Jim Goulart

Final, Game One: Daytona (Cubs) 5, Brevard County 4 Four Manatee runs in the first, then nothing more -- hopefully the parent club doesn't follow suit this afternoon... Brevard County Game One Box Score: Only Chris Errecart failed to reach base in this seven-inning game, but that wasn't enough... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 Brevard County Game One Game Log: A Cub home run off Kevin Roberts in the 9th the losing blow... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

Link while active, text follows: www.kinston.com/sports/su...tcher.html From July 18th -- Former Vikings meet once again at professional level BRYAN C. HANKS Kinston (N.C.) Free Press Sports Editor GREENSBORO - File this in the "It's a small world, after all" department: When Kinston's Jared Sutton stood on the mound for the first time as a farmhand in the Milwaukee Brewers system, he didn't face a stranger, he was looking at a friend and former teammate. Chris Hatcher, a former Kinston High School and University of North Carolina - Wilmington star catcher, was staring right back at him from the plate. Hatcher, a catcher with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the Florida Marlins' farm system, cruelly welcomed Sutton to minor league baseball with a double. It didn't rattle Sutton too badly, though - he struck out the next two Grasshoppers he faced to end the inning. The two players' teams - Sutton's West Virginia Power and Hatcher's Grasshoppers - played a four-game series against each other in Greensboro last weekend. Although their initial meeting against each other as professionals came several weeks ago, the two still smiled at the memory of it. "I don't know what the chances of us facing each other in that situation were," Sutton said. "It was pretty cool." Hatcher said, "I wasn't going to let a guy come in - and in his first professional batter he faced - and let him walk me. I looked down at the catcher and told him, 'Just give me something near the zone and I'll swing. I'll take the groundout, the flyout, whatever.' "He just so happened to throw me a fastball right at my eyes and I hit it, but I don't know how. I wasn't going to let him walk me." Hatcher was drafted by the Marlins last year and played 36 games in the New York-Penn League. He was promoted to Greensboro this year and is the No. 1 catcher for the Grasshoppers. Sutton, who starred at Bethel Christian Academy and Lenoir Community College, was a teammate of Hatcher's at UNCW. Hatcher also caught Sutton for Ronnie Battle's American Legion Post 43 squad. Sutton was signed to an independent league team in Georgia in the spring, but he didn't stay there long. The right-hander, who consistently hits 92-to-93 mph on the radar gun, was discovered and signed by a Milwaukee Brewers' scout and sent to Charleston, WV, only 10 days after playing in the independent league. "I didn't even know anyone was looking at me," Sutton said. "I was told no one is picked up before the draft, and it was three weeks before the draft." In many ways, Sutton and Hatcher are fighting some of the same battles this season. Both are having some difficulty in their first full season of professional baseball. Sutton has an 0-2 record and a 5.63 ERA in 12 games pitched for the Power. "I've been struggling a little bit lately," Sutton said. "I've been a little nervous here, although I wasn't nervous in Georgia. But I think I'm beginning to work things out. I'm trying to stay balanced and not rush to the plate." Hatcher began this week batting .233 with nine home runs and 34 RBIs in 76 games. "I've finally found out what everyone was talking about when they talked about the grind," Hatcher said. "I'm hitting the ball well, but not the way I should be. I'm making adjustments like (the coaches) want me to do." The adjustment - from playing for the Seahawks to playing for pay - has been a difficult one at times for both players. Both agreed, though, that the toughest jump in their career was from high school to college. "The game was so much faster in college," Hatcher said. "Playing at UNCW, it was a fast-paced game. The difference from UNCW to here hasn't been that dramatic." Sutton said, "The competition was much different in high school than what I saw at LCC. The jump was much bigger."

In progress, Game One: Brevard County 4, Daytona (Cubs) 0, after one inning So much for the Jeff Samardzija hype from early in the season -- he's been very hittable; LHP David Welch is your Manatee Game One starter, tossed a scoreless first, tune in for a listen before the Brewer game. Brevard County Bottom 1st - Darren Ford singles on a line drive to center fielder Matt Camp. - Lorenzo Cain triples (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Ryan Harvey. Darren Ford scores. - Mat Gamel doubles (30) on a ground ball to left fielder Yusuf Carter. Lorenzo Cain scores. - Michael Bell singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Steven Clevenger. Mat Gamel to 3rd. - Chris Errecart grounds out, shortstop Jonathan Mota to first baseman Steven Clevenger. Mat Gamel scores. Michael Bell to 2nd. - Cole Gillespie flies out to center fielder Matt Camp. - Yohannis Perez singles on a line drive to right fielder Ryan Harvey. Michael Bell scores. - Freddy Parejo grounds into a force out, second baseman Jeffrey Rea to shortstop Jonathan Mota. Yohannis Perez out at 2nd.

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ MOSS MAKES IT 12STARS TIE RECORD WITH TWO IN THE 9th Where were you in 1988?........ To put things in perspective, let's go back to May 12....... Don Muraco w/Superstar Billy Graham beat the One Man Gang in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Soviet Red Army was three days from completely withdrawing from Afghanistan. The Cleveland Indians behind Tom Candiotti beat the Brewers and Chuck Crim, 3-1. "Carrie" opened in NYC and lasted five performances. It was the first season for TV's "The Wonder Years" and "America's Most Wanted" and "Die Hard" and "Rain Man' were waiting for theatre release later in the year. And former Mets outfielder Tommie Reynolds, a .200-hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972, was the manager for the Huntsville Stars. On May 12, 1988, 1st baseman Greg Sparks tied a Southern League record by recording 20 putouts as the Huntsville Stars won their 12th straight game, beating Birmingham at Hoover Met (in their 1st season at their new ballpark), 9-4........ It's been that long. Steve Moss handed the Stars their 12th straight win to match a club record tonight with a one-out double to left-center, scoring Michael Brantley from second for a come-from-behind 5-4 win -- a going-away present, as it were. The Stars take Sunday off, then Will Inman will try to help them break the record in Jacksonville on Monday. A perfect night of weather (83° -- no humidity) was a perfect match for one of the best edge-of-your-seat games of the year, regardless of the subtext....... Red was the color of the night as you looked to the left, to the right, behind, and in front of you as almost 7,300 fans were lured, not just by the weather, but by free red jerseys with the Stars logo emblazoned on the front for the younger set........ Red was the color on the field as well. It's been something of a lucky charm for the Stars to wear, broken only by Steve Hammond's personal preference of blue, Friday night. None of the previous 11 victories of this streak could match the inning-to-inning suspense of this one........Only one of those victories had been won by a single run (the 1-0 shutout victory for Sam Narron, David Johnson, and Marino Salas at Chattanooga a week ago), and two of them by a pair of runs....... The Stars had been behind in only four of those games -- three of them by no more than a run...... So this night was made only more memorable by the way the Stars won tonight. Unlike the previous 11 games, the Stars never had a lead in this one, until the end........ Sam Narron and Ryan O'Malley locked horns in a scoreless ballgame for two innings until O'Malley broke the spell with a one-out double to left in the 3rd. After Chris Walker hit a screecher back to Narron for the 2nd out, Issmael Salas, 3-for-11 in the series, singled down the right field line to score O'Malley and give the Smokies a 1-0 lead. Then a bizarre play in the 4th made it 2-0. Narron got the first two hitters of that inning out on fly balls. He was one strike away from getting out of the inning when Jemel Spearman swung and missed at a 1-2 pitch low and seemingly in the dirt. It should have ended the inning, but the ball squirted out of Lou Palmisano's glove and rolled down the first base line. It kept rolling, with Palmisano chasing it, more than halfway down the line, as Spearman made it safely to first......... Now, no ball could have rolled that far from his glove. The only thing that made sense was that it was kicked down the line by Spearman, and that would have been interference, and Spearman should have been out. It made sense to manager Don Money, who came out of the dugout to argue umpire Chris Ward's safe call. But, as I later learned after the game, Ward said he couldn't call Spearman out, because he didn't see him -- or even Palmisano -- kick the ball, although he agreed it was kicked. West conferred with all the other umps, but they didn't see what truly happened either. In the end, West stated that the kick was inadvertent, and Spearman had to be awarded first base. Narron was charged with a wild pitch........ The results were reminiscent of Mickey Owen's 9th inning passed ball in the 1941 World Series that game the Yankees new life and a Game 4 victory....... Joe Simokaitis followed with a hard grounder to Alcides Escobar that he could not make a play on. That moved Spearman to 2nd. Nate Spears then singled up the middle to score Spearman and give the Smokies a 2-0 lead. So it looked from the early going that this was not going to be the Stars' night....... Despite a one-out double to the left field corner by Ryan Crew in the 1st and two singles in the 2nd, the Stars could not come up with the two-out hit that would put them on the scoreboard...... That trend continued in the 4th when Hernan Iribarren hit into a force play, erasing Adam Heether, who had led off with a single to center........ But on a 1-1 pitch, Alcides Escobar homered high over the WDRM sign to the left of the scoreboard to tie the game up at 2-2, the 20th home run give up this season by O'Malley. Narron and O'Malley each had a quick 5th inning, then in the top of the 6th, Brendan Katin let a liner hit by Matt Craig drop off his glove for a two-base error. Tyler Colvin, 2-for-18 in the series, lined a two-hopper to right-center to drive him in, and the Smokies were back in front, 3-2....... But Hernan Iribarren answered back in the bottom half with a two-out solo home run, his 3rd, lined over the first wall in right-center. All three of Iribarren's home runs have come since June 26 -- less than a month apart. James Avery and Geoff Jones quieted the Stars in the 7th and 8th on just one hit -- a harmless one-out single to right by Steve Moss....... Going into the top of the 9th, the Smokies and Stars were tied, 3-3. Whether this winning streak could continue was pressed into doubt in the top of the 9th when leadoff hitter Joe Simokaitis hit a no-doubter off Bo Hall on a 1-1 pitch. The ball hit the top of the top wall, the long Corr Wireless ad sign in left, and bounced into the trees behind it........ The Smokies now led, 4-3........ A single by Spears followed, but Hall was able to get the next three hitters out......... Now all Henderson, who retired the side in order in the 8th, had to do was get to the bottom of the Stars order, and an 11-game win streak would be over. It wasn't over for Hernan Iribarren, as far as he was concerned....... On a 2-2 pitch from Henderson, he scorched a grounder through short into left field for a hit. Alcides Escobar's sacrifice bunt moved him to 2nd........ Michael Brantley, the Stars' hottest hitter during this streak, at .407, then extended his hitting streak to seven games with a hard shot up the middle. Iribarren raced around third and tied the game up. Brantley took second on the throw to catcher Chris Robinson........ Finally, Steve Moss, 2-for-14 in the series and a .200 hitter during this streak, became the night's hero....... With a 3-1 count, he got his pitch and lined it to left-center, where it dropped in for a double, scoring Brantley with the winning run........ The Stars, who play well with each other off the field, began jumping up and down on each other near 2nd base as if they had just won the title, congratulating Moss with more pats than a restaurant table loaded with biscuits........ The Stars, riding a record 12-game win streak, were having the time of their lives, and aware of what they had just accomplished, were drunk with joy as they finally lined up for final high fives........ I don't think they fear Jacksonville (21-9), their 1st place counterparts in the South, at all. The Stars, on this 12-game winning streak, are now 19-11 and four games in front of Chattanooga....... They are hitting .262 on this 12-game streak, led by Brantley at .407 and Adam Heether at .459. Heether has also driven in 11 runs......... The pitching, more than anything else, has held this team up during this streak, with an ERA of 1.58. Six pitchers have ERAs of 0.00. Four others have ERAs under 2.00..... Bo Hall, who pitched two innings to get the win, has earned the win in three of the games, all of them his last three appearances........ Sam Narron has started three of the games in this streak, and has two wins and a 1.35 ERA to show for it.

Standings through Saturday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 62 39 .614 - 32-14 30-25 L1 Iowa 56 46 .549 6.5 33-22 23-24 W1 Omaha 48 53 .475 14.0 32-17 16-36 W2 Memphis 41 60 .406 21.0 22-30 19-30 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 19 11 .633 - 10-5 9-6 W12 Carolina 15 15 .500 4.0 8-7 7-8 W2 Chattanooga 15 15 .500 4.0 6-9 9-6 L1 Tennessee 13 17 .433 6.0 10-5 3-12 L5 West Tenn 13 17 .433 6.0 6-9 7-8 W5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 16 12 .571 - 7-5 9-7 W1 Jupiter 13 15 .464 3.0 6-4 7-11 W2 Palm Beach 13 15 .464 3.0 7-11 6-4 L3 St. Lucie 12 16 .429 4.0 4-9 8-7 W2 Daytona 11 17 .393 5.0 6-10 5-7 L3 Vero Beach 6 22 .214 10.0 3-12 3-10 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 17 11 .607 - 10-5 7-6 L1 Hickory 18 12 .600 - 10-7 8-5 W5 Lake County 16 12 .571 1.0 8-8 8-4 W1 West Virginia 15 15 .500 3.0 7-5 8-10 L4 Lexington 14 16 .467 4.0 8-7 6-9 L2 Delmarva 13 16 .448 4.5 5-11 8-5 W1 Greensboro 11 19 .367 7.0 6-6 5-13 W3 Hagerstown 9 20 .310 8.5 5-11 4-9 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 21 10 .677 - 14-3 7-7 L1 Helena 21 10 .677 - 8-6 13-4 W7 Billings 15 16 .484 6.0 10-6 5-10 L1 Missoula 14 17 .452 7.0 6-9 8-8 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Mariners 17 7 .708 - 10-2 7-5 W1 AZL Angels 15 9 .625 2.0 13-4 2-5 L2 AZL Padres 15 9 .625 2.0 8-3 7-6 L2 AZL Giants 13 11 .542 4.0 8-4 5-7 W1 AZL Cubs 12 12 .500 5.0 6-5 6-7 W1 AZL Royals 11 13 .458 6.0 5-6 6-7 W2 AZL Rangers 10 14 .417 7.0 4-7 6-7 W1 AZL Athletics 9 15 .375 8.0 5-6 4-9 W2 AZL Brewers 6 18 .250 11.0 2-10 4-8 L2

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: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1 Brevard County Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 Brevard County Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_2 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

Video feeds of Nashville's series in Iowa this weekend are available via MiLB.TV for a small daily fee: web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../video.jsp

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Elmer Dessens at Iowa (Cubs), 12:50 PM pre-game; 1:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: TBD (times two) at home in a double-dip vs. Daytona (Cubs), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 West Virginia: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at home vs. Delmarva (Orioles), 3:55 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Helena: RHP Jose Garcia at home vs. Idaho Falls (Royals), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Arizona: Idle

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Link while active, text follows: desmoinesregister.com/app...003/SPORTS Cubs gain split with stingy end BY ANDREW LOGUE DES MOINES REGISTER STAFF WRITER Grit and guile enabled the Iowa Cubs to salvage a split of Saturday's doubleheader. The Nashville Sounds won the opener at Principal Park 5-1, but Iowa rebounded with 1-0 victory in the nightcap. Catcher Tony Richie provided the grit when he held on to a relay throw from Ronny Cedeno after being bowled over at the plate by Nashville's Vinny Rottino in the top of the first inning. Moments later, the Cubs' Eric Patterson drove a pitch over the left-field wall for the only run of the game. "I really didn't want to try and do too much," Patterson said of his 14th homer of the season. "I just got enough of it to carry it out." Four Iowa pitchers combined to keep Nashville out of sync. The Sounds managed just five hits and left six runners stranded. John Webb earned the win after striking out four and allowing one hit in a three-inning relief appearance. "You've got to give a lot of credit to the guys who threw the ball," Patterson said. "In this league and this ballpark, it's not often you see a 1-0 ballgame." It was the Sounds (62-39) who bolted to an early lead in the first game. Brad Nelson, who grew up in Algona, doubled in the fourth inning as Nashville went ahead 3-0. "I had a good barbecue with my family this afternoon," Nelson said, "and some of that Iowa sweet corn that you always miss." Nelson and Nashville catcher Mike Rivera provided an offensive spark Friday as the Sounds rallied to beat Iowa 5-3. Rivera ignited things again Saturday, with a run-scoring double in the second inning. "Whatever it is (we're doing), we've got to keep it up," Nelson said. "I think positive things are just carrying over." Nashville pitcher R.A. Dickey, who had just one hit in his previous 24 at-bats, followed Nelson's double with a two-base hit that left the Cubs trailing 5-0. "He's been getting some good swings, I don't know if they've been falling," Nelson said of Dickey. "When you help yourself like that, it's got to be a great feeling." Iowa (56-46) enters Sunday 6 1/2 games behind Nashville in the PCL's American North Division. "We're not too worried about where we are in the standings," Patterson said. "If we pitch like we're capable, hit like we're capable and play defense like we're capable, we're going to win a lot of games."

Final, Game Two: Iowa (Cubs) 1, Nashville 0 Nashville Site Doubleheader Summary: Link for R.A. Dickey photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2465 Sounds Split Twinbill With I-Cubs DES MOINES ? The Nashville Sounds split a doubleheader against the division-rival Iowa Cubs on Saturday evening at Principal Park, winning the opener by a 5-1 count before being blanked 1-0 in the nightcap. The Sounds (62-39) maintained their 6 ½ game lead over the second-place Cubs in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. In the opener, Nashville native R.A. Dickey (8-5) worked a seven-inning complete game and improved to 4-1 with a 2.04 ERA (12 ER / 53.0 IP) in eight starts since returning to the rotation in mid-June. The complete game was Dickey?s second of the year; both have come in doubleheader contests against Iowa. The Sounds took a 1-0 lead when Joe Dillon scored an unearned in the top of the second inning. After singling to lead off the frame, Dillon was rounding the bases in attempt to score on a Mike Rivera double when he was interfered with by Cubs second baseman Eric Patterson. As a result, he was awarded home and scored the night?s first run. Nashville doubled its lead to 2-0 in the third when Dillon plated Callix Crabbe with a two-out RBI single off Iowa starter Randy Wells. The Sounds blew the game open in the fourth with a three-run outburst against Wells to up the advantage to 5-0. Andy Abad doubled to open the frame and scored on Brad Nelson?s one-out two-bagger. After Ozzie Chavez singled to put runners on the corners, Dickey helped his own cause with a two-run double to the wall in right-center. All three of Dickey?s career RBIs have come against Iowa. Iowa jumped on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Ronny Cedeno plated Geovany Soto with a two-out RBI single to left off Dickey. Wells (5-5) took the loss for the Cubs after allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits over four innings of action. Iowa rebounded with a five-hit, 1-0 shutout in the evening?s second contest as four pitchers combined to keep Nashville off the scoreboard for only the fifth time this season. Eric Patterson gave Iowa a quick 1-0 lead in the nightcap when he led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run to left on an 0-2 offering from Sounds starter Steve Bray. The blast was the infielder?s 14th of the year and would turn out to be the only run scored in the second seven-inning contest between the clubs. Les Walrond started the nightcap for the Cubs and worked two scoreless innings before turning things over to John Webb (4-6), who earned the victory after tossing three innings of one-hit scoreless ball and striking out four batters. Rocky Cherry added a scoreless frame before Clay Rapada finished off the shutout in the seventh to earn his team-leading 14th save of the year. Nashville?s best scoring chance came in the top of the first when Vinny Rottino bowled over Cubs catcher Tony Richie at the plate while attempting to score on a two-out Dillon double, but the Iowa backstop held onto the ball for the final out of the inning. Bray (5-2) allowed one run on four hits while striking out five batters over three innings of work in his spot start, his first of the year for the Sounds. Dillon went 2-for-2 for Nashville in the nightcap to continue his hot hitting and record two of the club?s five hits in the game. The teams wrap up the series with a 1:05 p.m. CT finale on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Elmer Dessens (0-0, 0.00) will make his second rehab start for the Sounds. Iowa will counter with former Nashville hurler (Pirate organization) Cory Bailey (2-1, 2.63). Nashville Game Two Box Score: Tim Dillard three innings of scoreless relief behind Steve Bray... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_2 Nashville Game Two Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_2

Charleston Gazette: Saturday night's game against the Shorebirds began an eight-game homestand for the Power, who began play Saturday three games behind Lakewood in the South Atlantic League?s Northern Division. After taking the first game of a four-game set with the division-leading BlueClaws Tuesday, the Power lost the next two by a combined 10 runs. Friday?s contest against Lakewood (another Power loss) was the final meeting of the season between the two contending clubs. Following the four-game series with Delmarva, the Power welcomes Hagerstown to Appalachian Power Park for four games. The eight-game homestand matches the longest remaining homestand on West Virginia?s schedule. The club will also be home for eight straight games Aug. 8-15 against Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C. On Saturday night, the stars will be out to welcome the Power back to APP tonight ? cartoon stars, that is. Any fan dressed as a cartoon character will receive free admission to the game against Delmarva. Cast members from ?The Flintstones? and ?Scooby-Doo? will make an appearance at the park, as will ?The Clown Prince of Baseball,? Myron Noodleman. ***Link while active, text follows -- www.wvgazette.com/section//2007072035 Crowds up for Power, and winning doesn?t hurt By Nick Scala Charleston Gazette Staff Writer Root, root, root for the home team If they don?t win, it?s a shame . . . But if they do win, at least on a consistent basis, does it affect the bottom line in minor-league baseball? If you?re the West Virginia Power, winning seems to help ? at least in terms of attendance at Appalachian Power Park. The Power has clinched its first South Atlantic League playoff berth since moving into the three-year-old East End ballpark, thanks to a Northern Division first-half title after putting up a league-best 44-17 record. Coincidentally, the Power is on pace to see an increase in attendance for the third year in a row. ?Winning definitely helps,? said Power general manager Ryan Gates. ?But whether or not winning has a big effect on attendance is an age-old question of minor-league ball. I don?t know if a family of four, when deciding to go to a ballgame, I don?t know if they?re thinking about whether the team is 44-17 or 17-44. I think they?re still out here regardless.? ?But when they?re [winning], it helps because it raises the atmosphere and level of excitement. That gets people coming back.? They?re coming back in bigger numbers than ever since clinching that playoff spot. A little more than a month ago, the Power was lagging behind its attendance pace of 2006, when the season total was 239,722 and the average was 3,745 fans per game. But since the start of the second half, the Power has drawn an average of 5,236 fans in 11 home dates, increasing the year-to-date total to 174,471. The average crowd per home date is up to 3,967, and the club needs to average just 2,677 the rest of the way ? 24 home dates ? to match last year?s numbers. The numbers might?ve been even more impressive if not for horrible weather at the start of the season, when rain, cold and even snow kept fans away in droves. The first homestand in April saw average paid attendance of 2,028, which included season-ticket-holding no-shows. The actual number of fans in the stands at most of those games remained in triple digits. The Power, though, has been making up ground ever since the slow start. Andy Milovich, Gates? predecessor as Power general manager and now the executive vice president of Palisades Baseball (the club?s ownership group), agrees that winning adds to the attendance numbers at the ballpark, and knows that Charleston seems to like a winner. ?There was a study in which we were involved,? Milovich said. ?They were measuring the fans? interest in the team on the field, and the study showed our fans identified personally with the team more than the other fans in the other cities. It showed that they took losses or wins more personally than the fans of the teams in other cities. ?People here seem to get into that more. I think [winning] does make a difference, but I don?t know if you can quantify it.? In any event, the Power?s surging attendance figures run contrary to the belief, widely held when the franchise moved its home base from Watt Powell Park to Appalachian Power Park, that attendance would fade once the novelty of the new ballpark wore off. Unless attendance drops off dramatically through the remaining 24 home dates, the numbers from the inaugural season at the APP in 2005 ? 229,243 total, 3,532 average ? will be the low point in the park?s three years. ?More and more, this has become a place to go,? Gates said. ?You?ve got a mix of everyone out here. Within this city block, you?ve got all these little social pockets ? some college kids, some business guys, some families sitting in the seats, you?ve got kids playing in the fun zone. It all adds up.? It?s a far cry from the atmosphere at the franchise?s prior home, Watt Powell Park, where the distant outfield fence is the last standing reminder of the Kanawha City ballyard built in 1948. Average attendance in Watt Powell Park?s last season (2004) was 1,853, and that number got a boost from nostalgic feelings during the ballpark?s final season and, yes, a winning team that reached the playoffs. In fact, Gates said the new ballpark?s popularity has surpassed the expectations of Charleston?s baseball-watching community. ?I remember when Andy said in a speech that we hoped to average 3,500 per game, and I read in the Gazette that they said, ?No way,? ?? Gates said. ?And here we are. We?re ahead of that, and I don?t feel we?ve hit that peak yet. We?re waiting for the peak to happen and trying to be creative and proactive to get more people out here, pulling out the stops to create that ?wow? factor, where they want to see what we do next.? Indeed, non-baseball events ? from the Chili Cookoff to concerts to boxing events and televised football games on the scoreboard?s Jumbotron video screen ? have added to Appalachian Power Park?s exposure. ?People in Charleston and southern West Virginia need entertainment and places to go,? Milovich said. ?We don?t have the entertainment opportunities you get in a major market, so if we continue to improve, invest, stay sharp and change what we?re doing ? improve our service, improve our value ? I think it can continue to grow.? How high? ?Can we make the jump to 5,000 a game?? Milovich said. ?I have no idea. But I think we can keep from leveling off or falling backward. Every year we want to raise the bar and expectations a little higher.? ?I?m still amazed by the amount of people who have yet to visit the park,? Gates said. ?That just tells me there?s still room for growth. They know we?re here, but we haven?t been able to reach out and grab them. Things like the chili cook-off, people experience the park in a different setting, and the hope is that it drives them to come out and see a baseball game.? The bigger crowds add to the ballclub?s revenue stream, which includes food and drink concessions and souvenirs. And when the crowds grow, the team can justify an increase in the rates of other revenue producers such as corporate sponsorship, signage and suites. Gates and Milovich were both around during the franchise?s final years at Watt Powell Park, and they marvel at the changes since the move from Kanawha City to Charleston?s East End. ?At the old park, at around 5:30 during days when the games started at 6, we?d have 10 staff members,? Gates said. ?We?d all be out in the parking lot playing hacky-sack because there was nothing for us to do.? Gates reached into a desk drawer at his office in the Morris Street building adjacent to Appalachian Power Park, and he pulled out an old hacky-sack. ?There?s so much stuff to get done nowadays,? Gates said, tossing the small bean-bag ball up and down, ?and this thing hasn?t come out of my desk since then.?

Final: Delmarva (Orioles) 8, West Virginia 4 West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER LOSE FOUR IN A ROW The Delmarva Shorebirds let a 4-0 lead slip away on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park, but they scored four times in the eighth inning to snap a 4-4 tie to take the first game of the series 8-4, sending the Power to their fourth consecutive loss. Delmarva began the game with a four-run first inning. Brandon Snyder brought in the first run on a sacrifice fly. Billy Rowell followed with a two-run bomb and Miguel Abreu capped the inning with a solo home run. The Power got on the board in the bottom of the first on Chuckie Caufield?s RBI single. In the fifth inning Andrew Lefave reached on a fielder?s choice scoring Jimmy Mojica. The Power tied the game with a pair of runs on the seventh. Mojica scored the first run on Michael Pierce?s throwing error and Charlie Fermaint scored on Lefave?s sacrifice fly. The Shorebirds answered quickly with a four-run eighth inning. Danny Figueroa doubled in the first two runs and David Cash singled in the last two. Luis Lebron (1-1) allowed two runs on two hits out of the bullpen to get the victory while Matt Kretzschmar (0-2) was tagged with the loss. The Power fell to 63-35 overall and 15-15 in the second half, while the Shorebirds improved to 47-49 overall and 13-16 in the second half with the win. The four-game losing streak is a season high. The win for Delmarva snapped their four-game skid. Fermaint and Kenny Holmberg both had two hits apiece for the Power. The Power will continue the four-game series against Delmarva Sunday evening. The Power will start right hander Jeremy Jeffress (6-3, 3.33) and the Shorebirds will counter with right hander Zach Clark (1-1, 0.90). The first pitch is scheduled for 5:05 PM (4:05 Central). ***Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2007072135 Four-run eighth inning sends Shorebirds past Power By Nick Scala Charleston Gazette Staff Writer A pair of fours was in the cards for Delmarva, carrying the Shorebirds to an 8-4 win over the West Virginia Power Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. In the opener of the Power?s eight-game homestand, Delmarva scored four times in the top of the first and, after the Power clawed back to tie it at 4 in the bottom of the seventh, the Shorebirds put up another four-spot in the top of the eighth. A crowd announced at 3,923 saw the Power drop to 15-15 in the second half with its third consecutive loss. Delmarva (13-15) snapped a three-game losing streak in the first game of a four-game series. Billy Rowell, a first-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in the 2006 draft, and Miguel Abreu smacked home runs in the four-run first inning off Power starter Chris Toneguzzi. In the eighth, Danny Figueroa?s bases-loaded double put the Shorebirds ahead for good, and David Cash followed with his third hit of the night, a two-run single to close out the scoring. After the shaky start, Toneguzzi settled down and kept Delmarva off the board for the next three innings, and Jose Romero came on to throw three scoreless frames of relief. Meanwhile, the Power chipped away at Delmarva?s lead, scoring once in the bottom of the first on Chuckie Caufield?s RBI single up the middle and another in the fifth when Jimmy Mojica reached on an error, moved to third on a perfect hit-and-run single by Kenny Holmberg and scored on Andy Lefave?s fielder?s-choice grounder. Delmarva?s Pedro Beato left after six innings with a 4-2 lead, but the Power pulled even in the seventh, scoring twice off reliever Luis Lebron. Mojica got it started again with an opposite-field single to right, and Charlie Fermaint followed with a hit to the same spot. The two runners then pulled off a double-steal, and both moved up another base ? Mojica crossing the plate with the Power?s third run ? when Delmarva catcher Michael Pierce?s throw to third sailed into left field. After a walk to Holmberg, Fermaint scored the tying run on Lefave?s sacrifice fly to left. But Delmarva got the lead right back in the top of the eighth. Matt Kretzschmar (0-2) walked the only two batters he faced, prompting another call to the Power bullpen, this time for Travis Wendte. After a bunt single by Pedro Florimon loaded the bases, Figueroa unloaded them with a double down the left-field line. Cash?s single up the middle scored Florimon and Figueroa to give the Shorebirds an 8-4 lead. The Power threatened in the bottom of the eighth when Lebron walked John Alonso and Mojica. But Delmarva closer Chad Thall entered and needed just one pitch to get out of trouble, retiring Fermaint on a grounder to second. Thall then retired the Power in order in the ninth to record his 16th save, third best in the South Atlantic League. Lebron (1-1) got the win despite allowing five baserunners and two runs in 1 2/3 innings. POWER POINTS: Caufield entered the game with 74 RBIs, one behind league leader Mike Paulk of Asheville. ... A Power threat in the bottom of the sixth was snuffed out when Taylor Green was picked off at second base by Delmarva catcher Pierce. ... The series resumes at 5:05 p.m. today (4:05 Central). Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress (6-3, 3.33 ERA) will start for the Power against Delmarva righty Zach Clark (1-1, 0.90). West Virginia Box Score: Chris Toneguzzi really has to get over his first-inning troubles... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Final: Helena 4, Idaho Falls (Royals) 3 MiLB.com: Mercedes tames Chukars Roque Mercedes tossed five solid innings as host Helena edged Idaho Falls, 4-3, on Saturday. Mercedes (3-1) yielded two runs -- one earned -- on six hits and two walks while striking out five to win his third straight decision and lower his ERA to 3.20. Bobby Bramhall allowed an unearned run on two hits in three innings before Corey Frerichs pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. Caleb Gindl ripped an RBI double in the first and scored on an error and Matt Cline delivered a run-scoring single in the second for the Brewers (21-10). Chukars starter Clegg Snipes (1-3) allowed four runs -- three earned -- on four hits in four frames, fanning three and walking two. Clint Robinson and Alvi Morel hit RBI singles for Idaho Falls (19-13). -- Steve Conley/MLB.com ***Helena Site Game Summary: Brewers Defeat Chukars for Seventh in a Row HELENA--Brewers fans waited on the edge of their seats until the final out of the game, but Helena prevailed 4-3 to capture its seventh consecutive win on Saturday night. Helena lead 3-0 early in the game, but Idaho Falls threatened to end the Brewers winning streak by putting the tying run on base in the ninth inning. Reliever Corey Frerichs walked the leadoff batter in the ninth inning, but bared down to grab the save. Helena scored two runs in the first inning and one in the second, but did not score again until the fifth inning after Idaho Falls had cut the deficit to one run. Caleb Gindl provided the game's first run on a RBI double and the Brewers added a second run in the first inning on an Idaho Falls error. Matt Cline singled in Zelous Wheeler during the third inning to take a 3-0 advantage. The Chukars scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to come within one run, but the Brewers retaliated with a lone run in the sixth inning, the eventual winning run. Lee Haydel gave Helena a 4-3 lead when a fielder's choice allowed Mike Goetz to score. Roque Mercedes earned his third win of the season; he gave up two runs over five innings. Reliever Bobby Bramhall got his first hold of the season, pitching three innings of one-run ball. Frerichs recorded his first save of the season by retiring three consecutive batters after he walked the first Chukar he faced. Helena (21-10) moves into a tie for first place after a Great Falls 8-2 loss to Ogden. The Brewers will look to complete a four-game series sweep of the Chukars when the two teams face-off Sunday afternoon at 4:05 PM (5:05 Central). ***Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...2207_1.txt Back in first: Brewers win 7th straight to catch Great Falls By JEFF WINDMUELLER, Helena Independent Record Sports Writer The Helena Brewers finally caught up to those pesky White Sox. The Brewers are now in a two-way tie for first in the Pioneer League North Division after winning their seventh game in a row, the third against Idaho Falls, 4-3 Saturday night at Kindrick Legion Field. The Brewers and Great Falls are tied at the top of the division after the White Sox dropped their road game with the Ogden Raptors 8-2. Both teams are 21-10. The Brewers are looking good for the first half of the season crown, which would assure them a spot in the playoffs at the end of the season, but they have seven games left with their final three at Great Falls. The Brewers lost four out of their six previous games with the White Sox. Helena manager Jeff Isom said he and the ballclub aren?t worrying about the final results just yet. ?If it works out for us, it works out for us. If we keep winning out and they keep winning out, so be it,? he said. ?We?re worried about our task at hand.? That task was a tough one Saturday night. After one-running the Chukars over the previous two games, the Brewers gave up two runs on account of errors while their 25-inning streak without an earned run came to an end. Helena relied on closer Corey Frerichs, who came in at the top of the ninth and had Isom and the crew a little edgy. Frerichs walked Anthony Seratelli to start the inning before O.D. Gonzalez laid down a sacrifice bunt to put the Chukar in scoring position. ?In one-run games you?re always nervous and then he walks the first guy, that?s not how you really want to start the inning off,? Isom said. It didn?t help that with just one out and the tying run in scoring position, Frerichs faced Idaho Falls clean-up batter Clint Robinson, who was .380 with five home runs heading into the game. Good thing Frerichs didn?t know who he was pitching to. The Brewer kept his pitches low and struck out Robinson in five, then capped off the evening by striking out Eigsti in three straight pitches. ?Some of the players were kind of laughing at me because I didn?t know Clint Robinson was one of the guys I struck out. I told them I didn?t know it was him until he walked away,? Frerichs said. ?I was throwing more like a ?slurve? and I was just trying to keep that low.? Helena?s offense, meanwhile, was able to hold off Idaho Falls by hitting early and hard. Caleb Gindl cracked a double to left field to score Jonathan Lucroy and would came home when Kurt Crowell reached on an error in the first inning. The next inning, Zelous Wheeler walked on a payoff pitch by Idaho Falls starter Clegg Snipes. Wheeler was driven in by Matt Cline?s blooper to right. Mike Goetz would score the winning run in the fifth after he was hit by a pitch and drove in on a fielder?s choice by Lee Haydel. The Chukars made the game interesting when they scored one run over each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Eigsti scored in the fourth when Zach Evangelho hit a line drive that passed through the glove of Helena first baseman Curt Rindal. After Clint Robinson?s single to center scored Adrian Ortiz in the fifth ? ending the Brewers? earned run streak ? the Chukars got one more run when Evangelho got on for the second time in the sixth, this time when shortstop Matt Cline couldn?t come up with the grounder. Evangelho would score off a blooper to center by Alvi Morel. ?When you give teams extra outs, they?re going to take advantage of it.? ?That?s not the way we?ve been playing lately.? Isom noted that Cline made up for the early error when he made a diving stop behind third base and was able to get off the throw to beat Ortiz at first. The incredible out ended the inning and kept what would have been the game?s tying run stranded at third. Cline was also the only Brewer with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 from the plate with an RBI. The Chukars ended with 11 runners left on base to the Brewers six. Helena starter Roque Mercedes and reliever Bobby Bramhall were able to team up with the defense to get the lead and prevent a rally. Mercedes (3-1) got the win after going five innings with six hits and two runs. He struck out five while walking two. Bramhall finished his three innings with two hits and one run while striking out one and walking one. It was Frerichs? first save. The Brewers host Idaho Falls (19-12) again at 4:00 PM (5:00 Central). Helena Box Score: In addition to striking out five in five innings, Roque Mercedes had a 9-to-1 GB/FO ratio... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Helena Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Photo By George Lane, Helena Independent Record - Brewers base runner Curt Rindal is tagged out by Idaho Falls third baseman Zach Evangelho after Rindal was caught in a rundown. http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2007/07/22/sports_top/b01072207_1.jpg

Saturday's Helena KCAP Audio Pre-Game Interview with LHP Curtis Pasma, the Brewers' 2007 36th round pick out of Pacific: Be sure you're on the July 21st archive, interview begins right off the top: web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

Final: Huntsville 5, Tennessee (Cubs) 4 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1281 Moss Makes Magic Happen! Steve Moss doubled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Huntsville to a dramatic 5-4 comeback and franchise-record tying 12th straight win over Tennessee Saturday night in front of 7,296 at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars also won a season-best seventh consecutive home game, all over the Smokies, dating back to July 6. Huntsville's longest win streak had previously been established between April 30 and May 12, 1988. Hernan Iribarren led off the home ninth with a single off Jim Henderson, moved to second base on an Alcides Escobar sacrifice bunt and scored on a Michael Brantley pinch-hit single to tie the game at four. Moss then drove a 3-1 offering into the alley in left-center field for the decisive blow and was mobbed by his teammates in between second and third base. The Stars picked up their seventh walk-off win of the season. Joe Simokaitis belted a leadoff home run in the top of the ninth, his second of the series and third of the year, off Bo Hall, to give the Smokies a 4-3 edge. Tennessee mustered only eight runs in the series and has now dropped to 13-17 in the second half and six games behind the Stars in the North Division. Run-scoring singles by Issmael Salas in the third and Nate Spears, who collected his first double-A hit and RBI, in the fourth staked the visitors to a 2-0 lead. Escobar blasted a two-run long ball in the bottom of the fourth off Ryan O?Malley, who gave up his 20th homer of the season, to tie the game. Tyler Colvin singled in Casey McGehee in the sixth to put Tennessee back on top but the lead lasted only until the bottom of the inning when Iribarren smacked his third home run of the season to knot the game at three. Stars? starter Sam Narron went seven innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on seven hits, while fanning five. He has not issued a walk over 20 innings in his last three turns. O?Malley went five frames, giving up two runs on six hits, while striking out six. The Stars begin a five-game series in Jacksonville on Monday night with right-hander Will Inman taking the hill against Suns? right-hander Jimmy Norrito. Coverage of the game begins at 5:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: Michael Brantley hitting .407 in his last ten games; Sam Narron was 2-for-2 at the plate as well... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Steve Moss is 12-for-50 with eight RBIs in 15 games against Tennessee this season. (Photo by Jerry Hale/MLB.com) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/07/22/UEFhG8DN.jpg

Sorry to see RHP Chris Saenz was released by the Angels. He had pitched very poorly in the AA Texas League: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=430609

MiLB.com: Manatees, Cubs rained out Saturday night's Florida State League game between the Brevard County Manatees and Daytona Cubs was postponed due to rain. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Aug. 23. NOTE: LHP David Welch would have been your starting pitcher.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with First Baseman/Outfielder Brad Nelson (Yes, A New One): www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-21.mp3 Final, Game One: Nashville 5, Iowa (Cubs) 1 Nashville Site: Dickey Leads Sounds To 5-1 Win In Opener DES MOINES ? Nashville native R.A. Dickey worked a seven-inning complete game and contributed a two-run double to lead the Sounds to a 5-1 victory over the division-rival Iowa Cubs in the opener of a doubleheader on Saturday evening at Principal Park. AUDIO: Dickey Two-Run Double -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...7-21-1.mp3 The complete game was the second of the year for Dickey (8-5), who improved to 4-1 with a 2.04 ERA (12 ER / 53.0 IP) in eight starts since returning to the rotation in mid-June. With the win, Nashville (62-38) increased its divsion lead to a season-best 7 1/2 games over the I-Cubs. Complete results will be posted following the conclusion of tonight's on-field action. Nashville Game One Box Score: Joe Dillon on base all four times up, Ozzie Chavez on base all three times... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1 Nashville Game One Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1

RHP Steve Bray will get a spot start in Game Two of tonight's doubleheader. With rehabbing Elmer Dessens going Sunday, the Sounds staff will be taxed, although Nashville is off Monday.

Final: Arizona Rangers 6, Arizona Brewers 4, ten innings Arizona Box Score: 2007's 33rd round pick, Canadian OF Ryan Jensen, made his pro debut in this one, at DH; Brett Whiteside getting AB's elsewhere (first base today) when not catching; just-turned 17-year-old Aliixon Cequea with three hits, including a HR, maybe this Venezuelan will develop into "one to watch"; 23-year-old catcher Matt Czimskey now 9-for-23 (.391); 12 hits for the A-Crew, but no walks (11 K's)... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1 Arizona Game Log: Brewers tried to win it in the bottom of the 9th, but pinch-runner Charlie Iacono was thrown out at the plate; Whiteside, who had the game-tying hit in the 8th, couldn't come through in the 10th, striking out with one out and two men on -- then Chris Dennis grounded back to the pitcher to end it... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

Edgar Trejo signed on November 1st according to the media guide.

If we had seen anything other than "still close to getting some AB's in Arizona prior to going to Charleston", you'd have read it here. No news means the quadriceps is taking longer to heal than anticipated. We did see a note that he'll be playing in the Arizona Fall League to catch up on some AB's. That's going to be some tough pitching to try and catch up with.

Standings through Friday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nashville 61 38 .616 - 32-14 29-24 W2 Iowa 55 45 .550 6.5 32-21 23-24 L1 Omaha 47 53 .470 14.5 31-17 16-36 W1 Memphis 41 59 .410 20.5 22-30 19-29 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 18 11 .621 - 9-5 9-6 W11 Chattanooga 15 14 .517 3.0 6-9 9-5 W1 Carolina 14 15 .483 4.0 7-7 7-8 W1 Tennessee 13 16 .448 5.0 10-5 3-11 L4 West Tenn 12 17 .414 6.0 6-9 6-8 W4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 16 12 .571 - 7-5 9-7 W1 Jupiter 13 15 .464 3.0 6-4 7-11 W2 Palm Beach 13 15 .464 3.0 7-11 6-4 L3 St. Lucie 12 16 .429 4.0 4-9 8-7 W2 Daytona 11 17 .393 5.0 6-10 5-7 L3 Vero Beach 6 22 .214 10.0 3-12 3-10 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 17 10 .630 - 10-5 7-5 W3 Hickory 17 12 .586 1.0 9-7 8-5 W4 Lake County 15 12 .556 2.0 8-8 7-4 L2 West Virginia 15 14 .517 3.0 7-4 8-10 L3 Lexington 14 15 .483 4.0 8-6 6-9 L1 Delmarva 12 16 .429 5.5 5-11 7-5 L4 Greensboro 10 19 .345 8.0 5-6 5-13 W2 Hagerstown 9 19 .321 8.5 5-11 4-8 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 21 9 .700 - 14-3 7-6 W1 Helena 20 10 .667 1.0 7-6 13-4 W6 Billings 15 15 .500 6.0 10-6 5-9 W1 Missoula 14 16 .467 7.0 6-8 8-8 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Mariners 17 7 .708 - 10-2 7-5 W1 AZL Angels 15 8 .652 1.5 13-3 2-5 L1 AZL Padres 15 8 .652 1.5 8-2 7-6 L1 AZL Giants 13 11 .542 4.0 8-4 5-7 W1 AZL Cubs 11 12 .478 5.5 6-5 5-7 L4 AZL Royals 11 13 .458 6.0 5-6 6-7 W2 AZL Rangers 9 14 .391 7.5 4-7 5-7 L1 AZL Athletics 8 15 .348 8.5 5-6 3-9 W1 AZL Brewers 6 17 .261 10.5 2-9 4-8 L1