Jim Goulart

West Virginia Site Game Two Summary: CAPTAINS SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER Charleston, WV ? After scoring 12 runs on 19 hits in a 12-4 victory during the day, the Lake County Captains held the Power to a run on six hits and took the night cap of the doubleheader at Appalachian Power Park by the final of 5-1. The Power plated their only run on Taylor Green?s two out run-scoring single in the fourth inning. Shawn Ferguson had a no-hitter going until Carlos Rivero doubled with two outs in the fifth inning. Rivero scored later in the fifth to tie the game on Alex Castillo?s single. Cirilo Cumberbatch doubled in a run in the sixth inning and scored later in the frame on Roman Pena?s base hit. Rivero struck again in the eighth inning with an RBI double and Matt Whitney plated Lake County?s final run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning. Carlton Smith (4-5) got the victory while Jared Sutton (0-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering two runs on three hits through two innings. Ferguson tossed five strong innings, allowing just a run on two hits with four strikeouts. The Power fell to 47-20 with the loss and the Captains improved to 31-38 with the win. Chuckie Caufield was the only Power player with a multi-hit game, as he recorded two of the Power?s six hits. The Power will finish the first half against Lake County Sunday evening. Left hander Mike Ramlow (2-2, 7.33) will start for the Power and the Captains will counter with right hander Steve Wright (4-7, 4.72). The first pitch is schedule for 5:05 PM (4:05 Central).

Final, Game Two: Lake County (Indians) 5, West Virginia 1 Details from Power site later on... West Virginia Game Two Box Score: 24-year-old RHP Shawn Ferguson will provide a stable rotation presence in the second half; these guys have earned some time off, they'll get it for the All-Star Break after Sunday's game... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_2 West Virginia Game Two Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_2

On to extras in Huntsville -- 2-2 after regulation...

Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Callix Crabbe photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2390 Déjà Vu! Sounds Walk Off Against Royals Again NASHVILLE ? Sounds second baseman Callix Crabbe hit a game-winning two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Nashville a 7-5 win over the Omaha Royals, the club?s second last at-bat victory in two days. The blast, which came against Royals reliever and former Brewer farmhand Roberto Giron, was Crabbe?s fourth longball of the season and his second game-ending homer. He was 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs in the game. AUDIO: Callix Crabbe's Game-Ending HR -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...6-16-1.mp3 Nashville (40-29) won its fourth straight game and logged its 13th victory in the last 17 contests. Sounds reliever Joe Thatcher (1-1) earned his first career Triple-A win by throwing two-thirds of an inning and striking out one. The Sounds scored the first run for a PCL-leading 44th time in the bottom of the first inning when Crabbe scored on a Joe Dillon sacrifice fly off of Royals starter Matt Wright. Dillon currently leads the team with 41 RBIs on the season. Omaha (33-36) tied the game in the top of the third inning on a Mitch Maier solo home run, his sixth of the season and second of the series. The Royals jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning by beginning with back-to-back singles from Bill McCarthy and Jorge Padilla. Paul Phillips then singled to load the bases before Derek Wathan would add a one-out, two RBI single in his Omaha debut. Phillips and Wathan both scored on wild pitches before Oxspring successfully struck out the side to complete the rough inning. The Sounds lowered the deficit in the bottom of the fifth when Jose Macias led off the inning with a double before Crabbe reached first base on a walk. Chris Barnwell then hit a line drive to left-center that bounced over the wall for an RBI ground rule double. Laynce Nix followed with a single that blooped into shallow left, allowing Crabbe and Barnwell to score. Nashville catcher Vinny Rottino tied the game against Giron in the bottom of the eighth inning with a solo shot off of the guitar-shaped scoreboard. It was Rottino?s seventh home run and second guitar shot of the season. He went 3-for-4 on the night with a pair of stolen bases and an RBI. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Macias singled through the gap into left field before Crabbe hit a 2-0 pitch from Giron (0-3) over the right field wall to give Nashville its second consecutive last at-bat victory. Sounds starter Chris Oxspring, who entered the contest as the Pacific Coast League ERA leader, took a no-decision after tying a season high by giving up five runs in seven innings but struck out nine. The teams continue the series with game three of four on Sunday at 6 p.m. Sounds right-hander R.A. Dickey (4-4, 5.78) will make a spot start, filling the rotation slot of recently-promoted Yovani Gallardo, and square off against Omaha southpaw Nate Hoelscher (2-0, 3.79). Nashville Box Score: What a season for Callix Crabbe thus far in his first stint at AAA; Vinny Rottino three hits, two stolen bases -- he was behind the plate and Chris Oxspring did throw run-scoring wild pitches to consecutive batters in the 4th, neither ruled a passed ball -- for those of you wondering if Vinny would make more sense on the Brewer roster than Kevin Mench, Rottino has a surprisingly odd split vs. southpaws this season -- only a .482 OPS (9-for-45) in an acknowledged small sample... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

In progress: Birmingham (White Sox) 2, Huntsville 2, after six innings Tennessee up by three in the 9th, so the Stars really need to pull this one out -- flip over as soon as the Brewer game wraps up...

Final: Nashville 7, Omaha (Royals) 5 Details from Sounds site shortly... Wow -- walk-off two-run HR for Callix Crabbe to send the Sounds to a 7-5 victory! Vinny Rottino had homered in the 8th to tie the game. Chris Oxspring recovered nicely from some early trouble, and Steve Bray and Joe Thatcher more than fine in relief. Iowa is losing a tight game as of this post, there could be a first-place Sounds team in the morning.

The Manatees' East Squad wins the All-Star Game, 8-4 Alcides Escobar doubled in his lone at-bat; Cole Gillespie flied out, walked, and popped out after his early HR; Josh Wahpepah got a ground out to end the 8th with a man on 1st against the only man he faced; Ben Stanczyk's night and the box score and audio archive links above...

Yeah, but we're talking Florida State League here, Al -- here's your attendance figures, and it doesn't really fluctuate based on month: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=l123 We're not talking about missing huge gates here...

UW-Milwaukee's Ben Stanczyk's 6th inning: - Lou Marson grounds out, pitcher Ben Stanczyk to shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Mark Hamilton. - Adam Rosales grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Mark Hamilton. - Gregory Golson strikes out swinging. Nice!

Cole Gillespie the sole Manatee to start tonight, hit a two-run HR his first time up -- his East Stars trail, 4-2...

Rotoworld: MLB suspended Phillies minor league RHP Matt Childers 50 games for violating the minor league drug and prevention treatment program. Childers, 28, appeared in the majors with the Brewers in 2002 and the Braves in 2005. He had a 3.41 ERA for Triple-A Ottawa this season.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: CAPTAINS SNAP SKID AGAINST POWER The Lake County Captains scored 12 runs on a season high 19 hits as they snapped their seven game losing streak with a 12-4 victory over the West Virginia Power in the first half of a day/night doubleheader at Appalachian Power Park. Lake County took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run double from Matt McBride and a two-run homer from Matt Whitney. The Power came within a run after two innings. Taylor Green singled in a run in with two outs in the first, Andy Bouchie scored on a wild pitch and Brent Brewer batted in Jimmy Mojica on a single. The Captains pulled away after a Dave Uribes RBI single in the third and a five-run fourth inning. Whitney and Nick Weglarz doubled in two runs each and Uribes reached on a wild pitch to plate Weglarz. Andrew Lefave hit a solo home run, his seventh of the year, in the fifth inning to plate West Virginia?s last run. In the eighth, Whitney hit his second homer of the game, giving him four hits and five RBI in the contest. Carlos Rivero brought in the final run on a double. Josh Tomlin (6-0) got the victory while Brae Wright (4-4) was tagged with the loss after surrendering 10 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits over three and a third. Chris Toneguzzi and Jose Romero combined to allow just two runs on eight hits over five and two thirds out of the bullpen. The Power fell to 47-19 with the loss and the Captains improved to 30-38 with the win. Lefave paced the Power with three hits while Green, Charlie Fermaint and Brewer all chipped in with two. The Power will continue the day/night doubleheader against Lake County Captains at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). Game two features right hander Shawn Ferguson (0-1, 4.91) for the Power and the Captains will counter with right hander Carlton Smith (3-5, 6.08).

Final, Game One: Lake County (Indians) 12, West Virginia 4 West Virginia Box Score: Power surrender 19 hits for the second time this week; Chris Toneguzzi helps save most of the bullpen for tonight; Andrew Lefave needs to take his .950+ OPS onward and upward... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Nashville Site: Getting To Know ... 1B Andy Abad Getting To Know ... P Tim Dillard If you have a question you'd like your favorite Sounds player to answer, click here to submit it. The answer might be in a future Getting To Know ... update. The Sounds will be updating the site with two new Q&A's each week.

You're looking for this article which was linked in the Minor League Transactions thread earlier: www.pensacolanewsjournal....30350/1002 Gindl signed a contract -- a package of more than $200,000 -- with the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday and reported to the team's rookie club Monday in Phoenix. That basically would be the value of schooling the Brewers include in most high draft pick packages. Even at the lower pick levels, schooling is normally included, if I'm not mistaken, it's predicated dollar-wise on the cost of a state school public education generally.

In progress: Lake County (Indians) 10, West Virginia 3, bottom of the 4th in Charleston Tough outing for Brae Wright today after two excellent starts -- a Brent Brewer error in the 4th didn't help, but that was only a small part of the problem; surely management was hoping for more in terms of innings, staff is pretty short right now, and tonight's nightcap is a nine-inning affair (day/night doubleheader)

Infielder Brad Miller, 21, has joined the Power from extended spring training. He hit .200 in 185 AB's for Helena last year. OF Anthony Wycklendt moves to Helena. He was 0-for-6 with a walk in his brief stay with the Power.

Standings through Friday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 39 28 .582 - 21-12 18-16 L2 Nashville 39 29 .574 0.5 22-10 17-19 W3 Omaha 33 35 .485 6.5 24-12 9-23 L1 Memphis 30 39 .435 10.0 18-18 12-21 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 35 31 .530 - 18-15 17-16 L2 Tennessee 35 31 .530 - 16-15 19-16 L1 West Tenn 30 38 .441 6.0 19-16 11-22 W1 Chattanooga 29 39 .426 7.0 17-18 12-21 W1 Carolina 26 42 .382 10.0 17-16 9-26 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 39 28 .582 - 22-11 17-17 W1 Palm Beach 34 33 .507 5.0 16-18 18-15 L1 Vero Beach 34 33 .507 5.0 24-12 10-21 W6 Daytona 31 35 .470 7.5 19-12 12-23 L1 St. Lucie 30 37 .448 9.0 17-17 13-20 L3 Jupiter 29 38 .433 10.0 14-19 15-19 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 47 18 .723 - 22-10 25-8 W2 Greensboro 38 30 .559 10.5 25-10 13-20 W2 Delmarva 34 31 .523 13.0 19-13 15-18 L1 Lakewood 31 32 .492 15.0 15-18 16-14 W1 Lexington 30 38 .441 18.5 16-19 14-19 L1 Lake County 29 38 .433 19.0 17-18 12-20 L7 Hagerstown 28 37 .431 19.0 16-15 12-22 W1 Hickory 27 38 .415 20.0 14-16 13-22 W1

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 Saturday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Open the Nashville Gameday. For the others, choose "Log". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 West Virginia Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_2

Brevard County: No video available, but listen to the Florida State League All-Star Game at 6:05 PM Audio link (game will also archive at this link): web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Follow the box score and game log here: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...mp;lid=123

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Chris Oxspring at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 PM gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: No video available, but listen to the Florida State League All-Star Game at 6:05 PM -- game coverage will be featured not in the Link Report, but in the "Your 2007 Manatees Thread" Audio and box score link, along with discussion, at this thread: p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...4024.topic West Virginia: LHP Brae Wright at home vs. Lake County (Indians) in the first game of a day-night doubleheader, 10:55 AM pre-game, 11:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Shawn Ferguson at home vs. Lake County (Indians) in the second game of a day-night doubleheader, 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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MiLB.com: INMAN IS OUT AND UP: Manatees fans hoping to see starting pitcher Will Inman may have been disappointed that he was a last-minute no-show to the All-Star festivities, but Brewers fans -- and likely Inman himself -- should be more excited than let down. Inman, who was in line to start the game for the Eastern Division after posting a 1.72 ERA and a league-leading 98 strikeouts in 78 2/3 innings, got promoted to Double-A Huntsville on Thursday. He didn't have to wait long to get a taste of the Southern League, getting the start in the second game of Friday's doubleheader against Birmingham. Things didn't go so well -- the Brewers prospect gave up six earned runs in 2 2/3 IP -- pehraps making Inman wish he could've stuck around in Florida a little while longer. But it certainly had to be a boost of confidence that the organization wanted him to join Huntsville as the Stars try to clinch the first-half title in the North Division. "Huntsville is vying for a playoff spot," Brewers director of player development Reid Nichols said. "If he can help them, he's well-deserving." With a doubleheader loss on Friday night, Huntsville is tied with Tennessee atop the division. Even though Inman wasn't able to come up with a win for the Stars, it's clear Nichols and the Brewers believed that Huntsville, not Daytona, was the place for the right-hander to be this weekend. "To put him in a playoff situation in Double-A is probably comparable to starting an All-Star Game in the Florida State League for him," Nichols said.

No particular Manatees mentioned here: MiLB.com's Florida State League All-Star Game Preview FSL Home Run Derby, Skills Competition Excerpt: THEY'VE GOT SKILLS: In addition to the obligatory home run derby, the FSL added an interesting wrinkle to its All-Star Game festivities with a skills competition. A variety of players got to show off what they could do with their legs, arms and bats. First came the baserunning competition, with the fastest All-Stars seeing who could clock the best time going first to home. St. Lucie Mets outfielder Dustin Martin had the best time of 10.07 seconds -- barely edging Brevard County Manatees shortstop Alcides Escobar -- until the final participant, Lakeland outfielder Cameron Maybin took his turn. "I was a little skeptical at first when I found out what it was, when I found it was first to home," Maybin said. "It wasn't game speed, so I wasn't sure how I'd do." He did just fine. With a time of 9.98 seconds -- the only competitor to break the 10-second barrier -- Maybin won the event hands-down. "It's kind of like going home to third," he said. "My coaches have said I'm as fast as anyone they've seen going home to third. I tried to get a good turn around second. I made sure I was loose and made my strides work for me." The only thing that would've made it more interesting was if Maybin had attempted a speed-power combination by participating in the home run derby. He had a great time watching that event, but, truth be told, would've preferred to take his hacks. "I wanted to, I really wanted to," said Maybin, who has six homers and 19 steals this season. "They already had it picked, but I would've loved to participate in the derby. "I missed the Midwest League All-Star Game last year, so I'm having a blast this year."