Jim Goulart

Final: Brevard County 5, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 1 Peralta's gem propels Manatees over Cardinals Palm Beach Cardinals Site Jupiter, FL- The Brevard County Manatees (42-52, 15-10) beat the Palm Beach Cardinals (52-42, 13-12) tonight at Roger Dean Stadium by a score of 5-1. Wily Peralta (6-3) tossed seven scoreless innings and struck out four to help the Manatees take a 2-1 series lead. Catcher Sean McCraw had a great game at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and two-runs scored. McCraw also swiped a bag, which was his first of the year. Peter Fatse had another multi-hit performance and finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Palm Beach starter Brett Zawacki (3-3) allowed four runs on five hits and walked four in six innings of work. Alex Castellanos accounted for the only Palm Beach run with a two-out RBI triple in the eighth inning. Castellanos finished 2-for-4. Slugger Xavier Scruggs finished 2-for-3 with two singles and scored a run. The two teams will conclude their four-game series Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium. Kevin Thomas will take the hill and will look to help the Cardinals salvage the final game of the series. First pitched is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). *** JUPITER — Wily Peralta pitched three-hit shutout ball for seven innings as the Brevard County Manatees defeated the Palm Beach Cardinals 5-1 Tuesday night in a Florida State League baseball game. Peralta struck out four and walked two in improving to 6-3. Peter Fatse, Sean McCraw, Matt Cline and Erik Komatsu each had run-scoring singles for the Manatees, who will finish the three-game road series against the Cardinals tonight. Brevard County Box ScoreWell, Wily Peralta surely tired of us asking for a dominating performance, perhaps most impressively pitching around infield errors in three of the first four innings; Peralta struck out two to end the 2nd inning with runners on 2nd and 3rd base; Angel Salome walked in his return to the lineup, again as the designated hitter... Brevard County Game Log With a 5-0 lead to begin the bottom of the 8th, why would Jeremy Jeffress be removed after a two-out walk? No indication of an injury delay in the game log -- that doesn't bode well, does it? Palm Beach Bottom 8th Pitcher Change: Jeremy Jeffress replaces Wily Peralta. Niko Vasquez called out on strikes. Charles Cutler lines out to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Xavier Scruggs walks. Pitcher Change: Ruben Flores replaces Jeremy Jeffress. Alex Castellanos triples (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Xavier Scruggs scores. Richard Racobaldo grounds out, pitcher Ruben Flores to first baseman Sean Halton. *** We actually have a contact with the Palm Beach announcing crew -- we'll shoot him a line.

Final: Albuquerque (Dodgers) 9, Nashville 7 Isotopes Defeat Sounds Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds endured a 9-7 defeat at the hands of the Albuquerque Isotopes on Tuesday evening at historic Greer Stadium in a contest that featured more runs scored (16) than total hits (14). The loss was the second in a row for Nashville (51-45) following a three-game win streak and dropped the Sounds a game and a half behind first-place Iowa, which swept a doubleheader against Oklahoma City. The game got off to a sloppy start as the teams played a 37-minute first inning that including nine runs scored on only two hits. The clubs combined for four errors, five walks, a wild pitch, and a passed ball in the opening frame. Sounds pitcher Chris Waters suffered through a disastrous start as Albuquerque plated six first-inning runs using only one hit. The left-hander matched his season high for walks in a game within the first seven batters of the contest, issuing five free passes over that stretch including one with the bases loaded. After Waters walked the bases loaded with three straight, the Isotopes got on the board when former Sound Jay Gibbons lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Ivan DeJesus, Jr. After a walk to Jamie Hoffmann re-loaded the bases, Lucas May - who struck out six times in six trips to the plate in Monday's series opener - drew an RBI walk on a 3-2 pitch to make it a 2-0 contest. With Justin Sellers at the plate, Waters made a pickoff throw to first that glanced off the top of first baseman Erick Almonte's glove, allowing two more runs to score and increasing the visitors' lead to 4-0 without the benefit of a hit. Sellers then jacked a two-run homer to left, his third longball of the season, to up the Isotopes' lead to 6-0. Waters (5-7) was tagged with the loss after surrendering six runs in his lone inning of work, the shortest start of the year by a Nashville pitcher. It marked only the fourth time in 18 starts that the southpaw allowed four or more runs in an outing. Nashville got three runs back in the bottom of the inning against Albuquerque starter Alberto Bastardo using only one hit of their own as the Isotopes committed three errors in the frame. Ray Olmedo - who finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs on the night - recorded the lone Sounds' hit of the inning, a two-out RBI single that cut the deficit to 6-3. Albuquerque third baseman Russ Mitchell upped the Isotopes' lead to 8-3 in the second when he slugged a two-run homer to left off Nashville reliever David Johnson that sailed just inside the left field foul pole, his 15th roundtripper of the year. DeJesus also scored on the blast after preceding Mitchell with a single. DeJesus continued his solid night in the fourth when he drilled a two-out solo homer to left off Johnson, the infielder's fourth tater of the season. Milwaukee Brewers reliever LaTroy Hawkins made his first rehab appearance for the Sounds in the contest and pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings with one strikeout. He threw 17 pitches (12 strikes) and did not allow a ball out of the infield (two groundouts, one lineout). Bastardo (4-1) picked up the win with a quality start for the visitors, allowing three unearned runs on four hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work. The Sounds plated two runs in the bottom of the eighth against Albuquerque reliever Ramon Troncoso, but had a pair of runners thrown out at third during the inning to shorten the rally. Mat Gamel and Brendan Katin drew consecutive walks to open the frame before Gamel scored on a one-out Olmedo single to left, a play which ended with Katin being tossed out at third after the throw to the plate was cut. After a Luis Cruz single put runner on first and second, the Sounds worked up a replay of the previous run-scoring play. Catcher Ben Johnson grounded an RBI single to left to plate Olmedo, with Cruz being erased at third by the mid-diamond cutoff man to end the inning. Gamel wrapped up the night's scoring in the ninth when he slugged a two-out, two-run homer to center off Isotopes reliever Cory Wade. The third baseman's fifth home run of the year brought the score to its final 9-7 standing (click the lead link in this post for the audio). Almonte went 1-for-4 for the Sounds to extend his hitting streak to seven games, matching the veteran's best effort of the year. The teams continue the series with another 7:05 PM meeting on Wednesday night. Left-hander Chase Wright (6-5, 3.56) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Albuquerque knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (1-1, 4.94). Nashville Box Score Reliever Mike McClendon retired all five batters he faced, three ground balls, two K's; Mat Gamel's 2010 AAA OBP is inching up, now at .370; Luis Cruz 2-for-4, still at .291, but his production binge from early in the season has dried up -- zero RBI in 60 July AB's; where will Josh Butler slot into the Wright - McLeary - Narron - Lofgren - Waters rotation? Shouldn't be difficult to find a spot -- we tend to think of Butler as a youngster, but he'll be 26 in December... Nashville Game Log This game sure had elements of the big league contest Tuesday night...

July 20th -- Two-part interview with asst. GM Gord Ash in Nashville Most interesting comments are on Mat Gamel, Brendan Katin, and even LHP Chase Wright...

All photos by Dylan Brown, Helena Independent Record Helena's designated hitter Mike Walker slides in past Orem's Andrew Heid for the second run of the fourth inning Tuesday night at Kindrick Field. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/8/55/345/85534553-6bd5-5d38-b827-16e285e227ef-revisions/4c46904b6d5ef.image.jpg Helena's Carlos George steels second base before Orem's Rolando Gomez can tag him out. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/a/69/553/a6955314-8e5d-5c1d-abc6-0b6bcc83a63f-revisions/4c46904b86844.image.jpg Orem's third baseman Thomas Nichols tags out Helena's Robbie Garvey. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/heraldextra.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/4/7c/06f/47c06fe7-551d-5097-a8cd-161a74a89bcb-revisions/4c46904bbcb6f.image.jpg

Looks like Chris Waters and the Sounds are going to give the Stars a run for their money in blowouts today, down 6-0 after 1/2 of an inning -- Albuquerque Top 1st Trent Oeltjen pops out to shortstop Luis Cruz. Ivan De JesusJr. walks. Russ Mitchell walks. Ivan De JesusJr. to 2nd. John Lindsey walks. Ivan De JesusJr. to 3rd. Russ Mitchell to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Jay Gibbons out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Norris Hopper. Ivan De JesusJr. scores. Russ Mitchell to 3rd. Jamie Hoffmann walks. John Lindsey to 2nd. Lucas May walks. Russ Mitchell scores. John Lindsey to 3rd. Jamie Hoffmann to 2nd. With Justin Sellers batting, missed catch error by Erick Almonte on the pickoff attempt, John Lindsey scores. Jamie Hoffmann scores. Lucas May to 3rd. Justin Sellers homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Lucas May scores. Alberto Bastardo grounds out, shortstop Luis Cruz to first baseman Erick Almonte.

At Brevard, C / DH Michael Roberts has been placed on the DL, retroactive to 7/18. Roberts has only been behind the plate for a dozen games thus far. Shawn Zarraga and Sean McCraw will continue to split time at catcher for the 'Tees. OF/DH Angel Salome has been activated. Ordinarily such news would be met with some fanfare. Salome has seen action in all of four games in right field with Brevard, otherwise he's been a DH.

The DSL boys were rained out yet again, one of several postponements on the island. It's the Seattle of the Caribbean.

From the Rattler Radio blog: INF Joey Paciorek has completed his rehab assignment with the Arizona Brewers and has been reinstated from the DL at Wisconsin. This puts the roster at the 25 player limit for the Timber Rattlers.

PDF Documents: Nashville Media Notes

Still no update via the broadcast. It's been a while since I listened to a full 10-0 broadcast, it's the bottom of the 9th. Rally cap! There was quite the scary moment in the 8th when Caleb Gindl, whom the broadcasters had indicated had been playing really nice defense in center field as of late, crashed into the wall and crumpled to the ground after attempting to make a catch. Right fielder Drew Anderson anxiously waved out the training staff and yet Gindl managed to stay in the game. Tough kid, and a big injury scare averted.

Infielder Kyle Dhanani, the 22-year-old Canadian drafted in the 43rd round in 2009, who has only seen sporadic action in his two seasons and has struggled offensively, has been placed on the Brevard County roster, but also placed on their seven-day DL. There must be some technicality involved there, but we'll simply mention it as it is for now. 21-year-old RHP Jose Oviedo, the 31st round 2009 draft pick out of a Miami junior college by way of his native Venezuela, has been rewarded for his good early work in Maryvale with a promotion to Helena.

Please be the first to place a quick post here if you're able to pull up the Huntsville audio this afternoon, seems to be unavailable. Thanks. (You can load the West Tenn audio here.)

Isom on WFRV's Sports Xtra Nice video segment with the Rattlers' manager and as noted via the link, some other handy guy to have around. Good stuff.

PDF Document: Huntsville Media Notes

Monday's poor start by Josh obviously not a factor -- Huntsville Press Release: RHP Josh Butler has been promoted from Huntsville to Triple-A Nashville. He will join the Sounds tonight. Butler started the year on the disabled list for the Brewers. He completed a rehab start in Advanced-A Brevard County and Huntsville prior to being activated and assigned to the Stars roster on May 31. In 10 starts with the Stars, Butler was 3-5 with a 4.56 ERA. He threw a seven-inning shutout on July 6 against the Tennessee Smokies, allowing only five hits. Butler was with the Stars for eight games last year prior to joining the Brewers with a September call-up. There is no corresponding move at this time, leaving the Stars active roster at 23.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 51 44 .537 - - 27-25 24-19 6-4 L2 Nashville 51 44 .537 - - 26-20 25-24 6-4 L1 Omaha 50 44 .532 0.5 50 23-22 27-22 5-5 W1 Memphis 50 46 .521 1.5 48 26-20 24-26 3-7 L2 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Carolina 13 12 .520 - - 6-6 7-6 5-5 L1 Huntsville 13 12 .520 - - 6-6 7-6 6-4 L2 * Tennessee 13 12 .520 - - 9-6 4-6 5-5 W1 Chattanooga 11 14 .440 2.0 44 7-6 4-8 2-8 W1 West Tenn 9 16 .360 4.0 42 4-6 5-10 4-6 W2 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 15 7 .682 - - 7-3 8-4 6-4 W2 Brevard County 14 10 .583 2.0 46 10-5 4-5 7-3 W1 Daytona 14 10 .583 2.0 46 8-4 6-6 5-5 W2 * Dunedin 10 14 .417 6.0 42 6-5 4-9 4-6 W1 Clearwater 10 15 .400 6.5 41 7-4 3-11 3-7 L2 Lakeland 8 15 .348 7.5 41 5-7 3-8 5-5 W1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Kane County 16 8 .667 - - 12-3 4-5 9-1 W7 Quad Cities 14 8 .636 1.0 - 8-5 6-3 6-4 W1 * Cedar Rapids 13 10 .565 2.5 47 9-5 4-5 6-4 W2 Clinton 13 10 .565 2.5 47 9-6 4-4 5-5 L1 Burlington 11 11 .500 4.0 45 10-4 1-7 4-6 L1 Wisconsin 11 13 .458 5.0 44 9-6 2-7 5-5 W1 Beloit 10 13 .435 5.5 43 8-7 2-6 4-6 W2 Peoria 9 13 .409 6.0 44 7-7 2-6 5-5 L1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Great Falls 16 12 .571 - - 6-6 10-6 5-5 L1 Billings 14 14 .500 2.0 9 7-5 7-9 7-3 W1 Helena 14 14 .500 2.0 9 9-7 5-7 3-7 L1 Missoula 12 16 .429 4.0 7 9-7 3-9 5-5 W2 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 16 7 .696 - - 4-3 2-3 6-4 L1 AZL Indians 12 12 .500 4.5 29 3-3 6-1 8-2 L1 AZL Dodgers 11 12 .478 5.0 29 2-4 3-2 4-6 L1 AZL Reds 11 13 .458 5.5 28 2-3 4-3 5-5 W4 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Mariners 24 17 .585 - - 15-6 9-11 8-2 W5 DSL Cardinals 23 18 .561 1.0 31 18-3 5-15 5-5 L3 DSL Athletics 18 24 .429 6.5 25 10-11 8-13 4-6 W3 DSL Brewers 17 23 .425 6.5 26 11-8 6-15 4-6 L5

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) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers (If it is a twinbill, we'll link during the late night.)

Tuesday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Waters at home vs. Albuquerque (Dodgers), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Michael Fiers at home vs. West Tenn (Mariners), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: TBD (likely RHP Wily Peralta) at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:35 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Select Palm Beach Cardinals for the opponents' feed) Wisconsin: Idle Helena: RHP Matt Miller at home vs. Orem (Angels), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Angels' complex in Tempe; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at the DSL Cardinals, 9:30 AM -- with recent rainouts against this squad, both home and road, there is a strong chance this will be a doubleheader day

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For San Diego, RHP Will Inman remains on their AAA DL since mid-June with an elbow injury. LHP Steve Garrison was getting raked in five AAA starts before he landed on the DL with an ankle injury last week. Among all the alumni links above, the player perhaps having the best season is Diamondbacks' 26-year-old AAA catcher Carlos Corporan -- yes, PCL-inflated numbers, but surely still flashing his stellar defense as well. It'll be interesting to see if Arizona lets him go to minor league free agency at season's end, not necessarily from a Brewer perspective, but for Carlos and his future.

As you plan your Tuesday, please remember to visit us at 12:45 Central for Huntsville audio with Michael Fiers on the mound for the Stars.

An in-game interview with Brett Lawrie's older sister, Danielle, a champion in her own right http://www.makli.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/danielle-lawrie2.jpg

Stars blitzed by Diamond Jaxx By Aaron Morse, Huntsville Stars It got ugly early and stayed that way for the Huntsville Stars (46-49, 13-12) in their 12-5 defeat at the hands of the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (48-46, 9-16) Monday night. In the second inning, Nate Tenbrink led off with an infield single off Stars’ starter Josh Butler. After Joe Dunigan walked, Carlos Triunfel tried to bunt the runners over, but Butler was able to get the lead runner at third base. Unfortunately that proved to be irrelevant as Butler walked Brandon Haveman to load the bases. That’s when Matt Lawson unloaded on a pitch up in the zone for a grand slam and his second homer in as many games. They would pour it on from there as Butler (3-5) had his worst outing of the season, lasting only four innings, giving up 10 hits, nine runs (eight earned), as he walked three and struck-out two. The Stars’ defense did not help matters as they made four errors in the contest. Meanwhile, the offense pounded out 13 hits, but left 12 men stranded, and was only 4-17 with men in scoring position. The game got so ugly that the Stars brought in position players Chuck Caufield and Andy Machado to pitch. They each tossed a scoreless inning and Caufield was able to strike-out “Futures Game” participants Alex Liddi and Carlos Peguero in order. Huntsville’s offense finally got going in the ninth inning. Back-to-back singles from Lee Haydel and Brett Lawrie started the inning. Two outs later Drew Anderson tallied his second RBI of the night as he singled home Haydel. Chris Nowak followed with a RBI single of his own. Taylor Green continued his recent hot streak at the plate as he doubled home Anderson and Nowak to make the score 12-5. That’s all the Stars would get though as Steven Hensley (7-7) picked up the win with 6.1 strong innings. Lawrie, Nowak, Haydel, and Anderson tallied multi-hit games for the Stars. Meanwhile, seven different players had multi-hit games for the Diamond Jaxx. The teams combined for 28 hits, but the runs column was all West Tenn. The loss puts the Stars in a three-way tie for first place in the SL North with Carolina and Tennessee. They’ll look to salvage a split of the four-game set Tuesday afternoon as they send Michael Fiers to the mound in the finale. Tune in on huntsvillestars.com beginning at 12:45 PM central time for the Window World Pre-Game Report.

More Wisconsin photos, these from the Post-Crescent Nice story on the Rattlers' bullpen catcher with quotes from teammates and management -- an enjoyable read

Timber Rattlers rally to beat Great Lakes By Cory Jennerjohn, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - Khris Davis and Kentrail Davis gave the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers a dramatic 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Great Lakes Loons in a Midwest League game at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Monday. The win snapped a zero-for-30 mark when Wisconsin was trailing entering the ninth. "I think we should have run away with that game a lot earlier, but we stayed focused and came away with the win," said right fielder Kentrail Davis, who smacked a two-out, two-RBI double to left center in the ninth to tie the game. Khris Davis followed with an RBI single to right to bring home the winning run and snap the team's four-game losing skid. The Rattlers were zero-for-14 with runners in scoring position through the first seven innings before going three-for-three in the final two innings. "We talk to our club and say that's why we play nine innings. It's not an eight-inning game," manager Jeff Isom said. "I'm glad that we don't have to have this interview if it was the other way around, because I would be one frustrated individual." Rattlers starting pitcher Eric Arnett, the Milwaukee Brewers' No. 1 draft pick last season, did not get a decision, but pitched well in his first start since returning to Wisconsin. He allowed just one hit, a solo home run, in six innings. He walked three and struck out four. Kentrail Davis finished with three hits for the Rattlers, while Khris Davis and Chris Dennis each had two hits as Wisconsin banged out 11 hits. Arnett and Adrian Rosario held the Loons to three hits.