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Mid-day Huntsville audio today, Monday Link Report up by then...

Miller Park Prospects - Brad's Timber Rattlers Photo Gallery RHP Javier Salas debuts... *** Rattler Radio Blog- Post-suspended game entry Audio, video, and Chris reminds us that Anthony Banda had a fine Diamondbacks debut...

Brevard County -- AUDIO: 1B Mike Garza joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show to talk gaining momentum offensively down the stretch AUDIO, Game Highlights: Justin Howard's walk-off homer lifts Bradenton over Brevard County

Sunday -- The Sounds grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Shortstop Hector Gomez legged out a one-out triple to right off Z's starter Alex Sanabia and scored on Matt Pagnozzi's dribbler up the first base line. AUDIO: Hector Gomez Scores Game's First Run Nashville reclaimed the lead in the top of the eighth when Logan Schafer, playing his first game with Nashville since being optioned from Milwaukee, greeted Zephyrs reliever Chaz Roe with a leadoff triple to right that nearly left the ballpark. Later in the frame, Jason Rogers plated Schafer with a ground-rule double to right-center then scored himself when Matt Clark followed with an RBI single to right that gave the Sounds a 3-1 advantage. AUDIO: Jason Rogers Go-Ahead Double AUDIO: Matt Clark RBI Single

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Today’s interview is with Michael Blazek, who the beat the Zephyrs on Saturday night with his arm, legs and bat. He tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings on the mound for the victory, doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the fifth and knocked in two with a single in the sixth. Blazek discusses his outing (and his swing) last night, his success as a starter (2.90 ERA) compared to reliever (5.68) and the Sounds’ first-place standing with 29 games left." *** From Saturday's game -- VIDEO: Nashville's starter Michael Blazek singles home two runs as the Sounds beat New Orleans, 4-2

Final: AZL Brewers 9, @AZL Rangers 1 Maryvale Box Score Wei-Chung Wang returned to his 2013 rookie league roots (just not Florida this time). He retired four men, gave up a single, then exited. Kudos to RHP's Angel Ventura, Jordan Yamamoto, and Caleb Smith, pitching well in a tight game until the A-Crew's 9th (only one walk, one HBP). Maryvale Game Log 3-1 becomes 9-1 -- AZL Brewers Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Storm Rynard replaces Emerson Martinez. Troy Stokes grounds out, second baseman Yeyson Yrizarri to first baseman Zach Stephens. Juan Ortiz homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Leudi Otano walks. Jorge Quiterio walks. Leudi Otano to 2nd. Daniel Leonardo walks. Leudi Otano to 3rd. Jorge Quiterio to 2nd. Monte Harrison singles on a ground ball to pitcher Storm Rynard. Leudi Otano scores. Jorge Quiterio scores. Daniel Leonardo to 3rd. Monte Harrison to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Storm Rynard. Pitching Change: Che-Hsuan Lin replaces Storm Rynard. Jake Gatewood doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Oliver Caraballo. Daniel Leonardo scores. Monte Harrison scores. Carlos Belonis grounds out, first baseman Zach Stephens to pitcher Che-Hsuan Lin. Jake Gatewood to 3rd. With Tanner Norton batting, wild pitch by Che-Hsuan Lin, Jake Gatewood scores. Tanner Norton strikes out swinging.

Final: Jacksonville 7, @Huntsville 1 Suns Hand Suns 5th Straight Loss Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The red hot Jacksonville Suns continued their winning ways Sunday by handing the Huntsville Stars a 7-1 loss at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Suns won their sixth straight game. The Stars were able to avoid the shutout in the bottom of the ninth with two outs. Shea Vucinich doubled down the left field line scoring Yadiel Rivera who reached on an error. Jacksonville got an excellent start from Justin Nicolino (10-3). The left-hander tossed five shutout innings and held the Stars to just five hits. The Suns offense got busy against Huntsville starter Jed Bradley (4-6) in the top of the first inning. Austin Nola led off the game by singling. The next batter Austin Barnes launched his sixth home run over the left field wall giving the Suns a 2-0 lead. The Suns took a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Joe Benson, who led off with a walk, eventually scored on one of the three wild pitches by Bradley in the inning. Jacksonville put the game away in the fifth. The Suns got four straight hits, including an RBI single by J.T Realmuto making it 4-0. With the bases loaded, Isaac Galloway cleared the bases on a three-run double to give the Suns a 7-0 advantage. Bradley, who took the loss, went 4.1 innings and gave up seven runs, a season high, on eight hits. The Stars dropped their fifth straight game and will try to avoid the series sweep in the series finale Monday afternoon. The Stars (19-25, 65-49) trail the Suns (64-49,28-15) 4-0 in their five game series which will conclude Monday afternoon. The Stars will have LHP Brent Suter (9-8, 4.34) on the mound. Jacksonville will send RHP Dustin Mosley (1-1, 3.46) to the hill. The game can be heard on the internet only starting at 12:45 PM CDT on wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score This team was non-descript even when they were running away with the first half, so now that they're struggling, there are even fewer nuggets to glean here... 25-year-old reliever pickup RHP Manny Barreda has six scoreless appearances since he gave up two runs in his Stars' debut. Huntsville Game Log Oh Jed... Jacksonville Top of the 5th Austin Nola singles on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Prince. Austin Barnes singles on a ground ball to left fielder Joey Paciorek. Austin Nola to 2nd. J. T. Realmuto singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Joey Paciorek. Austin Nola scores. Austin Barnes to 2nd. Brent Keys singles on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Prince. Austin Barnes to 3rd. J. T. Realmuto to 2nd. Joe Benson pops out to second baseman Shea Vucinich on the infield fly rule. Isaac Galloway doubles (8) on a fly ball to left fielder Joey Paciorek. Austin Barnes scores. J. T. Realmuto scores. Brent Keys scores. Pitching Change: Manny Barreda replaces Jed Bradley, batting 7th. Defensive Substitution: Erik Komatsu replaces pitcher Jed Bradley, batting 9th, playing right field. Wilfredo Gimenez strikes out swinging. Terrence Dayleg strikes out swinging.

Via @BrewersPD: The Brewers have released (RHP) Drew Ghelfi. We wish him well. *** The LaCrosse native was drafted in the 25th round last year out of the University of Minnesota (pro stats 2013-14). It was a nice story at draft time last year for Ghelfi, who turns 24 this September (feature story). Video here as well...

At Nashville, catcher Lucas May DL'd (for the 5th time this year, like Eshleman) to make room for Logan Schafer's return.

I remember when the Brewers drafted RHP Joel Pierce and then-catcher/OF Rowan Wick from the Canadian National Junior Team. I met each young man when they barnstormed into my Massachusetts hometown just before the signing deadline (July 2010 write-up). Pierce signed (and flamed out quickly); Wick didn't, and now the Cardinals are reaping the power benefits in 2014 (16 HR in 161 AB's), as the Rattlers found out yesterday.

Via Adam McCalvy: Wei-Chung Wang sighting: The lefty will begin a rehab assignment with rookie-level Arizona today. Nice!

Wisconsin: OF Johnny Davis activated from the disabled list C Paul Eshleman placed on the disabled list *** Eshleman has been a taxi squad guy for some time now...

Huntsville notes via Steve: Dating back to last season, the Stars have now lost seven straight home games to the Jacksonville Suns. Last season after the Stars won the first game at “The Joe” on April 10th, the Suns then won the final four which included a doubleheader sweep… Stars SS Yadiel Rivera committed an error in the 2nd inning which turned out to be the difference in the game. It was Rivera’s sixth error on the ten game homestand and it was also the fourth straight game that the Stars committed an error in. They now have at least one error in seven of their last eight games and have a total of thirteen errors in those eight games…Since sweeping a doubleheader against Tennessee on July 19th, the Stars have gone just 4-10 since…. Jacksonville improved to a Southern League best 28-12 in 1-run games this year, while their 28 one-run victories are the most in all of professional baseball…The Stars are now five games under the .500 mark in the second half of the season, which is the most games they’ve been under the .500 mark since the all-star break….The Stars scored just two runs for a second straight night. In the last five games, the Stars have scored a grand total of eight runs...The Stars have only scored 52 runs in their last 17 games. In their last 17 games they are 6-11 and averaging a meager 3.1 runs per game… C Adam Weisenburger’s solo home run was his second home run of the year. Both of his home runs have come within his last fourteen games after not hitting a homer in his first fifty two games…OF Josh Fellhauer went 2-3, but did not get a first inning hit which snapped his five game, first inning hit streak. Overall, Fellhauer enters today on a four game hitting streak and has hit safely in six out of his last seven games. So far he has played 13 games and has racked up 14 hits. Six of those 14 hits have come in the first inning… 2B Nick Shaw went 1-4 which extended his hitting streak to six straight games. He has now hit safely in eleven of his last twelve games. Since the All-Star break, Shaw is batting .336 with 14 RBI in 32 games...Yadiel Rivera went 0-2 and is 0 for his last 14. Despite that, In his last 21 games, Rivera is batting .324 (22-68)... RHP Eric Marzec threw 5.2 innings and allowed three runs (two earned). Huntsville starters in their last 18 starts are 5-8 with a 4.03 ERA (100.33 IP, 45 ER). Since the Stars clinched the 1st half championship they’ve gone 25-29.

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: New Orleans, LA Huntsville, AL Bradenton, FL Grand Chute, WI (Appleton) Surprise, AZ

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at New Orleans (Marlins), 3:40 PM pre-game, 4:00 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: LHP Jed Bradley at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 3:40 PM pre-game, 4:00 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: LHP Hobbs Johnson at Bradenton (Pirates), 3:30 PM pre-game, 4:00 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 Javier Salas makes his Timber Rattlers debut at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 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: Idle ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Rangers' complex in Surprise, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league Miller Park Prospects - Arizona League Primer ********** DSL Brewers: Idle

Another look at the Timber Rattlers loss, video high/lowlights via the MyNew32 TV broadcast.

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22-year-old 35th round LHP David Carver (Lamar University) is bumped up to Helena from Maryvale.

Post-Crescent Player Profile - OF Jose Pena Interesting perspectives...

We're archiving the latest Post-Crescent profile, of OF Jose Pena in our Timber Ratters thread today.

Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame entry Audio, video, photos...

Final: @AZL Brewers 4, AZL Rangers 3 Whew, finally a close game (and a win!) Maryvale Box Score Didn't look promising when LHP Tyler Alexander didn't make it out of a wild, sloppy three-run Rangers first inning: AZL Rangers Top of the 1st Carlos Arroyo singles on a ground ball to left fielder Troy Stokes. Yeyson Yrizarri flies out to center fielder Monte Harrison. Carlos Arroyo advances to 2nd, on a missed catch error by first baseman Tanner Norton, assist to center fielder Monte Harrison. Josh Morgan walks. Oliver Caraballo grounds out, third baseman Jorge Quiterio to first baseman Tanner Norton. Carlos Arroyo to 3rd. Josh Morgan to 2nd. Ti'Quan Forbes walks. With Zach Stephens batting, wild pitch by Tyler Alexander, Carlos Arroyo scores. Josh Morgan to 3rd. Ti'Quan Forbes to 2nd. Zach Stephens singles on a ground ball to center fielder Monte Harrison. Josh Morgan scores. Ti'Quan Forbes scores. Elio Castillo walks. Zach Stephens to 2nd. Pitching Change: Joshua Torres replaces Tyler Alexander. Isaias Quiroz strikes out swinging. 20-year-old pro, undrafted Puerto Rico RHP product Joshua Torres, has really had a nice summer in the midst of many team struggles. Simply fantastic work here, be sure to review the box / log links for his efforts. Nice two-inning save for LHP Chad Reeves. Maryvale Game Log T: 2:54 (:01 delay). A one-minute delay? Really? Matt Martin, the 21-year-old catcher out of Wake Forest, has had a nice summer showing, he homers and doubles here (1.038 OPS in his 39 Maryvale AB's). He'll be looking to skip to Wisconsin next spring. SS Jake Gatewood singled twice and walked, nice. LF Troy Stokes singled and doubled, he's had a solid summer and is hitting .302 in his last ten games, although the walks (one in that span) are less frequent than they were early in his season. Martin's heroics: AZL Brewers Bottom of the 7th Jonathan Oquendo grounds out, shortstop Ti'Quan Forbes to first baseman Zach Stephens. Monte Harrison singles on a ground ball to third baseman Elio Castillo. With Jake Gatewood batting, Monte Harrison steals (19) 2nd base. Jake Gatewood strikes out swinging. Pitching Change: Easton Napiontek replaces Ariel Jurado. Matt Martin homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Monte Harrison scores. Tanner Norton grounds out, third baseman Elio Castillo to first baseman Zach Stephens.

Final: Jacksonville 3, @Huntsville 2 Suns Edge Stars Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The Jacksonville Suns got a quality start from Robert Morey (3-2) and were able to hold off the Huntsville Stars late for a 3-2 victory Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Stars took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Hector Gimenez. The Suns took the lead for good in the top of the second against Huntsville starter Eric Marzec (1-3). Brady Shoemaker and Alex Burg opened the inning with back to back singles. Two batters later, Isaac Galloway lined a bases clearing triple to the alley in right center giving the Suns a 2-1 lead. The next batter, Brent Keys, extended the lead to 3-1. Keys lined a ball off the shortstop Yadiel Rivera's glove scoring Galloway. The Stars got a run closer in the bottom of the seventh. Adam Weisenburger led off with a solo home run against Morey. It was Weisenburger's second home run of the year. Morey worked six innings allowing two runs on five hits. The Stars attempted a late comeback against Jacksonville's closer Nick Wittgren in the ninth. With two on base and two outs, Nick Shaw swung at the first pitch and popped out to the shortstop Austin Nola to end the game. Wittgren collected his 17th save of the season. Marzec, who took the loss, pitched 5.2 innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits. The Stars have now lost four straight. The Stars (19-24, 65-48) trail the Suns (64-49, 28-15) 3-0 in their five game series which continues Sunday afternoon. The Stars will have LHP Jed Bradley (4-5, 3.81) on the mound. Jacksonville will send LHP Justin Nicolino (9-3, 2.95) to the hill. The game can be heard starting at 3:45 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score We've seen this before over the years, fielding slumps, from the more-than-capable SS Yadiel Rivera. RHP Kevin Shackelford stranded two of Eric Marzec's baserunners, then tossed another scoreless frame, in a needed positive outing. Huntsville Game Log Not quite... Huntsville Bottom of the 9th Pitching Change: Nick Wittgren replaces Greg Nappo, batting 6th, replacing left fielder Ryan Rieger. Joe Benson remains in the game as the left fielder. Adam Weisenburger hit by pitch. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Josh Prince replaces Adam Weisenburger. Kentrail Davis ground bunts into a force out, pitcher Nick Wittgren to shortstop Austin Nola. Josh Prince out at 2nd. Kentrail Davis to 1st. Yadiel Rivera flies out to right fielder Brent Keys. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Erik Komatsu replaces Tim Dillard. Erik Komatsu walks. Kentrail Davis to 2nd. Nick Shaw pops out to shortstop Austin Nola.