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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.

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.

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: LHP Zach Kroenke at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 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 Taylor Jungmann at Birmingham (White Sox), 11:15 AM pre-game, 11:30 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: RHP David Goforth at Tampa (Yankees), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:00 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. NOTE: Dave indicates that he hopes to include a pre-game interview prior to each game; it's a 30-minute pre-game! We'll fill you in if Brevard masters archiving a la Nashville and/or Helena. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 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 $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).

Fortunately, RHP Andre Lamontagne's 2013 stay on the Brevard County disabled list was brief. He has been activated to fill the open spot on their 25-man roster, and we should see him in a game shortly. When he does appear, it will be the first appearance above the rehabbing Maryvale level for the now 27-year-old Lamontagne since the 2010 season (long road back from right shoulder surgery). Good luck, Andre (career stats)!

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: LHP Zach Kroenke at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 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 Taylor Jungmann at Birmingham (White Sox), 11:15 AM pre-game, 11:30 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: RHP David Goforth at Tampa (Yankees), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:00 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. NOTE: Dave indicates that he hopes to include a pre-game interview prior to each game; it's a 30-minute pre-game! We'll fill you in if Brevard masters archiving a la Nashville and/or Helena. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 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 $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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MiLB.com audio / video from the weekend: 4/19/13: Nashville's Johnny Hellweg gets Logan Watkins swinging in a tight spot in the Sounds' 5-0 loss to Iowa Manatees at Yankees audio highlights One more look at Victor Roache's HR

Post-Crescent Photo Gallery Game story link includes Victor Roache video interview Roache debuts with Timber Rattlers in loss to Quad Cities by Tim Froberg, Post-Crescent Media GRAND CHUTE — The Milwaukee Brewers’ organization will be keeping a close eye on Victor Roache in the coming years. The power-hitting outfielder showed Sunday night why he’s a talented prospect worth watching. The 21-year-old Roache made an impressive debut in his first professional game, providing dynamic plays with his bat and glove for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in a 12-5 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Roache, who was activated by the Timber Rattlers earlier in the day, launched his promising career the ideal way by slamming a long two-run homer in his first professional at-bat. Three innings later, he made a sensational catch of a foul ball, while flipping over the railing of an aluminum fence along the left-field line at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium for a highlight-reel put-out. “The home run felt pretty amazing,” said Roache. “It was definitely not the thing I expected. I was just trying to put the barrel on the ball and get that first hit out of the way. Luckily, I was able to catch it pretty good and it went out.” Plenty more may be on the way. The right-handed-hitting Roache has exceptional power and was the 28th overall pick by Milwaukee in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He is rated by Baseball America as the Brewers’ seventh-best prospect and is the highest-rated prospect among the Timber Rattlers. “He’s got big-time power,” said Wisconsin manager Matt Erickson. “One of the things you notice about him when you see him in batting practice, or in the batting cage, is that the ball makes a different sound off his bat. But he’s got to learn how to hit and he has some work to do in the outfield to become an adequate outfielder.” Roache was in extended spring training in Arizona recovering from a hamstring injury before getting the call to head to Grand Chute for his first professional gig. Roache missed most of the 2012 season after breaking his left wrist Feb. 25 diving for a fly ball, while playing college baseball for Georgia Southern. He missed the rest of the collegiate season, but the injury didn’t stop the Brewers from selecting him a pick after taking current teammate Clint Coulter with the 27th selection in the 2012 draft. After signing with the Brewers, Roache spent the remainder of the 2012 season rehabbing the wrist injury. “It’s definitely been a waiting game,” said Roache, who grew up in Ypsilanti, Mich. “I had to sit out seven months with my wrist and then my hammy tightened up right near the end of spring training. It’s been frustrating and I’m just glad to get out on the field. Being a competitor, I was kind of upset at first that I had to stay in Arizona. But I’m actually glad I stayed because the hamstring is better than ever now and I’m a lot more flexible.” Roache caught the attention of scouts with a big sophomore season at Georgia Southern, batting .326 with 30 home runs. He was chosen as the Southern Conference Player of the Year. Roache, who batted cleanup and played left field in his pro and Rattlers debut, is known more for his bat than his glove, but made the defensive play of the game Sunday with his diving catch of Jordan Scott’s foul ball that carried him over the fence along the left-field line. “I thought I had more room than I did and as soon as I caught it, my knee hit the fence and I flipped over it,” said Roache. “It’s the first time I’ve ever flipped over a fence like that. My knee still hurts a little bit.” Another Wisconsin newcomer, first baseman Adam Giacalone, also had a solid Timber Rattlers debut. Giacalone, who was promoted from Helena, went one-for-three with a two-run single. “Both those guys are going to add more of a threat to our lineup,” said Erickson. “We worked with Victor (Roache) all through spring training and the plan was for him to break camp with us, but he had a little hamstring issue and that’s what delayed him.” Roache wasn’t the only No. 1 pick with a big game Sunday night. Quad Cities shortstop Carlos Correa, the first overall selection in the 2012 MLB draft, socked a pair of homers and went three-for-four to lead a 12-hit River Bandits attack. Third baseman Chris McFarland added a solo homer and the Rattlers generated sufficient offense, but their pitching staff struggled. Wisconsin starter Leonard Lorenzo was hit hard, allowing nine runs on eight hits in four innings. “I like the way we competed at the plate, but we had a tough time on the mound,” said Erickson. “Too many free passes. When you keep falling behind in the count against professional hitters, they’re going to hurt you.”

Stars Combine to One-Hit Barons for Second Straight Victory By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars Despite walking 12 batters and striking out 13 times on offense, the Huntsville Stars hurlers combined to one-hit the Birmingham Barons en route to a 5-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Regions Field. For the second straight game, the Stars got out to a quick start against the Barons. After third baseman Shea Vucinich drew a walk, an RBI triple from first baseman Jason Rogers put the Stars on the board. Following a two-out walk from right fielder Brock Kjeldgaard, an RBI single from designated hitter Robinzon Diaz and an accompanying error by Barons left fielder Jared Mitchell allowed Rogers and Kjeldgaard to score to give the Stars a 3-0 lead. In the fifth inning, with the score still intact, the Stars bats equaled that same output. To begin the inning, second baseman Nick Shaw drew a walk against Barons starter Spencer Arroyo (L, 1-1) that chased him from the game. Then, after Barons reliever Taylor Thompson gave up a single to right fielder Kentrail Davis to begin his outing, a two-run double down the right-field line from Kjeldgaard scored Shaw and Davis to give Huntsville a five-run lead. Later in the inning, Kjeldgaard scored on another RBI single by Diaz to make the score 6-0. That run support was plenty for Stars starting pitcher Ariel Pena, who earned his first victory in 11 starts in a Stars uniform on Sunday to improve to 1-2 on the season. The 24-year-old righty gave up a single to Barons catcher Michael Blanke as the only hit of the ballgame with two outs in the fifth inning. Pena finished the day by going five innings while striking out four batters and walking seven. Pena was tabbed for two earned runs when he walked the first two batters of the sixth inning before leaving the ballgame. His replacement, righty Mark Williams, ultimately gave up three straight bases-loaded walks to allow the Barons to cut their deficit in half by the end of the inning. In his Double-A debut, the 24-year-old hurler threw an inning, giving up one run while walking four batters after being transferred to the Stars from Brevard County (A+) early Sunday morning. In the ninth inning, Huntsville put the game out of reach with two more runs. After Barons righty Ryan Kussmaul walked Vucinich and gave up a single to Davis to begin the inning, Rogers smoked a RBI double down the left-field line to plate Vucinich. Davis later scored on a wild pitch from Kussmaul to make the score 8-3. On the pitching side, Stars got two innings of scoreless relief from righty R.J Seidel and righty Casey Medlen sent the Barons down in order to finish the game in the ninth inning. For Huntsville, the victory was their second in a row and now gives the Stars a 6-1 record away from Joe Davis Stadium in 2013. The combined one-hitter was the second of the sorts this year for Huntsville, even with the 12 walks issued being a season-high for the Stars hurlers. The Stars and Barons will play game three of their five-game series at Regions Field on Monday morning. Huntsville will send RHP Taylor Jungmann (1-2, 7.62 ERA) to the bump to square off against Birmingham RHP Erik Johnson (1-0, 1.47 ERA). The pitching matchup features a pair of top-five prospects per MLB.com in each organization with Jungmann (2nd) for the Brewers and Johnson (4th) for the White Sox. First pitch is at 11:30 AM.

Jeff Hem's blog: Audio from Nashville — “Comments from Cole (Garner)” Today’s interview is with Sounds outfielder Cole Garner, who discusses his great game last night (2-for-3, GS, 4 RBIs), the team’s recent cold and wet road trip, his season so far, his unique 2012 campaign at Triple-A for the Yankees during which he never played a true home game and his memories of playing on a talented, nationally-ranked high school team in ’03 in his native California.

Tweet from the Brewers So Jorge Lopez to the DL frees up one spot, but the Rattlers will need to make another move today. EDIT: Catcher Brent Dean joins Lopez on the DL.

RHP Arcenio Leon, the former waiver claim from the Astros no longer on the Brewers' 40-man roster, has been placed on the DL retroactive to 4/20. Leon (career stats) lasted only one inning (five runs) in his last appearance, a start on Friday. As we usually type on in-season injuries not directly related to game action (such as obvious injury on the field, i.e. play at the plate), we do not currently know the nature or severity of Leon's injury.

Love it when the independent league signings who had never played affiliate ball before do well. Signed in August 2011, RHP Mark Williams (career stats) has been bumped to AA Huntsville after only five games at the High-A level with Brevard. Nice job by the pro scouting dept., you'll notice Williams' indy league numbers were not strong, but the Brewers obviously saw something there. The Manatees roster is now at 24, one below the limit. Huntsville will need to make a move, they're at 26. *** Via FSNW's Andrew Gruman, right-hander and 2011 2nd round pick Jorge Lopez (career stats) has been placed on the DL for Class-A Wisconsin. No word on the nature or severity of his injury, but it may explain his ineffectiveness to date.

Weather.com: Nashville Birmingham Tampa Appleton (Grand Chute)

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.

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.

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Tyler Thornburg at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:05 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 at Birmingham (White Sox), 2:45 PM pre-game, 3:00 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: RHP Brooks Hall at Tampa (Yankees), 3:30 PM pre-game, 4:00 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. NOTE: Dave indicates that he hopes to include a pre-game interview prior to each game; it's a 30-minute pre-game! We'll fill you in if Brevard masters archiving a la Nashville and/or Helena. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Leonard Lorenzo at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:05 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. 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: 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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Check out the starts to their seasons - Sounds bullpen mates RHP Jesus Sanchez and LHP Travis Webb. Sanchez, the converted Phillies' catcher, is on the 40-man and likely has a leg up on Michael Olmsted if another big league arm is needed. Webb's inking as a minor league free agent last fall included a big league non-roster camp invite. He's yet to see a big league mound.

Stars Win 13-Inning Marathon Against Barons By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars To begin their five-game series at the new Regions Field, the Huntsville Stars beat the Birmingham Barons by a score of 10-5 in a near five-hour, 13-inning affair on Saturday night. With the game scoreless in the fourth inning, the Stars drew first blood against Barons starting pitcher Wes Whisler. With one out, left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard and catcher Robinzon Diaz started things off with back-to-back singles. After Diaz was forced out at second on a Rene Tosoni fielders choice and catcher Adam Weisenburger drew a walk to load the bases, shortstop Hector Gomez walked to plate Kjeldgaard to put the Stars on the board. The next at-bat, second baseman Nick Shaw brought home Tosoni and Weisenburger on a two-run single that made the score 3-0. In the fifth inning, the Huntsville bats were able to continue that momentum. Following a leadoff double by right fielder Kentrail Davis off of Barons reliever Ryan Buch, a single from first baseman Jason Rogers put runners at the corners with nobody out. With Kjeldgaard at the plate, an errant throw by Birmingham catcher Miguel Gonzalez while trying to catch Rogers stealing second allowed Davis to score. One batter later, an RBI double from Diaz plated Rogers to make the score 5-0. Leading by that margain going into the eighth inning, the Stars bullpen managed to give the Barons a golden opportunity to win the ballgame. Righty Santo Manzanillo allowed the first four batters of the frame to reach base and gave up a bases-loaded walk to Barons designated hitter Andy Wilkins to put Birmingham on the board. After Manzanillo exited the game with the bases loaded without recording an out, lefty Brian Garman gave up a pair of sacrifice flies to designated hitter Dan Black and shortstop Tyler Saladino to cut their deficit to 5-3 at inning's end. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, after center fielder Keenyn Walker drew a leadoff walk, second basemen Marcus Semien crushed a two-run homer over the left-field wall off of Stars righty Greg Holle to tie up the game. The blown save for Holle was his third of the year. When Holle left the game with two outs, lefty Thomas Keeling was able to strand the potential game-winning run just 90 feet away when he struck out Saladino swinging to send the game to extra innings. The blown lead by the Stars bullpen wasted another strong start from Huntsville starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson, who threw five shutout innings while giving up just two hits and striking out six batters for a no-decision. With the scorless outing, Nelson's ERA dropped to 1.25 on the season in his first four starts. With the score still tied 5-5 going into the 13th inning, the Stars offense was finally able to regain the tempo with the help of the Barons defense. After a double by Diaz and a single by Tosoni off of Barons righty Salvador Sanchez (L, 0-1) began the inning, a two-run single by Weisenburger made the score 7-5. Weisenburger, who advanced to second on a throwing error by Walker, moved to third on a throwing error by Barons third basemen Cody Puckett on grounder off the bat of Hector Gomez. With both runners in scoring postion, a throwing error by Sanchez on a attemped suicide squeeze from Stars third baseman Shea Vucinich allowed Weisenburger and Gomez to score. Later in the inning, Vucinich scored on an RBI groundout by Rogers to make the score 10-5. In the bottom of the frame, with no more pitchers available for the Stars, position player T.J Mittelstaedt took the bump and threw a scoreless bottom half of the 13th inning to finish off the Stars victory. The 25-year-old gave up just one hit in his first outing on the hill since 2011. For Mittelstaedt, he was the first Stars position player to take the bump since Chuckie Caufield in 2011. He helped earn the win for righty Eric Marzec, who improved to 1-0 on the year after throwing two scoreless innings in relief. The victory for the Stars snapped their four-game losing streak overall. Huntsville is now 5-1 away from Joe Davis Stadium. In the process of winning their first extra-inning game of 2013, the Stars also sent the Barons to their first ever loss at their new ballpark, as they were 5-0 at Regions Field before Saturday's game. The Stars and Barons will play game two of their five-game series on Sunday afternoon. Huntsville will send RHP Ariel Pena (0-2, 6.35 ERA) to the bump to square off against Birmingham LHP Spencer Arroyo (1-0, 2.93). First pitch is at 3:00 PM.

You'll find audio highlights (and lowlights) from the Manatees' game here -- look for the audio dated 4/20. *** Rattler Radio Blog - Chris provides game details not evident in the box score *** Nashville Pre-Game Audio via Jeff Hem's blog -- “(Rob) Wooten’s Words” Tonight’s interview is with Sounds reliever Rob Wooten, who discusses the team’s difficult road trip, his season so far, the dynamic on the team and in the bullpen, his first taste of major spring training camp (he was a non-roster invitee to Brewers camp) this year and the emergence of Mets pitcher and Wooten’s former University of North Carolina teammate, Matt Harvey.