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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at home vs. Oklahoma City (Astros), 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 Drew Gagnon at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 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: RHP Jorge Lopez at Jupiter (Marlins), 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 Peoria (Cardinals), 10:40 AM pre-game, 11:00 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: Next Timber Rattlers local TV game is Monday, May 19th on MyNew32 TV, 6:00 PM pre-game, home against Kane County (Cubs).

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Is Joshua Kusnick (Brewerfan poster agent39) Tyler's advisor? Tyler included him in his tweet today.

Game two of the series starts Friday morning at 11:00 AM. Anthony Banda (1-4, 4.35) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Peoria has Bob Kaminsky (0-1, 2.16) set to start for them. Tune in for the action on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 10:40 AM. Really, a Friday matinee? Who plays those (besides the big league Cubs)? Looks like we'll have to hustle a mid-morning Friday Link Report preview for you.

Wisconsin Manager Matt Erickson comments on Omar Garcia's Wednesday catch, definitely worth another look.

Nick Tropeano kept the Sounds out of the hit column for the first five-plus innings before Eugenio Velez spoiled his no-hit and shutout bids with one swing of the bat in the home half of the sixth. After Kevin Mattison reached on a wild pitch following a strikeout, Velez swatted a two-run homer to right to make it a 3-2 contest. It was the veteran's fifth big fly of the year. AUDIO: Eugenio Velez Two-Run HR

A pair of walks came back to haunt Pena in the sixth as Oklahoma City stretched its lead to 3-0. Domingo Santana and Jon Singleton drew consecutive free passes before both later scored on catcher Max Stassi's two-run double to the left-center wall. Sounds center fielder Kevin Mattison nearly corralled the ball for a spectacular inning-ending catch, but the ball was jarred loose from his glove as he jumped into the wall. In this brief Nashville TV game report, you'll se that Mattison was upset with himself for not making the catch, some Ariel Pena video, also.

Final: @Huntsville 8, Birmingham 1 Stars Run Away From Barons Early Huntsville, AL - Huntsville Stars RHP Tyler Cravy gave the Stars exactly what they needed after giving up a season high in runs Wednesday and that was a dominating start. Cravy won his sixth straight start guiding the Stars past the Birmingham Barons 8-1 Thursday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Cravy got early run support from his offense. In the first inning, the Stars took advantage of control issues by Barons righty Nick McCully (2-3) and posted five runs. After two walks to start the inning and after Nick Shaw was caught stealing, Nick Ramirez hit a two-run homer over the right field wall giving the Stars a 2-0 lead. It was the eighth home run for Ramirez. Shawn Zarraga and Adam Weisenburger both reached on RBI singles giving the Stars a 4-0 lead. The final run was scored when Mitch Haniger scampered home from third base on a wild pitch. Cravy, who won his Southern League best seventh game of the season, made his only mistake in the second inning. Kevan Smith hit a solo home run to right field cutting the deficit to 5-1. Cravy went six innings allowing four hits and struck out three. The Stars offense scored twice in the third on a Josh Prince bunt single and on Shaw's sacrifice fly. The Stars scored their final run in the seventh on Jaime Pedroza's fielding error at short allowing Haniger to score his third run of the game. The Stars bullpen threw three scoreless innings following Cravy's second straight quality start. Prince and Jason Rogers each finished with two hits for the Stars who improve to 27-14. Birmingham drops to 16-24. The Stars lead the Barons 1-0 in the series and play game two of their series Friday night. The Stars will have RHP Drew Gagnon (3-1, 2.76) on the mound. Birmingham will feature RHP Chris Beck (2-5, 4.26). The game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:15 pm CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM, and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Gord Ash indicated RHP Tyler Cravy was strongly considered for a 40-man roster spot last fall. Click on Cravy's name there and glance at those peripherals, oh my. Thankfully after surviving Rule 5 in December, Cravy now looks to be a sure thing for 40-man addition in fall 2014. A glance at the box score ERA's of the three pitchers who followed Cravy lets you know the Stars' bullpen is rolling as well. Huntsville Game Log Catcher Adam Weisenburger reached base four times and his line is now .325/.475/.455 -- insane. Prepare that jersey with all those letters at the big league level, because the young man will be on that roster, perhaps as early as this September. OF's D'Vontrey Richardson and Mitch Haniger still have work to do, but each did reach base three times here, as Haniger scored thrice. Huntsville Bottom of the 1st Nick Shaw walks. With D' Vontrey Richardson batting, Nick Shaw caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Kevan Smith to second baseman Daniel Wagner. D' Vontrey Richardson walks. Nick Ramirez homers (8) on a line drive to right field. D' Vontrey Richardson scores. Jason Rogers doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Trayce Thompson. With Shawn Zarraga batting, wild pitch by Nick McCully, Jason Rogers to 3rd. Shawn Zarraga singles on a ground ball to center fielder Josh Richmond. Jason Rogers scores. Mitch Haniger walks. Shawn Zarraga advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by catcher Kevan Smith. Adam Weisenburger singles on a line drive to center fielder Josh Richmond. Shawn Zarraga scores. Mitch Haniger to 2nd. Josh Prince singles on a ground ball to right fielder Christian Marrero. Mitch Haniger to 3rd. Adam Weisenburger to 2nd. Pitching Change: David Cales replaces Nick McCully. With Greg Hopkins batting, wild pitch by David Cales, Mitch Haniger scores. Adam Weisenburger to 3rd. Josh Prince to 2nd. Greg Hopkins pops out to first baseman Rangel Ravelo in foul territory. Nick Shaw walks. D' Vontrey Richardson flies out to right fielder Christian Marrero.

Brevard press release - "The scheduled game on Thursday, May 15 between the Brevard County Manatees and the Fort Myers Miracle at Space Coast Stadium has been cancelled due to rain. Since the Manatees and the Miracle do not play each other again in the first half of the season, the game will not be made up."

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Peoria, IL

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

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Ariel Pena at home vs. Oklahoma City (Astros), 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 Tyler Cravy at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 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: RHP Jorge Lopez at home vs. Fort Myers (Twins), 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 Tristan Archer at Peoria (Cardinals), 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 Timber Rattlers local TV game is Monday, May 19th on MyNew32 TV, 6:00 PM pre-game, home against Kane County (Cubs).

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Davis (Kentrail & Johnny) Diaz (Miguel, Brandon, Victor, and Juan) Gomez (Milton and Hector) Pena (Jose and Ariel) There are actually several more, but these are the ones that might involve votes.

From splitterpfj --Moved from another thread 1. Jimmy Nelson 2. Tyrone Taylor 3. Clint Coulter 4. Orlando Arcia 5. Mitch Haniger 6. Victor Roache 7. Taylor Jungmann 8. Jed Bradley 9. Devin Williams 10. Michael Reed 11. Hunter Morris 12. Nick Delmonico 13. Tucker Neuhaus 14. Jose Pena 15. Brent Suter 16. Hobbs Johnson 17. Drew Gagnon 18. Chris McFarland 19. Taylor Williams 20. David Denson I dropped Hellweg, and I can live with that. I didn't list Wang, because he's either a big leaguer, or he's headed back to Pittsburgh. I'm becoming a big Chris McFarland fan, and I hope he forces me to move him up a bunch when we do this again. I pushed Coulter pretty hard, up to number three...yes, there are others who could fill that spot, but none of them are forcing me to list them there right now, Coulter wins the numbers test to grab that spot at the moment.

And yes, the Omar Garcia catch was #1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 Wednesday night!

Visit Tim Froberg's piece in the Post-Crescent for RHP Barrett Astin's video interview, and multiple other quotes and photos (separate link to the full gallery) in his game story.

Brevard County -- AUDIO, Game Highlights: Fort Myers survives a late Brevard County rally to win, 4-3

Did you see the video report on Johnny Davis in our Timber Rattlers thread?