Jim Goulart

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

MyNEW 32's Sports will have the game on television starting with the pregame show at 6:00 PM. NOTE: Even if you're not local, great news! "This year our games will also be streamed live on our website! Click here for the live video stream." Sweet! So even if you don't have an MiLB.TV subscription, you can watch 30 Timber Rattlers home games on a live video stream this year. That's awesome.

Friday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: LHP Brad Mills makes a spot start at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 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 Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 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). Mississippi does host MiLB.TV broadcasts - be among those hoping Steve's audio link synchs up nicely with your MiLB.TV investment. ********** Brevard County: First, it's the completion of Thursday's suspended nine-inning game (scoreless in the bottom of the first) at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime, followed by Friday's regularly-scheduled game, now shortened to seven innings. LHP Hobbs Johnson is scheduled to take over for RHP Jorge Lopez' Thursday effort, and RHP Chad Pierce is slated to make a spot start in the nightcap. Lopez is penciled in for Wednesday for his next start. 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 home vs. Great Lakes (Dodgers), 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. MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; Wisconsin is one of four Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV. So 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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You can add catcher Tyler Roberts to the Slammers roster now as well, quite the reunion there.

Well, this is certainly an encouraging review of Taylor Jungmann via RotoGraphs (h/t to @BrewerNation for the link)

Yeah, being able to bid on Tyrone Taylor's (and all the other Brevard County players) is an awesome opportunity. So with apologies for all who have already placed bids and were hoping to keep the numbers down, here's the link to the auction, which expires Saturday night April 19th at 11:59 PM Eastern. Good luck!

Just this recent update from Tom Haudricourt, so things are progressing

MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown will have the game on television starting with the pregame show at 6:00 PM. *** OK, so now we know that Friday's Wisconsin game has been added to the TV schedule after Monday's rainout wiped out that broadcast. Plan your DVR settings accordingly.

VIDEO from Game Two of Tuesday's Wisconsin Doubleheader -- Barrett Astin strikes out Lansing's D.J. Davis in the Rattlers' 1-0 win (full at-bat sequence)

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is with Rick Tomlin, the minor league pitching coordinator for the Sounds’ parent-club Milwaukee Brewers. Tomlin discusses the Sounds’ impressive starting rotation — Johnny Hellweg, Jimmy Nelson, Hiram Burgos, Mike Fiers and Ariel Pena." *** AUDIO from the game -- Taylor Green Blasts A Solo HR To Right Field Eugenio Velez Drives A Two-Run Double To The Gap for a 5-1 Lead

Final: Huntsville 1, @Mississippi 0 Suter's Gem Leads Stars To Win Pearl, MS - Brent Suter (2-0) struck out a career high eight batters and threw six shutout innings leading the Huntsville Stars to a 1-0 win Thursday night over the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park. Suter allowed just three hits, all of which were singles. On the season, Suter has allowed just two earned runs in seventeen innings in his three starts. The Stars scored the only run of the game in the fourth. Jason Rogers singled with one out and advanced to second on a throwing error by Braves starter J.R. Graham (0-1). Rogers would score two batters later when Mitch Haniger came through with a sacrifice fly. It was Haniger's eighth RBI of the season. Arcenio Leon pitched scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, stranding the tying runner on base in the eighth. David Goforth entered the game in the ninth. Matt Lipka reached on an infield single to start the inning. Then Gustavo Nunez advanced him on a sacrifice bunt. Stars first baseman Nick Ramirez made an excellent scoop on a low throw from Goforth to record the out at first. Joe Leonard then grounded out to third and once again Ramirez made a great play at first on the receiving end of a high throw from Rogers. Goforth got the final out as Seth Loman flew out to deep left to end the game. Goforth has now saved five games in the month of April matching former Stars pitcher and current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Rob Wooten for the most Stars saves in the month of April. The Stars improved to 9-5 with the win, while Mississippi falls to 6-8. The Stars and Braves play the rubber match of their five game series Friday night. RHP Tyler Cravy (1-1,4.82) will start for Huntsville while Atlanta Braves RHP Gavin Floyd will make a rehab start for Mississippi. The game can be heard starting at 6:45 PM with Steve Jarnicki on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and www.wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Always fun following 24-year-old soft-tossing 6'5" Harvard product Brent Suter, mainly because there's no other similar farmhand in the upper levels of the system. After a middling second half of 2013, it's great to see Suter come out so strong this season. Michael Ratterree walked once and fanned twice (0-for-3) in his AA debut. And how about the Stars' pitchers at the plate? Suter singled and sacrificed in his two plate appearances. SS Nick Shaw the only Star to reach twice (single, HBP). Huntsville Game Log Five of Brent Suter's eight K's were consecutive - yes! Mississippi Bottom of the 1st Matt Lipka bunt grounds out, pitcher Brent Suter to first baseman Nick Ramirez. Gustavo Nunez strikes out swinging. Joe Leonard called out on strikes. Mississippi Bottom of the 2nd Seth Loman called out on strikes. David Rohm strikes out swinging. Robby Hefflinger called out on strikes.

Via Miller Park Prospects -- Farm Progress Report: 4/17/2014

Here's a nice feature story on Stars' GM Buck Rogers -- here's hoping he's asked to move to Biloxi with the Huntsville club in 2015. *** Mark McCarter article via the Huntsville Times - After melancholy first home stand of final season, Huntsville Stars back home Saturday

Via the Stars: FROM YESTERDAY: With just four hits Wednesday, it was the first time in 13 games this season that the Stars failed to have at least one player record a multiple hit game. On the season, four Stars have had a three-hit performance. Greg Hopkins, Jason Rogers, Nick Ramirez and Shawn Zarraga. ELITE COMPANY: Stars reliever David Goforth notched his 4th save during the Month of April in Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Braves. The most saves in April belong to Rob Wooten (Current Brewer) who saved five Stars games two seasons ago. LOSING WAYS: Since starting the season 7-1, The Stars now have dropped four out of their last five games. Over the last five games, the offense has scored just 13 runs (2.6 runs per game) Despite the scoring drought, the losses have all been close. The Stars opponents are only outscoring them 16-13. CLOSE CALLS: 10 out of the first 13 games that the Stars have played have been decided by three runs or less and two have gone into extra innings. The Stars are 5-5 in these contests and 0-2 in extra innings. STEALING BAGS: Stars OF/INF Josh Prince enters today tied for the second most steals in the Southern League along with the Braves OF Matt Lipka. Prince is 2-3 in stolen bases in this series. In 2012, Prince finished 2nd in the Southern League in stolen bases only behind Pensacola’s Billy Hamilton who set the minor league record for steals in a season that year. In his six-year pro career, Prince has 178 steals. He is 178-228 in stolen bases (78%) during his career. During Prince’s junior season at Tulane, he stole 48 bases which was tied for the most stolen bases in the nation. STRUGGLING SHAW: Stars SS Nick Shaw has just one hit in his first 23 at bats of the season. His lone hit was an RBI single April 7th in Jacksonville. Despite his low batting average to start the season, Shaw still leads the Stars and is tied for the 3rd most walks in the Southern League with seven. In his five-year pro career, all with the Brewers organization, Shaw is a career .260 hitter. Last April, Shaw was a .278 hitter in April while primarily playing 2B for the Stars. The highest Shaw has batted was his rookie year in 2010. He batted .339 and was 4th in the Arizona rookie league in batting average. He went 4-4 in the AZL Championship game and helped lead the Arizona Brewers to a 10-8 win over the Goodyear Reds in the championship game. ALL ABOUT PITCHING: Through 13 games, the Stars pitching staff has the third lowest team ERA in the Southern League. After having the second worst team ERA in 2013, third year pitching coach Chris Hook’s pitching staff is sporting a 2.92 ERA. Tennessee sports the lowest team ERA (2.56) The 30 walks issued by the staff are the fewest and the six saves are tops in the Southern League. The Stars pitchers have allowed the most home runs in the league (13). 10 of those 13 came in one series in Huntsville against Pensacola.

Update Via the Stars' Steve Jarnicki -- "Stars OF D’Vontrey Richardson has been placed on the DL with a hand injury. In the game on Saturday April 12th, Richardson went diving after a foul ball. His hand first bothered him then. He came out of Tuesday’s first game against Mississippi after popping out to second base. Richardson is batting .244 with 6 RBI in 10 games." *** Doesn't sound "too" bad -- we'll see.

Fantastic! Brevard Zoo weekend and the Manatees are rocking these tonight (thanks to Garrett Cooper for the tweet) I would think it could be difficult to pick up the ball coming out of the pitcher's hand with that uniform on the mound.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Pearl, MS Viera, FL (Melbourne) Grand Chute, WI (Appleton)

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin

Big home series vs. first-place Dunedin for the Sea Cows -- 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