Jim Goulart

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_cngaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_tbyafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at home vs. Tucson (Diamondbacks), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Sam Narron 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; as we've discussed in the Transactions Thread, this may be the one game the 'Tees need to go with a "Johnny Wholestaff" effort... Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Mike McClendon at Greensboro (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Did Brevard ever fill Garrison's rotation spot? The roster spot was accounted for when Chris Errecart was activated, so the Manatees are currently short two, not three. However, we haven't seen a projected starting rotation for the next few days, so not sure as to who will be jumping into the rotation spot. It may be someone about to be added to the roster, rather than a current Manatee reliever. While we still don't know the nature of LHP Steve Garrison's injury, his DL stint is backdated to May 27th, and it's been hinted that he may be back in a few days when eligible. So maybe the Manatees have to scramble for one start only. Anyway, that's why Brevard will go with 24 players instead of 25 for a couple of days -- apparently Garrison will be back quickly. Good news indeed.

I swear, Rick Braun of the Journal-Sentinel (this is the guy who searched through all the Brewer minor league rosters a month ago and couldn't understand why he couldn't find Mark Rogers' stats), should just not even attempt to field questions related to the minor leagues: Q: Statler of Hurley, WI - Rick, why are the Nashville Sounds in the Pacific Coast League? A: Rick Braun - The Sounds are in the PCL because basically that's the only Class AAA minor league going nowadays. There used to be the International League, the American Association and the PCL. Now it's all the PCL with old IL and AA teams in it and spread among divisions. No Rick, there is an International League, and yes, the Sounds would love to be a part of it. Along with New Orleans, Memphis, Iowa, they really don't belong in the PCL, which tries to weigh the schedule so there aren't an overabundance of west coast trips. Not as bad as the Mark Rogers ignorance, but sheesh...

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Strikeouts leader gets 11 more in win Sounds' Gallardo atop minors again By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer The Las Vegas 51s didn't have a prayer on Faith Night. Not with Sounds pitching ace Yovani Gallardo on the mound. The powerful right-hander struck out 11 batters over six innings and led Nashville to a 6-2 win. A Greer Stadium Faith Night crowd of 8,409 watched Gallardo retake the minor league lead for strikeouts on the season with a total of 95. Faith Night is a weekly tradition started by Nashville, when families and church groups are treated to a pre-game Christian concert and hear testimonies of Sounds players. Grant Balfour relieved Gallardo in the seventh and recorded two strikeouts, and R.A. Dickey added one in the ninth to give the Sounds 14 total, two shy of the season high. After being held scoreless through eight innings, Las Vegas avoided the shutout in the ninth when Mitch Jones hit a two-run homer. Gallardo, 21, is the top prospect for the Milwaukee Brewers, according to Baseball America. He also leads the Pacific Coast League with eight wins and a 2.14 ERA. "Tonight I had all my pitches working pretty well," Gallardo said. "My fastball felt pretty good in the bullpen, and the curve ball was working as well, too. That was a big part of helping me get ahead in the count. I tried not to give up a base hit ? that was a goal I had." Double-digit effort Friday's performance was Gallardo's fourth double-digit strikeout effort this season. And it was the seventh time in 11 starts that he has held the opponent to one run or fewer. With the season not even at the midway point, Gallardo needs just 22 more strikeouts to tie Dennis Sarfate, who led the Sounds last season with 117. The 11 strikeouts was one shy of Gallardo's career-best 12, which came April 14 against New Orleans. "Gallardo got ahead in the count, and that's big for all pitchers,'' Sounds Manger Frank Kremblas said. "You get ahead, you put the hitter a little more on the defensive. You can throw any one of your pitches." Gallardo helped the Sounds improve their already impressive record at home. They have won 17 of their last 22 home games after opening the season 1-4 at Greer Stadium. Gallardo's performance on the mound overshadowed his effort at the plate. He was the first Sounds player with multiple hits Friday with a double in the third inning and a single in the fifth. It was Nashville's third consecutive victory. What they said: "We got one run in the second inning and then we had a decent inning going in the third, but Yovani got thrown out at third and (Callix) Crabbe got picked off. Fortunately, (Chris) Barnwell got a single, and (Laynce) Nix got a hanging change-up and picked us back up there." ? Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds add left-hander to replace Brewers' call-up By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer Left-handed pitcher Adam Pettyjohn was promoted Friday from Double-A Huntsville to fill the Sounds' roster spot vacated by starter Jose Capellan. Capellan, who started in Tuesday's game against Albuquerque, was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers after Thursday's game. To make room for Capellan, former Sound Rickie Weeks was put on the 15-day disabled list. The Sounds also added catcher J.R. Hopf from Advanced-A Brevard County, where he batted .213 in 19 games. That move was made to fill the roster spot vacated last week when Ryan Braun was promoted to the Brewers. Pettyjohn is slated to make his first appearance Sunday for Nashville against Tucson. The 29-year-old southpaw opened the year by posting a 4-2 record and 4.45 ERA in 11 Southern League games for Huntsville. Pitcher pounding: Sounds pitcher Yovani Gallardo got another big hit in the 6-2 win over Las Vegas. The right-handed starter clubbed a warning-track double in the third inning over the out-stretched glove of Delwyn Young. It marked Gallardo's fourth extra-base hit this season. He has six hits, including three doubles and a home run. Gallardo added a single in the fifth. Longest streak: Sounds first baseman Andy Abad extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single in the sixth inning. That is the longest streak for any Sounds player this season. Abad stole second and was injured. After being tended to by medical personnel, Abad was able to stay in the game. Also, right fielder Vinny Rottino extended his current hit streak to seven games. Worthy cause: A total of $8,500 was raised for Blood: Water Mission, an initiative started by the Christian band Jars of Clay to fight the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Jars of Clay played before the game.

Big-time West Virginia Power fan and Brewerfan poster "wvpowerblkwel" recently submitted his photo of the pitching motion of the Power's E. J. Shanks, who was featured in an article a few posts up in this thread. Thanks! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/phearinc/DSC_2072.jpg

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1192 Stars Send Battered Biscuits Home With Another Loss Three pitchers in relief combined to throw four scoreless innings to preserve Huntsville?s 4-2 win Friday night over Montgomery in the last of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars took four out of five from the defending league champions to improve to 29-24 and maintain their share of first place in the North Division, while the Biscuits slumped to 28-27 after dropping seven of ten on the just completed road trip. The Stars bullpen tossed 11 scoreless innings over the last three games and a total of 12 in the four wins to give the home team wins in 10 of its last 12 on home soil. Guilder Rodriguez singled with one out in the home first and scored when Steve Sollmann doubled to left and advanced to third on the throw home. Adam Heether singled home Sollmann with two outs to make it 2-0 and extend his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest for a Stars? batter since the start of the 2005 season. The Biscuits loaded the bases with two outs in the second and scored their first run on a single by Josh Asanovich, who knocked in his fourth run of the series. Stars? starter Lindsay Gulin worked out of further trouble by retiring Jason Pridie on a fly ball out and then worked out of a bases loaded, one-out jam in the third by striking out Chris Nowak and getting Gabriel Martinez to fly out. Shaun Cumberland?s leadoff home run in the fourth knotted the game at two. Steve Moss doubled home Yohannis Perez with two outs in the home fourth to push the Stars into the lead for good and a Lou Palmisano ground ball double play brought in Sollmann with the game?s final run. Huntsville totaled 46 runs on 61 hits in its highest scoring series of the season and won a second straight home set by a four games to one margin. Gulin earned his third win after yielding two runs on six hits and a pair of walks over five frames. He struck out four and lasted at least five innings for a fourth time in five turns with the Stars. Mark DiFelice went 2 1/3 scoreless innings and has thrown eight shutout innings in his last three outings. Lefty Jeff Housman was brought on to face lefty-swinging Martinez with a runner on in the eighth and got him to bounce into an inning-ending double play before retiring Cumberland to open the ninth and giving way to Marino Salas. The right-hander retired the two batters he faced to end the game and earn his 11th save in as many tries. The Stars embark on a ten-game road trip that opens with a five-game series Saturday night at Chattanooga. Huntsville will send southpaw Sam Narron to the hill against Lookouts? right-hander Richie Gardner. Coverage of the game begins at 6:00 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on Sports Radio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

Final: Huntsville 4, Montgomery (Devil Rays) 2 Details from the Stars' site shortly... Huntsville Box Score: Four shutout innings for the bullpen; Steve Sollmann does what he always does -- on base three more times, OBP now .451; Steve Moss, Lou Palmisano, and Brendan Katin each reach twice... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Have to believe Will Inman will be a serious contender for this award, as he was last season (I may be mistaken, but I believe he finished 2nd in 2006): www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2354

Final: Nashville 6, Las Vegas (Dodgers) 2 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Yovani Gallardo photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2358 Gallardo Mows Down 51s, Sounds Win 6-2 NASHVILLE ? Yovani Gallardo turned in another of his season-long series of gems for Nashville on Friday evening at Greer Stadium, striking out 11 batters over seven scoreless innings to lead the Sounds to a 6-2 victory over the Las Vegas 51s in front of 8,409 fans in the finale of a four-game series. The win was Nashville?s third in a row overall and the 17th victory in the club?s last 22 home games. It gave the Sounds a 3-1 series victory against Las Vegas. Gallardo (8-1) earned his Pacific Coast League-leading eighth victory and increased his minor-league-leading strikeout total to 95 on the year with his solid outing. He allowed three hits over his seven scoreless frames and permitted only one runner to reach second, dropping his ERA to a league-leading 2.14 through 11 starts. The 21-year-old top prospect of the Milwaukee Brewers fanned 11 batters, one shy of his career high. It marked the hurler?s fourth double-digit K total of the year. In addition to his dominance on the mound, Gallardo went 2-for-2 at the plate, including a double, to raise his average to .273 on the season (6-for-22). Nashville struck first, grabbing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Mike Rivera singled with two outs then scored when Brad Nelson followed with an RBI double to the wall in right-center. Both knocks came against Las Vegas starter Miguel Pinango. Laynce Nix upped the Sounds? lead to 3-0 in the third with a mammoth two-out, two-run homer to right off Pinango, the outfielder?s fourth roundtripper of the year and first at home. Chris Barnwell also scored on the blast after preceding Nix with a single. AUDIO: Laynce Nix Two-Run Homer -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-1.mp3 The lead increased to 4-0 when Vinny Rottino opened the frame with a ground-rule double to center, which extended his hitting streak to seven games, and later scored on a double-play grounder. Rottino (2-for-3) continued his solid evening in the seventh when he plated Nelson with an RBI triple that rolled to the wall in right-center. Callix Crabbe drove in Rottino two batters later with a run-scoring double to left-center, giving the Sounds a 6-0 lead. Las Vegas broke up the Nashville shutout bid in the top of the ninth inning for the second straight night, plating a pair of runs against R.A. Dickey when Mitch Jones pulled into a tie for the PCL lead with his 16th home run of the season. The two-run blast to center made it a 6-2 contest. Pinango (2-1) took his first loss of the season after allowing four runs on eight hits over his six frames of action. Andy Abad extended Nashville?s longest hitting streak of the season to 12 games with a sixth-inning single. The Sounds continue their homestand on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium when they welcome the Tucson Sidewinders (AAA-Diamondbacks) to town for the 6 p.m. CT opener of a four-game series. Nashville left-hander Zach Jackson (5-3, 5.06) will start Saturday?s series opener and face Tucson right-hander Dustin Nippert (0-1, 2.03). A fireworks show, sponsored by Your Select Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealers, will follow the game. Nashville Box Score: Not a big fan of Vinny Rottino batting eighth... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Infielder/Outfielder Joe Dillon: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-1.mp3

Brevard County Game Notes from the Cubs' Site: [DAYTONA BEACH, FL] On a rainy Friday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, the Daytona Cubs (25-28) dropped the final game of a four-game set (13-4) to the Brevard County Manatees (33-21), while Jeff Samardzija (0-5) took the loss. The Cubs allowed a season high 13 runs on the Manatees? 16 hits in the loss, including three doubles, a triple and two home runs. In five complete innings, Samardzija allowed the most hits (10) and runs (8) in any of his outings for Daytona. Jesse Estrada and Joel Santo came in for two innings apiece to combine for five runs on six hits, while fanning two. Santo walked two and handed over back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth. Brian Dopirak (1-for-3) contributed three of the four Cubs? runs with a two-run jack in the second inning and a sacrifice fly in the fourth to score Jesus Valdez (0-for-3), who led off with a walk. The Cubs fourth and final run came in the fifth inning when Chris Amador (0-for-5) took home on a wild pitch from right-hander Ben Stanczyk.

Additional details on the Intimidators' site on the dominance of the Power: West Virginia Completes Sweep of Kannapolis Kannapolis, NC ? There are only so many times a team can get back up after it has been knocked down. The Kannapolis Intimidators battled back from scores of 3-0 and 6-3 to tie it up both times, but the West Virginia offense proved to be too much, pulling away from Kannapolis, 11-6, at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium Friday night. The loss at the hands at the Power (37-15) marked the first time this season Kannapolis (24-31) was swept in a four-game series. Kannapolis starter Fautino De Los Santos was thought to be the best chance for the Intimidators to stop the West Virginia offense. De Los Santos plugged the hole, but did not seal it. He did not allow a runner in the first three innings, but gave up three runs on three hits in the fourth. He left after five innings in a 3-3 tie. The Kannapolis bullpen continued to perform ineffectively following De Los Santos?s exit. Ryan Rote, brilliant in four shutout innings in the first game of the series, gave up three runs in one inning. Clevelan Santeliz continued his lackluster string of appearances, giving up four runs (three earned) in his one inning of work. By the time Joe Winn entered the game in the eighth, Kannapolis was down 10-6. Winn allowed just an unearned run in two innings, pitching on back-to-back days in his first two days in town after being called up from extended spring training. The bullpen in the last six games has now thrown in 30 innings and allowed 24 earned runs. The offense matched West Virginia hit for hit through six innings. From the seventh inning on, the bats sputtered, though, as Kannapolis did not have a hit after the sixth. Stefan Gartrell was the main cog in the lineup, going 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Brandon Allen extended his hitting streak to seven games with a double. Archie Gilbert pushed his hitting streak to eight games with a single. In the series, West Virginia?s offense, the best in the league, tallied 37 runs on 54 hits. Kannapolis totaled 26 runs and 37 hits, yet could not find a way to come out on top in any of the four games. With the loss, Kannapolis has now lost five games in a row and nine of its last 10. The win for the Power gave it seven straight victories.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER SWEEP KANNAPOLIS The West Virginia Power offense scored eleven runs on twelve hits as they completed the four game sweep of the Kannapolis Intimidators with an 11-6 victory on Friday night to win their seventh game in a row. Kannapolis scored first on a two-out RBI single from Stefan Gartrell in the bottom of the third inning. The Power answered with a three-run fourth inning. Kenny Holmberg hit a two-run bomb, his fifth of the year, and Andrew Lefave drove in his first of three runs on the night with a sacrifice fly. Kannapolis scored in the bottom of the fourth inning when Hancer Vargas walked with the bases loaded and the Intimidators tied the game in the fifth inning on Lee Cruz?s RBI double. The Power scored three times in the sixth inning to take the lead. Lefave singled in the first two runs and Brent Brewer knocked in the final run of the inning on a two-out base hit. Kannapolis came back and tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Gartrell singled in a pair of runs and scored the tying run later in the inning on a wild pitch. The lead didn?t last long as the Power pulled away with a four-run seventh. Holmberg?s base hit scored Darren Ford and Chuckie Caufield?s base hit plated Holmberg and Michael Brantley. Brent Brewer capped off the four run frame with a sacrifice fly. The Power scored one final time in the ninth inning after Andy Bouchie singled to left field and the ball got past Lee Cruz allowing Caufield to score. D.J.Lidyard (2-1) allowed three runs on four hits over three innings to get the win, and Clevelan Santeliz (0-4) was tagged with the loss. The Power improved to 37-15 with the win and the Intimidators fell to 24-31 with the loss. Three Power players had multi-hit games, including Michael Brantley who recorded multiple hits in every game of the series, going 13-for-21 against the Intimidators, and four players drove in multiple runs. The Power will begin a four-game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at First Horizon Park on Saturday night. The Power will start right hander Mike McClendon (5-1, 1.83). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM (6:00 Central).

Final: Brevard County 13, Daytona (Cubs) 4 Brevard County Box Score: Mat Gamel on base four times, scores four runs; Charlie Fermaint must be reading -- hopefully this is the start of a great stretch, just a triple shy of the cycle; who does Ryan Barba think he is -- Taylor Green? Workhorse Ben Stanczyk in game # 20; Josh Wahpepah still styling out of the pen, a unique role considering his low K rate... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: Odd double play ends the Cub 8th... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1

Final: West Virginia 11, Kannapolis (White Sox) 6 Sweep! Not official yet, but they may as well start printing post-season tickets in Charleston -- big surprise, another double-digit night on offense... West Virginia Box Score: This lineup might give Jake Peavy fits right now; reliever D.J. Lidyard with a disastrous sixth inning, but settled in nicely after (what else) the offense picked him up -- that's all this amazing team does, is pick each other up constantly; top five in the order scores all 11 runs, while driving in eight -- enjoy poring over the specifics here... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

Yo's final line: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K, 101 pitches, 69 strikes Wow. Just wow.

Once the pitcher had to retreat for that bunt, how did Mench not score -- that was a perfect time to run on a "safety" squeeze bunt...

I was just noticing that Caufield was a late round pick . I don't recall a 40-something rounder doing this well for the Crew. Was he a DFE, or what? No, just a late round pick who has managed to excel.

Yo cruising through five innings -- who are we kidding, he's more than cruising -- check out the line thus far, what a stud: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K, 78 pitches, 52 strikes The last five outs he's recorded have all been strikeouts swinging.

also, I can't find when Ryan Barba was activated, but he's been in there a couple times lately Keep in mind that when you click on the Transactions Link at the top of any Brewerfan.net page, the list will default to the past seven days. But you can adjust the date range or filter by type of transaction. Barba's activation off the DL was noted on the transaction list on 5/18. By the way, DHonks, thanks for all the insightful comments in varous threads on this forum as of late -- much appreciated.

Congratulations and welcome back to 25-year-old RHP Josh Baker, the Brewers' 4th round pick in the 2004 draft, activated from the Manatees' disabled list. The Rice University product missed all of 2006. To be honest, I'm struggling to recollect the nature of Baker's arm troubles. Maybe someone can help us out with that...

West Virginia (audio, not the game), at least early on, pre-empted because the radio station is covering high school tournament baseball at Appalachian Power Park. Manatees broadcast on as scheduled for those you looking for an audio appetizer sample prior to the Brewers game.

The story of how RHP Tim Bausher, back in independent ball, came within a double play ball of getting into the one big league game he was activated for -- can you imagine? www.canamleague.com/cgi-b...1180708707