Jim Goulart

Chris' awesome potpourri of Rattler minutia - his "Nine after Nine".

Second such reminder within today's "Report" -- it's 10:25 Central, Sounds and StormChasers enter the 11th inning tied at 5-5 (thanks to Caleb Gindl's one-out two-run HR 9th inning heroics). Listen here if you're hanging out now.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Interview with Logan Schafer

Thanks to Craig Durham, the voice of the Dunedin Blue Jays: "(Manatees' Friday starting pitcher Austin) Ross left the game after feeling discomfort in his throwing arm. It was a game time decision if he would even start, but he tried and just didn’t feel right." *** Well, it could be minor, but it's not often you see Brewers' staff send a pitcher out if there's any question at all. I'd imagine we'll see a 7-day DL announcement soon, hopefully that stint will be brief.

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Seth McClung makes a spot start at Omaha (Royals), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 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 Evan Anundsen at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 3:48 PM pre-game, 4:03 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page I-Phone friendly audio link 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: A total of 24 Stars' games (in Jacksonville and Tennessee) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Jimmy Nelson at Clearwater (Phillies), 12:00 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 Drew Gagnon at South Bend (Diamondbacks), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 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).

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Caleb Gindl (tweaked hamstring) not only in the Nashville starting lineup but in his usual right field spot

It's 2:30 Central and the Rattlers are just entering extra innings if you'd like to jump on board. It's 2-2, fantastic work by RHP's Kevin Shackelford, Tyler Cravy (four scoreless), and Tommy Toledo thus far. Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM

As noted yesterday: Huntsville Bottom of the 2nd Hunter Morris flies out to center fielder Denny Almonte. Khris Davis grounds out, third baseman Francisco Martinez to first baseman Eric Campbell. Andy Gonzalez strikes out swinging. Jackson Top of the 3rd Defensive Substitution: Lee Haydel replaces left fielder Khris Davis, batting 6th, playing left field. *** Someone who listened to the webcast last night wrote in to note that the play-by-play man (Alex Cohen) indicated that Khris Davis was limping down the line when running out the groundball, and limped back to the dugout. Hopefully Khris can avoid a 7-day DL stint. The Stars are already down one Davis (Kentrail, since 4/11) with a left hamstring strain. If Alex is comfortable releasing more information when known, he'll reach out to us. Normally we've learned not to put pressure on the affiliate announcers on these issues -- occasionally it can place them in an awkward situation. It does seem however, the Brewers have been more forthcoming thus far in 2012 re: injury updates. *** In a slightly related note, we have not heard back from the Dunedin PBP man re: Austin Ross' departure last night. It's OK to pressure opposing staff on these issues .

Nashville Media Notes Josh Butler now set to throw in Tuesday's matinee, Brian Baker on Thursday after the off day...

Wisconsin Media Notes

FYI -- The Stars face stud Mariner LHP James Paxton tonight, nice challenge for the boys, and indirectly, Tyler Thornburg. That is a pitching matchup that will have MiLB gurus salivating....

Narveson injury must give Greinke pause, right? Hard to fathom not locking up $90-$100M when you can. Take Weaver $, don't worry about Cain

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If the Stars can win tonight behind Tyler Thornburg, they'll be in a first-place tie and also tied for the best record in the Southern League. STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

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

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Donovan Hand makes a spot start at Omaha (Royals), 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 Tyler Thornburg at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page I-Phone friendly audio link 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: A total of 24 Stars' games (in Jacksonville and Tennessee) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Taylor Jungmann at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:30 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Dunedin feed from the MiLB main audio page 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 Kevin Shackelford at West Michigan (Tigers), 11:40 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM 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).

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RedHawks Complete Four-Game Sweep Of Sounds Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Right-hander Henry Sosa tossed seven strong innings as the Oklahoma City RedHawks completed a four-game sweep of the Nashville Sounds with a 2-1 victory on a wet Friday evening at Greer Stadium in front of 7,101 fans. Nashville (4-12), which finished 2-6 on its opening homestand of the year, suffered its fifth straight loss overall and fell to just 1-7 against Oklahoma City this season. Sosa (1-0) tossed a gem for the visitors, twirling seven shutout frames and allowing only four hits and striking out six batters to pick up his first win of the year. Oklahoma City grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning when J.B. Shuck singled with one out and later scored from third on a two-out wild pitch by Sounds starter Mike Fiers. The RedHawks doubled the advantage in the fourth on Jimmy Paredes' one-out RBI single to right. Fiers (0-2) took the loss for Nashville while pitching on three days' rest. He allowed two runs on five hits over five innings of work, walking one batter and striking out three. Enerio Del Rosario pitched a scoreless eighth for the RedHawks before the Sounds finally got onto the scoreboard in the ninth against Jose Valdez, who recorded his fourth save despite allowing the run. Brooks Conrad led off with a double to the left-center gap and later scored on a Sean Halton sacrifice fly to center to provide the Sounds' lone run of the night. The Sounds travel to Omaha tomorrow to begin a nine-day, eight-game road trip that contains consecutive series against division rivals. Saturday's 7:05 p.m. contest kicks off a four-game set against the defending PCL champion Storm Chasers. After an off day on Wednesday, Nashville plays a four-game series at Iowa before returning to Greer Stadium on Monday, April 30. In tomorrow's series opener in Omaha, Sounds right-hander Donovan Hand (0-0, 5.00) makes a spot start to face Omaha right-hander Vin Mazzaro (0-0, 6.75).

Here's the Manatees game story from the Dunedin site. That is one talented (and hot) Blue Jays squad. Unfortunately there is no mention of the reasons behind starter Austin Ross' very early exit. It obviously wasn't planned. (Insert investigative reporting here ) With no newspaper coverage, we've emailed the Dunedin broadcaster (who also puts together their game summaries). When we hear back, we'll let you know.

The always must-read Rattler radio Blog post-game tidbits

Random: Franklin Romero Jr. of the 'Tees (only 22 walks in 881 AB's prior to tonight) walked twice Friday and is now halfway to his 2011 total of six.