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Final: Nashville 11, Salt Lake (Angels) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Corey Patterson photo, text follows -- Patterson Powers Sounds Past Bees, 11-4 SALT LAKE CITY - Center fielder Corey Patterson belted a pair of home runs and recorded five RBIs to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-4 victory over the Salt Lake Bees on Monday evening at Spring Mobile Ballpark. With the win, Nashville (62-55) pulled back into a tie for first place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division with Memphis, which had its game in Colorado Springs suspended due to rain. Every Sounds batter recorded a knock in the club's 15-hit output, led by 3-for-4 efforts from catcher Angel Salome and Patterson. The veteran outfielder - whose homers were his first two as a Sound- has hit safely in all five of his starts for Nashville this season, batting .458 (11-for-24) in those contests. The Bees got on the board in the bottom of the first with an unearned run off Sound starter Chase Wright. Terry Evans led off with a double, advanced to third on a passed ball charged to Salome, and scored a batter later when Nashville shortstop Adam Heether was unable to handle a grounder off the bat of Chris Pettit. Salt Lake doubled the advantage to 2-0 in the second when right fielder Adam Pavkovich slugged his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to left. The Sounds offense erupted for a six-run rally in the top of the third inning as the visitors vaulted to a 6-2 lead. Salome made amends for his earlier fielding gaff by leading off the frame with a solo homer to center off Bees starter Brad Knox, the backstop's sixth roundtripper of the year. Brendan Katin followed with his team-leading 29th double of the year and later scored the tying run on a Jason Bourgeois RBI single up the middle. Alcides Escobar followed with a single before Patterson put Nashville on top, 3-2, with an RBI single to right. First baseman Joe Koshansky followed with a two-run triple to center before Heether wrapped up the big inning's scoring with a sac fly to right. Salt Lake scored for the third straight inning to open the contest, pulling back within 6-3 in the home half of the third when Sean Rodriguez tripled and scored on a Matt Brown sacrifice fly. Nashville upped its lead to 8-3 in the fourth when Escobar delivered a bases-loaded RBI single to bring home Katin and Patterson followed with a sacrifice fly, which chased Knox from the contest. Patterson continued his solid evening in his next two at-bats. The veteran led off the seventh with a solo homer to center that greeted Salt Lake reliever Rafael Rodriguez. An inning later, he wrapped up the Nashville scoring with a two-run homer off Robert Mosebach. AUDIO: Corey Patterson's First HR Former Sounds infielder Luis Figueroa concluded the night's scoring in the bottom of the eighth when he delivered an RBI double for the Bees off Robert Hinton. Wright (7-6) picked up the win for Nashville after allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings of work. John Axford turned in an impressive relief outing for the Sounds, striking out the final four batters of the contest including working out of an inherited bases-loaded jam unscathed in the eighth inning. Knox (6-7) absorbed the loss for the Bees after surrendering eight runs on nine hits in just 3 2/3 innings of action. The teams continue their series with another 8:05 PM CT matchup on Tuesday. Left-hander Chris Cody (5-6, 4.33) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Salt Lake right-hander Brad Salmon (4-3, 5.28). Nashville Box Score Not a hint of a whine from Alcides Escobar this season about his prolonged AAA stay, which is a nice positive -- he DH'd here; RHP John Axford blew away all four men he faced, throwing only five balls in the process -- can't wait to get a chance to see this kid, who is suddenly looking like a 40-man roster addition must prior to Rule 5 this fall... Nashville Game Log

Final: Arizona Brewers 2, Arizona Angels 1 Arizona Box Score A nice five-inning start for just-turned 20-year-old RHP Tyler Cravy, the 2009 17th-round pick showing some sharp peripherals in his first pro go-round; LHP Jose Romero bailed out RHP Blake Billings from some wildness in this one -- walks hadn't been a big concern for Billings thus far; RHP Stosh Wawrzasek struck out the side in order in the 9th for an impressive save -- I love how MiLB.com refers to him as Stosh "J." Wawrzasek, so as not to get confused with all the other Stosh Wawrzasek's out there; the teams combined for clean defense and only eight hits; CF Franklin Romero with an outfield assist at third base to end the 1st... Arizona Game Log The A-Crew scored both their runs in the 3rd -- Brandon Sizemore continues as team MVP offensively AZL Brewers Bottom 3rd Connor Lind singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mike Trout. Carlos George pops out to second baseman Freddy Sandoval. Franklin Romero doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Randal Grichuk. Connor Lind to 3rd. Wayne Dedrick pops out to first baseman Eric Oliver. Brandon Sizemore doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Randal Grichuk. Connor Lind scores. Franklin Romero scores. Max Walla flies out to center fielder Mike Trout.

Link while active, text follows: Manatees still at 999 BY MARK DeCOTIS FLORIDA TODAY Number 1,000 will have to wait. At least until tonight. The Lakeland Flying Tigers handcuffed the Brevard County Manatees on five hits on Monday night at Space Coast Stadium, defeating the hosts 3-1 to deny them their 1,000th victory as a Class A Florida State League franchise. The Manatees get another chance at the milestone tonight, hosting the Dunedin Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game set at 7:05 (6:05 Central). Lakeland wasted no time getting on top, using an error and two singles to load the bases and score once in the first inning. Further damage was avoided when Manatees righthander Evan Anundsen turned a line drive into an inning-ending double play. Meanwhile, the Manatees put two runners on in the first two innings but couldn't score. They finally broke through in the fourth when Lee Haydel doubled just inside the left field line, advanced on a fielder's choice and scored on Sergio Miranda's sacrifice fly to left. The 1-1 tie lasted all of three batters as Lakeland's Audy Ciriaco homered to center field in the fifth, driving in Maiko Loyola who had singled, for a 3-1 lead. Ciriaco also hurt the Manatees with his defense, recording six assists from shortstop through the first four innings and turning an unassisted double play on a line drive in the bottom of the ninth. In all, Lakeland pitchers induced Manatee hitters into 17 ground-ball outs. Ciriaco finished the night 3-for-4. The Manatees are now 31-23 at home this season, 16-9 in the second half. Also, the first-half FSL North Division champions are chasing the most wins and best winning percentage in franchise history. The 2001 team finished 80-55 for a .593 winning percentage. It shared the league title with the Tampa Yankees after the championship series was canceled following Sept. 11. The 2009 Manatees are 65-40 for a .619 winning percentage. Because of rainouts, they will not play a complete 140-game schedule. They have 27 games remaining. Assuming all are played, they would need to win 16 games to reach 81 victories and break the record.

RHP Nick Green, claimed off waivers from Anaheim in February, and currently in Huntsville, was designated for assignment to make room for David Weathers on the 40-man roster. He will remain in the Brewers' organization should he clear waivers.

RHP Nick Green, claimed off waivers from Anaheim in February, and currently in Huntsville, was designated for assignment to make room for David Weathers on the 40-man roster. He will remain in the Brewers' organization should he clear waivers.

Nashville's going to win big, and the Maryvale kids are trying to hold on -- details in the AM...

Final: Helena 8, Ogden (Dodgers) 1 Helena Box Score Best team effort in weeks? Chad Robinson (one inning, one unearned run), Hiram Burgos (five scoreless innings, 7 K's), and Jon Pokorny (three scoreless, four K's) shined; no Brewer had more than one base hit, but nearly all contributed; SS Michael Marseco left the game after a HBP in the 5th -- hopefully he's OK; much more in the AM from the Helena press.... Helena Game Log

Final: DSL Red Sox 6, DSL Brewers / Orioles 4 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score No pitchers in action; Jhonatan Javier doubled twice -- the catcher with the .998 OPS has only K'd 26 times in 196 AB's; four other Brewer batters combined for two singles... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Pete Fatse was replaced in the Rattler game after flying out to end the 5th, something to remember, I suppose, if he's absent for a bit.

Final: Huntsville 8, Mississippi (Braves) 2 Huntsville Site Game Summary Welch Leads Stars Back Into Win Column Timely Hitting Helps Huntsville End Skid By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars David Welch worked into and out of trouble for most of his seven innings of work and Huntsville scored in four straight innings en route to an 8-2 win over Mississippi Monday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars improved to 16-28 in the second half and snapped their six-game losing streak, while the Braves slipped to 22-22 in the second half and 53-61. The Stars won for only a third time in their last 14 home games since June 27 and lifted their record at "the Joe" to 21-28. Jason Heyward tripled with two outs in the first inning and scored when Freddie Freeman singled into center field to give the visitors the early lead and mark the second straight day they had scored in their first at-bat. Jonathan Lucroy led off the home second with a double to push his hitting streak to a season-high 12 straight games and came in to score two batters later on a Lorenzo Cain single. Cain advanced to second base on a two-out walk to Yohannis Perez and came in to score the go-ahead run on a single by Welch, who drove in his first run of the season. Kevin Melillo led off the home third with a triple and scored on a two-out hit by Cain, who knocked in a pair of runs for a third time this season, to extend the cushion to 3-1. Perez singled to lead off the fourth, moved to second base on a Welch sacrifice and then tagged up and moved to third base on an Adam Stern line out to right field. Shortstop Brandon Hicks mishandled Heyward's throw back to the infield to allow Perez to score to push the home team's lead to 4-1. Drew Anderson singled to start the fifth, stole second base, moved to third on a ground out and scored when Eric Campbell misplayed Taylor Green's grounder to third to extend the lead to 5-1. Braves' starter Tim Gustafson was lifted after five frames and charged with three earned runs on seven hits, while he issued four walks and struck out two. He took the loss to fall to 1-3 on the season. Welch stranded a pair of runners in the third, fourth and fifth innings before retiring the side in order in the sixth. Matt Young opened the seventh with a triple and scored on a Heyward ground out that sliced the Stars' lead to 5-2. Welch was removed after allowing eight hits, walking three and fanning two. He stranded eight base runners to grab his sixth win of the season, and third at home. Huntsville added three runs in the seventh against Jeff Lyman on a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded by J.R. Hopf and a wild pitch that scored Lucroy. The Stars last scored eight runs in a game in the first game of the last road trip at Montgomery on July 27. The Stars lifted their overall record to 54-59 and squared the season series at seven games apiece. The series wraps up Tuesday night with right-hander Brandon Kintzler taking the hill for the Stars against Braves' right-hander Ryne Reynoso. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Stars Manager Bob Miscik ejected in the 7th after Taylor Green was called out on strikes; Jonathan Lucroy on base three more times; Lorenzo Cain a modest four-game hit streak... Huntsville Game Log

Journal-Sentinel: Smith optioned to Nashville I could have sworn Smith was out of options, though. We'll see if that post is amended later to a DFA. EDIT: Actually it appears Smith also has an option remaining for next season as well. The Red Sox added him to their 40-man roster for the first time in 2008.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Robert Hinton A good listen....

Final: Wisconsin 1, Peoria (Cubs) 0 Wisconsin Site Game Summary from Chris Mehring: SCARPETTA & FIERS SHUTOUT CHIEFS; STOP LOSING STREAK PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ended their eight-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Peoria Chiefs Monday night at O'Brien Field. Cody Scarpetta pitched six scoreless innings for the win. Mike Fiers tossed three scoreless frames for the save. Josh Prince kick started the Wisconsin offense scored in the top of the first inning. The Rattlers leadoff hitter singled and stole second to start the game. Pete Fatse followed with an RBI single for a 1-0 lead. Wisconsin (49-64 overall, 15-28 second half) would load the bases with one out in the inning, but they could not score again. But on Monday night, that didn't matter. The Chiefs (63-49, 25-18) appeared poised to tie the game or take the lead in the bottom of the first. The first two batters of the inning reached on a double and a walk. But, Scarpetta got a 6-4-3 double play and a grounder to second to get out of the inning. Scarpetta gave up three hits over six scoreless frames, struck out five, and finished strong by retiring the final seven batters he faced before turning the ball over to Fiers. Fiers relieved Scarpetta to start the seventh inning and gave up a lead off single. But, the Wisconsin defense turned a 5-4-3 double play and Fiers got a strikeout to end the inning. After a 1-2-3 eighth inning, Brett Jackson started the bottom of the ninth with a single. But, Fiers, who was 8-for-8 in save opportunities with Helena in the Pioneer League before being promoted to the Timber Rattlers last week, got a pair of strikeouts and a grounder to first to record his first Midwest League save. The Timber Rattlers continue their eight-game road trip with the first game of a four-game set at Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night. Daniel Meadows (12-4, 3.95) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Tyler Chatwood (3-7, 4.62) is set to start for the Kernels. Game time at Perfect Game Field is 6:35 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Wisconsin Game Log

Final: Lakeland (Tigers) 3, Brevard County 1 Brevard County Box Score No baserunner for either team reached second base after the Flying Tigers scored two in the top of the 5th to take the lead; Evan Anundesn with a decent, actually strong, line; Omar Aguilar has been so dominant since his demotion from Huntsville, one wonders if he could bypass AA on the way back up; Lee Haydel the lone multi-hit night... Brevard County Game Log

Update from Helena: Helena will start RHP Chad Robinson tonight with RHP Hiram Burgos and LHP Jon Pokorny to follow because of Robinson's low pitch count.

Brett in Appleton reminds us of the folly of thinking the T-Rats might be playoff-bound. Ain't happening, sorry...

Yesterday's Manatees' win deserves more detail, and the club provided it: Wilson's Walkoff Slam Gives Manatees Win No. 999 (Viera, FL) Steffan Wilson's tenth inning, walkoff grand slam lifted the Manatees to a 6-2 win over Lakeland Sunday afternoon. Now, the Manatees are closing in on what might be the biggest milestone of their season, their 1,000th win. With Sunday's victory, the Manatees are just one win away from 1,000. Michael Bowman took a no-hitter through 5.2 innings as the Manatees built a 2-0 lead. Bowman finished with just one hit allowed in six innings, while striking out eight. The game remained 2-0 into the ninth inning, with Jim Henderson looking to close out the victory. Flying Tigers leadoff hitter Devin Thomas reached base on an errant throw from Brent Brewer, however, opening the door for a Lakeland comeback. With Brevard County hanging on to a 2-1 lead with two outs and the bases loaded, Audy Ciriaco slapped a single up the middle. Jeramy Laster scored to tie the game, but Chris White was gunned down at the plate by Logan Schafer to leave the game tied at two. Anderson De La Rosa led off the tenth inning with a double to left field. Schafer was then able to beat out a bunt single, giving the Manatees runners on first and third with no outs. After Eric Farris was intentionally walked to load the bases, Wilson blasted the second offering from Lakeland's Nolan Cain over the left field wall to win the game. It was Wilson's ninth homer of the season. Rafael Lluberes (3-2) earned the win in relief for Brevard County. The Manatees look to win their 1,000th game tonight, as they close out the series with Lakeland. All-Star Evan Anundsen (8-7, 2.94) will be on the mound for the Manatees, facing Andrew Hess (6-9, 3.34). If the Manatees do not reach the milestone tonight, they will still have three more chances on this homestand, as Dunedin comes to town for a three-game series beginning Tuesday. Make sure to check out Space Coast Stadium during this homestand to see the Manatees make a run at a milestone!

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 61 54 .530 - 37-22 24-32 W2 Nashville 61 55 .526 0.5 34-25 27-30 L2 Iowa 58 57 .504 3.0 34-21 24-36 W3 Omaha 47 67 .412 13.5 23-32 24-35 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 24 20 .545 - 15-10 9-10 L2 Tennessee 22 22 .500 2.0 9-11 13-11 L4 West Tenn 22 22 .500 2.0 9-10 13-12 L2 Carolina 17 27 .386 7.0 7-13 10-14 W2 Huntsville 15 28 .349 8.5 6-12 9-16 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 30 10 .750 - 11-7 19-3 W6 Brevard County 25 15 .625 5.0 16-8 9-7 W1 Dunedin 22 19 .537 8.5 13-8 9-11 W2 Clearwater 20 20 .500 10.0 10-10 10-10 L2 Daytona 18 23 .439 12.5 9-13 9-10 L4 Lakeland 18 23 .439 12.5 7-9 11-14 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 5 1 .833 - 0-0 0-0 W3 Billings 3 2 .600 1.5 3-2 0-0 W3 Great Falls 2 4 .333 3.0 0-3 2-1 L4 Helena 1 4 .200 3.5 0-0 0-0 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 Monday'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_10_nasaaa_slcaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_msbaax_hunaax_1&did=t559&sid=t559 Brevard County: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&gid=2009_08_10_lakafa_breafa_1&cid=503&t=g_box Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_wisafx_peoafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_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_10_angrok_brrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_10_drsrok_dobrok_1

Monday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Salt Lake (Angels), 7:40 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: LHP David Welch at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Evan Anundsen at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 6:05 PM gametime No audio for this series Wisconsin: RHP Cody Scarpetta at Peoria (Cubs), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: TBD at home vs. Ogden (Dodgers), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at home vs. the Angels' 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 Red Sox (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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Thanks for telling us about his finger -- we know he mssed several games recently. I imagine the Sounds didn't want word of that getting out so that opposing baserunners wouldn't attempt to take advantage. Otherwise, there seems to be no reason Gord Ash was so hesitant to comment specifically other than to say he was "banged up", which is what we had heard from various folks in Nashville as well.

Final: Arizona Brewers 4, Arizona Angels 2 Arizona Box Score As noted above, reliever Corey Frerichs making his way back from knee surgery, and RHP Josh Butler continues to stretch out again; Brandon Sizemore reaches three times, and CF Franklin Romero has his third straight two-hit game... Arizona Game Log