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Final: Brevard County 5, Tampa (Yankees) 3, ten innings MiLB.com: Hopf's blast lifts Manatees in 10 J.R. Hopf belted a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning to lift Brevard County over Tampa, 5-3, on Sunday. With one out in the decisive frame and the score tied, 3-3, Cole Gillespie singled. Hopf then cracked his second homer for the Manatees (24-16) to end the game. Mat Gamel smacked a solo homer, his seventh, in the third, and Ryan Barba had two RBIs for Brevard County. Manatees reliever Kevin Roberts (5-3) allowed one hit and struck out two without a walk in 1 2/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win. Starter Brae Wright yielded two runs on four hits while fanning four over seven frames. Jose Tabata led off the seventh with his fourth homer for the Yankees (29-15), whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Tampa reliever Jose Valdez (3-3) surrendered two runs on four hits, fanning two and walking one over 2 1/3 frames to take the loss. Starter Brett Smith gave up three runs on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in five innings. -- Alan Friedman/MLB.com Brevard County Box Score: Heck of an outing for Brae Wright; Cole Gillespie now 16-for-22 in SB attempts... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_tbyafa_breafa_1&did=t503&sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_log&gid=2007_08_05_tbyafa_breafa_1 You can hear the walk-off home run at the 3 hour, 17 minute mark, be sure you're on the archive for August 5th: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?cid=503&sid=t503

Final: Arizona Brewers 13, Arizona Cubs 3 Arizona Box Score: 17-year-old Dominican RHP Luis Guerrero continues to show he's the prize among the Latin pitchers in Maryvale right now; Brett Whiteside a home run, double, and walk; CF Charlie Iacono on base four times, drives in four -- huge game, his effort's surely been there all summer, but his overall numbers pale as a 23-year-old in rookie ball... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_cubrok_brrrok_1 Arizona Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_log&gid=2007_08_05_cubrok_brrrok_1

Link Report Bonus: Brewers at # 3, # 20, and # 42 on this list, you Canucks... http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/Canada/2007/08/03/4392017-sun.html

Check out my avatar for the remainder of this Link Report, it's an actual photo from Manatees GM Buck Rogers: This morning we had a visitor in the seating bowl of Space Coast Stadium. He was just hanging out while the cleaning crew was blowing down the stadium's seating bowl of trash from last night's game. Although he was only three feet long, we called Animal Control to catch and release him back into the wild away from the stadium. The wildlife guy said he probably crawled right up the ramp, right thru the main gate of the stadium. We've had to chase raccoons out a couple times this season after we've had the gates opened, but gators are a first. I know we have a larger one in one of our retention ponds; probably Mama, that they're also going to try to catch. Buck

Manatees GM Buck Rogers: It's the final month of the season and teams are now begining to bust out the calculators and slide rules to determine their playoff chances. Because we have nothing better to do on a Saturday night, we decided to do the math for you so you can become the resident expert in your neighborhood or seating section on the current playoff possibilities. If the season ended Saturday night it would be the Palm Beach Cardinals and the Brevard County Manatees in the FSL Eastern Division Playoffs. In the Western Division playoffs it would be the Tampa Yankees facing the Sarasota Reds. Now that's if the season ended tonight. Those first place Yankees come into first place Brevard County Sunday. The Yankees swept the Manatees, four games to none, in Tampa earlier this season. Three of those games were decided by one run and one of those games went extra innings. We know Dunedin is chomping at the bit, 1.5 games behind the Yankees for that final playoff berth and they're expecting our guys to come thru and help their cause. Here's a team by team breakdown of who's in, who's not in, and who's close as we come down the home stratch, the final four weeks of the season. Playoff Possibilities Eastern Division BRE - Already clinched playoff berth and has a 4.5 game lead over second place Jupiter, meaning the Wild Card format comes into play. PLM, JUP, DAY, STL & VER - Finish in first place OR - Have Manatees maintain first place AND the team with the best overall record within the division of the five remaining teams will clinch the Wild Card berth Current Wild Card Standings: Team W-L .PCT GB Palm Beach 55-56 .495 --- Jupiter 49-59 .454 4.5 Daytona 50-61 .450 5.0 St Lucie 49-61 .445 5.5 Western Division SAR - Already clinched playoff berth TAM, DUN, CLR, FTM, LAK - Finish in first place OR - Have Reds finish in first place AND the team with the best overall record within the division of the five remaining teams will clinch the Wild Card berth. Currently Tampa leads the division by 1.5 games over Dunedin making the Wild Card scenario unlikely. It's a special 6:00 pm game Sunday (5:00 Central) for the Manatees and Yankees. Kids that say the Snip-it's phrase that pays at the box office will receive free admission! Gates open at 5:00 pm. Tomorrow will be out last Sara Lee bread delivery of the season. We'll have bread to distribute at the gates after the game so make sure you're freezer is empty before coming to the game tomorrow. It's the Yanks and 'Tees, the battle of the first place teams and what could be the preview of the League Championship Series. Twice the Manatees have advanced to the finals. Both time against the Yankees. In 1994 the Yankees took out the 'Tees, three games to one. In 2001 the teams tied after the 9/11 events canceled the baseball playoffs. The way I see it, it's the Manatees turn to bring hold the gold. Tomorrow we'll get a good idea of how the Manatees will fare down the road. Four games that will shape the playoff picture. Four games where our guys can gauge their power against the future Evil Empire. Jason Giambi is currently on the Tampa Yankees roster. It doesn't get any better than this four game series. Cancel Christmas, put the cat out for the week and just leave the hose running, get the back to school shopping done on Thursday, because this series is what everybody's been waiting for all year. If you're a Red Sox fan it goes without saying that it's your God-given reason for being born to be here making the Yankees everything they deserve and then some. If you can't make it you had better have a good excuse or you can return your fanhood card in Monday's mail to The Weiner, 5800 Stadium Parkway, Suite 101, Viera, FL 32940. Say it with him..."Let's Go, Man-a-TEES!" Yeah, Vero Beach has Suzanne...we have The Weiner. *** The Manatees' play-by-play man, Kirk Agius, with two more entries on the Manatees' site -- good stuff, Kirk, but talk to the IT staff about formatting -- paragraphs are our friend http://static.yuku.com/v2//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070803&content_id=284041&vkey=news_t503&fext=.jsp&sid=t503 http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070805&content_id=284776&vkey=news_t503&fext=.jsp&sid=t503

Standings through Saturday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 69 45 .605 - 37-17 32-28 W1 Iowa 63 52 .548 6.5 37-23 26-29 W3 Omaha 58 57 .504 11.5 37-18 21-39 W4 Memphis 47 68 .409 22.5 26-34 21-34 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 25 17 .595 - 13-7 12-10 W3 Chattanooga 23 20 .535 2.5 12-11 11-9 L2 Tennessee 22 21 .512 3.5 15-8 7-13 L2 Carolina 21 21 .500 4.0 13-9 8-12 W2 West Tenn 16 26 .381 9.0 9-16 7-10 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 23 16 .590 - 13-7 10-9 W3 Jupiter 18 20 .474 4.5 9-6 9-14 W1 Palm Beach 19 22 .463 5.0 11-15 8-7 L3 St. Lucie 18 22 .450 5.5 6-12 12-10 W4 Daytona 18 24 .429 6.5 10-12 8-12 L1 Vero Beach 10 28 .263 12.5 5-13 5-15 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickory 26 17 .605 - 15-9 11-8 L1 Lakewood 22 19 .537 3.0 13-8 9-11 W3 Lake County 21 20 .512 4.0 10-12 11-8 L2 Greensboro 20 23 .465 6.0 12-7 8-16 L2 Delmarva 19 23 .452 6.5 7-15 12-8 W1 Lexington 19 24 .442 7.0 12-10 7-14 L2 West Virginia 19 24 .442 7.0 10-9 9-15 L3 Hagerstown 13 29 .310 12.5 8-14 5-15 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 4 2 .667 - 2-0 2-2 W3 Missoula 4 2 .667 - 3-0 1-2 W3 Billings 2 4 .333 2.0 2-1 0-3 L3 Helena 2 4 .333 2.0 2-2 0-2 L3 Arizona League Standings: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...;period=h2

These links will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally they are updated an hour or two prior to gametime, with Nashville's usually earlier: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

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". 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=2007_08_05_nasaaa_tacaaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_hunaax_msbaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_tbyafa_breafa_1&did=t503&sid=t503 West Virginia: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_wvaafx_romafx_1 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_bilrok_helrok_1 Arizona: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_05_cubrok_brrrok_1

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Mark DiFelice at Tacoma (Mariners), 3:20 PM pre-game; 3:35 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at Mississippi (Braves), 1:50 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 4:45 pre-game, 5:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?cid=503&sid=t503 West Virginia: RHP Chris Toneguzzi at Rome (Braves), 12:50 PM pre-game, 1:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Helena: RHP Chad Robinson at home vs. Billings (Reds), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Arizona: TBD at home in the Maryvale complex vs. those little bratty Cubbies, 7:00 PM local time in Arizona, 9:00 Central; never any audio for Arizona Rookie League games

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Interesting interview with Sounds GM Glenn Yeager: http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2490

Link while active, text follows: http://www.al.com/stars/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/sports/1186305583145160.xml&coll=1 Stars notebook Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times Covering the bases On Tuesday in Nashville, former Stars pitcher Mark DiFelice pitched five shutout innings to continue a stunning streak. In seven starts, four in Nashville and three in Huntsville, his ERA is 0.89. He had 13 consecutive scoreless innings for the Sounds, after having posted a team-record 36 scoreless innings in Huntsville. He also pitched almost 57 innings without walking a batter. Performances like DiFelice's - obviously not all quite so stunning - were the reason the Stars won the Southern League North first-half title and their Triple-A brethren in Nashville seem headed to a third consecutive postseason appearance. Considering the impact promoted Stars like DiFelice have had in Nashville, Sounds coach Harry Spilman exclaimed before a recent game, "How did (the Stars) ever lose a game in the first half?" "It starts with pitching. We all know that," said Sounds manager Frank Kremblas, a former Huntsville skipper. "In 2005, we just outhit our bad defense at times. Then last year we pitched and played defense really well and that always kept us in the game. We didn't have a lot of power but we were able to make some things happen. This year we have a combination. Some power, we get big two-out hits, and obviously the defense and pitching have been good." The Sounds committed only 69 errors in their first 113 games. Compare that to 88 in Huntsville. Kremblas said refining defense has been a major priority in pregame work. The Sounds have been impacted by a number of former Huntsville players. Second baseman Callix Crabbe is at .295 with six homers and 28 RBIs after having only average numbers in Huntsville. First baseman Brad Nelson (.265/16 HR/52 RBIs) draws raves from Kremblas for his improvement. Chris Barnwell continues to play a steady shortstop and is batting .251. Drew Anderson has U-turned from his miserable start with the Sounds, coming to Huntsville and batting .444, and now is up to .266 on the year. Vinny Rottino is hitting .279 with 40 RBIs. And Tony Gwynn Jr. is back for a second tour after spending much of the season in the majors. Eight former Huntsville pitchers are on the Sounds staff: Luther Hackman (1-1, 15 saves), Steve Bray (5-2, 1.72 ERA), Tim Dillard (4-4, 4.58), Marino Salas (4.32 in only six appearances), Dennis Sarfate (2-7, 5.70 and on the DL), Mitch Stetter (1-0, 4.32), Adam Pettyjohn (8-2, 3.33) and DiFelice (2-0, 1.13). ... This could be a big juncture of the season for the Stars to make hay. While they're at Mississippi, with the worst record in the league, their strongest competition in the Southern League North, Chattanooga, is playing at Jacksonville against the best team in the league. ... Tickets for the SL playoffs are currently on sale at the Stars offices or by phone, 882-2562. ... Alert reader Bob Mulkey pointed out a more recent trade-to-help-the-pennant-race involving the Stars than one mentioned in this space last week. In 1991, Stars Russ Cormier and Matt Grott were swapped from Oakland to Montreal for Ron Darling to help the A's pennant drive. ... Though the Stars pitching staff has been jumbled, it's not nearly as much as last year. They have had only 10 different pitchers start games this year, compared to 18 a year ago. ... Pitcher Sam Narron had a key RBI in a game last week and his .269 average (in 26 at-bats) is higher than four starting position players. ... Hernan Iribarren took a 15-game hit streak into Saturday night's play. Brewings Triple-A Nashville Sounds (68-45 before Saturday's play, first place in Pacific Coast League American Division): The Sounds are 6 1/2 games ahead of second-place Iowa. Single-A Brevard County Manatees (22-16, first place in second half in Florida State East Division): OF Darren Ford 27 SBs, .257. Single-A West Virginia Power (19-23, fifth in South Atlantic League Northern Division this half): OF Andrew Lefave .362, 11 HR, 64 RBIs. Rookie league Helena (2-3 in second half in Pioneer League North): Clinched first-half division title last week with eight innings of two-hit pitching by Evan Anundsen. Rookie league Arizona Brewers (8-25): Five errors, 22 walks cost them in a 22-4 loss to Padres' rookies Friday. On deck The Stars continue their series at Mississippi with a 1:05 game today. They return home Wednesday to host Birmingham. On Friday, it will be "Dancing With The (Huntsville) Stars Night," with infielder Guilder Rodriguez scheduled to join some between-inning performances from Madison Ballroom Dance Studio.

Final: Arizona Mariners 5, Arizona Brewers 0 Arizona Box Score: Only four Brewer base hits, only one walk, 11 K's; 21-year-old Canadian RHP Adam Arnold left after only facing two batters to start the game, so something's wrong there... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_brrrok_mrnrok_1 Arizona Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_log&gid=2007_08_04_brrrok_mrnrok_1

Final: Great Falls (White Sox) 8, Helena 7 Helena Site Game Summary: Helena Loses Third Straight to Great Falls HELENA - Down one run in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Helena Brewers sent the heart of the order to the plate, but could not manage to advance a base runner past first base and lost 8-7 to the Great Falls White Sox. Great Falls pitcher Aaron Poreda looked as if he would cruise to an easy victory over Helena, but the Brewers scored seven runs in the final four innings to make for an exciting game. Brewer pitcher Robert Bryson made his first professional start after working most of the season as the team's closer. The right-hander went four innings for his longest outing of the year; he allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out four. Relievers Curtis Pasma and Bobby Bramhall each pitched two innings and gave up two runs apiece. Helena failed to get on the board until the sixth inning when the Brewers put up a pair of runs against Juan Morales. Curt Rindal brought in a run on a sacrifice fly and Kurt Crowell had an RBI single during the rally as well. The Brewers scored three more runs in the seventh inning and two in the eighth inning to take a 7-6 lead. During the seventh inning the Brewers loaded the bases to begin the inning. A Caleb Gindl groundout brought in the inning's first run and two more runs scored on a fielding error later in the inning when Zelous Wheeler grounded to the third baseman and he made a throwing error. The Brewers scored two more runs in the eighth inning to take a 7-6 advantage heading into the ninth inning. Matt Cline singled in the tying run and Mike Goetz provided the go-ahead run on a single to left field. Bramhall left in the ninth inning after giving up a lead-off double to Jim Gallagher. Nick Tyson entered after the hit. White Sock Lyndon Estill later tripled to bring in the tying run and scored on a throwing error by Goetz. Helena had its No. 3,4, and 5 hitters scheduled for the bottom of the ninth inning, but could do no more damage than a Zelous Wheeler walk. The Brewers will look to end their three-game losing streak when they begin a three-game series against the Billings Mustangs at 4:05 PM (5:05 Central) Sunday. *** Link while active, text follows: http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/08/05/sports/b080507_03.txt Brewers bow to White Sox again By TOM STUBER, Helena Independent Record Sports Writer In a game that was like tossing and turning all night, the Helena Brewers dropped an 8-7 decision to Great Falls that they'll probably lose some sleep over. Playing in front of the second largest crowd - 1,821 fans - of the season, Helena started its relief ace, fell behind 5-0, rallied to take a 7-6 lead in the eighth, then lost on a two-out RBI triple and error in the ninth. Helena (2-4) managed just three hits off White Sox first round draft pick Aaron Poreda, who was pulled in the fifth after allowing a walk and single. Great Falls (4-2) seemed to take command when it scored two runs in the sixth to grab a 5-0 lead after Helena reliever Curtis Pasma gave up back-to-back home runs to Lyndon Estill and Matt Inouye. Helena finally showed some life off White Sox reliever Ronnie Morales, scoring two runs, but they could have had more. The Brewers loaded the bases and scored on a sacrifice fly by Curt Rindal and single by Kurt Crowell. The inning came to an abrupt end when Jordan Swaydan hit into a double play. The Brewers gave up a run in the seventh to get in a 6-2 hole, but caught a break in their half of the inning. Zelous Wheeler appeared to ground out to end the inning, but an errant throw by Great Falls third baseman Joe Pershichina allowed two runs to score and the Brewers were suddenly within one run at 6-5. Helena kept swinging away at the Great Falls relievers as they scratched out two runs in the eighth to take a 7-6 lead. Lee Haydel ran for Rindal, who had singled, and advanced to third on pinch hitter Jonathon Lucroy's base hit. Haydel scored on No. 9 hitter Matt Cline's single to tie the game, and Lucroy scored on Mike Goetz's single for the lead. None of that mattered, however, as the White Sox got a leadoff double from Jim Gallagher to start the ninth. Gallagher would take third on a ground out and it looked as if he would get no further after Nick Tyson struck out Dale Mollenhauer for the second out. Estill then ripped a shot to the base of the left-center field wall to tie the game, but he wasn't done after beating the throw to third as the ball skipped past the bag and Estill raced home with the go-ahead run. Helena managed to get a two-out walk in the ninth, but Zach McAngus struck out to end the game. The Brewers will host the Billings Mustangs today at 4:05 PM (5:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field. Helena Box Score: Eric Farris three hits, including a double... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_grfrok_helrok_1 Helena Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_log&gid=2007_08_04_grfrok_helrok_1

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- http://www.huntsvillestars.com/news/news.asp?newsId=1307 Heether's Hot Bat Comes Through for Stars Adam Heether's bases loaded, bases clearing triple with two outs in the seventh inning snapped a tie and Huntsville survived a late rally to pull off a 6-5 comeback win over Mississippi Saturday night in the second of a five-game set at Trustmark Park. The Stars improved to 25-17 in the second half and lengthened their lead over Chattanooga in the North Division to two and a half games, while the Braves slumped to 14-28 in the second half and 14 ½ games behind front-running Jacksonville in the South Division. The Stars took a four to three lead in the season series and improved to 29-26 on the road. Ryan Crew worked a two-out walk as a pinch-hitter before Diory Hernandez could not cleanly field a sharply hit one-hopper by Hernan Iribarren that allowed the inning to continue. Mississippi hurler Rich Scalamandre, who got the last out in the sixth inning, uncorked a wild pitch that advanced the runners and then walked Michael Brantley to load the bases. Steve Sollmann legged out an infield single to Hernandez at short before Heether drove a 2-1 offering into the alley in right-center field off the glove of a diving center fielder Carl Loadenthal for his fifth three-base hit of the season to make it 5-2. Heether singled in a run in the ninth to give the visitors a seemingly comfortable 6-2 edge, marking the third time this year he has driven in four runs in a game. Bo Hall worked a scoreless eighth inning and was replaced by Luis Pena with the bases loaded and nobody out in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Mark Jurich grounded out to third to score a run and advance the other two runners and trim the lead to 6-3. Clint Sammons struck out for the second out of the frame but Mike Rozema followed with a single to center field to score Josh Burrus and Matt Young to slice the lead to 6-5. Pena then struck out J.C. Holt to end the game and nail down his second save in the series and seventh in nine chances with the Stars. Derek Miller started for Huntsville and lasted six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and earned a win for a fourth straight start. He struck out five and did not walk a batter and has issued only four free passes in his last five starts over 30 2/3 innings. The Stars collected three singles in the first inning but could not score against Ryan Baerlocher, as both Hernan Iribarren and Steve Sollmann were thrown out trying to steal. Diory Hernandez blasted his sixth home run of the season, and first since June 25th, with two outs in the bottom of the inning to stake the home team to the early 1-0 lead. Brendan Katin's home run to left field, his 19th of the season, tied the game in the top half of the second inning. The Stars had runners at the corners and two outs before Josh Burrus made a diving grab of an Iribarren line drive to end the inning and keep the game knotted at one. Burrus drove a 2-1 pitch from Miller over the wall in left field with two outs in the fourth to give the Braves the lead back at 2-1. The series continues Sunday afternoon with left-hander Lindsay Gulin taking the hill for the Stars against Braves' right-hander Charlie Morton. Coverage begins at 12:50 pm central time and can be heard on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

Nashville Pre-Game Coaches Chat with Manager Frank Kremblas: http://www.nashvillesounds.com/audio/2007/Interview%208-4.mp3 Final: Nashville 10, Portland (Padres) 9 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Gabe Gross photo, text follows -- http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2489 Sounds Earn Series Split With 10-9 Victory PORTLAND, Ore. - Gabe Gross paced a 12-hit attack with a pair of home runs and Adam Pettyjohn was victorious in his sixth consecutive start as the Nashville Sounds defeated the Portland Beavers, 10-9, on Saturday evening at PGE Park in the finale of a four-game series. With the win, Nashville (69-45) gained a series split and maintained its 6 ½ game lead over Iowa in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. The Sounds jumped out to an 8-0 lead and withstood a late Portland comeback to hang on for the victory. Nashville grabbed a 5-0 lead in the top of the second inning against rehabbing Portland starter Shawn Estes. Tony Gwynn got things started with a bases-loaded, two-run double that scored Vinny Rottino (3-for-5) and Chris Barnwell, who opened the frame with consecutive singles. Gross followed with a three-run homer to center, his second longball as a Sound and of the series, to extend the advantage to five. AUDIO: Gabe Gross Three-Run HR -- http://www.nashvillesounds.com/audio/2007/Highlight%208-4.mp3 Barnwell made it a 6-0 contest in the third when he belted his seventh home run of the year, a one-out line-drive shot to left off Estes. Gross continued his solid night in the fourth with his second longball of the night, a solo shot to right off Estes. His two-homer effort is the 10th multiple-longball game by a Sounds batter in 2007. Nashville added another run later in the frame on Vinny Rottino's two-out RBI single off Portland reliever Steve Watkins that brought in Rickie Weeks (3-for-4) for an 8-0 lead. Portland halved the Nashville lead in the bottom of the fourth with a two-out rally against Pettjyohn. Royce Huffman broke up the shutout with a bases-loaded RBI single, bringing the score to 8-1. Watkins made it an 8-4 contest when he cleared the bases with a two-RBI single to center that was coupled with a fielding error by Charles Thomas, who replaced Gwynn in center in the third inning. The Sounds got a pair of runs back in the sixth against Portland reliever Will Startup. Gross scored on a throwing error by Beavers rightfielder Hiram Bocachica to increase the lead to 9-4 and Mike Rivera plated Weeks later in the frame with a two-out RBI single. Former Sound Frank Menechino (Pirates' organization) closed the gap to 10-6 in the bottom of the seventh with a bases-loaded, two-out, two-run single off Tim Dillard. Portland continued its comeback in the ninth, pulling within a run. Menechino struck again with a two-run triple off Mitch Stetter then scored on a Pete Laforest groundout to make it 10-9 contest. Sounds closer Luther Hackman was summoned from the bullpen and retired Craig Stansberry on one pitch to notch his team-leading 16th save of the year. Pettyjohn (9-2) pulled into a tie for the team wins lead with Zach Jackson by earning his ninth victory of the year. The southpaw allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six frames. Estes (0-1) took the loss after being tagged for eight runs on eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings of work. He threw 74 pitches, 41 for strikes, in his first Triple-A rehab outing. Following Saturday's game, the Sounds take a 2 1/2 hour drive up I-5 to Tacoma, Washington, where they'll wrap up their road trip with a four-game series against the Rainiers (AAA-Mariners), the clubs' lone meeting this season. The teams begin the series with a 3:35 p.m. CT opener on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Mark DiFelice (2-0, 1.13) will man the bump for Nashville to face Tacoma southpaw Jake Woods (3-7, 7.21). Nashville Box Score: This team is pretty amazing, there is a lot of help waiting for Milwaukee at this level, as Joe Dillon is proving -- September 1st should be great for call-ups; Rickie Weeks 3-for-4, plus Joe Thatcher plunked him -- Thatcher pitched a scoreless 8th inning; Gabe Gross on fire, as you know; I imagine Tony Gwynn was given a breather in the 4th with an 8-0 score at that time; Tim Dillard is kind of a mess right now... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_nasaaa_poraaa_1 Nashville Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_log&gid=2007_08_04_nasaaa_poraaa_1

Arizona League Standings: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...;period=h2

Standings through Friday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 68 45 .602 - 37-17 31-28 L1[/b] Iowa 62 52 .544 6.5 36-23 26-29 W2 Omaha 57 57 .500 11.5 36-18 21-39 W3 Memphis 47 67 .412 21.5 26-34 21-33 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 24 17 .585 - 13-7 11-10 W2 Chattanooga 23 19 .548 1.5 12-10 11-9 L1 Tennessee 22 20 .524 2.5 15-7 7-13 L1 Carolina 20 21 .488 4.0 12-9 8-12 W1 West Tenn 16 25 .390 8.0 9-16 7-9 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 22 16 .579 - 12-7 10-9 W2 Palm Beach 19 21 .475 4.0 11-14 8-7 L2 Jupiter 17 20 .459 4.5 9-6 8-14 L5 Daytona 18 23 .439 5.5 10-11 8-12 W2 St. Lucie 17 22 .436 5.5 6-12 11-10 W3 Vero Beach 10 27 .270 11.5 5-13 5-14 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hickory 25 16 .610 - 15-9 10-7 L2 Lake County 21 19 .525 3.5 10-11 11-8 L1 Lakewood 21 19 .525 3.5 12-8 9-11 W2 Greensboro 20 22 .476 5.5 12-7 8-15 L1 Lexington 19 23 .452 6.5 12-10 7-13 L1 West Virginia 19 23 .452 6.5 10-9 9-14 L2 Delmarva 18 23 .439 7.0 6-15 12-8 L1 Hagerstown 13 28 .317 12.0 8-13 5-15 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 3 2 .600 - 2-0 1-2 W2 Missoula 3 2 .600 - 2-0 1-2 W2 Billings 2 3 .400 1.0 2-1 0-2 L2 Helena 2 3 .400 1.0 2-1 0-2 L2

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". 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=2007_08_04_nasaaa_poraaa_1 Huntsville: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_hunaax_msbaax_1 Brevard County: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_vbdafa_breafa_1&did=t503&sid=t503 West Virginia: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_wvaafx_romafx_1 Helena: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_grfrok_helrok_1 Arizona: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_04_brrrok_mrnrok_1

These links will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally they are updated an hour or two prior to gametime, with Nashville's usually earlier: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Adam Pettyjohn at Portland (Padres), 8:50 PM pre-game; 9:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Derek Miller at Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: LHP Brae Wright at home vs. Vero Beach (Devil Rays), 4:45 pre-game, 5:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/multimedia/audio.jsp?cid=503&sid=t503 West Virginia: RHP Alex Periard at Rome (Braves), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Helena: RHP Robert Bryson makes his first start after 11 dominant relief outings, at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Arizona: TBD at the Mariners' complex in Peoria, 7:00 PM local time in Arizona, 9:00 Central; never any audio for Arizona Rookie League games

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Don Money is the cover story in this month's issue of "Southern Bases" (.pdf document): http://www.gomudcats.com/documents/sb2007_9.pdf

North County Times (Lake Elsinore, CA): The 4-3 victory ---- the first in a week but eighth straight against the JetHawks ---- allowed the Storm (60-52 overall, 23-19 second half) to climb back to within two games of first-place Lancaster (64-48, 25-17) in the Cal League's South Division second-half standings. "It feels pretty good," Storm manager Carlos Lezcano said. "(The players) have been trying, maybe a little too hard, some of them. Maybe now we can relax and play the game the way we have been." Until the Storm's offense kicked in late, starter Steve Garrison appeared headed for his second hard-luck loss in as many starts with the Storm. In his debut in San Jose last week, the lefty held the Giants to two runs in seven innings, but the Storm lost, 2-1. "That's twice in a row (Garrison) has done an outstanding job," Lezcano said. "He knows how to pitch. He's had two very good starts here, and I'm glad we have him." Friday night, the left-hander gave up just one run on three hits and a walk in eight innings. "The defense here is awesome," Garrison said. "If I can throw strikes, the defense can make plays behind me. "I was trying to throw strikes and trying to get ahead and mix it up because I don't have anything overpowering." Box Score / Game Log: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_03_lncafa_lesafa_1

The Brewers have released Dominican RHP's Harold Mejia and Joel de la Cruz, according to Baseball America. Mejia was a converted shortstop prospect.