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Good place to remind you that more so than any other year (and we've had some good ones), we've been able to provide non-stop links and updates in our Draft Forum, thanks to the work by staff here and several of our most dedicated readers and posters. All the pinned "discussion" threads are chock-full of newspaper reports about the Brewer draftees, both pre- and post-draft, including informative articles about whether some "on-the-fence" players will sign or if they are being monitored by the Brewers this summer before a formal contract is offered. And a must-see resource is the Official Draft Pick Selection / Signing Thread, with individual links to each draftee's post including colbyjack's scouting reports all available within the very first post. The articles in the discussion threads are conveniently linked within the player's individual "official" post. It can't be easier for you to learn about the new draftees. Enjoy, and good luck to all the kids.

Adam McCalvy with the update -- here's some more click counts for your blog, Adam -- Brewers announce latest Draft signings

From Chris' Game Notes: SOMETHING AGAINST GUYS NAMED JUSTIN? Brock Kjeldgaard's homer was off Burlington reliever Justin Garcia. Kjeldgaard also homered off Garcia in a game at Time Warner Cable Field on May 6. Kjeldgaard hit a game-ending homer off Justin Murray of Kane County on June 10. Murray also gave up a single to Kjeldgaard the only time the two faced each other in a game at Kane County on May 22. The Canadian slugger did not homer against Great Lakes starting pitcher Justin Miller on April 30, but did go 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles. YOUR TIM KURKJIAN DID YOU KNOW? FOR THE NIGHT: This season, Kjeldgaard is 6-for-6 with a walk, three homers, and two doubles in seven plate appearances against Midwest League pitchers named Justin. *** And here I didn't think Chris had much time on his hands...

Rattler Radio Blog: Probable Pitchers (@Kane County) (Starting Thursday) June 17, 2009: Tonight's pitchers (Nieves / Scarpetta) June 17, 2009: Game Notes

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Outfielder Jason Bourgeois Naturally, today's extra-inning hero...

Final: Nashville 3, Round Rock (Astros) 2, 11 innings Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for celebration photo from today's game, link follows -- Sounds Close Homestand With 11-Inning Win NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds wrapped up their homestand with a 3-2, 11-inning victory over the Round Rock Express on Wednesday afternoon at historic Greer Stadium in the finale of a three-game series. Nashville (40-27) concluded its seven-game homestand with a 6-1 record, including taking two of three from the Express. Left fielder Cole Gillespie led off the Nashville eleventh with a single through the right side of the infield off ex-Sound Jose Capellan and advanced to second on a Ryan Houston sacrifice bunt. Jason Bourgeois followed with a line-drive single to left that plated Gillespie with the winning run. AUDIO: Bourgeois Game-Winning Single The contest was the Sounds' sixth last at-bat win of the year and the club's third of the current homestand. Nashville improved to 4-1 in extra-inning play this season. Round Rock scratched across the game's first run in the top of the first inning as a two-out walk came back to haunt Sounds starter Manny Parra. After the first two batters were retired, John Gall drew a free pass, moved to second on a Chris Johnson single, and the Express filled the bags when Mark Saccomanno drew a walk. Yordany Ramirez followed with a grounder to second that was slowed down by a wet infield and resulted in an RBI single as Gall came plateward. The Sounds knotted the score at 1-1 in the fourth with a pair of doubles off Express starter Mark McLemore. Erick Almonte continued his torrid hitting with a leadoff double that dropped just inside the left field line and scored two batters later on an Adam Heether RBI two-bagger off the base of the wall in left-center. Almonte is batting .370 (34-for-92) over his last 29 contests for Nashville. Heether finished a team-best 4-for-5 for the Sounds on the afternoon. The Express pulled back ahead, 2-1, in the fifth with an unearned run. Chad Spann led off with a double left off Parra then advanced to third when catcher Carlos Corporan's pickoff attempt sailed into center field and scored on a Tommy Manzella single to right. Nashville rallied to tie the game once again in the bottom of the eighth, squaring the score at 2-2 with a run off Express reliever Casey Daigle. Almonte led off with a single and advanced to second on the play when left fielder Brian Bogusevic mishandled the ball. Two batters later, Heether followed with a game-tying single to left. Houston (4-1) worked a pair of scoreless innings to pick up the victory for the Sounds, while Capellan (1-8) was tagged with the loss after surrendering the game-winning run to conclude his 2 1/3-inning stint. Parra took a no-decision for the Sounds in his first Triple-A outing of the season .The southpaw allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits over six innings of work, walking four batters and striking out four. The Sounds hit the road on Thursday for a nine-day, eight-game road trip that includes stops in Oklahoma City (AAA-Rangers) and Albuquerque (AAA-Dodgers). Left-hander Chris Cody (1-1, 1.35) will take the hill for Nashville in Thursday night's 7:05 PM series opener in Oklahoma City. The RedHawks will counter with right-hander Josh Rupe (0-4, 6.61). Baseball returns to Music City on Saturday, June 27, when the Sounds begin a brief four-game homestand against the RedHawks with a 6:00 PM contest. Nashville Box Score Sorry to put a damper on things, just pointing out Alcides Escobar was 0-for-5 and Brendan Katin 0-for-5 with four K's, but obviously both have been studs as of late; guess you'd call Manny Parra's outing "successful", but with the four walks, nothing more glowing than that.. Nashville Game Log

Bottom of the 10th, tied at 2-2 in Nashville, as of 3:00 PM Central, jump on board with a direct link to Chuck's audio. Adam Heether four hits thus far...

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 11, Huntsville 5 Huntsville Site Game Summary Late Rally Leads Barons Past Stars Butler Impressive in First Start with Huntsville By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Tyler Flowers smashed a home run and drove in five runs in Birmingham's 11-5 comeback win over Huntsville Wednesday afternoon in the opener of a six-game set at Regions Park. The Stars fell to 37-27 and saw their lead in the North Division temporarily trimmed to a game over Carolina, which opens a five-game series tonight at Tennessee. The Barons won their sixth straight game to improve to 44-20 on the season and 21-8 at home. Josh Butler went six innings in his double-A debut and left with the lead after allowing a pair of runs on four hits, walking one and striking out six. Mike McClendon took over in the seventh and gave up a sacrifice fly to Javier Colina that cut the Stars lead to 5-3 with two outs. C.J. Retherford's single, the third straight for the Barons, scored C.J. Lang to trim the lead to one. Flowers then sent a sinking line drive into left field that got past a diving Drew Anderson allowing John Shelby and Retherford to cross the plate to give the Barons their first lead of the day. McClendon was tagged with the loss after yielding the four runs on five hits and has now been scored on in five straight outings on the road. The Barons loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth against Omar Aguilar, who appeared to get out of trouble by getting Retherford to bounce into a force out at second base but the throw from shortstop Johnny Raburn was offline allowing Shelby to slide in safely and Colina to score to make it 7-5 Barons. Aguilar then wild pitched in another run and gave up a three-run home run to Flowers, his ninth of the season. Clevelan Santeliz earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief to improve to 3-0. Kevin Melillo's two-run home run in the second inning got the scoring started. It was his sixth long ball of the year and first since May 31. Dayan Viciedo doubled with one out in the second, stayed put when David Cook walked and then both runners advanced when Vinny Rottino made a diving stop on a Stefan Gartrell ground ball to first base. Colina then looped a broken bat fly ball into shallow left field to plate both runners to tie the game. Freddy Parejo started the fifth inning with a single and advanced to third base when Raburn singled. Adam Stern popped out for the first out of the inning before Shane Justis dropped down a sacrifice bunt to push Parejo across with the go-ahead run. Stern's sacrifice fly and a run-scoring double in the seventh by Jonathan Lucroy pushed the visitors lead to 5-2. Charlie Shirek lasted 6 2/3 innings in his second double-A start, giving up the five runs on eight hits, while walking one and fanning three. The series continues Thursday night in with right-hander Donovan Hand taking the hill against Baron's right-hander Lucas Harrell. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Omar Aguilar hasn't been able to overcome errors behind him, nine unearned runs allowed -- on top of a 7.43 ERA, his season to forget continues... Huntsville Game Log

Wow, a pretty reliable (in 2009) Mike McClendon has totally blown up Josh Butler's fine six-inning start. Ugh... Jonathan Lucroy continues a super streak, three hits thus far, including a double.

Link while active, text follows: Manny Parra hopes lost confidence is restored with Sounds Brewers pitcher has struggled with lack of power all season By Maurice Patton THE TENNESSEAN Manny Parra is in Nashville trying to find himself. Seriously. Optioned to the Sounds by the Milwaukee Brewers last weekend after suffering his eighth defeat in 11 decisions this season, the 26-year-old left-hander knows why he has nearly as many losses already this year as he had wins all of last year. "I basically forgot who I was, forgot my mentality as a pitcher," he said. "Normally I'm a power pitcher who commands my offspeed (pitches) along with my fastball. I'd kinda gotten to a point where I'd lost some confidence, changed to a guy who was trying to trick guys and get them to swing at bad pitches - just less aggressive." The result: Parra, who struck out 173 and walked 87 in 192 1/3 innings while going 10-8 in 2008, had just 55 strikeouts with 41 walks in 64 2/3 innings over the first three months of this season. With last Saturday's loss to the Chicago White Sox, Parra fell to 3-8 with a 7.52 earned run average, almost double his 4.39 ERA from last year. "It's just a combination of him getting in a bad rut and losing his confidence," Sounds Manager Don Money said. "We'll try to be positive with him. He's in a little funk. It's our job to get him out." Parra is set to start today's noon matchup against visiting Round Rock. Two years ago, in his second Triple-A start, Parra threw a perfect game at Round Rock. This time, he'll settle for a solid performance. Parra hasn't won since May 17. "Although it's unfortunate I had to get to this point, I'm happy to be here so I can make progress to get back to where I was before," Parra said. "It makes it a little easier on me by being out of the limelight a little bit so I can go ahead and make adjustments and understand that there's not so much pressure necessarily. "I'm just disappointed that I let myself get to that point where I was actually getting demoted. I know they gave me so many opportunities to turn it around at the big league level. It's disappointing. "But I got to a point where I realized I can either worry about that and think about everything that got me to that point, or I can take it from this point and look at the positive and move forward. That's what I'm basically doing right now, looking forward to getting some things squared out and getting my confidence back." Nashville has been a good stopover for Parra in the past. In four starts for the Sounds in 2007, he went 3-1 with a 1.73 earned run average. Today, the visiting Express can expect to see Parra's fastball - which tops out at about 95 mph - on a consistent basis. "It's not going to be just fastballs; it's going to be command of everything," he said. "But I'm basically going to get back to being the power pitcher I am, and the demeanor that goes with that. "I've sometimes gotten to the point where I'm trying to hit a spot and I'm easing up, trying to throw a little slower so I'm not overthrowing. "But for the most part, when I'm throwing hard and aggressive, I'm having confidence in my stuff and trusting my stuff and my ability. I'm commanding the ball actually better." Manny Parra, shown warming up on Tuesday, was optioned to the Sounds by the Brewers after his eighth loss in 11 decisions. (Photo by DIPTI VAIDYA / THE TENNESSEAN) http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20090617&Category=SPORTS0401&ArtNo=906170397&Ref=AR&Profile=1002&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0

Link while active, text follows: Minicamp underway By JASON SCOTT - Independent Record Scott Krieger and Derrick McPhearson are both from Baltimore. They arrived in Helena on the same flight. Still, after coming from one of the toughest cities in the East, the two new outfielders didn't know a thing about each other until they got settled in with the Helena Brewers on Monday. On Tuesday, Krieger, McPhearson and about 25 others showed up at Kindrick Legion Field for the first day of a minicamp led by Brewers manager Rene Gonzales and his coaching staff. The goal of the camp is to evaluate the level of talent each player brings to the team. It also lets them get to know each other. Krieger, 23, who played with George Mason University this season, said that though he's understandably an Orioles fan, he was happy to be drafted by the Brewers. "I haven't been here too long, but it seems like a nice place," said Krieger of Helena, adding that he likes the idea of having the camp in the town the team will play in. "It should be a chance to get closer to these guys and enjoy the summer. And hopefully we can win some games." McPhearson, who came from Hampton University in southeastern Virginia, just completed extended spring training. He got to learn from Gonzales during spring training, as the coach worked with the players before traveling to Helena last week. "He's the greatest," the 23-year-old McPhearson said of Gonzales. "He's a good coach and he expects you to come to work every day. He knows we're young, and he likes to have fun. But when it's time to get down to work, he's all about business." McPhearson and Krieger agreed that coming from a place where crime is an everyday thing to the relatively calm Queen City would be a nice change. "The west side of the city, that's pretty rough," said McPhearson. "It's pretty cool to come somewhere like Helena." The team members - those who have showed up already - heard from Gonzales before breaking into groups for drills. Outfielders worked on barehanded plays, routine plays and baserunning. The infielders worked on ground balls, double plays and situations. The pitchers worked in the bullpen, on a footwork drill and rotator cuff workouts. Hitters got what they wanted: batting practice. "Gonzo" (the coach's nickname around the field) threw BP himself, tossing pitches from 45 feet for another drill-like activity. Hitters practiced their bunts before working on hit-and-run situations, followed by simulated circumstances like having a man on third (hit the ball up the middle) and hitting with the infield in (hit the ball anywhere on the ground). "(The camp) is designed for us to get a feel for the guys, especially the new guys," said hitting coach Ned Yost. "All we've seen are pictures and stats on Web sites for some of them." This year marks the first time since 2006 the Brewers have held a minicamp. The team has in recent years brought everyone together in Arizona for a short camp and then moved them up right before the season starts. This year, the players will have an advantage, said Yost. "They get to play on the field," he said. "They get to be here an extra week, to get to know Helena earlier. They also get to know their host families and build a relationship with them." The camp isn't all hard work. Players have fun and get a chance to get to know each other. Pitcher Rico Salmon got some harassment from his teammates for making an error during a bunt drill, eliciting a chuckle from Gonzales. Fielders shagging balls during BP grouped up in the outfield and joked around. The Brewers are scheduled to continue the camp throughout the week. Other activities might include a lifting program, some downtime and drills, drills, drills. "We're at the point where everybody's evaluated," said Chris Ellington, an outfielder from Fort Worth, Texas. "I guess we've got like a week, so we'll see how it goes." Helena Brewers hitting coach Ned Yost, left, works with outfielder Scott Krieger on a hand-eye-coordination drill during Tuesday's minicamp at Kindrick Legion Field. The Brewers are participating in their first minicamp since 2006. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers.jpg Helena Brewers manager Rene Gonzales talks with his new players Tuesday afternoon during their minicamp at Kindrick Legion Field. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers-2.jpg Helena Brewers pitchers Adrian Rosario, right, and Jake Odorizzi work on a footwork drill during Tuesday's minicamp at Kindrick Legion Field. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers-3.jpg Batting practice was underway during Tuesday's mini-camp at Kindrick Legion Field. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers-4.jpg Helena Brewers outfielder Chris Ellington works on a barehanded drill during Tuesday's minicamp at Kindrick Legion Field. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers-5.jpg Helena Brewers outfielder Derrick McPhearson works on a barehanded drill during Tuesday's minicamp at Kindrick Legion Field. (Lisa Kunkel Independent Record) http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/06/17/sports/top/50spl_090617_brewers-6.jpg

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 39 27 .591 - 22-15 17-12 W1 Iowa 34 32 .515 5.0 18-14 16-18 W1 Memphis 31 34 .477 7.5 19-14 12-20 L1 Omaha 25 40 .385 13.5 11-21 14-19 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 37 26 .587 - 14-16 23-10 L1 Carolina 36 28 .563 1.5 21-14 15-14 W2 Tennessee 28 37 .431 10.0 15-18 13-19 L2 Chattanooga 26 38 .406 11.5 13-17 13-21 W1 West Tenn 25 40 .385 13.0 12-18 13-22 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 40 19 .678 - 15-11 25-8 L1 Daytona 31 29 .517 9.5 16-11 15-18 W2 Clearwater 30 31 .492 11.0 15-16 15-15 W1 Dunedin 29 33 .468 12.5 11-20 18-13 L1 Tampa 28 34 .452 13.5 15-19 13-15 L3 Lakeland 26 32 .448 13.5 15-17 11-15 L3

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.

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Follow Wednesday'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_17_rreaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_17_hunaax_biraax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_17_breafa_jupafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_06_17_wisafx_burafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&gid=2009_06_17_dobrok_dmerok_1&cid=3130&t=g_box

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. For this Brevard County series, you can pick up the Hammerheads' audio via this link. Nashville: LHP Manny Parra at home vs. Round Rock (Astros), 11:45 AM pre-game; 12:00 PM gametime Huntsville: RHP Josh Butler at Birmingham (White Sox), 10:50 AM pre-game; 11:05 gametime Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM gametime Wisconsin: LHP Efrain Nieves at Burlington (Royals), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime; RHP Cody Scarpetta will back Nieves up Dominican Summer League Brewers / Orioles: at 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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Final: DSL Brewers / Orioles 6, DSL Pirates 4 DSL Brewers / Orioles Box Score LHP Jose Ramos allowed four hits and two runs in two innings of middle relief; catcher Jhonatan Javier a perfect day at the plate, three singles, a HBP, and his third stolen base; 17-year-old SS Andres Martinez two more hits; 16-year-old LF Luis Chirinos doubled, singled, and drove in two -- Chirinos stole 2nd base, but also was caught twice at third base; RF Ronny Puello (0-for-1) and CF Juan Barrini (0-for-3) also played; Puello left the game after just two innings... DSL Brewers / Orioles Game Log

Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 4, Brevard County 2 Brevard County Box Score Despite being touched up for a solo home run, Zach Braddock was excellent, stranding three Rafael Lluberes runners (LH pitcher replacing LH pitcher) in the 6th with a swinging strikeout, and then pitching an additional two innings, striking out four in total; Amaury Rivas struck out seven but walked four in five innings; Eric Farris 2-for-4 with his 4th HR... Brevard County Game Log Manatees with few opportunities...

Final: Nashville 5, Round Rock (Astros) 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Brendan Katin photo, text follows -- Sounds Come From Behind to Beat Express 5-3 NASHVILLE-After trailing 3-0 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Nashville Sounds scored five unanswered to beat the Round Rock Express 5-3 on Tuesday night at Historic Greer Stadium. Brendan Katin and Joe Koshansky each hit home runs to lead the charge for Nashville. Round Rock took a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning on three consecutive singles off Sounds starter Chase Wright by Reggie Abercrombie, Tommy Manzella, and Brian Bogusevic. John Gall added the second run on another single, followed by a bases loaded walk that gave Round Rock a 3-0 lead. Pinch hitter Erick Almonte improved to 9-for-20 (.450) on the season with a leadoff double in the bottom of the sixth, but was stranded on second base after Express starting pitcher Yorman Bazardo retired the next three Sounds hitters to get out of the inning. Koshansky ended a streak of 17 scoreless innings for the Sounds with his 12th home run of the season, an opposite field home run in the bottom of the seventh that trimmed the Express lead to 3-1. Express reliever Geoff Geary came into the game to relieve Bazardo in the eighth and allowed a leadoff walk to pinch hitter Michael Garciaparra and then a Jason Bourgeois triple to center that gave the Sounds their second run. Alcides Escobar tied the game at 3 with a sacrifice fly, scoring Bourgeois, followed by a Katin two-run homer to centerfield that gave Nashville the go-ahead 5-3 lead. AUDIO: Katin Game-Winning Homer R.J. Swindle (2-0) earned the win throwing two scoreless innings in relief. Ryan Houston earned his second save on the year. Wright pitched his fourth quality start on the season, surrendering one earned run on two walks and four strikeouts. Bazardo allowed one run on four hits while striking out five over seven innings, earning a no-decision. Geary (0-1) earned the loss, giving up four runs in the eighth. The Sounds and Express play the final game of a three game series Wednesday afternoon at 12:00 PM CT at Historic Greer Stadium. Left-hander Manny Parra makes his season debut for the Sounds against southpaw Mark McLemore (1-2, 5.79). Nashville Box Score Chase Wright (only one earned run among the three -- his own error), R.J. Swindle (0.31 ERA) and Ryan Houston all with fine nights; Adam Heether two more hits... Nashville Game Log

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Pitching Coach Chris Bosio Sacramento connection with Manny Parra; also Lindsay Gulin discussion...

Final: Wisconsin 8, Burlington (Royals) 6 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Meadows' 11...and Henderson's 17 By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers BURLINGTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers outslugged the Burlington Bees for an 8-6 win at Community Field on Tuesday night. Brock Kjeldgaard hit a big homer while Michael Marseco had three hits and two big RBI for the Wisconsin offense. Reliever Daniel Meadows was the beneficiary of the offense and picked up his eleventh win of the season. Rattlers closer Jim Henderson took another step to the franchise single season saves record by recording the final three outs. The teams traded runs in the first two innings. Wisconsin (32-33) scored a first inning run on an RBI grounder by Corey Kemp. The Bees scored a first inning run on an RBI grounder by Eric Hosmer. The Rattlers scored a second inning run on a wild pitch by Burlington starting pitcher Sam Runion. Burlington (27-38) tied the game on an RBI grounder by Antonio Jimenez in the second. Michael Vass put the Rattlers up 3-2 with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. Jose Duran crashed in to Bees catcher Jose Bonilla to jar the ball loose and score the run. Meadows relieved Rattlers starting pitcher Cody Adams with one out in the third inning as Adams reached his pitch limit and got the final two outs of the third, but a two-out RBI single by Fernando Garcia in the bottom of the fourth tied the game again. Wisconsin grabbed the lead again with a three-run sixth inning. Duran and Vass singled with one out in the inning against Burlington reliever Justin Garcia. Steve Braun was next and sent a potential inning-ending double play grounder to third base. However, the throw to second was wild and Duran raced home to score. One out later Marseco doubled to chase in two runs and Meadows was up 6-3. But, getting the win wasn't easy. In the bottom of the sixth, Meadows was hit for a leadoff single by Bonilla, an RBI triple by Jimenez, and an RBI single by Juan Rivera and saw his lead cut to 6-5. Meadows retired the next three hitters to complete his night of work with the team still in front. His pitching line on the night was 3-2/3 innings pitched, three runs allowed on eight hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Kjeldgaard padded the Wisconsin lead to 8-5 with a towering homer to left-center. Kjeldgaard's tenth homer of the season followed a one out walk to Chris Dennis. Rigoberto Almonte relieved Meadows to start the bottom of the seventh. He got the first out, but a walk, a single, and a throw to third had runners at second and third with one out. Bonilla drove in a run with a grounder, but Almonte struck out Jimenez to end the inning with the Rattlers up 8-6. Almonte rebounded nicely in the bottom of the eighth inning and struck out the side in order. Henderson closed down the Bees by striking out the side in order in the ninth for seven consecutive K's by Rattlers pitching. Henderson is 17-for-17 in saves in the first half and is now tied with Aquilino Lopez and Chad Wiles for second on the franchise single season saves list. John Thompson of the 1995 Timber Rattlers holds the saves record with 19. The final game of the four-game series in Burlington is Wednesday night. Efrain Nieves (2-4, 6.35) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Bees will send Mike Lehman (2-2, 4.81) to the mound. Game time is 6:30 PM. Wisconsin Box Score 27 combined hits; only one fly-ball out vs. Rattler pitching -- ground balls and K's; the two Michael's, not Mike's (Marseco and Vass) with three hits apiece; no Lawrie is odd, we'll wait until Wednesday night... Wisconsin Game Log

Rattler Radio Blog: June 16, 2009: Tonight's pitchers (Adams / Meadows) June 16, 2009: Game notes Because Cody Adams is likely still on a limited pitch count, it's not probable he'll go five innings. If the Rattlers can forge a lead, there's a good chnace Meadows could move his record to 11-1 tonight.

OF Jason Tyner released from his minor league deal by Detroit.

OF Jason Tyner released from his minor league deal by Detroit.