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Ninety-one professional games, and Orf's first home run (in possible game 92) will only count if the game is continued. That's one for the books. The Lopez-Glasnow duel was also shaping up as a great game through four innings that we've been robbed of seeing played out (partial box).

Photo Gallery of Jed Bradley charting pitches and radar readings at the link Huntsville High alumnus Jed Bradley ready to make Huntsville Stars home debut By Jane Hammond, Huntsville Times Jed Bradley's homecoming has been a bit delayed. The Huntsville High graduate spent a few years in the Brewers' single A ball club in Florida after being selected as the 15th pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, waiting for a promotion up the ranks. The left-handed pitcher began 2014 in Brevard County, compiling a 5-2 record in 10 starts with a 2.98 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 60.1 innings. He got the call to move up to double-A in late May, making a shaky debut in Jackson as the Generals beat the Stars 9-6. Sunday should be different, as Bradley is set to be the second Huntsville native, after Hunter Morris in 2012 and 2013, to play for the Stars at home. "I've been waiting on this a long time," Bradley said. "I'm just excited about time with the family, and to just try to help the Stars win a Southern League title." The 24-year-old was born in Huntsville but moved around during his childhood. His senior year found him moving back to the Tennessee Valley, where he briefly pitched for the Panthers before being derailed by an appendectomy. An almost chance encounter with Georgia Tech led to signing with the Yellow Jackets, and a few years later he joined the Brewers organization. Staying healthy has been somewhat of an issue, with a shoulder injury delaying a potential Stars homecoming in 2013. But now, the 6-foot-4 Bradley says he's ready to go. "I try to stay as positive as possible," he said. "You can't really let things like that get you off your game or derail you. It's definitely a mental battle to go through something like that. ... Now I feel great." His fastball is his forte, with a curveball and slider also in his repertoire. His goal while in Huntsville is to just continue to improve pitch command, even with the added pressure of pitching in front of family, friends and high school coaches. Stars pitching coach Chris Hook isn't worried. "Sometimes you try to do too much in front of family and friends," Hook said. "It's not easy, but it depends on the person. (Bradley's) laid back, and I think he'll be able to handle it fine. Obviously it'll be a nice thing for Huntsville to have a Huntsville guy in their last year." Bradley, too, thinks the potential hollering during his 4 p.m. start could be good thing. It certainly doesn't hurt that, no matter how the game goes, he'll drive home and sleep in his own bed. "There's dinner when I go home, so I think that's one of the things that guys miss the most about the season," Bradley said. "It's just a blessing to kind of have the best of both worlds."

Happy 27th Birthday, Sean Halton!

Check out Dominican $800,000 bonus baby SS Franly Mallen's twitter account for photos, including this one showing a walkoff celebration from earlier this week --

Weather.com: Memphis, TN Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Clinton, IA Santo Domingo, DR

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

STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western 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

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.

Follow Saturday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Completion of Friday's Suspended Game Huntsville Regularly Scheduled Game Brevard County Wisconsin DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at Memphis (Cardinals), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 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: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended game (scoreless in the 5th) vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 5:15 PM pre-game, 5:30 gametime, followed by Saturday's regularly-scheduled game. RHP Drew Gagnon is tentatively scheduled to start in the nightcap. 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 Jorge Lopez at home vs. Bradenton (Pirates), 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. All home games and many road games are scheduled to be broadcast. When road games are only available via the opponents' audio feed (or not at all), we'll let you know that. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Anthony Banda at Clinton (Mariners), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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. DVR Alert: Next up on the Rattlers TV schedule is Tuesday, June 10th via TimeWarnerCable SportsChannel, with the "Timber Rattlers Field Pass" show airing as a pre-game at 6:30 PM. ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Phillies, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day We're 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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LHP Ryan Yarbrough of Old Dominion, drafted by Brewers (unsigned) in 20th round last year, jumped all the way to 4th rd in '14 (Mariners). RHP Corey Miller of Pepperdine, drafted by Brewers (unsigned) in 16th round last year, jumped up to 10th round in '14 (Athletics).

Love, love, love that pro debut for Venezuelan native RHP Nelson Hernandez in the DSL. From last July, Baseball America: At 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, Hernandez is a 16-year-old with a thin frame, an 85-88 mph fastball and good feel for spinning a breaking ball. He trains with Jose Carrasquel. The kid only turned 17 in March, the Brewers gave him a start in his debut game, and he went five innings without a walk. I hope I can link back to this exact post years from now with joy.

Here's a second set of Wisconsin video highlights, this time from the MyNew32 TV broadcast.

Quite the matchup scheduled Saturday evening -- Tomorrow's stars, here for you today Mike Parsons, Florida Today There is nothing like saying you saw Major League Baseball's biggest stars before everyone else. It is one of the beautiful things about having Single A baseball in town. Tomorrow's stars are on the fields every night. Right about this time last season we saw young Noah Syndergaard pitch at Space Coast Stadium. Now New York Mets fans are waiting for him to be called up and help the Mets win games. And tonight we will get a chance to see another top prospect in the game take the mound. Tyler Glasnow (Pirates) is scheduled to take the hill for Bradenton tonight at Space Coast Stadium and he has all the tools to be pitching in the Majors very soon. Glasnow is rated as the 23rd prospect in the game and can throw hard — upper 90s hard. He stands 6-foot-7 and has a good curveball and a changeup. He has the kind of stuff that makes you run to the ballpark to witness it. This season, Glasnow has made eight starts for the Marauders and has a 2.15 ERA, striking out 41 in 37 2/3 innings pitched. But he will be tested tonight as the Manatees have a few big-time prospects in their lineup. Center fielder Tyrone Taylor is the No. 2 prospect in the Brewers system. Victor Roache is a power-hitting outfielder, leading the team with seven homers this season, and Orlando Arcia can do it all — the slick-fielding shortstop is also one of the team's best hitters. All three are worth the price of admission on any given night. But Bradenton also brings a pretty big offensive weapon that I got to see for the first time Thursday night — Josh Bell. The outfielder was the DH Thursday so I did not get to see him in the field, but what he did with the bat made up for it. Boy did he put on a show, going 5-for-5 and making it look easy with a nice swing. He is hitting .315 with five home runs. He will be a tough task for Jorge Lopez, who will take the hill for the Manatees. Lopez features a nice curveball to go with his low-90s fastball. He has given up just two runs in the past 14 innings, striking out nine. And just in case the game does not produce much fireworks, there will be a pyrotechnics show after the game. It should be a fun night to be at the ballpark, that's for sure.

Brevard County - AUDIO: Justin Rocke is joined by Tyrone Taylor to talk about Taylor's experience on draft day in 2012 and his defensive abilities AUDIO, Game Highlights: The Marauders defeat the Manatees in 12 innings, 5-4

Rattler Radio Blog- Postgame Entry Interviews, photos, video highlights -- yeah, that'll do us nicely...

Nelson stellar out of Sounds' bullpen Brewers prospect fans seven, secures PCL-best seventh win By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com It's been clear for some time that Jimmy Nelson is a highly skilled pitcher. It turns out he's also good at make-believe. "I pretended the fourth inning was the first inning and I did all the usual pregame stuff I usually do," Nelson said after entering Friday night's game in relief. "I just tried to treat it like a start." The top Brewers prospect came in from the bullpen after Tom Gorzelanny went 2 1/3 innings in a rehab start and Dustin Molleken recorded the final two outs in the third. Nelson struck out seven and allowed two hits over six innings in Triple-A Nashville's 1-0 win at Memphis. "All game, I was focused on keeping guys off the bases and if somebody did get on, keeping them from scoring," he said. Nelson (7-1) shares the Pacific Coast League lead in wins, and the scoreless outing lowered his league-best ERA to 1.51. He made three relief appearances with Milwaukee last season but hadn't worked out of the bullpen in the Minor Leagues since doing it once in the Class A Midwest League in 2011. In 2010, after the Brewers drafted him out of the University of Alabama, MLB.com's No. 69 overall prospect worked exclusively in relief in the Pioneer League, although he routinely threw several innings. "I feel like it's an easy adjustment. It's just one of those things you've got to deal with in the Minor Leagues. Big league guys come all the time and have rehab assignments and they have to get their pitches in," Nelson said. "I had to deal with it in [Class] A, and in Rookie-ball we had tandems, two guys starting on the same day." The 25-year-old right-hander was perfect his first time through the Redbirds lineup and worked around a leadoff double by Scott Moore in the seventh by inducing a fly ball and notching back-to-back strikeouts. In the eighth, Memphis' Audry Perez reached on a one-out throwing error by shortstop Hector Gomez and, after a walk, a strikeout and a single, Nelson was working with the bases loaded. "It's not something you really focus on," he said. "I think that's something everybody here in Nashville does a good job of, blocking out the little distractions like that." Nelson fanned Moore to end the threat and had no trouble after a four-pitch walk to Luis Mateo with one out in the ninth. "I tried to guide those four pitches a little bit too much," he said. "After that at-bat, I went back to my same approach." Nelson threw 88 pitches -- 53 for strikes -- and enjoyed being on the hill for the end of the game. "It's always fun to throw the last inning or two because you get a good adrenaline boost," he said. "And it's nice to be on the field to finish the game, when everybody comes out of the dugout and gives high-fives. We got the one run and the defense held it tight. It was good win all-around." The Sounds' lone run came on a fifth-inning homer from Gomez, who also went yard twice on Thursday. "The ones he hits aren't wall-scrapers, you know it off the bat," Nelson said. "It's fun to see anybody go on a hot streak, especially when he's on your team. Hitting is such a hard thing, the hardest thing in all of sports, so it's good when you see a guy get into a groove." Gorzelanny gave up a hit and struck out one while throwing 34 pitches. The 31-year-old southpaw is on the mend from off-season shoulder surgery. Jimmy Nelson ranks second in the PCL behind teammate Mike Fiers with 76 strikeouts. (Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds) http://www.milb.com/assets/images/9/0/6/78669906/cuts/13985685277_b465de1e7f_b_elg68x4s_cswj8l7a.jpg

The Huntsville Stars and Mobile BayBears game on Friday night was suspended due to rain. The BayBears and Stars were getting ready to go to the bottom of the fifth when the rain started to fall at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville Partial Box Score RHP Tyler Cravy (2 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP) stranded all four men - what a huge 2014 for the Southern League All-Star Game starting pitcher (Tue. June 17th in Chattanooga). Huntsville Partial Game Log After enduring a rain delay that lasted nearly an hour and thirty minutes the umpires decided to suspend the game until Saturday. The BayBears and Stars are scoreless and will resume play Saturday night at 5:30 with the Stars batting. *** So, we imagine Saturday's nightcap will be reduced to a seven-inning game, but that's not definitive. At this moment, it's not clear if there will be another doubleheader on Sunday or Monday to allow for the completion of the five-game series. We would think so.

More this AM... “The command at his age is just incredible,” Ruston head coach Toby White said. “He has command of three pitches, and that’s really what sets him apart. There’s quite a few guys that can throw in the 88 to 90 (mph) range, but he just has such good command of all his pitches.” White said Burkhalter topped out at 91 mph this past season and consistently stayed around 88. The right hander gave up seven earned runs in 70 innings pitched and struck out 104 batters in his senior season. “He’s such a great young man,” White said. “His work ethic, his attitude, his humbleness — just very good traits that’s going to serve him well down the road in not just baseball, but in everything he does. He has such a good head on his shoulders. He knows he has a lot to learn, and he wants to learn and wants to get better.”

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is with Sounds shortstop Hector Gomez, who belted a pair of home runs last night, his third career two-homer game. Gomez talks about his season so far, his time in the Brewers system since being claimed off waivers from the Rockies in ’12, his major league debut (2 games in September ’11) with Colorado following a full season at Double-A, and what it was like for him years ago coming from the Dominican Republic and trying to get comfortable with life in the United States."

Adam Mcalvy's blog -- Interesting insights specific to possible Nashville call-ups from Gord Ash

#Brewers 6th round pick, Louisiana HS RHP David Burkhalter (@D_M_Burkhalter) says he'll sign w/Crew, forgo UL-Monroe Ruston's Burkhalter drafted in sixth round of MLB draft ULM signee drafted by Brewers, says he will forgo college Written by Tabby Soignier, Monroe (LA) News-Star ULM will be without at least one signee this upcoming season. Ruston right handed pitcher David Michael Burkhalter, who signed with ULM this past fall, was selected in the sixth round of the Major League Baseball Draft Friday afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers and said he will forgo his college career. "I think I am (going)," Burkhalter said. "Yeah. I’m planning on it." Burkhalter was at home when he got the call. The 6-3, 190-pound right hander said the Brewers had been in touch and talked about taking him in the fourth round. When that round came and went, Burkhalter said he went outside to throw a little. He was at the computer, though, when his name was called in the sixth round as the 176th overall pick of the 2014 draft. "I still haven’t really taken it all in yet," Burkhalter said. "It's definitely going to be crazy in the next week." As a senior, the Ruston ace led his team to the second round the Class 5A playoffs and won the first game on the mound in the best-of-3 series against Catholic. The Bearcats lost the final two games, though, to end the season. Burkhalter finished the year 7-3 with a 0.70 ERA. The righty gave up seven earned runs in 70 innings pitched and struck out 104 batters.