians starter Kip Bouknight, but couldn't pick up a run. The Indians came right back against Gassner in the second, combining two hits and two walks to score one run and load the bases for Brian Bixler. Bixler, 1-for-6 in his previous bases-loaded at-bats this season, belted a grand slam off Gassner over the wall in left to stake Indianapolis to a 6-0 lead.
The Indians knocked Gassner out of the game in the third, picking up three more runs and bringing Brad Baker out of the Rochester bullpen and into the game. Baker allowed one hit, and one walk before striking out the final batter to end the inning.
The Wings offense struggled since the first inning with no hits until the fifth, when Watkins smashed a solo home run into the left field bullpen to put the Wings on the scoreboard. The Indians were not phased as they were able to retire the next two batters holding their lead, 9-1.
Yurendell de Caster started the top of the sixth by walloping a solo home run into the Wings bullpen to take back the nine run lead, bringing the score to 10-1. The Indians scored again as a ground rule double by Michael Ryan; Ryan scored by a line drive down the third base line from Luis Matos. Matos was brought home on a base hit to center field by Luis Ordaz, increasing the Indians lead 12-1.
Casilla led off the bottom of the sixth with a line drive to center field for a single. He moved to second from another line drive to center field by Matthew LeCroy. Both moved into scoring position as Doug Deeds grounded out. With two outs, Heintz singled to left field, plating Casilla and bringing the score to 12-2. LeCroy and Heintz were stranded on base as the inning ended from a pop foul to third by Brian Buscher.
The Wings tried to turn their luck in the seventh by making multiple defensive changes. They were unsuccesful as an error by Casilla and two singles allowed by Baker loaded the bases with no outs. Baker then walked in the next two runs before manager Stan Cliburn brought in Julio DePaula, who started by hitting Matos with a pitch, giving another run to the Indians. Matos was upset and took a long time walking to first, while talking to umpire Rob Healey; Healey then warned both dugouts, which prompted a spriited discussion with Indians manager Trent Jewitt. It took Rochester seven batters before they were able to get the first out of the inning, followed by a double play to end the inning. The Indians recorded four runs for the inning, bringing their lead to 16-2.
Indianapolis starter Kip Bouknight was cruising along into the eighth when he hit Gil Velazquez with a pitch; Bouknight and Jewitt were ejected, and Mark Corey came in to pitch. Heintz delivered his second run-scoring hit of the day off Corey, who struggled with his control and loaded the bases after two consecutive walks. Corey went to a full count on Oeltjen, who took a called third strike to end the inning.
NOTES: The total runs and hits were each the most given up by the Rochester pitching staff this season...Buscher went 0-for-3 with a walk, ending a six-game hitting streak during which he hit .571 (12-for-21) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBI. Buscher had five multi-hit games during the six-game hitting streak. Buscher has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .429 (15-for-35) with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI...The Red Wings offense had crushed the ball during the five-game winning streak that ended Sunday, batting .353 (60-for-170) as a team. Before Sunday's loss, Rochester’s offense had a great start to July batting .305 (120-for-393) as a team with 10 or more hits in seven of 12 games.
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New Britain at Portland
Record: 42 - 47
Postponed - Rain
From portlandseadogs.com: Sunday’s (July 15th) game between the Portland Sea Dogs and New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, August 18th at 6:00 PM at Hadlock Field.
Fans with tickets for the July 15th game may exchange their tickets at the Hadlock Field Box Office for a ticket of equal or lesser value to any remaining 2007 Sea Dogs home game, subject to availability. Any questions regarding tickets should be directed to the Sea Dogs Box Office at 207-879-9500 or by email to tickets@seadogs.com.
Tickets for the August 18th doubleheader are good for both games. The doubleheader will consist of two seven inning games.
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Fort Myers 4 at Vero Beach 3
Record 11 - 13
W: J. Rainville (5-9, 3.75); L: J. Beltre (3-2, 5.82); SV: E. Morlan (12)
HR: VER: A. Sisk (11).
PB: Christy (4).
From Miracebaseball.com: A four-run top of the seventh inning turned out to be just enough as the Fort Myers Miracle held on for a 4-3 win over the Vero Beach Devil Rays at Holman Stadium. Half of the 10 total hits came in the seventh as the Miracle win their fourth-in-a-row for the first time this season.
Rays starter Jeff Kamrath worked into the seventh retiring Edward Ovalle with a one-pitch groundout to second. Johnny Woodard would follow reaching on Kamrath’s only walk of the day, before Dwayne White ripped a double of off first baseman Rhyne Hughes’ glove, putting runners at second and third.
Kamrath would depart after White’s double, finishing his day with 6.1 innings, two runs, five hits and eight strikeouts. Reliever Jonathan Beltre would enter as Jeff Christy greeted him with a double just inside the first base bag to plate Woodard and White with the game’s tying runs.
Toby Gardenhire would promptly bring around Christy with the go-ahead run on a single to center. Gardenhire would later score what turned out to be the difference-maker on an Erik Lis sacrifice-fly to left.
Vero Beach had a 2-0 lead before the four-run Miracle seventh. Aaron Sisk belted a one-out, solo home run in the second for the game’s first run. A pair of doubles by Chris Cunningham and Matt Devins would put the Rays up a pair until their run in the seventh cut it to one.
Back-to-back one-out hits from Cunningham and Garrett Groce, along with a walk issue to Devins, would load the bases for Vero Beach. On Kyle Aselton’s strikeout of Jackson Brennan, Cunningham was able to score from third on Christy’s passed ball. Aselton then fanned Rhyne Hughes to end the inning.
Jay Rainville picked up the win tossing six innings, allowing two runs on five hits, with six strikeouts. Eddie Morlan worked around a single in the eighth and a pair of walks in the ninth for the save, his 12th of the year. Brian Dinkelman extended his hit-streak to eight with a single in the seventh, apart of a 1-for-5 day. Steve Tolleson also pushed his to six with his first of two singles on the day, in the Miracle sixth.
Game two of the series will fire off at 7:00 p.m. Monday night. The Miracle will see another big-leaguer on rehab as RHP Al Reyes (0-0, 0.00) from Tampa Bay will start for Vero Beach. RHP Zach Ward (2-12, 3.14) will toe the hill for the Miracle.
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The Charlotte County Redfish lost their third straight, 7-2 to the Macon Music. The level of play is similar to A-Ball, but the players aren't as good. I'll be doing a report on my baseball blog later. It was an amusing adventure.
As for Saturday's trivia question, the answer is 3 boxes and a can of silly string, but Liam said he didn't really know because he slept through the whole thing. Sure he did.
Smit in Dayton: Alexander Smit made his first start for the Low-A Dayton Dragons Sunday after being claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. He went three innings, walking 1 and striking out 4, and got a no decision in the Dragons 3-2 win over the Clinton Lumber Kings.
Beloit 3 at West Michigan 5
Record 11-11
W: K. Cedano (1-0, 6.75); L: D. Vais (5-2, 4.70); SV: E. Clelland (6)
HR: None.
E: Ortiz (21, throw), Singleton (16, throw).
From oursportscentral.com: The Whitecaps did not need extra innings Sunday afternoon as they broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Beloit 5-3 for their second straight win.
After going to extra innings the first three games of this series, the game looked headed that way until James Skelton and Brennan Boesch led off the eighth inning with back-to-back singles.
Whitecaps 1B Ryan Strieby hit an RBI-sacrifice fly to right field to score Skelton to make it 3-2 Whitecaps. Michael Bertram singled in the next at-bat and Jeramy Laster walked to load the bases. Center field Gorkys Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Boesch. Audy Ciriaco then hit an infield single to shortstop and Bertram scored on a throwing error by Beloit shortstop Yancarlos Ortiz to make it 5-2 West Michigan.
Whitecaps reliever Ed Clelland relieved Kelvin Cedano after he put two runners on in the ninth. Clelland was able to preserve the lead for his sixth save of the season. Cedano (1-0) picked up the win in relief after coming in for starter Matt O'Brien, who went 6.0 innings with two runs allowed and five strikeouts.
Beloit starter Alex Burnett went 7.0 strong innings with just two runs allowed (one earned) but was taken out for Danny Vais (5-2), who took the loss by allowing three runs in 0.2 innings of work.
With the victory, the Whitecaps take three of four games from Beloit and are now 16-7 in the second half and 54-39 overall on the season.
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Elizabethton 1 at Danville 3
Record 19 - 5
W: C. Rodgers (1-1, 3.60); L: M. Allen (2-1, 2.10); SV: T. Palica (1)
HR: DAN: C. Johnson (5), B. Hicks (2).
E: Leveret (1, fielding).
From MiLB.com: Chad Rodgers allowed one run in five innings to help host Danville curtail Elizabethton, 3-1, on Sunday.
Rodgers (1-1) scattered three hits and struck out three for his first win since Aug. 15, when he was pitching in the Gulf Coast League. Thomas Palica pitched four shutout innings to notch his first save of the season.
Cody Johnson smacked a two-run homer, his fifth, in the third and Brandon Hicks hit a solo shot in the fifth for the Royals (16-8).
Rene Tosoni's RBI double in the third scored the lone run for the Twins (19-5), who have lost a season-high three straight.
Elizabethton starter Michael Allen (2-1) allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings, whiffing seven and walking one.
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GCL Twins 7 at GCL Pirates 4
Current Record: 15 - 6
W: J. Eacott (2-0, 0.61); L: G. Amato (0-1, 4.91); SV: D. Rondon (6)
HR: PIR: J. Fitzpatrick (5).
The Twins staged a late game rally after being shut out through 5 innings to win 7-4 at Pirate City Sunday in front a fairly large crowd of onlookers.
Pirates starter Kyle McPherson held the Twins to only 2 hits through 5 innings, but ran into trouble in the sixth. Jeanfred Brito bunted himself onto base and Ben Revere followed it up with a single. Ricardo Paulino replaced McPherson and with 2 outs, gave up a wild pitch which moved the pair over a base. Juan Richardson doubled them in to put the Twins on the board.
Angel Morales singled in the seventh, stole 2nd, and came home on a Jon Waltenbury double. Ramon Santana's sac fly brought Waltenbury over the plate to tie up the games.
Danny Rams doubled in Richardson in the 8th to put the Twins on top. Waltenbury singed to lead off the ninth and was replaced by pinch runner Wang-Wei Lin. Lin moved to second on a sac bunt by Andrew Schmiesing and then made the trade pay off, coming home on a Santana single. The play at first when into the Pirates dugout, so Santana moved over to second and then to third on a Brito single. Revere plated Santana, which pretty much ended the scoring with Brito being caught stealing third and Yangervis Solarte grounding out.
Santos Arias struggled a bit when Santana, who was making his first appearance of the season off the rehab list, misplaed a ground ball, allowing Caleb Fields on base. Andew Biela's line drive moved him around. Arias got Quincy Latimore out on strikes. Rams, making his first professional appearance, passed a ball that moved the pair and Arias walked John Fitzpatrick. Daniel Bombeck ground into a force out which which took out Fitzpatrick, but Fields scored on the play. Biela came home on a Josue Peley single before Arias got Yonely Canal to ground out.
Arias allowed a double in the 2nd ining but the Pirates could not capitalize. Fitzpatrick would homer in the 3rd before Arias left the mound in favor of Nelvin Fuentes.
Last Sunday, the Orioles had some problem with someing Fuentes does on the mound which they felt was a balk. Umpire Benjamin May seemed to agree with them, as the called Fuentes for a balk, which lead indirectly to Victor Alverez's run in the 6th. This is something the coaching staff will need to work on with Fuentes to get cleaned up as it might prove costly later.
Jarrad Eacott picked up the win in relief, allowing only 1 hit and walking 2 in 2 innings worth of work. Closer Danny Rondon made the game a little interesting by walking 2 in the ninth, but shut the door to preserve the Twins win.
After watching the Miracle all week, I have to say that his was a very satisfying, well managed game by Nelson Prada who delt well with Arias' struggles on the mound and guided his young team to a win. I have not seen this kind of attention out of Kevin Boles and I'm certain that under a different field manager, the results would not have been the same. Prada is one of the best coaches we've had in the Gulf Coast League since I've been watching them. He treats his young men professionally and they all respond as such.
Please note that the boxscore and log all list Danny Rohlfing as the catcher of record. This is incorrect. The Twins 2nd round pick in the 2007 draft, Danny Rams caught the game, and I have to say, Rams is one BIG player. They have him listed a 6'2" and 220 pounds, but he looked bigger than that. I would have put him at at least 6'4". I do have video of him, which I will get upload this evening. The Pirates facility, at least the seats under the tunnel, are not really good for either video or photography, where as the back fields, where I can shoot, offer no seating.
Waltenbury finished the game 3-for-4 with 1 run and 1 RBI. Revere was 3-for-5 with the same. Richardson was 2-for-4 with 1 run and 2 RBIs. Angel Morales struck out twice. Rams had only 1 hit in the game, going 1-for-4 with a double. and 1 RBI.
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Current Record: 16 - 19
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VSL Cubs/Twins 6 at VSL Mets 3
Current Record 26 - 25
W: E. Figueroa (1-1, 3.27); L: J. Mejias (4-2, 2.48); SV: C. Rojas (1)
HR: VSL NYN: R. Alvarez (1).
E: Martinez (12, throw), Blanco (14, fielding).
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