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DSL S.D. North (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak DSL Athletics 6 3 .667 - 3-1 3-2 6-3 W3 DSL Cardinals 5 3 .625 0.5 3-1 2-2 5-3 L1 DSL Brewers 3 4 .429 2.0 2-2 1-2 3-4 L1 DSL Mariners 2 6 .250 3.5 1-3 1-3 2-6 L3

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Cedar Rapids 38 21 .644 - 20-4 18-17 7-3 W2 Quad Cities 34 25 .576 4.0 18-9 16-16 5-5 L3 Clinton 33 26 .559 5.0 18-11 15-15 5-5 W1 Peoria 32 27 .542 6.0 19-8 13-19 5-5 W2 Beloit 29 30 .492 9.0 14-14 15-16 4-6 W1 Kane County 27 33 .450 11.5 15-13 12-20 6-4 L1 Wisconsin 22 37 .373 16.0 13-18 9-19 4-6 W1 Burlington 20 39 .339 18.0 9-18 11-21 3-7 L2

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 32 26 .552 - 15-9 17-17 W2 Nashville 32 26 .552 - 14-12 18-14 L3 Omaha 30 27 .526 1.5 16-18 14-9 L1 Iowa 30 28 .517 2.0 14-15 16-13 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 36 23 .610 - 15-15 21-8 W2 West Tenn 34 24 .586 1.5 13-16 21-8 L1 Huntsville 27 33 .450 9.5 11-19 16-14 L2 Chattanooga 26 32 .448 9.5 16-17 10-15 W4 Carolina 25 34 .424 11.0 11-14 14-20 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunedin 36 24 .600 - 15-16 21-8 W1 Lakeland 33 26 .559 2.5 17-13 16-13 L1 Tampa 31 27 .534 4.0 15-15 16-12 W1 Clearwater 30 30 .500 6.0 15-14 15-16 L8 Daytona 29 31 .483 7.0 11-18 18-13 W4 Brevard County 22 36 .379 13.0 14-19 8-17 L1

Follow Thursday'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 Wisconsin DSL Brewers Game One DSL Brewers Game Two

That's the way to escape the spotlight, Jeremy Jeffress. Possibly make your first appearance in a televised game. Thursday's Rattler game is on Time Warner Sports 32 as follows: Minor League Baseball: Bowling Green Hot Rods @ Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Thursday, June 10: 7-10pm LIVE Saturday, June 12: 12-3pm (repeated) Sunday, June 13: 7-10pm (repeated) *** Also, for folks in the Daytona Beach area, tonight's Manatees game is being broadcast by the BrightHouse Sports Network.

Thursday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chuck Lofgren at Omaha (Royals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: TBD (likely LHP Chris Cody) at Carolina (Reds), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: TBD (likely RHP Trey Watten) at Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Cubs' feed) Wisconsin: RHP Jake Odorizzi at home vs. Bowling Green (Rays), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link DSL Brewers: at the DSL Athletics in what will possibly be a doubleheader to make up for a June 3rd postponement, 9:30 AM

Nick Shaw Tabbed By Brewers In Major League Draft barry.edu/athletics NEW YORK, N.Y.—Nick Shaw became the 15th Barry University (Miami Shores, FL) Buccaneer drafted in the MLB draft going to the Milwaukee Brewers in the 25th round (759th overall) yesterday. “It was a great day, I’ll tell you that,” said Shaw. “It’s been one of my dreams to play professional ball.” The 6-1 senior was a four-year letter winner for the Buccaneers playing at shortstop. For his career, Shaw hit .349 for the Bucs in 744 at bats. He ranks first in Buccaneer history in runs scored (247), walks (215), and double plays turned (125). In addition to the school record, his 215 walks is an NCAA record. “It’s beautiful,” head coach Marc Pavao said. “He’s worked hard at Barry and I know he’s going to be a great professional.” This season, Shaw hit .358 for the year, the fifth highest on the team. He scored 67 runs and drove in 41 RBI with a .954 fielding percentage. For his efforts he earned spots on the Daktronics All-South Second-Team, NCBWA All-South Region second-team, and Rawlings “Gold Glove” South Region honors in addition to being an All-SSC first-teamer. Shaw expects to be assigned to one of the Brewers’ minor league affiliates, either their Arizona Brewers (rookie league) or the Helena Brewers (advanced rookie league). “I talked to the Brewers this morning and I leave Sunday,” said Shaw. “I think the Brewers are a good team. I feel like there’s a lot of room to move up in the system.” “It doesn’t matter what team he plays for.” Pavao said. “It’s great to see a team that believes in his ability the same way we did here.” Nick Shaw will most likely go to one of the Brewers minor league affiliates. Photo by Joel Auerbach. http://www.barry.edu/athletics/images-news/17320___TFMF_i1lqghmmerz4wabbgt0bhl55_499e9a9a-b3b0-4481-81bf-3ed6d7f97551_0___Selected.jpg

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Mentioning this independent league news because it's quite the feat, but now-veteran pro ball OF Cristian Guerrero homered in five consecutive plate appearances in a Northern League doubleheader Wednesday.

To make room for reliever Jeremy Jeffress at Wisconsin, Chris reports that RHP Damon Krestalude has been placed on the seven-day DL, retroactive to June 7th. Hopefully nothing major with Damon, perhaps a chance to rest him a bit.

MiLB.com reports that reliever Brian Bruney has been transferred from extended spring to Nashville. We believe the Sounds will need to announce a corresponding move later today in order to remain at the 24-man AAA roster limit.

For reference going forward, 35th round Arizona high school catcher Taylor Mark is known as "T.C. Mark". 44th round Cal State Long Beach outfielder Thomas Mittelstaedt goes by "T.J. Mittelstaedt ".

Very brief video of University of Houston LHP William Kankel at this KBTX.com link

REMINDER: Brief video at the linkWRBL (Columbus, GA) video news report on 32nd round pick 1B Jason Rogers Columbus- Junior first baseman Jason Rogers of the Columbus State University baseball team was drafted on Wednesday in the Major League Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 32nd round. Rogers just completed an outstanding season in 2010 where he was voted the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and was named an All-American by the ABCA and Daktronics. Rogers has a year of college eligibility remaining and will have to make a decision to remain in college or sign a professional contract. “I am very happy for Jason and believe he is certainly deserving of being selected in the MLB draft,“ says Head Coach Greg Appleton. “We would love to have Jason back next year but I think he is probably leaning towards getting started on his professional career.“ Rogers tied the Columbus State and Peach Belt Conference marks for homeruns in a single season with 26 in 2010. He set a new CSU mark with 46 extra-base hits in a season (26 HR, 18 2b, 2 3b), and narrowly missed the CSU record for RBI in a season with 86 (the record is 89 by Rodney Rutherford in 2007). He also set a new mark for slugging percentage in a season with a phenomenal mark of .869, breaking a 23-year-old record set by CSU Hall of Fame member Chip Duncan in 1987, and also for total bases in a season with 193.

LSU's Jones and Dishon drafted By Glenn Guilbeau, gannett.com BATON ROUGE — Chad Jones was chosen for the third time on Wednesday on the final day of the Major League Baseball Draft. Jones, a former safety on the LSU football team as well as a former relief pitcher and outfielder on the baseball team, was selected in the 50th and final round by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 1,509th selection. Jones did not play baseball this past season since he put his name in for the NFL Draft last January a year early as a junior, and he was picked in the third round by the New York Giants. His plan is to play for the Giants. After his senior year of high school at Southern Lab in Baton Rouge, Jones was picked in the 13th round of the MLB Draft in 2007 by the Houston Astros, but he opted to play football and baseball at LSU. He was a member of the Tigers' 2007 national championship football team and LSU's 2009 national championship baseball team. Jones started pitching late in the 2009 season after spring football and compiled a stunning 2.70 ERA in 6 2-3 innings with three walks and seven strikeouts. Playing sparingly in the outfield before spring football, he hit .343 in 35 at-bats with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs. Also drafted Wednesday by Milwaukee was LSU redshirt sophomore outfielder Johnny Dishon of Beaumont, Texas. Dishon went in the 42nd round to the Brewers as 1,269th pick. Dishon hit .213 this season through 14 starts with four home runs, three doubles and one triple. Four juniors from LSU's 2010 team were drafted on Monday and Tuesday — pitcher Anthony Ranaudo in the supplemental first round as the 39th overall pick to Boston, catcher Micah Gibbs in the third round to the Chicago Cubs, outfielder Leon Landry in the third round to the Los Angeles Dodgers and pitcher Austin Ross in the eighth round to Milwaukee. *** Major league draft a quirk-filled event Jason Pugh, Shreveport Times Milwaukee, which has a litany of pitching issues at the big-league level, decided to select LSU's Chad Jones — the same Chad Jones who turned down a million-dollar signing bonus when the Houston Astros drafted him out of Southern Lab three years ago. Jones actually played baseball in college, carving out a remarkable final six weeks of his sophomore season when he became LSU's "Dreadlocks of Doom" — a left-handed specialist who happened to double as a 4.5-second 40-running free safety. Jones figured football was his future this spring and decided to focus on preparing for April's NFL Draft. It turned out to be a prudent decision as the New York Giants selected Jones in the third round.

Sleeper Watch Jeff Sackmann, Hardball Times Eighth round: Austin Ross (RHP - Brewers). By this point in the draft, we're not looking at likely major leaguers any more. But Ross has gotten consistently good results at LSU, where the competition is comparable to (if not better than) what he'll face once he signs. There aren't very many college starters who post a K/BB ratio better than 5-to-1.

The Olympian (WA) Seth Harvey, a 2006 River Ridge grad who just wrapped up his senior season at Washington State, was picked by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 37th round (1,119th overall). Harvey is a right-handed pitcher, and went 3-1 with a 4.88 ERA this spring. He will report to Helena, Mont., home of the Helena Brewers of the Advanced Rookie League, on Sunday. The team’s first game is June 21 against Missoula. “I’m looking forward to living out my dream,” Harvey said. “This is why I play baseball … I’m very excited.”

Just a notation on the Huntsville staff's write-up, technically Josh Butler is no longer on "rehab" starts, he's simply a member of the Stars.

No Manatee game summary posted yet, here is the Daytona site: Cubs Win Streak to Four By Nathan Moore, Daytona Cubs The Daytona Cubs (29-31) took the series opener against the Brevard County Manatees (22-36) Wednesday night 6-2. Brett Jackson drove in five including a grand slam in the second inning. Chris Rusin (2-2) picked up the win with six-plus shutout innings and struck out six. The Manatees wasted no time getting on Cubs starter Chris Rusin. Right fielder Erik Komatsu led off the game with a single to left field. Komatsu advanced to second on an errant throw in from Jose Valdez. The speedy Komatsu then stole second base and scored on a Josh Prince groundout. The Cubs blasted their way to a 4-1 lead in the second inning. Right fielder Kyler Burke led off the frame with a walk and moved all the way to third as designated hitter Smailey Borges roped a double down the line. A one-out walk to Jose Valdez loaded the bases for Junior Lake, but the Cubs shortstop lined out to left field. That brought All-Star center fielder Brett Jackson to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. He promptly sent a Cody Scarpetta offering over the left field wall for the Cubs second grand slam of the year. Jackson now has three home runs on the season. Daytona added another run in the bottom of the fifth inning off Manatees reliever Matt Costello. With two-outs and the bases-loaded again Jackson strolled to the plate and singled to left field to drive Michael Brenly. Jose Valdez was on his way home, but Junior Lake was tagged out at third before Valdez could score to end the inning. Oswaldo Martinez entered the game for the Daytona Cubs in the 9th inning to slam the door, but ran into some trouble late in the inning. Martinez allowed a solo home run to Brock Kjeldgaard to run the score to 6-2. Martinez would eventually strike out the remaining two batters to retire the side and preserve the D-Cubs four game winning streak. Scarpetta (2-7) took the loss and now has lost five starts in a row. The Daytona Cubs will wrap up the series Thursday at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central) at Jackie Robinson Ballpark as the Cubs look for their fifth straight win.

Link while active, text follows: Outfielder Erik Miller helps Timber Rattlers salvage second game of doubleheader with great play By Mike Woods, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE — Erik Miller is more familiar with the lows than the highs in baseball. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers outfielder was off to a good start last season until he took a pitch on the hand that shelved him for several weeks. He returned late in the season, found his groove, and hoped it would propel him to a solid 2010 season. But after playing the first month at high Class A Brevard County, struggles at the plate led to a trip back to Appleton. "Yeah, it seems like there's been a lot of things that haven't gone my way," said Miller. "I have a good, strong faith in Jesus Christ and have a good, positive attitude toward everything. My wife helps me out, gives me encouragement at night when I'm kicking the cat. She keeps me up." With a batting average of .219, that attitude has been needed. More important, it has also helped him not allow his struggles at the plate to carry over into other parts of his game. Take Tuesday, for instance. After the Rattlers were hammered 17-5 by Bowling Green in the first game of a doubleheader on Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium, they looked to be in peril in the second game as the Hot Rods loaded the bases with two out in the top of the fifth. Brett Nommensen then hit a rocket to the gap in right center that Miller was able to track down, reach up and snare for the third out and help preserve a 4-1 win. "I saw it right away," said Miller. "The only thing I was worried about was (D'Vontrey Richardson) coming at me. He's a big boy." The catch saved what could have been an awful day into a decent day. "That play that he made there was a game-saving catch," said Rattlers manager Jeff Isom. "If that falls, they're scoring three runs probably and they're going to have a two-run lead in that situation. He makes a great running catch and puts up a zero. We took that momentum and carried it on through the rest of the game." Miller also went two-for-five in the double header, hitting the ball hard his final three at-bats. "I was encouraged by his last three at-bats today," said Rattlers hitting coach Matt Erickson, who said Miller's problems are part mechanical, part mental. "And he's an athlete. If we can get a little confidence with him between the ears, he's definitely capable." Miller is hoping his on-field life can soon catch up to his off-field happiness. He was married last summer, got his real estate license and sold two homes in his hometown of Phoenix just before he reported for spring training. While baseball is his priority, he's also preparing for the future. "You have to," he said. "You have to have something to fall back on. If you put all your eggs in one basket, you end up getting hurt. Got to be smart about it and you have to have something to fall back on." His goal now is rediscover his stroke and see where that takes him. "They sent me down here to iron things out," he said, "and hopefully I'll get back up there (Brevard County) there by the end of the season."

After cruising through the first 2 innings, Lasker struggled in the 3rd and 5th. Thanks as always for the Link Report assistance, TC07, but I guess I'm struggling with the word struggled here. If you go back and review the two innings you listed, one should have been a 1-2-3 frame, and the other was influenced by defense as well. In each inning, the one hit was a ground ball single. For his outing, Lasker did have eight fly ball outs, but at least three were pop outs. Bucci, Butler, and Scarpetta struggled -- Maverick didn't. Just reaching for bright spots in an incredibly dismal stretch of major and minor league news as of late.

If folks didn't click on the LaPorta link, they may have missed the news that he's back in AAA as of this past week.

Final, Game One: Bowling Green (Rays) 17, Wisconsin 5 HOT RODS SPEED BY RATTLERS GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Bowling Green Hot Rods were rude guests in the first Wisconsin Timber Rattlers home game since May 24. Mark Thomas homered, doubled, and drove in six runs to lead the Hot Rods to a 17-5 win at Time Warner Cable Field. Wisconsin (21-37) scratched out a couple of runs in the bottom of the first inning. A walk to Cutter Dykstra and an infield single by Scooter Gennett put two runners on base. The duo pulled a double steal with Khris Davis at the plate to move up a base. Dykstra would score on a wild pitch. Gennett came in later in the inning on an error. Timber Rattlers starter Nick Bucci got into trouble with two outs in the top of the third inning. Brett Nommenson singled in a runner from second base. Ryan Wiegand followed with a bloop single to left. Then, Thomas drove a 1-2 pitch from Bucci into the Bowling Green bullpen beyond the fence in left-center. The three-run homer put Bowling Green up 4-2. Wisconsin did not threaten to score against Hot Rods starting pitcher Kyle Lobstein again until the bottom of the fifth inning. D'Vontrey Richardson reached on an error and Gennett singled one out later. An error on the play put Richardson on third base. Khris Davis got the Rattlers to within a run on a sacrifice fly. Wisconsin left Gennett stranded and they would get no closer. Bowling Green (24-33) scored six times in the top of the sixth inning against Wisconsin reliever Santo Manzanillo. The first three batters reached on a pair of singles and a walk. Ty Morrison drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run. Chris Murrill followed with an RBI single. After an out was recorded on a force out at the plate, Manzanillo balked to allow Morrison to score. Nommenson concluded the scoring in the inning with a three-run homer to put the Hot Rods up 10-3. Richardson singled to drive in two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and cut into the Bowling Green lead. But, the Hot Rods were not done. They put seven more runs on the board in the top of the seventh. To add insult to injury, all seven runs scored after there were two outs against Wisconsin reliever Jose Sanchez. Murrill singled in the first run. Two more singles loaded the bases. Sanchez walked Ryan Wiegand to force in another run. Thomas cleared the bases with a double. Gabe Cohen doubled in Thomas and chased Sanchez from the game. Julio Cedeno greeted Andy Sauter, the fourth Wisconsin pitcher of the game, with an RBI double to push the final run of the game across the plate. Wisconsin Box Score What a difference that final out of an inning can make in a pitcher's stat line, huh? Nick Bucci's rough outing was exasperated by not being able to escape a 3rd inning two-out situation, and Jose Sanchez's 2nd ever appearance in a Rattlers uniform left him with a 43.50 ERA. First time all season Bucci allowed more than three earned runs in an outing. Cutter Dykstra was an adventure on third base side pop-ups all day with a 24 MPH wind listed on the box score. Chris Mehring pointed out (yes, I listened to much of the carnage) that Cameron Garfield is making strides on cutting down baserunners. Scooter Gennett 2-for-4, seven multiple-hit games in his last ten contests, he's just ridiculous. Wisconsin Play-by-Play Civility prevents me listing the heinous frame details here; on the bright side, nobody had to pitch an 8th or 9th inning...