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All photos by PAUL RUHTER/Gazette Staff Oliver Santos of the Mustangs rolls past Helena catcher Brent Dean after Cristobal Rodriguez hit a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Mustangs a 7-4 lead. The Mustangs scored eight runs in the inning to win the game 8-4, their fifth consecutive victory. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/3/60/f52/360f527a-cb0a-5d2f-a279-f3e129693032-revisions/4c3bfd6ac0e0c.image.jpg Helena Brewers pitcher Hiram Burgos pitches against the Mustangs on Monday, July 12, 2010 at Dehler Park. Burgos struck out 10 Mustangs batters. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/6/62/a19/662a19d9-7706-51bf-b54c-3c006d883669-revisions/4c3bfd675c0ff.image.jpg Hiram Burgos pitches in the rain http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/4f/db3/54fdb3d6-2bc3-52fb-8291-8089edfc1aeb-revisions/4c3bfd87be8da.image.jpg Hiram Burgos steps to the mound http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/0/2a/513/02a5136d-142c-5285-ace2-46ba8e57c1eb-revisions/4c3bfd8ae4de6.image.jpg

Link while active, text follows: Mustangs score 8 runs in wild 8th inning to beat Helena, 8-4 GREG RACHAC Of The Billings Gazette Staff Tie game. Bases loaded. Nobody out. The Billings Mustangs have had trouble taking advantage of those situations this season. But that didn’t matter to Cristobal Rodriguez, who delivered a three-run double in a wild eighth inning to help the Mustangs take a wild 8-4 victory over Helena Monday night at Dehler Park. Thanks to a Helena bullpen that completely imploded, the Mustangs scored eight runs in the eighth to snuff out a great effort by Brewers starter Hiram Burgos. Billings batted around the order in the eighth without the benefit of a hit — a rarity in manager Delino DeShields’ eyes. “I don’t think I’ve seen that before,” said DeShields, the former Major Leaguer whose team has now won five straight and remains two games back of first place in the Pioneer League’s North division. “But I’m seeing a lot of firsts at this level.” The Mustangs were 2 for 22 with 11 strikeouts in their previous bases-loaded situations prior to Rodriguez’s heroics. And that included stranding them loaded in the fifth inning. But it was Helena’s inability to throw strikes that gave Billings its opportunity. Rodriguez was hit by an Alex Jones pitch to open the eighth inning, and Theo Bowe then reached on an error by Brewers left fielder Brandon Sizemore. Jones, a submarine thrower, then walked Billy Hamilton and plunked Jonathan Kaskow to give the Mustangs their first run. Eric Marzec didn’t fare much better in relief. Marzec struck out Donald Lutz, but the Brewers allowed Devin Lohman to reach on a two-out error and two more runs came across. Marzec (0-2) then walked Sean Conner and Oliver Santos to tie the game before giving way to Robert Currie, who allowed Rodriguez’s double off the left field wall. That collective meltdown put a damper on Burgos’ performance. Burgos left the game with a 4-0 lead after seven innings and had allowed three hits while striking out 10 and walking just two. “Luck was on our side,” said Lohman, who returned to the lineup after missing two games with an ankle injury. “We had a game plan and our hitters did a great job in the end to make the adjustment of laying off those off-speed pitches.” “They gave us a chance to get back in the game,” DeShields said. “I was hoping the guys would keep grinding and get into that bullpen to make something happen.” Rodriguez capped the scoring in the eighth inning when he came around on Bowe’s two-out single. But he injured his hamstring in the process and was not available for comment afterward. DeShields said he would “miss some time,” making him the second Rodriguez in Billings’ lineup to go down with an injury. Outfielder Yorman Rodriguez missed his 13th consecutive game with a rib injury and remains day-to-day. Though Burgos was dominant, Mustangs starter Daniel Tuttle threw well in his own right. Tuttle gave up one earned run on seven hits in five innings. He nearly pulled off what is known as an “immaculate inning” in the top of the first — three strikeouts on nine pitches — but Cody Hawn grounded out on Tuttle’s ninth pitch of the frame. The Mustangs have an off-day today, their first since the season began on June 21. They’ll then travel to Idaho Falls to begin a seven-game road trip on Wednesday. NOTES: Ryan Smith (1-0) earned the victory in relief, throwing one scoreless inning. …. The Mustangs (11-11) evened their record for the first time since the second game of the season. … Conner nearly hit a game-tying, two-run homer in the seventh, but the wind pushed the ball behind the right-field foul pole. … Helena OF Reggie Keen did not play. Keen suffered a broken hand after being hit by a pitch on Sunday. He is out six weeks.

In this video feature, we hear Billings manager and players discuss how tough Hiram Burgos is to face, and we see the Connor Lind error at second base that helped open the 8th inning floodgates...

Link while active, text follows: Ouch! By AMBER KUEHN, Helena Independent Record It was one of those days that makes you question what you’re doing with your life. Reggie Keen was a marketing and sales intern for the Danville Braves in Virginia, a rookie affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. After volunteering to do a mascot appearance at a local preschool and daycare, and dancing around as Blooper the bird for an hour in a hot costume, Keen walked to his car with one thought on his mind. “I’ll never get back in this suit. I don’t know why I volunteered to do this,” Keen recalled last week. When Keen checked his cell phone when he got to his car, he found five missed calls from an unknown number. One phone call later, and he was signing a free agent contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and assigned to Helena of the Pioneer League. “I’m like, ‘sure’, anything right now except for being in that suit!” Keen said. “I was pretty excited about that, it all worked out. Now looking back at it and telling the story, it adds to the humor.” It wasn’t as though Keen hated his job. He had earned a degree in sports administration at Radford University, so a job with a minor league team in his hometown was the ideal backup plan for the athlete who had hoped to get drafted and wasn’t. Once Keen’s baseball career comes to a close — however soon or distant that may be — he has every intention of going back into sports marketing. “I want to design promotions and sign up different sponsorships for eventually a major league ball club,” he said. “I enjoyed working (in Danville), and they enjoyed me being there, but they were happy to see me go on and play ball.” Keen admits he was disappointed when pick after pick was called in the June amateur draft and his name never was. He had spoken with scouts for the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals and thought playing pro ball was a real possibility. “As you see the names come by, you’re seeing some friends, people you’ve played against, and you’re excited for them and you’re thinking I should be next,” Keen said. “But as it went on and on, I kind of got down...In the end, it still went my way.” *** Keen has been told by his parents that he virtually lived in the backyard with a bat in his hands at age 5, though that’s not the thing he remembers from his childhood. “I used to go to my dad’s work league softball games at midnight,” he said. “My mom would drop me off and I would watch him play.” Keen said that is what drove him to begin playing baseball, and he’s been involved in the sport year-round since he was 12, beginning with AAU ball. He also played city league football and basketball, and swam on the YMCA team when he was 12, but when he didn’t make the high school basketball team he decided to keep his focus primarily on baseball. The Helena Brewers couldn’t be happier about that. Keen has the third-highest batting average on the team, hitting .348. He leads the team in runs scored with 20 and is second on the team in stolen bases with four. He pinch ran in the first two games of the season and scored both times, then in his first appearance at the plate went 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBIs. “To tell you the truth, I didn’t expect (to do that well),” Keen said. “I knew I had the ability to do so...it was pretty exciting to have a debut like I did.” Keen said the transition from college to pro ball has been an easy one for him. At Radford, he finished his career with a .355 average, the fourth-best in school history. Keen also became the first player in Radford program history to steal 30 bases in a season, after earning 31 thefts as a senior. “While I’m here, I’m going to try to play my hardest and try to put up the numbers so maybe one day they’ll move me up,” Keen said last week before the injury. “Right now, I’m just having fun.” Both Brewers manager Joe Ayrault and hitting coach Ned Yost IV have been impressed with the 22-year-old’s work ethic. Keen estimates he puts in 5-8 hours a day on the field. “I was always told to hustle,” Keen said. “You can’t teach hustle. I was captain in high school and college and had to lead by example...it comes natural now because I’m just used to doing it.” “He’s always busting his butt,” Yost said. “Fly balls and everything is 100 percent. He works on his routes, his throws...it’s awesome to watch.” *** Yost has spent countless hours helping young hitters with their swing, working on mechanics in the cages and fixing stances. But when it comes to Keen, Yost said he hasn’t had to do much teaching. “He’s come in and he’s swinging the bat well and I haven’t really even had to fool with him because he’s been doing a good job,” Yost said. “I just kind of let him do what he needs to do to get ready and that’s about it, really.” Yost said other guys on the team could learn a lot about patience by watching Keen, who’s got a keen eye at the plate. “He waits for a pitch he wants to hit and when he gets it, he usually hits it pretty well,” Yost said. Keen is a big reason why the Brewers are hitting .282 as a team, tops in the Pioneer League’s North Division. Coaches said it’s a mystery as to why he slipped through without getting drafted. They’re thrilled that the Brewers organization was able to get such a diamond in the rough. “It’s definitely an exceptional find,” Yost said. “Everytime you get an undrafted guy you’re not really sure what you’ve got, but he turned some heads the first day he was here ... I haven’t really seen a flaw yet.” *** At 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, Keen is the smallest player on the team. Because of that, the guy with more of a point guard’s build may not be the most intimidating of players to opposition at first glance. Just wait until you see him swing. “You look at him and he doesn’t look very big, but he’s strong and when he gets ahold of it he can drive it out of the park,” Yost said. Keen has one homer this year. “He reminds me of a shorter Doug Glanville,” Ayrault said, comparing his star to his former fall league teammate who went on to a successful career in the majors. “He’s got speed, good stroke. Same type of attitude, very intelligent. Just the way he plays the game.” Ayrault can’t say enough good things about his outfielder, who was recently moved from right field to center when Franklin Romero Jr. was promoted to high Class A. “He’s an all-around solid player,” the Brewers skipper said. “He came in with a great attitude, then he goes out there the first day and he’s running the bases and we’re like ‘wow, this guy can fly.’ Then he takes a round of BP and he’s got a short, compact swing and can hit the ball all over the whole field. “Then you see him out in the outfield, he’s got a clutch arm. You combine all that, we’ve got a great guy.” Keen has held a steady place as the leadoff man for Helena since the third game, with the exception of the four games he missed after pulling a groin in Great Falls. Now, the Brewers will once again have to be without Keen after the outfielder was hit in the hand by a pitch from Billings’ Porfirio Martinez on Sunday. 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It's something that the DSL boys lost only 8-7; they committed seven errors to the Athletics' zero -- tough day at third base... FIELDING E: Hernandez, Y (4, fielding), Martinez, An (13, fielding), De Leon, J 4 (10, throw, throw, throw, fielding), Arias, H (6, fielding).

The MiLB.com Southern League All-Star Game story has more on the unique pitching arrangement -- Having the MVP on the losing team hardly seemed out of place in a game in which who played for whom was blurred. Because the North was short of available pitchers, Mobile's Josh Collmenter switched sides and got the victory with two scoreless innings as the North starter. "I felt a little bit like Benedict Arnold," Collmenter said. "It was definitely different." After completing his assignment for the North, the right-hander high-fived his temporary teammates and then headed back to the South dugout, stopping in the clubhouse to change into gray pants from white. "They told us to bring both sets of uniforms, so I could have pitched in my home jersey," said Collmenter, who is 6-2 with a 1.59 ERA for Mobile. "But I didn't want to do that. I wanted everyone to see which team I really belonged to." Collmenter faced three of his Bears teammates in the first inning -- Evan Frey, Collin Cowgill and Konrad Schmidt, retiring the first two and walking Schmidt. He allowed two hits and a walk and struck out a batter in his outing. "It felt almost like a Spring Training exhibition game," Collmenter said. "But I knew this game was important and I didn't want any of my teammates to get a hit off me."

John Sickels' poll (Brett Lawrie or the Mariners' Dustin Ackley) is especially tight as of this post -- plenty of discussion comments follow, a few of the comments might actually be considered insightful if you can single those out...

Well, it's 2:45 PM Central and the Rattlers and the Bees head to the bottom of the 8th inning tied at 12-12. Listen in while you can, it's been quite the ride with Chris and the boys thus far...

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 49 41 .544 - - 27-24 22-17 6-4 W3 Omaha 48 41 .539 0.5 55 23-22 25-19 6-4 L1 Memphis 49 42 .538 0.5 54 26-19 23-23 5-5 W1 Nashville 48 42 .533 1.0 54 23-18 25-24 4-6 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Carolina 11 8 .579 - - 4-2 7-6 7-3 W3 Chattanooga 10 9 .526 1.0 51 7-6 3-3 4-6 L2 Huntsville 10 9 .526 1.0 51 3-3 7-6 6-4 W2 * Tennessee 9 10 .474 2.0 50 5-4 4-6 4-6 W1 West Tenn 6 13 .316 5.0 47 4-6 2-7 2-8 L3 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 10 5 .667 - - 5-2 5-3 6-4 W1 Daytona 11 6 .647 - - 7-1 4-5 6-4 W1 Brevard County 9 8 .529 2.0 52 7-4 2-4 6-4 L1 Clearwater 8 10 .444 3.5 50 6-2 2-8 4-6 L1 * Dunedin 7 10 .412 4.0 50 4-4 3-6 4-6 L1 Lakeland 5 11 .313 5.5 49 3-5 2-6 4-6 W1 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Great Falls 12 9 .571 - - 5-6 7-3 6-4 L1 Helena 12 9 .571 - - 7-3 5-6 4-6 L2 Billings 10 11 .476 2.0 16 6-5 4-6 6-4 W4 Missoula 8 13 .381 4.0 14 5-5 3-8 4-6 W1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 13 4 .765 - - 2-2 1-1 3-3 W3 AZL Dodgers 9 8 .529 4.0 36 2-1 1-1 3-2 L2 AZL Indians 7 10 .412 6.0 34 1-1 3-1 4-2 W4 AZL Reds 7 10 .412 6.0 34 0-2 2-1 2-3 L1 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 22 14 .611 - - 17-2 5-12 8-2 W4 DSL Mariners 20 17 .541 2.5 34 13-6 7-11 6-4 W1 DSL Brewers 17 19 .472 5.0 32 11-6 6-13 7-3 L1 DSL Athletics 14 23 .378 8.5 28 8-10 6-13 0-10 L11

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. Brevard County Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

Here's the rest of Monday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle until Thursday; PCL vs. IL AAA All-Star game is Wednesday on MLB Network Huntsville: Idle; All-Star Game today -- all the details found on our forums here, where recaps will also be placed Brevard County: TBD (likely RHP Darren Byrd) at Tampa (Yankees), 6:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Helena: RHP Hiram Burgos at Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the itty-bitty Indians; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM; NOTE: The Athletics were 13-12 at one point in the season but have lost their last 11

Here's your info as the Stars take part in the 2010 Southern League All-Star Game, right in the confines of their own Joe Davis Stadium -- Date / Time: Monday, July 12th, Game Time is 6:00 PM Central Coverage: Online audio coverage with Chad, Aaron, Connor and the rest of the Stars' broadcast team Stars' Participants: Representing the North Squad, RHP's Amaury Rivas and Michael Bowman; 2B Brett Lawrie is hopefully going to participate as well as he returns from Anaheim and the Futures Game Box Score / Game Log / Gameday: LINK Post-game "Link Report"-style coverage will be within this thread. MiLB.com preview

Rattler Radio Blog: July 12, 2010: Game Notes July 12, 2010: Today's Pitcher July 12, 2010: Lineup Chris Dennis idle as Kentrail Davis requires the DH spot for now

Obviously, we'll fill everyone in on the evening activities later on, but wanted to give folks a proper heads-up on the matinee today.

Wisconsin: RHP Kyle Heckathorn at home vs. Burlington (Royals), 11:45 AM pre-game; 12:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link *** Box Score / Game Log: Wisconsin *** MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 11 5 .688 - - 5-2 6-3 7-3 W3 * Cedar Rapids 9 7 .563 2.0 - 5-2 4-5 6-4 W2 Clinton 9 7 .563 2.0 - 5-4 4-3 5-5 W1 Kane County 9 8 .529 2.5 54 5-3 4-5 7-3 L1 Burlington 8 8 .500 3.0 54 7-2 1-6 6-4 L3 Wisconsin 8 9 .471 3.5 53 6-2 2-7 4-6 W2 Beloit 7 10 .412 4.5 52 5-4 2-6 4-6 L2 Peoria 4 11 .267 6.5 51 2-6 2-5 2-8 L3

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Link while active, text follows: Timber Rattlers' Matt Erickson glad to again meet up with Cecil Cooper By Mike Woods, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE — No two guys were happier to see each other Sunday than Cecil Cooper and Matt Erickson. "We'll always have a special moment together because he was the guy who told me I was getting called up to the big leagues," Erickson said Sunday after Cooper made an appearance during the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers' 4-1 victory over Burlington in Midwest League play on Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. "He was just as happy as I was. Sometimes people fake that kind of stuff but he was genuinely pleased for me. And that means a lot as a player. So I knew, that entire season, he was somebody that was on my side." The year was 2004 and Erickson was the last player sent down on the last day of big-league camp during spring training. He was ticketed for Triple-A Indianapolis, where Cooper was the manager. Prior to Sunday's game, the last time Erickson saw Cooper was early July of 2004. "I remember the game vividly," said Erickson. "We came back from a long road trip, got back in the middle of the night. We didn't do anything on the field the next day. The game went into extra innings and, to be very honest with you, I wasn't very good at the plate that particular game. But I got up with an opportunity to win the game in extra innings and got the game-winning hit that night. I was feeling pretty good and the atmosphere in the clubhouse was pretty excited. But I was just so dang tired I was looking forward to going back to the hotel and getting some sleep. "That's when he called me in his office. He actually said, 'You're not going to believe this. But we had two middle infielders collide in Double-A and we're going to have to send you to Double-A, just for a series or two, until we can get one of the younger guys ready and then you can come back here.' "And this is after I had been in Triple-A for a while and I had no plans of going backward. And I was kind of like 'You've got to be kidding me.' That's when the big smile came over his face. He said 'You're going to get your chance. You're going to Milwaukee tomorrow.' It was a nice moment for both of us. I gave him a hug, said thanks and got out of there." The two embraced again Sunday near the first-base coach's box prior to the game. "I hope he gets another job and gets back in baseball because talking to him today he really wants to get back into it," said Erickson of Cooper, who spent less than three full seasons managing the Houston Astros before being let go in 2009. "Coming to the ballpark today, you could see he was fired up. I hope it works out for him." *** Nice story, more on Cecil Cooper and his visit to Appleton Sunday from the Post-Crescent here and here.

Timber Rattlers report: Wisconsin 4, Burlington 1 Appleton Post-Crescent The Rattlers got what every team wants, good pitching and good hitting. The pitching came from starter Jake Odorizzi, who moved his record to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.86 with a four-hit performance over seven innings. He struck out nine and walked two. "I've been having some pretty good outings lately," said Odorizzi. "The team has been helping me a lot and what's not to be confident about when you've got that? You feel good on the mound and know your defense is going to play good behind you. "I felt like I could throw any pitch for a strike on any count. I just credit the bullpen work and working on the changeup a lot. (Pitching coach Chris) Hook helps me a lot in the bullpen and being precise with it and that's what I'm trying to do out there, be precise.'' Offensively, the Rattlers hit three homers, one by Scooter Gennett and two by Khris Davis, the first Rattler to have a multi-homer game this season. Davis has 15 homers on the year, six shy of the team record shared by Juan Silvestre (1999) and Matt Hagen (2003). "I don't know, this game is weird,'' Davis said of the home run mark. "You're never guaranteed any more. Got to enjoy them while you can.'' Davis went three-for-four on the day to raise his average to .303. "Just trying to get better with the swing, have a better approach, always trying to get good pitches to hit,'' said Davis. "Some days you get mistakes and some days you don't get mistakes. As for being in the zone on a daily basis, I could say I feel pretty comfortable right now and pretty confident.'' He certainly has been against the Bees. On the season, Davis is 26-for-59 (.440) with 14 RBI in 15 games.

General Manager Buck Rogers puts on a fine positive spin on how the focus will be on Huntsville and its residents for the All-Star Game, he realizes that there are things to overcome compared to some of the more glossy Southern League locales. Good for Buck. Here's the audio interview. Keep in mind that the Huntsville media staff will need to meet the demands of all Southern League fans this week, and in that regard, Chad and the staff have put together several additional interviews -- 07/12/10 - All Star Game Interviews - Tom Koehler Interview- Corey Smith Interview- Jim Gallagher Interview- Evan Frey Interview

Full game article from Billings is here, Brewer portiosn excerpted below: *** The Mustangs will send right-hander Daniel Tuttle to the mound Monday. Tuttle is 3-1 with a 3.43 ERA. Helena will counter with Hiram Burgos (2-0, 3.52), who threw seven dominant innings in a win against Billings on July 2. Burgos allowed one run on four hits, struck out eight and didn’t allow a walk in that game. “Last time we faced Burgos he threw a really good game against us,” DeShields said. “We need a good outing from Tuttle to give us a chance to get going.” NOTES: The Brewers have a day off on Tuesday before beginning a seven-game homestand. … The teams combined for 11 base-on-balls. … Helena RP Thomas Keeling suffered through a wild sixth inning during which he walked three hitters and unleashed two wild pitches. Keeling recovered to retire Billings’ last six hitters. … Brewers OF Reggie Keen left the game after he was hit by a Martinez pitch in the ninth. Photo by PAUL RUHTER/Gazette Staff Mustangs base runner Oliver Santon scores as Helena pitcher Thomas Keeling goes up for a ball after throwing a wild pitch during the sixth inning on Sunday. The score gave the Mustangs a 9-4 lead. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/7/11/df2/711df286-8d6b-11df-a9aa-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c3a95c68e8c3.image.jpg

Unfortunately, only video "lowlights" from the Helena loss Sunday evening, but Brewer players and family may recognize themselves amidst the many Billings highligts within this video report from the Billings Gazette.

Just an FYI, but Dylan Covey hasn't signed, so he's not P50 eligible. And yes, look for a new P50 by mid-week the latest.

Jake Odorizzi's last four starts -- 25 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB, 32 K http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

DVR Reminder -- 5:00 PM Central, Futures Game with 2B Brett Lawrie, ESPN2

Check for updated game notes at these links shortly before scheduled game times -- Nashville Media Notes Rattler Radio Blog