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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Outfielder Jason Bourgeois From Sunday's Game: Brendan Katin Two-Run Homer

Final: Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 7, Nashville 5 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for new Carlos Corporan photo, text follows -- NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds lost 7-5 to the Las Vegas 51s on Monday night at historic Greer Stadium. Nashville's loss tonight was the second loss in the past nine games. Las Vegas took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a three-run home run to center field from J.P. Arencibia off starter Chase Wright. The Sounds loaded the bases on a Brendan Katin beaning, a Jason Bourgeois walk, and a Cole Gillespie walk. Their first run came on an infield throwing error to first base by catcher Arencibia on an infield grounder hit by Michael Garciaparra. Carlos Corporan followed with a double to centerfield that scored Gillespie and Garciaparra for a 3-3 tie. AUDIO: Corporan Double Las Vegas took a 4-3 lead on a Randy Ruiz double that scored Buck Coats in the top of the fifth. Reliever Chris Narveson came into a bases loaded jam and got Kevin Howard to ground out to Garciaparra to end the inning. Joe Koshansky tied the game at 4 in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI single to right field that brought home Alcides Escobar. Nashville was able to take a 5-4 lead in the next inning on a sacrifice fly by Corporan that scored Gillespie. 51s catcher Arencibia received the throw from left fielder Aaron Mathews and missed the tag as Gillespie slid and missed home plate. Gillespie then dove back to touch home plate to score the run after the umpire didn't make a sign. The 51s tied the game again in the top of the seventh on a Brett Harper ground out, making it 5-5. Las Vegas took a 6-5 lead on a home run to right field off Narveson. Arencibia added an insurance run in the top of the ninth with his second home run, a solo shot to right field that made it 7-5. Wright surrendered three runs on four hits, striking out two over 4.2 innings pitched. Narveson (1-2) took the loss for the Sounds, giving up two runs on three hits in 2.1 innings. Jonah Bayliss (4-1) earned the win for the 51s, throwing two innings while giving up one run in relief. Jeremy Accardo earned his fifth save of the year. The Sounds and 51s wrap up their four-game tomorrow night at 6:00 PM. Right-hander Nick Green (2-2, 4.38) takes the hill for Nashville against David Purcey (0-0, 5.40). Nashville Box Score Nashville Game Log

Final: Wisconsin 14, Clinton (Mariners) 7 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Slugfest in Wisconsin By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the Clinton LumberKings combined for 21 runs and 30 hits on Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. The Rattlers outslugged the L-Kings for a 14-7 win. Chris Dennis homered and drove in four runs for Wisconsin. Clinton (20-17) scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. Terry Serrano drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. Nate Tenbrink made it 2-0 with an RBI triple later in the frame. Wisconsin (16-21) charged back to take the lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Taylor Green drew a two-out walk. Brett Lawrie launched the next pitch over the wall in left to tie the game. After a walk and a single put two runners on base, Michael Vass singled to knock in the go-ahead run. But, Clinton took the lead back with two more runs in the top of the fourth. Jake Shaffer and Ogui Diaz had back-to-back RBI singles to make the score 4-3. Then, the Rattlers got the bats going again in the bottom of the fourth. Corey Kemp doubled and Vass walked to start the frame. Dennis lined an opposite field home run to left to put Wisconsin back in front 6-4. The homer was the first for Dennis, who joined the Rattlers on Sunday. Wisconsin added a run later in the inning on an RBI double by Jose Duran. Shaffer homered in the top of the sixth inning to cut the Rattler lead to 7-5, but the Rattlers had another answer. In the bottom of the sixth, Lawrie stepped up with two runners in scoring position. He smacked a single to right to drive in a run. An error on the play allowed the runner at second to score. Kemp would knock in Lawrie with and single and Vass doubled to drive in Kemp for an 11-5 lead. Clinton got a homer from Travis Howell in the top of the eighth. Then, Wisconsin scored three times in the bottom of the eighth. A balk and a misplayed fly ball allowed the first two runs to score. Dennis drove in his fourth run of the game with a two-out single for a 14-6 lead. The LumberKings scored a run in the bottom of the ninth on a single by Tenbrink to close out the scoring. Efrain Nieves evened his record at 2-2 as he made it through five innings and scattered nine hits without walking a Clinton hitter. Wisconsin has won four games in a row and they have matched their season high winning streak. The Rattlers and LumberKings wrap up their five-game series on Tuesday night. Evan Frederickson (1-2, 7.33) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Clinton will counter with Brett Lorin (3-0, 1.71). Game time is 6:35 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Taylor Green showing them how to do it, drawing three walks and a HBP, scoring three runs; Efrain Nieves did not walk a batter, as Chris noted, but did hit two, in an eventful performance; Brett Lawrie's 8th error of the season came when he failed to get over quickly enough on a stolen base attempt -- listening in to the action, he also seemed to make some other athletic plays, so the growing curve is about as expected; Lawrie could use some help on basestealing technique, now 11-for-17 on the season, a middling percentage; 23-year-old catcher Corey Kemp's bat has been hot since his arrival from Maryvale, sporting an .840 OPS.... Wisconsin Game Log All three extra-point attempts in the game successful...

Photo gallery from Wisconsin's Sunday Doubleheader which had Jim Gantner on-site -- nice photo of Michael Marseco on screen # 2

News from Brevard: (Viera, FL) Tonight's game between the Brevard County Manatees and Tampa Yankees has been postponed due to wet field conditions. It has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Tuesday evening. Game 1 will begin at 5:05 PM. Game 2 will begin one-half hour following the conclusion of Game 1. Each game will be a seven-inning contest.

Baltimore: Dennis Sarfate, MLB Chad Moeller, AAA David Krynzel, AA Chicago White Sox: Scott Linebrink, MLB Scott Podsednik, MLB Keith Ginter, AAA Cleveland: Luis Vizcaino, MLB Greg Aquino, MLB Tomo Ohka, MLB Zach Jackson, AAA Matt LaPorta, AAA Tony Graffanino, AAA Michael Brantley, AAA Ken Ray, AAA Rob Bryson, injury rehab Detroit: Ruddy Lugo, AAA Max St. Pierre, AAA Jason Tyner, AAA Kansas City: Jamey Wright, MLB Los Angeles Angels: Luis Figueroa, AAA Minnesota: R.A. Dickey, MLB Ben Hendrickson, AAA Alejandro Machado, AAA New York Yankees: CC Sabathia, MLB Oakland: Craig Breslow, MLB Dana Eveland, AAA Eric Munson, AAA Seattle: Russell Branyan, MLB Chris Woodward, MLB Brad Nelson, AAA Callix Crabbe, AAA Steve Bray, AA Luis Pena, AA Mel Stocker, AA Patrick Ryan, AA Jimmy Mojica, AA Steve Moss, Low-A Tampa Bay: Brian Shouse, MLB Grant Balfour, MLB Gabe Kapler, MLB Gabe Gross, MLB Joe Dillon, MLB Randy Choate, MLB Joe Bateman, AAA Jason Childers, AAA Jorge Julio, AAA Texas: Nelson Cruz, MLB Guilder Rodriguez, AA Toronto: Marco Scutaro, MLB Lyle Overbay, MLB Brian Wolfe, AAA Kyle Phillips, AAA Arizona: Doug Davis, MLB Abraham Nunez, AAA Cole Gillespie, AAA Roque Mercedes, AA Atlanta: Jeff Bennett, MLB Jerome Gamble, AA J.C. Boscan, AA Ryan Barba, Low-A Chicago Cubs: Chad Fox, MLB Vince Perkins, AAA Mark Johnson, AAA Cincinnati: Francisco Cordero, MLB Laynce Nix, MLB David Weathers, MLB Adam Pettyjohn, AAA Kevin Barker, AAA Justin Lehr, AAA Mark James, Low-A Stephen Chapman, Low-A Colorado: Jorge De La Rosa, MLB Sal Fasano, AAA Florida: Wes Helms, MLB Nic Ungs, AA Houston: Carlos Lee, MLB Chris Coste, MLB Jose Capellan, AAA Chad Paronto, AAA Los Angeles Dodgers: Mark Loretta, MLB Guillermo Mota, MLB Jeff Weaver, MLB Claudio Vargas, AAA Brian Mazone, AAA Carlo Alvarado, AAA J.D. Closser, AA New York Mets: Gary Sheffield, MLB Elmer Dessens, AAA Robinson Cancel, AAA Javier Valentin, AAA Mike Lamb, AAA Nelson Figueroa, AAA Philadelphia: Matt Stairs, MLB Paul Bako, MLB Ozzie Chavez, AA Pittsburgh: Ty Taubenheim, AAA Chris Barnwell, AAA Eric Fryer, High-A San Diego: Tony Gwynn, MLB Henry Blanco, MLB Mike Adams, MLB Eliezer Alfonso, MLB Joe Thatcher, AAA Will Inman, AAA Steve Garrison, AA (injured) San Francisco: Steve Hammond, AAA Matt Kinney, AAA Steve Palazzolo, AAA Darren Ford, High-A Washington: Ronnie Belliard, MLB Julian Tavarez, MLB Ron Villone, MLB Saul Rivera, AAA Jorge Sosa, AAA (restricted list) Andrew Lefave, AA (injured) Francisco Plasencia, High-A

Baltimore: Dennis Sarfate, MLB Chad Moeller, AAA David Krynzel, AA Chicago White Sox: Scott Linebrink, MLB Scott Podsednik, MLB Keith Ginter, AAA Cleveland: Luis Vizcaino, MLB Greg Aquino, MLB Tomo Ohka, MLB Zach Jackson, AAA Matt LaPorta, AAA Tony Graffanino, AAA Michael Brantley, AAA Ken Ray, AAA Rob Bryson, injury rehab Detroit: Ruddy Lugo, AAA Max St. Pierre, AAA Jason Tyner, AAA Kansas City: Jamey Wright, MLB Los Angeles Angels: Luis Figueroa, AAA Minnesota: R.A. Dickey, MLB Ben Hendrickson, AAA Alejandro Machado, AAA New York Yankees: CC Sabathia, MLB Oakland: Craig Breslow, MLB Dana Eveland, AAA Eric Munson, AAA Seattle: Russell Branyan, MLB Chris Woodward, MLB Brad Nelson, AAA Callix Crabbe, AAA Steve Bray, AA Luis Pena, AA Mel Stocker, AA Patrick Ryan, AA Jimmy Mojica, AA Steve Moss, Low-A Tampa Bay: Brian Shouse, MLB Grant Balfour, MLB Gabe Kapler, MLB Gabe Gross, MLB Joe Dillon, MLB Randy Choate, MLB Joe Bateman, AAA Jason Childers, AAA Jorge Julio, AAA Texas: Nelson Cruz, MLB Guilder Rodriguez, AA Toronto: Marco Scutaro, MLB Lyle Overbay, MLB Brian Wolfe, AAA Kyle Phillips, AAA Arizona: Doug Davis, MLB Abraham Nunez, AAA Cole Gillespie, AAA Roque Mercedes, AA Atlanta: Jeff Bennett, MLB Jerome Gamble, AA J.C. Boscan, AA Ryan Barba, Low-A Chicago Cubs: Chad Fox, MLB Vince Perkins, AAA Mark Johnson, AAA Cincinnati: Francisco Cordero, MLB Laynce Nix, MLB David Weathers, MLB Adam Pettyjohn, AAA Kevin Barker, AAA Justin Lehr, AAA Mark James, Low-A Stephen Chapman, Low-A Colorado: Jorge De La Rosa, MLB Sal Fasano, AAA Florida: Wes Helms, MLB Nic Ungs, AA Houston: Carlos Lee, MLB Chris Coste, MLB Jose Capellan, AAA Chad Paronto, AAA Los Angeles Dodgers: Mark Loretta, MLB Guillermo Mota, MLB Jeff Weaver, MLB Claudio Vargas, AAA Brian Mazone, AAA Carlo Alvarado, AAA J.D. Closser, AA New York Mets: Gary Sheffield, MLB Elmer Dessens, AAA Robinson Cancel, AAA Javier Valentin, AAA Mike Lamb, AAA Nelson Figueroa, AAA Philadelphia: Matt Stairs, MLB Paul Bako, MLB Ozzie Chavez, AA Pittsburgh: Ty Taubenheim, AAA Chris Barnwell, AAA Eric Fryer, High-A San Diego: Tony Gwynn, MLB Henry Blanco, MLB Mike Adams, MLB Eliezer Alfonso, MLB Joe Thatcher, AAA Will Inman, AAA Steve Garrison, AA (injured) San Francisco: Steve Hammond, AAA Matt Kinney, AAA Steve Palazzolo, AAA Darren Ford, High-A Washington: Ronnie Belliard, MLB Julian Tavarez, MLB Ron Villone, MLB Saul Rivera, AAA Jorge Sosa, AAA (restricted list) Andrew Lefave, AA (injured) Francisco Plasencia, High-A

An eventful 4th inning now has the Rattler game at 7-4, bottom of the 5th. While Efrain Nieves was nicked up some, he deserves credit for getting out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation (albeit after two runs had already scored in the inning). Great to see that Chris Dennis didn't take long to show off his power bat. Clinton Top 4th Nate Tenbrink singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chris Dennis. With Denny Almonte batting, Nate Tenbrink steals (5) 2nd base. Denny Almonte singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chris Dennis. Nate Tenbrink to 3rd. Denny Almonte advances to 2nd, on throwing error by left fielder Chris Dennis. Travis Howell hit by pitch. Jacob Shaffer singles on a ground ball to right fielder Michael Vass. Nate Tenbrink scores. Denny Almonte to 3rd. Travis Howell to 2nd. Ogui Diaz singles on a fly ball to right fielder Michael Vass. Denny Almonte scores. Travis Howell to 3rd. Jacob Shaffer to 2nd. Maximo Mendez called out on strikes. Terry Serrano strikes out swinging. Scott Savastano grounds out, second baseman Brett Lawrie to first baseman Brock Kjeldgaard. Wisconsin Bottom 4th Corey Kemp doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder Jacob Shaffer. Michael Vass walks. Chris Dennis homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Corey Kemp scores. Michael Vass scores. Erik Miller strikes out swinging. Michael Marseco triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Maximo Mendez. Jose Duran doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Denny Almonte. Michael Marseco scores. Taylor Green hit by pitch. Brett Lawrie pops out to first baseman Kris Sanchez on the infield fly rule. Jose Duran to 3rd. Taylor Green to 2nd. Brock Kjeldgaard flies out to center fielder Denny Almonte.

From Sunday: Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Hitting Coach Sandy Guerrero Cole Gillespie, Jason Bourgeois, Tony Gwynn among the players discussed...

Rattler Radio Blog: May 18, 2009: Game Notes There are five Canadians on the current Timber Rattler roster: Pitcher Jim Henderson, Dennis, Lawrie, Taylor Green, and Brock Kjeldgaard. May 18, 2009 Timber Rattler Pitchers (Nieves / Watten) May 18, 2009: Starting Lineup

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 22 16 .579 - 11-10 11-6 W3 Memphis 19 16 .543 1.5 11-8 8-8 L1 Iowa 19 17 .528 2.0 10-6 9-11 L3 Omaha 19 18 .514 2.5 8-8 11-10 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 16 16 .500 - 6-10 10-6 L1 Tennessee 16 16 .500 - 7-7 9-9 L2 Chattanooga 16 19 .457 1.5 8-8 8-11 W4 Carolina 14 21 .400 3.5 7-9 7-12 W1 West Tenn 13 22 .371 4.5 5-11 8-11 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 19 .472 7.5 8-9 9-10 L2 Lakeland 15 19 .441 8.5 10-10 5-9 L1 Dunedin 15 20 .429 9.0 5-11 10-9 W2 Tampa 15 21 .417 9.5 7-11 8-10 L2

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NOTE: The Sounds' site has been down for about 24 hours -- we'll see if this is available for you tonight. 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): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Follow Monday'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_18_lvgaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_18_hunaax_mobaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_18_tbyafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_18_cliafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

Monday'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: LHP Chase Wright at home vs. Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 5:35 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Huntsville: LHP Bobby Bramhall at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 6:05 PM gametime Wisconsin: LHP Efrain Nieves at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime

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David Weiser's starsboxscore.com Weather follows Stars to Mobile Rain wins for 8th time in 18 games Jeremy Jeffress, with two out and a 1-0 count, lined a single to left scoring J.R. Hopf, who led off the 5th inning with a double to right, making it a 3-1 game, but the wind was kicking up and it seemed improbable that the threat of rain, which already had started falling in the bottom of the 4th, would go away. In fact, it became relentless as Peter Clifford popped out to Yohannis Perez to end the 5th. By then, Mobile had gone ahead, 5-1. The field became unplayable and home ump Booter West finally called it...... It's the 4th loss in five games for the Stars, who had been rained out an unprecedented seven times in 15 days, a total loss of nine games in the rainiest May in Stars history. Cyle Hankerd, 8th among Southern League batting leaders at .339, accounted in one way or another to all five of Mobile's runs.... Leading Mobile with three hits and four RBIs, he singled on a ball deflected by Jeffress in the 2nd inning and eventually scored. In the 3rd, a double steal set Hankerd up to drive in two with a single to center, and in the 5th, he drove in two more with a one-out double to center...... Hankerd is hitting .333 in seven games against the Stars (Huntsville opened the season at home against Mobile) and has driven in seven runs. Jeffress failed to go five innings for the 7th time in eight starts, despite throwing a season-high 97 pitches. His six walks gives him a league-high 33 in 27 1/3 innings. He has struck out 34....... Two of the players Jeffress walked eventually scored...... Looking back over the 33 he walked, 13 eventually scored (39%) -- that's an ERA of 4.28. He's now walked at least five batters in four straight games. Monday, Bobby Bramhall will climb the hill for the Stars to face Jarrod Parker (1-2), who has a 2.93 ERA in his May starts...... Bramhall is goming off a fine start, although he did not receive the decision, giving up just one unearned run in six innings against Chattanooga. That after giving up ten runs in six innings over two starts. Does he have it in him again against the second best team (20-17) in the league? Josh Wahpepah, returning from rookie-level Helena (Pioneer), made his first appearance for the Stars in ten days. The Pioneer League season, of course, doesn't start till June 23, so it was more of a temporary reassignment to make room for Juan Sandoval. To make room for Wahpepah, Adam Heether was promoted to Nashville..... The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have activated 3rd baseman Taylor Green off the disabled list. Green, before an injury sidelined him, was a leading candidate to succeed Mat Gamel at third this year...... Gamel, incidentally, had eight errors in 33 games at Nashville. It was May 5 of last year with the Stars when Gamel committed his 9th...... The Stars are hitting .299 for the month of May, and .280 with runners in scoring position, tying Birmingham who has more hits. Yet the Stars are 6-5 this month. The starting and bullpen breakdown for the Stars this month explains it all: ERA IP HITS R ER BB SO STARTERS 5.60 53 46 36 33 30 44 BULLPEN 2.72 43 37 17 13 19 41 Robert Hinton, pitching his best ever baseball as a Huntsville Star, has thrown scoreless relief in his last ten appearances covering 12 1/3 innings. In that span, he's given up just six hits, walked eight and struck out 12....... Donovan Hand, whose best month last year was the August stretch when he had a 4.90 ERA, has a 2.52 ERA in 25 innings and has a string of five scoreless frames in relief....... Michael McClendon, despite pitching solely in relief, has the 4th best ERA in the Southern League (1.75) and has given up two or more runs in just two of his 12 appearances...... Casey Baron has kept an ERA under 2.00 for most of the season. It has never risen above 2.57, which is where it sat when he came into an April 27 game against the Lookouts. He's thrown scoreless relief in his last four appearances........ What this team truly lacks though is a closer. The Stars have nine saves --- and seven blown saves. Middle reliever Hinton leads the bullpen with three saves. Derrick Ellison, Hand, Omar Aguilar, and Sandoval have all saved games for the Stars, and blown four...... In his 9th inning appearances, Aguilar has a 19.64 ERA. Hinton has walked 12 in the 8th and 9th innings combined. To his credit, he's also struck out 19. In the 8th, 9th, and extra innings, the Stars bullpen has a 3.53 ERA, which is, as you see, almost a run higher than the team's May average. The strikeout-walk ratio is 1.54 in the late innings. Future Huntsville Star Cody Scarpetta pitched five no-hit innings and with reliever Nick Tyson, held the Clinton Lumber Kings to just one hit in a 7-0, seven-inning victory in the first game of a double-header at Fox Cities Stadium in a Midwest League contest, Sunday. Erik Miller went 3-for-3 with three RBIs. As for some former Stars.... Mike Jones is 4-0 with a 4.06 ERA in seven starts for Brevard County..... Guilder Rodriguez is hitting .280 in 23 games for the Class AA- Frisco (Texas) Roughriders - the Rangers' AA farm club...... Joe Bateman has been signed by the Tampa Bay Rays and is unscored upon in 3 1/3 innings at Class AAA-Durham (IL)..... Chris Errecart is hitting .261 since being sent down to Brevard County on May 2.

Link while active, text follows: Scarpetta making up for lost time Brewers prospect goes five hitless innings for first win By Mason Kelley / Special to MLB.com Get the ball and go. That's the simplest way to explain the adjustment Cody Scarpetta made after a rough start at Quad Cities in late April. Since then, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound right-hander has seen an improvement each time he has taken the mound. Making his sixth start of the season Sunday, Scarpetta struck out six over five no-hit innings as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers blanked the Clinton LumberKings, 7-0, in the first game of a doubleheader. But even though the 20-year-old is pleased to pick up his first win, he insists there is plenty to work on. "I'm building off last year," Scarpetta said. "I'm improving, but I've still got a ways to go. I can see myself getting better, I've just got to have a little more time." Time is something the 2007 11th-round pick should get, especially considering his debut season got off to a late start last year. After twice needing surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in the middle finger of his right hand, he spent most of the summer rehabbing at extended spring training. He didn't make his first professional start until July and finished the year 2-0 with a 2.23 ERA over 12 appearances between the Rookie-level Arizona League Brewers and short-season Helena in the Pioneer League. "Ever since then, I haven't looked back," Scarpetta said. "I can't pitch and think about what's going to happen. Every time you step on the mound, you're risking something happening. I just go out there and try to execute as many pitches as I can and see where that takes me." Before Sunday, his best start was a six-inning, three-hit outing on April 22, but he followed that by retiring only two batters and giving up five earned runs on April 27. That prompted some extra sessions with pitching coach Chris Hook, who encouraged him to work faster. "I'm not thinking as much," Scarpetta said. "I just get the ball and go. That's a big key to what I've been doing here." Against the LumberKings, he offset his fastball with a solid changeup and mixed in the occasional curve. He set the tone with back-to-back strikeouts to end the first innings, and his defense took over from there. "I'm pretty happy with it," Scarpetta said. "I struggled a little bit with my command, but my defense played very well behind me. I thought I made some pitches when I needed them. It turned out to be all right." The key for Scarpetta is to build on this performance. "I'm just going to take it from start-to-start," he said. "I feel like my confidence is getting back up and I feel like I can keep building on it." It all starts with his pace when he pitches. Get the ball and go. Cody Scarpetta's debut season was interrupted by a pair of finger surgeries. (Photo by Paul R. Gierhart/MiLB.com) http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/images/2009/05/17/LmKCy7yb.jpg

A couple of weeks, according to the reports in the Post-Crescent we pointed to today....

Final: Brevard County 1, Tampa (Yankees) 0 Brevard County Box Score If you watched the Brewer pre-game today, you saw Doug Melvin give RHP Josh Butler a positive mention -- he pitched seven scoreless here, allowing three hits and three walks; normally a ground ball machine, Butler got 11 fly ball outs in this one on a night when a strong wind blew in from the always cavernous left field at Space Coast; RHP's Roque Mercedes and Rob Wooten both automatic as usual to close things out; Manatees 1-for-12 with RISP (Lee Haydel's double in the 4th); Zelous Wheeler reached three times -- his 24 walks easily pace the team, and he too, earned a Doug Melvin shout-out... Brevard County Game Log

Final, Game Two: Wisconsin 8, Clinton (Mariners) 3 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Wisconsin keeps Meadows perfect By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Wisconsin Timber Rattler pitcher Daniel Meadows has run his record to 6-0. The Timber Rattler offense broke a 3-3 tie with the Clinton LumberKings by scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Brett Lawrie and Shawn Zarraga each drove in two runs for the Rattlers and the win gave the Wisconsin a doubleheader sweep of the LumberKings. Clinton (20-16) scored a run off Meadows in the top of the first. Maximo Mendez dropped a bunt single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. An infield single moved Mendez to second and a fielder's choice allowed him to score. Wisconsin (15-21) answered back right away in the bottom of the first. Michael Marseco drew a walk and Jose Duran tripled home Marseco to tie the game. Lawrie's RBI grounder knocked in Duran for a 2-1 lead. An RBI single by Zarraga in the second inning put the Rattlers up 3-1. But, the LumberKings tied the game in the top of the third. Martinez started the inning with another bunt single. An RBI triple by Terry Serrano and an RBI single by Kris Sanchez made the score 3-3. Meadows left the game after a scoreless top of the fifth inning. He allowed three runs on six hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out four. But, he needed the offense to score in the fifth to put him in position for his league-leading sixth win of the season. The Rattlers did that and more as they scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth. Duran and Taylor Green started the inning with singles. Lawrie drove in Duran with the go-ahead run on a single. Later in the frame, Chris Dennis knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly. Back-to-back RBI singles by Zarraga and Erik Miller put the Rattlers up 7-3. In the sixth, Duran and Green had back-to-back doubles to push the Rattler lead to 8-3. Rigoberto Almonte and Jim Henderson each worked a scoreless frame out of the Rattler bullpen to close out the game and give the Rattlers a three-game winning streak. Game four of the series against Clinton continues on Monday afternoon. Efrain Nieves (1-2, 5.02) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Walter Suriel (0-3, 5.09) is slated to start for the LumberKings. Game time is 12:05 PM. Wisconsin Game Two Box Score Jose Duran a home run shy of a cycle -- he was a 6th round pick who was hampered by injury last year, looks like he's ready to rock -- Duran played third base here; CF Erik Miller seems to find a way to contribute most every game; big 21-year-old lefty Daniel Meadows with a 25-to-8 K-to-BB ratio in 25.2 innings with a .185 batting average against -- that's how you earn a rotation spot and catch the eye of the higher-ups as a 49th round pick; so far, so good for the roster maneuvers... Wisconsin Game Two Game Log

Final, Game One: Wisconsin 7, Clinton (Mariners) 0 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Near miss on Rattler no-no By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Cody Scarpetta pitched five no-hit innings to pick up the victory in game one of a doubleheader against the Clinton LumberKings on Sunday afternoon. Clinton got a two-out double in the sixth inning for their only hit of the game in a 7-0 Rattler win at Time Warner Cable Field. Erik Miller led the Rattler offense with three hits and three RBI. Wisconsin (14-21) put together a two-out rally in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the lead. The Rattlers loaded the bases with a pair of singles and a walk. Miller drove all three runners in with a double to left-center. Scarpetta worked around his fourth walk and his second hit batsman with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning to keep the LumberKings (20-15) off the board. He struck out the final two batters he faced in the fifth to keep the Rattler lead at 3-0. Scarpetta walked four, hit two, and struck out six for his first Timber Rattler win. Reliever Nick Tyson retired the first two batters he faced in the top of the sixth, but a double by Kris Sanchez ended the no-hit bid for Wisconsin. The Rattlers offense plated a few more runs in the bottom of the sixth. They loaded the bases against Greg Moviel on a walk, a double, and a single. From there, the Wisconsin scored a run on a balk. Two more scored on a fielder's choice and error on the same play. The final run of the inning scored on a wild pitch for a 7-0 lead. Tyson pitched a scoreless seventh inning to close out the LumberKings. Wisconsin Game One Box Score Lumberkings second baseman Luis Nunez was the target of all three Rattler HBP's; Taylor Green and Chris Dennis' lefty bats more than welcome, as catcher Sean McCraw and switch-hitting Michael Marseco the only others... Wisconsin Game One Game Log

Final: Mobile (Diamondbacks) 5, Huntsville 1, completed early, five innings, rain Huntsville Site Game Summary Stars Offense Slowed Down in Defeat BayBears Bring Losing Skid to an End Brett Pollock, MiLB.com Cyle Hankerd knocked in four runs to back the solid pitching of Wes Roemer in Mobile's 5-1 rain-shortened five inning win over Huntsville Sunday afternoon. The BayBears snapped a six-game slide to improve to 20-17, while the Stars fell to 16-16 after losing for a fourth time in five games. Huntsville will not lose any ground in the standings, as Tennessee lost at Chattanooga, meaning the Stars and Smokies remained tied atop the North Division. Mobile scored the first run in the second inning on a ground ball out by Sean Coughlin that chased home Hankerd, who had singled, moved up on a ground ball out and advanced to third base on a Pete Clifford single. The BayBears tacked on two more in the third with two outs when Hankerd singled in Evan Frey and James Skelton, who had pulled off a double steal during the prior at-bat with Ricardo Sosa at the plate. Meanwhile, Roemer kept the Stars hitless through three innings before Shane Justis doubled to lead off the fourth but did not advance as the next three hitters were retired. J.R. Hopf led off the fifth with a double and scored on a two-out single by Stars' starter Jeremy Jeffress that cut the lead to 3-1. Jeffress issued three walks in the bottom half of the inning and was removed with the bases loaded and one out and followed by Josh Wahpepah, who was greeted by a Hankerd double that knocked in a pair to push the lead to 5-1. Wahpepah then fanned Chris Rahl and got Clifford to pop out to end the inning with runners at second and third. Jeffress was tagged with the loss after allowing five runs on three hits, while walking a season-high six and fanning three. He dropped to 1-3 and issued at least five walks for a fifth time in eight turns. Roemer earned his first double-A win in his second start, yielding a run on three hits, walking one and recording one strikeout in five frames. The Stars had posted a dozen runs on 18 hits in the series opener last night. The series continues Monday night with southpaw Bobby Bramhall getting the starting nod for Huntsville against BayBears' Jarrod Parker. 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 29-26-27-27-29-26-24-26 -- AA starting lineup ages, with OF Freddy Parejo the youngest; only 49 of 97 pitches strikes for Jeremy Jeffress; 33 walks in 27.1 IP this season for Jeffress -- that is sad (kindest adjective I can come up with), Jeremy walked "only" 52 in 94 innings last year... Huntsville Game Log

All that analysis above and no mention of Mike Burns? What does a guy have to do? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Final: Nashville 5, Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Sounds Stay Hot, Defeat 51s 5-1 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds stayed red-hot on Sunday afternoon at historic Greer Stadium, picking up their seventh win in the last eight games with a 5-1 victory over the visiting Las Vegas 51s. Sounds starter Mike Burns (6-0) worked his seventh consecutive quality start and pulled into a tie with teammate Tim Dillard for the PCL lead by earning his sixth victory of the season. The right-hander allowed one run on six hits over 6 2/3 innings of work to lower his team-best ERA to 2.15 on the year. The visiting 51s jumped on the scoreboard first, grabbing a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on shortstop Angel Sanchez's two-out RBI single. Nashville rallied to take a 2-1 lead with a pair of runs in the fifth off 51s hurler Brad Mills. Alcides Escobar (2-for-4) tied the contest with a two-out, bases-loaded infield single before the Sounds moved in front when Mills committed a balk, allowing Jason Bourgeois to trot home from third. The Sounds tacked on three more runs against 51s reliever Bryan Bullington in the seventh to up the lead to 5-1. Tony Gwynn reached on a one-out single then scored from first on an ensuing play. Las Vegas catcher Kyle Phillips committed a passed ball then overthrew second, allowing Gwynn to reach third. Center fielder Buck Coats also committed a throwing error on the play, allowing the speedy outfielder to score for a 3-1 lead. Sounds designated hitter Brendan Katin padded the lead later in the frame with a two-run homer to left-center, his second longball of the year. Adam Heether, who preceded Katin with a double, also scored on the blast. The Nashville bullpen continued its recent run of success as R.J. Swindle followed Burns with 1 1/3 scoreless frames before Ryan Houston closed out the contest with a scoreless ninth for the Sounds. Mills (0-5) remained winless on the year for Las Vegas, taking his fifth loss despite a quality start. The southpaw allowed two runs on five hits while striking out seven in his six frames of action. The teams continue the series with a 6:00 PM meeting on Monday evening. Nashville left-hander Chase Wright (2-4, 4.74) will toe the rubber to face Las Vegas southpaw Ricky Romero, who will make his first appearance of the year for the 51s. Nashville Box Score Brendan Katin with only his 2nd blast in 109 AB's on the season; Katin was in there only because DH Erick Almonte was tossed by the home plate umpire in the 2nd; Jason Bourgeois a .912 OPS in May; what a bust former # 1 overall pick Brian Bullington has become -- an ineffective AAA middle reliever, that's a Pirates issue, not his current Blue Jays; 29-year-old RHP Ryan Houston still with a 0.00 ERA after eight appearances... Nashville Game Log At some point in '09, R.J. Swindle is going to be a key member of the Brewer bullpen, hopefully sooner rather than later...

Rattler Radio Blog: May 17, 2009 Game Notes May 17, 2009: Starting Pitchers (Scarpetta / Meadows) May 17, 2009: Starting Lineup (Game One)