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Final: Wisconsin 7, Kane County (Athletics) 5 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Rattler win streak hits six By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GENEVA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers played a little home run derby to defeat the Kane County Cougars on Wednesday night at Elfstrom Stadium. Brock Kjeldgaard hit two out of the park and Corey Kemp broke a 4-4 tie with a two-run homer in the fifth. Wisconsin also got five solid innings out of their bullpen to protect the lead that eventually turned into their sixth straight victory. Kjeldgaard gave Wisconsin (18-21) the lead with a long homer to left-center in the top of the second. But, the Cougars (23-16) tied the game on a two-out RBI single by Jason Christensen in the third. Kjeldgaard put Wisconsin back in front with another solo homer. This one was a lead-off shot to left-center in the fourth. The Rattlers tacked on a run later in the inning on a RBI single by Michael Marseco. But, the Cougars put together a rally -- with a little help -- to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Rattler starting pitcher Cody Adams walked the leadoff batter and gave up a single to put two runners on base. A grounder to third took a tough hop and was ruled an error to allow a run to score. Jeremy Barfield's RBI double tied the game and an RBI single by Petey Paramore made the score 4-3 Kane County. Then, Wisconsin rallied again. Taylor Green drew a leadoff walk and Brett Lawrie drove in Green with a double to tie the game. Kemp put the Rattlers in front with a two-run homer to left-center. The game settled down from there. Rattler reliever Liam Ohlmann pitched three scoreless frames. He also picked up a little insurance in the top of the seventh. Kjeldgaard doubled and would score on a single by Chris Dennis. That run made the score 7-4. Brandon Ritchie relieved Ohlmann in the eighth inning and retired the side in order in that frame. But, in the ninth he ran into trouble with a walk and a single. Ritchie would get the first out and turn the game over to closer Jim Henderson. Henderson got a strikeout, but would give up an RBI single to Steve Kleen that tightened the game to 7-5. Then, Henderson struck out Grant Desme for his eleventh save of the season. Game two of the series continues on Thursday night in Kane County. Michael Bowman (1-1, 1.82) is the scheduled starter for the Timber Rattlers. Kane County has Shawn Haviland (3-1, 2.48) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Game time is 6:00 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Brock Kjeldgaard's OPS certainly got a bump with ten total bases; Chris Dennis on base four times, what a welcome addition; still waiting for 2008 2nd round pick Cody Adams (stats) to "wow us" -- check out the non-disastrous, but bland, game log lines -- more should be expected of a college pick taken so early... Wisconsin Game Log Taylor Green was the victim of the official scorer's call on the bad hop error...

Will Inman to AAA for the Padres

Will Inman to AAA for the Padres

She did a three-part audio interview talking about her life as a baseball wife -- sounded sweet, what a shame for Scott and the four kids.

Final: Huntsville 5, Mobile (Diamondbacks) 0 Huntsville Site Game Summary Huntsville Heads Home After Shutout Win Welch Magnificent in Pitching Stars Past Mobile By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars David Welch tossed seven scoreless innings and Drew Anderson drove in two to help Huntsville blank Mobile 5-0 Wednesday night in the last of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The Stars stopped a three-game slide to improve to 17-18 and remain a half game behind Tennessee in the North Division, while the BayBears fell to 22-18 and stayed five games behind front-running Birmingham in the South. The Stars improved their road record to 11-8 with only their third win in 10 games against Mobile. Adam Stern opened the game with a walk, stole second base, moved to third base on a Shane Justis single and scored one out later on an infield hit by Anderson before Vinny Rottino grounded into a double play to end the frame. Justis finished the game with two hits in four at-bats and wound up going 12 for 20 in the series. BayBears starter Cody Evans, who had allowed a dozen runs, seven earned, in his last start, settled down and retired 11 in a row after a Yohannis Perez double in the second. Justis ended the string with a one-out bunt single in the sixth, stole second base and scored on a two-out double by Anderson, who drove in his 16th run of the season. Chuck Caufield led off the eighth inning with a home run, his second of the season and the Stars' second pinch-hit long ball of the year, to push the lead to 3-0. Stern followed with a single and another steal, his league-best 17th, and advanced to third base on a Justis sacrifice bunt that spelled the end of the night for Evans, who put together the BayBears' longest outing of the year at 7 1/3 innings. Scott Maine took over and gave up a run-scoring ground rule double to Kevin Mellilo, who would then score on a Ricardo Sosa throwing error on a Rottino ground ball to make it 5-0. Evans suffered the loss to fall to 2-5 after allowing seven hits, walking one and fanning two. He remains winless since April 18. Welch put together the longest performance by a Stars' starter this season, yielding five singles, not walking a batter and fanning three. He recorded a dozen ground ball outs, allowed only one runner to advance to third base and faced more than four batters in only one frame. Welch improved to 2-3 and was followed by Robert Hinton, who tossed two scoreless, hitless innings to finish off the Stars first shutout of the season. The Stars return home Thursday night to begin a five-game series against West Tenn with left-hander Chris Cody getting the starting nod for Huntsville against Diamond Jaxx right-hander Steve Bray. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Huntsville Game Log

At least in High Desert they played http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif. Remember Mike Lindskog, the former "Voice of the Mavs"? He's now with the AA Springfield Cardinals (AA Texas League). That guy was a nut, and there was nothing better than late night web audio with that dude after a Brewer game. Well, OK, there were lots of things better in life, but you get what I mean. And God, were those Maverick teams dreadful year in and year out...

Manatees- Cubs Postponed (Viera, FL) Tonight's Florida State League game between the Brevard County Manatees and Daytona Cubs has been postponed due to wet field conditions. The game will be made up as part of a double-header Thursday in Daytona. Game 1 will begin at 6:00 PM (5:00 Central) and both games will be seven innings.

Rattler Radio Blog: May 20, 2009: Game Notes May 20, 2009: Starting Pitcher (Cody Adams) May 20, 2009: Starting Lineup

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I'm hoping people are referencing our Alumni Thread of active players.

Oakland claims LH reliever Craig Breslow on waivers from the Twins. Breslow went from Brewer farmhand to independent leaguer to San Diego to Boston to Cleveland to Minnesota to Oakland. The vagaries of relievers year-to-year -- how quickly his spectacular 2008 was forgotten.

Oakland claims LH reliever Craig Breslow on waivers from the Twins. Breslow went from Brewer farmhand to independent leaguer to San Diego to Boston to Cleveland to Minnesota to Oakland. The vagaries of relievers year-to-year -- how quickly his spectacular 2008 was forgotten.

Midwest League Standings At five in a row, T-Rats are owners of the league's current longest winning streak...

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. Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_20_hunaax_mobaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_20_dbcafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_20_wisafx_kccafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

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, click here for the Daytona Cubs' feed. Nashville: Idle Huntsville: LHP David Welch at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 6:05 PM gametime Wisconsin: RHP Cody Adams at Kane County (Athletics), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

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Looks like the "Getting To Know" series will be featured on the Sounds site again this season -- leadoff is Tim Dillard.

This article on the task of hitting includes the following from Manatees hitting coach Corey Hart: Preparing players to do that is the job of Brevard County Manatees hitting coach Corey Hart. He played eight minor leaguehttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif seasons with Kansas City (1998-04) and Milwaukee (2005), hitting .242 with 32 home runs and 248 RBI. "You've got to tell the guys and teach them that you've got to learn how to fail," he said of his work with the Class A long-season Florida State League players. And while the Manatees' hitting mantra is "hard-hit contact," many times the opposite can be true. "We keep a hard-hit average," Hart said. "This game, you could hit two balls hard and two balls soft and the two balls you hit hard on, you could get out on and the two balls soft, you could get a hit on. You just never know what happens in this game." That is the case, but if there is a truism in baseball, it's this: "Good pitching beats good hitting any day of the week," Hart said. "If you've got a top major league pitcher and he's on his game, there's probably not going to be much offense on the other side."

Sun-Times speculates on DeRosa to the Brewers...

Final: Wisconsin 2, Clinton (Mariners) 1 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Wisconsin sweeps Clinton By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI -- The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers earned a five-game sweep of the Clinton LumberKings with a 2-1 win Tuesday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Jose Duran hustled on a routine grounder in the bottom of the fifth inning to let the go-ahead run score. Wily Peralta and Jim Henderson closed out the game with four scoreless innings. Clinton (20-18) scored first. They got a two-out infield single from Jake Shaffer to drive in a runner from third in the top of the fourth inning. That was it for the visitors. Wisconsin reliever Brandon Ritchie pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning. Then, it was time for the Rattler hitters to get to work. Wisconsin (17-21) clawed for a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead against former Timber Rattler pitcher Brett Lorin. Erik Miller singled to lead off the inning and Sean McCraw walked with one out. They both moved up a base on an infield grounder that was the second out of the inning. Duran was at the plate when Lorin uncorked a wild pitch to let Miller score the tying run and McCraw move up to third. Then, Duran sent what appeared to be a routine grounder to second that should have been the third out. But, Duran hustled down the line and when the LumberKing second baseman hesitated for a fraction of a second, Duran beat the throw for an infield single and McCraw scored the go ahead run. Peralta worked around a pair of hits and two walks over three scoreless innings by striking out seven to keep the Rattlers up by a run. Lorin struck out eight and allowed just four hits with one walk over 7-2/3 innings, but he was tagged with his first loss of the season. Henderson pitched a perfect ninth inning for his tenth save to preserve Wisconsin's series sweep of the LumberKings. Wisconsin begins a 12-game road trip on Wednesday night with a game at Western Division leading Kane County. The Timber Rattlers have Cody Adams (1-4, 4.06) as the scheduled starting pitcher. The Cougars will counter with Anthony Capra (0-2, 3.09). Game time is 6:30 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Left-handed batters are 0-for-20 with two walks against LHP Brandon Ritchie; thanks for the analysis above from the TV broadcast, X ellence... Wisconsin Game Log

Final: Mobile (Diamondbacks) 6, Huntsville 4 Huntsville Site Game Summary Holliman Can't Hold on to Early Lead BayBears Survive Shaky Ninth to Down Stars Again By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Barry Enright overcame a rough first inning and went seven solid frames in pitching Mobile past Huntsville 6-4 Tuesday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears have won three straight games for the first time since April 21-23 to improve to 22-17 and move to within five games of first place Birmingham in the South Division, while the Stars fell to 16-18 after losing for a sixth time in seven games. Huntsville remained a half game behind in the North, as division leader Tennessee was topped by Chattanooga, which also closed to within a half-game of the top spot. Daniel Schlereth took over in the ninth for Mobile protecting a three-run lead and promptly issued two walks and allowed an infield to load the bases with nobody out. Pinch-hitter Yohannis Perez bounced into a force out at second base to drive in Kevin Melillo to cut the lead to 6-4 before Adam Stern struck out for the second out. After Shane Justis cut through a pitch to fall behind in the count 1-2, catcher Orlando Mercado threw to first base to pick off Perez to end the inning and game. Schlereth survived a rough outing to record his second save of the season, both against the Stars. The Stars loaded the bases in the first inning against BayBears' starter Barry Enright on a walk and two singles before Drew Anderson struck out for the first out of the game. Vinny Rottino followed with a two-run single and Chuck Caufield's two-out, run-scoring hit chased home Jonathan Lucroy to give the visitors a three-spot in the first inning for a second time in the series. Stars'starter Mark Holliman tossed two scoreless innings before Enright led off the home third with a single and Evan Frey and James Skelton walked to load the bases. Ricardo Sosa singled in a run and the red-hot Cyle Hankerd followed with a double to drive in two to tie the game, giving him eight runs batted in over the last three games. Mercado and Sean Coughlin each knocked in a run with a scoring fly ball to complete the five-run rally. Holliman was lifted after only three frames and charged with the loss after giving up five hits, walking three and not recording a strikeout. Mike McClendon took over for Holliman and threw three innings in relief, allowing a run in the fifth on a Mark Hallberg fielder's choice grounder that scored Hankerd, who was hit with a purpose pitch. Enright retired the first two hitters in the sixth and then threw behind Caufield without a warning being issued by the home plate umpire. Stars' skipper Bob Miscik came out to find out why and was thrown out of the game after arguing the point to no avail. Enright allowed seven hits, walked one and fanned three to grab his second win of the season. The series concludes Wednesday night with left-hander David Welch getting the starting nod for Huntsville against BayBears' right-hander Cody Evans. 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 Well, that was a 9th inning to be proud of -- not; Chuck Caufield a .950 OPS with RISP (28 AB's); Omar Aguilar a 1-2-3 9th; two of Mark Holliman's seven starts have been quality -- the others, not close... Huntsville Game Log

Final: Nashville 5, Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for celebratory photo, text follows -- Sounds Close Homestand With Last At-Bat Win NASHVILLE - Brendan Katin delivered a one-out, game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Nashville Sounds their first last at-bat victory of the season on Tuesday evening at historic Greer Stadium, a come-from-behind 5-4 triumph over the Las Vegas 51s in the finale of a four-game series. With the win, Nashville (22-18) took three of four from the 51s and wrapped up its first winning homestand of the year with a 6-2 record. Trailing 4-3 entering the final half-inning, the Sounds rallied for the win against Las Vegas closer Jeremy Accardo. After the first batter of the frame was retired, Tony Gwynn singled and stole second. Alcides Escobar drew a walk before Adam Heether hit a grounder to first baseman Brett Harper, who threw wildly towards second and into left field, allowing Gwynn to scamper home with the tying run. Katin, the Sounds' cleanup hitter, stepped in and roped Accardo's 1-2 offering back up the middle for the game-winning single. AUDIO: Katin's Game-Winning Single Reliever Chris Smith (2-0) picked up the win for the Sounds after working two scoreless innings, while Accardo (1-1) took the loss after suffering his second blown save of the year. Las Vegas designated hitter Randy Ruiz opened the evening's scoring with a two-run homer to left off Sounds starter Nick Green in the top of the third inning, his eighth longball of the year. The Sounds halved the lead in the sixth. Escobar opened the frame with a single off 51s starter David Purcey, moved to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on Katin's sacrifice fly to center to make it a 2-1 game. The 51s extended the advantage to 4-1 in the seventh with another two-run blast, this one coming off the bat of center fielder Buck Coats who crushed a Wes Littelton curveball over the right field wall. The tater was Coats' third of the year. Nashville pulled back within a run with a two-out rally against the Las Vegas bullpen in the bottom of the eighth. Gwynn and Escobar opened the frame with consecutive singles off Bryan Bullington. After a pair of strikeouts, Joe Koshansky greeted 51s southpaw Bill Murphy with an RBI single to center to plate Gwynn. Following another pitching change, Jason Bourgeois delivered a run-scoring single up the middle against T.J. Beam to close the deficit to 4-3. After issuing a walk to Cole Gillespie to load the bases, Beam worked out of the jam without further damage by inducing an inning-ending flyout from Carlos Corporan. Neither starter factored in the decision despite a pair of quality starts. Purcey was robbed of his first win of the year for the 51s due to the blown save. He allowed one run on six hits while fanning seven over seven strong innings. Green gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings, striking out a Sounds season-high nine batters in the outing. The Sounds hit the road for the Pacific Northwest tomorrow evening and open a four-game series on Thursday at 9:05 PM CT against the Portland Beavers (AAA-Padres). Right-hander Tim Dillard (6-1, 2.66) will start Thursday's series opener for Nashville and face Portland right-hander Walter Silva (0-1, 4.76). Nashville wraps up its trip with a four-game stop in Tacoma before returning to Greer Stadium on Friday, May 29, for an eight-game homestand versus Omaha and Iowa. Nashville Box Score Alcides Escobar was the "4" in a 6-4-3 double play; Escobar and a resurgent Tony Gwynn combined to score all five Sounds runs; Nick Green with a 35-to-8 K-to-BB ratio in 45 innings -- that'll do nicely; Chris Smith is the man, what an astute minor league free agent signing, and without a spring training invite even; hopefully Angel Salome will be back for the next contest Thursday after sitting out the last two games... Nashville Game Log Clutch bases-loaded work by Green in the 2nd; Sounds wasted several chances before the late-inning rallies...