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Your South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the w/e June 3rd: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...;fext=.jsp Chuck Caufield, West Virginia .429 (12-28), 8 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 4 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB, .679 SLG Chuck Caufield keeps on trucking and so do the West Virginia Power. Caufield led the Power with four hits and three RBIs as they clobbered the Grasshoppers 15-3 on Sunday. For the week Caufield knocked in 11 runs, good for second in the South Atlantic League. After a torrid week, Caufield improved him already impressive season totals to: .330 hitting (sixth in the SAL), 42 runs, 73 hits (first in the SAL) and 44 RBIs.

Your Florida State League Player of the Week for the w/e June 3rd: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...;fext=.jsp Mat Gamel, Brevard County .563 (9-16), 7 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB, 1.000 SLG Mat Gamel has been looking for his stroke in his first year in Class A Advanced. The former South Atlantic League All-Star may have found it this week as went 9-for-16 and raised his batting average almost 30 points from .238 to .266. Of Gamel's nine hits, five went for extra bases, accounting for nearly a fifth of his season total.

Final: Nashville 5, Tucson (Diamondbacks) 0 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Chris Oxspring photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2366 Oxspring Extends Scoreless Streak In 5-0 Win NASHVILLE ? Chris Oxspring stretched his scoreless innings streak to 16 with six shutout frames for Nashville on Tuesday afternoon at Greer Stadium to lead the Sounds to a 5-0 victory over the Tucson Sidewinders in the finale of a four-game series and eight-game homestand. The win was the sixth in the last seven games for Nashville (32-26), which recorded its sixth winning home series in eight tries. Oxspring (5-3), who won his third consecutive start, combined with three relievers on a four-hit shutout, the Sounds? third of the season. The Nashville right-hander, who lowered his ERA to 2.60 with his fourth quality start, limited the Sidewinders to two hits while fanning eight batters over his six innings of work. The Australian moved into second among Pacific Coast League hurlers with 64 strikeouts on the year, trailing league-leading teammate Yovani Gallardo?s 95 K?s by a wide margin. Brad Nelson gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-out solo homer to right-center on the first pitch he saw from Tucson starter D.J. Carrasco. The blast was his seventh of the year. AUDIO: Brad Nelson's Solo Homer -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-5.mp3 Nashville doubled the lead in the fourth when Chris Barnwell led off with a single, was sacrificed to second, moved to third on a Joe Dillon flyout, and scored on a Carrasco wild pitch. The Sounds? lead increased to 3-0 in the fifth when Jose Macias plated Vinny Rottino with a squeeze bunt. Rottino had walked to open the frame and moved to third on a Charles Thomas double. Nashville added a pair of runs in the sixth against Carrasco on a Mike Rivera RBI single and a Rottino sacrifice fly, bringing the score to its final 5-0. Rottino singled in the second inning for Nashville to extend his hitting streak to a season-best 10 games, the Sounds? second double-digit streak of the campaign (Andy Abad, 12). Carrasco (2-5) took the loss for Tucson after allowing five runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings of action. After joining the entire Pacific Coast League for an off day Wednesday, the Sounds travel to Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday to begin an eight-game intra-division road trip that includes a pair of four-game series against the Royals and Memphis Redbirds. Right-hander Yovani Gallardo (8-1, 2.14) will take the mound for Nashville in Thursday?s 7:05 p.m. CT series opener in Omaha to face former Sound Ben Hendrickson (5-3, 5.01). Nashville Box Score: You would definitely think an astute GM would be contacting Doug Melvin about Chris Oxspring -- great numbers in a hitters' league, blocked on first call-up by Yovani, major league experience, he should have value around baseball... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Adam Pettyjohn: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-5.mp3

new poster capt17 asked: So what will it take to get Steve Sollamn to move up to Triple-A? He's batting .333 with a very positive BB to SO ratio. He has 13 SB is 16 attempts and an OBP of over .460. Only made 3 errors in 54 games at 1B and can play almost any position. What will it take?

Welcome aboard, sir! I'm going to copy your text to an existing thread we have for discussion of promotions / transfers. I'm sure others will chime in, and if not, I will later on. And remember for Steve's sake, it's "double-N" at the end of his name http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ! Thanks for asking...

Just turned 30-year-old RHP Chris Oxspring with a Gallardo-like performane thus far. Krikey, the mate's been so good this season, it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that he's looking at a 40-man roster spot with a possible September callup.

In another indication when it comes to transfers right now that the Brewers are not going to move any impact player before the first-half season ends, Milwaukee has transferred young OF/C Anderson Delarosa from West Virginia to Brevard County, after first activating him from the Power disabled list. You would think that with West Virginia's significant division lead the Brewers could be more impactful with Power-to-Manatee promotions, but that's not the case -- at least not yet.

Not sure about the state of Northwoods League ballfields, but I'm about 20 miles from Wareham on the Cape. Spillane Field is nice, not tremendous, basically just bleachers down each line and a bit in the outfield. They did lay new sod in the infield (last fall) and outfield (this spring): www.gatemen.org/spillanef...ield14.jpg www.gatemen.org/spillaneo...kypic2.jpg Yes, there are lights: www.flickr.com/photos/and...211490931/

Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/story/S...e-control/ Power on cruise control? Team won't take it easy with favorable remaining schedule Jacob Messer Charleston Daily Mail Sportswriter A glance at the West Virginia Power schedule reveals a favorable final stretch for the Class A club as it wraps up the first half of the South Atlantic League schedule. West Virginia (38-16) has 14 games (seven at home and seven on the road) remaining in the first half, and all but two of those are against teams with losing records. First up is a two-game home stand against second-place Greensboro (31-26) at Appalachian Power Park. The first game is set for tonight; the second game is set for Wednesday morning. The second-place Grasshoppers trail the Power by 8 1/2 games in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division standings. Next is a pair of road series -- a four-game series against fifth-place Lexington (26-31) and a three-game set against eighth-place Hickory (22-32). No worries there, though. The Power has a 20-6 record and .319 batting average in road games compared to an 18-10 record and .281 batting average in home games. The first half concludes with a five-game homestand against fourth-place Lake County (27-29). It seems the schedule is tailor-made for West Virginia to put it into cruise control during the stretch run en route to the first-half divisional title. Just don't suggest such a scenario to Power Manager Mike Guerrero, who refuses to allow himself or his players to think like that. "I'm not looking at the schedule," said Guerrero, whose team ranks first in the 16-team league in hitting with a .301 batting average and eighth in pitching with a 4.33 earned run average. "Neither are my kids. "You still have to go out there and prove yourself everyday. It's a day-by-day thing. What happened yesterday, it doesn't matter. What happens tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Just worry about today and take care of today. That's all we can do. That's all that counts. "The main thing about these guys, they are prepared everyday and they take one game at a time." The Power has won 10 of its 14 series this season. It lost one, split three and swept four. West Virginia has had winning streaks of 14, two, two, three, three, two and seven games compared to losing streaks of two, two, three and two. "We do everything like a team," Guerrero said. "The chemistry is pretty good." "We all pull for each other and pick each other up," center fielder Darren Ford added. "Everybody is in it for the team. Nobody is in it for himself. "We're like brothers on this team." ***THE South Atlantic League All-Star Game is set for June 19 at State Mutual Stadium in Rome, Ga. Mike Guerrero on Monday confirmed that he has been chosen to manage the Northern Division squad. "It's a big honor for me," said Guerrero, who attributed his selection to his team's success. "It shows all of the work that we have done up until this point in the season." Guerrero also said he expected Power hitting coach Corey Hart to join him on the All-Star staff. He also said he didn't know how many of his players will make the trip with him, although he had heard Ford, left-handed starting pitcher Zach Braddock and right-handed starting pitcher Mike McClendon were among the selections. SAL President John Henry Moss said the league plans to announce the All-Star Game rosters today.

Standings through Monday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 34 23 .596 - 17-7 17-16 W1 Nashville 32 26 .552 2.5 20-10 12-16 W1 Omaha 30 28 .517 4.5 22-10 8-18 L1 Memphis 27 32 .458 8.0 17-14 10-18 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 31 25 .554 - 17-13 14-12 W2 Tennessee 31 25 .554 - 13-13 18-12 W2 Chattanooga 25 33 .431 7.0 16-17 9-16 L2 West Tenn 25 33 .431 7.0 16-14 9-19 L5 Carolina 20 38 .345 12.0 11-14 9-24 L7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 33 24 .579 - 19-8 14-16 L3 Palm Beach 31 25 .554 1.5 14-13 17-12 W1 Daytona 27 29 .482 5.5 16-10 11-19 W1 Vero Beach 27 29 .482 5.5 18-12 9-17 W1 Jupiter 25 31 .446 7.5 12-17 13-14 L1 St. Lucie 23 33 .411 9.5 11-16 12-17 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 38 16 .704 - 18-10 20-6 W1 Greensboro 31 26 .544 8.5 19-9 12-17 L1 Lakewood 27 27 .500 11.0 14-17 13-10 L2 Lake County 27 29 .482 12.0 15-13 12-16 L1 Delmarva 25 29 .463 13.0 14-12 11-17 W4 Lexington 26 31 .456 13.5 15-16 11-15 W2 Hagerstown 24 32 .429 15.0 14-12 10-20 W1 Hickory 22 32 .407 16.0 9-12 13-20 L2

Follow Tuesday'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_cngaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_tbyafa_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: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Chris Oxspring at home vs. Tucson (Diamondbacks), 11:45 AM pre-game; 12:00 PM gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at Chattanooga (Reds), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at Tampa (Yankees), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; it's probably RHP Will Inman, it's his turn Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: LHP Luis Ramirez at home vs. Greensboro (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Dickey escapes jam, gives Sounds win Comes on in relief to shut down Tucson By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer Rocky Top is played when R.A. Dickey enters a Sounds game at Greer Stadium. And it was a rocky situation when the former Tennessee Vols pitcher stepped to the mound in Monday night's game against Tucson. Dickey, a knuckleballer, stopped a Sidewinders' rally in the fifth inning and led the Sounds to a 5-3 victory. A crowd of 4,358 saw Nashville pick up its fifth win in its last six games. Dickey (4-4) relieved Tim Dillard and allowed just one hit, no runs and struck out three over 3 2/3 innings. "Dillard was just in battle mode, he did a great job of battling all night,'' Dickey said. "I just happened to be able to pick him up and leave his runners out there. I think it helps just to get strike one and I was able to do that with one of the first two pitches to every hitter I faced. You get a little more comfortable when you do that." The win was Dickey's third consecutive after starting the season 1-4. The former Montgomery Bell Academy star has three wins in his seven relief appearances. "From the beginning of the year R.A. is much better,'' Sounds Manger Frank Kremblas said. "He had some tough outings early where I think he got a little bit away from his knuckleball at times in some key spots and that hurt him. Now he's staying with it when he needs to." The only hit against Dickey came in the sixth when Tucson's Jeff Salazar knocked a single to right field. Dickey retired the side in the seventh and eighth innings. Dillard's trouble was unusual. He entered the game with a 3.51 ERA in his first 11 starts and had won three of his previous four starts. He allowed nine hits and three runs while striking out just one in 4 1/3 innings. Joe Thatcher relieved Dickey in the ninth and picked up his first save. Thatcher became the sixth different Sounds pitcher to get a save. Nashville jumped to a 5-0 lead in the third inning on a two-run double by Jose Macias. Tucson's first run came in the fourth on an RBI single by pitcher Enrique Gonzalez. What they said: "It's probably difficult for batters to see a knuckleball (after facing another pitcher). I think it's a big adjustment just seeing a knuckleball anytime because they don't see them very often.'' ? Kremblas. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds make wish reality for sick child By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer Eric Curtis, a 9-year-old baseball fan from Dickson who suffers from leukemia, will throw out the first pitch at the Sounds game today against Tucson and be given VIP treatment at Greer Stadium. Curtis is among several local recipients who are part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation national campaign to fulfill more than 100,000 wishes in the next four years for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Curtis will learn this morning at Union Station Hotel that his wish trip has been granted. Along with their visit to Greer Stadium, Curtis and his family leave Thursday for New York and attend the Yankees game against Pittsburgh on Friday. Included in that trip will be a limousine ride to Yankee Stadium and the opportunity for Curtis to meet the players. Make-A-Wish volunteers visited Curtis in the hospital earlier this year to tell him he was eligible to receive a wish. He didn't hesitate ? his wish was to go to a Yankees game and meet the players. Curtis and the other recipients' experience will begin when country music stars Big & Rich greet them at Union Station this morning at 7. They will then board their own party bus rental that will take them to the Nashville Zoo. When they arrive at Greer Stadium Curtis will throw out the first pitch for the noon game and the entire group will sit in a skybox. Streaks alive: Sounds utility man Vinny Rottino extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the first inning. That's Rottino's longest hit streak of the season. Rottino added a double in the third. Laynce Nix's double to the center field wall in the third inning extended his hitting streak to six games, which matches his longest of the season. Old friend: Former Sounds outfielder Dave Krynzel made a nice play in deep left field in the second inning when he caught a fly ball that reached the warning track by Chris Barnwell to end the inning. Capitalizing: After Nashville loaded the bases in the first inning the Sounds scored three runs. Tucson loaded the bases in the third inning when Brian Barden was hit by a pitch. The Sidewinders, however, failed to capitalize when Mark Johnson's fly ball reached the edge of the warning track and was caught by Nix.

Final: Nashville 5, Tucson (Diamondbacks) 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for R.A. Dickey photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2363 Sounds Win Again, Defeat Tucson 5-3 NASHVILLE ? The Nashville Sounds continued their winning ways on Monday evening at Greer Stadium, dispatching the Tucson Sidewinders, 5-3. The win was the fifth in the last six games for Nashville (31-26), which ensured itself a winning homestand. The Sounds jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Tucson starter Enrique Gonzalez in the bottom of the first inning. Ozzie Chavez led off with a single to right and Chris Barnwell walked before Laynce Nix forced Barnwell at second to put runners on the corners with one out. Drew Anderson hit a comebacker to the right of the mound and Chavez beat the throw home to score the game?s first run. After Vinny Rottino singled to load the bases, Gonzalez uncorked a wild pitch to allow Nix to score the second run before Brad Nelson singled to short right to plate Anderson. Rottino?s first-inning single extended the catcher?s hitting streak to nine games, matching his longest effort of the season. Jose Macias increased the Nashville lead to 5-0 in the third with a two-out, two-run single to right off Gonzalez that scored Anderson and Rottino. AUDIO: Jose Macias Two-Run Single -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-4.mp3 Gonzalez helped his own cause by driving in the first Sidewinders run with an RBI single off Tim Dillard in the top of the fourth inning. Tucson got two more runs back from Dillard in the fifth to make it a 5-3 contest. Former Sound Mark Johnson laced an RBI single to right before Augie Ojeda ripped a run-scoring double just inside the first-base bag down the right field line. Dillard worked his shortest outing of the season, lasting only 4 1/3 innings while throwing 95 pitches. He allowed three runs on nine hits. Nashville native R.A. Dickey (4-4) earned the win in relief for the Sounds after turning in an outstanding outing. The knuckleballer allowed just one hit over 3 2/3 scoreless frames that included three strikeouts. Left-hander Joe Thatcher worked a perfect ninth, including a pair of strikeouts, to earn his first save of the season. He became the sixth different Nashville hurler to notch a save this year. Nix went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to six games, matching his best effort of the season. Gonzalez (2-5) took the loss for the Sidewinders after giving up five runs in six hits over four frames of work. The teams wrap up the series with a noon finale on Tuesday afternoon at Greer. Right-hander Chris Oxspring (4-3, 2.88) will make the start for the Sounds to face right-hander D.J. Carrasco (2-4, 5.13). Nashville Box Score: Anybody ready for some Joe Thatcher in Milwaukee after watching Brian Shouse's recent struggles? Wouldn't he have more value that Chris Spurling, for instance? Vinny Rottino is a hitter's hitter... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Nashville Site: Getting To Know ... 1B/OF Brad Nelson Getting To Know ... P R.A. Dickey 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.

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Outfielder Drew Anderson: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-4.mp3

Final: Huntsville 6, Chattanooga (Reds) 5 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1196 DiFelice Does the Job in Relief Mark DiFelice threw four scoreless innings in relief to preserve a tenuous one-run lead, as a five-run first inning stood up in Huntsville?s 6-5 win over Chattanooga Monday night in the middle game of a five-game set at AT&T Field. The Stars won for a fifth time in the last six games to improve to 31-25 on the season and maintained a share of first place in the North Division with Tennessee (an 8-1 victor over Birmingham), while the Lookouts fell to 25-33 and seven games off the pace. The Stars have won five of the eight games between the teams, including three of the four games decided by one run. Huntsville jumped on Lookouts? starter James Avery for five first inning runs, the second time the Stars have tallied five times in the first in their last eight games. Lou Palmisano and Brendan Katin delivered run-scoring singles, Adam Heether added a two-run double and scored on a Yohannis Perez sacrifice fly to complete the uprising. Steve Sollmann?s run-scoring single in the second chased home Hernan Iribarren to give the visitors a 6-0 edge. Avery was taken out after four innings and charged with the loss after yielding six runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. He has now permitted 19 runs, 17 earned, on 25 hits over 13 innings in his last three starts. Corey Thurman tossed three scoreless frames in his first start of the season before Tyrell Godwin led off the fourth inning with a home run, his second with the Lookouts, to trim the visitors lead to 6-1. It was the sixth long ball allowed by Thurman this season and the fourth that led off an inning. Thurman walked the next two hitters and was taken out of the game and replaced by David Johnson, who was making his double-A debut. Cody Strait walloped his second pitch over the wall in left field for a three-run homer that cut the lead to 6-4. Luis Bolivar then tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Tonys Gutierrez that sliced the visitors lead to just one. Johnson got through the fifth unscathed and was taken out of the game after a leadoff double by Ryan Hanigan in the sixth and replaced by DiFelice. The veteran got Strait to fly out to right to move Hanigan to third with the potential tying run. Bolivar missed on a squeeze bunt attempt and Hanigan was tagged out by catcher Lou Palmisano for the second out of the frame. DiFelice fanned Bolivar to end the inning and retired the side in order in the seventh. He worked around a leadoff single by Paul Janish in the eighth and set down the home side in order in the ninth, fittingly striking out Marland Williams to end the game, to earn his third win of the season. The four innings worked by DiFelice represent the longest outing by a Stars? reliever this season and the sixth time this season in 19 outings he has thrown at least three innings. The series continues Tuesday night when the Stars will send southpaw Steve Hammond to the hill against Lookouts? right-hander Carlos Fisher. Coverage of the game begins at 6:00 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: 30-year-old Mark DiFelice has been one of those guys teams must have to earn postseason chances -- he's been a godsend, if not a flashy one in a prospect kind of way; Steve Sollmann on base four more times -- perhaps the most consistent box score lines in the system day after day, remind yourself about his season at the bottom of this post... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1 Steve Sollmann's MiLB.com Page: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=446538

Final: Tampa (Yankees) 15, Brevard County 6 MiLB.com Game Notes: Corona, Yanks mangle Manatees Reegie Corona blasted a three-run homer to highlight a seven-run fourth inning as Tampa trampled visiting Brevard County, 15-6, on Monday. The Yankees (31-24) had given up five runs in the top of the fourth before they nearly doubled that total in the bottom half, all with two outs. Corona began the outburst when he ripped a three-run shot over the left-field wall. Edwar Gonzalez tied the game, 5-5, with an RBI single and the go-ahead runs scored on third baseman Mat Gamel's Minor League-leading 26th error of the year. Corona also had an RBI single in the eighth as he went 2-for-6 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Gonzalez led off the second with a home run, his second, as he went 2-for-5 with two runs scored. Tampa starter Daniel McCutchen (5-0) won for the fourth time in his last five starts, despite giving up six runs on 13 hits and striking out three in a season-high eight innings. Michael Bell's grand slam fueled the five-run fourth for Brevard County (33-24). Gamel went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Manatees starter Rafael Lluberes (4-4) gave up eight runs -- five earned -- on 10 hits and two walks, striking out one in four innings. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com Brevard County Box Score: Check out LHP Rafael Lluberes' stat page at the end of this post -- he hadn't given up more than two earned runs in eight starts before this game, but he's walked too many and hasn't pitched deep into games. Only 22, so there's a reason he's been on the Power 50 -- is he really 6'4", 155? Top of the order with a nice night offensively, but where are the walks (Manatees 9th in the 12-team league in that category); Nestor Corredor really, really can't hit (.338 OPS); folks shouldn't forget that Mike Bell has some pop (12 HR's in West Virginia last season), speaking of which, Mat Gamel with three singles, but still searching for that first long ball; earlier last evening, this box score listed five Brevard errors -- official scorer cleaned up two of them, including one of Ned Yost's... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_tbyafa_1 LHP Rafael Lluberes MiLB.com Page: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=453652

The lead in the loss column is down to four games, by the way.

The Brewers really don't deserve to win this game -- I'm less upset right now than I should be.

You can't mention poor defense at Brevard without noting that Ned Yost now has seven errors in only 12 games at first base -- yikes!

Can we pull out the cheese sandwiches early tonight -- gotta change the mojo...