Jim Goulart

Standings Notes: Sounds only 4.5 games back (five in the loss column), 24 left to play, four remaining against first-place Omaha (road). Don't bet against Nashville -- on fire! Brevard County just one game back in the loss column -- find a winning streak, Sea Cows! The Cerveceritos only have ten games remaining. They are two back of the hated Marineritos, whom they play four more times, including the next three games. BIG!

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 65 54 .546 - - 36-28 29-26 5-5 L1 Nashville 61 59 .508 4.5 21 35-25 26-34 8-2 W5 Memphis 60 59 .504 5.0 20 34-22 26-37 5-5 L2 Iowa 55 65 .458 10.5 15 34-26 21-39 8-2 W6 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 28 19 .596 - - 12-11 16-8 6-4 W1 * Tennessee 27 21 .563 1.5 22 16-7 11-14 8-2 W2 Jackson 22 25 .468 6.0 18 11-11 11-14 7-3 W4 Carolina 20 26 .435 7.5 16 9-13 11-13 4-6 L2 Huntsville 19 27 .413 8.5 15 8-16 11-11 2-8 L5 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Dunedin 26 22 .542 - - 12-9 14-13 6-4 W3 Clearwater 25 23 .521 1.0 22 17-9 8-14 6-4 L2 Tampa 25 23 .521 1.0 22 13-13 12-10 4-6 L1 * Daytona 23 24 .489 2.5 20 11-11 12-13 5-5 W2 Brevard County 22 23 .489 2.5 21 8-12 14-11 6-4 W1 Lakeland 19 26 .422 5.5 18 9-13 10-13 4-6 L2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 28 19 .596 - - 15-9 13-10 5-5 L2 Kane County 27 20 .574 1.0 - 12-13 15-7 5-5 L2 Clinton 24 23 .511 4.0 21 12-12 12-11 5-5 L2 Beloit 22 25 .468 6.0 19 11-12 11-13 5-5 W2 Cedar Rapids 20 27 .426 8.0 17 11-11 9-16 4-6 W2 Peoria 20 27 .426 8.0 17 10-13 10-14 7-3 W2 Wisconsin 19 28 .404 9.0 16 9-16 10-12 4-6 L2 * Burlington 17 30 .362 11.0 14 10-12 7-18 5-5 W2 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Billings 8 5 .615 - - 4-2 4-3 7-3 W6 Great Falls 7 6 .538 1.0 25 4-3 3-3 5-5 L4 * Missoula 7 6 .538 1.0 25 4-2 3-4 6-4 L1 Helena 4 9 .308 4.0 22 1-6 3-3 2-8 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Dodgers 25 17 .595 - - 13-8 12-9 8-2 W3 AZL Reds 23 19 .548 2.0 13 12-9 11-10 7-3 W2 AZL Indians 21 21 .500 4.0 11 12-9 9-12 5-5 L3 AZL Brewers 9 31 .225 15.0 1 5-16 4-15 1-9 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 41 21 .661 - - 20-11 21-10 5-5 L2 DSL Brewers 39 23 .629 2.0 9 21-13 18-10 7-3 W2 DSL Athletics 22 40 .355 19.0 E 12-17 10-23 5-5 W1 DSL Cardinals 22 40 .355 19.0 E 13-16 9-24 2-8 L1

Follow Saturday's action as it happens: Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Completion of Friday's Suspended Game Brevard County Regularly Scheduled Game Wisconsin Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

Saturday's Daily Menu: Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at home vs. Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Nashville feed from the MiLB main audio page MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Huntsville: LHP Dan Merklinger at Jackson (Mariners), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Jackson feed from the MiLB main audio page Brevard County: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended game, then RHP Mark Rogers at Lakeland (Tigers), 4:00 PM gametime; normally suspended games are played to a nine-inning completion, but we imagine both games will be seven innings since the suspended game was already scheduled as a seven-inning Friday night nightcap Sorry, no audio available for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Eric Arnett at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Helena: RHP Tommy Toledo at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the Royals' heirs; 1:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at the DSL Mariners, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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Peralta records win in Triple-A debut Brewers prospect survives rocky first, fans eight in six innings By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com After receiving a rude early welcome to the Pacific Coast League, Wily Peralta turned the tables. The Brewers' top prospect allowed three runs on six hits and struck out eight over six innings to earn the win in his Triple-A debut Friday as the Nashville Sounds pounded the Las Vegas 51s, 13-3. Promoted from Double-A Huntsville after Frankie De La Cruz was called up to Milwaukee, Peralta survived a rocky opening inning. He issued a leadoff walk to Ricardo Nanita, then surrendered a double to newly promoted Adeiny Hechavarria that put runners at second and third. Travis Snider plated a run with a groundout and David Cooper lifted a sacrifice fly to give the 51s a quick 2-0 lead before Jayson Nix flied out to end the frame. Peralta, who said he wasn't nervous taking the mound, retired the side in order in the second and third. After allowing another run in the sixth, the 22-year-old right-hander exited with the lead, having thrown 61 of 99 pitches for strikes. "I struggled with my command in the first inning, and after that it was good," Peralta said. "I felt a little uncomfortable in the first inning, but after that I got my rhythm. After the first two hitters, I slowed down a little bit and said I had to make the pitches. And I was good after that." Signed as a non-drafted free agent in November 2005, Peralta received the news about his promotion earlier in the week from Huntsville manager Mike Guerrero and pitching coach John Curtis. "I was very happy, very excited," he said. "Triple-A is another level. You're going to face better hitters." Peralta earned Southern League midseason All-Star honors and went 9-7 with a 3.46 ERA in 21 starts for the Stars. He was particularly dominant in his final 10 outings, going 6-1 and allowing 14 earned runs while striking out 57. "I'm pretty happy," the native of the Dominican Republic said. "To go out there and get the win in your first game, I'm happy." Donovan Hand allowed a hit in a scoreless seventh and Daniel Meadows pitched around a hit and a walk over the final two innings to complete the win for the Sounds. Logan Schafer and Jordan Brown hit back-to-back homers to open the bottom of the first for the Sounds. Brown finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored and Eric Farris collected three hits and three RBIs. Taylor Green slugged his 21st longball for the Sounds. Hechevarria, who was also playing in his first Pacific Coast League game, had two hits and scored twice for the 51s. Wily Peralta was third in the Southern League with 117 strikeouts. (Photo by Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2011/08/12/TwJQdif2.jpg

Rattler Radio Post-Game Thoughts

Final: Beloit 4, @Wisconsin 1, seven innings, completed early Rattlers drop rain-shortened game to Beloit By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber RattlersGRAND CHUTE, WI - Rain and Manuel Soliman plagued the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Friday night at Time Warner Cable Field as the Beloit Snappers defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-1 on Friday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Soliman allowed one run on three hits over seven innings to pick up a complete game in the rain-shortened contest. A light rain started falling just before the first pitch of the game. Jimmy Nelson struck out the leadoff batter in a rain that fell harder as the inning progressed. Nelson walked the next batter and the call for the tarp went out before the runner could reach first base. That led to a delay of seventy minutes. Nelson took the hill when play resumed and walked the first batter he faced on the restart. The Rattlers starter struck out the next batter, but a single to right by Tyler Grimes scored a run to give Beloit (60-57 overall, 22-25 second half) a 1-0 lead. Mike Brownstein doubled and T.J. Mittelstaedt walked with one out in the bottom of the first. Then, Soliman got Chad Stang to ground into an inning ending 6-4-3 double play. Soliman would not allow another base runner until the sixth inning. The Snappers put three runs on the board in the top of the third. Nate Roberts doubled with one out. Lance Ray singled to right and Roberts scored just ahead of a throw from Stang. Daniel Ortiz was next and his single to left got Ray to third. Ortiz took second on the throw to third. One out later, Adam Bryant singled to center to drive in both Ortiz and Ray for a 4-0 lead. Greg Hopkins got Wisconsin (57-60, 19-28) on the board in the sixth inning. Hopkins lined a homer to left to lead off the frame to end Soliman's streak of batters retired at 13. In the bottom of the seventh, Nick Ramirez doubled with two outs and took third on an error. But, Soliman ended the inning just before another cloudburst hit the ballpark. The tarp went on the field again. Thirty minutes later, the game was ruled a final. Soliman struck out three, walked one, and gave up three hits to pick up the complete game victory over the Rattlers. The Timber Rattlers begin a three game series with the Quad Cities River Bandits on Saturday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Game time is 6:35 PM. Eric Arnett, the first round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2009 draft, is the scheduled starter for the Timber Rattlers. Arnett will be making his 2011 Midwest League debut. Quad Cities has Anthony Ferrera (10-6, 3.15) as their scheduled starting pitcher. After the game, there will be a fireworks display courtesy of FOX 11. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, tune in for the broadcast on AM 1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15 PM. Saturday's game is also available on MiLB.TV Wisconsin Box Score Coming back out after a 70-minute delay isn't ideal, although Jimmy Nelson would tell you he won't use that as an excuse -- he did fan five in his three innings; RHP Dan Britt also fanned five in long relief; T.J. Mittelstaedt did draw a walk, but the former league leader in batting has slumped his way down to .281... Wisconsin Play-by-Play

Lakeland Bottom of the 7th Pitcher Change: Bradley Blanks replaces Tyler Thornburg. Corey Jones homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Defensive Substitution: Brent Dean replaces catcher Shawn Zarraga, batting 7th, playing catcher. Daniel Fields strikes out swinging. Michael Rockett flies out to right fielder Kentrail Davis in foul territory. William Bergolla grounds out, shortstop Josh Prince to first baseman Hunter Morris. I can only guess that at some point during the at-bat after the home run, Zarraga maybe took a foul tip or something. So he would have been removed from the game prior to the strikeout.

Wisconsin Media Notes

It was not. Neda suffered a hand injury around the same time as his last AZL appearance.Thanks to one our readers / posters, I should have remembered this earlier post which confirmed Toby's note.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "martinezfan" has posted this year's longest Brewerfan streak thus far (14). Two folks, "jjkoestler" and "mschlie", are currently riding 11-game streaks, currently tied for the 3rd longest streaks in the country. "martinezfan" is active at eight games. The longest streak posted by anyone nationwide is 27 earlier this summer. I'm back at zero (again), high of seven for the season.

My new job is to officially state that we (I) are unaware of the specifics behind something, and then wait two minutes for my co-staffers Toby and/or Eric to fill in the blanks. Glad I can be of assistance! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Thanks!

We've adjusted the Menu; Cody Scarpetta is bypassed in the rotation; according to the Huntsville Media Notes, for a full turn; no reason given at this time. Kyle Heckathorn goes Friday night. Upcoming Series Probables... Saturday, August 13th - 6:05 p.m. CST - at JXN - LHP Dan Merklinger (7-7, 4.32 ERA) vs. LHP James Gillheeney (0-1, 7.00 ERA) Sunday, August 14th - 2:05 p.m. CST - at JXN - RHP Michael Bowman (3-9, 5.06 ERA) vs. RHP Steven Hensley (3-6, 5.52 ERA) Monday, August 15th - 7:05 p.m. CST - at JXN - TBD vs. RHP Andrew Carraway (8-3, 3.68 ERA) Tuesday, August 16th - 7:05 p.m. CST - at MIS - LHP Chase Wright (0-0, 6.00 ERA) vs. TBD

Nashville Media Notes

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 65 53 .551 - - 36-28 29-25 6-4 W1 Memphis 60 58 .508 5.0 21 34-21 26-37 6-4 L1 Nashville 60 59 .504 5.5 21 34-25 26-34 7-3 W4 Iowa 54 65 .454 11.5 15 34-26 20-39 7-3 W5 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 27 19 .587 - - 11-11 16-8 6-4 L1 * Tennessee 26 21 .553 1.5 23 15-7 11-14 8-2 W1 Jackson 21 25 .457 6.0 19 10-11 11-14 6-4 W3 Carolina 20 25 .444 6.5 18 9-12 11-13 4-6 L1 Huntsville 19 26 .422 7.5 17 8-16 11-10 3-7 L4 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Clearwater 25 22 .532 - - 17-9 8-13 6-4 L1 Dunedin 25 22 .532 - - 11-9 14-13 6-4 W2 Tampa 25 22 .532 - - 13-13 12-9 4-6 W1 * Daytona 22 24 .478 2.5 21 10-11 12-13 5-5 W1 Brevard County 21 23 .477 2.5 22 8-12 13-11 5-5 L2 Lakeland 19 25 .432 4.5 20 9-12 10-13 5-5 L1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 28 18 .609 - - 15-8 13-10 6-4 L1 Kane County 27 19 .587 1.0 - 12-12 15-7 6-4 L1 Clinton 24 22 .522 4.0 22 12-11 12-11 5-5 L1 Beloit 21 25 .457 7.0 19 11-12 10-13 4-6 W1 Cedar Rapids 19 27 .413 9.0 17 11-11 8-16 3-7 W1 Peoria 19 27 .413 9.0 17 10-13 9-14 7-3 W1 Wisconsin 19 27 .413 9.0 17 9-15 10-12 5-5 L1 * Burlington 16 30 .348 12.0 14 10-12 6-18 4-6 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Billings 7 5 .583 - - 3-2 4-3 7-3 W5 Great Falls 7 5 .583 - - 4-3 3-2 5-5 L3 * Missoula 7 5 .583 - - 4-1 3-4 6-4 W1 Helena 3 9 .250 4.0 23 1-6 2-3 2-8 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Dodgers 24 17 .585 - - 12-8 12-9 7-3 W2 AZL Reds 23 19 .548 1.5 14 12-9 11-10 7-3 W2 AZL Indians 21 21 .500 3.5 12 12-9 9-12 5-5 L3 AZL Brewers 9 30 .231 14.0 3 5-16 4-14 1-9 L1 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 41 19 .683 - - 20-10 21-9 5-5 L1 DSL Brewers 37 23 .617 4.0 9 19-13 18-10 7-3 W1 DSL Cardinals 22 39 .361 19.5 E 13-16 9-23 3-7 W1 DSL Athletics 21 40 .344 20.5 E 12-17 9-23 4-6 L1

Follow Friday's action as it happens: Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Game One Brevard County Game Two Wisconsin Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Nashville: RHP Wily Peralta makes his AAA debut at home vs. Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Nashville feed from the MiLB main audio page MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Huntsville: RHP Kyle Heckathorn at Jackson (Mariners), 7:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Jackson feed from the MiLB main audio page Brevard County: RHP Tyler Thornburg and TBD in a doubleheader at Lakeland (Tigers), 4:00 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Sorry, no audio available for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Jimmy Nelson at home vs. Beloit (Twins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Helena: RHP Chad Pierce at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): RHP Mike Schaub at the Dodgers' complex in Glendale; 1:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Cardinals, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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Catcher Rafael Neda, the 2010 10th round pick who was sidelined with a head injury (initially back on April 14th) was activated from the Brevard County DL, and then transferred to the Maryvale Rookie squad. Neda did make one rehab appearance with the Arizona club back on June 29th, but then was sidelined since. We're not sure if the head injury was the sole cause of his absence from start to finish; if so, that's a scary long absence.

Rattler Radio Post-Game Thoughts

Rattlers fall short against Snappers by Jim Oskola, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE — One night after Matt Miller, Al Williams and Adrian Rosario pitched a marvelous game for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the performance could not be repeated. Beloit scored three times in the sixth inning to snap a 3-3 tie and post a 6-4 win over the Timber Rattlers at Fox Cities Stadium on Thursday. The loss leaves the Rattlers with a 19-27 record, nine games out of first place and five games behind Clinton, the holder of the wild-card spot. Perhaps the worst thing about the Snappers' three-run inning is that they did it while getting only one hit. Rattlers starter Del Howell walked the lead-off hitter to start the sixth, ending his night. Stosh Wawrzasek struck out Jairo Perez, the first batter he faced, before walking the next two, filling the bases with Snappers and ending his outing. Greg Holle came in and Derek McCallum hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly for the second out of the inning. Holle then walked Tobias Streich to re-load the bases, gave up a two-run single to Wang Wei Lin and walked Daniel Santana to load the bases again before striking out Andrew Leer to end the inning. "It was just one of those nights where we had a tough time finding the zone," Rattlers catcher Joey Paciorek said. "We had a tough time getting outs there for a little stretch." The total damage for the inning was three pitchers, three runs, five walks, one hit, 48 pitches, two visits to the mound by pitching coach Chris Hook, two by manager Matt Erickson and an untold number of words of encouragement from Paciorek. "Just trust yourself," said Paciorek about what he told them. "Sometimes, they get in their own heads and start trying to be a little too picky with their pitches. I just tell them to do what they know and I know that they can do." One bright spot for the Rattlers in the loss is that Nick Ramirez, a fourth-round pick by the Brewers in this summer's draft, is starting to hit the ball. Ramirez went two-for-three with a pair of runs batted in to boost his average to .148. That might not seem like much, but after going just five-for-48 in his first 13 games, going three-for-six in the last two games is a good thing. "It's getting there," Ramirez said of his swing. "Every day is getting better. It's been a mental roller coaster where one day I'd feel like I'd be good and then go in the game and wouldn't get results. Now, finally, after working hard to get back on track, I feel like I'm getting back on track." In the final 24 games of the season, it will be difficult for him to match the numbers he put up at Helena (.369 batting average, eight home runs, 30 RBI) in 23 games but it would certainly help a team that has scored 35 runs in its last 11 games. The article link includes a Post-Crescent Rattler Photo Gallery.

Photog extraodrinaire Brad Krause was at Wednesday's Rattlers game and offers his thoughts and photos.