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The Lexington site indicates the next full video availability will be Sunday, not Saturday's game (the West Virginia Power).

Not RHP J. T. King's Best moment, he's been solid, but if you click on the "Katie King" link off the Legends' home page, you'll see King (J.T, not Katie) offer up Koby Clemens home run for Lexington last night, along with a Koby Clemens interview. Katie's there after every home game for the Legends, who do a nice job with video production for all their home games, hopefully something we'll see for all the affiliates over the next few years: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p?sid=t495

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_omaaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Adam Pettyjohn at Omaha (Royals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 PM gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Corey Thurman at West Tenn (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime; it will probably be LHP Rafael Lluberes, it's his turn Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Jeremy Jeffress at Lexington (Astros), 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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Post-draft articles and notes will be posted in this thread -- so that you know where these updates are, we will also publish in the discussion threads. Updates in this thread are more for archiving purposes in the future.

Article also posted in the Official Draft Pick Thread Link while active, text follows: Hatton grad taken in 14th round, but he's uncertain if he'll sign deal or return for senior year at Jax State By Mark Edwards medwards@decaturdaily.com Decatur, Alabama Jacksonville State right-handed pitcher Donovan Hand spent much of Friday morning at his parents' home in Hatton, monitoring the baseball draft on the Internet. The Hatton High graduate had reason to watch, since both the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers had indicated to him that they might take him. About 12:30 p.m., the wait ended. The Brewers took Hand in the 14th round and the 431st selection of the draft. "I'm pretty excited," said Hand, 21, who is 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds. "It's always been my dream to play in the major leagues." However, this is only the start of the process for Hand, and he's uncertain if it will end with him signing with the Brewers. He still has one more year of eligibility at Jacksonville State, which means he could return to school and re-enter the draft in the summer of 2008. "I'm not 100 percent sure if I'll sign with them or if I'll return to Jacksonville State," he said. "A lot depends on negotiating. Over the next couple of weeks, I'll figure out what I want to do." However, Hand has a preference on how this turns out. "I guess I'm leaning toward signing," Hand said. Hand said he has known Brewers scout Joe Mason since high school. Mason scouts Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi for the major league club. "I knew the Brewers were interested, but I didn't know they were this serious," he said. Hand finished this season with a 7-8 record after struggling with his pitching mechanics early in the year and beginning 0-4. His 3.78 ERA led the team, and that number went down to 2.87 against Ohio Valley Conference opponents. Conference batters hit only .192 against him. He made all-OVC for the third time in three years and was named the league's pitcher of the week four times. He entered the season with a 19-8 record in his first two years and a 2.72 ERA. "When my coach and I were talking after the season, I told him that even though my numbers don't show it, I thought this was my best year of pitching," Hand said. "I had to battle through a lot. Instead of 7-8, it easily could've been 10-5 or 12-4." At Hatton, he helped the Hornets finish runner-up in the Class 2A state playoffs in 2003. As a senior in 2004, he finished 7-0 with an 0.62 ERA. Pro draft visits Hatton Donovan Hand, an all-state baseball pitcher in 2003 and ?04 at Hatton High, went in the 14th round of the pro baseball draft Friday to the Milwaukee Brewers. Hand has posted a 26-16 record in three years at Jacksonville State and made all-Ohio Valley Conference all three seasons. Hand has the option of signing with the Brewers or returning to school for his senior season and re-entering the draft in 2008.

MiLB.com Brevard County Game Notes: Salome sparks Manatees Angel Salome's two-run double keyed a five-run first inning as Brevard County beat visiting Lakeland, 6-2, to snap a six-game losing streak on Friday. Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Chris Errecart singled before Salome belted a double to center field to give the Manatees (34-27) a 3-0 lead. Salome came home on Michael Bell's grounder to short and Ned Yost, who was 2-for-2, followed with a run-scoring double. Starter Steve Garrison (4-2) won for the first time since May 16 after giving up an unearned run on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings. Flying Tigers starter Matt O'Brien (0-2) was charged with five runs on eight hits and three walks in six frames. Justin Justice went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for the Flying Tigers (27-32). Ovandy Suero chipped in a single and stole his Minor League-leading 43rd base. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com

Link while active, text follows: kentucky.com/271/story/92961.html West Virginia stages late seven-run rally BULLPEN SPOILS STELLAR OUTING BY TRINIDAD By Mark Maloney MMALONEY@HERALD-LEADER.COM Another exhibit demonstrating why the West Virginia Power is a first-half divisional champion. And why the Lexington Legends are mired in sixth place, 16 1/2 games back. West Virginia rallied from a 7-1 deficit, scoring three runs in the eighth and four in the ninth, to pull out an 8-7 victory last night at Applebee's Park. The game marked the fourth time this season that the Legends have lost after taking a lead into the ninth. The Legends wasted another sharp effort by pitcher Polin Trinidad, a grand slam by Koby Clemens and a four-hit game by Jimmy Van Ostrand. Chuckie Caufield's three-run double off of Ryan Owens (0-1) tied it in the ninth. Caufield, who finished 3-for-4, including a run-scoring hit in the first, scored the winning run from third on John Alonso's dribbler down the third-base line. "We try to stay within ourselves and just keep fighting," said Caufield, the reigning South Atlantic League Offensive Player of the Week. "That's one thing we always talk about, is not giving up. It's not over until that last out." Trinidad was locked up in a pitchers' duel with West Virginia's Roque Mercedes through five innings. The Power tallied a run in the first. Trinidad, who worked seven innings of one-run ball, then retired 11 batters in a row and faced the minimum 15 batters over a five-inning stretch. The Legends, held to three hits through five innings, scored six in the sixth. Chris Johnson's bases-loaded single up the middle drove in two. After reloading the bases, the Legends took a 6-1 lead on Clemens' slam to center field, his sixth homer of the season. Both Johnson and Clemens worked the counts full. "I was just looking for something to hit hard," Clemens said. "A couple of pitches that I fouled off were good pitches, and he finally left that slider up. I just stayed right through it and on it, and it carried out of here in that (12 mph) jet stream. I was happy to have that." An inning later, the Legends made it 7-1 when Eric Taylor drew a bases-loaded walk. Brent Brewer stoked the Power rally with a two-run homer off of Chad Wagler in the eighth, and Alonso added an RBI-double. West Virginia won its fifth in a row and 11th in 12 games. Bad pitching by Lexington or just more great hitting from a .304-hitting Power team? "We should have won the game," Legends Manager Gregg Langbehn said. "I'll just leave it at that."

Steve Sollmann photo in the Jackson Sun newpaper: www.jacksonsun.com/apps/p...006/SPORTS

Link while active, text follows: www.omaha.com/index.php?u...id=2399162 PCL: Royals make barely a sound against Nashville BY ROB WHITE OMAHA WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Zach Jackson didn't let the biggest Omaha Royals crowd of the season have any fun. Nashville's Jackson concentrated on staying taller in his delivery, putting his pitches on a better plane and giving him more leverage. "He kept our hitters off stride," Omaha manager Mike Jirschele said. "That's my job," the Nashville left-hander said. Jackson took a two-hit shutout into the eighth inning and was the clear winner in an intriguing pitching matchup with Omaha's Tyler Lumsden as the Sounds won 8-2 on Friday night before a paid crowd of 13,698 on National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Night. "We really didn't hit the ball too hard all night," Omaha manager Mike Jirschele said. Of the four hits the Royals got off Jackson, two were infield singles and another was an opposite-field bloop double. That hit, by Jorge Padilla, demonstrated just how much Jackson had dominated since it got the crowd rocking. But by then Nashville had built an 8-0 lead. "If they're quiet, that means the visiting team is doing well," Nashville manager Frank Kremblas said. "So that's good." Paul Phillips followed Padilla with a clean single - the only solid base hit for Omaha all night - and two runs scored when Nashville right fielder Jose Macias misplayed Jace Brewer's sacrifice fly into an error. Brewer was promptly thrown out at third on the play, and Jackson avoided any further damage. The strange finish didn't take the shine off Jackson's outing. Jackson (7-3) allowed two runs - one earned - on four hits in eight innings, with no walks and four strikeouts. "You always want to go out and finish strong, especially when you've got zeroes going up into the eighth," Jackson said. "But it's definitely not going to take away from what I was able to accomplish. You've just got to look at the big picture." Jackson led all minor leaguers with 16 victories in 2005. After opening this season 5-2 with a 3.61 ERA, including a May 7 one-hit complete game win over Round Rock, he went four starts without a win. Now he has won two straight. "That's the best I've felt locating the fastball in a couple of years," he said. "And that's big for me, because I'm a location, pitch-to-contact guy. I was getting them to hit my pitch and let the defense play behind me." A shin injury to infielder Mike Aviles didn't help the cause of the Omaha offense. Aviles, possibly heading for his first big league promotion according to a published report, missed his second straight game. A low-scoring game appeared in the forecast, because Jackson and fellow left-hander Lumsden are strikingly similar. Jackson was the 32nd overall pick in the 2004 draft, while Lumsden went No. 34. (For the curious, Kansas City selected former Omaha lefty J.P. Howell No. 31 that year). Jackson brought a 6-3 record into the game, while Lumsden was 5-3. Jackson's ERA was 5.07, Lumsden's 5.17. Jackson turned 24 on May 13, four days after Lumsden had. But Jackson didn't know anything about that. He was more interested in staying taller in his delivery, which puts his pitches on a better plane and gives him more leverage. "He kept our hitters off stride, ran the ball inside on our hands quite a few times and located the ball real well," said Jirschele, whose team scored five runs in five innings against Jackson in an April 26 win. "That's the best I've seen him throw." Lumsden had been 4-0 with a 2.27 ERA in his previous six starts before regressing, giving up seven runs on nine hits in four innings. Mike Rivera's two-run homer capped a five-run third, Ozzie Chavez homered in a two-run fourth, and then Joe Dillon greeted reliever Nate Hoelscher with a homer to lead off the fifth. "It was just one of those nights where he didn't locate the ball," Jirschele said of Lumsden. "He started working from behind and got some balls up." PHOTO BY MAGGIE RIFE/THE WORLD-HERALD http://www.omaha.com/neo-images/photos/large/68jlzach.jpg

Watch Will Inman's video interview via the link at this MLB.com article: brewers.mlb.com/news/arti...p;c_id=mil

RHP Josh Baker of the Manatees has had some sort of setback as is now on the seven-day DL. The final roster spot that needed to open, again at Brevard County, was freed up by releasing LHP Jeremy Lewis, unfortunately for Jeremy. The 26-year-old was in his third season at high-A Brevard after being signed to an affiliated deal out of independent ball prior to the '05 season. Lewis was initially drafted by the Tigers and pitched in their chain prior to his release by Detroit.

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link while active, text follows: www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1205 Stars Survive Late Rally and Down DJaxx Manny Parra worked seven overpowering shutout frames and Huntsville had to hold off another late rally to slip past West Tenn 7-5 Friday night in the second of a five-game set at Pringles Park. The Stars improved to 33-27 and maintained their share of the lead in the North Division, as Tennessee downed Carolina in extra innings, while the Diamond Jaxx suffered their seventh loss in the last nine games to fall to 27-35. Huntsville has scored at least five runs and collected nine hits in six of the seven games on the road trip in winning four out of seven, so far. Parra allowed only one hit, an infield single by Matt Tuiasospopo, walked three and fanned eight to earn his seventh win of the season, good for a three-way tie for second best in the league. He set down the last eleven batters he faced after the Tuiasosopo singled and was followed by Robert Hinton, who had given up six runs in his last appearance in suffering the loss on Tuesday at Chattanooga. Luis Valbuena led off with a double and scored on a one-out single by Brent Johnson, who scored along with Prentice Redman, who walked, on a two-out double by Marshall Hubbard that cut the lead to 7-3. Tuiasospop doubled home Hubbard to make it 7-4 and knock Hinton out of the game. Mark DiFelice took over and yielded a single to Jeff Frazier that plated Tuiasosopo to slice the lead to 7-5 before Rene Rivera singled and Valbuena flied out to end the inning. Marino Salas retired the side in order in the ninth to earn his 13th save in 13 tries and preserve the Stars fifth win in seven tries against West Tenn. Diamond Jaxx starter Andy Baldwin retired the side in order in the first inning before Brendan Katin opened the second with a home run to straightaway center field, his 10th of the year and second on the road trip, to give the Stars a 1-0 lead. Adam Heether singled to lead off the third, moved to second base on a Mel Stocker single and both scored when Steve Sollmann delivered a two-out triple, his first of the year, to right-center field. Hernan Iribarren tripled in Stocker and scored on a wild pitch in the fifth to make it 5-0 Huntsville. Baldwin was taken out after six innings, giving up five runs on six hits and striking out a season-high nine. He suffered his sixth loss of the season and his first at home in six turns. Huntsville tacked on two runs in the seventh on a run-scoring double by Lou Palmisano and a two-out, bases loaded single by Adam Heether but ran themselves out of more when Steve Moss rounded second and headed toward third without realizing Palmisano was being held. The two ended up in a run down that terminated with Palmisano getting thrown out at the plate by the second baseman Valbuena. The series continues Saturday night when the Stars will send right-hander Corey Thurman to the hill against Diamond Jaxx?s southpaw Robert Rohrbaugh. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

It's an oversight on our part, but the Power 50 is limited to players 26 and under, and while there are a few on that cusp, we actually failed to pick up on the fact that Vinny Rottino turned 27 in April, and thus will graduate from the P50 next time out. Not a problem, Vinny, as we'll see later this season and in 2008 in Milwaukee...

Final: Nashville 8, Omaha (Royals) 2 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Zach Jackson photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2372 Jackson, Sounds Take Down Royals, 8-2 OMAHA ? One night after being held to four hits by Omaha, the Nashville offense rebounded with 15 knocks and Zach Jackson worked eight solid innings in the Sounds? 8-2 victory over the division-rival Royals on Friday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium. With the win, Nashville (34-27) snapped a six-game losing streak against Omaha that dated back to last season. The Sounds have won seven of their last nine games. Jackson (7-3) notched his second consecutive winning start by holding the Royals to two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out four over his eight frames of action. With his seventh win, the left-hander pulled within one victory of teammate Yovani Gallardo (eight) for the Pacific Coast League lead. Nashville?s 15 hits on the evening, including three homers, were one shy of the club?s best effort this season. Callix Crabbe and Ozzie Chavez paced the Sounds with three hits apiece. The Sounds stormed out to a 5-0 lead against Tyler Lumsden with five runs in the top of the third inning. Nashville opened the frame with four consecutive hits: a Jose Macias double, a Chavez single, an RBI single by Crabbe, and a run-scoring double off the bat of Chris Barnwell. After Lumsden retired the next two batters, catcher Mike Rivera belted his tenth home run of the season, a two-run shot to right, to increase the lead to five. Nashville plated two more scores with a two-out rally against Lumsden in the fourth to push the lead to 7-0. After the first two batters were retired, Chavez ripped his third home run of the year, a solo shot to left. Crabbe followed with a double and came around to score the frame?s second run one batter later on Barnwell?s second RBI knock of the evening, a single to left. Lumsden (5-4) took the loss after surrendering seven runs on nine hits over four innings of action. Sounds third baseman Joe Dillon greeted Omaha reliever Nate Hoelscher with a solo homer to left to lead off the fifth inning. It was the veteran?s eighth longball of the season and upped the Nashville advantage to 8-0. Jackson held the Omaha offense in check through the first seven innings, allowing only two hits and only one run to reach second, before the Royals broke up his shutout bid with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth stemming from a fielding error by Nashville right fielder Jose Macias. The gaff snapped a season-best six-game errorless streak for the Sounds. Grant Balfour took over on the Nashville hill in the ninth and worked a scoreless inning to close out the victory, his eighth consecutive scoreless appearance (11.0 IP). The teams meet again in a 7:05 p.m. contest on Saturday evening. Left-hander Adam Pettyjohn (0-1, 5.40) is scheduled to make his second start of the season for Nashville. The Royals will counter with right-hander Billy Buckner (4-1, 4.18). Nashville Box Score: Ten home runs for Mike Rivera? That total snuck up on us, huh? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Utilityman Vinny Rottino: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-8.mp3

Final: Huntsville 7, West Tenn (Mariners) 5 Details from Stars' site soon... Huntsville Box Score: Two consecutive blow-up outings for Robert Hinton (11 runs in 1.2 innings, what is up there?!) www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

Final: Brevard County 6, Lakeland (Tigers) 2 Brevard County Box Score: Nice five-inning start for LHP Steve Garrison, 2nd start after a DL stint; RHP Patrick Ryan three scoreless innings; Ned Yost a perfect night -- double, single, two walks; Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Mat Gamel with two hits apiece... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: Big five-run first inning salted things away early... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

Final: West Virginia 8, Lexington (Astros) 7 Amazing... West Virginia Site Game Summary: FOUR RUN NINTH PROVIDES POWER VICTORY Lexington, KY (June 8, 2007) ? Down 7-1 after seven innings of Friday night?s game against the Lexington Legends at Applebee?s Park, the West Virginia Power scored three in the eighth inning and four in the ninth as they won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Lexington Legends 8-7. Chuckie Caufield drove in his first of four runs on an RBI single in the top of the first inning. The Power held their 1-0 lead until Chris Johnson singled in two runs in the sixth inning. Two batters later, Koby Clemens hit a grand slam to put the Legends up 6-1. In the seventh inning Eric Taylor walked with the bases loaded to give the Legends their largest lead of the night. West Virginia began their comeback in the eighth inning. Brent Brewer hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the year, and John Alonso ripped a two-out RBI double to cut the lead to three. In the ninth inning Caufield hit a bases loaded double to tie the game. Later in the ninth Caufield scored the winning run on John Alonso?s RBI single. The victory marks the second large come from behind victory for the Power this week. On Tuesday at Appalachian Power Park they trailed the Greensboro Grasshoppers 6-1 through six and a half innings and came back to win 8-6. The Power have outscored Lexington 9-2 in the ninth inning this series. D.J. Lidyard (3-1) tossed a scoreless eighth inning to get the win, Omar Aguilar (4) got the save and Ryan Owens (0-1) was tagged with the loss. The Power improved to 42-16 with the win and the Legends fell to 27-34 with the loss. Chuckie Caufield paced the Power with three hits and knocked in half their runs while three other Power players had multi-hit games. The Power scored eight runs on ten hits, marking the ninth straight game that they?ve recorded double digit hits. The Power will continue the four game series against Lexington Saturday night. The Power will start right hander Jeremy Jeffress (1-0, 3.12) and Lexington will counter with lefty Sergio Severino (1-3, 4.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: 1B John Alonso should start to see more regular playing time; Brent Brewer continues to be productive... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

Link Report Bonus: West Virginia's Tighty Whiteys

Correction -- RHP Josh Baker will not be going to West Virginia, but will remain in Brevard. Other moves will not be announced until later this weekend.

Don't look for all the guys to be on their new teams tonight (although some may be). We believe most of the moves are not officially in place until Saturday, with players en-route.

Huntsville Site Update: www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1204

Our Player Index has been adjusted, and Brevard's at 26, which is the only pending issue we need to learn about. MiLB.com has Ned Yost listed on the D.L. (he played on the 4th), so perhaps Ned's sidelined again, which would resolve things. We'll confirm later on.