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Final: Brevard County 9, Lakeland (Tigers) 3 MiLB.com: Welch, 'pen lead Manatees David Welch and two relievers combined on a five-hitter as visiting Brevard County cruised past Lakeland, 9-3, on Sunday. Welch (4-2) surrendered two runs on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts in five innings. The 24-year-old lefty is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA over his last four starts. Josh Baker gave up a run on three walks and a wild pitch in two hitless innings before Kevin Roberts walked two and fanned one in two scoreless frames. Chris Errecart went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in the fourth for the Manatees (3-1). Darren Ford added three hits, Cole Gillespie collected two RBIs and Lorenzo Cain, Mat Gamel, Angel Salome and Yohannis Perez each drove in a run. Gamel's single in the fifth extended his streak to 22 games, tops in the Florida State League this season. Wilkin Ramirez smacked a solo homer, his 10th, and William Rhymes ripped a run-scoring single in the third for the Flying Tigers (1-2). Maxwell Leon added a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Lakeland starter Kyle Sleeth (0-1) yielded four runs -- three earned -- on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in four innings. -- Ryan McConnell/MLB.com. Brevard County Box Score: Three stolen bases for Darren Ford, now 40-for-52 on the season... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: You'll see in the 3rd inning that Anderson Delarosa replaces an apparently injured Nestor Corredor at catcher... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lakafa_1

Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 6, West Virginia 4 West Virginia Site Game Summary: RAMLOW STRONG THROUGH SIX IN POWER LOSS Mike Ramlow allowed just a run on four hits through six innings of Sunday evening?s game at Appalachian Power Park. Ramlow left with a 4-1 lead, but the Kannapolis Intimidators outscored the Power 5-0 in the last three innings and split the series with a 6-4 victory. Kenny Holmberg hit a two-run bomb, his eighth of the year, in the bottom of the second to snap a scoreless tie. The Power scored their final two runs in the third inning. Brent Brewer?s sacrifice fly plated Jimmy Mojica and Andrew Lefave laced an RBI single through the left side of the infield. Chris Carter began the Kannapolis comeback in the fourth inning with a solo home run, his 17th of the season. Kannapolis scored four runs in the seventh to take the lead. Lee Cruz batted in the first run on a base hit and Archie Gilbert?s two-run double tied the game. Gilbert scored the go-ahead run later in the inning on Scotty Madsen?s groundout and Brandon Allen scored the game?s final run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning. Faustino De Los Santos (5-2) struck out eight Power batters over six innings and got the victory, Noe Rodriguez (1) got the save and J.T. King (5-2) was tagged with the loss. Ramlow issued no free passes and struck out four through six innings. The Power fell to 50-22 overall and 2-2 in the second half, and the Intimidators improved to 34-40 overall and 2-2 in the second half with the win. The Power will start a four game series against the Augusta GreenJackets at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Monday night. The Power starting pitcher has not been announced and Augusta will start right hander Dan Griffin (4-3, 3.08). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Manny Parra: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-24.mp3 Final: Nashville 9, Round Rock (Astros) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Mike Rivera photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2406 Rivera Slam Keys Big Inning In 9-4 Sounds Win ROUND ROCK, Texas ? Mike Rivera belted a grand slam to highlight a seven-run seventh inning as the Nashville Sounds came from behind to post a 9-4 victory over the Round Rock Express on Sunday evening at The Dell Diamond. The victory snapped a two-game skid for the Sounds (44-32), who remain a half-game behind Iowa in the PCL American Conference Northern Division standings. Round Rock grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning against Sounds starter Zach Jackson. Jason Lane led off the frame with a double to left and later scored on a Mark Saccamanno groundout. Lane struck again in the fourth when he lifted a leadoff home run to left off Jackson for a 2-0 Express lead and his third roundtripper of the season. Express starter Mark McLemore turned in a solid effort before being pulled due to a pitch count. The left-hander held the Sounds to one hit (a Jackson double) while striking out five batters over his four innings of work. He threw 72 pitches. Round Rock extended the lead to 3-0 against Jackson in the fifth with three consecutive two-out singles, the last of which by Brooks Conrad plated Josh Anderson. Joe Dillon put the Sounds on the board in the top of the sixth inning with a two-out, two-run home run to left, the veteran?s team-leading 14th roundtripper of the year. The blast, which came on a 3-2 pitch against Express reliever Jared Gothreaux and scored Callix Crabbe, made it a 3-2 contest and could have tied the game had Tony Gwynn not been picked off second base by Gothreaux earlier in the frame. The Express got a run right back in the bottom of the frame. Lane and Cody Ransom opened with consecutive singles to put runners on the corners and chase Jackson from the contest. Saccomanno greeted Sounds reliever Steve Bray with an RBI single to left that plated Lane to extend the Round Rock lead to 4-2. Nashville pulled ahead for the first time all evening with a season-best seven-run seventh inning against Round Rock reliever Jose Rodriguez, who blew his first save in three chances. Brad Nelson greeted the right-hander with a single and pulled the Sounds within a run at 4-3 when Drew Anderson followed with an RBI double to right. After Chris Barnwell drew a walk, pinch-hitter Jose Macias sacrificed the runners to second and third for Gwynn, who delivered a game-tying single to right to knot the score at 4-4. After Crabbe fanned for the second out, Laynce Nix was intentionally walked to load the bases for Dillon, who drew a walk from Rodriguez to force home Barnwell with the go-ahead score. Rivera followed with his grand slam to left, the catcher?s 12th home run of the season and Nashville second grannie, to increase the visitors? lead to 9-4. AUDIO: Mike Rivera's Grand Slam -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-24.mp3 Bray (4-1) was the beneficiary of the Nashville rally and was awarded the victory after working one scoreless inning of relief. Grant Balfour followed by striking out a season-high six batters over three hitless innings for the Sounds to nail down his third save of the year. With the solid outing, the Australian extended his scoreless streak to 19.0 consecutive innings out of the Nashville bullpen. Balfour has allowed only nine hits in those 19 frames over 13 appearances. Rodriguez (0-3) took the loss after being tagged for seven runs on four hits and three walks in his lone frame of action. The teams meet again at 7:05 p.m. CT on Monday night in the third game of the four-game set. Left-hander Manny Parra (0-1, 3.00) will make his second start for the Sounds in search of his first career Triple-A win. Round Rock will counter with right-hander Matt Albers (2-2, 4.11). Nashville Box Score: Grant Balfour must have Jose Capellan's attention... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1

Final: Huntsville 6, Chattanooga (Reds) 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1237 Stars Start Six-Game Home Stand With a Win Lou Palmisano hit a home run and drove in three runs to pace a 13-hit attack in Huntsville?s 6-1 win over Chattanooga Sunday evening at Joe Davis Staduim. The Stars improved to 3-4 in the second half and 40-35 overall, while the Lookouts dropped to 5-2 in the second half and 34-43 overall. Palmisano led off the second inning with his fifth long ball of the year and his first since May 9 at home against Mobile to give the Stars the early lead against Lookout?s starter Camilo Vazquez. Adam Heether?s two-out single in the fourth chased home Alcides Escobar to give the home side a 2-0 advantage. Escobar and Steve Sollmann singled with two outs in the fifth before Ruben Mateo struck out but reached on a wild pitch to keep the inning going. Palmisano then followed with a two-run single to left field to extend the lead to 4-0. Mateo?s run-scoring single and a Brendan Katin run-scoring ground out in the seventh made it 6-0 Huntsville. The Stars had been held to three runs or fewer in 11 of their last 12 games and to six hits or fewer in ten of their last 15 before Sunday night's game. Mark DiFelice threw four scoreless innings for the Stars in a spot start, allowing four singles and striking out five. He has now thrown 23 2/3 innings since last allowing a run May 23 at Mobile. Jeff Housman worked two scoreless innings to earn his third win of the year and Luis Pena nailed down his second save of the season with three innings of work. He allowed the Lookouts' only run in the ninth inning on a pinch-hit, run-scoring ground out by Jay Garthwaite. The series continues Monday night, as Huntsville will send right-hander Will Inman to the hill against Lookouts? right-hander James Avery. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on Sports Radio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. ***Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars' bullpen, bats shine Huntsville hands Chattanooga 6-1 loss at Joe Davis By SKIP VAUGHN For The Huntsville Times skip.vaughn@htimes.com Huntsville Stars manager Don Money wants his players to keep the same intensity they had in winning the first-half title in the Southern League North. "You've got to keep going," he said before Sunday night's game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. "The season's a long season. It's 140 games, not 70. "It (the first-half title) takes the pressure off, but the players have to keep playing. It's a long season. This is where they try to elevate their game to go to the next level." The Stars overcame Chattanooga 6-1 before an announced crowd of 2,149 at Joe Davis Stadium. "We hit a home run (by Lou Palmisano), we picked up 13 hits and got some good pitching from everybody," Money said. "It was all bullpen tonight." Huntsville reliever Mark DiFelice made his first start for the Stars and pitched a solid four innings. He allowed four hits and had five strikeouts in extending his scoreless streak to 23 2/3 innings. He left after throwing 72 pitches, 53 for strikes. "My curveball was really good today," said DiFelice, who got the opportunity to start because of an opening created by last week's doubleheader. "My cutter was my go-to pitch when I was down in the count." He throws his fastball 88-89 mph, his cutter 83-85 mph and his curveball 75-76 mph. He expects to make another start Friday. "He did a very nice job," Stars pitching coach Rich Sauveur said. "He's done a nice job all year, throws strikes, changes speeds, knows how to pitch. Just goes out and does a nice job. This kid is probably going to get one more start and he's going back to the pen. I don't expect for him to be here much longer." Palmisano went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. "Just had a good night at the plate," Palmisano said. "Just one of those nights where you're getting good pitches to hit and squaring them up." He opened the scoring in the second with his fifth homer of the season, a towering drive to left. It came on a 3-1 fastball from Chattanooga starter Camilo Vazquez (4-7). "Just looking for a good pitch to hit and it just happened to go out," Palmisano said. "Bad days you roll those over and good days you hit them well." Huntsville (3-4) upped its lead to 2-0 in the fourth on Adam Heether's two-out RBI single. Steve Sollmann and Ruben Mateo singled to start the inning and Sollmann scored on Heether's hit to right. Stars reliever Jeff Housman (3-1) pitched two scoreless innings and got the win while Luis Pena earned his second save. Pena allowed one run and three hits in three innings. Palmisano delivered a two-out, two-run single in the fifth for a 4-0 cushion. With two outs, Alcides Escobar and Sollmann singled. Mateo struck out but reached first on a wild pitch by Vazquez. Palmisano singled to left to score Escobar and Sollmann. Mateo hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-0. Escobar had a leadoff hit, stole second and scored on Mateo's one-out hit to left. Pinch runner Mel Stocker stole second, advanced to third on Palmisano's hit and scored on Brendan Katin's groundout. Chattanooga (5-2) scored its lone run in the ninth on Jay Garthwaite's RBI groundout off Pena. The second game of the six-game series is tonight at 7:05 at Joe Davis Stadium. Scheduled starters are Chattanooga's James Avery (6-7, 5.29) and Huntsville's Will Inman (0-2, 9.35). Huntsville Box Score: We'll see how Michael Brantley's AB's are affected by Ruben Mateo's return... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Huntsville Times: New Stars shortstop Alcides Escobar was taking batting practice before a game against the Smokies this week when he found out some exciting news: He'd be participating in the XM Satellite All-Star Futures game July 8 in San Francisco as part of the MLB All-Star weekend festivities. Escobar will represent the World Team against the United States, much like Brewers pitcher and former Star Yovani Gallardo did last year. Also, ex-Huntsville and current Milwaukee third baseman Ryan Braun participated last season. "I'm very, very happy," Escobar said. "I'm playing hard for the rest of the season, and when September comes, who knows? You may go to the big leagues. I'm working every day." The 20-year-old earned a call-up from Brevard County by hitting .325 with 25 RBIs and eight doubles. Heading into Saturday, he was hitting .235 for the Stars with four RBIs and two steals in 17 at-bats after replacing Yohannis Perez, who was sent down at the end of the first half. "He deserves it," Stars manager Don Money said of Escobar. "He's playing solid defense and helping us at the plate now. He just needs more time." Perez needs some extra time, too. He showed strong defense but struggled at the plate, batting .195 with 55 strikeouts in 56 games with the Stars. The defector from Cuba hadn't played for two seasons and the layoff was obvious offensively as struggled making contact and pulling the ball.

Standings through Saturday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 43 31 .581 - 23-14 20-17 W2 Nashville 43 32 .573 0.5 26-12 17-20 L2 Omaha 35 40 .467 8.5 24-12 11-28 L1 Memphis 34 42 .447 10.0 18-19 16-23 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 5 1 .833 - 5-1 0-0 W2 Tennessee 4 2 .667 1.0 4-2 0-0 W1 West Tenn 3 3 .500 2.0 3-3 0-0 W3 Huntsville 2 4 .333 3.0 0-0 2-4 L1 Carolina 0 6 .000 5.0 0-0 0-6 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vero Beach 3 0 1.000 - 1-0 2-0 W3 Brevard County 2 1 .667 1.0 1-0 1-1 L1 Palm Beach 2 1 .667 1.0 2-1 0-0 W2 Jupiter 1 2 .333 2.0 0-0 1-2 L2 St. Lucie 1 2 .333 2.0 1-2 0-0 W1 Daytona 0 3 .000 3.0 0-2 0-1 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 3 0 1.000 - 3-0 0-0 W3 Lake County 2 1 .667 1.0 2-1 0-0 L1 West Virginia 2 1 .667 1.0 2-1 0-0 W1 Delmarva 1 2 .333 2.0 0-0 1-2 W1 Hickory 1 2 .333 2.0 1-2 0-0 L1 Lexington 1 2 .333 2.0 1-2 0-0 W1 Greensboro 0 3 .000 3.0 0-3 0-0 L3 Hagerstown 0 3 .000 3.0 0-0 0-3 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - PIO North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 3 2 .600 - 1-1 2-1 W1 Great Falls 3 2 .600 - 1-2 2-0 W2 Helena 2 3 .400 1.0 0-2 2-1 L2 Missoula 2 3 .400 1.0 1-2 1-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Rangers 2 0 1.000 - 1-0 1-0 W2 AZL Brewers 1 0 1.000 0.5 1-0 0-0 W1 AZL Angels 1 1 .500 1.0 1-0 0-1 W1 AZL Cubs 1 1 .500 1.0 1-0 0-1 L1 AZL Giants 1 1 .500 1.0 0-1 1-0 L1 AZL Mariners 1 1 .500 1.0 1-0 0-1 L1 AZL Royals 1 1 .500 1.0 1-0 0-1 W1 AZL Padres 0 1 .000 1.5 0-0 0-1 L1 AZL Athletics 0 2 .000 2.0 0-1 0-1 L2

Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...407_01.txt Sox silence Brewers bats By TOM COTTON, Helena Independent Record Sports Editor Five games into the season, the Helena Brewers? pitching and defense is definitely ahead of its offense. The Brewers? bats once again went into hibernation Saturday night as they fell 4-2 to the Great Falls White Sox. Helena has scored just two runs in each of its last three games and they have won just one of those contests. Great Falls had Aaron Poreda on the mound in Saturday?s game. Poreda, a 6-foot-6 left hander, was Chicago?s first-round pick earlier this month in the First Year Player Draft. His fastball has been clocked in the mid-90s and he went to that pitch early and often against Helena. The University of San Francisco product struck out five in his professional debut and didn?t give up a hit until the fourth inning. ?I was nervous,? Poreda said. ?There was a lot of hype and pressure on me so I wanted to turn up the heat. I do better when the pressure is on.? The Brewers went down meekly in the first three innings, but finally broke through in the fourth. A single by Jonathan Lucroy started a run of three straight singles. The final hit in that string was a soft liner by Helena?s Steffan Wilson, which brought Lucroy home. That tied the contest at 1-1. The White Sox scored first when Christian Marerro hit an RBI double in the second. Great Falls took the lead for good in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Greg Paiml. After that score, both teams? bullpens settled down until the last two innings. The White Sox extended their lead in the eighth thanks to an RBI ground out by Josh Morgan and an RBI double by Marerro. Great Falls, however, had to endure some nervous moments before closing out the win. ?We got better at bats later in the game,? said Helena manager Jeff Isom. ?No question, we have to get our bats going and we feel like we have the personnel to do that.? In the eighth inning, Helena trailed 4-1 but looked like they could rally past the White Sox. Eric Farris got the fans on their feet with one out, when he smacked a triple that landed at the base of the right-field wall. He was brought home on a single by Lucroy, which was followed by a single by Caleb Gindl. Gindl continued his hot start by going 3-for-4 in the contest and is hitting .444 after five games. The 18-year-old from Pace, Fla., was in the cleanup spot for the Brewers on Saturday. ?That guy can swing the bat,? Isom said. ?He has made the adjustment to pro ball and he is an exciting kid to see play.? The eighth-inning rally died, however, when the White Sox turned a double play to end the threat. Helena also had the tying run at the plate with two outs in the ninth, but Great Falls reliever Ronnie Morales registered a strikeout to get the save. Isom was pleased with the way his team pitched. Brock Kjeldgaard got the start and went five solid innings before Donovan Hand and Nick Tyson came in for the last four innings. The two teams will meet again today at 4:05 PM (5:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field. Roque Mercedes is the probable starter for Helena. Jonathan Lucroy photo - Helena Independent Record http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2007/06/24/sports_top/b01062407_01.jpg

Helena Site Game Summary: Helena Loses Second in a Row HELENA?Despite bringing the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning the Helena Brewers fell to the Great Falls White Sox for the second night in a row. With two outs and one runner on Brewer pinch-hitter Eric Newton came to the plate with a chance to tie things up. Instead White Sox pitcher Ronald Morales got a big strikeout to end the game. The Brewers fell behind in the second inning 1-0 and later tied the game in the fourth inning, but the White Sox outscored Helena the rest of the way for a 4-2 Great Falls win. Three consecutive singles from Brewers Jonathan Lucroy, Caleb Gindl, and Steffan Wilson tied the game at one apiece, but Helena failed to take a lead. During their ensuing at-bat the White Sox added a run in the fifth inning to take a 2-1 advantage. Great Falls later added two more runs in the eighth inning. The Brewers tried to get things going in their half of the eighth and ninth innings, but could score only more run. Eric Farris hit a one-out triple to the right-centerfield alley during the eighth and Lucroy drove him in to cut the lead to 4-2. Helena advanced runners to second and third with one out, but an inning-ending double play quelled the threat. With the loss Helena falls to 2-3 while Great Falls improves to 3-2. The Brewers will try to salvage the series with the White Sox when they take the field 4:05 PM Sunday (5:05 Central) against Great Falls.

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: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lakafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Arizona: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_pdrrok_1

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at Round Rock (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Mark DiFelice at home vs. Chattanooga (Reds), 5:50 PM pre-game; 6:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: LHP David Welch at Lakeland (Tigers), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 West Virginia: LHP Mike Ramlow at home vs. Kannapolis (White Sox), 3:55 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Helena: RHP Roque Mercedes at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 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 the Padres complex in Peoria, 10:30 AM local time in Arizona, 11:30 Central; never any audio for Arizona Rookie League games; you'll also notice box scores and game log won't necessarily post "live"...

West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER TAKE CARE OF KANNAPOLIS IN 13 In a game that took four hours, ten minutes and 13 innings to complete, the West Virginia Power came from behind to beat the Kannapolis Intimidators 9-8 on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. Kannapolis took a 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning. John Anderson doubled in two, Andrew Lefave?s errant throw plated another and Archie Gilbert?s base hit accounted for the other run. West Virginia cut the lead in half on RBI doubles from Brad Miller and Lefave in the third. Kenny Holmberg doubled in a run in the fifth inning to make it a one run game but the Intimidators added to their lead on a solo home run from Mike Grace in the sixth. Steve Chapman singled in a run in the eighth inning to make it a one-run game again, before a pair of West Virginia errors allowed Kannapolis to scored twice in the ninth inning. The Power hit five straight singles in the ninth inning and scored three times to tie the game. Lefave, Taylor Green and Jimmy Mojica all ripped RBI singles. Nobody scored again until Archie Gilbert singled in a run for Kannapolis in the 13th inning. With two outs in the bottom of the inning, Mike Grace?s throwing error allowed Chuckie Caufield to score the tying run and Brad Miller?s base hit plated Charlie Fermaint to win it for the Power. Omar Aguilar (6-1) got the victory, and Joe Winn (0-1) was tagged with the loss. West Virginia committed five errors, a season high. The Power improved to 50-21 overall and 2-1 in the second half, and the Intimidators fell to 33-40 overall and 1-2 in the second half with the loss. Chuckie Caufield and Steve Chapman paced the Power with three hits while seven Power players had multi-hit games. The Power will finish the four game series against the Intimidators Sunday evening. Left hander Mike Ramlow (3-2, 7.78) will start for the Power and Kannapolis will counter with right hander Faustino De Los Santos (4-2, 2.54). The first pitch is scheduled for 5:05 PM (4:05 Central).

MiLB.com: Flying Tigers thrash Manatees William Rhymes and Ryan Roberson drove in three runs apiece to propel Lakeland over Brevard County, 13-5, on Saturday at Space Coast Stadium. Rhymes reached base four times as the leadoff man, going 2-for-4 with two walks and a run scored. He hit a two-run single in the sixth inning and drove in Justin Justice with a groundout in the eighth. Roberson's ground-rule double plated Cameron Maybin in the fifth. He added a two-run single in Lakeland's six-run sixth. Wilkin Ramirez led off the fourth with his ninth homer as part of a two-hit night for the Flying Tigers (1-1). Lakeland starter Angel Castro (1-0) got the win in his Florida State League debut, despite giving up five runs on 10 hits and three walks while punching out two in six innings. Mat Gamel extended his league season-high hitting streak to 21 games with an RBI double as the Manatees (2-1) plated all their runs in the second. Brevard County reliever Vince Perkins (1-2) surrendered six runs on three hits and three walks while retiring two batters. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com

Helena KCAP Audio Pre-Game Interview with catcher Jonathan Lucroy (date of June 23rd, right off the top): web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Final: Great Falls (White Sox) 4, Helena 2 Helena Box Score: Some of these young men are digging themselves early-season batting average holes, 18-year-old Caleb Gindl with three more hits, now 8-for-18 with three walks and only one K; Glendale, Wisconsin's Anthony Wycklendt with two hits and an outfield assist at home plate... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Helena Game Log: GIDP hurt in the 8th; this squad certainly gets the occasional baserunner, but where are the extended rallies? Non-existant... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

Final: Round Rock (Astros) 6, Nashville 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Tony Gwynn photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2404 Sounds Drop Road Trip Opener To Express, 6-1 ROUND ROCK, Texas ? The Nashville Sounds suffered a 6-1 loss to the Round Rock Express on Saturday evening at The Dell Diamond in the opener of a four-game series. With the defeat, the Sounds (43-32) suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since late May and fell out of first place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division, dropping a half-game behind Iowa in the standings. Round Rock starter Philip Barzilla (7-5) worked a complete game to earn the victory. The southpaw allowed one run on six hits over his nine innings of work. The Sounds grabbed an early lead against the Express, plating the game?s first run in the top of the first inning. Tony Gwynn led off with a triple and scored two batters later on Laynce Nix?s RBI single off Barzilla. AUDIO: Laynce Nix RBI Single -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-23.mp3 Round Rock rallied for three runs against Sounds starter Chris Oxspring in the bottom of the second inning to grab a 3-1 lead. Former Brewer farmhand Danny Klassen (1993 - 1997) walked to open the frame and moved to second on a Cody Ransom single. Mark Saccamanno tied the contest with an RBI double to center that left runners on second and third. Two batters later, Danny Ardoin ripped an RBI double to left that scored Ransom with the go-ahead run. Nix gunned down Saccamanno at the plate as he attempted to score a second run on the play. Barzilla helped his own cause by driving in the third run of the inning when he followed with an RBI single off Jackson. The Express added single runs in the fourth and sixth to increase the advantage to 5-1 before capping off the evening?s scoring on Josh Anderson?s two-out RBI triple in the eighth against Greg Aquino. After the first inning, Nashville failed to advance another runner to second base until the ninth as Barzilla allowed only two hits from the second through eighth frames to keep the Sounds at bay. Oxspring (6-4) had a four-game winning streak snapped as he suffered the loss for the Sounds. The right-hander surrendered four runs on seven hits over six innings, walking two batters while striking out six. The teams meet again at 7:05 p.m. CT on Sunday evening. Left-hander Zach Jackson (8-3, 4.61) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Round Rock southpaw Mark McLemore (0-1, 3.05). Nashville Box Score: Tony Gwynn in left field, Charles Thomas in center; Drew Anderson losing playing time since Gwynn's arrival... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1

Final: West Virginia 9, Kannapolis (White Sox) 8, 13 innings Brad Miller walk-off base hit! Power score three in the 9th to tie it, then score two in the 13th after the Intimidators scored in the top of the inning... West Virginia Box Score: Over four hours for this one, Power never led until the final base hit; 19 hits for the boys, seven Power with multi-hit nights; the Kannapolis shortstop was HBP by three different Power pitchers -- ouch; Taylor Green, no longer tucked in the 9-spot, on base four of five times; ten innings of work from the pen, only two earned runs allowed... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Not a stellar defensive night for this usually solid squad; five straight singles with one out in the 9th extended the game; it was an error on a tough play that allowed the Power to tie things in the 13th, setting up Brad Miller's clutch game-winner... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Most of MiLB.com's functionality is down tonight, has been for a bit -- depending on when it comes back online, updates will be limited.

Final: Lakeland (Tigers) 13, Brevard County 5 Brevard County Box Score: LHP Rafael Lluberes was your starter, not LHP David Welch; the Brewers invested quite a bit in RHP Vince Perkins, carrying him on the major league disabled list for all of 2006, but he's struggled more often than not this season; how many people would list Mike Bell as the Manatees' RBI leader? He is... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_lakafa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Hitting Coach Harry Spilman: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-23.mp3

Final: Tennessee (Cubs) 2, Huntsville 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1235 Stars Suffer Disappointing Loss to Finish Series with Smokies Huntsville committed two costly errors and Tennessee?s bullpen tossed four scoreless innings to preserve a 2-1 win in the final of a six-game set Saturday night at Smokies Park. The Smokies took four out of six to begin the second half to improve to 40-34 overall, while the Stars dropped to 39-35 overall. Steve Moss led off the game with a single, moved to second base on a ground ball out and scored on a single by Lou Palmisano to give the Stars a 1-0 lead. Huntsville scored in the first inning in four of the six games in the series but wound up losing three of those games. Sam Fuld and Issmael Salas started the home first with singles before Jake Fox hit a potential double play grounder to third base. Adam Heether fielded and threw to Hernan Iribarren for the force at second base but first baseman Steve Sollmann could not handle the relay throw, allowing Fox to reach safely and Fuld to score from third to tie the game. Jorge Cortes singled with one out in the home fourth and advanced to second base with two outs when Iribarren mishandled a ground ball hit by Smokies? starter Paul Schappert. The inning continued and Sam Fuld made the Stars pay with a single to left field that plated Cortes with what turned out to be the winning run. Stars? starter Sam Narron suffered the hard-luck loss to fall to 3-6 after giving up two unearned runs in six innings. He gave up seven hits, walked two and fanned three. Bo Hall and Robert Hinton each tossed a scoreless inning in relief. Billy Petrick worked 2 1/3 scoreless innings behind Schappert and was followed to the hill by Jerry Blevins, who retired both batters he faced. Jim Henderson took over in the ninth and retired the first two batters he faced before giving up singles to Brendan Katin and Hernan Iribarren. However, the right-hander squelched the threat by striking out Alcides Escobar to end the game and record his second save of the series and sixth of the season. The Stars have been held to three runs or fewer in 11 of their last 12 games. The Stars return home on Sunday to begin a six-game series with Chattanooga, as right-hander Mark DiFelice will take the mound for Huntsville against Lookouts? left-hander Camilo Vazquez. DiFelice gets a spot start due to the doubleheader the Stars played earlier this week. 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_tenaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: As noted above, the lead runner in the Smokies' first inning scored from second base on Steve Sollmann's drop of the double-play relay throw at first base. Otherwise, you can't assume the double play and no error would have been charged. That's why the first-inning run was unearned... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_tenaax_1

I can't wait for Brent Brewer and Ryan Crew to turn a double play behind Tony Drinkard in Miller Park.

By the way, Brewerfan Player Index Pages are in place for the Helena roster. We'll work on adding photos this week, as well as finalizing the Arizona Player Profiles.

The Brewers have signed another non-drafted free agent. LHP Tony Drinkard out of Jacksonville State (Alabama) University turned 22 years old last March. He went 6-3 with a 4.27 ERA (15 games, 14 starts) in 2007, striking out 57 and walking 28 in 86.1 IP. He allowed 103 hits, 25 for extra bases. LHP Tony Drinkard's Player Page from JSU (entering the 2007 season): www.jsugamecocksports.com...ast(number as int) His teammate was RHP Donovan Hand, drafted by the Brewers in the 14th round, currently in Helena. Drinkard went to Brewer High School http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif . Hey, didn't we all?