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Final: Brevard County 7, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 3 We relish any victory over the Redbirds... Brevard County Box Score Manatees move back over the .500 mark with four ninth-inning runs to break a 3-3 tie; Chuckie Caufield has 11 RBI; Stephen Chapman triples in the 8th and reaches three times overall, but Chapman also was thrown out with no outs trying to extend the triple to an inside-the-park HR -- that just can't happen, coaches; Andy Bouchie on base thrice and batting .381 in the very early going -- he hit .216 last year with the Power; Taylor Green with a day off, but Jimmy Mojica fills in nicely and stays hot; four Brewer pitchers combine to allow only two earned runs and walk only one; Mike McClendon escaped a 2nd and 3rd, no out jam in the 2nd... Brevard County Game Log Brevard County Top 9th Winning Rally - Yohannis Perez flies out to right fielder Tyler Henley. - Kenny Holmberg walks. - Jimmy Mojica singles on a line drive to right fielder Tyler Henley. Kenny Holmberg to 2nd. - Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Matt Cline replaces Kenny Holmberg. - Andy Bouchie walks. Matt Cline to 3rd. Jimmy Mojica to 2nd. - Darren Ford reaches on force attempt, throwing error by shortstop Brendan Ryan. Matt Cline scores. Jimmy Mojica scores. Andy Bouchie to 3rd. Darren Ford to 2nd. - Lorenzo Cain grounds out, third baseman Isaias Garcia to first baseman Brandon Buckman. Andy Bouchie scores. Darren Ford to 3rd. - Stephen Chapman singles on a line drive to left fielder Daryl Jones. Darren Ford scores. - Pitcher Change: Kenneth Maiques replaces Marco Gonzalez. - Chuckie Caufield lines out to first baseman Brandon Buckman

Thanks X, for the correction, as I need to step away from this deal -- I've allowed myself to get too emotionally caught up in it, and will stick to providing just the factual links and stray away from the miscellaneous comments for a couple of months.

To think Steve Garrison was a last-minute "throw-in" on this deal. Kudos, Kevin Towers on this one. That draft pick form the White Sox had better be Gallardo-like.

Link Garrison holds Naturals hitless By Eric Justic / Special to MLB.com The San Diego Padres' trade of Scott Linebrink is looking better every day. Steve Garrison pitched seven hitless innings Saturday as the San Antonio Missions shut down the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, 3-1, at Arvest Ballpark. The 21-year-old New Jersey native, who came over from the Brewers with fellow left-hander Will Inman and Joe Thatcher last July, faced just one batter over the minimum. "I want to show the Padres that they did a good thing by trading for me," Garrison said. "It's good that we are all doing well. Joe Thatcher's pitching in the Majors and Inman's Inman. I'm just trying to keep up with the other two guys." He did just that, throwing 56 of 80 pitches for strikes and overwhelming a lineup that ranked next-to-last in the Texas League with a .229 batting average. The Naturals have just one hit against left-handed pitchers. "The Naturals are really an aggressive team," Garrison said. "With an aggressive team, if you get ahead, you really get them thinking and can keep them off-balance at bit. I was fortunate enough to hit my spots. I just kept getting ahead and built from there." Garrison (1-1) was replaced by Edwin Moreno, who struck out Geraldo Valentin but gave up a bloop single to Marc Maddox that fell in front of left fielder Josh Alley. After Brian McFall walked, pinch-hitter Kila Ka'aihue gave the Missions a scare by flying out to the warning track in left field. "He was mixing speeds well, working both sides of the plate," Maddox said. "He had three pitches working tonight. You just have to tip your hat on a night when the other pitcher beats you like that." Inman, considered the centerpiece of last summer's trade, is 2-0 and has not allowed a run in 10 innings. But Garrison combined to go 10-7 for Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore and Brevard County last season. He's also helped by being around Inman, his roommate and closest friend on the team. The closest the Naturals came to a hit off Garrison came in the seventh, when second baseman Ray Chang snagged Irving Falu's grounder up the middle and threw him out. "Ray Chang made a helluva play," Garrison said. "It was late in the game, It was a hard ground up the middle. I just missed it, but he came out of nowhere and just barehanded it." Daniel Cortes tossed four shutout innings and the Naturals matched Garrison until the sixth, when Chang doubled with two outs, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Sean Kazmar's single to center field. Kazmar singled in another run in the eighth and Kyle Blanks lifted a sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 3-0. Falu spoiled San Antonio's shutout bid with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. Reliever Paul Mildren (0-2) took the loss after allowing one run on two hits and four walks in two innings. He struck out one. MiLB.com Photo by Shawn E. Davis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2008/04/12/mOHl76zq.jpg

Brief Thoughts / Comments on Brevard Clients Taylor Green Hockey Stick Story

Yes, extended spring; earlier updates here, but nothing new.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 6 3 .667 - 5-2 1-1 L1 Memphis 5 5 .500 1.5 1-1 4-4 W1 Iowa 4 4 .500 1.5 2-4 2-0 W2 Nashville 1 9 .100 5.5 0-2 1-7 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 6 3 .667 - 3-1 3-2 W2 Huntsville 6 3 .667 - 5-0 1-3 L1 Tennessee 6 3 .667 - 3-1 3-2 W3 West Tenn 5 4 .556 1.0 3-1 2-3 W1 Chattanooga 5 5 .500 1.5 2-3 3-2 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jupiter 8 2 .800 - 6-0 2-2 W8 Palm Beach 7 3 .700 1.0 3-1 4-2 W1 Daytona 6 4 .600 2.0 4-3 2-1 W2 Brevard County 5 5 .500 3.0 1-2 4-3 L1 Vero Beach 3 7 .300 5.0 2-2 1-5 L7 St. Lucie 1 9 .100 7.0 1-5 0-4 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickory 7 3 .700 - 3-1 4-2 W3 Hagerstown 5 3 .625 1.0 2-0 3-3 W2 Greensboro 6 4 .600 1.0 3-3 3-1 L1 Lake County 5 4 .556 1.5 2-1 3-3 L2 Delmarva 4 4 .500 2.0 3-2 1-2 W2 Lakewood 3 6 .333 3.5 3-4 0-2 L2 West Virginia 3 7 .300 4.0 2-4 1-3 L2 Lexington 2 8 .200 5.0 1-5 1-3 L4

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 Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, 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. Nashville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_13_iowaaa_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_13_hunaax_wtdaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_13_breafa_pbcafa_1 West Virginia: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_13_capafx_wvaafx_1

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated several hours prior to gametime. Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Yohannis Perez made his season debut for Brevard in a late-inning switch Saturday. Adam Heether with a start in left field for Nashville in Game Two. Position flexibility is one thing, but Nashville is just completely dis-jointed right now.

Sunday's Daily Menu: No doggie bag was needed after Saturday's disaster of a minor league menu... All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 1:40 PM pre-game; 2:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Sam Narron at West Tenn (Mariners), 12:50 PM pre-game; 1:05 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 McClendon at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 12:05 PM gametime Audio link via Palm Beach broadcast (game will also archive at this link): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?cid=503&sid=t503 West Virginia: RHP Roque Mercedes at home vs. Greenville (Red Sox), 12:50 PM pre-game, 1:05 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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Huntsville Pre-Game Audio Interview with LHP David Welch: Make sure you're on the April 12th WUMP archive, go to the 14:45 minute mark -- nothing like a good Aussie accent; I'm hopeful folks continue to take advantage of our audio linkage...

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com A Game of Inches With a win tonight, Don Money could have passed Frank Kremblas as the 3rd winningest manager in Stars history with 209 victories....... Ahead of him are Casey Parsons (213-203), who managed the Stars from 1991-93 and Brad Fischer, the Stars very first manager from 1985-87. Fischer, now a minor league manager again with the State College Spikes, the Pirates' Class A - New York-Penn League farm team, finished with 230 victories and 199 losses. So sometime in the 1st half of the season, realistically, Don will become the winningest manager in Stars history. A chilly evening at Pringles Park. The gametime temperature was 47°. That attracted just 836 to this desertland in the Southern League...... Chris Errecart sat out tonight's game after being hit just below the right elbow in Friday night's game. Brae Wright, who hails not too far from Jackson at Southhaven, Mississippi, just across the Tennessee border south of Memphis, got his second start tonight after hurling 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball on two hits in his last start, a 1-0 victory over the Braves....... Chris Jakubauskas was also coming from his second start in which he pitched shutout ball over five innings. Jakubauskas was 0-1, 3.86 in seven innings against the Stars in three appearances last year. Michael Brantley, who started Friday off with an leadoff double to the opposite field, did the same Saturday. Brantley was penciled in at 1st base for the 3rd straight night ........ Guilder Rodriguez, making his first appearance for the Stars in a week, moved him to third on a bunt back to the mound....... Mat Gamel lined a 1-1 pitch that hugged the 3rd base line, then took a left turn foul just before reaching the bag, where it would have possibly made all the difference. A tough break, for going on a 1-2 pitch to Gamel, Brantley was rundown at third, leaving the base too early after a comebacker to Jakubauskas....... Cole Gillespie struck out on three pitches to end the inning. Out of that bit of rotten luck, of course, the Diamond Jaxx took a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the 2nd, and eventually a 3-1 lead that would prove to be the difference in this game. The Diamond Jaxx never lost the lead, although the Stars were able to tie the game in the top of the 3rd........ In the 2nd, Jon Nelson lined a one-out double over Matt LaPorta's glove, caroming off the wall for a double and after Mike Bell made an outstanding diving catch on the outfield grass off Luis Oliveros, Michael Wilson snapped an 0-for-14 start to his season with a single to left. But Gillespie's off-line throw, the 2nd error for the Stars in this game, scored Nelson for the Diamond Jaxx' 1st run...... The Stars have already made 10 errors after eight games. At this stage of the season, that's the most in four years. The Stars had fewer than 10 after the first 10 games of the season the last three seasons...... The Stars have made three errors twice in their first eight games. They hadn't done that since 2004 when they made seven errors in their first two games. Coming after a leadoff walk to Ryan Crew, Freddy Parejo worked a full count and lashed an RBI double down the left field line for a double in the top of the 3rd to tie the game....... That stretched Parejo's hitting streak to five games........ Crew had his first four-hit game of his career with the Stars in the first game of this series....... Parejo has surprised a lot of people with his hot start. He also legged out an infield hit in the 4th to get his average back up to .500 (8-for-16). He finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, raising his average to .471, best on the club. The Diamond Jaxx answered Parejo's game-tying double with two runs in the bottom of the 3rd....... With one out, Michael Saunders took Brae Wright's first pitch and bunted it to the 3rd base side, beating it out for a hit. Mark Kiger also stuck his bat out on the first pitch, sending it back to Wright, and moving Saunders to 2nd. Wright then walked Adam Moore on four pitches....... With runners now on 1st and 2nd and one out, Marshall Hubbard roped a 2-2 pitch down the line to right. Saunders scored to give WT a 2-1 lead. Moore advanced to third...... Jon Nelson then hit a 1-and-2 chopper that Mat Gamel could not field cleanly. He had no play at first, allowing Moore to score, but was able to tag out Hubbard who overran third base........ From the 4th to the end of the game, Jakubauskas and three relievers held the Stars to just two hits. The foursome put an end to Mat Gamel's six-game hitting streak, in which he went 8-for-22 (.364). Gamel has four errors at 3rd base thru eight games. Adam Heether had all of two the first month of the last season, even though he missed the last six games with an oblique strain, and just one playing regularly the whole month of April in 2006. The last 3rd baseman to have four errors in his first eight games was Chris Barnwell in 2004....... Michael Brantley has left 14 runners on base in his last six games...... Matt LaPorta (.212) is 1-for-12 this series. Since his grand-slam HR on Opening Day, he has driven in just one run....... Cole Gillespie, after eight games, has yet to get his average to the .200 level....... Angel Salome is off to an 0-for-9 start and has left seven men on in his three starts behind the plate. He also has two passed balls, which is a part of his real weakness - defense....... The Stars have hit .235 off Diamond Jaxx pitching after smacking Mississippi hurlers for a .284 average in that series....... The bottom three in the Stars order in this series have hit .389 with eight RBIs, while the top five in the order have hit just .149 with seven RBIs. Hernan Iribarren made his major league debut today for the Brewers. He is the 175th former Huntsville Star to graduate to the majors. Iribarren, pinch-hitting for pitcher Brian Shouse, singled to center in the 9th, but then was picked off by Mets' pitcher Carlos Muniz........ No matter, as Rickie Weeks, Bill Hall, and Gabe Kapler homered to give the Brewers a 5-3 win........ Former Montgomery Biscuit shortstop Evan Longoria also made his major league debut this day. After Wednesday's day game at the Joe with Chattanooga, you can "Meet the Stars" at O'Charley's on Balmoral Drive from 6-8 pm. Some of the front office people will be there, too, although you may prefer to get your autographs from the players...... Wednesday is a Bookmark Giveaway coinciding with "Three 'Rs for the Stars". That means schoolkids, hopefully in droves, coming to the ballpark.

West Virginia Pre-Game Audio Interview with Pitching Coach John Curtis: Make sure you're on the April 12th WSWW archive, go to the 32:00 minute mark -- again, good stuff...

At Brevard County, RHP Travis Wendte made his season debut Thursday when he was activated from the DL. RHP Reed Dickert went on the DL, retroactive to April 8th.

Link while active, text follows: Sounds fall to 1-9 start, dropping pair at home Costly mistakes continue slump By MAURICE PATTON • Tennessean Staff Writer Coming home didn't help the Sounds. They dropped both ends of a doubleheader in their 2008 Greer Stadium debut Saturday night. After losing the opening game 5-1, the Sounds allowed three sixth-inning runs to lose the second 3-1. Both games were seven innings. With the two losses, the Sounds' record fell to 1-9 - their worst start since joining the Pacific Coast League in 1998. "We've got a good team; we're just not putting stuff together," said Brad Nelson, who doubled and scored the Sounds' only run in the first game and singled in the second game. With three hits on the night, Nelson extended his hitting streak to eight games. "All our guys can hit; we're just not doing it together," Nelson said. In the early game, the Sounds allowed four runs- all with two outs - in the fifth inning after forcing a 1-1 tie. They never recovered. In fact, they managed just two base runners in the final four innings. In the second game, the Sounds took a 1-0 second-inning lead on Vinny Rottino's one-out double and Russell Branyan's RBI base hit. However, Jake Fox tripled off Sounds reliever Steve Bray to drive in a pair of Iowa runners and scored on the play when right fielder Brendan Katin's relay throw bounced and hit second baseman Steve Sollmann in the face. The play was part of a rough night for Katin, who flubbed a fly ball for a two-base error and an unearned run in the first game. Leading off the seventh inning of the nightcap, Katin had worked a three-ball count before swinging at the fourth pitch and eventually striking out. "We've got some stupid things happening that shouldn't happen above (Class) A ball," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. The second loss overshadowed a solid performance by starter Lindsay Gulin, who worked out of bases-loaded situations in both the first and third innings. Gulin pitched five shutout innings despite issuing six walks. What they said: "We're obviously not doing much offensively. That's putting a lot of pressure on your pitching to keep them to zero. You can't expect them to do that." - Frank Kremblas, whose team has scored 24 runs in 10 games. Leading the way: With his five shutout innings in the second game Saturday night, Sounds starter Lindsey Gulin's ERA of 1.04 is the lowest among the team's starting rotation. Nic Ungs, who pitched five shutout innings in his previous start, gave up four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's early game and his ERA went to 3.72. Defensive woes continue: The Sounds committed three errors in Saturday's two losses. That gives them 11 in 10 games this season. Rare doubleheader: The Nashville Sounds' doubleheader to open the home portion of their schedule - forced by Friday's weather-related postponement - was their first to start the season since 1998. Records are not available prior to that time. Brewers brass visit: A number of Milwaukee Brewers front office personnel were on hand for Saturday's doubleheader. Crossed ties: A number of participants in the Sounds-Iowa series have connections to the opposing team or area. Nashville reliever Ben Howard made 55 appearances for Iowa last season, while pitching coach Stan Kyles played for the team in 1983. Also, first baseman Brad Nelson (Algona) and pitcher Nic Ungs (Dyersville) are both Iowa natives. On the other side, Iowa infielder Luis Figueroa played for the Sounds during the 2000 and '01 seasons and third-year hitting coach Von Joshua served in that same role for Nashville in 1995. Catcher J.D. Closser, who opened the 2007 season with the Sounds before he was traded to Oakland in May, was released by Iowa on Friday. Tennessean Photo by Larry McCormack Ozzie Chavez is late sliding into home and is tagged out by Iowa catcher Koyie Hill during the Sounds' first game of a doubleheader Saturday. http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20080413&Category=SPORTS0401&ArtNo=804130428&Ref=AR&Profile=1002&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0

Nashville Media Notes: Sounds catcher Eric Munson was placed on the disabled list prior to Saturday's doubleheader with visiting Iowa. He injured his left hip flexor during the recent season-opening road trip. To replace Munson, catcher Martin Maldonado was promoted from Class A Brevard County. In three Florida State League games, Maldonado hit .364 (4-for-11) with four RBIs. This marks Maldonado's first appearance above Class A in his five-year career. Munson played in six of the opening eight games, hitting .100 (2-for-20) with a double. *** You'd think depending on the severity of Munson's injury, the Brewers will be on the lookout for a veteran. Perhaps Brian Munhall, released at the end of spring training, would come back. More likely is that J.R. Hopf will be activated from the DL when eligible on the 14th.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Brewers Special Asst. To The GM Dick Groch Informative seven minutes...

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 6 2 .750 - 5-2 1-0 W5 Memphis 4 5 .444 2.5 0-1 4-4 L2 Iowa 2 4 .333 3.0 2-4 0-0 L1 Nashville 1 7 .125 5.0 0-0 1-7 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 6 2 .750 - 5-0 1-2 W1 Carolina 5 3 .625 1.0 2-1 3-2 W1 Tennessee 4 3 .571 1.5 1-1 3-2 W1 Chattanooga 4 4 .500 2.0 1-2 3-2 W1 West Tenn 4 4 .500 2.0 2-1 2-3 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jupiter 7 2 .778 - 6-0 1-2 W7 Palm Beach 6 3 .667 1.0 2-1 4-2 L1 Brevard County 5 4 .556 2.0 1-2 4-2 W2 Daytona 5 4 .556 2.0 3-3 2-1 W1 Vero Beach 3 6 .333 4.0 2-2 1-4 L6 St. Lucie 1 8 .111 6.0 1-4 0-4 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake County 5 2 .714 - 2-1 3-1 W1 Greensboro 6 3 .667 - 3-2 3-1 W1 Hickory 6 3 .667 - 3-1 3-2 W2 Hagerstown 3 3 .500 1.5 0-0 3-3 L2 Delmarva 3 4 .429 2.0 2-2 1-2 W1 Lakewood 3 5 .375 2.5 3-4 0-1 L1 West Virginia 3 5 .375 2.5 2-2 1-3 W1 Lexington 2 7 .222 4.0 1-4 1-3 L3

With two rainouts and two other teams on the road, it's unlikely there will be any media coverage of note Saturday AM. (If David Weiser has an update, then please copy here, David). I'll kick off Saturday's Link Report early now -- as I'm going to New York Saturday... I wish it was for the Brewers - Mets (and Sheets / Santana), but my (extended) family is doing a bus tour thing to Ellis Island / Statue of Liberty. Needless to say, I'll have my Walkman (WFAN). http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Go Crew!

Huntsville Press Release: RUNS EARLY AND LATE LEAD TO BIG WIN David Welch tossed six strong innings and three players drove in a pair of runs to lead Huntsville to a 10-1 victory over West Tenn Friday night in the middle of a five-game set at Pringles Park. The Stars stopped a two-game slide to improve to 6-2 and maintain their one game lead in the North Division, while the Diamond Jaxx lost a three-game win streak and dropped to 4-4. Don Money gained his 208th victory as the Stars skipper, matching his predecessor Frank Kremblas for third most on the franchise's all-time list. Veteran major league hurler Arthur Rhodes, who did not pitch last season due to Tommy John surgery, made a rehab start for West Tenn and was saddled with the loss after allowing three first inning runs. Michael Brantley opened the game with a single, stole second base and scored one out later on a base hit by Mat Gamel, who pushed his hitting streak to six games. Matt LaPorta walked and Rhodes was taken out of the game after facing only four batters and replaced by fellow southpaw Justin Thomas, who started against the Stars four times last season. Chris Errecart was the first batter he faced and his sharply hit grounder could not be fielded by first baseman Shawn Garrett, allowing Gamel to score, LaPorta to reach third base and Errecart to arrive at second base. Carlos Corporan then brought in both runners with a two-out double to make it 4-0 Huntsville. Errecart's first home run of the season, and the Stars first since Opening Night, in the third inning made it 5-0. Welch retired the first eight hitters he faced before Jeffrey Dominguez reached on an infield single but was promptly picked off to end the home third. West Tenn's only run came in the sixth when Ronnie Prettyman, a former Brewer draft choice, reached on a Gamel fielding error to open the frame and scored with two outs on a Gamel throwing error. Welch allowed three hits and fanned three to win for the second time in as many double-A starts. Patrick Ryan tossed two scoreless, hitless innings and Rusty Tucker retired the side in order in the ninth to close the game for Huntsville. Michael Brantley's two-out, two-run bases loaded single capped a three-run eighth inning rally and Cole Gillespie's two-run home run in the ninth finished the scoring for the visitors, who tallied eight of their season-high 10 runs with two outs. Errecart wound up with only one hit but reached base four times and scored each time he was aboard. The series against West Tenn continues Saturday night with left-hander Brae Wright taking the mound against Diamond Jaxx right-hander Chris Jakubauskas. 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.

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated several hours prior to gametime. Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Follow Saturday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, 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. Nashville Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_iowaaa_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_iowaaa_nasaaa_2 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_hunaax_wtdaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_breafa_pbcafa_1 West Virginia Game One: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_capafx_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Two: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_04_12_capafx_wvaafx_2

Final: Huntsville 10, West Tenn (Mariners) 1 Huntsville Press Release Game Summary later... Huntsville Box Score Stars exploit veteran Arthur Rhodes in the first (injury rehab start); Chris Errecart and Cole Gillespie go deep -- Errecart now batting 5th, Gillespie 6th; starter David Welch absolutely stellar, Patrick Ryan his usual impeccable self in relief; Alcides Escobar left his offense in spring training; Mat Gamel's errors simply are not going away; Errecart scored four runs... Huntsville Game Log