Jim Goulart

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Frankie De La Cruz at Round Rock (Rangers), 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: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended seven-inning game (Stars lead 2-1 in the 3rd), then it's LHP Alan Williams at Mobile (Diamondbacks) in the seven-inning nightcap, 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page 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: LHP Brent Suter at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Brevard County feed from the MiLB main audio page Manatees audio, hooray! Dave Walkovic is the first play-by-play voice of the 'Tees since 2007, he's joined by Andy Towne; 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, we'll let you know that. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Austin Blaski at Great Lakes (Dodgers), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 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. 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: 32 of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel has seventeen games scheduled and WACY-TV My NEW32 plans to show fifteen games. We'll let you know when, but won't be providing day-before DVR reminders, so regularly check for proper channel and time planning (scroll to the bottom of this link).

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Sounds Fall To Express In Extras, 5-4 Nashville's Wooten Works 3 1/3 Hitless; Halton Homers Nashville Sounds ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Nashville Sounds had the Round Rock Express down to their final five outs Friday night at Dell Diamond, but could not hold off a late rally and lost in extras by a 5-4 margin; their seventh straight loss. The Sounds led through the first seven innings, but Round Rock manufactured a pair of runs in the eighth off of Travis Webb to level the game, 4-4, leading to Nashville's first extra-innings game of the year. Sounds reliever Donovan Hand (1-1) entered the game in the 12th and got touched for two hits; the second a two-out game-winner by Yangervis Solarte scoring Jurickson Profar, who singled to get on and moved to second on a walk. Hand was charged with the loss. Guiding the Sounds in extras up to the 12th was reliever Rob Wooten, who worked through 3.1 innings without surrendering a hit. Wooten tossed 41 pitches in the appearance, fanning two and walking one. From the start, Nashville felt the impact of their two newest additions: Josh Prince, who joined the team earlier in the day after spending the last 28 with Milwaukee, and Khris Davis, in his second game back since 2012. Prince opened the game with a double to right field and after stealing third, was driven in by Davis, who singled through the drawn-in infield (audio). Prince and Davis paired up again in the third to make it 2-0 with Davis' RBI-groundout. Davis' grounder up the middle was fielded by Express second baseman Jurickson Profar who tried to tag Scooter Gennett, who singled prior, before eventually just taking the sure out at first. The play gave Prince, who reached base on balls, enough time to score from second (audio). Meanwhile, starting pitcher Mike Fiers held off the Express early in his third start with the Sounds. The Florida native allowed two runs on four hits and two walks over six innings of work. Round Rock's runs came on a wild pitch in the third and Engel Beltre's ground rule double in the fifth. Fiers twirled eight strikeouts on the night, the most by a Sounds starter this season, and fanned four batters with runners in scoring position. The 27-year-old left the game in line for the win after his second quality start. The Sounds maintained the edge by picking up a run in the fourth and sixth innings. Outfielder Sean Halton connected on a solo homer in the fourth off of Round Rock's left-handed starter Ryan Feierabend (audio). The next score came via Caleb Gindl's sacrifice-fly in the sixth, which plated Hunter Morris from third (audio). In extras, Cole Garner was ejected by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn, despite arguing the correct side of the call. Garner knocked one of his pitches into the dirt near his feet, which spun into fair territory. Catcher Robinson Chirinos collected the ball and threw to first for the out. Garner never moved, thinking the ball was foul, but was called out. Upon the call, Garner disputed and was ejected. Moments later the crew gathered to discuss the play and ruled the ball foul. Pinch hitter Hainley Statia finished the at-bat with a strikeout. The Sounds face the Express in game two of four on Saturday night at 7:05 pm. Starting on the hill for Nashville will be RHP Frankie De La Cruz (1-3, 7.23) against Round Rock's lefty Brad Mills (3-0, 2.81). Baseball returns to Greer Stadium on Tuesday, May 7, as the Sounds host the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA-Giants). Nashville Box Score Four hours and 32 minutes nets a 7th straight loss, ugh - fun clubhouse right now; Josh Prince on base five times... Nashville Game Log

The Manatees' 1B, Nick Ramirez, has a reasonable .742 FSL OPS, but he's fanned 46 times in 110 AB's, 11 more than any other player in the league. Teammate Chadwin Stang is 2nd with 35 in 108 AB's.

Brewers sign RHP Tim Dillard The Milwaukee Brewers have signed right-handed pitcher Tim Dillard, who was pitching for the independent Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League. Dillard, 29, pitched in the majors for the Brewers from 2008-2009 and 2011-2012. A 34th round pick by Milwaukee in the 2002 draft, Dillard spent six seasons in the team’s minor league system before finally getting the call to the big leagues in 2008. In his rookie season, he posted a 4.40 ERA in 13 relief appearances, and spent most of 2009 as a starter for the AAA Nashville Sounds. After spending all of 2010 transforming into a sidearm pitcher with Nashville, Dillard saw major league action again in 2011, when he posted a 1-1 record and 4.08 ERA in 24 appearances with the Brewers. 2012 was Dillard’s busiest season in the major leagues, as he made 31 relief appearances throughout the season, going 0-2 with a 4.38 ERA. In total, Dillard has appeared in 73 games (all in relief) at the major league level, and has a 1-4 record with a 4.70 ERA. After the 2012 season, Dillard was granted free agency and spent his winter hoping to land a job with a major league organization. After no teams showed interest, Dillard signed with the Barnstormers on April 5th and, like many other players in the Atlantic League, hoped that his play would be noticed by a major league team. In seven innings over six relief appearances, Dillard has not surrendered a run so far this season, striking out five and giving up only three hits. For the Brewers, Dillard will likely report to his familiar setting of Nashville, and may help the big league club at some point during the regular season. Dillard is the second Atlantic League pitcher in as many days to sign with a major league team, joining York Revolution righty Josh Judy, who signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Thursday. *** Turns out Dillard will be a replacement for RHP Chris Jakubauskas, who is dealing with a sore groin.

Brevard County Pre-Game Audio Interview with RHP Drew Gagnon

Via Bob Brainerd - Catch of the Day (Clint Coulter)

Don't quite understand this one from a baseball perspective -- This would have been the age 21 summer for RHP Carlos Sosa (career stats), the 6'6", 236 lb. Dominican product who threw well in Maryvale in 2012 after two strong Dominican Summer League seasons, has been released, as per Baseball America. Fine career ratios throughout, this one is puzzling.

And now, per the J-S' Todd Rosiak: "Asst Brewers GM Gord Ash says Taylor Jungmann on the DL in Huntsville with a nerve issue affecting fingers on his right hand. Team is being proactive prescribing rest and treatment in the hopes of nipping Jungmann's issue in the bud."

Catch up with the fantastic galleries of our own Brad (bkrause2).

At Brevard County: OF Dionis Hinojosa (stats) transferred from Brevard County to Helena (extended spring training). Manatees roster at the 25-man limit.

Manatees may see old friend LHP Efrain Nieves (wow, still just 23) this weekend, just activated from Dunedin's DL.

Weather.com: Round Rock Mobile (not promising for a twinbill) Dunedin Lansing

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.

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division

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

Link Report AAA Factoid: The Brewers' Mike Fiers faces the Rangers' Ryan Feierabend tonight. Some hot knowledge for you...

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at Round Rock (Rangers), 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 Ariel Pena and LHP Alan Williams in a doubleheader at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page 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 David Goforth at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:30 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Brevard County feed from the MiLB main audio page Manatees audio, hooray! Dave Walkovic is the first play-by-play voice of the 'Tees since 2007, he's joined by Andy Towne; 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, we'll let you know that. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Leonard Lorenzo at Lansing (Blue Jays), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:05 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. 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: 32 of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel has seventeen games scheduled and WACY-TV My NEW32 plans to show fifteen games. We'll let you know when, but won't be providing day-before DVR reminders, so regularly check for proper channel and time planning (scroll to the bottom of this link).

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Via Brewers Player Development Twitter Account: SS Ozzie Chavez moves to Huntsville to make room for Josh Prince. UT T.J. Mittelstaedt goes to Brevard County. A corresponding move at Brevard County will be announced later. Also, RHP Taylor Jungmann has been placed on the DL in Huntsville.

So Tyler Wagner was one of the few bright spots tonight -- he credits it to this. No comment.

Rattler Radio Blog Post-Game Entry

MiLB.com article on Archie Bradley's success vs. Huntsville last night in his AA Diamondbacks debut. Too bad he's not with an American League affiliate...

Brevard Game Audio Highlights / Lowlights *** Thursday's interview was with RHP Andre Lamontagne