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Huntsville Press Release: Narron Stars on Mound and at Plate in Huntsville Victory MANAGER DON MONEY ALSO MAKES HISTORY Sam Narron tossed his second complete game of the season and knocked in the go-ahead run to lead Huntsville to a 3-2 victory over Tennessee and a five-game series sweep at Smokies Park. The Stars won a season-best sixth straight on the road to improve to 29-11 and maintain their five game lead over West Tenn in the North Division, while the Smokies fell to 15-25 and lost for an 12th time in their last 14 home games. Don Money became the Stars' all-time winningest manager with his 231st victory since the start of the 2005 season. Robinson Chirinos doubled with one out in the home second, moved to third base on an errant pick off attempt by Narron and came in on a scoring fly ball off the bat of Matt Matulia to give the Smokies a 1-0 lead. Narron picked up the Stars' first hit of the game with a two-out single in the third but was thrown out at the plate to end the frame on a Michael Brantley double. Carlos Corporan walked with two outs in the top half of the fifth, advanced to third on a fielding error by Doug Deeds and scored to tie the game on a single by Brantley, who reached base in four of his five at-bats. Ryan Crew led off the seventh with a single, advanced on a Corporan sacrifice bunt, his first of the season, and scored when Narron bounced a ground ball base hit into center field to drive in his fourth run of the season. Brantley followed with a single before Freddy Parejo tapped a ground ball toward the mound that was fielded by Mitch Atkins, who threw wildly past first base allowing Narron to score to make it 3-1, Brantley to reach third and Parejo to get to second base. Atkins worked out of further damage by getting Alcides Escobar on a ground out against a drawn-in infield and Matt LaPorta on a grounder to third. Atkins suffered the loss to fall to 2-4 after allowing three runs, one earned, on eight hits over seven innings. He struck out four and walked four. Narron stranded Matt Camp at third base in the third inning, got Matulia to bounce into a force out with the bases loaded to end the sixth inning and took a two-run lead into the ninth, having thrown only 92 pitches. Doug Deeds led off with a double, advanced on a Robinson Chirinos sacrifice bunt and scored on Matulia's second sacrifice fly of the day after a diving catch by Cole Gillespie in right field. Chris Robinson singled before pinch-hitter Steve Clevenger grounded out to first base to end the game and finish off the Stars' third series sweep of the season. Narron allowed eight hits, walked one and fanned one to earn his league-best sixth win of the year. The Stars return home Thursday night to open a five-game series with Carolina. Huntsville will send left-hander Steve Hammond to the hill against Mudcats' right-hander Ryan Tucker. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 pm central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com and www.730ump.com. Huntsville Box Score Michael Brantley also now 13-for-16 on the basepaths... Huntsville Game Log

Final: Huntsville 3, Tennessee (Cubs) 2 Wow, Stars sweep the Cubbies in a five-game set on the road, with Sam Narron a complete game today! Full details a bit later...

With Clay Buchholz (broken nail) going on the DL, Josh Beckett will face the Brewers and Carlos Villanueva Sunday on normal rest -- bummer, almost missed him.

Start of the Huntsville game is being delayed by rain... EDIT: Sorry if folks were counting on a game start reminder -- 1-0 Smokies in the 3rd, Sam Narron's own error led to the run via an eventual sacrifice fly...

These arson wildfires in the Palm Bay / Brevard area have had an impact on the Manatees' staff: Manatees Fans, The wildfires in the Palm Bay area have directly affected our staff. Our Director of Group Sales, Dan Covey, and his wife Olivia's home is one of the 71 destroyed by the fires. Everything inside their walls is gone. If anyone in the area has any extra furniture that they would like to donate to the Covey's to furnish their new home, please feel free to send a reply email or call the stadium at 321-633-9200. We will store the items at the park until they have moved into their new home. Any items that the Covey's wish not to use will be donated to other families that also have lost everything they own. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this tragedy and those brave firefighters that are protecting all of us. Stay safe everyone and have a good day. Kyle J. Smith General Manager Brevard County Manatees High-A, Milwaukee Brewers 321-633-9200 x3007 office 321-633-4418 fax *** Here's some additional info from Kyle Smith -- if folks don't mind there will be a post regarding this in Wednesday and Thursday's Link Reports as well. Thank you for your support of Dan and his family. If people would like to send donations to the Covey's they can send them directly to the team w/"Covey Fire Donation" in the memo line. I'll list the address below. The outpouring of support for the Covey's and the people of Palm Bay has been tremendous. Teams from across the Florida State League are donating household items and are holding fundraisers in their stadiums over the next week. Truly a time in which we as organization feel blessed to have great friends. The atmosphere in Palm Bay is teetering on chaos. With an arsonist running around town, people have to decide whether to go to work and risk losing their home while providing for their families or to standby with garden hoses in hand and take a day off from their jobs. I myself worked from home this afternoon checking outside every 15 minutes. Recently, we've heard of a couple outbreaks in the area, so we're packing up what we can in case an evacuation is needed. Thanks again to all. Brevard County Manatees 5800 Stadium Parkway Viera, FL 32940 Attn: Dan Covey

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 20 18 .526 - 13-9 7-9 W7 Memphis 19 21 .475 2.0 6-10 13-11 W1 Omaha 17 20 .459 2.5 11-11 6-9 L4 Nashville 15 23 .395 5.0 7-8 8-15 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 28 11 .718 - 17-3 11-8 W5 West Tenn 23 16 .590 5.0 11-4 12-12 L4 Carolina 22 17 .564 6.0 11-8 11-9 L1 Chattanooga 20 19 .513 8.0 11-9 9-10 W1 Tennessee 15 24 .385 13.0 6-13 9-11 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 23 15 .605 - 15-7 8-8 W1 Brevard County 19 19 .500 4.0 10-8 9-11 W1 Jupiter 19 19 .500 4.0 12-4 7-15 L1 Daytona 18 20 .474 5.0 7-9 11-11 L1 Vero Beach 18 20 .474 5.0 13-7 5-13 W2 St. Lucie 8 30 .211 15.0 5-17 3-13 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake County 24 14 .632 - 9-8 15-6 W2 Greensboro 21 17 .553 3.0 8-12 13-5 W3 Delmarva 20 17 .541 3.5 12-8 8-9 L3 Lakewood 19 19 .500 5.0 10-10 9-9 L2 Hagerstown 17 20 .459 6.5 6-10 11-10 W1 Hickory 17 22 .436 7.5 7-12 10-10 W1 West Virginia 14 23 .378 9.5 7-12 7-11 L2 Lexington 12 25 .324 11.5 5-14 7-11 L1

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 Window". Choose "Log" or "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. Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_14_hunaax_tenaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_14_dbcafa_breafa_1 West Virginia: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_05_14_lcoafx_wvaafx_1

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle Huntsville: LHP Sam Narron at Tennessee (Cubs), 10:15 AM pre-game; 10:30 gametime Audio link via WUMP (game will also archive at this link): http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?sid=t559 Brevard County: RHP Mike Jones at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 6:00 PM gametime Audio link, Daytona's broadcast (game will also archive at this link): web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 West Virginia: LHP Dan Merklinger at home vs. Lake County (Indians), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link via WSWW, be sure to select the proper date (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Photos of RHP Jose Garcia and C/OF Eric Fryer

Link while active, text follows: Power belts three homers, but Captains sail to SAL win by Jacob Messer Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter The West Virginia Power lived up to its nickname Tuesday night, but not even three home runs were enough to knock off the Lake County Captains. An Election Day crowd of 3,154 watched the home team smack a trio of solo shots out of Appalachian Power Park, but Lake County left Charleston's East End stadium with a 7-4 South Atlantic League baseball victory. The first-place Captains improved to 24-14. The seventh-place Power dropped to 14-23. West Virginia had 11 hits -- four more than Lake County -- but couldn't string them together. "That's the way baseball is," Power catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "Sometimes, things go your way. Sometimes, they don't. We had a lot of things not go our way." Left fielder Eric Fryer (his first), Lucroy (his fifth) and first baseman Steffan Wilson (his seventh) hit the Power's home runs in the second, third and eighth innings, respectively. West Virginia's other run came on a first-inning sacrifice fly by third baseman Zelous Wheeler. Lucroy was 3-for-5. He came within a triple of hitting for the cycle. His solo shot was his second in as many days. Fryer and Wilson both were 2-for-4. Shortstop Brent Brewer, second baseman Eric Farris, designated hitter Caleb Gindl and center fielder Lee Haydel each had a single for the Power. "(Lake County) has the No. 1 pitching staff in the whole league," said Lucroy, who is 9-for-22 with three home runs, four RBI and five runs in his last six games. "So, it's not surprising when we're getting held down like we are. They have some good arms out there throwing. "When we got runners on base, their pitchers did a good job of keeping the ball down and getting ground balls and striking people out. We just need to get more consistent at hitting the ball hard. "Hopefully, (tonight) we can put something together." Lake County tagged West Virginia starter Roque Mercedes for four runs in two innings, sending him to the clubhouse showers earlier than expected. Mercedes issued a bases-loaded walk to first baseman Dustin Realini in the first, then surrendered a pair of two-out singles that drove in three runs in the second. The first came from right fielder Roman Pena (3-for-5). The second came from Realini (1-for-3 with two walks). Pena delivered three run-scoring singles against West Virginia -- the others came in the fourth and sixth. Left fielder Lucas Montero (1-for-1 with four walks) added a solo home run in the eighth. Center fielder and leadoff hitter Adam White (2-for-3) scored four runs for Lake County. Lake County starter Joey Mahalic (1-0) got the win. He allowed three runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking none in five innings. Mercedes (1-2) took the loss after he gave up four runs on three hits and four walks in two innings. The Power committed two errors behind Mercedes, who fanned three batters. West Virginia and Lake County will play the third of their four-game series Wednesday tonight. It will feature a battle of southpaws, with Dan Merklinger (0-2, 9.00) of the Power and Kelvin De La Cruz (2-2, 2.08) of the Captains taking the mound for their Class A clubs. Power points -- Farris collected his first hit and scored his first run with West Virginia on Tuesday, but he is only 1-for-9 since he joined the club Sunday ... First Base Umpire Kyle Bryne ejected Power Manager Jeff Isom in the fourth for arguing a call made at second base. It was Isom's first ejection this season ... The Captains' No. 1-4 hitters -- White, Montero, Pena and Realini -- were 7-for-12. Their No. 5-9 hitters were 0-for-23. Photos of RHP Jose Garcia and C/OF Eric Fryer

Link while active, text follows: Captains outlast Power 7-4 By Tommy R. Atkinson Charleston Gazette Staff writer The West Virginia Power pounded out 11 hits but had very little to show for its efforts in dropping a 7-4 decision Tuesday to the Northern Division-leading Lake County (Ohio) Captains. A paid crowd of 3,154 attended the South Atlantic League matchup on election night at Appalachian Power Park. Several candidates threw out the first pitches before the game, including Gov. Joe Manchin, who was late in arriving and interrupted Power starter Roque Mercedes' warmup tosses. The Power showed signs of coming out of its hitting doldrums as Jonathan Lucroy, Steffan Wilson and Eric Fryer each smacked solo home runs. West Virginia (14-23) owns a 4-7 record in its last 11 games and was hitting a meager .250 coming into Tuesday. "I feel like we're hitting the ball hard and [are] having better at-bats,'' said Lucroy, who finished 3-for-5 with a double and solo homer. "We've just got to keep playing hard. A hit here, a hit there [and] something falls through. I think we're right there, we've just got to make a break. We just need to get more consistent in hitting the ball hard.'' The Power closed to 4-3 on Lucroy's leadoff solo shot in the bottom of the third but managed just one more run the rest of the way. West Virginia didn't cross the plate again until Wilson's solo round-tripper in the bottom of the eighth. Lake County relievers Kyle Landis and Garrison Campfield shut down the Power, giving up one earned run on four hits in four innings and striking out seven. Captains starter Joey Mahalic (1-0), just called up from the Cleveland Indians' rookie Gulf Coast League affiliate, allowed three earned runs on seven hits in five innings with five punchouts. "It's just going to take a little spark to get something good to happen [and] we'll start rolling,'' said Lucroy. "That's all it's going to take.'' Mercedes (1-2) was roughed up in taking the loss, allowing three earned runs on three hits in just two innings. The right-hander needed 67 pitches to get through the first two innings, loading the bases to start the game, then surrendering three runs in the second. Roman Pena went 3-for-5 with three RBIs for the Captains (24-14) while Dustin Realini knocked in three runs. The Power will play host to Lake County at 7:05 tonight (6:05 Central) in the third game of the four-game series. POWER POINTS: First-year Power manager Jeff Isom was ejected in the top of the fourth after arguing with first base umpire Kyle Byrne. Lake County's Lucas Montero was caught in a rundown between second and third base and West Virginia shortstop Brent Brewer appeared to tag Montero out, but Byrne ruled him safe. Isom came out to argue and, as he was returning to the dugout, Byrne tossed him out so Isom returned for a few more words. ... The Power entered Tuesday's play fifth in the 16-team Sally League with 26 homers. ... Lake County has won 15 games on the road, the most in the league.

Final: Nashville 5, Las Vegas (Dodgers) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Richie Gardner photo, text follows -- Sounds Finish Road Trip With 5-1 Win In Vegas LAS VEGAS - The Nashville Sounds wrapped up their road trip with a 5-1 victory over the Las Vegas 51s on Tuesday evening at Cashman Field in the finale of a four-game series. With the win, Nashville (15-23) finished its West Coast trip with a 5-3 record. Centerfielder Laynce Nix put the Sounds up 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning when he belted a leadoff solo homer to right off Las Vegas starter Eric Stults. The blast, his fourth of the year, extended Nix's season-best hitting streak to eight games. The 51s tied it in the bottom of the fifth when John-Ford Griffin led off by belting an 0-1 Richie Gardner offering over the wall in right for his second home run in as many nights, knotting the contest at 1-1. Nashville jumped back in front with a three-run seventh. Brad Nelson led off with a walk and stole second. Russell Branyan (2-for-3) followed with a single that chased Stults, then stole second to put a pair of runners in scoring position for Eric Munson, who greeted 51s reliever Greg Miller with a two-run single to right that gave the Sounds a 3-1 lead and snapped an 0-for-14 skid for the veteran. AUDIO: Munson Go-Ahead 2-Run Single The Sounds made it a 4-1 advantage later in the frame when Abraham Nunez and Brendan Katin executed a double steal, with Katin swiping home on the play. Shortstop Adam Heether added the final Nashville tally in the top of the ninth when he crushed a 1-1 Matt Riley offering to deep left-center for his third home run of the year. Gardner (3-1) earned a win in his third straight outing for Nashville by tossing his first quality start of the season. The right-hander allowed one run on three hits over a season-high six innings of action. Stults (2-4) took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits while fanning eight batters in his six-plus frames for Las Vegas. After joining the entire Pacific Coast League for an off day on Wednesday, the Sounds return to Greer Stadium on Thursday to begin an eight-game homestand against New Orleans (AAA-Mets) and Memphis (AAA-Cardinals). Right-hander Mark DiFelice (3-0, 3.91) will make the start for Nashville in Thursday's 7 p.m. series opener. The Zephyrs will counter with right-hander Brian Stokes (4-3, 5.68). Nashville Box Score Derrick Turnbow got another chance in the 7th -- popout, walk, walk, ground out -- lifted for Zach Jackson; Brad Nelson continues a phenomenal spring, on base three times, plus the "speedy" Nelson stole his 6th base in ten attempts -- gotta love Frank Kremblas; Luis Pena walked one in a hitless 9th with a four-run lead... Nashville Game Log

West Virginia Pre-Game Interview with Hitting Coordinator Mike Lum The format with "Bull on Baseball: for home games allows for a more lengthy and detailed discussion; once again, highly suggested, you're listening, right? Caleb Gindl, Eric Farris, and the awesome Huntsville lineup discussed. Make sure you're on the WSWW archive of May 13th, then go to the 36:00 minute mark for another eight-minute chat...

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com with the scoop -- Jeffress' suspension to end Thursday By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com MILWAUKEE -- One of the Brewers' top pitching prospects has served his time and will be back on the field this week. Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, Milwaukee's first-round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, will be reinstated from a 50-game suspension on Thursday and is scheduled to pitch that night for Class A Brevard County in Viera, Fla. That's assuming the wildfires in Florida do not alter the baseball schedule. Jeffress, a 20-year-old right-hander from rural Virginia with a 100-mph fastball, went 9-5 with a 3.13 ERA last season for Class A West Virginia before he was suspended for testing positive for a "drug of abuse." He also reportedly failed team-administered tests as recently as last fall and admitted in February to having a problem with marijuana. "Baseball is a game I love. This is what I want to do for a living," Jeffress told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in February. "I had a problem. I've been to rehab to get it straight. I'm not ashamed that I've been in rehab. I went there to get help. It's something that helped me." The Brewers selected Jeffress with the 16th overall pick in the 2006 Draft and gave him a $1.55 million signing bonus. Under baseball's tougher drug testing rules, he would be suspended 100 games for his next positive test, then would be kicked out of the game should he fail another after that. *** It'd be pretty exciting to see Jeffress and Zach Braddock back-to-back in the Manatee rotation at some point, that's for sure -- Alex Periard, Josh Butler, Donovan Hand, pretty impressive...

Huntsville Pre-Game Audio Interview with Manager Don Money Make sure you're pointing to the WUMP audio archive of May 13th, go to the 02:30 minute mark; listen for how Money ends the interview -- funny...

Looks like Marino Salas will get his first big league win in his first game as a Pirate (his big league debut). Salas came on in the bottom of the 9th in St. Louis in a 4-4 game. He loaded the bases during the inning on three walks (one intentional), then got Ryan Ludwick on a weak fly to right field. The Pirates are going crazy offensively in the 10th against another former Brewer, Ron Villone, so it looks good for Salas and the Buccos. Congrats to Marino on a night when it appears the Cubs, Cards, and Astros all will go down while the Brewers prevailed -- nice.

Final: Huntsville 3, Tennessee (Cubs) 2, 13 innings This team can do it every which way, superb... Huntsville Press Release: Stars Survive and Win Longest Game of the Season MONEY ONE WIN AWAY FROM MAKING HISTORY Mat Gamel scored the game-winning run on a throwing error in the 13th inning, as Huntsville outlasted Tennessee 3-2 Tuesday night in the fourth of a five-game series at Smokies Park in Sevierville. The Stars won a season-best fifth straight on the road to improve to 28-11 and push their lead over West Tenn in the North Division to five games, while the Smokies fell to 15-24 and lost for an 11th time in their last 13 home games. The victory moved Stars' manager Don Money into a tie with Brad Fischer, who guided the team in its first three years of existence, for the most wins all-time by a Huntsville manager with 230. Gamel singled with one out in the 13th against Matt Avery and moved to second base on a single by Matt LaPorta, who had gone hitless in his first five at-bats. Cole Gillespie bounced a ground ball to shortstop that was gloved by a diving Joe Simokaitis, who shoveled the ball to second baseman Nate Spears for the out at second base but his throw to first sailed past Doug Deeds, allowing Gamel to cross the plate with the decisive run. Juan Sandoval worked around a two-out walk to Tyler Colvin to nail down his second save in as many nights and fourth since joining the Stars. Joe Bateman earned his second win with three shutout frames in relief and has now thrown 10 scoreless innings in his last five outings. The Smokies scored first for a second straight night when Simokaitis doubled home Ryan Harvey with two outs in the second. James Russell had blanked the Stars on a lone single through the first three frames before Gamel crushed a hanging curve ball for his ninth home run of the year, and fourth in the last six games, to get the game tied. Chris Errecart's leadoff long ball, his sixth of the season and third in as many games, in the fifth gave Huntsville its first lead of the night but it did not last very long. Stars' starter Brae Wright walked Simokaitis with one out in the bottom of the inning, Spears with two outs and then yielded a base hit to Kyle Reynolds that plated Simokaitis to tie the game. Russell was lifted in the sixth inning with Alcides Escobar at second base and one out and was replaced by Michael Cooper, who retired LaPorta, walked Gillespie and set down Freddy Parejo to end the frame. Russell was charged with two runs on five hits, walking one and fanning one and was not involved in the decision for a third time in three starts since joining the Smokies. Wright went six innings, giving up a pair of runs on four hits, while walking three and fanning a season-high seven. Robert Hinton followed with three shutout frames, allowing one hit, walking one and punching out a season-high five. The series concludes Wednesday morning with left-hander Sam Narron taking the mound against Smokies' right-hander Mitch Atkins. Coverage of the game begins at 10:15 am central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com and www.730ump.com. Huntsville Box Score Each of the four Stars' pitchers did their job nicely, with Robert Hinton, as he does every so often, reminding us of his talent in particular -- kudos to Joe Bateman and Juan Sandoval; nice to see Matt LaPorta in the lineup after his HBP departure Monday; not sure why Chris Errecart was removed for the 6th inning after his home run in the 5th... Huntsville Game Log

Final: Lake County (Indians) 7, West Virginia 4 West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER HIT THREE HOMERS IN LOSS TO CAPTAINS The West Virginia Power out-hit Lake County 11-7 and hit three home runs on Tuesday night at Appalachian Power Park but it was not enough to take down the first place Captains who came away with a 7-4 victory. Roque Mercedes issued a bases loaded walk to Dustin Realini with nobody out in the top of the first to give the Captains the lead. Mercedes recovered quickly and retired the next three batters before West Virginia tied the game in the bottom of the first on Zelous Wheeler's sacrifice fly that plated Eric Farris. The Captains scored three times with two outs in the second inning to take the lead. Roman Pena knocked in the first run on his first of three run-scoring singles and he scored along with Lucas Montero on Realini's base hit. West Virginia's first of three solo shots came from Eric Fryer in the bottom of the second. Jonathan Lucroy belted his fifth homer of the season in the bottom of the third to make it 4-3 but that was as close as the Power would get the rest of the night. Pena struck again with run scoring singles in the fourth and the sixth. Lucas Montero blasted a solo homer in the eighth inning to increase the Captains lead before Steffan Wilson hit his seventh homer of the season in the bottom of the eighth, but it was not enough. Joey Mahalic (1-0) allowed three runs on seven hits and fanned five through five innings to get the win. Mercedes (1-2) was taken out after throwing 67 pitches in two innings, and allowed four runs on three hits with four walks and three strikeouts in a losing effort. The Power fell to 14-23 with the loss and the Captains improved to 24-14 with the win. Three Power players had multi-hit games including Jonathan Lucroy who paced West Virginia with a three-hit performance, coming a triple away from the cycle. Batters 5-9 in the Lake County lineup went 0-23, while batters 1-4 went 7-for-12. The Power will continue their four game series against Lake County Wednesday night. Left-hander Dan Merklinger (0-2, 9.00) will get the start for the Power and the Captains will counter with left hander Kelvin De La Cruz (2-2, 2.08). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score Jonathan Lucroy a triple shy of the cycle; nine walks issued by Power pitchers, as Roque Mercedes continues to make the least of his chances; Manager Jeff Isom ejected in the 4th arguing a close play at the plate, the game log seems to indicate... West Virginia Game Log

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Infielder Adam Heether An off-the-cuff non-baseball Q&A, appreciate the effort guys, but it fell flat...

New York Mets activated pitcher Matt Wise from the 15-day disabled list; purchased the contracts of pitcher Claudio Vargas and infielder-outfielder Fernando Tatis; placed outfielder Angel Pagan on the 15-day disabled list; designated pitchers Jorge Sosa and Nelson Figueroa for assignment; announced catcher Raul Casanova cleared waivers and assigned him to New Orleans of the Pacific Coast League (AAA). Amazingly, five former Brewers are included in today's Mets transaction report.

Here's some additional info from Kyle Smith -- if folks don't mind there will be a post regarding this in Wednesday and Thursday's Link Reports as well. Thank you for your support of Dan and his family. If people would like to send donations to the Covey's they can send them directly to the team w/"Covey Fire Donation" in the memo line. I'll list the address below. The outpouring of support for the Covey's and the people of Palm Bay has been tremendous. Teams from across the Florida State League are donating household items and are holding fundraisers in their stadiums over the next week. Truly a time in which we as organization feel blessed to have great friends. The atmosphere in Palm Bay is teetering on chaos. With an arsonist running around town, people have to decide whether to go to work and risk losing their home while providing for their families or to standby with garden hoses in hand and take a day off from their jobs. I myself worked from home this afternoon checking outside every 15 minutes. Recently, we've heard of a couple outbreaks in the area, so we're packing up what we can in case an evacuation is needed. Thanks again to all. Brevard County Manatees 5800 Stadium Parkway Viera, FL 32940 Attn: Dan Covey

These arson wildfires in the Palm Bay / Brevard area have had an impact on the Manatees' staff: Manatees Fans, The wildfires in the Palm Bay area have directly affected our staff. Our Director of Group Sales, Dan Covey, and his wife Olivia's home is one of the 71 destroyed by the fires. Everything inside their walls is gone. If anyone in the area has any extra furniture that they would like to donate to the Covey's to furnish their new home, please feel free to send a reply email or call the stadium at 321-633-9200. We will store the items at the park until they have moved into their new home. Any items that the Covey's wish not to use will be donated to other families that also have lost everything they own. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by this tragedy and those brave firefighters that are protecting all of us. Stay safe everyone and have a good day. Kyle J. Smith General Manager Brevard County Manatees High-A, Milwaukee Brewers 321-633-9200 x3007 office 321-633-4418 fax *** If anyone in the Brewers' organization, fandom, etc., would like to make a monetary contribution to the effort, please email Manatee GM Kyle Smith at ksmith@spacecoaststadium.com We'll contact Kyle and see if he can provide a specific mailing address for checks or who to make checks out to, and will let you know.

Matt Wise activated off the DL for the Mets, Claudio Vargas joins New York as well, Vargas to start Wednesday against Washington

Rotoworld: Pirates purchased the contract of RHP Marino Salas from Triple-A Indianapolis. Salas gets the nod over Jesse Chavez after posting a 0.77 ERA in 23 1/3 innings. It will be the major league debut for the 27-year-old former Orioles prospect. The Brewers had claimed Marino Salas off waivers from the Orioles, and he pitched well for Huntsville (splitting time in Nashville last season). He was traded to Pittsburgh along with RHP Kevin Roberts in the Salomon Torres trade. By the way, two horrendous outings for AA Altoona have really hurt Roberts' numbers this spring. The Brewers will likely see Salas some time next week at PNC.