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The DSL Brewers are actually playing two today, with each team acting as the home team once. Thus, the Link Report thread title has been updated. Wow, double digits...

Luis Cruz thought -- Link to an Alcides Escobar thread on the Major League Forum -- as far-fetched as it seems? Post there if you wish...

26-year-old Luis Cruz (stats) has made 13 errors as the everyday shortstop at AAA Nashville, posting a .761 OPS that is actually slugging heavy and rather "clutch" (.868 OPS with runners on -- 130 AB's). Cruz is already on the 40-man roster; now I'm only tossing this out there as a very "far out there" thought -- but given Escobar's miscues mentally as of late in situational hitting and baserunning as well, could you send Escobar a message and simply swap the two players for a period of time? I doubt you could do so long enough for it to impact Escobar's future arbitration status, but you would be sending a message -- one that probably should have been sent to Carlos Gomez long ago, but that's a discussion for a different thread. Like I said, it's "out there", but have at it...

Technically, by the way, these flights Lorenzo Cain would be making are from / to Oklahoma City, where the Sounds are this week.

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Rattler Radio: LHP Efrain Nieves will be asked to bail out Maverick Lasker's 2nd and 3rd, one-out situation in the 4th July 5, 2010: Game Notes July 5, 2010: Game Two Starting Pitcher

Latest word from the WSSP pre-game is that Yovani Gallardo will not be placed on the DL; Cain is likely headed back to Nashville. While Yovani will miss his next start and the ASG, it appears he may be ready before the Brewers' 6th game after the break, which would be the only reason not to DL him at this point.

Link while active, text follows: Showtime for Dexter Brewers sign North Forsyth graduate By B.J. Corbitt, forsythnews.com (Georgia) Whether he ever pitches an inning in the big leagues, Dexter Bobo is farther along the path than most people will ever be able to claim. Bobo (North Forsyth High School, 2006) signed a free agent contract with the Milwaukee Brewers following this year’s Major League Baseball draft, and is spending the summer in the desert pitching for the National League club’s rookie team. After Bobo failed to get picked up in the draft, one of his college coaches — Georgia Southern assistant Mike Tidick — stepped in to help the 22-year-old pursue his pro ball aspirations. Tidick made a few phone calls on his behalf, Bobo said, ultimately resulting in a contract with Milwaukee. “He basically set everything up for me, made all the phone calls and everything,” Bobo said. Bobo signed with Milwaukee on June 12 and flew out to Arizona the following day. He’s now a lefty reliever on the Brewers’ Rookie League team, the AZL Brewers, located in Phoenix. As part of the Arizona League, the AZL Brewers play all their games against nearby clubs. Bobo said the team doesn’t have to travel more than 45 minutes to get to away games. The Rookie League season is a short one, having started in late June and ending in August. From there, the parent club makes decisions about promoting guys to other minor league clubs within the organization. With the AZL Brewers out to an 8-0 start entering Thursday, Bobo had made two appearances so far, giving up no runs on four hits with six strikeouts in four innings of work. The searing Arizona heat has forced Bobo to make at least one lifestyle change — he’s given up all carbonated drinks to stay hydrated in the desert climate. “Coaches really push us to drink as much water as we can drink,” he said. Bobo has no idea what the future holds for him, but he seems determined to just enjoy the experience. “[i’m] just kind of going with the flow, I guess. I’m out here living the dream,” he said. NOTE: Needs to be interviewed by ESPN Milwaukee's Homer with that line... “It’s an experience. I’m having a lot of fun out here. I’m trying not to take it too seriously. That way I don’t get too worked up if things don’t work out.” Bobo was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 44th round of the 2009 draft, but turned down the offer to return to Georgia Southern for his senior season. He recorded a team-best 10 saves for the Eagles this past season, striking out 36 batters and holding opponents to a .274 batting average in 45.2 innings. He finished his college career ranked fifth in career saves (13) and tied for fifth in single season saves (10) for Georgia Southern. Photo courtesy of SoCon Photos Dexter Bobo prepares to throw a pitch for Georgia Southern University. http://media.morristechnology.com/mediafilesvr/upload/forsythnews/sports/media/sports-bobo2.jpg Photo courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletics Dexter Bobo delivers a pitch for Georgia Southern University last season. The North Forsyth graduate recently signed a free agent contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. http://media.morristechnology.com/mediafilesvr/upload/forsythnews/sports/media/sports-bobo3.jpg

While the Brewers could still overwhelm Daniel Gibson, it's very unlikely: FightinGators.com (University of Florida) 2011 freshman Daniel Gibson will push for innings, and they could come as a midweek starter. The Tampa Jesuit graduate is already on campus. During his junior year of high school, he threw consistently in the upper 80s. He got a jump in his velocity before his senior year, moving consistently into the low 90s. The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Gibson in the 26th round, but he is not expected to sign.

Gomez has two options left. He really needs a wake-up call at Nashville for an extended stay or he'll never apply all the things that coaches have been on him about in his big league days with Minnesota and Milwaukee. Congrats, Lorenzo!

Not sure if it's creative roster juggling or LHP Chris Cody does need some time away, but with the official placement of RHP Michael Fiers on the Huntsville roster, the Stars needed to open up a spot and Cody has been placed on the Temporary Inactve List.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Memphis 46 37 .554 - - 24-16 22-21 7-3 W4 Nashville 44 38 .537 1.5 61 23-18 21-20 5-5 L2 Iowa 43 38 .531 2.0 61 22-21 21-17 5-5 L1 Omaha 43 38 .531 2.0 61 20-20 23-18 4-6 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 9 4 .692 - - 6-1 3-3 6-4 W2 * Tennessee 8 5 .615 1.0 57 5-2 3-3 5-5 W3 Carolina 6 7 .462 3.0 55 4-2 2-5 6-4 L1 Huntsville 5 8 .385 4.0 54 3-3 2-5 3-7 L2 West Tenn 5 8 .385 4.0 54 3-3 2-5 3-7 L3 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tampa 6 1 .857 - - 4-1 2-0 6-1 W5 Daytona 6 4 .600 1.5 61 3-0 3-4 6-4 W1 Clearwater 6 5 .545 2.0 60 5-1 1-4 6-4 L1 Brevard County 4 5 .444 3.0 60 3-2 1-3 4-5 L1 * Dunedin 4 6 .400 3.5 59 3-3 1-3 4-6 L1 Lakeland 2 7 .222 5.0 58 1-2 1-5 2-7 W1 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Burlington 6 4 .600 - - 5-1 1-3 6-4 W6 Clinton 6 4 .600 - - 4-2 2-2 6-4 W1 Quad Cities 6 4 .600 - - 2-2 4-2 6-4 L2 * Cedar Rapids 5 4 .556 0.5 61 2-1 3-3 5-4 W2 Beloit 5 5 .500 1.0 60 3-3 2-2 5-5 W2 Wisconsin 4 5 .444 1.5 60 4-2 0-3 4-5 L3 Kane County 4 6 .400 2.0 59 2-2 2-4 4-6 L1 Peoria 3 7 .300 3.0 58 1-3 2-4 3-7 L3 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 10 4 .714 - - 6-1 4-3 6-4 W1 Great Falls 8 6 .571 2.0 23 3-4 5-2 5-5 W1 Billings 5 9 .357 5.0 20 2-4 3-5 4-6 L1 Missoula 5 9 .357 5.0 20 4-4 1-5 5-5 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 9 2 .818 - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 AZL Dodgers 6 5 .545 3.0 43 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 AZL Reds 6 6 .500 3.5 42 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 AZL Indians 3 9 .250 6.5 39 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 18 13 .581 - - 14-2 4-11 5-5 W1 DSL Mariners 16 15 .516 2.0 40 11-5 5-10 5-5 W2 DSL Athletics 14 16 .467 3.5 39 8-6 6-10 5-5 L4 DSL Brewers 13 17 .433 4.5 38 10-5 3-12 6-4 L1

Jason Bourgeois a quick return to Houston, but more importantly, Michael Brantley set to join Matt LaPorta in Cleveland in a starting role given Shin-Soo Choo's DL stint.

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) Brevard County Game One Brevard County Game Two Wisconsin Completion of Suspended Game Wisconsin Regularly Scheduled Game Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers Game One DSL Brewers Game Two

Monday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Sam Narron at Oklahoma City (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Amaury Rivas at Tennessee (Cubs), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: TBD and TBD (likely RHP's Wily Peralta and R.J. Seidel) in a twinbill at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 4:05 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Sorry, no audio for this doubleheader... Wisconsin: First, it's the completion of Sunday's suspended nine-inning game, then RHP Damon Krestalude starts a seven-inning nightcap at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 5:15 PM pre-game; 5:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Tyler Thornburg at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-giant Giants; 9:00 PM; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM

Nashville diehards can view the entire series in Oklahoma City via a subscription to MiLB.TV.

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July 4th - Stu's Nashville Chat with Manager Don Money Discusses Oeltjen / Cain, the catching situation, the stagnating .500 mark the past couple of months...

Sounds, RedHawks Rained Out On Sunday Nashville Sounds OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Sunday evening's scheduled opener of a four-game series between the Nashville Sounds and Oklahoma City RedHawks at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark was postponed due to rain. The contest will be made up as part of a 5:05 p.m. doubleheader on Tuesday evening. Nashville and Oklahoma City will open their series on Monday night at 7:05 PM. Left-hander Sam Narron (2-3, 3.64) will start the contest for the Sounds to face Oklahoma City right-hander Elizardo Ramirez (4-3, 5.53).

Lucas Luetge relieved Rogers in the sixth and surrendered a run on a bizarre play. With one away Josh Vitters singled and Brandon Guyer doubled. Luetge struck out Nate Sampson, only to have the ball bounce away from Dayton Buller and Vitters came in to make the score 2-0. The Stars argued that the ball had gone off the bat of Sampson to no avail. This is how the Knoxville News described it: Tennessee doubled its lead after an unusual sequence in the sixth. With two in scoring position, Nate Samson failed to check his swing on a breaking ball from Stars lefty reliever Lucas Luetge. Huntsville catcher Dayton Buller couldn't handle the ball in the dirt, and Samson booted the ball on his way to first base. Buller chased the ball down the line, but his throw hit Samson as he reached the bag, allowing Josh Vitters to score from third.

Stars' rally falls short The Huntsville Stars (5-7, 38-44) scored four runs in the seventh inning to draw within one, but left the tying run in scoring position in the ninth as they dropped the series finale to the Chattanooga Lookouts (8-4, 42-40) by a final score of 7-6. The Lookouts got to Michael Bowman in the second inning as Corey Smith led-off with a double; two outs later Jaime Pedroza singled him home. But the Stars bounced back in the bottom of the frame thanks to an unexpected power source. Drew Anderson picked up where he left off on Friday with a single up the middle. Two outs later, Andy Machado crushed a ball over the left field fence for his first homer of the year. The 2-1 lead held up for Bowman (7-7) until the top of the sixth. Trayvon Robinson tied things up with a homer to left but the Lookouts didn’t stop there. One out later Corey Smith reached base on an excuse-me single to shallow right field. Andrew Lambo followed with a double down the left field line to put runners at second and third. Eddie Perez hit a grounder to Steffan Wilson at first; Wilson fired home but Smith beat the tag to give the Lookouts a 3-2 lead. Jaime Pedroza chased Bowman from the game with a single to center, making the score 4-2 Lookouts. Mark Willinsky entered and got the final two outs, but he suffered his own meltdown in the seventh. With one away Robinson got things going again with a single to center. He quickly swiped second base and advanced to third thanks to a low throw into center field from catcher Sean McCraw. Jerry Sands made the play irrelevant by blasting a two-run homer, making the score 6-2 Lookouts. Back-to-back singles from Smith and Lambo were followed by an Eddie Perez RBI double. After Willinsky intentionally walked Jaime Pedroza, Donovan Hand entered the game and coaxed a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning. The 7-2 deficit seemed imposing, but the Stars rallied in the bottom of the frame. Brent Leach had been dominant all night, but he walked Anderson to lead-off the inning. Wilson walked as well and a Lee Haydel bunt moved both runners over 90 feet. Machado struck out and Leach looked like he was going to get out of the inning with no damage. Sean McCraw had different plans. He doubled to deep right-center, scoring both runners to make the score 7-4. Justin Miller entered the game and immediately gave up an RBI single to pinch hitter Taylor Green. The throw to the plate got away from catcher Jessie Mier or else McCraw would have been out at home. Green advanced to second and scored when Caleb Gindl singled after Brett Lawrie had walked. That made the score 7-6 and chased Miller from the game. But the Stars couldn’t put another run across. In the ninth, Machado singled to lead off the inning and McCraw bunted him to second. Unfortunately Taylor Green struck out and Lawrie popped out on a 3-0 pitch to end the game. Huntsville Times: "We just fell short," said Huntsville manager Mike Guerrero, whose team begins a road trip at Tennessee tonight. "We got five runs behind when they scored three in the sixth and three in the seventh. We were able to put together a rally ... (but) it was just one of those games."

Final: Tennessee (Cubs) 6, Huntsville 4 Stars fall victim to walk-off blast on Independence Day By Aaron Morse, Huntsville Stars Robinson Chirinos hit a three-run homer off Eddie Morlan in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Tennessee Smokies (8-5, 50-32) to a 6-3 win over the Huntsville Stars (5-8, 38-45) on Independence Day. It was the Smokies who got on the board first when Stars’ starter Mark Rogers struggled with his control in the first inning. The hard-throwing right hander walked the first two batters of the game before bouncing back to strike-out Matthew Spencer. A wild pitch moved both runners up 90 feet and Stars’ killer Blake Lalli singled to left to score Tony Campana (audio). Rogers settled down despite walking another batter in the first and five in the game. The Lalli single would be the only offense the Smokies could muster as he went five innings, giving up the lone run and striking out six. Lucas Luetge relieved Rogers in the sixth and surrendered a run on a bizarre play. With one away Josh Vitters singled and Brandon Guyer doubled. Luetge struck out Nate Sampson, only to have the ball bounce away from Dayton Buller and Vitters came in to make the score 2-0. The Stars argued that the ball had gone off the bat of Sampson to no avail. Tony Thomas gave Tennessee some insurance with a solo blast to lead-off the seventh (audio). The Stars mounted a furious rally against reliever Aaron Shafer in the eighth. Back-to-back singles from Caleb Gindl and Zelous Wheeler set up Drew Anderson with a RBI opportunity. The powerful lefty did not disappoint as he doubled to center to score both runners (audio). Taylor Green bunted him to third and Steffan Wilson drove him home with a ground-out (audio). With the game tied, the Stars called upon Morlan who tossed a scoreless eighth. But the ninth inning did not go as well as Tony Thomas doubled with one away. With two away, the Stars walked Lalli to set up a play at any base. The move back-fired when Chirinos went yard to end the game (audio). The Stars will try to even the series as they send Amaury Rivas to the mound Monday night. Join us on the Stars Radio Network beginning at 6:00 PM central time with the Window World Pre-Game Report. Huntsville Box Score 82 pitches, 48 strikes for Mark Rogers in his five innings on this 90 degree early evening -- is he still being held back in terms of his full repertoire? Caleb Gindl raking -- third consecutive multi-hit game, double and single, on base four times here with two walks as well; Gindl stole his 5th base in eight attempts -- he was 18-for-22 with Brevard in 2009; Taylor Green with the start at first base, Zelous Wheeler at third, with Juan Sanchez at short; Sanchez is now 1-for-24 at the AA level, so that roster spot swap for Lorenzo Cain wasn't exactly exciting from a Stars' perspective; Brett Lawrie did not start, but went 0-for-2 after coming in on a double switch --sorry, all you Beat the Streak'ers... Huntsville Game Log Stars stranded 10 (1-for-9 with RISP) -- that stat can mis-lead sometimes, as Steffan Wilson's groundout was productive in this game... Rogers walked three in the 1st and saved his own hide on a lineout -- then two more walks in the 5th, but escaped a bases-loaded jam... Tennessee Bottom 1st Tony Campana walks. With Tony Thomas batting, Tony Campana steals (28) 2nd base. Tony Thomas walks. Matthew Spencer strikes out swinging. With Blake Lalli batting, wild pitch by Mark Rogers, Tony Campana to 3rd. Tony Thomas to 2nd. Blake Lalli singles on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel. Tony Campana scores. Tony Thomas to 3rd. Coaching visit to mound. Robinson Chirinos walks. Blake Lalli to 2nd. Josh Vitters lines out to pitcher Mark Rogers. Brandon Guyer strikes out swinging. Tennessee Bottom 3rd Tony Thomas grounds out, third baseman Zelous Wheeler to first baseman Taylor Green. Matthew Spencer strikes out swinging. Blake Lalli walks. Robinson Chirinos walks. Blake Lalli to 2nd. Josh Vitters reaches on force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Juan Sanchez. Blake Lalli to 3rd. Robinson Chirinos to 2nd. Brandon Guyer strikes out swinging.

In progress: Cedar Rapids 4 (and threatening for more), Wisconsin 3, bottom of the 4th in Cedar RapidsRattlers @ Kernels suspended on July 4 By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers game at Cedar Rapids on Sunday has been suspended. A sudden downpour hit the stadium in the bottom of the fourth inning. The grounds crew was unable to get the tarp all the way on the field and the rain made a wreck of the infield between first and second base, the home plate area, and the first baseline. Wisconsin took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. But the Kernels scored a run in the bottom of the third to get on the scoreboard. Cedar Rapids took a 4-3 lead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth and had runners at second and third with one out when the rain hit. Sunday's game will be resumed at that point on Monday evening at 5:35 PM at Perfect Game Field. The game will be played to its conclusion. There will be a 30 minute break. The regularly scheduled game, which is set for seven innings, will be played after the break. Fans may tune in for all of the action on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 5:15 PM. Wisconsin Partial Box Score (no game log) Ten baserunners in 3 1/3 innings for Maverick Lasker -- he'll be on the hook barring a comeback and needs a reliever to pick up that 2nd and 3rd, one-out situation, would have been nice to have Jeremy Jeffress still on the squad for manager Jeff Isom... Still just 18 years old, Angels super-stud Mike Trout (stats) stole his 40th base in 47 attempts; through four trips to the plate, the Rattlers have eight base hits including doubles for Scooter Gennett, Hunter Morris (two RBI), and Chris Dennis (one RBI); D'Vontrey Richardson, Cutter Dykstra and Dennis already each have two hits; the bottom three in the order (Erik Miller, Austin Stockfisch, and Michael Marseco) a combined 0-for-6, which explains only three runs on the board despite the previously mentioned offensive output -- Rattlers have stranded five through four innings...

Final: Helena 6, Missoula (Diamondbacks) 4 Osprey turned away by Brewers, 6-4 Missoula Osprey MISSOULA, MT - Richie Rowland and Roberto Rodriguez each hit home runs, while Rodriguez and Chris Jarrett collected two hits each, but the Missoula Osprey could not generate enough offense to overcome the Helena Brewers in a 6-4 setback on Sunday at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. The Brewers, who lead the Pioneer League's North Division with a 10-4 record, scored twice in the top of the first inning and three more times in the top of the fourth to take a 5-1 lead, then held off the Osprey enough to pick up the win. Sunday's contest had its share of home runs, as both teams hit two roundtrippers each. Rodriguez, who went 2-for-3 in the game, hit a solo shot in the bottom of the second, pulling Missoula (5-9) within 2-1. It answered Shea Vucinich's solo shot in the first for Helena. Greg Hopkins blasted a three-run home run in the top of the fourth off of Sammy De Los Santos - the only runs the Osprey reliever would allow in four innings of work - to stake the Brewers to a four-run lead. However, the Osprey would respond with a solo home run to right-center by Rowland, who extended his current hitting streak to 11 games, in the bottom of the fourth inning, and a two-run fifth, highlighted by back-to-back RBI hits by Adam Eaton, who tripled in a run, and Eric Groff, who also finished the night with two hits. The Osprey were kept in check over the final four innings by the Brewers bullpen. Jimmy Nelson pitched two innings of relief to pick up the win, while Adrian Rosario pitched the final three innings to get the save. The Osprey will host the Brewers in the third of a four-game series on Monday beginning at 7:05 PM (8:05 Central) at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. Right-hander Robby Rowland will get the start for Missoula, while right-hander Tyler Thornburg gets the call for Helena. *** Link while active, text follows: No heroics: Osprey can't come up with timely hits in loss to Helena By TROY WARZOCHA for the Missoulian For the second time in as many days the Missoula Osprey went into the final frame trailing the Helena Brewers, this time however, there would be no late-game heroics for the O's as the Brewers held on for the 6-4 victory on Sunday at Ogren-Allegiance Park. "We missed some stuff," said O's right fielder Roberto Rodriguez. "I got (thrown) out at second - that's not something we're supposed to do, but we played pretty good. We feel good." The loss drops the O's to 5-9 in the Pioneer League's North Division and puts them five games back of the first-place Brewers. Up until the sixth inning, the O's had gone toe-to-toe with the league leaders, and it seemed as if there might be another late rally in their bones. Unfortunately for Missoula, the bats which had put 10 men on through six went ice cold upon the arrival of Helena reliever Adrian Rosario. Rosario subdued the O's offense in dominating fashion, finishing off the last three innings of the game while allowing only one hit and striking out five. The only hit by the O's in the final third of the game came off the bat of Saturday's hero Eric Groff in the form of a leadoff double. Rosario, a 20-year-old righty out of the Dominican Republic, attacked the O's from the outset, getting ahead of nearly every batter he faced. "Their bullpen, they did a good job," said O's manager Hector De La Cruz. For as effective as Rosario was, the O's were also undone by their inability to hit with runners on base. Over the course of the game Missoula went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. By comparison, Helena stranded 13 on base, but converted more times with runners in scoring position. The Brewers' big hit of the night came off the bat of second baseman Greg Hopkins. With two men on in the fourth, Hopkins launched a bomb over the wall in left field. Missoula answered back in the same inning with a Richie Rowland home run, a solo shot. The hit extended Rowland's hit streak to a team-high 11 games. Rodriguez paced the Missoula attack by going 2 for 3 with a solo home run and a stolen base. "I was confident at the plate," Rodriguez said. "I was seeing the ball pretty good. I made good decisions with my swing and that's it". Rodriguez even got into the act in the field, robbing Brewers first baseman Cody Hawn of an extra-base hit with a leaping catch at the wall in the eighth. J.R. Bradley took the loss for the O's. The second-round pick out of Nitro, W.V., pitched two innings, giving up two runs on three hits and three walks. The young hurler has yet to get it going for the O's this season, but De La Cruz knows the potential the 18-year old has. "We're going to take it step-by-step," De La Cruz said. "He's new in our system. We've been trying to get him pitching (more innings) in every outing. He's going to be alright." Despite giving up two runs in two innings of work, Jimmy Nelson got the win for the Brewers. Helena Box Score Jimmy Nelson and Adrian Rosario combined to strike out seven and work a 7-to-0 ground ball ratio in their five innings; Rosario pitched in Maryvale in 2007 as a 17-year-old and improved his control greatly after that first season -- he was with Helena throughout 2009 with a .322 BAA, if he can improve on that, the Brewers may have something; starter Matt Miller's two runs allowed in four innings came on solo home runs... RF Johnny Dishon was 3-for-5 and stole four bases, twice stealing both 2nd and 3rd base after singling -- on each occasion, catcher Tony Pecheck, with walks behind Dishon's base hits, stole second base himself as part of double steals; check out the batting averages at the top of the order for CF Reggie Keen (.412), SS Shea Vucinich (.340), 1B Cody Hawn (.380) and 2B Greg Hopkins (.373) here in the early going; catcher Brent Dean, SS Carlos George still sidelined... Helena Game Log

Manatee Press Release: VIERA, Fla. --- The scheduled game on Sunday, July 4 between the Brevard County Manatees and the Tampa Yankees has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Monday, July 5 beginning at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central); each game will be slated for seven innings.