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Once a player's original affiliated contract is terminated, should a player then subsequently be signed by the Brewers, the deal is normally (but not always) signed to cover the remaining years left until minor league free agency is earned. So if a player spent four seasons with another organziation and was then released, the Brewers would sign that player to a contract worded in such a way that the Brewers would retain rights to the player over the next three seasons. For instance, catcher Sean McCraw has six seasons in thus far. Thie first four were with the Mets' organization. The Brewers signed him in 2009 to a deal that would cover his final three "obligated" years (2009, 2010, 2011). It saves an organization the hassle of having to renegotiate more contracts each season and doesn't delay the player's minor league free agency (if the player makes it that far). Plus the player is often more than willing to sign for multiple years, given they don't normally have any other options as a released player.

Once a player's original affiliated contract is terminated, should a player then subsequently be signed by the Brewers, the deal is normally (but not always) signed to cover the remaining years left until minor league free agency is earned. So if a player spent four seasons with another organziation and was then released, the Brewers would sign that player to a contract worded in such a way that the Brewers would retain rights to the player over the next three seasons. For instance, catcher Sean McCraw has six seasons in thus far. Thie first four were with the Mets' organization. The Brewers signed him in 2009 to a deal that would cover his final three "obligated" years (2009, 2010, 2011). It saves an organization the hassle of having to renegotiate more contracts each season and doesn't delay the player's minor league free agency (if the player makes it that far). Plus the player is often more than willing to sign for multiple years, given they don't normally have any other options as a released player.

Following is a list of players who are free to leave the organization in mid-October when minor league free agency begins. These players and the Brewers could agree to sign an additional one-year minor league deal to extend the relationship. Or the Brewers could add the player to the 40-man roster, thus extending the "ownership" of the player. A player who has exhausted all seven years of his original minor league affiliation to the organization that signed him is eligible. Here are the Brewers farmhands who have been with the organization for their full commitment (or even longer in the case of Anderson De la Rosa and Robert Hinton, who have been Brewers for eight seasons). We've been following these five guys their whole careers. C Anderson De La Rosa RHP Robert Hinton OF Brendan Katin Other potential (and likely) free agents: IF Erick Almonte C Patrick Arlis OF Brandon Boggs OF / 1B Jordan Brown C Dayton Buller RHP Darren Byrd IF Andy Gonzalez RHP Sean Green RHP Jim Henderson RHP Justin James IF Felipe Lopez INF Anderson Machado SS Edwin Maysonet RHP Roque Mercedes LHP Sam Narron C Shawn Riggans C Mike Rivera RHP Jesus Sanchez UT Juan Sanchez RHP Zack Segovia SS Hainley Statia LHP Chase Wright If you believe a player is listed in error or have an addition, let us know. We believe we're close, but don't claim to be 100% accurate.

Following is a list of players who are free to leave the organization in mid-October when minor league free agency begins. These players and the Brewers could agree to sign an additional one-year minor league deal to extend the relationship. Or the Brewers could add the player to the 40-man roster, thus extending the "ownership" of the player. A player who has exhausted all seven years of his original minor league affiliation to the organization that signed him is eligible. Here are the Brewers farmhands who have been with the organization for their full commitment (or even longer in the case of Tim Dillard, who has been a Brewer for eight seasons). We've been following these five guys their whole careers. C Anderson De La Rosa (re-signed) RHP Tim Dillard (re-signed) RHP Robert Hinton (re-signed) RHP David Johnson DH Angel Salome Other potential (and likely) free agents: IF Erick Almonte (re-signed) C Patrick Arlis (re-signed) OF Drew Anderson RHP Jeff Bennett C Dayton Buller RHP Mark DiFelice (re-signed) RHP Buddy Flores RHP Nick Green RHP Jim Henderson OF Norris Hopper C Ben Johnson 1B Joe Koshansky LHP Chuck Lofgren INF Anderson Machado (re-signed) C Martin Maldonado (added to 40-man roster) RHP Marty McLeary RHP Eddie Morlan LHP Sam Narron 1B Chris Nowak (re-signed) IF Ray Olmedo UT Johnny Raburn RHP Chris Smith (free agency formally granted) OF Adam Stern (free agency formally granted) LHP Chris Waters LHP Chase Wright (re-signed) If you believe a player is listed in error or have an addition, let us know. We believe we're close, but don't claim to be 100% accurate.

Stu talks with Don Money -- neither is familiar with new arrival, LHP Daniel Merklinger (or his name, apparently http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif). Tim Dillard, Adam Stern among the players discussed...

Rattler Radio: September 1, 2010: Midwest League Playoff Pitcure September 1, 2010: Tonight's Lineup September 1, 2010: Tonight's Pitcher September 1, 2010: Game Notes

Brett Lawrie the only Huntsville Star on the 2010 post-season Southern League All-Star Team.

PDF document: Huntsville Media Notes

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 79 59 .572 - - 37-31 42-28 6-4 W3 Memphis 78 60 .565 1.0 6 46-26 32-34 8-2 L1 Omaha 76 62 .551 3.0 4 38-32 38-30 5-5 W2 Nashville 72 64 .529 6.0 2 39-31 33-33 6-4 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak *# Tennessee 40 24 .625 - - 25-10 15-14 6-4 L2 Huntsville 31 32 .492 8.5 E 18-13 13-19 3-7 L1 Chattanooga 31 33 .484 9.0 E 16-19 15-14 5-5 W1 West Tenn 29 35 .453 11.0 E 16-13 13-22 5-5 W1 Carolina 27 35 .435 12.0 E 12-18 15-17 4-6 W1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 40 22 .645 - - 20-9 20-13 7-3 W1 Daytona 37 26 .587 3.5 4 22-11 15-15 5-5 L1 Brevard County 34 31 .523 7.5 E 18-17 16-14 3-7 L6 Lakeland 31 32 .492 9.5 E 14-12 17-20 4-6 L2 Clearwater 29 34 .460 11.5 E 16-14 13-20 6-4 W4 * Dunedin 28 36 .438 13.0 E 15-19 13-17 5-5 W2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 39 24 .619 - - 14-15 25-9 5-5 W2 Clinton 36 28 .563 3.5 - 20-13 16-15 6-4 L1 Kane County 34 29 .540 5.0 5 17-12 17-17 5-5 L1 Beloit 32 29 .525 6.0 3 18-14 14-15 5-5 L1 * Cedar Rapids 33 31 .516 6.5 4 17-14 16-17 2-8 L2 Peoria 31 31 .500 7.5 2 18-16 13-15 6-4 W1 Wisconsin 31 33 .484 8.5 2 17-15 14-18 6-4 W1 Burlington 21 40 .344 17.0 E 14-17 7-23 4-6 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 19 10 .655 - - 8-6 11-4 9-1 W9 * Great Falls 16 12 .571 2.5 8 10-4 6-8 8-2 W2 Billings 14 14 .500 4.5 5 8-6 6-8 5-5 L2 Missoula 11 18 .379 8.0 2 6-8 5-10 2-8 L5 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

Follow Wednesday'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 Game One (Gameday also available) Nashville Game Two (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin Helena

Nashville's series in Oklahoma City (doubleheaders Wednesday and Thursday) available for subscription viewing via MiLB.TV.

Wednesday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP's Chase Wright and Chuck Lofgren in a doubledip at Oklahoma City (Rangers), 2:50 PM pre-game; 3:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mark Rogers at Montgomery (Rays), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: TBD at Tampa (Yankees); 6:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Nick Bucci at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:15 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Tyler Cravy 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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RHP Nick Bucci is activated from the 7-day DL today to make the start for Wisconsin. To make room, LHP Efrain Nieves has been placed on the Temporary Inactive List.

Rotoworld: Tigers purchased the contract of C Max St. Pierre from Triple-A 978 games over 14 minor league seasons and he finally gets a chance in the show. You have to love stories like this come September. St. Pierre certainly deserves it. The 30-year-old backstop batted .270/.350/.476 with 10 homers and 36 RBI over 189 at-bats between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo this season. He'll function as a third catcher down the stretch. *** You may remember that St. Pierre was the bounty for RHP Ben Hendrickson when Ben was traded to the Royals. St. Pierre was 5-for-32 with Huntsville in 2007. The Brewers tried to convert him to pitching, but thankfully for St. Pierre (as it turns out), that didn't pan out. Our friend David Weiser in Huntsville will have to add one more name to his "former Stars to make the big leagues list", and one of the more obscure ones at that.

That's the first indication online I can remember seeing where someone mentioned a Brewer preference for getting back to the International League. The proposed Charlotte / Richmond combo would seem to work geographically, but Oklahoma City / Little Rock still appears to be the ideal.

Link while active, text follows: West Tenn renews with Mariners while Stars still wait on '11 affiliate Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, AL. -- The list of potential replacements for the Milwaukee Brewers as Huntsville's major league affiliate continues to shrink. The West Tenn Diamond Jaxx announced Tuesday they've renewed with the Seattle Mariners. The team also announced it would play under a different nickname next year, though baseball rules stipulate it cannot be announced until its current season ends. That leaves only the Anaheim Angels (currently at Arkansas of Texas League) Detroit Tigers (Erie of Eastern League), San Diego Padres (San Antonio of Texas League), San Francisco Giants (Richmond of Eastern League) and Tampa Bay Rays (Montgomery of Southern League), along with Milwaukee, without a Class AA affiliate contract signed for 2011-12. However, Montgomery sources say a renewal there with the Rays is immiment and all reports out of San Antonio point to a love affair between the Padres and that city. The Brewers would like to keep their Class AAA and Class AA farm clubs close to each other, as they currently have in Nashville and Huntsville. The Brewers have been disappointed in Nashville's U-turn on the construction of a new stadium -- Greer Stadium is the AAA equivalent to Huntsville's Joe Davis Stadium in age, infrastructure woes and player facilities -- and would also like to join the International League. Oklahoma City, where Brewers GM Doug Melvin has some ties, seems the most likely Triple-A possibility for Milwaukee, especially if they could move into Little Rock for Class AA. It's not the 1 1/2-drive convenience, but would put the Brewers into two top-flight facilities. The Chicago White Sox have not renewed with Charlotte, so moving the Brewers' Class AAA team there and putting Class AA in Richmond, reasonably convenient, might also be a possibilty.

Second baseman Nick Shaw, the Brewers' 25th-round pick in the 2010 Draft, fills out the Arizona league All-Star infield after batting .339 with a league-leading .478 on-base percentage, 19 RBIs and 14 steals in 48 games. The Brewers' other All-Star is left-hander Charly Bashara (5-2, 2.37), while Tony Diggs was named Manager of the Year after guiding the club to a 34-22 record and a first-place finish in the Central Division. Read the full link to see why Nick Shaw couldn't quite garner the league MVP award -- can't complain, worthy winner.

Final: @Arizona Brewers 10, Arizona Reds 8 Champions!!! Rogers, Brewers rally, win AZL crown 32nd-round draft pick drives in five runs to erase early deficit MiLB.com Staff The Brewers captured the Arizona League championship on Tuesday, getting five RBIs from Jason Rogers and rallying past the Reds, 10-8. Rogers, Milwaukee's 32nd-round pick in this year's draft, fell a triple shy of the cycle. He tied for sixth in the league during the regular season with 32 RBIs, hitting .281 with three homers in 42 games. Nick Shaw, one of the Brewers' two Arizona League All-Stars, went 4-for-4 with a double, four runs scored and two RBIs. Kenny Allison chipped in two hits and scored twice. Shaw, a 25th-round pick in June, started the decisive rally in the eighth with a two-out single. He took third on a base hit by Allison and scored on a wild pitch by relief Jose Marizan (0-1) to snap an 8-8 tie. Allison stole third and came on with an insurance run on Rogers' third hit of the night. Riding a seven-game winning streak into the one-game final, the Reds grabbed the early lead. Kurtis Muller hit an RBI triple in the second and fellow AZL All-Star Robert Maddox capped a two-run third with an RBI single. But the Brewers got on the board in the bottom of the inning on an error by Reds starter Radhames Quezada and tied it on Rogers' two-run double. Back-to-back RBI doubles by Drew Poulk and Juan Silva put the Reds back on top in the fourth, but the Brewers answered with four runs in their half. Shaw came through with a two-run single and Rogers snapped a 5-5 deadlock with a two-run homer. Both teams scored a run in the sixth, but Maddox homered and Jaren Matthews lifted a sacrifice fly in the seventh to lift the Reds into an 8-8 tie. Seth Harvey (1-0) got the win after striking out three in 1 2/3 hitless innings. Jose Sanchez pitched around a hit and a walk in the ninth and saved both of the Brewers' playoff wins. Arizona Box Score Hail to the victors! It's the first Brewers affiliate League Championship since the Sounds won the PCL title in 2005 (please correct me if I'm mistaken); 2B and leadoff man Nick Shaw is just ridiculous -- the just-turned 22-year-old doubled, singled three times, walked, and scored four runs -- get this young man to Helena as a nice reward today; huge game from a huge man -- way to go, Jason Rogers; the top five in the Arizona order was big, as they were all season -- Shaw, Kenny Allison, Rogers, T.J. Mittelstaedt, and Tyler Roberts combined for 13 (13!) hits, four for extra bases... Arizona Game Log Closer Jose Sanchez faced the potential "losing' run with just one out in a scary 9th -- fittingly, Shaw and Rogers handled the ball on the championship clinching play: AZL Reds Top of the 9th Pitcher Change: Jose Sanchez replaces Seth Harvey. David Vidal singles on a ground ball to right fielder John Bivens. With Robert Maddox batting, wild pitch by Jose Sanchez, David Vidal to 2nd. Robert Maddox flies out to left fielder Derrick Shaw. David Vidal to 3rd. Yasmani Grandal walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Jeff Taylor replaces Yasmani Grandal. Kurtis Muller flies out to center fielder Kenneth Allison. Jaren Matthews grounds out, second baseman Nick Shaw to first baseman Jason Rogers. Jason Rogers tied for fifth in the Arizona League with 32 RBIs. (Photo by Bill Mitchell/Four Seam Images) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2010/09/01/zkOF3DvJ.jpg

From the same two links as the prior post, here's more on the completion of the suspended Helena game -- By Brett Billings/ Helena BrewersThe Helena Brewers dropped the first game Tuesday night to the Billings Mustangs in a continuation of the game that was suspended on August 9th. The game picked up in the top of the fifth inning with Helena trailing 3-0. They cut the score to 3-2 in the fifth but eventually lost 7-5. LHP Evan Frederickson (2-3, 5.11) started the game on August 9th and took the loss. He pitched the first 3.2 innings and allowed three runs, all earned. RHP Jimmy Nelson entered the game on August 9th and recorded an out. The 6'6" 245 lb right-hander picked up where he left off on Tuesday. Nelson allowed two unearned runs while striking out four and walking three in two innings of work. The Brewers' runs came in innings five, seven, and nine. Robbie Garvey had an RBI single in the fifth, which scored Franklin Romero, Jr. Shea Vucinich scored on a wild pitch one batter later. Vucinch accounted for Helena's run in the seventh when he scored on a line-drive single from Greg Hopkins making the score 5-3 in favor of Billings at the time. Billings scored twice off of Brewers reliever Caleb Theilbar in the top of the ninth to widen their advantage to 7-3. Helena didn't go down quietly. Garvey singled in Carlos George and Romero Jr. scored after a groundout, but that was close as the Brewers would come as they fell 7-5 with the potential tying run at the plate. *** By AMBER KUEHN, Helena Independent Record In the completion of an Aug. 9 game Billings scored two runs in the ninth to increase its lead to 7-3, a pair of scores that proved crucial when Helena came back to tack on two of its own. Stephen Hunt hit his second homer of the season to lead off the final frame, and Trey Manz came home on Juan Duran’s RBI double. Two runs came in for the hosts courtesy of Robbie Garvey’s RBI single and an RBI groundout by Greg Hopkins in their half of the inning. Evan Frederickson, who started the game for the Brewers 22 days earlier, was tagged with the loss. Daniel Wolford earned the win for the Mustangs, giving up just four hits and three runs while striking out three. Garvey and Franklin Romero, Jr. were the only Brewers to record more than one hit, in a game where Helena didn’t get a hit until the fifth frame. DIAMOND NOTES: In the first game of the makeup doubleheader, Billings second baseman Billy Hamilton tied a Mustangs franchise record with his 42nd stolen base of the season. Gary Redus set that mark back in 1978...Hamilton was caught stealing on his only attempt in the nightcap, the first time he was picked off since Aug. 1, which snapped a streak of 23 thefts. All photos by Dylan Brown, Helena Independent Record Brewers' Robbie Garvey slides safely through Billings' third baseman Oliver Santos Tuesday night at Kindrick Legion Field, during a make-up game from earlier this month. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/3/46/d3d/346d3d42-b57f-11df-ba54-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd2cf773ac.image.jpg Brewers' designated hitter Greg Hopkins hits a double Tuesday night against Billings in their make-up game at Kindrick Legion Field. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/1/64/121/16412176-b57f-11df-a4f0-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd29c8ef0e.image.jpg Billings' Billy Hamilton slide into second base as Brewers' Carlos George tries to tag him in a close-call play that ruled Hamilton safe. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/0/81/694/08169450-b57f-11df-92b9-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd284bfe59.image.jpg Brewers' designated hitter Brent Dean slides safe into first, while Billings' Donald Lutz tries to tag him out on an attempted pick-off. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/4/3e/21a/43e21a22-b57f-11df-a16d-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd2e9dca66.image.jpg Brewers' designated hitter Brent Dean hits a foul ball. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/0c/d06/50cd0620-b57f-11df-83d2-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd2ff93892.image.jpg In Tuesday night's make-up game against Billings, Brewers' second pitcher Caleb Thielbar walks off the mound. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/f/0b/02f/f0b02f4c-b57e-11df-84b1-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c7dd25ebbf36.image.jpg

Final, Game Two: @Helena 3, Billings (Reds) 2, ten innings (scheduled for seven) Brewers hold ground in division, split with Billings By Brett Billings/ Helena Brewers Helena bounced back from a 7-5 defeat in game one to take the nightcap. In a game that was only slated for seven innings, the Brewers walked off in ten, 3-2. Brandon Sizemore doubled in Brent Dean in the second inning to put the Brewers on the board early. An inning later, Franklin Romero, Jr. scored thanks to a single from Shea Vucinich, and the Brewers held an early 2-0 lead. Billings tied the game with a two-run fourth off of Brewers' starter Tyler Thornburg. Thornburg, who recorded a season-high ten strikeouts, threw 5.2 innings and allowed two earned runs. Brian Garman relieved Thornburg in the sixth inning and held the Mustangs at bay. He finished the sixth and pitched the seventh and eighth without allowing a run or a hit. He struck out two and walked three. Ryan Bernal started the ninth. A pair of walks and a passed ball put runners at first and third with two down, but Bernal left them there with a strikeout to end the frame. Bernal left the game with an apparent injury, after warming up in the tenth. The Brewers decided that ten innings were enough. John Dishon and Carlos George walked with two outs. Romero, Jr. hit a line drive up the middle to score Dishon, who came stumbling into the plate to win the game. Seth Lintz recorded his first professional win by throwing a scoreless tenth. He allowed a hit and a walk but left runners at the corners. Milwaukee's second round pick of 2008 played his first two seasons in the Arizona Rookie League. Helena stays at home to face Great Falls tomorrow for the first game of a three game series. RHP Tyler Cravy (6-5, 6.82) is scheduled to take the hill for the Brewers. The Voyagers are sending RHP Paul Burnside (5-3, 4.45) to the mound. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 (8:05 Central). *** Link while active, text follows: Helena splits with Stangs By AMBER KUEHN, Helena Independent Record It was the kind of situation Cody Hawn would have loved — two on in the 10th inning for the Helena Brewers, the winning run in scoring position. But the Pioneer League RBI leader is out with a hamstring injury, so outfielder Franklin Romero, Jr. stepped up and got the job done. Romero, who entered Tuesday batting .538 with runners in scoring position, came up with a clutch single to center to score John Dishon and beat the Billings Mustangs 3-2. But in a game where nothing came easy, even the winning run was hard to come by. Dishon stumbled while coming around third base for home, and might not have made it had it not been for Billings center fielder Jefry Sierra bobbling the ball in shallow center. But Dishon found his feet and raced home untouched to give the Brewers their ninth straight victory and stretch their lead over Billings to 4 1/2 games with nine to play. “I’m sure his daughter’s gonna be a good crawler after seeing the way he crawled home,” Helena skipper Joe Ayrault joked after the game. “I kept saying ‘keep going, keep going’ and he just fell. But the wheels came off from underneath him and he was still able to get there.” Billings (35-31, 14-14) won the first of the rescheduled games 7-5 to renew its postseason hopes, but after the wild nightcap a shot at the playoffs is all but sealed for Helena. Seth Lintz came in for Ryan Bernal in the top of the 10th after Bernal appeared to get injured while throwing his warm-up tosses. Lintz, a second-round pick in 2008, picked up that elusive first win as a pro in three years of trying. But it was Tyler Thornburg who shined on the mound most for the hosts. In his longest professional outing—5 2/3 innings—the right-hander struck out 10, twice his career-high, and didn’t walk any Mustangs. He gave up just three hits—all back-to-back singles in the fourth frame—but fanned seven of the last nine batters he faced. Thornburg, who has a fastball that tops out at 98, appeared to throw several in the mid- to low-90s and mix in a solid breaking ball that kept Mustangs on their toes. “He’s got big-league stuff,” Ayrault said. “We’re real happy with the way he pitched.” After sweeping a seven-game road trip in which the Brewers averaged 10 runs a game, Helena struggled to get even a runner in scoring position after the third inning. That is, until Billings reliever Drew Hayes issued a two-out walk to Dishon and a four-pitch walk shortly after to Carlos George, before Romero’s RBI single found a gap up the middle to end the game, which was originally slated to be a seven-inning affair. “He did exactly what we needed him to,” Ayrault said of Romero. “He’s got the tools to play in the Major Leagues and if he keeps increasing his speed and hitting like he has been, he’s gonna keep working his way up the ladder.” Because the early game Tuesday was a makeup of the Aug. 9 rainout, it did not factor into the Brewers’ current win streak. Helena (38-29, 19-10) goes for 10 straight tonight when it hosts Pioneer League North first-half champion Great Falls. Helena Game Two Box Score Wow, it's been a long time since the Brewers had a draft pick who so quickly and clearly made the case that he is just filthy on the mound -- thanks for planting future ace thoughts in our head, Tyler Thornburg -- how's that for pressure? More combined walks and HBP's (12) than hits in the contest -- Shea Vucinich a bit black-and-blue this AM, plunked in this game (and twice in the opener, although one happened on August 9th); hopefully Florida Atlantic's Ryan Bernal is OK -- you hate to read about incidents like that... Helena Game Two Game Log

PDF documents: Nashville Media Notes Huntsville Media Notes

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 78 58 .574 - - 37-31 41-27 6-4 W2 Memphis 78 59 .569 0.5 8 46-25 32-34 8-2 W7 Omaha 75 62 .547 3.5 5 37-32 38-30 5-5 W1 Nashville 72 64 .529 6.0 3 39-31 33-33 6-4 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak *# Tennessee 40 23 .635 - - 25-10 15-13 6-4 L1 Huntsville 31 31 .500 8.5 E 18-13 13-18 3-7 W1 Chattanooga 30 33 .476 10.0 E 16-19 14-14 5-5 L1 West Tenn 28 35 .444 12.0 E 15-13 13-22 4-6 L4 Carolina 26 35 .426 13.0 E 12-18 14-17 3-7 L1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 39 22 .639 - - 19-9 20-13 6-4 L1 Daytona 37 25 .597 2.5 6 22-11 15-14 5-5 W1 Brevard County 34 30 .531 6.5 2 18-17 16-13 3-7 L5 Lakeland 31 31 .500 8.5 E 14-11 17-20 5-5 L1 Clearwater 28 34 .452 11.5 E 15-14 13-20 6-4 W3 * Dunedin 27 36 .429 13.0 E 15-19 12-17 5-5 W1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 38 24 .613 - - 13-15 25-9 5-5 W1 Clinton 36 27 .571 2.5 - 20-13 16-14 7-3 W1 Kane County 34 28 .548 4.0 6 17-12 17-16 5-5 W1 Beloit 32 28 .533 5.0 4 18-13 14-15 6-4 W3 * Cedar Rapids 33 30 .524 5.5 5 17-14 16-16 3-7 L1 Peoria 30 31 .492 7.5 2 17-16 13-15 5-5 L1 Wisconsin 30 33 .476 8.5 2 16-15 14-18 5-5 L1 Burlington 20 40 .333 17.0 E 14-17 6-23 3-7 L4 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 18 9 .667 - - 7-5 11-4 9-1 W8 * Great Falls 16 12 .571 2.5 9 10-4 6-8 8-2 W2 Billings 13 13 .500 4.5 7 8-6 5-7 6-4 L1 Missoula 11 18 .379 8.0 3 6-8 5-10 2-8 L5 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

Follow Tuesday'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 Game One (Gameday also available) Nashville Game Two (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Completion of Suspended Game Helena Game Two Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)