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Final: @Huntsville 4, Jackson 3 Diaz's Hit Leads Stars To Victory Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - Designated hitter Robinzon Diaz broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning with an RBI double down the left field line giving the Stars a 4-3 lead. That proved to be the final score as the Stars beat the Jackson Generals in front of a sellout crowd of 10,596 Friday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Generals got on the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning against Huntsville starter Jacob Barnes. The Generals got four straight singles including back to back RBI singles by D.J. Peterson and Julio Morban putting them ahead 2-0. The Stars tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the second. With two outs and two on base, Shea Vucinich lined a two-run single over the third baseman's head, scoring Lucas May and Greg Hopkins. The Generals recaptured the lead in the top of the third inning on a two-out RBI single by Morban putting Jackson back in front 3-2. The Stars tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. Josh Prince doubled to left field scoring Yadiel Rivera which knotted the game at 3-3. The Stars then took their only lead of the night in the seventh on Diaz's clutch hit to put the Stars ahead 4-3. The Stars received excellent bullpen work from the duo of Greg Holle and David Goforth. Holle, who earned the win to improve to 1-1, threw 1.2 scoreless innings. Goforth, nailed down his 17th save of the season after a two inning save. Goforth struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to end the Stars four game losing streak. Barnes, who took a no decision, worked 5.1 innings. He allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits. The Stars (8-8, 54-32) lead the Generals (4-12,35-50) 1-0 in their five game series. Game two of the series will be Saturday at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Stars will have LHP Jed Bradley (1-4, 4.80) on the mound. Jackson will send RHP Stephen Landazuri (3-2, 3.55) to the hill. The game can be heard starting at 6:15 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Strictly from a fan point of view, the Huntsville Times has photos and video highlighting this final 4th of July game at "the Joe". Huntsville Box Score Four of the ten Stars' hits were doubles, including Nick Ramirez' 16th. Thirty-six of Ramirez' 81 hits have gone for extra bases. Huntsville Game Log

It was former Brewers farmhand RHP Jesus Sanchez who hit Hunter Morris with a pitch last Sunday, breaking his lower arm.

RHP Harvey Martin activated off of Wisconsin's DL, as per @BrewersPD. *** Hunter Morris officially on Nashville's DL, after his HBP fractured arm, noted in this thread.

Via the 'Tees: VIERA, Fla. – The scheduled game on Friday, July 4 between the Brevard County Manatees and the Daytona Cubs at Space Coast Stadium has been postponed due to unplayable field conditions. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Thursday, August 14.

Adam McCalvy will be providing full details soon, but -- Hunter Morris: out six weeks with a non-displaced fracture in his right ulna (fractured arm) Mitch Haniger: expected to miss two more weeks with hyperextended elbow 40-man roster RHP Brooks Hall: in a throwing program, Brewers still hope he'll pitch this season. *** Morris' injury certainly explains the Matt Clark signing detailed earlier today.

Taylor Brennan gets his 2nd career start at first base for the Rattlers tonight. And more flood photos and behind-the-scenes updates via Chris' pre-game blog post.

So I guess it's been raining in Davenport, Iowa lately as per the Rattler's Clint Terry -- So can anyone tell me how we're supposed to get to the field? This article from the Quad Cities Times has more amazing photos and explains it all.

Notes from Steve in Huntsville -- The Stars lost their fourth straight game for only the second time this season. The other four game losing streak was June 6th-9th, all against Mobile…During this current losing streak, they have managed to score a grand total of five runs. The Stars are 5-29 (.172) with runners in scoring position during this slide. Even though the Stars offense has sputtered as of late, in their last six games, the Stars offense is still batting .284 (57-201). Out of the 57 hits, only 12 have gone for extra bases… The series loss to Mississippi was only their fourth series loss of the season out of seventeen and only their second where they dropped four out of five. Huntsville starters in their last five starts are 0-4 with a 7.96 ERA (23 ER, 26 IP) Two out of those five starts have been quality starts by Jacob Barnes and Drew Gagnon….D’Vontrey Richardson went 2-3 with a double Thursday. He has now hit safely in nine of his last eleven games. Excluding his pinch hit at bat Monday, Richardson has recorded a hit in his last six starts. In his last eleven games, he is hitting .385 (15-39 with 1 hr and 3 RBI)…Kentrail Davis batted leadoff for the 26th consecutive game. In his games as the leadoff man, he is (32-101, .317) with an on base percentage of .421. This season Davis has batted first, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth and has best results have come out of the leadoff spot. Josh Prince pinch hit and went 0-1. After going 1-22 recently, Prince is now 11 for his last 32 (.344)… Nick Shaw went 2-3 with a pair of doubles to extend his on base streak to 13 straight games. In the second half of the season through 10 games, Shaw is batting .393 compared to just .229 in the first half of the season…Robinson Diaz started behind the plate and became the 5th different Stars catcher this year to start a game… The Stars did not homer last night, but still have hit 16 homeruns in their last 20 games…Since the Stars clinched the 1st half championship they’ve gone 14-13.

Not sure what happened in his 2010 Timber Rattlers season, but Twins LHP Caleb Thielbar has now allowed just 44 hits in 73 big league innings. Latest feature on Thielbar examines his local smalltown Minnesota baseball roots

Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Davenport, IA Great Falls, MT Santo Domingo, DR

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale Dominican Summer League Brewers

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

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

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Follow Friday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena DSL Brewers 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. Jackson (Mariners), 6:15 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: LHP Hobbs Johnson at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 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 Quad Cities (Astros), 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. NOTE: Quad Cities does broadcast their games via MiLB.TV. The next televised Timber Rattlers game is Friday, June 11th on MyNew32 TV. ********** Helena: RHP Jorge Ortega 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. MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction, Orem, and Idaho Falls (one series each), those games will be available to watch online. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Tigers, 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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Via our 40-man roster tracker extraordinaire on the Major League Forum -- We'll find that missing shift key for djoctagone one of these days .

Padres' Interview Former Brewers Cross-Checker Ray Montgomery For Open GM Postion

Helena video via Great Falls local sports report

Wednesday's game -- VIDEO: Huntsville's Josh Prince hits an RBI single as the Stars fall, 5-1, to Mississippi. And from Thursday -- VIDEO: Huntsville's Nick Ramirez hits an RBI double in the Stars' 7-3 loss to the Mississippi Braves

The Sounds got a run back in the bottom of the first when Hector Gomez and Logan Schafer opened the frame with back-to-back doubles off John Gast. AUDIO: Logan Schafer RBI Double VIDEO: Jeremy Hermida hits a home run in Nashville's 7-5 loss to Memphis

We won't be doing this every day, but here are your best three Zelous Wheeler links for Thursday articles.

RHP Tristan Archer, the Brewers 21st round pick in 2013, is being followed by his local Tennessee newspaper -- *** Archer shines in latest outing Tim Hayes | Bristol Herald Courier To say Tristan Archer was effective on Tuesday night for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers would be a major understatement. The former Sullivan South High School star was fantastic. “Absolutely I would say that was my best outing of the year,” Archer said. “And I believe it ties my longest outing of the year as well.” Archer pitched six scoreless innings of relief for the Low-Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers in their 1-0, 12-inning Midwest League victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Archer took over for equally brilliant starting pitcher Zach Quintana to begin the seventh inning of a scoreless game. The next five innings were of the hitless variety. “I have to give my defense a lot of credit also for making some great plays behind me,” Archer said. “It was a lot of fun pitching in a scoreless game, as well as it was intense. That was one of the most fun games I have gotten to pitch in.” Archer’s only scare came in the top of the 12th when Cedar Rapids got runners on first and second with one out, but the right-hander got an inning-ending double play. In the bottom of the 12th, teammate Rafael Neda’s walk-off single gave Wisconsin the win. Archer is 3-3 with four saves and a 3.44 ERA this season for the Rattlers. He’s made seven starts and eight relief appearances in his role as the swingman. “For me, I think this season has been a little up and down,” Archer said. “I had some control issues early that I have fixed lately which is helping me get ahead and put me in good pitching counts. And again, I have to give credit to the defense behind me and the catchers who have been really good.” Ann Mollica photo / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tricities.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/9a/39aa378c-031f-11e4-a7de-001a4bcf6878/53b60b818b81e.image.jpg