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Jeff Sackmann: Jungmann would've been my pick for the Brewers as well. Absolute groundball machine. Not far from the big leagues. Not for the Brewers. He'll be stuck in Helena for most of the remainder of the season, get sent to A- at the most, then repeat there next season. Of course they won't skip levels at all, so at best it'll be A to AA in 2013. Then maybe AAA in 2014 with a Sept. callup. Maybe I'm being melodramatic, but I'm sick of the Brewers moving guys so slowly. My official almost 1am reaction to the first two picks: Umm... yay?

Final: Hunstville 3, @Mobile 2 Mobile Game Story: "Win Streak Snapped as Stars Best BayBears" MOBILE, Ala. - For the first time in the series, the Huntsville Stars crossed home plate as they picked up three runs in the third inning which was enough to beat the BayBears, 3-2, on Monday night at Hank Aaron Stadium. Wes Roemer (4-2) surrendered those three tallies in his six innings of work. Huntsville (29-28) snapped a scoreless string to start the series of 20.2 innings as Logan Schafer singled home Hainley Statia with two outs in the top of the third. Brandon Jones, who entered the ballgame in the bottom of the first to replace Erik Komatsu, followed up with a two-run homer to put the Stars up by three. Dan Merklinger (4-3) only lasted five frames for the Stars as he allowed two runs on four hits. Paul Goldschmidt singled with one out in the fourth and advanced to third on a two-base hit from Josh Ford. Taylor Harbin cracked a slow bouncer that scored Goldschmidt, putting the BayBears (33-25) on the board. In the fifth, Jake Elmore cranked his first home run of the season to draw the BayBears within one, but they wouldn't get closer. They did put a couple men in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth before Alfredo Marte popped out to second, ending the threat. Daniel Meadows tossed 2.1 innings out of the Huntsville bullpen without surrendering a run while Jim Henderson (S, 2) recorded the final five outs. The BayBears remain in first place by a ½ game in the South Division over the Birmingham Barons while Jacksonville pulled within just one game. The BayBears have 12 ballgames remaining in the first half. The BayBears take on the Stars in game four of their five-game series on Tuesday night at 7:05. Right-hander Kyler Newby (1-0) will start for the BayBears against fellow righty Michael Bowman (2-2). It's Guaranteed Win Night at "The Hank" as fans will receive a free box seat to the next Tuesday home game if the BayBears don't win. Huntsville Box Score Leadoff man Lee Haydel was 2-5. Schafer was 1-4 with a walk, and added an assist from centerfield -- he cut down Mobile's leadoff batter in the bottom of the 8th trying to stretch a single into a double; Statia was 0-2 but walked twice. Jones was 1-3, with the two-run homer & one walk, in relief of Komatsu. Steffan Wilson was 2-4; Sergio Miranda & Martin Maldonado each added a single. Merklinger's final line: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 5K. He only threw 65 pitches, and was remarkably efficient -- 46 of them were strikes. I wonder if & hope that brewmann04 is onto something with Komatsu's short night & Merklinger's seemingly abbreviated night, and callups are coming soon (not injury reports). Meadows & Henderson combined to keep the BayBears off the ScoreBoard in the final four innings, excellent work by the two relievers in such a tight game. Huntsville Play-by-Play The 3rd inning was the only one in which the Stars scored. Thanks to some strong pitching, it turned out to be all they needed: Huntsville Top of the 3rd Hainley Statia walks. Dan Merklinger out on a sacrifice bunt, third baseman Daniel Kaczrowski to second baseman Jacob Elmore. Hainley Statia to 2nd. Lee Haydel flies out to center fielder A. J. Pollock. Logan Schafer singles on a line drive to right fielder Alfredo Marte. Hainley Statia scores. Brandon Jones homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Logan Schafer scores. Sean Halton flies out to right fielder Alfredo Marte. The Stars had the bases loaded in both the 5th & 6th innings, but couldn't get any more runs across: Huntsville Top of the 5th Hainley Statia flies out to right fielder Alfredo Marte. Dan Merklinger reaches on fielding error by shortstop Taylor Harbin. Lee Haydel singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Wes Roemer. Throwing error by pitcher Wes Roemer. Dan Merklinger out at home, second baseman Jacob Elmore to catcher Josh Ford. Lee Haydel to 3rd on the throw. Logan Schafer walks. With Brandon Jones batting, wild pitch by Wes Roemer, Logan Schafer to 2nd. Brandon Jones walks. Sean Halton grounds into a force out, shortstop Taylor Harbin to second baseman Jacob Elmore. Brandon Jones out at 2nd. Huntsville Top of the 6th Steffan Wilson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ollie Linton. Sergio Miranda grounds out, third baseman Daniel Kaczrowski to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Steffan Wilson to 2nd. Martin Maldonado walks. Hainley Statia walks. Steffan Wilson to 3rd. Martin Maldonado to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Angel Gonzalez replaces Dan Merklinger. Angel Gonzalez strikes out swinging. Lee Haydel grounds out, second baseman Jacob Elmore to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Schafer was involved in another interesting defensive play in the 6th: Mobile Bottom of the 6th Pitcher Change: Daniel Meadows replaces Dan Merklinger, batting 9th. A. J. Pollock flies out to right fielder Brandon Jones. Paul Goldschmidt singles on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel. Josh Ford flies out to center fielder Logan Schafer. Taylor Harbin doubles (9) on a fly ball to right fielder Brandon Jones, deflected by center fielder Logan Schafer. Paul Goldschmidt to 3rd. Alfredo Marte pops out to second baseman Sergio Miranda. Given the way that play is described, he might've made a diving attempt & just gotten a glove on it... or he botched a routine play or running attempt at the catch. Huntsville Gameday

Final: Nashville 19, @New Orleans 1 Sounds Destroy Zephyrs, 19-1 - Almonte Ties Club Record With 7 RBIs, Kottaras Homers Twice, De La Cruz Picks Up First Win Nashville Sounds METAIRIE, La. - First baseman Erick Almonte went 5-for-6 with a franchise record-tying seven RBIs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 19-1 blowout of the New Orleans Zephyrs on Monday evening at Zephyr Field. The win - which extended Nashville's longest winning streak of the season to five games - featured the Sounds' largest margin of victory in the Pacific Coast League era, which dates back to 1998. The 18-run defeat was the worst in Zephyrs team history. Nashville, which came within a run of tying the team's single-game scoring record, used four home runs (including two by catcher George Kottaras), three six-run innings, and a solid start from Frankie De La Cruz to post the blowout victory. Nine of the Sounds' 18 hits on the night went for extra bases and the club finished 10-for-15 with runners in scoring position. The lopsided victory also continued the Sounds' recent dominance in New Orleans. Nashville (26-31) has won 17 of its last 23 games played at Zephyr Field. In the first three games of this series, the Sounds have outscored the Zephyrs, 32-3. The outstanding effort by De La Cruz (1-4), who finally picked up his first victory of the 2011 season in his 11th start, was somewhat overshadowed by the offensive explosion. The hard-throwing right-hander tossed seven innings of scoreless, three-hit ball, striking out five during his 101-pitch effort. After receiving only 14 combined runs of support during his time on the hill during his first ten starts, he was backed by 13 on this night alone. The Sounds got off to a quick start again against the Z's, putting up a six-spot in the top of the first inning for the second straight night. Almonte, who missed the cycle by a triple, gave the visitors a 2-0 lead when he chopped a two-run single through the left side of the infield. Brandon Boggs and Eric Farris each scored on the knock after opening the contest by drawing consecutive walks from New Orleans starter Sean West. After Kottaras drew a walk, Caleb Gindl delivered an RBI single to center to plate Almonte before third baseman Zelous Wheeler, making his first Triple-A start since the second game of the season, blasted a three-run homer to left-center to extend the Nashville advantage to 6-0. It was his first big fly of the year. Gindl, who went 3-for-5 on the night to extend his longest hit streak of the year to seven games, tacked on another run for Nashville in the fifth with a two-out RBI single off West that plated Almonte. Nashville turned a lopsided affair into a laugher in the sixth as it plated six more runs to up the lead to 13-0. After a Boggs RBI double (his third two-bagger in three games this series) chased West, the Sounds' offense kicked it into another gear against Z's reliever Garrett Parcell, tallying five more scores on a Farris single, an Almonte three-run jack, and a solo shot by Kottaras, the red-hot backstop's second roundtripper of the year. Kottaras continued his hot hitting with a 3-for-5 night and has hit safely in 16 of his last 19 tilts at a .382 clip (26-for-68). New Orleans broke up the Sounds' shutout bid in the eighth, touching Sounds reliever Chase Wright for a run in his first inning of work on the night on Matt Dominguez's one-out RBI double. Wright successfully worked out of a bases-loaded jam later in the frame by catching PCL veteran Ruben Gotay looking at a called third strike to escape further damage. The Sounds closed out the night's scoring in the ninth with their third six-spot of the night, this one coming against New Orleans reliever Dustin Richardson. Edwin Maysonet lined a one-out RBI double into the left field corner to bring in Jordan Brown, who had opened the frame with a pinch-hit double. Almonte followed with a two-run double to cap off his seven-RBI night before Kottaras brought the score to its final 19-1 standing by crushing his second home run of the evening, a massive three-run shot to right. West (0-3) remained winless on the year for New Orleans as he absorbed the loss after surrendering nine runs on seven hits over his five frames. Sounds first baseman Mat Gamel had the night off for the first time all season. He was the lone Nashville player to appear in each of the club's first 56 contests. The Sounds will attempt to complete a four-game sweep when the teams wrap up the series with an 11:30 a.m. matinee finale on Tuesday morning. Right-hander Josh Butler (3-3, 4.99) will toe the rubber for Nashville and face New Orleans right-hander Chris Sampson (2-0, 3.50). Nashville Box Score If you remember my recap of the 15-11 defeat of Iowa just back on the 2nd, I made the wisecrack -- in reference to the middle three innings that night -- that, "If you're keeping score at home, that's 12 runs on 15 hits in just three innings for Nashville. I'll bet they don't reach those tallies in more than two or three *games* the rest of the way this season." Well, cross one of those two or three off. I only have one or two left for my blowhard claim. Almonte & Kottaras were the big stars tonight, but Caleb Gindl was 3-6 with two RBI. Wheeler's home run was his lone hit, but he made it count as a three-run shot; he also walked once. Boggs was 1-4 with a double & two walks. Farris was 3-5, but was hit by a pitch to reach in the first inning -- he didn't walk after Boggs's leadoff walk like the game story stated. Boggs, Farris, & Maysonet each added one RBI. As the game story notes, De La Cruz's fine start was overshadowed. His final line was 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, & 5 K. He threw 101 pitches, with 65 strikes to 36 balls. Frankie also walked & scored a run. Why not? Everyone else did -- literally. Every Sounds hitter scored at least one run. Nashville Play-by-Play Only show the big innings? Only show the big innings -- Nashville Top of the 1st Brandon Boggs walks. Eric Farris hit by pitch. Brandon Boggs to 2nd. Edwin Maysonet out on a sacrifice bunt, catcher Brad Davis to first baseman Ruben Gotay. Brandon Boggs to 3rd. Eric Farris to 2nd. Erick Almonte singles on a ground ball to left fielder Josh Kroeger. Brandon Boggs scores. Eric Farris scores. Erick Almonte to 2nd on the throw. Brett Carroll flies out to right fielder Chris Aguila. George Kottaras walks. Caleb Gindl singles on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Erick Almonte scores. George Kottaras to 2nd. Zelous Wheeler homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. George Kottaras scores. Caleb Gindl scores. Frankie De La Cruz strikes out swinging. Six runs in the 1st... Nashville Top of the 6th Frankie De La Cruz walks. Brandon Boggs doubles (8) on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Frankie De La Cruz scores. Brandon Boggs to 3rd on the throw. Pitcher Change: Garrett Parcell replaces Sean West, batting 9th. Eric Farris singles on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Brandon Boggs scores. Edwin Maysonet reaches on fielding error by third baseman Matt Dominguez. Eric Farris to 2nd. Erick Almonte homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Eric Farris scores. Edwin Maysonet scores. Brett Carroll strikes out swinging. George Kottaras homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Caleb Gindl strikes out swinging. Zelous Wheeler grounds out to first baseman Ruben Gotay. Six more runs in the 6th... Nashville Top of the 9th Pitcher Change: Dustin Richardson replaces Garrett Parcell, batting 2nd, replacing second baseman Joe Thurston. Jesus Merchan remains in the game as the second baseman. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Jordan Brown replaces Chase Wright. Jordan Brown doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Brandon Boggs called out on strikes. Eric Farris singles on a ground ball to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Jordan Brown to 3rd. Edwin Maysonet doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Josh Kroeger. Jordan Brown scores. Eric Farris to 3rd. Erick Almonte doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Petersen. Eric Farris scores. Edwin Maysonet scores. Brett Carroll walks. George Kottaras homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Erick Almonte scores. Brett Carroll scores. Pitcher Change: Mike Cervenak replaces Dustin Richardson, batting 2nd. Caleb Gindl flies out to right fielder Chris Aguila. Zelous Wheeler walks. Jordan Brown pops out to shortstop Ryan Klosterman. ... and six runs in the 9th. One run in the 5th, just for good measure. 18 might not have been enough, you never know. Nashville Gameday

I would interpret the statement that scouts won't talk about it on the record as a bad thing, not as an absolution. That's a good point. Just seems to me that if so much talk is going to be floated about his character/reputation, it should be backed up instead of just being behind the scenes. That's just me, though.

To be fair, what he said he's hearing is that the Brewers have a pre-draft deal in place. Not that it's necessarily with Baez, but to then go on & project Baez as the pick... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Here's the most informative snippet I can find on the character concerns' regarding Guerrieri: "Questions about the switch in schools and Guerrieri's makeup persist among scouts, who declined to discuss it on the record. Guerrieri brushes all of it off as nonsense." Scouts won't even talk about it on record? Can it really be that big of a deal? And Baez+Gray or Baez+Guerrieri would be a very nice haul.

I think I'd rather see the Brewers take Gray, but I'm curious what the character issues you keep referring to about Guerrieri actually are. Gray sounds like a 'safe' pick to me in the sense that his stuff looks like he has a very good shot to be an impact player. Whether it'd be as a SP v. RP is the uncertain part. He's not a safe pick in just the signability sense, the sense it's typically used in.

Thanks for the work on those writeups, Toby. Nicely done.

And wow, I don't envy the D-Backs, with the #7 overall being unprotected. That could lead to an ugly pick.

At this point, I've heard so much love for Baez that I'll be disappointed if he isn't there at #12

how carpenter will explain to his son the color of TLR hair? kalle has upped the ante with that one http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif The kill TLR robot must've been built off this model... http://www.digital-polyphony.com/600px-NGM1911A1-4.jpg

The cupboards aren't really that bare, they are just young. Plenty of players in the system that teams would want. I don't disagree with your general point -- that the Brewers have players other teams would want. But the farm system does stink.

Haha! (that's all I have to add)

I see the Marlins and D-Backs falling back to the pack. I actually believe in the Marlins. Keep in mind that their nice start has been without the real Hanley Ramirez. They have solid pitching & a pretty deep offense (w/'real' Hanley).

I don't think the Brewers have achieved Mark A.'s definition of "success" yet. Thus the reason they made the trades for Grienke and Marcum. Yes, they've gutted the farm system to acquire those two (along with Sabathia), however they now have Type A players whose contracts are up this year or next who at the minimum they will get two high draft picks if they leave or quality prospects if they are traded. If the season ended today, the Brewers would be in the playoffs... I don't understand what this has to do with what you quoted from me & responded to. That the potential comp picks via Greinke & Marcum in FA are Melvin turning players near 30 into prospects? Not exactly what I meant.

I read that profile in the paper this morning; thought it was the best one so far of T-Rats players. So above average fastball, change-up, and curveball, good command, and good velocity but these "experts" say ceiling of reliever.... dumbfounding. The 'experts' probably haven't seen him pitch once in person this season. I can't read too much into it.

Now I am limited to being excited about the top 3. I am excited about Peralta, Thornburg and Komatsu but that's about it, at least until Logan Schafer starts hitting again. Honestly, out of those three or four guys you just mentioned, the only one that's really exciting to me is Thornburg. Peralta's not too far behind, but Komatsu & Schafer are hardly really legit prospects. So there's your top four players, Milwaukee. One or two pitchers that might develop into a top-level prospect, a nice hitting CF that doesn't project to be a CF in MLB, and a true CF who hasn't played in a long time & has yet to face AAA pitching this season. This draft can't come soon enough. We need young high ceiling HS guys. Too many of our guys are considered old for their leagues. I've started to become really frustrated with how slowly the Brewers tend to move guys along. I'm not sure whether or not they draft HS players is going to matter much. Seeing that % of pitches that the Brewers say need to be changeups for strikes, or whatever it was that was mentioned recently for a pitcher to get promoted, just made me shake my head. In general, your minor leaguers are top-flight competitors that welcome challenge & competition. For an example, I know there's been talk about Tyler Roberts & Yadiel Rivera being overmatched at A- Wisconsin, but I believe those guys are actually benefiting from being at A-. Roberts's throwing arm has been excellent, & Rivera is the best athlete the Brewers have at SS in the lower levels. No one's blocking them or needs playing time at their positions at Wisconsin, so why not speed up their track? They can always repeat A- if needed, and then the adjustment period should be that much shorter next season. [/rant]

Hmm, I didn't explain that very well apparently. Nope, you did, but I got my transaction order all messed up. As unbelievable as it is, I actually forgot about the infamous Zambrano-Kazmir trade. For some stupid reason, I had the Rays acquiring Kazmir from LAA, when it was the other way around. And similarly for Jackson, I forgot that they got him when he was still considered a prospect. Thanks for fleshing those out... I should've been on top of those, though, in a discussion specific to TB & FLA. Both teams cycle talent the other way, trading established MLB talent at the appropriate time for younger & cheaper talent. Yes, and unfortunately I think the reason I noted 'differences' between FLA & TB is that I set the window too large, & flat-out didn't remember TB's trading history correctly. The main thing that stood out to me over the past decade+ is that the Marlins have been a pretty successful small-/mid-market franchise in the long term view, but haven't had the luxury of drafting as high as the Rays did. That's really what started this ball rolling in my head. I haven't been this depressed as a Brewer fan since 2002, and I shouldn't be because the MLB team is winning, and I probably wouldn't be if I hadn't found Brewerfan and become more educated on the Minor Leagues and baseball in general. Ignorance was truly bliss... I know what you mean on blissful ignorance. I don't share your level of depression, but I do recognize that the cupboard is bare, and that Melvin hasn't shown any indication that he's about to start selling high on his players to build more than short-term windows of success. I just wanted to add that I really enjoy our give and take TLB. Yeah, same here.

Edwin Jackson from the Dodgers, he was the first to get spun away and Scott Kazmir from the Mets, who was the 2nd pitcher they spun away. Jackson & Kazmir aren't what I think of when I think of your high standards for impact pitching. Big arms, yes, but IMPACT? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif The trade to bring in Joyce was nice, but obviously that wasn't a shrewd trade for impact pitching, that was turning Jackson into an OF. I guess we will have to wait & see on Torres, what I know about him consists of the paragraph you were kind enough to write up on him here. Really the only pitcher I see that the Rays traded for who'd qualify from what I've read & understood to be your standard of impact pitching would be Matt Garza. The Jackson->Joyce flip has been a nice trade for TB, no question. But to say that part of the Rays' model has been to acquire impact-caliber pitching through shrewd trades implies more than one or maybe two guys imo. I just don't think it's fair to hold that against an org. like Milwaukee, even though I won't disagree with you for a second that the Brewers should absolutely be spinning guys approaching 30 into prospects as opposed to the other way around. I just don't think the Rays' excellent pitching staff has much to do with their ability to trade; it has more to do with drafting high, having good luck, and developing pitchers well. I said 2003 for the Rays because they woefully mismanaged for a long time, while Florida has consistently cycled talent regardless of ownership or FO. I like the way they operated post 2003 much so than post 1997, I think comparing the 2 franchises post 2003 is more relative to the Brewers situation. Fair enough. Conveniently, the Marlins turned the F.O. over in almost the same year, so it's definitely doable.

Yeah, you had me thinking we wouldn't see you on here for weeks at a time. It's like you never got your awesome new job http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Wow, does the farm system stink. It was depressing to read through that in a lot of ways. I have to lobby for Nick Bucci to be higher. I think he'll be top-5 in the next edition. Scarpetta & Rivas have been pretty disappointing imo so far this season. I almost couldn't bring myself to read the paragraph on Rogers http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif Nice work on this, guys. Entertaining read, even if it was a little sad.

The thing that stands out to me the most is the excellent job they did jump starting their franchise in '95 and '96, winning the WS, then cycling that talent back around for another run in 2003, and then cycling that talent again for some of their current impact talent like Ramirez. They don't ever seem to hold on a player a year too long and I just can't say enough about how well the organization has turned impact talent into younger impact talent, time and time again. This is what stands out to me as well, & especially the bolded part. I see currently, Larry Beinfest is the Pres. of Baseball Operations, & Michael Hill is the GM. Obivously Dave Dombrowski was the GM who presided over the '97 WS title, & ensuing (owner-mandated) firesale. I'm not sure who was the GM in-between. However, most teams aren't going to be able to buy a WS and jump start the franchise the way the Marlins have Without question, that was an extremely unique situation. And I didn't intend to overlook or omit the '97 squad. I just assumed everyone was familiar with how store-bought that team was. I think everyone at least on this forum knows and understands my affinity for the Rays front office. I think however that in terms of your analysis, everything prior to 2003 is immaterial as a new ownership group and a much different way operating followed. The Marlins were sold to John Henry after the '98 season, & then to Jeffrey Loria in 2002. It would seem the Marlins had a new way of operating post-Huizenga, and especially after Loria bought the team. It's tricky to try to just compare the teams from 2003 (or so) on imo. To me that's the major difference, the current front office in Tampa took a woefully managed franchise and turned it around by understanding the market and acquiring impact pitching talent through very shrewd trades while continuing to draft and develop talent. Who are the impact pitchers they acquired via trade aside from Garza? I'm honestly asking.

I have to say, it's pretty disappointing that the Brewers choose to be so conservative with their prospects. What has Tyler Thornburg really gained from not going to Brevard County?

Final: Wisconsin 13, @Dayton 2 Rattlers slug their way past Dayton By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers DAYTON, OH - Tyler Thornburg was on the hill for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Saturday night at Fifth Third Field in Dayton and the Wisconsin offense helped Thornburg to his fifth win of the season by banging out 14 hits in a 13-2 win over the Dragons. Reggie Keen homered, tripled, and scored three runs and Tyler Roberts drove in four runs for the Rattlers. Keen got the Rattlers (29-27) off to a flying start. The Wisconsin centerfielder drove the second pitch of the game to the gap in left-center. He was halfway to third by the time the ball was retrieved by leftfielder Jaren Matthews. Then, Matthews dropped the ball. Keen raced for home and beat the relay throw of shortstop Billy Hamilton. The play was ruled a triple and an E-7, but the end result was a 1-0 Wisconsin lead. Keen got things going again in the third inning. He lined a 3-1 pitch from Dragons starting pitcher Daniel Tuttle to the bleachers in left for a homer and a 2-0 lead. It appeared that the Rattlers would only get that one run in the third as Tuttle retired the next two batters. Then, Tuttle walked the next three Wisconsin batters to load the bases. Roberts worked the count to 3-2 and drove the next pitch into the right field corner for a three-run double and a 5-0 lead. Wisconsin kept the offense going in the fourth inning. Greg Hopkins doubled to right with the bases loaded to drive in a pair of runs. Another run scored on the second of five errors committed by the Dragons. Then, Roberts knocked in another run with a single for a 9-0 lead. Thornburg was on cruise control. The right hander worked around a one out double in the bottom of the fourth to extend his scoreless streak to 23-1/3 innings. Wisconsin added two more runs in the top of the fifth to extend their lead to 12-0. Nick Shaw doubled in a run. Cody [Hawn] followed with a two-run single. The Dragons (28-28) ended Thornburg's scoreless streak at 23-2/3 innings with a one out RBI single by Devin Lohman in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Rattlers starter bounced back with a 1-2-3 sixth inning. Yadiel Rivera doubled in a run in the top of the seventh and the Rattlers were up 13-1. The Dragons scored another run in the bottom of the seventh on two-out single by Lohman. Brian Garman relieved Thornburg and got the final out of the inning. Thornburgh went 6-2/3 innings, allowed two runs on five hits, walked two, and struck out seven. He is now 5-0 on the season. Wisconsin went down in order in the top of the eighth inning. Before the Wisconsin defenders could head out to their positions for the bottom of the eighth, the umpires called for the tarp. The Fifth Third Field grounds crew got the tarp down just before a hard rain started to fall. The game was ruled over after a rain delay of 32 minutes. The Timber Rattlers conclude their 13-day road trip on Sunday afternoon with the final game of their series against the Dragons. Brooks Hall (1-0, 3.94) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Dayton has Tanner Robles (3-4, 5.62) on the mound. Game time is 1:00pm CDT. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 12:40pm. HOME RUN: WIS: Reggie Keen (3rd, 0 on in 3rd inning, off Daniel Tuttle, 0 out) WP: Tyler Thornburg (5-0) LP: Daniel Tuttle (4-3) TIME: 2:22 (:32 delay) ATTN: 8,482 Wisconsin Box ScoreI think you have to call them the T-Bats tonight. Five players with two hits, and all but one position player registered at least one hit. Hopkins was on base three times, adding a walk to his two hits; he scored three times. The Dragons made 5 (!) errors tonight, not exactly helping themselves out. Wisconsin Play-by-PlayHere's the top of the 3rd inning Chris referenced in his game story: Wisconsin Top of the 3rd Reggie Keen homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Nick Shaw called out on strikes. Cody Hawn flies out to center fielder Theo Bowe. Gregory Hopkins walks. Michael Walker walks. Gregory Hopkins to 2nd. Chris Dennis walks. Gregory Hopkins to 3rd. Michael Walker to 2nd. Tyler Roberts doubles (8) on a fly ball to right fielder Drew Poulk. Gregory Hopkins scores. Michael Walker scores. Chris Dennis scores. Robert Garvey grounds out, shortstop Billy Hamilton to first baseman Dominic D'Anna. The T-Bats also scored four in the 4th... Wisconsin Top of the 4th T. J. Mittelstaedt singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Dominic D'Anna. Reggie Keen strikes out swinging. Nick Shaw singles on a line drive to right fielder Drew Poulk. T. J. Mittelstaedt to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Jamie Walczak replaces Daniel Tuttle. Cody Hawn walks. T. J. Mittelstaedt to 3rd. Nick Shaw to 2nd. Gregory Hopkins doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Drew Poulk. T. J. Mittelstaedt scores. Nick Shaw scores. Cody Hawn to 3rd. Michael Walker reaches on fielding error by second baseman Devin Lohman. Cody Hawn scores. Gregory Hopkins to 3rd. Chris Dennis strikes out swinging. Tyler Roberts singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jaren Matthews. Gregory Hopkins scores. Michael Walker to 2nd. Robert Garvey grounds into a force out, fielded by second baseman Devin Lohman. Tyler Roberts out at 2nd. And three in the 5th... Wisconsin Top of the 5th T. J. Mittelstaedt singles on a line drive to right fielder Drew Poulk. Reggie Keen reaches on force attempt, throwing error by third baseman David Vidal. T. J. Mittelstaedt to 2nd. Nick Shaw doubles (9) on a fly ball to right fielder Drew Poulk. T. J. Mittelstaedt scores. Reggie Keen to 3rd. Cody Hawn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Theo Bowe. Reggie Keen scores. Nick Shaw scores. Gregory Hopkins strikes out swinging. Michael Walker called out on strikes. Chris Dennis strikes out swinging.