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MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Beloit 23 16 .590 - 11-9 12-7 5-5 L1 Quad Cities 22 16 .579 0.5 12-6 10-10 5-5 L1 Peoria 22 17 .564 1.0 14-5 8-12 3-7 L1 Cedar Rapids 21 17 .553 1.5 12-4 9-13 7-3 W1 Clinton 20 19 .513 3.0 10-9 10-10 7-3 W4 Kane County 20 19 .513 3.0 12-7 8-12 6-4 W1 Burlington 13 25 .342 9.5 7-13 6-12 3-7 L2 Wisconsin 13 25 .342 9.5 9-14 4-11 4-6 W2

Follow Wednesday'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. Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin

Third inning mistakes costly in Manatees loss By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees A wild pitch and a throwing error in the third inning proved to be costly as the Brevard County Manatees dropped Tuesday night's game to the Palm Beach Cardinals 6-2 at Space Coast Stadium. The third started with Cardinals left fielder Devin Shepherd led off the third with a triple to right off of Manatees starter Cody Scarpetta. Shepherd then scored on an Oliver Marmol single to put Palm Beach on top 1-0. Following another single and a sacrifice bunt, with runners on second and third with one out, Scarpetta struck out Tony Cruz swinging, but with the third strike being a wild pitch, Cruz reached first and Marmol scored. Cruz then tried to take second and was able to thanks to a throwing error from Scarpetta that scored Jose Garcia to make it 3-0 in favor of Palm Beach. Scarpetta would get into another jam in the fourth as he walked the first two batters, but he was able to retire the side to end the Cardinal threat. Brevard County's offense got going in the bottom of the fourth as Erik Komatsu led off the inning with a single straight up the middle. Kentrail Davis then grounded a ball to third and that went right through Richard Racobaldo's legs as Komatsu hustled to third and Davis beat the throw to second to put runners in scoring position. Sergio Miranda lifted a sacrifice fly to left to drive in Komatsu and cut the lead to 3-1. After Sean Halton lined out, Brock Kjeldgaard walked and Shawn Zarraga got hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. Anderson De La Rosa worked a 2-2 count but flew out to left field to end the inning and leave the bases loaded. Daniel Meadows relieved Scarpetta in the sixth and on his second pitch of the night, Xavier Scruggs hit a bomb over the left field fence to give Palm Beach a 4-1 lead. The Manatees threatened again in the seventh as Zarraga led off the inning with an infield single. De La Rosa then reaches as Zarraga is out at second on a force out. Josh Prince gets on after Jose Garcia can't handle the ball as he was looking for the inning-ending double play. Matt Cline then reaches on a fielder's choice to put runners at first and third with two outs. Komatsu proceeded to single up the middle on a 1-2 pitch, to score De La Rosa and cut the lead in half at 4-2. Matthew Frevert then took the hill for Palm Beach and he hit Davis with a pitch to load the bases. With a chance to tie the game with a hit Miranda grounded out to second to end the inning and leave the bases loaded. Palm Beach would pad their lead to 6-2 in the eighth, with a sacrifice fly from Scruggs and a RBI double off the bat of Thomas Pham. Scarpetta went five innings and allowed three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out six. Meadows pitched the rest of the way as he threw four innings and allowed three runs on four hits, while fanning five. Komatsu and Miranda were the only Manatees to record more than one hit as they each had two. Brevard County and Palm Beach will close out their four-game series on Wednesday night at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central) in Viera. Brevard County starting pitcher Cody Scarpetta threw five innings and allowed three runs on five hits, while striking out six. His wild pitch and throwing error in the third inning led to two runs as the Manatees lost to the Palm Beach Cardinals 6-2 on Tuesday night at Space Coast Stadium. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography) http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2010/05/18/PrOgoWpL.jpg

You have four opportunities to DVR and scout the 14-1 Rattlers victory from Tuesday -- Time Warner Cable Sports 32: Thursday, May 20: 9am-12pm Friday, May 21: 10:30am-1:30pm Saturday, May 22: 12-3pm Sunday, May 23: 7-10pm

Wednesday's Daily Menu: An unusual evening with no minor league audio, but two lunchtime choices prepare us for a re-focus on the big league train wreck (can't look away) tonight... Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle Huntsville: RHP Alex Periard at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 12:45 PM pre-game; 1:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Trey Watten at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Damon Krestalude at home vs. Peoria (Cubs), 11:50 AM pre-game; 12:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link

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Congratulations to "martinezfan" who just tied Kevbo for the longest streak thus far at 14 and has a chance to surpass that today. This is tougher than I'd thought -- my longest streak has been 3! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes LHP Chase Wright back to the rotation, will pitch Friday...

Rattler Radio: May 18, 2010: Game Notes May 18, 2010: Tonight's Pitchers May 18, 2010: Tonight's Lineup Voting starts now for the Fans' Choice Bobblehead giveaway

We'd be remiss if we didn't thank one of our posters, mls4, for his pre-season and in-season updates on the major league side of things. *** Please feel free to bring to our attention in this thread any incorrect links, errors, or omissions. *** Players of particular interest (at least to me http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif): Michael Brantley -- hitting well at AAA for Cleveland, still no power... Hernan Iribarren -- struggling for Texas at AAA Darren Ford -- on the Giants' 40-man, but another tough first-half at AA Omar Aguilar -- Indians' AA -- K's but hits and walks, too Callix Crabbe -- still around, found him struggling at AA for Toronto Rob Bryson -- Check out the 29-to-3 K-to-BB ratio in just 17 innings, now in high-A for Cleveland

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Beloit 22 15 .595 - 10-8 12-7 5-5 L1 Quad Cities 22 15 .595 - 12-6 10-9 6-4 W1 Peoria 22 16 .579 0.5 14-5 8-11 4-6 W1 Cedar Rapids 20 17 .541 2.0 11-4 9-13 7-3 L3 Kane County 19 18 .514 3.0 12-7 7-11 6-4 L1 Clinton 19 19 .500 3.5 10-9 9-10 7-3 W3 Burlington 13 24 .351 9.0 7-12 6-12 3-7 L1 Wisconsin 12 25 .324 10.0 8-14 4-11 3-7 W1

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 23 14 .622 - 9-8 14-6 W1 Iowa 19 18 .514 4.0 7-10 12-8 W1 Memphis 19 18 .514 4.0 12-7 7-11 W3 Omaha 17 19 .472 5.5 6-12 11-7 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 24 14 .632 - 9-11 15-3 W3 West Tenn 21 16 .568 2.5 7-12 14-4 W6 Huntsville 18 20 .474 6.0 6-12 12-8 L3 Carolina 17 20 .459 6.5 8-9 9-11 W5 Chattanooga 16 21 .432 7.5 10-10 6-11 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 24 14 .632 - 14-6 10-8 L1 Dunedin 22 16 .579 2.0 8-10 14-6 W1 Lakeland 20 17 .541 3.5 10-9 10-8 W2 Tampa 20 18 .526 4.0 9-11 11-7 W3 Brevard County 15 22 .405 8.5 8-13 7-9 W1 Daytona 14 24 .368 10.0 4-13 10-11 L3

Follow Tuesday'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

DVR / Watch Live Alert: OK, we remembered to provide the heads-up. When you locals get home this evening, head straight to the DVR so you can tape the game on Time Warner Sports 32 and watch Nick, Del, and the boys...

Turns out Palm Beach only broadcasts occasional home games this season...

Tuesday's Daily Menu: Audio (and TV) choices this evening, following up the big league early game... Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Capuano at home vs. Portland (Padres), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Amaury Rivas at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Cody Scarpetta at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: RHP Nick Bucci at home vs. Peoria (Cubs), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime; LHP Del Howell expected to tandem Live Audio Link

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Frank has now confirmed for us, Josh Butler went the two innings, Dan Merklinger seven. Kudos to both.

Chris' blog: Rattlers at Miller Park Videos

David Weiser's starsboxscore.com Excruciating Chris Errecart lone bright spot for Huntsville The title above says it all as the Stars lose for the 10th time in 13 games.... They were in both games early, and playing more aggressively in Game Two, even had a lead, but Tennessee hitters exploited the Stars' pitching weaknesses, patiently getting what they wanted, and hit balls like they were coming out of rocket launchers....... Ty Wright's home run off Jim Henderson, just off the disabled list, in Game One, came off the lower portion of the scoreboard with a resounding bang........ Jason Vitters' line drive home run off Mark Rogers in the 5th came so quickly off his bat, no one sitting around me saw where it went. Only the reaction of left fielder Brent Brewer gave it away....... In both games, Smokie hitters, 3rd in the SL in home runs and slugging and tops in doubles, were hitting them off the wall, off the base of the wall, over the wall, and a few times when they weren't reaching the wall, they gave Stars outfielders a run to the warning track........ In the dry 78° air on this sunny day, with a west wind blowing about 10 mph or less, the Stars were reaching for distance, too. Caleb Gindl hit his 3rd HR of the year over the 1st wall in right field -- about 348', and in the 2nd inning, Chris Errecart, who went 4-for-5 in the twin bill, blasted one deep to center over all three walls -- a 405' shot or better that tied the game at 2-2....... Rogers, who had trouble finding the plate, threw only six first-pitch strikes in five innings of work. Though he settled down after a 23-pitch 1st inning, he still threw only 54% of his pitches for strikes. Of his three walks, two came on four pitches thrown, another on five. Chris Cody looked like he would have better success in this game than Rogers...... While the Stars gave him an early 2-0 lead on Errecart's double off the center field wall, scoring Zelous Wheeler from first, and Sean McCraw's grounder after a sac bunt moved Errecart to third, Cody had held Tennessee to two-out hits in the 2nd and 3rd........ Cody was throwing strikes and having more success in getting the Smokies to hit the ball on the ground......... Back-to-back home runs by Matt Spencer and Russ Canzler in the 4th changed all that. The momentum of the game swung back to the Smokies. In the 6th, the Smokies drove fans away from the stadium....... Mark Willinsky (2-0, 3.37 in his prior appearances) gave up a long double off the center field wall, a single, a walk, another double to the wall, another single, and hit a batter before getting anyone out. Casey Baron came in, but the damage was done. The Smokies scored six in the 6th, and the Stars were clearly out of this game as well, much to the delight of a couple of very loud, obnoxious middle-aged Tennessee Smokie fans who apparently drove in from Knoxville and brashly cheered for each and every one of their hitters every time they came up, and their pitcher, as well, with every Huntsville at-bat. It got very old. Prior to the start of Game Two, Brewers' minor league farm director Reid Nichols honored Amaury Rivas on the field with the Brewers' pitcher-of-the-month award. Rivas (4-2, 2.23) will start Tuesday's game against Smokies' right-hander Hung-Wen Chen (3-3, 2.95)....... Rivas is 9th among Southern League ERA leaders, and at the risk of jinxing him, has not given up a home run this year......... The Stars are now 1-21 when they score three runs or fewer in a game........ Never in 15 years have seen so many players on the disabled list at once. Taylor Green was placed on the DL, May 13. Lee Haydel is still out, placed on the DL, May 10, after being pulled from a game on the 8th. Steffan Wilson has been on the DL since May 7. Patrick Arlis, who has played just once since coming down from Nashville...... Henderson came off the list today to pitch in Game One, but there are still four other pitchers out -- Evan Anundsen, Brae Wright, Bobby Bramhall, and Rob Wooten (Bramhall and Wooten will miss all of 2010) ....... At various points during the season, pitchers Baron, Willinsky, and Donovan Hand have spent time on the DL, as well as outfielder Lorenzo Cain, who is 2-for-13 since coming off the DL......... Mike McClendon, was promoted to Nashville this past weekend, leaving behind a 0.61 ERA from the bullpen in 14 2/3 innings......... Adam Stern earned himself a promotion to Milwaukee with a .349 start for the Nashville Sounds. The Sounds, by the way, are now charging $3 to park at Greer Stadium (parking had been free in past seasons) and $10 to get into games, up from last year......... Josh Butler and Mat Gamel are doing their rehab assignments at Brevard County.

Link while active, text follows: Elbow injury threw Sounds pitcher a curve By Bryan Mullen, THE TENNESSEAN Chris Capuano is scheduled to pitch tonight for the Nashville Sounds. "Pitch, not throw," Sounds manager Don Money would like to clarify. "Those are completely, 100 percent two different things." Translation: Capuano is a thinking man's player. He has Major League talent and the brain of a scholar. Combine the two and it's no wonder he has been a success most times he steps on the mound. Thing is, the only limitations the 31-year-old lefty has had is actually stepping on the mound. Sandwiched around a 2006 National League All-Star appearance and an 18-win season with Milwaukee in 2005 were two Tommy John surgeries. Now Capuano is trying to stay out of the operating room while trying to get back to the bigs. "I'm still in the getting healthy process," said Capuano, who holds a degree in economics from Duke. "(My) last start, it was just another rung in the ladder to get my arm and my body in shape to be a starting pitcher. Waking up the next day, having my body feel good and having my arm bounce back, that is the thing I'm most happy about right now." His first start with Nashville made him smile, too. After going 2-0 with Brevard County (Class A) earlier this season, he was added to the Sounds roster on May 11. Two days later, he faced Tacoma, threw eight innings of shutout ball, allowed only three hits and two walks and stuck out five. Capuano was on an 85-pitch count but needed only 84 to blank Tacoma. "There weren't a lot of hard hit balls," Money said. "His control and command of his pitches were precise." Well before that start, and even before his breakout season in 2005 with the Brewers, Capuano had to endure his first Tommy John surgery. It took place in 2002 when he was in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. Amazingly, he returned to pitch only 10 months later after some grueling rehab. "I got called to the big leagues for the first time a year to the day that I actually hurt myself," he said. He played in nine games that year before being involved in a trade with Milwaukee. In 2004, he went 6-8 with the Brewers, setting up the best year of his pro career. Capuano went 18-12 in 2005 and became a sensation for Brewers fans. "It just goes to show you, if you stay healthy and you get out there every fifth day, you give yourself an opportunity for good things to happen to you," Capuano said. "2005 just so happened to be a year when I happened to rack up a lot of wins. It was a good year to establish myself." In 2006 he became an All-Star. Although he went 11-12 that year, his innings pitched, ERA, hits allowed and strikeouts were nearly identical. His production slipped in 2007, and then it was revealed during spring training in 2008 that he needed Tommy John surgery again. "What made this last time more difficult is I had this time table in my head about how long it would take to return, but it actually took twice as long," Capuano said. He had recently gotten married to his college sweetheart, Sarah, and Capuano said it helped him get through the tough times. "We actually got a lot of time to spend together," Capuano said. "We were at our home in Arizona where we live and I was rehabbing. Having her there for the support helped me get through that." Now, nearly two years later, Capuano is back on track to return to Milwaukee. A quality start today against Portland will only help. And he has his manager rooting him on as well. "When you win 18 games in the majors, you're doing something right," Money said. "And I give him all the credit in the world for battling back twice."

We'll send a note to the Manatees to confirm -- did MiLB error or Frank, who has put together some nice home contest game stories for the Manatees? Two innings or four innings (quite possible) for Josh Butler in his rehab start (maybe it was three http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)?

Manatees rip 13 hits in win over Cardinals By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees After waiting out a 27 minute rain delay and three scoreless innings, the Brevard County Manatees' bats woke up as they pounded out 13 hits, en route to a 7-2 win over the Palm Beach Cardinals on Monday night at Space Coast Stadium. The Manatees struck first with two on and one out in the bottom of the fourth, as Sean Halton ripped a pitch to left center to score Kentrail Davis, to make it 1-0. Sergio Miranda beat the throw to third and Halton beat the throw to second, to put two runners in scoring position. Brock Kjeldgaard would walk to load the bases. Shawn Zarraga then drilled a pitch deep to the center field wall to score Davis and Miranda, as the Manatees took a 3-0 lead and again put runners on second and third. Brevard County could not capitalize again as Michael Roberts grounded out to third and Josh Prince struck out swinging to end the Manatee threat and leave the two runners stranded in scoring position. Manatees starting pitcher Josh Butler, who is on a rehab assignment from Milwaukee, threw four scoreless innings and allowed two hits. Dan Merklinger relieved Butler in the fifth and after getting Thomas Pham to strikeout looking, he allowed consecutive runners to reach on a single and a walk. Jose Garcia then flew out to center, but Merklinger walked Colt Sedbrook to load the bases with two outs. But Palm Beach would leave them loaded as Tony Cruz grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning. In the bottom of the fifth, a one-out single by Erik Komatsu brought Davis to the plate as he lifted one deep to the center field fence for a triple to score Komatsu and give the Manatees a 4-0 lead. The Cardinals would then bring in Scott McGregor to relieve starter Jared Bradford, but he allowed Miranda to drive in Davis with a single. Two batters later Kjeldgaard reached on a two-out single and that would prove costly as Zarraga ripped a double down the third baseline to score Miranda and Kjeldgaard as Brevard County took control of the game, 7-0. Palm Beach would score once in the seventh and once in the ninth as the Manatees held on for a 7-2 win. Zarraga was 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI. Prince, Komatsu and Miranda had two hits each. Merklinger picked up his second win of the year as he went five innings and allowed two runs on four hits, while walking two and striking out five. Brevard County and Palm Beach will continue its series on Tuesday night at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central) in Viera. Manatees catcher Shawn Zarraga high-fives his teammates as Brevard County defeated Palm Beach 7-2 on Monday night at Space Coast Stadium. Zarraga led the way at the plate for the Manatees going 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI in the win. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography) http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2010/05/17/m36Hnuq8.jpg

Nashville center fielder Josh Anderson left the game at an odd juncture, singling in the 4th inning with one out, and then remaining stranded after a bunt pop-out and a 6-3 groundout. Just something to keep an eye on...

More than usual "graduated" off last year's list -- Among those in affiliated ball in 2009, not in 2010 (dropped off last year's thread): Carlo Alvarado Paul Bako Kevin Barker Chris Barnwell Robinson Cancel Jose Capellan Stephen Chapman Jason Childers Sal Fasano Chad Fox Jerome Gamble Keith Ginter Tony Graffanino Steve Hammond Ben Hendrickson Jorge Julio David Krynzel Andrew Lefave (former batting champ, Ray King trade with Washington, never came back after missing 2009 to injury) Steve Moss Abraham Nunez Tomo Ohka Luis Pena Vince Perkins Ken Ray Patrick Ryan Gary Sheffield Brian Shouse Mel Stocker Julian Tavarez Jason Tyner Javier Valentin Luis Vizcaino David Weathers Brian Wolfe