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Follow Sunday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or New Window". Choose "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin Helena

Sunday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Michael Fiers at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Kyle Heckathorn at Clearwater (Phillies); 12:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Efrain Nieves at Kane County (Athletics), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Austin Ross at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete -- League Champions! DSL Brewers: Season complete

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Final, Game One: @Huntsville 10, Mobile (Diamondbacks) 7 Final, Game Two: Mobile 5, Huntsville 2 -- each contest seven innings as scheduled Despite this being a home series for the Stars, the only online write-up is via the BayBears site -- BayBears Clinch Playoff Spot after Doubleheader SplitBy Wayne Randazzo HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A doubleheader split was good enough for the BayBears on Saturday at Joe W. Davis Stadium as they advanced to the Southern League playoffs for the first time since 2004 after a 10-7 game one defeat followed by a 5-2 victory in the nightcap and a Montgomery loss to Jacksonville. "It's awesome," said BayBears skipper Rico Brogna. "The best part is watching the guys celebrate. It's just an awesome feeling. I'm so happy for the staff and players." Daniel Stange (S, 13) closed out the victory in game two for the BayBears (73-62, 37-30) which lowered their magic number to one over the Biscuits as he posted a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Reid Mahon (4-3) tossed two perfect frames and drove home an insurance run with an RBI single in the top of the sixth to knock home Ryan Wheeler. Wheeler had a big night for the BayBears as he drove in three including a go-ahead two-run homer off Chris Cody (7-8) in the top of the fourth that put the BayBears up 3-2. Huntsville (67-71, 34-34) was ahead 2-0 after RBI doubles in the bottom of the third by Lee Haydel and Zelous Wheeler against starter Bryan Henry, who lasted four innings and surrendered just three hits. In game one, the BayBears fell behind as the Stars picked up three in the first against Tom Layne, but they battled back to tie the game in the second before erupting for a 7-4 lead in the fifth inning on an opposite-field, three-run homer by Jake Elmore. That lead was eventually squandered by the BayBears' bullpen in the bottom of the sixth as the Stars struck for six tallies, highlighted by Caleb Gindl's three-run jack off Bryan Woodall (1-4). Lucas Luetge (3-2) and Jim Henderson (S, 7) nailed down the victory to send the BayBears to their second straight loss. The BayBears will open the South Division Championship Series on Thursday night at the Baseball Grounds against the Jacksonville Suns, who were division winners in both halves. "The Suns are a good team," Brogna said. "We play them tough. It should be a good series. Two clubs that really play as a team. Should be a great series." The BayBears still have two more regular season contests to play including a battle with the Stars at 1:00 on Sunday afternoon. Huntsville Game One Box Score Not a great outing from RH starter Andre Lamontagne -- 4.1 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K, 1 HR, barely half his 88 pitches for strikes; relievers Lucas Luetge and Jim Henderson made use of GIDP's (and a clutch outfield assist from Lee Haydel -- undoubtedly with a stronger throw than Ryan Braun exhibited last night); contributions from every spot in the lineup... Huntsville Game One Game Log Down 7-4, the six-run 6th -- Huntsville Bottom of the 6th Chris Nowak singles on a line drive to center fielder Collin Cowgill. Anderson Machado reaches on force attempt, throwing error by second baseman Taylor Harbin. Chris Nowak to 3rd. Pitcher Change: Bryan Woodall replaces Tom Layne, batting 9th. Lee Haydel singles on a line drive to right fielder Evan Frey. Chris Nowak scores. Anderson Machado to 2nd. Anderson De La Rosa strikes out swinging. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Taylor Green replaces Lucas Luetge. Taylor Green singles on a line drive to right fielder Evan Frey. Anderson Machado scores. Lee Haydel to 3rd. Brett Lawrie reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Ryan Wheeler. Lee Haydel scores. Taylor Green to 2nd. Caleb Gindl homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Taylor Green scores. Brett Lawrie scores. Zelous Wheeler grounds out, second baseman Taylor Harbin to first baseman Bryan Byrne. Drew T. Anderson flies out to center fielder Collin Cowgill. Huntsville Game Two Box Score LHP Chris Cody went all seven innings in what qualified as a quality start as two runs were unearned; Zelous Wheeler's two errors give him 37 on the season -- the 23-year-old Wheeler has a .784 OPS hitting out of the # 3 or 4 spot all season, but it'd be interesting to see exactly what his fielding deficiencies at shortstop have meant to the Stars in terms of unearned runs; Wheeler would probably be the first to tell you he's not a true shortstop, but hopefully this year's assignment benefits him in the long haul; Taylor Green hitting under .200 for August and September... Huntsville Game Two Game Log

Rattler Radio Blog Media notes and the Fan Appreciation Video

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PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 81 60 .574 - - 38-31 43-29 7-3 W1 Memphis 80 61 .567 1.0 3 48-26 32-35 8-2 L1 Omaha 78 63 .553 3.0 1 40-32 38-31 6-4 L1 Nashville 76 65 .539 5.0 E 39-31 37-34 7-3 W3 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak *# Tennessee 41 26 .612 - - 25-10 16-16 5-5 L2 Huntsville 33 33 .500 7.5 E 19-13 14-20 4-6 W1 Chattanooga 32 35 .478 9.0 E 16-19 16-16 6-4 L2 West Tenn 31 36 .463 10.0 E 18-14 13-22 4-6 W2 Carolina 28 37 .431 12.0 E 13-18 15-19 4-6 W1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 42 23 .646 - - 22-10 20-13 6-4 W2 Daytona 40 27 .597 3.0 1 22-11 18-16 6-4 L1 Brevard County 36 32 .529 7.5 E 18-17 18-15 3-7 W1 Lakeland 33 33 .500 9.5 E 16-13 17-20 6-4 W1 Clearwater 29 38 .433 14.0 E 16-18 13-20 4-6 L4 * Dunedin 29 38 .433 14.0 E 15-19 14-19 5-5 L1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # Quad Cities 42 24 .636 - - 14-15 28-9 7-3 W5 Kane County 37 29 .561 5.0 - 20-12 17-17 7-3 W3 Clinton 37 30 .552 5.5 4 21-15 16-15 5-5 L1 * Cedar Rapids 36 31 .537 6.5 3 20-14 16-17 4-6 W3 Beloit 34 30 .531 7.0 1 18-14 16-16 6-4 W1 Peoria 31 34 .477 10.5 E 18-16 13-18 5-5 L3 Wisconsin 31 36 .463 11.5 E 17-18 14-18 4-6 L3 Burlington 21 43 .328 20.0 E 14-17 7-26 2-8 L3 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 20 12 .625 - - 9-8 11-4 8-2 W1 * Great Falls 18 13 .581 1.5 6 10-4 8-9 8-2 L1 Billings 15 16 .484 4.5 2 8-6 7-10 5-5 L1 Missoula 13 19 .406 7.0 E 8-9 5-10 3-7 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # AZL Brewers 34 22 .607 - - 13-12 12-10 3-6 W1 & AZL Reds 31 24 .564 2.5 E 12-8 14-9 8-2 W6 AZL Dodgers 30 25 .545 3.5 E 12-11 13-8 5-5 L1 AZL Indians 21 35 .375 13.0 E 8-14 10-13 2-8 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # DSL Mariners 43 28 .606 - - 23-13 20-15 7-3 L1 DSL Cardinals 39 32 .549 4.0 E 24-11 15-21 5-5 L2 DSL Athletics 32 39 .451 11.0 E 17-19 15-20 6-4 W2 DSL Brewers 28 43 .394 15.0 E 17-18 11-25 3-7 W1

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Saturday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Josh Butler at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Andre Lamontagne and LHP Chris Cody in a doubleheader at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 3:45 PM pre-game; 4:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Cody Scarpetta at Clearwater (Phillies); 5:30 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Hiram Burgos at Kane County (Athletics), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Matt Miller at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete -- League Champions! DSL Brewers: Season complete

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Link while active, text follows: Vucinich boosts Brewers hopes with game-winning homer By JEFF WINDMUELLER, Helena Independent Record The Helena Brewers just needed to show a little patience. Shea Vucinich made it worth his teammates’ wait. After the Brewers rallied from a 3-1 deficit heading into the fifth inning, Vucinich crushed Nelson Curry’s final pitch of the game over the left field wall, igniting the Friday night crowd of 857 at Kindrick Legion Field and lifting Helena to a 5-4 win over Great Falls. The Brewers (39-31 overall, 20-12 second half) pulled a game and a half ahead of the Voyagers (41-28, 18-13) in the Pioneer League standings, keeping their playoff hopes alive. “The first thing my teammates said to me was ‘thank you for not letting it go into extras,’” Vucinich said, after having his helmet pelted time and again by the walk-off welcoming committee at home plate. “I was trying to keep my helmet on (in the crowd). “That’s dangerous; they’re hitting you pretty hard.” The Brewers had plenty to be excited about. With six games left, and a road trip beginning tonight in Missoula, the Brewers need a strong showing to stay atop Great Falls (the first-half season champions), to secure a second-half championship and a spot in the playoffs. They made a big run for it late in this game. “It’s the way we’ve been all year long,” said Brewers manager Joe Ayrault. “There’s something about the seventh inning stretch that turns on our offense.” And their pitching. The Brewers lasted through a wild four innings where starting pitcher Evan Frederickson allowed three runs on five walks and a pair of wild pitches, but also struck out four in a row, including the side in the third inning. Caleb Thielbar came in and settled the flames, forcing Great Falls’ Ross Wilson into an unassisted double play by Helena third baseman Greg Hopkins, and lasted 2 2/3 innings, striking out two. Alex Jones followed up on the mound with 1 2/3 innings, striking out three more, before Brian Garman closed it out, blowing the save on an unearned run, but capturing the win. The Brewers’ batters, meanwhile, were busy grinding it out. John Dishon got it started when he walked on, advanced on a passed ball, then scored on a wild pitch to put the Brewers on the board in the third. Dishon followed up with a triple at his next at bat, scoring on Vucinich’s sacrifice fly. Kenny Allison showed his own personal bit of patience, sending his first hit for the club over the left field wall to lead off the seventh. Three batters later, Vucinich hit an RBI double to score the then-go-ahead run. But Jose Ramos tied it up for the Voyagers in the top of the ninth, advancing on an error and scoring on an RBI single by Michael Earley, who led his crew with a 2-for-5, two-RBI performance. With Carlos George grounding out to lead off the bottom of the ninth, it was back to Vucinich, who led the Brewers with a pair of hits and three RBI in three at-bats, to put it all away. “It was beautiful,” Ayrault said. “It was a pretty sight, almost slow-motion as (the ball) went over the wall.” “I had a big smile on my face.” So did the rest of the Brewers.

Every aspect of Brandon Kintzler's combined 2010 season at Huntsville / Nashville has been eye-popping (stat page).

Link while active, text follows: Stars win game, lose playoffs, but BayBears near postseason spot Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, AL. -- Forty minutes after the Huntsville Stars punctuated an impressive 3-1 win over Mobile, and with their clubhouse sitting all but empty late Friday night, 230 miles away a West Tenn outfielder named Carlos Peguero punctured their postseason hopes. Peguero's two-out, ninth-inning, bases-loaded single capped a three-run Diamond Jaxx rally for an 8-7 victory over Chattanooga, clinching the Southern League North wild-card playoff spot for West Tenn. Though Mobile's loss cost the BayBears ground in the Southern League South race with Jacksonville, falling behind by two games, they could still clinch a wild-card playoff spot with a sweep of the Stars in Saturday's 4:00 PM doubleheader or by winning at least one game and Montgomery losing Saturday at Jacksonville. The Stars' victory, in front of an announced crowd of 1,075 at Joe Davis Stadium, was sparked by the pitching and hitting of Wily Peralta, who socked a two-run double and allowed only three hits in five innings of work. "He listened to the hitting coach (Al LeBoeuf), that was the biggest thing," laughed pitching coach John Curtis. Peralta also listened to Curtis, who made some visits to the mound to help Peralta maintain some pace against what Curtis called his tendency "to try to do too much sometimes." The Stars, who limped into this homestand with only four wins in their last 13 games, took a 1-0 lead when Brett Lawrie singled, moved to third on a groundout and error, and scored on a bloody 35-foot topper down the third base line by Drew Anderson. Peralta's two-run double in the fourth made it 3-0. Mobile scored in the eighth on an Ollie Linton double, but reliever Nick Green came on to get pinch-hitter Chris Wahl to pop to shortstop with runners on third and second. "We're looking to play the game the right way. That's the bottom line," Stars manager Mike Guerrero said. "For me, it doesn't matter if it's four games left in the season or 162. Every game is important and when you're a professional you need to play the game the right way." The loss went to Josh Collmenter, making his third start on the Joe Davis Stadium mound this year. He was the winning pitcher against Huntsville on June 3, then was pressed into work as the starting pitcher for a short-handed North team in the July 12 Southern League All-Star Game here -- even though he was selected for the South squad. How do you feel about that, Collmenter was asked after the All-Star Game? "Like Benedict Arnold," he said.

Miscellaneous Wisconsin / Midwest League updates: Post-Crescent: Amenities help Wisconsin Timber Rattlers close season on record-high note (business-wise) Rattler Radio Blog: News of the Midwest League

Note from Clearwater site: Former Thresher Darren Byrd was victorious in his return to Bright House Field, tossing 5.2 innings of two-run ball. Byrd made 42 appearances for Clearwater over the last two seasons and improves to 2-4 in 2010.

Huntsville Media Notes Developing talent… With the recent promotion of RHP Jeremy Jeffress to the Milwaukee Brewers, the 2010 Stars can claim five players who have spent some time in Huntsville that are now in "the show." Jonathan Lucroy was the Stars’ Opening Day catcher, Lorenzo Cain was their Opening Day center fielder, Mike McClendon worked out of the bullpen for awhile, Mat Gamel stopped by on a rehab assignment, and Jeffress was a lock-down closer before earning the promotion.

Nashville Media Notes GREAT YEAR, WRONG DIVISION: Nashville boasts the PCL’s 5th-best record at 75-65. Unfortunately for the Sounds, that mark is only good for 4th-best (last place) in the competitive American Northern Division. Nashville would currently lead two of the other three divisions outright and trail Sacramento by only one game in the PCL Pacific Southern. The Sounds have already matched last season’s win total (75) and have secured the 22nd winning record in the franchise’s 33-year history.

LHP Chris Waters activated off the DL for Nashville, so we may see him this weekend.

MiLB.com's new box score format -- Huntsville reliever Robert Hinton didn't have the most successful of nights Thursday, but he did manage to post one of the more impressive box score notations of all time: Inherited runners-scored: Hinton 7-0 Now that's something. Guess there are still some box score kinks to work out. Not a fan of how it no longer shows "so-and-so pinch-ran or pinch-hit for someone".

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 80 60 .571 - - 37-31 43-29 6-4 L1 Memphis 80 60 .571 - - 48-26 32-34 9-1 W2 Omaha 78 62 .557 2.0 3 40-32 38-30 6-4 W4 Nashville 75 65 .536 5.0 E 39-31 36-34 7-3 W2 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak *# Tennessee 41 25 .621 - - 25-10 16-15 5-5 L1 Huntsville 32 33 .492 8.5 E 18-13 14-20 3-7 L1 Chattanooga 32 34 .485 9.0 E 16-19 16-15 6-4 L1 West Tenn 30 36 .455 11.0 E 17-14 13-22 4-6 W1 Carolina 27 37 .422 13.0 E 12-18 15-19 3-7 L2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # Quad Cities 41 24 .631 - - 14-15 27-9 6-4 W4 Clinton 36 29 .554 5.0 - 20-14 16-15 5-5 L2 Kane County 36 29 .554 5.0 - 19-12 17-17 7-3 W2 Beloit 33 29 .532 6.5 3 18-14 15-15 6-4 W1 * Cedar Rapids 35 31 .530 6.5 4 19-14 16-17 4-6 W2 Peoria 31 33 .484 9.5 E 18-16 13-17 6-4 L2 Wisconsin 31 35 .470 10.5 E 17-17 14-18 5-5 L2 Burlington 21 42 .333 19.0 E 14-17 7-25 3-7 L2 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 19 12 .613 - - 8-8 11-4 8-2 L2 * Great Falls 18 12 .600 0.5 8 10-4 8-8 9-1 W4 Billings 15 15 .500 3.5 4 8-6 7-9 5-5 W1 Missoula 12 19 .387 7.0 1 7-9 5-10 2-8 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # AZL Brewers 34 22 .607 - - 13-12 12-10 3-6 W1 & AZL Reds 31 24 .564 2.5 E 12-8 14-9 8-2 W6 AZL Dodgers 30 25 .545 3.5 E 12-11 13-8 5-5 L1 AZL Indians 21 35 .375 13.0 E 8-14 10-13 2-8 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # DSL Mariners 43 28 .606 - - 23-13 20-15 7-3 L1 DSL Cardinals 39 32 .549 4.0 E 24-11 15-21 5-5 L2 DSL Athletics 32 39 .451 11.0 E 17-19 15-20 6-4 W2 DSL Brewers 28 43 .394 15.0 E 17-18 11-25 3-7 W1

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Final: Quad Cities (Cardinals) 7, Wisconsin 4, 11 innings Rattlers fall in 11 innings to Quad Cities By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got a late, big hit to tie Thursday's game against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Time Warner Cable Field. But, Quad Cities scored three runs in the eleventh inning and beat the Rattlers 7-4. Wisconsin committed four errors in the game and that led to four unearned runs for the River Bandits. The Rattlers (57-77 overall, 31-35 second half) committed two errors on the first two plays of the game. Luis Mateo singled and went to second when left fielder Hunter Morris overran the ball. Rainel Rosario singled to center and D'Vontrey Richardson missed the ball to allow Mateo to score and Rosario to take second. Later in the inning, Rattlers catcher Cameron Garfield was charged with a passed ball to let Rosario score from third. In the second inning, Michael Marseco's flip to second on a potential force play was high and wound up in right-center. That let Ross Smith take third base. Ted Obregon drove Smith home with an infield grounder and Quad Cities (81-53, 41-24) had a 3-0 lead. Richardson cut into the lead with a solo homer in the second inning. His seventh homer of the season wound up in the Quad Cities bullpen in left-center and got the Rattlers to within 3-1. Wisconsin cut the River Bandits lead to one run with an unearned run of their own in the bottom of the seventh. Scooter Gennett stepped to the plate with two on and two out and his grounder to third was booted for an error to let Garfield score from second. But, Edgar Lara homered in the top of the eighth inning to give Quad Cities a 4-2 lead. Heading into Thursday's game, Wisconsin pinch hitters were 0-for-6 in 2010. Joey Paciorek changed that in the bottom of the eighth. Richardson singled earlier in the inning and Garfield kept the frame alive with a two-out single that put runners on the corners. Paciorek lined a two-run double to left-center and both runners scored to tie the game 4-4. Wisconsin had the winning run on base in the ninth and tenth innings, but could not get the hit to win the game. Quad Cities got the leadoff batter aboard in the top of the eleventh on the fourth error of the night on the Rattlers. Alan Ahmady wound up at second base after a hard grounder to third deflected off the glove of Cutter Dykstra and into left field. After a sacrifice bunt and a walk put runners at the corners, Smith lined a single just over Dykstra's glove for an RBI double and a 5-4 lead. Michael Swinson was next and he lined a single through the drawn-in infield and two runs scored to make the score 7-4. The Rattlers went quietly went down in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Quad Cities is 6-2 against the Rattlers at Time Warner Cable Field this season. Three of those six wins have been in extra innings. Wisconsin was officially knocked out of playoff contention in the Midwest League earlier in the evening when Kane County beat Peoria 5-3 in a rain-shortened game. The Rattlers conclude the home portion of the 2010 schedule on Friday night with a game against the River Bandits. Damon Krestalude (2-9, 7.29) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Michael Blazek (7-4, 2.94ERA) is set to start for Quad Cities. Game time is 6:35 PM. It is a Bang For Your Buck Night with soda, hotdogs, and Miller Beer for $1. The first 1,000 fans into Time Warner Cable Field will receive a mini-baseball from cars.com. Also, children 12 and under eat free as part of North Shore Bank Family Night in conjunction with momslikeme.com. After the game, there is a fireworks display sponsored by 95.9 KISS-FM. After the fireworks, ThedaCare Orthopedics presents Kids Run the Bases for children 14 and under. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15 PM. Wisconsin Box Score 17 errors from your center fielder? At some point D'Vontrey Richardson's tools are going to have to translate to smart on-the-field play in 2011; this particular game recap doesn't focus on the moundsmen -- LHP Del Howell walked six in six innings, but surrendered only three hits and would have pitched shutout ball if not for the defense behind him; fellow southpaw Matt Costello took a tough loss, as he allowed just one run in his first four innings (home run) -- but Costello was asked to toss a fifth frame, certainly a season high for him, and RHP Rigoberto Almonte allowed the two baserunners Costello allowed (one reached on another error) to score... Wisconsin Game Log

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at New Orleans (Marlins), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Wily Peralta at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Darren Byrd at Clearwater (Phillies); 6:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Damon Krestalude at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:15 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: LHP Evan Frederickson at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete -- League Champions! DSL Brewers: Season complete

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Stars’ play-off hopes on life support after loss to Montgomery By Aaron Morse, Huntsville Stars The Huntsville Stars (32-33, 65-70) rallied from two runs down to tie the game in the seventh, but some bad defense and some bad luck cost them in the eighth as they fell to the Montgomery Biscuits (33-33, 71-63) by a final score of 6-3 Thursday night. With the defeat, Huntsville finds themselves four games out of the Wild Card race with only five games remaining in the regular season. They must win the remainder of their games and the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx must lose the remainder of their games in order for Huntsville to make the play-offs. The Stars jumped out to the early lead in the second inning. Drew Anderson lined a single into right field to start things off. After Chris Nowak was hit by a pitch, Taylor Green crushed a ball to deep right field. Unfortunately it was not quite deep enough as John Matulia reeled it in on the warning track. On the play Anderson advanced to third. That’s when Andy Machado delivered a clutch single up the middle to make the score 1-0. Huntsville nearly got another run when Lee Haydel hit a liner to right; Nowak tried to score on the play and Matulia threw him out to end the inning. But the lead would not last long. The Biscuits came roaring back in the bottom of the frame. Matulia led-off with a triple to right. One out later, Matt Fields delivered a sacrifice fly to center. Caleb Gindl’s throw barely was not in time as Matulia slid around the tag of Anderson De La Rosa. Stars’ starter Amaury Rivas had some uncharacteristic control problems in the game, and they were on full display in the second as he hit Matt Spring and Shawn O’Malley to put runners on first and second with two outs. Rashad Eldridge singled up the middle to drive in the second run of the inning. Huntsville trailed 3-1 until the seventh inning when Nowak was hit by yet another pitch. Green found a hole on the right side as he singled. But it appeared the rally might be stunted when a sacrifice bunt attempt ended up getting Nowak thrown out at third base. De La Rosa made sure that was not the case as he singled to left to drive in Green and cut the Biscuits’ lead to one. Brett Lawrie beat out an infield single to drive in the second run of the inning and knot the game at three. Reliever Robert Hinton ran into some bad luck in the eighth. After Matt Spring singled to start the inning, the Biscuits tried to bunt him over. The ball went to first baseman Nowak who fired to Machado covering second. It deflected off his glove and into shallow right field, putting runners at first and second with nobody out. An intentional walk loaded the bases, and one out later things got interesting. Hinton and the Stars clearly felt he was getting squeezed with Jose Ruiz at the plate. Ruiz eventually walked to drive in the go-ahead run. Then Henry Wrigley hit a grounder to Green who threw home to try and get the lead runner. But the home plate umpire ruled that De La Rosa’s foot came off the plate and another run was in. Once again the Stars were displeased with the call. Yet another walk drove in the third run of the inning. Hinton was visibly upset as he shouted at the home plate umpire. Nowak must have said something wrong over at first because the first base umpire ejected him from the game. A ground-out ended the inning but the damage was done as the Stars found themselves down 6-3. They were unable to push across any runs in the ninth despite a Lawrie two-out triple as they dropped the rubber match in the series. Huntsville returns to “The Joe” for five must-win games against Mobile starting Friday night at 7:00 PM central time. Wily Peralta (1-3, 4.10 ERA) will be on the mound. You can catch all the action on www.huntsvillestars.com.