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Brevard County - AUDIO: Brevard County's best plays for the month of July, courtesy of the Manatees Radio Network AUDIO: 'Tees first base coach Reggie Williams joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show to talk about Brevard's aggressiveness on the bases Ten minutes worth your while... AUDIO, Game Highlights: Victor Roache and Stephen Peterson lead the 'Tees to a 4-2 victory AUDIO: After a 4-2 'Tees win, the two stars of the game, Victor Roache and Stephen Peterson, join Justin Rocke on the Manatees Radio Network

Michael Blazek (2-for-3) continued to get it done with the lumber in the sixth, upping the Nashville advantage to 3-0 with a two-out, two-run single to right off Z's reliever Bryan Evans. Sean Halton (2-for-4) got things started in the frame with a leadoff doubled off the center field wall. With two down, New Orleans elected to intentionally walk Kevin Mattison, who was hitless in his last 17 at-bats, to face Blazek, and the hurler made them pay for that decision with his two-run knock. On the play, Mattison hustled around the bases to score from first. AUDIO: Michael Blazek Two-Run Single Nashville tacked on another run in the seventh against Casey McCarthy. Jason Rogers (2-for-4) smacked a one-out double into the left field corner then scored on a Sean Halton bloop single to shallow left-center that dropped among three Zephyrs defenders to make it a 4-0 contest. AUDIO: Sean Halton Bloop RBI Single

New Orleans newspaper coverage includes -- Zephyrs drop fifth straight in series opener against Nashville Former LSU baseball player Matt Clark played for Nashville Saturday. Signed by the Brewers to a minor league deal on July 4, the first baseman previously played for Double-A Binghamton in the Mets system but opted out of his contract and was released on June 25. Clark, who went 0-for-4 with a walk, said it's been a hectic year but is happy to get situated with his new club. "It's a great group of guys here," Clark said. "Everyone here does what they need to do on a daily basis. The managers and coaching staff are awesome, and it's been fun so far." Nashville starting pitcher Michael Blazek (2-4) helped his own cause in the fifth inning when he led off the frame with a double to center field. The Las Vegas native went to third on a sacrifice and scored on a wild pitch by Zephyr's starter Anthony DeSclafani (2-3) to put the Sounds on top 1-0. That wild pitch was New Orleans' 87th on the season, setting a franchise single-season record. Blazek would again help his own cause in the sixth inning when he ripped a two-RBI single to right field, plating Sean Halton and former Zephyr Kevin Mattison for the 3-0 lead. Halton and Mattison reached on a double and a walk, respectively. Blazek went 5 2/3 innings in the win, giving up no runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks. DeSclafani went five innings and gave up one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts and four walks.

The delayed DSL box has been posted to Friday's Link Report.

This box score wasn't worth the wait -- Final: DSL Phillies 13, @DSL Brewers 4 DSL Brewers Box Score Game was tied at 1-1 through five, then the Phillies score nine in the top of the 6th; 17-year-old Venezuelan RHP Nelson Hernandez did not retire any of the six men he faced that inning, but was strong through five. Five errors for the Cerveceritos. 17-year-old CF Nicolas Pierre has a promising 18 extra-base hits among his 52 knocks. He hit his 4th HR here, as well as doubled. DSL Brewers Game Log Sixth error for Pierre, but he also did this -- DSL Phillies Top of the 4th Enmanuel Garcia grounds out, shortstop Franly Mallen to first baseman Nicol Valderrey. Yunior Reyes flies out to center fielder Nicolas Pierre. Bryan Martelo reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Juan De Los Santos. With Wilber Torres batting, Bryan Martelo steals (11) 2nd base. Wilber Torres singles on a line drive to center fielder Nicolas Pierre. Bryan Martelo out at home on the throw, center fielder Nicolas Pierre to catcher Kevin Martinez.

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) Missoula, MT Maryvale, AZ Boca Chica, DR

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

DVR Alert! The Timber Rattlers are on local TV tonight, the last of five consecutive nights, 6:30 PM airtime on MyNew32 TV.

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Michael Blazek at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 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: RHP Eric Marzec at home vs. Jacksonville (Marlins), 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 Bradenton (Pirates), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 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. Peoria (Cardinals), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 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 J.B. Kole at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 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): at home vs. the little Rangers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league Miller Park Prospects - Arizona League Primer ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Phillies, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day We're also going to lock in the link to Brad Krause's fantastic Miller Park Prospects - Dominican Summer League primer right here, at least for the first couple of months of the DSL campaign, for your easy review. Brad will also be adding DSL Link Report duties to his Brevard coverage for us here. Thanks, Brad!

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No DSL Brewers box score yet - we'll post later today when available.

Brevard County -- AUDIO: 'Tees hitting coach Ned Yost IV joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Radio Network AUDIO, Game Highlights: Bradenton holds on in the ninth inning to defeat Brevard County, 3-2

VIDEO: Nashville's Sean Halton races around the bases for a triple during the Sounds' eventual 1-0 loss at Colorado Springs. VIDEO (OH WELL): Cristhian Adames hits a walk-off single in the seventh inning to send Colorado Springs to a 1-0 win over Nashville

Williams in total control for Timber Rattlers Brewers prospect fans career-high 11, pitches seven one-hit innings By Robert Emrich / MiLB.com Features video of strikeout pitch #11... *** Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame Entry Full highlight video, audio, photos... *** Here's a second look at the game highlights via the MyNew32 TV broadcast. *** Grand slam guy Taylor Brennan's interview in video form is included as part of the Post-Crescent's game story.

Game Suspended, Rain: AZL Dodgers 8, @AZL Brewers 4, top of the 5th, one out Game will be picked up on the next-to-last day of the Arizona league season, on August 27th Maryvale Partial Box Score Kodi Medeiros' night detailed earlier (the words line drive were very prevalent). Carlos Belonis had a nice two-run, two-out single in a three-run Brewers 2nd inning. Maryvale Partial Game Log

Rogers' solo home run, his fourth of the season and first on the road, was just fair over the left-field wall and broke the 1-1 tie. *** Eleven including AA, in 106 games (393 at-bats).

JACKED!! That's the call from the opponent's play-by-play guy as Jason Rogers crushes the game-winner. Watch and enjoy

Final, 13 innings: Jacksonville 3, @Huntsville 2 The Suns Outlast The Stars In 13 Innings Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The Jacksonville Suns outlasted the Huntsville Stars 3-2 in thirteen innings Friday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. With the game tied at 2-2 in the top of the thirteenth, the Suns had the bases loaded with two outs against Stars reliever Manny Barreda (0-1). With the count at 0-2 on Terrence Dayleg, Barreda hit Dayleg forcing in J.T. Realmuto to give the Suns the 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the thirteenth, the Stars had runners at first and second with two outs but Steve Ames (2-1) got Erik Komatsu to ground out to second to end the game. The Stars took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh on back to back sacrifice flies from Robinzon Diaz and Hainley Statia. The Suns then came back in the top of the eighth to tie the game. With two outs, Alex Burg singled over the shortstop Yadiel Rivera on a 1-2 pitch against Tim Dillard. Burg's RBI single made it 2-1. David Goforth came in out of the Stars bullpen and gave up a game tying RBI single to Brent Keys. The Stars (19-23, 65-47) trail the Suns (63-49, 27-15) 2-0 in their five game series which continues Saturday night. The Stars will have RHP Eric Marzec (1-2, 3.50) on the mound. Jacksonville will send RHP Robert Morey (2-2, 5.45) to the hill. The game can be heard starting at 6:15 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score With two outs, Alex Burg singled over the shortstop Yadiel Rivera on a 1-2 pitch against Tim Dillard. Burg's RBI single made it 2-1. Seinfeld Alec Berg video! Sorry Steve, but starting RHP Jacob Barnes has to get a mention after a fantastic start -- 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K. Same goes for RHP Greg Holle, who tossed three scoreless. Stars turned four double plays. Kentrail Davis doubled twice for the Stars' only multi-hit game (in 13 innings, so that won't cut it). Huntsville Game Log

In a corresponding move, promising just-turned 24-year-old RH reliever Tanner Poppe has been placed on the DL, with an undisclosed injury.

At Nashville -- OF Jeremy Hermida has been activated from the DL after just over a week away. In a paper move, RHP Johnnie Lowe has been assigned to the Helena roster. With multiple doubleheaders juggling roster needs, it would seem this would allow the Brewers to bring back Lowe if needed earlier than if a 7-day phantom DL stint.

AZL Dodgers Top of the 1st Deivy Castillo strikes out swinging. Deion Ulmer doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Ortiz. Deion Ulmer advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by left fielder Juan Ortiz. Clint Freeman singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Ortiz. Deion Ulmer scores. Ibandel Isabel doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Ortiz. Clint Freeman scores. Federico Celli doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Carlos Belonis. Ibandel Isabel scores. Jared Walker grounds out to first baseman Tanner Norton. Federico Celli to 3rd. Daniel Canellas doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Ortiz. Federico Celli scores. Cristian Gomez singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Ortiz. Daniel Canellas scores. Cristian Gomez to 2nd on the throw. Ariel Sandoval walks. Pitching Change: Miguel Diaz replaces Kodi Medeiros. Deivy Castillo flies out to left fielder Juan Ortiz.

Huntsville notes heading into Friday's game via Steve Jarnicki -- The Stars scored only one run in an 8-1 loss to Jacksonville, on a groundout by Nick Ramirez…When the Stars score just one run they are 2-13…In the last three games, the Stars have scored a grand total of four runs. All four runs have been contributed by either pitcher Jed Bradley or Ramirez, with Ramirez counting for both of the Stars runs each of the last two nights…In their last three games, the Stars only have one extra base hit and that’s the Ramirez home run Wednesday in the 4-1 loss to Chattanooga…The Stars went through a similar offensive funk not too long ago in Mississippi, where they scored three runs in three games June 30th-July 2nd. The Stars have only scored 48 runs in their last 15 games. In their last 15 games they are 6-9 and averaging a meager 3.2 runs per game… The Stars played their 111th game and used their 111h different lineup…RHP Drew Gagnon allowed 3 ER in 5.2 IP. Huntsville starters in their last 16 starts are 5-7 with a 4.36 ERA (88.2 IP, 43 ER)… … C Robinzon Diaz went 1-2 with a single to extend his hitting streak to 13 consecutive games. The hitting streak is currently the longest streak in the Southern League. Diaz’s hitting streak is the longest hitting streak of any Stars player this year. It is also 6th longest hitting streak of the season. Rangel Ravelo of Birmingham owns the longest hitting streak at 26 straight games…Diaz continues to excel at Joe Davis Stadium. All nine of his RBI have come in Huntsville. Diaz is batting .388 at home, compared to .214 on the road…2B Nick Shaw went 1-3. Since the All-Star break, Shaw is batting .340 with 14 RBI in 29 games. Shaw has the 4th best batting average in the Southern League during the second half of the season. Jose Peraza of Mississippi has the highest batting average in the second half of the season at .362. When Shaw plays 2B, he is hitting .358 compared to just .231 when he plays SS. Shaw, enters tonight on a four game hitting streak and has hit safely in nine of his last ten games… OF Kentrail Davis went 1-3 and is now 6 for his 54 ( .111 ) in his last twenty games. After Davis produced the 11th best batting average in the entire Southern League in June with a .340 batting average, Davis turned in the lowest batting average amongst all players in the Southern League in July with a .143 batting average with just 6 RBI…SS Yadiel Rivera went 0-3. In his last 19 games, Rivera is batting .355 (22-62) with 2 RBI. Rivera’s hot hitting started on July 10th… Since the Stars clinched the 1st half championship they’ve gone 25-27.

Via the Voice of the Helena Brewers, Dustin Daniel: Helena has added a coach to the staff. Kenny Dominguez joins the coaching staff as a bench coach. Kenny was originally slated to be a coach with the Timber Rattlers, but was sidelined after hip surgery. The last coaching position he held was with the Huntsville Stars in 2013.

Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet "In the Team Photo" Tyrone Taylor, cf, Brewers. Here’s an example of a talented player who might be in the process of taking that next step. Taylor went 11-for-24 (.458) with two extra-base hits, three walks and four stolen bases at high Class A Brevard County this week, but in the bigger picture the 20-year-old is trending upward in the second half, batting .343/.383/.476 with 13 extra-base hits and 11 steals in 36 games. He ranks first in the Florida State League with 43 extra-base hits. *** Brevard's Tyler Wagner really deserved to be here, but isn't.

Josh Prince (oblique) activated at Huntsville.