6/30/2010

June 30, 2010: Transactions

LHP Doug Davis added to the roster for a Major League rehabilitation assignment

RHP Damon Krestalude activated from the Timber Rattlers disabled list

Wisconsin's roster is at 25-man limit. Doug Davis does not count against the limit.

June 30, 2010: Lineup

D’Vontrey Richardson..CF
Scooter Gennett.......2B
Kentrail Davis........RF
Khris Davis...........LF
Hunter Morris.........1B
Cameron Garfield.......C
Cutter Dykstra........3B
Chris Dennis..........DH
Michael Marseco.......SS

Maverick Lasker.......SP

June 30, 2010: Game Notes

TIMBER RATTLERS STARTING PITCHER: DOUG DAVIS.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT:
The River Bandits beat the Timber Rattlers 6-4 in 12 innings. Michael Swinson homered and drove in four runs for the River Bandits. His two-out, two-run single in the top of the twelfth inning broke a 4-4 tie. Chris Dennis homered and drove in three runs for the Rattlers.


PERMISSION TO BUZZ THE TOWER: Rattlers starting pitcher Maverick Lasker went nine innings last night. He allowed three runs (one earned) and struck out eight in the longest start of his career. Lasker took a no-hitter into the sixth inning.

FIRST SINCE: Lasker is the first Timber Rattlers starting pitcher to go nine innings in a game since Michael Pineda tossed a complete game shutout on September 1, 2008. Pineda tossed a one-hitter against Quad Cities at Modern Woodmen Park on that date.

EARLY LEAD: The Rattlers were up 3-0 early in the game. Dennis drove in a pair of runs with a two-out single in the first. In the third, Hunter Morris drove in a run with a double.

QUAD CITIES COMEBACK: The River Bandits scored twice in the sixth and once in the seventh to tie the game.

WOW: In the eleventh, Swinson started the inning with a home run to give the River Bandits a 4-3 lead. Dennis started the Rattlers’ half of the eleventh with a home run to tie the game.

BUT: In the twelfth, Swinson stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. His bloop single barely dropped in to left for a two run single.

NUMBERS: The Rattlers are 0-9 in extra inning games in 2010. Opponents have won 17 games in their final at bat against the Rattlers this season.

JUST A NOTE: The Rattlers lost their final three extra innings games of 2009. They have lost 12 straight games that have gone to extra innings. The last time Wisconsin won a game that went past regulation was on July 24, 2009 when they beat Dayton 5-4 in 11 innings at Time Warner Cable Field.

NOTHING NEW: Quad Cities played 16 innings on Sunday night in a 4-3 win over Kane County. If you add the 14 innings played on Monday and the 12 innings from last night, Quad Cities has played 42 innings over the last three games.

MAKING MOVES: Pitcher Damon Krestalude has been activated from the Timber Rattlers disabled list. He is eligible to pitch today.

2010 SEASON SERIES: The Rattlers are 3-7 against the River Bandits this season. Wisconsin dropped two out of three at Quad Cities from April 17-19. The Rattlers also lost two out of three to Quad Cities at Time Warner Cable Field May 5-7. Wisconsin and the River bandits split a doubleheader at Modern Woodmen Park on May 11. The game that was scheduled for May 12 was rained out and not made up on the schedule.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: The Timber Rattlers are hitting .249 as a team. They have scored 351 runs (4.8/game) and hit 37 home runs. The River Bandits are hitting .251 as a team. They have scored 374 runs (5.1/game) and hit 46 homers. Wisconsin pitchers have a team ERA of 4.34 while allowing a total of 360 runs (4.9/game) this season. Quad Cities pitchers have a team ERA of 3.82 while allowing 351 runs (4.7/game). The Timber Rattler defense has committed 112 errors. The Bandits defense has committed 103 errors. Wisconsin is 16-24 at home this season. Quad Cities is 19-18 away from home this season.

QUAD CITIES STARTING PITCHER: RHP Eric Fornataro was selected in the sixth round of the 2008 draft out of Miami Dade Community College. He was 6-8 with a save and 3.03ERA in 26 career games (15 starts) in the Cardinals organization coming into this season. Fornataro went 0-5 with the River Bandits in seven games (six starts) at the end of the 2009 season. In his start prior to this afternoon, Fornataro took the loss at home to Kane County on June 25. He allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings. Fornataro has lost four of his last five starts. In three starts against the Timber Rattlers this season, Fornataro is 1-1 with an ERA of 5.40. In 15 innings, he has given up 13 runs (nine earned) on 20 hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts.

6/29/2010

Odorizzi article

Jake Odorizzi gets the hometown newspaper treatment:

Odorizzi changes it up: New pitch may be ticket to majors for Highland grad
"I'm throwing more off-speed pitches now and that's probably the biggest difference," said Odorizzi, 4-1 with a 3.34 ERA in 14 games for the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Midwest League. "I'm throwing more changeups. People hit fastballs, so you have to mix in everything and become a complete pitcher instead just a pitcher that throws hard."
Go and read it all.

June 29, 2010: Starting Lineup

Scooter Gennett..2B
Kentrail Davis...RF
Khris Davis......LF
Hunter Morris....DH
Chris Dennis.....1B
Austin Stockfisch C
Erik Miller......CF
Kyle Dhanani.....3B
Michael Marseco..SS

Maverick Lasker..SP

June 29, 2010: Tonight's Starting Pitcher

RHP MAVERICK LASKER: Selected by Milwaukee in the 5th round of the 2008 draft out of Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Phoenix, Arizona.

LAST SEASON: Lasker went 5-1 with a 3.26 ERA in 13 games (one start) for the Arizona League affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. He was a late season addition to the Timber Rattlers roster and Lasker went 1-1 in a pair of Midwest League starts.

LAST START: Lasker pitched seven innings at Clinton on June 15 to pick up the win. He allowed one run on five hits and struck out six as the Rattlers topped the LumberKings 8-1. Lasker matched his professional high for innings pitched in the game.

LAST APPEARANCE: Lasker tossed four innings of shutout relief at Kane County on June 20. He allowed three hits and struck out three for his third win in a row.

PRO CAREER DELAYED: Lasker did not pitch professionally in 2008. He was placed on the disabled list of the Arizona League affiliate of the Brewers in July and was not activated until September.

WHERE EAGLES DARE: Lasker’s team made it to the Arizona State Baseball Championship Game for Class 4A-I.

SAYING NO TO SAN DIEGO: Lasker turned down a scholarship offer to play college baseball at San Diego State University.

PRO DEBUT: Lasker made his first appearance as a professional as a reliever for the Arizona League Brewers on June 27, 2009 against the Angels. He pitched two innings, allowed two runs on two hits, walked two and struck out one in his relief appearance.

MAULING THE COUGARS: Lasker made his Midwest League debut on August 31, 2009 at Kane County. He pitched seven scoreless innings and picked up the win. Lasker allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out three.

RANKING: Baseball America lists Lasker as the #30 prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.

VS.QUAD CITIES: Lasker has made three starts against the River Bandits in 2010. He is 1-1 with a 4.30 ERA in those three starts. In 14-2/3 innings against Quad Cities this season, Lasker has allowed eight runs (seven earned) on 13 hits with 10 walks and 15 strikeouts.

PROFESSIONAL BESTS:
INNINGS PITCHED: 7.0 (3x; Last: 6/15/10 @Clinton)
STRIKEOUTS: 10 (8/11/09 @AZL Athletics)

..............2010 DAY-BY-DAY
DATE
..OPP...DEC..IP..H R ER BB SO ERA
4/13
..CLI* ......5.0 3 1 1..2..5..1.80
4/18
..@QC*..Loss 5.0 7 4 3..0..3..3.60
4/23
..BEL*..Loss 4.0 6 6 6..3..3..6.43
5/1+
..@BEL.......2.0 1 0 0..0..0..5.63
5/5
...QC*........4.2 4 2 2..6..6..5.23
5/11^ @QC*. Win
..5.0 2 2 2..4..6..4.91
5/16
..BEL...Win..2.0 2 0 0..0..1..4.55
5/22
..BUR........2.0 1 0 0..0..2..4.25
5/29
..@CR*..Loss 5.0 6 4 4..1..1..4.67
6/3
...@FW*..Win..5.2 5 3 1..3..5..4.24
6/9^
..BG*........4.2 4 1 0..2..2..3.80
6/15
..@CLI* Win..7.0 5 1 1..0..6..3.46
6/20
..@KC...Win..4.0 3 0 0..0..3..3.21

+-Game two of a doubleheader
^-Game one of a doubleheader
*-Start

June 29, 2010: Game Notes

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The River Bandits beat the Timber Rattlers 7-6 in 14 innings. A wild pitch on strike three for what would have been the third out of the top of the fourteenth allowed the go-ahead run to score for Quad Cities.

ROUGH START: The River Bandits grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Wisconsin starting pitcher Nick Bucci walked three and gave up two hits in the frame.

RALLY BACK: The Rattlers scored twice in the second and both teams traded runs in the fourth inning to make the score 4-3 heading to the bottom of the fifth. Kentrail Davis lined a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to right-center and the Rattlers took a 5-4 lead.

RED HOT: The River Bandits tied the game in the top of the seventh with a two-out run off Caleb Thielbar. Then, Wisconsin outfielder Khris Davis homered to left to put the Rattlers up 6-5. Davis has homered in three of the four games in the second half of the season and has 11 on the season.

BUT: The River Bandits tied the game with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Michael Swinson singled with two away and scored on a triple by Devin Goodwin.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: Davis doubled with one out in the bottom of the fourteenth. Hunter Morris followed with a single to right. Davis raced for the plate with the tying run, but Frederick Parejo threw Davis out for the second out of the inning.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER K: There were a total of 33 strikeouts in last night’s game. Quad Cities pitchers struck out 18 Timber Rattlers. Wisconsin pitchers collected 15 strikeouts.

NUMBERS: The Wisconsin bullpen was charged with its twelfth blown save of the season. The Rattlers are 0-8 in extra inning games in 2010. Wisconsin is 3-20 in one run games. Opponents have won 16 games in their final at bat against the Rattlers this season.

JUST A NOTE: The Rattlers lost their final three extra innings games of 2009. The last time Wisconsin won a game that went past regulation was on July 24, 2009 when they beat Dayton 5-4 in 11 innings at Time Warner Cable Field.

NOTHING NEW: Quad Cities played 16 innings on Sunday night in a 4-3 win over Kane County.

2010 SEASON SERIES: The Rattlers are 3-6 against the River Bandits this season. Wisconsin dropped two out of three at Quad Cities from April 17-19. The Rattlers also lost two out of three to Quad Cities at Time Warner Cable Field May 5-7. Wisconsin and the River bandits split a doubleheader at Modern Woodmen Park on May 11. The game that was scheduled for May 12 was rained out and not made up on the schedule.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: The Timber Rattlers are hitting .250 as a team. They have scored 347 runs (4.8/game) and hit 36 home runs. The River Bandits are hitting .252 as a team. They have scored 368 runs (5.0/game) and hit 45 homers. Wisconsin pitchers have a team ERA of 4.37 while allowing a total of 354 runs (4.9/game) this season. Quad Cities pitchers have a team ERA of 3.84 while allowing 347 runs (4.8/game). The Timber Rattler defense has committed 109 errors. The Bandits defense has committed 100 errors. Wisconsin is 16-23 at home this season. Quad Cities is 18-18 away from home this season.

QUAD CITIES STARTING PITCHER: RHP Joe Kelly was a third round pick of the Cardinals out of the University of California-Riverside in the 2009 draft. He had 24 saves in his career with UC-Riverside. Last season, Kelley went 2-3 with a save in 16 games, two starts for the Batavia Muckdogs, the New York-Penn League affiliate of the Cardinals. So far in 2010, Kelly is 3-5 with a 3.46ERA in 14 games (seven starts) for the River Bandits. In his start prior to this evening, Kelly took the loss at Peoria on June 20. He gave up five runs (two earned) on two hits and three walks in two innings. Kelly has made one appearance against the Timber Rattlers this season. He was the winning pitcher on April 17 at Modern Woodmen Park. Kelly allowed a run on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts over 4-1/3 relief innings. Kelly is rated as the #21 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America.

June 29, 1960 & June 29, 1985

Sponsored by Rasmussen College.

50 Years Ago Today:

GAME ONE:

BURLINGTON BEES..1
FOX CITIES FOXES 6
7 INNINGS

GAME TWO:

BEES..2
FOXES 4
9 INNINGS

Pat Gillick (GM #1) and Chuck Symeon (GM #2) both pitched complete game five-hitters. Symeon struck out 11 in his start.

Cal Ripken, Sr. made two starts in right field. He was 2-for-2 with two runs in game one. In game two, Ripken was 3-for-4 with a homer.
FOX TALES: Fox Cities will lose part of its pitching wealth Friday when Bert Barth (4-1 with a 1.32 ERA) leaves for Vancouver of the Pacific Coast league for a shot at Triple-A ball...Umpire Fred Blandford cleared the Burlington bend in the bottom of the sixth inning of the first game when the Bees were riding him a bit too much.
The Foxes are 36-21. They are in first place in the Three-I League and lead Sioux City by 3.5 games.

25 Years Ago Today:
.................................R H E
QUAD CITIES ANGELS 000 000 400 - 4 8 2
APPLETON FOXES.....000 100 001 - 2 6 0

ATTENDANCE: 296

The Angels hit three homers in the top of the seventh inning. Dante Bichette - yes, that Dante Bichette - and Jeff Manto hit back-to-back homers off Edwin Correa to put Quad Cities up 2-1. Later in the inning, Tom Alfredson hit a two run homer off reliever Jeff Anderson.

The Foxes are 50-24 on the season and still comfortably ahead of the Madison Muskies in the Northern Division of the MWL.

Brewers System Report: Games of June 28, 2010


MILWAUKEE (MAJ: 34-42; National League Central): The Brewers lost 9-5 to Houston. Milwaukee led 5-2 until the Astros scored seven runs over the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to take the lead.

NASHVILLE (AAA: 42-36; Pacific Coast League American North Division): The Sounds beat Round Rock 11-2. Joe Koshansky homered and drove in three for Nashville.

HUNTSVILLE (AA: 35-41 overall; 2-4 second half; Southern League North Division): The Stars were off on Monday.

BREVARD COUNTY (Advanced-A: 29-45; 2-3 second half; Florida State League North Division): The Manatees lost 4-3 to Daytona. Brock Kjeldgaard (’09) drove in a pair of runs early in the game for Brevard County, but the Cubs scored two runs in the top of the ninth for the run.

HELENA (Rookie: 7-1; Pioneer League North Division): The Brewers beat Billings 8-7. Helena scored five times in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead. Evan Frederickson (’09) got the win with four scoreless innings of relief.

AZL BREWERS (Rookie: 7-0; Arizona League Central Division): The Brewers beat the Giants 8-2. Eric Arnett (’10) struck out all six batters he faced over two innings of work.

BREWERS SYSTEM SCHEDULE TODAY:
Houston (Brett Myers 5-5) at MILWAUKEE (Yovani Gallardo 7-3) 7:10pm CDT
Round Rock (Shane Loux 2-4) at NASHVILLE (Marty McLeary 1-6) 7:05pm CDT
Chattanooga at HUNTSVILLE 7:00pm CDT
BREVARD COUNTY (Cody Scarpetta 3-8) at Daytona (Brooks Raley 4-5) 6:05pm CDT
Billings (Clayton Shunick 0-1) at HELENA (Matthew Miller 1-0) 8:05pm CDT
AZL BREWERS: OFF DAY

6/28/2010

Khris Davis Week Continues

Timber Rattlers outfielder was named the Midwest League Batter of the Week earlier today.

Also, the Timber Rattlers production crew put together this piece on his Home Run Derby win in Fort Wayne last week.

June 28, 2010: Starting Lineup

D’Vontrey Richardson..CF
Scooter Gennett.......2B
Kentrail Davis........RF
Khris Davis...........LF
Hunter Morris.........1B
Cameron Garfield.......C
Cutter Dykstra........3B
Chris Dennis..........DH
Michael Marseco.......SS

Nick Bucci............SP

June 28, 2010: Tonight's starting pitcher

RHP NICK BUCCI: Selected by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the 2008 draft out of St. Patrick High School in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

LAST SEASON: Bucci went 6-3 with a 4.31ERA in 13 games (12 starts) for the Helena Brewers in 2009.

LAST START: Bucci pitched three innings against the Kane County Cougars at Elfstrom Stadium on June 20. He allowed a run on one hit and three walks with no strikeouts. Bucci was not involved in the decision.

THAT’S A STREAK: Bucci had a 15-1/3 inning scoreless streak end in the first inning against Burlington on May 23.

DOUBLING UP: Before moving to Helena for the 2009 Pioneer League season, Bucci made three relief appearances for Huntsville, the AA Southern League affiliate of the Brewers. In three games with the Stars, Bucci went 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA. However, two of those appearances for Huntsville were scoreless.

O, CANADA! Bucci pitched for Team Canada in the 2009 World Cup of baseball and helped them to the bronze medal in the competition. It was Canada’s first medal in the World Cup.

ALL-STAR ACTION: Bucci faced one batter in the 2010 Midwest League All-Star Game on June 22 in Fort Wayne. He got Bo Greenwell of Lake County to ground out to first base.

LEAGUE AWARD: The Pioneer League recognized Bucci as their pitcher of the week on July 20 for his performance for the week of July 13-19.

ORGANIZATION AWARDS: The Brewers named Bucci their minor league pitcher of the month for July, 2009. Bucci went 5-0 with a 2.13ERA during July last season. Bucci was also named the Brewers minor league pitcher of the month for May, 2010 by the Brewers. Bucci was 3-1 with a 1.13ERA in six games (five starts) for the Rattlers during May.

RATED: Baseball America rated Bucci as the #29 prospect in the Milwaukee Brewer organization in their 2010 Prospect Handbook. He was also ranked as the #17 prospect in the Pioneer League by BA after the 2009 season.

VS. QUAD CITIES: Bucci has made two appearances against the River Bandits this season. He made the start at Quad Cities on April 19, but was not involved in the decision. Bucci pitched three shutout innings against the River Bandits on May 6. He had allowed one run on five hits and five walks with four strikeouts in his two games against Quad Cities.

PROFESSIONAL BESTS:
INNINGS PITCHED: 7.1 - (8/22/09 @ Orem)
STRIKEOUTS: 9 (2x - Last: 7/15/09 @ Idaho Falls)

..............2010 DAY-BY-DAY
DATE..OPP...W/L/S..IP..H..R..ER.BB.K..ERA
4/9+..KC*..........3.0 1..2..0..5..5..0.00
4/14..@BUR.........4.0 1..1..0..0..5..0.00
4/19..@QC*.........4.1 4..1..1..5..2..0.79
4/24..BEL..........2.0 2..3..3..1..1..2.70
5/1+..@BEL*.Loss...4.1 3..3..2..4..1..3.06
5/6...QC...........3.0 1..0..0..0..2..2.61
5/13
..BEL*..Win....6.0 3..0..0..3..7..2.03
5/18
..PEO*..Win....6.0 1..0..0..3..3..1.65
5/23
..BUR*..Win....7.0 7..2..1..2..6..1.82
5/28
..@CR*.........5.2 6..1..0..4..4..1.59
6/2
...@FW*..Loss...6.1 7..3..2..3..7..1.74
6/9^
..BG*...Loss...4.0 4..4..4..4..3..2.26
6/13
..DAY*.........3.0 10.6..6..1..2..3.07
6/20
..@KC*.........3.0 1..1..1..3..0..3.06

+-Game Two of a doubleheader
^-Game One of a doubleheader
*-Start
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