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Audio from Round Rock — “What Wily (Peralta) Thinks” Jeff Hem's note -- Tonight’s interview is with Sounds right-hander Wily Peralta, thought by many to be the Brewers’ top prospect. He discusses his outing and win on Wednesday night in Round Rock when he left due to leg cramping, his up-and-down season so far, what he’s been working on between starts and the emotions during his major league debut in April for Milwaukee.

Via the Manatees: RHP Stosh Wawrzasek has been activated from the disabled list at Brevard County and transferred to Wisconsin. *** No corresponding move necessary for the Rattlers.

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More Nashville video: Nashville's Wily Peralta gets Julio Borbon on a foul tip in the sixth inning of the Sounds' 4-0 Wednesday win over Round Rock Nashville's Andy Gonzalez knocks a two-run homer in the fourth inning of the Sounds' 4-2 Thursday loss to Round Rock

Wow, turns out we're able to capture both Dayton Buller home runs on video -- and this second one has quite the story behind it, as you'll see when you watch the two minute-plus clip. "If that ball is fair, it's so far gone it's unbelievable" Nashville's Dayton Buller launches his second home run of the game in the seventh inning of the Sounds' 4-0 Wednesday win over Round Rock

One day after this article we featured in the Stars' thread, we see this: Via the Huntsville twitter feed -- A little change up for the Stars lineup tonight...Josh Prince will start at SS. Juan Sanchez to start in CF. *** They've teased us with this before, we'll see if the change is permanent. You figure Hector Gomez is going to need to see AA soon.

Wisconsin Media Notes

New 40-man roster waiver claim Hector Gomez (career stats) was first added to the Rockies' 40-man roster to protect him from Rule 5 on November 20, 2008. He has not been removed from their 40-man roster during that time, so he was optioned to the minor leagues in 2009, '10, '11 and 12. For the Brewers to not expose him to waivers at all, he will need to be on the big league roster to stay as of 2013. That's a big leap.

By the way, the Brewers and their affiliates are committed to each other as follows: Nashville and Huntsville - through 2012 Brevard County, Helena - through 2014 Wisconsin - through 2016 (longest length allowed by MiLB.com)

Nashville Media Notes

Brewers extend PDC with Manatees through 2014 By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that they are extending their player development contract (PDC) with the Brevard County Manatees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League through the 2014 season. "General Manager Kyle Smith and his front office have made the Manatees a great stepping stone for our Major League hopefuls," said Reid Nichols, Brewers Special Assistant to the General Manager/Director of Player Development/Training Center. "This is a working relationship that we hope to continue for many years." The Manatees, located in Viera, Fla., are owned and operated by Central Florida Baseball Group, LLC. Brevard County has had a PDC with Milwaukee since 2005. Previously, the Manatees were affiliated with the Florida Marlins from 1994-2001 and the Montreal Expos from 2002-2004. "The Manatees are very pleased to continue their PDC with a first class organization like the Milwaukee Brewers," said Kyle Smith. "The way the Brewers' front office treats their players, coaches and affiliates is unparalleled." A total of 27 players have made a stop at Brevard County on their way to up through the Brewers' minor league ranks before reaching the Major Leagues with the Brewers. Seven of those players - RHP John Axford (2008-09), RHP Tim Dillard (2005), RHP Yovani Gallardo (2006), 1B Mat Gamel (2007, 2010), C Jonathan Lucroy (2008), LHP Manny Parra (2006) and 2011 National League MVP LF Ryan Braun (2006) - were on Milwaukee's 2012 Opening Day roster.

Text -- British Columbia To The Brewers- Interview With 2012 7th Round Pick LHP David Otterman

Voice of the Huntsville Stars Alex Cohen Living the Dream

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Brian Baker 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 Hiram Burgos at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 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 Andy Moye at Tampa (Yankees), 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 David Goforth at home vs. Peoria (Cubs), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 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: RHP Michael Schaub at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 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. the baby Athletics; 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Angels, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

Torres has been officially assigned to the DSL team; 2012 11th round RHP Preston Gainey of the Naval Academy to Helena.

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Huntsville Stars' Josh Prince is epitome of resilience, from rodeo to baseball By Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- You gotta get back on the horse. Life throws you off, you climb back on and try to ride some more. That, as we'll soon see, is as literal as it is figurative in the life of Josh Prince. He is the Huntsville Stars' center fielder. He's the team's resident cowboy and Cajun. He puts Tony Chachere's seasoning on everything but Frosted Flakes. He keeps a supply of the spicy stuff in his locker to liven up the post-game buffet. His food and Prince are growing equally hot. He's added 22 points to his batting average in three weeks. He's added 80 points to where it stood two months ago. Going into today's game against Mobile, he was batting .271 (in the top 20 in the Southern League) with 74 hits (10th), 44 runs scored (fourth) and 25 stolen bases (tied for second). Manager Darnell Coles said there was "no question" Prince belonged in last week's Southern League All-Star Game and is "highly disappointed that he wasn't." He's making the difficult transition from infield to center field, and that's been a work in progress. "I feel like I'm slowly working into where I need to be and trying to get better every day so that people say, 'He's a center fielder' instead of 'He's a shortstop playing center field,' " Prince said. Working through the mistakes is nothing new. After he let a ground ball go through his legs in T-ball, older brothers Ran and Dooley had him in the front yard for hours, bashing ground balls at him, "sweat and tears coming out," mom Kathy recalled. Quite simply, "He has a comfort level," Coles said. "As far as I'm concerned, he's made himself a prospect" after two injury plagued seasons that left Prince tagged with question marks. He's had to bounce back before. Prince is a guy who's dusted off the seat of his jeans more than a time or two after getting thrown from a horse. The ultimate irony to the baseball injuries (a collarbone separation in 2010, a torn groin muscle in 2011) is that Prince played a little bit of everything - football, basketball, etc. - and never was hurt. He was even a rodeo competitor and never got much more than some bumps and bruises. He was a bareback rider, bull rider and calf-roper until he was a teen. He won seven all-around buckles before he was 9. "You put him on a horse and run a calf out there right now and I promise you he can rope it," said his father B.B., who competed in rodeo at McNeese State. "We rodeo'd all our lives." The success Prince is enjoying this year "is from finally being healthy," he said. "I'm finally able to work out in the offseason and get stronger and be able to last the whole time. I can actually show the reason they drafted me. I'm finally at 100 percent to play the game the way I can play." He's had a lot of help dusting himself off, trying to get back on the horse after the injuries. Some has been tangible, some symbolic. Around Josh Prince's bare ankle is a tattered bracelet of sorts. It's a thin strip of leather, snipped from a baseball, from either side of a row of seams. His maternal grandmother, Georgie Ancelet, gave it to him before his sophomore year in high school. It came from the Tug McGraw Foundation's "You Gotta Believe" campaign and is a reminder to have faith in something even larger than oneself. "Every time I uncontrollably notice it, I think of her," he said. "It reminds me I've got to give it to God." It's the same lesson Kathy has stressed. She is "the most religious person I've ever known," he said. "She just kept telling me, 'Give it to God. Give everything you have to Him, and He'll continue to guide you in the right direction." Kathy works as a school bus driver and a secretary. She and B.B. live in Sulphur, La., which hugs Interstate 10 down in southwest Louisiana, not far from the Texas state line. Next week, they'll load a camper and head to Pensacola to meet Josh and his teammates. Some Cajun cooking and Tony Chachere's will ride shotgun. The Princes live in the same home they've been in for 33 years. Their address could not be more appropriate for a family of such faith, for a son swiveling his career back around in the right direction. They live on High Hope Road. The Huntsville Times/Glenn Baeske Photo http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/11250116-large.jpg

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Maryvale lost a tough one in ten innings, 8-7 Link report "staff" -- please help us out this AM with analysis, thanks...

Need to shortcut today, but enjoy the links: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers outfielder Lance Roenicke knows game, not name, will get him noticed That includes video... More Roenicke video from WBAY Native son Semmelhack ready to come home Brewers' 12th-round pick aims to work his way back to favorite team

STARS FALL IN BARNBURNER WITH BAYBEARS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – In a game that featured 21 combined runs and 33 combined hits, the Huntsville Stars fell to the Mobile BayBears by a score of 13-8 on Thursday night at Joe Davis Stadium. The scoring began in the top of the third inning as the BayBears got a two-run double by shortstop Chris Owings and pair of RBI singles from center fielder Evan Frey and right fielder Mark Krauss to take a 4-0 lead. The initial burst was the third straight game Mobile was able to score first against the Stars. However, the Stars were able to cut that lead in half in the fourth inning. After a lead-off home run by first baseman Hunter Morris put the Stars on the board, a RBI single by catcher Adam Weisenburger plated right fielder Kentrail Davis to make the score 4-2. Unfortunately for the Stars and their starting pitcher Kyle Heckathorn, the BayBears offense was not ready to let up. With a pair of RBI singles from Owings and second baseman David Nick and then a two-run single by left fielder Wladimir Sutill, Mobile increased their lead to 8-2. In the bottom half of the fifth, the Stars did not go down quietly. To begin the inning, the Stars hit back-to-back singles by center fielder Josh Prince and shortstop Hainley Statia. Then, after a walk by Morris loaded the bases, a two-run single by third baseman Domnit Bolivar plated Prince and Statia to cut the BayBears lead in half. Morris would then score later in the inning on a wild pitch by Mobile starter David Holmberg to make the score 8-5. Three runs was the closest the Stars would get to the BayBears. Mobile scored two runs in the sixth inning and then three more runs in the eighth inning off of Stars LHP Dan Merklinger to go up 13-5. In the ninth inning, the Stars tacked on their final three runs off of BayBears RHP Yonata Ortega. To highlight the inning, Huntsville got a pair of RBI singles from Morris and Davis and a RBI double by left fielder Juan Sanchez. For Mobile, the 13 runs and 18 hits were both season highs. Shortstop Chris Owings lead the way with a 5-for-6 night at the plate that including a home run, a double and four runs batted in. On the pitching side, Heckathorn fell to 2-8 on the season with the loss after giving up eight runs on ten hits in five innings. The 24-year-old has not won a start since May 9th against the Jackson Generals. Over the past two games, the Stars hurlers have given up a combined 21 runs and 33 hits. From an offensive standpoint, Huntsville cranked out 15 hits, including three apiece from Morris, Davis and Statia. For Morris, the multi-hit game was his third straight. Game four of a five-game series will begin on Friday as the Stars will send RHP Hiram Burgos (2-1, 2.42 ERA) to the mound to square off against BayBears RHP Derek Eitel (6-5, 4.37 ERA). First pitch is at 6:43 PM.