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Nashville Game Two Audio: Corey Patterson Homer Nashville Game Two Audio: Logan Schafer RBI Single

Sounds Swept By RedHawks In Doubleheader On Thursday Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds dropped both games of a doubleheader to the visiting Oklahoma City RedHawks on Thursday evening at Greer Stadium. The Sounds dropped a 4-3 opener and lost, 4-2, in the nightcap. The last time Nashville was swept in a doubleheader was July 7 at Oklahoma City. The four-game skid by the Sounds dropped the club to a 4-11 record, which is the worst start by the club during the PCL era. Eleven of Nashville's 15 games this season have been decided by one or two runs (3-8). In the nightcap, Nashville took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning against Oklahoma City pitcher Sergio Perez, who allowed base hits and a walk to load the bases. Centerfielder Logan Schafer then looped a base hit to left field to score Corey Patterson. Nashville starting pitcher Brian Baker struck out five of the first six batters he faced to open the game, but ran into trouble in the beginning of the third. On the second pitch of the frame from Baker, Oklahoma City second baseman Jimmy Paredes (2-for-3) belted his first homer of the season to right field to tie the game. On the next pitch, former Sound Carlos Corporan followed with a double off the left field wall and later gave the RedHawks the 2-1 lead after scoring on a one-out single from outfielder J.B. Shuck. Patterson knotted the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth with his first homer of the season, a solo shot over the right field wall onto Chestnut Street. Perez left the contest after five pitches in the bottom of the third due to injury. The right-hander allowed one run on five hits in two innings of work. Fernando Abad (1-0) got the win with two scoreless frames to end the game. Oklahoma City took the lead for good at 4-2 in the top of the seventh. Scott Moore tripled to right field and was followed by a one-out walk from Brad Snyder. With runners on second and third, Paredes hammered a hard grounder over the head of the Sounds' drawn-in infield to plate both runners. Schafer accounted for the tying run in the bottom of the seventh, but was stranded on second base as Edwin Maysonet struck out to end the game. Baker pitched well to throw his first quality start of the season, but took a no-decision. The right-hander allowed two runs on three hits and two walks in six innings of work. His five strikeouts all came in the first and second innings. Sounds reliever Victor Garate (0-2) gave up two runs on two hits and three walks in one inning for the loss. Schafer singled twice and added a double with an RBI. Eric Farris went 0-for-1 with two walks to snap his six-game hitting streak. The Sounds and RedHawks will play the finale of a four-game set at 7:05 pm CT on Friday night at Greer Stadium. Brewers #1 prospect and Sounds right-hander Wily Peralta (0-1, 2.12) takes the mound against Oklahoma City righty Henry Sosa (0-0, 3.00).

Jeff Hem Blog -- Here is an interview that was taped Tuesday with Dan O’Brien, a former Reds GM who has been in the Brewers’ baseball operations department for several seasons… Nashville Game One Audio: Corey Patterson Robs A HR Nashville Game One Audio: Erick Almonte Pinch-Hit RBI Single

Wisconsin Media Notes -- includes this: Pitching switch: Slide Kevin Shackelford into Matt Miller’s spot in the rotation on Saturday. Miller is being skipped this time around and should be back in for his next turn.

Briggs -- for long-timers like you and I (RIP Andy Replogle)

Link Report Bonus -- Brad Krause on Two-Sport Stars (Rattlers ties)

Nashville Media Notes

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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 Thursday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Game One Nashville Game Two Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin

Surely the minor league announcers realize this, but their chances for listenership grow exponentially when the big league Brewers aren't playing opposite their calls. That's what allowed many of us to take in all of Tyler Thornburg's quest for perfection Monday night. I imagine that the starting pitchers, since they are such an integral part of half a game's play calls, also drive traffic. Anyway, have at it this evening and enjoy -- here's hoping for great calls for Jeff, Alex, and Chris (and random Dunedin broadcaster ).

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP's Josh Butler and Brian Baker in a doubleheader at home vs. Oklahoma City (Astros), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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 R.J. Seidel at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 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 Hiram Burgos 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 David Goforth at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:15 PM pre-game, 5:35 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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Not a lot out there on the interwebs re: Johnnie Lowe features and such, but our own record-keeping here at Brewerfan can pull up documented appearances by Lowe going back all the way to his rookie Pioneer League days vs. Helena in '07. Kind of neat.

As per Baseball America, Brewers ink RHP Johnnie Lowe (6th round pick of the White Sox in '07 - career stats). The Brewers saw Lowe, 27, with Birmingham each of the past two seasons -- as a starter in '10, reliever in '11. Once settled in from Maryvale, Huntsville would seem a logical eventual starting point. http://media.al.com/birmingham-news/photo/8693724-large.jpg We'll post more on Lowe shortly.

Appleton Post-Crescent game story includes multiple quotes and a nice photo gallery (how about that first picture?) Chadwin Stang Video Interview Rockin' the Canadian accent...

Stars and Smokies Split Doubleheader HUNTSVILLE, Ala - The Huntsville Stars and the Tennessee Smokies split a doubleheader at Joe Davis Stadium on Wednesday, as the Stars won game one by a score of 2-1 while the Smokies took game two by a score of 1-0. For game one, the Stars came back from a 1-0 deficit in the second inning after Smokies catcher Mike Brenly delivered an RBI double off of Stars starting pitcher Kyle Heckathorn. However, that would be the only blemish of the day for Heckathorn, as he shut down the Smokies over six innings, giving up that one run and just five hits before he was taken out of the game. With Heckathorn handling the Tennessee bats, the Stars tied up the game in the fourth inning with an RBI single from right fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Then, in the seventh, after Josh Prince led off the inning with his second triple of the season, Gennett continued his scorching series by plating Prince with the walk-off single against Tennessee RHP Kevin Rhoderick. On offense, Gennett was the story once again, as his 3-for-4 showing gave him his second consecutive three-hit game. Third basemen Andy Gonzalez and left fielder Khris Davis also had two hits apiece. For the Stars, RHP Rob Wooten earned his first win of the season after stranding two Smokies runners in a scoreless seventh inning. In game two, the Stars were held to four hits and shutout by a combination of Smokies arms that included starting pitcher Ryan Searle and relief pitchers Casey Weathers and Frank Batista. For Searle, he improved to 2-0 on the season in his first start of 2012, pitching 4.0 innings while giving up just two hits and striking out five. Batista also earned his SL-leading fifth save of the season. The Smokies pitching spoiled a tremendous outing from Huntsville starting pitcher Evan Anundsen, as his record fell to 0-1 on the season after only giving up one run and three hits over 5.0 innings. His only blemish was when he surrendered the eventual game-winning run in the second inning on a solo home run by OF Ty Wright. On offense, four players each had one hit, including 2B Scooter Gennett and LF Khris Davis. With his first inning double, Gennett increased his hitting streak to 10 games while a seventh inning single helped Davis increase his hit streak to nine games. The Huntsville Stars will finish off the five-game series on Thursday with the Tennessee Smokies by sending RHP R.J Seidel (0-2, 6.75 ERA) to the mound to square off against RHP Dae-Eun Rhee (1-0, 3.00 ERA). First pitch is at 6:43 p.m.

Wisconsin video highlights and pitching rotation for upcoming roadtrip

More on RHP Tommy Toledo, this time from Bob Brainerd at sports32.com. Brainerd did several nice Rattlers write-ups last year as well.

Wisconsin Media Notes

Pre-Game Nashville audio (nearly nine minutes!) with LHP Daniel Meadows Very well-spoken, by the way... With the draft going to 40 rounds this year, Meadows has a chance to be the last (maybe only?) Brewers 49th round pick to reach the big leagues. Meadows wasn't the last 49th round pick to sign -- INF Gant Elmore (released this spring) signed last year.

Nashville Media Notes

Wisconsin doubleheader video highlights -- "Drew Gagnon laughs at 38 degree wind chill" - Chris

Manatees' Bradley carries perfect ERA Brewers left-hander strikes out seven over six shutout frames By David Heck / Special to MLB.com Jed Bradley hasn't known catcher Adam Weisenburger long, having briefly worked with him in the Brewers' instructional league and late in Spring Training. Nonetheless, the two have already formed a rapport that opponents should be wary of. Bradley, the Brewers' No. 2 prospect, tossed six scoreless innings Tuesday as the Class A Advanced Brevard County Manatees blanked the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 5-0, for their fifth shutout of the season. The 21-year-old left-hander yielded four hits and one walk while striking out seven. He has yet to allow an earned run through his first three starts this season. "I go out and I do my job," said Bradley, who is also rated as MLB.com's No. 96 prospect. "It's a pitcher's job to keep guys from scoring, and so far, I've been fortunate enough to do that. Obviously you're not going to have three starts without giving up a run without some really good defensive work behind you. I have to give a huge part of my success so far to my teammates. "I kept the ball down and made pitches when I needed to. Thanks to good chemistry with my catcher, I was able to do that." Bradley (2-1) allowed three baserunners through the first seven batters he faced, but found his groove after that. Following a one-out single by Wade Gaynor in the second, Bradley retired 13 of the final 15 hitters he saw. "I had a good two-seam fastball, a good four-seamer, I had a good changeup and a good slider, so a good mix," Bradley said "As usual, me and Adam Weisenburger ... were on the same page and we caught them off balance." Both hits that Bradley allowed during his late run came from No. 2 Tigers prospect Nick Castellanos. The 20-year-old third baseman, who is batting .391 so far this year, also walked in the first. "He's a good hitter. He keeps his hands inside the ball and went the other way on one," Bradley said. "He had one good hit against me tonight and one off the handle. I'm sure we'll have some battles later on down the line." Eric Arnett took over for Bradley and tossed a one-hit seventh, while Alan Williams pitched the final two scoreless frames. T.J. Mittelstaedt paced Brevard County's offense with a two-run triple. He currently leads the Florida State League with a .615 slugging percentage. Miguel Velazquez also drove in a pair of runs and Cody Hawn tallied an RBI for the Manatees as well. Drafted with the 15th overall pick in June, Bradley was sent to the Brewers' instructional league before pitching in the Arizona Fall League. He then had the opportunity to take part in big league camp, allowing two runs over two innings. Though his time with the Major League team was brief, Bradley said he took plenty out of the experience. "I was able to learn some stuff from older guys," Bradley said. "I tried to keep my mouth shut and listen, pick up nuances of game that these veterans bring to the table. They've been great to me and I'm proud to be a part of [the Brewers.]" Not surprisingly after his hot start, Bradley said he doesn't plan on changing much going forward. "Prepare every day the way I need to and be aggressive in the zone," Bradley said. "The only thing I can do is be my best every night. After I throw the ball, I don't have any control over what happens. I'm going to go out there and keep doing what I'm doing."

Manatees starting pitcher Jed Bradley threw six shutout innings and struck out seven as Brevard County blanked the Lakeland Flying Tigers 5-0 on Tuesday night at Space Coast Stadium in Viera. In 19 innings of work so far this season, Bradley has yet to allow an earned run. (Photos by Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography) http://www.milb.com/images/2012/04/17/ZStITgYz.jpg http://www.milb.com/images/2012/04/17/VtyvNFVe.jpg