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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: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_21_nasaaa_orhaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_21_hunaax_biraax_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_06_21_wisafx_kccafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_21_giarok_brrrok_1

Nashville fans willing to pay the associated fee can watch the Oklahoma City series this weekend via MiLB.TV. *** 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. *** AAA All-Star voting is here with your MiLB.com online account.

Sunday's Daily Menu: Happy Fathers' Day, Guys! Breakfast (Link Report Menu) in bed... All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at Oklahoma City (Rangers), 3:50 PM pre-game; 4:05 gametime Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at Birmingham (White Sox), 1:50 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime Brevard County: Idle Wisconsin: RHP Cody Adams at Kane County (Athletics), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:00 gametime; LHP Daniel Meadows will back Adams up, hoping to scoop up victory # 12... Arizona Summer League: at home vs. the rookie Giants; the ASL finally got it right this year, no more day games, which was the case in every season prior -- all games begin at 7:00 local time in the desert; game logs usually are not updated until the wee overnight hours; no audio, naturally... Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: Idle

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Our post with all the FSL All-Star Game updates

Link while active, text follows: Manatees spark North to All-Star triumph Haydel, Farris each drive in two runs in 6-4 decision BY CARL BLEICH FLORIDA TODAY As has been the case for much of the Florida State League season thus far, the Brevard County Manatees wound up on the winning end of a baseball game Saturday night. This time the Manatees helped spur the North team to a 6-4 victory over the South in the 2009 Florida State League All-Star Game at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. Brevard County, which had a game-high eight All-Stars, easily won the North Division first-half crown. Designated hitter Lee Haydel and second baseman Eric Farris, both Manatees, each had two RBI during the North team's six-run fourth inning. Haydel ripped a two-run single in the inning and two batters later, Farris ripped a two-run triple that scored Haydel and fellow teammate Zelous Wheeler. North team and Manatee left fielder Logan Schafer also scored a run in that inning when Daytona's Moises Sierra singled up the middle. Five of the six runs in the inning were charged to Jupiter pitcher Kris Harvey, who took the loss in the game. "It was a great opportunity to come out and see a bunch of different talents out here," Schafer said of the game. "We are always trying to go out there and do our best. Everybody has a competitive nature and everyone is going to try and do their best regardless." Daytona's Starlin Castro opened the game's scoring with an inside-the-park home run for the North. He ripped a line drive that went over the glove of South team and Fort Myers' Ben Revere in center field. After the ball was relayed in from the outfield, Castro narrowly avoided the tag of South team and St. Lucie catcher Francisco Pena to give the North a 1-0 lead. The South scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Revere, Palm Beach's Shane Peterson and Charlotte's Cody Cipriano all had an RBI in that frame. Fort Myers' Chris Cates scored on a wild pitch. All four runs came off of Daytona pitcher Ryan Searle, who gave up four runs on four hits and also allowed a walk without recording an out. Lakeland's Thad Weber earned the win for the North and Castro was named MVP. Brevard County's Rob Wooten, who leads the FSL with 18 saves, threw a scoreless ninth for the North to earn the save. Prior to the game, Wheeler was one of four hitters to represent the North team in the home run derby. He hit two home runs in the first round but was eliminated in the second round after failing to hit another home run. South team and Fort Myers first baseman Chris Parmelee defeated all-star teammate and St. Lucie Met slugger Kirk Nieuwenhuis 3-2 in the final round. "You just go out there and do the best you can do," Wheeler said. "We just wanted to put on a show for the people. "It's an honor. Hard work pays off." Wheeler sees no reason why the Manatees will not have a great second half of the season as well. "Guys still have a chip on their shoulders," Wheeler said. "We want to come out and win everyday." Dunedin Blue Jays outfielder Eric Thames and Manatees right-hander Amaury Rivas were the only members of the North squad who did not play. MiLB.com's Game Story FSL All-Star Game Box Score Evan Anundsen (single, wild pitch, one K), Roque Mercedes (perfect, two K's) and Rob Wooten (perfect, one K) with scoreless innings; Logan Schafer played left field, walked, stole a base; Lee Haydel, Eric Farris, and Zelous Wheeler contributions noted above... FSL All-Star Game Log North starter Evan Anundsen of the Brevard County Manatees pitched a scoreless first inning in Saturday's Florida State League All-Star Game at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. (Photo by Valerie Roche, Fort Myers News-Press) http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A9&Date=20090621&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=906210331&Ref=AR&Profile=1002&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0

Final: DSL Brewers / Orioles 10, DSL Astros 9 Four runs in the bottom of the 9th for a walk-off win... DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score Catcher Jhonatan Javier, acting as the DH, singled with two outs and none on to start the four-run rally -- it was his third hit of the day; lefty Jose Ramos tossed a perfect top of the 9th and thus scooped up the surprise win; LF Luis Chirinos walked in four trips; CF Juan Barrini singled in four trips; SS Andres Martinez 0-for-1 late... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Tim Dillard Plenty to discuss, as you would imagine these days...

Final: Oklahoma City (Rangers) 5, Nashville 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Sounds lose to Oklahoma City on 9th-inning homer OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City catcher Max Ramirez belted a two-out, two-run home run off R.J. Swindle in the bottom of the ninth inning to power the RedHawks to a last at-bat, 5-4 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Saturday evening at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. Ramirez's blast, which also scored Joaquin Arias, was his third of the year and resulted in the fourth last at-bat defeat of the year for Nashville (41-29). The top of the order continued to get it done for Nashville as leadoff man Jason Bourgeois turned in his ninth multiple-hit effort in his last 12 games with a 2-for-4 evening. Alcides Escobar also went 2-for-4 for the Sounds. Right fielder Brendan Katin gave the Sounds a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run double to left off Oklahoma City starter Bryan Corey. The RedHawks evened the contest at 2-2 in the bottom of the frame when Emerson Frostad led off with a single then scored on Greg Golson's RBI double to right that was misplayed by Katin, allowing Golson to come all the way around to score the tying run. Nashville pulled back ahead in the top of the fifth. Catcher Angel Salome led off with a double to left then scored the go-ahead run later in the frame on Cole Gillespie's sacrifice fly. Hernan Iribarren pushed the lead to 4-2 when he singled home Bourgeois. Oklahoma City pulled back within a run at 4-3 in the sixth when Casey Benjamin scored on a Steven Murphy sacrifice fly. Neither team scored again until the decisive ninth. RedHawks reliever Brian Gordon (5-2) was the beneficiary of the late Oklahoma City rally, recording the victory after working one scoreless inning. Swindle (2-1) was handed the defeat after suffering his second blown save of the year. Mike Burns was denied his team-leading eighth victory of the year for the Sounds as a result of the blown save. The right-hander allowed three runs (one earned) on 10 hits over 7 1/3 innings of work, his ninth quality start of the season, to drop his ERA to 2.55 on the year. The teams wrap up the series with 4:05 PM finale on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Chase Wright (4-5, 4.09) will start for Nashville against RedHawks right-hander Neftali Perez (3-5, 4.04). Nashville Box Score Mike Burns is all stretched out and ready to go if the Brewers plug him in on the 27th... Nashville Game Log

Final, Game Two: Kane County (Athletics) 2, Wisconsin 0 Wisconsin Site Game Two Summary Kane County gets the split By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GENEVA, IL -- Anthony Capra pitched six shutout innings and the Kane County Cougars beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2-0 in game two of a doubleheader at Elfstrom Stadium. Capra struck out five, allowed two hits, and didn't walk a batter for the win. Jason Christian provided some of the offense and a key defensive play to help Kane County to the win. The Cougars (40-29) struck early. In the first inning, Rattlers starting pitcher Evan Frederickson was touched for a pair of runs. A leadoff bunt single by Christian and a sacrifice bunt by Matt Ray put Christian at second. After a passed ball on a walk to the third Cougars batter put runners at the corners, Frederickson uncorked a wild pitch to allow Christian to score the first run of the game. Later in the frame, an RBI grounder by Grant Desme made it 2-0 Kane County. Kane County starting pitcher Anthony Capra made that lead stand through six innings. Michael Vass singled to lead off the Rattler sixth and took second on a stolen base. Juan Sanchez stepped to the plate with two outs and lined a pitch that looked like it was ticketed for the left field corner. However, Christian, the starting third baseman for the West Division in the upcoming Midwest League All-Star Game, made a leaping grab to snare the liner and preserve the shutout for Capra. Mickey Storey came on in the seventh and retired the side in order to close out the game for his ninth save. Wisconsin's record dips back below the .500 mark to 34-35 with one game remaining in the half. The final game of the first half of the Midwest League season is Sunday afternoon. Cody Adams (1-4, 5.06) is the scheduled starter for the Rattlers. Kane County will send Shawn Haviland (4-3, 3.59) to the mound. Game time is 1:00 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Brett Lawrie was the DH and had one of the two Rattler hits... Wisconsin Game Log

Final, Game One: Wisconsin 7, Kane County (Athletics) 2 Wisconsin Site Game One Summary Game one goes to Wisconsin By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GENEVA, IL -- The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers banged out 11 hits in game one of a doubleheader at Elfstrom Stadium and beat the Kane County Cougars 7-2. John Delaney and Michael Vass had two RBI apiece and the Rattlers kept the Cougars from clinching a Midwest League playoff spot. Delaney's two-out RBI single in the first inning put the Rattlers (34-34) in front. Juan Sanchez put Wisconsin up 2-0 with an RBI double in the top of the second inning. Wisconsin knocked Kane County starting pitcher Matt Fitts out of the game in the third inning. Fitts walked the first two hitters of the inning. Jose Duran followed with an RBI double. Vass delivered a two-run single for a 5-0 lead and Fitts was pulled from the game. Reliever Trey Barham walked the first batter he faced and -- after a strikeout -- gave up an infield single to Michael Marseco that loaded the bases. Corey Kemp put the Rattlers up 6-0 with an RBI single and Delaney made it 7-0. Kane County (39-29) got to Rattlers starter Alex Periard in the bottom of the third inning. A two-out RBI single by Steve Kleen cut the Wisconsin lead to six, but Periard got out of the frame and stranded two Cougars base runners. Periard reached his pitch count with two outs and a runner at first in the bottom of the fourth. Liam Ohlmann relieved and got the final out of the frame. Then, Wily Peralta came on for the bottom of the fifth. He would pitch three innings, allow one run on four hits, and strike out four to pick up his second win of the season. Wisconsin Game One Box Score Eight groundball outs for Alex Periard -- nice work within his pitch limit; Wily Peralta has only allowed one home run in 54.1 innings, and the 67-to-16 K-to-BB ratio shines, can't wait to see him move along; outfielder Michael Vass is already 24 years old, but give him credit for a recent surge, 12-for-28 with five walks in his last ten games; two walks for Chris Dennis... Wisconsin Game One Game Log

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 8, Huntsville 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary Division Title Still Undecided Heading Into Final Game Stars Fall Again In Birmingham By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Daniel Hudson tossed seven strong innings in his double-A debut and another big, late inning rally broke open a close game and carried Birmingham to an 8-1 win over Huntsville Saturday night in the fifth of a six-game set at Regions Park. The Stars have lost a season-high six straight games to fall to 37-31 but remain in a first place tie in the North Division with Carolina, which was shutout at Tennessee, with one game to go in the first half. The Barons improved to 48-20, the most wins for any team in organized professional baseball, with their tenth consecutive victory. Hudson retired the first two hitters in the first inning before Drew Anderson walked, stole second base, advanced to third base on an errant throw by catcher Jared Price and scored when center fielder John Shelby overran the ball. Hudson allowed three hits and did not allow another runner past second base over his final six innings of work. He struck out eight, walked two and was followed by Cleveland Santeliz and Fernando Hernandez, who each tossed a scoreless frame and combined to not allow a hit after a Taylor Green leadoff single in the fifth inning. Bobby Bramhall kept the Barons hitless until Dayan Viciedo's opposite field home run to right-center field tied the game with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Price doubled with one out in the fifth, moved to third base on a groundball out and scored on a wild pitch to give the home side its first lead of the night at 2-1. Bramhall was lifted after six innings, trailing by that same one run margin, allowing five hits, walking two and fanning five and fell to 3-4 on the season. Mike McClendon, who gave up the decisive runs in the seventh inning on Wednesday, took over in the seventh again tonight and was one out away from getting out of the frame with the Stars trailing 3-1. Instead, a Green throwing error opened the door for five more runs to score, highlighted by a two-run Lee Cruz double and run-scoring hits by Javier Colina and Christian Marrero, who has knocked in six runs in three games. McClendon was charged with six runs, all unearned as a result of two errors in the inning, on four hits, while recording two outs. Juan Sandoval finished up for the Stars by getting the last four outs. The series and the first half of the season conclude Sunday afternoon with Huntsville right-hander Mark Holliman taking the hill against Barons' right-hander Kyle McCulloch. Coverage of the game begins at 1:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Starter Bobby Bramhall did his part; Taylor Green struggling defensively at third base as of late, his 6th error here; golden sombrero for leadoff man Adam Stern (0-for-4 with four K's) -- Stern had only struck out 29 times in 256 AB's prior to this game; in general, this team makes amazing contact generally -- Drew Anderson and Kevin Melillo lead the team with only 36 K's apiece; second game back for SS Yohannis Perez after a week-long absence, 0-for-6 since coming back... Huntsville Game Log The White Sox should just swap these boys en masse into the NL Central, they'd probably do just fine...

Has any LH batter in history popped out to short at a higher ratio that Gerut? Let's just call him F-6.

Indians designed reliever Greg Aquino for assignment. Giants re-added catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to their 40-man roster, and brought him up to San Francisco.

Indians designed reliever Greg Aquino for assignment. Giants re-added catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to their 40-man roster, and brought him up to San Francisco.

Jody Gerut is pitiful, these wasted opportunities early are painful.

One Brewer in the Hot Sheet's "team photo" section this week.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 41 28 .594 - 23-15 18-13 W1 Iowa 36 33 .522 5.0 19-15 17-18 L1 Memphis 32 36 .471 8.5 19-15 13-21 W1 Omaha 27 41 .397 13.5 11-21 16-20 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 37 30 .552 - 21-14 16-16 L1 Huntsville 37 30 .552 - 14-16 23-14 L5 Tennessee 30 38 .441 7.5 17-19 13-19 W1 Chattanooga 28 39 .418 9.0 15-18 13-21 L1 West Tenn 26 42 .382 11.5 13-20 13-22 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 40 21 .656 - 15-11 25-10 L3 Daytona 31 31 .500 9.5 16-13 15-18 L2 Clearwater 31 32 .492 10.0 15-16 16-16 W1 Dunedin 30 34 .469 11.5 12-21 18-13 L1 Lakeland 27 33 .450 12.5 15-17 12-16 W1 Tampa 28 36 .438 13.5 15-21 13-15 L5

Midwest League Standings Dominican Summer League Standings

Be sure to check out Chris Mehring's blog posts, with specific Timber Rattler pre-game updates for Saturday's doubleheader, available shortly before gametime.

Nashville fans willing to pay the associated fee can watch the Oklahoma City series this weekend via MiLB.TV. *** 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. *** AAA All-Star voting is here with your MiLB.com online account.

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_06_20_nasaaa_orhaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_20_hunaax_biraax_1 Wisconsin Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_06_20_wisafx_kccafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Wisconsin Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_06_20_wisafx_kccafx_2&did=t572&sid=t572 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&gid=2009_06_20_dasrok_dobrok_1&cid=3130&t=g_box

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. Nashville: RHP Mike Burns at Oklahoma City (Rangers), 6:40 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Huntsville: LHP Bobby Bramhall at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Brevard County: Idle until Monday; FSL All-Star Game Saturday night, 6:35 PM -- links, including audio, and details in the Manatees' own Brewerfan thread Wisconsin: RHP Alex Periard and LHP Evan Frederickson in a doubleheader at Kane County (Athletics), 4:15 PM pre-game, 4:30 gametime; expect RHP Wily Peralta and LHP Dan Merklinger to see action as well; each contest slated for seven innings Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at home vs. the DSL Astros (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...

Florida State League All-Star Game Box Score / Game Log Link That link also includes audio for the 6:35 PM Central Time contest Saturday night. Pitchers: Evan Anundsen and Rob Wooten Infielders: Eric Farris and Zelous Wheeler Outfielder: Caleb Gindl John Axford and Josh Butler (both since promoted) obviously won't take part. Details will be posted here as opposed to the Link Report.