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Standings through Monday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 24 20 .545 - 14-6 10-14 L1 Nashville 23 21 .523 1.0 13-7 10-14 L1 Memphis 22 23 .489 2.5 15-9 7-14 W3 Omaha 20 24 .455 4.0 16-9 4-15 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 23 20 .535 - 8-10 15-10 W3 Huntsville 22 20 .524 0.5 12-12 10-8 L1 Chattanooga 20 25 .444 4.0 12-13 8-12 L1 West Tenn 19 25 .432 4.5 10-10 9-15 W1 Carolina 17 28 .378 7.0 9-11 8-17 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 27 17 .614 - 15-6 12-11 L1 Palm Beach 25 19 .568 2.0 13-12 12-7 W1 Vero Beach 22 22 .500 5.0 16-7 6-15 W2 Daytona 21 22 .488 5.5 13-8 8-14 L2 Jupiter 18 26 .409 9.0 6-13 12-13 L3 St. Lucie 17 27 .386 10.0 9-14 8-13 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 28 13 .683 - 13-8 15-5 L1 Greensboro 26 18 .591 3.5 14-5 12-13 W1 Lakewood 21 20 .512 7.0 8-11 13-9 W2 Lake County 20 23 .465 9.0 12-13 8-10 L2 Hagerstown 19 25 .432 10.5 10-12 9-13 L1 Lexington 19 25 .432 10.5 9-13 10-12 W1 Delmarva 18 24 .429 10.5 9-11 9-13 W1 Hickory 16 25 .390 12.0 6-10 10-15 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_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dunafa_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: Again, your choice of appetizers for West Coast Brewer baseball! All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Yovani Gallardo at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 5:45 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at home vs. West Tenn (Mariners), 11:55 AM pre-game; 12:05 PM gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 PM gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: LHP Mike Ramlow at home vs. Augusta (Giants), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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MiLB Notebooks: Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee Brewers) THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Sounds were in second place in the American North Division after going 4-2. WHO'S HOT/NOT: OF Laynce Nix was 9-for-21 (.429) with two home runs and five RBIs over his last five games. ... IF Jose Macias batted .393 (11-for-28) over a nine-game span. ... SS Chris Barnwell had a .150 average (6-for-40) in his last 10 games. SCRAPPING FOR HITS: The Sounds are getting used to seeing RHP Yovani Gallardo shut down opponents. He won his fifth consecutive decision on Thursday, giving up just one hit in six innings and striking out 11 in a victory over Albuquerque. Gallardo leads the league with 66 strikeouts, but more impressive than his strikeout total might be his ability to limit the opponents' hit total. The 21-year-old gave up just one hit in a start for the second time this season -- he did it over seven innings against Round Rock on May 6. He also allowed only three hits over six shutout innings against New Orleans on April 14. He has allowed 27 hits in 48 2/3 innings. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "We just haven't played with the intensity that I've seen in the past." -- Manager Frank Kremblas, to the Tennessean, on the Sounds losing six games on an eight-game road trip. Huntsville Stars (Milwaukee Brewers) THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Stars (21-19) took over first place in the North Division, going 4-2 for the week as part of a 7-2 streak. WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: RHP Joe Thatcher, who had a 0.55 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 16 1/3 relief innings, was promoted to Triple-A Nashville. . . . LHP Manny Parra improved to 5-1 with a 3.02 ERA. . . . OF Brendan Katin was 4-for-22 with nine strikeouts over six games. PLAYER TO WATCH: OF Ruben Mateo hit two homers and drove in five runs in his second game with the Stars. The former Major Leaguer had been in extended spring training after signing with Milwaukee. The homers were his first since June 12, 2004 with Pittsburgh. Mateo, 29, played in the Majors with Texas, Cincinnati and Kansas City in addition to the Pirates. PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: LHP Sam Narron, who had been 0-3 with a 6.08 ERA, pitched eight scoreless innings for his first victory. The 25-year-old allowed four hits, no walks and struck out eight, retiring 14 consecutive batters at one point, in the 4-0 victory over West Tenn. Narron, 6-foot-7, had been allowing opponents to hit at a .333 clip. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "I tweaked something [with my stride]. Nothing big, but it felt like it made all the difference in the world," Narron told the Huntsville Times. Brevard County Manatees (Milwaukee Brewers) THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Manatees had just one blemish last week, a 3-2 loss at Jupiter. They went 5-1 on the week and have a two-game lead over second-place Palm Beach in the Eastern Division. WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: CF Lorenzo Cain has 10 hits in his last 21 at-bats for a .476 average and is hitting .389 in his last 10 games. He's also averaging an RBI per game over the last five contests. ... SS Ryan Crew has three hits in his last 16 at-bats. PLAYER TO WATCH: Crew may not get many more chances to break out of his slump the way fellow SS Alcides Escobar is hitting. The native of Venezuela is batting .435 in his last five games with three RBIs and is hitting .302 over the past 10 contests. PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: LF Cole Gillespie. In a 10-3 win over St. Lucie on May 19, he may have had a career game, going 3-for-3 with two homers and five RBIs. In the second inning, Gillespie stroked a two-run homer to center field; after getting hit by a pitch in the third, he ripped a three-run blast to left. West Virginia Power (Milwaukee Brewers) THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The Power (27-12) were 3-3 and lead the SAL Northern by 3 1/2 games over Greensboro. WHO'S HOT: RHP Mike McClendon (3-1, 2.30) put together a gem vs. Asheville Friday night, coming within two outs of a no-hitter. RHP Zach Braddock (3-1, 1.30) followed with an 11-strikeout performance to take the SAL lead with 59. IF Taylor Green got his bat going, hitting .467 (7-for-15) for the week, boosting his average 40 points to .307. RHP E.J. Shanks (3-0, 0.77) picked up a save and has allowed just two earned runs in 23 1/3 innings. WHO'S NOT: LHP Brae Wright (3-3, 6.20) is 2-1, but has a 6.75 ERA in May. LHP Mike Ramlow (2-2, 8.26) has allowed 26 earned runs in 28 1/3 innings. OF Anderson De La Rosa is hitting just .208 (5-for-24) since joining the club. NEWS & NOTES: McClendon came within two outs of the first no-hitter in Power history Friday night in West Virginia's 8-1 victory over the Asheville Tourists at McCormick Field. The 22-year-old retired the first 19 Tourists he faced before Hector Gomez drew a one-out walk in the seventh. Gomez then broke up the would-be-gem with a single to left with one out in the ninth. McClendon, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a 10th-round selection by the Brewers in 2006. There were 20 no-hitters in Minor League Baseball last season. DID YOU KNOW?: 1B Michael Brantley, who hit .300 in 108 games with the Power last season, could be bucking for a promotion to Class A Advanced Brevard County. Having struck out just 13 times in 137 at-bats, he's proving his point in his SAL return. His problem is that 1B Chris Errecart is also off to a strong start at Brevard County. West Virginia's Zach Braddock (above) followed teammate Mike McClendon's near no-no with an 11-strikeout performance last week. (Tony Farlow/MLB.com) http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/05/21/QQkZ2wtx.jpg

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Memphis' solo homers enough to beat Sounds Redbirds hit four out against in-state rivals By BRYAN MULLEN Tennessean Staff Writer First came the national anthem singer. Then the Memphis Redbirds followed with four solo acts of their own. The Redbirds used three solo home runs in the early innings ? and four solo shots overall ? to propel them to a 6-5 win against the Nashville Sounds on Monday night in front of 3,424 at Greer Stadium. Sounds starting pitcher Chris Oxspring (2-3), allowed five earned runs in five innings, including the first three solo homers. The last time an opponent hit three home runs against a Sounds starter came on April 16 when New Orleans took R.A. Dickey out of the park three times. "(Oxspring) had no command, obviously, was up in the strike zone and the they made him pay like they should have," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. Memphis' Nick Stavinoha, Edward Gonzalez, Brendan Ryan and Skip Schumaker had the home runs, but Gonzalez's was most impressive. The second baseman's homer in the fourth hit the top of the guitar scoreboard and was estimated to travel more than 440 feet. Trailing 5-1, Nashville battled and eventually trailed 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by a two-run home run by Andy Abad in the seventh inning. But with the tying run on third, the Sounds' Brad Nelson struck out looking on a nice pitch by Brian Falkenborg to end the game. "(Falkenborg) made a pretty good pitch and fooled him with a breaking ball," Kremblas said. The Sounds (23-21) and Memphis (22-23) face off again today at 6 p.m. at Greer Stadium. What they said: "If you make them hit solo home runs you still have a chance, but we just couldn't get out of the fifth with two outs." ? Kremblas on Memphis scoring three runs in the fifth with two outs. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Future major-league matchup is expected tonight at Greer By BRYAN MULLEN Tennessean Staff Writer It's a safe bet tonight's game at Greer Stadium won't take very long. A pitching matchup featuring two of minor league baseball's top prospects will start what is likely to be a low-scoring affair. The Sounds will trot out Yovani Gallardo, who was named the Pacific Coast League's Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Gallardo (5-1, 2.22 ERA) is rated by Baseball America as the Milwaukee Brewers' No. 1 prospect and the 16th best prospect in minor league baseball. Memphis will counter with Blake Hawksworth (2-5, 3.45 ERA), rated by Baseball America as the St. Louis Cardinals' No. 4 prospect. Braun breaks slump: Ryan Braun was 0-for-10 after missing 12 games due to left wrist tendinitis before ripping an RBI single to center in the eighth inning on Monday. Braun, rated by Baseball America as the Brewers' No. 2 prospect, lined out hard to left field twice against the Redbirds before the single. "He's fine," Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas said. "He'll give you a pretty good at-bat every time up." Ankiel mingles: Former major leaguer Rick Ankiel spent 10 minutes prior to the game signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans. Ankiel, 27, was once one of baseball's brightest young pitching prospects but struggled with his control. He is now settling in as an outfielder with the Redbirds, the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Ankiel, who had an RBI single in the fifth, was the National League Rookie of the Year runner-up in 2000. His nine home runs this season are tied for fourth in the PCL entering last night. Rehab stint: Greg Aquino joined the Sounds on Monday on a minor league rehab assignment. The 29-year-old pitcher is currently on the Brewers' 15-day disabled list due to right forearm stiffness. Aquino had eight relief appearances for Milwaukee this season and was 0-0 with a 5.87 ERA. For the kids: The Sounds' Callix Crabbe and Vinny Rottino will hold an instructional clinic for approximately 30 hearing impaired kids from the Nashville Sertoma Club today at Greer Stadium.

Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=56288 Sounds come up just short at Greer By Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent A lineup full of Andy Abads might have made a difference for the Nashville Sounds against Memphis at Greer Stadium on Monday. Abad hit a homer, collected two RBIs and scored two runs for Nashville. Unfortunately for the Sounds, they only have the one Andy Abad and he wasn?t enough as Memphis downed Nashville 6-4 in front of 3,424 fans at Greer. Abad?s teammates went a combined 4-for-29 while he was 3-for-4. To be fair, it wasn?t entirely the offense?s fault. Starting pitcher Chris Oxspring (2-3) was erratic and Sounds pitchers gave up four solo homers en route to the loss. All in all Oxspring had a forgettable performance. He went five innings, allowed five earned runs and three solo homers. One of the homers was a skyscraping blast by Memphis second baseman Edgar Gonzalez. The ball smacked high off the guitar scoreboard in left-center field. Nick Stavinoha and Brendan Ryan also hit solo home runs off Oxspring for the Redbirds. Memphis did most of its damage in the fifth, when it scored three runs with two outs. ?He had no command, obviously, [was] up in the zone and they made him pay as should have,? Sounds manager Frank Kremblas said of Oxspring. Nashville got its first run in the second inning when Abad singled and scored on a fielder?s choice off the bat of Charles Thomas. Memphis had a 5-1 lead in the seventh when Abad stroked a two-run homer off the foul pole in right field. That shot, Abad?s fifth on the year, trimmed the lead to 5-3. Ryan Braun ended an 0-for-10 slump since returning from his wrist injury by singling home Chris Barnwell in the seventh. Braun?s hit trimmed the Redbird lead to one until Skip Schumaker hit the team?s fourth solo homer in the top of the ninth off Alec Zumwalt. After scoring a run earlier in the ninth, the Sounds stumbled. Pinch hitter Brad Nelson struck out looking against Brian Falkenborg with the tying run on third base to end the game. Ozzie Chavez blew a chance to keep the inning going earlier when he didn?t run to first on a dropped third strike.

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section.../200705223 Too much green for Power By Jim Workman For The Charleston Gazette The West Virginia Power has the South Atlantic League?s best hitting team while Augusta boasts the league?s top pitching staff. Neither flexed its expected muscle Monday, though, as the GreenJackets claimed a 10-5 victory in a South Atlantic League game at Appalachian Power Park before 2,819 fans. Augusta racked up 12 hits to keep West Virginia playing catch-up all night. ?They created a lot ? running the bases,? Power manager Mike Guerrero said. ?We need to hold the runners a little closer. They had a lot of chances and took advantage of it.? The GreenJackets stole five bases, including three for leadoff hitter Manny Burris. Augusta wasted no time getting its offense going, plating two runs in the first inning. Burris led off with a single and stole second and third base before Bobby Felmy knocked him in with a double to right field. Matt Weston hit a grounder to first to make it 2-0. The GreenJackets added another run in the top of the second when James Simmons smacked an RBI single, and they increased the lead to 4-0 in the third as Brett Pill swatted a sacrifice fly to center. Darren Ford got the Power back in the game in the bottom of the third, stroking a three-run home run over the right-center field wall to cut the Augusta lead to 4-3. West Virginia tied the game in the fourth when John Alonso clobbered a triple off the top of the fence in center field and scored on a wild pitch. Ryan Rohringer put the GreenJackets back on top with an RBI double and Weston blasted a two-run shot over the right field wall to up the Augusta lead to 7-4 in the fifth inning. The Power got a surge in the seventh as Taylor Green pounded a solo homer to right field to trim the Augusta advantage to 7-5. Green has knocked in 14 runs in the last nine games and homered three times in the past week. ?He is swinging the bat well,? Guerrero said of Green. ?He is a hitter who has a good idea at the plate.? The GreenJackets tacked on some insurance in the ninth. Rohringer hit a RBI single to left scoring Marcus Sanders to increase the advantage to 8-5. Pill tallied two more with a double down the left-field line to make it 10-5. The game pitted the Sally League?s division leaders, as Augusta holds a 31-13 mark atop the Southern Division. ?We look forward to matchups like this because you can see how you measure up,? said Guerrero. ?It gives you an idea of the things you need to get better at. They?re exciting games.? The Power fell to 28-13, but remains in first place in the Northern Division, 3 1/2 games ahead of Greensboro. The Power and GreenJackets continue their series Tuesday night, then return Wednesday with a Grand Slam School Day contest. The series concludes Thursday evening before the Power plays host to Greenville for a Memorial Day weekend series Friday through Monday.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars come up empty as Jaxx pick it up in 6th West Tenn pitcher Woerman leaves impression By MARK McCARTER Huntsville Times Sports Staff, markcolumn@aol.com Hunkered down over his laptop computer only minutes after the game, Stars manager Don Money was filing his postgame report to Milwaukee. Among the items: "Player of Interest: Joe Woerman." It's an asterisk tagged to the occasional opponent - Money has perhaps designated a half-dozen such players this year - whose name needs to be filed away by team officials and for scouts to monitor in case of trades and free agency. There was little about his rsum of interest - Woerman was 1-1 and didn't earn his first win until his eighth appearance of the year - but he dominated the Stars on Monday, striking out eight and allowing only two hits in six innings as West Tenn won in a romp, 8-0. "He threw the ball decent, in the 90s, and he looked like he knew how to pitch," Money said. Steve Hammond (3-6) took the loss. Rene Rivera, a catcher batting only .198 on the season, ripped apart a close game with a grand slam in the sixth, keying a six-run inning. The loss ended a three-game Huntsville winning streak, and a stretch of prosperity of eight wins in 10 games. The Stars (22-20) fell out of first place in the Southern League North, a half-game behind Tennessee. The Stars and Diamond Jaxx end this series today at 12:05. Final score notwithstanding, it began as an edge-of-the-seat pitcher's duel between Hammond and Woerman. "He's one of the best we've faced," said hitting coach Sandy Guerrero. "Everything was perfect for him. We didn't have a chance." On Monday, Woerman was indestructible. He wriggled out of tough situations early, with runners on first and second in the first, then on third and second in the second inning. "The last four outings he's been good," said Rivera. "All his pitches were good tonight." Hammond, meanwhile, retired the first 12 men he faced. Said pitching coach Rich Sauveur, "He was pitch-for-pitch with that other guy for four innings." Then, Sauveur said, "he ran out of gas." Erick Monzon led off the fifth with a sharp double to left, then scored on a two-out Rivera single. Then came an avalanche in the sixth. Two hits. Two walks, one with the bases loaded. An RBI single by Charlton Jimerson. Then Rivera's grand slam. "I was just trying to hit the ball hard," Rivera said. He did - but he didn't know how hard. Stars center fielder Steve Moss momentarily appeared to have caught the ball at the fence, and Rivera actually cruised into second base thinking he was out, instead of the ball being out. After the homer, reliever Corey Thurman got the Stars out of the mess, allowing only a Prentice Redman homer in the eighth. "Tonight," said Money, "we just didn't show up." And Woerman did, on the mound and in a report.

Final: West Tenn (Mariners) 8, Huntsville 0 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1170 Diamond Jaxx Dominate in Shutout Win Joe Woerman and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout and Rene Rivera?s three-run home run capped off a six-run sixth inning in West Tenn?s 8-0 blanking of Huntsville Monday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Diamond Jaxx won for the first time in the series to improve to 19-25, while the Stars dropped to 22-20 and into second place, a half game behind Tennessee, which beat Mississippi to reclaim the top spot in the North Division. The Stars left runners at first and second in the first inning when Ruben Mateo flied out and Steve Moss struck out and stranded runners at second and third base in the second inning when Yohannis Perez fanned on three pitches and Hernan Iribarren popped out. Steve Sollmann in the fifth inning was the only Stars? base runner to reach second base the rest of the night, as Huntsville lost a three-game win streak and a five-game home win string. Stars? starter Steve Hammond retired the first 12 batters he faced before Erick Monzon led off the fifth inning with a double and scored on a two-out single by Rivera. The visitors broke the game open in the next frame on a two-out bases loaded walk to Matt Tuiasosopo, a two-run single by Charlton Jimerson and Rivera?s third long ball of the year that chased Hammond from the game. The southpaw dropped to 3-6 on the season after allowing seven runs on six hits, including his league-leading ninth home run ball. Hammond has yielded a homer in six of his nine starts and in each of his last four turns. Woerman permitted only two hits in his six scoreless innings and has now gone 13 frames in his last two turns without allowing a run. He struck out a season-high eight and issued four walks before Chad Fillinger tossed two shutout innings and Kam Mickolio closed the game with a scoreless ninth inning. The trio of pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts, half of which were earned against Steve Moss and Drew Anderson. The Stars scored 23 times on 40 hits in winning the first three games of the series and were blanked for a third time this season. The series concludes Tuesday afternoon with Huntsville sending southpaw Lindsay Gulin to the mound against West Tenn right-hander Doug Fister. Coverage of the game begins at 11:50 a.m. central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Lou Palmisano with a walk and an HBP; Brendan Katin walks twice; Adam Heether inching back towards .200 trying to dig himself out of a huge hole... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: Time to be concerned about Steve Hammond passed a while ago... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

He performed well in spring training games this year, and look for him at Helena next month. Unusual visa issues prevented him from playing the past two seasons.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: AUGUSTA PULLS AWAY FROM POWER The West Virginia Power erased an early 4-0 deficit but were outscored 6-1 in the final five innings of Monday night?s game against Augusta, as the GreenJackets took game one of the series 10-5. Bobby Felmy doubled in the first of two runs in the first inning and Matt Weston?s groundout plated the second. James Simmons ripped an RBI single in the second inning and Augusta took a 4-0 lead after Brett Pill?s sacrifice fly in the third. Darren Ford ripped a three-run homer, his fourth of the year, in the third inning to bring the Power within one. John Alonso led off the fourth inning with a triple and scored on a wild pitch to tie the game. Augusta took the lead again by scoring three times in the fifth inning. Ryan Rohlinger doubled in the first run and Weston smacked a two-run homer to plate the other two. Taylor Green hit a solo bomb, his fifth of the year, to bring West Virginia within two. Augusta pulled away with a three-run ninth inning. Rohlinger struck again with an RBI single and Pill doubled in the final two runs of the game. Clayton Tanner (5-2) gave up four runs on five hits to get the win and Brae Wright (2-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering seven runs on eight hits over five innings. The Power fell to 28-13 with the loss and the GreenJackets improved to 31-13 with the win. Darren Ford extended his hitting streak to 12 games and Michael Brantley reached twice to extend his on base streak to 17 games. The Power will continue the four game series against Augusta at Appalachian Power Park on Tuesday night. The Power will start left hander Mike Ramlow (2-2, 8.26) and the GreenJackets will counter with right hander Henry Sosa (3-0, 0.48). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

21-year-old RHP D.J. Lidyard is back from the West Virginia disabled list, we'll have the corresponding roster move for you in the AM.

Brutal night on the farm, as Steve Hammond, like Steve Garrison earlier tonight, gets tagged for a 6-spot, Stars trail, 7-0, in the 8th...

Final: Augusta (Giants) 10, West Virginia 5 West Virginia Box Score: Power batters K 12 times; Taylor Green his 5th HR, Darren Ford his 4th; Power site game summary later, plus plenty of local coverage in the AM... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 LHP Brae Wright's eight starts prior to Monday: He's struggling in nearly every category -- www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=453067

Final: Memphis (Cardinals) 6, Nashville 5 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Andy Abad photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2332 Redbirds Take Series Opener From Sounds, 6-5 NASHVILLE ? The Memphis Redbirds used a four home run barrage to etch a 6-5 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series. The four home runs were the most hit by Memphis (22-23) this season as well as the most surrendered by the Sounds (23-21) in a single game in 2007. Trailing 6-4 entering the bottom of the ninth, Nashville rallied to plate a two-out run and had the potential tying run standing at third base when pinch-hitter Brad Nelson was struck out looking by Memphis closer Brian Falkenborg for the game?s final out. Andy Abad paced Nashville with a 3-for-4 evening that included his fifth homer of the year. The remainder of the Sounds roster combined for only four additional knocks on the evening. Memphis left fielder Nick Stavinoha gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when he belted a leadoff solo homer off the top of the left field wall against Nashville starter Chris Oxspring. The blast was his sixth of the year. The Sounds knotted the score in the bottom of the frame when Charles Thomas stepped to the plate with runners at first and third and lined a ball into right field. Abad scored an unearned run on the play but Thomas only received credit for a fielder?s choice as Vinny Rottino was forced out at second by rightfielder Rick Ankiel. Redbirds second baseman Edgar Gonzalez put the visitors back in front in the fourth with a mammoth home run to left-center that struck the upper portion of the guitar-shaped scoreboard. The longball, which came against Oxspring, was his second of the season. Memphis pulled away with a three-run fifth against Oxspring, plating all three scores with two outs in the frame. Shortstop Brendan Ryan increased the lead to 3-1 with his first home run of the season, a two-out solo shot to left off Oxspring. After Rico Washington and Stavinoha each singled to put runners on the corners, Washington scored on an Oxspring wild pitch and Ankiel followed with an RBI single to push the lead to 5-1. Oxspring (2-3) suffered his second loss in his last three starts after allowing five runs on six hits, including three homers, over five innings while walking three and striking out three. The three home runs surrendered by the right-hander matched the most allowed by a Sounds hurler this season; R.A. Dickey served up three taters on April 16 at New Orleans. Abad pulled the Sounds within a pair of runs at 5-3 with a two-run home run off the right field foul pole in the bottom of the seventh. The roundtripper, which came against Memphis starter Mike Parisi and scored Joe Dillon, was the veteran?s fifth of the year. AUDIO: Andy Abad's Two-Run HR -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-21.mp3 Nashville got another run back in the eighth against Memphis reliever Chris Lambert when pinch-hitter Chris Barnwell led off with a ground-rule double to right-center, was sacrificed to third, and scored on a Ryan Braun RBI single, the third baseman?s first hit in 11 at-bats following his return from a left wrist injury. Skip Schumaker provided the visitors with a valuable insurance run in the top of the ninth, touching Alec Zumwalt for a one-out solo homer to left to make it a 6-4 contest. It was the outfielder?s first of the year. In the bottom of the ninth, Nashville mounted a rally against Falkenborg to make things interesting. Abad led off with a single but was erased by a Rottino fielder?s choice. Thomas doubled to put runners on second and third with one out. Ozzie Chavez followed with a swinging strike out that was accompanied by a wild pitch, allowing Rottino to score from third to make it a one-run contest. Chavez was late running to first and was thrown out for the second out of the frame. Falkenborg followed with his game-ending strikeout of Nelson to secure his team-leading tenth save of the year. Parisi (4-2) held Nashville to three runs (two earned) on three hits while walking two and striking out four batters in seven innings of work. The teams continue the series with another 6 p.m. meeting on Tuesday night in a game that features an outstanding pitching matchup. Current PCL Pitcher-of-the-Week Yovani Gallardo (5-1, 2.22), the Milwaukee Brewers? top prospect, will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Memphis right-hander Blake Hawksworth (2-5, 3.45), the 4th-best prospect of the St. Louis Cardinals. Nashville Box Score: Ryan Braun with a throwing error (his third error on the season) and his 4th SB in seven attempts; game summary seems to indicate Ozzie Chavez could have been more aware or hustling more on that wild pitch K in the 9th; the first time we've Dennis Sarfate in a game so early (the 6th) and for three innings... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Joe Thatcher: Listen up... www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-21.mp3

Final: Dunedin (Blue Jays) 11, Brevard County 6 Shocking loss to those who saw the 'Tees up 6-0 early on... Brevard County Box Score: Incredible recovery by the Blue Jay starter; as a 21-year-old in '06, Charlie Fermaint posted a solid .741 OPS in a tough league, in '07, it's an ugly sub-.500 mark; Ryan Crew also hasn't been able to duplicate last year's success, which included plenty of Florida State League at-bats... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dunafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: Five extra-base hits against Steve Garrison in the 4th was also a sudden shock to the system... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dunafa_1

Some wild early action tonight -- Brevard goes up 6-0, but Steve Garrison coughs up a 6-spot and they're tied with Dunedin. The Power falls behind 4-0, fights back to tie, then Brae Wright's struggles continue as he gives it back and the Power trail 7-4. Neither game half-way through yet, could be a nutty night here...

FSL Player of the Week: Cole Gillespie, Brevard County .458 (11-24), 4 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 2 SO, 3 SB, .792 SLG Gillespie's current five-game hitting streak was highlighted by his standout performance against St. Lucie on Saturday. The left fielder went 3-for-3 with two homers and five RBIs to power the Manatees to a 10-3 victory. Two days before that, Gillespie singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Brevard County eked out an 8-7 win over the Mets.

After a week with no Brewers listed, here's a surprise Brewer at # 10 (yeah, he's been hot). There's a mention of Yo and Alcides in the intro, and pray tell, you know we've let the BA guys know about omitting Zach Braddock: www.baseballamerica.com/t...63949.html

Please visit the Sounds' site for their latest detailed press release on the latest honor for Yo Gallardo: www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2331

Standings through Sunday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 24 19 .558 - 14-6 10-13 W1 Nashville 23 20 .535 1.0 13-6 10-14 W2 Memphis 21 23 .477 3.5 15-9 6-14 W2 Omaha 19 24 .442 5.0 15-9 4-15 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 22 19 .537 - 12-11 10-8 W3 Tennessee 22 20 .524 0.5 8-10 14-10 W2 Chattanooga 20 24 .455 3.5 12-12 8-12 W1 West Tenn 18 25 .419 5.0 10-10 8-15 L3 Carolina 17 27 .386 6.5 9-11 8-16 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 27 16 .628 - 15-6 12-10 W5 Palm Beach 24 19 .558 3.0 13-12 11-7 L1 Daytona 21 21 .500 5.5 13-8 8-13 L1 Vero Beach 21 22 .488 6.0 15-7 6-15 W1 Jupiter 18 25 .419 9.0 6-12 12-13 L2 St. Lucie 17 26 .395 10.0 9-13 8-13 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 28 12 .700 - 13-7 15-5 W3 Greensboro 25 18 .581 4.5 13-5 12-13 L5 Lakewood 20 20 .500 8.0 7-11 13-9 W1 Lake County 20 22 .476 9.0 12-13 8-9 L1 Hagerstown 19 24 .442 10.5 10-12 9-12 W1 Lexington 18 25 .419 11.5 8-13 10-12 L1 Delmarva 17 24 .415 11.5 8-11 9-13 L1 Hickory 16 24 .400 12.0 6-9 10-15 L1

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