Jim Goulart

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Nashville Media Notes: www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf ABAD RETURNS; BRAUN PLACED ON D.L.: First baseman Andy Abad rejoins the Sounds today after missing the last six games while on the temporary inactive list following the birth of his son, Andrew Alexander. To make room on the active roster, third baseman Ryan Braun was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to May 11. He has missed the last 10 games due to left wrist tendinitis. Because the minor league D.L. is only seven days, basically Braun could be activated at any time with the retroactive assignment. So in a sense, he's still "day-to-day". More big news from the incredibly insightful Nashville Media Notes (the reason we link to them each and every game day): THATCHER JOINS BULLPEN; VILLARREAL RETURNED TO DOUBLE-A: Left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher has been promoted to the Sounds? roster from Double-A Huntsville for tonight?s game, replacing fellow southpaw Luis Villarreal who was returned to the Stars. Thatcher, 25, went 1-0 with a miniscule 0.55 ERA (1 ER / 16.1 IP) in 14 relief outings for Huntsville to open the season and struck out 20 batters while walking only two over that span. His lone run allowed came in his 2007 debut on April 6 vs. Mississippi; Thatcher has worked 14 1/3 consecutive scoreless frames since that contest. Villarreal, who joined Nashville on May 4 from Huntsville, logged a 1.93 ERA (1 ER / 4.2 IP) in six relief appearances for the Sounds. Well, you can see it coming. A Brewerfan favorite is one step closer to Milwaukee, and Shousie will have his southpaw partner soon -- yee-hah!

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

Follow Thursday'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 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_ashafx_1

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Yo Gallardo at home vs. Albuquerque (Marlins), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: TBD at home vs. St. Lucie (Mets), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; it'll probably be LHP David Welch, who made his first start in this spot in the rotation last time out... Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Alex Periard at Asheville (Rockies), 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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David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ PEREZ BACK, BUT NOT HIS DEFENSE After scoring 31 runs, hitting .315, and winning the first three games of this series against the Mudcats, I thought for sure the Stars would break a spell they've floundered in this season....... Every five-game series they've played this year has been a 3-2 split....... The Stars have won three of them and lost four. The Stars missed an opportunity to score in the 2nd inning when Lindsay Gulin, making his first start since the Stars' near no-hitter last Friday, chopped a double play ball to short with the bases loaded, ending the inning. But Steve Sollmann managed to beat out a double play grounder in the 3rd, allowing Hernan Iribarren to score, giving the Stars an early 1-0 lead...... It's only the 10th time this season they have scored first. But it wasn't a night for the Stars' defense, and two errors in the 3rd inning got the Mudcats started....... Yohannis Perez, playing in his first game since bruising his right thumb last Thursday night, contributed to Carolina's three-run inning that put them out in front to stay....... Sollmann's error on a Dante Brinkley grounder allowed Jesus Delgado, who led off the 3rd with a single, to go to 2nd........ Gulin got behind Grant Psomas, then walked him with the bases loaded an a 3-2 pitch to get the Mudcats on the board........ Perez made a fine play on a sharply hit grounder by Lee Mitchell, but overthrew Iribarren, allowing Brinkley and Chase Lambin to score to give the Mudcats a 3-1 lead. The Mudcats made it 4-1 in the 4th after Kevin Randel doubled high off the wall in left field. Delgado pushed him to 3rd on a sac bunt, and scored on a double play grounder to Perez........ Vince Harrison then hit the first of three Carolina home runs in the 5th, clearing the 1st tier of signage, and reverberating off the 2nd wall in left to make it 5-1......... The Stars were blanked on one hit from the 4th through the 6th innings. They threatened in the 7th by putting two runners on with one out, but by this time, the Mudcats, who scored in every inning but the first two, were out in front, 6-1. Corey Thurman gave up a home run on a 1-2 pitch to Brett Hayes in the 6th, ending a string of 11 2/3 scoreless innings..... After taking the first three games of this series, the Stars offense went to sleep, scoring a total of just two runs and hitting .143........ Lou Palmisano came into the series hitting .378, then went 2-for-17, dropping him down to .330....... Hernan Iribarren, on the other hand, pressed on, going 7-for-19 (.368) in the series and has hit safely in nine of his last ten games. He also managed to score nine times in this series...... Ron Davenport went 5-for-16 in the series (.313). The Stars take Thursday off while the rest of the league plays, then returns home to play the Seattle-affiliated West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx for the first time this season, Friday. The Diamond Jaxx will send Justin Thomas (0-1, 1.93), a left-hander ranked 12th among the Mariners' top prospects. They say he's got some of the best stuff in the minor league system....... Sam Narron (0-3, 6.08) will start the first game of the series for the 6th straight time this season. He's given up 21 hits in 17 innings this month and been scored upon in the 1st inning in four of his seven starts.

Heading into last night's game, only one Florida State League player besides Gamel had as many as 12 errors. The St. Lucie third baseman had 11, and the player with 12 and the few with 10 were middle infielders, not third baseman. Kudos to Sarasota, the Reds' squad, with no player with more than four. Of course, we're all rooting for Mat to excel, but there's really no one to compare to on an error-per-chance basis in the FSL. Mat won't be 22 until July, he's getting on base at a decent clip, and his K rate isn't bad for a corner player. The Manatees only have 15 HR's as a team in the power-tough FSL, but it'd be nice to see Mat with one and slugging more than .308. It's early, let's revisit this in another month.

Some additional details on Taylor Green and the Power from MiLB.com: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...;fext=.jsp

Final: Carolina (Marlins) 9, Huntsville 2 Hardly a distraction from the Brewers' ineptness this evening... Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1160 Carolina Power Surge Slows Down Stars Vince Harrison, Brett Hayes and Lee Mitchell hit home runs to back the solid pitching of Jesus Delgado in Carolina?s 9-2 win over Huntsville Wednesday night in the last of a five-game set at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. The Mudcats bounced back to win the last two games after dropping the first three to improve to 16-24, while the Stars dropped to an even 19-19 and into second place, one game behind Tennessee in the Southern League North Division. The Stars scored first for only the tenth time this season and lost for a second time while plating the first run or runs of the game. Hernan Iribarren led off the third inning with a single, stole second base, moved to third base on a bunt single by Mel Stocker and scored on a force play at second base on a ground ball hit by Steve Sollmann, who knocked in his 18th run of the year. Sollmann reached second on a throwing error by shortstop Chase Lambin on a ground ball hit by Lou Palmisano before Carlos Corporan flied out for the second out. The runners pulled off a double steal but were stranded when Mike Carlin fouled out for the final out of the frame. Huntsville did not push another runner past second base until the ninth when Ulyses Davenport doubled as a pinch-hitter and scored on a Brendan Katin ground out. The Mudcats took control with three runs in the third and were aided by two errors by the visitors, who had made only one in the first four games, and matched a season-high with three. A Sollmann throwing error on a Dante Brinkley ground ball allowed Delgado, who had singled, to reach second base safely and he would score to tie the game when Grant Psomas walked with the bases loaded. Lee Mitchell singled in the second run and a throwing error by shortstop Yohannis Perez allowed Lambin to cross the plate to complete the rally. Brinkley?s double play grounder knocked in the fourth run for the home side and a solo shot by Harrison made it 5-1 after five. Stars? starter Lindsay Gulin, who bounced into an inning ending double play with the bases loaded in the second inning, was lifted after five frames and suffered his first loss. The veteran southpaw allowed three earned runs on six hits, while issuing four walks and recording a pair of strike outs. Corey Thurman gave up a long ball to Hayes, the first batter he faced, which ended a streak of 11 2/3 scoreless innings over seven outings. The veteran right-hander also allowed a two-run long ball to Lee Mitchell and has now been scored on in three of his 11 outings. The Mudcats are 8-1 when hitting multiple home runs in a game. Delgado went six innings, allowing a run on four singles to earn his third win. He struck out five and walked three and was followed by Harvey Garcia, Scott Tyler and Scott Nestor. The Stars were held to two runs on nine hits, eight singles, over the last two games after plating 31 runs on 35 hits in winning the first three. Huntsville returns home Friday night to open a five-game set with West Tenn and will send left-hander Sam Narron to the hill against Diamond Jaxx? southpaw Justin Thomas. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Steve Sollmann with 11 steals, that's a lot, but he's had good stolen base totals in the past, somewhat surprisingly... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1

MiLB.com Brevard County Game Notes: Manatees dismiss Hammerheads Steve Garrison anchored a strong performance by Brevard County's pitching staff as the Manatees defeated host Jupiter, 6-1, on Wednesday afternoon. Garrison (3-2) surrendered an unearned run on four hits over six innings and did not walk a batter. The 20-year-old southpaw retired the final seven batters he faced after allowing Torre Langley's RBI double in the fourth inning. Dave Johnson struck out the side in a 1-2-3 seventh and Josh Wahpepah worked two perfect frames. Michael Bell hit an RBI double in the second inning to put the Manatees (23-16) on the board, while Alcides Escobar's two-run single in the sixth gave them the lead for good. Bell, Cole Gillespie and Ryan Crew all drove in runs in the seventh. Christopher Volstad (3-4) took the loss, surrendering four runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings. Wes Letson did not retire any of the four batters he faced, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk. Chris Mobley and Jeff Gogal combined on 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. -- Benjamin Hill/MLB.com

Final: West Virginia 14, Greensboro (Marlins) 10 Power hangs on for dear life after seeing an 11-2 lead shrink to 11-10; made for an interesting day at the office... West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER AVOID SWEEP Taylor Green hit a pair of home runs and the West Virginia Power avoided the sweep as they outslugged the Greensboro Grasshoppers 14-10 in the final game of the series at First Horizon Park on Wednesday afternoon. The ?Hoppers took an early 2-0 lead on Chris Coghlan?s two-run homer in the first inning. The Power took a three-run lead with a five-run third inning. Darren Ford singled in a run, and an errant throw on the play allowed Martin Maldonado to score the tying run. Green scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, Kenny Holmberg grounded out and plated Ford in the process and Andrew Lefave singled in the final run of the inning. Taylor Green?s first home run of the day was a two-run blast in the fourth inning. Later in the fourth Holmberg doubled to bring in Ford. In the fifth, Green struck again with a three-run homer, his fourth of the year. Greensboro didn?t go quietly. In the fifth inning Jacob Blackwood singled in a run and Coghlan scored on a wild pitch. Emilio Ontiveros grounded out and brought in Scott Cousins in the sixth. Cousins singled in two runs in the seventh inning and the ?Hoppers scored their third run of the inning on Brent Brewer?s errant throw. In the eighth inning Coghlan hit his second bomb of the game to bring the ?Hoppers within one. The Power pulled away in the ninth inning. Brewer singled in a run, Steve Chapman scored on a wild pitch and Green grounded into a double play to plate the final run of the inning. Brae Wright (3-2) went six innings, allowed five runs on six hits to earn the victory, E.J. Shanks (5) got the save and Sandy Rosario (0-1) was tagged with the loss. The Power improved to 25-11 with the win and the Grasshoppers fell to 25-14 with the loss. Four Power players scored multiple runs, six Power players had multiple hits, and Green paced the Power with five RBI. His two-home run game was West Virginia?s first individual multi-homerun game of the year. The Power will begin a four game series against the Asheville Tourists at McMormick Field on Thursday night. The Power will start right hander Alex Periard (3-0, 0.93) and the Tourists will counter with right hander Simon Ferrer (3-2, 5.59). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: Bottom five in the order simply raked; catcher Martin Maldonado with yeoman's duty behind the plate during Andy Bouchie's DL stint; Brae Wright with the win, but hardly shined... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Are you willing to digest 24 runs? Go for it... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1

Final: Brevard County 6, Jupiter (Marlins) 1 Brevard County Box Score: Mat Gamel on base four times, Cole Gillespie, Mike Bell, and Charlie Fermaint three times apiece; Steve Garrison another fine (actually, better than fine) start -- one unearned run in six innings, one of Gamel's two errors (20 on the season) led to the run; Dave Johnson strikes out the side in his relief inning, and Josh Wahpepah is flourishing in the bullpen this year... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: The 'Tees won despite blowing a bases-loaded, none out chance in the 4th; Alcides Escobar a big two-out, two-run base hit in the 6th... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

In progress: West Virginia 8, Greensboro (Marlins) 2, top of the 5th in Greensboro Steve Chapman already with three singles and Taylor Green with two hits, Green with his 3rd home run; Green was a last-minute Opening Day addition to the Power roster -- he's a 20-year-old LH bat, what a great bonus it'd be if he emerged this season (only 62 AB's thus far after a brief DL stint); Brent Brewer moved to the 6th hole today instead of 2nd... UPDATE just a few minutes later: West Virginia, 11-2 Holy cow, Taylor Green hits another "Jack-jackety-jack", a three-run shot -- looking forward to pogokat's scouting report; Green's only 5'10"...

Doesn't look like there will be a Brevard County audio link today...

Mench has been dreadful for a few weeks now, Ned will have his right-handed lineup out there, and Corey isn't exactly raking. Isn't Damian Miller's unbeaten streak still intact? Maybe we'll see Damian today, which wil mean Estrada's switch-hitting bat will be available if they need a late-inning RH pinch-hit stick. Still, tied with Atlanta for the best record in the N.L., tied for the second best record in all of baseball, nobody else in the division is over .500, and another thing to consider is after this week, we're done visiting both the Mets and Phillies for the season. One thing about being on the East Coast that's nice is that most Brewer games start at 8:00 my time. For anybody who is a dad (or mom), trying to enjoy the 7:00 start (or for most of you, the 6:00 start) amidst homework time, spend some time with your kid after the workday, etc., is brutal. So another good reason to wrap us these East Coast trips as quickly as possible. Now watch me yawn staying up next week for the S.D. and L.A. games...

Three games, all against the Marlins' organization -- those three Florida affiliates all beat the Brewer kids on Tuesday.

Standings through Tuesday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 22 17 .564 - 14-6 8-11 W1 Nashville 20 19 .513 2.0 10-5 10-14 W2 Memphis 19 21 .475 3.5 13-7 6-14 L1 Omaha 18 21 .462 4.0 15-9 3-12 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 19 18 .514 - 9-11 10-7 L1 Tennessee 19 18 .514 - 7-10 12-8 W1 Chattanooga 18 21 .462 2.0 10-10 8-11 L1 West Tenn 17 22 .436 3.0 9-10 8-12 L3 Carolina 15 24 .385 5.0 8-11 7-13 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 22 16 .579 - 12-6 10-10 L1 Daytona 20 17 .541 1.5 12-6 8-11 L2 Palm Beach 20 17 .541 1.5 9-12 11-5 W2 Vero Beach 19 18 .514 2.5 13-7 6-11 W3 Jupiter 16 22 .421 6.0 6-10 10-12 W1 St. Lucie 15 23 .395 7.0 7-13 8-10 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 24 11 .686 - 13-7 11-4 L3 Greensboro 25 13 .658 0.5 13-4 12-9 W4 Lake County 19 18 .514 6.0 11-9 8-9 W1 Lakewood 18 18 .500 6.5 7-11 11-7 L1 Lexington 17 22 .436 9.0 8-13 9-9 W2 Hickory 15 21 .417 9.5 6-9 9-12 L2 Delmarva 15 22 .405 10.0 6-9 9-13 W1 Hagerstown 15 23 .395 10.5 10-12 5-11 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: Huntsville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". Choose "Log". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often. Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: Idle Huntsville: LHP Lindsay Gulin at Carolina (Marlins), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime Audio link: www.huntsvillestars.com/ Brevard County: TBD at Jupiter (Marlins), 9:25 AM pre-game, 9:35 gametime; it'll probably be LHP Steve Garrison, it's his turn... Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: LHP Brae Wright at Greensboro (Marlins), 11:20 AM pre-game, 11:30 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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Final: Carolina (Marlins) 6, Huntsville 0 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1159 Vanden Hurk Hurls Carolina Past Stars Dante Brinkley hit two home runs and Rick Vanden Hurk tossed six scoreless innings to earn his first double-A win in Carolina?s 6-0 blanking of Huntsville Tuesday night in the fourth of a five-game set at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. The Mudcats ended a four-game slide and won for the first time in 10 tries against the Stars dating back to July 22 of last season, while the visitors saw their five-game win streak halted and dropped into a first place tie with victorious Tennessee in the Southern League North Division. Huntsville also had a five-game road win streak brought to an end and was shut out for just the second time this season. A Hernan Iribarren single, a Vanden Hurk fielding error and a walk to Lou Palmisano loaded the bases for the Stars with one out in the first inning but they failed to score after Brendan Katin struck out and Ulyses Davenport grounded out. Brinkley hit the second pitch thrown to him leading off the home first over the wall in left field for his second home run of the season. The long ball marked the fifth time in eight starts that starter Steve Hammond has been scored on in the first inning and the second time in four starts on the road that he has yielded a first inning round tripper. Hammond gave up two singles in the second and then retired the next 10 hitters he faced to keep the game 1-0 through five. Brinkley opened the home sixth with his second long ball of the game, marking the second time the Stars? southpaw had yielded multiple home runs in a road start. Chase Lambin tripled to center and scored when Grant Psomas singled to make it 3-0. Lee Mitchell walked and Vince Harrison singled to right to load the bases and chase Hammond from the game. Jai Miller?s double play grounder scored Psomas and a Brett Hayes single plated Mitchell to finish off the four-run rally. The home side tacked on a run in the seventh on a two-out double by Mitchell that scored Psomas, who had reached on a three-base error by Davenport. Vanden Hurk, in just his fourth start above the high-A level in the minor leagues, yielded two infield hits, walked one and struck out one batter in each of his six frames to earn his lone win of the season. He had made three starts and one outing in relief with the Marlins before being sent back to Carolina, where he was originally slated to open the season. James Russ tossed three scoreless frames to record his first save of the season and just the second of his career. He gave up one hit, walked one and fanned four. The Stars had scored 31 runs on 35 hits in the first three games of the series to produce their highest-scoring series of the season. The series finishes Wednesday night with Stars? left-hander Lindsay Gulin taking the hill against Mudcats? right-hander Jesus Delgado. 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: Brendan Katin with a golden sombrero (0-for-4, 4 K's)... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cmcaax_1

Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 3, Brevard County 2 MiLB.com Game Notes: Hammerheads walk past Manatees Former Brewer farmhand Agustin Septimo's bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Jupiter over Brevard County, 3-2, on Tuesday. With the score tied, Manatees reliever Ben Stanczyk (1-1) walked four of the six batters he faced in the ninth. J.T. Restko drew a leadoff walk and pinch-runner Colin Roberson advanced on Kris Harvey's sacrifice. After Jonathan Fulton walked and Carlos Piste lined out to left field, Lorenzo Scott Jr. walked to load the bases and bring Septimo to the plate. The Hammerheads (15-22), who totaled three hits but drew nine walks, tied the score at 2-2 in the third when Andrew Jenkins singled home Scott. The Manatees (22-15), who had their six-game winning streak snapped, got on the board in the first when Angel Salome singled in Lorenzo Cain. Charlie Fermaint added an RBI single in the fifth. Jupiter reliever Todd Doolittle (1-3) got the win after working a scoreless ninth. Starter Aaron Thompson went five innings and allowed two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out seven. Manatees starter Will Inman tossed six innings and surrendered two runs -- one earned -- on three hits while fanning nine and walking four. His Florida State League-leading ERA crept up to 1.29. -- Alan Friedman/MLB.com Brevard County Box Score: Angel Salome seeing lots of time at DH, not behind the plate... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

West Virginia Site Game Summary: 'HOPPERS SHUT POWER OUT Greensboro lefty Graham Taylor tossed the South Atlantic League?s first complete game shutout of the season at First Horizon Park on Tuesday night, holding the West Virginia Power to just five hits as the ?Hoppers took the third game of the series 4-0. John Raynor knocked in Greg Burns with an RBI single in the bottom of the third to put the ?Hoppers on the board. In the fifth inning Chris Coughlan?s groundout plated Burns and Jacob Blackwood hit a two-run homer during the next at-bat to give the Grasshoppers all they would need. The loss was the third in a row for the Power, their longest losing streak of the season. The loss also marks the second time this season that they have been shut out, both shutouts have come on the road. Their lead in the Northern Division has fallen to a half game. Graham Taylor (5-1) earned the victory, and Luis Ramirez (1-1) was tagged with the loss. Taylor tossed all nine innings, holding the Power to just five hits, walked one batter and struck out seven. The Power fell to 24-11 with the loss and the Grasshoppers improved to 25-13 with the win. Roque Mercedes and Omar Aguilar combined to toss three and a third scoreless innings out of the bullpen. The Power will finish the four game series against Greensboro Wednesday afternoon. The Power will start left hander Brae Wright (2-2, 5.97) and the Grasshoppers will counter with right hander Sandy Rosario (0-0, 5.79). The first pitch is scheduled for 12:30 PM (11:30 AM Central).