Jim Goulart

Your starting second baseman for the Sounds -- Alcides Escobar.

Rattler Radio Blog: May 19, 2009 Game Notes WORTH MENTIONING: Erik Miller went 1-for-5 yesterday to extend his hitting streak to six games. Miller is 11-for-22 (.500) during this recent streak. Miller had a nine game hitting streak earlier this season in which he was 12-for-34. May 19, 2009 Timber Rattler Pitchers (Frederickson / Peralta) Probable Pitchers for the upcoming series (@Kane County)

For those of you looking forward to the Anundsen / Rogers combo tonight -- aw, shucks.... Manatees-Yankees Postponed (Viera, FL) Tonight's (Tues.) double-header between the Brevard County Manatees and Tampa Yankees has been postponed due to wet field conditions. A make-up date has not been chosen at this time. The Manatees will host the Daytona Cubs at Space Coast Stadium on Wednesday, May 20th. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

The Nashville site highlights Hernan Iribarren's callup to Milwaukee, and tells us that LHP Sam Narron is being activated from the DL to take the roster spot.

In a move that makes a lot of sense, 26-year-old RHP Mike Jones and 21-year-old RHP Jeremy Jeffress have swapped spots, with Jones headed to AA Huntsville and Jeffress to high-A Brevard (stats at links). Huntsville's John Curtis is a fine pitching coach, but maybe Fred Dabney (and the ultra-friendly Florida State League environment) can boost Jeffress' performance . As for Jones, let's see where this April ride from "we're prepared to release you, but if you'd like, we have a spot at Brevard for you if you want it" goes. It sure would be something if Jones could build on his performance and place himself in AAA if he re-signs in 2010.

Midwest League Standings

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 22 17 .564 - 11-11 11-6 L1 Memphis 20 16 .556 0.5 12-8 8-8 W1 Iowa 20 17 .541 1.0 10-6 10-11 W1 Omaha 19 19 .500 2.5 8-8 11-11 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 17 17 .500 - 7-7 10-10 L1 Huntsville 16 17 .485 0.5 6-10 10-7 L2 Chattanooga 17 20 .459 1.5 9-9 8-11 W1 Carolina 15 22 .405 3.5 8-10 7-12 L1 West Tenn 14 22 .389 4.0 6-11 8-11 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 24 11 .686 - 11-5 13-6 W1 Clearwater 20 16 .556 4.5 8-11 12-5 W2 Daytona 18 19 .486 7.0 8-9 10-10 W1 Lakeland 15 19 .441 8.5 10-10 5-9 L1 Dunedin 15 21 .417 9.5 5-12 10-9 L1 Tampa 15 21 .417 9.5 7-11 8-10 L2

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_05_19_lvgaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_19_hunaax_mobaax_1 Brevard County Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_19_tbyafa_breafa_1 Brevard County Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_19_tbyafa_breafa_2 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_19_cliafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

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):

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. Sorry, no audio for this Brevard County series. Nashville: RHP Nick Green at home vs. Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 5:35 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime Brevard County: RHP's Evan Anundsen and Mark Rogers in a "Let's Play Two!" at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 4:05 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime

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Just added a link for Brad Nelson (Seattle -- AAA Tacoma), based on this update at Sports Bubbler.

Just added a link for Brad Nelson (Seattle -- AAA Tacoma), based on this update at Sports Bubbler.

Is it over for Cap'n Lou? Palmisano released by the Astros, according to Baseball America.

Is it over for Cap'n Lou? Palmisano released by the Astros, according to Baseball America.

Tidbits and thoughts -- Michael Brantley just turned 22, so he's very young for AAA, but still slugging only .331, with a matching OBP Eric Fryer with a .622 OPS, not finding those Florida State League parks to his liking Darren Ford's in high-A ball still, and he's not running? Steve Palazzolo, the giant 6'10" RHP, has made it all the way to AAA with the Giants. Callix Crabbe struggling with a .576 OPS in a hitter's league It's not often guys released very early in their Brewer careers find new homes in affiliated ball -- infielder Ryan Barba did (.539 OPS in low-A). Matt Kinney is still active? David Krynzel in AA -- who knew? Bryson, Adams, Garrison, Lefave, Palmisano, Hhendrickson -- all sidelined without action thus far in '09 If you remember outfielder Francisco Placencia as a young Power 50 stud at age 18-19 in 2002-2003, then consider yourself a Power 50 stud yourself.

Tidbits and thoughts -- Michael Brantley just turned 22, so he's very young for AAA, but still slugging only .331, with a matching OBP Eric Fryer with a .622 OPS, not finding those Florida State League parks to his liking Darren Ford's in high-A ball still, and he's not running? Steve Palazzolo, the giant 6'10" RHP, has made it all the way to AAA with the Giants. Callix Crabbe struggling with a .576 OPS in a hitter's league It's not often guys released very early in their Brewer careers find new homes in affiliated ball -- infielder Ryan Barba did (.539 OPS in low-A). Matt Kinney is still active? David Krynzel in AA -- who knew? Bryson, Adams, Garrison, Lefave, Palmisano, Hhendrickson -- all sidelined without action thus far in '09 If you remember outfielder Francisco Placencia as a young Power 50 stud at age 18-19 in 2002-2003, then consider yourself a Power 50 stud yourself.

Link while active, text follows: Brett Christopherson column: Brewers thinking Green as they peer into the future Appleton Post-Crescent Grand Chute - The devilish plan was fool proof, or so Wisconsin Timber Rattlers skipper Jeff Isom thought. Whenever that dreaded call would arrive, he'd just conveniently ignore the cell phone's incessant buzz and go about his day like any other. Answer it? Are you kidding me? And be told to pack up Taylor Green's belongings and ship them - and the kid - ASAP to Huntsville, Ala.? Uh-uh. Uh-oh. "Well, Gord Ash is here in town now, and if I don't answer that phone call, I'll for sure hear it," Isom said with a chuckle as the Milwaukee Brewers assistant general manager strolled past prior to Wisconsin's 14-7 Midwest League victory over Clinton at Fox Cities Stadium. "Gord might end up taking him with him, but I'm going to do whatever I can to keep him here." The Rattlers welcomed their first rehab assignment of the season when Green was sent this way in time for Saturday's series opener with the LumberKings. Not familiar with the third baseman? Well, he was only Milwaukee's minor league player of the year in 2007, when he hit .327 with 14 homers and 86 RBI at Class A West Virginia. And he waltzed into 2009 rated by Baseball America as the eighth-best prospect in the Brewers system after hitting .289 with 15 jacks and 73 RBI last season at high-Class A Brevard County. So far, so good in his four-game stint with the Rattlers, too. The 22-year-old third baseman, selected by the Brewers in the 25th round of the 2005 June draft, has seven hits in 14 at-bats, five runs scored, one memorable bomb that seemed to graze the sky and five RBI. In baseball terms, that's what you call raking. In Brewers terms, that's what you call a free pass to Double-A Huntsville - soon. Say it ain't so, Joe…err…Gord. "He's always been a pretty good hitter," Ash said. "He's not going to be a headline type guy because he doesn't do anything exceedingly well. He's not going to show prolific power. He's not going to hit .380. But he's going to do everything well. And he's a smart player, an instinctive player." Take Saturday's game, for example, when he turned on a 2-0 inside fastball in the first inning and sent it streaking like a comet for a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season to propel an 8-3 win. Isom said Green told him beforehand he remembered facing that particular Clinton pitcher last year and recalled being fed a steady diet of - that's right - two-seam, inside fastballs. "To me, that's a guy who hasn't had any at-bats all year, and the first guy he's going to face, he recognizes who he is," Isom said. "He's studying the game. He's preparing himself before he's even up in that box. I pointed that out to the rest of the team. 'You have to have an idea and an approach before you can even get in the box.' "Hopefully, the guys are watching and learning because he's a special player. He's a guy who's going to do well wherever he goes. We were very fortunate to get him here." Green likely would have opened the season at Huntsville had it not been for a streak of bad luck that put the kibosh on '08. First came a cracked radius bone in his left wrist in August, the result of being beaned by a fastball. The injury shelved him for the final three weeks of the regular season and required surgery in January, which is why he remained in Arizona for extended spring training and was then assigned to the Rattlers to, as Ash said, "knock all the rust off and get back into the everyday swing of baseball." Green also suffered a broken nose last fall when he was drilled in the face by a fastball during an Arizona Fall League game. He tried to play through the injury but broke the nose even further four days later when he was pelted in the face by a bad-hop grounder during pregame infield practice. "And that was the end of it," said Green, who was being considered by the Cleveland Indians as the "player to be named later" as part of last year's trade that brought ace hurler CC Sabathia to the Crew. Instead, the Indians nabbed outfield prospect Michael Brantley. "I feel great," he added. "I like it here, but I'm ready to get out of here and get going to Huntsville. I'm just really excited." Milwaukee is, too. Ash said he can easily envision Green donning Brewers blue in the seasons ahead. Where? Third base? Maybe. But there's always a spot for a good, left-handed stick. "I'll do whatever they need to get up there," Green said. "Right now, I see myself as a third baseman. But I'll play where they want me to." It just won't be with the Rattlers much longer. The original plan was to keep him here for seven to 10 days. However, with Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks now lost for the season with a wrist injury, the resulting roster moves will have a domino effect within the system. The Rattlers are home again today before shoving off on a 12-game road trip, but… "It's going to be a short stay, there's no question about that," Isom said. In other words, don't expect Green to be around when the club returns to Fox Cities Stadium on June 2. But do expect him - someday, anyway - at Miller Park.

Link while active, text follows: Rattlers Report: Wisconsin 14, Clinton 7 Brett Christopherson, Appleton Post-Crescent Canada celebrated Victoria Day on Monday. Meanwhile, a group of Canadian ballplayers celebrated a collective big afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium. Taylor Green, Brett Lawrie, Brock Kjeldgaard and Chris Dennis - all Canada natives - combined for six hits, eight runs and seven RBI in leading the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 14-7 Midwest League laugher over the Clinton LumberKings. "I guess so," Lawrie said with a smile when asked about the Canadian holiday. "But I don't know how you celebrate that." By finishing with two hits, including a homer, and driving in three. Lawrie's blast - a two-out, two-run shot to left - highlighted a three-run first inning for Wisconsin, which pounded out 14 hits and turned back the LumberKings for the fourth time in the series. The 19-year-old second baseman has five homers and a team-high 27 RBI on the season, while his home run total is tied with Kjeldgaard for the club lead. "I just looked for a pitch I could hit and got a hold of one," Lawrie said. "I'm just going out and just doing the same thing I've done every day. Just play hard and go at it. Just trying to drive in some runs. I guess I was the RBI guy today." Actually, it was Dennis who led the way with three hits and four RBI. His opposite field homer to left drove in three and bolstered a key four-run fourth as the Rattlers turned a one-run deficit into a 7-4 advantage. Dennis, selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 13th round of the 2007 June draft, joined the Rattlers on Sunday following a stint at extended spring training in Arizona. The left fielder added a run-scoring single in a three-run eighth. "It's actually pretty cool knowing we have three guys in a row in the order, plus we've got Dennis down in the order," Lawrie said, referring to the heart of the Rattlers' lineup that has Green, himself and Kjeldgaard batting in the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 spots, respectively. "It was just a real fun day, and we played some good baseball." Corey Kemp and Michael Vass added two hits and two RBI apiece to spark Wisconsin, which survived a 16-hit onslaught by the LumberKings - losers of seven of nine. As for this Canadian connection? Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash, also a Canada native and in attendance on Monday, called it a combination of coincidence and better talent. "When we signed the closer at the end of spring training, I didn't even know he was Canadian," Ash said of Wisconsin right-hander Jim Henderson, who was tied for the league lead in saves with nine heading into the day. Overall, Wisconsin has five Canadians on its roster. "So some of it is circumstance. But there's no question we're a lot more active scouting Canada than we used to be. And as a result, there are some younger players that came via that route. But I think the course of action for the Brewers is just to collect as much talent as we can from wherever they come from. It just happens there's kind of a convergence at the moment here of Canadians." Turning point The LumberKings were on the verge of breaking the game open in the fourth when they pushed across a pair of runs to grab a 4-3 lead and still had the bags full with nobody out. But starter Efrain Nieves - who allowed four earned runs in a shaky five-inning outing but still earned the win - fanned the next two batters and then worked out of the jam by inducing a groundout to second. The Rattlers followed with four runs in their half of the frame and never trailed from there. Stat pack 4: Wisconsin's winning streak, which matches a season-high. 6: Victories for Rattlers pitcher Daniel Meadows, which led the league entering Monday. The left-hander, who won again on Sunday, has yet to lose a decision in 10 appearances and has 25 Ks, only eight walks and a 3.51 ERA through 25 2/3 innings. 121: Runs scored by the Rattlers at home. They're averaging 5.3 runs per game at Fox Cities Stadium, compared to 3.1 (43 runs through 14 games) on the road. .278: Wisconsin's team batting average at home, compared to .221 on the road. Did you know? Clinton manager Scott Steinmann and pitching coach Lance Painter served in those same roles with the Rattlers. Steinmann skippered Wisconsin to the Midwest League Championship Series in 2005 and also played for the Rattlers in 1997. Painter, a Wisconsin native and former big league hurler, coached at Wisconsin in 2006 and '07. He said it "It's interesting in that at one time, Canadian ballplayers were very much the exception. And now it's becoming a regular occurrence with the coaching improving there. The level of play has improved there. And as a result, they're producing some better players." - Ash 2009 record: 16-21. 2008 record through 37 games (as a Seattle Mariners affiliate): 18-19. Monday's attendance: 2,587. Overall attendance through 21 dates: 65,481 (3,118 average). On deck Game time: Wisconsin vs. Clinton on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. at Fox Cities Stadium. Season series: Wisconsin leads 4-3. Up and throwing: Wisconsin - Evan Frederickson (1-2, 7.33 ERA); Clinton - Brett Lorin (3-0, 1.71 ERA).

David Weiser's starsboxscore.com Justis prevails but Mobile shows no mercy Stars 2nd baseman 7-for-12, 5 doubles in series Mat Gamel hit his first major league home run Monday night in his first career start as the Brewers (24-14) completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-4. The NL-Central leading Brewers have won 12-of-14, and 10-of-11 against the Cards over the past two years. East of St. Louis where the Brewers prevailed, Justis prevails...... Shane Justis has been Captain America against Mobile. With three hits, including a pair of doubles tonight, he is 7-for-12 against the Bay Bears with five doubles in the first three games of this series, but Captain America's evil nemesis, Cyle Hankerd, continues to poison the well....... Hankerd went 3-for-4 and doubled in two runs in Mobile's four-run 4th, as the Bay Bears took Game 2 of this series, 5-3....... Hankerd is now 7-for-11 with six RBIs in this series and is 10-for-25 with nine RBIs against the Stars this year...... Justis is hitting .419 vs. Mobile (13-for-31) with six doubles, two triples, a home run, but just four RBIs. The opportunities just don't seem to come to Justis the way they come to Hankerd and this is why: Justis is hitting .311 with runners on base, but with them in scoring position, it drops to .240....... Compare that to Hankerd, the league's 3rd leading hitter. Hankerd is hitting .358 with runners on base and .389 with them in scoring position..... So what? Well, the Stars lost, falling a game below .500 despite hitting .298 this month. And they are 2-6 against Mobile. Justis outhits Hankerd, but Hankerd delivers the money. But why waste the blame on Justis here? Bobby Bramhall, coming off his finest start of the season (6 IP, 1 UER), reverted back to his old self this season, throwing just 57 pitches in 3 2/3 innings and giving up all five of Mobile's runs..... The rotation only seems to be as good as Chris Cody (3-1, 2.39), as the bullpen, which threw 4 1/3 more scoreless innings tonight, thrives. ERA IP HITS R ER BB SO JEREMY JEFFRESS 7.57 27.1 26 29 23 33 34 BOBBY BRAMHALL 7.16 27.2 30 24 22 14 22 MARK HOLLIMAN 6.67 28.1 34 21 21 13 25 DAVID WELCH 8.71 20.2 38 23 20 9 16 So here's the ugly as it sits this month. Why a team hitting damn near .300 this month, and .276 with runners in scoring position, can't do any better than .500. ERA IP HITS R ER BB SO STARTERS 6.03 56.2 50 41 38 31 49 BULLPEN 2.47 47.1 42 17 13 21 45 The last Huntsville Star to collect five doubles in a series, by the way, was Drew Anderson almost two years ago. It came against Mobile at Joe Davis Stadium. Tuesday, it will be Mark Holliman against Barry Enright (1-3, 3.93). A pretty consistent pitcher, Enright has not given up more than three earned runs in any of his seven starts....... Adam Stern, who drove in nine runs from his leadoff spot in April, has driven in just one in his last eight games, despite hitting .385...... Rickie Weeks will undergo season-ending surgery this week to repair a torn sheath that surrounds a tendon in his left wrist, an injury he suffered on a first-inning strikeout on Sunday in St. Louis.

Link while active, text follows: Miscik manages to laugh hard if team plays hard By Paul Gattis Huntsville Times Sports Staff, paul.gattis@htimes.com In spring training, the Huntsville Stars weren't sure what to make of their new manager Bob Miscik. "He seemed kind of like a military guy," center fielder Adam Stern said. "We didn't know what his background was. We thought he had nine yars in 'Nam, not nine years (as a player) in pro ball." Beware a manager whose poker face hides the adolescence of an overgrown kid. "He's still got a lot of player in him - he's good to joke around with and fun to play for," Stern said. "He can dish it out and we can dish it out to him. He takes it just as well." There are many sides to Miscik, 50, who is in his first season as manager of the Stars. He can be straightforward and businesslike, dispensing words so efficiently it's as if they cost him $5 apiece. He can be in agony from laughter, both thick-skinned and quick-witted enough to be on the giving and receiving ends of an ego-trampling ritual such as a clubhouse kangaroo court. He can go from mild-mannered to a nose-to-nose screaming match in a heartbeat, which happened last week with Chattanooga manager John Valentin. And all this from a guy who, at this time last spring, was teaching science in Venice, Fla., counting down the days until the end of the schoolyear. "Yeah, (leaving teaching) was a no-brainer," he said. "I wanted to try it and spend time with my daughter (10-year-old Natalie). And something was missing." That, of course, was baseball. So Miscik picked reached out to an old friend - Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin, who gave Miscik his first coaching job in 1990 in the Baltimore Orioles farm system. The two also worked together with the Texas Rangers. Miscik worked 16 years in baseball after his minor-league playing days ended in 1988. And three years of teaching reminded Miscik just how much he loved baseball. He loves it so much that he spends long bus rides listening to pitcher Chris Cody impersonate him in front of the whole team. "He doesn't have a lot to work with but he does a better job than anyone," Miscik said after a laugh. "Cody is very good. He's got me." Cody sheepishly said he has a knack for imitations. "I've been known to do some imitations on every team I've been a part of," Cody said. "I've always been that guy." He must be good, given that his manager and Melvin's assistant Dan O'Brien - two men who hold Cody's career in their hands - are frequent targets. "I don't think I sound like (Miscik)," Cody said. "I just kind of imitate what he says, like going over scouting reports and stuff like that. He finds something and he harps on it. When he has a point he wants to drive home, he gets on it." Such as? "One day, it was two-out RBIs - they are the key to life," said Cody, quoting Miscik. "They're golden. He said that probably six times in one paragraph. They're golden, they're golden. "Sure enough, two days later, I ended up getting a win as a result of a Chuck Caufield two-out RBI hit. The next day, Bob comes up to me and says, 'Make fun of me all you want but that was a two-out RBI hit that got you that win.'" But with Double-A players only two steps away from the big leagues, Miscik's needle sometimes gets a little sharper. "They are older guys," Miscik said. "If you're not prepared to dish it out and you can't take it, you may be in trouble." Then Miscik would love Stern's assertion that his manager looked like he "wanted to take Ryne Sandberg out for a date at home plate" when he carried out the pregame lineup card recently against the Tennessee Smokies. Said infielder Kevin Melillo: "He does spend a lot of time at home plate when the opposing manager has 10-plus years in the majors. A 7 o'clock game will start at 7:15." But Miscik is laughing, too. "This is a great club to be a manager of," he said. "They work correctly, they don't have to be told, they like to work and they play hard. It's the best one I've managed as far as that goes."

Huntsville Site Game Summary: BayBears Take Second Straight From Stars Missed Opportunities Make For Manic Monday By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Cyle Hankerd knocked in the go-ahead runs in a four-run fourth inning rally that carried Mobile past Huntsville 5-3 Monday night in the middle of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The BayBears have won back-to-back games for the first time in two weeks to improve to 21-17, while the Stars fell to 16-17 after losing for a fifth time in six games. Huntsville fell into second place in the North Division, one-half game behind the Smokies after Tennessee split a doubleheader at Chattanooga. Drew Anderson led off the second inning with a single against Jarrod Parker and scored the first run of the game when Vinny Rottino followed with a double, just his second extra base hit in 80 at-bats. The Stars advanced Rottino to third with one out but could not bring him into score. Stars' starter Bobby Bramhall retired the first six batters he faced before Sean Coughlin led off the home third with his first double-A home run to tie the score. Hankerd's two-run double in the fourth put the home team ahead to stay at 3-1 and gave him six runs batted in over the last two games. Hankerd advanced to third on the throw home and scored on a Chris Rahl fly ball that pushed the lead to 4-1. Bramhall was lifted with two outs and a runner at first and followed by Donovan Hand, who hit Greg Bordes with his first pitch, gave up an infield hit to Parker and walked Evan Frey to force in a run. Bramhall suffered the loss to fall to 0-3 after allowing five runs on four hits over 3 2/3 innings. Parker, Arizona's top-ranked prospect, grabbed the win to even his record at 2-2 after allowing a run on four hits over five frames. He walked four and fanned five and avoided damage in the third by getting Rottino to ground into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded. He also stranded two runners in the fourth and finished his outing by retiring the side in order in the fifth. Freddy Parejo's single scored Rottino in the sixth to cut the lead to 5-2 but Kyler Newby worked out of further trouble by getting pinch-hitter J.R. Hopf to bounce into an inning-ending double play with runners at the corners. Newby tossed a scoreless seventh and was followed to the hill by Daniel Stange, who worked a scoreless eighth inning. Adam Stern singled with one out in the ninth, advanced to third base on a Shane Justis double, his fifth of the series, and scored to cut the lead to 5-3 on a Jonathan Lucroy sacrifice fly. Stange then struck out Anderson to end the game to nail down his sixth save. The series continues Tuesday night with right-hander Mark Holliman getting the starting nod for Huntsville against BayBears' right-hander Barry Enright. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

Final: Mobile (Diamondbacks) 5, Huntsville 3 Huntsville Box Score Shane Justis (three hits) and Vinny Rottino each doubled twice, but an ineffective Bobby Bramhall (again) put the Stars in an early hole, down 5-1 after four innings; decent work by the pen not enough; Rottino did ground into a double play with the bases loaded to end the 3rd, however; J.R. Hopf's GIDP to end the 6th didn't help, either; Drew Anderson K'd to end the game representing the tying run... Huntsville Game Log Jonathan Lucroy threw out the only baserunner to attempt to steal...

Here's your new Alumni Thread. Please let us know of any omissions or incorrect links. Thanks to mls4 for his work on the major league side of things. If a player is shown as injured, it means he has no stats yet for 2009. Glendon Rusch, recently DFA'd by Colorado, will be added should he find work elsewhere.

Here's your new Alumni Thread. Please let us know of any omissions or incorrect links. Thanks to mls4 for his work on the major league side of things. If a player is shown as injured, it means he has no stats yet for 2009. Glendon Rusch, recently DFA'd by Colorado, will be added should he find work elsewhere.