Jim Goulart

Saturday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP's Andre Lamontagne and Wily Peralta in a doubleheader at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Darren Byrd at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies); 6:05 gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Del Howell at home vs. Kane County (Athletics), 6:15 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: LHP Evan Frederickson at Idaho Falls (Royals), 8:00 PM pre-game; 8:15 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle; last game of the regular season is Sunday DSL Brewers: Season complete

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In order to make room for the return of Cutter Dykstra (making sure he was OK after beaning), INF Connor Lind was placed on Wisconsin's 7-day DL.

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PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 75 57 .568 - - 37-31 38-26 5-5 W1 Memphis 74 59 .556 1.5 11 42-25 32-34 7-3 W3 Omaha 73 60 .549 2.5 10 35-30 38-30 5-5 L1 Nashville 70 62 .530 5.0 8 37-30 33-32 7-3 W4 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Tennessee 38 22 .633 - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Huntsville 30 30 .500 8.0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Chattanooga 29 31 .483 9.0 2 15-17 14-14 7-3 W3 West Tenn 28 32 .467 10.0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Carolina 25 33 .431 12.0 E 12-18 13-15 4-6 W1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 38 20 .655 - - 19-9 19-11 7-3 W2 Daytona 36 23 .610 2.5 9 21-9 15-14 5-5 W3 Brevard County 34 27 .557 5.5 6 18-14 16-13 4-6 L2 Lakeland 29 30 .492 9.5 1 14-11 15-19 5-5 W1 Clearwater 25 34 .424 13.5 E 15-14 10-20 4-6 L3 * Dunedin 25 35 .417 14.0 E 13-18 12-17 4-6 L1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 36 22 .621 - - 11-14 25-8 6-4 L1 Clinton 33 25 .569 3.0 - 19-13 14-12 7-3 W1 * Cedar Rapids 32 27 .542 4.5 11 17-14 15-13 4-6 L2 Kane County 31 27 .534 5.0 10 17-12 14-15 4-6 L1 Beloit 29 27 .518 6.0 8 15-12 14-15 5-5 W1 Peoria 27 29 .482 8.0 7 14-14 13-15 5-5 W2 Wisconsin 28 31 .475 8.5 7 15-13 13-18 4-6 L1 Burlington 20 36 .357 15.0 E 14-16 6-20 4-6 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 14 9 .609 - - 7-5 7-4 7-3 W4 * Great Falls 14 11 .560 1.0 14 8-3 6-8 6-4 W5 Billings 11 12 .478 3.0 13 6-5 5-7 5-5 W2 Missoula 11 14 .440 4.0 11 6-8 5-6 4-6 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak # AZL Brewers 33 21 .611 - - 12-12 12-9 5-5 L2 AZL Dodgers 29 24 .547 3.5 E 11-10 13-8 5-5 L1 AZL Reds 29 24 .547 3.5 E 11-8 13-9 7-3 W4 AZL Indians 21 33 .389 12.0 E 8-14 10-11 2-8 W1 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 Friday'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 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)

We've been talking about it for about ten days now, but a $6.95 subscription to MiLB.TV will allow you to see live and archived games from the four-game Helena series at Idaho Falls which begins tonight, along with the coming Nashville series in Oklahoma City, which starts Monday.

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Marty McLeary at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Wily Peralta at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: LHP Mike Ramlow at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies); 6:05 gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Efrain Nieves at Burlington (Royals), 6:10 PM pre-game; 6:30 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Stosh Wawrzasek at Idaho Falls (Royals), 8:00 PM pre-game; 8:15 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Dodgers' complex in Glendale, 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: Season complete

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We already did a discussion of "ones that got away" within the Alumni Thread on the Minor League Forum. From a draft perspective within the Melvin era (no, we won't go back to Nomar Garciaparra), I'm aware of three pretty obvious candidates. There's Hunter Pence, Andrew Bailey, and Jake Arrieta. Are there others who are on the cusp of big league contributions? Jemile Weeks can't stay healthy, he may be on the list eventually. Just checking to see if obvious candidates have been missed...

Stars edged by BayBears By Aaron Morse, Huntsville Stars Collin Cowgill drove in all three Mobile runs including a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning as the BayBears (34-25, 70-57) came from behind to knock off the Huntsville Stars (30-30, 63-67) by a final score of 3-2 Thursday night. Huntsville took the early lead in the first inning against Mobile starter Ryan Cook. With one out, Brett Lawrie drew a walk. He proceeded to swipe his 30th base of the year and Drew Anderson, the franchise’s all-time leader in career doubles, doubled him home (audio). The put Cook on the ropes again in the second as the Stars got runners on second and third with one out. A pop-out and a strike-out ended the threat though. Anderson got things going in the third with his second double of the night. Zelous Wheeler followed with an RBI single and it was 2-0 Stars (audio). The bottom of the fourth was noteworthy due to a spectacular over the shoulder catch from Caleb Gindl in deep center field to rob Taylor Harbin of an extra base hit (audio). Mobile finally got to Huntsville starter Amaury Rivas in the fifth as Ryan Cook smacked a one-out single to left. Then with two away, Cowgill doubled to center and advanced to third on the throw to the plate as Cook scored (audio). Rivas walked the next batter but struck-out Konrad Schmidt to end the inning. That ended up being his last frame of work as the right-hander went five innings, giving up one run on four hits. He walked four, matching his season high in that category and struck-out six in the no-decision. Mobile burned reliever Jim Henderson (4-5) in the seventh. With one out, Sean Coughlin singled to right. After Henderson struck-out Evan Frey, Cowgill struck again, this time with a two-run home run to give Mobile the 3-2 lead (audio). On the bright side for the Stars, reliever Jeremy Jeffress followed Henderson in to the game and struck-out all four batters he faced. The Stars nearly rallied to tie the game in the ninth as Andy Machado got things going with a single to right. After Lee Haydel bunted him to second, Lawrie hit a hot smash to short. Harbin made a nice leaping grab and threw back to second to double off Machado and end the game. Huntsville left nine men stranded in the contest and was 2-9 with men in scoring position. Anderson and catcher Anderson De La Rosa tallied multi-hit games. With the loss, the Stars remain 4.5 back of the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx in the Wild Card race with 10 games to play. Huntsville looks to bounce back Friday night as they send Wily Peralta to the hill in game two of the four game set with Mobile. First pitch is at 7:05 PM central time and all the action can be heard only on www.huntsvillestars.com.

Photo by Chip English/AL.com Correspondent Mobile's Evan Frey is tagged out trying to steal second base by Huntsville's Brett Lawrie Thursday August 26, 2010, during the third inning at Hank Aaron Stadium. http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/baybear-slidejpg-2ba80fd9e0ddf019_large.jpg

Final: @Arizona Indians 2, Arizona Brewers 1, 13 innings, (scheduled for seven) Arizona Box Score That's a lot of baseball in one day -- completion of suspended game, six extra innings here, a cool 93 degrees for the start of this one; by the way, CONGRATS to the A-Crew, despite this loss, the young men clinched the division title and will take part in the brief AZL post-season; Marshall University RHP Kevin Shackelford has been on quite the run, and was ultra-efficient here, 15 groundouts in six innings (no K's) -- he hasn't necessarily been an extreme groundball pitcher prior to this outing; LHP Dexter Bobo tossed four shutout innings, but RHP Seth Harvey took the loss in his third inning of work when he surrendered three 13th inning singles; 2B Nick Shaw and RF T.J. Mittelstaedt each walked twice -- Mittelstaedt also singled, and were the only Brewers to reach base more than once, as Maryvale bats fanned 17 times... Arizona Game Log Plenty of chances to take the lead -- AZL Brewers Top of the 6th Pitcher Change: Jose Lopez replaces Daniel Jimenez. John Bivens strikes out swinging. Nick Shaw walks. With Yadiel Rivera batting, Nick Shaw steals (14) 2nd base, . Nick Shaw advances to 3rd, on throwing error by catcher Alex Monsalve. Yadiel Rivera strikes out swinging. Kenneth Allison grounds out, second baseman Jorge Martinez to first baseman Andrew Kinney. AZL Brewers Top of the 7th Thomas Mittelstaedt walks. With Kyle Dhanani batting, Thomas Mittelstaedt caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Alex Monsalve to second baseman Jorge Martinez. Kyle Dhanani singles on a ground ball to left fielder Aaron Siliga. Steve Felix grounds out, second baseman Jorge Martinez to first baseman Andrew Kinney. Kyle Dhanani to 2nd. Jhonatan Javier reaches on fielding error by third baseman Juan Romero. Kyle Dhanani to 3rd. With Demetrius McKelvie batting, Jhonatan Javier steals (6) 2nd base. Demetrius McKelvie strikes out swinging. AZL Brewers Top of the 8th John Bivens hit by pitch. Nick Shaw out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Jose Lopez to first baseman Andrew Kinney. John Bivens to 2nd. Yadiel Rivera strikes out swinging. John Bivens steals (4) 3rd base. John Bivens out at home, third baseman Juan Romero to catcher Alex Monsalve.

Recently added Nashville interviews include Josh Butler, a humbled but classy Carlos Villanueva, and Don Money, back from the Bud Selig event.

Final: Helena 20, @Casper (Rockies) 8 Brewers score season-high 20 runs in win over CasperBy The Helena Independent Record CASPER, Wyo. — John Dishon hit a grand slam, Helena had season highs in hits and runs and the Brewers cruised past the Casper Ghosts 20-8 Thursday at Mike Lansing Field for their fourth straight win. Helena, in first place in the Pioneer League North Division’s second half, earned the series sweep and now heads to Idaho Falls for its final four games against Southern Division teams. The Brewers (34-28 overall, 14-9 second half) had 28 hits in the contest, and every player in the Helena lineup had at least one. Most had three or more hits, as Greg Hopkins and Dishon each went 3 for 6, Mike Walker was 4 for 5 with a home run, Brent Dean was 3 for 4 and Brandon Sizemore and Carlos George each went 4 for 6. The Brewers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, roughing up Casper starter Alving Mejias (5-5). Mejias gave up three hits in the first and walked two, giving up eight hits and nine earned runs in all over 1 2/3 innings. Tyler Cravy, on the other hand, couldn’t have been much better for the Brewers. Cravy allowed five hits through five innings while striking out six and picking up his sixth win of the season. Jimmy Nelson, the Brewers’ second-round pick out of the University of Alabama, earned his third save of the year. George’s two-run single in the top of the eighth made it 20-7, matching Helena’s largest lead of the game. Casper (28-35, 11-13) made it 20-8 in the ninth on Nelson’s error, the Brewers’ third miscue of the game. The Ghosts were led by Will Swanner, who was 2 for 3 with a homer. Helena’s Cody Hawn left the game after scoring in the second inning with an undetermined injury. He walked off the field under his power. Helena remains just a game ahead of first-half division winner Great Falls, after the Voyagers topped Orem in extras. *** Helena 20, Casper 8By the Casper Star-Tribune staff GHOSTS AT THE PLATE: Offensively, Casper fared well. William Swanner, Ryan Casteel and Robert De La Cruz each had two hits. Michael Ramirez also chipped in two hits. … Swanner hit his third home run of the season in just his seventh game. … Rafael Ortega had a double and two walks. BREWERS AT THE PLATE: What a night for Helena. The team had 28 hits overall, including at least two hits by every starter other than Franklin Romero. … Helena had nine extra-base hits overall. … The Brewers tagged every Ghosts pitcher other than Trevor Gibson with at least one run, including nine to Alving Mejias and seven to Christian Bergman. GHOSTS ON THE MOUND: Rough night to be a Ghosts pitcher. The team allowed a season-high 20 runs, including seven in the second inning. … The team allowed 28 hits and walked another four batters. BREWERS ON THE MOUND: It was much better to be a Brewers pitcher. … Tyler Cravy earned the win, going five innings and allowing just four earned runs. Helena Box Score Hopefully Cody Hawn's injury, whatever it may be, isn't a major issue -- Hawn doubled and singled in his two trips before leaving; both Mike Walker and John Dishon finished a triple shy of a cycle; Walker's game was just ridiculous -- home run, two doubles, single, two walks, five RBI... Helena Game Log The biggest outburst was a seven-run 2nd inning -- Helena Top of the 2nd Carlos George doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Corey Dickerson. Franklin Romero flies out to left fielder Corey Dickerson. Carlos George to 3rd. Shea Vucinich singles on a line drive to center fielder Rafael Ortega. Carlos George scores. Cody Hawn doubles (19) on a fly ball to right fielder Robert De La Cruz. Shea Vucinich scores. Gregory Hopkins flies out to center fielder Rafael Ortega. Michael Walker singles on a ground ball to right fielder Robert De La Cruz. Cody Hawn scores. Brent Dean singles on a line drive to right fielder Robert De La Cruz. Michael Walker to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Christian Bergman replaces Alving Mejias. Brandon Sizemore singles on a ground ball to third baseman Jordan Ballard. Michael Walker to 3rd. Brent Dean to 2nd. John Dishon hits a grand slam (3) to center field. Michael Walker scores. Brent Dean scores. Brandon Sizemore scores. Carlos George pops out to first baseman Blake McDade.

Rattler Radio: Pitching Probables for Kane County Series (8/28-31) August 25, 2010: Tonight's starting picher August 26, 2010: Game Notes August 26, 2010: Midwest League Playoff Picture Lineup will have to wait for the box score...

Actually colbyjack, courtesy of Steve Wendt, here's your rotation for the "TV" series. Remember folks, these games will be available both live and archived for subscribers -- We will go with the following rotation in Idaho Falls Friday-Monday. Wawrzasek Frederickson Miller Ross

PDF document: Huntsville Media Notes

At Huntsville, catcher Dayton Buller was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to August 25. To fill the roster spot, catcher Patrick Arlis was activated from the disabled list.

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes

Stu Paul's tour of the PCL with the Sounds continues via his blog.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 74 57 .565 - - 37-31 37-26 5-5 L3 Memphis 73 59 .553 1.5 12 41-25 32-34 7-3 W2 Omaha 73 59 .553 1.5 12 35-29 38-30 6-4 W1 Nashville 69 62 .527 5.0 9 36-30 33-32 7-3 W3 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Tennessee 37 22 .627 - - 22-9 15-13 5-5 L1 Huntsville 30 29 .508 7.0 5 18-13 12-16 4-6 W1 Chattanooga 28 31 .475 9.0 3 14-17 14-14 7-3 W2 West Tenn 28 31 .475 9.0 3 15-13 13-18 5-5 W1 Carolina 25 33 .431 11.5 E 12-18 13-15 4-6 W1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 37 20 .649 - - 19-9 18-11 7-3 W1 Daytona 36 23 .610 2.0 10 21-9 15-14 5-5 W3 Brevard County 34 26 .567 4.5 8 18-13 16-13 5-5 L1 Lakeland 28 29 .491 9.0 3 14-11 14-18 5-5 W1 Clearwater 25 34 .424 13.0 E 15-14 10-20 4-6 L3 * Dunedin 24 34 .414 13.5 E 12-17 12-17 4-6 L1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 35 21 .625 - - 11-14 24-7 7-3 L2 Clinton 32 24 .571 3.0 - 18-12 14-12 7-3 W4 * Cedar Rapids 32 26 .552 4.0 13 17-14 15-12 5-5 L1 Kane County 31 26 .544 4.5 12 17-12 14-14 4-6 W2 Beloit 28 27 .509 6.5 9 14-12 14-15 4-6 L2 Wisconsin 28 30 .483 8.0 9 15-13 13-17 5-5 W3 Peoria 26 29 .473 8.5 8 13-14 13-15 5-5 W1 Burlington 19 36 .345 15.5 E 13-16 6-20 3-7 L1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 13 9 .591 - - 7-5 6-4 7-3 W3 * Great Falls 13 11 .542 1.0 15 7-3 6-8 5-5 W4 Missoula 11 13 .458 3.0 13 6-8 5-5 5-5 W1 Billings 10 12 .455 3.0 14 5-5 5-7 4-6 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 32 20 .615 - - 11-12 12-8 5-5 L1 AZL Dodgers 29 23 .558 3.0 1 11-9 13-8 6-4 W1 AZL Reds 28 24 .538 4.0 E 11-8 12-9 6-4 W3 AZL Indians 20 32 .385 12.0 E 7-14 10-10 1-9 L4 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 Thursday'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 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) Completion of Suspended Game Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) Regularly Scheduled Game

Thursday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Amaury Rivas at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: LHP Daniel Merklinger at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 5:55 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime Live Audio Link (SpaceCoastBaseball.com) Wisconsin: RHP Maverick Lasker at Burlington (Royals), 6:10 PM pre-game; 6:30 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Tyler Cravy at Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): First, it's the completion of this suspended nine-inning game (1-1, top of the 5th) with the Brewers acting as the home team despite the activity taking place at the Indians' complex in Goodyear, then there will be a seven-inning nightcap with the A-Crew as visitors, 8:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: Season complete

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