Jim Goulart

Since the Manatees and Threshers do not play each other again this season, the game will not be made up.

STARS SHUT OUT BY BARONS HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- For the fourth time since August 1st , an opponent shut out the Huntsville Stars as they were blanked by the Birmingham Barons by a score of 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Joe Davis Stadium. The only run of the ballgame came in the top half of the fourth inning. To begin the frame, Barons first baseman Seth Loman singled off of Stars starting pitcher Josh Stinson. After advancing to second on a walk to left fielder Brady Shoemaker, Loman scored on a RBI single by third baseman Eric Morrison to give Birmingham the lead for good. To shut out the Stars, the Barons combined to use just two pitchers, headlined by starter Nestor Molina. The 23-year-old righty improved to 5-11 on the year after pitching seven innings of scoreless baseball while giving up just five hits and without striking out a batter. Aside from Molina, reliever Brandon Kloess earned his third save of the season after blanking the Stars offense in the final two innings of the game. On the pitching side for Huntsville, Stinson fell to 11-8 on the year after giving up just one run on five hits through six innings. The start was Stinson’s sixth time toeing the rubber without notching his 12th win of the season. Following his exit in the seventh inning, relievers Johnny Hellweg and Kyle Heckathorn combined to throw three scoreless innings for the Stars. On offense, the shutout was the 11th time this season Huntsville has been blanked by an opponent. Right fielder Lee Haydel led the way with two of the Stars six hits on the game. Game four of a five-game series will take place on Monday as the Stars will send RHP Evan Anundsen (5-7, 4.77 ERA) to the mound. First pitch is at 6:43 PM.

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Nashville LHP Mitch Stetter activated from DL (which included parenting leave for the birth of his 2nd child). Rehabbing RHP Vinnie Chulk activated from Nashville's DL as well, but moves from Maryvale, where he was assigned on rehab, to being a formal roster member of Brevard County, hopefully helping them sweep their way to a playoff spot.

Post-Crescent: Rising star: Hometown boy Erickson impresses as Rattlers manager

Just a five-star, Grade A, effort from Nicole at BrewCrewBall here. Do find the time to read and enjoy. Timber Rattlers Notebook: On playing 140 (or more) games for the first time in their career

Video from the Stars' game

Barons Even Series With Stars HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Huntsville Stars dropped a nailbiter to the Birmingham Barons on Saturday night, falling by a score of 5-4 at Joe Davis Stadium. After getting pummeled 10-2 on Friday night, the Barons offense broke out in a big way early against Stars starting pitcher Ariel Pena. Following a leadoff walk by Barons right fielder Jose Martinez in the second inning, an RBI double by catcher Luis Sierra put Birmingham on the board. The next at-bat, a single by second baseman Greg Paiml, made the score 2-0. One inning later, the Barons doubled their lead. After a solo home run by right fielder Trayce Thompson gave Birmingham a three-run lead, an RBI single from third baseman Eric Morrison put the Barons up 4-0 by the end of the inning. However, that lead was short-lived. In the bottom half of the third, the Stars were able to make it a whole new ballgame. With lefty Matt Wickswat in the ballgame to relieve starter Simon Castro, the Stars offense greeted him by loading the bases. Then, with shortstop Hainley Statia up to bat, an error by Thompson in centerfield on a sinking liner cleared the bases to cut the Stars deficit to one. Later in the inning, an RBI triple from right fielder Kentrail Davis plated Statia to tie the game up at 4-4. The score stayed that way until the top half of the sixth inning. With Stars reliever Dan Meadows in for his second inning of work, the Barons began the frame with back-to-back singles by designated hitter Seth Loman and third baseman Eric Morrison. With runners on first and third and nobody out, a groundout by Luis Sierra scored Loman to give the Barons the final run of the ballgame. With the score 5-4, the Barons bullpen shut the Stars out for the final four innings of the ballgame to clinch the victory. With the win, Wickswat improved to 2-7 on the season after giving up four runs (none earned) on two hits in 3.1 innings of work. Aside from Wickswat, RHP Dan Remenowski pitched 1.2 innings without giving up a run and closer Ryan Kussmaul notched his 13 th save of the year with a final scoreless two frames. On the pitching side for the Stars, Meadows fell to 1-5 on the year with the loss. Relievers R.J Seidel, Brian Garman and Darren Byrd combined to throw three scoreless innings for Huntsville. From an offensive perspective, second baseman Scooter Gennett led the way for the Stars with a 3-for-5 night at the plate. Game three of a five-game series will take place on Sunday as the Stars will send RHP Josh Stinson (11-7, 3.06 ERA) to the mound. First pitch is at 4:03 PM.

Brewers fall in shootout Helena Brewers Despite a strong effort from a several Brewers hitters, Orem's offense proved to be too much for Helena on Saturday night. When the dust eventually settled, the Owlz escaped with an 8-7 victory. Chris McFarland and Raul Mondesi Jr. combined to go 5-for-9 on Saturday night while knocking in three runs. Unfortunately, the rest of the Brewers lineup combined for just two hits. On the other side of the coin, the Owlz received hits from eight of the 12 hitters that they sent to the plate. This offensive performance was particularly concentrated near the top of the lineup where Joel Capote, Wendell Soto and Wade Hinkle went 7-for-14 while driving in six of the Owlz seven runs. The Brewers pitching staff did nothing to help their cause as they issued seven walks on the evening. Damien Magnifico, despite retiring six of his seven outs via the strikeout was tabbed with the loss, his third of the season. For the Owlz, Christopher O'Grady earned his third win of the season lowering his ERA to 5.40. Following O'Grady, Michael Morin pitched a perfect 1.2 innings to earn his fourth save of the season. The Brewers return to action tomorrow afternoon in game two of a three game series against the Orem Owlz. First pitch is slated for 1:05 (2:05 Central). Alfredo Rodriguez started a key double play on Saturday night. (Sleeping Giant Photography) http://www.milb.com/images/2012/08/26/nsLYcFiB.jpg

Look for Nashville and Wisconsin media notes at the links just prior to their game times. Huntsville is posting theirs more consistently. Rest your pointer under the "Roster" banner on the Stars' home page to see the link. Enjoy your summer Sunday!

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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 Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris Division (FINAL) *** NOTE: AAA Nashville, Rookie Maryvale and the DSL do not play a split schedule. When you click on a standings link for Huntsville, Brevard County, Wisconsin, and/or Helena, you'll then be able to choose 1st half and/or overall standings in addition to the current 2nd half standings.

Follow Sunday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Wily Peralta at Round Rock (Rangers), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the new 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 Josh Stinson at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 3:48 PM pre-game, 4:03 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page Alex Cohen is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. It's fantastic that Huntsville is returning to what will be a traditional broadcast format this year. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Tommy Toledo at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 4:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio available for this series... Once again this season, Brevard does not have its own audio coverage. It appears two teams in the Manatees North Division (within which the majority of games are played) have audio, and all six teams in the South Division have audio (at least for their home games), so there will be opportunities to listen to approx. 70% or Brevard's games this season, just all from the opponent's perspective. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Mark Williams at Peoria (Cubs), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:00 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. MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; Wisconsin is one of only two (Great Lakes) Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV; Chris' call provides the audio. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, all Timber Rattlers home games, and Stars' road games from four Southern League locales. ********** Helena: RHP Leonard Lorenzo at home vs. Orem (Angels), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page We're lucky to have Steve Wendt back on board for another H-Crew season. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the micro-Mariners; 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete; final stats and analysis here

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Look for Nashville and Wisconsin media notes at the links just prior to their game times. Huntsville is posting theirs more consistently. Rest your pointer under the "Roster" banner on the Stars' home page to see the link.

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 Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris Division (FINAL) *** NOTE: AAA Nashville, Rookie Maryvale and the DSL do not play a split schedule. When you click on a standings link for Huntsville, Brevard County, Wisconsin, and/or Helena, you'll then be able to choose 1st half and/or overall standings in addition to the current 2nd half standings.

Follow Saturday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Claudio Vargas at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the new 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). We imagine the audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Ariel Pena at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page Alex Cohen is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. It's fantastic that Huntsville is returning to what will be a traditional broadcast format this year. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV subsciption note: Huntsville road games in four locales (Mississippi, Tennessee, Jacksonville and Pensacola) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Brandon Williamson at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio available for this series... Once again this season, Brevard does not have its own audio coverage. It appears two teams in the Manatees North Division (within which the majority of games are played) have audio, and all six teams in the South Division have audio (at least for their home games), so there will be opportunities to listen to approx. 70% or Brevard's games this season, just all from the opponent's perspective. There are no Florida State League games on MiLB.TV this year. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jacob Barnes at Peoria (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 only two (Great Lakes) Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV; Chris' call provides the audio. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, all Timber Rattlers home games, and Stars' road games from four Southern League locales. ********** Helena: RHP Ryan Gibbard at home vs. Orem (Angels), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page We're lucky to have Steve Wendt back on board for another H-Crew season. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete; final stats and analysis here

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Thinking this isn't great for a pitcher who firs 100+

Mike McClendon's outright off the 40-man roster makes the 27-year-old, drafted in 2006, eligible for minor league free agency this fall.

Mike McClendon's outright off the 40-man roster makes the 27-year-old, drafted in 2006, eligible for minor league free agency this fall.

Mike McClendon's outright off the 40-man roster makes the 27-year-old, drafted in 2006, eligible for minor league free agency this fall.