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Final: Brevard County 4, Sarasota (Reds) 2 Brevard County Box Score Manatees scored two in the 6th to take a 3-2 lead, added an insurance run in the 7th; LHP Rafael Lluberes only faced one batter, but Lluberes set up the final five innings for Lucas Luetge and Jim Henderson nicely when he helped save Mark Rogers' line; as if on cue from us, Logan Schafer walked twice and added a double, one of four two-base hits for the Sea Cows among their eight knocks overall; two stolen bases for Eric Farris, now just two shy of 50; Zelous Wheeler with three hits and has his OBP up to .371; Lee Haydel doubled and singled... Brevard County Game Log As with Helena, the 6th frame was the key -- Brevard County Bottom 6th Pitcher Change: Josh Beal replaces Pedro Villarreal. Chris Errecart walks. Zelous Wheeler singles on a fly ball to right fielder Denis Phipps. Chris Errecart to 3rd. Lee Haydel doubles (12) on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Day. Chris Errecart scores. Zelous Wheeler to 3rd. Steffan Wilson reaches on a fielder's choice out, first baseman Jason Louwsma to catcher Jordan Wideman. Zelous Wheeler out at home. Lee Haydel to 3rd. Brent Brewer out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Josh Beal to first baseman Jason Louwsma. Lee Haydel scores. Steffan Wilson to 2nd. Martin Maldonado grounds out, shortstop Shane Carlson to first baseman Jason Louwsma.

Final: Helena 3, Billings (Reds) 1 Helena Site Game Summary Brewers End First Half With Win HELENA, MT-- Damon Krestalude pitched a season-high eight innings giving up only one run on five hits as the Brewers ended the first half on a positive note defeating the Mustangs 3-1. Krestalude struck out seven and walked one as he picked up his third victory of the season. Chad Robinson picked up his first career save in a game that lasted only one hour and 35 minutes. The Brewers scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as Mike Brownstein, Chris Ellington and Sean Halton all drove in runs. Luca Panerati gave up three runs on six hits in his fourth loss of the season. The Brewers begin the second half tomorrow in Missoula against the Osprey. RHP Adrian Rosario (2-3, 2.53) will take the mound for the Brewers to face Keny Sosa (1-2, 5.82). Helena Box Score An hour and 35 minutes? Insane! Look folks, this is simply unheard of, what RHP's Nick Bucci (just turned 19) and Damon Krestalude (recently 20) are accomplishing this season with extended outings, and brilliant quick-moving outings at that -- there's simply no precedent for these seven- and eight-inning performances this decade for the Brewers' Pioneer League club. At Wisconsin, you still have Evan Frederickson, Efrain Nieves, and Wily Peralta in rotating starting / relief piggy-back roles, Cody Scarpetta the same until recently. Bucci and Krestalude, the 18th and 17th round 2008 picks, and yes, isn't that a welcome sight, developing mid-round pitchers -- don't look to be in need of any piggy-backing in 2010. When the '09 minor league season is wrapped up, their names will figure prominently in the organizational success side of the ledger. RHP Chad Robinson makes his first appearance in over a month... Helena Game Log The offense, all in one wonderful small-ball rally -- Helena Bottom 6th Kyle Dhanani singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Frank Pfister. Joshua Prince singles on a line drive to center fielder Efrain Contreras. Kyle Dhanani to 2nd. Chadwin Stang singles on a bunt ground ball to catcher Mark Fleury. Kyle Dhanani to 3rd. Joshua Prince to 2nd. Mike Brownstein singles on a fly ball to left fielder William Stramp. Kyle Dhanani scores. Joshua Prince to 3rd. Chadwin Stang to 2nd. Chris Ellington out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Efrain Contreras. Joshua Prince scores. Chadwin Stang to 3rd. Sean Halton out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Efrain Contreras. Chadwin Stang scores. Cutter Dykstra grounds out to first baseman Thomas Nurre.

Final: Huntsville 7, Jacksonville (Marlins) 6 Huntsville Site Game Summary Stars Stun Suns With Rally in Ninth Struggling Huntsville Offense Ignites Against League's Top Closer By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Lorenzo Cain's two-out, two-run single keyed a five-run ninth inning rally, as Huntsville withstood a Jacksonville charge in the bottom of the inning to hang on for a 7-6 win Sunday evening in the second of a five-game set at the Baseball Grounds in Florida. The Stars snapped a five-game slide to improve to 15-22 in the second half and 53-53 overall, while the Suns lost for just a second time in their last 13 games to fall to 25-12 in the second half and see their lead over Birmingham in the South Division trimmed to three and a half games. Matt Peterson, the league leader in saves, was called on to protect a 4-2 Suns' lead in the ninth. He walked Drew Anderson, the leadoff man, and gave up singles to Jonathan Lucroy and Taylor Green that loaded the bases before Mike Stanton overran the ball in right field to allow Anderson to score, Lurcoy to reach third and Green to get to second. Freddy Parejo popped up before the Suns intentionally passed J.R. Hopf to load the bases. Michael Garciaparra struck out for the second out prior to Cain, who lined a 2-2 pitch into left-center field that fell in front of a diving Scott Cousins to score Lucroy and Green to give the Stars a 5-4 lead. Adam Stern and Shane Justis each collected infield hits to knock in a run, as Huntsville put together its biggest scoring inning in two weeks. Huntsville had been held to seven runs in 50 innings before erupting against Peterson. The Suns rallied in the bottom of the inning against Rob Wooten with run-scoring hits by Logan Morrison and Cousins to trim the visitors' lead to one. Lee Mitchell struck out for the second out with runners at the corners as Cousins stole second base. Chris De La Cruz was walked in front of Chris Hatcher, who grounded out to end the game. Wooten earned his sixth save in as many chances after being scored on for the first time in six appearances. Juan Sandoval earned the win with a perfect eighth inning in relief. Suns' starter Brad Stone's bid for perfection was broken up by Hopf's leadoff double in the sixth inning. The right-hander retired the next two hitters before De La Cruz, the shortstop, made a throwing error on a Stern grounder that allowed Hopf to score and Stern to reach second base. Justis followed with a double off the glove of a diving Scott in center field to chase home Stern to cut the home team's lead to 4-2. Stone retired Anderson on a ground ball to end the inning and his longest performance of the season after yielding two unearned runs on two hits, while fanning three. The Suns loaded the bases in the second with one out on a single, a walk and a hit batter before Scott drew a walk to force in the first run of the game. Ryan Klosterman singled off the glove of a diving Green at third base to deliver two runs and move Scott to third base from where he scored on a Josh Wahpepah wild pitch. Wahpepah was lifted after two frames, giving up three hits, walking four and fanning three in his fourth start of the season. Brandon Kintzler, in his second double-A appearance, tossed five shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out three to keep the Stars in the game. The series continues Monday evening with Huntsville right-hander Donovan Hand taking the hill against Suns' southpaw Sean West. Coverage of the game begins at 5:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score No win or save assigned to RHP Brandon Kintzler, but he was clearly the Stars' MVP here; more impressive about Lorenzo Cain's huge hit was that it came in a pinch-hit role; third consecutive multi-hit game for Jonathan Lucroy, who has hits in six straight and eight-of-nine... Huntsville Game Log

LHP Rafael Lluberes really bailed out Rogers in the 4th -- Sarasota Top 4th Neftali Soto walks. Denis Phipps strikes out swinging. Kyle Day walks. Neftali Soto to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Rafael Lluberes replaces Mark Rogers. Shane Carlson grounds into double play, third baseman Zelous Wheeler to second baseman Eric Farris to first baseman Chris Errecart. Kyle Day out at 2nd.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 58 49 .542 - 33-22 25-27 W2 Memphis 56 51 .523 2.0 35-21 21-30 W3 Iowa 54 53 .505 4.0 30-20 24-33 W1 Omaha 44 62 .415 13.5 21-29 23-33 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 19 16 .543 - 10-6 9-10 W2 Tennessee 19 17 .528 0.5 6-10 13-7 W6 West Tenn 18 17 .514 1.0 7-8 11-9 L1 Carolina 14 22 .389 5.5 7-13 7-9 L3 Huntsville 14 22 .389 5.5 6-9 8-13 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 24 9 .727 - 8-6 16-3 W8 Brevard County 21 12 .636 3.0 13-7 8-5 W2 Clearwater 18 16 .529 6.5 9-8 9-8 L2 Dunedin 18 17 .514 7.0 10-7 8-10 W1 Lakeland 17 17 .500 7.5 7-7 10-10 L1 Daytona 16 18 .471 8.5 7-11 9-7 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 21 16 .568 - 14-5 7-11 L1 Great Falls 20 17 .541 1.0 11-7 9-10 W1 Helena 19 18 .514 2.0 8-10 11-8 L1 Billings 12 25 .324 9.0 7-12 5-13 W1

Bill Hall (and other) photos here and at the Sounds site here. From Saturday: AUDIO: Koshansky Two-Run Double Chat with Catcher Patrick Arlis

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Follow Sunday'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 Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_albaaa_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_albaaa_nasaaa_2 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_hunaax_jaxaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_sarafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_qcsafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_02_bilrok_helrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433

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.

Sunday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP's Sam Narron and Lindsay Gulin at home in a doubleheader vs. Albuquerque (Dodgers), 5:35 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Josh Wahpepah at Jacksonville (Marlins), 3:50 PM pre-game; 4:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Sarasota (Reds), 12:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 12:50 PM pre-game; 1:05 gametime; RHP Wily Peralta will aslo pitch Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Damon Krestalude at home vs. Billings (Reds), 4:50 PM pre-game; 5:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: Idle Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: Idle

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As we hinted at in Saturday's Link Report: Brett Christopherson's Appleton Post-Crescent Blog: Outfielder Erik Komatsu exited the game after injuring a hamstring in the third inning. The injury occurred as Komatsu was charging towards second on a fly out to left. Rattlers manager Jeff Isom didn't know the severity of the injury afterward, only saying Komatsu is "day-to-day." "We'd love to have his bat in the lineup," Isom said. "Hopefully, it's going to be something that's temporary." The 21-year-old Komatsu has been sidelined most of the season because of injury, which included an earlier hamstring problem. He's hitting .243 with one homer and two RBI in 11 games. Other tidbits at the link

Link while active, text follows: Timber Rattlers find the winning touch in beating Quad Cities to end losing streak By Brett Christopherson Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers might have found a new good luck charm. Green socks. "We might wear them again (today)," catcher Sean McCraw said following an 11-3 Midwest League triumph over Quad Cities on Saturday at Fox Cities Stadium - a victory that snapped a season-high seven-game losing streak. "I'm not opposed to it." The socks were worn as part of a team promotion supporting environmental friendliness. But if they can help rid the residue of a rough stretch of baseball that saw the Rattlers enter play losers of 14 of their previous 16 games, then so be it. "We'll do whatever we can to get a win," manager Jeff Isom said. "If it's looking ugly out there, we'll do it. Go green worked." A common thread during Wisconsin's recent skid was an inability to click in all phases at the same time. Not so on Saturday as the Rattlers turned three Quad Cities errors into four unearned runs, finished with 10 hits, scored their most runs since a 10-8 win at Burlington on July 5 and enjoyed a strong seven-inning start out of Daniel Meadows. Wisconsin came into the game hitting .210 over its previous 10 games. The pitching staff also scuffled over that same period with a 5.34 ERA. "We had a lot of fun today," said McCraw, whose soft single to right capped a two-run sixth as Wisconsin grabbed a 7-2 edge. "I feel like the last week, we've been really pressing, trying to get that win. Today, Brock (Kjeldgaard) was doing slap bunts left-handed during (batting practice). "Everyone just had fun before the game. And I think we took that looseness into the game." Particularly from the outset, when the Rattlers shrugged off a gaffe that easily could have had them pressing even more. Miscommunication in the first inning between first baseman Corey Kemp and second baseman Brett Lawrie allowed a routine infield pop fly to drop in safely. Osvwaldo Morales was next and promptly tagged a 2-2 pitch over the left field wall for a two-out, two-run homer. But Wisconsin rallied behind a three-run second - McCraw walked with the bases loaded, while two more scored on a two-out, bases loaded throwing error - and never trailed from there. Isom credited Meadows for restoring the order. The left-hander struck out six and gave up eight hits over seven innings in earning his 12th win, which is tied for the league lead. "He's done a good job this season of, something will happen behind him, but he doesn't give in," Isom said. "That was the right guy on the mound for us when we're in a funk."

Del Howell signs with Brewers By Tommy Deas, Tuscaloosa (AL) News Executive Sports Editor TUSCALOOSA | Just about the time Del Howell had made up his mind that he would be returning to the University of Alabama for his senior baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers made the left-handed pitcher an offer he couldn't refuse. The former prep state Mr. Baseball and American Christian Academy star signed Saturday night with the Brewers, who chose him in the 15th round of June's amateur draft. As late as the middle of last week, Howell was 90 percent sure he would be returning to UA, but a final round of talks with the major league club resulted in a deal that is sending him into the professional ranks. It all changed with a phone call last Wednesday night. "They met what I had asked for," Howell said. "I always dreamed of signing a professional contract. I'm excited, ready to go. "It's a good opportunity for me to get started." The 6-foot-3, 21-year-old pitcher was the 466th overall pick of the draft. A source familiar with the situation said Howell was contacted by Milwaukee officials in the earlier rounds of the draft with a six-figure offer. Howell will not comment on the specifics of his signing bonus or contract. After taking a physical in Milwaukee on Tuesday or Wednesday, Howell will report to the Arizona Brewers, the team's Rookie League affiliate in Phoenix.

Thanks so much, TheCrew07, that was a huge "solid" for me -- great job. 124 pitches for Chris Cody. In Appleton, Erik Komatsu leaves after his 3rd inning at-bat as the DH, after flying out twice. Hope he's back in there today. CLICK FOR UPDATE In the DSL, LHP Jose Ramos has had his outings better spaced out, but performance still an issue. Closer Edwin Linares a true workhouse, effective and often.

http://wagthedog.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/go-go_gophers_300.gif Go-Go Gophers from the Underdog series of cartoons! TheCrew07, feel free to post summaries tonight if you wish. If not, I'll be able to, keep me posted as you have in the past, thanks.

Angel Salome starting tonight in Nashville, batting 8th. My whining on the matter can cease. Raining in Jacksonville after three scoreless innings, will Mike Jones come back out? Five scoreless for Amaury Rivas thus far, looking to make this a 5th consecutive quality start, with four being of very high quality.

LHP Donald Brandt starts for Helena tonight -- however, Eric Arnett will see action in relief.

RHP Tim Dillard back to AAA (major league forum thread); LHP Sam Narron active again in AAA (paper Helena move); RHP Ryan Houston on the AAA Temp Inactive List, retro to 7/29.

24-year-old OF Freddy Parejo returns to Huntsville from Nashville. He hit .262 in 16 AAA games, but Parejo is who he always is, having walked all of 22 times in 562 AB's since the beginning of last season.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 57 49 .538 - 32-22 25-27 W1 Memphis 55 51 .519 2.0 34-21 21-30 W2 Iowa 53 53 .500 4.0 30-20 23-33 L1 Omaha 44 61 .419 12.5 21-29 23-32 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 19 16 .543 - 10-6 9-10 W2 Tennessee 18 17 .514 1.0 5-10 13-7 W5 West Tenn 18 17 .514 1.0 7-8 11-9 L1 Carolina 14 21 .400 5.0 7-13 7-8 L2 Huntsville 14 21 .400 5.0 6-9 8-12 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 23 9 .719 - 7-6 16-3 W7 Brevard County 20 12 .625 3.0 12-7 8-5 W1 Clearwater 18 15 .545 5.5 9-7 9-8 L1 Lakeland 17 16 .515 6.5 7-7 10-9 W4 Dunedin 17 17 .500 7.0 10-7 7-10 L2 Daytona 16 17 .485 7.5 7-10 9-7 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missoula 21 15 .583 - 14-5 7-10 W2 Great Falls 19 17 .528 2.0 10-7 9-10 L2 Helena 19 17 .528 2.0 8-9 11-8 W2 Billings 11 25 .306 10.0 7-12 4-13 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_01_albaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_01_hunaax_jaxaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_01_sarafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_01_qcsafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_08_01_bilrok_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_01_brrrok_dodrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_08_01_dblrok_dobrok_1

Saturday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Cody at home vs. Albuquerque (Dodgers), 5:35 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mike Jones at Jacksonville (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Amaury Rivas at home vs. Sarasota (Reds), 6:05 PM gametime Sorry, no audio for this series... Wisconsin: LHP Daniel Meadows at home vs. Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Eric Arnett at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at the Dodgers' complex in the Glendale section of Phoenix; 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 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...