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Final: Arizona Padres 9, Arizona Brewers 6 Arizona Box Score Unusual linescore, as the teams combined to score in nine of the game's first ten half-innings, yet the final four innings were scoreless; five of the runs allowed by Brewer pitchers were unearned, as the squad committed four errors, and each and every one of those four errors proved costly; four doubles and one triple (Max Walla) among the nine Brewer hits; shortstop Carlos George now hitting .320, but his defense proved costly again; infielder Brandon Sizemore, back at second base in this one, doubled, singled, and added a sacrifice fly -- he's the one Maryvale Brewer simply blocked from Helena right now; even though he's been able to work multiple innings in several outings, 2008 2nd round pick Seth Lintz continues to have control issues -- three walks, two wild pitches, and a HBP in four innings here; Jesse Orosco, Jr. (a right-hander, unlike his dad) working his way back from injury in his second pro season in the Padres' organization... Arizona Game Log

Anyone with access to speakers needs to listen to the Michael Marseco interview to get a sense of just how badly his face was decimated, I believe it was on a play at the plate last season, in which the ball met his head. Kid went through hell to get back...

From Adam McCalvy: The Brewers signed another young pitcher from the Dominican Republic this week. Leonard Lorenzo, 18, is a 6-foot-3, 196-pound right-hander who will report to the Dominican Summer League team that the Brewers co-op with the Orioles.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 58 51 .532 - 37-21 21-30 W5 Nashville 58 52 .527 0.5 33-25 25-27 L3 Iowa 54 55 .495 4.0 30-20 24-35 L2 Omaha 44 64 .407 13.5 21-29 23-35 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 21 16 .568 - 12-6 9-10 W4 Tennessee 21 17 .553 0.5 8-10 13-7 W8 West Tenn 18 19 .486 3.0 7-8 11-11 L3 Huntsville 15 23 .395 6.5 6-9 9-14 L1 Carolina 14 24 .368 7.5 7-13 7-11 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 24 10 .706 - 8-7 16-3 L1 Brevard County 22 13 .629 2.5 14-7 8-6 L1 Dunedin 19 17 .528 6.0 10-7 9-10 W2 Clearwater 18 17 .514 6.5 9-9 9-8 L3 Lakeland 17 18 .486 7.5 7-7 10-11 L2 Daytona 17 19 .472 8.0 8-12 9-7 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W3 Missoula 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Billings 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L2 Helena 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1

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.

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Follow Tuesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or New Window". Choose "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. 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_04_albaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_04_hunaax_jaxaax_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_04_kccafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_04_helrok_misrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_04_brrrok_pdrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_04_dmlrok_dobrok_1

Tuesday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. Albuquerque (Dodgers), 11:45 AM pre-game; 12:00 PM gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at Jacksonville (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: Idle Wisconsin: RHP Trey Watten at home vs. Kane County (Athletics), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Hiram Burgos at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at the Padres' complex in Peoria; 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 Marlins (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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Infielder John Delaney to the Wisconsin DL, retroactive to July 30th, no injury info given.

Link while active, text follows: Help is on the way for Timber Rattlers as Prince, Fiers are promoted from Helena By Ryan Wilson Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - As the saying goes, good help is hard to find. On Monday night, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers discovered that finding the help wasn't difficult, but having it get to the stadium in time for the game was. The Timber Rattlers learned Monday afternoon that two draft picks from this year's June draft - third-rounder Josh Prince and 22nd-round selection Michael Fiers - were joining the team. Unfortunately, the pair spent more time in an airport than at Fox Cities Stadium on Monday as delays kept them grounded in Chicago. The Timber Rattlers offense also failed to take off as Kane County beat Wisconsin 5-1 in front of 2,044 fans at Fox Cities Stadium. "It's been pretty crazy," said Prince of his travel adventures. "It's real tough because you build up that anticipation (to play). You're ready. You get that call to say you're going to play up and then you end up just sitting there and waiting, hoping you get to the park early enough to get stretched and get loose. But it just didn't happen for me to get here early enough." While Prince wasn't able to impact the game the way the club intended on Monday night, he and Fiers figure to be welcome additions to the roster going forward. The Rattlers had lost eight-of-10 games coming into the four-game series with Kane County. "I'm not a guy who's going to hit home runs," said Prince, assessing his own game. "I try to get on base as much as possible and get into scoring position by stealing bases. I'm just a leadoff hitter who tries to do some damage at the top of the lineup." In his final season at Tulane University, Prince earned second-team status in Conference USA and tied for the NCAA Division 1 lead in stolen bases with 48. He's continued his thief-like ways since signing with the Milwaukee Brewers organization. In 36 games at rookie league Helena, Prince hit .298 and stole 26 bases in 33 tries. Fiers comes to the Timber Rattlers with a 1-0 record with eight saves, 35 strikeouts and one walk in 21 innings with Helena. While those stats speak volumes, the Wisconsin coaching staff still had plenty to learn about the two newcomers. "I just got an e-mail that said he is coming," said Rattlers hitting coach Matt Erickson of Prince, a shortstop, prior to the start of Monday's game. "He'll get here tonight, and I'll talk to our hitting coach in Helena tomorrow, and we'll get some video from a couple of his at-bats at Helena. I'll go from there and what they've been working on. I'll get to meet Josh and talk to him to get a feel about what he's working on and we'll go from there." The scoring began in the top of the fifth when Kane County's Petey Paramore singled to lead off the inning, and Dusty Napoleon followed with a double into left-center field. Wisconsin left fielder Derrick McPhearson bobbled the ball, allowing Paramore to score, and the Cougars (17-20 second half, 58-49 overall) led 1-0. Later in the frame, Napoleon reached third on one wild pitch, and scored on yet another to give Kane County a 2-0 advantage. The Cougars added two more runs in the sixth against Wisconsin reliever Efrain Nieves. Franklin Hernandez singled home Steve Parker with one out, and Mike Spina scored on a swinging bunt down the first base line by Paramore as Kane County jumped ahead 4-0. Wisconsin (14-22, 48-58) found the scoreboard in the sixth. Brock Kjeldgaard singled to center with one out, advancing to second on a wild pitch. The next batter, Jose Duran, connected on a double to right field to score Kjeldgaard to cut the lead to 4-1, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple. In the ninth, Spina hit a sacrifice fly to center to add an insurance run to give Kane County a 5-1 lead. R.J. Seidel took the loss for the Rattlers, while Mathieu Leblanc-Poirier earned the win for Kane County to improve to 3-5 on the season.

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Nice work getting a Jake Odorizzi update by Jim Breen at his Bernie's Crew site, part of the Sports Bubbler family. Kudos, hat tip, link, however we can recognize good detective work on the injury front.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 58 51 .532 - 33-24 25-27 L2 Memphis 57 51 .528 0.5 36-21 21-30 W4 Iowa 54 54 .500 3.5 30-20 24-34 L1 Omaha 44 63 .411 13.0 21-29 23-34 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 20 16 .556 - 11-6 9-10 W3 Tennessee 20 17 .541 0.5 7-10 13-7 W7 West Tenn 18 18 .500 2.0 7-8 11-10 L2 Huntsville 15 22 .405 5.5 6-9 9-13 W1 Carolina 14 23 .378 6.5 7-13 7-10 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 24 10 .706 - 8-7 16-3 L1 Brevard County 22 12 .647 2.0 14-7 8-5 W3 Dunedin 19 17 .528 6.0 10-7 9-10 W2 Clearwater 18 17 .514 6.5 9-9 9-8 L3 Lakeland 17 18 .486 7.5 7-7 10-11 L2 Daytona 16 19 .457 8.5 7-12 9-7 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 0 0 - - 0-0 0-0 Great Falls 0 0 - - 0-0 0-0 Helena 0 0 - - 0-0 0-0 Missoula 0 0 - - 0-0 0-0

Midwest League Standings Arizona League Standings Dominican Summer League Standings FYI -- These have been updated to show 2nd half standings for the Wisconsin and Maryvale clubs. The DSL team, like Nashville, plays a full-season format.

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. Kraig included video of the game-ending call at the plate from Sunday's nightcap. Close call, nice work, Kraig! *** "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_03_albaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_hunaax_jaxaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_breafa_dbcafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_kccafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_helrok_misrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_rngrok_brrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_03_dchrok_dobrok_1

Monday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Narveson at home vs. Albuquerque (Dodgers), 6:35 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Donovan Hand at Jacksonville (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Michael Bowman at Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio (Cubs Feed) Link Wisconsin: RHP R.J. Seidel at home vs. Kane County (Athletics), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime; LHP Efrain Nieves will also pitch Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Adrian Rosario at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at home in Maryvale vs. the mini-Rangers; 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 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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Nashville Site Doubleheader Summary: NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds lost both games of a twinbill to the Albuquerque Isotopes on Sunday evening at historic Greer Stadium after the Sounds recorded a combined four hits in both games. Nashville (58-51) is now 6-6 in doubleheader action this season and stands 1/2 game ahead of Memphis in the American Northern Division. Sounds center fielder Jason Bourgeois doubled to right-center to leadoff the nightcap, and then scored on an Albuquerque fielding error to give the Sounds an early 1-0 lead. Albuquerque loaded the bases in the next frame, with A.J. Ellis bringing home Brett Harper on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at one. The game remained tied until the top of the eighth when Blake DeWitt hit a sacrifice fly to score Sergio Garcia, putting the Isotopes ahead at 2-1. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Joe Koshansky and Adam Heether walked to start a late rally for Nashville. The next batter Mat Gamel singled to right field, bringing Koshansky around to score from second, but was thrown out by right fielder Jamie Hoffman at home plate to end the game. Scott Strickland picked up his PCL leading 24th save of the season. Francisco Felix (1-0) earned the win, striking out one in one inning for Albuquerque. Henry Bonilla surrendered one run on two hits in four innings for the Isotopes. Sounds starter Lindsay Gulin allowed one run on four hits while striking out one in five innings of work for the Sounds. John Axford provided two scoreless innings in relief. Ryan Houston (5-3) took the loss after allowing one run in the eighth inning for the Sounds. Nashville Game Two Box Score Sounds batters K'd 20 times in 15 doubleheader innings; Corey Patterson grounded out as a pingh-hitter in his Brewer organization debut... Nashville Game Two Game Log In the opener, Albuquerque knuckleballer Charlie Haeger held Nashville to one hit over six innings to lead the visiting Isotopes to a 4-1 victory. Haeger (11-6) moved into sole possession of the PCL wins lead by earning his 11th victory of the year. He fanned eight batters and allowed one run on one hit in his six-inning stint. Albuquerque took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Sounds starter Sam Narron. Tony Abreu led off with a single before moving to third on a Jason Repko double. Both runners scored on a bad-hop Jamie Hoffman single to third that struck third baseman Mat Gamel in the left shoulder before careening into left field. The Sounds halved the lead in the bottom of the third when Narron reached on a two-base throwing error by Isotopes third baseman Hector Luna then scored on a Johnny Raburn double to left. The Isotopes stretched the lead to 3-1 in the fifth when Narron issued a bases-loaded, two-out walk to Mitch Jones. Haeger scored unearned on the play as a result of a dropped catch error charged to Sounds shortstop Adam Heether on a force attempt earlier in the frame. Albuquerque made it a 4-1 game in the sixth. Hector Luna and former Sound J.D. Closser opened the frame with singles off Narron. After a fielder's choice grounder that left runners on the corners, Haeger dropped a sacrifice bunt that plate Luna. Bourgeois went 0-for-2 in the opener to snap his season-best hitting streak at 10 games. Strickland worked a scoreless bottom of the seventh for the Isotopes to notch the save. Narron (1-4) took the loss for the Sounds after giving up four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six frames of action. The teams continue the series with a 7:00 PM meeting on Monday night. Left-hander Chris Narveson (4-3, 3.97) will toe the rubber for Nashville to face a yet-to-be-determined Albuquerque hurler. Nashville Game One Box Score Nashville Game One Game Log

Final, Game One: Albuquerque (Dodgers) 4, Nashville 1 Final, Game Two: Albuquerque 2, Nashville 1, eight innings (scheduled for seven) In the nightcap, Joe Koshansky inexplicably did not slide when trying to score on Mat Gamel's single and was thrown out to end it; all the details in the AM...

Brett Christopherson's Chock-Full Blog Post Link, text follows -- Guess the green socks weren't so lucky after all. Looking to achieve their first winning streak in three weeks, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers instead were plagued by a bout of wildness on the mound on their way to a 5-3 Midwest League loss to Quad Cities on Sunday at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. Wisconsin players and coaches donned green socks for the second straight game, considering the look something of a good luck charm after whipping the River Bandits 11-3 on Saturday to snap a season-high seven-game losing streak. The socks initially were worn as part of a team promotion supporting environmental friendliness. But it was Quad Cities that took advantage of some good fortune, parlaying eight walks into three big runs as it won two out of three against the Rattlers. "Three runs was the difference," Wisconsin manager Jeff Isom said. "With our offense, we've been scoring runs on walks and errors, and that's what we ended up doing today. You've got to make them put the ball in play, and we didn't do that." The key inning was the fifth, when the River Bandits scored twice to erase a 1-0 deficit and grab a lead they'd end up holding from there. Jarred Bogany opened the frame with a triple and then crossed the plate when Wisconsin starter Evan Frederickson uncorked a wild pitch. Up next was Jose Garcia, who drew a walk but later scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice bouncer to second. The shortstop was caught running in a pick-off attempt but wound up advancing to third on a throwing error by first baseman Brock Kjeldgaard, whose toss to second was high. Garcia walked again to lead off the seventh and came across two batters later when Frederick Parejo laced a one-out double to right. A one-out walk in the eighth was followed two batters later by a two-out, two-run homer to center by Jarred Bogany - the No. 9 man in the lineup - who tagged an 0-2 offering from reliever Liam Ohlmann over the center field wall. Wisconsin tried to mount a rally in the ninth, scoring twice on singles by Erik Miller and Juan Sanchez before being retired on a groundout to first. Sanchez and Peter Fatse paced the Rattlers with three hits apiece. Frederickson struck out five and scattered four hits but walked five in 4 1/3 innings for the loss.The left-hander, a supplemental first round selection by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 draft, entered the game having issued the second-most walks in the league. He currently has allowed 58 walks. "It's been a trend," Isom admitted. "It's something he's got to work through and figure out his delivery. He's working on a few things, and we need to get what he does in the bullpen and carry that over to the mound. But it's definitely something we're working on on a daily basis and it's just a matter of piecing it all together so we have a good final product there." Turning point The Rattlers had runners on the corners with two outs and two runs across in the ninth when Quad Cities reliever Matt Frevert was brought into the contest. The right-hander quickly ended the threat - and game - when he retired Fatse on a 3-1 putout. Stat pack 46: Games the Rattlers have lost this season when scoring four runs or less. They've won 19 such games. 55: Home runs given up by Wisconsin pitchers. Bogany's blast was his second of the year. 239,044: Final home attendance figure should the Rattlers hit their current per-game average of 3,515 over their final 15 dates. That would eclipse the franchise record of 233,797 set in 1996 - Fox Cities Stadium's second season of operation. Injury report Isom said the hamstring injury suffered by Erik Komatsu during Saturday's win isn't serious and expects his outfielder to return to action shortly. "He'll be out a few days here," Isom said. "We want to make sure the hamstring is 100 percent. There's maybe a little weakness in there (now.)" The 21-year-old Komatsu, who has been sidelined by injury throughout most of the season, is hitting .243 with one homer and two RBI in 11 games. He was selected by Milwaukee in the eighth round of the 2008 draft and hit .321 with 11 homers and 47 RBI in 68 games last season at rookie level Helena. "He's a guy we need to have in our lineup," Isom said. "He's very competitive at the plate, puts good at-bats there. So if we're going to have a run here in the second half, he needs to be part of it." Did you know? Quad Cities manager Steve Dillard is the father of Nashville Sounds hurler Tim Dillard, who is 0-1 with a 12.46 ERA this season in two appearances with the Crew. The Sounds are the Brewers' Triple-A affiliate. Steve Dillard, meanwhile, is in his fourth season as the River Bandits' manager and his fifth as a member of the Quad Cities' field staff. 2009 record: 34-36 first half, 14-21 second half. 2008 record: (as a Seattle Mariners affiliate): 31-35, 9-26. Sunday's attendance: 3,530. Overall attendance through 53 dates: 186,319 (3,515 average). On deck Game time: Wisconsin vs. Kane County on Monday at 7:05 PM at Fox Cities Stadium. Season series: Kane County leads 6-5. Up and throwing: Wisconsin - R.J. Seidel (0-0, 4.32 ERA); Kane County - Mathieu Leblanc-Poirier (2-5, 4.96 ERA).

Final: Quad Cities (Cardinals) 5, Wisconsin 3 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Bandits take series By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Jarred Bogany tripled, homered, and helped the Quad Cities River Bandits build enough of a lead to hold off a late charge by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. The Bandits beat the Rattlers 5-3 and won two of the three games in the weekend series between the Midwest League teams. Wisconsin (48-57 overall, 14-21 second half) took a lead right away. Juan Sanchez led off the first inning with a bunt single and went to second on a throwing error. Pete Fatse was next and his double to left knocked in Sanchez for a 1-0 lead. But that was about all the Rattlers could do against River Bandits starting pitcher Miguel Tapia. The righty allowed two more hits over the next four innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out six to give his team a chance to get the lead. Quad Cities (46-59, 16-19) broke through against Rattlers starting pitcher Evan Frederickson in the top of the fifth inning. Bogany tripled to start the frame and he scored on a wild pitch to tie the game. Later in the inning, Nick Tyson relieved Frederickson with runners at first and third with one out. Frederickson finished his day with five walks and five strikeouts over 4-1/3 innings. Tyson got Osvaldo Morales to send a slow chopper to short. Wisconsin got the force at second, but Morales beat the throw to first that could have ended the inning with a double play and the go-ahead run scored. Frederick Parejo doubled in a run in the seventh inning to give the River Bandits a 3-1 lead. Bogany made it a 5-1 game with a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the eighth. That was crucial. Quad Cities reliever Dave Carpenter, who had allowed two hits in the eighth inning without allowing a run, walked Michael Vass with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Derrick McPhearson followed with a single to right to put runners at the corners. Erik Miller singled to send Vass home with a run and McPhearson around to third base. Carpenter struck out pinch hitter Jose Duran for the second out, but Sanchez singled to left to knock in McPhearson with the second run of the inning. The play also brought Fatse to the plate as the potential winning run. The River Bandits went to Matt Frevert out of the bullpen and he retired Fatse on a grounder to first to end the game. Wisconsin begins a four-game series with the Kane County Cougars on Monday night. R.J. Seidel (0-0, 4.32) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Cougars will counter with Mathieu Leblanc-Poirier (2-5, 4.96). Monday is a Q'Doba Q'Monday at the ballpark. Fans who purchase a lunch entree at the Fox River Mall location of Q'Doba will receive a free ticket to the Timber Rattlers game. Also, the first 1,000 fans into the gates will receive a poster of All-Star pitcher Wily Peralta from Express Convenience Centers. Game time is 7:05 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Juan Sanchez and Pete Fatse combined for six hits atop the lineup; why was Wily Peralta pulled in the middle of the 7th? That's a very short scheduled piggy-back outing, and I hope we don't hear bad news this week... Wisconsin Game Log

Congratulations to Nashville RHP Ryan Houston, back from the Temp Inactive List. He welcomed a baby daughter to his family.