Jim Goulart

As an "oldster" here, I'll have to disagree...

Link while active, text follows: Excitement builds for Jeff Suppan's rehab start with Timber Rattlers By Brett Christopherson Post-Crescent staff writer Aaron Hahn was listening to Thursday's Milwaukee Brewers game on the radio when announcer Bob Uecker mentioned pitcher Jeff Suppan and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the same sentence. And he couldn't help but think, "How cool is that?" "It's not great on the Brewers' end (because it usually involves an injury)," said Hahn, the Rattlers' assistant general manager. "But we're always excited." Suppan, a member of the Brewers' starting rotation, is scheduled to make a rehab start for Wisconsin on Saturday at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. The Timber Rattlers host the Beloit Snappers at 6:35 PM. The right-hander, 5-8 with a 5.27 ERA in 21 starts this season for the Crew, has been on the disabled list and hasn't pitched since July 27. "There's a little bit more energy, a little more excitement to have a major league guy coming to the ballpark," Rattlers president Rob Zerjav said. Brewers pitcher Dave Bush made a rehab assignment on July 10 in front of a Fox Cities Stadium crowd of 5,433. Hahn said roughly 750 tickets remained for Saturday's game by late Thursday afternoon, and a sellout crowd is expected. The ballpark's official capacity is 5,500. "But we've had a few calls (about Suppan's) appearance for sure, and the last few bleacher seats and general admission grass seats are being snapped up," he said.

This and that: Is this a Ryan Braun "Rematee" that Rattlers' Pitching Coach Chris Hook is styling? Fresno LHP and former Brewer farmhand Steve Hammond pitched Thursday, so the Sounds won't see him in their series. But RHP's Matt Kinney and Steve Palazzolo should see action. RHP Roque Mercedes (Felipe Lopez trade) should face Huntsville at some point this weekend.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 63 55 .534 - 37-22 26-33 L1 Nashville 63 56 .529 0.5 34-25 29-31 L1 Iowa 60 58 .508 3.0 36-22 24-36 W2 Omaha 48 69 .410 14.5 24-34 24-35 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 26 21 .553 - 16-10 10-11 L1 West Tenn 24 23 .511 2.0 11-11 13-12 W1 Tennessee 23 25 .479 3.5 9-14 14-11 L3 Huntsville 17 29 .370 8.5 7-12 10-17 L1 Carolina 17 30 .362 9.0 7-15 10-15 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 32 11 .744 - 11-7 21-4 W2 Brevard County 27 17 .614 5.5 18-10 9-7 W2 Dunedin 24 21 .533 9.0 14-8 10-13 L2 Clearwater 23 22 .511 10.0 13-11 10-11 W2 Lakeland 21 25 .457 12.5 8-9 13-16 L2 Daytona 18 26 .409 14.5 9-15 9-11 L7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 5 5 .500 - 0-3 5-2 W1 Missoula 5 5 .500 - 2-5 3-0 L4 Billings 3 6 .333 1.5 3-2 0-4 L4 Helena 3 6 .333 1.5 2-2 1-4 L1

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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. 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_14_freaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_14_hunaax_mobaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559 Brevard County: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_14_breafa_lakafa_1&cid=503&t=g_box Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_14_wisafx_cedafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_14_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_14_giarok_brrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_14_dobrok_dblrok_1

Friday's Menu: TGIF! Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Narveson at home vs. Fresno (Giants), 6:35 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Nick Green at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Michael Bowman at Lakeland (Tigers), 6:00 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series Wisconsin: RHP Trey Watten at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Adrian Rosario 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 Giants' niblets; 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 Blue Jays; (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 Giants 8, DSL Brewers / Orioles 0 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score LHP Eliezer Montano and RHP Jaime King were OK early on, but it was a rough pro debut for 17-year-old RHP Gregory Lorenzo, walking four of the seven men he faced; three Brewers -- catcher Jhonatan Javier, LF Luis Chirinos and 2B Joan Abreu, committed errors; 17-year-old Andres Martinez played third base rather shortstop -- at 6'2", 188, perhaps that is his future home... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Final: Arizona Cubs 7, Arizona Brewers 1 Arizona Box Score Only two of the seven runs allowed were earned, as errors by SS Carlos George, 2B Connor Lind and RF Max Walla were part of two three-run innings; 18-year-old LH hitting catcher Tyler Roberts has had a fine 48 AB's thus far... Arizona Game Log

Final: Ogden (Dodgers) 10, Helena 1 Link for RHP Damon Krestalude photo, text follows: Ogden hammers Brewers By AMBER KUEHN - Helena Independent Record On a night when the Helena Brewers offense was anemic and the home team provided little drama in a 10-1 loss to the Ogden Raptors, Joey Paciorek may have provided the most excitement. Paciorek, a reserve infielder for Helena who hadn't thrown a single pitch in his professional career, entered in the final frame with the Brewers trailing by nine. Helena had utilized 10 pitchers over the last two games of the series, so manager Rene Gonzales turned to Paciorek in place of a depleted bullpen. "I didn't want to use (Ryan) Platt," Gonzales said. "Platt would probably be the next guy to go but I wanted to save him for tomorrow or this next series. Had we put up four runs or something I probably wouldn't have done it, but the deficit was pretty large." Paciorek had pitched in high school at Blaine, Wash., but was two years removed from his prep career. His first two throws from the mound were fastball strikes, before giving up a single to Raptors third baseman Brian Ruggiano. Ruggiano went 4-for-6 on the night for Ogden (5-5), just a triple shy of the cycle. The unlikely pitcher then struck out the next two batters with a solid changeup, showing better command than any other Brewers pitcher had executed Thursday night. With Paciorek owning a batting average that hovers just above .200, the 711 fans in attendance at Kindrick Legion Field may have thought they just witnessed a position change. Gonzales said Paciorek pitching was just a one-time deal. "He's a real good athlete," Gonzales said. "He's young and he has a future as an infielder, so I don't want to even entertain that thought." A night after Helena lit up Ogden for 13 hits, the Brewers managed just four. Two of those came in the eighth and ninth innings off Raptors relievers, as Ogden starter Matt Magill was outstanding through six innings. The right-handed Magill, only 19, matched his longest outing of the season and gave up just two hits and two base on balls while striking out three and holding Helena scoreless. The Brewers' lone run came in the eighth when Chad Stang earned an RBI on a fielder's choice off reliever Javier Solano, scoring Shawn Zarraga who had reached on a walk. Helena (3-6) had just one extra-base hit on the evening, when first baseman Sean Halton stroked a two-out double in the second. Ogden scored six runs in a big sixth inning, reminding many of the sixth-run ninth the Raptors had just two nights prior in a 16-6 victory. "I don't mind if we give up a couple, but those big innings hurt us," Gonzales said. Helena's Damon Krestalude was tagged with the loss. Krestalude went four innings, giving up 10 hits and six earned runs while walking three and fanning five. He's now 3-4 on the year. With Orem, the Pioneer League South division leader coming to town today, and a long road trip looming on the horizon, the Brewers skipper said his crew will have to step up and play mistake-free ball if Helena hopes to make the playoffs. The Brewers had two errors Thursday, both on third baseman Edgar Trejo. "This division is tough and we're going to have to play near perfect games to do it," Gonzales said. "We're not as good as I thought we were. We're going to have to play really good baseball...with this road trip we've got coming up, if we don't play well we probably don't have a shot at winning our division." Helena Box Score Ugh... Helena Game Log

Back at mid-morning with the three rookie game notes -- brace yourselves, combined scores of bad guys 25, good guys 2.

Final: Wisconsin 6, Cedar Rapids (Angels) 5 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Rattlers come back for win By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers erased a 4-1 deficit and held on for a 6-5 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday night. Josh Prince scored twice as part of the comeback and also knocked in the go-ahead run in the ninth. Nick Tyson got out of a tough spot in the ninth to nail down Wisconsin's second straight win. Cedar Rapids (65-52 overall, 25-22 second half) scored first. They loaded the bases against R.J. Seidel on back-to-back walks to Beau Brooks and Gabe Jacobo to start the inning and a one-out single by Angel Castillo. A sacrifice fly by Adam Younger drove in the run. Then, Seidel walked the #9 hitter for the Kernels to reload the bases before getting a strikeout to end the frame. Wisconsin (51-65, 17-29) answered in the top of the third inning. Erik Miller reached on a bunt single to start the inning. One out later, Sean McCraw doubled to left-center to send Miller home with the tying run. However, the Kernels took advantage of another bout of wildness with a few more walks and a throwing error from Seidel. The Rattlers right-hander got the first two outs on three pitches. But he walked Brooks on four pitches and walked Jacobo on a 3-2 pitch. That brought up Darwin Perez and the Kernels shortstop sent a grounder back through the middle of the diamond. Brett Lawrie and Prince converged on the ball and appeared ready to record the final out of the frame. But, the ball hit the second base bag and caromed into center field to drive in Brooks and send Jacobo around to third. Later in the inning, Seidel threw wildly to first on a pickoff toss to first and that allowed Jacobo to score from third for a 3-1 lead for the Kernels. Rigoberto Almonte tossed a 1-2-3 fourth inning and Efrain Nieves came on for the fifth. The Rattler lefty retired the first two batters of the inning, but -- inexplicably -- the duo of Brooks and Jacobo drew back-to-back walks again. Perez made Nieves pay with another RBI single for a 4-1 lead. Wisconsin took advantage of a walk given up by Kernels starter Buddy Boshers in the top of the sixth. Josh Prince drew a free pass to lead off the inning. Pete Fatse tripled into the right field corner and Prince scored to cut the lead to 4-2. But none of the next three Timber Rattlers hitters could get Fatse home from third base. In the seventh inning, Michael Vass launched his sixth homer of the season with two outs. That solo shot pulled the Rattlers to within 4-3. Christian Scholl replaced Boshers to start the eighth inning and promptly walked Prince and Fatse to start the frame. Prince stole third base and scored the tying run on a Brett Lawrie sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the eighth, Nieves walked Brooks to put the go-ahead run on base. Nieves got ahead of Jacobo 0-2, but the Kernels first baseman worked the count to 3-2. Then, Jacobo grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Nieves ended the inning with a strikeout. In the ninth, Vass singled with one out and McCraw followed with a double to put runners on second and third. Prince singled to right to knock in Vass with the go-ahead run. McCraw would score later in the inning on a wild pitch. Corey Frerichs, who just joined the Timber Rattlers on Tuesday, came on to close out the Kernels in the ninth. But, he walked Castillo and gave up a single to Adam Younger to start the inning. That was all for Frerichs in his Midwest League debut and Tyson came into the game. Nolan Brannon bunted back to the mound on a sacrifice attempt and Tyson went to third for the force out, but Castillo was ruled safe on a close play. Matt Crawford followed with a single to send Castillo home, to make the score 6-5, and keeping the bases loaded. Tyson struck out Alexi Amarista for the first out, but fell behind Roberto Lopez 3-0. Tyson got strike one looking and Lopez fouled off the next pitch for a 3-2 count. Lopez sent a hard grounder to Lawrie at second base and the Timber Rattlers escaped by turning a 4-6-3 game-ending double play. Tyson picked up his sixth save of the season for his efforts. The Timber Rattlers conclude their eight-game road trip with Friday's game at Cedar Rapids. Trey Watten (4-12, 4.72) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Ryan Chaffee (8-5, 3.14) is set to start for the Kernels. Wisconsin Box Score Felt like we were there with that write-up, Chris; if you lost track, Rattler pitchers walked nine, Cedar Rapids pitchers four; kudos to Michael Vass and Sean McCraw for their extra-base heroics at the bottom of the lineup... Wisconsin Game Log

Link while active, text follows: Growing process part of the game for Manatees Mark DeCotis, Florida Today Playing baseball in the Advanced Class A Florida State League is not for the faint of heart. There's the travel and the tenacious competition, but most of all, the oppressive heat and humidity that drains a player during the course of 140 regular-season games from April 9 through Sept. 6. But the way Brevard County Manatees Manager Mike Guerrero sees it, it's just part of growing up and getting ready for the bigs. "Obviously, the weather makes it tough," Guerrero said. "But if you want to be a big league ballplayer, that's what you're playing this game for. "You still have two months to go," he added, alluding to the Major League regular season that concludes at the end of September. The Manatees have 24 regular-season games to play and then at least one round of postseason games beginning Sept. 8. It's no time to be tired. "As you go up the ladder you are going to play more games and you have to find a way to pace yourself so you can perform on the field, because players are measured by their performance on the field," Guerrero said. "That's how the game's played, and wherever you go you're going to be measured by that. Everyone, every player, basically, wants to have a great season, but it's not how you start, it's how you finish." Speaking of starts, the Manatees tore up the FSL North Division in the first half, finishing 40-24 and winning the championship by 71/2 games. The second half hasn't been as easy as the Manatees find themselves at 26-17 and in second place, six games behind the surging 32-11 Tampa Yankees. But Guerrero isn't conceding anything to Tampa, the Manatees' first-round playoff opponent should the Yankees win the second half. Nor is he taking anything away from his team. "How many people did we send up and how many people did they receive?" he said. "I think my players are way better this half. We sent out a lot of people. We sent out a lot of pitchers (including four All-Stars). Obviously, pitching in this league makes a difference. They've (Yankees) probably got some position players and they probably have some help from pitching. "They're playing better, I think we're playing pretty good ball, too." But with three weeks to go in the regular season, Guerrero isn't concerned about Tampa or the playoffs. In fact, he's not even thinking about them. The way he sees it, he's got three weeks to continue his main mission: developing his players for the next step in their careers as part of the Milwaukee Brewers system. And if he does his job, his coaches do their jobs and the players do theirs -- and survive a minimum of three more weeks of Florida's fiery summer -- everything should fall into place.

Final: Brevard County 5, Dunedin (Blue Jays) 4, ten innings Brevard County Game Summary: Manatees Use Late-Inning Heroics to Stun Blue Jays Tyler Stover, Brevard County Manatees (Viera, FL) It was better late than never for the Brevard County offense on Thursday night, as the Manatees rallied from a 4-1, ninth-inning deficit to beat Dunedin, 5-4, in 10 innings. The win gave the Manatees a series victory, and they are now 11-4 against the Blue Jays in 2009. Dunedin looked to have the game well in hand as they built a 4-1 lead behind a solo home run from Jesus Gonzalez and a two-run shot by Kevin Ahrens. With heralded reliever Tim Collins entering the game in the eighth inning to close things out, the lead seemed to be safe. The Manatees came up with two hits off Collins in the eighth, but were unable to push any runs across the plate. Eric Farris and Steffan Wilson started the ninth-inning rally with back-to-back singles. The following batter, Chris Errecart, was drilled by a pitch to load the bases. This may have rattled Collins, as he walked Lee Haydel to bring in a run for Brevard County. Trystan Magnuson was summoned from the Dunedin bullpen to stop the bleeding, but he was unable to hold off the Manatees. He issued a walk to his first batter, Zelous Wheeler, scoring another run. Sergio Miranda followed with a bloop single into center field, scoring Errecart and tying the game at 4-4. The Manatees appeared to be on their way to victory, with the bases loaded and no outs in a tie game. Brent Brewer ripped a line drive, but it was right into the glove of shortstop Raul Barron, who doubled up Wheeler at second base. Martin Maldonado grounded out to end the inning and send the game to extras. After Michael Fiers sat the Blue Jays down in order, Logan Schafer led off the tenth inning with a walk. After Schafer was bunted over to second base by Farris, Wilson was intentionally walked. Errecart ripped a line drive off the extended glove of Barron, allowing the ball to drop safely behind second base, and loading the bases with one out. Haydel came through, lifting a sacrifice fly into center field, scoring Schafer easily and sending the Viera faithful home happy. Fiers (1-0) picked up the win in his Manatees debut, pitching 2.1 perfect innings in relief. Magnuson (4-1) was charged with the loss, his first of the year. The late heroics by the Manatees ruined a dominant outing by Dunedin starter Chuck Huggins, who allowed just one run on two hits in six innings of work, striking out seven Manatees. Brevard County finishes the homestand at 4-3. They head to Lakeland on Friday to open a three-game series, which is part of a seven-game road trip. Michael Bowman (3-4, 3.18) will pitch the opener for the Manatees. Brevard County Box Score Great write-up, Tyler; nice work by the two Mark's, Rogers and Willinsky, early on; the Michael Fiers story continues to be a great read -- just keep giving him different uniforms all the way up; fun ending for the locals... Brevard County Game Log

David Weiser's starsboxscore.com: Lucroy goes on... Stern moves on Stars lose game and Stern, but Lucroy hit streak climbs to 14 Shane Justis picked the wrong time to go into a slump...... With Adam Stern's promotion to Nashville prior to this game, Justis, who's never gone more than two games without getting a hit, went hitless for the third time in as many games as the Stars lost without a fight to the Mobile Bay Bears at Hank Aaron Stadium...... The Stars, who had won two straight coming into this game, have not put together a streak longer than that since late June........ Justis is 1-for-17 in his last four games, and hitting .209 for the month of August....... And just how has Justis done as a leadoff hitter this season? He's started 16 games in the leadoff spot. It doesn't look too successful. AB R H RBI ADD. April 29 5 1 1 1 SO May 29 4 0 0 0 June 13 5 0 0 1 June 15 4 0 2 1 BB June 19 4 0 0 0 SO July 1 4 0 1 0 BB July 11 5 1 1 0 2b, 3 SO July 15 5 0 1 0 SO July 17 2 0 0 1 SO, 3 BB July 18 5 2 4 2 3b, SB July 19 5 1 1 0 July 23 4 1 0 0 SO, HBP July 25 4 1 2 0 July 29 4 0 0 0 August 9 5 0 0 0 SO August 13 3 0 0 0 2 BB 68 7 13 6 Doing the math, that's a .191 average coming from a leadoff hitter, who is carrying a .296 average after a 1-for-17 slump at the plate! He's walked seven times, was hit once, and struck out nine times. More revealing is that the Stars are 5-11 with Justis in the leadoff spot...... I say put Cain in there. He's hitting .318 on a current six-game hit streak. Speaking of hitting streaks, Jonathan Lucroy stretched his to 14 games tonight, while driving in the Stars' only run with a two-out line drive double to right in the 8th inning. Talking about sweating this one out. It scored Drew Anderson, who stole his 7th base of the year to set it up. Lucroy raised his average to .273 -- his highest mark since May 8. He's gone 22-for-50 on his streak (.440), driven in seven runs, and scored six times in his last four games...... Lucroy has doubled in three straight games. Wes Roemer had allowed 20 runs in 20 innings prior to this start, but for whatever reason, he's got the Stars number this year...... He's won both his starts against the Stars and yielded one runs on seven hits in 11 innings...... The Stars have now lost 12 of their last 15 and are 8-18 since the Southern League All-Star break. J.R. Hopf, who went 11-for-30 in July, is 6-for-19 this month...... The Stars back-up catcher carried a light stick for the first three months of the season, hitting .185 going into July. His average is now .241. Juan Sandoval has now given up 11 runs on eight hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings in his last two appearances. He finished July with a 1-1 record and 3.21 ERA. The Stars send Nick Green for his third start Friday night. Going for Mobile is All-Star Matt Torra, who in two starts against the Stars, has given up 10 runs on 13 hits in 11 innings, but won the season opener, 5-4, thanks partly to Huntsville pitchers walking 10.

Final: Mobile (Diamondbacks) 7, Huntsville 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary Roemer Deals Mobile Past Huntsville BayBears Break Open a Close Game Late to Down Stars By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Wes Roemer spun seven scoreless frames and Ricardo Sosa drove in three runs to power Mobile past Huntsville 7-1 Thursday night in the second of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears evened the series at a game apiece and won for just a fifth time in their last 22 games to improve to 19-28 in the second half and 56-61 overall, while the Stars fell to 17-29 in the second half and 55-60 overall. Mobile has taken eight of the 12 games in the season series. The Stars threatened early against Roemer but could not cash in against the right-hander. They had runners at first and second and nobody out in the first inning and could not score and put runners at the corners with one out in the third before Drew Anderson bounced into an inning-ending double play. The Stars stranded a runner in scoring position again in the fifth and seventh innings against Roemer, who threw his first scoreless appearance in 18 outings at the double-A level. Roemer allowed four hits, walked three and fanned five in picking up the win to square his record at 7-7. He had allowed 20 runs, 18 earned, on 22 hits over 20 innings in his prior three turns. Roemer yielded one run in 12 frames against the Stars and beat them in both of his turns against them this season. Mobile finally pushed across the game's first run in the home fifth when Brian Byrne led off with a walk, advanced to third base on a hit and run single by Orlando Mercado, the BayBears first hit, and came in to score on a Cyle Hankerd double play grounder. Evan Frey's one-out infield single started a two-run rally in the sixth, as he came in to score on a Pedro Ciriaco single that was followed by Sosa's single to center field that drove in Mark Hallberg. Stars' starter Mike Jones induced a double play grounder off the bat of Byrne to end the inning and his night. The right-hander induced three double play grounders in his six innings of work during which he allowed five hits, walked two and fanned four. He fell to 3-5 on the season. Huntsville managed to push across a two-out run in the eighth against Leyson Septimo when Anderson singled, stole second and came around on a double by Jonathan Lucroy, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games, off the glove of a diving Chris Rahl in right field. Mobile broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the inning on a two-run double by Sosa and run-scoring two-base hits by Byrne and Hankerd. The series continues Friday night with right-hander Nick Green taking the mound for the Stars against BayBears' right-hander Matt Torra. 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 Huntsville Game Log Just a shame in a "lost" season, but it appears Lorenzo Cain again injured himself on a defensive play -- looks like he stayed in the game for one play, but then was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the next half-inning... Mobile Bottom 6th Wes Roemer strikes out swinging. Evan Frey singles on a ground ball to first baseman Kevin Melillo. Mark Hallberg singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew T. Anderson. Evan Frey to 2nd. Pedro Ciriaco singles on a line drive to right fielder Chuck Caufield. Evan Frey scores. Mark Hallberg to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Ricardo Sosa singles on a line drive to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Mark Hallberg scores. Pedro Ciriaco to 3rd. Injury Delay. Bryan Byrne grounds into double play, second baseman Shane Justis to shortstop Michael Garciaparra to first baseman Kevin Melillo. Ricardo Sosa out at 2nd. Huntsville Top 7th Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Freddy Parejo replaces Lorenzo Cain. Freddy Parejo walks. Chuck Caufield pops out to first baseman Bryan Byrne. With Michael Garciaparra batting, Freddy Parejo steals (2) 2nd base. Michael Garciaparra strikes out swinging. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Yohannis Perez replaces Mike Jones. Yohannis Perez pops out to catcher Orlando Mercado in foul territory.

MTBrew's notation in this regard holds true specifically to this year and last. He's expresed dissatisfaction with Rene Gonzales' warmup routines for the team, the players' demeanor under Gonzales, etc., but I should stop there before potentially mis-representing his prior posts. Hoping he'll re-visit his thoughts with us soon, perhaps with comparisons to prior Helena managers such as Johnny Narron.

DHonks, Jones would only be a Rule 5 candidate if he agreed to yet another minor league extension deal with the Brewers and wasn't placed on the 40-man. Jones is free to seek employment with any organization should he and the Brewers not agree to terms (unless the Brewers add him to the 40-man before minor league free agency begins in October.)

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 63 55 .534 - 37-22 26-33 L1 Nashville 63 56 .529 0.5 34-25 29-31 L1 Iowa 60 58 .508 3.0 36-22 24-36 W2 Omaha 48 69 .410 14.5 24-34 24-35 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 26 20 .565 - 16-10 10-10 W2 West Tenn 23 23 .500 3.0 10-11 13-12 L1 Tennessee 23 24 .489 3.5 9-13 14-11 L2 Huntsville 17 28 .378 8.5 7-12 10-16 W2 Carolina 17 29 .370 9.0 7-14 10-15 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 32 11 .744 - 11-7 21-4 W2 Brevard County 26 17 .605 6.0 17-10 9-7 W1 Dunedin 24 20 .545 8.5 14-8 10-12 L1 Clearwater 22 22 .500 10.5 12-11 10-11 W1 Lakeland 21 24 .467 12.0 8-9 13-15 L1 Daytona 18 26 .409 14.5 9-15 9-11 L7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 5 4 .556 - 2-4 3-0 L3 Great Falls 4 5 .444 1.0 0-3 4-2 L1 Billings 3 5 .375 1.5 3-2 0-3 L3 Helena 3 5 .375 1.5 2-1 1-4 W1

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"Voice of the Rattlers" Chris Mehring's informative and entertaining Rattlers Radio Blog includes game notes an hour or two before gametime.

Follow Thursday'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. Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_13_hunaax_mobaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559 Brevard County: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_13_dunafa_breafa_1&cid=503&t=g_box Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_13_wisafx_cedafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_13_ogdrok_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_13_brrrok_cubrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_13_dgirok_dobrok_1

Thursday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle Huntsville: RHP Mike Jones at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 6:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series Wisconsin: RHP R.J. Seidel at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 6:20 PM pre-game; 6:35 gametime; LHP Efrain Nieves will also pitch Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Chad Robinson at home vs. Ogden (Dodgers), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime; look for long relievers to follow... Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at the Cubs' complex in Mesa; no more day games -- all games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; no audio, naturally... Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at home vs. the DSL Giants; (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...