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Former Brewers RHP Mike McClendon returns to Rockies organization via the indy ball route, good for him.

Rattler Radio blog -- Listen to Michael Ratterree's grand slam from Tuesday's Game One.

To make room for outrighted Jeff Bianchi in Nashville, RHP Eric Marzec takes another ride on the Sounds-Stars shuttle, landing in Huntsville.

Huntsville Stars own best record in Southern League, but there are still wrinkles to iron by Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times What a buzz-kill. Huntsville Stars' manager Carlos Subero spent 10 minutes in lecture mode on Tuesday, nit-picking his players. The Stars are merely the winningest team in the Southern League - 35-17 going into tonight's 6:45 game with the Tennessee Smokies - but Subero was in pretty much like a coach complaining about LeBron James' defense, like a photographer telling Kate Upton she might be attractive if she'd lose that mole. But it wasn't so much party-pooping as it was a necessary, timely reality check. Just because the Stars were draining all the drama from a potential pennant race - they're 8.5 up on the Smokies with 18 games left in the half after their back-to-back walk-off wins against Tennessee -- it doesn't mean things have been perfect. Winning is wonderful makeup. It can make a lot of blemishes. Subero met with his players to remind them of some flagging fundamentals, some mistakes that are being made. "We love what's happening. Don't stop," he told his players of the winning. But he cautioned there are "little things" that need to be corrected. Yes, winning is the object of the game. But the ultimate goal is reaching the major leagues. Subero and his staff of Sandy Guerrero and Chris Hook are charged with cultivating and producing major league talent more than they are with providing victories. "Putting aside the record, there are things we have not done correctly and we've got to still work toward that," Subero said. "The goal is not just to win championships. Ultimately we get paid to develop ball players. "Don't let the record fool the development side of that. There's still stuff we have to iron out on the field." The timing of Subero's message was calculated. The Stars won Monday night on Jason Rogers' ninth-inning walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth. It was cause for celebration and another example of the Stars' confidence and resilience. However, had fundamentals - in this case some base-running gaffes - been perfect, the Stars wouldn't have needed the rally. "We've been winning so many ball games doing some things that aren't correct," he said. "If we don't nip it, it's going to carry over. You want to stop that. I think they got the message." Major league development people will gush about the culture of winning in the minor league level and its benefits. But in the development process, baseball is an individual, not a team, game. "The reality is, when you've got to send in (nightly postgame) reports, I'm not going to send in a report that 'we're in first place and we've got a eight-and-a-half game lead over Tennessee,'" Subero said. "I've got to send in reports on our individual progress in different areas of the game. That's what I was telling the players. You can't overlook (fundamentals). You've got to do things better. When it's all said and done, that's going to catch up to you. "Don't stop your energy and the good vibe you guys have got going," Subero told them. "All that is great. But we need to do this right."

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Nashville hanging on despite being only one game over .500 -- 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

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Taylor Jungmann at home vs. Colorado Springs (Rockies), 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: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 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. St. Lucie (Mets), 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: RHP Preston Gainey at Cedar Rapids (Twins), 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. DVR Alert: The next Wisconsin game scheduled for local TV is Saturday evening, May 31st (MyNew32 TV).

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Conway pitcher named Gatorade South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year By Ian Guerin, Myrtle Beach (SC) Online Grant Holmes is taking at least one more major high school award with him, wherever that may be. The Conway senior pitcher was named the Gatorade South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year late Tuesday night, making him a finalist for the national award that will be announced next week. “I think it’s very fitting for him. He’s put in so much work,” Tigers coach Anthony Carroll said. “It’s good to see him recognized on the state level.” Holmes was last week named to the Class AAAA All-State team by the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association. He was also offered a spot on the S.C. Select team – the sport’s version of the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas – although he turned that down in order to further prepare his next move. Carroll said Holmes was meeting with and pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday. Several national publications have considered Holmes a lock as a first-round pick in next week’s Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. If that comes to fruition, and Holmes signs a contract, he will be forgoing a full scholarship to the University of Florida, a commitment he made in November when he inked his National Letter of Intent with the Gators. Even with all that going on – upward of 30-40 scouts attended every game he pitched this season – Holmes still produced. He finished the year 4-1 with a 0.35 ERA. In 40 innings on the mound, he had 82 strikeouts, more than four times the amount of hits he gave up all season (17). “Coming in, he did have a lot of hype,” Carroll said. “We knew it was going to be an eventful spring for us. It really was, even more than anyone imagined. But it wasn’t a big deal for him. He went out there and took care of business like he has since eighth grade.” Conway's Grant Holmes pitches in the game with Carolina Forest on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Photo by Janet Blackmon Morgan http://media.myrtlebeachonline.com/smedia/2014/03/20/22/06/Ln0Pm.AuSt.78.jpeg

Sounds manager Rick Sweet on using relievers by Mack Burke, the Tennessean A look at baseball strategy and current events from the viewpoint of Sounds manager Rick Sweet… Topic: How do you strategize using your relievers in late innings? Sweet says: "The biggest thing you do is have (a strategy) preplanned before the game starts. Pretty much all of these guys know what their role is — that's the word we use is 'role' —and right now, everybody knows that Donovan Hand is our closer and he's available almost every night. If there were a night he wasn't available, then it would probably drop down to (Jeremy) Jeffress, (Dustin) Molleken, and (Brent) Leach, depending on what the other team has coming up at that time. But, we have long (reliever) guys, and right now, Johnnie Lowe and (Kyle) Heckathorn are our long guys; we use them, usually, from the first to the sixth inning. Then, we have our middle (relief) guys, and we designate who they are, and usually, that's Leach, Jeffress and Molleken. And, actually, we use those three guys also as our setup guys, so everybody pretty much knows where they are before we start a game and then we go in that order."

Brevard County -- AUDIO: RHP Mark Williams joins Justin Rocke on the Manatees Pregame Show AUDIO, Game Highlights: The 'Tees win 2-1 behind a dominant pitching performance by Jorge Lopez AUDIO: Andrew Luftglass catches up with winning pitcher Jorge Lopez after his dominant outing against the Mets

Nashville -- VIDEO: Matt Pagnozzi doubles to left field in a 2-0 loss at the hands of Colorado Springs *** VIDEO (from Monday): Hainley Statia takes a hit away from Kyle Jensen in the Sounds' 3-0 loss to New Orleans

So what's the backup location if the stadium isn't ready early in 2015? Huntsville? Opening weeks-long road trip? This stadium will need to go up as quickly as any we've read about... Biloxi stadium construction "could" begin July 21 "The agreement with the team calls for the city to pay a $10,000 penalty for each home game that can't be played in the new stadium for the 2015 season."

Brief Huntsville video highlights -- the early innings via local newscast

One of MiLB.com's feature story games is the Nashville loss, with Jeff's call on the video prominent here.

Final: @Huntsville 2, Tennessee 1, ten innings Stars Walk Off For 2nd Straight Night MILB.com Huntsville, AL - The Huntsville Stars provided late heroics for the second straight day against the Tennessee Smokies. Tuesday, Joey Paciorek drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the tenth scoring Nick Shaw giving the Stars a 2-1 win. The Stars were trailing for a second straight night going into the ninth. Jason Rogers for a second straight night delivered in the clutch. Rogers was facing Smokies closer Armando Rivero. Rogers took Rivero deep over the left center field fence tying the game at 1-1. It was Rogers' fourth homer of the year. In the bottom of the tenth, Austin Kirk (1-4) entered to pitch for Tennessee. Shaw led off for the Stars and made the most of his at bat. Shaw fouled off a pitch down the left field in foul territory. Smokies shortstop Jeudy Valdez and left fielder John Andreoli chased after it but neither could make the catch. Shaw eventually singled into right field. Kirk then proceeded to intentionally walk Josh Prince and D'Vontrey Richardson. With the bases loaded and one out, Paciorek drew a four pitch walk, scoring Shaw, winning it for the Stars. It was the second straight win by the Stars in their final at-bat. The Smokies scored first in the third inning to grab a 1-0 lead. Dustin Geiger singled through the right side of the infield off of Huntsville starter Drew Gagnon. Geiger's RBI single scored Kris Bryant giving the Smokies the early advantage. Gagnon took a no decision after six innings. He allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked four. David Goforth (2-2) earned the win out of the Stars bullpen. Goforth pitched out of a bases loaded one out mess in the ninth to keep the Smokies off the scoreboard. He also pitched the tenth. The Stars are now a season high eighteen games above the .500 mark with a 35-17 record. They've also increased their lead on the Tennessee Smokies (26-25) by 8.5 games for first place with eighteen games to play before the first half of the year ends. The Stars can claim the series with the Smokies Wednesday night in game three of their series at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. LHP Brent Suter (6-3, 2.70) will start for the Stars. Tennessee will have Dae-Eun Rhee (2-4, 3.70) on the mound. Tuesday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:15 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. *** PHOTO GALLERY AT THE STORY LINK BELOW Huntsville Stars win still another one in walk-off style, padding lead over Tennessee Smokies by Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - There are walk-off wins that are so resounding they're all but accompanied by exploding lights, like the last scene in "The Natural." And there are some that are little more than muffled burps. In consecutive home games, the Huntsville Stars have had both varieties. After Jason Rogers delivered a game-winning double in Monday's victory, he led off the ninth with a solo homer to send Tuesday's game into extra innings, with Joey Paciorek bringing home the winning run in the tenth with a bases-loaded walk, one of baseball's most anticlimactic moments. The Stars' 2-1 victory over the Tennessee Smokies brings their record to 35-17 and builds an 8.5-game lead over the Smokies in the Southern League North, with only 18 games remaining in the first half. The Stars' magic number -- any combination of Huntsville wins and Tennessee losses - to clinch the first half title is 10. The Stars will host the Smokies the next three games, including Friday's tentatively scheduled debut of Jed Bradley, the former Huntsville High pitcher who'll become only the second Huntsville-born person to play for the Stars. For a 2-1 game, it was hardly an evening of phenomenal pitching. The Smokies bullpen collapsed and the Stars' yielded 11 hits while pitching around the league's best hitter, Kris Bryant, who was walked four times. Huntsville starter Drew Gagnon, who entered with a 2.35 ERA, went six innings and struck out seven, but he allowed six hits and four walks, escaping for the most part. "Drew got himself in a little trouble," manager Carlos Subero said, "but that's one thing you've definitely got to evaluate. When he gets himself in trouble, and he's able to bounce back and make the pitches and minimize the damage, you've got to like that. That's growth." Rogers homered off Armando Rivero, who leads Southern League pitchers in yielding the lowest batting average (.125) to opposing hitters. Said Subero, "Rogers came up big, and against one of the best closers in the league." After David Goforth sat down the Smokies in the 10th, Nick Shaw led off and took - to use a golf analogy - took advantage of a mulligan after a slice. He lofted a pop-up to shallow leftfield, barely in foul ground, that probably should have been caught. Instead, it dropped harmlessly, and he followed on the next pitch with a sharp single to right. Shawn Zarraga, called upon to bunt for the first time all year, moved him to second, then Shaw took third on a wild pitch by reliever Austin Kirk. Smokies' manager Buddy Bailey ordered intentional walks to Josh Prince and D'Vontrey Richardson to load the bases, bringing up the pitcher's spot. It was the percentage move. Said Subero, "You have to go for it." It forced Subero to have to pinch-hit and possibly go deeper into the bullpen. It brought Paciorek in as a pinch-hitter. The back-up catcher has only nine at-bats all season, with a double and single. Kirk immediately went to 3-0 on Paciorek. The fourth pitch, usually a gimme strike in that situation, was up in the zone. Paciorek froze at home for a second, assuming the strike, before heading to first. Catcher Rafael Lopez remained in his position behind the plate. Kirk squatted in front of the mound in disbelief for what seemed an eternity as the Stars celebrated all about him, dousing Paciorek with water and pounding him in congratulations. Even if the walk-off dramatics were a tad different in the span of two nights, the celebrations were eerily similar. Huntsville Box Score Team continues to invent new ways to steal (um, we mean dominate ) games. Speaking of stealing, D'Vontrey Richardson is 11-for-12 on the basepaths. At some point, the good mojo for this squad will be gone. But that time's not yet. They are amazing, aren't they? Huntsville Game Log This led to Jason Rogers' game-tying blast. -- Tennessee Top of the 9th Pitching Change: David Goforth replaces Casey Medlen, batting 3rd, replacing first baseman Nick Ramirez. Defensive Substitution: Shawn Zarraga replaces pitcher Casey Medlen, batting 9th, playing first base. Jae-Hoon Ha strikes out on a foul tip. Kris Bryant walks. Rafael Lopez singles on a ground ball to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Kris Bryant to 2nd. Dustin Geiger singles on a line drive to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Kris Bryant to 3rd. Rafael Lopez to 2nd. Rubi Silva strikes out swinging. Jeudy Valdez grounds into a force out, shortstop Nick Shaw to second baseman Josh Prince. Dustin Geiger out at 2nd.

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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