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From Huntsville: Catcher Martin Maldonado has been transferred to Triple-A Nashville. Additionally, catcher Dayton Buller has been activated from the seven-day disabled list. Maldonado is batting .264 (55-208) in 64 games with Huntsville this season. He’s hit 13 doubles and knocked in 34 RBI. He started the season with the Sounds, hitting .267 (12-45) in 14 games. Buller was placed on the DL back on May 6. He’s appeared in 10 games with the Stars this season, going 4-for-29 (.138) with two extra-base hits and five RBI. With these moves, the Stars active roster stays at 24. *** Maldonado (stats and splits) has had a brutal July after a torrid June. Buller had been on the Patrick Arlis "reserve list -- wink, wink DL" since June 5th. These moves were predicated by Wil Nieves' trade to the Braves, being discussed in this Major League Forum thread.

The Maryvale kids begin morning play (1:00 PM Central) today. Game just got underway, they were gifted two runs in the 1st -- AZL Brewers Top of the 1st Kevin Berard walks. Brandon Macias singles on a ground ball to right fielder Juan Romero. Kevin Berard to 3rd. Steve Felix walks. Brandon Macias to 2nd. With Hitaniel Arias batting, wild pitch by Elvis Araujo, Kevin Berard scores. Brandon Macias to 3rd. Steve Felix to 2nd. Hitaniel Arias strikes out swinging. Jimmie Pharr strikes out swinging. With Renaldo Jenkins batting, wild pitch by Elvis Araujo, Brandon Macias scores. Steve Felix to 3rd. Renaldo Jenkins flies out to center fielder Luigi Rodriguez.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 55 48 .534 - - 30-23 25-25 5-5 L3 Memphis 52 51 .505 3.0 38 30-21 22-30 3-7 W1 Nashville 51 53 .490 4.5 37 32-23 19-30 8-2 W2 Iowa 46 58 .442 9.5 32 27-25 19-33 3-7 W1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 19 12 .613 - - 8-8 11-4 6-4 W3 * Tennessee 15 16 .484 4.0 36 9-6 6-10 5-5 W4 Carolina 14 17 .452 5.0 35 7-9 7-8 4-6 L5 Huntsville 14 17 .452 5.0 35 5-10 9-7 4-6 W1 Jackson 12 19 .387 7.0 33 6-9 6-10 4-6 L3 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 18 14 .563 - - 9-7 9-7 6-4 W2 Brevard County 16 14 .533 1.0 39 5-7 11-7 8-2 W5 Clearwater 16 16 .500 2.0 37 12-6 4-10 6-4 W6 * Daytona 16 16 .500 2.0 37 6-8 10-8 5-5 W3 Dunedin 15 17 .469 3.0 36 5-8 10-9 4-6 L1 Lakeland 13 17 .433 4.0 36 8-8 5-9 3-7 L1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Kane County 18 12 .600 - - 7-8 11-4 5-5 W2 Quad Cities 17 13 .567 1.0 - 9-6 8-7 6-4 W1 Clinton 15 15 .500 3.0 39 7-8 8-7 3-7 W1 Beloit 14 16 .467 4.0 38 8-7 6-9 2-8 L6 Cedar Rapids 13 17 .433 5.0 37 8-7 5-10 4-6 L2 Wisconsin 13 17 .433 5.0 37 5-10 8-7 4-6 W1 Peoria 10 20 .333 8.0 34 4-11 6-9 2-8 L2 * Burlington 9 21 .300 9.0 33 7-8 2-13 2-8 L7 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Missoula 23 12 .657 - - 12-6 11-6 8-2 W6 Billings 19 16 .543 4.0 E 8-9 11-7 6-4 W4 Great Falls 16 19 .457 7.0 E 8-9 8-10 4-6 L3 Helena 16 19 .457 7.0 E 8-10 8-9 4-6 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Reds 15 14 .517 - - 8-7 7-7 5-5 W1 AZL Dodgers 14 14 .500 0.5 28 6-8 8-6 4-6 W2 AZL Indians 14 14 .500 0.5 28 6-7 8-7 5-5 L2 AZL Brewers 7 19 .269 6.5 23 4-10 3-9 4-6 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 35 13 .729 - - 19-6 16-7 7-3 L2 DSL Brewers 30 18 .625 5.0 20 14-10 16-8 5-5 W2 DSL Cardinals 17 32 .347 18.5 6 11-14 6-18 4-6 W1 DSL Athletics 17 33 .340 19.0 5 10-13 7-20 5-5 L1

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: Nashville: RHP Amaury Rivas at Oklahoma City (Astros), 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 Birmingham (White Sox), 7:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- It's the Barons' feed... Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at Charlotte (Mets), 5:30 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Stone Crabs' feed from the MiLB main audio page Wisconsin: RHP Maverick Lasker at Clinton (Mariners), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Eric Arnett at home vs. Casper (Rockies), 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 White at the Indians' complex in Goodyear; 1:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at the DSL Cardinals, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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John Sickels features Wily Peralta as his Prospect of the Day feature.

Confidence, defense give Manatees second-half lift by Mark DeCotis, Florida Today The Brevard County Manatees played their 100th baseball game of the 2011 season on Tuesday -- an 8-6 win in Port Charlotte -- and found themselves a game out of first place in the Florida State League's North Division. That follows a first half that saw the Manatees finish last with a league-worst 27-43 record. But heading into Wednesday night's game, they are 16-14 in the second half of the Class A-Advanced FSL season and have won five straight games and eight of their past 11. Tampa leads the North Division with an 18-14 record. What's the difference? Manatees Manager Jeff Isom cited improved defense and playing with confidence as two of the major factors in the turnaround. "They're playing hard right now and they're playing together as a club," Isom said. "Now it's become a situation where, early on in the season we were finding ways to lose games. Now it's kind of flip-flopped, it's like 'OK, what can we do now to win this game?' We're making the plays on defense, we're doing the right things, we're advancing runners, we're getting runners in." And that's important because pitching-wise, the Manatees rank last with a 4.60 earned run average and have surrendered a league-worst 73 home runs and 502 runs, the second most in the league. They are compensating offensively, ranking seventh out of 12 teams in batting average (.262) and second in stolen bases with 122. On the flip side, they lead the league in caught stealing with 53. That's part of the aggressiveness Isom has preached since day one. But they also are tied for the league lead in home runs with 82. The one thing that can't be quantified, expect perhaps in the won-loss record, has been vital and that's their approach. "I'm proud of the guys, they've kind of changed their attitude a little bit," Isom said. "They're expecting to go out there now every game and win the game instead of going out there and competing and possibly losing. It's a different mindset." Isom also cited the performance of two players who have come into their own as the season progressed. "At the beginning of the second half I said 'we're going to have success if there's two guys in our lineup who will play how they're capable of playing, that was (outfielder D'Vontrey) Richardson and (infielder Shea) Vucinich,' " Isom said. "Richardson's just hitting the cover off the baseball (batting .287 and ranking fifth team wise with 70 hits). He's moved up in the lineup. He's in the three hole right now and getting his two-three hits a game. Vucinich is putting together some pretty competitive at bats. His batting average is rising slowly. He's playing very solid defense and getting himself in pretty good hitting counts. He's laying off pitches, he's taking a lot of walks (third team wise with 32). "Those two guys have been, I think a catalyst in the second half for us." Vucinich, who is hitting .240 with 69 hits, an increase from his low point of about .200 in the first half, attributed his improvement to being more familiar with the league. "I think it's just reps, mainly," he said. "Coming up from rookie ball last year, I think just seeing these guys on a daily basis over and over again. After 200-250 at bats you just kind of catch on. You start getting comfortable in the box." As for his defense, that's something Vucinich has already prided himself on, believing it's something he can control. And as for the team as a whole, Vucinich attributed it to putting everything together. "We're putting together each piece of the puzzle every night so far," he said. "But there's a lot of the season left. We've got to keep going up hill." Forty games remain for the Manatees. And should they persevere and finish atop the division they will have landed a spot in the postseason, going from worst to first. Not bad for a team that struggled so mightily in the first half. Brevard Conuty Manatees manager Jeff Isom congratulates Scooter Gennett after he hit a home run in a recent game in Viera. / Craig Rubadoux, FLORIDA TODAY file http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A9&Date=20110727&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=107270327&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0

Casper Ghosts pound Helena Brewers 13-7 By Amber Kuehn, Helena Independent Record When Casper catcher Will Swanner went deep over the centerfield fence to break a 7-all tie in the seventh inning Tuesday, the Ghosts were far from done. After allowing the Helena Brewers to crawl back into the game on three separate occasions, the visitors finally put the game away with a five-run eighth frame. When Casper shortstop Trevor Story turned a Jeter-esque play from deep in the hole for the final out in the game, the Ghosts had themselves a 13-7 victory. With the win, the Pioneer League South bottom dwellers snapped a seven-game skid and picked up that elusive 10th win of the season. It was a rough night for Brewers pitchers, who entered the game with the best ERA in the league (4.44). Helena (16-19) allowed a season-high 18 hits and matched their season-high for runs allowed. After Casper (10-25) scored the go-ahead run on Swanner’s bomb, the Ghosts tacked on three more an inning later on three straight RBI singles. The fourth run of the frame came home when Sean Albury hit Rossell Herrera with a pitch with the bases loaded, and the fifth run scored on a wild pitch before the Brewers managed to record a single out. Seven runners reached base before Albury struck out the side to end an inning in which 10 Ghosts were sent to the plate. Casper pitcher Brook Hart earned his first win of the season following a blown save attempt. The southpaw got the victory, despite facing just two batters and needing just a single out. David Goforth (0-3) took the loss for Helena, allowing eight earned runs on eight hits to see his ERA balloon from 1.32 to 5.74. Tyler Cravy started solid on the mound for Helena, giving up just two hits before fanning five straight. But then things snowballed for the right-handed hurler. Matt Argyropoulos homered for the fourth time this season — and third against the Brewers — to put Casper up 1-0 in the third. Then an error by shortstop Yadiel Rivera allowed Jose Rivera to reach base. The error would prove costly, as Rivera later came home on Story’s RBI single and a hard-hit ball by Herrera gave the Ghosts a 3-0 advantage. The Brewers worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the inning, with Max Walla turning a 9-2 double play to gun down Story at home. Helena then trimmed the deficit to one run in the fourth with RBIs from Kyle Dhanani and Adrian Williams, but failed to complete the rally, leaving two men on. The teams then traded two-run innings, until Walla’s RBI triple plated Parker Berberet for the tying run in the sixth. The Brewers wouldn’t come closer the rest of the way, hitting just 3 for 14 with runners in scoring position and stranding eight. Berberet had his second two-run bomb in as many days, and John Dishon also went deep for the Brewers. Casper homered three times in the contest, getting long balls from Argyropoulos and Story before Swanner (tied for the league lead with eight) struck his first homer since the Fourth of July. David Kandilas led Casper at the plate, going 4 for 6 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored. Berberet had three RBIs to lead the Brewers in a 2-for-5 performance. NOTES: With their 4-3 victory over Idaho Falls, the Missoula Osprey (23-12) clinched the first-half Pioneer League North Divsion title Tuesday ... Brewers shortstop Yadiel Rivera and Casper infielder Jose Rivera are not related, but both played on the same team in Puerto Rico ... Helena right-hander Eric Arnett gets the nod tonight for the final game of the series. Arnett is 2-2 with a 5.18 ERA this season and his 40 innings pitched is a league best. Photos by Dylan Brown Independent Record - Brewers' Parker Berberet hits a grounder Tuesday night at Kindrick Legion Field, while playing against the Casper Ghosts. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/ed/cedd82f8-b7fc-11e0-8361-001cc4c002e0/4e2f7fad27ed3.image.jpg Brewers third baseman Kyle Dhanani drops the ball, allowing a Casper player to steal third http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/b5/eb5bd63c-b7fc-11e0-9586-001cc4c002e0/4e2f7fdcec22e.image.jpg

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PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 55 47 .539 - - 30-22 25-25 5-5 L2 Memphis 51 51 .500 4.0 38 30-21 21-30 3-7 L4 Nashville 50 53 .485 5.5 37 32-23 18-30 7-3 W1 Iowa 45 58 .437 10.5 32 27-25 18-33 3-7 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 18 12 .600 - - 7-8 11-4 6-4 W2 Carolina 14 15 .483 3.5 38 7-7 7-8 4-6 L3 * Tennessee 14 16 .467 4.0 37 9-6 5-10 5-5 W3 Huntsville 13 17 .433 5.0 36 5-10 8-7 4-6 L2 Jackson 12 18 .400 6.0 35 6-9 6-9 5-5 L2 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 17 14 .548 - - 9-7 8-7 5-5 W1 Brevard County 15 14 .517 1.0 40 5-7 10-7 7-3 W4 Clearwater 15 16 .484 2.0 38 11-6 4-10 6-4 W5 * Daytona 15 16 .484 2.0 38 6-8 9-8 5-5 W2 Dunedin 15 16 .484 2.0 38 5-8 10-8 5-5 W2 Lakeland 13 16 .448 3.0 38 8-7 5-9 3-7 W1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Kane County 18 12 .600 - - 7-8 11-4 5-5 W2 Quad Cities 17 13 .567 1.0 - 9-6 8-7 6-4 W1 Clinton 15 15 .500 3.0 39 7-8 8-7 3-7 W1 Beloit 14 16 .467 4.0 38 8-7 6-9 2-8 L6 Cedar Rapids 13 17 .433 5.0 37 8-7 5-10 4-6 L2 Wisconsin 13 17 .433 5.0 37 5-10 8-7 4-6 W1 Peoria 10 20 .333 8.0 34 4-11 6-9 2-8 L2 * Burlington 9 21 .300 9.0 33 7-8 2-13 2-8 L7 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Missoula 22 12 .647 - - 11-6 11-6 8-2 W5 Billings 18 16 .529 4.0 1 8-9 10-7 5-5 W3 Great Falls 16 18 .471 6.0 E 8-9 8-9 5-5 L2 Helena 16 18 .471 6.0 E 8-9 8-9 5-5 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Indians 14 13 .519 - - 6-6 8-7 5-5 L1 AZL Dodgers 14 14 .500 0.5 29 6-8 8-6 4-6 W2 AZL Reds 14 14 .500 0.5 29 7-7 7-7 5-5 L2 AZL Brewers 7 19 .269 6.5 24 4-10 3-9 4-6 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 35 12 .745 - - 19-5 16-7 7-3 L1 DSL Brewers 29 18 .617 6.0 20 13-10 16-8 5-5 W1 DSL Athletics 17 32 .347 19.0 6 10-13 7-19 5-5 W2 DSL Cardinals 16 32 .333 19.5 6 11-14 5-18 4-6 L1

Follow Tuesday's action as it happens: Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville Brevard County Helena DSL Brewers

Tuesday's Daily Menu: Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at Oklahoma City (Astros), 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 Wily Peralta at Birmingham (White Sox), 7:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- It's the Barons' feed... Brevard County: RHP Hiram Burgos at Charlotte (Mets), 5:30 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Stone Crabs' feed from the MiLB main audio page Wisconsin: Idle Helena: RHP Drew Gagnon at home vs. Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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More complete video highlights from the Rattlers win Prior night's video -- Chad Stang with another OF assist

Congratulations, FDLC! Frankie De La Cruz the PCL Pitcher of the Week. He may be a surprise 40-man roster addition this offseason in order to maintain his rights, if not earlier, as a September call-up.

Final: AZL Giants 3, @AZL Brewers 1 Arizona Box Score Looks a lot like a big league Brewers - Giants score, although these Giants won despite two errors and two wild pitches; LHP Del Howell, down from Wisconsin, with an OK effort -- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP; 22-year-old LHP Manuel Ruiz followed with two hitless frames (one BB, one HBP); only three base hits and 14 K's for Brewer batters as the struggles continue for Ronny Puello, Jalen Harris, and Renaldo Jenkins (.221, .435 and .583 OPS, respectively, each striking out over 1/3 of their AB's)... Arizona Play-by-Play

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Final: @Helena 7, Casper 3 Brewers get back on track By Amber Kuehn, Helena Independent Record The fans at Kindrick Legion Field stomped their feet as Helena reliever Jacob Barnes stared down Casper’s Julian Yan on the 0-2 count. As Yan fouled off pitch after pitch, the crowd of 1,632 never let up, the stomps growing louder and quicker each time the ball glanced off the bat. When Barnes finally got Yan to chase one on the outside corner for the final out, the fans cheered at last. The Brewers had just snapped a two-game skid, beating the Ghosts 7-3 to get back on the winning track at home. “It was definitely getting kind of annoying that he kept battling. He even fouled off one that hit the ground first,” Barnes joked after earning his first professional save. “In college I closed a lot, so it felt good to be back there at the end of the game. I felt right at home.” Brewers pitchers shut down Casper for the third time this year. Starter Andy Moye kept his record perfect, picking up his fourth win of the season after hurling a four-hitter through 6 2/3 innings, and Barnes threw shutout ball the rest of the way, striking out the side in the ninth to finish out the game. The pair was backed by plenty of run support, as the Helena offense came alive a day after scoring just one run in a 9-1 loss to Idaho Falls. “It definitely felt good to get the win,” said outfielder John Dishon, who was 2 for 4 with a double, a triple, a stolen base, an RBI and two runs scored. “As far as the series before, we put that in the past ... That’s the good thing about baseball, there’s always another day. Our team realizes that. “We had a bad day yesterday but we bounced back and showed up ready to hit.” The Brewers struck first blood Monday in the three-game series opener, something they’ve only done 14 times this season. Robbie Garvey laid down a bunt single to start the game, and came home on a two-run bomb by Parker Berberet that broke the catcher’s 1-for-13 slump and gave the hosts the early lead. Kyle Dhanani then doubled with two outs, setting up Ben McMahan for his first pro hit — an RBI single that made it 3-0. Yan, just 19 years old but far from the youngest member of the youthful Ghosts squad, answered with a two-run homer of his own, battling back from an 0-2 count in the second to take Moye deep and cut the Brewer’s lead to just a run. Helena — which had 13 hits, seven of them for extra bases — added an insurance run in the bottom half of the second. But Casper responded with another two-out rally to score a run in the fourth frame. It would be the last run scored by the visitors, who saw their on-base woes continue. The Ghosts (9-25) are now just 3-for-68 with runners in scoring position. The Brewers took a two-run lead in the sixth inning, when Dishon doubled to left field and Robert De La Cruz failed to make a play on the ball, losing both of his shoes. Dishon stole third on the next pitch, then later came home on Garvey’s RBI groundout. Garvey was stellar on the day, going 3 for 5 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs. Helena tacked on another two insurance runs in the eighth, thanks to a Casper error and RBIs by Dishon and Adrian Williams. “From start to finish in that ball game, jumping out to that early lead then scoring some insurance runs late, it was big for us,” Brewers manager Joe Ayrault said. “They’re a young team but they’ve got some nice prospects ... we’ve won a couple, they’ve won a couple. That’s a nice win for us.” NOTES: Helena’s hot-hitting first baseman Nick Ramirez was promoted to low-A Wisconsin following Sunday’s game. Ramirez, called up when Timber Rattlers infielder Cody Hawn went on the DL, batted .369 with a league-leading eight homers and 30 RBIs through 23 games. The fourth-round draft pick also had a stretch of five straight days with a home run and was the Pioneer League Player of the Week the past two weeks ... The reigning Pioneer League champion Brewers, at 16-18, have been mathematically elminated from first-half title contention in the North Division ... RHP Drew Gagnon (0-1, 9.82) takes the mound for Helena tonight, facing his brother’s (Tyler Gagnon stats) former team. Alex Gillingham (1-3, 5.96) gets the nod for the Ghosts. Helena Box Score Moye and Barnes combined to fan 11 and walk one; four Brewers with multi-hit games; two of CF Robbie Garvey's three hits were doubles and he drove in two; LF John Dishon tripled, doubled, stole his 8th base in ten tries and drove in one; clean defense = happy coaches... Helena Play-by-Play Nice quick start -- Helena Bottom of the 1st Robert Garvey singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Samuel Mende. Yadiel Rivera lines out to center fielder David Kandilas. Parker Berberet homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Robert Garvey scores. Max Walla grounds out to first baseman Matthew Argyropoulos. Kyle Dhanani doubles (9) on a line drive to right fielder Julian Yan. Benjamin McMahan singles on a ground ball to center fielder David Kandilas. Kyle Dhanani scores. Michael Nemeth singles on a ground ball to center fielder David Kandilas. Benjamin McMahan to 2nd. John Dishon flies out to left fielder Robert De La Cruz.

Brief video from the Great Lakes local news broadcast -- Wisconsin game

Photos by Michael Randolph | The Bay City Times Chris Henderson slides into second as he gets tagged out by Wisconsin shortstop Nick Shaw as the Great Lakes Loons play the Wisconsin Timer Rattlers at Dow Diamond in Midland. http://media.mlive.com/baycitytimes/photo/9830829-standard.jpg Loons catcher Michael Pericht tags Joey Paciorek at home plate http://media.mlive.com/baycitytimes/photo/9830723-standard.jpg

Rattler Radio Blog Final Thoughts http://mlblogsrattlerradio.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/dow-diamond-042.jpg?w=300&h=168 Classic. Chris explains...

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News out of Helena -- Catcher Doug Elliot, the Brewers' 35th round pick in the 2011 draft out of UConn, has voluntarily retired. He only appeared in four games with Helena (stats). he had been featured. Elliot is working towards his master’s degree in accounting -- he must have crunched the numbers. Good luck to him. His signing bonus was likely negligible, in the $1,000 range, so it's not as if he's hurting the Brewers in that regard.

To make room for 1B Nick Ramirez on the Wisconsin roster, 1B Cody Hawn is placed on the DL retroactive to 7/21.