Brewers Minor League Link Report (6/18): Rodriguez and Martinez Lead Affiliates to Two Thursday Victories

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Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Memphis (Cardinals) 7, Nashville 3
Box Score

Via a Sounds’ press release, game details: Ethan Murray Homers in Sounds Loss – Nashville's Playoff Hopes Dwindle

Nashville dropped Thursday's game 7-3 at AutoZone Park. Ethan Murray (1-for-4, HR, 3 RBIs) provided all three Sounds runs with his third home run of the season but a four-run first was too much to overcome for Nashville who now sit three-games back entering the final three games of the first half.

Video of Murray’s blast

RHP Gerson Garabito (2 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 2 Ks) made his first AAA start of 2026, after recovering from a foot injury suffered in spring training. He surrendered two singles that allowed the first run of the night to score for Memphis ahead of a hit by pitch. Bligh Madris put Memphis up 4-0 with a three-run home run. OF Greg Jones (1-for-4, SB) was the first Nashville player to reach base with a two-out single in the top of the second. The first Memphis error allowed Brock Wilken to reach and sent Murray to the plate. He jumped on the first pitch of his at-bat to bring Nashville within a run; the closest the Sounds would get.

Following a leadoff walk in the bottom of the third, RHP Lyon Richardson (3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K) relieved Garabito and worked a double play and a ground out to get out of the inning. Richardson stranded the bases loaded in the fourth after a leadoff single and two-out walk and hit batter. Memphis hit their second home run of the night with a solo shot by Joshua Baez in the bottom of the fifth. Two walks and another hit batter by Richardson once again loaded the baes. An RBI single pushed the deficit to six with Jones throwing out a runner at the plate to keep it 6-3.

Memphis hit their third home run of the night with a one-out solo home run off Will Childers (2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks; 3.10 ERA) in the bottom of the sixth. The right-hander worked a scoreless seventh despite a two-out double.

SS Eduardo Garcia (2-for-4) recorded a multi-hit game for Nashville with a pair of singles. His second hit of the game was Nashville's final hit when he singled in the top of the seventh. The final seven Sounds batters were retired as Nashville went scoreless over the last seven innings.

RHP Reiss Knehr continued his solid relief work (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K; 2.66 ERA), but there was no comeback for Nashville this particular night.

Sounds’ Extras:

• Despite the 84-degree weather, it was a cold evening for Nashville’s 1-3 hitters, as 3B Jett Williams, DH Tyler Black and OF Luis Lara combined to go 0-for-10 with a walk.
• Apart from Murray, C Jeferson Quero had the team’s sole other extra-base hit, leading off the 5th inning with a double as the team only trailed 4-3 at that point. Unfortunately, he was stranded alongside Jones as the Sounds went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
• Murray clubbed his third home run of the season and first since game two of a doubleheader at Louisville on May 7. Garcia earned the first multi-hit game of his Triple-A career, notching a hit in both games he's gotten an at-bat since joining Nashville.

Friday’s outlook: The Sounds and Redbirds continue their series on Friday night with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. RHP Garrett Stallings (3-2, 3.59 ERA) will get the start on the mound with Nashville needing to win each of the last three to keep any playoff hopes alive.

 

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Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes
Rain Out: Columbus (Braves) at Biloxi

Via the Shuckers’ website, rain out details: Shuckers, Clingstones Doubleheader Postponed on Thursday

The doubleheader washout didn’t hurt Biloxi in the standings, as they now sit one game ahead of Montgomery and Pensacola with three days left in the season’s first half.

Friday’s outlook: The Shuckers and Clingstones take another shot at playing a doubleheader. Red-hot RHP Jaron DeBerry (20 IP, 4 R, 24 Ks over last 4 starts) is slated to start one of the games, while RHPs Yorman Galindez and Travis Smith are likely to tag-team the other contest.

 

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Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 9, Wisconsin 3
Box Score

Via the Timber Rattlers’ website, game details and we encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Wisconsin’s First Half Ends with a Loss at Quad Cities

As you’ve read in the linked game report, OF Braylon Payne (2-for-4, triple, double) drove home 3 runs in the first 3 innings to tie things up 3-3, before a challenging 4th inning put Wisconsin in too deep of a hole to recover from.

Four of the runs against starting RHP Ethan Dorchies (3 2/3 IP, 7 R (3 ER), 6 H, 4 BB, 4 Ks) were unearned, but they count just the same.

On the bright side, RHP Daniel Corniel’s return to High-A ball was a smashing success (3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks; 44 pitches), while OF Josiah Ragsdale (2-for-3, double, walk) remains on-fire atop the lineup.

Timber Rattlers’ Extras:

• Credit the River Bandits’ staff, as they retired 15 consecutive Timber Rattlers (as mentioned in the linked game report) after Payne’s game-tying 3rd inning triple. In fact, they registered 15 strikeouts in total versus just 1 walk issued.
• Corniel had last pitched at this affiliate level on April 9, 2025, but the 21-year-old is now fully recovered from Tommy John surgery. Time will tell if and when he’ll re-join the starting rotation.
• Even with the warts (4 unearned runs, 1 error, 1 passed ball, 1 caught stealing, 1 wild), Wisconsin’s defense still delivered a line out double play (Payne with the assist) and two ground ball double plays.

Friday’s outlook: RHP Jason Woodward (5.67 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, 10.0 K/9 in 27 IP) gets the call, with Wisconsin needing a victory to even this week’s series at two games apiece.

 

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Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Wilson 6, Charleston (Rays) 5
Box Score

Via the Warbirds’ website, game details: Rodriguez Rakes Wilson to Walk Off Win

One rough inning (a 5-run third frame which tied the contest) did not derail Wilson’s road to victory, as their three relievers combined on six scoreless innings to set the stage for 1B Tyler Rodriguez’s walk-off blast.

Rodriguez had also doubled in the Warbirds’ 5-run second inning, though the big blasts in that frame came from 2B Luis Lameda (1-for-3, HR, walk, RBI, SB) and OF Jose Anderson (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs).

After RHP Miqueas Mercedes (3 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 0 BB, 0 Ks) struggled a bit, RHP Eric Prado restored order with his bulk relief effort (3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks), as the Warbirds prevailed despite running into three outs on the basepaths in the 5th and 8th innings.

Warbirds’ Extras:

• C Kevin Garcia had an all-around productive evening, going 2-for-3 with a walk, while also catching a baserunner to help RHP Ismael Yanez (1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 Ks) get out of the 8th inning unscathed.
• RHP Jose Meneses was his usual lock-down self, delivering a 1-2-3 top of the 9th inning on 10 pitches (1 K; 2.18 ERA; 4-0 record).

Friday’s outlook: RHP Tyler Renz (3.66 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 8.0 K/9 in 51 2/3 IP) is Wilson’s scheduled starter, with the team aiming to claim a 3-1 series advantage.

 

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Final: ACL Brewers 15, ACL Athletics 8 (in 7 innings)
Box Score

OF Alexander Frias (2-for-4, double, HBP, 3 RBIs; 1.144 OPS), 2B Juan Martinez (2-for-3, double, walk, HBP, 4 RBIs; 1.107 OPS) and C Jonathan Rangel (1-for-3, triple, walk, HBP, 3 RBIs; 1.048 OPS) continued their season-long assault on ACL pitching by combining to drive in 10 of the winning side’s 15 runs on Thursday.

DH Malachai Halterman’s 2-out, 3-run double in the first inning set the early tone for the game, which saw the Zona Crew take a 4-0 lead, cough up 4 runs in the second frame as the Athletics tied it 5-5, then respond with a 5-run third inning capped by Martinez’s 2-out, 2-run double.

Every position player reached base via the team’s 7 hits, 14 walks(!) and 5 hit-by-pitches(!!), including Martinez and Halterman (1-for-2, double, 2 walks, HBP, 3 RBIs) reaching base 4 times. INF Cristopher Acosta missed out on the fun (last played June 8), as the Brewers now boast a winning record (18-17).

The pitching staff was less successful, though they did well to ensure that 4 errors only resulted in 1 unearned run: RHPs Chase Bentley (2 IP, 5 R, 1 K), Cesar Espinal (2 IP, 1 R, 3 Ks; 3.86 ERA), Luke Roupe (2 2/3 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 2 Ks) and Josue Toledo (1/3 IP; 0.96 ERA).

 

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Final: DSL Tampa Bay 1, DSL Brewers Blue 0 (in 7 innings)
Box Score

Top 2026 signing DH/INF Diego Frontado (2-for-3) doubled, singled and stole his 11th base, but was pinch run for in the 6th inning, so we’ll have to monitor his status.

Trailing 1-0 in that penultimate frame, the Blue Men loaded the bases with one out, but were unable to push the game-tying run across. The team’s combined on only 8 hits and 5 walks as pitching ruled the day.

RHPs Luis Aguayo (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks) and Steven Duran (4 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks) were both stellar, with a 5th inning solo homer being the sole damage allowed. Unfortunately, that was enough for Tampa as Brewers Blue fell to a 9-3 record.

 

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Final: DSL Orioles Orange 5, DSL Brewers Gold 2
Box Score

Big 2026 signing 3B Ricki Moneys (3-for-4, HR, double, 2 RBIs, SB) was the Gold squad’s standout performer, nearly hitting for the cycle as he collected 3 of the team’s 4 hits.

Despite ultimately being outhit 12-4, the game was tied 2-2 entering the 8th inning, with RHP Gustavo Garcia delivering a strong start (5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 1 K).

Moneys’ 2-out solo homer tied the game in the 5th inning and 2B Santiago Garcia doubled with one out in the following frame but was stranded (Golden men: 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, stranding 8 baserunners).

RHP Miguel Andrade registered 6 strikeouts in relief (4 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 BB), though was also touched for 3 runs in the 8th inning as the Goldmembers fell to 3-10 on the still-young DSL season.

 

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We hope that you enjoy the Minor League Link Report. On Friday, eight contests are scheduled for Brewers’ minor league affiliates, with the 3 rookie squads playing early (DSL: 10:00am CST, ACL: 1:00pm CST) and the full season affiliates playing late (e.g. Biloxi doubleheader from 5:05pm CST). The Milwaukee Brewers also play at the Braves from 6:15pm CST.

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