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From Friday's game -- "All seven Sounds runs on the night came via the longball, as Matt Clark, Logan Schafer, and Jason Rogers each went yard. Rogers paced the Sounds' offense with a 3-for-4 evening. The third baseman is batting .351 (34-for-97) with eight longballs during the month of August. The red-hot Clark spotted the Sounds a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning when he turned a Luke Jackson fastball into a two-run homer to right, the slugger's 14th big fly in 50 games with the club. Rogers, who had opened the frame with a single, also scored on the blast." AUDIO: Matt Clark 2-Run HR "Schafer tacked on a three-run blast of his own later in the frame, his third roundtripper in the last five games, to increase the visitors' lead to 5-0." AUDIO: Logan Schafer 3-Run HR "The longball show continued for the Sounds in the third when Rogers launched a massive two-run bomb to left off Jackson that cleared the upper deck seats. The third baseman's blast, which also plated Jeremy Hermida following a leadoff walk, was his 11th of the year and upped the Nashville advantage to 7-0." VIDEO: Nashville's Jason Rogers hits a monster two-run home run in the third inning at Round Rock AUDIO: Rogers' blast (Jeff Hem's call)

SFgate.Com: Reliever Evan Scribner returned for his ninth stint with Oakland since the start of the 2013 season; manager Bob Melvin suggested that Scribner primarily will see use when Dan Otero is unavailable. Scribner, who had 16 saves at Sacramento, had not pitched for the previous four days, which included a big River Cats blowout at Nashville, a 20-1 win. Scribner said it had been fun to take part in the final regular-season series at old Greer Stadium, which will be replaced next year. The A's, expected to be supplanted at Triple-A Sacramento by the Giants, as The Chronicle reported earlier this year, are rumored to be atop the list of potential suitors for Nashville's Triple-A club. "We were joking with (Nashville Sounds players), 'Whoever wins this series gets the new stadium here next year,' " Scribner said. *** Well, we know how that series went -- congrats, Athletics organization...

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter. *** Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Nashville Media Notes - it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Roster" banner on the Sounds' site. Brevard County Media Notes - again, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: (For split-season leagues, 2nd half standings are shown as the default, although overall standings are also available at the link.) AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League Central Division DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale Dominican Summer League Brewers *** Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Beloit, WI Helena, MT

Follow Saturday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Game One Nashville Game Two Huntsville Brevard County Game One Brevard County Game Two Wisconsin Helena Game One Helena Game Two MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Helena LHP Tyler Linehan will be on the mound for Helena tonight on his 23rd birthday.

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Billy Buckner and TBD in a doubleheader at Round Rock (Rangers), 3:40 PM pre-game, 4:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Austin Ross at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime Free Live Audio Link Steve Jarnicki is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars - welcome aboard! Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveJarnicki. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV - It appears seven of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games (not the Stars). ********** Brevard County: RHP Tyler Wagner and LHP Hobbs Johnson in a doubleheader at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link -- Select the proper link based on listed schedule Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2014. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Javier Salas at Beloit (Athletics), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. For the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from seven Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (30) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: LHP Tyler Linehan and RHP Jorge Ortega in a doubleheader at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link There's a new Voice of the Helena Brewers in 2014, as Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter) takes over for legendary Steve Wendt. We look forward to Dustin building his own legacy moving forward. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete - Finished 24-31, out of the postseason ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete - summary post here

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Sorry, I had LHP Mike Strong on the brain and somehow associated it with Jacob Barnes. My bad -- admittedly, I am pretty much running on fumes at this point in Link Report season.

Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame Entry Audio, video, and the fan experience - bonus prize news...

Final: Mississippi 5, @Huntsville 0 Braves Blank Stars Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - Mississippi Braves RHP Greg Ross (7-3) threw seven dominant innings of shutout baseball Friday leading his Braves past the Huntsville Stars 5-0. Ross scattered four hits through his seven innings before turning it over to Brandon Cunniff. Cunniff tossed a scoreless eighth and ninth inning to combine with Ross for the shutout. The Braves scored all their runs in four consecutive innings from the fourth through the eighth. With the game scoreless in the top of the fifth, Daniel Castro hit a solo home run down the left field line against Huntsville starter Jacob Barnes (2-6). It was Castro's fourth home run of the season and it gave Mississippi a 1-0 lead. The Braves then got a two-out RBI single off Cedric Hunter's bat in the sixth to push it to a 2-0 lead. Barnes, who turned in a quality start, pitched six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out one. The Braves scored their final three runs against reliever Tommy Toledo. Braeden Schlehuber provided a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Then in the top of the eighth, Gustavo Nunez singled into right field scoring Kyle Wren who tripled in front of him. The next batter, Kyle Kubitza, stroked an RBI double scoring Nunez making it 5-0. Wren led the Braves with a 4-4 performance. Josh Prince and Erik Komatsu had two hits apiece in the Stars loss. The Stars (30-37,76-61) and the Mississippi Braves (42-25, 81-55) are tied at 1-1 in their series as it continues Saturday. RHP Austin Ross (1-3, 3.86) will start for Huntsville. Mississippi will give the ball to RHP Williams Perez (7-6, 2.91) The game can be heard starting at 6:15 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Made the point on Twitter last night that Josh Prince (37-for-47 in SB attempts vs. AA batteries this year - yes, I did say AA batteries, isn't that clever) makes sense for the Brewers as a September callup specialist. Huntsville Game Log Nice AA debut, as bolded above, for RHP Jacob Barnes.

MARIETTA, GA – The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs is pleased to announce the 2014 Post-season All-Star Team as voted upon by the league’s field managers, radio broadcasters and print media. The 2014 Southern League Post-season All-Star Team is as follows: Designated Hitter Nick Ramirez Huntsville Best Hustler Josh Prince Huntsville Relief Pitcher David Goforth Huntsville

Via Steve in Huntsville -- Each of the last two Stars wins have been in series openers and both wins have come with the Stars scoring seven runs. Prior to Thursday night, the Stars scored seven runs in a series opening win in Mobile on Friday August 22nd…The Stars play the best in series openers improving to 18-8. That’s the best record by the Stars in any game of the series…The Stars played their fourth straight home game that was decided by two runs or less…The Stars have only scored 146 runs in their last 40 games. In their last 40 games they are 17-23 and averaging a meager 3.7 runs per game…. RHP Drew Gagnon became the Stars first 11 game winner since Josh Stinson won 11 games in 2012… C/INF/OF Hector Gimenez went 3-4 with a three-run home run and was a triple away from hitting for the cycle. He has homered in six out of his past 10 games. In the month of August, he has hit seven home runs, which are second most in the Southern League for August. He trails only Chattanooga’s Scott Schebler who has hit nine homers in August….In his last eighteen games, Gimenez has seven home runs and 23 RBI.... Nick Ramirez went 0-3. In his last 21 games Ramirez is still batting only .139 (10-72. 2 HR, 9 RBI)… Since the All-Star break, Ramirez has the 4th lowest batting average in the Southern League at .207.... C Shawn Zarraga went 0-3 and is 1 for his last 25 at the plate. Since he returned to the Stars from Triple-A Nashville on August 8th, he is 11-54 (.204 with 2 RBI). Prior to his promotion, he was hitting .380 on June 27th.

Happy 25th Birthday, Huntsville LHP Brent Suter!

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter. *** Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Nashville Media Notes - it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Roster" banner on the Sounds' site. Brevard County Media Notes - again, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: (For split-season leagues, 2nd half standings are shown as the default, although overall standings are also available at the link.) AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League Central Division DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale Dominican Summer League Brewers *** Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Grand Chute, WI (Appleton) Great Falls, MT

Follow Friday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Michael Blazek at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Jacob Barnes at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime Free Live Audio Link Steve Jarnicki is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars - welcome aboard! Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveJarnicki. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV - It appears seven of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games (not the Stars). ********** Brevard County: RHP Tyler Wagner at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the proper link based on listed schedule Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2014. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Preston Gainey at home vs. Burlington (Angels), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. For the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from seven Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (30) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Devin Williams at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link There's a new Voice of the Helena Brewers in 2014, as Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter) takes over for legendary Steve Wendt. We look forward to Dustin building his own legacy moving forward. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete - Finished 24-31, out of the postseason ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete - summary post here

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The Nashville Sounds (74-65) had their losing streak extended to four games after a 10-7 loss to the Round Rock Express at the Dell Diamond on Thursday night. Matt Pagnozzi, Jeremy Hermida and Jason Rogers all homered in the contest to give the Sounds 27 homers in the last 18 games, but not enough to pick up the win. Hermida's solo blast, which erased an early 1-0 deficit in the top of the second, was his 15th of the season, tying him with Hector Gomez for the team lead. VIDEO: Jeremy Hermida hits a homer in Nashville's 10-7 loss to Round Rock The Sounds then cut the deficit to 5-4 in the top of the sixth after Pagnozzi's homer brought home a pair of runs. AUDIO: Pagnozzi Goes Deep Nashville had one last rally in the top of the ninth, when Hermida knocked in Velez on a double before Rogers hit a towering home run to left with two outs. But the Sounds could not complete the comeback, as Matt Clark struck out to end the game. AUDIO: Rogers Homers Late

Brevard County -- VIDEO: After striking out a career-high eight men on Wednesday night, Wei-Chung Wang spoke with Justin Rocke of the Manatees Radio Network AUDIO, Game Highlights: The Flying Tigers score in four different inning and defeat Brevard County, 4-1

Look for additional audio / video links later this AM. Kick off that portion of the Report with the Rattler Radio Blog's usual collection of goodness.

Final: @Huntsville 7, Mississippi 5 Stars Get Wire To Wire Victory Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The Huntsville Stars raced out to an early lead and never looked back Thursday night in a series opening 7-5 win over the Mississippi Braves at Joe Davis Stadium. Hector Gimenez provided some early offense for the Stars, who broke their four game losing streak. In the bottom of the first, Gimenez hit a three-run home run over the left field wall against Mississippi starter Jason Hursh (11-7) giving the Stars a 3-0 lead. Mississippi came back with a pair of solo home runs against Huntsville starter Drew Gagnon (11-6). Seth Loman hit a solo blast to right center in the top of the second inning making it 3-1. Cedric Hunter then went deep off Gagnon on a solo home run in the top of the fourth. Hunter's 14th home run of the year just stayed fair down the right field line. With the Stars leading 3-2, they put together a productive bottom of the fourth inning to expand their lead. With the bases loaded, Erik Komatsu dumped a two-run single into left field making it 5-2. Gagnon then executed a perfect bunt single scoring Nick Ramirez from third base. Nick Shaw also doubled home a run to give the Stars a 7-2 lead. Gagnon, who picked up the win, pitched six innings and allowed just four hits. He gave up three runs and struck out seven. He did not walk a batter. With the Stars ahead 7-3 in the ninth, Mississippi put a scare into the Stars. Stars reliever David Goforth walked Cedric Hunter. After Loman flew out to left field, David Rhom singled. Daniel Castro walked and the bases were loaded. Goforth then got Matt Kennelly to fly out to right field. With two outs, pinch hitter Rich Poythress lined a two-run single into left field scoring a pair of runs. With the tying runners on base, Goforth got Kyle Wren to ground out to third to end the game. Gimenez led the Stars with a 3-4 performance and was a triple away from hitting for the cycle. With the win, the Stars snapped the Braves eight game winning streak. The Stars (30-36,76-60) lead the Mississippi Braves (41-25, 80-55) 1-0 in their series as it continues Friday. RHP Jacob Barnes(2-5, 4.33) will start for Huntsville. Mississippi will give the ball to RHP Greg Ross (6-3, 2.28) The game can be heard starting at 6:15 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Mississippi is playing for their playoff lives, (now just 1/2 game over Jacksonville), so Huntsville can ruin their Labor Day weekend. The last time RHP Drew Gagnon did not walk a batter in a start was 11 starts ago on July 1st. CF Tyrone Taylor's AA debut was a bit rough, 0-for-4 with three K's. Huntsville Game Log

Photo and comments at the article link Stars' owner not closing door on return to Huntsville for part of 2015 season Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times Next Monday will be the final regular-season game in Huntsville Stars history after a three-decade run. Or will it be? Stars majority owner Ken Young told AL.com that he is "pondering" the possibility that the Stars would have to play at Joe W. Davis Stadium in 2015, at least the first half of the season. The Stars, who opened a five-game home stand with the Mississippi Braves Thursday, are to be moved to Biloxi, Miss., for the 2015 season. However, there is one year remaining on the team's lease of Huntsville's Joe W. Davis Stadium. Because stadium construction is barely underway in Biloxi, the most optimistic estimates coming from officials there are that the stadium would be ready by August 2015. "I'm pondering," Young said Thursday afternoon. "(In July) I believe I told you, no, we'll play some place in Mississippi. I'm pondering right now and we'll have the decision in the next couple of weeks where we open the season." Young bought the team last winter from former majority partner Miles Prentice (who has maintained a minority stake) and his group. He said that he needed "to get a better handle from the contractor in Biloxi" concerning the construction schedule and completion date. If the stadium is not ready by the April, 20, 2015 opener, the city will owe team officials $10,000 for each home game missed. Southern League teams play 70 home games per season. Having the team based in Huntsville would provide more convenience for the players, staff and others rather than a patchwork schedule that might include games in other Southern League parks like Mobile and Jackson, Miss., as well as Hattiesburg, Miss., when dates were available. "I wouldn't anticipate a full season (in Huntsville)," Young said. "You never know, but I wouldn't anticipate that." Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has not been officially informed of the team's intention to move to Biloxi. According to the lease, the team has until December 15, 2014 to tell the city of its plans for 2015. The Southern League schedule for 2015 has already been approved and announced with Biloxi in place, and participating in the Southern League South. That's meant a realignment for the Montgomery Biscuits, who will play in the North. League president Lori Webb said that no alternative schedule, with Huntsville as a league member, was created. Battle told AL.com that he has had recent conversations with Young about the situation and is eager to hear Young's final plan "because we need to be able to move ahead and decide what we're going to do with the property." According to regulations drawn up when the stadium was built, the property must be used for recreational purposes, whether a pro team is in town or not. Battle and other leaders have been optimistic another Southern League team could be in operation in Huntsville within several years, most likely in a multi-function downtown stadium. The stadium would be a public-private partnership, the mayor said. "One of the things, between talking to Buck (Rogers, Stars' general manager) and keeping my eye on attendance there, I have thought, now that I'm a member of the Southern League, about baseball coming back to Huntsville eventually if the right situation reveals itself," Young said. "I always believed (there is potential to succeed) and my mind hasn't been changed," he continued. "I would be supportive with the right venue and so forth of baseball coming back to Huntsville. I would hope this weekend we could get some support for these last few games and the playoffs." No matter what happens next year, there will be some "bonus baseball" for Huntsville fans this season after the final home stand, which includes 6:30 games Friday and Saturday, a 4 p.m. game Sunday and the 1 p.m. finale on Monday. The Stars won the first-half Southern League North championship, earning a spot in the playoffs. They'll host the second-half North winner – either Chattanooga or Knoxville – on Thursday, Sept. 4 and Friday, Sept. 5 in the first two games in the best-of-five series. Should the Stars win that series, they'd host the first two games of the best-of-five championship series. The Stars were Southern League champions in the first year of their existence in 1985. They also won the title in 1994 and shared the championship with Jacksonville in 2001 when the series was cancelled after 9/11. This is the team's 14th playoff appearance, the first since 2009 and sixth since becoming an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1999. The Stars' original major league partner was the Oakland Athletics.

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is with outfielder Logan Schafer, who describes the atmosphere last night at Greer, how tough the loss was with the Sounds’ 5-2 lead becoming an 8-5 defeat and his two home runs on the homestand, including one last night that had Greer roaring as loud as I’ve ever heard."

Here's the post from August 20th - this first game will be a nine-inning game, nightcap likely will be seven: *** Helena game suspended in Great Falls By Troy Shockley / Helena Independent Record The Helena Brewers got a day off Tuesday, and then wound up only playing a handful of innings Wednesday. Opening a home-and-home series with Great Falls on Wednesday, the Brewers found themselves trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the third inning. That's when the skies above Centene Stadium opened and soaked the field, forcing the contest to be suspended. The two teams will play on Thursday as scheduled -- and then will play two games at Helena's Kindrick Legion Field on Friday and Saturday -- but will work the rest of Wednesday's game into a doubleheader Aug. 28. Hunter Jones did most of the damage in the partial game, using a two-out, three-run homer to put the Voyagers up 3-0 at the end of two. Dillon Haupt tacked on another run with an RBI single in the third. Helena Box Score Helena Game Log

LINK: Looks like exciting SS Orlando Arcia is interested in playing winter ball with big league brother Oswaldo (Twins) in native Venezuela.