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Media Notes: Nashville Huntsville Wisconsin *** Video from Huntsville's Monday night 13-4 loss

Tyler Thornburg activated at Nashville (minor wrist issue), will start on Wed. the 4th. To make room, RHP Brian Baker fills an open slot on the Huntsville roster.

According to Jon Morosi, the Brewers have a scout watching this roster (Texas' AA club). Stats

As the thread title currently indicates, Mark Rogers likes Greer Stadium. The rest of the PCL parks, not so much (splits here). **** You read the Menu correctly. This is one of only two day games the Maryvale squad will play all year (the other is tomorrow, the 4th). *** What the Manatees are styling in this week. *** Sounds hat this week

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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 *** 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.

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

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 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 Kyle Heckathorn at Birmingham (White Sox), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 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 Brooks Hall at Clearwater (Phillies), 6:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio 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 Chad Pierce at Quad Cities (Cardinals), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 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 24 Stars' road games (one Helena series this summer, too). ********** Helena: LHP Will West at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 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): at home vs. those bratty Cubbies; 12:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: Idle

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STARS LOSE THIRD STRAIGHT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After being shutout in their previous two consecutive games, the Huntsville Stars fell to the Birmingham Barons by a score of 13-4 on Monday night at Regions Park. In the second inning, Birmingham got the scoring started. After back-to-back singles by right fielder Brady Shoemaker and third baseman Eric Morrison, an error by Stars first baseman Hunter Morris on a grounder off the bat of right fielder Kenny Williams Jr. allowed both runs to score. Trailing 2-0, the Stars finally were able to tack on their first run in 24 innings in the third inning. Left fielder Lee Haydel hit a single followed by a walk from center fielder Josh Prince. Second baseman Scooter Gennett plated Haydel to put the Stars on the board and cut the Birmingham lead in half. Unfortunately, the Barons offense was just heating up. With a leadoff single from shortstop Tyler Saladino, a walk from center fielder Jared Mitchell, and a single by designated hitter Seth Loman, Birmingham loaded the bases off of Stars starter Evan Anundsen to begin the third inning. Then, with two outs, Morrison cleared the bases with a double down the left field line. He scored the next at-bat on a RBI double by catcher Luis Sierra that made the score 6-1. After the Stars got an RBI single by Morris in the top of the fifth to cut the lead to four, Birmingham answered back in the bottom half of the frame. Following a leadoff double by Loman, a RBI double by first baseman Andy Wilkins increased the Barons lead back up to five. Two batters later, Wilkins scored on an RBI single by Morrison to make the score 8-2. That marked the end of the night for Anundsen. The Stars starting pitcher fell to 4-4 on the year after giving up eight runs (six earned) on eight hits in four innings of work. With the Stars scoring a run in the sixth inning on a RBI double by third baseman Juan Sanchez, Birmingham put their exclamation point on the ballgame in the bottom half of the frame off of Stars relievers Dan Merklinger and R.J. Seidel. On another RBI single by Morrison, a three-run triple by Sierra and a RBI groundout from Williams Jr., Birmingham batted around and took a commanding 13-3 lead. The Stars scored the final run of the game in the top of the seventh inning when shortstop Domnit Bolivar was hit by a pitch from Barons reliever Leroy Hunt with the bases loaded. For Birmingham, starting pitcher Andre Rienzo improved to 3-0 on the year after giving up two runs in five innings of work. Rienzo also struck out a season-high 10 batters, which is the largest total for a Barons starting pitcher in a single game this season. On offense, the Stars cranked out 14 hits, seven of them from Morris and Gennett combined. Overall, Morris went 4-for-4 with a double and a RBI while Gennett went 3-for-5 with a RBI. Haydel also chipped in with two hits. On the flip side, Huntsville also left 16 runners on base. Game three of a three-game series will begin on Tuesday as the Stars will send RHP Kyle Heckathorn (2-8, 5.04 ERA) to the mound to square off against Barons RHP Spencer Arroyo (2-0, 5.40 ERA). First pitch is at 6:00 PM.

Jimmy Nelson tweeted about being in an airport this AM. One would imagine it's to Milwaukee to get his shoulder fatigue checked out. Hopefully just the organization being overly cautious. (It could be a flight for family reasons, etc., but we like to assume.)

With two open roster spots in HUntsville and as solid as Mittelstaedt has been, that's pretty straight-forward. Thanks for posting.

Nashville Sounds' Andy Gonzalez doubles as team barber Infielder with 'steady hand' shines in important clubhouse role by Greg Sullivan, The Tennessean In his early teens growing up in Puerto Rico, Andy Gonzalez began cutting hair by offering haircuts to neighborhood friends. Nowadays, the Nashville Sounds infielder is the team barber, an important role in virtually any minor league baseball clubhouse. “I’d say that the (team barber) torch has been passed to Gonzo. Cutting hair’s a tough job. A lot of people are relying on you,” Sounds second baseman Eric Farris said. “But he’s the guy you trust right now with the clippers.” Gonzalez, 30, who joined the Sounds in late May, smiled as he thought back to some of his earliest haircut clients in Puerto Rico. “I want to say the first 10 or 15 cuts were a mess,” the former major leaguer said. “I messed my hair up, too. But it was OK for me. I’d just put the No. 1 (clipper) guard on and cut it again.” At first, it was a process of trial and error for Gonzalez. But not long after he left Puerto Rico to attend high school in Florida, he had a steady stream of customers paying $5 a cut at his dormitory. “I don’t charge now, but I needed the $5 back in high school,” Gonzalez said In the clubhouse, the players say they know they’re getting a bargain. “He does a great job cutting hair,” said Sounds starting pitcher Wily Peralta, who let out a hearty laugh as he showed off his faded-out Mohawk haircut, Gonzalez’s handiwork. “He was doing Farris’ hair the other day, and I saw he did a pretty good (job),” Peralta said. “I said OK, I’ll do a Mohawk, too. I always do a Mohawk during the season, but I thought I’ll let (Gonzalez) do it since he’s pretty good at cutting hair. We don’t have to worry about going to the barbershop.” “I think I picked the wrong career,” joked Gonzalez, who had short stints with the White Sox, Indians and Marlins in 2007-09. “I like cutting hair. I really like it when people come and say, ‘Do whatever you want.’ I like trying new cuts. Sometimes it doesn’t work, but most of the time they like it.” 'He does all flavors' Of course, not every player wants a special haircut, and that’s OK with Gonzalez, too. “The Mohawks look good on some of those guys, but I don’t think my wife would buy that,” said veteran reliever Vinnie Chulk, another of Gonzalez’s regulars. “But (Gonzalez) pulls out a straight razor in here and he’s got a steady hand. I saw him cutting another player’s hair so I asked him if he could do mine … just a regular haircut, trim it on the top and a little fade, if you will. Every team needs a barber with how much we travel.” “Andy Gonzalez? He did mine, too,” said first baseman Sean Halton as he pushed away his long curly hair to reveal his groomed sideburns. “He does all flavors.” “I just thought I would switch it up,” Farris said, referring to his Mohawk, which Gonzalez cut during a recent homestand. “I needed to switch gears a little bit, and Gonzo’s the guy for it.” In the meantime, Gonzalez said he doesn’t mind helping his teammates out now that the cat’s out of the bag that he cuts hair. “Now they all know, so everybody’s asking. It’s hard to find barbershops on the road,” he said. “It’s the same thing in the big leagues. You don’t want to give your hair to somebody you’ve never seen before. They might mess your hair up and you have to wait three weeks to get it back. I think every team has a barber.” And while many players wonder what they’ll do after their pro baseball career ends, Gonzalez already has another profession he can rely upon. Photos by George Walker IV / The Tennessean Sounds infielder Andy Gonzalez, who doubles as the team barber, cuts pitcher Wily Peralta's hair in the team clubhouse. http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20120703&Category=SPORTS04&ArtNo=307030012&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Nashville-Sounds-Andy-Gonzalez-doubles-team-barber Andy Gonzalez gives Wily Peralta a Mohawk. 'He was doing (Eric) Farris' hair the other day, and I saw he did a pretty good (job),' Peralta said. '… I thought I'll let (Gonzalez) do it since he's pretty good at cutting hair.' http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20120703&Category=SPORTS04&ArtNo=307030012&Ref=H1&MaxW=600&Border=0

Rattler Radio Blog - Nine After 9

Nashville video - catching up; linked to all previously but the most recent one (Brian Baker), I believe

Helena is now 4-11 and has been outscored 109 - 67. Maryvale, even after Monday's win, stands at 2-8 and has been outscored 106 - 49.

Voyagers blast Brewers with eight extra-base hits, 13 runs Helena Independent Record The Great Falls Voyagers pounded out 15 hits — eight for extra bases — in a 13-0 Pioneer League victory over the Helena Brewers Monday at Kindrick Legion Field. Right fielder Kyle Robinson spearheaded the Voyagers’ attack, going 4 for 6 with a double and a run batted in. He is hitting .600 against Helena this season. Patrick Palmeiro — former major league star Raphael Palmeiro’s son — was 2-5, with a home run and four RBIs, while teammate Brent Tanner went 3-6, with a double and two RBIs. Adam Heisler and Bryce Mosier ripped two doubles apiece. Great Falls shortstop Justin Jirschele chipped in with three RBIs. Four Voyager pitchers collaborated to throw a seven-hit shutout against the Brewers, with Brandon Brennan recording the win. Starter Zachary Toney worked four innings, allowing four hits and striking out four. Brent Suter started for the hosts and took the loss. He went four innings, giving up four hits and two runs. Manager Jeff Isom’s Brewers used four more hurlers on the night, including Navy product Preston Gainey, who was making his Helena debut. Milwaukee’s 11th-round pick allowed one hit and two runs, neither of which were earned. Great Falls first got on the board with two runs in the fourth inning after two outs, on a double by Brent Tanner and a two-run homer by Palmeiro. After another run in the fifth, the Voyagers added two more tallies in the sixth on Jirschele’s two-run single. The visitors exploded for five runs in the seventh, powered by three doubles, by Robinson, Palmeiro and Heisler. The Electric City closed out its scoring parade in its last at-bat, plating three more markers in the top of the ninth. Leading the way for Helena at the plate was catcher Paul Eshleman, who stroked three singles. Brewers teammate Adam Giacalone was 2-4. It was a rough night on the mound for the home team, as five Brewers pitchers combined to issue nine walks. Helena will try to avoid the sweep when the Brewers take on Great Falls again tonight at 7:05 PM (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field.

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After 1/2 inning, the Maryvale Crew need to make this eight-spot stand up -- all with two outs! *** AZL Brewers Top of the 1st Tyrone Taylor grounds out, second baseman Andrew Velazquez to first baseman Jake Williams. Clint Coulter grounds out, shortstop Jose Munoz to first baseman Jake Williams. Khris Davis singles on a line drive to left fielder Brian Billigen. Jose Pena singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brian Billigen. Khris Davis to 2nd. Jalen Harris singles on a line drive to right fielder Chuck Taylor. Khris Davis scores. Jose Pena to 2nd. Taylor Smith-Brennan homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Jose Pena scores. Jalen Harris scores. Jose Sermo reaches on fielding error by shortstop Jose Munoz. Renaldo Jenkins singles on a ground ball to right fielder Chuck Taylor. Jose Sermo to 2nd. Malcolm Dowell singles on a line drive to center fielder Alex Glenn. Jose Sermo scores. Renaldo Jenkins to 2nd. Tyrone Taylor triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Chuck Taylor. Renaldo Jenkins scores. Malcolm Dowell scores. Clint Coulter walks. Pitcher Change: Jonathan Pulley replaces Luis Hernandez. With Khris Davis batting, throwing error by Jonathan Pulley on the pickoff attempt, Tyrone Taylor scores. Clint Coulter to 2nd. Khris Davis strikes out swinging.

Audio from Nashville — “Mondays with Mike (Guerrero)” Jeff Hem's note -- Here is this week’s installment of “Mondays with Mike” with Sounds manager Mike Guerrero, who discusses the Sounds’ recent road trip to Albuquerque and Round Rock, the last start from Wily Peralta, the upcoming start for Tyler Thornburg, the defensive shift the Sounds often employ against left-handed-batting sluggers and how the extreme heat changes the way the game is approached and managed.

Planning a visit? Stadium review -- Space Coast Stadium

Wisconsin Media Notes

Shoulder fatigue for Jimmy Nelson, not serious, as per Tom H.'s follow-up of our earlier tweet/update.

Manatees Press Release: VIERA, Fla. – The Florida State League announced on Monday that Brevard County Manatees outfielder/first baseman Jason Rogers was named the league’s player of the week for the period of June 25-July 1. In seven games last week, Rogers hit .428 (9-for-21) with three home runs, ten RBI and scored nine runs. He had multi-hit games in three of those contests. Rogers, 24, was promoted to Brevard County from Class-A Wisconsin on June 21. Since joining the ‘Tees, he is hitting .419 (13-for-31) with three homers, 13 RBI, 11 runs scored and 11 walks. He has a .571 on-base percentage and a .710 slugging percentage in those ten games. The Columbus, Ga. native was a Midwest League midseason All-Star with the Timber Rattlers. He hit .301 with six home runs, 24 doubles and 43 RBI in 66 games with Wisconsin before his promotion to the Manatees. He was drafted by the Brewers in the 32nd round of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft out of Columbus State University.