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Link while active, text follows: 2009 Draft pick Fatse shows promise in debut with Timber Rattlers By Cory Jennerjohn Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - Need that elusive promotion? Talk to Timber Rattlers newbie Peter Fatse. The 24th-round selection in the 2009 draft got his first start in maroon and black Tuesday night during the Timber Rattlers' 4-2 loss against Clinton. "I jumped off the plane last night, was here today, everybody's awesome and welcomed me to the team," said the 22-year-old, who started in left field. The reason he could help you climb the corporate ladder is because he barely unpacked his suitcase in Rookie League by spending a mere four games with the Helena Brewers. "The draft was three weeks ago," Fatse said. "Next thing you know, I was in Montana and then I got a call last night and was told to come out here." His name (pronounced FAHT-zee) has been easily butchered despite holding a slender 5-foot-10, 170-pound frame. "I was always the skinny kid," he said with a smile. "My younger brother was a little heavier and he got made fun of. He's tougher, I think, for it though." Jokes aside, the University of Connecticut product made an eye-opening, diving catch in the fourth to snatch a hit from Blake Ochoa. "He was drafted as a second baseman, but he's had a little bit of background in the outfield and he makes a heck of a play on a ball on a sinking line drive," Timber Rattlers manager Jeff Isom said. "I'm excited to see what else he can offer our club. It's good to see a guy that's hungry right now." He may have gone only one-for-four at the plate but he has already impressed his co-workers, who would love to follow his promotional path. "You know what, he plays hard," said Timber Rattlers catcher Corey Kemp, who knows a thing or two about playing hard after playing in the Midwest League All-Star Game on June 23. "He made a really good defensive play for us tonight and he got a clutch hit for us in the ninth inning. So, hopefully, he can keep coming out and giving us good performances night after night."

Final: DSL Brewers / Orioles 9, DSL Mets 2 And the DSL kids salvage the Link Report... DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score RHP Edwin Linares allowed a run in his inning, working on consecutive days; catcher Jhonatan Javier has done more DH'ing than catching lately, and added his almost-daily HBP along with a double, walk, and three RBI; we have a Joan Abreu sighting -- the infielder's first appearance in three weeks; 17-year-old SS Andres Martinez tripled, walked, and scored three runs; fellow 17-year-old CF Juan Barrini singled and drove in two, but still sports just a .398 OPS after 55 AB's... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Final: Arizona Athletics 8, Arizona Brewers 1 Arizona Box Score More mound struggles tonight -- Caleb Thielbar catching too much of the plate, Seth Lintz and Tyler Cravy not enough; to his credit, Lintz was getting ground balls and did not allow an earned run in 3.2 innings (three unearned); Brewer catchers picked runners off of first and second base -- you see so much of that at the lowest levels, and that activity slowly diminishes as players mature; he's back -- SS Carlos George with not one, not two, not three, but four throwing errors -- can't blame those on the hard-baked infield; George did have three hits, including a double; Erik Komatsu a single and two walks as his wrist rehab continues; Max Walla on base twice, via HBP and walk... Arizona Game Log 1st and 3rd, no outs in the 1st inning wasted; follow that up with 2nd and 3rd, one out in the 2nd inning wasted; then a single and two walks led to no runs in the 3rd inning...

Final: Billings (Reds) 9, Helena 6 Helena Box Score Brewers down 6-1 after an inning and a half -- three 9th inning runs made it look competitive; none of the four pitching lines impressive, but give Joel Morales credit for stranding three of Rico Salmon's baserunners and not allowing an earned run; Josh Prince was picked off and caught stealing on the same play in the first -- MiLB.com box scores still list those as two distinct events, a real pet peeve; Mike Brownstein has walked 12 times -- he has only 25 official AB's; catcher Michael Roberts again roaming CF -- unless Roberts is the next Craig Biggio, that tells us Khris Davis is sidelined; six of Chris Ellington's 15 hits have gone for extra bases (1.197 OPS); after appearing in each of the first six games as catcher or DH, we do miss Cameron Garfield's line, although Shawn Zarraga is 3-for-7 with a walk the past two nights... Helena Game Log Cutter Dykstra with four errors already, the young man's game isn't exactly trending upward in 2009...

Link Report Bonus: Timber Rattlers fans have made their choice, Lawrie to be bobblehead

Final: Clinton (Mariners) 4, Wisconsin 2 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Eighth inning again unkind to Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - On Sunday afternoon, the Peoria Chiefs scored nine times in the top of the eighth inning and went on to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 15-6. On Tuesday night, the Clinton LumberKings scored twice in the top of the eighth inning to break a tie and defeat the Rattlers 4-2 at Time Warner Cable Field. Nate Tenbrink delivered the decisive hit for the visitors with two outs in the pivotal inning. Wisconsin had the early advantage. Corey Kemp's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the first inning gave the Rattlers (37-38 overall, 3-2 second half) a 1-0 lead. Clinton (43-32, 3-2) tied the game in the third. Terry Serrano tripled to lead off the frame. An RBI grounder by Scott Savastano knocked in Serrano. The LumberKings went up 2-1 in the top of the fourth. Denny Almonte singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Blake Ochoa. The Rattlers tied the game thanks to some sloppy Clinton defense in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kemp was at first after a one out single. John Delaney sent a hard grounder to Savastano at third. Kemp was running on the play, so Savastano's only play was to first base. The throw was wild and the Rattlers catcher chugged around to score the tying run. Delaney took third on the play and Wisconsin had a great opportunity to take the lead. But, the next two batters were retired, Delaney was stranded, and the game entered the later innings tied 2-2. In the top of the eighth, the Rattlers gave the LumberKings a hand. Reliever Liam Ohlmann hit Savastano with one out and walked Sanchez to put two runners on base. Brandon Ritchie relieved Ohlmann and got a strikeout for the second out. But, Tenbrink lined a single to right to score Savastano with the tie-breaking run. A throwing error on the play allowed Sanchez to score an insurance run. The LumberKings did not need the insurance. Cheyne Hann tossed a scoreless eighth inning. Clinton's all-star closer Ruben Flores allowed a walk and a hit in the bottom of the ninth, but got the final three outs for his fifteenth save of the year. The series continues Wednesday afternoon. Wisconsin sends Evan Frederickson (3-4, 4.64) to the hill as the starting pitcher. Clinton has Maikel Cleto (0-0, 2.08) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Game time is 12:05 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Who schedules an Appleton matinee opposite a Brewer matinee? Pete Fatse, the UConn second baseman, made his Timber Rattler debut patrolling left field, singled in four AB's; no matter how you slice it, catcher Corey Kemp (OPS .797) has had a very solid offensive season -- three singles here... Wisconsin Game Log Brock Kjeldgaard's 6th inning K was particularly painful...

PORT CHARLOTTE - Tuesday's Florida State League game between the Charlotte Stone Crabs and Brevard County Manatees was cancelled due to heavy rains and unsafe field conditions. The game will be made up Wednesday as part of a doubleheader starting at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central). Charlotte and Brevard County will play a pair of seven-inning games. A 30-minute interval will follow the end of the first game before the second game begins.

Final: Tennessee (Cubs) 7, Huntsville 2 Huntsville Site Game Summary Six Different Players Knock in a Run in Tennessee Victory Smokies Send Stars to Second Straight Defeat By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Hung-Wen Chen tossed six solid innings and Tennessee used a four-run sixth inning rally to break away and down Huntsville 7-2 Tuesday night in the third of a six-game set at Smokies Park. The Smokies won their second straight to improve to 5-4 in the second half and move into a first place tie in the North Division with the Stars, who dropped to 5-4 in the second half and 43-35 overall. The Smokies won for the fifth time in 13 games in the season series. The Stars scored in the first inning for a third straight game when Johnny Raburn hit a home run to right field. It was his first of the season, just the sixth of his career and his first since August 11, 2007 at Jacksonville while playing for the Carolina Mudcats. The home side came right back to score two times in the bottom of the inning on run-scoring hits by Tony Thomas and Doug Deeds, who was the fourth straight hitter in the inning to collect a hit against Bobby Bramhall. The Stars left-hander worked out of further trouble by getting Ty Wright to ground into an inning-ending double play. Raburn singled with one out in the sixth, advanced to second base on a groundout and scored to tie the game on a two-out single by Kevin Melillo. The Smokies answered back in their half of the inning to regain the lead for good when Marquez Smith led off with a home run to left-center field, his sixth of the season. Deeds followed with a double and scored on a one-out single by Jim Adduci that made it a 4-2 game and knocked Bramhall out of the contest. Juan Sandoval took over and uncorked a wild pitch that moved Adduci to third from where he scored on a two-out Wellington Castillo single. Castillo moved to third base when Raburn misplayed a Blake Lalli ground ball and scored on a single by Jonathan Mota that finished off the decisive rally. Bramhall took the loss to drop to 4-5 after yielding five runs on eight hits, while walking two and fanning one. Chen allowed two runs on seven hits to pick up his first win since June 6. He did not walk a batter and did not record a strikeout in lifting his record to 4-6. Marco Carillo followed and retired all six hitters he faced, including striking out four. Brian Schlitter took over in the ninth and set down the Stars in order, as the trio combined to retire the last 10 Huntsville hitters. The series continues Wednesday evening with right-hander Mark Holliman starting for the Stars against Tennessee left-hander Jeremy Papelbon. Coverage of the game begins at 6:00 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Outside of Jonathan Lucroy's work throwing out baserunners; a very non-descript game; you'd be hard-pressed to find a less interesting combination of AAA and AA action on any night this season thus far... Huntsville Game Log

Final: Oklahoma City (Rangers) 5, Nashville 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Jason Bourgeois photo, text follows -- NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds lost to the Oklahoma City RedHawks 5-1 on Tuesday in the final game of a four-game series at Historic Greer Stadium. On a Major League rehab assignment, RedHawks starter Dustin Nippert (1-0) earned the win, surrendering one run on two hits with six strikeouts in five innings of work. The Sounds were limited to three hits on the evening, with Jason Bourgeois going 2-for-4 with a double, recording his 13th multi-hit contest in his last 20 games. Sounds outfielder Cole Gillespie hit his sixth home run of the season that gave Nashville a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Gillespie's long shot was his second in three games and sixth hit at Historic Greer Stadium. AUDIO: Cole Gillespie Home Run After Greg Golson singled, Esteban German put the RedHawks ahead at 2-1 with a two-run shot to left field in the next frame. Oklahoma increased their lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth on a Kevin Richardson solo homer, and extended it to 4-1 on a sacrifice fly by German that scored Joaquin Arias. The RedHawks managed to load the bases on Sounds starter Chris Cody later in the inning, and brought home another run for a 5-1 lead on a Brandon Boggs groundout. Cody (2-3) took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits over five innings. Matt Ginter and David Johnson added a combined four scoreless innings in relief. The first place Sounds travel to Round Rock tomorrow for the opener of a three-game series at 7:05 PM CT at the Dell Diamond against the Express. Southpaw Lindsay Gulin (3-4, 5.09) takes the mound for Nashville against right-hander Bud Norris (3-5, 2.17). Nashville Box Score Ten baserunners allowed in five innings for Chris Cody; lots of offensize zeroes in the box score, except for K's (11 of those)... Nashville Game Log

We've added the second half of the Doug Melvin interview with Chuck Valenches in Nashville to the post in the beginning of today's Link Report.

Jeffress' agent Josh Kushnick (agent39) was a guest on the D-List Tuesday during their segment with Tom Haudricourt. Audio link

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Brewers GM Doug Melvin (Part 1 of 2) Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Brewers GM Doug Melvin (Part 2 of 2)

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 44 34 .564 - 25-16 19-18 W1 Iowa 40 37 .519 3.5 23-16 17-21 L3 Memphis 36 40 .474 7.0 22-16 14-24 W1 Omaha 30 47 .390 13.5 13-22 17-25 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 5 3 .625 - 4-2 1-1 L1 Tennessee 4 4 .500 1.0 1-1 3-3 W1 West Tenn 4 4 .500 1.0 1-1 3-3 W1 Chattanooga 3 5 .375 2.0 1-1 2-4 L1 Carolina 2 6 .250 3.0 1-5 1-1 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearwater 5 0 1.000 - 0-0 5-0 W6 Daytona 4 1 .800 1.0 1-0 3-1 W4 Tampa 3 1 .750 1.5 2-1 1-0 W2 Brevard County 3 2 .600 2.0 2-2 1-0 W2 Dunedin 3 2 .600 2.0 3-2 0-0 L2 Lakeland 2 3 .400 3.0 0-0 0-0 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 6 1 .857 - 4-0 2-1 W6 Helena 4 3 .571 2.0 3-1 1-2 W2 Missoula 3 4 .429 3.0 2-1 1-3 L2 Billings 1 6 .143 5.0 1-2 0-4 L6

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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. Kraig has video for you tonight (John Axford, plus an Adam Heether HR) -- that guitar scoreboard is huge! *** "Voice of the Rattlers" Chris Mehring's informative and entertaining Rattlers Radio Blog includes game notes an hour or two before gametime.

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_06_30_orhaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_30_hunaax_tenaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_30_breafa_chaafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_06_30_cliafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t433&gid=2009_06_30_bilrok_helrok_1&cid=433&t=g_box Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_30_brrrok_athrok_1 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&gid=2009_06_30_dmerok_dobrok_1&cid=3130&t=g_box

Tuesday's Daily Menu: Times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Chris Cody at home vs. Oklahoma City (Rangers), 6:35 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Live Audio Link Huntsville: LHP Bobby Bramhall at Tennessee (Cubs), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Live Audio Link Brevard County: RHP Amaury Rivas at Charlotte (Rays), 6:05 PM gametime Live (Opponent's) Audio Link Wisconsin: RHP Cody Adams at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Live Audio Link Helena: RHP Damon Krestalude at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Live Audio Link Arizona Summer League: at the Athletics' complex in 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 Mets (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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News that had sneaked out earlier, but now made formal. Wisconsin's roster, even after these moves, sits at 23, two below the limit. INF Steve Braun and OF Chris Dennis have been placed on the Timber Rattler DL backdated to 6/28. INF Peter Fatse has been transferred from Helena to Wisconsin. He will be active for tonight's game. RHP Cody Adams has been reinstated from Wisconsin's disabled list and will be active for tonight's game.

Final: DSL Brewers / Orioles 3, DSL Pirates 0 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score Edwin Linares saved the eight-inning effort of an Orioles prospect; Andres Martinez singled and stole his 4th base; Jhonatan Javier was the DH again, the team continues to take advantage of his offensive skills (.958 OPS) on non-catching days; CF Juan Barrini 0-for-4... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Final: Arizona Brewers 7, Arizona Cubs 1 Arizona Box Score Nice pitching efforts for all, and fantastic to see R.J. Seidel go five innings here; yes indeed, Lorenzo Cain and Erik Komatsu make this a very pleasing-to-the-eye box score, regardless of numbers posted; scoreless inning in the professional debut of 31st round RHP Jose Oveido, the Venezuelan native drafted out of a Miami junior college; along with SS Carlos George's return, the Bronx youngster drafted late in '08, an eventful peek-in to the always-churning back stories of the kids at this level in the system... Arizona Game Log

Final: Helena 11, Billings (Reds) 3 Helena Box Score Obviously, kids like Nick Bucci, Damon Krestalude, and the starter here, Jake Odorizzi, were thoroughly stretched out in Maryvale during extended spring training, plus they've been very economical and effective; 3-3 game broken open in a six-run 5th; Josh Prince already has eight walks and sports a .486 OBP after seven games; Cutter Dykstra with his 6th professional HR, and the 4th career blast for still-18-year-old RH bat Hitaniel Arias; as noted above, fellow HR-on-the-night catcher Michael Roberts in CF (!) as the roster juggling / draft pick signings wreck havoc -- heck, Wisconsin is still down several roster spots, and it wouldn't surprise to see some independent league players brought in at this point; Cal-State Fullerton's Khris Davis disappeared after one at-bat last week, you'd think he would have played outfield before Roberts; Joey Paciorek won't be 20 years old until this fall, for a reader who asked earlier -- three rookie years not all that unusual for mid-round high school draft picks; Edgar Trejo hasn't played since the 25th (back to Wisconsin perhaps?)... Helena Game Log Unlikely Josh Prince left the game late for any other reason that to get Mike Brownstein his first Pioneer League action after the hot Maryvale start... Oddly, no Helena newspaper coverage for this one...

Final: Brevard County 8, Charlotte (Rays) 5 Game Summary from the Stone Crabs' Site Stone Crabs Open Homestand with 8-5 Loss By Jonathan Gantt PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- After 11 days away from home, the Charlotte Stone Crabs return to Charlotte Sports Park was spoiled by an 8-5 loss to the Brevard County Manatees on Monday night. The Stone Crabs (1-4) enjoyed a three-day All Star Break before embarking on an eight-game road trip, and their welcome home party was ruined by the Manatees, who posted the best record in the league during the first half of the season. Reid Fronk led the Charlotte offense with a solo home run and an RBI-double, but the bullpen surrendered seven runs after starter Alex Cobb left the game in the third inning because of blisters on his throwing hand. Brevard County (3-2) posted an early run in the top of the second inning off a pair of doubles from Caleb Gindl and Zelous Wheeler. Charlotte responded quickly with a run of its own in the bottom of the third inning when Christian Lopez scored on a sacrifice fly from Emeel Salem that was just a few feet from being a grand slam. Lopez would have been thrown out at second base trying to steal earlier in the inning, but Wheeler dropped the throw from catcher Carlos Corporan, and the inning continued long enough for Lopez to score. The Manatees upped the ante with four runs in the top of the fourth inning off a two-run homer from Gindl and a run-scoring triple from Sergio Miranda. All of the runs came off Charlotte reliever Jose Mejias after Cobb departed. The Stone Crabs scored their runs quickly in the bottom of the fourth inning when Reid Fronk and Ryan Royster blasted back-to-back home runs over the right field wall to lead off the inning. The longballs brought both players' tallies to two on the season. Brevard County scored a run in the top of the sixth inning on a wild pitch and then two on a towering home run from Eric Farris to left field off Charlotte reliever Justin Garcia (5-2) who took the loss for the Stone Crabs. Michael Bowman pitched five innings to pick up the victory for Brevard County. He allowed five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits. Bowman walked four and struck out one. Brandon Rapoza and Roque Mercedes each pitched two scoreless innings of relief. The teams continue the series tomorrow at Charlotte Sports Park with a 7:05 PM matchup. Right-hander Jesse Darcy (2-6, 5.32) will start for Charlotte against fellow righty Amaury Rivas (4-5, 3.61) for Brevard County. Brevard County Box Score Once again tonight, a fine contribution from the lower half of a batting order; with Yohannis Perez still sidelined a bit, Zelous Wheeler must have the most unique shortstop body type in the FSL for sure; Caleb Gindl with a J.J. Hardy-like Monday night performance; C/P (that'd be catcher / pitcher) Brett Whiteside -- injured his leg (perhaps a muscle?) during warmups? We need his hometown paper in Pennsylvania to follow-up with him and get us a scoop on his career path -- goodness knows the Florida "press" won't help us... Brevard County Game Log

Final: Tennessee (Cubs) 7, Huntsville 2 Huntsville Site Game Summary Smokies Down Stars Behind Wright and Coleman Tennessee Tops Huntsville For First Time in Nine Tries By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Ty Wright drove in three runs to back the solid 6 2/3 innings of work by Casey Coleman in Tennessee's 7-2 victory over Huntsville Monday night in the second of a six-game set at Smokies Park. The Smokies improved to 4-4 in the second half and 36-42 overall, while the Stars slid to 5-3 in the second half and 43-34 overall. The Smokies ended an eight-game home losing streak to the Stars and won for the fourth time in 12 games in the season series. Jonathan Lucroy doubled with two outs in the first inning, moved to third base on a wild pitch and scored when Kevin Melillo singled into center field. It looked like the Stars were going to take a 3-0 lead in the second inning until Wright climbed the wall in left field and made a leaping catch on a Freddy Parejo fly ball that appeared destined to leave the yard as his third home run of the season. Tony Thomas led off the home third with a double and advanced to third base on a Mark Reed ground out. Coleman attempted a squeeze bunt that was fielded by Stars' pitcher David Welch, who threw home to Lucroy, who tagged out Thomas trying to slide head first into the plate. Smokies' skipper Ryne Sandberg argued vociferously that Thomas had slid around the tag and was eventually thrown out of the game. The Smokies bounced back and took the lead for good in the fourth inning. Darwin Barney walked to lead off the inning, moved to third base on a Marquez Smith double and scored to tie the game on Wright's single that moved Smith to third base. Jim Adduci was retired on a sacrifice bunt that pushed across Smith with the go-ahead run. Wright moved to second base on the bunt, to third base on a ground out and scored when Tony Thomas singled into center field. Thomas then stole second base and scored when Reed singled to complete the four-run rally. The Stars loaded the bases with one out in the sixth before Smith came up with the play of the game, making a diving stop on a Michael Garciaparra ground ball and throwing him out at first base from his knees. Shane Justis scored on the play to cut the lead to 4-2 but Coleman struck out Chuck Caufield with runners at second and third to end the inning. Welch was lifted after six frames, giving up four runs on seven hits and fell to 4-6 after walking two and striking out a pair. Josh Wahpepah took over in the seventh for the Stars and ran into trouble after hitting Jonathan Mota with one out and giving up two singles to load the bases for Wright, who delivered a two-run single to right field to make it a 6-2 game. Adduci's infield hit chased home another run to finish the scoring, as the Smokies collected five hits in the inning, four of them with the hitter behind in the count. Six different Smokies had a pair of hits in a 13-hit attack. Coleman was lifted after Adam Stern's two-out single in the seventh and replaced by Alex Maestri, who threw 2 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings to record his second save of the season. Coleman allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out six to improve to 8-3 and move into a three-way tie for the league lead in victories. The series continues Tuesday evening with left-hander Bobby Bramhall starting for Huntsville against Tennessee right-hander Hung-Wen Chen. Coverage of the game begins at 6:00 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Reliever Juan Sandoval has righted his ship a bit in lower-pressure situations as of late, it was rocky sailing there for a while... Huntsville Game Log

I saw 49 replies this AM and figured my work here was done (just kidding http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif) -- here we go, some updates may not be out until mid-morning, though... Final: Nashville 11, Oklahoma City (Rangers) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for a cool photo of Brendan Katin / Alcides Escobar, text follows -- Sounds Take Down RedHawks, 11-1 NASHVILLE - Right-hander Tim Dillard tossed a quality start to earn his league-leading eighth win and right fielder Brendan Katin homered as part of a 3-for-4 evening to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 11-1 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Monday evening at historic Greer Stadium. Dillard (8-3) pulled into a tie for the Pacific Coast League lead by earning his eighth victory of the season. He worked his sixth quality start of the season, allowing one run on four hits over eight inning of work, matching his longest outing of the year. Katin rapped three extra-base hits on the night, including his team-leading 17th homer of the year, to pace the Nashville offense. Adam Heether drove in a team-high three runs for the Sounds. First baseman Joe Koshansky spotted the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a solo homer to right off Oklahoma City starter Josh Rupe. The blast was his 14th of the season. Nashville increased the lead to 7-0 in the third with a six-run outburst against Rupe. Angel Salome and Koshansky delivered one-out RBI singles before Heether and Katin belted the Sounds' first pair of back-to-back homers of the year. Heether's shot, a three-run blast to left, was his seventh of the year, while Katin's dinger was the right fielder's team-leading 17th roundtripper of the season. Oklahoma City got on the board in the top of the fourth with Esteban German scored on Emerson Frostad's RBI single to center off Dillard. The right-hander worked out of a no out, bases-loaded jam with no further damage by striking out Greg Golson and inducing an inning-ending double play from Steven Murphy. AUDIO: Escobar-Iribarren Double Play (This was an earlier DP, not the one mentioned above -- still, a special play). Nashville increased the lead to 9-1 in the fifth. Cole Gillespie increased lifted a sacrifice fly to center that plated Heether to bring home the first run of the inning. Katin later scored from third on a throwing error by RedHawks backstop Max Ramirez on a failed pickoff attempt. The Sounds wrapped up the evening's scoring in the eighth with a pair of runs off Clayton Hamilton. Gillespie led off with a single, moved to third on a Martin Maldonado double, and scored on an Escobar groundout. Hernan Iribarren celebrated his 25th birthday with an RBI single up the middle to bring the score to its final 11-1. John Axford pitched a scoreless ninth for Nashville to close out the victory. Rupe (1-5) was dealt the loss for the RedHawks after he allowed nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits over his 4 1/3 frames of action. The teams wrap up the series with a 7:00 PM finale on Tuesday evening at Greer. Left-hander Chris Cody (2-1, 2.73) will man the bump for the Sounds to face rehabbing right-hander Dustin Nippert (NR) for Oklahoma City. Nashville Box Score Ten hits from the bottom five in the order; Drew Anderson in CF as Jason Bourgeois was off -- we've rarely seen Drew there; Angel Salome ejected after a called third strike in the 7th... Nashville Game Log