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Brevard's Matt Cline, raking this season, was hit by a pitch in both the first and second innings tonight. Unfortunately he had to leave the game after the second plunking.

It's Chris Cody pitching on three days' rest, not Mark Rogers tonight, for Huntsville. Each had started a game in the doubleheader Monday.

PDF document: Huntsville Media Notes

Tom H. had an all-encompassing blog post -- some of these items are being discussed on the Major League Forum, but we'll paste in snippets where convenient depending on the topic: *Many of you asked if anything would happen with catcher Angel Salome, now that Lucroy is no longer with Nashville. I reported a few weeks ago that Salome was assigned to extended spring training to work out some off-field issues regarding his mental preparedness after leaving the Sounds for a period for the birth of a child. Ash said Salome will remain in extended spring training in Phoenix until deemed ready to play. Ash can't say much about Salome's situation because of confidentiality laws. "He's still working on his physical conditioning while addressing his off-field issues," said Ash. "He's not ready (to replace Lucroy) yet. This is much different than having a broken arm and saying you'll be back in 4-6 weeks. We're literally taking this day by day."

Tom H. had an all-encompassing blog post -- some of these items are being discussed on the Major League Forum, but we'll paste in snippets where convenient depending on the topic: *The 100-game suspension of pitching prospect Jeremy Jeffress ends today but he is not ready to be assigned to Class A Brevard County. Jeffress incurred forearm stiffness while pitching in extended spring camp and Ash said he needs another "couple of weeks" to be ready to pitch in games again. "We don't think it's bad," said Ash. "We're just being cautious." Jeffress received the 100-game suspension for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention & Treatment Program a third time. He first received counseling, then a 50-game suspension, then 100 games. One more violation and he gets a lifetime ban. The former first-round draft pick has admitted to testing positive for marijuana.

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes

Chris at the Rattler Radio Blog: Fox 11 had this story on Carlos Gomez and his rehab appearance with the Rattlers. *** What a way to go out. This blog entry about last night's 15 inning game was the final one that Brett Christopherson made as the beat writer of the Timber Rattlers. Brett let Chris know awhile ago that he would soon be promoted at the Post-Crescent. Yesterday was his last official game as the beat writer of the Rattlers. Read more at the "way to go out" link above. Brewerfan echoes that sentiment. Brett's stuff was awesome. Big shoes to fill...

Link Report Bonus: There are host family jewels in the Brewer system, too, from Huntsville to Helena, I'm sure, but treat yourself and read about the recent loss the Indians' organization took. Sweet lady.

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Beloit 25 16 .610 - 13-9 12-7 6-4 W2 Peoria 24 17 .585 1.0 14-5 10-12 5-5 W2 Cedar Rapids 23 17 .575 1.5 14-4 9-13 7-3 W3 Quad Cities 22 18 .550 2.5 12-6 10-12 4-6 L3 Clinton 20 20 .500 4.5 10-9 10-11 7-3 L1 Kane County 20 21 .488 5.0 12-7 8-14 4-6 L2 Burlington 14 25 .359 10.0 8-13 6-12 3-7 W1 Wisconsin 13 27 .325 11.5 9-16 4-11 4-6 L2

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 23 16 .590 - 9-9 14-7 L2 Iowa 21 18 .538 2.0 8-10 13-8 W3 Memphis 21 18 .538 2.0 13-7 8-11 W5 Omaha 18 20 .474 4.5 6-13 12-7 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 25 16 .610 - 10-11 15-5 W1 West Tenn 21 19 .525 3.5 7-13 14-6 L3 Huntsville 21 20 .512 4.0 8-12 13-8 W3 Carolina 19 22 .463 6.0 9-11 10-11 W1 Chattanooga 17 24 .415 8.0 10-11 7-13 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 26 15 .634 - 14-7 12-8 L1 Dunedin 24 17 .585 2.0 9-11 15-6 W2 Lakeland 23 17 .575 2.5 11-9 12-8 W5 Tampa 21 20 .512 5.0 10-11 11-9 W1 Daytona 17 24 .415 9.0 6-13 11-11 W3 Brevard County 16 24 .400 9.5 9-14 7-10 L1

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) Brevard County Wisconsin

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Fresno (Giants), 8:50 PM pre-game; 9:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mark Rogers at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Wily Peralta at Charlotte (Rays), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Stone Crabs' Feed) Wisconsin: RHP Eric Arnett at home vs. Burlington (Royals), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link

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Sounds Site: Getting To Know Chris Waters Do you think the equipment guys ever confuse Chris' gear with that of a fellow lefty starter with the same initials, Chase Wright? Just wondering...

To give Nashville a second catcher behind Ben Johnson, Patrick Arlis makes his always-timely recovery from injury in time to be activated from the Huntsville DL and moved to the Sounds.

First up, Stu on Fresno. More importantly, I now know why I couldn't pull in the Nashville audio last night, as Stu explains. Thought it was my flash player the whole time.

martinezfan (wonder if that dates back to LHP Luis Martinez, remember him?) extends the lead in the Brewerfan sweepstakes with a 16 (and still active) game streak, riding Sergio Miranda to victory Thursday night. He (or she) currently is tied with one other for the second longest active streak in the world, trailing only one 18-game streaker. Current active streak standings nationwide Or maybe it's for this former Brewer, who had a long organizational run. Whatver the case, keep it up, nice job. You know what you're doing. Without media notes or press coverage, fans might not know how ridiculously hot Sergio is -- currently in the midst of a 14-game hit streak. *** Of course, I lost my modest three-gamer when Jonathan Lucroy gets called up in the middle of a game and after only two AB's. I guess I can live with that for Jonathan's sake...

Brett Christopherson's blog post has quotes from Carlos Gomez and much more -- check it out.

Nothing from a Nashville perspective, but these two links representing the Fresno Bee's game coverage will give you a sense of how dominating this 28-12 Grizzlies team has been, and well-positioned to help their San Franciso parent club. And we thought Nashville had been playing well -- now that squad is minus Salome, Farris, Katin, Lucroy, Estrada, Axford, and Braddock. Yikes...

One of the more potentially exciting aspects of Zach Braddock's callup would be if Brandon Kintzler was bumped to AAA, with Nick Green taking over closer duties in Huntsville. Not saying that it will happen, but that it should happen and would be fun (and deserving for Kintzler) if it did.

Amazingly, we're still listening to Chris in Appleton and the Sounds have wrapped up their game in Fresno (a 6-2 loss.) When the original title of this Link Report was "Late Night Audio", it was meant to point us to Stu. Actually, Chad is going strong still (nearly midnight Central Time) thanks to the long delay in Mississippi. What a bizarre night...

Wrigley helps Charlotte outslug Brevard 11-8 By Jonathan Gantt, Charlotte Stone Crabs (so obviously from a Charlotte perspective, that's understandable) PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Henry Wrigley went 5-for-5 at the plate to help the Charlotte Stone Crabs outslug the Brevard County Manatees 11-8 at Charlotte Sports Park on Thursday night. Wrigley enjoyed arguably the best individual single-game performance by a Crabs player with a 5-for-5 night at the plate that left him just a triple short of the cycle. He collected four RBIs and crushed his eighth home run of the season while setting a franchise-high for hits in a game. The Stone Crabs offense set a single-game record for runs in an inning (six in the second) and tied a record most hits in a game this season with 11. Tampa Bay Rays rehabbing outfielder Matt Joyce also went deep with a two-run homer to highlight his 2-for-5 night at the dish. The Crabs (21-19) jumped out to an early lead when Wrigley hit a line drive, RBI-single with two outs to score Tim Beckham from second base. But Brevard answered with three runs in the top of the second with a rally that included two hit batters, a wild pitch, an error, a triple and a single. The Charlotte offense then erupted for a six-run outburst in the bottom of the second inning. Jake Jefferies started the inning with a leadoff single followed by consecutive singles from Matt Hall and Reid Fronk to load the bases. Beckham came through with a two-RBI double down the left field line and then scored on another RBI-single from Wrigley. Joyce then capped the rally with a two-run blast over the right field bullpen to give the Stone Crabs their highest single-inning run output of the season. The Manatees (16-25) could not match that output in the next frame, but they did manage to put another two runs on the board to keep the game within reach when Brock Kjeldgaard knocked an opposite-field, two-run home run off Charlotte starter Richard De Los Santos. The longball was his second of the season and only the third for the Manatees all season long -- until Anderson De La Rosa parked a 1-2 offering from De Los Santos in the visitors bullpen over the left field wall in the top of the fourth. De Los Santos gave up two more singles and a walk before being pulled from the game. Tommy Rafferty stepped into the difficult and gave up a sacrifice fly that tied the game before retiring the next batter to end the inning. The Stone Crabs regained the lead in the bottom of the inning when Wrigley doubled to left, stole third base and scored on a single from Anthony Scelfo. Wrigley then added some insurance in the next frame with a two-run moonshot to left field that nearly left the ballpark. The longball was his eighth of the season. Wrigley picked up his record-setting fifth hit in the bottom of the eighth inning with a double to right-center field that looked like a possible triple off the bat. Isaias Velasquez replaced him at second base as a pinch runner and eventually scored on an RBI double from Jefferies. Rafferty (3-1) pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up one run to earn his third win of the season before giving way to Neil Schenk who pitched two scoreless innings. Zach Quate then closed out the game with a scoreless ninth to earn his fifth save of the season. The teams continue the series at Charlotte Sports Park tomorrow with first pitch at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). Right-hander Chris Andujar (3-1, 2.63) will start for Charlotte against fellow righty Wily Peralta (3-1, 3.38).

On to the 14th, this is a real trip in Appleton. Position player now in to pitch for Peoria. *** Michael Bowman surrenders his first base hit in the 5th vs. Mississippi, Stars up 1-0 on a Chuckie Caufield home run, how about that... *** Nice night for player / coach Anderson De La Rosa for Brevard, but do we have to see him so often? Does Shawn Zarraga have any chance of sticking behind the plate? Matt Cline must be a tremendous story, sitting out a year and just raking now. Glad to see they found a spot for him at short tonight with Mat Gamel starting at third base.

From Huntsville's 11-3 win vs. Tennessee Wednesday night Wheeler 2 RBI Double (2-1) - Errecart RBI (3-1) - Maldonado RBI (4-1) - Periard RBI (5-1) - Cain Homer (6-3) - Wheeler Homer (7-3) - Lawrie Homer (8-3) - Lawrie RBI (11-3) Thanks for posting these, Chad...

Chad interviews Huntsville's Brett Lawrie