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It does turn out a total of eight players were involved in the Wisconsin roster shuffle, as OF Chris Dennis has arrived, and 3B Edgar Trejo has been placed on the Helena roster.

Link while active, text follows: Position switch sends Timber Rattlers' Dykstra packing for Helena By Brett Christopherson Post-Crescent staff writer GRAND CHUTE - An unexpected message greeted Wisconsin Timber Rattlers outfielder Cutter Dykstra following Friday's 5-2 loss to Cedar Rapids. He was being sent down to rookie ball. But then came the reason why, and that proved to be a welcome message. He was being moved to second base. "Middle infield has been my position my whole life," he said. "I was getting more and more comfortable in the outfield, but coming back to second base is like coming back to my home." Dykstra was transferred to the Helena (Mont.) Brewers in a series of roster moves announced on Saturday by the Rattlers prior to an 8-3 win over the Clinton LumberKings at Fox Cities Stadium. The 19-year-old, considered one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers system, will remain with Wisconsin through the entirety of its five-game series with Clinton, which concludes on Tuesday. While in town, he'll work with Brewers roving infield instructor Garth Iorg before heading to Milwaukee's spring training facility in Phoenix and then to Helena in time for the June 23 season opener. "Size-wise, he kind of fits a middle infield type guy," Iorg said of the 5-foot-11, 180-pound Dykstra, selected by the Brewers in the second round of the 2008 June draft. "And that's what he was in high school. We put him in the outfield. There was a lot of back and forth about it, whether we should do that or not. But we decided to give it a go, and now he wants to do this, as well. It's a great fit." Dykstra, a high school shortstop, said he had heard occasional chatter about a potential move back to the infield but remained committed to the outfield. Iorg, meanwhile, insisted the switch had nothing to do with Dykstra's early-season struggles - he hit .212 with one homer and seven RBI in 29 games and often appeared uncomfortable at all three outfield positions. "We just think he has more value to our organization as an infielder," Iorg said. "That's the only reason." Dykstra took turns on Saturday fielding grounders with Rattlers second baseman Brett Lawrie during the team's infield practice. Afterward, he admitted some disappointment in being shipped to Helena but vowed to "bust my tail" in working to refine his infield skills following the layoff. "It's motivation for me to get back up here," said Dykstra, son of former big leaguer Lenny Dykstra. "I'm going to go down there and work hard. That's where they like me now, and I'm going to show them what I can do."

Link while active, text follows: Stars' Baron shines at middle reliever By BRAD SHEPARD Special to The Huntsville Times Casey Baron's introduction to professional baseball was anything but glamorous. After watching 20 rounds of the 2007 amateur draft without hearing his name, the Huntsville Stars' left-handed reliever got frustrated and left with his fiance, Kari. Pick up some milk while you're out, his mom called as he left. "I was in Target when the Brewers called and told me they were taking me in the 34th round," Baron said with a laugh. "It was a great feeling, and what made the feeling even better is to top it all off, my girlfriend was from Wisconsin, and her parents are big Brewers fans." It was a fitting start for a middle reliever. But just because the job isn't glamorous doesn't mean Baron isn't good at it. As a matter of fact, the 24-year-old has been terrific this season after progressing quickly through his first two years in the system. In 12 appearances, Baron leads the Stars with a 3-0 record and also carries a 1.59 earned-run average. Lefties are hitting .158 (3-for-21) against him, and he has struck out nine of them and walked only one. "First off, his role is to get out left-handers," Stars manager Bob Miscik said. "He's got that low arm slot that they don't like. "He's sort of like a specialist, but he has become more than that because he's been very effective against right-handers, too." Early in the season, Baron was admittedly walking too many, but he has become an ace out of the bullpen by using all four of his pitches: an 84-mile-per-hour fastball, curveball, slider and change-up. Also, the three-quarter arm slot he developed after his sophomore year at the University of Maryland has helped him take off. He'd been a reliever during his first two years as a Terrapin, but since Baron didn't have overpowering stuff, Maryland pitching coach Jim Farr encouraged him to drop his arm a little to give him more edge. It translated into a successful senior season where he pitched 93 innings, which put him in the school's all-time top five for a single season. "It sort of took off from there," Baron said. "I know that I have to be extremely accurate, control both sides of the plate and change speeds very often." If he continues to live up to the crafty lefty moniker and work that deceptive arm angle to his advantage Baron has a high ceiling. "He's got a very good chance to be a major league pitcher," Miscik said. "Especially with that arm slot."

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 21 16 .568 - 10-10 11-6 W2 Memphis 19 15 .559 0.5 11-7 8-8 W1 Iowa 19 16 .543 1.0 10-6 9-10 L2 Omaha 18 18 .500 2.5 8-8 10-10 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 16 15 .516 - 6-10 10-5 W1 Tennessee 16 15 .516 - 7-7 9-8 L1 Chattanooga 15 19 .441 2.5 7-8 8-11 W3 Carolina 14 21 .400 4.0 7-9 7-12 W1 West Tenn 13 20 .394 4.0 5-9 8-11 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 23 11 .676 - 10-5 13-6 L1 Clearwater 19 16 .543 4.5 8-11 11-5 W1 Daytona 17 18 .486 6.5 8-9 9-9 L1 Lakeland 15 18 .455 7.5 10-9 5-9 W1 Tampa 15 20 .429 8.5 7-11 8-9 L1 Dunedin 14 20 .412 9.0 4-11 10-9 W1

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Follow Sunday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or New Window". Choose "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. MiLB.com now has Gameday available for AA as well as AAA this season. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_17_lvgaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_17_hunaax_mobaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_17_tbyafa_breafa_1 Wisconsin Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_17_cliafx_wisafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Wisconsin Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_17_cliafx_wisafx_2&did=t572&sid=t572

Sunday'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 Mike Burns at home vs. Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 1:45 PM pre-game; 2:00 gametime Huntsville: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 1:50 PM pre-game; 2:05 PM gametime Brevard County: TBD (probably RHP Josh Butler) at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 6:05 PM gametime Wisconsin: RHP Cody Scarpetta and LHP Daniel Meadows in a twinbill at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 12:50 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

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Final: Nashville 5, Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary Link for new Cole Gillespie photo, text follows -- Sounds Win 5-1 In Series Opener NASHVILLE - The Nashville Sounds took the opening game of a four-game series, 5-1, against the Las Vegas 51s on Saturday night at historic Greer Stadium. Starter Lindsay Gulin (2-2) earned the win, tossing his first quality start of the season, allowing one run on four hits over six innings for the Sounds. Las Vegas outfielder Buck Coats hit a leadoff double on the first pitch of the game from Gulin. Coats then proceeded to steal third base and scored on a Randy Ruiz groundout for a 1-0 Las Vegas lead. Cole Gillespie tied the game at 1 in the bottom of the third with a solo shot to left field, his first Triple-A home run of his career. AUDIO: Gillespie Home Run Gillespie also made an acrobatic catch in the top of the sixth that took away a hit from Coats. The Sounds were able to get through to Burres in the bottom of the sixth inning. Alcides Escobar hit a ground-rule double to center, followed by an Adam Heether walk and Erick Almonte single to load the bases. Angel Salome then hit a weak single over the second baseman to pull the Sounds ahead, 2-1. Hernan Iribarren tacked on another hit to score Heether for a 3-1 lead. T.J. Beam came in to relieve Burres with the bases loaded later in the frame, but the Sounds were unable to do further damage. Escobar's second double of the game scored Gwynn to extend the Sounds lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh. Salome's second RBI-single of the game made it 5-1, scoring Escobar from second base. David Johnson came in to the game to relieve Gulin, throwing three scoreless frames to earn his first save of the season. The Sounds and 51s continue with the second game of a four-game series tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 PM at historic Greer Stadium. Right-hander Mike Burns (5-0, 2.27) makes the start for Nashville against southpaw Brad Mills (0-4, 3.72). Nashville Box Score Tony Gwynn on base twice more, and stole his 14th base in as many attempts; Adam Heether settles in comfortably at third base with Mat Gamel in Milwaukee; David Johnson's first 11 AAA appearances have been just fine; Angel Salome two RBI singles as the DH, Carlos Corporan behind the plate in this one... Nashville Game Log

Final: Huntsville 12, Mobile (Diamondbacks) 6 Huntsville Site Game Summary Huntsville Bombards BayBears in Series Opener Stars Score in Seven Different Innings En Route to Win Yohannis Perez collected four hits to pace an 18-hit attack in Huntsville's 12-6 win Saturday night in the opener of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The Stars snapped a three-game slide to improve to 16-15 and move back into a first place tie with Tennessee in the North Division, while the BayBears dropped their sixth straight to fall to 19-17 and six and a half games behind Birmingham in the South. Huntsville improved to 10-5 away from home and defeated the BayBears for only a second time in six meetings. The Stars jumped on starter Matt Torra for three runs in the first inning on a Kevin Melillo sacrifice fly and run-scoring hits by Jonathan Lucroy and Vinny Rottino. The visitors added another run in the second on a Shane Justis scoring fly ball that also resulted in an inning ending twin killing when Adam Stern was doubled off at first base. Evan Frey tripled in two runs in the second and scored on a base hit by Chris Rahl that cut the Stars' lead to 4-3 and marked the first time all season Huntsville starter Chris Cody had yielded more than one run in any inning. The left-hander then retired the last 11 batters he faced to close his five-inning performance and pick up his third win of the year. He allowed four hits, walked a pair and fanned five. Huntsville added a run in the third on another two-out, run-scoring hit by Rottino and another in the fourth on a two-out infield hit by Justis that plated Perez, who had led off the frame with a double. Ricardo Sosa committed a fielding error with two outs in the fifth to allow another run to score before Cody helped his own cause with a run-scoring double for his second hit of the season. Torra finally held the visitors off the board in the sixth and departed after six innings, allowing a season-high eight runs, five earned, on a season-high 11 hits, while walking two and fanning one. He dropped to 1-4 and remains winless since beating the Stars on Opening Day. The Stars took a 9-4 lead into the home seventh before James Skelton singled in a run and a Justis error on an attempted double play allowed Rahl to score to trim the lead to 9-6. However, Huntsville removed any doubt over the outcome by scoring three times in the eighth off of Reid Mahon on run-scoring hits by Lucroy and Drew Anderson. The Stars got three hits from Rottino and Justis, while Lucroy, Anderson and Freddy Parejo added two each. Robert Hinton threw two shutout innings to close out the Stars' fifth straight road win after Mike McClendon had given up three runs, only one earned, over two innings. McClendon walked Sean Coughlin in the seventh to end a 21 1/3 innings streak without issuing a free pass dating back to April 12 vs. Mississippi. The series continues Sunday afternoon, as right-hander Jeremy Jeffress gets the starting nod for Huntsville against BayBears' right-hander Wes Roemer. Coverage of the game begins at 1:50 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Brett Pollock with the best game recaps in all of minor league baseball -- thanks, bud; Jonathan Lucroy walked twice and reached four times; enjoy all the crooked numbers here... Huntsville Game Log

Brett Christopherson discusses the Wisconsin roster shakeup here, including this news on Cutter Dykstra -- Cutter Dykstra has been transferred to the rookie level Helena (Mont.) Brewers in a series of roster moves announced today by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. According to Rattlers manager Jeff Isom, the 19-year-old Dykstra is sliding from the outfield to second base -- thus the reason for the transfer. Dykstra, considered one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee system, will work with Brewers roving infield instructor Garth Iorg through Wisconsin's current five-game series with Clinton, which opens today at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. Dykstra, selected by the Brewers in the second round of the 2008 June draft, played shortstop in high school and took turns earlier today fielding grounders with Rattlers second baseman Brett Lawrie during infield practice. Following the series, he'll head to the Brewers' spring training facility in Phoenix to continue working on the position switch before moving on to Helena, which begins its season in June. Dykstra hit .212 with one homer and seven RBI in 29 games with the Rattlers and at times appeared uncomfortable at all three outfield positions.

Brett Christopher does a nice job with the Post-Crescent's Rattler Blog -- here's his game report with an update on Juan Sanchez, quotes from Taylor Green and Michael Bowman, and an interesting tidbit on Michael Vass and Green. Highlights of the full post below -- *** Wisconsin left fielder Juan Sanchez was lifted from the game in the fourth when he injured his left hamstring while running the bases. Manager Jeff Isom said Sanchez was experiencing spasms in the hamstring and called his status "day-to-day." Sanchez came into the game hitting .305 with eight doubles, five steals 16 runs and three RBI. He doubled and scored a run in two trips to the plate against Clinton. *** Guess I should have checked out the blog before specualting (correctly) above: The LumberKings were threatening to close the gap on a 3-0 deficit when they loaded the bases with one out in the fourth. Third baseman Mario Martinez then lofted a fly ball to right that appeared to score a run, but an appeal to third ended the rally when it was ruled the runner had left early. Wisconsin responded with four runs in its half of the inning and cruised from there. *** Did you know? Taylor Green and Rattlers right fielder Michael Vass were teammates at the junior college level. Both spent time with Cypress College in Cypress, Calif., where Vass hit .402 with 15 homers and 59 RBI in 2006. *** Taylor Green's towering two-run homer to right highlighted a three-run first inning for the Rattlers, who snapped a two-game losing skid. Green, who bats from the left side of the plate, also added a two-run single as part of a four-run fourth. "It was perfect, just how you planned it," he said with a chuckle. No...I just saw the ball well, swung and hit it. That's basically all there was to it. Guys were on base in front of me, luckily, to make it easier. That's all you can ask for." Green, a third baseman, had been at extended spring training at the Brewers' facility in Phoenix as he continued to rehab his ailing left wrist. He missed the final three weeks of the 2008 regular season when he was hit in the wrist by a pitch. Green, who arrived in town Friday night, then suffered a broken nose last fall as he tried to field a tough-hop grounder while playing in the Arizona Fall League. The Brewers' minor league player of the year in 2007, Green expects a short stay at Wisconsin -- a week to 10 days -- before being sent to Double-A Huntsville. He also deemed his wrist good to go afterward. "It feels good," he said. "The strength is still coming back. I'm just lucky it's not my bottom hand because that's more of my power hand. It's fine." *** Michael Bowman felt fine, too. The right-hander scattered just five hits as he even his record to 1-1 and saw his ERA dip to 1.82. "In the first couple of innings, I felt like I was rushing it, not being out there, five, 10 days, whatever it was," he said. "But then I slowed down a little bit and felt great." Bowman developed the blister on the tip of the middle finger of his throwing hand during a start against Burlington on May 5. He exited after four scoreless innings and wound up missing just one start. The 22-year-old was in control from the outset and threw a fastball that touched the low 90s, according to the stadium's radar gun. "It was kind of frustrating missing a start, but it showed the time off paid off," Bowman said. "Getting that healthy, I didn't want any lingering problems. Me and (catcher) Corey (Kemp) were on the same page tonight." *** Full post at the link above...

Final: Wisconsin 8, Clinton (Mariners) 3 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Green day for Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Taylor Green had four hits and four RBI to give the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers an 8-3 win over the Clinton LumberKings Saturday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Green, in his 2009 debut, homered and had three singles to pace the 11-hit attack of the Rattlers. Michael Bowman, the beneficiary of the offensive output, pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings for his first win of the season. Wisconsin (13-21) jumped out to a lead very quickly. Juan Sanchez, the second batter in the bottom of the first inning doubled. Green hammered a 2-0 pitch from Clinton starting pitcher Adam Harben to the Miller High Life Home Run Porch in right for a homer in his first at bat as a Rattler. Later in the inning, Brock Kjeldgaard singled to drive in a run for a 3-0 lead. The Rattlers padded their lead with a two-out rally in the bottom of fourth. Michael Vass scored from second on an infield single by Erik Miller and an error on the play. Harben would load the bases on two walks and Green lined a two-run single to left. After a Brett Lawrie single reloaded the bases, Kjeldgaard drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run for a 7-0 lead. Lawrie drove in a run with a ground out in the sixth inning for an 8-0 lead. That was more than enough for Bowman, who was making his first start since leaving a start against Burlington after four innings on May 5. He struck out a career high nine batters and allowed five hits. Bowman also extended his scoreless streak to 11 innings. Clinton (20-14) scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning, but the game was well in hand for Wisconsin. The Rattlers and LumberKings will play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. Wisconsin will toss Cody Scarpetta (0-2, 3.63) and Daniel Meadows (5-0, 3.05) as the starting pitchers in game one and two respectively. Clinton will counter with Kenn Kasparek (1-3, 4.15) and Blake Nation (0-1, 3.79). Game one will begin at 1:05 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Heck of a line for Michael Bowman, the 2008 9th round pick out of VMI -- it's been forever since the Brewers had a pitcher drafted in that 5th - 10th round area go on to show some real promise as a starting pitcher, hopefully Bowman breaks that trend; as long as they share a roster, 2008 4th round second baseman Jose Duran (0-for-4 here) will have DH duties with Brett Lawrie around; Wisconsin Game Log After catching a fly ball in right for the 2nd out of the 4th with the bases loaded, Michael Vass threw out and doubled up the runner at 3rd base -- that is an odd play, did Taylor Green get the putout because the runner left early -- that must be it; the game log doesn't indicate an injury, but there's no other reason that Juan Sanchez was removed for a pinchrunner in the four-run 4th -- check it out...

Final: Lakeland 10, Brevard County 6, nine innings (scheduled for seven), regularly scheduled game That score on the road can only mean one thing -- walk-off grand slam loss... Brevard County Box Score John Axford couldn't close it in the 7th, which set-up the loss two innings later for Rafael Lluberes, who surrendered the walk-off blast with two out; as discussed above, Zach Braddock allowed only one single in his two relief innings, striking out four; Eric Farris 0-for-4 with a walk, but stole two bases and is now 18-for-18 in steals -- he was 32-for-42 at West Virginia in 2008; bottom four in the order combined to reach ten times and score four runs... Brevard County Game Log Brent Brewer RBI double in the 4th, but Lee Haydel also out at the plate on the play to end the inning; Manatees took the lead in the 6th with a three-run inning that was at best, weird -- Logan Schafer ended the inning out at home, on either a straight steal attempt, or an attempt to score on a ball that skipped away from the catcher... Brevard County Top 6th Pitcher Change: Brett Jacobson replaces Charles Furbush. Chris Errecart strikes out swinging. Lee Haydel grounds out to first baseman Devin Thomas. Brent Brewer singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Peter. With Steffan Wilson batting, Brent Brewer steals (10) 2nd base. Steffan Wilson walks. Martin Maldonado singles on a line drive to left fielder Christopher White. Brent Brewer scores. Steffan Wilson to 3rd. Pitcher Change: Scott Green replaces Brett Jacobson. Logan Schafer singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Peter. Steffan Wilson scores. Martin Maldonado to 2nd. With Eric Farris batting, passed ball by Adrian Casanova, Martin Maldonado to 3rd. Logan Schafer to 2nd. Eric Farris walks. Wild pitch by pitcher Scott Green. Martin Maldonado scores. Logan Schafer to 3rd. With Caleb Gindl batting, Eric Farris steals (18) 2nd base. Logan Schafer out at home, catcher Adrian Casanova to pitcher Scott Green. Fantastic chance to take the lead for the Manatees in the 8th wasted -- Brevard County Top 8th Lee Haydel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Peter. Brent Brewer out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Scott Green to first baseman Devin Thomas. Lee Haydel to 2nd. Steffan Wilson singles on a line drive to pitcher Scott Green. Lee Haydel to 3rd. Martin Maldonado walks. Steffan Wilson to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Chad Linder replaces Scott Green. Logan Schafer grounds into a force out, pitcher Chad Linder to catcher Adrian Casanova. Lee Haydel out at home. Steffan Wilson to 3rd. Martin Maldonado to 2nd. Logan Schafer to 1st. Eric Farris grounds out, pitcher Chad Linder to first baseman Devin Thomas.

Rattler Radio Blog: May 16, 2009: Game Notes May 16, 2009 Starting Pitcher (RHP Michael Bowman)

In progress: Lakeland (Tigers) 3, Brevard County 0, after one inning, regularly scheduled game Mike Jones gets the starting nod, and has a rough first inning after retiring the first two batters -- Lakeland Bottom 1st Mike Gosse lines out to shortstop Brent Brewer. Roger Tomas grounds out, shortstop Brent Brewer to first baseman Chris Errecart. Kody Kaiser doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel. Devin Thomas singles on a ground ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Kody Kaiser scores. Adrian Casanova walks. Devin Thomas to 2nd. Audy Ciriaco doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Logan Schafer. Devin Thomas scores. Adrian Casanova scores. Audy Ciriaco out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Logan Schafer to shortstop Brent Brewer to third baseman Zelous Wheeler.

Final: Brevard County 1, Lakeland (Tigers) 0, completion of Friday's suspended game Brevard County Box Score Chris Errecart's one-out double in the 4th scored Zelous Wheeler, who had walked and adcanced to second base on a wild picth, to score the game's only run -- MiLB did cut the game to a seven-inning length; RHP Amaury Rivas won't start the nightcap, because he tossed five wonderful innings here; Logan Schafer was immediately returned to the leadoff spot upon his return; Wheeler may only be hitting .257, but thanks to 22 walks (vs. only 19 K's), he's sporting an OBP north of .390... Brevard County Game Log Rob Wooten with his 12th save, but look how adventurous (and lucky) it was -- Lakeland Bottom 7th Pitcher Change: Robert Wooten replaces Amaury Rivas. Michael Bertram grounds out, second baseman Eric Farris to first baseman Steffan Wilson. Chris Carlson walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Devin Thomas replaces Chris Carlson. Kody Kaiser walks. Devin Thomas to 2nd. Audy Ciriaco singles on a ground ball. Devin Thomas out at 3rd, hit by batted ball, shortstop Brent Brewer unassisted, Kody Kaiser to 2nd. Justin Henry grounds out, pitcher Robert Wooten to first baseman Steffan Wilson.

The Brewers continue the creative roster juggling incorporating the Helena roster by transferring RHP Josh Wahpepah to Huntsville to fill the Adam Heether spot. Of course, anything involving the Helena roster at this point is a paper move. These guys aren't flown to Montana to walk the streets or anything.

Nashville Media Notes: HEETHER RETURNS TO SOUNDS; ARLIS INACTIVE: Infielder Adam Heether rejoins the Sounds today following a short stay at Double-A Huntsville, where he batted .325 (13-for-40) with 12 RBIs while hitting safely in eight of his nine games. Heether opened the year with Nashville and batted .375 (9-for-24) in eight contests before being transferred to the Stars on May 2 when Erick Almonte was reinstated from the Sounds' temporary inactive list. To create a roster spot, catcher Patrick Arlis was transferred to the Helena roster.

05/15 Cory Provus & Mat Gamel, Brewers Infielder, Pregame Audio Interview

Rattler Radio Blog: May 16, 2009: Starting Lineups First start in the cleanup spot for Lawrie. Pretty brilliant move to have Taylor Green acclimate himself slowly -- first facing the rookie kids intrasquad-style in Maryvale, and now the move to low-A.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 19 15 .559 - 10-6 9-9 L1 Nashville 20 16 .556 - 9-10 11-6 W1 Memphis 18 15 .545 0.5 10-7 8-8 L3 Omaha 18 17 .514 1.5 8-8 10-9 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 16 15 .516 - 7-7 9-8 L1 Huntsville 15 15 .500 0.5 6-10 9-5 L3 Chattanooga 15 19 .441 2.5 7-8 8-11 W3 West Tenn 13 19 .406 3.5 5-8 8-11 W1 Carolina 13 21 .382 4.5 6-9 7-12 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 22 10 .688 - 10-5 12-5 L3 Clearwater 18 16 .529 5.0 7-11 11-5 L2 Daytona 17 17 .500 6.0 8-9 9-8 W4 Lakeland 14 17 .452 7.5 9-8 5-9 W2 Tampa 15 19 .441 8.0 7-10 8-9 W2 Dunedin 13 20 .394 9.5 4-11 9-9 L6

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