Jim Goulart

Final: Nashville 14, Iowa (Cubs) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Zach Jackson photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2292 Sounds Snap Skid With 14-4 Rout Of Iowa DES MOINES ? The Nashville Sounds snapped their five-game losing streak in a big way on Tuesday evening at Principal Park, crushing the division-rival Iowa Cubs, 14-4. With the victory, Nashville (14-11) improved to 5-1 against the I-Cubs this season. The 14 runs scored matched a season high for the Sounds; the club also plated 14 on April 14 at New Orleans. Eleven of Nashville?s 14 runs on Tuesday came with two outs in an inning. Zach Jackson (4-2) was effective from the hill and from the batter?s box in leading the Sounds to victory. The left-hander allowed four runs on eight hits over seven-plus innings of work, his longest outing of the season, while striking out four batters and walking two. At the plate, Jackson went 2-for-5 with a double and team-high four RBIs to help his own cause. Six Sounds players recorded multiple-hit evenings, led by Ryan Braun?s 4-for-6 effort that included his team-leading 10th double and three runs scored. Andy Abad and Ozzie Chavez each produced three RBIs and Chris Barnwell drove in a pair of runs to join Jackson in the multi-RBI club on the night. Nashville grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning after Iowa manager Buddy Bailey?s decision to issue a two-out intentional walk to Barnwell to load the bases for Jackson backfired. The left-hander ripped a bases-clearing, three-run double to left off Iowa starter Angel Guzman but was thrown out at third to end the inning as he attempted to extend the hit to a triple. The double, his first hit of the year, produced Jackson?s first career RBIs. In addition to Barnwell, Abad (walk) and Vinny Rottino (single) also scored on the play. Sounds centerfielder Callix Crabbe stifled Iowa?s first scoring opportunity in the bottom of the second when he threw out Geovany Soto at the plate as the Cubs catcher attempted to score on a Carlos Rojas two-out single. Guzman faced another two-out, bases-loaded jam in the third and got touched for four runs as Nashville extended its lead to 7-0. After retiring the first two batters of the inning, the Iowa right-hander allowed a single to Braun, hit Brad Nelson with a pitch, and gave up an Abad single to fill the bases before walking Rottino on four pitches to force home Braun for a 4-0 Sounds lead. Chavez followed with a bases-clearing, three-run triple to center. AUDIO: Ozzie Chavez Three-Run Triple -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%205-1.mp3 Guzman (0-2), who took his second loss in two starts against Nashville this season, was removed after allowing seven runs on four hits in only three innings. He walked four batters while striking out two. The right-hander?s ERA in his two starts against the Sounds stands at 22.50 (15 ER / 6.0 IP). Iowa broke up Jackson?s shutout bid in the bottom of the sixth, plating four runs against the left-hander. Eric Patterson led off the frame with a triple to center and scored on Casey McGehee?s ensuing groundout. With two down in the frame, Soto walked and Buck Coats was hit by a pitch before Angel Pagan, who finished 3-for-4 on the evening to pace the Cubs, belted a three-run homer to left to make it a 7-4 contest. It was his first tater of the season. Nashville put the game out of reach with a five-run seventh against Cubs reliever Federico Baez. Abad got things started when he swatted a three-run home run to right, his third roundtripper of the season. Braun and Nelson, who preceded Abad with singles, scored on the blast. The scoring continued later in the frame when Rottino doubled and scored on Jackson?s second run-scoring hit of the night, a two-out single to right. Crabbe followed with an RBI triple to right, his team-leading second three-bagger of the year. The Sounds added two more scores in the eighth against Baez courtesy of Barnwell?s two-out, two-run single. Baez allowed seven runs on 10 hits in only two innings of relief work for Iowa. Alec Zumwalt followed Jackson on the hill for Nashville and worked two hitless frames including a pair of strikeouts to close out the contest. Nashville, which went 6-for-16 with runners in scoring position on the evening, was 3-for-5 with the bases loaded after entering the game with only one hit in 11 bases-juiced at-bats on the year. The teams continue the series with a 12:05 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon at Principal Park. Right-hander R.A. Dickey (1-3, 7.43) will toe the rubber for Nashville in the opener and face Iowa southpaw Sean Marshall (NR), who will make his first Triple-A appearance of the season. Sounds left-hander Lindsay Gulin (0-0, 15.43) will make his first start of the season when he mans the bump in the nightcap. He?ll be opposed by I-Cubs left-hander J.R. Mathes (2-2, 5.40). Nashville Box Score: Hate to highlight the lone player with a tough night, but it's been a rough start to the season for Drew Anderson... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Jose Capellan: Kudos to the Sounds' Chuck Valenches for setting this up -- Jose "not sorry" about the two days he was AWOL... www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2291

Final: Vero Beach (Devil Rays) 6, Brevard County 5 MiLB.com Game Notes: Cottrell, Hughes power Rays Rhyne Hughes and Patrick Cottrell homered to power Vero Beach to a 6-5 victory over visiting Brevard County on Tuesday. Hughes belted a three-run shot in the third inning to give the Devil Rays (10-14) a 5-1 lead and Cottrell led off the fifth with his fourth homer of the year, making it 6-2. Vero Beach starter Matthew Walker (1-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over six innings. Eddie De La Cruz worked around a walk over the final 1 1/3 frames to record his third save. Manatees starter Jesse Harper (1-2) surrendered five runs -- four earned -- on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts over three innings. Alcides Escobar doubled home a pair of runs in the seventh and Mat Gamel added an RBI single in the eighth for Brevard County (15-10). -- Alan Friedman/MLB.com ***More details from the Vero Beach site: Devil Rays build lead, hang on to win The Vero Beach Devil Rays got a three-run homer from Rhyne Hughes, lifting them to a 6-5 win in their series finale against the Brevard County Manatees. With the game scoreless in the second inning where Sergio Pedroza led off with a walk. Christian Lopez grounded into a fielder's choice on which, Mike Bell's throw to first went wide allowing Lopez to take second. Two batters later, J. T. Hall worked a full count before lining a single into center to score Lopez and put the Rays up 1-0. The two teams traded runs in the third to put Vero Beach up 2-1. The fourth inning started with Pedroza drilling a double to right-center and Lopez singling to put runners on the corners. Rhyne Hughes stepped to the plate and on the first pitch he saw in the at-bat and crushed a home run to right for a 5-1 D-Rays edge. The Manatees scored a run in the fifth to cut the lead to three. Pat Cottrell answered right back with his fourth homer of the season in the bottom of the inning to make it 6-2. Things would not go easily for the Rays as Brevard County put a pair on the board in the seventh on an Alcides Escobar double. An eighth inning unearned cut the Vero Beach lead to a single run at 6-5, but Eddie De La Cruz was able to get the final four outs without incident for lock down the win for Vero Beach. The victory went to Matt Walker (1-2) who pitched six strong innings allowing just one run. De La Cruz picked up his third save of the season. Jesse Harper (1-2) took the loss for the Manatees. Brevard County Box Score: Alcides Escobar's double his first extra base hit this season after 31 singles; Lorenzo Cain and Ryan Crew reach three times apiece; Kevin Roberts perfect in two relief innings, striking out five... web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Brevard County Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_vbdafa_1

Just a reminder, you can purchase a one-day pass from MiLB.com ($3.95), and then watch the archived West Virginia TV game from April 25th, in which Zach Braddock and Alex Periard combined to win 7-1, walking none and striking out nine between them. web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../video.jsp Been meaning to do this myself, haven't done so yet -- there's also a couple of Yovani Gallardo archives you could pull up while on that same one-day pass.

Final: West Virginia 14, Hagerstown (Nationals) 3 West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER OFFENSE ERUPTS AGAIN Though they were held to just one hit through the first five innings of Tuesday morning's game against Hagerstown, the Power offense scored runs in each of the last four innings, including eight in the seventh as they defeated the Suns 14-3. Michael Brantley and Chuckie Caufield hit back-to-back two-out singles in the sixth inning before Andy Bouchie drove them home with a double. West Virginia pulled away with an eight-run seventh inning. The Power sent 13 batters to the plate and scored eight runs on seven hits. Darren Ford knocked in his first of three runs in the game with a base hit before Jimmy Mojica scored the second run of the inning on Erick San Pedro's errant throw. Caufield ripped an RBI single and shortly thereafter Kenny Holmberg reached on Coby Mavroulis' error to plate another run. Steve Chapman brought in two more runs on his second single of the inning and Martin Maldonado and Mojica hit back-to-back RBI singles to finish the eight-run frame. West Virginia plated a run in the eighth inning as Brent Brewer scored on Caufield's groundout. The Suns scored all three of their runs on a pair of home runs in the eighth. Joe Napoli hit a solo homer and three batters later Chris Marrero hit a two-run shot. West Virginia was not done, as they scored three more times in the ninth. Jimmy Mojica's groundout produced the first run before Darren Ford doubled in the next two. Alex Periard (2-0) pitched six scoreless innings of four-hit ball and struck out four to get the win. Mike Ramlow allowed three runs on four hits through three innings to get the save while Yunior Novoa (0-4) was tagged with the loss. Ford paced the Power with three hits and three RBI. Michael Brantley and Steve Chapman both reached safely four times, five Power players knocked in multiple runs and five Power players scored multiple runs. The Power improved to 18-4 with the win and the Suns fell to 9-16 with the loss. The Power will continue the four game series with Hagerstown at Municipal Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The Power will start left hander Zach Braddock (2-0, 0.47) and the Suns will counter with left hander Marco Estrada (0-2, 6.00). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM (12:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: Our friend from Quebec, young Mr. Periard, has been one of the very best surprises of the early season -- he's been dominant; 86 runs in the last nine games for the Power -- nearly 10 a game! web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_1

Standings through Monday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memphis 14 11 .560 - 12-4 2-7 W4 Nashville 13 11 .542 0.5 7-4 6-7 L5 Iowa 11 13 .458 2.5 7-2 4-11 W1 Omaha 11 14 .440 3.0 9-4 2-10 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 11 12 .478 - 4-6 7-6 W2 Tennessee 11 12 .478 - 5-8 6-4 L1 Chattanooga 11 14 .440 1.0 7-8 4-6 L1 Carolina 10 15 .400 2.0 5-5 5-10 W1 West Tenn 10 15 .400 2.0 4-6 6-9 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - FSL East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 15 9 .625 - 7-4 8-5 W1 Palm Beach 13 10 .565 1.5 6-6 7-4 L1 Daytona 13 11 .542 2.0 7-4 6-7 W1 St. Lucie 11 13 .458 4.0 5-8 6-5 L1 Jupiter 10 14 .417 5.0 4-7 6-7 W1 Vero Beach 9 14 .391 5.5 7-6 2-8 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - SAL Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia 17 4 .810 - 11-3 6-1 W1 Greensboro 14 10 .583 4.5 11-4 3-6 W1 Lake County 12 11 .522 6.0 7-3 5-8 W2 Lakewood 10 11 .476 7.0 4-6 6-5 L2 Lexington 11 13 .458 7.5 7-8 4-5 W2 Hickory 10 12 .455 7.5 4-3 6-9 L1 Hagerstown 9 15 .375 9.5 5-6 4-9 L1 Delmarva 8 15 .348 10.0 3-6 5-9 L6

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ FAIR OR FOUL?One month down. Let's look at the spreadsheet...... The Stars finish 11-12 with a .229 average at the plate. They had their problems in the 1st inning, allowing 30 runs, 16 more than they did last year, and they let opposing hitters clobber them for a .393 average, making last year's .309 look stingy....... The rotation's 8-9, 4.65 record was tempered by a very effective bullpen that had an ERA of 2.67 and struck out 87 batters in 81 innings. Most everyone with a bat in their hands finished up with a batting average .220 or under........ In the field, they made 21 errors, the most in three years. But they had three steady bats in the lineup....... Lou Palmisano's start pleased and amazed us. His .373 April is the 5th best start in Stars history and Steve Sollmann threw in nine stolen bases with his .362 mark, 8th best April in Stars history........ Add Steve Moss, who climbed to .311 this month with a 2-for-2 finish, Monday, and you have the Stars in 1st place in as weak a division as I've ever seen. Moss's big day at the plate was by grace, and a benevolent umpire at Manny Gonzalez, who watched his 2nd inning home run curl over and around the foul pole in left field -- resulting in a controversial call......... Barons' new manager Rafael Santana, catcher Jeremy Frost, and pitcher Ryan Wing came down on the ump who made the call, but it's like fighting city hall....... The call went our way, and Palmisano and Brendan Katin, who led off the inning with walks, crossed the plate ahead of Moss to give the Stars a 3-0 lead........ Moss has now hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games (22-for-66) and leads the club in RBIs with 16. It's more than he had in any month last year....... Greg Sain led the Stars in RBIs with 20 after the first month last year. In the 4th inning, Jeff Eure came through with what turned out to be the game-winning blow, however....... Fernando Hernandez had come in from the bullpen to spell Ryan Wing, himself a middle reliever. He got Palmisano to fly out and struck out Katin, who has fanned in nearly every game this month, save for three....... Then he walked Moss and Hernan Iribarren singled to left, sending the speedy Moss to third....... Eure then stepped up and crushed a ball deep to center against the base of the wall for a bases-clearing triple to make it 5-0. The Barons broke a scoreless string of 14 innings in the 5th when Cory Aldridge, in his 11th professonal season, pounded Mike Jones' fast ball over the wall in left-center to make it 5-1....... A fielder's choice on a double play ball in the 6th made it 5-2 The Stars would need all of the runs Eure drove in as it turned out, for Ricardo Nanita's 2-run homer in the 9th made it a 6-4 game, a game you either saw in Birmingham or listened to over the internet, for there was no radio coverage. The Stars take Tuesday off, as does most of the league, but come home Wednesday to face Chattanooga....... Tyler Pelland (1-2, 3.33), the losing pitcher to the Stars in Game 3 of last year's Northern Division championship, will face Sam Narron (0-2, 6.30)........ The Lookouts are 11-14, but just one game in back of the Stars and Tennessee Smokies for 1st place. The Stars finish the month last in batting in the league (.228) and 9th in pitching (3.86), but lead the league in stolen bases (30) and have issued the fewest walks (52)......... In addition to being 2nd among Southern League batting leaders at .383, Lou Palmisano is 3rd in slugging (.638) and leads the league in OPS (on base + slugging) with a 1.138 mark...... Steve Sollmann leads the league in on-base pct......... Brendan Katin went 0-for-9 in the last three games of this series and is 3-for-21 in his last six games........ Yohannis Perez is hitless in his last 14 at-bats and finishes April with a .176 average. It was as high as .278 after a 1-for-3 day against Jacksonville, April 19. Was pleasantly surprised to get e-mail from former Stars pitcher Paul Stewart. Stew is studying for exams at North Carolina State. In June 2006, he and his wife Meredith had their 2nd daughter, Raleigh. Wonder where she was born. Hmmmmmmm.. Forgot to ask him what he's studying....... Stewart was a 12-gamer winner for the Stars in 2002 and also led the club in innings pitched. Failed to mention a milestone....... Mike Jones' combined shutout over Montgomery with Joe Thatcher and Marino Salas on April 25 was the 200th in Stars history.

Thanks for the report from Iowa! Photo on MiLB.com this morning: Freddy Parejo's grand slam capped the offensive barrage for Brevard County. (Jerry Hale/MLB.com) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/05/01/5wj8HK2v.jpg

Because Iowa now video streams all their home games, the Sounds' game is available to MiLB.TV subscribers or on a one-time basis for a small fee tonight (this game will also archive): web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../video.jsp

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_iowaaa_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_vbdafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_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

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at Iowa (Cubs), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: RHP Jesse Harper at Vero Beach (Devil Rays), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp West Virginia: RHP Alex Periard at Hagerstown (Nationals), 9:25 AM pre-game, 9:35 gametime Audio link (game will also archive at this link): www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

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I forget which member of the braintrust mentioned this is in a pre-season interview with Jim Powell, but Iribarren is limited to second base and is not a ++ defender. I don't believe we've ever seen him anywhere but second base.

Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Yovani Gallardo photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2290 Sounds Drop Another Heartbreaker, 6-5 To Iowa DES MOINES ? It was an unfortunate case of déjà vu for the Nashville Sounds on Monday evening at Principal Park. One night after suffering a loss on a last at-bat homer in Omaha, Iowa pinch-hitter Geovany Soto belted a game-ending, three-run shot off Jose Capellan with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to hand the Sounds a heartbreaking 6-5 loss in the opener of a four-game series. Soto?s blast, which was his first of the season, erased a 5-3 Iowa deficit, extended the Sounds? losing streak to a season-high five games, and bumped Nashville (13-11) out of first place in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. The late heroics ruined an outstanding evening for Nashville starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo, who was in line for his fourth straight winning outing. Gallardo, who took a no-decision, fanned nine batters while allowing three runs on six hits over a season-high seven innings, his fourth consecutive quality start. In addition, the right-hander smacked his first professional home run to aid his own cause. The 21-year-old hurler has fanned at least seven batters in each of his five outings this season and ranks second in the Pacific Coast League with 42 punchouts on the year. Catcher Mike Rivera gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when he plated J.D. Closser with a sacrifice fly. Closser had opened the frame with a walk and moved to third on an Andy Abad single. Gallardo helped his own cause in the third by belting a two-out, two-run homer to left off Iowa starter Carlos Marmol. Ozzie Chavez, who preceded Gallardo with a single, also scored on the roundtripper. The blast was the first of the hurler?s career and the first home run by a Sounds pitcher since Jeff Housman on July 18, 2005 against Memphis. Gallardo is batting .429 (3-for-7) with two extra-base hits (double, homer) and three RBIs on the year. Cubs left fielder Chris Walker put the home team on the board in the bottom of the third when he swatted his first career Triple-A homer, a leadoff solo shot to right that made it a 3-1 contest. Nashville upped the lead to 5-1 in the fifth on a bases-loaded, two-run flyout by Abad. After Drew Anderson and Ryan Braun were each hit by a Marmol pitch to open the frame, Closser drew a walk to load the bags. Abad followed with a fly ball to left that allowed Anderson to score as part of a sacrifice fly. Closser was caught in a rundown as he attempted to advance to second, eventually being put out 7-2-3-4, but stayed untagged long enough to allow Braun to race home to score a second run on the play. AUDIO: Two Runs Score On Abad Flyout -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-30.mp3 Iowa got the runs back in the bottom half of the frame against Gallardo with a pair of back-to-back two-out RBI doubles off the bats of pinch-hitter Casey McGehee and Walker. Reliever Grant Balfour, who joined the Sounds earlier in the day, made his Nashville debut following Gallardo on the hill and worked a hitless eighth inning, including one strikeout. Capellan was summoned to close out the contest in the ninth but was unable to complete the task at hand. After walking the leadoff batter, the hard-throwing right-hander induced a lineout double play from Buck Coats to clear the bases with two outs. Capellan then walked Scott Moore and allowed an Angel Pagan single before Soto followed with his game-ending home run, which came on a 3-1 pitch. Cubs reliever Federico Baez (1-0) was the beneficiary of Soto?s heroics, earning his first career Triple-A win after retiring the only batter he faced in the contest. Capellan (1-1) took the loss after blowing the save, the Sounds? second blown save in as many nights and the club?s fifth of the season. The Sounds will look to snap their skid when the teams continue the series with another 7:05 p.m. meeting on Tuesday evening. Left-hander Zach Jackson (3-2, 4.10) will make the start for Nashville and face Iowa right-hander Angel Guzman (0-1, 8.59).

Brevard County Archived Audio Highlights: web.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t503 Click on the link for the 30th; the eight-run 9th inning rally begins at the 2 hour, 45 minute mark. Postgame interviews with the grand slam boys, Carlos Corporan and Freddy Parejo, begin at the 3 hour, 15 minute mark.

34-year-old RHP David Manning (yes, those were days of a bygone big league Brewer era, weren't they?) still hanging around, signs with the independent Northern League's Calgary Vipers. Beats working for a living...

The Brewers get shut out in the main portion of the "Watch" this week, but a surprising Brewer name on the "Helium Watch" and yet another Brewer in "Blast from the Past": www.baseballamerica.com/t...63817.html

Carlos Corporan in 5th ready for grand slam home run swing. (Photo by Lauren Farrell) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/04/30/RuKdzgX4.jpg 461 in attendance tonight in Vero Beach...

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...ewsId=1134 Moss Keeps Up With Jones in Stars' Victory Steve Moss clubbed a three-run home run and Mike Jones put together six solid innings for a second straight start in Huntsville?s 6-4 win over Birmingham Monday afternoon at Regions Park. The Stars grabbed the last two games of the series to improve to 11-12 and return home with a split in their 10-game road swing, while the Barons fell to 14-11. Birmingham southpaw Ryan Wing retired the side in order in the first inning but opened the second with back-to-back walks to Lou Palmisano and Brendan Katin before Moss ripped a 3-1 offering down the left field line that hooked over and around the foul pole for his third long ball of the season and second of the road trip. Birmingham manager Rafael Santana, catcher Jeremy Frost and Wing all argued to no avail that the ball was foul. Wing, who had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 13 1/3, allowed three runs on one hit over three innings and suffered his first loss of the season. Fernando Hernandez took over in the fourth and retired the first two hitters before Moss walked, Hernan Iribarren singled and Jeff Eure followed with a triple to push the visitors lead to 5-0. Cory Aldridge hit a leadoff home run in the fifth against Jones to make it 5-1 and Jeremy West grounded into a double play in the sixth to plate Jason Bourgeois to cut the Stars? lead to 5-2. Jones earned his second win of the season after allowing one earned run on six hits while walking one and striking out one. Luis Villareal opened the seventh on the hill and was removed with runners at first and second base and one out and replaced by Corey Thurman, who got out of trouble by getting Jeremy Frost and Robert Valido to fly out. Joe Thatcher retired the first two hitters in the eighth inning before giving up a single to West and a double to Thomas Collaro but ended the threat by striking out Aldridge. The Barons cut the lead to 6-4 in the ninth on a two-run home run by Ricardo Nanita, who hit safely in all five games and finished the series with eight hits in 16 at-bats. The runs were the first allowed in nine innings by Marino Salas, who set down the next three hitters to end the ball game. The Stars return home Wednesday night to open a five-game set against Chattanooga with left-hander Sam Narron taking the mound against Lookouts? left-hander Tyler Pelland. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 6.m. central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

If you're a fan of the big league Brewers, you're going to have a bunch of conflicts watching games live. But the games do archive (normally next morning). You're better off purchasing the one or two games where a Gallardo or Braddock is pitching -- nothing against R.A. Dickey, for instance...

Following tonight's Brevard County game, catcher Carlos Corporan was promoted to Huntsville. No word as of yet on a corresponding move for the Stars. Corporan was pushed up in part because catcher Angel Salome has arrived from extended spring training and is now active with the Manatees. Nice...

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Manager Frank Kremblas: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-30.mp3

Nashville will be on for maybe 20-25 of their 140 games, West Virginia only at Lexington.

Final: Iowa (Cubs) 6, Nashville 5 Jose Capellan allows a walk-off three-run home run to ruin an otherwise perfect organizational day -- ugh.... Nashville Expanded Box Score: All the details from the Sounds site later on; Yovani Gallardo now with a 42-to-8 K/BB ratio, 9-to-1 this evening; Ryan Braun with a walk and HBP, only fielding chance was a pop out... www.nashvillesounds.com/s...a_iowaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.nashvillesounds.com/s...a_iowaaa_1