Brewers Minor League Link Report (5/13): Top Three Affiliates Roll While Wilson Falls in Extras

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• Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Jacob Waguespack to a minor league contract.
• DSL Brewers Gold released RHP Linbel Jimenez

Waguespack returns after testing the market and not finding big league offers from other clubs.

Jimenez, a 21-year-old Dominican native, spent three years toiling in the DSL, never making it stateside (7.02 ERA, 1.92 WHIP).

Game Action:

Nashville pre-game media notes
Nashville 4, Iowa (Cubs) 1
Box Score

As always, you are encouraged to read the official round-up from the team’s site: Vihuelas Exercise Demonios with 4-1 Final

The Nashville Sounds secured a 4-1 victory over the Iowa Cubs at First Horizon Park, propelled by a dominant collective effort on the mound and a balanced offensive effort. Offensively, the Sounds found their spark in the third inning when Ramon Rodríguez launched a solo home run to right-center, erasing an early Iowa lead.

Highlight here courtesy of the Sounds X Account:

The momentum stayed with Nashville in the fifth, as the team played some small ball to break the game open. A single, steal, walk, and hit by pitch loaded the bases for Cooper Pratt.  Pratt drove in a run on a ground out, before Luis Lara socked a single to center (video) to make it 3-1 Nashville. Lara was once again the standout at the plate for Nashville, finishing with three hits and a run scored. Lara’s 50 hits on the season are second-most in the International League.

Brock Wilken added some late-inning insurance in the eighth with a funky triple to plate a run (video), finishing the night with two hits and providing the pitching staff with more than enough cushion to close out the win.

On the mound, Thomas Pannone delivered with a season-high four innings and four strikeouts. Easton McGee earned his fourth win of the season with two scoreless frames, followed by Peter Strzelecki and Blake Holub, who combined to allow just two hits over the final three innings. Holub’s clean ninth inning earned him his first save of the year, punctuated by a strikeout to end the contest.

Coleman Crow takes the mound on Thursday for the Sounds, who now sit three games above .500.

Biloxi pre-game media notes
Biloxi 11, Montgomery (Rays) 3
Box Score

Shuckers Burn Biscuits 11-3

The Shuckers picked up where they left off after Tuesday's late rally by toasting the Biscuits in a convincing 11-3 victory. The scoring started early with a and RBI ground out from Matthew Wood in the second. In the third, Damon Keith and Mike Boeve provided run scoring singles to pad the lead to 4-0.

You can check out both singles here, courtesy of the Biloxi X account:

The middle innings proved to be the breaking point for Montgomery, as Biloxi, aided by some defensive miscues, put up four runs in the sixth to effectively put the game out of reach.

Blake Burke had an RBI single:

While O’Rae and Jesus Made plated runs on a sac fly (video) and ground out.

Boeve was once again the straw stirring the drink for the Shuckers, a night after his clutch two-run home run in the 9th inning. Boeve turned in a stellar 3-for-5 performance with two RBIs and a double. In the month of May, Boeve has a .355/.429/.613 (1.042 OPS) slash line with 11 RBI in nine games. Maybe more impressively, Boeve has cut down both on his whiff rate (32.6% in April to 16.4% in May) as well as his strikeout rate (27.5% in April to just 6.7% in May).

Wood provided the finishing touches with a solo home run in the eighth inning, his third home run in his last six games:

Nearly every starter contributed, with seven different Shuckers recording at least one RBI, showing the depth of this Biloxi roster. The Shuckers’ speed was also on full display as O’Rae, Made, Keith, and Boeve all swiped bases,

On the mound, Manuel Rodriguez earned his third win of the season, delivering five solid innings and navigating through six hits to allow only two earned runs. The Shuckers’ bullpen was equally impressive as Jesus Broca, Cameron Wagoner, and Nick Merkel combined to shut the door over the final four frames, racking up four strikeouts and allowing just one run.

With the win, Biloxi moves within two wins of the .500 mark. Tanner Gillis is slated to make his first start (eighth appearance) of the season on Thursday.

Oh, and yes, with Konnor Griffin "graduating", this is now official (article link):

Wisconsin pre-game media notes
Wisconsin 11, South Bend (Cubs) 6
Box Score

Wisconsin Outlasts South Bend

Wisconsin put on an offensive clinic at Neuroscience Group Field, racking up 14 hits to overpower South Bend in an 11-6 victory.

The Rattlers wasted no time asserting their dominance, erupting for five runs in the second inning to chase the Cubs' starter early. In total, five Rattlers starters had multi-hit days. Tayden Hall led the charge with a four RBI performance, including two doubles, while Josh Adamczewski stayed hot with a three-hit game and a steal.  Braylon Payne doubled twice, walked twice, scored twice and stole a base.

Eric Bitonti had two hits, two walks, three runs scored and a steal. Bitonti now has a .961 OPS in the month of May despite striking out 18 times in 36 at-bats,

Juan Baez provided the exclamation point in the eighth, launching a two-run home run to left to put the game out of reach.

You can check out all the highlights here:

On the mound, Yorman Galindez (2IP 5H 4R 4ER 3BB 2) once again labored through a short start. The newly promoted Garrett Hodges earned his first win of the season despite walking four and hitting a batter in two innings in his first appearance for Wisconsin. However, it was Braylon Owens who stole the show in relief. Owens tossed five dominant frames, striking out six and allowing just one run to earn the rare five-inning save. Owens, a 10^th round pick last year, now has 46 strikeouts in 31.1 IP at Wisconsin this season.

With this win, the Timber Rattlers improve to 20-13, maintaining their hold on first place in the Midwest West division. Another 2025 draft pick, lefty J.D. Thompson will take the mound for Appleton on Thursday.

Wilson pre-game media notes
Hill City (Guardians) 7, Wilson 3
Box Score

Warbirds Use Rally to Extend Game, Fall in Extras

Despite a resilient late-inning comeback to force extra innings, Wilson ultimately fell 7-3 to Hill City in a 10-inning heartbreaker at Wilson Ballpark.

Jayden Dubanewicz was a bright spot in his 2026 Carolina League debut.  The 20-year-old righty threw three scoreless innings allowing just two singles while striking out five.

The game was scoreless until the fifth, when a throwing error on a potential double play brought in the first run of the game off Tyler Renz (4.2 IP 3H 4R 3ER 4BB 1K). Renz has now issued 22 free passes in 31.1 IP on the season. Hill City added two more in the sixth inning to give them a 3-0 lead.

The Warbirds finally got on the board in the seventh when Jose Anderson doubled, stole third, and scored on a Juan Ortuno single (video).  The Anderson steal was the Warbirds’ only successful base thievery on a day that saw the team caught stealing three times.

The score remained 3-1 until the bottom of the ninth. Brady Ebel started the rally by taking one for the team on an HBP. With one out, Frederi Montero doubled to put the tying runs into scoring position for Ortuno. After an Ortuno RBI ground out put Wilson on the brink of defeat, Pedro Ibarguen snuck a single through the infield to tie the game (video).

Unfortunately, Hill City struck for four runs in the extra frame to squash any notion of a walk-off win for Wilson. With the loss, Wilson falls to 15-20 on the season.

2025 3^rd round pick Jacob Morrison will look to snap the Warbirds’ three game losing streak when he takes the mound on Thursday. Morrison (7 IP 0 ER) will look to continue his scoreless streak to start his professional career in his third start.

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