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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

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". Activate the Nashville Gameday. For the other links, 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. It's sweet! Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1 West Virginia Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_2 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Arizona: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_cubrok_1

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: TBD at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:55 PM pre-game, 7:10 gametime; this was to be Dana Eveland's start Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Yo Gallardo at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:10 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450radio.com/ Brevard County: RHP Josh Wahpepah at Jupiter (Marlins), 6:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.jupiterhammerheads.com/ West Virginia: RHP Will Inman and TBD in a doubleheader at home vs. Asheville (Rockies), 4:15 PM pre-game, 4:30 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: RHP Roque Mercedes at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:50 PM pre-game; 8:05 gametime Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at the baby-bear Cubbies, 12:30 PM Central time, 10:30 AM local, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/barons/birming...amp;coll=2 Huntsville pounds Liotta DOUG SEGREST Birmingham News staff writer Birmingham closer Ehren Wassermann warmed up in the ninth inning, but he wasn't summoned. He wasn't needed. The Barons bullpen patched together 6 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday night. That stalwart effort ensured the game with the Huntsville Stars ended at a reasonable hour. It accomplished little else. Huntsville continued its offensive assault at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium before a scarce crowd (1,929 tickets sold), scoring all the runs in an 8-0 shellacking in one epic inning against Barons starter Ray Liotta. The Stars have won five of seven games at the Met this season, averaging more than 10 runs per victory. "Go figure. We're something like 10-30 at home," Stars manager Don Money said. Close enough. The Stars are 13-31 at Joe Davis Stadium. In fact, in every ballpark except the Met, Huntsville is a disappointing 26-53. But Huntsville (7-10 in the second half) continued its mastery at the Met, with Liotta's ERA soaring like the price of a barrel of oil in the third inning. By the time he departed, with just one out, he had allowed five singles, three doubles and two walks. He put an 11th Star on base by hitting him - on a ball that seemed to carom off the dirt first. Huntsville DH Brad Nelson drove in three runs during the nightmare on Ben Chapman Drive with a double. "This park feels like a graveyard," Nelson said, referring to how hard it is to homer in Hoover. "But you see the ball really well, much better than you do in Huntsville, where we have a dark field. "Maybe that explains it. Maybe it's just that there's a comfort level. And hitting is contagious." Cory Aldridge had two hits to give the Barons (9-8) a rumor of offense. The bright spot for the Barons? It came in the ninth, with Dwayne Pollok on the mound and Wassermann warming up furiously in the pen. With no outs and the bases loaded, Pollok got Nelson to hit a liner to shortstop Pedro Lopez, who fielded the ball and fired to first for the double play. Pollok then ended the inning with a ground out to short. "We've been fortunate down here," Huntsville's Money said. "We've swung the bats pretty well. Maybe they're not as sharp as they've been. Just don't ask me to figure it out."

Just as Dana gets recalled... Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=50811 Pitching horses hope to ride into major sunset By Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent For Ben Hendrickson and Dana Eveland, the 2006 season has very much been a series of challenges. The Nashville Sounds? top two starting pitchers have had to live up to the hype that follows any highly-touted prospect, a category under which both Hendrickson and Eveland certainly fall. They?ve had to deal with the challenge of undergoing an audition for their dream job on the game?s biggest stage, as both had turns at securing a spot in the Milwaukee Brewers rotation. Hendrickson and Eveland have also faced the challenge of living up to their self-given nickname ?The Four Horsemen,? which also comprises Nashville?s other two talented starters, Zach Jackson and Dennis Sarfate. Jackson is currently in the Brewers? starting rotation, trying his hand at filling the role that neither Eveland nor Hendrickson could earlier this season. Eveland started five games for the Brewers, while Hendrickson started three. Both had an earned-run average over 7.00 before they were demoted back to Nashville. Since returning to the Sounds in May, Hendrickson and Eveland have been nothing short of dominant as they tried to regain the form that has earned them all the hype, all the expectations and the nickname. As it stands now, Hendrickson (7-2) has the best ERA in the Pacific Coast League at 1.77 and Eveland (3-3) is behind by just a hair at 1.78. ?It?s been alright, we haven?t gotten anybody out in the big leagues, but we got plenty of guys out down here,? Hendrickson said. Both pitchers said part of the problem has been their lack of opportunity in Milwaukee. The Brewers have had two spots open in their rotation since starters Ben Sheets and Tomo Ohka went down early in the season. Pitcher after pitcher has tried his hand, but for the most part those spots in the rotation have not been up to snuff. Eveland said he would have liked a longer stint to prove he could fill the void. ?It?s tough to just go up there and all of a sudden be right in it,? Eveland said. ?You?ve still got the nerves every time you pitch up there. Give us a little time up there and it might be a different story.? Veteran hurler Rick Helling was on a rehab assignment in Nashville when he was asked his thoughts of Nashville?s Horsemen. Helling said all four had the talent to be successful big league starters, but in his mind Eveland and Hendrickson were trying too hard during their Milwaukee starts. ?A lot of guys think they have to do something more once they get up,? Helling said. ?They try to do too much. You don?t have to do that. You?re good enough to be here, or else they wouldn?t have called you up in the first place.? Pitching for the Sounds has been a different story. The 25-year-old Hendrickson was named to the PCL All-Star team and Eveland, 22, pitching in his first full season at the Triple-A level, has been mostly dominant. Hendrickson said they gave themselves the nickname because they recognized very early how successful they had a chance to be. ?If one guy goes out ? and threw the ball well, then I have to see if I can throw it as well,? Hendrickson said. ?It?s a ?Now I?m trying to top him? kind of thing.? ?It definitely helps your confidence,? Eveland said of pitching in the league?s best starting five. ?Your teammate goes out and throws so well against a team and you think, ?Now that team ain?t got nothing against us.? Watching another teammate builds my confidence.?

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Jones has shoulder to cry on but doesn't Former Star hasn't given up on rehabbing his arm Contact Mark McCarter at markcolumn@aol.com Huntsville Times VIERA, Fla. - You want a comeback story to latch on to? You want an underdog worth rooting for, even if his baseball life has him down by three runs going into the ninth? Meet Mike Jones. More accurately, get re-introduced to Mike Jones. Three seasons ago, he was assigned to the Huntsville Stars. He was the Brewers' No. 1 draft pick in 2001, the 12th player chosen overall. He was a kid of 19 when he came to Huntsville, bright, articulate and with infinite potential for greatness. Trouble is, the engineering department back at the factory had a flaw in the design of the human arm. It wasn't built to throw baseballs at near 100 mph for long periods of time. There are frequent breakdowns. Mike Jones has had those. He has endured two shoulder surgeries and a season of inactivity. He has endured countless hours of doubt and worry, occasionally tempered by a soothing blast of hope. "It goes without saying it was the hardest part of my life," Jones says. He is standing in a hallway at Space Coast Stadium, outside the Brevard County Manatees' clubhouse. He greets a visitor with a man-hug. He is a grizzled 23 now, his frame a little more filled-out. He still has the frat-boy-up-to-no-good look about him. He has become more philosophical. "It's day to day now," Jones says. "After having the surgeries, I learned it's good to have a plan. But sometimes it just doesn't happen that way. You take it day to day and enjoy it while you can." He is beginning his comeback with Milwaukee's Single-A affiliate and, according to pitching coach Fred Dabney, it's "coming along well. His arm is feeling better. It takes time to get the rust knocked off, but he shows some flashes." Jones is 0-1 in nine appearances with a 4.22 ERA in 21 innings of work. He has struck out 16, but walked 13. Better for his arm to be rusted than busted. In 2003, he suffered a slight tear in his right elbow midway through the season. He sat out the rest of the season and rehabbed. After three starts in Huntsville in '04, the Brewers shut him down again, believing something in his pitching mechanics aggravated the elbow. Things were readjusted, only to have his shoulder blow out. He had surgery in October 2004, but it didn't take. He had another in April 2005, after which he was told, "Get ready for spring training 2006." Living near the Brewers' base in Phoenix, he was at camp every day, working out, watching his teammates, feeling like an outcast. "It was tough. There was nothing I could do besides just hoping and believing I was going to get back." What if Jones had been a 13th-round draft pick instead of a No. 1 pick? "Gone," he says without hesitation. "Not here any more. Long gone. I think it's the investment. That's what kept me around here." Funny thing, though, it may not be the Brewers' investment in Jones as much as it has been Jones' investment in himself that's kept him around. The Brewers have fiscal equity in him. He has the physical equity. "He's given up too much to give up, with all the hard work," Dabney says. "It takes a special person to go through what he's gone through and still be out there every day working as hard as he does and still going," says teammate Mark Rogers, the Brewers' No. 1 pick in '04. "He could have easily pulled up his tent." So, why doesn't he? "Why am I still playing?" Jones says. "Because I love the game. There's nowhere else I'd rather be. "I'd be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind about giving it up. But it doesn't take much thinking. This is something that's important to me. Outside of my family, it's been with me the longest in my whole life. It's all I've ever done. "I don't want the 9-to-5 yet. I'm going to stay away from that as long as I can. As long as I've got a jersey, I've got a chance.''

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Potential Star throws 96 mph while rebuilding Former first-round pick Rogers has struck out 93 By MARK McCARTER Huntsville Times Sports Staff, markcolumn@aol.com VIERA, Fla. - The Milwaukee Brewers thought he was the hottest high school pitcher in the nation, so they drafted him in the first round, paid him a substantial bonus - and immediately tore him down and had him start all over. It was like buying an almost-new beachfront mansion, leveling it, then building one in its place that was identical except for a bigger foyer and more kitchen space. Because of that, the numbers for Mark Rogers - 1-2, 5.05 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 66 innings this year at Single-A Brevard County - might not seem at first to merit the other numbers. But when you factor in another number - the 96 to 97 mph he averages on his fastball - it begins to make sense. "He's got No. 1 starting stuff for the big leagues," said Manatees pitching coach Fred Dabney, who served in the same role in Huntsville in 2004. "He's got a 'plus' fastball, 'plus' breaking ball, 'plus' slider and the changeup is going to be average to plus. He's fun to watch," Dabney added. "He's got a helluva lot of potential," said former Huntsville pitcher Mike Jones, now at Brevard. "The kid's got anything a starting pitcher could ever want." But he was a raw talent when drafted out of high school in Orrs Island, Maine, a kid with as deep a background in hockey as baseball. Alas, "the Brewers don't really want me on skates," Rogers said. He came into pro ball with a delivery where the upper half and lower half of his body weren't in synch. The Brewers fretted it made him more prone to arm woes, and also felt he'd be more effective if he learned a new delivery. "The process was difficult for me because I had success the other way. It was a little discouraging to get into pro ball and have to make those adjustments immediately," Rogers said. "Things will be better in the long run." As the changes were taking place, it was only natural that he might lose some velocity or some sharpness. So, as he said, "You get hit a little bit. It's growing pains. "Sometimes," Rogers continued, "it's a step backward. I'm at the middle ground now. It's just a matter of taking another step forward." The next step: Huntsville, perhaps even by season's end. "I know I have some work to accomplish here," he said. "But my stuff is really starting to come together. Huntsville will come whenever it comes, Obviously the sooner the better. If I get the stuff accomplished here, it'll happen."

Brevard County Site Game Summary: Hammerheads double up Manatees Dante Brinkley drove in the first of seven sixth-inning runs as Jupiter rallied to beat Brevard County, 10-5, on Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium. The Hammerheads trailed, 5-3, in the sixth when Brinkley smacked a line-drive single up the middle to score Jai Miller. An error by third baseman Ryan Crew allowed Carlos Piste to come home, and J.T. Resko put Jupiter (5-8) ahead for good with a bases-loaded single to right field. Brinkley went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while Brad McCann had two hits and scored three runs. Jupiter reliever Todd Doolittle (1-0) got the win after striking out four and walking one over 2 2/3 hitless innings. Brevard County (3-8) lost its fifth straight game despite jumping out to a quick lead in the first on Kyle Phillips' three-run homer off starter James Brauer. Hernan Iribarren went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Manatees. Reliever Dave Johnson (5-5) suffered the loss, allowing seven runs -- five earned -- on five hits and a walk while retiring two batters. -- Michael Echan/MLB.com

Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...606_07.txt Brewers outlast Sox By KEVIN SHIVELY - Independent Record Sports Writer The Helena Brewers were able to string together three wins for the first time this season, but it wasn?t easy. The Brewers beat the Great Falls White Sox 5-4 in 13 innings Wednesday night for their longest win streak of the season. Helena had some help getting the win. Great Falls had six errors in the game and one of the strangest wild pitches you could find. In the bottom of the 13th, Taylor Green was walked and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. In the middle of pitching out to intentionally walk center fielder Stephen Chapman, White Sox pitcher Tim Sabo overthrew catcher Reymundo Tavares and Chapman moved to third. The Sox still walked Chapman and also intentionally walked designated hitter Andy Bouchie to load the bases for Chris Errecart. Errecart had a hit down the left field line to score Green and finally end the lengthy contest. Errecart was 2-for-5 at the plate. Great Falls, who led 4-1 early in the game, scored their first two runs in the second inning. Helena pitcher Brock Kjeldgaard walked two runners and then with two outs, Christian Marrero hit a two-run double to the right center wall. In the fourth, Great Falls slugger Chris Carter hit a two-run homer to make the score 4-1. In the fifth, Bouchie lined an RBI single to right, and Chapman scored on an error by shortstop Tim Lawrence that tied the game at four runs each. Lawrence had three errors in the game. Even with this help, the Brewers struggled with runners in scoring position, leaving 17 runners on base. Chapman, who is leading the team at the plate with a .383 average, was 2-for-4 with a pair of walks. Chuckie Caufield was also 2-for-4 in the game with a double. Caufield is right behind Chapman with an average of .353. Caufield?s double was Helena?s only extra base hit of the day. Kjeldgaard pitched five innings of three hit ball, but it was Jose Romero?s win when he came in four pitchers and eight innings later. Sabo was charged with the loss. The Brewers (7-9) will host Billings tonight with the Helena club turning to right handed pitcher Roque Mercedes (1-1, 6.00) on the mound. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer - Helena catcher Garry Savas (16) is in position to make the tag on Great Falls baserunner Christian Acosta at home plate, but is unable to hold onto the ball allowing Acosta to score a run for the White Sox Wednesday at Kindrick Legion Field. http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2006/07/06/sports_top/b01070606_07.jpg

Final: Helena 5, Great Falls (White Sox) 4, 13 innings Wow - what a night, Chris Errecart with the walk-off single, driving in Taylor Green; plenty of details in the AM... Helena Box Score and Game Log Link: Brewers were intentionally walked six times, 11 times total; Shawn Ferguson escapes a no out, man on third crisis in the top of the 9th; Taylor Green thrown out at third base with none out in the bottom of the 9th, then thrown out at home to end the 11th -- no problem for him in the 13th though, after his leadoff walk... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

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Final: Jupiter (Marlins) 10, Brevard County 5 Brevard County Game Summary from the Jupiter Site: JUPITER, FL- Jim Brauer started about as bad as you can start a game. He gave up a single, then made a throwing error on a bunt, and the third batter, DH Kyle Phillips, homered to give Brevard County a quick 3-0 lead. Jupiter scored two more on a Brad McCann double and he later scored on a Mark Rogers wild pitch, cutting the lead to one. Rogers was wild all night, walking six on the night, ultimately leading to his early exit. He pitched five innings, giving up five hits and three runs, all earned, with three strikeouts. David Johnson relieved Rogers in the sixth. That was when the floodgates opened, and the Manatees were washed away. Dominick Ambrosini, who had his best game as a Hammerhead (1-3 with a single and a walk), led off the inning grounding out to second. After three straight singles and an error by third baseman Ryan Crew, the Hammerheads led 6-5. McCann walked, J.T. Restko and Grant Psomas singled, and Brad Davis reached on a fielder?s choice. With the bases loaded, Ambrosini got his first RBI as a Hammerhead on a sacrifice fly, and the Hammerheads then led 10-5. With Johnson having done enough damage to Brevard, he was replaced by Ben Stanczyk, who pitched the final two and a third innings. That was all they would need, with Michael Doolittle, who was just added to the roster today from Greensboro, picking up the win. Brauer went five and a third in a mediocre start, striking out five on six hits, five runs; they earned four, and walked three times. Doolittle went two and two-thirds of no-hit ball with four strikeouts, ranging in pitch speed from seventy miles per hour to ninety-six. Andy Jackson, a twenty-sixth round draft pick this year from Central Arkansas, pitched the ninth without breaking a sweat. Brevard starting catcher C.J. Medlin was ejected in the top of the first for arguing balls and strikes. The teams meet again Thursday morning for some daytime baseball. Scheduled first pitch is 11:05 AM (10:05 Central). The probable starters are RHP Trevor Hutchinson for Jupiter and RHP Josh Wahpepah for Brevard. Brevard County Box Score and Game Log Link: A night to forget for reliever Dave Johnson; Alcides Escobar still streaky, lately in a not-so-good way; the Hurricane on base three more times; catcher C.J. Medlin ejected in the first inning... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_jupafa_1

Final: Huntsville 8, Birmingham (White Sox) 0 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=908 Stars Beat Up on Barons, Again Brad Nelson?s three-run double highlighted an eight-run third inning outburst that carried Huntsville past Birmingham 8-0 Wednesday night in the second of a five-game set at the Hoover Met. The Stars won their second straight game to improve to 7-10 in the second half, while the Barons dropped to 9-8 in the second half and still remain one game behind South Division leader Montgomery, which was blanked by the Tennessee Smokies. The Stars won for the fifth time in seven games in Birmingham and have produced 57 runs and 76 in those seven contests. Baron?s starter and former unsigned Brewer draft pick Ray Liotta retired the side in order in the first two innings before the first eight hitters all reached and scored in the third to produce the Stars? single biggest scoring inning of the season. Guilder Rodriguez knocked in the first run of the frame, and his first of the season in 47 at-bats, with a base hit to right field that plated Ryan Braun, who led off the frame with a double. Steve Moss followed with a single to score Ron Acuna to make it 2-0, Callix Crabbe?s bunt base hit loaded the bases and Jeff Eure was hit by a pitch to force in a run to extend the lead to three. Nelson then sliced a line drive to left-center field that got past a sliding Chris Amador all the way to the wall, allowing all three runners to score to push the visitors advantage to 6-0. Drew Anderson would single in Nelson and score on a wild pitch to complete the rally that included seven hits, the most by the Stars in a single frame this season. Liotta was charged with all eight runs, the most he has allowed in any start this season, and suffered the loss to drop to 3-8. He has yielded a dozen runs on a dozen hits and five walks in four and a third innings in his last two starts. He blanked the Stars on two hits over six innings in his first start against them in an 8-0 win on April 11. Steve Hammond went six scoreless innings for a second time in three starts at the double-A level to garner his first win. He allowed four hits, walked three, fanned four and stranded seven runners. The first two batters reached in the first, third and fourth innings and never moved, as Hammond worked out of trouble by retiring the next three hitters in each frame. Brett Evert tossed scoreless relief in the seventh and eighth innings and Matt Yeatman retired all three hitters he faced in the ninth to secure the Stars sixth shutout of the season. Huntsville now leads the season series seven games to five. The series continues Thursday night with right-hander Yovani Gallardo taking the hill against Barons? right-hander Lance Broadway. 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. Huntsville Box Score and Game Log Link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Starting Pitcher Justin Lehr: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%207-5.wma

Final: Nashville 3, Memphis (Cardinals) 2 Link for Jared Fernandez photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2039 Fernandez Reaches Two Milestones In 3-2 Win MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? Sounds hurler Jared Fernandez earned his 100th career minor league victory on Wednesday evening at AutoZone Park in Nashville?s 3-2 win over the division-rival Memphis Redbirds. Fernandez (4-2) worked 6 2/3 innings and held the Redbirds to two runs on eight hits while walking none and striking out five. One milestone on the evening was apparently not good enough for the knuckleballer, however. Fernandez recorded his 1,000th career minor league strikeout when he fanned Timo Perez in the bottom of the sixth inning for his fifth punchout of the night. AUDIO: Fernandez's 1,000th Career K -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%207-5.wma Nashville (45-40) picked up a rare one-run road victory. The club improved to 4-16 in one-run decisions away from Greer Stadium and now sits one win shy of a series sweep of the Redbirds. Every Sounds position player except Zach Sorensen, who scored one of the club's three runs, recorded a hit in the contest as Nashville rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to record the victory. Memphis shortstop John Nelson gave the home team a 1-0 lead with a two-out solo homer to left in the bottom of the first inning off Fernandez. The blast was his team-leading 16th of the season. The Redbirds doubled their lead in the second with another two-out run. John Gall, who had doubled with one out, scored on Brian Esposito?s single to right with two gone in the frame to up the lead to 2-0. Nashville got on the board in the third when Sorensen walked with one out, moved up a base on a Brent Abernathy knock, and scored when right fielder Nelson Cruz singled to left to record his team-leading 54th RBI of the year. The visitors tied it up at 2-2 in the fourth thanks to some solid baserunning by shortstop Ozzie Chavez. After singling with one out, the infielder moved from first to third on Fernandez?s sacrifice bunt then scored on Tony Gwynn?s two-out single to right. The Sounds grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth when Dave Krynzel singled home catcher Mike Rivera with one out. Rivera had singled to open the inning. Memphis failed to cash in on potential scoring opportunities in the late innings, leaving runners in scoring position in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. After the Redbirds put a runner on third with only one out in both the sixth and seven innings, Fernandez and reliever Mitch Stetter worked out of those jams, respectively, to preserve Nashville?s one-run lead. In the eighth, Alec Zumwalt popped up Gall to leave the potential tying run standing on second at the end of the inning. Zumwalt recorded the final four outs for the Sounds to notch his team-leading seventh save of the year. Memphis starter Randy Leek (3-7) took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings of action. The Sounds look for the series sweep when the teams wrap up their brief three-game set with a 7:10 p.m. finale on Thursday. Left-hander Dana Eveland (3-3, 1.78) is slated to make the start for Nashville and face Memphis right-hander and former Milwaukee Brewer Travis Smith (3-2, 3.04). Nashville Box Score and Game Log Link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_mrbaaa_1

Yovani Gallardo and Dana Eveland on the Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet this week, which one is at # 2 overall? Find out: www.baseballamerica.com/t...61873.html

Pretty big undrafted signee class this year, as the Brewers again dip into the college ranks to fill roster spots at the lower levels. The latest is Ryan Barba, a shortstop out of the University of New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Former Lobo Ryan Barba became the fourth member of the 2006 team to sign a professional contract with a Major League Baseball team, committing to the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this week. He is already in Phoenix getting ready to play for the Arizona Brewers, one of Milwaukee's two Rookie League teams. Barba is coming off an exceptional season at shortstop, turning 52 of UNM's nation-leading 75 double plays. He hit .329 (72-for-219) with 56 runs, 10 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 43 RBI, nine sacrifices and three stolen bases, starting in all 59 games. Barba led the MWC in assists (202), third in double plays (52), fifth in sac bunts (8), ninth in runs (56) and 10th in triples (3). He garnered MWC Player of the Week honors for his efforts against Utah and Arizona, including a .500 avg. (6-for-12) in four games vs. Utah (4/21-23), scoring a team-high seven runs and was a double shy of the cycle vs. Utah (4/22). Lots of information squeezed into Barba's official bio: golobos.cstv.com/sports/m...yan00.html

Pretty big undrafted signee class this year, as the Brewers again dip into the college ranks to fill roster spots at the lower levels. The latest is Ryan Barba, a shortstop out of the University of New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Former Lobo Ryan Barba became the fourth member of the 2006 team to sign a professional contract with a Major League Baseball team, committing to the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this week. He is already in Phoenix getting ready to play for the Arizona Brewers, one of Milwaukee's two Rookie League teams. Barba is coming off an exceptional season at shortstop, turning 52 of UNM's nation-leading 75 double plays. He hit .329 (72-for-219) with 56 runs, 10 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 43 RBI, nine sacrifices and three stolen bases, starting in all 59 games. Barba led the MWC in assists (202), third in double plays (52), fifth in sac bunts (8), ninth in runs (56) and 10th in triples (3). He garnered MWC Player of the Week honors for his efforts against Utah and Arizona, including a .500 avg. (6-for-12) in four games vs. Utah (4/21-23), scoring a team-high seven runs and was a double shy of the cycle vs. Utah (4/22). Lots of information squeezed into Barba's official bio: golobos.cstv.com/sports/m...yan00.html

West Virginia Site: Tonight's game against the Asheville Tourists has been declared a rainout. Thursday, the teams will play a doubleheader with the first game starting at 6:05 PM (5:05 Central).

Mark Rogers with four walks and three wild pitches in his first three innings tonight (two earned runs), Manatees lead 3-2, on a three-run first inning home run by Kyle Phillips.

Final: Arizona Royals 12, Arizona Brewers 4 Nice three-inning relief stint for 2006 4th round high schooler Evan Anundsen; still trying to get the Latin hurlers on track, including Rolando Pascual; just five Brewer hits (triples for Brent Brewer and Brett Whiteside); Mike Goetz on base four times, all ten of his base hits thus far singles -- Goetz also 8-for-9 in stolen bases... Arizona Brewer Box Score and Game Log Link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

West Virginia Press Release: The West Virginia Power, Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers have made another roster move. Today, left handed pitcher Joe Thatcher was promoted to High Class A Brevard County of the Florida State League, and lefty Kyle Pawelczyk was added to the roster to take his place. Pawelczyk, originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 2000 and then by the Motreal Expos in 2001, didn't begin playing professional baseball until he was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 2002 draft. He spent three seasons in the Angels minor league system before spending the 2005 season in independent ball. In 2005 with the Evansville Otters, Pawelczyk went 0-1 with a save and a 4.91 ERA over 18 appearances. He was signed a couple of days ago by Milwaukee and will be in uniform for tonight's game. Thatcher, who was used as the primary closer for the Power, becomes the first Power pitcher to be promoted to Brevard County this season. The second year player from Indiana State University went 1-3, with a 2.43 ERA and led the team in saves with 10.