Stars vs. lookouts - Game Notes - June 13, 2013

Published on June 13, 2013 under Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


The Stars... The Stars are in their 29th season as a franchise. Prior to becoming part of the Milwaukee Brewers organization in 1999, the Stars were the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics for 14 seasons. Prior to the start of the 2013 season, the Stars have won three Southern League Championships ('85, '94, '01).

Introducing: The Lookouts... The Chattanooga Lookouts have been the Los Angeles Dodgers Double-A Affiliate since 2009. This season, the Stars already took four out of five games against the Lookouts at AT&T Field to begin the 2013 season.

Rough Series... Capping off a stretch where they lost 4 of 5 games against the Montgomery Biscuits, the Stars were outscored 30-18 in that span. In the final two games of the series, the Huntsville pitching staff gave up a combined 21 runs and 32 hits.

National Pride... After finishing off three straight series against American League foes, the Chattanooga Lookouts will be the Stars first National League Opponent in the last three weeks. Against NL teams, the Stars are 12-18 this season.

Baseball Prospectus... As the second ranked prospect in the Brewers organization (per MLB.com), Stars starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann has more than lived up to the hype over the last month. After a 1-4 start, Jungmann is 6-1 in his last seven starts, including a gem on Sunday night. The 23-year-old righty gave up just four hits and one unearned run in seven innings against the Biscuits for his fourth straight win and seventh straight quality start. Jungmann has now gone two straight starts (14 IP) without giving up an earned run.

Eliminated... With the Stars loss on Saturday, they have officially been eliminated from playoff contention in the Southern League North for the first half of the season. Also, the loss ensured that Huntsville would finish at .500 or below for the fourth consecutive half dating back to 2011. The last time the Stars finished above .500 was the first half of 2011 (37-33).

Roster Moves... On Friday, RHP Frankie De La Cruz was transferred to the Stars from Triple-A Nashville while RHP Mark Williams was transferred to High-A Brevard County from Huntsvlle. De La Cruz, 29, was 1-6 with a 7.77 ERA in 11 games with the Sounds. Williams, 23, had a 5.82 ERA in nine appearances with the Stars since being promoted to Huntsville from Brevard County on April 21st.

Previous Game... On Tueaday night, the Huntsville Stars dropped their fourth game in five days, losing to the Montgomery Biscuits by a score of 8-4 in their series finale at Riverwalk Stadium. Reliever Santo Manzanillo was tabbed with the loss, falling to 1-3 on the year after giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits without recording an out in the sixth inning. On offense, outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard hit his second homer in as many games and league-leading 12th round-tripper of the season.

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Southern League Stories from June 13, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central