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Nashville Audio Archive -- July 18 - Chat with LH reliever Mitch Stetter Discusses his hip injury in some detail...

Final: Nashville 5, @Iowa 3, 10 innings Sounds Score Two In Tenth To Win Series Opener In IowaNashville SoundsDES MOINES, Iowa - The Nashville Sounds plated a pair of runs without the benefit of a hit in the top of the tenth inning to hang a 5-3 defeat on the division-rival Iowa Cubs on Monday evening at Principal Park in the opener of a four-game series. In the decisive tenth, Taylor Green and Mat Gamel drew back-to-back one-out walks from Iowa reliever Chris Carpenter before the pitcher-catcher exchange failed the I-Cubs. With an 0-2 count on Sounds catcher Mike Rivera, the next two offerings went to the screen to allow Nashville to take the lead (audio). A Carpenter wild pitch allowed the baserunners to advance to second and third before a passed ball charged to I-Cubs catcher Welington Castillo permitted Green to race home with the go-ahead run. Rivera lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Gamel with an insurance run that extended the visitors' lead to 5-3. Nashville left-hander Daniel Meadows retired the Cubs in order in the bottom of the tenth to secure the victory and earn his first career Triple-A save. Reliever Sean Green (1-5), who worked a scoreless ninth for the Sounds, was awarded his first victory of the year, while Carpenter (2-2) was tagged with a blown save and a loss after giving up two runs in his two innings of work despite not allowing a hit. With the franchise's 2,500th all-time win (audio of the final out), the Sounds (44-52) snapped their three-game losing streak and improved to 2-9 in extra-inning play this season. It was Nashville's league-leading 43rd one-run game of the year. Rivera gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead when he belted a two-out solo homer to left in the top of the fifth inning. The big fly, which came against Iowa starter Alberto Cabrera, was the backstop's fifth of the year. Iowa evened the score in the fifth when Brett Jackson drew a one-out walk from Nashville starter Frankie De La Cruz and later came around to score on Tyler Colvin's two-out RBI triple to right off Sounds reliever Mike McClendon. Gamel (2-for-3) powered Nashville back in front in the sixth when he slugged his team-leading 19th roundtripper of the year, a two-out solo shot to right off Cabrera. The Sounds' defense stifled a pair of attempts by Iowa to re-tie the score in the home half of the sixth, combining to throw out two runners at the plate in the inning. After Brad Snyder led off the Cubs' sixth with a single, he was gunned down at the dish by a perfect relay from center fielder Brett Carroll and shortstop Edwin Maysonet cut him down at the dish as he attempted to score on a Ryan Flaherty double. Later in the inning, Flaherty himself was erased at home as Gamel fielded a one-out Marwin Gonzalez grounder and threw plateward for the out. Left-handed reliever Mitch Stetter made his first rehab appearance for Nashville, taking the hill in the bottom of the seventh. After retiring the first batter on a groundout, he allowed a Colvin single before serving up a go-ahead, two-run homer to Castillo. The Iowa backstop's 12th home run of the year gave Iowa its first lead of the night at 3-2. Stetter was charged with a blown save after he worked two-thirds of an inning, allowing two runs on two hits with one strikeout while throwing 22 pitches (15 for strikes). The Sounds threatened in the eighth, placing a runner on third with two outs, but Cubs reliever John Gaub struck out Rivera to escape the inning unscathed. Nashville didn't go down without a fight in the final frame, either, rallying to knot the score at 3-3. Caleb Gindl led off with a single up the middle off Gaub and Maysonet, while attempting to lay down a bunt, drew a four-pitch walk to put a pair of runners on base. Carpenter took over on the hill for Iowa and pinch-hitter Andy Gonzalez sacrificed the duo into scoring position with one out. With Eric Farris at the plate, Carpenter uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Gindl to scamper home with the tying run. Maysonet advanced to third on the play but was stranded there as Farris struck out and Jordan Brown grounded out to end the inning. Brown singled in the first inning to extend the Sounds' longest active hitting streak to seven games. The teams continue the series with another 7:05 PM matchup on Tuesday. Right-hander Mike Fiers (2-0, 2.08) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Iowa right-hander Nick Struck (0-2, 6.30). Nashville Box Score Taylor Green and Caleb Gindl each walked twice, Gindl also singled -- it's been fun focusing on these two throughout the AAA campaign... Nashville Play-by-Play Mitch Stetter's 7th inning as lefty bat Tyler Colvin singled before a long ball was given up -- not good... Iowa Bottom of the 7th Pitcher Change: Mitch Stetter replaces Mike McClendon, batting 9th. DJ LeMahieu grounds out to first baseman Mat Gamel. Tyler Colvin singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Carroll. Welington Castillo homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Tyler Colvin scores. Brad Snyder called out on strikes. Pitcher Change: Jim Henderson replaces Mitch Stetter, batting 9th. Ryan Flaherty flies out to left fielder Jordan Brown. If Mike McClendon is on the Mets' list of five, force them to select or pass on him ASAP so that the Brewers can make use of him should they pass.

Timber Rattlers hit the road with victory as Brooks Hall flirts with no-hitter by Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent Article link includes photo gallery GRAND CHUTE — The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had an exit strategy prior to hitting the highway for a lengthy road trip. Depart Grand Chute on a high note with a well- executed win. Brooks Hall and Greg Hopkins made sure the Rattlers started a nine-game, three-city road swing with some juice. Hall threw 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball, while Hopkins slugged a pair of home runs and knocked in four runs in Wisconsin's 9-3 win over the South Bend Silver Hawks Monday afternoon. Hall, a 6-foot-6, 21-year-old right-hander and Milwaukee's fourth-round pick in the 2009 draft, held the Silver Hawks hitless until shortstop Zach Walters lined a two-out double over the head of center fielder Chad Stang in the bottom of the seventh. "Yeah, I had a clue that I had one (a no-hitter) going, but I wasn't thinking about it," said Hall. "I was just trying to execute. I threw him a changeup that was down and he hit it on the end of the bat. It was a bad read on my part, but that's baseball." Hall had excellent command of his pitches, striking out six and walking only one in raising his record to 5-2 and lowering his ERA to 3.82. Yazy Arbelo followed with a single for the lone run off Hall, who departed after seven innings. "I had a terrible bullpen, but as soon as the game started, that competitiveness kicked in and I felt really good," said Hall. Hopkins and the rest of the Rattlers gave Hall plenty of run support. It was the first multi-homer game of Hopkins' professional career and the 22-year-old third baseman went three-for-four. "We had kind of a tough loss Sunday and I didn't feel like I helped us too much," said Hopkins. "So I called my hitting guy back home (Mansfield, Mass.), Jeff Barnhardt. He's a friend of mine and has always been kind of a mentor. We had a good talk and he got me clicking again. He's helped me a bunch in my high school and college career." The victory snapped a three-game Wisconsin losing streak and was one of the Rattlers' best all-around performances of the summer. Wisconsin collected 12 hits, played error-free ball and received exceptional mound work. The Timber Rattlers departed on their road trip shortly after the game, hopping on the team bus for an eight-hour trip to Lansing (Mich.) where they will start a three-game series with the Lugnuts Wednesday morning at 11:05 AM. Wisconsin will stay in Michigan for a three-game series in Midland with the Great Lakes Loons, then travels to Clinton (Iowa) for three games with the LumberKings. The Rattlers' next home game isn't until July 30 against Burlington. Although most Timber Rattlers prefer home games, Wisconsin has actually fared better on the road. The Rattlers are 23-21 away from home and 25-25 at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. "I do like being home, but it comes with the game," said Hopkins. "Actually it's kind of nice to get a change of scenery by hitting the road. To me, it doesn't really matter where I'm playing. Either way, you have to bring the same intensity. I don't think I play any different. The change in the routine is the only different thing." Hopkins, though, admitted he wasn't looking forward to the long bus ride to Lansing. "The bus trips are definitely the worst part and it depends on what kind of motel we're staying at," said Hopkins. "It's nice to get more than one pillow on your bed sometimes. But that's it. The bus rides can be tough on you physically. You're trying to get as much rest as you can and get ready for the game, but sometimes it's hard to take a nap." Many Timber Rattlers players pass the time on the bus trips by watching DVDs, reading, listening to music, playing video games and keeping in contact with friends and family. "I catch up with my friends and family a lot because there's plenty of time to talk and text," said Hopkins. Hall is more of a video game fanatic during bus trips. "Super Mario Nintendo — that's what you'll find me doing on the bus trips," said Hall with a laugh. "You try and get some sleep, but it's tough when you have everyone yelling and everything. But it's minor league baseball. It's not bad at all. The bus has Wi-Fi and the hotels we stay in aren't trashy or anything." For family men like Timber Rattlers manager Matt Erickson, who resides in Appleton year-round with his wife, Julie, and two children (Maddox and Aubrey), the road trips are just a way of life for the Erickson family. "The minor league lifestyle, the baseball lifestyle generally can be a little tricky," said Erickson. "But my wife is amazing. She actually thinks I'm home a lot more these days because when we started our relationship I was playing baseball and gone all the time. It's a lifestyle you adjust to. You have to prioritize and organize." Wisconsin pitching coach Chris Hook is also married with two children, but doesn't see road trips as a big deal since his family remains in Cincinnati during the baseball season. "My wife and two boys come up for visits, but we decided not to move the whole family up just for the summers," said Hook. "I don't live here year-round so every game is pretty much a road game. I've been doing it for 20 years. Wherever I'm at, it's just another day at the ballpark."

Helena 1B Nick Ramirez, the Brewers' 4th round pick out of Cal State Fullerton, was named the Pioneer League Player of the Week. The LH bat will turn 22 in a couple of weeks.

Cardinals Blow Six-Run Lead in 8-7 Loss Brevard County Rallies to Take Game Two at Roger Dean Stadium By Tyler Krochmal / Palm Beach Cardinals JUPITER, Fla. - The Palm Beach Cardinals (13-12, 42-52) blew a six-run lead and were unable to take advantage of four RBI from Domnit Bolivar in an 8-7 loss to the Brevard County Manatees (10-12, 37-55) Monday night in game two of a four-game series at Roger Dean Stadium. Francisco Samuel (0-2, 21.60 ERA) gave up four earned runs on four hits and a walk in one inning of relief to suffer the loss for Palm Beach, his second in four games with the team this season. Samuel, a 24-year-old righty out of the Dominican Republic, spent the first two months on the Class-AAA Memphis disabled list after suffering a shoulder injury while pitching for St. Louis in Spring Training. He previously gave up four runs in 0.1 innings June 20 in his 2011 Palm Beach debut. Palm Beach jumped on the board early in the first inning with a pair without even recording a hit, as four straight one-out walks and a Rainel Rosario sacrifice fly put the score at 2-0. Brevard County came back with a run in the second thanks to doubles from D'Vontrey Richardson and catcher Shawn Zarraga, with the latter recording the RBI. Niko Vasquez began the big third-inning rally with a one-out single, after Greg Garcia was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a two-bagger, and was followed by a double from Xavier Scruggs before Bolivar launched his third homer of the season, a three-run shot, to left. Rosario then walked and Adam Melker delivered a single to set up Luis De La Cruz to cap the scoring with a two-run double to center that gave Palm Beach a seemingly comfortable 7-1 lead. Cardinals' starter Richard Castillo battled through the first four innings, allowing just the one run while striking out seven, before running into some serious trouble in the fifth. Scooter Gennett began the rally with a ground-rule double to straightaway center, followed by a run-scoring hit from Kentrail Davis and an error by Ted Obregon. Hunter Morris and Khris Davis added singles, Richardson recorded an RBI-groundout and Shea Vucinich chipped in a single to cut the six-run lead to three after five. Samuel was called upon in the seventh in relief of Jesse Simpson, who fired a scoreless inning while striking out two, and immediately gave up a single and RBI-triple to Morris that began yet another Manatees rally. Davis followed with a walk and Richardson knocked in one with a double to left to tie the game before Zarraga drove in the eventual game-winner with a sharp single through the middle. Palm Beach managed to load the bases with just one out in the eighth but was unable to push across the tying run, ending up 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position and with 11 men left on base. Bolivar recorded four RBI, Garcia, Scruggs and Melker had multiple hits and Vasquez scored twice for Palm Beach. Jeff Lyman finished the game out of the bullpen with two scoreless, hitless innings. Roque Mercedes (1-1, 5.14 ERA) earned the win for Brevard County with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief while Bradley Blanks picked up his first save. Palm Beach will attempt to turn things around against the team with the league's worst record tomorrow night in game three of the four-game set as righty Eric Fornataro (6-7, 3.91 ERA) opposes right-hander Nick Bucci (5-8, 3.82 ERA) at 6:35 PM (5:35 Central).

Helena's Rivera completes cycle bid Milwaukee prospect's ninth-inning single caps five-hit outing By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com Milwaukee prospect Yadiel Rivera has been swinging a red-hot bat since arriving in Helena a month ago. On Monday, he turned in his finest performance of them all. The shortstop went a perfect 5-for-5 with five runs scored, four RBIs and a walk at Mike Lansing Field as the Rookie-level Helena Brewers defeated the Casper Ghosts, 12-3. His cycle was the second in the Pioneer League this season. David Kandilas of the Ghosts recorded the league's first in almost four years in a 14-7 rout of the Ogden Raptors on June 24. Rivera led off the game with a double to left field, and he came home two batters later on Nick Ramirez' sacrifice fly. The shortstop then smacked a two-run homer with one out in the second before drawing a walk in the fourth. A native of Puerto Rico, Rivera doubled and scored again in the sixth frame, and he legged out a run-scoring triple in the eighth. Due to bat fourth in the top of the ninth, Rivera needed help from his teammates to get a shot at completing his cycle, and he came to the plate with two outs after John Dishon reached on a single. Rivera promptly wrote his name into the record books by belting an RBI single back up the middle to extend the Brewers lead to 12-3. The 19-year-old is batting .331 with six homers and 23 RBIs in 27 Pioneer League games. He has hit safely in each of his last 16 contests, and he has failed to reach base just twice since being sent down to Helena. In his last six games, he is 16-for-26 (.615) with 11 runs scored and nine RBIs. In 32 Midwest League appearances with the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Rivera -- selected in the ninth round of the 2010 Draft -- hit .194 with four extra-base hits and five RBIs. On Monday, Ramirez was 3-for-5 with a homer, a double and five RBIs, combining with Rivera to help left-hander Mike Strong (2-0) to his second victory in three games. The Minnesota native allowed one run on a solo homer over seven innings. He walked four and struck out three. Casper's Patrick Johnson (0-2) took the loss, yielding five runs on seven hits and a walk while fanning four over three frames. Yadiel Rivera is hitting .268 with seven homers through 59 games over two levels. (Photo from Helena Brewers) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2011/07/19/HUYl54oR.jpg

And yes, keep posting. The next Power 50 is about ten days away, so this will stoke the pre-conversation.

Cool, a Kevin Maas reference http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif. Nope, this was my guy -- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7C0gSvTcf58/TToPKwHaDLI/AAAAAAAACNI/i1S4r3YkUm8/s1600/moose.jpg

Rattler Radio Post-Game Thoughts

The latest in the fun "Getting to Know..." series -- Eric Farris.

A player with an excused absence to perform personal obligations is placed on this list. The player must be on the Temporarily Inactive List for a minimum of three days before the player can be reinstated to the Active List. A player on the Temporarily Inactive List does not count against a Club’s Active List limits, but does count against its Reserve List limits. Not aware of a maximum number of days. Good reminder from Toby regarding this.

A reminder that we'll direct any Braddock discussion to this thread, and leave this Transaction thread for specific updates throughout the system.

Here's an update on Braddock from the Minor League Transaction thread. Please place any discussion within this thread on the Major League Forum.

Braddock has been formally placed on the AAA Temporary Inactive List, as per the Nashville Media Notes. It's crazy to read too much into such a thing, but given Zach's past, how do you not? Just an awkward situation for all involved, including Zach's fans.

Nashville Media Notes

Final: @Wisconsin 9, South Bend 3 Hall & Hopkins heat up Rattlers Chris Mehring, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Brooks Hall took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Greg Hopkins provided the offense as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beat the South Bend Silver Hawks 9-3 Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Hall struck out six for his fifth win of the season. Hopkins homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Wisconsin’s 12-hit attack. Hall retired the first six batters he faced. Roberto Ortiz walked to start the third, but Chris Jarrett lined into a double play. Hall set down the next 12 batters he faced. Hopkins cracked a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning to put the Rattlers (48-46 overall, 10-14 second half) in front. Chad Stang’s solo home run in the fifth inning made the score 2-0. Later in the inning, Nick Shaw’s RBI triple put the Rattlers up 3-0. Hopkins struck in the sixth inning with an RBI single to pad the lead out to 4-0. Hall set down the first two batters he faced in the top of the seventh. But Zach Walters lined a double to center just out of the reach of Stang to break up the no-hitter. Yazy Arbelo followed with an RBI single to end the shutout bid and pull the Silver Hawks (43-50, 9-15) to within 4-1. Hall went seven innings, allowed a run on two hits, walked one, and struck out six. The six strikeouts in a game matched the professional high for Hall. The Rattlers offense went on the offense in the bottom of the seventh. Mike Walker drove in a pair of runs with a single. Jason Rogers just missed a homer as he doubled off the top of the wall in left-center to send Walker home. Then, Hopkins crushed a two-run homer to left. Hopkins became the second Timber Rattlers player this season to hit two homers in a game. This blast capped the Rattlers scoring and put them in front 9-1. Skyler Crawford tossed a scoreless eighth, but allowed a two-run homer to Walters in the top of the ninth. Casey Medlen came on and closed out the game. The Timber Rattlers are off on Tuesday. Wisconsin starts a road series with the Lansing Lugnuts on Wednesday. Wisconsin Box Score Now that's an exciting outing for recently-turned 21-year-old Brooks Hall! He's flashed low-hit stuff before, as these two box scores show. That was Casey Medlen's Timber Rattler debut. Chad Stang with his 2nd pro HR -- he hit one in 2009, and a reminder that he missed all of 2010 with a right shoulder labrum tear; Nick Shaw and his .380 OBP tripled, singled, and walked, playing shortstop again with Carlos George sidelined; Jason Rogers, in LF today, quite the presence in the cleanup spot -- today's offensive star, Greg Hopkins, has had a streaky season, it had been a while since his last multi-hit effort... Wisconsin Play-by-Play Breaking it open the right way in a five-run 7th, no errors from the opponent, just clubbin' the ball... Wisconsin Bottom of the 7th Franklin Romero doubles (8) on a ground ball to left fielder Chris Jarrett. Nick Shaw walks. Mike Brownstein grounds out, shortstop Zachary Walters to second baseman Gerson Montilla to first baseman Yazy Arbelo. Franklin Romero to 3rd. Nick Shaw to 2nd. Michael Walker singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ender Inciarte. Franklin Romero scores. Nick Shaw scores. Jason Rogers doubles (8) on a fly ball to left fielder Chris Jarrett. Michael Walker scores. Cody Hawn grounds out, pitcher Patrick Schuster to first baseman Yazy Arbelo. Gregory Hopkins homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Jason Rogers scores. Chad Stang pops out to second baseman Gerson Montilla.

Tyler Thornburg turns heads at pro baseball level Former Riverwood star pitches at Futures Game By David Rutz, Neighbor Newspapers (Atlanta) Riverwood baseball coach Mike Santoro guessed he’s watched Tyler Thornburg’s inning of work in the All-Star Futures Game July 10 at least a dozen times on his DVR. Forgive him for being excited. Even Thornburg, a star with the Raiders who graduated in 2007, admitted he was a little anxious. “I felt a little bit of butterflies when I was running in from the bullpen, thinking about 40,000 fans there, and then once I started pitching I wasn’t really that nervous,” Thornburg said. In the 13th annual installment of the game that kicked off All-Star festivities in Phoenix, he allowed one hit in a scoreless fifth inning of work in a 6-4 win for the U.S. team over the World team. For the Milwaukee Brewers’ prospect, it was another step in a series of great performances in 2011 that has attracted national attention. In low-A and now high-A ball with the Brevard County Manatees in Florida, Thornburg has gone a combined 9-1 with a 1.81 ERA as of last week's All-Star break. Because of his smaller size (5 feet, 11 inches, 190 pounds) and easy, fluid delivery, he’s drawn comparisons to slender major league stars Tim Lincecum and Roy Oswalt, parallels he shrugged off. “You haven’t won a single game in the majors, so you can’t really be compared to a Cy Young Award winner,” Thornburg said. It was that smaller size that led major college programs to pass him over in the recruiting process in 2007, when he put together a spectacular senior season for Riverwood. The dynamic two-way player posted a 7-2 record and 1.89 ERA on the mound and also hit .551 with 10 home runs and 55 RBIs, but he weighed only 160 pounds. Thornburgfinished his junior season at Charleston Southern in 2010, which included throwing a whopping 158 pitches for the Buccaneers in a 6-3 upset win over No. 6-ranked Florida according to the CSU website. The Brewers then took him in the third round of the amateur draft last spring. Santoro ran into Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan last summer and Thornburg’s name came up in conversation. “Coach O’Sullivan said, ‘How did they miss him when he was in high school?’” Santoro said. “People were turned off by his size. They didn’t think a guy throwing 91, 93 [mph], weighing 160 pounds was going to hold up.” Since high school, he’s made a concerted effort to gain lean muscle and has put on roughly 30 pounds. “He’ll be the first to tell you that’s helped tremendously with his velocity and his conditioning as it’s helped him throw more pitchers over a longer period of time,” Santoro said. While he could rely on his fastball in high school to retire hitters, facing opposition that could catch up to that kind of heat made the right-hander add some new weapons. Thornburg said that developing a change-up, along with his increase in size, has been the most significant evolution he’s undergone as a pitcher. “I started throwing one in college, and it was very inconsistent,” Thornburg said. “Good at times, didn’t do anything at other times. As I got in the minors, I made sure I tried to refine my change-up. They made me throw it a lot more and it’s gotten a lot better.” It’s shown with his strong control numbers. In 84? innings of work in 2011, he’s struck out 96 batters but walked only 32, and hitters are batting a scant .198 against him. Riverwood graduate Tyler Thornburg delivers a pitch for the Brevard County Manatees, a minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. http://neighbornewspapers.com/uploads/inline/1311012311_38ba.jpg

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 52 43 .547 - - 28-20 24-23 6-4 W2 Memphis 49 46 .516 3.0 47 28-20 21-26 4-6 L2 Iowa 44 51 .463 8.0 42 27-21 17-30 3-7 W3 Nashville 43 52 .453 9.0 41 29-22 14-30 4-6 L3 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 14 10 .583 - - 7-7 7-3 5-5 L1 Carolina 11 12 .478 2.5 45 6-7 5-5 6-4 W1 Huntsville 11 13 .458 3.0 44 4-6 7-7 3-7 W1 * Tennessee 10 13 .435 3.5 44 6-4 4-9 2-8 L2 Jackson 10 14 .417 4.0 43 4-6 6-8 5-5 L1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 13 10 .565 - - 8-5 5-5 6-4 W1 Lakeland 11 10 .524 1.0 48 6-5 5-5 7-3 W1 * Daytona 12 11 .522 1.0 47 4-6 8-5 5-5 W2 Dunedin 11 12 .478 2.0 46 4-6 7-6 3-7 L1 Clearwater 10 13 .435 3.0 45 6-6 4-7 5-5 L1 Brevard County 9 12 .429 3.0 46 5-6 4-6 3-7 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Missoula 16 11 .593 - - 6-6 10-5 7-3 W1 Billings 14 13 .519 2.0 10 7-8 7-5 4-6 L1 Great Falls 13 14 .481 3.0 9 7-8 6-6 6-4 L1 Helena 12 15 .444 4.0 8 6-6 6-9 4-6 L2 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Reds 12 10 .545 - - 7-4 5-6 6-4 W1 AZL Dodgers 11 10 .524 0.5 35 6-5 5-5 3-7 W1 AZL Indians 11 10 .524 0.5 35 5-5 6-5 6-4 L1 AZL Brewers 4 17 .190 7.5 28 2-8 2-9 2-8 L4 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 31 10 .756 - - 17-4 14-6 8-2 W3 DSL Brewers 27 14 .659 4.0 28 13-8 14-6 7-3 L1 DSL Cardinals 13 29 .310 18.5 13 9-12 4-17 3-7 L3 DSL Athletics 13 30 .302 19.0 12 8-12 5-18 2-8 W1

Follow the rest of Monday's action as it happens: Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

We don't have a no-jinx rule, but maybe we should re-consider http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif.

Extended Southern League series -- Cody Scarpetta faces the same lineup, same opposing starter, same location as just five days ago. Reminder of those results.

The rest of Monday's Daily Menu: Nashville: RHP Frankie de La Cruz at Iowa (Cubs), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link iPad/iPhone: Listen MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Huntsville: RHP Cody Scarpetta at Montgomery (Rays), 7:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- This is the Biscuits' feed Brevard County: RHP Austin Ross at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:35 PM gametime Live Audio Link -- Select the Palm Beach feed from the MiLB main audio page Helena: LHP Mike Strong at 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): at the Padres' complex in Peoria; 9:00 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

His base is $4M, still too much to consider arbitration.

As per Chris Mehring: RHP Eric Marzec to DL retroactive to 7/14 The 23-year-old Marzec has posted fantastic numbers this season, as the above link attests. RHP Casey Medlen transferred to Wisconsin from Arizona The slight (6'0", 155) Medlen escapes the Arizona heat. He was this year's 37th round pick out of the University of North Florida. Medlen turns 22 next month.