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VIDEO: Kevin Mattison's Monday walkoff home run is now available at MiLB.com. I will tell you that you'll need to bump up the volume on your speakers to hear Jeff Hem's call, at least I had to. Worth it...

In-between games of Tuesday's Wisconsin doubleheader, 1B David Denson was activated from the DL after a nine-day absence. C/1B Paul Eshleman returns to the DL in what is almost assuredly a taxi squad-type stint.

Perhaps something to watch -- No real reason for Sean Halton to exit after his groundout here: Nashville Bottom of the 8th Sean Halton grounds out to first baseman Matt Fields. Hunter Morris pops out to third baseman Christian Colon. Matt Pagnozzi strikes out swinging. Omaha Top of the 9th Defensive switch from center field to right field for Caleb Gindl. Defensive Substitution: Kevin Mattison replaces right fielder Sean Halton, batting 4th, playing center field.

Via Kyle Lobner: Timber Rattlers Notebook: McFarland at home back in Appleton

From Monday's Nashville win -- Nashville pulled into the lead with a three-run outburst in the sixth. Caleb Gindl drew a leadoff walk and hustled to third on Morris' single to right before scoring on a Walters wild pitch to make it a 3-2 contest. After Justin Marks took over on the Omaha hill, Matt Pagnozzi bunted the runners into scoring position before Taylor Green (2-for-4) delivered again for the Sounds, slapping an opposite-field, two-run double to left to give the home team a 4-3 advantage. AUDIO: Taylor Green 2-Run Double Kevin Mattison belted a one-out solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to power the Nashville Sounds to a walkoff 5-4 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series. Mattison's game-ending blast, his third big fly of the year, came against Ramon Troncoso and gave the first-place Sounds (24-20) their second last at-bat win of the year. AUDIO: Kevin Mattison Walkoff HR *** Thinking Jeff Hem is enjoying calling winning baseball this year

Visit all our minor league threads! Just referenced this nice MiLB.com Tyler Cravy feature in the Huntsville collection.

Southern notes: Cravy well-suited to start Brewers' under-the-radar righty flourishing following move to rotation By Guy Curtright / Special to MiLB.com Tyler Cravy is used to sneaking up on people. In fact, the Huntsville right-hander's baseball journey has been all about seemingly coming out of nowhere. The Southern League's top pitcher with a 7-1 record thought his career on the diamond was over after high school and apparently wasn't all that concerned about it. "I hadn't really planned to play baseball," said Cravy, who spent his freshman year solely as a student in his native California. But that changed after he transferred community colleges and got back on the mound. He set a Napa Valley school record with 110 strikeouts in 90 1/3 innings and had the baseball bug again. Cravy was the Most Valuable Player in the Bay Valley Conference and received All-American recognition. Milwaukee took interest, selecting him in the 17th round of the 2009 Draft. Then Cravy fell off the baseball radar again, spending most of five seasons without getting any traction in his career. "It was an uphill battle," he said. Thing began to change late last season, though. With Brevard County short of starters, Cravy was moved out of the bullpen and flourished for the first time in the minors. He posted a 1.29 ERA in nine Florida State League starts and was recognized as the Brewers' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August. Cravy was rewarded with a spot in the Arizona Fall League. The 24-year-old was back in the bullpen but posted a 2.76 ERA as the Surprise Saguaros won the AFL title. The Brewers wanted to give Cravy another shot in the rotation, but they didn't have a spot at Huntsville to start the season. That changed, though, after Andy Moye had to go on the disabled list. Cravy took a loss in his first start but then went on a roll. While winning six straight outings, Cravy allowed just four runs and 18 hits over 34 innings. For the season, he had a 1.87 overall ERA to go with his 7-1 record and had 42 strikeouts to eight walks in 43 1/3 innings. Opponents were batting .170 and he had a WHIP of 0.78. It was impossible to overlook Cravy anymore. "I pitch best when I'm challenged," he said. A sinker-slider-type pitcher, Cravy still may find his best route to Milwaukee out of the bullpen. "I've done both my entire career, so I'm comfortable in either role," he said. "But I enjoy starting." Cravy said it isn't hard adjusting and that he doesn't change much. "In the bullpen, I'm fastball, slider, cutter," he said. "As a starter, I add a changeup and two-seamer." That repertoire has certainly worked. The impressive Huntsville rotation includes the Brewers prospects ranked No. 8 (Taylor Jungmann) and No. 16 (Drew Gagnon) as well as a Harvard graduate (Brent Suter). But it's a former community college baseball dropout who has shined the brightest so far. Tyler Cravy has won his last six starts for the Stars and is third in the Southern League with a 1.87 ERA. (Photo via Huntsville Stars) http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/6/8/76026168/cuts/stars3_2_amk873rn_2ljpos3c.jpg

Nice job, Nashville staff! VIDEO: Sounds host baseball camp for deaf children

Another Daily Honor from Baseball America -- PITCHER OF THE DAY: Damien Magnifico, rhp — High Class A Brevard County (Brewers). Magnifico was brilliant, sparkling, wonderful, tremendous, and probably some other adjective that we're missing. The 23-year-old righthander who brings his heat up to 100 mph but lacks much in the way of offspeed offerings pitched a complete game shutout with two hits and a walk on Monday. He struck out five, and this season has worked to a 2.37 ERA in nine starts in the Florida State League.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Jupiter, FL Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin

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

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

DVR ALERT: The next MyNew32 TV Timber Rattlers game is this Wednesday the 21st, 6:00 PM pre-game show.

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Ariel Pena at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 10:45 AM pre-game, 11:05 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: Idle ********** Brevard County: LHP Jed Bradley at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 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's Andy Moye and Barrett Astin in a doubleheader at home vs. Kane County (Cubs), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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.

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Via Chris Mehring's Blog -- RHP Zach Quintana placed on the Wisconsin DL retroactive to May 16 RHP Andy Moye reinstated from the Huntsville DL and transferred to Wisconsin *** Moye has been out since April 7th with a hamstring injury. At age 26, this Timber Rattlers placement is a first stop back for the 4th year pro. No word on Quintana's formal injurys status.

As noted in Monday's Link Report, it's a hamstring strain for Figaro.

Nashville (one game) and Wisconsin (two) fill up your afternoon audio on Tuesday, starting with the Sounds' pre-game at 10:45 AM. Look for Tuesday's Link Report by mid-morning.

Brevard County -- AUDIO, Game Highlights: Brevard County starter Damien Magnifico throws a two-hit, complete game shutout as the Manatees win, 1-0 AUDIO: Damien Magnifico and Justin Rocke get soaked while talking about Magnifico's 2-hit, complete game shutout

No media from Nashville's exciting Monday win yet, but... The two videos for those audio clips are now up. Green Mattison

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is our weekly installment of “Mondays with the Manager” with Sounds manager Rick Sweet, who discusses the team’s series against Oklahoma City, the current stretch of the schedule (25 of the next 33 games are at home), roster moves involving Alfredo Figaro, Eric Marzec and the progression for Taylor Green." *** What we learn - the catcher disabled list roulette has nothing to do with injury (as we figured); Figaro with a sore hamstring, doesn't sound serious at all, and the Michael Blazek-as-a-starter situation is nothing more than an emergency fill-in, not even really stretching him out.

Final: Birmingham 18, @Huntsville 9 Stars Four Game Winning Streak Ends Huntsville, AL - The Birmingham Barons scored a season high eighteen runs as they hit five home runs leading them to an 18-9 win Monday night over the Huntsville Stars at Joe Davis Stadium. The win ended the Barons five game losing streak, while the loss ended the Stars four game winning streak. Birmingham scored four runs against Stars starter Jacob Barnes in the second inning. Kevan Smith scored on a wild pitch and Jaime Pedroza hit a three-run homer to right field for a 4-0 Barons lead. The Stars scored in the bottom of the second against Mike Recchia who was making his Double-A debut. Kentrail Davis grounded a ball towards the pitcher's mound which went off Recchia's glove. Shawn Zarraga was able to score making it 4-1. The Barons hit their second home run of the game in the fourth against Barnes. Michael Early hit a two-run shot making it 6-1. Barnes, who fell to 0-2 on the year, lasted 3.2 innings giving up six runs on four hits. He also walked four. With the Stars trailing 10-1 going into the sixth inning, they started to make a comeback. Mitch Haniger and Greg Hopkins each provided RBI singles. Then Shea Vucinich hit a grand slam over the left field wall. It was his first home run of the year, and the third grand slam by a Stars player this year. It brought the Stars within 10-7. That would be as close as the Stars would get, because Birmingham came back with five runs in their seventh highlighted by a two-run homer off the bat of Jeremy Farrell. With the Stars trailing 15-7, they scored their final runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Zarraga had an RBI single in the seventh and Josh Prince scored in the eighth when Zarraga reached on a throwing error by the shortstop Pedroza. The Barons hit their fifth and final home run of the game in the ninth against David Goforth. Christian Marrero hit a three-run homer. Recchia (1-0) won his Barons debut with five innings on five hits. Birmingham is now 17-27 while the Stars are 30-15. Huntsville still took four out of five from the Barons. The Stars will have Tuesday off before traveling to Montgomery, Alabama Wednesday to start a five-game series with the Montgomery Biscuits, the Double-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Stars will feature RHP Tyler Cravy (7-1, 1.87). Montgomery will have RHP Jared Mortenson(4-1, 4.82) on the hill. Wednesday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:50 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM, and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Every Baron and every Star had at least one hit, not sure we've ever seen that. Every Baron reached at least twice, six of them at least three times. Huntsville Game Log Yay, Tim Dillard! Stranded all three inherited runners, and then tossed a scoreless inning. Ouch otherwise...