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Link while active, text follows: Suppan struggles in rehab start as Rattlers lose By Brett Christopherson Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - When last we saw Milwaukee Brewers starter Jeff Suppan, he was knocked around for 10 earned runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 14-6 drubbing to lowly Washington on July 27. His line didn't look much better on Saturday. The right-hander was pelted for four extra-base hits and five overall while surrendering four earned runs through 3 1/3 innings to complete a bumpy rehab outing with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers during a 4-2 Midwest League setback against Beloit as a crowd of 5,325 looked on at Fox Cities Stadium. Suppan, sidelined with an oblique injury, was scheduled to throw a maximum of 45 pitches. He exited after tossing 39 pitches - 31 of which were strikes - and wound up saddled with the loss. Afterward, he insisted he was more concerned with his health, rather than the numbers. "Preparing for this start after the layoff, I was looking for no apprehension on my part with my oblique, and I felt that I didn't have any apprehension," said the 34-year-old Suppan, who has scuffled in 21 starts this season with the Brewers, going 5-8 with a 5.27 ERA, with a 1.70 walks and hits per innings pitched average. "So that was the main key for me. Pitch-wise … my command wasn't really where it would be (with) getting proper throwing and proper bullpens. But I was very happy overall with how I felt." His start looked promising as he worked a three-up, three-down first. But the Snappers strung together consecutive doubles to highlight a two-run, three-hit second. A leadoff double in the third eventually scored, as did a triple to right-center to open the fourth. To put Suppan's outing in perspective, relievers Nick Tyson and Corey Frerichs combined to blank the Snappers and allow only one hit over the final 5 2/3 innings. "My main concern was my side," Suppan repeated. "Getting up and down. Going out and pitching." And finding his way back into a Milwaukee rotation that's in need of a boost. The Brewers have also been without another starter in righty Dave Bush, whose trying to rebound from a triceps injury and hasn't pitched for the Crew since June 20. Bush made a rehab start with the Rattlers on July 10 and is scheduled to do so again on Tuesday in a series-finale against Beloit at 7:05 PM. "I've never had a type of injury like this before, and this is my first rehab start I've ever had," said Suppan, whose rehab work has included four bullpen sessions - two that saw him throw just fastballs at a 25-pitch maximum, and two others in which he was allowed to use all of this pitches. "Obviously, my plan is not to be on the (disabled list), my plan is to help the team any way I can. We're still evaluating, and we'll see how things feel tomorrow. But all in all, I was very happy and pleased with how I felt today." Rattlers coaches, meanwhile, were pleased to welcome another big leaguer to their clubhouse. "When you have a guy like that coming through here, their eyes are wide open and they're taking it all in," manager Jeff Isom said. "Hopefully, they watch and see how these guys prepare. You have a guy who's in the big leagues right now, a major leaguer, and how he prepares and goes about his business, you just hope that our guys follow and watch and see what he does."

Wisconsin Site Game Summary Beloit ends Rattlers win streak By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Daniel Osterbrock had another good outing against the Timber Rattlers. The lefty, who threw a seven-inning complete game against Wisconsin in June, allowed two runs (one earned) and struck out seven for the win. The Snappers ended Wisconsin's three-game winning streak and spoiled a rehab start by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jeff Suppan with a 4-2 win. Beloit (48-71 overall, 21-28 second half) scored a pair of runs off Suppan in the second inning. Danny Rams reached on a leadoff single. One out later Michael Harrington drove Rams home with a double. Dominic De La Osa followed with an RBI double for a 2-0 lead. Brock Kjeldgaard brought the Rattlers (52-67, 18-30) to within a run in the bottom of the second. He hit a moonshot homer to left-center to lead off the inning. The home run was the eighteenth of the season for Kjeldgaard and moved him to within three of tying the single season franchise record for home runs. But the Snappers added single runs in the third an fourth innings against Suppan. James Beresford doubled to start the third and would score on an RBI grounder by Ramon Santana. In the fourth, John Waltenbury tripled to start the inning. An RBI grounder by Harrington made the score 4-1. Suppan left the game after that grounder by Harrington. He allowed four runs on five hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out one. Wisconsin scored an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Rattlers had runners at first and second with two outs and Sean McCraw's grounder to third went through the legs of Ramon Santana and a run scored to cut the lead to two runs. The Rattlers bullpen kept the game close. Nick Tyson tossed 4-2/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief with four strikeouts. Corey Frerichs added a scoreless top of the ninth. The Rattlers offense wasted a few opportunities. Wisconsin had two on with no outs in the seventh inning, but could not score. Billy Bullock, the fourth Beloit pitcher of the night, retired the first two batters in the ninth. Wisconsin managed to put two runners on with two outs, but Bullock got the final out on a popup to close out the Rattlers. Game two of the series is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Daniel Meadows (12-5, 4.02) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Beloit will counter with Liam Hendricks (1-3, 4.03) as their starting pitcher. Sunday is a Brewers Sunday at Time Warner Cable Field. Former Brewers pitcher Jerry Augustine will be on hand to throw out a first pitch before the game and sign autographs for the first three innings. Timber Rattlers players will be wearing their Brewers-themed jerseys and will be available for a post-game autograph session. Game time on Sunday is 1:05 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Tough 0-for-5 night for Josh Prince, and he ended both the 7th and 9th inning threats described above; the Snappers' James Beresford is the brother of former Aussie Brewer farmhand RHP Simon Beresford,,, Wisconsin Game Log

Lakeland Local: Looks like the Manatees won't miss out on their Saturday night uprising... Friday night rains forced the Lakeland Flying Tigers to postpone their game to Saturday as part of a doubleheader. Guess what happened Saturday? Yes, rains forced the team to suspend the game until Sunday. The Flying Tigers will try again with a doublerheader starting at 4pm Sunday. The Friday game will pick up in the top of the second with the Brevard County Manatees up 5-1 (bases loaded, one out for Brevard). Per Florida State League rules, each game of the doubleheader will be shortened to seven innings. The Flying Tiger's haven't announced if Saturday's second game will be made up.

Link while active, text follows: Evans, bullpen help BayBears top Stars By ARTHUR L. MACK Mobile Press-Register Sports Correspondent Mobile got five strong innings out of starter Cody Evans and Abe Woody and Roque Mercedes provided bullpen support as the BayBears defeated the Huntsville Stars 1-0 Saturday night at Hank Aaron Stadium. Evans (5-1) allowed six of Huntsville's seven hits and struck out three. Woody allowed only one hit, and Mercedes retired all six batters he faced to pick up his first save of the year. The BayBears won their third straight, ensuring their first series win since playing Birmingham from July 15-19. It was also their first 1-0 win in two years. Orlando Mercado and Pedro Ciriaco accounted for four of the BayBears' seven hits. Defensively, second baseman Ciriaco teamed with shortstop Mark Hallberg to turn three double plays. Hallberg also hit safely in his 17th consecutive game. "When you look and see all of those zeroes on the board, you can't ask for anything more," said Mobile manager Hector De La Cruz. "Evans did great tonight, and Mercedes never lost his tempo. They used their pitch selection effectively." Mark Holliman (7-7) took the loss for Huntsville. Shane Justis hit safely in his 16th straight game for the Stars. "In the first half of the season, we were getting hits and winning the close games, but in the second half, we haven't been scoring," said Stars manager Bob Miscik. "Mark battled and got some walks, but he gave us a chance (to win). "We turned three double plays on them (Mobile) Friday night, and tonight they turned the tables on us." Mercado gave Mobile the only run it needed in the bottom of the fourth when he doubled with one out and scored on Chris Rahl's bases-loaded sacrifice fly. The BayBears then turned back a Stars scoring threat in the top of the fifth when Justis singled and tried to reach home on Drew Anderson's line drive to right field, but was tagged out by Mercado on a relay throw by Ciriaco. "That was me," Miscik said when asked about Justis' decision to score from first. "I told him let's try it because I was hoping for a bad throw or dropped ball. I took a shot, knowing he was out if they (Mobile) don't mess it up." Right-hander Barry Enright (8-7, 3.98) starts for Mobile in the series finale tonight at 6:05 while Huntsville counters with left-hander David Welch (5-8, 4.87).

Huntsville Site Game Summary BayBears Shutout Stars Huntsville Held in Check Offensively, Again By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Chris Rahl knocked in the only run of the game and three pitchers blanked Huntsville on seven hits in Mobile's 1-0 win Saturday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears won their third straight to improve to 21-28 in the second half and 58-61 overall, while the Stars fell to 17-31 in the second half and 55-62 overall. The BayBears have won ten of the 14 games in the season series and sent the Stars to their 14th loss in the last 17 games. The Stars had chances early in the game, as they put runners at first and second base with one out in the first inning before Jonathan Lucroy grounded into a double play to end the inning. They loaded the bases with two hits and a walk with two outs in the third inning before Taylor Green bounced back to the mound to end the threat. Meanwhile, Stars' starter Mark Holliman worked out of a runners at first and second base and one out jam in each of the first two frames. Mobile finally pushed across the game's lone run in the fourth when Orlando Mercado doubled with one out, moved to third base on a Cyle Hankerd single and scored on Rahl's fly ball to center field. Shane Justis singled with two outs in the top half of the fifth but was thrown out trying to score on a Drew Anderson double to end the inning. BayBears' starter Cody Evans, 2-6 with a 6.13 earned run average in 11 prior home starts, blanked the Stars on six hits over five frames, walking three and striking out three. He picked up the win to improve to 5-11 and earned his first win since July 16. Mobile's starters have held Huntsville to two runs, one earned, on 17 hits over 24 2/3 innings in the four games. Abe Woody took over in the sixth and worked out of trouble by striking out Chuck Caufield and J.R. Hopf to end the inning and strand Lucroy, who had doubled to start the frame to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, at third base. Woody went two shutout frames and was followed by former Brewer farmhand Roque Mercedes (Felipe Lopez trade), who set down all six batters he faced to end the game and earn his first double-A save. For a third time in his last four starts, Holliman went six innings and allowed only one run but did not receive enough support to wind up on the winning side of the ledger. He suffered his fifth straight losing decision after yielding six hits and walking three and remains winless since July 1. Bobby Bramhall tossed two scoreless innings in relief. The series finishes Sunday night with southpaw David Welch taking the mound for the Stars against BayBears' right-hander Barry Enright. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Lorenzo Cain 1-for-4 in the leadoff spot; Taylor Green's season quickly becoming a big disappointment, now sporting a .244 / .312 / .353 AA line (.665 OPS) ... Huntsville Game Log

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Shortstop J.J. Hardy Chuck Valenches asks J.J. about the service time issue and follows up with related questions n that topic... Link for Chris Narveson photo, text follows -- Sellout Watches Narveson Fan 11 In 9-1 Win NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds beat the Fresno Grizzlies 9-1 on Saturday night at historic Greer Stadium, the ninth straight victory over Fresno. A season-high 10,675 fans attended historic Greer Stadium for this evening's game, the largest crowd in 119 games since May 5, 2008 against Salt Lake. Nashville (65-56) is now in first place in the American Northern Division by a half game over Memphis after the Redbirds lost to Sacramento earlier in the evening. The top of the lineup occupied by Adam Stern and Corey Patterson went a combined 6-for-9 with four RBIs and two runs scored. In his second game with the Sounds, shortstop J.J. Hardy added a two-run home run in the win. The Nashville pitching staff fanned a season-high 14 batters on Saturday night, with starting pitcher Chris Narveson accounting for a season-high 11 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings of work for the Sounds. Narveson struck out the first four batters of the game and fanned 11 of the first 15 batters he faced. The southpaw allowed two hits in the opening frame, then retired the next 13 consecutive batters. The Grizzlies got to Narveson in the top of the sixth inning with three straight base hits by Ben Copeland, Kevin Frandsen, and John Bowker that gave Grizzlies a short 1-0 in the top of the sixth inning. After Stern hit a single to start the rally for the Sounds in the next frame, Hardy blasted a two-run shot down the left field line that put the Sounds ahead at 2-1. AUDIO: J.J. Hardy Two-Run Home Run In the next inning, Mat Gamel smacked a double down the right field line, with Brendan Katin crushing his team-leading 31st double off the centerfield wall that scored Gamel. Later in the frame, Stern recorded his second hit of the game and scored Katin for another run. Fresno reliever Steve Edlefsen followed by walking the next three hitters that gave Nashville a 5-1 lead. The Sounds tacked on four more runs in the next inning and extended the Nashville lead to 9-1. Gamel and Katin started the inning with hits again, with Stern and Patterson chiming in with RBI hits. Matt Ginter (3-3) picked up the win for Nashville, relieving Narveson with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and getting Matt Downs to ground out and end the inning. Ryan Houston added two scoreless innings in relief, while also scoring a run at the plate. Ramon Ortiz (5-4) took the loss, surrendering four runs on six hit while striking out seven in 6 2/3 innings for Fresno. The Sounds and Grizzlies continue with the third game of a four-game series at 6:00 PM CT on Sunday evening. Nashville right-hander Tim Dillard (10-5, 4.21) toes the rubber against Fresno right-hander Ryan Sadowski (5-2, 4.24).

Manatees up 5-1 with bases loaded and one out in the 2nd inning of the opener, but there's a rain delay. Hopefully things don't get wiped out. Chris Errecart and Brent Brewer (only his 2nd of the season, slugging .288 - ouch) have homered.

Congrats to veteran Kevin Barker, back in the bigs with Cincinnati. Thanks to mls4 for all his updates. I'll try and get all the links updated properly this week to reflect all his news.

Congrats to veteran Kevin Barker, back in the bigs with Cincinnati. Thanks to mls4 for all his updates. I'll try and get all the links updated properly this week to reflect all his news.

Cory Provus' pre-game interview this week with Jason Bourgeois

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 64 55 .538 - 38-22 26-33 W1 Nashville 64 56 .533 0.5 35-25 29-31 W1 Iowa 60 59 .504 4.0 36-22 24-37 L1 Omaha 49 69 .415 14.5 24-34 25-35 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 26 22 .542 - 16-10 10-12 L2 West Tenn 25 23 .521 1.0 12-11 13-12 W2 Tennessee 24 25 .490 2.5 10-14 14-11 W1 Huntsville 17 30 .362 8.5 7-12 10-18 L2 Carolina 17 31 .354 9.0 7-16 10-15 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 32 12 .727 - 11-7 21-5 L1 Brevard County 27 17 .614 5.0 18-10 9-7 W2 Dunedin 24 21 .533 8.5 14-8 10-13 L2 Clearwater 24 22 .522 9.0 14-11 10-11 W3 Lakeland 21 25 .457 12.0 8-9 13-16 L2 Daytona 18 26 .409 14.0 9-15 9-11 L7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 6 5 .545 - 0-3 6-2 W2 Missoula 6 5 .545 - 3-5 3-0 W1 Billings 3 7 .300 2.5 3-2 0-5 L5 Helena 3 7 .300 2.5 2-3 1-4 L2

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This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated a few hours prior to gametime. Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): *** We're going to include the link to Kraig McNutt's Nashville blog in the same post as the Nashville media notes link going forward. *** "Voice of the Rattlers" Chris Mehring's informative and entertaining Rattlers Radio Blog includes game notes an hour or two before gametime.

Follow Saturday'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. MiLB.com now has Gameday available for AA as well as AAA this season. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_freaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_hunaax_mobaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559 Brevard County Game One: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_15_breafa_lakafa_1&cid=503&t=g_box Brevard County Game Two: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_15_breafa_lakafa_2&cid=503&t=g_box Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_belafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_orerok_helrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_clerok_brrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_15_dobrok_dchrok_1

Saturday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Narveson at home vs. Fresno (Giants), 5:35 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP's Michael Bowman and Evan Anundsen in a double-dip at Lakeland (Tigers), 4:00 PM gametime; each game slated for seven innings Sorry, no audio for this series Wisconsin: RHP Jeff Suppan at home vs. Beloit (Twins), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Orem (Angels), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at home in Maryvale vs. the Indians' kids; no more day games -- all games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; no audio, naturally... Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at the DSL Cubs #2 squad; (see this thread for some roster background) -- all games are 10:30 local time in the Dominican, and no need to ask about web audio; we usually won't see updated box scores until the overnight...

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Final: DSL Blue Jays 5, DSL Brewers / Orioles 0 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score Abreu, Chirinos, Arias, and Martinez saw action, no pitchers; Martinez was back at shortstop... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Final: Nashville 7, Fresno (Giants) 6 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Erick Almonte photo, text follows -- Almonte Delivers Go-Ahead Run In 7-6 Win NASHVILLE - Pinch hitter extraordinaire Erick Almonte delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Sounds a 7-6 win over the Fresno Grizzlies on Friday night in front of 7,270 fans at historic Greer Stadium. Fresno attempted to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, but Sounds right fielder Brendan Katin threw out Fresno shortstop Ryan Rohlinger at home plate to preserve the win. Nashville closer Chris Smith got Joe Borchard to line out to end the game, picking up his 14th save. AUDIO: Brendan Katin's Game-Saving Throw With the win, Nashville's (64-56) picks up its eighth straight victory over Fresno and stays a half game behind Memphis in the American Northern Division In his Sounds debut, outfielder Adam Stern went 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. Adam Heether added three hits, including a double and two RBIs in the win. The Sounds took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning for the 10th time in the last 20 games. Stern doubled and later scored on a Heether RBI base hit to left field. Heether led off the bottom of fourth inning with a double down the right field line to start another rally for Nashville. Joe Koshansky followed with a base hit that moved Heether to third, with Katin bringing Heether home on a softly hit, broken-bat single over the second baseman. The Sounds added two more runs later in the inning when Koshansky scored on a wild pitch and catcher Carlos Corporan hit a sacrifice fly that scored Mat Gamel for a 4-0 lead. After a leadoff walk to catcher Nestor Rojas, centerfielder Clay Timpner broke up Lindsay Gulin's no-hitter in the next frame. Later in the inning, Kevin Frandsen hit a sacrifice fly that put Fresno on the board and trimming the Nashville lead to 4-1. Stern singled to lead off the next frame for the Sounds and stole second base. After advancing to third on a fielder's choice, Heether's third hit of the game brought Stern home for another run for a 5-1 advantage. The Grizzlies struck back in the next inning after loading the bases on Gulin. In his Sounds' home debut, Robert Hinton came into the game to relieve Gulin and allowed a two-run single to pinch hitter Ben Copeland and an RBI base hit by Timpner that cut the Nashville lead to 5-4. Fresno added two runs in the following frame and took a 6-5 lead for the first time in the game. Borchard doubled home Jesus Guzman to tie the game at 5, and later scored on a Matt Downs single to give Fresno the one run lead. With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning, Corporan hit his second sacrifice fly of the game that scored Koshansky to tie the game at six. Almonte followed with another pinch hit RBI single to score Katin from third base for a 7-6 lead. It was Almonte's team-leading 13th pinch hit and third game-winning hit of the season for the Sounds. Gulin earned a no decision, giving up three runs on two hits with five walks and six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. John Axford (3-0) picked up the win after throwing a scoreless frame in relief. Pucetas surrendered five runs on eight hits while striking out eight in five innings for Fresno. Alex Hinshaw (1-2) took the loss after giving up two runs in 2/3 of an inning. The Sounds and Grizzlies continue with the second game of a four-game series at 6:00 PM CT on Saturday night at historic Greer Stadium. Sounds left-hander Chris Narveson (4-4, 3.88) makes the start against righty Ramon Ortiz (5-3, 2.49) for Fresno. Nashville Box Score Now that's a ballgame... Nashville Game Log J.J. Hardy grounded out as a pinch-hitter, as noted above; another nice John Axford relief outing...

Final: Wisconsin 13, Cedar Rapids (Angels) 8 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Rattlers batter Kernels for third straight win By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Brett Lawrie had three hits and four RBI to lead the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 13-8 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Friday night at Perfect Game Field. The win was the third straight for Wisconsin, their first three-game winning streak since they won the first three games of the second half. Wisconsin (18-29 second half, 52-65 overall) scored three runs in the first inning to grab a lead. Pete Fatse was hit by a pitch with one out and stole second. Lawrie punched a single through the right side of the infield and Fatse scored. Brock Kjeldgaard followed with an RBI triple to knock in Lawrie. Erik Komatsu was next and his sacrifice fly to left was deep enough to score Kjeldgaard. The Kernels (65-53, 25-23) scored a run without a hit in the bottom of the first. Trey Watten walked Tyson Auer to start the inning. A stolen base and a wild pitch on a walk put runners at the corners with no outs. Watten got Roberto Lopez to ground into a 6-4-3 double play for two outs as Auer scored on the play. Lawrie struck again in the second inning. Josh Prince singled with two outs and Fatse drew a four-pitch walk. Lawrie jumped on a 3-0 pitch from Chaffee and lined it out of the stadium for his twelfth home run of the season and a 6-1 Timber Rattlers lead. Wisconsin added five more runs in the top of the fourth inning. The first run scored when Derrick McPhearson crashed into catcher Beau Brooks to knock the ball loose on a play at the plate. Kjeldgaard followed with an RBI single. Corey Kemp made the score 10-1 with a two-run single. Erik Miller's RBI single capped the inning for the Rattlers. The five-run frame matched the most productive inning of the season for the Timber Rattlers. They also scored five runs in the fourth inning of a game at West Michigan on May 31. But, the Kernels didn't go quietly. Cedar Rapids scored three times in the bottom of the fourth inning and tacked on a run in the fifth. Watten got the final out of the inning to qualify for the win. Prince helped the Rattlers add to their lead in the top of the seventh inning. He drove in the first run of the inning on a double to left. Prince took third on a wild pitch and scored on a fielding error to make the score 13-5. Liam Ohlmann pitched a scoreless sixth inning. However, in the seventh, Adam Younger got a hold of a 1-0 pitch from Ohlmann with two on and two outs for a three-run homer to make the score 13-8. Pedro Lambertus closed out the Kernels with two scoreless innings. Wisconsin wrapped up their eight game road trip to Peoria and Cedar Rapids with a 4-4 record. The Timber Rattlers return home to start an eight-game homestand on Saturday night. Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jeff Suppan is scheduled to make a rehab start for the Timber Rattlers. Daniel Osterbrock (5-9, 5.86) is set to start for the Beloit Snappers. Saturday night is the Timber Rattlers Tribute to Elvis Presley. Look out for an appearance by Elvis himself. Enjoy live, Elvis-infused music outside the stadium with a pre-game concert by local Kaukauna Band, 1st Degree starting at 5:00 PM. There is also a scheduled post-game fireworks display courtesy of FOX 11. Game time is 6:35 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Josh Prince scored three runs in a 3-for-6 day; Rattlers 4-for-4 on the basepaths... Wisconsin Game Log

Final: Arizona Giants 5, Arizona Brewers 2 Arizona Box Score Brewers outhit, 13-5; encouraging four-inning stint for RHP Seth Lintz (only one walk), piggy-backing rehabbing RHP Josh Butler; third baseman Allixon Cequea (OBP .277) managed to reach all three times up; the cupboard is pretty bare offensively here, outside of Brandon Sizemore, there's no remaining candidates for action in Helena; trying very hard not to mention SS Carlos George's errors until we see him in Helena at some point, away from the Maryvale dust... Arizona Game Log

Final: Mobile (Diamondbacks) 5, Huntsville 2 Huntsville Game Summary Stars Can't Solve Torra in Loss to Mobile Huntsville's Green Pitches Well But Falters Late in Defeat By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Matt Torra spun seven splendid innings and the BayBears scored multiple runs in two frames to defeat Huntsville 5-2 Friday night in the middle of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears won their second in a row to improve to 20-28 in the second half and 57-61 overall, while the Stars fell to 17-30 in the second half and 55-61 overall. The BayBears have won nine of the 13 games in the season series and sent the Stars to their 13th loss in the last 16 games. The Stars opened the scoring in the first inning when Drew Anderson singled with two outs, to extend his hitting streak to nine games, and came around on a double by Jonathan Lucroy, who pushed his hitting streak to 15 games. Mobile answered right back in its half of the frame with run-scoring singles by Ricardo Sosa and Cyle Hankerd to take the lead against Stars' starter Nick Green, who avoided further trouble by getting Pete Clifford to ground into an inning-ending double play. Torra then took over and retired the last 13 batters he faced and 18 of the last 19 he encountered, save for a Shane Justis base hit in the third inning. He struck out six and did not walk a batter and has now gone 19 straight frames without issuing a free pass over his last three starts. Torra had entered the game with a record of 2-6 and a 5.07 earned run average in 11 previous home starts. He beat the Stars for a second time this season to lift his record to 8-11. Green held the home side in check until the seventh inning when Matt Tupman and pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco strung together back-to-back two-out singles and came in to score when Evan Frey tripled into the alley in left-center field to make it 4-1 and knock Green out of the game. The right-hander suffered the loss to fall to 0-3 in three starts with the Stars after allowing five runs on ten hits. Huntsville has scored two runs while he has been on the mound. Mike McClendon took over and uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Frey to score to make it a 5-1 game. Lorenzo Cain's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth against Kyler Newby cut the visitors' deficit to 5-2. Leyson Septimo took over in the ninth and struck out all three batters he faced to earn his second save. Torra and Septimo combined to set down the Stars in order in six of the nine innings. The series continues Saturday night with right-hander Mark Holliman taking the mound for the Stars against BayBears' right-hander Cody Evans. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score RHP Nick Green was more effective than his line shows, 13 groundball outs -- a couple of two-out groundball singles in the 7th hurt; only five baserunners for the Stars all game; as noted above, Lorenzo Cain didn't start but did hit a sac fly as a pinch-hitter... Huntsville Game Log

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com: The pitchers won't get finalized until next week, but Doug Melvin said that outfielder Lorenzo Cain, infielder Taylor Green and catcher Jonathan Lucroy had been selected to represent the organization in the prospect-rich Arizona Fall League later this year. Earlier we saw an indication that RHP Mark Rogers would be one of the arms.

Final: Orem (Angels) 6, Helena 4 Link while active, text follows: Orem continues mastery of Brewers By AMBER KUEHN - Helena Independent Record The Orem Owlz haven't lost to the Helena Brewers since Aug. 17, 2007. They weren't about to let that streak end Friday night. The Owlz beat Helena in a tight 6-4 contest at Kindrick Field to win their ninth straight game this season and their ninth in a row against the Brewers going back two years. "They've handled us," Helena manager Rene Gonzales said. "But these guys don't know that." Helena starter Adrian Rosario walked the first two batters he faced and gave up three runs in the first inning to give Orem a quick 3-0 lead. The Brewers would score four unanswered runs, with Scott Krieger's two-run homer over the left field wall providing the go-ahead run in the third. It was Krieger's 12th long ball of the year, third in the Pioneer League. After Orem took a 5-4 lead on a couple of hits in the ninth and tacked on an insurance run in the ninth when Helena pitcher Rob Currie was called for a balk, the Brewers put a couple of runners in scoring position in the final frame. The 1,056 fans in attendance put their rally caps on and pleaded loudly for Krieger to complete one final comeback. Instead, the right fielder would strike out for the third straight time since his home run six innings earlier, giving him a team-high 69 strikeouts on the season. Chris Ellington grounded out in the Brewers final breath, and Helena dropped to 3-7 in the second half. Orem, the hottest team in the league - and especially the South division, jumps to a 10-1 record. The Brewers actually outplayed the Owlz defensively, as Orem tallied three errors in an odd first inning. Helena shortstop Mike Marseco was stellar throughout the entire contest, making every play that came his way and hustling to make ones seemingly out of reach. "Marseco's a good shortstop," the Brewers skipper said. "I think he was the best shortstop in the league last year and now that he's back I'll say it again. He is. And he can hit." Marseco was 3-for-5 at the plate, with three singles and a steal. He also scored two of Helena's runs. The Brewers had missed him, after the shortstop had to sit out the last three games of the Ogden series after being hit in the head by a pitch. "He might have been the difference in those Ogden games if he had been out there," Gonzales said. Rosario suffered his fifth loss of the season, giving up seven hits, five runs (four earned) and walking two while striking out three in 6 1/3 innings. "You can't lead off the game and start walking guys," Gonzales said. "He didn't have command." Orem reliever Adam Clerici got his first win of the year, going three innings and allowing just two hits, no runs and fanning five. "We're going to see these guys for the next week-and-a-half," Gonzales said of the Owlz. "I want to get out in front for a change and have somebody else play catchup." These two teams will face each other in game two of the three game series on Saturday night. RHP Hiram Burgos (1-2, 8.33) will take the mound for Helena. DIAMOND NOTES: On Thursday night, former Helena closer Michael Fiers got his first win in the Florida State League. Pitching for the High A Brevard County Manatees, Fiers played perfect ball. He closed out the final 2 1/3 innings against Dunedin, striking out one and not giving up any runs, hits or base on balls. Helena Box Score In his nine appearances (seven starts), RHP Adrian Rosario has allowed over two earned runs twice (in his two most recent) -- nine unearned runs allowed this season hint at his overall (in)effectiveness limiting the damage, but there's still promise there; C / CF Michael Roberts patrolled CF in this one; Cameron Garfield hitting just .217 in July and August after his smoking June start; a rare 0-for-5 for Mike Brownstein; day off for Cutter Dykstra, 4-for-his-last-38 -- Dykstra and Evan Frederickson the draft picks netted in the Scott Linebrink deal, sigh... Helena Game Log

From Lakeland: Friday's scheduled Florida State League game between the Lakeland Flying Tigers and the Brevard County Manatees has been postponed due to heavy rain and wet playing conditions at Joker Marchant Stadium. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, August 15 at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central).

OF Caleb Gindl spends the minimum amount of time on Brevard's DL -- activated for Saturday's action, nice.