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Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Dickey doesn't start, earns win in relief By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer R.A. Dickey may not have started, but he finished Albuquerque Saturday night. The Sounds' right-hander, who was replaced Saturday in the starting rotation by Jose Capellan, entered in the third inning and pitched six shutout innings in Nashville's 5-3 win. A Greer Stadium crowd of 7,917 watched the former Montgomery Bell Academy and Tennessee star allow three hits and strike out four. Dickey (2-4) said he wasn't bothered by being moved out of the rotation, where he had been since joining the Sounds this season. In seven starts covering 42-1/3 innings, Dickey had a 6.17 ERA. "I executed what I wanted to do and pitched my game,'' Dickey said. "I'm a rhythm pitcher and I kind of stayed in that rhythm all night. I don't think it matters if I'm a starter or a reliever. I just think it's important for me to get in that rhythm." Dickey wasted no time finding a groove. He struck out the first three batters looking that he faced. "(Dickey) prepared pretty much like he does for every start,'' said Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas. "He knew when he was going to come in and he threw six innings of outstanding baseball." The Sounds jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Andy Abad's three-run homer over the right field wall. Abad helped Nashville move in front 5-2 with an RBI single to left field in the third inning. Abad had rejoined the Sounds on Thursday after being placed on the inactive list for the birth of his son. Dickey retired the side again in the fifth and seventh innings before being replaced by Joe Thatcher in the ninth. ***Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Braun back from wrist injury By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer Sounds slugger Ryan Braun was activated less than an hour before Saturday's game against Albuquerque. Braun, the Milwaukee Brewers' No. 2, had missed the previous 12 games due to left wrist tendinitis. To clear a roster spot for Braun, outfielder Drew Anderson was reassigned to Double-A Huntsville. Before being injured Braun was hitting .358 over 28 games with a team-leading eight home runs. He had 17 RBIs. Braun started against Albuquerque but went 0-for-3. He did walk in the third inning and scored off a single by Andy Abad to give Nashville a 5-2 lead. Go Blue Raider: Former Middle Tennessee State star Brett Carroll went 2-for-3 (two singles) for Albuquerque. The Knoxville native reached third in the ninth inning off of wild pitches and scored on a single by pinch-hitter Todd Sears. Streak snapped: Nashville pitcher Joe Thatcher, who had been called up earlier this week from Huntsville, had recorded 15 consecutive scoreless innings before Saturday. Thatcher replaced R.A. Dickey in the ninth inning and struck out the first batter (John Baker) before Carroll's single. After two outs Thatcher was relieved by Luther Hackman, who picked up the save. It was Hackman's fifth save of the season. First start: Right-hander Jose Capellan made his first start Saturday for the Sounds. Capellan, the Sounds' Opening Day pitcher in 2005, replaced R.A. Dickey. Capellan had made 99 consecutive relief appearances between Nashville and Milwaukee since that first start. On Saturday Capellan only threw 43 pitches and was replaced by Dickey in the third inning. Throwing so few pitches is typical for a reliever who moves into the starting rotation. Capellan will throw more pitches with each start. Capellan allowed three hits, two runs and struck out three. Strong staff: Nashville's pitching staff leads the Pacific Coach League with a 3.57 ERA. Fresno is second at 3.76.

As Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times reminds us today, the Stars need to free up two roster spots to get to the 24-man AA limit by Monday in order to activate Luis Pena and Drew Anderson at that level.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Stars notebook Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times Covering the bases Outfielder Drew Anderson broke out of a season-long slump with three hits for Triple-A Nashville on Friday night. But it wasn't enough to help him avoid a demotion to Double-A. Meanwhile, pitcher Luis Pena got off to a 5-0 start with six saves, and the Brewers could hardly avoid giving him a promotion from Single-A. Anderson, who spent much of last season in Huntsville and had a brief stint in the majors in September, is returning to the Stars. Anderson was batting .197 in 36 games, with only five RBIs. He struck out 30 times in 122 at-bats. Pena, who'll join the Stars for the first time, allowed opponents a .184 batting average, struck out 27 in 21 2/3 innings and had a 2.08 ERA at Brevard County. Neither is expected to be activated for today's game in Huntsville, and it hasn't been determined what will be done to free up the two roster spots. Gord Ash, who oversees the top two tiers of Milwaukee's minor league system, is expected to be here Monday and some decisions should be made then. ... Friday's announced crowd of 3,188 and Saturday's 4,019 (which seemed considerably larger) boosted the Stars above the 2,000-mark on average attendance, to 2,055 after a dreadfully slow start. Still, they are ninth in the 10-team Southern League. Jacksonville is averaging more than 6,000 and Montgomery almost 5,000 to hold the top two spots. ... Only three teams in Double-A have smaller averages; Midland, also owned by Stars owner Miles Prentice, averages 3,875 per game. ... Steve Sollmann has hit safely in 22 of his last 27 games. ... Huntsville pitchers have allowed only 102 walks this year, best in the Southern League. They're fourth in strikeouts. ... Steve Hammond has two complete games this season; there have been only two others pitched in the league so far. ... Saturday's win puts the Stars at 10-4 in day games this season. ... History says it'll go to 11-4 today. The Stars are unbeaten on Sundays. With the release of Ulyses Davenport on Friday, it's apparent Milwaukee is merely cutting its losses with players who don't perform at Double-A, rather than demote them. It's also an indication of another wave of prospects building at Single-A who aren't quite ready for this level. He was the third player released since May 2, with free agent catcher Max St. Pierre (May 2) and infielder Jeff Eure (May 5) also let go. ... St. Pierre was later re-signed by Milwaukee and is attempting a comeback as a pitcher at the Brewers' Arizona training camp. In a brief tryout in front of Milwaukee minor league pitching coordinator Jim Rooney in Huntsville, St. Pierre was throwing in the low-to-mid 90s. Around the league Justin Upton has been sensational in his first five games at Mobile after a promotion from Single-A. He is batting .389 with four homers and 11 RBIs in only 18 at-bats. He had more homers than singles going into Saturday night's play. The brother of big-leaguer B.J. Upton, he is the top-rated prospect in the Arizona organization. ... Corwin Malone, once considered among the top pitching prospects for the White Sox, was demoted to Birmingham last week. He was 0-1 with a 7.63 ERA at Triple-A, with 11 appearances. He lost his Barons debut Thursday. ... Mississippi owned a 9-0 edge over Birmingham this season until a Barons comeback win on Wednesday. ... Painfully, Montgomery's Evan Longoria on Friday extended to 35 his streak of consecutive games reaching base, only by being hit with a pitch. Brewings Triple-A Nashville Sounds (21-20 before Saturday's play, second place in Pacific Coast League American Division): P Yovani Gallardo (5-1) struck out 11 in a win Thursday; he's 5-0 with a 1.65 ERA over his last seven starts. Single-A Brevard County Manatees (25-16, first in Florida State East Division): SS Alcides Escobar .317, 13 SBs, 16 RBIs. Single-A West Virginia Power (24-8, first in South Atlantic League Northern Division this half): P Mike McClendon came within two outs of a complete-game no-hitter Friday at Asheville. On deck The Stars host West Tenn today at 2:05, then Monday at 7:05 and Tuesday at 12:05 before heading to Mobile.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Mateo at home on Stars Newcomer hits pair of home runs to beat West Tenn By MARK McCARTER Huntsville Times Sports Staff, markcolumn@aol.com A pair of former teammates have been reunited: Stars hitting coach Sandy Guerrero and new Stars outfielder Ruben Mateo. But, laughed Mateo, "I'm not that old. It was my first year (in the Dominican Winter League) and it was his last year." The reunion is already paying dividends. With Guerrero offering a few tidbits of advice, Mateo blasted a pair of homers and drove in five runs to lead the Stars past West Tenn 11-6 Saturday afternoon in front of an announced crowd of 4,019. The win enabled the Stars (21-19) to maintain their hold on first place in the Southern League North. The two teams meet again today at 2:05. Mateo's two homers, after an 0-for-4 debut Friday and a strikeout in his first at-bat Saturday, were part of a 15-hit barrage by Huntsville. The Stars even batted for the cycle in a devastating four-run fourth inning off reliever Juan Done, with an Adam Heether triple, a Yohannis Perez double, Mateo's second homer and a Steve Moss single. Moss finished with three hits. Steve Sollmann, Lou Palmisano, Mateo and Perez had two hits apiece. Starting pitcher Manny Parra (5-1) combined with reliever Mark DiFelice and Jeff Housman to hold West Tenn to five hits, striking out 10. Mateo has six years of big league experience and was considered one of the Texas Rangers' top prospects. Unlike Huntsville, where it took him until his second game, he actually homered in his first game for the Rangers in 1999. He spent the 2005 season in Japan, but didn't play last season. He was at home in Santo Domingo, D.R., spending time with his family, working out and hoping for a call. Said Mateo, "I'm only 28 years old. Why not keep playing baseball?" Mateo played two weeks of winter ball, then Milwaukee gave him a tryout in the Dominican Republic in March, and invited him to camp in Arizona. He had been in extended spring training there before reporting to Huntsville on Friday. "He's not in the shape I've seen in him before," Guerrero said, "but he's strong as a bull, I'll tell you that. "He has experience, so he knows what pitchers are trying to do with him. ... He's been in baseball a few years, so he gets a plan and he sticks with it, and it produced." On Saturday, that plan was based on a simple notion: They're not going to throw him a fastball. So look for a breaking pitch to hit. "I had a couple of good pitches to hit and I hit it," Mateo said, sitting at his locker. "I'm happy to be here, and I'm happy to be around Sandy. That guy makes people work the right way. I talked to him a lot yesterday and today and he helped me a lot. He knows a lot about hitting." So does Guerrero's old teammate, it appears.

MiLB.com: Braddock, Power ground Travelers Zach Braddock struck out 11 batters over seven strong innings as visiting West Virginia crushed Asheville, 11-0, on Saturday. Braddock (3-1) limited the Tourists to two hits and did not walk a batter to earn his first victory since April 25. The 19-year-old left-hander has not allowed more than two runs in any of his seven starts this season. He struck out a season-high 12 on April 20 against Greensboro. On Friday, Mike McClendon took a no-hitter into the eighth and West Virginia settled for a one-hitter and an 8-1 win over Asheville. The Power (27-12) staked Braddock to a 7-0 lead in the first. John Alonso drilled a two-run double before Stephen Chapman followed with a two-run single. Martin Maldonado, Taylor Green and Darren Ford followed with run-scoring hits. Brent Brewer slugged a two-run homer in the seventh and Maldonado added a two-run double. Hector Gomez, Daniel Mayora and Jhaysson Agustin singled for the Tourists (29-12). Asheville starter Andrew Graham (4-3) gave up seven runs on seven hits and a walk in five innings. He struck out nine. David Parker allowed up all four seventh-inning runs on six hits while fanning two over two frames. -- Danny Wild/MLB.com

MiLB.com: Gillespie collects career-best five RBIs By Alan Friedman / Special to MLB.com Cole Gillespie homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs Saturday to power the Brevard County Manatees to a 10-3 victory over the St. Lucie Mets. Gillespie, who went 3-for-3, belted his fourth homer of the year with a man aboard in the second inning to lift the Manatees (25-16) into a 2-2 tie. He also smacked a three-run shot in the fifth to extend Brevard County's lead to 7-3. It was the third career two-homer game for the 22-year-old left fielder, who had one last year in the Pioneer League and another on April 16 at Jupiter. Freddy Parejo led off the third with his third homer of the year before Angel Salome singled home Lorenzo Cain to put the Manatees ahead for good. Brevard County starter Rafael Lluberes (4-2) went five innings for the win, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and four walks while striking out four. St. Lucie starter Jake Ruckle (2-2) surrendered four runs on five hits over 2 2/3 frames with a walk and three strikeouts. Sean Henry had a two-run single in the second for the Mets (16-25). Cole Gillespie is 8-for-15 with two homers and seven RBIs in his last four games. (Jerry Hale/MLB.com) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/05/19/ejdP7kIj.jpg

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

Follow Sunday'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_ashafx_1

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. Albuquerque (Marlins), 1:45 PM pre-game; 2:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Adam Pettyjohn at home vs. West Tenn (Mariners), 1:55 PM pre-game; 2:05 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at Dunedin (Blue Jays), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM gametime; it'll probably be RHP Will Inman, it's his turn in the rotation -- Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Roque Mercedes at Asheville (Rockies), 12:55 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER SHUTOUT TOURISTS 39 games into the 2007 season the West Virginia Power pitched their first shutout of the season as they defeated the Asheville Tourists 11-0 on Saturday to take the third game of the series. West Virginia began the game with a big seven-run first inning. John Alonso doubled in a pair of runs, and scored along with Chuckie Caufield on Steve Chapman?s base hit. Martin Maldonado and Taylor Green hit RBI doubles and Darren Ford drove in the final run on his second single of the inning. The Power added four more in the seventh inning. Brent Brewer hit a two-run homer, his second of the year, and Maldonado drove in the final two on a base hit. Zach Braddock, Patrick Ryan and Omar Aguilar combined to pitch the three-hit shutout. The Power have held Asheville to a run on four hits over the last two games. Braddock (3-1) tossed seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball and struck out 11 batters to get the win. Andy Graham (4-3) was tagged with the loss. The Power improved to 27-12 with the win and the Tourists fell to 29-12 with the loss. Eight Power players hit safely, all nine in the starting lineup reached safely, and four Power players had multi-hit games. Darren Ford paced the Power with three hits, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. The Power will finish the four game series against the Asheville Tourists at McMormick Field on Sunday afternoon. The Power will start right hander Roque Mercedes (0-2, 7.64) and the Tourists will counter with left hander Keith Weiser (7-0, 2.32). The first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM (1:05 Central).

Final: Nashville 5, Albuquerque (Marlins) 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for R.A. Dickey photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2327 Abad, Dickey Lead Sounds Past Isotopes, 5-3 NASHVILLE ? Andy Abad homered and drove in four runs and R.A. Dickey worked six scoreless relief innings to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 5-3 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Saturday evening in front of 7,917 fans at Greer Stadium. The win was the 11th in the last 13 home games for Nashville (22-20). Abad (2-for-4) gave the Sounds an early 3-0 lead with a two-out, three-run homer to right off Albuquerque starter Kenny Baugh in the bottom of the first inning. The blast was the veteran?s fourth of the season. AUDIO: Andy Abad Three-Run Homer -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-19.mp3 Albuquerque plated a pair of two-out runs in the top of the second inning against Jose Capellan, who made his first non-rehab start since June 9, 2005. The Isotopes loaded the bases with no outs following a Scott Seabol walk, John Baker single, and Brett Carroll hit-by-pitch. Capellan recovered to strikeout out Josh Labandeira and Baugh for the first two outs before issuing a walk to Robert Andino to force home Seabol. Eric Reed followed with an RBI bunt single to second to reduce the Nashville lead to 3-2. Capellan was removed following his two innings of work due to a scheduled pitch count. He threw 43 pitches, 27 for strikes, and allowed two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out three. Dickey (2-4) took over for Capellan in the third and turned in an outstanding relief stint, allowing three hits and striking out four batters over six scoreless frames to earn the victory. Nashville increased its lead to 5-2 in the third with a pair of two-out unearned runs. Callix Crabbe, who opened the frame by reaching on a fielding error by Andino at shortstop, scored on a Joe Dillon groundout and Abad followed with an RBI single that plated Ryan Braun, who returned to the Sounds? lineup after missing 12 games due to left wrist tendinitis. The Isotopes finished off the evening?s scoring in the ninth against Joe Thatcher. Brett Carroll reached on a one-out single, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a two-out bloop RBI single to left off the bat of pinch-hitter Todd Sears, bringing the score to its final 5-3. The run snapped a 15 2/3 scoreless innings streak for the southpaw, which dated back to April 8. Luther Hackman came on to record the final out of the contest and earned his team-leading fifth save of the year for the Sounds. Baugh (0-1) took the loss after allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits over six innings. He walked four batters and struck out four in his outing. The teams wrap up the series with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Tim Dillard (1-3, 3.28) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Isotopes southpaw Paul Mildren (3-3, 4.33). Nashville Box Score: It's about somebody broke out the term "man the bump" this year --- cool; who's this "R Braun" guy? Welcome back, kid, if all goes well this week, we'll see you on the West Coast; take a deep breath, Thatch, we know you're this close to Milwaukee, don't do anything to delay things... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Final: West Virginia 11, Asheville (Rockies) 0 What a joy this Power squad is -- you simply could not have seen this coming out of last year's Helena kids, not this kind of day-to-day dominance, but it's more than that -- clean, smart play, kudos to the Power coaching staff and all involved... West Virginia Box Score: Your trivia for the night -- Zach Braddock's first name is William (but Sir Inman took that, so we go with Zach); in Braddock's last six starts (34.1 IP), he has struck out 51 and walked five -- read that again so you can fully digest it; the Brewers can currently say they have the best pitcher in all of AAA, all of high-A, and all of low-A thus far in 2007, and the three pitchers are 21, 20, and 19 years old respectively, think about that; oh yeah, the offense bludgeoned another pitching staff as everyone in the lineup reached base at least once (five guys at least twice)... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Reminder, this Asheville team was 29-10 heading into Friday night, and was 15-4 at home... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1 It's too bad Zach couldn't end his night on a high note: Asheville Bottom 7th Hector Gomez strikes out swinging. Daniel Mayora strikes out swinging. Logan Wiens strikes out swinging.

Final: Brevard County 10, St. Lucie (Mets) 3 Brevard County Box Score: Cole Gillespie heating up big-time, pretty much since I called his slow start one of the bigger disappointments of the early season; Angel Salome three singles and a walk; Lorenzo Cain just turned 21 last month -- darn, he's an exciting prospect; hard to complain about one walk drawn when you score in double digits... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: Josh Wahpepah induces two double plays in three scoreless innings; Kevin Roberts strikes out the side to end it... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Minor League Field Coordinator Charlie Greene: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-19.mp3

Dear IGT Theme Night, You're a lot less annoying when the Brewers win. Signed, Keyboard

Dear Less Than Two Hour Game, Why don't you save this for the West Coast when I need to get to bed? Signed, Losing 7 of 9 Sucks No Matter How Well Your Season Started

Dear Low 7th inning expectations, You were right. Signed, Locked in 2002 Time Warp This Week

Dear Roster Management, I'm so psyched we're locked into a situation where we can not pinch-hit for Graffy nor Graig tonight. Signed, Low 7th inning expectations

Power: Zach Braddock is quickly becoming a "must-follow" appointment, a la those two guys named Will and Yovani. Manatees: Cole Gillespie two home runs thus far, sandwiched around an HBP. Sounds: Ryan Braun (two runs) has scored more by himself than the Brewers as of this post.

Dear bottom of the 5th, I blinked and missed you. Signed, Witnessing the worst bottom of the order in history

Dear Mr. Graffanino, Just a couple more AB's before your OPS drops below .500 -- you can do it! 3TO Always, Russ Branyan

Final: Huntsville 11, West Tenn (Mariners) 6 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- Mateo Makes Major Impact in Stars' Win Ruben Mateo slugged two home runs and knocked in five runs to lead a 15-hit attack that powered Huntsville to an 11-6 win over West Tenn Saturday afternoon in front of 4,019 at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars have taken the first two games of the series to improve to 21-19 and maintain the top spot in the North Division, while the Diamond Jaxx fell to 18-24 and four games off the pace. The Stars pushed their home win streak to a season-high four games and squared their record on home soil at 11-11. Mateo?s first long ball in the third inning gave the Stars the lead for good at 4-3 and his second home run, a three-run shot in the fourth, capped a four-run rally that extended the home team?s lead to 8-3. The former big leaguer went hitless in four at-bats last night in his first game in organized baseball in the United States since 2004 and went deep for the first time at the double-A level since 1998 when he was playing for Tulsa in the Texas League when he was on his way up in the Rangers? organization. West Tenn battled back to score twice in the fifth on a run-scoring double by Erick Monzon and a ground ball out by Prentice Redman that trimmed the Huntsville lead to 8-5. Stars? starter Manny Parra was lifted after five frames in his shortest outing since his first turn of the season on April 8 after allowing a season-high five runs, three earned, on five hits. The southpaw struck out five and walked a season-high three in picking up his fourth win at home and his fifth of the season. Parra joins four other pitchers in the league with five victories. Steve Moss?s run-scoring single in the home sixth pushed the Stars? lead to 9-5 before Sebastian Boucher hit a home run off Mark DiFelice in the seventh to cut the lead back to 9-6. DiFelice retired the side in order in the sixth and eighth innings and wound up going three innings for a third time this season. Huntsville tacked on two runs in the eighth on a run-scoring infield single by Brendan Katin and a bases loaded walk to Adam Heether. Lou Palmisano singled twice, walked twice and scored three times, while Steve Sollmann collected two hits, scored two runs and drove in a run, as every position player reached base at least once in the Stars? highest scoring game at home this season. The series continues on Sunday afternoon, as Huntsville will send southpaw Adam Pettyjohn to the hill against West Tenn left-hander Robert Rorbaugh. Coverage of the game begins at 1:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 AM WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

The Nashville site reports that to clear a roster spot for Ryan Braun (activated off the DL), outfielder Drew Anderson has been reassigned to Double-A Huntsville. Anderson opened the 2007 season by batting .197 (24-for-122) with five RBIs in 36 games for the Sounds.

Huntsville up, 2-0 early. Manny Parra is hitting a consistent 92-94 on the gun today in the early going. Our lefty power arm is alive and kickin' http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif .