Jim Goulart

LHP Mike Ramlow has been activated from the Brevard DL, which fills the spot vacated by Jeremy Jeffress this week. Just a reminder, like to toss this in every so often, Jeremy and his family pronounce his last name as though it were spelled "Jeffers".

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes McLEARY IS MONEY: Right-hander Marty McLeary will make his seventh start of the season for the Sounds tonight. The veteran right-hander is 3-0 with a 1.61 ERA (4 ER / 22.1 IP) in his last four outings, tossing two quality starts over that stretch. *** No more McLeary wisecracks from yours truly if he keeps this up, although it's nothing personal, just a desire to see Amaury Rivas get some AAA starts in before 2011. Local Huntsville fans would probably disagree.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 57 46 .553 - - 30-26 27-20 6-4 L1 Memphis 56 47 .544 1.0 41 32-21 24-26 7-3 W4 Nashville 55 47 .539 1.5 41 27-22 28-25 6-4 W1 Omaha 53 50 .515 4.0 38 25-26 28-24 4-6 L2 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Tennessee 18 13 .581 - - 10-6 8-7 7-3 W2 Carolina 16 15 .516 2.0 38 6-7 10-8 5-5 L1 Huntsville 16 15 .516 2.0 38 6-7 10-8 4-6 L1 Chattanooga 14 16 .467 3.5 37 9-8 5-8 4-6 W1 West Tenn 14 17 .452 4.0 36 8-7 6-10 7-3 W1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Daytona 20 10 .667 - - 8-4 12-6 8-2 W8 Tampa 18 10 .643 1.0 41 8-4 10-6 6-4 L2 Brevard County 18 12 .600 2.0 39 10-5 8-7 7-3 W3 * Dunedin 13 17 .433 7.0 34 7-6 6-11 5-5 L1 Lakeland 12 17 .414 7.5 34 9-7 3-10 6-4 W4 Clearwater 12 19 .387 8.5 32 9-8 3-11 3-7 L4 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 19 9 .679 - - 8-5 11-4 8-2 W3 * Cedar Rapids 18 11 .621 1.5 - 9-5 9-6 7-3 W2 Kane County 17 13 .567 3.0 40 12-3 5-10 5-5 L1 Wisconsin 15 15 .500 5.0 38 9-6 6-9 5-5 W1 Clinton 14 15 .483 5.5 38 9-6 5-9 4-6 L1 Beloit 13 15 .464 6.0 36 8-7 5-8 6-4 W1 Burlington 13 15 .464 6.0 37 10-4 3-11 4-6 L3 Peoria 12 16 .429 7.0 37 7-7 5-9 6-4 W2 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Great Falls 21 14 .600 - - 10-8 11-6 7-3 W3 Billings 19 16 .543 2.0 E 12-6 7-10 6-4 W2 Helena 17 18 .486 4.0 E 10-7 7-11 5-5 L1 Missoula 13 22 .371 8.0 E 9-8 4-14 3-7 L2 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 20 9 .690 - - 6-5 5-4 6-4 W4 AZL Indians 14 15 .483 6.0 22 5-4 6-3 6-4 W1 AZL Dodgers 13 16 .448 7.0 21 4-6 4-4 4-6 L3 AZL Reds 12 17 .414 8.0 20 3-4 4-6 5-5 L4 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 27 18 .600 - - 16-7 11-11 8-2 W3 DSL Cardinals 24 20 .545 2.5 26 19-4 5-16 4-6 L2 DSL Athletics 20 25 .444 7.0 21 11-11 9-14 6-4 W2 DSL Brewers 18 26 .409 8.5 20 11-10 7-16 2-8 L3

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 (Gameday also available) Brevard County Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

Tuesday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Marty McLeary at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: RHP Darren Byrd at St. Lucie (Mets), 6:00 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Mets' Feed) Wisconsin: Idle Helena: RHP Tyler Cravy at Orem (Angels), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Reds' complex in Goodyear; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM -- there is still a game to be made up with this squad, but it's unlikely we'll see doubleheaders on consecutive days; if we do, we'll keep you posted...

Stosh Wawrzasek is a # 3 seed, Norris Hopper is a # 6 seed, Maverick Lasker a 7, and Zelous Wheeler a 13. Former Brewer Callix Crabbe is a 4 seed. Lasker, Wheeler, and Crabbe advance. Stosh gets upset by a nickname, rendering the entire process useless. Hopper's out, too. LINK -- you can vote to get Maverick, Zelous, and callixinto the Sweet 16 over the next few days.

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Photo by BOB SELF/The Times-Union Jacksonville’s Tim Torres slides under Huntsville catcher Anderson De La Rosa to score the Suns’ first run Monday night. http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_slideshow_thumb/spt_01SunsVsStars072_0.jpg Follow this link, then click on the photo to enlarge, clarity is pretty impressive.

Watch video of Albuquerque CF Jamie Hoffmann rob Mat Gamel of a home run. The hill in CF is just silly and dangerous. At least at Houston's Minute Maid Park, it's what, 420 feet before it comes into play? http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AAA/albuquerque.jpg

Final, Game Two: DSL Mariners 6, @DSL Brewers 4, seven innings as scheduled DSL Brewers Game Two Box Score Swept away; all four Brewer hurlers either allowed a run or an inherited runner to score as the Mariners scored in five of seven frames, combining to walk seven and hit a batter; it was a miserable 3rd professional game for catcher Deivi Mejia as all seven Mariner stolen base attempts were successful and he also had two passed balls, one which directly led to a run; there was clean defense otherwise from the club, but that kind of opponent running game is tough to overcome... After 27 games exclusively behind the plate, Carlos Pena played right field and smacked his 2nd home run; Raul Mondesi, Jr. hit his first pro HR in the 1st and then tripled two innings later -- the Brewers have quite the history of "legacy" players both at the major and minor league level this past decade, it'd be something if young Mr. Mondesi really makes his mark the next few years; 19-year-old switch-hitting 2B Yonki Hernandez might be hitting .210, but the leadoff man sports a .379 OBP -- he walked and was hit by two pitches here... DSL Brewers Game Two Game Log Brewers led 3-1 after one inning -- DSL Brewers Bottom 1st Yonki Hernandez walks. Raul MondesiJr. triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Yonki Hernandez scores. Juan De Leon grounds out, shortstop Luis Matias to first baseman Westlonder Marcelino. Hitaniel Arias out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Efrain Nunez. Raul MondesiJr. scores. Carlos Pena homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Deivi Mejia grounds out, third baseman Rudy van Heydoorn to first baseman Westlonder Marcelino. The boys brought the tying run to the plate with two outs in the final inning -- DSL Brewers Bottom 7th Andres Martinez strikes out swinging. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Ruben Sanchez replaces Joan Abreu. Ruben Sanchez grounds out, third baseman Rudy van Heydoorn to first baseman Westlonder Marcelino. Yonki Hernandez hit by pitch. Ronny Puello flies out to center fielder Randy Perez.

MiLB.com threw me off by placing an asterisk in their Pioneer League standings -- this from the Voice of the H-Crew, Steve Wendt: Just wanted to let you know that Helena still has playoff breath left in its lungs...not much though. We are three back with four left to play. We however play Great Falls the final two games of the half. So, we're in a hole, but still have a chance at the first half title. Unfortunately, tonight's results thus far, barring a miraculous Helena comeback, make this a moot point.

Nashville interviews added today -- LaTroy Hawkins, Lorenzo Cain Cain is going to become a fan favorite pretty quickly once the casual fans learn more about him -- you can just tell he's on such a baseball high from his time in the bigs, and his demeanor, not to mention his skills, will surely serve him well...

Final, Game Two: Wisconsin 4, @South Bend (Diamondbacks) 3, seven innings as scheduled CLUTCH HITS GET RATTLERS A DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT Chris Mehring, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers SOUTH BEND, IN - Michael Marseco and D'Vontrey Richardson each delivered two-out RBI doubles in the top of the seventh inning to provide the winning margin in the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-3 win over the South Bend Silver Hawks on Monday evening at Coveleski Stadium. The clutch hits made a winner out of Wisconsin pitcher Hiram Burgos, who was making his first Midwest League start. The win got the Rattlers back to .500 on the second half of the season, earned them a split in the doubleheader, and gave them a series win over the Silver Hawks Chris Dennis started the scoring with a line drive home run to right field with one out in the top of the second inning. Later in the inning, Austin Stockfisch singled in a run and Wisconsin (41-57 overall, 15-15 second half) led 2-0. Burgos was sailing along, but he got into a spot of trouble in the bottom of the fourth inning after David Nick singled and Bobby Borchering doubled to put runners on second and third with none out. A sacrifice fly by Matt Davidson got a run home, but that was all the Hawks got in the fourth. In the fifth, Matt Helm lined the first pitch to the gap in right-center. Right fielder Kentrail Davis made a long run and had the ball in his glove, but he could not control it and the ball slipped out as he fell to the warning track. Helm wound up at second base. Tyson Van Winkle went to the plate to drop a sacrifice bunt, but he got much more. The bunt went down the third base line. Burgos fielded the ball and threw wildly to first. The ball rolled into the South Bend bullpen and Helm scored the tying run. Van Winkle made it around to third base with no outs. But, Burgos would strand Van Winkle there and the game went to the sixth inning tied 2-2. The Rattlers got a leadoff single from Cutter Dykstra in the top of the seventh and a sacrifice bunt moved him to second. But, Dykstra got caught in a rundown between second and third on a grounder back to mound off the bat of Stockfisch. Dykstra was out and Stockfisch was standing on first with two outs. A wild pitch moved Stockfisch to second base. Then, Marseco caught the Silver Hawks off guard by lining a 2-0 pitch over the head of the left fielder for a double to score Stockfisch with the go ahead run. Richardson broke an extended slump with a line drive to the gap in right-center to send Marseco home with an insurance run. Jon Pokorny came on to pitch the bottom of the seventh inning and retired the first two batters. But, a single by Victor Estevez extended the game. Estevez took second on defensive indifference and scored on a single by Keon Broxton to bring Nick to the plate as the winning run. Nick hit a two-run homer in the first game of the doubleheader that provided the winning margin for South Bend. But the Wisconsin closer did not mess around with Nick. Pokorny struck out Nick on three pitches for his tenth save of the season. The Timber Rattlers are off on Tuesday. They return to action on Wednesday in Illinois against the Peoria Chiefs. Game time at O'Brien Field is 7:00 PM. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280 WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40 PM. Wisconsin Game Two Box Score It's games like this where you just could kick MiLB.com in the gut for not providing archived audio like back in '08. You can just taste the tension within Chris' write-up -- wow. Michael Marseco was 0-for-5 in the doubleheader prior to muscling that ball to left -- can't you just hear an "oh, ___!" from the outfielder on that one; how about Cutter Dykstra leading things off in the final inning with his base hit -- 2-for-3 in the contest; Chris Dennis is one strong kid; RHP Hiram Burgos had made ten relief appearances with the Rattlers through May 15th -- this return and starting nod was a necessary step, as Burgos surprisingly turns 23 next week; southpaw closer Jon Pokorny, rightfully part of a Power 50 discussion here this week, runs his ridiculous ratio to 66 K's vs. 15 BB's in 45.1 innings... Wisconsin Game Two Game Log Please trade for Silver Hawk catcher Tyson Van Winkle, just for the name...

Here are further details: Three Milwaukee Brewers Dominican Summer Leaguers received 50-game suspensions: third baseman Allixon Cequea and outfielder Erickson Salaya both tested positive for Nandrolone, while pitcher Leonard Lorenzo tested positive for Boldenone. Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid previously linked to Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. Boldenone is a steroid typically used to treat horses but has been widely used by bodybuilders. It was also linked to Alex Rodriguez in 2009.

Final, Game One: @DSL Mariners 3, DSL Brewers 1, seven innings as scheduled DSL Brewers Game One Box Score Both starters had perfect games through four innings and each went the distance in what surely is the briefest game in terms of time in Link Report history, remarkable even for the abbreviated doubleheader length -- one hour, fifteen minutes! The Mariners have a 16-year-old 6'4" lefty named Brandol Perez (stats) -- he allowed his very first earned run of the season today and now has an ERA of 0.35 after his first 25.2 professional innings; 18-year-old Brewer RHP Jeffrey Saba is no slouch and has shown a flash of brilliance this summer when on, and this was his second complete game in three starts (this one six innings as the Brewers were the losing road team) -- Saba allowed only four hits and one walk (one of the three runs was unearned); this was Saba's first appearance in two weeks given all the rainouts as of late... CF Ruben Sanchez got his average back up to .300 and his OPS over .800 with a 1-for-3 effort (double) -- the 18-year-old has been the team's most impressive player stat-wise thus far; LF Ronny Puello had two hits, one driving in the lone Brewer run; RF Raul Mondesi, Jr. had the only other safety for the D-Crew, but committed a costly throwing error -- many of you will remember his dad's amazing arm; 1B Hitaniel Arias was 0-for-3, Jose Pena was 0-for-2 as the DH, and OF Jose Garcia did not play -- still waiting for the production to match the hype on those three youngsters; 3B Juan De Leon will probably be the biggest beneficiary in terms of playing time given the three DSL suspensions you're read about elsewhere on the forum here -- he was sharing time with Allixon Cequea... DSL Brewers Game One Game Log One of the easiest game logs to review you'll ever see; Brewers scored their run in the final inning, and had the tying run on base when it was said and done... DSL Brewers Top 7th Ruben Sanchez doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Juan De Leon grounds out, third baseman Luis Matias to first baseman Westlonder Marcelino. Hitaniel Arias flies out to left fielder Estarlyn Morales. Ronny Puello singles on a ground ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Ruben Sanchez scores. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Joan Abreu replaces Ronny Puello. Raul Mondesi Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Randy Perez. Joan Abreu to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Orton Rodriguez replaces Carlos Pena. Orton Rodriguez grounds out, second baseman George Soto to first baseman Westlonder Marcelino.

In order to make room for Jeremy Jeffress, the Stars have placed RHP Michael Fiers on the DL, retroactive all the way back to 7/22, so hopefully he'll return soon.

Sounds are back underway...

Rain delay, top of the 2nd at Albuquerque (it can rain in Albuquerque?) -- Sounds up, 7-1 *** Nashville Top 1st Lorenzo Cain triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Trent Oeltjen. Norris Hopper singles on a ground ball to first baseman John Lindsey. Lorenzo Cain scores. Mat Gamel strikes out swinging. Brendan Katin pops out to shortstop Justin Sellers. Joe Koshansky homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Norris Hopper scores. Ray Olmedo reaches on fielding error by third baseman Russ Mitchell. Eric Farris singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jay Gibbons. Ray Olmedo to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Martin Maldonado singles on a fly ball to center fielder Jamie Hoffmann. Ray Olmedo scores. Eric Farris to 3rd. Chase Wright walks. Martin Maldonado to 2nd. Lorenzo Cain triples (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Jamie Hoffmann. Eric Farris scores. Martin Maldonado scores. Chase Wright scores. Norris Hopper lines out to first baseman John Lindsey.

Huntsville Media Notes

Rattler Radio: Game notes Tonight's pitchers Starting lineup (game one)

Stu's blog post from Sunday:Eight Days a week..not quite, but eight straight games vs. the same club PDF document: Nashville Media Notes

Notice that Helena has been eliminated from the first-half title. Never would have guessed that after that first week. Half the teams make the Pioneer League playoffs, and hopefully it won't be a (3rd year, I believe) without for the H-Crew. Technically, Huntsville is tied for first, since leader Tennessee already won the 1st half race. The Arizona and Dominican are full-season summer leagues (non-split).

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 57 45 .559 - - 30-26 27-19 7-3 W3 Memphis 55 47 .539 2.0 41 31-21 24-26 6-4 W3 Nashville 54 47 .535 2.5 41 27-22 27-25 6-4 L1 Omaha 53 49 .520 4.0 39 25-25 28-24 4-6 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Tennessee 17 13 .567 - - 10-6 7-7 7-3 W1 Carolina 16 14 .533 1.0 40 6-7 10-7 5-5 W1 Huntsville 16 14 .533 1.0 40 6-7 10-7 5-5 W3 Chattanooga 14 16 .467 3.0 38 9-8 5-8 4-6 W1 West Tenn 13 17 .433 4.0 37 7-7 6-10 6-4 L1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Daytona 20 10 .667 - - 8-4 12-6 8-2 W8 Tampa 18 10 .643 1.0 41 8-4 10-6 6-4 L2 Brevard County 18 12 .600 2.0 39 10-5 8-7 7-3 W3 * Dunedin 13 17 .433 7.0 34 7-6 6-11 5-5 L1 Lakeland 12 17 .414 7.5 34 9-7 3-10 6-4 W4 Clearwater 12 19 .387 8.5 32 9-8 3-11 3-7 L4 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 18 9 .667 - - 8-5 10-4 7-3 W2 * Cedar Rapids 17 11 .607 1.5 - 9-5 8-6 6-4 W1 Kane County 17 12 .586 2.0 42 12-3 5-9 6-4 W1 Clinton 14 14 .500 4.5 40 9-6 5-8 4-6 W1 Wisconsin 14 14 .500 4.5 40 9-6 5-8 5-5 W1 Burlington 13 14 .481 5.0 39 10-4 3-10 5-5 L2 Beloit 12 15 .444 6.0 37 8-7 4-8 5-5 L1 Peoria 11 16 .407 7.0 38 7-7 4-9 6-4 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Great Falls 20 14 .588 - - 9-8 11-6 7-3 W2 Billings 18 16 .529 2.0 E 11-6 7-10 6-4 W1 Helena 17 17 .500 3.0 E 10-7 7-10 5-5 W1 Missoula 13 21 .382 7.0 E 9-8 4-13 4-6 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 19 9 .679 - - 5-5 5-4 6-4 W3 AZL Dodgers 13 15 .464 6.0 23 4-5 4-4 4-6 L2 AZL Indians 13 15 .464 6.0 23 4-4 6-3 5-5 L1 AZL Reds 12 16 .429 7.0 22 3-4 4-5 5-5 L3 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 25 18 .581 - - 15-7 10-11 7-3 W1 DSL Cardinals 24 19 .558 1.0 29 19-3 5-16 5-5 L1 DSL Athletics 19 25 .432 6.5 23 11-11 8-14 5-5 W1 DSL Brewers 18 24 .429 6.5 24 11-9 7-15 3-7 L1

Follow Monday'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) Wisconsin Game One Wisconsin Game Two Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

For Nashville diehards, today's finale in Albuquerque can be viewed via an MiLB.TV subscription.