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Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 33 26 .559 - 16-9 17-17 W3 Nashville 33 26 .559 - 14-12 19-14 W1 Omaha 30 28 .517 2.5 16-19 14-9 L2 Iowa 30 29 .508 3.0 14-15 16-14 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 36 24 .600 - 15-16 21-8 L1 West Tenn 35 24 .593 0.5 13-16 22-8 W1 Huntsville 28 33 .459 8.5 11-19 17-14 W1 Chattanooga 26 33 .441 9.5 16-17 10-16 L1 Carolina 25 35 .417 11.0 11-15 14-20 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunedin 37 24 .607 - 16-16 21-8 W2 Lakeland 33 27 .550 3.5 17-13 16-14 L2 Tampa 32 27 .542 4.0 16-15 16-12 W2 Clearwater 30 31 .492 7.0 15-14 15-17 L9 Daytona 29 32 .475 8.0 11-19 18-13 L1 Brevard County 23 36 .390 13.0 14-19 9-17 W1

Follow Friday'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 DSL Brewers

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Omaha (Royals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Michael Bowman at Carolina (Reds), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: Idle (All-Star Game is Saturday night) Wisconsin: RHP Eric Arnett at home vs. Dayton (Reds), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Cardinals, 9:30 AM

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Just catching up, Cory Provus' interview with Dylan Covey

Link while active, text follows: Jeffress' future with the Milwaukee Brewers depends on strikes Mike Woods, Appleton Post-Crescent The dark clouds that have followed Jeremy Jeffress throughout the past two years arrived here Thursday right about the same time he did. But as he sat in the home dugout and observed the pregame rituals taking place before him on Time Warner Field at Fox Cities Stadium, nothing could change a disposition that was mostly sunny. "It's amazing man," he said, a wide grin emerging as he looked at the players on the field. "I love the game of baseball. Anytime I'm on the diamond, it's a great feeling." Fresh off a 100-game suspension, and a 50-game suspension prior to that for violating the Minor League Drug Treatment and Prevention program — he tested positive three times for marijuana use — it's safe to say Jeffress hasn't felt all that great for quite some time. A team in desperate need of quality pitching, this 22-year-old was expected to deliver. Born with an electric arm, he's able to hit triple digits on the radar gun with his fastball. Entering his senior year in high school in Virginia, he was tabbed the eighth-best prospect by Baseball America and the Brewers grabbed him with the 16th overall pick in the 2006 draft. But his progress and potential have been derailed because of a bad habit and a bad case of immaturity. It was impossible to know what to expect, but as we sat and chatted, there appeared to be no airs with this kid. He seemed to be genuinely remorseful for his past mistakes, took full responsibility, had an easy-going manner about him and a quick smile. Pretty much just a regular guy, with a 100 mph fastball. But he has a whole new outlook on the words strike three. One more failed drug test and he's done, forever. Baseball will impose a lifetime ban. "Ah, man. It's right there. It's so scary," he said. "I don't want to be banned from the game of baseball because I love it too much. I love the atmosphere. I love all the players, the team, the fans, everybody. So it's very scary." While there is some degree of truth to the matter, Jeffress says this is not a case of being scared straight. "I've matured," he said. "I understand the game of baseball. This game waits for no one and I never wanted to hear that and never understood it. I'm trusting myself, I believe in myself and to do what I have to do." The Brewers are banking on that being the case. "I'm hoping it's more the former," Reid Nichols, special assistant to the general manager and director of player development who was on hand Thursday, said of Jeffress' maturity. "But the first (a lifetime ban) will do it to you. When they realize they really want to play baseball and one more strike and you're gone, I think that will have an impact." His time away from the game has been spent seeing counseling, doctors and psychiatrists, all working to get his head on straight. "I had to get my mental toughness back up," he said. "It was pretty hard, I'm not going to lie. It was hard to just stay focused, realize I'm not playing and get my maturity up. And to come back strong. It was pretty hard." And not just on him. "They got pissed, man," he said of his family. "Everybody got pissed. Because they knew the talent I had was going to go to waste if I didn't straighten up. Everybody was pretty mad. But they knew I had the right mind to turn it all around. They trusted me. And I did." The Brewers have made it known they hope Jeffress is able to get his feet firmly on the ground and move through the system quickly, possibly joining the big club by season's end. As part of that process, they have moved Jeffress to the bullpen and he will make his first appearance for the Rattlers on Sunday at Fox Cities Stadium, Nichols said. In essence, the move is being made in part to ensure Jeffress stays busy with the anticipation he will be needed every day. In other words, he'll have a lot less downtime. Whether he stays in that role or returns to a starting role will be determined down the line. Jeffress said he was excited about the move and, let's face it; he's just excited to be back on the diamond. "I've gotten older," he said. "I've matured a lot more, in the game and off the field. I'm just ready to play. It's a lot of time off. I had a whole year and a half practically without playing, touching the baseball. I'm excited to be back." Excited again to throw strike three, and never, ever take it.

WSSP audio interview with Dylan Covey

Congratulations to RHP Michael Fiers, who has been named a replacement all-star for Saturday night's mid-season classic at Space Coast Stadium. He'll join Erik Komatsu, Matt Cline, and Sergio Miranda.

While the ASG is this weekend, I don't believe this marks the reset of the first-half / second-half schedule and standings -- we'll drop a note to the 'Tees front office to confirm. as we're looking forward to resetting that divisional race. Courtesy of Kyle Smith, Manatee GM: The last day of the 1st half is Wed. June 23rd. We hope to be a 2nd half team.

Oh yeah, and Brewerfan interviews via battlekow as well...

Hopkins also becomes one of a small handful of former area high school stars to be drafted - North Attleboro's Allen Ripley (Red Sox), Tom Messier (San Francisco Giants) and Brian Sankey (LA Dodgers); Seekonk High's Sean Smith (Yankees); along with King Philip High's Joe Johnson (Atlanta Braves), Jeff Plympton (Red Sox) and Mike Lyons (Yankees) all receiving calls from major league teams. This is actually pretty cool. First of all, Mansfield, Massachusetts and Bishop Feehan High School are 45 minutes from my home, and should a signing be delayed, I have access to Cape Cod League baseball to watch Hopkins as the Brewers could still negotiate until mid-August. OK, enough about me. I placed Brian Sankey's name in bold above. He is the current Northeast area scout for the Crew, so he is actually working on Hopkins and speaking to him as a local high school alumnus (same town, different high school) who also played pro ball.

Nashville reliever Jeff Bennett at the June 10th audio link Nice interview...

Link Report fans, you're doing yourself a disservice if you're not checking out the three "discussion" threads (broken down by round) over on the Draft Forum. Be sure to head over for each and every web post-draft report and tidbit, all neatly collected for you. All the names you'll be seeing here in ten days, so get familiar now. Plus it's a fun read as you'll find out when you party with the Covey clan.

Final: Bowling Green (Rays) 7, Wisconsin 6, ten innings BOWLING GREEN SNEAKS BY RATTLERS GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Bowling Green Hot Rods beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 7-6 in ten innings on Thursday night. The Hot Rods tied the game with a two-out RBI bunt single in the top of the 9th. The winning run scored from second on an infield single in the top of the tenth. The loss kept the Timber Rattlers winless in seven extra inning games this season. Bowling Green (25-34) scored a run in the first inning. Brett Nommensen grounded into a 6-4-3 double play with runners at the corners and no outs. Rattlers starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi got into trouble in the third inning. He hit the leadoff batter. A walk and a passed ball put runners on the corners with no outs. Robi Estrada singled in a run. Later in the inning, an RBI grounder by Ryan Wiegand gave the Hot Rods a 3-0 lead. Wisconsin struck back in the bottom of the third inning. D'Vontrey Richardson drew a one-out walk. Cutter Dykstra was next and he drove an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall to make the score 3-2. A sacrifice fly by Chris Murrill in the top of the fourth inning put the Hot Rods up by two runs. Bowling Green starting pitcher Aaron Dott pitched five innings and left with that 4-2 lead. He walked three, struck out four, allowed one hit, and was in line for the win. The Green Lake, Wisconsin native would not be involved in the decision. Sloppy defense and clutch hitting in the bottom of the sixth inning put the Timber Rattlers in front in the bottom of the sixth. Scooter Gennett reached on a single, stole second, and went to third on an error. An error on a grounder to first off the bat of Chris Dennis let Gennett score. Cameron Garfield drew a walk to put the lead run on base. Then, Pete Fatse lined out to short. Estrada thought he had a chance to double off Dennis from second to end the inning. Instead, his throw was wild and into right field to allow both runners to get into scoring position. Erik Miller delivered a two-run double to left and the Rattlers went in front 5-4. The Hot Rods tied the game in the top of the seventh inning on a run scoring fielder's choice by Wiegand. Khris Davis untied the game with a leadoff home run in the eighth inning. Davis's eighth homer of the season gave the Rattlers a 6-5 lead. Del Howell, who entered the game in the top of the sixth inning, carried that one run lead into the ninth. Then, the game turned on the Rattlers. Ty Morrison singled to lead off the frame. He stole second to get into scoring position and give him 22 steals on the season. Howell struck out the next batter, but threw a wild pitch to send Morrison to third. Howell recorded another strikeout, his sixth of the game to set a professional high for a single game, to get Wisconsin to within one out of the win. Then, Nommensen dropped a bunt up the third base line on the first pitch of his at bat and just beat the throw to first as Morrison scored the tying run. A similar circumstance led to the winning run in the tenth. Gabe Cohen singled and was sacrificed to second base with reliever Caleb Thielbar on the hill. Thielbar got the second out of the inning on a strikeout. Morrison sent a slow grounder to third. Cohen flashed in front of Dykstra and avoided being hit by the ball. Dykstra's throw to first was not in time to get the speedy Morrison. Cohen never stopped running and would score without a play. Scott Shuman, who struck out the side in order in the bottom of the ninth, retired the side in order in the bottom of the tenth. Gennett sent a deep drive to right to start the inning, but Morrison made the catch with his back to the wall. Shuman struck out the next two batters to end the game. The Timber Rattlers begin a three game series with the Dayton Dragons on Friday night. Eric Arnett (0-6, 7.11) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. The Dragons will counter with Jacob Johnson (2-4, 5.13). Wisconsin Box Score Incredible, you just can't make this stuff up, can you? The Rattlers are building up so much karma for dealing with these situations that a huge second half playoff push just has to await these kids. Disappointing night for Jake Odorizzi, continued strides made by Del Howell; Chris Dennis 4-for-his-last-35, down to .240... Wisconsin Game Log

Final: Huntsville 5, Carolina (Reds) 3 Cody shines as Stars edge MudcatsBy Aaron Morse, Huntsville Stars Chris Cody tossed five strong innings and the Huntsville Stars (28-33) prevailed 5-3 over the Carolina Mudcats (25-35) Thursday night. With one away in the first Lorenzo Cain smacked a double to center off Mudcats’ starter Travis Webb. Caleb Gindl proceeded to wrestle the RBI lead back with a single to center to drive home Cain (audio). After Zelous Wheeler legged out an infield single, Taylor Green doubled in Gindl (audio), putting runners at second and third with only one out. A wild pitch scored Wheeler and the Stars took a 3-0 lead. Steffan Wilson followed with a sacrifice fly (audio). Green crossed the plate and Huntsville had a four-run advantage. Carolina cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame against Cody. With two down, Sean Henry drew a walk. Mike Costanzo followed with a two-run blast (audio) and just like that it was 4-2. After the wild first inning both starters settled down quite nicely. Webb and Cody went five innings each, but Cody got the better of his fellow lefty. Cody only surrendered two hits and two runs. He walked three and struck-out three as well. Meanwhile Webb scattered six hits, giving up all four runs in the first. He walked one and struck-out three. The bullpens took over from there and the Stars were able to add an insurance run in the eighth. Wheeler drew a lead-off walk against Philippe Valiquette. Green grounded out and Wheeler advanced to second. He advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a Wilson ground-out. The Mudcats made one last charge in the bottom of the ninth against Stars’ reliever Eddie Morlan. With two away Devin Mesoraco doubled to left. Dave Sappelt followed that with a double of his own to make the score 5-3. But Morlan struck-out Denis Phipps to end the game (audio) and pick up his first save of the year. Cody (3-6) earned the victory while Webb (2-4) suffered the loss. Jim Henderson worked two scoreless innings and Donovan Hand tossed one as well to pick up holds. Lawrie tallied three hits at the top of the order and Wilson drove in two runs despite going 0-3. Carolina managed only four hits in the contest while the Stars pounded out 11 of their own. Huntsville left seven stranded but still came away with the win. The Stars take on the Mudcats in game two of the five game set Friday night beginning at 6:15 PM central time. Michael Bowman (5-4) will be looking for a team-best sixth win of the year. Huntsville Box Score Interesting organizational night for relievers tonight, spectacular in some spots (like here and in AAA), and struggles in other locales; Brett Lawrie somehow escaped the game summary despite a 3-for-5 night with two doubles -- must have been the pickoff / caught stealing, Brett's now only 12-for-20 in that category; Lorenzo Cain on base four times -- keep driving up the trade value, Corey Hart, a replacement is just about ready; catcher Sean McCraw 2-for-4 in his first action in a week; last-place Mudcats have lost six straight... Huntsville Game Log Nice way to begin a five-game road series -- Huntsville Top 1st Brett Lawrie grounds out, second baseman Jake Kahaulelio to first baseman Eric Eymann. Lorenzo Cain doubles (4) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Dave Sappelt. Caleb Gindl singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Dave Sappelt. Lorenzo Cain scores. Zelous Wheeler singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jake Kahaulelio. Caleb Gindl to 2nd. Taylor Green doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Dave Sappelt. Caleb Gindl scores. Zelous Wheeler to 3rd. With Steffan Wilson batting, wild pitch by Travis Webb, Zelous Wheeler scores. Taylor Green to 3rd. Steffan Wilson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Dave Sappelt. Taylor Green scores. Lee Haydel pops out to second baseman Jake Kahaulelio.

Final: Nashville 6, Omaha (Royals) 4, ten innings Nashville Site Game Summary Katin Delivers Sounds Extra-Inning Win OMAHA, Neb. - Brendan Katin's two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning gave the Nashville Sounds a 6-4 win over the division-rival Omaha Royals on Thursday night at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in the opener of a four-game set. After Sounds left fielder Trent Oeltjen led off the 10th frame with a line drive single to center, Katin belted his sixth homer of the season over the left field wall. All six of Katin's home runs have been hit on the road while three of his long balls have given Nashville the lead this season. (You can listen to Stu's call of Katin's blast via the link just above.) The Sounds (33-26) fourth extra-inning win of the season moved the club to a 14-5 divisional record, the best among the 16 PCL clubs. Five Sounds players recorded multi-hits, while Mat Gamel and Luis Cruz both added three hits in the victory. After an Irving Falu single in the opening frame off starter Chuck Lofgren, Omaha left fielder Alex Gordon crushed a two-run home run to right-center for a 2-0 Royals lead, his 10th long ball of the season. Omaha added another run in the next inning for a 3-0 advantage, as Edwin Bellorin knocked in the next run on a sacrifice fly to left field. The Sounds scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to took a quick 4-3 lead. After an Oletjen double and Katin single, Erick Almonte brought home Oeltjen for the first run with a double to center. Gamel then hit his first Triple-A home run of the season for the Sounds over the left field wall, a three-run shot that put Nashville ahead. The Royals plated one run to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning. With two outs and runners on first and third, Brandon Kintzler came into the contest to relieve Mitch Stetter and gave up an RBI single to pinch hitter Scott Thorman that tied the game at 4-4. Kintzler then induced a groundout to get out of the jam and end the inning. Lofgren picked up the no decision after pitching five innings for the Sounds, surrendering three runs on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Tim Dillard fanned three while giving up one hit over 1 2/3 innings. Kintzler (1-0) picked up his first Triple-A victory, throwing 1 1/3 frames in relief. Jeff Bennett earned his first save after throwing a scoreless 10th inning. Making his second rehab assignment start for the Kansas City Royals as he rebounds from rotator cuff inflammation, Omaha starting pitcher John Parrish threw one inning while striking out one. Philip Humber followed and allowed four runs while scattering nine hits with four strikeouts. Josh Rupe (0-1) took the loss. The Sounds and Royals are scheduled to play at 7:05 PM on Friday evening at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in the second game of a four-game series. Left-hander Chase Wright (4-2, 3.73) takes the mound for the Sounds against Omaha righty Luis Mendoza (3-4, 3.48). Nashville Box Score Fine job by the bullpen (all mentioned above, thank you for thorough game summaries), as Chuck Lofgren only threw 50 of 94 pitches for strikes but managed to get through five innings plus allowing three runs; in four innings, the pen struck out seven and walked none; six players reached at least twice, we'll let you peruse the box score for the pretty, crooked numbers offensively; Mat Gamel a triple shy of the cycle -- I'm now just going to ride him in "Beat the Streak" starting with my choice of him for this game; the Brewers still "own" Brendan Katin through 2011 before he's free -- he just has to pop one up to Bernie's slide some time, right? Nashville Game Log

Final, Game Two: DSL Brewers 4, DSL Athletics 1, eight innings (scheduled for seven) DSL Brewers Game Two Box Score No game log as of this post time for this game... After the teams battled for seven scoreless innings, the DSL Crew utilized extra time to plate four runs in the top of the 8th on two walks and two hits -- 3B Allixon Cequea drove in two; Cequea has been in the system for four years now, signing as a 16-year-old in 2006, he turns 20 this week; Cequea (career stats) has already gone through three heat-filled Maryvale seasons, god bless him; bonus baby CF Jose R. Garcia doubled and singled, and just-turned 18-year-old LF Erickson Salaya was 2-for-3 and also sacrificed; 17-year-old catcher Carlos Pena is channeling fellow backstop George Kottaras, as he walked three times here and is now 5-for-12 with six free passes... Obviously, the pitching was impressive, and it was all 19-year-old RHP Eduard Reyes -- seven shutout innings, three hits, two walks, six K's, nice! The boys did a nice job getting him the win he deserved. No Brewer errors, no wild pitches or passed balls -- yay for fundamentals!

Final, Game One: DSL Athletics 7, DSL Brewers 6 DSL Brewers Game One Box Score 18-year-old RHP Jeffrey Saba couldn't duplicate his sterling June 2nd pro debut, as he was touched for seven hits (all singles though) and five runs, three earned (two of his own errors), in three innings; Saba only walked one and fanned three; fellow 18-year-old's LHP Jose A. Garcia and RHP Jean Capellan followed and walked five of the seven combined batters they faced -- the runs they allowed proved costly as the DSL Crew plated five runs in the 5th and one in the final inning, the 7th, but came up one run short; 1B Hitaniel Arias doubled, singled, and drove in two; RF Jose Pena reached three times and 19-year-old 2B Yonki Hernandez pushed his OBP to .526 with a walk and a HBP -- we can only hope Bob Uecker gets to call Yonki's name at Miller Park some day... DSL Brewers Game One Game Log The two middle relievers who struggled as mentioned above had interesting logs -- read how Garcia minimized his damage, and Capellan made his pro debut by facing two batters to lead off an inning, walking each, and then being puled immediately -- one baserunner eventually scored, so he owns the dreaded infinity ERA for now -- DSL Athletics Bottom 4th Pitcher Change: Jose A. Garcia replaces Jeffrey Saba. Jose Sayegh walks. Luis Osorio walks. Jose Sayegh to 2nd. Gabriel Santana walks. Jose Sayegh to 3rd. Luis Osorio to 2nd. Luis Baez grounds into double play, first baseman Hitaniel Arias to shortstop Andres Martinez to pitcher Jose A. Garcia. Jose Sayegh scores. Luis Osorio to 3rd. Gabriel Santana out at 2nd. Miguel Marte pops out to first baseman Hitaniel Arias. DSL Athletics Bottom 5th Pitcher Change: Jean Capellan replaces Jose A. Garcia. Michael Soto walks. Reynaldo Mateo walks. Michael Soto to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Jose Cepeda replaces Jean Capellan. The five-run rally to make it close -- DSL Brewers Top 5th Ronny Puello flies out to right fielder Charli Blanco. Andres Martinez walks. Juan De Leon singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Andres Martinez to 2nd. Julio Sotelo flies out to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Yonki Hernandez hit by pitch. Andres Martinez to 3rd. Juan De Leon to 2nd. With Allixon Cequea batting, wild pitch by Rene Merestil, Andres Martinez scores. Juan De Leon to 3rd. Yonki Hernandez to 2nd. Allixon Cequea singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Sayegh. Juan De Leon scores. Yonki Hernandez scores. Allixon Cequea to 2nd on the throw. Jose Pena walks. Hitaniel Arias doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Charli Blanco. Allixon Cequea scores. Jose Pena scores. Pitcher Change: Cristhian Perez replaces Rene Merestil. Jose R. Garcia strikes out swinging.

Final: Brevard County 12, Daytona (Cubs) 8 Game Summary from the Daytona Site: Daytona Drops Series Finale 12-8 Cubs Comeback Not Enough By Nathan Moore The Daytona Cubs (29-32) lost 12-8 to the Brevard County Manatees (23-36). The Cubs rallied from seven runs down after the fifth inning, but it wasn't enough to sweep the series. The Manatees struck first in this contest as starter Brooks Raley struggled early. Josh Prince hit a ground ball to Ryan Flaherty to start the game and the shortstop mishandled the ball for a leadoff error. Prince was brought home as Logan Schafer doubled to left-center field and Schafer was the second run plated in the inning as he scored off a ground ball RBI off the bat of Sean Halton. Brevard County did not wait long to add on to their lead. The Manatees came up in the third inning and plated two more runs to extend the lead. A walk to Schafer and a Halton home run scored the runs. This was Halton's fourth long ball of the season (all in his last five games). Daytona finally struck the scoreboard with a single tally in the fourth inning off back to back doubles from D.J. LeMahieu and Flaherty. The RBI double from Flaherty was his 15th double of the season. Manatees' starter Michael Fiers was dominant enough, but got even more run support in the top of the fifth inning. The Cubs had to crack into the bullpen when Raley allowed three of the first four runners to reach base. Marco Carillo in relief for Daytona allowed a two RBI single to Halton scoring Schafer and Prince. The inning was capped on another two RBI single from catcher Anderson De La Rosa to extend the Manatees lead to 8-1. The Cubs would not back down and scored three runs of their own off Manatee reliever Dan Meadows. With two on and one out Flaherty tripled driving in Brett Jackson and LeMahieu. Rebel Ridling added a sacrifice fly to cap off the three-run attack to bring the D-Cubs a little closer at 8-4. Daytona's rally wouldn't stop as they struck for another four runs in the 7th and 8th innings. David Macias grounded out to Manatee second baseman Matt Cline to drive in Smailey Borges in the 7th off Manatees reliever Brandon Ritchie. In the 8th inning off R.J. Seidel the D-Cubs struck again as Ridling added a two RBI double and Borges added a one-out RBI single to tie the game at 8-8. In the top of the ninth inning in an electric packed Jackie Robinson Ballpark, the game suddenly went awry. Chris Siegfried was sent out to preserve the tie ballgame for Daytona, but an early walk, a costly error, and multiple base-runners were too much to handle. Brock Kjeldgaard continued his impressive series plating two more runs in the top of the ninth to give the Manatees the lead right back at 12-8. So the Cubs rallied late, but the bullpen couldn't hold. Siegfried (1-3) took the loss in the ninth innings and Seidel (2-0) picked up the win. Brevard County Box Score We'll get formalities out of the way and indicate that Kentrail Davis hasn't played since June 2nd, despite no DL stint this time around; OK, on to this contest -- on the mound, Michael Fiers flashed dominance indeed, striking out seven and walking none in five two-hit, one-run innings, and new closer Andre Lamontagne continued to impress, up from Wisconsin; the three middle relievers, all mentioned above, combined to allow seven Cub runs in their three innings; Fiers, who will turn 25 on the 15th of this month, now has a 74-to-18 K/BB ratio in 71 innings, with a .207 BAA. I just love the fact the Brewers chose to move him to the rotation this season, and hope he gets a bump to AA soon -- by the way, it's now the All-Star Break for the FSL (game at Space Coast this weeekend)... At the plate, Logan Schafer scored four runs after reaching on two doubles and two walks; Sean Halton drove in five runs as he works to place himself squarely in the future Brewer first base mix discussion; Sergio Miranda doubled among his three base knocks; Brock Kjeldgaard reached base three times, Josh Prince, Juan Sanchez, and Anderson De La Rosa twice each -- Prince added a sac fly; 12 hits, seven walks and two HBP's -- awesome way for the boys to hit the break... While the ASG is this weekend, I don't believe this marks the reset of the first-half / second-half schedule and standings -- we'll drop a note to the 'Tees front office to confirm. as we're looking forward to resetting that divisional race. Brevard County Game Log The boys were 6-for-13 with RISP, which makes for a non-frustrating read...

Rattler Radio: June 10, 2010: Game Notes CHANGES: There were three scoring changes after the games were completed on Wednesday. Scooter Gennett’s infield single in the first inning of game one was switched to an error. In game two, an error on first baseman Ryan Wiegand was switched to a double for Michael Marseco. Also in game two, a double for Ty Morrison was changed to a single and an error. BOWLING GREEN STARTING PITCHER: LHP Aaron Dott was selected in the 31st round by Tampa Bay during the 2009 draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. June 10, 2010: Tonight's starting pitcher June 10, 2010: Lineup Because the grounds crew asked

Washington State 20th round SS Shea Vucinich is the latest name to be placed in bold as signed in our Official Draft Pick & Signing thread.

More on 32nd round pick 1B Jason Rogers Rogers was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and a first-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-American after hitting a school- and conference-record-tying 26 home runs in 2010. He said the Brewers and Cincinnati Reds were the only two teams that showed extensive interest in him, so he wasn't surprise that Milwaukee selected him with the 969th overall pick. Rogers, who still can play one more season at Columbus State University, said he will take his time making a decision about whether to sign or return for his senior year. "I'm really not sure what to do yet," Rogers said. "I'm just going to sit down and talk about it with my family and figure it out."

LINK Ryan Bernal of Florida Atlantic University is close to signing a professional contract. Milwaukee chose the senior righthanded reliever in the 23rd round. Bernal has an appointment set for later Thursday afternoon when he will make it official. Bernal expects to begin his first professional season with the Helena Brewers of the rookie level Pioneer League.

PDF document: Huntsville Media Notes

Surely, especially with so many college picks and the need to field full squads at Helena and Maryvale shortly, the Brewers will announce en masse most of their early signings within a few days. battlekow updated the initial post (players in bold) in our Official Draft Pick Selection / Signing Thread last night with three signings (as of this post) he learned about. Brewerfan Player Index Pages will be in place for all the new signees just as the Pioneer and Arizona Summer Leagues start.