Jim Goulart

Nine K through five with three walks. There's no way he's going to escape a pitch count so we can mention there are no silly little "H's" on his line yet either. We have one to watch, my friends. A nice harken back to the Yovani days. (Yeah, it's a college pitcher vs. high schooler, but you get it. He's the real deal!). Where's Brevard audio when you need it?

Rattler Media Notes & Lineup, Canada Day Edition

Last night's Brett Carroll home run and a big Eric Farris RBI knock from earlier this week are the latest Nashville archived highlights at MiLB.com. Prior plays have been linked to on our forum earlier. The Farris hit has to be seen to be believed for it's "you could only hit it there and live to tell about it" placement.

Nashville Media Notes Where you learn stuff like this and so much more -- Outfielder Caleb Gindl has six hits in his last 12 at-bats over three games after recording only three hits in his previous 45 at-bats (.067). Huntsville Media Notes

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 44 37 .543 - - 24-17 20-20 6-4 W2 Memphis 42 38 .525 1.5 63 24-16 18-22 5-5 W1 Iowa 38 43 .469 6.0 58 21-20 17-23 7-3 L1 Nashville 37 43 .463 6.5 58 25-18 12-25 6-4 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 7 1 .875 - - 4-1 3-0 7-1 W7 * Tennessee 5 3 .625 2.0 61 3-0 2-3 5-3 W4 Huntsville 4 4 .500 3.0 60 2-1 2-3 4-4 W1 Carolina 3 5 .375 4.0 59 3-2 0-3 3-5 L3 Jackson 2 6 .250 5.0 58 0-3 2-3 2-6 L5 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Brevard County 4 2 .667 - - 3-1 1-1 4-2 L1 Tampa 4 3 .571 0.5 64 3-1 1-2 4-3 W1 Dunedin 4 4 .500 1.0 63 1-1 3-3 4-4 L1 Lakeland 3 3 .500 1.0 64 2-1 1-2 3-3 W1 * Daytona 3 4 .429 1.5 63 1-2 2-2 3-4 L2 Clearwater 3 5 .375 2.0 62 2-3 1-2 3-5 W1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Kane County 6 1 .857 - - 1-0 5-1 6-1 W1 Beloit 5 2 .714 1.0 - 3-0 2-2 5-2 L1 Clinton 4 3 .571 2.0 63 3-3 1-0 4-3 W1 * Burlington 3 4 .429 3.0 62 2-2 1-2 3-4 W2 Quad Cities 3 4 .429 3.0 62 1-3 2-1 3-4 L3 Wisconsin 3 4 .429 3.0 62 2-4 1-0 3-4 W2 Cedar Rapids 2 5 .286 4.0 61 0-1 2-4 2-5 L1 Peoria 2 5 .286 4.0 61 0-3 2-2 2-5 L2 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 7 4 .636 - - 5-2 2-2 6-4 L1 Billings 6 5 .545 1.0 27 3-3 3-2 6-4 W1 Great Falls 5 6 .455 2.0 26 1-2 4-4 4-6 W1 Missoula 4 7 .364 3.0 25 2-4 2-3 4-6 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Dodgers 6 2 .750 - - 3-1 3-1 6-2 W3 AZL Indians 5 4 .556 1.5 47 3-2 2-2 5-4 W2 AZL Reds 4 5 .444 2.5 46 3-1 1-4 4-5 L1 AZL Brewers 2 6 .250 4.0 45 0-4 2-2 2-6 L5 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Brewers 20 8 .714 - - 9-4 11-4 7-3 L1 DSL Mariners 19 8 .704 0.5 45 9-4 10-4 7-3 W1 DSL Athletics 10 19 .345 10.5 34 6-8 4-11 3-7 W1 DSL Cardinals 8 21 .276 12.5 32 5-11 3-10 3-7 L1

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link iPad/iPhone: Listen MiLB.TV -- for subscribers Huntsville: LHP Dan Merklinger at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:43 PM gametime Live Audio Link iPad/iPhone: Listen Live Audio Link -- Select the Mississippi feed from the MiLB main audio page Brevard County: RHP Tyler Thornburg at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:30 PM gametime Sorry, no audio available for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Del Howell at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Brandon Williamson at Billings (Reds), 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 Dodgers' complex in Glendale; 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league 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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Some Rattler video from Cedar Rapids here.

Rattler Radio Blog -- Post-Game Thoughts

RHP Brooks Hall's hometwon paper keeping tabs on him -- Hall off to fast start in Wisconsin By Scott Adamson, Anderson (South Carolina) Independent Mail Brooks Hall is just eight games into his pitching career with the Milwaukee Brewers farm club in Wisconsin, but the former T.L. Hanna standout has already shown the Timber Rattlers his arm has plenty of bite. On Wednesday Hall took the hill against the Peoria Chiefs, going 5.2 innings and earning the win in a 5-1 Rattlers victory. The game was played at Miller Park, home of the Brewers, and Hall provided some early excitement when he followed up a one-out triple in the first inning by retiring the next eight batters he faced. Hall, who turned 21 on June 26, allowed just one run on four hits while striking out a batter. The former T.L. Hanna standout now stands at 4-1 for the Class A club, which competes in the Midwest League out of Grand Chute, Wisc. In eight appearances and seven starts Hall has pitched 45.2 innings, allowing 17 runs (16 earned) and 46 hits. The 6-5 right-hander has yielded just one home run and issued 10 bases on balls while fanning 22 batters. He won his debut with the Rattlers on May 21, getting the decision in a 4-3 victory over the Burlington Bees. A fourth round pick (136th overall) in the 2009 amateur draft, Hall signed with the Brewers in August, 2009, forgoing a scholarship offer from South Carolina. The National League organization — impressed with a fastball frequently clocked in the mid-90s and a wicked slider — gave him a $700,000 signing bonus. Hall began his pro career in 2010 with the AZL (Arizona League) Brewers, going 3-4 with a 5.44 ERA in 14 games. Hall was late to the game as a pitcher, working just five innings as a junior at T.L. Hanna. But by his senior year Hall was showing much greater promise on the mound, going 4-1 and logging a perfect game before an elbow injury confined most of his play to shortstop and designated hitter. Although he was forced to take the summer following 12th grade off to help get his arm back in pitching condition, big league scouts were undeterred. When he signed with the Brewers, Hall said he hoped to be on a major league roster in three years. “It’s going to be hard, it’s going to be a long trip, a long road,” he said. “But I’m going to work hard and make it.” So far, so good.

Nick Ramirez has a basepaths photo for his pro debut, plus Tyler Roberts and raindrops in the Billings Gazette photo gallery. Also video from a Billings perspective.

If you combine Eric Arnett's 2009 and 2011 numbers (all with Helena), you'll se that in 50.1 innings, he's allowed 43 runs, only 22 of which were earned (3.93 ERA). But this issue of never being able to pick up his teammates after defensive mistakes is pretty evident. The poundings he took in Wisconsin and Maryvale last year were legitimate, with the unearned run issue less prevalent (career stats).

The Helena Independent Record summarized this game from a distance (road contest) with some new tidbits and also with much of what Conor summarized above -- For the seventh time this season, the Helena Brewers played a game decided by one run. But unlike the past six games, this time the Brewers’ opponent came out on top. Nick O’Shea and Adam Muenster each slammed home runs off Helena reliever Seth Lintz in the sixth inning to break a 6-all tie, sending the Billings Mustangs to an eventual 8-7 victory Thursday at Dehler Park. A big night offensively by the Brewers (7-4) wasn’t enough. Helena rapped out a dozen hits, one more than Billings (6-5), but left seven stranded on base for the second straight night. Nick Ramirez, in his professional debut, went 2 for 5 with two runs batted in; catcher Tyler Roberts, in his second game back in Helena, was 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI; and Max Walla and Kenny Allison both went 3 for 4 at the plate. The Brewers took advantage of five free passes issued by Billings starter Wes Mugarian in the early goings, scoring six of their runs off the 6-foot right-hander. But the Mustangs were just as hot at the plate: Dayne Read, Kyle Waldrop and Muenster each had multi-hit games, and each batted home a pair of runs. Billings also made good use of a pair of Helena errors early on. Lintz was tagged with the loss, giving up three hits and two earned runs in two innings of work. Brewers starter Eric Arnett was solid — though Billings scored six runs with him on the mound, only one was earned. Helena had a chance to make a comeback in the eighth inning. Roberts led off the frame with a line drive double to right field, followed by a ground ball single by Walla. Allison then batted Roberts home to bring the Brewers within one run and move the potential game-tying run into scoring position, but Walla would later be thrown out at home to end the threat.

Audio of Caleb Gindl's home run is now available via the Nashville game summary page.

21-year-old Jake Odorizzi has been bumped to AA by Kansas City -- 78.1 IP, 68 H, 103 K, only 22 BB, only 4 HR, 2.87 ERA in high-A. Quotes and details here.

Nashville Audio Archive -- June 30 - Chat with Starting Pitcher Josh Butler Discusses his mechanics among other topics...

RHP Jesus Sanchez has been named the starter in Game Two for Huntsville.

Wisconsin Lineup and Media Notes

Chris' post-game Miller Park thoughts.

Media notes: Nashville Huntsville

LHP Daniel Meadows was activated from his one-week stay on the Nashville DL, and then transferred to Huntsville. The 23-year-old Meadows will surely still be an arm to follow. As of this moment, the Stars are one over the 24-man roster limit. They have a doubleheader Thursday, and it could be that a formal roster move at AA won't happen until between games or until Friday AM.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 43 37 .538 - - 23-17 20-20 5-5 W1 Memphis 41 38 .519 1.5 64 23-16 18-22 5-5 L1 Iowa 38 42 .475 5.0 60 21-19 17-23 7-3 W7 Nashville 37 42 .468 5.5 60 25-18 12-24 6-4 W5 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 6 1 .857 - - 4-1 2-0 6-1 W6 * Tennessee 4 3 .571 2.0 62 2-0 2-3 4-3 W3 Huntsville 3 3 .500 2.5 62 1-0 2-3 3-3 W1 Carolina 3 4 .429 3.0 61 3-2 0-2 3-4 L2 Jackson 2 5 .286 4.0 60 0-2 2-3 2-5 L4 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Brevard County 4 1 .800 - - 3-1 1-0 4-1 W2 Dunedin 4 3 .571 1.0 64 1-0 3-3 4-3 W2 Tampa 4 3 .571 1.0 64 3-1 1-2 4-3 W1 * Daytona 3 4 .429 2.0 63 1-2 2-2 3-4 L2 Lakeland 2 3 .400 2.0 64 2-1 0-2 2-3 L1 Clearwater 2 5 .286 3.0 62 1-3 1-2 2-5 L2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Beloit 5 1 .833 - - 3-0 2-1 5-1 W1 Kane County 5 1 .833 - - 0-0 5-1 5-1 L1 Clinton 3 3 .500 2.0 63 3-3 0-0 3-3 L1 Quad Cities 3 3 .500 2.0 63 1-2 2-1 3-3 L2 * Burlington 2 4 .333 3.0 62 1-2 1-2 2-4 W1 Cedar Rapids 2 4 .333 3.0 62 0-0 2-4 2-4 W2 Peoria 2 4 .333 3.0 62 0-3 2-1 2-4 L1 Wisconsin 2 4 .333 3.0 62 2-4 0-0 2-4 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 7 3 .700 - - 5-2 2-1 7-3 W2 Billings 5 5 .500 2.0 27 2-3 3-2 5-5 L1 Great Falls 4 6 .400 3.0 26 1-2 3-4 4-6 L2 Missoula 4 6 .400 3.0 26 2-3 2-3 4-6 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Dodgers 6 2 .750 - - 3-1 3-1 6-2 W3 AZL Indians 4 4 .500 2.0 47 2-2 2-2 4-4 W1 AZL Reds 4 4 .500 2.0 47 3-1 1-3 4-4 W2 AZL Brewers 2 6 .250 4.0 45 0-4 2-2 2-6 L5 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Brewers 20 7 .741 - - 9-4 11-3 8-2 W5 DSL Mariners 18 8 .692 1.5 45 9-4 9-4 7-3 L3 DSL Athletics 9 19 .321 11.5 34 5-8 4-11 2-8 L1 DSL Cardinals 8 20 .286 12.5 33 5-10 3-10 4-6 W1

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