Jim Goulart

Final: Beloit (Twins) 7, Wisconsin 2 BELOIT BOUNCES RATTLERS By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Beloit Snappers starting pitcher Liam Hendriks finally gave up a run in a Midwest League. But, his offense more than made up for that run by plating seven runs in a 7-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Friday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Reggie Williams drove in four runs for Beloit. Three Snappers pitchers held the red-hot Wisconsin offense to just three hits. Beloit (9-7) immediately jumped on Rattlers starting pitcher Maverick Lasker. The first two batters of the game singled. Then, Steven Liddle doubled in both runners. Lasker hit the next batter, but struck out the next two. However, a wild pitch had moved two more runners into scoring position. Williams singled both runners home for a 4-0 lead before the Rattlers took their turn at the plate. Wisconsin (7-9) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning. Sean Halton doubled to start the inning. A sacrifice bunt moved Halton to third. Carlos George knocked in Halton with an infield grounder. But, the Snappers added to their lead in the top of the third against Lasker. An RBI single by Danny Rams and a sacrifice fly by Williams made the score 6-1. Williams struck again in the fifth inning with an RBI double off reliever Caleb Thielbar. Hendriks allowed his first run of the season when the Rattlers scored in the second. He gave up one hit and struck out six over five innings against a Timber Rattlers team that boasted the best team batting average in the Midwest League at .280 heading into Friday's game. The Australian right-hander has pitched - including Friday night - 22 innings in 2010. Hendriks has allowed one run on seven hits and struck out 26. The Rattlers tallied the last run of the night in the bottom of the seventh inning against Beloit reliever Ben Tootle. Michael Marseco tripled with one out and George knocked him in with an infield grounder. Kyle Heckathorn pitched well again out of the Wisconsin bullpen. Milwaukee's supplemental first round pick from the 2009 draft struck out three, walked two, and allowed one hit over the final three innings. Game two of the series is Saturday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Del Howell (0-1, 18.90) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Daniel Osterbrock (1-1, 3.38) is the scheduled starter for the Snappers. Game time is 1:05 PM. If you can't make it to the game, tune in to AM 1280, WNAM. The Miller Lite Pregame Show starts the broadcast at 12:45 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Kyle Heckathorn's continued strong efforts are very encouraging -- the fact he's in a tandem but not being given starts tells us he's seen as a future reliever but the extra innings at this point are certainly beneficial for the big righty; this is the third affiliate game we've reported on tonight, and we have our first three bases-on-balls, all to Chris Dennis, who continues to shine... Wisconsin Game Log.

Final: Nashville 3, Oklahoma City (Rangers) 0 Nashville Box Score The always detailed Sounds' game summary via their site will be out shortly, but we can tell you that Kameron Loe tossed eight scoreless with no walks, allowing six hits, all singles -- impressive; Chris Smith with a perfect 9th for his sixth save; Loe almost didn't get credit for the win, as the game was scoreless until the bottom of the 8th, when Nashville took advantage of some shoddy Redhawk defense and some very effective "small ball", heck, it was "tiny ball"; SS Luis Cruz, surprisingly not-awful at the plate thus far this April, rewarded with a game in the two-hole in the lineup; if you had a left-to-right set-up of Ray Olmedo, Norris Hopper, and Johnny Raburn in your pre-season Nashville outfield pool for April 23rd, you win! Naturally, those three filled the final three spots in the Sounds order tonight -- Sounds pitching had better continue to shine until this squad gets healthy... Nashville Game Log The winning rally -- Nashville Bottom 8th Joe Koshansky singles on a ground ball to center fielder Craig Gentry. Norris Hopper hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by first baseman Chad Tracy. Joe Koshansky to 2nd. Norris Hopper to 1st. Ray Olmedo singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Derek Holland. Joe Koshansky to 3rd. Norris Hopper to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. John Raburn out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Craig Gentry. Joe Koshansky scores. Eric Farris singles on a fly ball to center fielder Craig Gentry. Norris Hopper to 3rd. Ray Olmedo to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Pedro Strop replaces Derek Holland. Coaching visit to mound. Luis Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brandon Boggs. Norris Hopper scores. Ray Olmedo to 3rd. Eric Farris to 2nd. Adam Heether reaches on fielding error by third baseman Matthew Brown. Ray Olmedo scores. Eric Farris to 3rd. Luis Cruz to 2nd. Erick Almonte grounds into double play, shortstop Esteban German to second baseman Hernan Iribarren to first baseman Chad Tracy. Adam Heether out at 2nd.

As the recaps come in over the next hour or so, we'll detail things for you, but it was a big night for Kameron Loe in Nashville, a not-so-big night for Maverick Lasker for the Rattlers, and 1B Chris Errecart is now pitching for the Stars, which is an indication how things went for Chris Cody and Huntsville.

Final: Brevard County 9, Dunedin (Tigers) 7 Brevard County Box Score Manatees get a confidence boost as they snap a five-game losing streak; tied at four in the top of the 5th, the Brevard boys strung together quite a four-run frame -- Brevard County Top 5th Sergio Miranda triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Sean Shoffit. Erik Komatsu doubles (7) on a fly ball to left fielder Daniel Perales. Sergio Miranda scores. Brock Kjeldgaard grounds out, shortstop Tyler Pastronicky to first baseman Jon Talley. Erik Miller grounds out, second baseman Justin McClanahan to first baseman Jon Talley. Erik Komatsu to 3rd. Juan Sanchez singles on a line drive to center fielder Sean Shoffit. Erik Komatsu scores. Michael Roberts singles on a fly ball to right fielder Welinton Ramirez. Juan Sanchez to 3rd. Shawn Zarraga singles on a fly ball to left fielder Daniel Perales. Juan Sanchez scores. Michael Roberts to 3rd. Matt Cline singles on a ground ball to pitcher Chad Beck. Michael Roberts scores. Matt Cline to 2nd. Shawn Zarraga advances to 3rd, on throwing error by pitcher Chad Beck. Josh Prince grounds out, shortstop Tyler Pastronicky to first baseman Jon Talley. Erik Komatsu went 4-for-5, only a home run shy of a cycle -- Komatsu has 16 hits in his last seven games, with six doubles and a triple! Five other Sea Cows had two hits apiece -- the boys didn't draw a walk all night, but banged out 16 hits; both of Erik Miller's base knocks were doubles; 22-year-old Mike Roberts was behind the plate, we need to see more of that; Shawn Zarraga made his season debut as the designated hitter, 2-for-4 with an RBI; Josh Prince failed to join the party, 0-for-5... On the mound, starter Trey Watten scuffled, allowing seven base hits in 3.1 innings, although two of the four runs he allowed were unearned; lefty Daniel Meadows spared Watten's line a bit by stranding a runner in a two-out effort and was rewarded with the win via the big Manatee rally detailed above; southpaw Brandon Ritchie, who had been identified as a tandem pitcher when rosters were announced, was very strong through his four innings; RHP Buddy Flores allowed two runs in a non-save 9th inning, but the tying run did come to plate before Flores finally held on... Brevard County Game Log This is one of those game logs where you just take a deep breath and jump in, as you keep track of 31 baserunners...

At Huntsville, RH reliever Mark Willinsky is activated from the seven-day DL, while LH reliever Casey Baron, who tossed 1.2 innings on Thursday, is placed on the list (thus far an undisclosed injury).

Sal'-o-may Accent on first syllable, long "O" in the middle, may like the month.

And That wrote: The guy I feel kind of bad for is Tike Redman... he gets released right before the squads break camp, only to see Stern injured within days and then Dowdy brought in because of Katin's injury. Link while active, text follows: READY TO GO -- Returning to the Atlantic League for the second straight season was hardly on outfielder Tike Redman's list of things to do, especially after performing well in minor league camp with the Milwaukee Brewers this spring. Redman expected to return to the Brewers after playing 15 games at Class AAA Nashville at the end of last season. Despite his performance offensively and playing all three outfield positions in training camp, he was released April 1. Now as a member of the Bluefish his quest to return to affiliated ball continues. "Yeah, I am (surprised),'' Redman said. ``But it doesn't hurt me too much. It's baseball. I love it. I had a good time with the Brewers in spring training. I competed very well with them. But they went another route. So I'm here. I put up numbers here, do the best I can and play hard somebody will see me and I can get picked up again.'' That was the exact route Redman, 33, took last season. He hit .292 with five home runs, 36 RBIs and 49 runs scored in 74 games with the Newark Bears before the Brewers signed him last August. Redman, though, realizes that aside from generating impressive numbers he also must continue to conduct his business in a professional manner and play the game the right way in order to again be picked up by an affiliated club. "You just can't sit here and be selfish because a lot of baseball people see so much of the game they can pick that up and call you selfish," Redman said. "Just at the same time still play hard and play the game how it's supposed to be played. Don't disrespect it. Hustle. Bust your butt and good things will come.'' Redman has played at least part of six seasons in the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .318 and scored 23 runs in 40 games with the Orioles in 2007.

And That wrote: The guy I feel kind of bad for is Tike Redman... he gets released right before the squads break camp, only to see Stern injured within days and then Dowdy brought in because of Katin's injury. Link while active, text follows: READY TO GO -- Returning to the Atlantic League for the second straight season was hardly on outfielder Tike Redman's list of things to do, especially after performing well in minor league camp with the Milwaukee Brewers this spring. Redman expected to return to the Brewers after playing 15 games at Class AAA Nashville at the end of last season. Despite his performance offensively and playing all three outfield positions in training camp, he was released April 1. Now as a member of the Bluefish his quest to return to affiliated ball continues. "Yeah, I am (surprised),'' Redman said. ``But it doesn't hurt me too much. It's baseball. I love it. I had a good time with the Brewers in spring training. I competed very well with them. But they went another route. So I'm here. I put up numbers here, do the best I can and play hard somebody will see me and I can get picked up again.'' That was the exact route Redman, 33, took last season. He hit .292 with five home runs, 36 RBIs and 49 runs scored in 74 games with the Newark Bears before the Brewers signed him last August. Redman, though, realizes that aside from generating impressive numbers he also must continue to conduct his business in a professional manner and play the game the right way in order to again be picked up by an affiliated club. "You just can't sit here and be selfish because a lot of baseball people see so much of the game they can pick that up and call you selfish," Redman said. "Just at the same time still play hard and play the game how it's supposed to be played. Don't disrespect it. Hustle. Bust your butt and good things will come.'' Redman has played at least part of six seasons in the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .318 and scored 23 runs in 40 games with the Orioles in 2007.

A Brewer at # 4 and one on the "Not so Hot" list, which I believe was avoided by Brewer prospects throughout 2009. I know it was pointed out on the forum last week, but this is Caleb Gindl's mention, just for thread prosperity.

Catching up from last night -- David Weiser's starsboxscore.com Streaks end End of the road for Lorenzo Cain and Stars A pair of five-game streaks were traded at Pringles Park Thursday night, and sadly, another streak came to an end....... Lorenzo Cain's 13-game hit streak, the longest from the start of a season since 1999, and one shy of Justin Bowles' 1998 record (A's organization), came to a stop. Michael Pineda and former Star Steve Bray combined to stop the Stars, 8-1, ending the Stars' five-game win streak and stopping West Tennessee's five-game futility fit........ The Diamond Jaxx also put an end to a five-game streak of homerless games in the 1st inning when Carlos Peguero hit a bomb off Michael Bowman (2-1, 4.61). It came on a 1-1 pitch and sailed out to right field -- hard enough to make you think it landed somewhere on I-40...... The Stars answered back in the 2nd as Lee Haydel singled home Taylor Green with two outs. Taylor had hit his 10th double of the month, the first Stars hitter to come up with that April figure since Steve Scarborough in 2002, on a 3-2 pitch that went all the way to wall in right field........ After Chris Errecart grounded out to 3rd baseman Alex Liddi, Haydel go a 1-2 pitch a little high, but over the plate, and chopped it up the middle, bringing in what would be the Stars' only run. Slugger Michael Wilson, in his 4th season with WT, put the Diamond Jaxx in front to stay in the 4th inning after Dustin Ackley's leadoff double to left. Wilson battled Bowman, fouling off pitch-after-pitch of a 2-2 count, getting a ball up high and inside, then finding the 12th one to his liking, pulling it deep to left field, barely fair. The bomb bounced off the clubhouse giving the Diamond Jaxx a 3-1 lead. They never gave it up........ Pineda, 8th among Southern League ERA leaders, fought off Huntsville challenges in the 4th and 5th innings before giving way to Bray, who pitched for the Stars in 2006. Bray (7-8, 3.11 last year for WT) gave up just one hit in three innings of work -- a two-out single by Martin Maldonado in the 7th......... With Zelous Wheeler on 1st after a leadoff single in the 4th, Haydel hit a two-out double deep to the left field corner, but left fielder Joseph Dunigan hit cut-off man Liddi with the throw in, he fired to the plate, and Wheeler was tagged out. The Stars only managed to get one more runner in scoring position the rest of the way after back-to-back singles by Steffan Wilson and Maldonado to leadoff the 5th. The Stars cap off this series Friday night with Chris Cody (2-0, 2.61) facing off against the Mariners' #17 minor league prospect, Steven Hensley. Hensley was hit hard in his three Double-A starts for WT last year, twice by Birmingham, ending the year with an 0-1 record and 7.20 ERA for the D'Jaxx....... Cody is a career 7-1 pitcher for the Stars......... Taylor Green has a seven-game hit streak going, but he has another worth watching -- he's doubled in five straight games -- one short of the club record tied by Jonathan Lucroy last year and set by Mickey Lopez in 2000. Another double would also tied him with the aforementioned Scarborough for the most doubles hit in the first month of the season........ The Stars return home to play Chattanooga, Saturday, but the weather forecast says "washout". Severe weather is expected from the afternoon to the early evening with a strong possibility of tornadic activity in north Alabama. If anybody hasn't seen the major league box scores from Thursday, you might know that the Milwaukee Brewers brutally shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates, 20-0, the first 20-0 game in the major leagues since 1889! Manny Parra drove in the 20th run in the 9th on a single to right. Ryan Braun drove in five runs......... While we're on the major league trail, congratulations to Cole Gillespie, who made his major league debut Wednesday, for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Gillespie appeared as a pinch-hitter and doubled off St. Louis pitcher Chris Carpenter in the 8th inning. He scored, but the D'Backs lost 9-4. Gillespie is the 186th former Huntsville Star to graduate to the majors and the 1st this year.

Link Report Bonus: Interesting for you camera buffs out there...

Check for updated links shortly before game time for media notes -- PDF documents: Nashville Media Notes Huntsville Media Notes ***http://rattler-radio.blogspot.com/Rattler Radio: Game notes Tonight's starting pitcher Starting lineup

MID Western (click column headers to sort) Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak Quad Cities 11 4 .733 - 5-1 6-3 7-3 L1 Peoria 10 5 .667 1.0 6-0 4-5 8-2 W7 Beloit 8 7 .533 3.0 5-4 3-3 6-4 W1 Cedar Rapids 7 8 .467 4.0 4-2 3-6 5-5 L2 Clinton 7 8 .467 4.0 5-4 2-4 4-6 L1 Wisconsin 7 8 .467 4.0 5-4 2-4 4-6 W2 Kane County 6 9 .400 5.0 5-4 1-5 3-7 L4 Burlington 4 11 .267 7.0 3-3 1-8 3-7 W1

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 9 6 .600 - 2-5 7-1 L1 Memphis 8 7 .533 1.0 4-3 4-4 W4 Iowa 6 9 .400 3.0 3-5 3-4 L3 Omaha 6 9 .400 3.0 2-6 4-3 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 12 2 .857 - 4-1 8-1 W6 Huntsville 9 5 .643 3.0 3-2 6-3 L1 Carolina 6 8 .429 6.0 2-7 4-1 L4 Chattanooga 6 8 .429 6.0 5-4 1-4 W2 West Tenn 5 9 .357 7.0 2-7 3-2 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 9 6 .600 - 7-1 2-5 W1 Dunedin 9 6 .600 - 5-2 4-4 W4 Lakeland 8 6 .571 0.5 5-1 3-5 L1 Tampa 8 7 .533 1.0 5-3 3-4 L1 Daytona 6 9 .400 3.0 2-5 4-4 W1 Brevard County 4 10 .286 4.5 3-5 1-5 L5

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: RHP Kameron Loe at home vs. Oklahoma City (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: LHP Chris Cody at West Tenn (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Trey Watten at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 6:00 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Blue Jays' feed) Wisconsin: RHP Maverick Lasker at home vs. Beloit (Twins), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime; RHP Kyle Heckathorn scheduled to tandem in relief Live Audio Link *** As we hinted at earlier, it does not appear to be a rotating tandem with Lasker and Heckathorn in terms of swapping starting assignments...

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Congratulations to kevbo, currently with the longest active streak in the entire country. "Doug" is also doing well in the standings -- thanks for playing along, Mr. Melvin.

Brett's blog with much more on Odorizzi

David Weiser of starsboxscore.com Jim Henderson continued his streak of shutout innings to 10 1/3 on Wednesday, allowing no hits in three innings of relief. The last pitcher to go more than 10 innings in the first month of a season without allowing a run was Patrick Ryan (13 innings) in 2008. Henderson has allowed only two hits so far, and struck out nine........ Gotta wonder how long it will be before he gets the call to Nashville.......... Robert Hinton lowered his ERA to 3.18 and is now closing in on 2nd place on the all-time list in pitching appearances. He's three behind Mike Maurer, who pitched for the Stars from 1995-97 (A's organization). [align=center] G IP H R ER HR BB SO W-L Sv. 2007 39 53 50 36 35 4 27 44 2-3 2 2008 30 53 2/3 49 35 32 8 30 57 3-2 3 2009 43 55 2/3 50 29 26 4 30 58 0-6 11 2010 6 5 2/3 6 4 2 1 4 8 0-1 1 118 168 155 104 95 17 91 167 5-14 17[/align]

Chad chats with Hutsville Hitting Coach Al LeBoeuf

29-year-old reliever Steve Bray, just demoted by the Mariners from AAA Tacoma to AA West Tenn, closes out his former club with three scoreless.

If you don't mind that the scouting report is three years old, a decent write-up on Mr. Dowdy.

Nashville Media Notes: Outfielder Brett Dowdy was signed today by the Brewers as a minor league free agent. The 28-year old attended Padres Spring Training this season before being released on March 25. Starting at six different positions, including all three outfield spots, second base, third base, and shortstop, and two scoreless outings on the mound, Dowdy spent the entire 2009 campaign with the Portland Beavers, batting .237 (78-for-329) with 16 doubles, three home runs, 20 RBIs, and 30 runs scored in 90 games.Catcher Patrick Arlis has been placed on the disabled list, retroactive to April 21st, to make room for Dowdy on the Nashville roster. Brett Dowdy Career Numbers *** We'll have to see what this says about the Adam Stern (oblique) and Brendan Katin (knee) injuries. Another outfielder was sorely needed. Dowdy is kind of a tool-kit guy.

Audio highlights from the call of Huntsville's 7-0 victory on Wednesday -- we'll sometimes post "next-day" updates here so folks get a chance to listen, some don't go check for updates on previous day's Link Report news once the initial reports are finalized: 04/21/10 - HSV @ WTN: - WTN Wild Pitch (1-0) - Green RBI Double (2-0) - Machado RBI (3-0) - Machado RBI Single (4-0) - Cain Extends Hit Streak