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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_07_21_nasaaa_mrbaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_21_cmcaax_hunaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_21_jupafa_breafa_1 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_21_helrok_casrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_21_giarok_brrrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_21_dobrok_dchrok_1

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Tuesday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: RHP Mike Jones at home vs. Carolina (Reds), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Amaury Rivas at home vs. Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Hammerheads' Feed) Wisconsin: Idle Helena: TBD at Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at home in Maryvale vs. the not-so-Giants; no more day games -- all games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; no audio, naturally... Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at the DSL Cubs # 2 squad (see this thread for some roster background) -- all games are 10:30 local time in the Dominican, and no need to ask about web audio; we usually won't see updated box scores until the overnight...

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From the Stars' Media Director, Brian Massey -- The Milwaukee Brewers and the Huntsville Stars announced today that LHP Zach Braddock has been placed on the 7-Day Disabled List retroactive to July 17th. OF Lorenzo Cain has also been promoted to Huntsville from Wisconsin. Both moves are effective immediately and Cain will be in uniform tonight against the Carolina Mudcats.

Final: DSL Blue Jays 5, DSL Brewers / Orioles 3 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score Closer Edwin Linares fell to 2-4 with his third blown save, allowing two inherited runners to score and then three (unearned) of his own in a disastrous five-run Blue Jay 8th inning that defies description with three errors, two wild pitches an HBP, a runner out at the plate, and a partridge in a pear tree; Jhonatan Javier was your DH, and yes, was HBP again -- the 14th time in 165 AB's; SS Andres Martinez a late pinch-hit strikeout... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log DSL Blue Jays Bottom 8th Defensive Substitution: Moises Arias replaces first baseman Dick Guanipa, batting 7th, playing first base. Pitcher Change: Kelvin Santana replaces Jose Mota. Carlos Ramirez pops out to shortstop Octavio Wilson. Alvaro Blanco walks. With Miguel Monges batting, Alvaro Blanco steals (3) 2nd base. Miguel Monges singles on a ground ball to third baseman Jose Jabalera. Fausto Natera doubles (7) on a fly ball to right fielder Edwin Wilson. Alvaro Blanco scores. Miguel Monges to 3rd. Pitcher Change: Edwin Linares replaces Kelvin Santana. Manuel Falcon singles on a fly ball to center fielder Wilmer Portes. Miguel Monges scores. Fausto Natera out at home on the throw, center fielder Wilmer Portes to first baseman Moises Arias to third baseman Jose Jabalera. Leonardo Hernandez hit by pitch. Manuel Falcon to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Leonardo Ferrini replaces Leonardo Hernandez. With Sony Javier batting, wild pitch by Edwin Linares, Manuel Falcon to 3rd. Leonardo Ferrini to 2nd. Sony Javier reaches on fielding error by shortstop Octavio Wilson. Manuel Falcon scores. Leonardo Ferrini to 3rd. With John Delgado batting, Sony Javier steals (1) 2nd base, Leonardo Ferrini scores. Sony Javier scores. Throwing error by catcher Wilder Aguirre. John Delgado reaches on fielding error by first baseman Moises Arias. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Daniel Arcila replaces John Delgado. With Emilio Bejas batting, Daniel Arcila steals (9) 2nd base. With Emilio Bejas batting, wild pitch by Edwin Linares, Daniel Arcila to 3rd. Emilio Bejas pops out to first baseman Moises Arias.

Final: Arizona Brewers 5, Arizona Mariners 1 Arizona Box Score Rehabbing LHP Jose Romero was the listed starter, but apparently never threw a pitch; fantastic effort from 22-year-old RHP Caleb Thielbar, six innings allowing only one unearned run; RHP Seth Lintz (24 walks in 18.2 IP) managed two innings of shutout ball despite four walks, his own throwing error, and a wild pitch; SS Carlos George tripled and doubled (.295, .791 OPS) and is also displaying better defense; rehabbing OF Erik Komatsu singled and hit a sacrifice fly in his five innings of work... Arizona Game Log

Final: Helena 7, Casper (Rockies) 0 Link while active, text follows: Brewers shut out Ghosts behind strong pitching By PETE NICKEAS - Casper Star-Tribune CASPER - One night after putting up a season-high 11 runs against the visiting Helena Brewers, the Casper Ghosts couldn't muster a single run. The Brewers tagged Ghosts starter Ricardo Ferrer for two runs before the Ghosts even saw a pitch. Ferrar settled into a groove and retired nine of the next 10 batters until the fifth inning, when Helena's eighth and ninth batters reached safely. Josh Prince, leadoff man for the Brewers who reached in his two previous at bats, doubled the two baserunners home and Prince advanced to third on an overthrow by Ghosts center fielder Eliezer Mesa. Brewer third baseman Mike Brownstein singled Prince home and Scott Krieger hit his third home run in as many games, giving the Brewers a 7-0 lead. It was Ferrer's meltdown that put the game out of reach for the Ghosts. Ferrer faced six batters in the fifth inning without recording an out before Ghosts manager Tony Diaz gave Ferrer the hook. If there was a silver lining, it was the five innings of relief tossed by the Ghosts relievers. They scattered four hits without allowing a single run, walking just one batter. "The bullpen looks like it settled down," Diaz said after the game. "They stopped the bleeding, they gave us a chance to come back, but it wasn't there offensively for us tonight." Brewers starter Nick Bucci pitched six shutout innings, allowing just two hits while striking out four and walking three. He worked with a "catch-throw-catch-throw" pace that kept the Ghosts off balance all night. "He worked fast, and we were unable to break his rhythm," Diaz said. "You try to do that when a pitcher has that type of fast tempo on the mound, but you have to give him credit." After the Ghosts' 11-3 shellacking of the Brewers Sunday, Diaz spoke high praise of his team's situational hitting. But the offensive outburst was a distant memory. The Ghosts couldn't advance a runner to third base until the sixth inning and had just five hits all night. With the bases loaded and no outs in the ninth inning, threatening for the first time all game, Nick Valdez and Jose Rivera struck out and Joe Scott flew out to right field to end the game. "You like to capitalize in that situation but realistically, that's the only inning we put any pressure on," Diaz said. Helena Box Score Check out Nick Bucci's last three starts -- wow; how about the power show Scott Krieger is putting on? Helena Game Log

Final: Lansing (Blue Jays) 15, Wisconsin 1 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Rough end to Rattlers road trip By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers LANSING, MI - The Lansing Lugnuts hit three homers and banged out 21 hits in a 15-1 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Monday night at Oldsmobile Park. Wisconsin ended the six game road trip to Great Lakes and Lansing with a 1-5 record and got outscored 54-22. Lansing (34-58 overall, 8-15 second half) broke in front in the first inning. Johermyn Chavez drove the run that put the Lugnuts up 1-0 with a sacrifice fly. Mike McDade hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the third inning. One out later, Jon Talley hit a solo shot. Later in the frame, an error and a bad hop single kept the inning alive for Chris Emanuele. The Lansing Lugnut hitter picked up an RBI single, his third hit of the game for a 5-0 lead. It took the Rattlers (46-47, 12-11) awhile, but they finally solved Lansing starter Chad Beck. Brett Lawrie singled with one out in the seventh and stole second. Jose Duran singled with two outs to drive in Lawrie and cut the Lugnut lead to 5-1. But, that was it for Wisconsin's offense. But, Lansing put a crooked number on the board in the bottom of the seventh by scoring five runs with two outs. A two-run single by Luis Fernandez was followed by an RBI double off the bat of Brian Van Kirk. That double knocked Rattlers reliever Pedro Lambertus out of the game. Chavez welcomed Liam Ohlmann to the game with a two-run homer and the Lugnuts were up 10-1. Lansing added five more in the eighth inning. Van Kirk was up with two outs, the bases loaded, and a 3-2 count. He looped a fly ball into right field for a single to drive in two runs. The ball also got past right fielder Juan Sanchez for an error to allow the runner at first to come around to score. Ohlmann walked Chavez and Wisconsin called on Rigoberto Almonte to get out of the eighth. He would allow a two-run double to McDade to account for hit number 21 and run number 15 for the Lugnuts before getting the final out. Wisconsin went down quietly in the top of the ninth inning and finished the season series 1-5 against the team with the worst record in the Midwest League. The Rattlers are off on Tuesday and return to action on Wednesday at Time Warner Cable Field. Wisconsin will host the Dayton Dragons, the Midwest League affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Daniel Meadows (11-1, 3.60) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Dayton has J.C. Sulbaran (2-2, 5.12) as their scheduled starter. Game time is 7:05 PM. Wisconsin Box Score An abomination in every aspect... Wisconsin Game Log

Final: Brevard County 2. Jupiter (Marlins) 1, ten innings Brevard County Box Score Wow, what a game -- the Manatees rallied to a walk-off victory as Chris Errecart's two-out, 10th-inning single scored Lee Haydel, who had tripled. Brevard tied it in the ninth on Caleb Gindl's one-out homer. Former first-round RHP Jeff Allison was shooting for the complete-game shutout when Gindl pulled his blast to right field. Excellent work from LHP Lucas Luetge, RHP Brandon Rapoza, and LHP Rafael Lluberes; Errecart reached four times in five trips; Martin Maldonado threw out both attempted basestealers as the 'Tees played perfect defense... Brevard County Game Log The Hammerheads walked the lefty Gindl to face Errecart in the final frame...

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Pitcher Chris Cody Detailed conversation regarding pitching strategies, including facing lefty bats... Final: Nashville 7, Memphis (Cardinals) 6 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Adam Heether photo, text follows -- Sounds Take Close One From Redbirds, 7-6 MEMPHIS - The Nashville Sounds beat the Memphis Redbirds 7-6 on Monday night at AutoZone Park in Memphis. Matt Ginter picked up his first save of the year after stranding the tying run 90 feet away to end the game. The Sounds jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning off Redbirds starter Clayton Mortensen. Outfielder Jason Bourgeois led off the game with a base hit and stole second base. Hernan Iribarren then brought Bourgeois home from second on a softly hit ball to center field for a 1-0 Nashville lead. Later in the inning, Joe Koshansky added another RBI-base hit to score Iribarren and extended the Sounds' lead to 2-0. Adam Heether then hit his 11th home run of the season to right field, a two-run shot for a 4-0 Sounds' advantage. AUDIO: Adam Heether Home Run Absolute bomb... The Redbirds tied the game at four on two long balls of their own off Sounds starter Chase Wright. Memphis' Tyler Greene led off with his bottom of the fifth with a solo homer to left field with Brian Barden hammering a three-run shot that tied the game. The game stayed knotted at 4 until Wright scored on an Alcides Escobar single to centerfield in the top of the fourth inning that gave Nashville a 5-4 lead. After Escobar and Iribarren reached base again to begin the top of the seventh inning, the Sounds added two more runs on sacrifice flies by Angel Salome and Koshansky for a 7-4 lead. Memphis came within two runs at 7-5 in the eighth inning when Troy Glaus scored on a wild pitch from reliever Nick Green. The Redbirds plated another run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI-single by Glaus, but couldn't do further damage and ended the game. Wright (6-5) allowed four runs in the first inning, but kept the Redbirds scoreless over the next five frames to earn the win, striking out two in the process. Mortensen (7-6) took the loss, surrendering six runs on 11 hits over six innings. The Sounds and Redbirds continue with the second game of a four-game series at 7:05 PM CT on Tuesday night at AutoZone Park. Sounds right-hander Tim Dillard (9-4, 3.93) takes the hill against right-hander Blake Hawksworth for Memphis. Nashville Box Score Every spot in the batting order reached at least once, top of the order 7-for-15; Freddy Parejo is going to be the early beneficiary of Cole Gillespie's trade, wouldn't be surprising to see Drew Anderson return to Nashville soon; Hernan Iribarren 3-for-5, including a double, Adam Heether on base three times... Nashville Game Log

Remember that awesome first-half Brevard bullpen? Rob Wooten and Zach Braddock are in Huntsville, John Axford is in Nashville, and now Roque Mercedes is a D-back farmhand. Now that's breaking up a good thing. For the moment, Brevard is playing two short of the roster limit. As for the other trade implication, what happens to Adam Heether's playing time (again) in light of Mat Gamel's return to AAA? Talk about someone who needs to escape, do you realize that the Brewers have the ability to add Heether to the 40-man roster immediately after this season, at which point they would effectively "own" him for three more years that he could be kept at AAA even further? It won't happen to the maximum, but it goes to show that a team could actaully own a player for ten full seasons without that player seeing the big leagues.

This Midwestern blogger happened to the Wisconsin / Lansing game Sunday and made some unique observations. He'll probably wonder why his hit count jumps today.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 52 42 .553 - 30-20 22-22 L2 Iowa 49 45 .521 3.0 28-18 21-27 W2 Memphis 47 46 .505 4.5 29-18 18-28 W2 Omaha 37 56 .398 14.5 16-26 21-30 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 16 9 .640 - 7-3 9-6 W1 Chattanooga 12 12 .500 3.5 6-4 6-8 L2 Tennessee 12 13 .480 4.0 4-6 8-7 L1 Huntsville 11 14 .440 5.0 4-6 7-8 L1 Carolina 9 16 .360 7.0 5-10 4-6 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa 12 7 .632 - 4-4 8-3 W3 Brevard County 13 8 .619 - 7-6 6-2 W1 Dunedin 13 9 .591 0.5 7-6 6-3 W2 Clearwater 11 10 .524 2.0 3-5 8-5 W1 Daytona 11 11 .500 2.5 4-8 7-3 W2 Lakeland 10 11 .476 3.0 3-5 7-6 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 13 12 .520 - 7-5 6-7 L1 Helena 13 12 .520 - 5-7 8-5 L1 Missoula 13 12 .520 - 9-4 4-8 L4 Billings 8 17 .320 5.0 4-9 4-8 L3

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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.

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Congratulations, Nick Bucci, your Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week.

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_07_20_nasaaa_mrbaaa_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_20_jupafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_20_wisafx_lanafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_07_20_helrok_casrok_1&did=t433&sid=t433 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_20_brrrok_mrnrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_20_dobrok_dblrok_1

Monday's Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: TBD at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: RHP Alex Periard at home vs. Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM gametime Live Audio Link (Hammerheads' Feed) Wisconsin: RHP Trey Watten at Lansing (Blue Jays), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: TBD at Casper (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at the Mariners' 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 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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Link while active, text follows: Pranks, baseball go hand in glove All Sounds have stories to tell By Bryan Mullen THE TENNESSEAN Brendan Katin describes himself as a good ol' Southern boy. He likes to fish and he likes tough-guy country music. Earlier this season, the Sounds outfielder was walking to the plate for an at-bat. He was expecting to hear his hand-picked song during his introduction: "Hard Workin' Man" by Brooks & Dunn. Unbeknownst to Katin, a couple of his teammates got together before the game and had a Sounds employee change Katin's song. So as he walked to the plate, the loudspeakers blasted, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" by Shania Twain. "I remember thinking, 'What is this?'" he said. "I had no idea what was going on." How did he fare at the plate? "I probably struck out," Katin said, laughing. Pranks and baseball share a storied history. Gags are stitched into the fabric of the game, like the seventh-inning stretch and Cracker Jack. "When you spend eight hours a day at the field for six months, you have to do something with the time," Sounds first baseman Joe Koshansky said. "If you didn't keep it loose, guys would start wanting to kill each other." And keep it loose, they do. Last year while playing in Calgary, Sounds catcher Patrick Arlis found a treasure map in his locker. In fact, it was the only thing in his locker. Teammates had hidden his clothes, gloves, cell phone and car keys at various places around the field. "It became a scavenger hunt with riddles and clues," Arlis said. "It ended up raining, so everything I owned got wet." Arlis' retaliation was impressive. During a day off, he found out teammate/ roommate Kevin Price was behind the stunt. So Arlis found a large garbage bag, loaded it up with everything in Price's locker, filled it up with water, and stuck it in a deep freezer. "I gave it back to him as a block of ice," Arlis said. "It probably weighed about 200 pounds." Sounds pitcher Lindsay Gulin pulled a similar retaliatory move a few seasons ago. Someone had put a special powder in his baseball socks, and after a game, Gulin quickly realized his legs were dyed purple from his knees to this toes. "It didn't come off easy," Gulin said. "I had to scrub for a week to get it off." Gulin found out who the culprit was and pulled the frozen bag trick on him. One of Arlis' favorites is an oldie but goody. Every once in awhile he sees a teammate sitting on a metal folding chair. He slyly puts a piece of tape underneath it and sets it on fire. Giggling ensues. "All of a sudden, the person sitting on it says, 'What's that smell?'" Arlis said. "And all of sudden your butt is really hot." There are some unwritten rules, however. Typically, the younger players do not pull pranks on the veterans. And then there is the timing. When a team is doing poorly, fewer pranks are engineered. "Everybody in the clubhouse here is awesome so you can pretty much mess with anyone," Arlis said. "There are some clubhouses where no one thinks it's funny. But if you're winning, pretty much anything goes." As it stands, the Sounds players should be on their toes. With the team leading its division, plenty of pranks are on the way. "I'm still waiting to break out the 'hot foot,'" Gulin said. "When we get a big lead, I'm going to secretly light someone's shoelaces on fire."

Final: Nashville 5, Iowa (Cubs) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Brendan Katin photo, text follows -- Sounds Drop Series Finale To I-Cubs, 5-4 DES MOINES -- Matt Camp delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Iowa Cubs held on to edge the Nashville Sounds by a 5-4 score on Sunday afternoon at Principal Park in the finale of a four-game series. With the win, the Cubs secured a three-games-to-one series victory over the first-place Sounds (52-42) and trimmed Nashville's lead in the PCL American North to three games. Sunday's contest was the final game between the clubs in 2009. Nashville won the season series against the I-Cubs by a 9-7 margin. Camp's single off Nashville reliever Ryan Houston (5-2) scored Bobby Scales from second base. Scales led off the inning with a walk and had moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Luis Rivas. Iowa's Greg Reinhard (2-3) was credited with the win. Blake Parker, pitching for the second consecutive game, pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 11th save. Luis Rivas staked Iowa to a 3-0 lead with a three-run triple in the first inning. On an 0-2 pitch from Sounds starter Chris Narveson, Rivas connected on a shot into the right-center field gap that was just beyond the grasp of a diving Jason Bourgeois. The triple was Rivas' first of the year. Nashville scored single runs in the second and third innings on RBI singles by Freddy Parejo and Brendan Katin to trim the Iowa advantage to 3-2. Katin's 20th home run of the season in the sixth, off Cubs starter Mitch Atkins, capped the Nashville comeback and tied the game 3-3. AUDIO: Brendan Katin's 20th HR A bases-loaded single by Darwin Barney in the sixth inning temporarily gave the Cubs a 4-3 lead. Barney's single plated Jason Dubois from third base, but Scales was thrown out trying to score on an errant throw from the outfield. The Sounds re-tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the eighth when Adam Heether delivered an RBI single. Houston (5-2) took the loss for the Sounds after allowing the game-deciding run in his lone inning of work. In his first start of the season, Narveson allowed four runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings and took a no-decision. The Sounds travel to Memphis tonight to continue their longest road trip of the year at AutoZone Park with a four-game series beginning on Monday evening. Nashville has yet to announce its starting pitcher for the contest. Memphis will send right-hander Clayton Mortensen (7-5, 4.09) to the hill. Nashville Box Score Alcides Escobar a busy day -- two singles, an intentional walk, his 33rd stolen base in 41 attempts, and his 8th error as a shortstop (13th overall)... Nashville Game Log

David Weiser's starsboxscore.com The Temptations warned about trying to keep up with the Joneses. The Stars had only one to keep up with. Turned out it was one too many. Not an imposing force at the plate (.229, .167 in July, .190 w/RISP), Travis Jones did it all this Sunday, going 3-for-3 and driving in all four runs, and making several nice plays in the field as the M'Braves beat the Stars, 4-3...... The Stars kept this close and could have had this game. Here's why. While Kyle Cofield had the control (2/3 of his 92 pitches were strikes), seven-game winner Mark Holliman struggled with his while trying to hold on to an early 2-1 lead. By the start of the 4th, Holliman had thrown --- 27 pitches for strikes (54%), 23 for balls, including three walks and a wild pitch. The Braves left two in the 1st and left two in scoring position after one had already scored in the 2nd...... Holliman had a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, but seven of his 13 pitches missed the plate. It was a matter of time, and the time was the 4th. Concepcion Rodriguez (to this point 3-for-9 in the series) singled. Then came three balls to .228-hitting Greg Creek, the first low and outside and the next two, way-high and outside. Creek wound up with a single through the infield into left..... He was forced out by catcher Phillip Britton, putting runners on the corners....... Travis Jones was next, and on the first pitch, Jones smacked a strike inside and just above the knees and drove it into the Braves' bullpen in left to give the Braves a 4-2 lead. That's all they would need....... Cofield then lined a single to right on the first pitch he saw and Matt Young walked on four straight pitches after fouling the first one off. Holliman was done. David Welch, Bobby Bramhall, and Robert Hinton were effective. As a group, they held the Braves scoreless on two hits over 4 1/3 innings, but the Stars were unable to capitalize on clutch opportunities -- something that's uncharacteristically plagued them this month (.221 w/RISP from July 1-17)...... The Braves committed two errors in the 5th, yet the Braves were able to slip out of harm thanks to a double play grounder by Yohannis Perez, who swung at a pitch too far inside -- the only one he saw, and Taylor Green, who struck out on three outside pitches....... In the 7th, Perez lined a double down the left field line and after Deunte Heath replaced Cofield, Drew Anderson was hit with a 1-2 pitch, but Green struck out to end the inning after being ahead 3-and-0 on the count....... In the 8th, the Stars had runners on 1st and 2nd with no one out, but Heath retired the next three hitters........ In the 9th, Anderson made it a one-run game blasting a home run deep to right field with two out (his first since May 29). That unnerved Heath enough to walk Green and Vinny Rottino on 13 pitches...... Bryan Butts was called in with the tying run on 2nd. Kevin Melillo worked the count full, but Butts struck him out swinging to end the game. The Stars left 12 on base and were 2-for-9 w/RISP....... Cofield grabbed his first win since June 19..... The Stars now have not won a series since beating Chattanooga in their six-gamer, June 24-27, just after they won the first-half title...... Hinton passed Scott Huntsman for 5th place with his 108th pitching appearance for the Stars. Huntsman was in a club- record 60 ballgames in 2000. The books show 59, but he pitched the very last inning in the very last game of the season (a 3-2 victory over Mobile), and was never included in the box score. I was not there, but I called Steve Kornya, who was doing the radio broadcasts then, on two different occasions, and he corroborated that each time....... Heyward, who was 8-for-15 in the series stepping into this game, was stopped cold in four at-bats...... Bramhall pitched three games in this series, pitching 3 1/3 innings without allowing a run or a hit and striking out five....... Shane Justis was 7-for-18 (.389) in the series, striking out just twice, and scoring four runs as the leadoff man in four of the five games..... Drew Anderson is hitting .333 since coming back from Nashville....... Taylor Green is hitting .304 since coming off the DL, but has left 29 men on base in 46 at-bats (1.58 per AB)...... Chuck Caufield left 16 men on base in 20 at-bats in the series....... Kevin Melillo is working on a seven-game hitting streak. The Brewers, Sunday, traded former Stars outfielder Cole Gillespie to the Arizona Diamondbacks, along with Brevard County reliever Roque Mercedes for 2nd baseman Felipe Lopez. The Brewers also sent Mat Gamel back to Nashville...... The trade fills a void for the Brewers who have lost Rickie Weeks for the season due to a mid-May wrist injury...... Gillespie hit .281 for the Stars last season, but was hitting just .242 in 45 games for the Sounds this year, after starting out on the disabled list..... Mercedes was part of the Manatees' strong bullpen crew (1-1, 1.08, 28 games)...... Lopez, who played for the Chattanooga Lookouts back in 2000, carries a .305 average with him after 85 games. He's in his 9th major league season. Tuesday, Mike Jones (2-3, 4.81) will take the mound against lefty Lee Tabor (1-1, 2.91). Tabor's had just one bad outing in his last seven appearances. Chattanooga pounded him on July 1..... When fans come back, they're going to find their team store has expanded (moved out 12 feet) and all enclosed!......... The store is in the same location, just much bigger now. With the cooperation of the city, numerous city businesses and fans, on their own time, donated time, manpower, equipment and supplies in the planning, design and construction for its expansion: ABC Cutting Contractors, Alabama Concrete Co. Inc., Alabama Drywall Supply, All Star Plumbers Inc., American Insulation, Associated Masonry Products Inc., Chapman Sisson Architects, City of Huntsville Inspection Dept., Construction Materials Ltd., Cornerstone Imports, Datatek, Durham Services, Feria Painting Inc., H.J. Electric Inc., Lowe's of Huntsville, McCracken Backhoe Service, Quality Glass, Pathways Metal Roofing Supply, PBS Services Inc., RDC Carpentry, Reeves Custom Homes Inc., Richards Lighting, S&W Roofing, Scottish Links, Vines Concrete Pumping Service, Wilson Lumber Company and Vega Masonry. There will be a Bobblehead Giveaway night on August 10, but the bobble head person is a closely guarded secret.