Jim Goulart

Cleaning up some loose roster ends: Infielder Ryan Metcalf, 23, who saw action last year in the Arizona Rookie League, retired early this spring. He was an undrafted free agent signee from June 2006 (University of Alabama-Birmingham). RHP Juan Sepulveda was a youngster who had been signed to a 2007 contract last season. He had to be released from his contract with apparent visa problems, we believe. He's in this year's media guide, but he's not in the organization any longer. Finally, a young Dominican RHP has been signed, Luis Guerrero. He was not signed in time to make it into the Brewer media guide, so we'll create his Index Page when MiLB.com lists his height/weight, etc. once the short-season leagues begin play.

I agree with the general tone of this article from the Charleston Daily Mail, but the South Atlantic League is a 16-team league (eight teams in each division fill 27 spots), and you're just not going to be able to get the entire Power roster on the All-Star squad. But only four of 27 spots to this club -- that's just not right. Ridiculous. Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/story/S...Star-Team/ Power puts four on SAL All-Star Team From Charleston Daily Mail staff reports West Virginia might lead the South Atlantic League with a robust .301 batting average, but it didn't have very much power when it came to the league's All-Star Game balloting. Despite having the best record in the SAL (39-16 entering this morning's home game with Greensboro), the Power landed only four players on the Northern Division squad for the 48th annual SAL All-Star Game on June 19 at State Mutual Stadium in Rome, Ga. The Power's lone All-Star starter on the Northern's 27-man roster is center fielder Darren Ford. Selected as a backup at catcher was teammate Andy Bouchie. Two Power pitchers, starter Mike McClendon and reliever E.J. Shanks, were also chosen in balloting by league team executives, managers, coaches, media and, in some cities, fans. The game's starting pitchers will be decided by the All-Star managers. The Northern skipper is the Power's Mike Guerrero, who will be joined in the staff by West Virginia first-year hitting coach Corey Hart. Three West Virginia players who rank among the top seven in the league in hitting -- third baseman Taylor Green, first baseman Michael Brantley and right fielder Chuckie Caufield -- were not selected. All are hitting at least .329. Green is tied for the league lead at .364. Ford is hitting .346 with five homers and 33 RBI, and leads the SAL with 31 stolen bases. Ford shares the league lead in hits with teammate Caufield at 74. Brantley has 70. Bouchie is hitting .263 with three homers and 19 RBI. McClendon is 5-2 with a 2.87 ERA in 11 starts, and Shanks is 3-0 with nine saves, and an impressive 1.19 ERA in 30 innings. The Power's .301 team batting average leads the league by 27 points. Asheville led the SAL in All-Star selections with seven players on the Southern Division team, and tourists Manager Joe Mikulik will manage that team for the third time since 2000. He played in the game in 1985 as a Houston Astros' minor leaguer. Topping the Northern Division in selections were Lake County and Lakewood, with five apiece. The Power had three players in last year's SAL All-Star Game -- third baseman Mat Gamel, catcher Angel Salome and outfielder Lorenzo Cain.

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ STARS BLOW LATE LEAD, BUT STILL TIED FOR 1stIt hasn't happened often this year...... The Stars came back in the 7th inning to take a one-run lead....... But unlike Mark DiFelice's brilliant four-inning relief role Monday to preserve a 6-5 lead, Robert Hinton (1-0, 2.77 coming in) couldn't save the day. The Stars' pen has held 18 leads and saved 14 games this season. Before the start of this series, the pen had blown just one lead they never got back (they blew three others, but won the game)....... Tonight was the 2nd time in four games the Stars had lost a lead because the pen failed to hold a lead. After trailing most of the game, the Stars went ahead, 4-3, on Steve Sollmann's line drive single to left, scoring Hernan Iribarren....... Then 11 men came to bat in the Lookouts' six-run 7th........ Former Star Enrique Cruz started the fall by drawing a quick walk against reliever, and losing pitcher, Robert Hinton. That was followed by a single to left by Cody Strait - his only hit of the game. A sacrifice bunt, one of four by Chattanooga (the most by an opponent since July 25, 2002), moved the runners into scoring position..... Tyrell Godwin, sent to the Lookouts from Louisville (Int.) on May 7, was intentionally walked to load the bases........ Hinton, then, forced int he tying run when he hit Marland Williams in the back with a pitch. That was just the beginning........ Caonabe Cosme, a minor league vet who started with the A's organization when the Stars were tied to Oakland, and now in his 12th season, doubled over the head of left fielder Mel Stocker. Strait and Godwin scored to give the Lookouts a 6-4 lead........ Pinch-hitter Luis Bolivar, a sub-.200 hitter with runners in scoring position, jumped on Hinton's first pitch and lined it hard off the diving glove of Adam Heether for an infield hit to drive in another run........ Now 7-4, Lookouts' 2nd baseman Drew Anderson was caught looking at a change for the 2nd out. But Paul Janish continued the onslaught with a hot grounder between the diving gloves of Heether and Yohannis Perez into left. Cosme scored to make it 8-4........ Cruz, who started this mess, belted a line drive one-hopper in front of Stocker to score Bolivar, and it was practically out of reach now -- 9-4. Brendan Katin, who insisted on going the opposite way during batting practice, saw his practice pay off with a homer to right in the 8th inning, making it 9-5, but Godwin, took the run back in the bottom half with his 2nd home run against the Stars in this series. Godwin did not have a single round-tripper in his time with Louisville. The Stars and Lookouts will wrap up this series with a game that will be heard only on the internet Wednesday....... Lindsay Gulin, (3-2, 5.18) will face Lookouts' lefty Luke Lockwood (1-5, 5.76)....... Lockwood lost to the Stars on May 6, 5-2, in Mike Jones' last game........ Jones is likely headed for Tommy John reconstructive surgery, according to Brewers' G.M. Gord Ash. That means another lost year for a pitching prospect who had already missed most of the 2004 season, all of 2005, and part of 2006. Speaking of injuries, the Stars placed Ruben Mateo on the DL, retroactive to Sunday, after he aggravated his right hamstring........ Replacing him on the roster is outfielder Anthony Wycklendt, someone even I have never heard of. But here's the dossier....... Wycklendt is coming out of extended spring, which is where Mateo spent his time before coming to the Stars. He hit .240 in the Arizona Rookie League last year with four HRs. He's an undrafted free agent, signed last June by the Brewers. He hit .237 for Northwestern in his senior year, after hitting .302 the year before........ There must be some reason we didn't get another hitter from Brevard County, but then again, the Stars picked up outfielder Ryan Crew as this road trip started....... Crew, by the way, picked up a keepsake tonight when his first hit ever for the Stars -- a line drive single past 1st baseman Caonobe Cosme in the 6th inning --- drove in Brendan Katin to put the Stars within a run, 3-2. Steve Hammond has now been scored upon in the 1st inning in seven of his 12 starts, including four of six on the road........Mel Stocker had his first four-hit day for the Stars, hiking his average to a respectable .252. Stocker is 7-for-13 in his last three games. In the Stars' first series against the Lookouts (at Joe Davis Stadium), Stocker went just 0-for-3 as a role player. Stocker is the 5th player to have a four-hit day for the Stars this year........ Katin, who hit .210 in April, then .333 in May, has his average over the .280 threshold now...... Lou Palmisano raised his average to .333 with a two-hit game, and is now 9-for-21 (.429) over his last five games......... Brevard County's Will Inman could get the starting nod in the Florida State League All-Star Game. The rosters, which were released, Tuesday, include Manatees Alcides Escobar and outfielder Cole Gillespie. The Brewers get the 7th pick in the amateur baseball draft, which will be televised by ESPN from 2-6 PM eastern time on June 7. Thanks to those who have e-mailed me with their ideas how to get more people in this ballpark. I've passed them on and will continue to do so.

Additional details (Aumont will be on-site): www.floridatoday.com/apps...002/SPORTS

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds pitcher strikes quickly against Tucson Oxspring records eight K's in win By TYLER BLANK For The Tennessean Sounds pitcher Chris Oxspring struck out the side to begin Tuesday's game, setting the tone for what would be the team's third shutout victory of the season. A crowd of 3,687 saw the Australian strike out eight in six shutout innings in Nashville's 5-0 victory over the Tucson Sidewinders at Greer Stadium. In improving to 5-3 on the season, Oxspring allowed just two hits and two walks. "He was able to throw more than one pitch for a strike, kept them off balance," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. Leftfielder Brad Nelson hit his seventh home run of the season in the second inning to give the Sounds a lead they would not relinquish. Strikeouts adding up Oxspring's eight strikeouts moved him to second in the Pacific Coast League with 64. Including his past two starts, the right-handed Oxspring has now pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings. "The results are pretty awesome," Oxspring said. "I'd love to go out and put those numbers up every time." The Sounds added a run in the fourth inning to make it 2-0, with Tucson pitcher D.J. Carrasco's wild pitch allowing Nashville's Chris Barnwell to score. Jose Macias made it 3-0 in the fifth, bunting home Vinny Rottino from third. "Any time you can score from third without a hit, that's great," Kremblas said. "You're not always going to get hits to drive guys in. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't." Nashville scored two more runs in the sixth. First baseman Mike Rivera hit a single, knocking in from second Ozzie Chavez, and Rivera later scored on a Rottino sacrifice fly. Relief pitchers Steve Bray, Greg Aquino and Grant Balfour allowed just two hits through three innings to end the game. The Sounds have now won 20 of their last 26 home games. What they said: "It's just one of those things. Like hitters go on hot streaks or cold streaks, it's the same with pitchers." ? Oxspring. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Early HR continues run of PCL success By TYLER BLANK For The Tennessean Brad Nelson's second-inning home run gave Nashville the first run of the game for a PCL-leading 38th time. The Sounds are third in the PCL with 62 home runs this season. League-leading Memphis has hit 66 home runs this season. Nashville has hit a home run in 21 of its past 25 games. Streaking: Catcher Vinny Rottino's single in the second inning extended his hitting streak to 10 games. It follows a 22-at-bat hitless spell, which is Nashville's longest of the season. It is the Sounds' second double-digit hitting streak. First baseman Andy Abad currently has a 12-game hitting streak, the Sounds' longest of the season, but he was not in the lineup Tuesday. Also, outfielder Laynce Nix had a six-game hitting streak in the works, but he failed to get a hit in his one pinch at-bat. Top two: Pitcher Chris Oxspring started the day fifth on the PCL's strikeout list. With nobody in the top five pitching Tuesday, Oxspring's eight strikeouts moved him to second on the list, with 64. The Sounds' Yovani Gallardo tops the PCL with 98 strikeouts on the season. Gallardo (8-1) pitches at Omaha Thursday. On the road: The Sounds have today off, along with the rest of the Pacific Coast League. They travel to Omaha on Thursday, where they will begin an eight-game road trip. Nashville will play a four-game series against the Royals, followed by another four-game series at Memphis. Nashville was swept by Omaha in an earlier series this season.

Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=56520 Oxspring Soundly takes care of Tucson By Nate Rau, Sports Correspondent The increasingly-sturdy Chris Oxspring turned in another outstanding performance Tuesday, throwing six scoreless innings as the Nashville Sounds downed Tucson 5-0 in a matinee in front of 3,687 fans at Greer Stadium. Oxspring has now thrown 16-straight scoreless frames, spanning three starts. He also lowered his ERA to 2.60 on the season and recorded eight strikeouts, which moves him to second in the Pacific Coast League with 64 on the year. Teammate Yovani Gallardo is first with 95. Oxspring, who signed with the Brewers organization as a non-roster spring training invitee, has been lights-out of late. Coming to the Sounds after spending last year playing in Japan, the 30-year-old Oxspring improved his record to 5-3 on the season. His emergence gives the Brewers another reliable option if pitching help is needed from Music City. ?I felt good again,? said Oxspring, who especially relied on his swooping breaking ball against the Sidewinders. ?The results speak for themselves. I don?t think I?m doing anything differently, just being more consistent. Luckily they haven?t found the good part of the bat. ?I guess it was tough to see the curveball early on. As long as guys can?t see it, you?ve got to keep throwing it.? The Sounds offense was a mixed-bag with most everybody chipping in. Brad Nelson led the way with a 2-for-3 day that included a solo homer in the third. The Sounds also scored by way of a wild pitch (Chris Barnwell in the fourth) and two sacrifice flies (by Jose Macias in the fifth and Vinny Rottino in the sixth). Mike Rivera added an RBI single in the sixth as well. ?That?s what?s going to happen when you win; guys are going to step up,? Sounds manager Frank Kremblas said of the team?s group effort. The victory capped another successful stint for the Sounds at Greer. Nashville (33-26) went 6-1 this homestand and has won all but two series at home this year. ?When we go out on the road this time we?ve got to try to win a couple series and get back to [how we were playing during] our first road trip of the year,? Kremblas said. The Sounds have today off and then travel to Omaha for a series beginning Thursday. Abad update: Sounds first baseman Andy Abad, who has debatably been the team?s top offensive weapon this year, remains out with a sprained wrist. Abad hurt the wrist on Friday and was put on the seven-day disabled list. He was replaced by Drew Anderson, who was promoted from Double A Huntsville. Abad, who is hitting .345 and has a team-best 12-game hitting streak, is eligible to return during the team?s upcoming road trip. Kremblas said he wasn?t sure how soon Abad would return, but said he expected it would be soon.

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2007060537 From top to bottom Magic number to clinch playoff berth down to four By Tommy R. Atkinson Charleston Gazette Staff Writer Taylor Green sure doesn?t hit like the weakest link in the batting order. The West Virginia Power third baseman, hitting from his customary No. 9 and final spot in the lineup, doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday night to lead his team to a come-from-behind 8-6 victory over the Greensboro (N.C.) Grasshoppers. A paid crowd of 5,627 attended the South Atlantic League game at Appalachian Power Park. The Northern Division-leading Power (39-16) reduced its magic number to four over second-place Greensboro (31-27), which trails by 9 1/2 games. Any combination of Power wins and Greensboro losses totaling four will lock up the first-half division title and a playoff spot. Last year the Power missed out on the postseason, finishing second in each half. Andrew Lefave?s two-out, two-run bouncing single between first and second base knotted the game at 6-all for the Power in the bottom of the seventh inning, capping a five-run outburst in which all the runs were scored with two outs. Green, who finished 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored, doubled in the first run to start the rally. In the bottom of the eighth, the Power?s Stephen Chapman led off by grounding out then Kenny Holmberg coaxed a full-count walk. Green followed by lining the first pitch he saw over the left fielder?s head to give the Power the lead for good at 7-6. ?Once you have a little momentum going it just keeps rolling,?? said Green. ?One hit and another and everybody wants to get in on it. The dugout started getting into it a lot more and you could just feel that energy. It was lots of fun.?? Leadoff hitter Darren Ford gave the Power some cushion with a single, driving in Green, for an 8-6 edge. Power reliever E.J. Shanks earned his ninth save, giving up just a single in the top of the ninth. Jose Romero (2-0) picked up the win for the Power in relief with a perfect eighth inning. The No. 9 spot in the batting order is generally reserved for a team?s lightest hitter, but don?t tell that to Green, a 25th-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2005. Entering Tuesday?s play, the 21-year-old was hitting .352 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Green has only struck out 19 times in 128 at-bats and owns a .617 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage. ?I don?t mind hitting there,?? said Green. ?It?s just the way it is. I?ll keep doing it as long as it?s helping the team. [Opposing pitchers] don?t really pitch me like a nine batter anymore.?? In his last 10 games, Green is carrying a .459 batting average. ?I don?t know that he deserves to be in the nine hole, but he?s definitely the best nine hole [hitter] in the league,?? said Power hitting coach Corey Hart. ?He?s like a three- or four-hole hitter in the nine hole. It?s tough on the other teams. ?It wears down pitchers a lot. Now the opposing pitcher doesn?t have time to breathe out there with the lineup we put out there. He?s a great little hitter. He makes good contact [and] doesn?t strike out much. When someone makes a mistake he makes them pay for it. It gives us confidence through the whole lineup.?? Ford finished 2-for-5 with a triple and a pair of RBIs and Andy Bouchie smacked a solo homer for the Power. Holmberg went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored hitting from the No. 8 spot in the batting order. Greensboro jumped out to a 6-1 lead after 6 1/2 innings as Jacob Blackwood drove in all of the runs with a pair of two-run homers and a two-run triple. The Power will take on Greensboro at 10:35 AM today (9:35 Central) in the finale of the two-game homestand and the fourth and final Grand Slam School Day. The Power will begin a seven-game road trip Thursday with stops at Lexington (Ky.) and Hickory (N.C.). Power points The Power?s Chuckie Caufield was named the South Atlantic League offensive player of the week Tuesday. Caufield, a 39th round draft pick by the Brewers in 2006, went 11-for-26 with seven runs scored, two home runs and 10 RBIs from May 29 through Sunday. Caufield leads the league in hits (73), is seventh in batting average (.330) and tops the Power with 44 RBIs. ... Power catcher Anderson DeLarosa was activated from the disabled list and promoted to advanced Class A Brevard County. Charleston Gazette Photographer: Lawrence Pierce Power shortstop Brent Brewer is about to retire Greensboro?s John Raynor on an attempted steal. http://www.wvgazettemail.com/images/stories/POWERG.jpg

Standings through Tuesday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 35 23 .603 - 17-7 18-16 W2 Nashville 33 26 .559 2.5 21-10 12-16 W2 Omaha 30 29 .508 5.5 22-10 8-19 L2 Memphis 27 33 .450 9.0 17-15 10-18 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 31 26 .544 - 17-13 14-13 L1 Tennessee 31 26 .544 - 13-14 18-12 L1 Chattanooga 26 33 .441 6.0 17-17 9-16 W1 West Tenn 25 34 .424 7.0 16-14 9-20 L6 Carolina 20 39 .339 12.0 11-14 9-25 L8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 33 25 .569 - 19-8 14-17 L4 Palm Beach 31 26 .544 1.5 14-13 17-13 L1 Daytona 27 30 .474 5.5 16-11 11-19 L1 Vero Beach 27 30 .474 5.5 18-12 9-18 L1 Jupiter 25 32 .439 7.5 12-18 13-14 L2 St. Lucie 24 33 .421 8.5 11-16 13-17 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 39 16 .709 - 19-10 20-6 W2 Greensboro 31 27 .534 9.5 19-9 12-18 L2 Lakewood 28 27 .509 11.0 14-17 14-10 W1 Lake County 27 30 .474 13.0 15-13 12-17 L2 Delmarva 26 29 .473 13.0 15-12 11-17 W5 Lexington 26 32 .448 14.5 15-16 11-16 L1 Hagerstown 24 33 .421 16.0 14-13 10-20 L1 Hickory 23 32 .418 16.0 10-12 13-20 W1

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". 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. Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle Huntsville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at Chattanooga (Reds), 11:00 AM pre-game; 11:15 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; it's probably LHP David Welch, it's his turn Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: LHP Brae Wright at home vs. Greensboro (Marlins), 9:25 AM pre-game, 9:35 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Tennessee did lose -- Huntsville still tied for first place...

Final: Chattanooga (Reds) 10, Huntsville 6 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1198 Six-Run Seventh Sinks Stars Caonabo Cosme delivered a tie-breaking, two-run double in a six-run seventh inning rally that lifted Chattanooga to a 10-6 come-from-behind win over Huntsville Tuesday night in the fourth of a five-game set at AT&T Field. The Lookouts won for a second time in the series to improve to 26-33 on the season, while the Stars dropped to 31-26 and will wait the outcome of the game between Tennesse and Birmingham, which at last check was in the 13th inning, with Birmingham on top 7-5, to see if they still have a share of the lead in the North Division. (We'll let you know if Birmingham hangs on, which will help out the Stars.) Trailing 3-1 going into the seventh, the Stars got a leadoff double by Brendan Katin and he stayed put as the next two hitters were retired. Ryan Crew then delivered a pinch-hit single, his first hit at the double-A level, to right, to plate Katin to cut the home team?s lead to one. Hernan Iribarren reached when Enrique Cruz couldn?t handle his ground ball at third base and Crew then dashed home and scored to tie the game on an infield single by Mel Stocker, who knocked in his 15th run of the year. Steve Sollmann laced a single to left that chased home Iribarren to give the visitors their first lead of the night but it would not last for very long. Robert Hinton took over on the hill for Jeff Housman, who worked out of trouble and pitched a scoreless sixth, and promptly walked leadoff man Enrique Cruz and gave up a single to Cody Strait. The runners moved up on a Ryan Hanigan sacrifice bunt and Tyrell Godwin was intentionally passed to load the bases for Marland Williams but the strategy was foiled when Hinton?s first pitch plunked him in the back to force in Cruz with the tying run. Cosme then stepped up and delivered the Lookouts? third game-winning double in their last five contests, as Strait and Godwin scored to make it 6-4. Luis Bolivar, Paul Janish and Cruz all singled home runs to finish off the second six-run inning allowed by Huntsville this season. Janish doubled with one out in the first and came in to score on a two-out single by Hanigan to give the home team the early 1-0 lead. Chattanooga has scored in the first inning in three of the four games in the series and Stars? starter Steve Hammond has now been scored on in the first inning in seven of his 12 starts, including four out of six on the road. The Lookouts added a run in the third on a run-scoring single by Cruz, the former Stars? shortstop, and another in the fourth on a home run by Williams, his second of the series. Hammond has allowed a long ball in eight starts, including in six of his last seven.starts and a league-worst 11 on the season. Katin hit a home run in the eighth inning and singled home a run in the ninth and wound up finishing a triple shy of hitting for the cycle for the Stars, who collected 12 hits in a game for a third time in the series. Stocker picked four singles in five at-bats, and scored twice, and became the fifth Stars player to have a four-hit game this year. The series concludes Wednesday afternoon when the Stars will send southpaw Lindsay Gulin to the hill against Lookouts? left-hander Luke Lockwood. Coverage of the game begins at 11:00 a.m. central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Four singles for speedster Mel Stocker; Steve Hammond with nine baserunners allowed in his five innings, not a real "turn around his season" outing... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1

Wow, promising RHP Robert Hinton is going to be working down his ERA from tonight's disastrous inning for quite a few weeks -- yikes. Details on the Stars game later on...

Well, there won't be a true "nugget" from the Carlos Lee trade, as Baseball America reports that the Brewers have released 22-year-old LHP Julian Cordero. Just realized I never fully completed importing Cordero's career stats on his Brewerfan Player Index Page, so here's his numbers from the Baseball Cube. I imagine we'll see him in the Alumni Thread down the road: www.thebaseballcube.com/p...dero.shtml

Yo's in the Top 10 again, but which other Brewer makes the Hot Sheet this week? Hint, they spelled his first name wrong: www.baseballamerica.com/t...64130.html

Don't forget about Scott Moore (8th pick, Tigers) instead of Prince Fielder (7th) in 2002. That's my only claim to draft fame -- one of the few pro-Fielder voices throughout the 2002 pre-draft spring.

Infielder Hector Bernal, a surprise release this spring training, has signed with the Yuma (AZ) Scorpions of the independent Golden Baseball League.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER SURGE LATE TO DEFEAT GREENSBORO Down five runs with two outs in the seventh inning of Tuesday night?s game at Appalachian Power Park, the West Virginia Power scored five runs to tie the game, and capped their comeback with two runs in the eighth inning as they defeated the Greensboro Grasshoppers 8-6. Jake Blackwood had a monster game for Greensboro, driving in all six of their runs. He knocked in the first two on a triple in the first inning, and then hit his first of two, two-run homers in the third. Blackwood did his final bit of damage in the seventh inning with his second two-run bomb of the night. West Virginia scored their first run on Andy Bouchie?s solo home run in the fifth inning. Kenny Holmberg started West Virginia?s two-out rally in the seventh inning with a base hit and scored on Taylor Green?s double. Green touched home plate on Darren Ford?s triple and Ford scored on Daniel Garcia?s throwing error. Andrew Lefave capped off the big inning with a game tying two-run single. Taylor Green came through again for the Power in the eighth inning, providing West Virginia with the lead on an RBI double, his third hit of the game. One batter later, Darren Ford provided some insurance with a run-scoring single. Jose Romero (2-0) pitched a perfect eighth inning to get the win, E.J. Shanks (9) got the save and Don Dzyz (1-2) was tagged with the loss. The Power improved to 39-16 with the win and the Grasshoppers fell to 31-27 with the loss. All nine in the Power starting lineup reached safely. Taylor Green has nine hits in his last three games. West Virginia now has a nine and a half game lead with 13 games to play in the first half. The Power will finish the four game series against Greensboro Wednesday morning. The Power will start left hander Brae Wright (3-3, 7.04) and the Grasshoppers will counter with right hander Hector Correa (0-1, 2.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 10:35 AM (9:35 Central).

Final: West Virginia 8, Greensboro (Marlins) 6 Getting reacquainted with the home crowd, reminding them about this fun bunch... West Virginia Box Score: Five-run 7th inning rally ties it, two runs in the 8th win it; yes, the incredible Taylor Green is about 24 hours from his Power 50 debut - what a Canadian import; Andy Bouchie his 3rd HR... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Big 8th inning began with the first two men retired, a Grasshopper error helped... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Final: Tampa (Yankees) 3, Brevard County 2 Not a fruitful series on the Gold Coast... Brevard County Box Score: We'll continue to mention it -- Manatees apparently can't walk; Mat Gamel is still raking, two doubles among his three hits -- he was the DH tonight... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_tbyafa_1

More of the same, keeping the core players together for now... Huntsville Press Release: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1197 Mateo Sidelined by Lingering Injury The Milwaukee Brewers have placed outfielder Ruben Mateo on the disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, with a nagging right hamstring injury and promoted outfielder Anthony Wycklendt from extended spring training. Wycklendt is expected to be uniform for the final game of a five-game series against the Lookouts in Chattanooga on Wednesday afternoon. Mateo spent time in extended spring training recovering from the injury and joined the Stars on May 18. He hit two home runs against West Tenn the next day and is currently batting .226 with three home runs and 10 runs batted in. He re-aggravated the injury in Saturday night?s series opener in Chattanooga and was removed after singling and scoring in the top half of the third inning. Wycklendt, from Glendale, Wisconsin, played in the rookie Arizona League last year and batted .240 with four long balls and 24 runs knocked in. He played his college baseball at Northwestern and was signed as an undrafted free agent last June by the Brewers. Wycklendt, 23 years old, skips Helena, West Virginia, and Brevard County with this assignment.

The Power's Taylor Green is your Brewer Organization Player of the Month - wow! More details later from the Brewers' site.

The Manatees' Will Inman is your Brewer Organization Pitcher of the Month. More details later from the Brewers' site.