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The only organizational success of the night -- Final: Nashville 6, Fresno (Giants) 5 Great job by the Sounds to start this road trip... Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Graham Koonce photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2095 Sounds Come Back Late To Down Grizzlies, 6-5 FRESNO, Calif. ? The Nashville Sounds plated four unanswered runs over the final three innings of play to score a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the host Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium in the finale of a four-game series. With the triumph, Nashville (62-53) registered a 3-1 series win and picked up its fourth win in the club?s last five contests. The Sounds? lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division remains at 3 ½ games over Iowa. The one-run game was the Sounds? 46th of the year, the most among all Triple-A clubs. Nashville is 19-27 in those contests. Nashville, which trailed 5-2 in the seventh inning, took its first lead of the night in the top of the ninth. With one out, Zach Sorensen struck out on a ball in the dirt but reached safely when Fresno catcher Jed Hansen?s throw to first sailed high into right field. Chris Barnwell followed with an RBI single to right off Grizzlies reliever Jack Taschner to put the visitors on top by a 6-5 margin. AUDIO: Chris Barnwell's Go-Ahead Single -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...08-5-1.mp3 Sounds closer Alec Zumwalt was summoned to work the bottom of the ninth and worked around a walk to register a scoreless frame. He picked up his team-leading 13th save of the year and second in as many nights. The last-at win was the Sounds? second of the series and 11th of the season. Fresno right fielder Abraham Nunez gave the home team a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer to dead center off Sounds starter in the bottom of the first inning. The blast was eighth of the season and plated Jason Ellison (walk) and Kevin Frandsen (single). Nashville first baseman Graham Koonce ? who paced the Sounds with a 3-for-3 evening at the plate ? dwarfed Nunez?s shot with one of his own in the top of the second, leading off the frame with a massive solo shot to center off Fresno starter Brian Cooper that easily cleared the batter?s eye. The tater was Koonce?s 12th of the year. The Grizzlies got the run back in the bottom of the frame when Jason Ellison ripped a two-out single to right-center that was mishandled by right fielder Andrew Beattie, allowing former Sound Tomas de la Rosa to score from first for a 4-1 lead. Inexplicably, no error was charged on the play, hanging an extra earned run on Jackson. The Sounds cut the lead to 4-2 in the third. Jackson led off with his first hit of the season, a single to right, and moved to second on Barnwell?s one-out single. Koonce delivered his second RBI of the ballgame when he plated Jackson with a two-out single to center. Fresno extended its advantage to 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Ellison led off with a double and later scored on a Nunez RBI two-bagger. Sounds catcher Vinny Rottino extended his hitting streak to six games with a single in the sixth inning. Rottino has hit safely in 24 of his last 28 contests. Jermaine Clark pulled Nashville within a pair at 5-3 in the seventh when he led off the frame with a solo homer to center off Cooper, his fourth roundtripper of the year. Sorensen followed suit two batters later, swatting his second homer of the campaign to right off Cooper to make it a 5-4 contest. The homer extended Sorensen?s season-best hit streak to six games. The Sounds completed the comeback in the eighth when Koonce walked and was replaced by pinch-runner Kennard Bibbs. Abernathy followed with a double into the left field corner to put runners on second and third before Rottino plated Bibbs with a sacrifice fly to knot the game at 5-5. A pair of hitting streaks came to a close for Sounds batters. Laynce Nix went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts, bringing his season-best 15-game hitting streak to a close. Chad Moeller grounded out in a pinch-hit appearance, ending his season-high streak at four. Dennis Sarfate (8-6) earned the victory after working two solid innings of relief behind Jackson. He held the Grizzlies scoreless while allowing one hit and striking out four batters in his third relief outing. Jackson, who was on the hook for his third straight loss before the Nashville comeback, took a no-decision for the Sounds after allowing five runs on six hits over six innings while walking three batters and striking out four. In his three outings since rejoining Nashville, the southpaw has logged an 8.66 ERA (17 er / 17.2 IP). Taschner (6-7) took the loss for Fresno after giving up the go-ahead run, which was unearned, in his lone inning of work. The Sounds continue their longest road trip of the season on Sunday in Sacramento, where they?ll take on the River Cats (AAA-A?s) in the 7:05 p.m. CT opener of a four-game series. Right-hander Carlos Villanueva (4-0, 1.93) will take the mound for Nashville to face Sacramento right-hander Brad Ziegler (0-1, 6.60). Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link: Zach Jackson still not very impressive at the AAA level... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_freaaa_1

Voice of the Sounds Chuck Valenches with his blog update: nashvillesounds.blogspot.com/

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Alec Zumwalt: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%208-5.mp3

Standings through Friday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 61 53 .535 - 35-25 26-28 W2[/b] Iowa 57 56 .504 3.5 31-26 26-30 L2 Memphis 45 68 .398 15.5 26-33 19-35 W1 Omaha 44 70 .386 17.0 26-29 18-41 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 24 17 .585 - 14-7 10-10 W2 Chattanooga 22 18 .550 1.5 13-7 9-11 L2 West Tenn 21 20 .512 3.0 14-6 7-14 L2 [b]Huntsville 20 20 .500 3.5 12-12 8-8 W3[/b] Carolina 15 26 .366 9.0 9-7 6-19 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 23 17 .575 - 16-10 7-7 W1 St. Lucie 22 18 .550 1.0 13-9 9-9 L2 Palm Beach 20 22 .476 4.0 11-8 9-14 W1 [b]Brevard County 18 22 .450 5.0 9-7 9-15 L1[/b] Jupiter 16 24 .400 7.0 10-12 6-12 W2 Vero Beach 16 25 .390 7.5 10-13 6-12 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 27 13 .675 - 14-5 13-8 W1 Lake County 22 17 .564 4.5 12-9 10-8 W1 Hickory 21 20 .512 6.5 9-14 12-6 W1 [b]West Virginia 20 20 .500 7.0 10-6 10-14 W3[/b] Greensboro 19 20 .487 7.5 10-10 9-10 W2 Hagerstown 18 22 .450 9.0 10-15 8-7 L2 Delmarva 14 25 .359 12.5 8-12 6-13 L1 Lexington 14 27 .341 13.5 8-11 6-16 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 4 2 .667 - 2-0 2-2 W3 [b]Helena 4 2 .667 - 3-1 1-1 W1[/b] Missoula 3 3 .500 1.0 3-1 0-2 L2 Great Falls 1 5 .167 3.0 1-1 0-4 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Padres 5 1 .833 - 3-0 2-1 W2 AZL Royals 6 2 .750 - 3-2 3-0 L1 AZL Angels 5 2 .714 0.5 2-0 3-2 W3 AZL Giants 5 3 .625 1.0 2-2 3-1 L1 AZL Athletics 4 3 .571 1.5 3-1 1-2 L1 AZL Mariners 3 5 .375 3.0 3-2 0-3 W1 AZL Rangers 2 4 .333 3.0 2-1 0-3 W1 AZL Cubs 2 5 .286 3.5 1-2 1-3 L3 [b]AZL Brewers 0 7 .000 5.5 0-3 0-4 L7[/b]

Follow Saturday'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_freaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_grfrok_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

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at Fresno (Giants), 8:45 PM pre-game, 9:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: LHP Steve Hammond at Mobile (Padres), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450radio.com/ Brevard County: RHP Robert Hinton at home vs. Fort Myers (Twins), 6:00 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.sportsjuice.com/broad...4cwYBjA%3d West Virginia: RHP Matt Kretzschmar at home vs. Columbus (Dodgers), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: RHP Chris Jean at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM pre-game; 8:00 gametime Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at home in Maryvale to face the Cubs' kids, 8:00 PM Central time, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Brevard County and Fort Myers Site Game Summaries: Miracle outslug Manatees Brock Peterson and David Winfree homered to propel Fort Myers to a 7-2 win over Brevard County on Friday at Space Coast Stadium. Peterson gave the visiting Miracle an early lead when he hit a two-run homer, his 14th, to left field in the first inning. Four frames later, Winfree hit a two-run shot to left following Trevor Plouffe's leadoff triple. The 22-year-old Peterson went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored and extended his hitting streak to nine games. He is batting .417 (15-for-36) over that span. Winfree went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored while leadoff man Brandon Roberts also had three hits and stole a pair of bases. Starter Oswaldo Sosa (1-0) won his Florida State League debut, scattering four hits and a walk in seven innings and allowing two runs -- one earned -- while striking out five. Charlie Fermaint walked, drove in a run and scored a run in four plate appearances for the Manatees (18-22). Ryan Crew singled in the second to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. Starter Sam Narron (2-3) took the loss for Brevard County, letting up two runs on three hits and a walk in two innings. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com ***Miracle Pound Out Season High 17 Hits in 7-2 Victory Over Manatees Oswaldo Sosa was making his Fort Myers Miracle debut on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium after being called up from Single-A Beloit on August 1. He had to love the offensive support he got as the Miracle pounded out a season high 17 hits and Sosa was superb in his debut as the Miracle defeated the Brevard County Manatees 7-2. Every single Miracle that finished the game got a hit (Miracle catcher Caleb Moore was 0-1 before being hit by a pitch in the fourth and leaving the game), including three hits from Brandon Roberts, David Winfree and Brock Peterson. Winfree started things off in the first with a two out single to left center and Peterson followed that with a two run shot over the left field wall, his 14th of the season. The Manatees scored an unearned run in the second to make it 2-1, but the Miracle answered right back in the fifth. Trevor Plouffe led it off with a triple into the right field corner and Winfree followed with a two run shot off the left field pole, his sixth of the season and second in as many nights to give the Miracle a 4-1 lead. The 20-year-old Sosa did the rest. The only earned run he gave up was in the fifth when Charlie Fermaint tripled and scored two batters later on a sac fly from Carlos Corporan. Sosa used a low 90s fastball and low 80s curveball to keep the Manatees off balance. He went 7.0 innings allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits while walking one and striking out five to earn his first victory in a Miracle jersey. The Miracle, who improved to 21-18 in the second half, made it 6-1 in the sixth when Steve Tolleson led off with a single. With one out Justin Arneson was hit by a pitch. Brandon Roberts singled home Tolleson and two batters later Winfree singled home Roberts. The Miracle added their final run in the ninth when Peterson led off with a single and scored on a double by Deacon Burns. The same two teams meet Saturday night at Space Coast Stadium at 7:00 PM (6:00 Central). The Miracle send LHP Kyle Aselton (5-3, 3.84) to the hill against Manatees RHP Robert Hinton (4-3, 3.32).

Friday's Helena KCAP Pre-Game Audio Chat with Pitching Coack Mark Littell (Select date for August 4th, skip to the 11:00 minute mark) -- Littell is always a fascinating listen... www.minorleaguebaseball.c.../audio.jsp Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...506_04.txt Brewers win slugfest By Independent Record Staff The Helena Brewers and Great Falls White Sox put on a hitting show Friday night. White Sox shortstop John Shelby cracked two home runs, teammate Michael Grace had one as well, but the Brewers had two of their own and held on to a 10-6 lead to win at Centene Stadium. Helena?s Bill Rowe sent the first ball over the wall in the second inning, and Stephen Chapman hit the team?s second, a two-run homer in the fifth. The Brewers scored five runs in the inning to build a three-point lead, but the White Sox quickly climbed back in the sixth when Shelby hit his second home run, tying the score at 6-6. Helena walked three times and scored four runs in the seventh inning, including two off a single to centerfield by Andy Bouchie, to build the final lead. Mike McClendon pitched for the win. In two innings he gave up three runs off three hits, but walked none and struck out one. Ryan Rote got the loss, allowing four runs and walking three in one inning. After taking last place in the Pioneer League for the first half of the season, the Brewers are at the top of the North Division with a 4-2 record. They will play again in Great Falls today at 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). ***Link while active, text follows: www.greatfallstribune.com...50322/1006 White Sox relievers let one slip away By MIKE TOWNE Great Falls Tribune Sports Writer Bobby Tolan was one frustrated manager late Friday night. His Great Falls White Sox rallied for two runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth to tie the Helena Brewers at 6-all, but then suffered another collapse by the bullpen. The Brewers used four hits and an error to score four runs in the top of the seventh inning and went on to defeat the Sox 10-6 in an intradivision Pioneer League contest before 3,814 fans at Centene Stadium. Taylor Green led off the seventh with a walk and proceeded to score the go-ahead run when Chris Errecart drew a bases-loaded walk, the third free pass by reliever Ryan Rote in the inning. Andy Bouchie then greeted reliever Andrew Urena with a single that plated both Stephen Chapman and Cole Gillespie to extend Helena's lead to 9-6. Errecart tallied the Brewers' 10th run when Fredy De La Cruz bounced into a double play. Mike McClendon retired the Sox in order in the seventh inning, and fellow reliever Steve Palazzolo did the same in both the eighth and the ninth. The victory spoiled a big night by Great Falls shortstop John Shelby, who hit two home runs and had four RBIs. His two-run shot in the sixth inning, a 415-foot blast to straightaway center, tied the game at 6-6. "It was a nice comeback, but we gave it right back," said Tolan, whose club defeated Helena 4-1 on Thursday night to end a six-game losing skid. "We get into the sixth and seventh innings, and we can't seem to shut teams down. The relievers let it get away. "The momentum was on our side after we tied it up, but we gave it right back," he added. "It's frustrating to me. It takes the wind out of you. "It's just hard to try to manage when they give it right back. But we'll survive, we'll be OK." Helena broke a 1-1 deadlock with a big fifth inning, scoring five runs on four hits and two errors. Chuckie Caufield singled in two runs to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead, and after Green's bloop single brought home Caufield, Chapman hit a home run just inside the right field foul pole to make it 6-1. Great Falls answered with two runs in its half of the inning. Tim Lawrence led off with a double to right center, and Shelby followed with a homer to almost the same spot. After Rote held the Brewers scoreless in the top of the sixth, the Sox tied it up with three runs in the bottom half. Mike Grace doubled off McClendon with one out and scored on a Tyler Reves' single to left, making it 6-4. Lawrence reached on a fielder's choice, and Shelby followed with his second home run of the night and fifth of the season. "(The big night) should give Shelby some confidence, and that's good," Tolan said. "We need to get a couple more guys on track, and if we can do that we'll score. "Then it's just a matter of pitching and defense." Seven players combined for Helena's 10 hits. Green and Chapman, the Nos. 2 and 3 hitters in the order, each had two hits and scored a pair of runs. De La Cruz also had two hits. Every Brewer except Bouchie scored at least one run. First baseman Grace had a solid offensive night for Great Falls, going 2-for-3 and scoring two runs. His leadoff home run in the second, a booming shot over the left field wall, tied the game at 1-1. However, Chris Carter, the Sox's most productive hitter, went 0-for-4. He struck out three times. Scott Madsen, who has wielded a hot bat in recent games, went 0-for-3.

Final: Nashville 5, Fresno (Giants) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Chad Moeller photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2093 Nix, Moeller Lead Sounds Past Grizzlies, 5-4 FRESNO, Calif. ? The Nashville Sounds emerged on top in a back-and-forth battle with Fresno on Friday evening at Grizzlies Stadium, scoring a 5-4 victory in the third game of a four-game series. With the win, Nashville (61-53) notched its third victory in the last four games and increased its lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division to 3 ½ games over Iowa. Six Sounds finished with two or more hits on the evening as Nashville tallied 14 knocks, the club?s most since May 13 at Las Vegas (also 14 hits). Center fielder Laynce Nix finished 3-for-5 with a homer in the contest to extend his season-best hitting streak to 15 games for the Sounds. In six games with Nashville, Nix is batting an incredible .565 (13-for-23) with six extra-base hits. Sounds catcher Chad Moeller went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs driven in, including the eventual game-winner in the eighth, to up his season-best hit streak to four games. Zach Sorensen opened the game with a single to right off Grizzlies starter Patrick Misch, extending his season-best hitting streak to five games. Chris Barnwell followed with a line-drive knock off the glove of Grizzlies second baseman Kevin Frandsen before Nix ripped a single to right to load the bags and extend Nashville?s longest hit streak of the year to 15 games. Brent Abernathy gave the visitors a 1-0 lead by plating Sorensen with a sacrifice fly to left, marking his first RBI in 14 games. Misch avoided further damage in the frame by striking out Andrew Beattie and Vinny Rottino in order for the final two outs of the inning. Fresno took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second. Mike Cervanek led off the frame with a double, moved to third on a Juan Melo single, and tied the game when he scored on a wild pitch thrown by Sounds starter Jared Fernandez. Former Sound Tomas de la Rosa (Pirates' organization) gave the Grizzlies the lead when he singled up the middle to bring in Melo. Abernathy knotted the contest at 2-2 in the third when he drove in his second run of the game, bringing home Sorensen with a two-out RBI double into the left field corner. Nashville reclaimed a 3-2 advantage against Misch in the fourth. Rottino (3-for-4) upped his hitting streak to five games when he led off the frame with a double to left-center. Moeller gave the Sounds their second lead of the night when he plated Rottino with a one-out single to left. The knock extended the backstop?s season-best hit streak to four games. Fernandez worked five innings and held Fresno to two runs on six hits but did not factor in the decision as the Nashville bullpen failed to protect the lead. Fresno center fielder Clay Timpner picked a good time to launch his first home run of the season, taking Sounds reliever Chris Demaria deep in the bottom of the sixth inning for a two-run shot that staked the Grizzlies to a 4-3 lead. The tater scored de la Rosa, who had singled earlier in the frame. Nix continued his solid night in the seventh when he slugged his 13th home run of the season and third in six games with Nashville to square the tilt at 4-4. His two-out solo blast to right-center greeted Grizzlies reliever Michael Tejera, who blew his first save opportunity. AUDIO: Laynce Nix's 13th Home Run -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%208-4.mp3 Moeller put the Sounds ahead for good in the top of the eighth with a two-out RBI single to left off Carlos Hines that plated Rottino with for a 5-4 Nashville advantage. Demaria (4-0) picked up the victory in relief for Nashville despite giving up two runs on two hits in his two innings. Alec Zumwalt worked the final two innings in hitless fashion to earn his team-leading 12th save of the year. Hines (1-4) took his second loss of the series after surrendering the go-ahead run in his lone frame of action. The teams wrap up the series with a 9:05 p.m. CT finale on Saturday evening. Left-hander Zach Jackson (2-4, 4.06) will take the mound for the Sounds looking for his first Triple-A victory since May 24th. Fresno right-hander Brian Cooper (4-8, 5.15) will provide the opposition. Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link: Alec Zumwalt rocks; Dave Krynzel at .224... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_freaaa_1

Final: Arizona Mariners 13, Arizona Brewers 1 Yup, fall to 0-7 in front of 20 fans in 95 degree Arizona heat -- that's what we call fun! Arizona Brewer Box Score and Game Log: Great Mariner name -- Marquise Liverpool; check out the Brewer 5th -- yikes... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_mrnrok_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Reliever Chris Demaria: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%208-4.mp3

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=950 Stars' Ride Big Rally to Win in Mobile Jeff Eure?s three-run pinch-hit double capped off a seven-run fifth inning uprising, as Huntsville stormed back to beat Mobile 9-4 Friday night in the opener of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The Stars won their third straight game, scoring nine runs in all three, to improve to 20-20 in the second half but could gain no ground on victorious first place Tennessee in the North Division, while the BayBears slipped to 20-21 in the second half and fell four and a half games behind Jacksonville, which was rained out. Callix Crabbe got the decisive rally started with a one out single, moved to third base on a Drew Anderson single and scored on a base hit by Brad Nelson to trim the home team?s lead to 4-2. Ron Acuna?s bases loaded single scored Anderson to cut the lead to 4-3 before Lou Palmisano singled to left to plate Nelson to tie the game. Left fielder Dustin Delucchi kicked the ball toward centerfield, allowing Ryan Braun to score to give the Stars the lead at 5-4, while Acuna to advance to third and Palmisano to second. Ozzie Chavez was intentionally walked and Eure followed by slamming a 1-1 offering from BayBears? starter Mike Ekstrom over the head of center fielder Drew Macias to score all three runners to push the advantage to 8-4. It was Eure?s second bases-clearing double of the year, both on the road, and his second straight pinch-hit in which he drove in multiple runs. He singled in a pair in the eighth inning of Tuesday?s 9-8 win over Chattanooga. Stars? starter Corey Thurman allowed a first inning run on a solo home run by Vincent Sinisi, a third inning sacrifice fly by Stephen Smitherman and consecutive two-out run-scoring singles in the fourth by Brett Dowdy and Dustin Delucchi that built a 4-1 lead for Mobile. The right-hander was taken out after four frames in his shortest outing since his first start of the year on April 8 at Mississippi. Travis Phelps worked three scoreless innings to grab his first win since July 4 at Birmingham, striking out five, walking one and scattering three hits. Ekstrom was charged with seven earned runs on eight hits and a season-high five walks and dropped to 0-5 in nine starts at the double-A level. The Stars totaled 11 hits and have now collected 10-or-more hits in a game 17 times in the second half after doing so only a dozen times in 69 games in the first half. Chavez walked three times and scored twice and has now crossed the plate six times in the last three games after scoring only once in 19 games. Acuna had his third three-hit game of the season and first since June 4 at Birmingham. The series continues Saturday with left-hander Steve Hammond taking the hill for Huntsville against Mobile right-hander Jack Cassel. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on ESPN Radio 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

Final: Huntsville 9, Mobile (Padres) 4 Complete details from Stars' site later... Huntsville Box Score and Game Log Link: Ozzie Chavez on base four times -- he only turned 23 this week, it should be fun to see what he does with a full AAA season next year; Ron Acuna three hits -- you know, I haven't made a Lion King reference all season, ma-ta-ta; Huntsville still carrying only ten pitchers -- what's up with that? Jeff Eure with a pinch-hit three-run double to cap a big 5th inning -- Jeff's had a nice season, slugging over .450 in the Southern League, not easy... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1

Who were Brewerfan's Player and Pitcher of the Month for July? Big hint -- both were prominent draft picks in 2005 -- here's Brewerfan's July Farm Hops with notes from colbyjack: www.brewerfan.net/ViewFar...portId=460

Final: Helena 10, Great Falls (White Sox) 6 Helena Box Score and Game Log Link: Quiet game until the 5th; Bill Rowe and Stephen Chapman go deep -- if the Brewers can win the second half, Chapman's a league MVP candidate; Brandon Parillo allows two HR's in an uneven start; Steve Palazzolo mows down all six men he faces to close it out... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_grfrok_1

In progress: Arizona Mariners 6, Arizona Brewers 0, after two innings Must be the switch to night games in Maryvale... Just keep telling yourself bonus baby RHP Rolando Pascual won't even be 18 years old until February -- he retires six of 16 batters tonight...

Final: Fort Myers (Twins) 7, Brevard County 2 A blowout -- Manatees outhit, 17-4... Brevard County Box Score and Game Log Link: From an organizational standpoint, it's understood -- but if I'm a Manatee season ticket holder, I'm scratching my head watching the Brewers treat the Brevard rotation like one big rehab stint (Sam Narron follows Luis Pena's three-inning start Thursday with a two-inning outing tonight); is Ryan Crew officially an outfielder now? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

Final: West Virginia 8, Columbus (Dodgers) 2 West Virginia Site Game Summary: HOLMBERG HOMERS TWICE IN POWER WIN Kenny Holmberg hit a pair of home runs in Friday night?s game against the Columbus Catfish at Appalachian Power Park as the Power scored three in the second inning and five in the fourth inning to beat Columbus 8-2. Russ Mitchell began the top of the second inning with a solo homer, his second of the series to put the Catfish ahead 1-0. In the bottom of the second Michael Brantley scored Mat Gamel on a two-out bunt single to tie the game. Holmberg hit his first home run during the next at-bat, a two-run blast to give the Power a 3-1 lead. Holmberg struck again on a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. The multi-home run game gave Holmberg six on the year and was his second multi-home run game of the season. The Power added two more runs in the inning on Lorenzo Cain?s two-out double to score Ryan Barba and Darren Ford. Columbus plated the final run of the game in the sixth inning on an RBI double from Lucas May. The win was the third in a row for West Virginia, putting them on their first three-game winning streak since June 24th. Julian Cordero (1-0) allowed a run on five hits with six strikeouts through five innings to earn the victory, while James McDonald (3-10) obtained the loss. The Power are 59-50 overall and 20-20 in the second half after the win while the Catfish fell to 55-56 overall and 18-23 in the second half after the loss. The Power will finish the four game series against the Columbus Catfish at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday night. Right hander David Horlacher (1-3, 5.56) will make the start for Columbus and the Power will counter with right hander Matt Kretzschmar (3-4, 5.86). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score and Game Log: The fact that both Holmberg's jacks were with two outs is big; this team really played well win-wise in the first half, and their talent and recent play makes you wonder how they're only .500 in the second half; welcome to Brewerfan, Julian Cordero; even though it's passed ball # 13 for Angel Salome, it sure seems that he's progressed behind the plate; Catfish 0-for-1 in stolen base attempts... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Ryan Knox recently released by the Devil Rays' organization...

www.brewerfan.net/ViewArt...icleId=220 Brian, add this to the list of interviews available on the left-side of the home page (Player Interview Section). Thanks.

From Thursday, Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Shortstop Chris Barnwell: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%208-3.mp3

Standings through Thursday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 60 53 .531 - 35-25 25-28 W1[/b] Iowa 57 55 .509 2.5 31-25 26-30 L1 Memphis 44 68 .393 15.5 26-33 18-35 L4 Omaha 44 69 .389 16.0 26-28 18-41 L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee 23 17 .575 - 13-7 10-10 W1 Chattanooga 22 18 .550 1.0 13-7 9-11 L2 West Tenn 21 19 .525 2.0 14-6 7-13 L1 [b]Huntsville 19 20 .487 3.5 12-12 7-8 W2[/b] Carolina 14 26 .350 9.0 8-7 6-19 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daytona 22 17 .564 - 15-10 7-7 L5 St. Lucie 22 17 .564 - 13-9 9-8 L1 Palm Beach 19 22 .463 4.0 11-8 8-14 L1 [b]Brevard County 18 21 .462 4.0 9-6 9-15 W3[/b] Jupiter 15 24 .385 7.0 9-12 6-12 W1 Vero Beach 15 25 .375 7.5 9-13 6-12 L5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 27 13 .675 - 14-5 13-8 W1 Lake County 21 17 .553 5.0 12-9 9-8 L1 Hickory 20 20 .500 7.0 8-14 12-6 L2 [b]West Virginia 19 20 .487 7.5 9-6 10-14 W2[/b] Greensboro 18 20 .474 8.0 9-10 9-10 W1 Hagerstown 18 21 .462 8.5 10-15 8-6 L1 Delmarva 14 24 .368 12.0 8-12 6-12 W1 Lexington 14 26 .350 13.0 8-10 6-16 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 3 2 .600 - 1-0 2-2 W2 [b]Helena 3 2 .600 - 3-1 0-1 L2[/b] Missoula 3 2 .600 - 3-1 0-1 L1 Great Falls 1 4 .200 2.0 1-0 0-4 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Royals 6 1 .857 - 3-1 3-0 W3 AZL Padres 4 1 .800 1.0 3-0 1-1 W1 AZL Giants 5 2 .714 1.0 2-1 3-1 W2 AZL Angels 4 2 .667 1.5 2-0 2-2 W2 AZL Athletics 4 3 .571 2.0 3-1 1-2 L1 AZL Rangers 2 4 .333 3.5 2-1 0-3 W1 AZL Cubs 2 5 .286 4.0 1-2 1-3 L3 AZL Mariners 2 5 .286 4.0 2-2 0-3 L2 [b]AZL Brewers 0 6 .000 5.5 0-3 0-3 L6[/b]

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