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Wisconsin -- Rattler Radio Blog Pre-Game Entry with photos from Saturday's Miller Park game - Includes audio with Manager Matt Erickson discussing first baseman David Denson's injury (hamate bone wrist fracture, out minimum 5-6 weeks), and much more Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame entry with more audio and a pretty amazing Midwest League father-son story with video (TheCrew07 also linked to this earlier in this thread, thanks)

Brevard County - AUDIO: Manatees strength & conditioning coach Jonah Mergen joins Andrew Luftglass to talk about keeping his team healthy & a few friendly bets AUDIO, Game Highlights: The Manatees score seven runs in the second to defeat the Tampa Yankees, 7-5 AUDIO: Manatees LHP Jed Bradley and C Parker Berberet join Justin Rocke after the 'Tees 7-5 win over Tampa

Nashville tied the game in the fourth inning on Hunter Morris' RBI-single into right field. The knock scored Eugenio Velez, 2-for-3, who doubled to lead off the inning and advanced to third on Caleb Gindl's single. AUDIO: Hunter Morris RBI-Knock after a 13-pitch at-bat Both teams connected for inning-opening home runs in the sixth. First Gindl, 2-for-3, sent one to the berm over the right-center field wall to give the Sounds a 2-1 advantage and their first lead of the game. AUDIO: Caleb Gindl's Go-Ahead HR on a 3-0 pitch VIDEO, New Orleans feed: Nashville's Caleb Gindl hits a solo homer in the Sounds' 4-2 win over the New Orleans Zephyrs Sounds closer Donovan Hand entered the game in the bottom of the ninth and allowed the Zephyrs to load the bases with two outs. Hand avoided damage and secured his ninth save of the season by striking out Jordany Valdespin to end the game. AUDIO: Donovan Hand Saves With Bases Loaded *** VIDEO (from Saturday): Nashville's Eugenio Velez hits an RBI double the Sounds fall, 3-2 to New Orleans

Huntsville Top of the 2nd Kentrail Davis pops out to catcher Luke Bailey in foul territory. Mitch Haniger flies out to right fielder Taylor Motter. Adam Weisenburger reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Richie Shaffer. Greg Hopkins singles on a line drive to center fielder Willie Argo. Adam Weisenburger to 3rd. With Shea Vucinich batting, Adam Weisenburger steals (1) home. Greg Hopkins steals (4) 2nd base. Greg Hopkins advances to 3rd. Throwing error by second baseman Ryan Brett. Shea Vucinich called out on strikes. VIDEO: Huntsville's Adam Weisenburger steals home for his first stolen base of the season as the Stars top Montgomery, 6-1. *** VIDEO (Saturday's game) : Josh Prince doubles in Huntsville's 7-3 win at Montgomery

Final: Huntsville 6, @Montgomery 1 Stars Win Rubber Match Over Biscuits Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Montgomery, AL -The Huntsville Stars led wire-to-wire in their rubber match with Montgomery Sunday as the Stars beat the Biscuits 6-1 at Riverwalk Stadium to take three out of five from Montgomery. With the series win, the Stars have now won nine out of their first ten series of the season. D'Vontrey Richardson got the scoring started for the Stars in the first inning. He launched a one-out solo home run to left field giving the Stars a 1-0 lead. It was Richardson's second homer of the season. In the second inning, the Stars took advantage of a throwing error by second baseman Ryan Brett. With Greg Hopkins attempting to steal second base, Adam Weisenburger broke for home from third and Brett's throw to the plate was high as Weisenburger scored to give the Stars a 2-0 lead. The Biscuits scored their only run of the game against Stars starter Andy Moye in the fourth. With one out, Jeremy Moore went deep over the right field wall fall for his third home run of the year. Moye, who took a no decision in his first start since April 6th, worked four frames, giving up four hits and just one run. He struck out five and walked just one batter. The Stars extended their lead in the fifth inning. Richardson and Jason Rogers each had RBI singles into left field giving the Stars a 4-1 cushion. In the seventh, Rogers delivered again with the bases loaded. He singled back up the middle scoring Josh Prince and Richardson giving the Stars a 6-1 lead. Tommy Toledo, who earned his first Double-A win, was tremendous out of the Stars bullpen. Toledo threw three shutout innings while striking out five batters to improve to 1-0. Arcenio Leon and David Goforth pitched the final two innings as the Stars bullpen combined for five shutout innings. Richardson finished 2-4 with 2 RBI and Rogers went 2-5 with 3 RBI. The Stars are now 33-17 with the win, while the Biscuits drop to 26-23. The Stars return to Huntsville to start a crucial series with the second place Tennessee Smokies Monday afternoon at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars will have RHP Tyler Cravy (7-1, 1.82) on the hill. Tennessee will go with RHP Joel Pineiro (0-1, 7.00) Monday's game will be an internet only broadcast and can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 3:45 PM CDT on wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score D'Vontrey Richardson has multi-hit efforts in four of his last six games. The Stars' lineup continues to produce, leading the Southern League in runs scored, despite not having an individual player in the Top 20 in OPS. The Stars lead the league in walks drawn, have struck out the 2nd fewest times, and have stolen a league-leading 55 bases in 73 attempts. So while the pitching staff has been fantastic, this lineup has been very efficient. Kudos! Huntsville Game Log Stars pitchers combined to strike out ten while walking only one. From a purely team perspective, this team has played as well as any we've followed in years. Is it top-prospect laden? Here's your roster.

Via the Manatees -- IF Garrett Cooper has been placed on the disabled list, retroactive to May 22nd. RHP Mark Williams has been transferred from Wisconsin to Brevard County. *** .620 OPS in his 102 High-A AB's for Cooper, it's been a tough go of things. Williams was very successful in 13 2013 relief appearances with Brevard, which prompted a mid-year bump to Huntsville last year. He is working his way back from a major ACL injury.

This catch helped prompt the latest Post-Crescent Player Profile. Garcia's big catch gets big reaction

Rehabbing LHP Tom Gorzelanny will actually start for the Sounds today, then Ariel Pena follows up. No doubt Gorzelanny is real close to returning...

Weather.com: New Orleans, LA Montgomery, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Clinton, IA

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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

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Ariel Pena at New Orleans (Marlins), 12:40 PM pre-game, 1:00 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 Andy Moye at Montgomery (Rays), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 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). Montgomery does place their games on MiLB.TV. ********** Brevard County: LHP Jed Bradley at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 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 Barrett Astin at Clinton (Mariners), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 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. DVR Alert: The next Wisconsin game scheduled for local TV is Saturday evening, May 31st (MyNew32 TV).

Brevard County -- AUDIO: INF Mike Garza joins Andrew Luftglass on the Manatees Radio Network. AUDIO, Game One Highlights: The Yankees take the first game, 4-1. AUDIO, Game Two Highlights: The Manatees explode in the sixth inning to win, 8-2. AUDIO: Catcher Parker Berberet joins Andrew Luftglass after the Manatees game two victory against Tampa.

Now enhanced with audio -- The Sounds took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning against New Orleans starter Alex Sanabia. Irving Falu led off with a bunt single and hustled home when Velez followed with an RBI double off the center field wall (audio). Two batters later, Halton roped a run-scoring single to right to bring in Velez (audio). *** From Friday - What a Bomb! VIDEO: Nashville's Hunter Morris starts the seventh inning with his seventh home run, but the Sounds go on to lose at New Orleans, 6-3

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AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is with Sounds outfielder and former Zephyr Kevin Mattison, who discusses his return from a recent shoulder injury, his return to New Orleans where he played over 200 games during his several seasons with the Marlins, hitting at pitcher-friendly Zephyr Field and beings selected by the Brewers this past winter in the Rule 5 draft."

Final: Huntsville 7, @Montgomery 3 Stars Comeback To End Mini Skid Montgomery, AL - The Huntsville Stars ended their two game losing streak Saturday night with a come from behind 7-3 win over the Montgomery Biscuits at Riverwalk Stadium. With the Stars trailing 3-2 going into the sixth inning, Kentrail Davis came through with a clutch RBI double scoring Jason Rogers and tying the game at 3-3. The Stars took the lead for good when Adam Weisenburger followed Davis' run producing hit with a sacrifice fly scoring Shawn Zarraga and giving the Stars a 4-3 lead. The Stars were not finished in the sixth because D'Vontrey Richardson capped off three consecutive at bats by the Stars which produced a run. An RBI double by Richardson scored Davis and made it 5-3. The Stars scored the final runs of the game in the seventh. Nick Shaw walked to lead off the inning. Josh Prince then doubled to deep left field for his third hit of the game. After an intentional walk to Rogers, Zarraga blooped a ball that went under second baseman Ryan Brett's glove scoring Shaw and Prince giving the Stars a 7-3 lead. Jacob Barnes earned the win for the Stars. Barnes, who earned his first Double-A win to improve to 1-2, turned in a quality start. He went six innings, allowing three runs on three hits, as only one run was earned. He struck out six and also gave up a home run to Luke Maile which at the time gave the Biscuits a 3-2 lead. The Stars took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Nick Ramirez had an RBI groundout to second and Rogers singled down the left field line. Prince and Richardson each had three hits for the Stars, while Davis, Rogers and Shaw had two hits apiece. The Stars are now 32-17 with the win, while the Biscuits drop to 26-22. The Stars evened their series with the Biscuits at two games apiece to force a rubber match in their five game series. Game five will be Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium. The Stars will feature RHP Andy Moye (0-0, 0,00). Montgomery will have RHP Michael Colla (1-5, 5.79) on the hill. Friday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 5:20 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM, and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Chadwin Stang got a rare start, tough after the layoff -- only player not to contribute offensively in some manner. Huntsville Game Log

Well, this pretty much sucks. Via @BrewerNation at Miller Park tonight -- "I found out why @rafaelneda88 is starting at 1B tonight for the #TRats instead of @_DavidD_41. Denson has a broken hamate bone."

Huntsville Stars making their pitch as best team in Southern League By Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Memorial Day is one of those traditional mileposts in baseball, prompting reflection once a substantial chunk of the season has been completed and some trends established. For the Huntsville Stars, who open a five-game home stand Monday with the Tennessee Smokies, one trend is obvious: They are the most successful, if not the best, team in the Southern League. Going into Saturday's game at Montgomery, they were 31-17. They had lost only one series all year, only once lost as many as three in a row. The series with the Smokies begins a stretch of 15 home games in the final 20 of the first half and can give the Stars the opportunity to put some space between themselves and their closest competitor in the Southern League North; Tennessee was 5.5 games back after Friday night while the rest of the division is all but eliminated already. The other obvious trend is that the Stars are doing all this in a vacuum. They're first in the standings, last in attendance. Whether it is the city's reaction to the team's lame-duck status - the franchise has been sold and moves to Biloxi next season - or the operation's dearth of marketing resources is anyone's guess. They are also doing this with pitching and an offense that is more resourceful than resounding. The Stars are only batting .243 as a team, tying them for sixth in the league. However, they are second in runs and first in stolen bases. First baseman Nick Ramirez is third in RBIs and fourth in homers and Josh Prince second in stolen bases. Huntsville's leading hitter is third baseman Jason Rogers, whose .268 average is a mere 82 points off the league lead. The Stars are tops in the league in fielding percentage and have allowed only 11 unearned runs, fewest in the league. They're second in ERA tops in WHIP, second in fewest walks allowed and second in fewest runs allowed. (Coincidentally, Milwaukee's Class AAA Nashville affiliate leads the Pacific Coast League South and is second in ERA, 13th of 16 teams in batting average; the High-A affiliate in Brevard County is second in ERA, ninth in batting.) The four-man nucleus of the starting rotation has been sensational. Tyler Cravy (7-1, 1.82 ERA), Drew Gagnon (4-1, 2.35), Brent Suter (6-3, 2.70) and Taylor Jungmann (4-4, 2.77) have provided two-thirds of the Huntsville wins. However, Jungmann was promoted Friday to Class AAA as the Brewers called up ex-Star Jimmy Nelson to the majors. A minor league team's success often hinges on health in the major leagues and the movement of players to fill a void. That in mind, it might not be long before a homecoming. Pitcher Jed Bradley, a former Huntsville High pitcher, has been lights-out at Brevard County. He'd join Hunter Morris as the only Huntsville natives to have played for the Stars. Bradley is 4-2 with a 2.67 ERA and twice been named the Florida State Pitcher of the Week. Though his health has been a concern, he was strong enough to pitch nine innings of shutout ball on Tuesday in a no-decision. "I would love to get to Double-A and have a strong season and see what the Brewers want to do with me from there," Bradley told milb.com earlier in the month, "but I don't like to look that far ahead. They just told me they want me to prove I can take the ball every fifth day and stay healthy. That's the big thing, to stay healthy and get guys out. That's what I've done so far and what I plan to do." Getting guys out would fit right in with what the Stars have done to be the league's most successful team.

Plus, here's a follow-up podcast with Brad that many of you will enjoy as well.

Weather.com: New Orleans, LA Montgomery, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Milwaukee, WI Roof should be open at Miller Park for the Wisconsin kids!

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