Jim Goulart

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 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". 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_rreaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_bilrok_1 Arizona: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_pdrrok_1

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Justin Lehr at Round Rock (Astros), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Corey Thurman at home vs. Chattanooga (Reds), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ Brevard County: RHP Mike Jones at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:00 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.palmbeachcardinals.com/ West Virginia: RHP Will Inman at home vs. Kannapolis (White Sox), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: LHP Brandon Parillo at Billings (Reds), 8:05 PM Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: TBD at the Padres-in-training, 12:30 PM Central time, 10:30 AM local, never any web audio for the Arizona League

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Final: Missoula (Diamondbacks) 6, Helena 2 Helena Box Score: Brewers commit four errors and Brewer pitchers walk ten - ugh; Shawn Ferguson only allows one hit in four innings, so his five walks didn't hurt him; Carlos de la Cruz 0-for-5, and plays the unusual CF-1B defensive combo; undrafted J.R. Hopf may prove to see much more time at first base rather than catcher, 3-for-3 tonight, then pinch-hit for -- make time and opportunites for all the kids... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Helena Game Log: Two H-Brewers out at home plate in the very first inning; bases loaded, one out in the 5th -- no dice; D-Back once highly-regarded prospect Jason Neighborgall still very wild, 23 wild pitches in 2005, I believe; Jose Beltre failed to cover home when a wild pitch slipped away in the 9th -- the type of error that won't show up in the box score... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Photo from Tuesday's game of second baseman Taylor Green: by Travis Brower, Helena Assistant General Manager -- http://web.bcnewsgroup.com/portals/uploads/courtenay/.DIR288/front_process_CMYK_060623.jpg

Final: Huntsville 8, Mobile (Padres) 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link for Drew Anderson photo, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=890 Bray Solid in Second Start in Stars' Victory Steve Bray tossed five scoreless innings and Drew Anderson knocked in three runs to lead Huntsville past Mobile 8-1 Friday night in the final game of a five-game set at Hank Aaron Stadium. The Stars won two times in the first series of the second half and have taken six out of 10 from the BayBears, who fell into a three-way tie for the top spot in the South Division with victorious Birmingham and Jacksonville. Ron Acuna led off the second inning with a bad-hop double to right field and scored from third on a two-out single by J.C. Boscan, who knocked in his fifth run of the season to give the visitors the early lead. Brad Nelson opened the fourth inning with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and came plateward on a two-out single by Guilder Rodriguez. The throw from left fielder Vincent Sinisi beat Nelson to the plate but the burly first baseman collided with catcher George Kottaras and knocked the ball loose to score to make it 2-0 Huntsville. Rodriguez took second base on the throw to the plate and scored on a base hit by Bray, who knocked in his first run of the year with his first hit. Steve Moss and Callix Crabbe singled to load the bases and chase Mobile starter Jose Oyervidez from the game. Drew Anderson greeted Dirk Hayhurst with a two-run single to left to score Bray and Moss to make it 5-0 and complete the rally that featured a season-high six-hit inning. Kottaras was charged with an error on the play at the plate that made all four runs unearned to the mark of Oyervidez, who suffered his sixth loss of the year. Bray gave up two singles in the fourth inning and worked out of trouble by retiring Brett Dowdy on a fly ball to end the frame and retired Sinisi on a ground out to end the fifth after a two-out triple by Juan Ciriaco. He struck out a season-high six, walked one and allowed four hits to pick up his first win since May 13 at Tennessee. It was the second start of Bray?s professional career. Moss singled home a run and Anderson knocked in another in the sixth with a fielder?s choice grounder and Acuna scored on a wild pitch, after his second double of the game, in the ninth to complete the scoring for Huntsville, which collected 13 hits for a second straight game. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee?s number one draft choice last year, went hitless in five at-bats in his first start at the double-A level. The Stars return home Saturday to open a five-game series with Chattanooga, winners of the first half North Division title. Right-hander Corey Thurman will take the hill for Huntsville against Lookouts? right-hander Josh Hall. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Hey, we were giving you Steve Bray updates long before it was "trendy", as Doug Melvin mentioned that Bray was on the prospect radar in his chat Thursday -- Bray now with a 55-to-7 K/BB ratio in 59.1 innings... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_mobaax_1 Steve Bray Photo: http://www.huntsvillestars.com/images/news/Bray,%20Stephen%2036t.JPG

Brevard Site confirms a couple of not-so-secret promotions: Hammond and Gallardo Promoted to AA Jenny Rennie, Media Relations Director Two Manatees starting pitchers received promotions to the Brewers AA-Affiliate, the Huntsville Stars. Southpaw Steve Hammond will join the pitching staff along with right-hander Yovani Gallardo. Hammond, a former Long Beach State standout, has posted a 6-5 record and 2.53 ERA in 14 games started with Brevard County. In 85.1 innings pitched, Steve has struck out 70 while only walking 23. Another FSL All-Star, Gallardo, will be joining Hammond. Gallardo leads all Florida State League pitchers with 103 strikeouts and holds a 6-3 record with a 2.09 ERA. The Fort Worth, Texas native has held opposing hitters to a .196 average. Gallardo was recently named to the Futures Game World-Team Roster in conjunction with the MLB All-Star Weekend.

Final: Round Rock (Astros) 4, Nashville 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Dennis Sarfate photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=2018 Sounds Fall Short Against Express, 4-3 ROUND ROCK, Texas ? The Nashville Sounds came up short in another close road contest on Friday evening at The Dell Diamond, falling 4-3 to the host Round Rock Express in the third game of a five-game series. With the loss, Nashville (40-33) dropped to just 2-15 on the year in one-run road decisions and lost by one run for the ninth time in their last 10 defeats away from Greer Stadium. The Sounds grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Round Rock starter Chris Sampson. Dave Krynzel put the visitors on the board when he plated Tony Gwynn with a sacrifice fly. Brent Abernathy brought home the frame?s second run with a two-out RBI single to right. Round Rock evened the score in the third by touching Sounds starter Dennis Sarfate for a pair of home runs. Cody Ransom opened the frame with his sixth longball of the season, a blast to left, before Mike Rodriguez knotted the contest at 2-2 with a one-out solo jack to right, his fourth roundtripper. The two longballs in the inning matched the total number of homers allowed by Sarfate in his first 14 starts (73.2 IP). Nashville retook a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth on Jermaine Clark?s sacrifice fly to center that scored Graham Koonce, who leveled Express catcher Humberto Quintero to reach the plate. AUDIO: Koonce Runs Over Express Catcher -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-23.wma The seesaw battle continued in the fifth as the Express claimed their first lead of the night at 4-3 with a pair of runs courtesy of a one-out Joe McEwing single that brought home Charlton Jimerson and Ransom. Sarfate worked out of a bases-loaded jam later in the frame by striking out Royce Huffman to avoid further damage. The Sounds failed to capitalize on its best scoring opportunity of the night when they left the bases loaded in the top of the eighth inning. Gwynn, who led Nashville with a 3-for-4 evening, and Kennard Bibbs opened the frame with consecutive singles off Express reliever Brandon Puffer before being sacrificed to second and third by Krynzel. After Koonce was intentionally walked to fill the bases with just one out, Puffer induced a foul pop-up from Abernathy and struck out Clark to escape the jam without damage and uphold the one-run lead. Shortstop Ozzie Chavez went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in his career Triple-A debut for the Sounds. Sampson (8-1) picked up the win after allowing three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings in his first start since returning from Houston. Travis Driskill earned his ninth save with a scoreless ninth inning. Sarfate (6-3) allowed more than three runs for only the third time in his 15 starts this season and took the loss, snapping his personal four-start winning streak. He surrendered four scores on five hits in five frames of action, walking three batters while striking out six. The teams meet again on Saturday evening at 7:05 p.m. Nashville right-hander Justin Lehr (1-2, 4.20) will take the hill to face Round Rock right-hander Jason Hirsh (8-2, 2.79). Nashville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Infielder Brent Abernathy: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...206-23.wma

West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER OFFENSE EXPLODES WITH 17 RUNS On Thursday night the Power pitching staff stole the spotlight, but on Friday night it was the Power offense that shined, scoring 17 runs on 21 hits, matching their single game season high for runs scored in a 17-2 victory over Kannapolis at Appalachian Power Park. The Power took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Lorenzo Cain scored on Mike Bell?s sacrifice fly and Ned Yost drove in Angel Salome on a single. Kannapolis scored their only two runs in the top of the second inning. Adam Ricks doubled in a run and he scored later in the inning on Salvador Sanchez?s single to tie the game. The Power scored four times in the fourth inning to take the lead. Michael Brantley knocked in his first of five runs with a single to put the Power on top. Cain knocked in the next run on a groundout and Nate Yoho and Michael Brantley both scored on wild pitches to complete the four-run frame. In the fifth inning Brantley drove in two more runs on a double and he scored during the next at bat on Cain?s single. In the sixth inning Brantley knocked in a pair on a single to give him five RBI on the night and Kenny Holmberg drove a run in with a double. The Power scored two times in the seventh inning on Yost?s RBI triple and Yost scored later in the inning on Javier Castillo?s error. The Power offense continued their dominance in the eighth inning where they scored three more times. Salome brought in two runs on a single and Holmberg knocked Salome in with a base hit. Brantley and Cain both recorded four hits, and Brantley knocked in five runs. Salome, Mat Gamel and Yost all had three hits, and the Power had seven players with multi-hit games. Rafael Lluberes (4-3) allowed two runs on five hits through five innings to earn the victory and Clayton Richard (3-3) obtained the loss. The Power are 41-30 overall and 2-0 in the second half after the win and the Intimidators fell to 20-52 overall and 0-2 in the second half after the loss. Attendance for the game was 4,044. The Power will continue the four game series against the Intimidators on Saturday night. Kannapolis will start right hander Daniel Cortes (1-7, 4.86) and the Power will start right hander Will Inman (3-1, 1.80). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central).

Final: Palm Beach (Cardinals) 8, Brevard County 5, 11 innings Brevard County Box Score: Closer Josh Alliston has been very solid, but can't hold a one-run 9th inning lead tonight; Carlos Corporan four hits, Hernan Iribarren three... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: LHP Jeremy Lewis with a bail-out of Josh Wahpepah in the 6th; Kyle Phillips' 8th inning HR looked like a game-winner for a bit... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_breafa_1

Final: West Virginia 17, Kannapolis (White Sox) 2 West Virginia Box Score: 21 hits, no errors, fun night; Michael Brantley drives in five from the leadoff spot; a night to pad the numbers all around -- we'll let you digest the numbers... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Nice for RHP Josh Louis in a wrap-up 9th inning to escape a bases-loaded jam... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

In progress: West Virginia 9, Kannapolis (White Sox) 2, bottom of the 6th in Charleston This team rules... West Virginia Power designated hitter Brad Willcutt left the game due to an injured leg (hit by pitch). Ironically, Tony Festa, who pinch-ran for Willcutt, was hit by a pitch in his subequent at-bat (he's OK). Should Willcutt hit the 7-day DL, ther's no shortage of catchers in Helena...

Final: Arizona Athletics 6, Arizona Brewers 5 Everything we remember about the Arizona League -- plenty of high BB and K totals, HBP's, WP's, errors, SB attempts, it'll all be here this summer. We did a study a couple of years ago and discovered that about one in every 20 Arizona Brewer Rookie players had even made it to high-A ball since 2001. Except for your top high school draft picks (Mark Rogers, Jeremy Jeffress, Brent Brewer), most of the rookies who don't debut in Helena have longer odds of advancing than those that do. But as Lorenzo Cain (league MVP) proved last year -- and Hernan Iribarren the year prior -- potential contributors do see significant time here occasionally. Arizona Brewer Box Score: Just turned 20-year-old LHP Jose Romero, the kid who compiled off-the-chart numbers during a Venezuelan Summer League stint in 2005, with two scoreless innings (two HBP's); Canadian RHP Mark James (14th round, '05), still just 18, probably topped any of his 2005 outings with today's effort; Anderson de la Rosa has been primarily an outfielder -- he sneaks into the catcher mix here, apparently; undrafted free agent Anthony Wycklendt with a tough pro debut (four K's, 1 BB); where's our attendance figure (usually less than 20)... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1 Arizona Brewer Game Log: With likley less than 20 folks in the stands, it'd still be a cool job to hang out in a (hopefully) air-conditioned press box and plug in the Rookie League game log data for MiLB.com.. www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

Nashville Media Notes: SIMPSON RETURNS TO SOUNDS; MABEUS SENT TO DOUBLE-A: Right-hander Allan Simpson rejoins the Sounds today after being designated for assignment by Milwaukee on Tuesday, clearing waivers, and being outrighted to Nashville. He made two relief appearances for the Brewers and posted a 3.38 ERA (1 ER / 2.2 IP) after having his contract purchased on June 3. Simpson, who coleads the Sounds with five saves, opened the year by posting a 2.57 ERA in 20 relief outings for Nashville. To make room on the roster for Simpson, right-hander Chris Mabeus was reassigned to Double-A Huntsville. He had logged a 5.68 ERA (4 ER / 6.1 IP) in six relief appearances for the Sounds after joining the club from the Oakland A?s organization in mid-May.

Very nice -- unlike past years, the Arizona box score and game log is updating live -- 100 degrees in Arizona today! By the way, we haven't fully reviewed and profiled the Arizona roster yet, nor finalized our Player Index (it's close, tonight for sure), but here's an accurate roster from MiLB.com: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...mp;cid=406

Standings through Thursday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 40 32 .556 - 26-13 14-19 W1[/b] Iowa 34 38 .472 6.0 19-17 15-21 W2 Memphis 28 44 .389 12.0 16-22 12-22 W2 Omaha 28 45 .384 12.5 16-19 12-26 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 3 1 .750 - 3-1 0-0 W3 West Tenn 3 1 .750 - 3-1 0-0 W2 Tennessee 2 2 .500 1.0 0-0 2-2 L1 Carolina 1 3 .250 2.0 0-0 1-3 L3 [b]Huntsville 1 3 .250 2.0 0-0 1-3 L2[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1[/b] Daytona 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Jupiter 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 Palm Beach 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 St. Lucie 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 Vero Beach 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lakewood 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 [b]West Virginia 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1[/b] Delmarva 0 0 - 0.5 0-0 0-0 - Lake County 0 0 - 0.5 0-0 0-0 - Greensboro 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Hagerstown 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Hickory 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 Lexington 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Falls 2 1 .667 - 0-0 2-1 W2 [b]Helena 2 1 .667 - 2-1 0-0 W1[/b] Billings 1 2 .333 1.0 1-2 0-0 L2 Missoula 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Angels 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 AZL Giants 1 0 1.000 - 0-0 1-0 W1 AZL Mariners 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 AZL Rangers 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 [b]AZL Brewers 0 0 - 0.5 0-0 0-0 -[/b] AZL Athletics 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 AZL Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0 0-1 0-0 L1 AZL Padres 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 AZL Royals 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1

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 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". 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_rreaaa_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_helrok_1 Arizona: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

Friday's Daily Menu: Your Link Report officially provides 50% more nourishment than it did just a week ago! All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Round Rock (Astros), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Steve Bray at Mobile (Padres), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ Brevard County: RHP Josh Wahpepah at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:00 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.palmbeachcardinals.com/ West Virginia: LHP Rafael Lluberes at home vs. Kannapolis (White Sox), 6:55 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: RHP Shawn Ferguson at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 8:05 PM Audio (click on "Listen Live"): www.helenabrewers.net/html2/index.php Arizona: 17-year-old RHP Wily Peralta is the Opening Day choice at home in Maryvale vs. the Athletics' young-uns, 12:30 PM Central time, 10:30 AM local, never any web audio for the Arizona League

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ OZZIE GOES UP... ADAM GOES DOWNAND SO DO THE STARS, AGAIN Third baseman Ryan Braun, the Brewers # 1 draft pick last year, is now a Huntsville Star and he made his debut tonight as a pinch-hitter, and as expected, Adam Heether, hitting .212 in the Stars' last 32 games, of which the Stars lost 27, was sent down to Brevard County, and in back of him on the depth chart, as well....... What was unforeseen was the other move, and not involving any pitching........ Shortstop Ozzie Chavez was promoted to Nashville, and from Brevard County, the Stars have Guilder Rodriguez back........ He and Milko Jaramillo will split the shortstop duties for the Stars....... Chavez was hitting .254 (.304 in the # 2-hole -- his 2nd most frequent lineup spot), which is a lot to ask of him, but the Stars won 11 games when Chavez drove in a run -- more than any player on the team. Defensively, he was an improved player this year, but was still leading Southern League shortstop in errors with 14 ...... Rodriguez, who was perfect in the field in eight games, will have more of a chance to prove what he can do playing more often in what is now his 2nd season........ G-Rod was hitting .163 in 43 at-bats before being sent to Brevard on May 31. With the Manatees, he was 1-for-7......... Heether never got on track from the start of the season....... He hit .213 in April and .221 in May and was hitting .200 when he was sent down. He drove in 18 runs, but the Stars were 7-10 when he drove in a run and he left 35 runners in scoring position with two out, 2nd most on the team (with Chavez). The Stars are now 1-7 in extra innings, and have lost 12 of their last 14 games. They're on their way to making another dubious statement in the record books. Their worst record in extra-inning affairs in a season is 1-5 during the 1998 season. The Stars lost their first three extra-inning games of the season before beating the Smokies, May 14, 6-4 in 10. Defensively, it was a sloppy game, owing a bit maybe to the oppressive 96° heat index, but the Stars battled back from a 6-2 deficit to go ahead 7-6, until Mobile caught up in the 8th inning........ Brett Evert went 3-and-0 on his first hitter in the 10th, Matt Lauderdale. Lauderdale took a strike, then sent Evert's next pitch high and deep into the night. Anderson looked up and said so long....... It was Lauderdale's 2nd home run in two games, and his only two HRs of the year........ For Evert, it was dèjá vu. He lost a 5-4 game in the 10th inning to Birmingham's Darren Blakely on June 6. The Bay Bears struck first in this see-saw game....... George Kottaras walked with two out and Jeff Housman hit Joey Gomes with a pitch, moving the runner to 2nd...... Steven Smitherman, a 2.0-version of former Stars' 1st baseman Greg Sain, then went the opposite way, something he rarely does, lining a ball over the head of 2nd baseman Callix Crabbe. Travis Ezi juggled it in right field, and Kottaras crossed the plate easily. The Stars managed to hold the Bay Bears scoreless in the 3rd inning, despite two doubles, one -- a leadoff double by Vince Sinisi, whose agent is the famous (or infamous, depending on how you feel) Scott Boras........ Sinisi was selected by the Rangers in the 2nd round in 2003, and eventually placed on their 40-man roster, but the Rangers still must pay him $2.07 million, even though he's no longer in their organization......... Sinisi hit a hanging slider, driving it to the wall in front of the warning track in right........ He was erased, however, after George Kottaras hit a 2-0 pitch deep to Drew Anderson in front of the warning track. Anderson turned and heaved a one-hop throw to Callix Crabbe, a tremendous play in time to double up Sinisi........ Anderson's throw saved a run, for Gomes doubled past the next batter, Ezi. The Stars tied the game, 1-1, in the top of the 4th, following a leadoff triple by Crabbe...... Crabbe hit four triples for the Stars last year, but this was his first this season........ Jeff Eure, with two out, ended the Stars streak of 16 2/3 innings without scoring a run, parachuting a 1-0 pitch between Drew Macias and two other fielders in shallow left-center to drive in Crabbe ....... Eure is a .320 hitter with runners in scoring position and two out this year. He is also hitting .289 during the Stars' long 33-game slump. Mobile came back to go ahead 2-1 in the bottom half of the inning........ After Luis Cruz belted a leadoff single over the head of Milko Jaramillo, Drew Macias ripped a 3-2 pitch deep to center field. Steve Moss could not make the catch against the wall and Cruz scored, as Macias flew around the bases for a triple. The Stars came back again in the 5th, coming up with a pair of clutch hits........ With one out, Jaramillo hit his first extra-base hit for the Stars, an opposite-field triple inside the right field corner. It's the first time since May 7th that the Stars have hit two triples in one game....... Fellow Venezuelan Ron Acuna, pinch-hitting for Housman, hit a line drive in front of Gomes in right to drive in Jaramillo to tie the game, 2-2. Steve Moss followed with his 14th double of the year past Gomes, bouncing into the corner, sending Acuna to third, but the Stars would leave both those valuable runners in scoring position after Crabbe popped out and Anderson grounded out on a close play at first......... Although Anderson is the club's RBI leader, he has frequently disappointed in the clutch. He has left a club-leading 38 runners in scoring position with two out this year and is lugging around a .171 average with runners in scoring position. Once again in the 6th, the Stars blew a chance for a big inning....... Jeff Eure doubled down the left field line with one out, his 12th double of the year....... After hitting .194 in May, Eure is socking the ball at a .340 clip this month with 10 RBIs, almost as many as he had in April........ A wild pitch on a 2-2 count to Lou Palmisano sent Eure to 3rd, but Palmisano and Ezi left him stranded......... Palmisano has driven in just two runs since June 4 and Ezi hasn't driven in a single run since he joined the Stars on May 18th. It then appeared that Mobile put the game away in the 6th inning as they scored four unearned runs off reliever Khalid Ballouli........ That started when Jaramillo, going deep in the hole, threw way over the head of Brad Nelson, sending Steve Smitherman to 2nd on what was later scored a hit and an error on his leadoff grounder........ Juan Cruz then singled the other way, sending Smitherman to third........ Drew Macias, a .188 hitter with runners in scoring position, bounced a grounder into the hole for his 2nd RBI in the game, giving Mobile a 3-2 lead....... A Juan Ciriaco line drive single to right-center made it 4-2, but the key hit was Vince Sinisi's 2nd double of the game, making it 6-2. The Stars have come back from a four-run deficit before, erasing a 4-0 Mobile lead on April 25 to win, 9-5. But that seems like a half-century ago........ In a rare comeback, the Stars scored five times in the 7th to go ahead, 7-6......... Jaramillo turned the worm, reaching 2nd as the Stars' leadoff hitter on an error when his roller in front of the plate was picked up by pitcher Geoff Jones on the barehand and overthrown to first, the ball going down right field foul territory........ Ryan Braun, making his Stars debut, then reached on another error, as his grounder kicked off Ciriaco's glove, placing runners on the corners........ Moss then sent a liner into center, scoring Jaramillo, making it 6-3........ A sacrifice fly by Anderson scored Braun, making it 6-4, but there were two out........ Nelson, the spoiler of many a rally since he came down from Nashville on May 31 (.158 hitter with runners on base and 0-for-11 in the series), bounced a 3-2 pitch right past Smitherman at first toward the right field corner, scoring Moss, and allowing Nellie the extra base....... Now it's 6-5 and here comes Eure....... He gets an 0-1 change-up and all Sinisi can do is watch it go over into the berm area to complete a five-run comeback, and for the 2nd time this season, Eure is a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. But the 7-6 lead lasted only until the 8th. A one-out single by Brett Dowdy and a stolen base set up the tying run as Juan Ciriaco bounced a two-out, two-strike pitch through the middle to tie the game, and you know the rest of the story. Friday, Stephen Bray will make his second career start against Jose Oyervidez......... Bray will go for win # 5, but he has not won a game since May 14....... Tim Dillard has gotten credit for three of the Stars last four wins........ Interestingly enough, in games in which Huntsville starters go six innings, they are 11-20. Usually it's a pretty good indication all is well. Not so with this bunch....... Bray has a 1.59 ERA in six appearances this month........ Oyervidez (2-5, 3.80) lost in his only game against the Stars this year, an 8-4 game that Bray won in relief on April 24. Jason Childers was given his release by the Class AAA-Durham (Int'l.) Bulls. He made it to the majors earlier this year with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but was 0-1 with a 7.45 ERA for Durham in 18 appearances this season....... Brother Matt is pitching for the Yankees' top farm club, where he is 1-3, 5.75 for Columbus....... Another brother, Scott, is an umpire and worked 3rd base tonight in this game. Ty Taubenheim won his first major league game tonight, throwing only seven pitches in 2/3 of an inning in relief as the Blue Jays handed the Braves their 10th straight loss, 3-2. Ben Hendrickson pitched six no-hit innings as he and three relievers combined to one-hit the Round Rock Express, 2-0....... Greg Sain went 2-for-4, doubled, and drove in a run as the Tampa Yankees beat Sarasota, 12-8, in a Florida State League game.

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Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...006062312/ Power enjoys perfect start Michael Dailey Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter There were a lot of things to like about the West Virginia Power's 5-4 win over Kannapolis Thursday evening at Appalachian Power Park. A standing-room-only crowd of 5,726 fans braved an extremely muggy evening to watch the Power improve to 40-30 overall and 1-0 in the South Atlantic League's second half. There was the dominating performance of starting pitcher Derek Miller. Miller, a 6-foot, 195-pound New Hampshire native, struck out 12 Kannapolis hitters in just 6 1/3 innings. Miller, in search of his eighth straight win, allowed just a pair of singles before giving way to his pitch count. And, then, there was another solid offensive performance by Power batters. West Virginia, which finished the first half of the season with a league best .279 batting average, continued its hot hitting by pounding out 11 hits against a quartet of Intimidator pitchers. Michael Bell, who started the game at shortstop before moving to second in the ninth inning, paced the Power attack with three hits and three RBI, including the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth. But the most important part of the evening simply was starting the Sally League's second half on a winning note. After winning their season-opener in April, the Power dropped four straight and dug themselves a hole in the standings with a 4-6 record after the season's first 10 games. It was a hole from which the Power could not recover in the season's first half, as it finished five games behind Lexington in the league's Northern Division standings. Stumbling out of the gate was a tough experience for the Power, but it served as a learning lesson in its approach to the second half. "Getting in an early hole was a big thing that we just couldn't recover from in the first half," said Miller, who left the game with a 3-0 lead before ending up with the tough-luck no decision. "We've just been telling ourselves that we need to come out and win games right off the bat in the second half. "Lately, we've been playing well," continued Miller (7-1). "We've just got to keep putting it together and keep pitching, playing defense and hitting." Bell, a 15th round selection in last year's amateur baseball draft, echoed Miller's sentiments regarding the importance of a quick start. "We ended the first half of the season going pretty strong," said Bell. "It's real important to get out going strong in the second half. "Everyone is having a good time. The team's really coming together and picking each other up. If somebody doesn't get the job done, there's someone else there to pick him up. "It's a good feeling to win when everyone is working together so well." That teamwork was important after Kannapolis rallied from three runs down to tie the game at 4-4 in the eighth inning. Kannapolis touched up Power reliever Dane Renkert for three runs in 1 1/3 innings to set up Bell's late inning heroics. Bell's single made a winner of reliever Joe Thatcher (1-3), who worked 1 1/3 innings, allowing just one hit while striking out four. Designated hitter Ned Yost added a pair of RBI for the Power, while Angel Salome and Michael Brantley each had a pair of hits. "Every win is important," said Power Manager Mike Guerrero. "We're just trying to continue to play good fundamental baseball in the second half. "We finished the first half pretty strong, so we're trying to carry that over into this half of the season." POWER NOTES: After dropping his first decision of the season, Miller has reeled off seven straight wins. ...West Virginia is 22-13 at home this season, including nine wins in their last 11 games. ... Kannapolis is a league worst 20-51, but is 3-2 against the Power. Charleston Daily Mail Photo: Tom Hindman Power shortstop Mike Bell, right, attempts to turn a double play as Kannapolis? Anderson Gomes slides into second base. http://www.dailymail.com/images/062306kanpow4.jpg

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/mobiler...amp;coll=3 BayBears walk off with win over Stars Matt Lauderdale's homer lifts Mobile in 10th inning By NEAL McCREADY Mobile Register Sports Reporter Thursday night was far from pretty, unless you ask Matt Lauderdale. The BayBears' backup catcher hit his second pinch-hit home run in two days, but unlike the one Wednesday that piled on during a 15-0 Mobile win, the shot over the left-field wall Thursday night gave the BayBears an 8-7, 10-inning victory over Huntsville and sent an announced Hank Aaron Stadium crowd of 4,137 fans home happy. "I had never seen (Huntsville reliever Brett Evert) before, but I could tell by his delivery that he was either going to yank balls outside or try to run one in on my hands inside," Lauderdale said. "Once he fell behind 2-0, I started looking middle-in. I knew he was going to throw me a two-seamer. They had the third baseman playing the line, so I knew they were going to try to pitch me in. I just got a good pitch down and in where I like and, luckily, I elevated it out of the park." The win improved Mobile to 3-1 in the second half of the Southern League season and overshadowed a game in which the BayBears committed four errors, gave up five unearned runs in the seventh inning, committed baserunning mistakes and missed signs at home plate. "Things are really starting to turn around for us," Lauderdale said. "The way we've been playing the past couple of weeks shows me that we've turned around our play." "It wasn't pretty, but we got the 'W,'" Mobile manager Gary Jones said. "That's the bottom line, the end result, but we'd like to play a little bit better. Through it all, the guys continued to battle. The guys continue to play hard, fight and try to get better. This was a stepping stone." Lauderdale's heroics made a winner of BayBears closer Dale Thayer (4-2), who threw two scoreless innings, striking out two in the process. "That's what you want out of your closer in that situation at home," Jones said. Mobile broke up a 2-2 tie with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Drew Macias and Juan Ciriaco had run-scoring singles and Vince Sinisi gave the BayBears a 6-2 lead with a two-run double. In the top of the seventh inning, however, the BayBears gave those four runs and one more back. Milko Jaramillo and pinch-hitter Ryan Braun reached on consecutive errors, one by first baseman Stephen Smitherman and another by Ciriaco at shortstop, to open the frame. Steve Moss followed with an RBI single, chasing Mobile reliever Geoff Jones. Leo Rosales relieved Jones and appeared to get out of the inning after retiring Huntsville's Callix Crabbe, giving up a sacrifice fly to Drew Anderson, and inducing a ground ball to first base from Brad Nelson. But Smitherman never got a glove on the ball, allowing a run to score, and Jeffrey Eure, one of the Stars' hottest hitters over the past week, blasted a two-run homer to left to give Huntsville a 7-6 lead. Mobile tied the game at 7-7 in the eighth inning after Brett Dowdy singled, stole second base and scored on Ciriaco's single to set the stage for the late dramatics. Mobile got on the scoreboard first thanks to Smitherman's RBI single in the bottom of the first. Huntsville tied the game 1-1 in the fourth when Eure drove in Crabbe, who had led off the inning with a triple. The BayBears got the run back in the bottom half of the inning when Luis Cruz singled and Macias sent him scampering home with a triple off the center-field wall. Huntsville tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth on Ron Acuna's RBI single. The two teams finish the series and the BayBears' homestand at 7:05 tonight.

We learn here why Ben Hendrickson was lifted: Link while active, text follows -- www.statesman.com/sports/...press.html Sounds pitcher stifles Express bats in victory Hendrickson takes no-hitter into sixth inning of 2-0 victory By William Wilkerson AMERICAN-STATESMAN ROUND ROCK ? Nashville right-hander Ben Hendrickson threw six innings of no-hit ball Thursday and the Sounds snapped the Round Rock Express' eight-game win streak with a 2-0 victory at Dell Diamond.. "Somewhere along the way we were going to lose a game," Express manager Jackie Moore said. "It took a pitching performance like that to do it." Henderickson, the Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 minor league pitcher of the year, struck out nine batters on 90 pitches to improve to 5-2 on the year. In his previous two starts against Round Rock, he compiled a 0-1 record with a 9.00 ERA. "You could say it was my best outing of the season," Henderickson said. "I am just happy we won." Dave Krynzel lined a home run over the right field wall in the third inning to give Nashville a 1-0 lead. That was all the offense the Sounds would need. Brent Abernathy singled his first time up and collected his 1,000th hit in the fifth, which also drove in Jermaine Clark for the Sounds' second run. Clark led off the inning with a single and moved to second on a walk from Tony Gwynn before Abernathy drove him in with his 22nd RBI. In the bottom of the inning, Henderickson struck out the side for the second time. He got through the sixth inning untouched, but was unable to go any further because of a broken nail on his throwing hand. "I knew I was going to break it before I started," Henderickson said. Mitch Stetter replaced Henderickson in the seventh and immediately bid farewell to the no-hitter as Joe McEwing lined a single up the middle for the Express' only hit. McEwing was unable to advance into scoring position as he was doubled up on a sharp line drive out to third baseman Vinny Rottino. The Express picked up two walks in the eighth inning to place a runner in scoring position for the first time. But pinch hitter Alan Zinter ended the rally before it could start with a two-out ground ball to first base. "Weird, (but) with one hit we still had opportunities to score some runs," Moore said. "Sometimes you just get beat."