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Final: Memphis (Cardinals) 8, Nashville 7 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Dave Krynzel photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2126 Sounds Win Streak Snapped With 8-7 Loss MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? The Nashville Sounds had their four-game winning streak snapped with an 8-7 loss to the Memphis Redbirds on Friday evening at AutoZone Park. Despite the loss, Nashville (73-61) maintained its four-game cushion over Iowa in the American Conference Northern Division as the Cubs fell to New Orleans. With the Iowa loss, the Sounds? magic number to clinch a playoff berth was reduced to six. In addition to snapping the Sounds? four-game win streak, the defeat snapped the club?s eight-game win streak against Memphis, which dated back to July. After Nashville took an early 1-0 lead on Jermaine Clark?s second-inning sacrifice fly, Memphis responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame against Sounds starter Ben Hendrickson. Three of the runs were unearned following a throwing error by third baseman Vinny Rottino on a sacrifice bunt attempt. Two more Sounds sacrifice flies in the third, courtesy of Drew Anderson and Graham Koonce, pulled the visitors within a run at 4-3 before Rottino made amends for his earlier fielding gaff by leading off the fourth inning with a solo homer to left off Memphis starter Ricardo Rodriguez, his seventh longball of the year. The host Redbirds pulled back in front over the next two innings, scoring three runs off Hendrickson to take a 7-4 lead by the end of the fifth. Sounds right fielder Dave Krynzel tied things up in the top of the sixth with a two-out, three-run homer to left off Rodriguez, his seventh roundtripper of the year. AUDIO: Dave Krynzel's Three-Run Homer -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-25.mp3 Memphis claimed its third and final lead of the night in the seventh when Rico Washington slugged a solo homer off Nashville reliever Mitch Stetter, putting the Redbirds in front by an 8-7 margin. Reliever Brad Thompson (2-0) worked three scoreless innings behind Rodriguez to earn his second win of the year for Memphis. Stetter (2-5) took the loss after allowing Washington?s game-deciding homer in his lone inning of work. Hendrickson took a no-decision for the Sounds after allowing six runs (three earned) on seven hits in only four innings of work. The teams continue the series with a 6:10 p.m. meeting on Saturday evening. Left-hander Zach Jackson (4-5, 3.98) will toe the rubber for Nashville and square off against right-hander John Webb (6-11, 4.51). Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

Wow, bases loaded, one out for the Stars in the bottom of the 11th. Ryan Braun shallow fly out, Brendan Katin fly out. On to the 12th, Braun totally frustrated with himself on that at-bat... All against a catcher on the mound, as the Braves are basically conceding the game at this point. Yet the Stars haven't won yet...

In progress as of 10:15 Central: Mississippi (Braves) 3, Huntsville 3, after ten innings You really should listen in to see if the Stars can post a walkoff win in front of a big fireworks crowd... Good news -- Tennessee lost, let's see if the Stars can move their lead to a game and a half!

Final: West Virginia 9, Greensboro (Marlins) 0 I'd like to trade this win over the Marlins for another Florida matchup tonight.... West Virginia Site Game Summary: I think we'll get a pogokat report later... POWER SHUT DOWN GRASSHOPPERS, WIN RUBBER MATCH On Friday night at First Horizon Park, Nestor Corredor, Mat Gamel and Mike Bell all hit home runs for the West Virginia Power while Matt Kretzschmar, Rafael Lluberes and Kevin Roberts combined to pitch a six-hit shutout, as the Power won the rubber match of the three game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 9-0. Corredor snapped a scoreless tie in the third inning on a solo home run, his second of the year. Later in the second with Lorenzo Cain on first base and two outs, Gamel hit a fly ball to left field that was dropped by Greensboro left fielder Brad Correll, allowing Cain to score. Gamel made it a 3-0 game in the fifth inning with a solo home run, his second of the series, his 16th of the season. In the eighth inning Bell smacked a one-out triple, and scored during the next at bat on Tony Festa?s sacrifice fly. Ahead 4-0 going into the ninth inning, the Power pounded the final nail into the coffin with a five-run frame. Darren Ford ripped a two-run single to score Michael Brantley and Corredor, and three batters later Bell hit a three-run homer, his second of the series and his 12th of the year to cap off the five-run ninth inning. The shutout was the second for the Power in their last three games and their ninth of the season; only four other teams have more shutouts than the Power. Kretzschmar (4-4) pitched five scoreless innings of two-hit ball and got the victory while Ryan Tucker (7-12) suffered the loss. The Power are 70-59 on the year and 31-29 in the second half after the win while the Grasshoppers fell to 66-63 overall and 30-29 in the second half after the loss. The Power will begin a two game series against the Lexington Legends at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Left hander Brian Bogusevic (1-4, 5.34) will make the start for Lexington and the Power will counter with left hander Brandon Parillo (3-0, 5.79). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score and Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1

Your high-A choices are the California League (been there, done that), the Florida State League, and the Carolina League. Within the next week or so Baseball America should have a summary up of which affiliates are available.

I'm telling you, I watched every pitch. From the moment Gabe Gross caught the final fly ball out in the bottom of the 3rd and this team trudged off the field down 6-5, they didn't show any emotion the rest of the evening. It was as if they all decided they were just really, really tired. Corey Hart with zero professional swings tonight, looked like he was swinging a wet noodle. I love the kid, but he looked as weak as a professional hitter could look tonight. Awful, awful loss.

This team was just no-hit over the final six innings. Insert curseword here.

The David Bell 2-0 pitch that he swung at was a hit-and-run, which was just bad luck, because the pitch was crazy low and away, and the count would have gone to 3-0. Bell hit it directly to the first baseman on the ground, fairly hard, but you wonder what would have happened in the inning had the count gone to 3-0 with Clark on first, one out.

As noted, third straight rainout in Florida, and there will be a doubleheader Saturday evening. The teams are off Sunday and could make up the final game then, but the teams nor the league have determined if they will as of this post.

Watching on MLB.com -- this is really shaping up as a game where you just throw up in your mouth at game's end -- sorry for the bad visual, hope I'm wrong -- this offense is sleepwalking since Nolasco's departure -- step up to the plate with a little bounce in your step, boys! Nothing's more deflating than an inning like the David Bush 3rd...

Standings through Thursday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 73 60 .549 - 41-27 32-33 W4[/b] Iowa 69 64 .519 4.0 41-27 28-37 W6 Memphis 52 81 .391 21.0 31-39 21-42 L2 Omaha 50 83 .376 23.0 31-37 19-46 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Huntsville 34 25 .576 - 17-12 17-13 W3[/b] Tennessee 34 26 .567 0.5 18-12 16-14 W2 Chattanooga 32 28 .533 2.5 17-13 15-15 W3 West Tenn 29 31 .483 5.5 19-11 10-20 L3 Carolina 25 35 .417 9.5 19-11 6-24 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 33 25 .569 - 17-12 16-13 L1 Daytona 33 26 .559 0.5 22-12 11-14 W1 Palm Beach 31 26 .544 1.5 18-11 13-15 L1 [b]Brevard County 25 33 .431 8.0 13-13 12-20 W2[/b] Vero Beach 21 35 .375 11.0 13-16 8-19 L2 Jupiter 21 38 .356 12.5 11-18 10-20 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 41 18 .695 - 24-7 17-11 W4 Lake County 31 26 .544 9.0 16-14 15-12 L1 Greensboro 30 28 .517 10.5 15-16 15-12 W1 [b]West Virginia 30 29 .508 11.0 18-11 12-18 L1[/b] Hickory 30 30 .500 11.5 14-18 16-12 L1 Lexington 25 35 .417 16.5 16-14 9-21 W1 Delmarva 23 35 .397 17.5 13-13 10-22 W2 Hagerstown 22 37 .373 19.0 11-18 11-19 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 18 7 .720 - 12-2 6-5 L1 Missoula 15 10 .600 3.0 8-3 7-7 L1 [b]Helena 13 12 .520 5.0 6-5 7-7 L3[/b] Great Falls 7 18 .280 11.0 6-8 1-10 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Angels 16 6 .727 - 5-1 11-5 W3 AZL Royals 16 8 .667 1.0 8-5 8-3 L2 AZL Giants 15 8 .652 1.5 7-5 8-3 L1 AZL Padres 14 8 .636 2.0 8-4 6-4 W2 AZL Athletics 11 11 .500 5.0 9-3 2-8 W3 AZL Mariners 10 13 .435 6.5 8-4 2-9 L3 AZL Cubs 9 13 .409 7.0 4-7 5-6 L2 AZL Rangers 7 16 .304 9.5 6-7 1-9 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 4 19 .174 12.5 3-8 1-11 W1[/b]

Follow Friday'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_mrbaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 Brevard County Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_2 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Arizona Rookie: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds and/or Huntsville Stars are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated an hour or two prior to gametime: Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Following Nashville's lead, Huntsville now makes its media notes available as well, nice: www.huntsvillestars.com/i...eNotes.pdf

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Ben Hendrickson at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:50 PM pre-game; 7:10 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Corey Thurman at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450radio.com/ Brevard County: RHP Mike Jones and TBD in a doubleheader at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:00 PM Audio link (opponent's) -- the Palm Beach audio connection has been iffy this year... www.palmbeachcardinals.com/ West Virginia: RHP Matt Kretzschmar at Greensboro (Marlins), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: LHP Luis Ramirez at home vs. Idaho Falls (Royals), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at home in the Maryvale complex to face the Cubs' kids, 9:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Acting Manager Gary Pettis: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-24.mp3

Five more Sounds photos from the Tennessean (Wednesday's Nashville game): tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....amp;Ref=PH

Thursday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with 1B/OF Chris Errecart (Select date for August 24th, skip to the 9:00 minute mark) -- www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

Final: Arizona Brewers 10, Arizona Mariners 5 First road win in 12 tries this second half of the season for the A-Crew... Arizona Brewer Box Score and Game Log: Four strong innings for Rolando Pascual - nice; John Alonso rocks; Mariners steal seven of eight bases against converted-to-catcher Anderson de la Rosa; Brent Brewer walks twice but commits error # 22 at short... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_mrnrok_1 And Jeff Sackman's splits site is great, but the new MiLB player pages are very convenient now -- click on Brent Brewer's name in the box score and see he's 2-for-29 against lefty pitching, although he's a right-handed stick...

Final: Huntsville 6, West Tenn (Cubs) 5 Stars remain a slim 1/2 game ahead of Tennessee; details from the Stars' site later... Huntsville Box Score and Game Log: Nice job by the bottom of the order and closer Joe Valentine... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wtdaax_1

Thanks, pogo -- good stuff, indeed... Final: Greensboro (Marlins) 6, West Virginia 5 West Virginia Site Game Summary: FOUR RUN SIXTH NOT ENOUGH IN POWER LOSS The West Virginia Power scored four runs in the sixth inning of Thursday night?s game in Greensboro to eliminate a three-run deficit, but it was not enough to take down the Grasshoppers who took the second game of the series 6-5. The Grasshoppers plated their first run of the game in the second inning when Shawn Ferguson walked Agustin Septimo with the bases loaded. A half inning later Darren Ford tied the game on a solo homer, his sixth of the season. Greensboro regained the lead in the bottom of the third when Andy Jenkins scored on a wild pitch. Jenkins struck again in the fourth inning on his first of two, two-run singles to put the Grasshoppers ahead by three. The Power scored four runs on five hits in the top of the sixth inning to take the lead. Mike Bell tied the game with a towering three-run homer, his 11th of the season. A few batters later Michael Brantley knocked in Tony Festa on a sacrifice fly. Andy Jenkins, who had been a thorn in West Virginia?s side all night long, provided a clutch two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Hoppers the lead for good. Kenny Holmberg had three hits on the night, giving him five in the series. Darren Ford stole two bases, and he is one away from tying former Charleston Alley Cat Mike Curry?s franchise record of 61 set back in 1999. Jason Iehl (3-3) got the victory, Brad Stone (4) earned the save while Ryan Marion (1-1) suffered the loss. The Power are 69-59 on the year and 30-29 in the second half after the loss while the Grasshoppers improved to 66-62 overall and 30-28 in the second half after the win. The Power will finish the three game series against the Grasshoppers at First Horizon Park on Friday night. Right hander Ryan Tucker (7-11, 5.17) will make the start for Greensboro and the Power will counter with right hander Matt Kretzschmar (3-4, 5.99). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM (6:00 Central). West Virginia Box Score and Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_gboafx_1

Helena players who have been in the system prior to this year have their 2006 stats on the Index for the most part, like Stephen Chapman. Brian is aware that he needs to activate 2006 stats for nearly all 2006 newcomers; it's a project that may not be met by season's end, sorry.

Be sure to click on the correct date, this is from Monday: Monday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with hitting coch Johnny Narron (Select date for August 21st, skip to the 15:00 minute mark) -- www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp

Wow, that just changed today -- here's Ben Hendrickson's for example... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=430608

Reminder to our readers in the Southeast or satellite TV viewers: CSS To Televise August 24 Sounds Game CSS, available on channel 27 on Comcast cable in Middle Tennessee, will televise the Nashville Sounds' game at Memphis on Thursday, August 24 as part of its 10-week, 2006 Minor League Game of the Week broadcast schedule. The Pacific Coast League game will be televised live from AutoZone Park on CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast) at 7:00 p.m. (CT). CSS is a regional sports channel that reaches 4.5 million cable subscribers in 11 states across the southeast. For a third consecutive season, CSS sports anchor Matt Stewart is calling the play-by-play for the network's minor league baseball coverage. He is joined this season by former minor league manager Nick Belmonte, who has worked with CSS for a number of years on its college baseball coverage.