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Final: DSL Mariners 4, DSL Brewers 2, completed early after 5 1/2 innings DSL Brewers Box Score There were 11 half-innings played before the rain came, and in six of those frames, a single run was scored, accounting for the final; 18-year-old LH-hitting CF Ruben Sanchez may prove to be a name to remember, he reached all three times up on two singles and a walk, and stole his second base (in five attempts); 3B Allixon Cequea and catcher Carlos Pena had run-scoring doubles; SS Andres Martinez was yanked after striking out to end the Brewer 4th -- you'd have to think that was a disciplinary situation; 18-year-old RHP Jeffrey Saba trying to re-capture his opening start magic -- he's 6'2", 152, wow... DSL Brewers Game Log

Buck Rogers: "I'll take no-brainers for $100, Alex." "The answer is ...Chuckie Caufield." Buzzzzz "Who is the League's Player of the Week?" "Correct." Here's the message from the Southern League Office: Hitter of the Week Chuck Caufield - Huntsville Stars When the Stars came home to Huntsville June 16, they gave the first game to Montgomery, but Chuck Caufield gave the fans quite a show over the next four games. On Thursday, he sent a homerun out of left field in the bottom of the fourth. The next day he came out swinging and brought in an RBI off of his second inning single, then brought in two more teammates with a homerun in the third. He singled in the fifth and doubled in the sixth to send two more to home plate. On June 19, he doubled again in the bottom of the first and tripled off of a fly ball in the fourth for two more RBI. With six total extra-base hits and a .955 slugging percentage for the week, Chuck Caufield sent the Biscuits home dazed and confused. Caufield was born in Ada, Oklahoma and was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006. For the week: At-Bats: 22 Runs: 7 Hits: 10 Runs Batted In: 12 Doubles: 3 Triples: 1 Home Runs: 2 Batting Average: .455 We also will add that Chuckie was on-deck in the bottom of the 8th Saturday night needing a home run to hit for the cycle. He didn't get that at-bat, but both Chuckie and Brett Lawrie were one component away from cycling Saturday night. Congratulations, Chuckie!

Nashville Media Notes Read why the Sounds feel Chase Wright was jobbed.

Link Report Bonus: This kid just won Pitcher of the Week honors in the Midwest League. If I'm the Cubs, I'm doing anything I can to acquire him from the Tigers. You'll see why it would make one of the greatest major league batteries in history.

Usually a 4th outfielder, soon-to-be 27-year-old Chuckie Caufield made use nicely of his extra AB's this past week and parlayed it into Southern League Player of the Week honors. Way to go, congrats.

At Brevard County, the formality of placing OF Logan Schafer on the DL has been done (gone for the season -- foot fracture / hernia surgery), and the Manatees have activated C Michael Roberts from the DL, where he'll fight for time with Anderson De La Rosa and Shawn Zarraga behind the plate, or elsewhere in the field with, among others, Angel Salome.

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 37 31 .544 - - 19-19 18-12 7-3 L1 Iowa 38 32 .543 - - 20-17 18-15 7-3 L1 Memphis 37 32 .536 0.5 75 18-13 19-19 4-6 L1 Nashville 37 32 .536 0.5 75 18-15 19-17 4-6 L1 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Tennessee 42 27 .609 - - 18-17 24-10 6-4 W1 West Tenn 39 30 .565 3.0 E 16-19 23-11 4-6 L2 Chattanooga 33 36 .478 9.0 E 16-17 17-19 7-3 W2 Huntsville 33 37 .471 9.5 E 15-20 18-17 6-4 W4 Carolina 30 39 .435 12.0 E 16-19 14-20 5-5 L2 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Dunedin 39 28 .582 - E 16-16 23-12 5-5 L2 Tampa 35 30 .538 3.0 E 18-16 17-14 5-5 L2 Clearwater 35 32 .522 4.0 E 20-15 15-17 5-5 W2 Lakeland 35 32 .522 4.0 E 18-16 17-16 3-7 L2 Daytona 33 34 .493 6.0 E 15-21 18-13 7-3 W2 Brevard County 26 40 .394 12.5 E 14-19 12-21 5-5 W2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak * Cedar Rapids 43 25 .632 - - 25-8 18-17 6-4 W2 Quad Cities 40 29 .580 3.5 - 23-11 17-18 6-4 L1 Peoria 38 31 .551 5.5 E 23-11 15-20 6-4 W1 Beloit 37 32 .536 6.5 E 19-16 18-16 8-2 W2 Clinton 37 32 .536 6.5 E 21-15 16-17 4-6 L2 Kane County 32 37 .464 11.5 E 18-16 14-21 5-5 L2 Wisconsin 26 42 .382 17.0 E 13-22 13-20 5-5 W2 Burlington 22 47 .319 21.5 E 10-24 12-23 2-8 L2 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 12 7 .632 - - 9-1 3-6 6-4 L1 DSL Mariners 9 9 .500 2.5 52 6-4 3-5 7-3 W1 DSL Athletics 9 10 .474 3.0 51 5-4 4-6 3-7 L1 DSL Brewers 7 11 .389 4.5 50 5-3 2-8 4-6 W1

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 Helena Arizona Rookie (Maryvale) DSL Brewers

Monday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chuck Lofgren at home vs. Oklahoma City (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: TBD (likely RHP Michael Fiers) at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 6:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: Idle -- All-Star game coverage on Tuesday Helena: RHP Tyler Cravy at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime As of this post, there is no Helena-based audio link available via MiLB.com or the radio station website; will attempt to learn more from Media Relations Director and play-by-play man Steve Wendt this afternoon UPDATE: MiLB.com has now added the Helena audio feed. Live Audio Link Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Indians' complex in Goodyear; games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; never audio for games in this league DSL Brewers: at the DSL Mariners, 9:30 AM

Link while active, text follows: Looking at the Stars at the halfway point Mark McCarter, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, AL. -- Middle of the season and the best that might be said of the Huntsville Stars is they've been barely middle of the road. After Sunday's 4-3 victory over the Montgomery Biscuits, Huntsville's fourth win in a row, the Stars are 33-37 after the first half of the season, the seventh-best record in the 10-team Southern League. There was a marischino cherry topping on this win. It prevented Montgomery from winning the Southern League South division title, some long-awaited revenge after the Biscuits beat Huntsville in the 2006 and 2007 league championship series. Manager Mike Guerrero said the mini-streak will "hopefully that's jump-start us to apply to the second half." Asked for one word to describe the team, he said, "Adjustments." Another word to describe the Stars might be "inconsistent," and to some extent they are entertwined. The nucleus of this team coasted to the first half title in the Class A Florida State League and finished with 79 wins. But the young players have proven the theory that the jump from Class A to Class AA is the biggest in the game. The inconsistency makes Huntsville a tough team to grade. Nonetheless, here's the first-half report card: Offense: C The Stars are batting .262, and despite hitting .278 with runners in scoring position have still left more men on bases than all but one team. There is little power; no one has more than six homers. Brett Lawrie leads the league in hits and triples and is batting .297. Lorenzo Cain is at .320. Defense: C- The Stars often don't make routine plays and they've given up the third-most unearned runs. After being spoiled by great defensive players in past seasons, from the ancient days of shortstop Walt Weiss to the recent vintage of Tony Gwynn Jr. in centerfield, there is no dazzling defender. Starting pitching: C This may be generous, as the current rotation is 20-24 with a 4.31 ERA. One highly frustrating point: Huntsville has yielded 57 first-inning runs, often putting the Stars in an early deficit. Bullpen: B- The closers -- particularly the since-departed Brandon Kintzler -- have been solid, at times superb. However, the middle and long relief corps has been undependable. Huntsville has given up 54 sixth-inning runs -- often the time when a starter is replaced after reaching a pitch limit. Off-the-field: D- They have averaged only 1,616 per game, worst in the Southern League by nearly 400 fewer fans per game than West Tenn. It's still 102 more fans per game than last year, when the Stars failed to even break the six-figure attendance level, when they were 150th among 176 minor league clubs, from Class AAA down to low-A, according to ballparkdigest.com. Team management and ownership have responded to those figures by providing even fewer big-event promotions for fans, like regular fireworks nights, entertainer appearances or corporate events this season. It's a shoestring budget that's become a Catch-22. Not making enough money to bring the extra pizzazz, not enough pizzazz to bring people to the ballpark. There is more cause for optimism for the Stars than the franchise itself. "The guys are starting to act like a team," Guerrero said. "They're working together and pulling each other out. This will be a pretty tough ball club to beat once they've made the adjustments and learned to trust themselves." Huntsville Stars manager Mike Guerrero Photo by Michael Mercier/Huntsville Times http://media.al.com/huntsville-times-sports/photo/guerrero-4jpg-2427aa100050d2c3_large.jpg

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Congratulations to Jason Bourgeois, playing in the major leagues for his hometown Astros after posting monster numbers at AAA Round Rock. We shouldn't get overly dramatic and lament Houston's waiver claim of him last fall, but the right-handed bat would've been helpful during the Adam Stern era in Milwaukee, maybe the difference in a game or two (OK, or one).

Link while active, text follows: Cravy to start Brewers' opener against Missoula tonight By AMBER KUEHN, Helena Independent Record Tyler Cravy will make his first start in a Helena Brewers uniform tonight when the Pioneer League team opens the season and a four-game homestand against Missoula. First pitch is slated for 7:05 Pm (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Field. The team tabbed the 6-foot-3, 180-pound Cravy as the opening night starting pitcher for the Brewers on Saturday. The 20-year-old right-hander spent last season with the Arizona League Brewers after being selected in the 17th round of the 2009 amateur draft. The Osprey, who lost the Pioneer League championship series to Orem last September, will start southpaw Patrick Schuster on the mound. Schuster was a reliever last year for Missoula but didn’t see much action. In five innings, the rookie gave up four hits and two earned runs, but showed promise this year in spring training and was named the opening-day starter earlier this week. Tonight will be his first professional start, something Schuster told the Missoulian he’d been battling for all spring. Cravy, 20, was 2-1 with a 4.45 ERA last year in the Arizona League. He has a lightning quick fastball, as well as a consistent curveball and changeup. Cravy was All-America at Napa Valley College (Calif.) in 2009, after a record-setting season as a starting hurler. He broke the school record for strikeouts, with 110 in just over 90 innings. The opening night promotion is Micro Monday, with deals on select microbrews. Fans will also receive a magnet schedule. Helena also kicked off the season against Missoula last year, winning that opener 10-5. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/9/75/c9c/975c9c40-7cf4-11df-8eda-001cc4c03286-revisions/4c1ef6708e7d2.image.jpg

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. - Caleb Gindl's RBI-single to right field scored the go-ahead run for the Stars, giving them a 4-3 victory over the visiting Montgomery Biscuits and spoiling their first half championship hopes along the way. It took five innings before either team posted a run, with Montgomery (38-30) scoring two in the fifth. John Matulia led off with a double to right and scored on a double by Cody Cipriano. A sac-bunt would advance Cipriano followed by a RBI-single from Emeel Salem to make it 2-0. The Stars (33-37) fought right back and added two of their own in the bottom of the inning with a double by Brett Lawrie to score Sean McCraw. With Lorenzo Cain at the plate, Lawrie stole third and made it home on a throwing error by catcher Nevin Ashley. The Biscuits Matt Fields hit a solo home run off of reliever Mark Willinsky to give them the lead. Lee Haydel started the bottom half of the inning with a single and advanced to third on a throwing error by Capriano. McCraw hit a single to left to score Haydel and tie it up at 3 apiece. Zelous Wheeler opened the Stars seventh with a double to left field. Gindl brought him home with a single to give the Stars the lead 4-3. Unfortunately for the Biscuits, that was the final score and the end of their first half championship hopes as they lost and the Jacksonville Suns won to be crowned South Division First Half Champions. Stars starter Chris Cody threw five innings, giving up two runs on five hits. He walked one and struck out two. Lucas Luetge (1-0) got the win, pitching 1.2 innings of relief, allowing just one hit and two walks. Jim Henderson was credited with his first save of the year, finishing out the game with 1.1 innings. The Stars finished the first half of the season 33-37 and travel to Jacksonville on Tuesday to open a six-game series against the Suns.

Story on the Brewers' 2005 47th round pick, RHP Jay Broughton, who opted for college at the time, and has now found affiliated work with Boston after going the indy route for his introduction to pro ball.

June 20 - Chat with Infielder Johnny Raburn A reminder that Johnny's brother Ryan is with the big-league Tigers; Father's Day thoughts from the dad...

Various updates from Adam McCalvy: Worth noting Pitching prospect Evan Anundsen, sidelined by a strained right shoulder, underwent an MRI scan at Class A Brevard County last week and the Brewers are expecting results by Tuesday, assistant GM Gord Ash said. ... Reliever Mark DiFelice was scheduled to begin a flat-ground throwing program at the Brewers' training facility in Phoenix on Sunday. DiFelice underwent shoulder surgery in December and is expected to miss the entire 2010 season. ... Both of the Brewers' rookie affiliates begin play Monday, with the advanced Helena Brewers scheduled to host Missoula and the Arizona Brewers to play the Indians' affiliate in Goodyear, Ariz. Keep an eye on the Arizona club for 2009 first-round Draft pick Eric Arnett, a right-hander who was demoted last week from Class A Wisconsin. Smith expected back in Nashville

PCL American North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Omaha 37 30 .552 - - 19-19 18-11 7-3 W3 Iowa 38 31 .551 - - 20-16 18-15 8-2 W2 Memphis 37 31 .544 0.5 76 18-12 19-19 5-5 W1 Nashville 37 31 .544 0.5 76 18-14 19-17 5-5 W4 SOU North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Tennessee 41 27 .603 - - 18-17 23-10 6-4 L1 West Tenn 39 30 .565 2.5 E 16-19 23-11 4-6 L2 Chattanooga 33 36 .478 8.5 E 16-17 17-19 7-3 W2 Huntsville 32 37 .464 9.5 E 14-20 18-17 5-5 W3 Carolina 30 38 .441 11.0 E 16-18 14-20 5-5 L1 FSL North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Dunedin 39 28 .582 - - 16-16 23-12 5-5 L2 Tampa 35 30 .538 3.0 E 18-16 17-14 5-5 L2 Clearwater 35 32 .522 4.0 E 20-15 15-17 5-5 W2 Lakeland 35 32 .522 4.0 E 18-16 17-16 3-7 L2 Daytona 33 34 .493 6.0 E 15-21 18-13 7-3 W2 Brevard County 26 40 .394 12.5 E 14-19 12-21 5-5 W2 MID Western Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak Cedar Rapids 42 25 .627 - - 24-8 18-17 6-4 W1 Quad Cities 40 28 .588 2.5 - 23-11 17-17 6-4 W1 Clinton 37 31 .544 5.5 E 21-15 16-16 5-5 L1 Peoria 37 31 .544 5.5 E 22-11 15-20 6-4 L1 Beloit 36 32 .529 6.5 E 18-16 18-16 8-2 W1 Kane County 32 36 .471 10.5 E 18-15 14-21 6-4 L1 Wisconsin 25 42 .373 17.0 E 13-22 12-20 4-6 W1 Burlington 22 46 .324 20.5 E 10-24 12-22 2-8 L1 DSL S.D. North Club W L PCT GB *ELIM # Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Cardinals 12 7 .632 - - 9-1 3-6 6-4 L1 DSL Mariners 9 9 .500 2.5 52 6-4 3-5 7-3 W1 DSL Athletics 9 10 .474 3.0 51 5-4 4-6 3-7 L1 DSL Brewers 7 11 .389 4.5 50 5-3 2-8 4-6 W1

The Nashville staff reminds us that RHP Chris Smith has a few days to decide whether he wants to accept the outright assignment to Nashville. He could choose free agency.

Rattler Radio: June 20, 2010: Game Notes June 20, 2010: Today's Pitchers Maverick Lasker is going to tamdem with Nick Bucci today June 20, 2010: Today's Lineup

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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 (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Wisconsin

Sunday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Waters at home vs. Oklahoma City (Rangers), 1:50 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: LHP Chris Cody at home vs. Montgomery (Rays), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: Idle Wisconsin: RHP Nick Bucci at Kane County (Athletics), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime Live Audio Link DSL Brewers: Idle

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Nashville closer Brandon Kintzler at the June 19th audio link