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PDF document: Nashville Media Notes Among the many nuggets worth learning -- Sounds pitchers currently carry a higher average (.250, 8-for-32) than the club’s position players (.249).

Rattler Radio: May 5, 2010: Today's Pitchers *** Also, MiLB.com has never handled the game play-by-play logs very effectively for suspended games. Currently the game log link is useless, it may be fixed by those folks later on. It'll be nice if Gameday ever migrates to A-ball.

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Peoria 17 9 .654 - 13-1 4-8 7-3 W2 Beloit 16 9 .640 0.5 8-5 8-4 8-2 W2 Quad Cities 15 10 .600 1.5 9-4 6-6 4-6 L3 Cedar Rapids 13 13 .500 4.0 9-4 4-9 6-4 L1 Kane County 12 14 .462 5.0 8-4 4-10 5-5 W1 Clinton 11 15 .423 6.0 6-7 5-8 4-6 L2 Burlington 10 16 .385 7.0 6-7 4-9 5-5 L1 Wisconsin 8 16 .333 8.0 5-6 3-10 2-8 L1

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 16 8 .667 - 5-5 11-3 L2 Omaha 13 12 .520 3.5 5-9 8-3 L1 Memphis 11 13 .458 5.0 6-4 5-9 W2 Iowa 10 15 .400 6.5 5-9 5-6 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 18 7 .720 - 6-4 12-3 W1 Huntsville 15 11 .577 3.5 5-6 10-5 L1 Chattanooga 12 13 .480 6.0 8-7 4-6 L1 West Tenn 12 13 .480 6.0 4-10 8-3 W1 Carolina 7 18 .280 11.0 2-8 5-10 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 17 8 .680 - 11-3 6-5 W6 Dunedin 14 11 .560 3.0 5-6 9-5 L2 Tampa 14 12 .538 3.5 8-7 6-5 W2 Lakeland 12 13 .480 5.0 7-6 5-7 W1 Brevard County 10 15 .400 7.0 4-8 6-7 L2 Daytona 9 17 .346 8.5 3-8 6-9 L1

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. Nashville (Gameday also available) Huntsville (Gameday also available) Brevard County Wisconsin Completion of Tuesday's Suspended Game Wisconsin Regularly Scheduled Game

Wednesday's Daily Menu: Again, plenty of audio to bridge the gap to Dodger Stadium... Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chuck Lofgren at Round Rock (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: LHP Chris Cody at home vs. West Tenn (Mariners), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Michael Fiers at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 9:35 AM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: First, it's RHP Kyle Heckathorn at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals) in the completion of Tuesday's suspended game (scoreless, bottom of the 3rd inning), 10:45 AM pre-game; 11:00 gametime; then it's RHP Maverick Lasker in the regularly scheduled nightcap (afternoon-cap?); game one to be played through nine innings, game two through seven frames Live Audio Link

MiLB.com video subscribers can watch the Nashville series in Round Rock this week.

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Planning your Wednesday? Chris and the Rattlers will have the daytime audio to themselves with plenty of innings scheduled at 10:45 AM, although there is also a very early "silent" Brevard box score to follow. We'll have the new Link Report up with a bit of time to spare.

Link while active, text follows: Timber Rattlers starter Arnett does well in rain-shortened outing against Quad Cities By Brett Christopherson, Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE — The gloomy clouds that hovered over Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher Eric Arnett through his previous four outings finally cleared on Tuesday. Then came the rain. "That's kind of just bad luck to finally get a good start, get back on track and the rain cuts us short," the right-hander said after storms suspended the Rattlers' Midwest League game against Quad Cities at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. "But it was good to get out there, at least, and just get back on track to where I was in the past and just keep that rolling here on out." The 22-year-old, rated as one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers minor-league system, was in the midst of his best outing of the season when Mother Nature intervened. He struck out three, walked none, allowed only a second-inning single and needed just 30 pitches in facing the minimum through three innings. Arnett had been knocked around in his past four starts and entered Tuesday's game, which will resume this morning, looking to deflate an 11.25 ERA and having surrendered four homers and 23 hits through 16 innings. So what spurred the turnaround? Conversations with folks like Rattlers pitching coach Chris Hook, Arnett's agent and even the scout who signed him, all passing along the same message. "They said you've just got to go out with that mentality, just that fire-in-your-eye mentality, that you're-better-than-everyone mentality," said Arnett, the Brewers' 2009 first-round draft pick. Arnett admitted to trying to be "too perfect" with his pitches. He attacked the River Bandits by commanding a low-90s fastball with a biting slider and an effective changeup that helped him get ahead of hitters and establish a quick pace. "When he gets ahead with his fastball and he continues to pound it, he's going to have success," Rattlers manager Jeff Isom said. "We also saw a few changeups and sliders that were above average, and that's obviously what Milwaukee saw when they drafted him No. 1. … He's a great arm."

From Brett at the Post-Crescent: Injury update Wisconsin manager Jeff Isom said infielder Joey Paciorek – currently on the disabled list – injured his right throwing hand during a recent batting practice mishap at Beloit. Paciorek was fielding grounders when he was hit on the hand on a liner. It’s unknown how long he’ll be out.

Link while active, text follows: Express have first winning streak of season By Michael Sherfield AMERICAN-STATESMAN CORRESPONDENT T.J. Burton threw only one pitch Tuesday afternoon, but it was the right one at the right time. Defending a 2-1 lead for Round Rock in the seventh inning, Burton threw a fastball to Nashville's Adam Stern, who hit a lazy fly ball to center field to end the threat. The flyout left runners stranded at first and third and kept Express starter Josh Banks in line for the win. Round Rock responded in the bottom of the inning by tacking on four more runs en route to a 6-2 victory that snapped an ugly streak for the Express. Before Tuesday's game at Dell Diamond, the Express were the only team in professional baseball without a winning streak this season. They had to sweat it out in the eighth inning after Burton left for a pinch hitter and Yorman Bazardo took the mound. Nashville scored one run before loading the bases with one out , but a soft grounder started a 1-2-3 double play that retired the side. "That was the big play of the game," Round Rock manager Marc Bombard said. "They picked each other up today." Round Rock's pitchers held the Sounds to two runs despite allowing 10 hits and four walks, while recording just one 1-2-3 inning. With a fastball that never threatened to break 90 mph , Banks controlled the Nashville lineup. After allowing a run in the opening inning, he shut down the Sounds until running into trouble with two outs in the seventh. Chris Shelton and Edwin Maysonet, who was 3 for 3 and scored a first-inning run, provided the pitchers plenty of help, combining for five of the Express' 11 hits. Shelton blew open the game in the seventh with a two-run homer, his third in four games, to make it 6-1. It was the eighth home run in five games for Round Rock, matching the team's total for its first 20 games of the season. "He hung a slider," Shelton said. "We've been unable to get the big knock at times … but I feel like we're really starting to come together and it's starting to show." The Express claimed a second win in a row over a Nashville team that came in with the best record in the Pacific Coast League and an 11-1 record in road games. The Sounds' latest road trip came in the wake of massive flooding in Nashville, caused by storms that rained out two of Nashville's home games against Memphis this past weekend. Sounds manager Don Money said Tuesday that none of his players' homes or families were affected by the flooding. "If we were still there, it would be a distraction, but I don't think it is now," Money said. "We're talking about baseball; this is people's livelihood. I've seen houses floating down the streets."

Sounds handyman Johnny Raburn from the May 4th video link

Latest from Stu: Escaped the floods...but couldn't escape a loss.

Unless you've been sheltered from national news the past few days, you're aware of the deadly and devastating flooding in Nashville -- CNN Report (obviously many other news sources can be referred to) Doug Scopel, the Sounds' Director of Baseball Operations & Communications, was kind enough to answer our inquiry about Greer Stadium. Thanks, Doug. You take care -- wishing the best to the people of Nashville from Brewerfan. *** "We are very fortunate here, Jim. Greer is in really good shape flood-wise, compared with a lot of the other homes, venues, businesses, etc. around town (which you’ve obviously seen or read about in the news). I don’t want it to sound like we weren’t affected at all, because we were. But nowhere near the levels of what people are seeing on the news. Greer is in a location far away from the rising rivers that have caused the majority of the latest flooding and our property line is on a bluff with a railyard below, so water pretty much ran off the field and parking lot areas. Honestly, we could’ve played baseball here last night if the Sounds were home. There’s some general cleanup to be done, of course, but we have no standing water or anything like that." *** The Sounds don't return home until Tuesday the 11th. It seems like getting the fans back in a baseball mood instead of a survival and property-saving mood will be tougher than dealing with specific stadium issues.

Rattler Radio: May 4, 2010: Game Notes May 4, 2010: Tonight's Starting Pitcher May 4, 2010: Rattlers Starting Lineup

Rattler Radio Blog wih the update:Arnett On the (Radio) D-List

Tom Haudricourt will be in Grand Chute tonight to see Eric Arnett pitch, so we can look forward to a report from that game in the Journal. TH on the D-List Tue. 5/4

Recently released infielder Jose Duran has found work with the Grand Prairie (TX) Air Hogs of the independent American Association. We couldn't make up these team monikers.

Recently released infielder Jose Duran has found work with the Grand Prairie (TX) Air Hogs of the independent American Association. We couldn't make up these team monikers.

PDF document: Nashville Media Notes

Nashville Media Notes: ANDERSON RETURNS TO SOUNDS; MACHADO SENT TO HUNTSVILLE: Outfielder Drew Anderson (career stats) signed a minor league contract with the Brewers yesterday and has joined Nashville for the fourth season of his career (2006-07, ‘09). Entering 2010, Anderson carries a .279 career average (127-for-456) with five home runs and 46 RBIs in 129 contests for the Sounds. To make room on the roster for Anderson, infielder Anderson Machado was returned to Double-A Huntsville. Machado did not make an appearance for Nashville during his three days on the roster. *** Welcome back, Drew. Like a comfortable mitt, why you never burn bridges and act like a pro. No word yet on a corresponding roster move for Huntsville to free up room for Machado's return.

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Peoria 16 9 .640 - 12-1 4-8 6-4 W1 Beloit 15 9 .625 0.5 8-5 7-4 8-2 W1 Quad Cities 15 10 .600 1.0 9-4 6-6 4-6 L3 Cedar Rapids 13 12 .520 3.0 9-4 4-8 6-4 W5 Clinton 11 14 .440 5.0 6-6 5-8 4-6 L1 Kane County 11 14 .440 5.0 8-4 3-10 5-5 L4 Burlington 10 15 .400 6.0 6-6 4-9 6-4 W3 Wisconsin 8 16 .333 7.5 5-6 3-10 2-8 L1

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 16 7 .696 - 5-5 11-2 L1 Omaha 13 11 .542 3.5 5-8 8-3 W5 Memphis 10 13 .435 6.0 5-4 5-9 W1 Iowa 10 14 .417 6.5 5-9 5-5 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 18 7 .720 - 6-4 12-3 W1 Huntsville 15 10 .600 3.0 5-5 10-5 W4 Chattanooga 12 13 .480 6.0 8-7 4-6 L1 West Tenn 11 13 .458 6.5 4-10 7-3 L3 Carolina 7 18 .280 11.0 2-8 5-10 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 16 8 .667 - 11-3 5-5 W5 Dunedin 14 10 .583 2.0 5-5 9-5 L1 Tampa 13 12 .520 3.5 8-7 5-5 W1 Lakeland 11 13 .458 5.0 6-6 5-7 L4 Brevard County 10 14 .417 6.0 4-7 6-7 L1 Daytona 9 16 .360 7.5 3-8 6-8 W1

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