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Look like Eric Farris' one at-bat with Maryvale may have been a bit of a setback -- Nashville Media Notes -- FARRIS’ SHORT REHAB ASSIGNMENT ENDS: Second baseman Eric Farris, who has been on the Sounds’ disabled list since April 30th due to a knee injury, recently joined the rookie-level Arizona League Brewers for a rehab assignment. However, he was removed from that assignment yesterday after going hitless in his lone plate appearance. Farris remains on the Nashville D.L.

Chad interviews Huntsville OF Lee Haydel

The Fargo-Moorhead (ND) RedHawks have sold the contract of RHP Darren Byrd to the Milwaukee Brewers organization, the independent Northern League club announced. Byrd left the team Saturday and has joined the Brevard County Manatees, the Brewers affiliate in the Florida State League (High-A). Byrd, 23, was 0-2 with a 4.58 ERA in four starts with Fargo-Moorhead this season. He has pitched 19.2 innings and allowed 14 runs (ten earned) on 20 hits. Byrd struck out 18 batters, walked ten and opponents hit .256 against him. The 23-year-old Byrd was drafted by the Phillies in the 18th round of the 2005 draft out of a Florida high school. The starter was released after the 2009 season. He'll be very familiar with the Brevard surroundings, as he made 42 appearances (31 starts) for Clearwater in '08 and '09 combined. Career statistics with the Phillies organization

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Iowa 42 35 .545 - - 22-20 20-15 6-4 W2 Memphis 42 35 .545 - - 21-16 21-19 6-4 W3 Omaha 40 35 .533 1.0 68 19-19 21-16 5-5 L2 Nashville 41 36 .532 1.0 67 20-16 21-20 5-5 W1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 5 1 .833 - - 5-1 0-0 5-1 W2 * Tennessee 4 2 .667 1.0 64 4-2 0-0 4-2 L1 Carolina 2 4 .333 3.0 62 0-0 2-4 2-4 W1 Huntsville 2 4 .333 3.0 62 0-0 2-4 2-4 L3 West Tenn 2 4 .333 3.0 62 0-0 2-4 2-4 L3 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Daytona 3 1 .750 - - 1-0 2-1 3-1 W2 Tampa 3 1 .750 - - 2-1 1-0 3-1 W2 Brevard County 2 2 .500 1.0 66 2-1 0-1 2-2 L1 * Dunedin 2 2 .500 1.0 66 1-2 1-0 2-2 W1 Clearwater 1 3 .250 2.0 65 0-1 1-2 1-3 L2 Lakeland 1 3 .250 2.0 65 0-1 1-2 1-3 L3 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Wisconsin 3 0 1.000 - - 3-0 0-0 3-0 W5 * Cedar Rapids 2 1 .667 1.0 - 0-0 2-1 2-1 W2 Clinton 2 1 .667 1.0 - 2-1 0-0 2-1 W2 Quad Cities 2 1 .667 1.0 - 2-1 0-0 2-1 W2 Beloit 1 2 .333 2.0 67 0-0 1-2 1-2 L2 Kane County 1 2 .333 2.0 67 0-0 1-2 1-2 L2 Peoria 1 2 .333 2.0 67 1-2 0-0 1-2 L2 Burlington 0 3 .000 3.0 66 0-0 0-3 0-3 L5 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 6 1 .857 - - 4-0 2-1 6-1 W2 Great Falls 4 3 .571 2.0 30 1-2 3-1 4-3 L2 Billings 2 5 .286 4.0 28 1-3 1-2 2-5 W1 Missoula 2 5 .286 4.0 28 2-1 0-4 2-5 L1 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 6 0 1.000 - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 W6 AZL Reds 4 2 .667 2.0 49 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 AZL Dodgers 3 3 .500 3.0 48 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 AZL Indians 1 5 .167 5.0 46 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 14 10 .583 - - 11-2 3-8 6-4 W1 DSL Athletics 12 11 .522 1.5 48 7-4 5-7 4-6 W3 DSL Mariners 12 12 .500 2.0 47 7-5 5-7 6-4 L2 DSL Brewers 9 14 .391 4.5 45 7-4 2-10 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) Brevard County Wisconsin 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 home vs. Round Rock (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: RHP Wily Peralta at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Cubs' feed) Wisconsin: RHP Nick Bucci at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Seth Lintz at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Giants' complex in Scottsdale; games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Athletics, 9:30 AM; our spidey-sense tells us that the teams will play two to make up for a June 22nd rainout, we'll see...

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The other game was finally posted -- Final, Game Two: DSL Cardinals 4, DSL Brewers 1 DSL Brewers Box Score RHP Rolando Pascual started and faced 17 batters, walking five of them and hitting another, but managed to get through four innings, allowing only two runs (one earned), with only one strikeout -- to think this is his 5th year in the Brewer chain, well, at least he hasn't quit nor the Brewers on him; Brewer batters also drew five walks but managed only one base hit, a Ronny Puello double... DSL Brewers Game Log

Chris Mehring will be all over this later on, but congrats to outfielder Khris Davis, the Midwest League's Player of the Week.

Link while active, text follows: Brewers post another big win over Voyagers By GEORGE GEISE, Tribune Sports Editor Sunday afternoon's 10-1 loss to the Helena Brewers wasn't exactly a carbon copy of Saturday night's 10-4 defeat against the same opponent, but they sure looked alike to Great Falls manager Chris Cron. The Brewers bashed out 21 hits on Saturday, and they managed "only" 14 on Sunday, including three doubles and a triple. In improving their Pioneer League baseball record to 6-1, manager Joe Ayrault's Brewers once again displayed an uncanny knack of hitting the ball where the Voyagers couldn't quite reach it. Included in Helena's hit total Sunday were two infield hits, a bunt single, and several seeing-eye grounders. "I think what we need is a little luck," said Cron. "The past two games, they (Brewers) seem to find a lot of holes, and that's part of the game. But it would be nice if we were able to find some, too. We hit enough balls hard today to get a few to drop in. But we can't cry in our milk. We'll come back out here tomorrow and keep pressing away." Half of the Brewers' 14 hits came in the second inning against Voyager starter David Holmberg, who yielded five singles, a double and a triple while giving up six runs. The big blast was a two-run single up the middle by Greg Hopkins, who hurt the Voyagers with seven hits the last two games, good for seven runs batted in. The triple by Steve Vucinich and the double by Brent Dean were remarkably similar. On both plays, Great Falls centerfielder Randall Thorpe charged the hard liners and lunged for the ball, but both hits rolled well past the sprawling Thorpe. Cron wasn't about to blame his young outfielder for those mistakes. "It's hard to not like what he did. I like the aggressiveness. I can't take that away from the kid. It just didn't work out, they beat us on those plays. But I can't knock the kid for busting his butt," said Cron The Brewers added one run in the fourth on a double by Cody Hawn, then added three in the eighth as Hawn had a two-run double and Hopkins followed with a run-scoring double just inside the third-base line. The lone Great Falls run came in the fourth as Jeff Tezak, Juan Silverio and Michael Blanke managed singles off Helena starter Hiram Burgos, who gave up only four hits in six-plus innings, striking out nine and walking only one. The game attracted 1,706 fans on a warm afternoon at Centene Stadium on Great Falls Tribune Family Day. "They're gonna be a tough club to beat," predicted Cron, whose team fell to 4-3, two games behind Helena in the Northern Division standings. "Their pitching staff throws strikes. Their starter did a nice job today. We've got to find a way to get over this hump. It's early in the season, and we can't get frustrated over balls not falling in." Helena leadoff hitter Reggie Keen went 4-for-4 and scored three times, giving him six runs scored the past two games. Hawn, Hopkins and Vucinich combined for six hits and seven RBI. Silverio was the only Voyager with two hits.

Daytona Cubs' D.J. LeMahieu throws to first after tagging out Brevard County Manatees' Michael Roberts in the sixth inning Sunday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Daytona News-Journal Photo by David Massey http://www.news-journalonline.com/sports/images/2010/06/28/cubs628.jpg

http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/editorial/images/images/mdControlled/cms/2010/06/28/662335550.jpg JOHN PEMBERTON/The Times-Union The Suns' Greg Burns (left) slides safely into home past the tag of Stars catcher Dayton Buller at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville on Sunday.

Pete Fatse moves up Quick thought from Cory Jennerjohn of the Post-Crescent...

Link while active, text follows: Timber Rattlers continue their resurgence, going 3-0 to start second half of season By Cory Jennerjohn, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE — If the Timber Rattlers want to stay cool, they better keep winning. "Awesome," said catcher Austin Stockfisch, after the Timber Rattlers beat Burlington 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. "Three and oh, you got to love that. We get to wear shorts to the ballpark and it's always good to get off to a great start." Wisconsin finds itself alone in first place in the Western Division of the Midwest League, and as long as it remains there the players are allowed to get some heat relief by wearing shorts up until game time. The Bees didn't get any relief from left-hander Del Howell. The 22-year-old scattered five hits and struck out four over six innings to get his first win as a Timber Rattler. "I had to battle a lot," said the modest southpaw from Alabama. "I didn't have my best stuff, but I had to go out there and compete and I got the win today." That's a little hard to believe, considering he retired 10 of 11 batters from the second through fifth innings, including eight straight. He forced the Bees into six flyouts and seven groundouts. "He did a good job locating his fastball down and when he needed to, he went to his changeup," Rattlers manager Jeff Isom said. "That's his money pitch. When he can get ahead of hitters and use that changeup, which he did in that little streak where he got those guys out in a row, you're going to have some success." Howell mainly came out of the bullpen earlier this season and this is the second straight appearance with at least six innings. After taking a 5-4 loss to Cedar Rapids on May 30 to send his ERA ballooning to 7.27, he has trimmed that number in his last four outings to its current 5.67. "We were just in a really good rhythm the whole game," said Stockfisch, who noted this was his third time catching Howell this season. "We were thinking on the same page and we kind of knew what we wanted to do with each hitter. We just kind of smile after innings like that that go quick." After the Bees tied it in the sixth with a double and a pair of singles, the Timber Rattlers answered in the bottom half to make sure their starter got his first win wearing the maroon and black. "Once we gave up the two runs and they tied the ballgame, it was like a sense of urgency," said Isom on the three runs that came as a result of five straight hits. "And we haven't seen a sense of urgency with this club. That was really great to see. It was like boom, here you go and we put some runs up on the board really quick." Of course, nothing can come close to the motivation of wearing shorts on a 90-degree day. "It's pushing us so far," Stockfisch said. "It's worked for the first few games. Hopefully, that continues and we keep it going."

Discuss in this thread on our Trade Forum if you wish -- Rosenthal: Jays Love Lawrie, Brewers Interested in Jays' Pitching?

Bumping this thread from early April because the prior discussion of players may have relevance -- Ken Rosenthal: Milwaukee Brewers Rumors: Interested in Blue Jays pitchers? Easy to see figure out why Brett Lawrie would interest the Jays...Brett Cecil, no thanks. Shawn Marcum, let's talk...

Posting this here to hopefully give the news a wider audience -- those of us here at Brewerfan can vouch for how well-deserved this award is, as Doug has been a good friend to the site, and his work with the Sounds (and apparently on national projects -- see link) is amazing. Congratulations, Doug! Doug Scopel Wins Minor League News (MLN) 2006 Ralphie Award as PR Director of the Year

This is how Huntsville gets to a full complement of players, via the Huntsville Media Notes -- OF Drew Anderson was activated from the disabled list Saturday. He was placed on the DL back on June 10. In 12 games with Huntsville this year, Anderson is batting .279 (12-for-43) with one home run and six RBI.

Scratch that thought from a couple posts back -- catcher Anderson De La Rosa was needed more in Nashville than Huntsville -- here's why, courtesy of the Sounds' media notes -- MALDONADO TO DISABLED LIST: Catcher Martin Maldonado was placed on the disabled list today after leaving last night’s game in the ninth inning due to a high ankle injury suffered in a home plate collision with Memphis’ Mark Shorey last night. Replacing Maldonado on the Nashville roster, catcher Anderson De La Rosa was promoted from Advanced -A Brevard County, where he hit .203 (38-for-187) with one home run and 21 RBIs in 53 games for the Manatees. Appearing defensively in 44 games at catcher, he ranked second in the FSL throwing out 38% (23 of 60) basestealers and led all catchers with 50 assists. *** Also, may of you are aware of this, but -- DAVIS TRANSFERRED TO WISCONSIN: Left-handed starter Doug Davis has been transferred to Single-A Wisonsin to make his third rehab start on Wednesday. Davis made two rehab starts for Nashville this month, going 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA (1 ER / 8.0 IP) with 12 strikeouts. Wisconsin Press Release: DOUG DAVIS SCHEDULED TO START FOR TIMBER RATTLERS ON JUNE 30 GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that Doug Davis will make a rehabilitation start for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The left-hander will start the game on Wednesday, June 30 when the Rattlers host the Quad Cities River Bandits at 12:05 PM. Davis has not made a major league start since May 10. He has been on the disabled list since doctors diagnosed him with pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart, in mid-May. Davis was 1-4 with a 7.56 ERA in seven starts for the Brewers before going on the DL. Davis has made a pair of rehabilitation starts for the Nashville Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Brewers. In his last start on June 24, Davis pitched five shutout innings, allowed two hits, struck out nine, and picked up the win against the Memphis Redbirds. Tickets are available for all 2010 Timber Rattlers home games and may be purchased one of three ways: On-line at www.timberrattlers.com, over the phone at 800-WI-TIMBER, or in person at the Time Warner Cable Field Box Office.

Wisconsin IF / OF Pete Fatse, just 1-for-his-last-25, certainly has seen his role diminish in recent days. Fatse was just ridiculous throughout April, and saw plenty of time in the Rattler cleanup spot this spring despite his 5'10", 170 lb. frame. In fact, if you added Fatse's OPS for both May (.575) and June's (.407) combined 134 AB's, it wouldn't come close to equaling the 1.182 OPS he posted in the season's first month. To fill a spot at Brevard, the 22-year-old (23 in August) Fatse has been bumped up to the Manatees, where we imagine he'll fill in at a number of spots. Not exactly a reward for recent production, but it makes some sense roster-wise.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 40 34 .541 - - 19-19 21-15 6-4 L1 Iowa 41 35 .539 - - 22-20 19-15 5-5 W1 Memphis 41 35 .539 - - 21-16 20-19 5-5 W2 Nashville 40 35 .533 0.5 69 19-15 21-20 6-4 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Chattanooga 4 1 .800 - - 4-1 0-0 4-1 W1 * Tennessee 4 1 .800 - - 4-1 0-0 4-1 W1 Huntsville 2 3 .400 2.0 64 0-0 2-3 2-3 L2 West Tenn 2 3 .400 2.0 64 0-0 2-3 2-3 L2 Carolina 1 4 .200 3.0 63 0-0 1-4 1-4 L1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Brevard County 2 1 .667 - - 2-1 0-0 2-1 W2 Daytona 2 1 .667 - - 0-0 2-1 2-1 W1 Tampa 2 1 .667 - - 2-1 0-0 2-1 W1 Clearwater 1 2 .333 1.0 67 0-0 1-2 1-2 L1 * Dunedin 1 2 .333 1.0 67 1-2 0-0 1-2 L1 Lakeland 1 2 .333 1.0 67 0-0 1-2 1-2 L2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Wisconsin 2 0 1.000 - - 2-0 0-0 2-0 W4 Beloit 1 1 .500 1.0 - 0-0 1-1 1-1 L1 * Cedar Rapids 1 1 .500 1.0 - 0-0 1-1 1-1 W1 Clinton 1 1 .500 1.0 - 1-1 0-0 1-1 W1 Kane County 1 1 .500 1.0 - 0-0 1-1 1-1 L1 Peoria 1 1 .500 1.0 - 1-1 0-0 1-1 L1 Quad Cities 1 1 .500 1.0 - 1-1 0-0 1-1 W1 Burlington 0 2 .000 2.0 68 0-0 0-2 0-2 L4 PIO North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Helena 5 1 .833 - - 4-0 1-1 5-1 W1 Great Falls 4 2 .667 1.0 32 1-1 3-1 4-2 L1 Missoula 2 4 .333 3.0 30 2-0 0-4 2-4 W2 Billings 1 5 .167 4.0 29 1-3 0-2 1-5 L5 AZL Central Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak AZL Brewers 5 0 1.000 - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 W5 AZL Reds 3 2 .600 2.0 50 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 AZL Dodgers 2 3 .400 3.0 49 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 AZL Indians 1 4 .200 4.0 48 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 13 10 .565 - - 10-2 3-8 5-5 L3 DSL Athletics 12 11 .522 1.0 49 7-4 5-7 4-6 W3 DSL Mariners 12 12 .500 1.5 48 7-5 5-7 6-4 L2 DSL Brewers 9 13 .409 3.5 47 7-4 2-9 4-6 W2

Wait on these links until shortly before game times this evening, then check out the various media notes -- Nashville Media Notes Huntsville Media Notes Rattler Radio

Follow Sunday'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 Completion of Suspended Game (Gameday also available) Nashville Regularly Scheduled Game (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale)

Sunday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: First, it's the completion of Saturday night's suspended nine-inning game, then LHP Chase Wright at home vs. Round Rock (Astros) in a seven-inning nightcap, 4:50 PM pre-game; 5:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Michael Bowman at Jacksonville (Marlins), 1:50 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: LHP Dan Merklinger at Daytona (Cubs), 4:35 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Cubs' feed) Wisconsin: LHP Del Howell at home vs. Burlington (Royals), 12:50 PM pre-game; 1:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: TBD at Great Falls (White Sox), 4:45 PM pre-game; 5:00 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the nine little Indians; games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: Idle