Jim Goulart

Josh's collection of Brewers has had a tough season, it's hard to find even one bright spot -- I'm pretty sure he's doing his best to be patient and stay positive: Luis Pena -- loses his 40-man spot with Seattle, makes one appearance at AA, on the DL since Omar Aguilar -- not posting the numbers we're accustomed to after the oblique strain DL stint, and doing so at AA, not AAA Alex Periard -- not even sure he's thrown off a mound yet in '09 with shoulder "something" Lorenzo Cain -- first a hamstring, then the knee, fortunately avoids surgery Jeremy Jeffress -- at least he's healthy, even if some of his numbers aren't Taylor Green -- we were hoping for a May return from the wrist injury, but it looks like June, and post-wrist comebacks are tricky Brent Brewer -- he's healthy but his game isn't, at least for now -- 2008's Fall League stint but a memory at this point Brae Wright -- season lost to Tommy John surgery Corey Frerichs -- season lost to ACL injury Stephen Chapman -- released by the Brewers, playing in low-A for Cincinnati Nick Tyson -- just added to the Wisconsin roster Cam Robulack -- released by Brewers Chris Dennis -- was a surprise omission from Wisconsin's Opening Day roster, is hopefully healthy and primed to dominate Helena Kristian Bueno -- the 20-year-old lefty should open with Helena rather than the Arizona kids That is some ridiculous bad luck, he must represent half the guys who are sidelined right now.

Final: Chattanooga (Dodgers) 8, Huntsville 5 Huntsville Site Game Summary Holliman Hurt by the Home Run in Defeat Looks Flex Their Muscle in Win Over Stars By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Josh Bell homered and drove in four runs to power Chattanooga past Huntsville 8-5 Thursday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Lookouts have won three in a row to improve to 15-19, while the Stars fell to 15-15 and into second place in the North Division, a game behind victorious Tennessee. The Lookouts have won six of the nine games between the two teams this year. Bell's two-out run-scoring single in the first gave the Looks the lead and marked the third straight game in which they had scored in their first at-bat. Stars' starter Mark Holliman walked the first two batters in the third before Bell launched an 0-1 offering over the wall in right-center field for his second home run of the season. Gaby Martinez followed by launching a long ball on a 3-2 pitch to right field, his fifth of the year and second against the Stars, to make it a 5-0 game. Holliman recovered to set down the next nine hitters to finish his performance but suffered the loss to fall to 1-1. He gave up five runs on five hits, while walking three and striking out six. Casey Baron took over in the sixth and gave up a leadoff long ball to Lucas May, his third of the year and second against the Stars, to make it 6-0. James Adkins blanked the Stars on two singles through five frames before Drew Anderson belted a two-out, two-run home run in the sixth to get the home team on the board and end a 13-inning scoreless stretch. Pinch-hitter Chuck Caufield and Adam Stern singled with one out in the seventh to chase Adkins from the game. Travis Schlichting took over and issued back-to-back walks to Jonathan Lucroy and Kevin Melillo that forced in a run that cut the lead to 6-3. Adam Heether's base hit plated Stern to trim the lead to 6-4 but Schlichting got out of further trouble by getting Vinny Rottino to bounce into a force out at the plate and Anderson to ground out to end the frame. Adkins picked up the win to improve to 2-3 after allowing four runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings. Lucroy's two-out, run-scoring hit in the eighth, his first in 14 at-bats in the series, plated Yohannis Perez to cut the lead to 6-5. However, the visitors tacked on two runs in the ninth against Omar Aguilar on an infield hit by Adam Godwin and a bases loaded walk to pinch-hitter Juan Gonzalez. Tim Corcoran set down the Stars in the home ninth to nail down his first save of the season. The series wraps up Friday night with southpaw David Welch starting for Huntsville against Lookouts' right-hander Josh Lindblom. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Seven of eight position players (all but Freddy Parejo) contributed, but down 6-0 after 5.5 innings, that's an afterthought; is it so terrible to admit this veteran squad (probably nice guys all) is less than compelling? Our eyes drift immediately to Jonathan Lucroy's line, and then we think how much more fun things would be if Lorenzo Cain and Taylor Green were active... Huntsville Game Log 24-year-old lefty Casey Baron has been solid; seven walks combined from the other hurlers tonight...

Lakeland Site: Tonight's scheduled Florida State League game between the Lakeland Flying Tigers and Brevard County Manatees has been postponed due to wet playing conditions at Joker Marchant Stadium. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Friday, May 15 at 5:00 PM (4:00 Central). RHP's Mike Jones and Evan Anundsen are scheduled to start for Brevard. MiLB.com lists Jones as the Game One starter, not that it matters much, minus audio.

Rattler Radio Blog: May 14, 2009: Timber Rattler Starting Pitchers (Peralta / Watten) May 14, 2009: Game notes May 14, 2009 Starting Lineup (game one)

LHP Josh Romanski is last season's 4th round pick out of the University of San Diego. See you next spring, Josh. Good luck with the rehab. I'd imagine Adam McCalvy will get a quote from Gord Ash within the next few days...we could also use an Alex Periard update, that silence is deafening.

Midwest League Standings

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 18 13 .581 - 10-5 8-8 L1 Iowa 18 14 .563 0.5 10-6 8-8 W1 Nashville 19 15 .559 0.5 8-9 11-6 W4 Omaha 17 16 .515 2.0 8-8 9-8 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 15 14 .517 - 6-9 9-5 L2 Tennessee 15 14 .517 - 6-6 9-8 W1 Chattanooga 14 19 .424 3.0 7-8 7-11 W2 West Tenn 12 18 .400 3.5 5-8 7-10 L1 Carolina 13 20 .394 4.0 6-9 7-11 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 .563 4.0 7-9 11-5 W5 Daytona 15 17 .469 7.0 8-9 7-8 W2 Lakeland 14 17 .452 7.5 9-8 5-9 W2 Dunedin 13 18 .419 8.5 4-11 9-7 L4 Tampa 13 19 .406 9.0 5-10 8-9 L2

Follow Thursday'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_14_renaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_14_cngaax_hunaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_14_breafa_lakafa_1 Wisconsin Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_14_wisafx_cedafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Wisconsin Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_14_wisafx_cedafx_2&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):

Thursday'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. Reno (Diamondbacks), 6:35 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Huntsville: RHP Mark Holliman at home vs. Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 PM gametime Brevard County: RHP Evan Anundsen at Lakeland (Tigers), 6:00 PM gametime Wisconsin: RHP Wily Peralta and RHP Trey Watten in a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

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Final: Cedar Rapids (Angels) 3, Wisconsin 2 Wisconsin Site Game Summary Kernels edge Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Adam Younger's RBI triple in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Cedar Rapids Kernels their winning margin in a 3-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Wednesday night at Perfect Game Field. Four Kernel pitchers held the Timber Rattlers to just three hits in the game. Cedar Rapids designated hitter Dwayne Bailey opened the scoring with a two-out RBI triple to left-center that drove Angel Castillo home from second base. Wisconsin (11-19) tied the game with a little help from Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Ryan Chaffee. Cutter Dykstra was hit by a pitch with one out and Michael Marseco sent Dykstra around to third base with a hit-and-run single. Chaffee allowed Dykstra to score from third with an errant pickoff throw to first base. But, the Kernels (14-17) retook the lead in the bottom of the third. Rattler starting pitcher Efrain Nieves walked the first two batters of the inning and allowed a bunt single to load the bases. Nieves limited the damage as the only run scored on a sacrifice fly by Roberto Lopez. Marseco, who had all three of the Timber Rattler hits, got Wisconsin back to even with a two-out RBI single in the top of the fifth. Cedar Rapids went back on top in bottom of the sixth inning. Rattler reliever Liam Ohlmann issued a one out walk to Bailey. A throwing error on an errant pickoff throw by Ohlmann allowed Bailey to take second. Then, Younger tripled to right-center and Bailey raced home with the run to make the score 3-2. Chaffee walked four, hit two batters, and threw three wild pitches while allowing two hits. But, he struck out seven and allowed just two runs. The next two Cedar Rapids relievers each worked a scoreless inning. In the top of the ninth against Kernel closer Vladimir Veras, Brock Kjeldgaard drew a one out walk and moved into scoring position on a passed ball. Then, Erik Miller reached on an error to put runners at the corners with one out. But, Veras got the final two outs without incident to nail down his fourth save. There was a doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday, but with the long rain delay before action started, the doubleheader is now scheduled for Thursday. In game one, the Timber Rattlers have Wily Peralta (0-0, 4.64) as the scheduled starting pitcher. In game two, Wisconsin has Trey Watten (1-4, 5.76) as their scheduled starter. The Kernels had not announced their starters for either game. Game one is scheduled to start at 5:35 PM. Wisconsin Box Score Michael Vass flied out to shallow center with a man on 3rd and one out in the 9th in the game's pivotal at-bat; walks kill, the kids will learn eventually; Cody Scarpetta struck out four and did not allow a run in the game's final two innings, although he allowed a hit, a walk, hit two batters, threw a wild pitch, and saw a partridge in a pear tree; catcher Sean McCraw ejected in the 5th -- it looks like he was unhappy with a stolen base call on a throw he made. Maybe he felt he was interfered with... Wisconsin Game Log A failed double steal attempt in the 5th saw Michael Marseco thrown out at home; what do we always say about this squad? Just enough to lose...

Final: Chattanooga (Dodgers) 4, Huntsville 2, 12 innings Huntsville Site Game Summary Stars' Struggles at Home Continue Closser Clout Leads Looks to Win By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars J.D. Closser's two-run home run in the 12th inning carried Chattanooga to a 4-2 comeback win over Huntsville Wednesday night in the middle of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars fell to 15-14 and into a first place tie with Tennessee in the North Division, while the Lookouts improved to 14-19 and crept to within three games of the lead. The Lookouts have won five of the eight games between the two teams this year. Derrick Ellison opened the decisive frame on the hill for Huntsville and walked the leadoff man Russ Mitchell before Closser blasted an 0-1 offering for his first long ball of the year. Ellison suffered his second loss, both to Chattanooga and both on game-winning home runs. J.D. Durbin then took over for the visitors in the bottom of the frame and tossed a scoreless inning to nail down the save for a second straight game. Closser came up in the ninth with two outs and runners at first and second against Omar Aguilar and sent a broken bat ground ball to second base that Shane Justis fielded and threw on to first base for what looked to be the final out of the game only to see Vinny Rottino mishandle the throw, which allowed pinch-runner Adam Godwin to score to tie the game at two. Adam Heether's home run, the Stars' first at home since April 18, in the fifth inning off of starter Scott Elbert had given Huntsville a 2-1 lead. Elbert lasted six innings, giving up a pair of runs on four hits, while walking three and fanning six. Stars' starter Bobby Bramhall put together his longest outing of the season, going six innings and allowing one unearned run on four hits, while walking two and striking out two. Donovan Hand retired all six batters he faced behind Bramhall before Aguilar took over in the ninth. Juan Sandoval threw scoreless relief in the 10th and 11th innings for the Stars, who fell to 6-9 at home. Francisco Felix, Tim Corcoran, Jesus Rodriguez and Durbin kept the Stars scoreless over the last six innings, with Rodriguez going two shutout frames to grab his third win of the season. The series continues Thursday night with right-hander Mark Holliman taking the hill for Huntsville against Lookouts' left-hander James Adkins. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Wow, just reading about the unfortunate Vinny Rottino misplay in the 9th is excruciating; Adam Stern had four of the Stars' nine hits, now hitting .376 in a not-so-small sample of 117 AB's; Jonathan Lucroy walked three times and has now walked 18 times with 92 AB's, while striking out only 12 times -- the only thing he's not doing is slugging, but that'll come; the Stars did not allow an earned run until the 12th inning... Huntsville Game Log Nice escape work by Bobby Bramhall in the 5th; brutal GIDP for the Stars in the 7th...

Rattler Radio Blog: May 13, 2009: Game notes May 13, 2009: Timber Rattler Doubleheader Starting Pitchers May 13, 2009 Starting Lineup (game one)

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Lindsay Gulin Final: Nashville 7, Reno (Diamondbacks) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for new Joe Koshansky photo, text follows -- Packed House Watches Sounds Blast Aces, 7-1 NASHVILLE- The Nashville Sounds took the second game of the four-game series with the Reno Aces, 7-1, after Chase Wright's great pitching performance this afternoon in front of 8,036 fans at historic Greer Stadium. Nashville improves to 14-6 in morning starts since 2004, including a 5-0 mark in 2009. The Sounds busted out 15 hits on the afternoon to help Wright's cause, with every member of the Sounds line-up recording a hit. Joe Koshansky went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored to lead Nashville. The majority of the crowd on hand were area schoolchildren in attendance on field trips as a reward for reaching their reading goals in the Nashville Sounds Reading Club program. Reno was able to strike first, as John Hester singled to score Trent Oeltjen for a 1-0 Aces lead in the top of the first. Wright (2-4) shut the Aces down the rest of the afternoon, throwing his second quality start of the season. He allowed just one run on four hits with three strikeouts over six innings of work. The Sounds put three on the board with three consecutive two-out doubles in the bottom of the first inning to take the lead. Koshansky collected his first RBI at home on the season, tying the game at 1 with his double to center field. Catcher Mike Rivera put the Sounds on top, 2-1, on the next pitch, doubling in Koshansky. Hernan Iribarren then added another double to left field, scoring Rivera for a 3-1 score. The Sounds added another four runs to their lead in the bottom of the sixth. Cole Gillespie singled to center field to start the rally and was brought home by Alcides Escobar for Sounds 4-1 lead. Koshansky and Rivera each followed with RBI singles, and Iribarren capped the inning with a sacrifice fly for a Sounds 7-1 lead. Reno starter Hector Ambriz (0-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on nine hits over six innings. After Wright's performance, Matt Ginter, R.J. Swindle, and Ryan Houston each followed with a scoreless inning to nail down the win. The Sounds and Aces will play the third game of a four-game series tomorrow night at 7:00 PM at historic Greer Stadium. Right-hander Nick Green (2-2, 4.36) makes the start against righty Cesar Valdez (1-3, 7.48). Nashville Box Score Nashville Game Log

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 18 12 .600 - 10-4 8-8 W1 Iowa 17 14 .548 1.5 10-6 7-8 L1 Nashville 18 15 .545 1.5 7-9 11-6 W3 Omaha 17 15 .531 2.0 8-8 9-7 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 15 13 .536 - 6-8 9-5 L1 Tennessee 14 14 .500 1.0 5-6 9-8 L2 West Tenn 12 17 .414 3.5 5-8 7-9 W2 Carolina 13 19 .406 4.0 6-9 7-10 W1 Chattanooga 13 19 .406 4.0 7-8 6-11 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 .563 4.0 7-9 11-5 W5 Daytona 14 17 .452 7.5 7-9 7-8 W1 Lakeland 14 17 .452 7.5 9-8 5-9 W2 Dunedin 13 18 .419 8.5 4-11 9-7 L4 Tampa 13 18 .419 8.5 5-10 8-8 L1

Midwest League Standings

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):

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or New Window". Choose "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. MiLB.com now has Gameday available for AA as well as AAA this season. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_13_renaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_13_cngaax_hunaax_1 Wisconsin Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_13_wisafx_cedafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572 Wisconsin Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_05_13_wisafx_cedafx_2&did=t572&sid=t572

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. Nashville: LHP Chase Wright at home vs. Reno (Diamondbacks), 10:45 AM pre-game; 11:00 gametime Huntsville: LHP Bobby Bramhall at home vs. Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 PM gametime Brevard County: Idle Wisconsin: LHP Efrain Nieves and RHP Trey Watten in a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids (Angels), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime; perhaps expect RHP Cody Scarpetta to also pitch at some point; each contest slated for seven innings

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SportsBubbler has some Sounds photos from Omaha.

Final: Clearwater (Phillies) 7, Brevard County 3 Brevard County Box Score Reliever Brandon Rapoza strands Mark Rogers' baserunner, then tosses two more scoreless innings, and maintains his spotless ERA -- the Brewers were wise to bump him past low-A this spring; Rigo Almonte has now walked ten in ten innings; Brent Brewer isn't hitting (0-for-4, three K's) or fielding (ten errors)... Brevard County Game Log Rapoza actually earned his "inherited runner stranded" on a caught stealing -- that was easy; Zelous Wheeler thrown out at home for the 2nd out of the 6th -- that hurt...

Link while active, text follows: Stars' Stern knows now is the time Outfielder playing to save career at 29 By PAUL GATTIS Huntsville Times Sports Staff, paul.gattis@htimes.com Stars manager Bob Miscik gushed with praise about Adam Stern, touting trait after trait in describing what makes the Huntsville center fielder so good. "That's as simple as I can put it," Miscik said. Actually, it could get a little more simple. In short, Stern has been the best player over the first month of the season for the first-place Stars. And he's playing to save his baseball career. After signing a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in January, Stern gave himself 2009 to see if his 2010 would include baseball. So far, so good. "He knows where he's at," Miscik said. "He's in Double-A, he's 29. This is like his last go-around. It's his last shot. He's doing everything he can to make sure he gives himself the best shot." At 29, Stern is a baseball antique relative to the top prospects in the minors who are usually in the 22-25-years-old range. But Stern is being stubborn, playing so well this season that he can't be ignored. He's eighth in the Southern League with a .340 batting average, leads the league with 14 stolen bases and is second on the Stars with 14 RBIs despite hitting leadoff. "All you can do in this game is control what you can control and hopefully people take notice," Stern said. "That's the route you have to take - take care of your stuff on the field and whatever happens happens. "If you put up numbers, people are going to notice." And the Brewers' brass is noticing, Miscik said. Director of player development Reid Nichols caught up with the Stars on a recent road trip and liked what he saw from Stern. "They knew when they went and got him they were hoping he would turn into what he's doing," Miscik said. "Now it's just a matter of continuing to do it and an opportunity arises and they give him a chance." Stern has done it before. In 2005-06, he played 46 games with the Boston Red Sox - hitting a home run and driving in six runs in 35 at-bats. He's also played in the College World Series while attending Nebraska, played for his native Canada in the 2004 Olympics as well as the World Baseball Classic in 2007 and 2009. "It was unbelievable," Stern said. "Obviously, being with the Red Sox, it wasn't just your ordinary team. You look back and it's a pretty amazing thing that happened." But after getting released by the Baltimore Orioles organization last June and sitting out the rest of the season, Stern has contemplated life after baseball. And if it happens sooner rather than later, Stern is ready. "If my career ended tomorrow, I'm happy with how my career went," he said. "I'm not a superstar, people will never know my name in 10 or 15 years. "But in the end, you made it to the big leagues. I didn't make $50 million but I did it the right way."

Final: Chattanooga (Dodgers) 6, Huntsville 3 Huntsville Site Game Summary Looks End Stars' Win Streak Bullpen Stellar Behind Jeffress By Brett Pollock / Huntsville Stars Chattanooga posted five runs in the first inning and the early offense stood up in a 6-3 win over Huntsville Tuesday night in the second of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Lookouts improved to 13-19 on the season, while the Stars dipped to 15-13 and saw their season-high five-game win streak snapped. Huntsville maintained its' one-game lead in the North Division over Tennessee, which fell 1-0 at home to West Tenn. James Tomlin belted the third pitch of the game from Jeremy Jeffress for his first home run of the season to stake the visitors to a very quick lead. Andrew Lambo then walked with one out, moved to second base on a walk to Josh Bell and scored on a base hit by Gaby Martinez to make it 2-0. Bell scored on a Russ Mitchell sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 before Juan Gonzalez, after a walk to J.D. Closser, doubled in Martinez and Closser to finish off the rally. Jeffress has been scored on in the first inning in all four of his starts at home, while not allowing a run in the first inning in any of his three road turns. Bell doubled in Tomlin in the second inning to make it 6-0 and Jeffress was removed after a two-out walk to Martinez. The right-hander suffered the loss to fall to 1-2 after giving up four hits, walking five and fanning one. Mike McClendon tossed 3 1/3 shutout innings before Casey Baron threw two shutout frames and Derrick Ellison and Juan Sandoval each worked a scoreless inning. The four bullpen pitchers combined to allow two hits and strike out six while not issuing a walk. Lookout's starter Travis Chick worked out of a runners at first and third and one out jam in the second and got Drew Anderson to fly out with the bases loaded to end the third. The Stars broke through in the fifth when Adam Stern doubled, stole third and scored on an Adam Heether fly ball. Chick grabbed the win after allowing that lone run on four hits over five innings during which he walked three and struck out three. Josh Lindblom took over in the sixth and gave up three singles that loaded the bases with one out before J.R. Hopf's pinch-hit sacrifice fly plated Anderson to make it 6-2. Stern singled in Vinny Rottino to cut the lead to three before Lindblom was replaced by Carmen Cali, who got Heether to ground out to end the frame. Cali tossed a scoreless seventh inning and was followed by Travis Schlichting, who worked a shutout eighth inning, and J.D. Durbin, who threw a scoreless ninth to record his first save. The series continues Wednesday night with southpaw Bobby Bramhall taking the hill for Huntsville against Lookouts' left-hander Scott Elbert. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 PM central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score Lots of guys with initials for names in that summary; Adam Stern continues to toy with AA -- 4-for-5 with two doubles, he's basically Chris Duffy only with Tony Gwynn also blocking him; Drew Anderson sure is enjoying his time back with the Stars... Huntsville Game Log