Jim Goulart

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

Programming notes: Jackson has their games on MiLB.TV, so you'll be able to watch this Huntsville series live and on archive if a subscriber. *** Brevard County audio only available via the opponent audio feed until the next homestand August 7th.

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: LHP Chris Narveson at home vs. Las Vegas (Mets), 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 $39.99 season-long package ($9.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Brooks Hall at Jackson (Cubs), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Alex Cohen is the play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. It appears four Southern League teams air their home games on MiLB.TV, and we'll let you know when those dates pop up on the schedule. ********** Brevard County: RHP Jacob Barnes at Jupiter (Marlins), 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the opponent coverage with the Jupiter link ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jorge Lopez at Kane County (Cubs), 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. 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 $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from four Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: Many of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and WACY-TV My NEW32 will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and will try to provide day-before DVR reminders, so regularly check with us. ********** Helena: RHP Taylor Williams at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Voice of the Helena Brewers Steve Wendt is back on board, and this year he's added Twitter to the mix @steve_wendt. We've been treated to Steve's work for many years now (ten!); he is among the very best at the art of the pre-game interview, especially considering how at ease he makes all these first-time professional ballplayers. MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Grand Junction (August), those games will be available for viewing online. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the Indians' young'uns, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Blue Jays, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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Final: @AZL Indians 5, AZL Brewers 4 AZL Brewers Box Score Up 4-0 headed to the bottom of the 8th, the bottom fell out. To be fair, RHP Milton Gomez had pitched well up to this point in the game: AZL Indians Bottom of the 8th Juan De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brandon Diaz. Ivan Castillo doubles (6) on a fly ball to left fielder Brandon Diaz. Juan De La Cruz to 3rd. Garrett Smith grounds out, second baseman Francisco Castillo to first baseman David Denson. Juan De La Cruz scores. Ivan Castillo to 3rd. Silento Sayles walks. D'vone McClure doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Diaz. Ivan Castillo scores. Silento Sayles scores. Pitching Change: Jorge Ortega replaces Milton Gomez. Clint Frazier doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Diaz. D'vone McClure scores. Jorge Ortega intentionally walks Matt LaPorta. Grant Fink strikes out swinging. Francisco Mejia singles on a ground ball to second baseman Francisco Castillo. Clint Frazier scores. Matt LaPorta to 3rd. Juan De La Cruz grounds out to first baseman David Denson. So an infield single scored what proved to be the winning run. The Indians' top pick, 18-year-old OF Clint Frazier, is doing just fine for the most part (.937 OPS, big slugging, big K's). AZL Brewers Game Log Micah Owings tossed two scoreless behind Mark Rogers (see earlier post in thread). Brandon Diaz (LF in this one) reached base three times (two singles, walk, 1-for-2 in SB attempts, now 10-for-14 in that regard). 1B David Denson singled twice, fanned twice. The A-Crew 2-for-9 with RISP, but that doesn't account properly for two sacrifice flies and an RBI fielder's choice, just to show how that stat can sometimes (yes, even by me) be overstated.

Report from the Missoulian on the cycle vs. Helena *** And the MiLB.com cover story *** Watch the triple from the cycle -- was the dude out?

AUDIO highlights embedded below: *** Stars Drop Second Straight to Generals By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars After jumping out to a 3-0 lead, the Huntsville Stars fell on the wrong side of a Jackson Generals rally as they took a loss by a score of 7-3 on Wednesday night. To begin their early surge, the Stars got to Generals starting pitcher Anthony Vasquez in the top of the first inning. After left fielder Shea Vucinich drew a one-out walk and a single from first baseman Jason Rogers, an RBI fielders choice from Rene Tosoni scored Vucinich to put the Stars on the board. One batter later, an RBI single from designated hitter Brock Kjeldgaard made the score 2-0 (audio). One inning later, four straight singles capped off by one from outfielder Chadwin Stang that scored catcher Adam Weisenburger put Huntsville up by three (audio). Unfortunately, the Generals scoring seven unanswered runs en route to a victory over the course of the rest of the game. In the third inning, Jackson worked a pair of walks and a pair of singles by outfielder James Jones and catcher John Hicks into two separate RBI fielders choices from outfielder Julio Morban and third baseman Ramon Morla to cut the Stars lead to one. Two frames later, an RBI single from Morla tied the game of at three apiece and chased Stars starter Ariel Pena from the ballgame. Pena earned a no-decision after giving up those three runs in 4.1 innings of work while striking out two and walking four batters. However, the score would not remain that way for long. With David Goforth (L, 4-2) in the game, the Generals drew a pair of one-out walks and got a single from shortstop Chris Taylor to load up the bases. During the next at-bat, the bags were cleared on a grand slam from designated hitter Ji-Man Choi that gave Jackson the lead for good. For Choi, he now has ten runs batted in over the first four games of the series. To clinch the victory, Jackson relievers Steven Kohlscheen (W, 4-3) and Tyler Burgoon each tossed two scoreless innings. On offense, the Stars were paced from two hits apiece by Stang and Weisenburger. Also, the first inning single from Rogers extended his season-high hitting streak to 12 games. The hit streak is the longest for any Stars player this season. The Stars will play the rubbermatch of a five-game series at The Ballpark at Jackson against the Jackson Generals on Thursday. Huntsville will send RHP Brooks Hall (0-4, 5.88 ERA) to the bump to try to earn a series victory while Jackson will counter with RHP Trevor Miller (0-1, 8.10 ERA). First pitch is 7:05 CT.

Carlo Alvarado, the 35-year-old Puerto Rico native and independent league, Mexican League, and Japan League vetearn, is one of the more obscure Brewer system alumni. He made 17 relief appearances for High-A High Desert back in 2002, joining the Brewers after seven seasons in the Pirates system.

Mark Rogers 1st Maryvale game (first action since five Huntsville rehab games in April/May): 2 IP, retired six of seven (1 double), 4 K's (all swinging), including rehabbing Matt LaPorta, Micah Owings in now in the 3rd AZL Indians Bottom of the 1st Silento Sayles grounds out, shortstop Tucker Neuhaus to first baseman David Denson. D'vone McClure strikes out swinging. Clint Frazier strikes out swinging. AZL Indians Bottom of the 2nd Matt LaPorta strikes out swinging. Grant Fink doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Diaz. Francisco Mejia strikes out swinging. Juan De La Cruz grounds out, shortstop Tucker Neuhaus to first baseman David Denson.

That was Monday, and Tucker's in the lineup tonight after the team day off Tuesday, very nice!

MillerParkProspects.com Mailbag

Nashville City Paper -- Dillard recalls Ryan Braun's mind, not body

Bob Brainerd's Q&A with third baseman Mike Garza

Via Adam McCalvy: Brewers report that Mark Rogers (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment tonight with rookie Arizona.

Rattler Radio Blog - Chris' Postgame Entry

Rattlers timber Have you ever wondered where Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players get their bats? Well, we did, so we posed the question to Travis Voss, the clubhouse manager for the Milwaukee Brewers’ Class-A affiliate. Here’s what he told us: “The Brewers supply us with a bunch of generic Pro Stock bats for players that choose to use those,” Voss said. “Most of the guys seem to have their own bats that they order or get via their agents that are customized (length, weight, model). Agents will send those for free for them to use, or some guys, if they don’t have an agent, pay to get their own custom ones. Some guys will share or exchange bats.” Occasionally, the Timber Rattlers players will benefit when a Brewers player makes a rehab assignment with the team. “Here and there, some hand-me-down bats will make their way into the clubhouse, especially if a rehab player gets sent here,” Voss added. “(Carlos) Gomez last year gave quite a few bats to the guys to have to use.” *** Mike Sherry of the Post-Crescent included that in his article on a local Appleton woodbat maker.

So well-known that it was last mentioned on this forum 8/28/12.

As per the thread title, "Nickname-less Nelson and Ariel Speedwagon Go Tonight" Surely Jimmy has a nickname among his teammates, it's just not commonly known, at least to me... And also surely Pena has no idea about our band reference here.

Getting to know: Nashville Pitching Coach Fred Dabney

Latest on Nyjer, doing well in Japan these days.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Jackson, TN Jupiter, FL Eastlake, OH Missoula, MT Goodyear, AZ San Pedro De Macoris, DR

STANDINGS (YEE-HAH, Helena!): AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris Division *** NOTE: To view first half or overall standings for Huntsville, Brevard County, Wisconsin, and Maryvale, you'll notice options at the respective links for that. Otherwise it's second-half standings as the default view for those three leagues.

Look for Nashville and Wisconsin media notes at the links just prior to their game times. New this season: Brevard County has media notes; as of now, it's a unique link each day, but look for it just prior to game time each day within the "Stats and Scores" banner here. Also new this season: Helena has media notes; it's a unique link each day, but look for it just prior to game time each day within the "Stats and Scores" banner here.

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