Jim Goulart

Brewers about to have four waiver claims on active roster (Kottaras, Estrada, Ransom, Bianchi); during Daniel Ray Herrera's ultra-brief stay in 2011, they had five (Kottaras, Estrada, McGehee, Josh Wilson, and Herrera).

Turns out the DSL kids did play two today. This will be your box score link for Game Two (as of this post, not up yet). Brewers the home team in Game One, road team in Game Two.

Bianchi gets his chance! Career stats

Lance Roenicke, sprained wrist, as per Haudricourt tweet. No roster moves announced as of yet...

Scooter Gennett enlightens George Brett, enjoys Futures Game experience By Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- George Brett witnessed a rare baseball milestone back in March, a milestone being perpetrated against the team for which he long played and is now vice president. This past weekend, he met Scooter Gennett, the player who accomplished the milestone - hitting for the cycle against Kansas City in spring training March 25. Brett didn't make the connection. As Gennett said, "The light bulb didn't go off." Finally, late Sunday afternoon, there was illumination. Gennett, the Huntsville Stars second baseman, flew out to right field in his first at-bat in the Futures Game, for baseball's top prospects. When Gennett got back to the dugout, Brett, the honorary captain for the U.S. team, approached him. "Why didn't you tell me you were the guy who hit for the cycle against us in spring training?" Brett said. "I didn't think it'd be appropriate," Gennett responded. It was the first time Gennett had hit for the cycle - he tripled in the first, had a two-run double in the second, a single in the sixth and a homer in the eighth - and it came on a day that was a total surprise in the appropriately named Phoenix suburb of Surprise. Gennett was supposed to play a few innings in the game at the Brewers' camp. Instead, last minute, he was dispatched to play Kansas City in the split-squad game. In reflection, and understatement, "That was a day I'll never forget," Gennett said Monday afternoon before the Stars hosted Jacksonville. He was just back from another unforgettable day, from his appearance in the Futures Game. It was a 17-5 romp, and Gennett had a double, walk and scored a pair of runs. He also had to face Detroit prospect Bruce Rondon, who threw three consecutive fastballs at 101 mph. (Rondon, by coincidence, is a teammate at Erie with 2011 Brewer farmhand Zack Segovia, son-in-law of Stars manager Darnell Coles.) "It was fast," Gennett said. "That type of velocity, you don't really have time to pick up any movement or pick up anything, other than to react." That fast, in fact, "really just out of the (pitcher's) hand you have to start your hands to be ready to hit it." Gennett flew to Kansas City on Saturday, ending his 86-consecutive-game streak with the Stars. He checked into an upscale hotel, and picked up his equipment and some swag. A Carolina blue uniform that he gets to keep. Sunglasses. A bat with his name on it. A memorabilia baseball. Some dry-fit gear. "Basically, we got treated like big-leaguers for a couple of days," he said. "That was a different experience for all of us." He had dinner with his family on Saturday night, then Sunday there was a team breakfast, then off to the ballpark. At first blush, from ground level, the whole thing was "a little overwhelming," he said. But by game time, "I didn't have any nerves. You think you might, but you just trust yourself, trust your abilities." The Futures Game invitation both encouraged and assured Gennett. "It's something to get you to work even harder every day," he said. "It shows you that you have the ability to do it. That it's all about your work ethic and the time you put in. "It was a good experience to get on that stage before you might be called up to the big leagues," he said. "I kinda feel like I got my feet wet." But, as George Brett might now argue, Gennett got his feet wet against Kansas City in the spring, not in Kansas City in the summer.

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 *** NOTE: AAA Nashville does not play a split schedule. The other leagues, including the rookie leagues, do. When you click on a standings link for Huntsville, Brevard County or Wisconsin, you'll then be able to choose 1st half and/or overall standings in addition to the current 2nd half standings.

These two teams were rained out at the Jays' complex on last Thursday. It's more likely that the rainout will be made up next Tuesday the 17th. But if you see that today's game only went seven innings, that means you'll find the other score here.

Tuesday's Daily Menu: DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Blue Jays, 9:30 AM Central, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest Box Score / Game Log

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VIDEO: Helena Brewers talking their own HR derby thoughts -- I believe that's Alfredo Rodriguez and Adam Giacalone following up the first player shown, my semi-educated guess comparing MiLB.com photos is that it's Yonki Hernandez. Correct me if I'm wrong...

AUDIO: Helena Brewers broadcaster Steve Wendt sat down with Raul Mondesi Jr. before Monday's game

AUDIO: Nashville Sounds' AAA All Star Jim Henderson joins the Sports Revolution (radio in Nashville)

Despite the loss, local TV found Helena highlights, and the anchor will evetually learn to pronounce Mondesi, which doesn't seem very difficult.

VIDEO: Teammates Hunter Morris and Jimmy Nelson on their Auburn-Alabama rivalry roots

Stars Lose Finale With Suns HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – With an opportunity of a series sweep hanging in the balance, the Stars lost the finale of a three-game set against the Jacksonville Suns by a score of 3-1 on Monday night at Joe Davis Stadium. A night after hitting a season-high six home runs, the Stars were only able to manage their sole run of the game in the third inning. With one out, center fielder Josh Prince reached base on an infield single and then advanced to second on a throwing error from Suns third baseman Curt Smith. Then, while trying to steal third, a throwing error by Suns starting pitcher Zack Neal allowed Prince to score to give Huntsville a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately, that would be the only run support Stars starting pitcher Hiram Burgos would get. The 24-year-old righty earned a no-decision after giving up just one run (unearned) on one hit through seven innings of work. Burgos also struck out four batters. He took a perfect game into the fifth inning, before giving up a leadoff single to Curt Smith. With the game tied at 1-1 in the eighth inning, Stars reliever Darren Byrd came into the ballgame to replace Burgos. After giving up a leadoff walk to first baseman Ben Lasater and a sacrifice bunt, a pinch-hit RBI single from Shawn Bowman gave Jacksonville the lead for good. In the ninth inning, the Suns scored their final run on a RBI single by right fielder Kyle Jensen off of Stars RHP Brandon Kintzler to make the score 3-1. On the pitching side, reliever Jordan Conley earned the win for Jacksonville in two innings of scoreless relief. Suns closer A.J Ramos notched his ninth save on the season with scoreless final two innings. For the Stars, Byrd took the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season. On offense, the Stars got another multi-hit game from first baseman Hunter Morris, who went 2-for-4 with a double. Morris finished the series 7-for-13 with three home runs and seven runs batted in.

Q&A with Hunter Morris

Emerging players, small ball help Wisconsin Timber Rattlers succeed by Tim Froberg, Post-Crescent staff writer *** LINK ABOVE includes video interview with OF Ben McMahan (plus Dancing Queen audio, always a bonus) *** GRAND CHUTE — The Milwaukee Brewers organization has made only a minor investment in Ben McMahan, but he’s providing major production for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The 22-year-old corner outfielder slammed a long home run and stole one of three bases by the Timber Rattlers in a 6-4 comeback win over Kane County Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. McMahan, a 23rd-round selection out of Florida in the 2011 major league draft, is hitting .305, tops among Timber Rattlers with more than 100 at-bats. McMahan’s third-inning homer was his seventh of the season and he leads the team with a .489 slugging percentage. McMahan is also tied for second on the team in stolen bases with seven. “I kind of struggled at the start of the season. I think I was trying to do too much,” McMahan said. “So I stopped putting so much pressure on myself and just tried to take it one bat at a time. That’s been working for me ever since.” McMahan showed instant promise in his first professional season at rookie-league Helena (Mont.), where he hit .313 in 2011 with seven homers and 25 RBI in 162 at-bats. “There’s definitely a lot less pressure coming in as a lower-round draft pick,” McMahan said. “You don’t have all that hype. But there’s pressure every day to earn your keep because you’re not going to get all the opportunities of a higher draft pick. You just have to keep grinding and take advantage of your opportunities.” McMahan, a right-handed batter, is primarily a line-drive hitter but has some pop, as he showed with his solo blast over the wall in left-center. “That was one of the longer ones I’ve hit,” McMahan said. “That felt good. I was battling in the count and he (Kane County starter Kyle Smith) was throwing me a lot of sliders. I got one I could handle and put a good swing on it.” Another unheralded Timber Rattler who didn’t cost the Brewers organization much, third baseman Brandon Macias, also had a big day, going four-for-five to lead a 12-hit attack. Macias, signed by the Brewers in 2011 as an undrafted free agent, raised his batting average to .276. He leads the team in RBI with 41. I don’t know if it matters whether you were drafted or weren’t drafted, because there’s always pressure in this game,” Macias said. Macias drilled an RBI single to cap a three-run sixth inning that allowed the Timber Rattlers to break a 3-3 deadlock. “In a day game, you always see the ball a little better,” Macias said. “I had a couple lucky ones today, but hits are hits. You take them and I’m glad to be able to help out.” The Rattlers thrived with a small-ball approach in the game-breaking sixth. Max Walla started the rally with a single and moved to third on Adrian Williams’ hit-and-run single. Walla then scored the tie-breaking run on a squeeze bunt RBI single by Chadwin Stang. “We’ll do whatever it takes to score runs and win ballgames,” Macias said. “Stang does a lot for this team. He has power and can do the little things, like bunt.” Wisconsin starter David Goforth went six innings to pick up the mound win and improve his record to 6-4. Goforth allowed three runs on nine hits, including a bomb over the center-field wall in the second by Julio Aparicio. Alan Williams and Tommy Toledo finished up for the Rattlers, who improved to 53-34. “The first couple innings I thought I kept the ball down and threw well,” Goforth said. “They hit some good pitches. Later on, I was getting the ball up and, fortunately, they were free swingers and were getting themselves out. “I thought I kept our team in the game. I thought it was a good outing.” Wisconsin's Ben McMahan bats against Kane County in Grand Chute, on Monday. / Photo by Wm. Glasheen/The Post-Crescent http://cmsimg.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=U0&Date=20120709&Category=APC020602&ArtNo=307090193&Ref=AR&MaxW=300&Border=0&Emerging-players-small-ball-help-Wisconsin-Timber-Rattlers-succeed

Huntsville Media Notes

Video Highlights from Today's Rattlers Game -- Write-up this evening

Two fine audio choices tonight -- listen to what the Hiram Burgos buzz brings us with Alex, that should be fun. Then, Mike Schaub is on the mound for Helena. The Anaheim high school 2010 late-round pick intrigued in Maryvale for two years -- did you listen to Steve Wendt interview H-Crew Pitching Coach Elvin Nina or Schaub himself? We linked to those last week -- all about the movement on his pitches... *** Via the Stars: Simply The Best… With his third straight victory on Wednesday night, Stars starting pitcher Hiram Burgos is proving himself to be a strength of the Huntsville starting rotation. In 10 starts this season with Huntsville, Burgos is 7-1 with a 2.05 ERA. Furthermore, in six June starts, Burgos was 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA (38 IP). Burgos is Monday’s starting pitcher for the Stars.

I swore off MiLB.com's Moniker Madness a couple of years ago, but the fact that Yonki Hernandez is in it this year pleases me. Also, Scooter Gennett, who should be listed as Ryan -- that's why the whole thing is a drag, and David Goforth. (Hey, if Will Startup can win the whole thing, then so can David Goforth.) Of course, Zelous makes his annual appearance...

Sure, the Rattlers' Brandon Macias is going to be 24 in October, so say what you will, but the dude has been awfully productive for a non-drafted free agent.

Sounds site: Wily Peralta Named PCL Pitcher Of The Week Nashville Right-hander Allowed One Unearned Run Over Two Winning Starts

There's the one spot. Jay Gibbons announced his retirement today.

Baseball America: Brewers 2010 fourth-rounder Hunter Morris has an outside shot at winning the Double-A Southern League triple crown. He's batting .314 (second in the batting race) with 14 homers (fourth) and 67 RBIs (first) for Huntsville. *** Morris has an outside chance of breaking the Brewers' organization season record for doubles in a season. Morris has 27 through 85 games. Another Brewer 4th rounder (1994), Darrell Nicholas (career stats), parlayed the bandbox that was AA El Paso in 1997 for 47 doubles.