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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Pitching Coach Stan Kyles: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-24.wma

Final: Nashville 1, Portland (Padres) 0 You're our American Idol tonight, Zach Jack... Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Zach Jackson photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1967 Jackson, Sounds Post Two-Hit Shutout NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Four Nashville pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout on Wednesday evening at Greer Stadium as the Sounds edged the Portland Beavers 1-0, the home team?s third shutout victory of the year. Sounds starter Zach Jackson (2-2) logged his best start of the season, allowing only two hits over seven scoreless innings to drop his ERA to 2.50 on the year. It was the left-hander?s 4th consecutive quality start (1.29 ERA, 4 ER / 28.0 IP over that stretch). Relievers Mike Adams (0.2 IP), Mitch Stetter (0.1 IP), and Alec Zumwalt (1.0 IP) worked the final two frames in hitless fashion to close out the victory. Zumwalt picked up his first save of the year. Nashville (26-20) snapped a two-game skid and recorded its first nine-inning 1-0 victory in over four years, dating back to April 9, 2002, when the Sounds blanked Fresno by that score at Greer Stadium. Sounds leadoff hitter Tony Gwynn continued his recent hot stretch at the dish with a 3-for-4 night, his team-leading sixth game with three hits or more this season. The Nashville centerfielder out-hit the Beavers on the evening all by himself in raising his average to .320 on the year. Gwynn has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games. Neither teams pushed a runner past second over the first five innings as Jackson and Portland starter Tim Stauffer were dealing early. The Sounds broke a scoreless tie with an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth. Gwynn led off with a single, moved to third on a Dave Krynzel bunt single combined with a throwing error by Beavers first baseman Jon Knott, then scored on a Brent Abernathy sacrifice fly to right. AUDIO: Sac Fly Nets Sounds' Lone Run -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-24.wma It would turn out to be the only run the Sounds would need. The Beavers threatened in the eighth, putting runners on second and third with two out against Stetter, but the Nashville lefty induced an inning-ending groundout from Jack Cust to escape the jam without damage. Stauffer (2-4) took a hard-luck loss for Portland after turning in a solid outing. He allowed only one unearned run over six innings of work. On a down note for Nashville, Vinny Rottino (0-for-3) and Nelson Cruz (0-for-4) had their longest hitting streaks of the season snapped at seven and six games, respectively. The teams wrap up the four-game series with a 7 p.m. finale on Thursday evening. Right-hander Ben Hendrickson (1-0, 2.70) makes his first start for Nashville since returning from Milwaukee. Portland sends Tullahoma native Dewon Brazelton (0-0, 0.00) to the bump. The MTSU product will make his third appearance of the year for the Beavers. Nashville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Rough second inning (high pitch count) leads to Josh Wahpepah's earliest exit of the season by far down in Florida. Tony Gwynn is absolutely on fire as of late for Nashville, up to .322 now (22-for-his-last-53, .415)....

Final: Jacksonville (Dodgers) 6, Huntsville 4 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=847 Stars' Slide Extended to Six Jimmy Rohan knocked in the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh inning rally that carried Jacksonville past Huntsville 6-4 Wednesday afternoon in the second game of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Suns improved to 28-19 and temporarily moved to within a game of South Division leading Montgomery, while the Stars suffered a season-high sixth straight defeat and fell to 20-26 overall and 9-12 at home. Justin Simmons took over for Jacksonville starter Heath Totten and worked out of a bases loaded one-out jam in the sixth inning by striking out pinch-hitter Ron Acuna and getting Travis Ezi to fly out to keep the game tied at three. The Suns then used three singles, two sacrifice bunts and an error to break the tie and grab the lead for good in the next half inning. Gerrit Simpson opened the seventh on the hill for Huntsville and walked lead off man A.J. Ellis, who drew his second free pass of the game. Simmons dropped down a sacrifice bunt and reached first base safely when catcher Lou Palmisano reached down to pick up the ball and could not do it cleanly. Chin-Lung Hu then executed a sacrifice bunt to move the runners along before Rohan singled to center field against a drawn-in infield to plate Ellis and move Simmons to third base. Matt Kemp grounded out to score Simmons and Rohan would score on a two-out single by A.J. Zapp to complete the rally. Jeff Eure singled to right field with two outs in the home seventh to score Adam Heether to cut the visitors lead to 6-4. The threat ended when Callix Crabbe fouled out to Zapp at first with two runners aboard. The Stars stranded runners at the corners against T.J. Nall in the eighth inning and Ozzie Chavez flied out to end the game with runners at second and third base against Mark Alexander. The Stars collected 14 hits, the most they have had in a game since April 10 at Mississippi when they put together 17, and two more than they had in the last three games combined, but stranded 13 runners. Chavez was the only starting position player not to have at least one hit, while Eure and Palmisano each had their first three-hit game of the season. Crabbe singled home Eure with two outs in the fourth and Drew Anderson?s two-out, broken bat single to left field in the fifth scored Ezi to tie the game at three. Stars? starter Tim Dillard was charged with three runs on seven hits over six innings and remains winless at home in five starts. The series continues Thursday night when right-hander Travis Phelps will start for the Stars and be opposed by Suns? right-hander Joel Hanrahan. Coverage of the game begins at 6:50 p.m. central time and can be heard locally on ESPN Radio 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Frustrating with a capital "F"... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

For those of you in the Milwaukee listening area, yours truly makes his WSSP AM 1250 Wednesday post-game show debut during the second hour of the show tonight. Hope some of you will be able to listen in -- I'm staying up just for you http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif .

Standings through Tuesday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 25 20 .556 - 14-8 11-12 L2[/b] Iowa 19 24 .442 5.0 9-12 10-12 W1 Omaha 18 26 .409 6.5 11-11 7-15 L3 Memphis 14 29 .326 10.0 10-12 4-17 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattanooga 30 16 .652 - 19-6 11-10 W5 West Tenn 27 19 .587 3.0 11-10 16-9 W1 Carolina 22 24 .478 8.0 15-10 7-14 L1 Tennessee 21 25 .457 9.0 12-9 9-16 L2 [b]Huntsville 20 25 .444 9.5 9-11 11-14 L5[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lucie 25 19 .568 - 11-11 14-8 L4 [b]Brevard County 24 20 .545 1.0 10-10 14-10 W6[/b] Daytona 24 21 .533 1.5 15-10 9-11 W1 Palm Beach 22 22 .500 3.0 10-12 12-10 L1 Jupiter 18 27 .400 7.5 8-15 10-12 L6 Vero Beach 17 28 .378 8.5 11-14 6-14 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 26 17 .605 - 15-9 11-8 W5 Lexington 26 18 .591 0.5 17-8 9-10 L1 Greensboro 24 20 .545 2.5 18-7 6-13 L1 [b]West Virginia 23 20 .535 3.0 13-10 10-10 L1[/b] Lakewood 22 22 .500 4.5 14-9 8-13 L2 Lake County 22 23 .489 5.0 12-10 10-13 W1 Hagerstown 18 26 .409 8.5 9-9 9-17 L1 Hickory 17 25 .405 8.5 8-11 9-14 L2

Link while active, text follows: www.tennessean.com/apps/p...328/SPORTS Sounds a hit away as Portland wins Nashville strands eight, losing second in a row By MAURICE PATTON Tennessean Staff Writer There's a difference in getting hits and getting the big hit. The Nashville Sounds illustrated that phenomenon Tuesday night. Despite outhitting visiting Portland by one, and despite each offensive starter notching at least one hit, the Sounds dropped a 5-4 decision for their second loss in a row after winning three consecutive over the weekend. "We really couldn't come up with the big hit," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said after his team stranded eight runners ? leaving six in scoring position. "Two-out hits, two-out RBI win games; we didn't get them," Kremblas said. The Sounds left runners at second and third in the second and third innings, and left runners at second in the fourth and seventh. Their only sustained rally came in the sixth, when they came back from a 4-1 deficit on the strength of a Chris Barnwell RBI single to force a 4-4 deadlock. Portland took its third lead of the night in the next half-inning, getting back-to-back one-out hits and a sacrifice fly off reliever Allan Simpson for what turned out to be the game-winning run. After leaving runners at first and second to end the seventh, Nashville was retired in order in the eighth and ninth. "We're not playing badly," Kremblas said. "We're just not playing as well as we can. But when you can not play as well as you're capable of playing, and still have a chance to win, that's pretty good. Our guys are battling." The bottom of the Sounds order ?Nos. 5-9 ? accounted for all four runs, all three RBIs and 5 of the 11 Nashville hits. "We just had a lot of little things that, if they'd gone our way, the game could have gone our way," said Sounds starter Jared Fernandez, a veteran knuckleballer who allowed four runs (two earned) in six innings but struck out five. What they said: "I'm still trying to get my arm strength. Even though I'm a knuckleballer, I've been in relief in the major leagues and I'm still trying to get stretched out." ? Fernandez.

Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=50019 Sounds lose wild one to Portland By Mark McGee, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent This game had something for almost every baseball fan. Knuckleball pitchers. Submarine pitchers. Two wild pitches on third strikes. A double steal. A pitcher pinch-hitting. Four stolen bases by the Nashville Sounds. Two runners caught stealing. And 21 combined hits, including a home run and five doubles mixed in for good measure. The only things missing at Greer Stadium Tuesday night were a bearded lady and a Sounds victory. For the second game in a row the Sounds fell short against the Portland Beavers, losing 5-4. ?There was a lot of activity out there,? said Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas, who prefers his team to be aggressive on the basepaths. ?It?s all about getting runners in scoring position.? Jermaine Clark and Tony Gwynn each have 14 stolen bases, tying them for the Pacific Coast League lead ?They both pay attention to what is happening,? said Kremblas. ?They pay attention, and they have enough speed to steal a base. Even if the other team is paying attention to them, even a little bit, they have the speed to beat them.? The series continues tonight at 6 with Nashville left-hander Zach Jackson (1-2, 2.87 ERA) against right-hander Tim Stauffer (2-3, 5.15). Portland opened with a run in the first inning as Jack Cust scored on a passed ball. The Sounds tied the game 1-1 in the second. In the sixth Portland put three runs on the board with a two-run homer to left center by Jon Knott, his 11th of the season. Justin Leone came home when Sounds left fielder Brent Abernathy struggled to get the handle on a double by Jason Hill down the left field line. In the home portion of the sixth the Sounds struck for three runs, including the tying run by pinch-hitter Milko Jaramillo, who stole home as part of a double steal. Gwynn stole second but was cut in a rundown for the final out of the inning. Portland took the lead again in the top of the seventh when Ben Johnson brought Dustin Delucci home with a sacrifice fly to right. ?I thought we were more ready to play physically than we were Monday night,? said Kremblas. ?We made a nice little comeback. We had plenty of chances. We just didn?t get the big hits early.? Kyles gets All-Star coaching berth: Sounds pitching coach Stan Kyles has been named to the coaching staff for the PCL in the Triple-A All-Star Game in Toledo, Ohio, July 12. Kyles is in his sixth season in the Milwaukee Brewers organization and second with Nashville. Last year?s pitching staff helped lead the Sounds to the Pacific Coast League Championship. They also set a league and franchise record for strikeouts with 1,117.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Cresse in seventh heaven Suns standout knocks in all 7 of Jacksonville's runs By SKIP VAUGHN For The Huntsville Times, skipv@htimes.com A Jacksonville duo helped get the Huntsville Stars' homestand off to a slow start Tuesday night. Pitcher Justin Orenduff held the Stars hitless through the first three innings and catcher Brad Cresse drove in four runs in his first two at-bats. He finished with seven RBIs. The Stars finally scored in the fourth when Travis Ezi beat out an infield hit, advanced to second on a groundout, went to third on a short flyout and scored on a wild pitch. This was Ezi's first home game with the Stars this year. Unfortunately for the home faithful, Jacksonville beat the Stars 7-1 before an announced crowd of 1,311 at Joe Davis Stadium. The Suns improved to 27-19 while Huntsville fell to 20-25 in the Southern League. "You can't win many games with three hits," Stars manager Don Money said after his team was outhit 9-3. Huntsville starter Chris Mabeus (0-1), in his Stars' debut, went three innings with three strikeouts and allowed three runs, five hits and one walk. "He got hurt with a couple of pitches up," Money said. Orenduff (3-2) went seven innings with six strikeouts, two hits, one run, one walk, one wild pitch and hit one batter. Casey Hoorelbeke pitched the final two innings for his second save. Cresse led the Suns' offense with two three-run homers and an RBI single. "I think the biggest thing was I was just getting ahead with my fastball and putting myself in position where I could use my slider," Orenduff said. "I think overall I was just being aggressive, letting them get themselves out." "I don't remember a 7-RBI game since college," Cresse, who played at Louisiana State from 1997 through 2000, said. "The last time I had seven ribbies was probably in college. Lately, I've just been seeing the ball good and just being patient at the plate." Cresse, who has three homers this season, hit a three-run blast off Mabeus in the second and another off Andy Pratt in the ninth. He had an RBI single off Stephen Bray in the fourth. The Stars and Jacksonville will play again today at 12:05 p.m. at Joe Davis Stadium. Probable starters are Huntsville's Tim Dillard (2-4, 4.11) and the Suns' Heath Totten (3-2, 3.25).

Brevard County Site Game Summary: Medlin, Manatees end Miracle C.J. Medlin had three hits and three RBIs as Brevard Country crushed Fort Myers, 11-3, on Tuesday at Bill Hammond Stadium. Medlin capped the blowout by slapping a three-run double in the top of the ninth. The win extended Brevard County's winning streak to six games. Ryan Braun and Carlos Corporan both had two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. Freddy Parejo cranked a two-run homer and Corporan follwed with a blast of his own during a four-run third inning. Brevard County starter Yovani Gallardo (4-3) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on four hits over five innings. He struck out five and walked four, bringing his ERA to 2.52. Starter Josey Mijares (0-4) allowed six runs on six hits over 2 1/3 innings for the Miracle (25-20). He struck out four and walked four. The loss snapped Fort Myers' three-game winning streak. Luke Hughes went 3-for-4 in the loss. Matt Tolbert hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth and Alexi Casilla had an RBI single in the third. -- Max Lance/MLB.com

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=846 Cresse Single Handedly Downs Stars Brad Cresse blasted two home runs and knocked in seven runs to back the strong seven inning pitching effort of Justin Orenduff in Jacksonville?s 7-1 win Tuesday night in the opener of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Suns improved to 27-19 but remain a game and a half behind South Division leading Montgomery, which won at Mobile, while the Stars suffered a season-high fifth straight defeat and fell to 20-25. Chris Mabeus, making a fill-in start while waiting to be added to the Milwaukee 25-man roster, gave up a leadoff double to Justin Ruggiano in the second and a base hit to Anthony Raglani that moved Ruggiano to third base. Cresse followed by launching a 2-1 offering over the wall in right-center field for a three-run home run, his first since a walk off shot against Chattanooga on Opening Day. Mabeus took the loss after working three innings and gave up three runs on five hits and a walk. Steve Bray took over in the fourth and Ruggiano was the first batter he faced and the Suns? right fielder lofted a fly ball to left field that looked like it would be caught by Drew Anderson. Instead, he was waved off by center fielder Steve Moss, who did not make the catch, allowing Ruggiano to reach third base with a triple. Raglani was called out on strikes but Cresse singled against a drawn-in infield to score Ruggiano to make it 4-0. Bray then tossed three scoreless frames and matched his longest outing of the year with four innings of work. Orenduff retired the first nine batters he faced before Travis Ezi legged out an infield hit to open the home fourth. He moved to second base on a ground out, to third on a fly ball and scored the home team?s lone run on a wild pitch. The Stars have been held to only one run in each of their last four losses and have scored only four runs in the last 39 frames. Orenduff picked up his third win of the season in his longest performance of the year. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out six. Casey Hoorelbeke tossed two scoreless innings to nail down his second save of the year. He allowed one hit and struck out two. Ruggiano led off the ninth with a walk and Raglani followed with a base hit before Cresse slammed another opposite field home run to right field. He had driven in only 10 runs all season before Tuesday night. The series continues Wednesday afternoon, as right-hander Tim Dillard will start for the Stars and be opposed by Suns? right-hander Heath Totten. Coverage of the game begins at 11:50 a.m. central time and can be heard locally on ESPN Radio 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

More good stuff as always from Adam McCalvy of MLB.com: brewers.mlb.com/NASApp/ml...p;c_id=mil Moving on: Justin Lehr has returned home to Phoenix until his fate is decided. The Brewers have 10 days to trade Lehr, release him or pass him through waivers and assign him outright to the Minor Leagues. Because he has no prior outright assignment, Lehr would have no choice but to accept that assignment, Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash said. "If there is Major League interest in him, we don't want to stand in his way, but on the flip side we need all the depth we can get right now," Ash said. "We're scrambling to keep the [Minor League] rosters full. ... The state of pitching around the game is not good, and we're part of that. In fact, we're probably better off than some." In 16 games with Milwaukee, Lehr was 2-1 with a 8.62 ERA. He did not allow an earned run until his sixth appearance of the season, but since then Lehr's ERA was 10.38. "This is a game built around production," said Manager Ned Yost, who admitted he was puzzled by Lehr's drop in production. "You can get here, but you've got to earn your keep to stay here. That's true for all of us. ... He started the season very sharp, and then just kind of tailed off." Should the Brewers hold onto Lehr and send him back to the Minors, he would join the starting rotation, Ash said. "Guys go threw these streaks," Ash said. "When I spoke to him this morning at the hotel he said that this is probably the first time in his career that he agreed with the assignment. So it was not unexpected for him, and he knows what he needs to work on." Damage control: Ash understood that the decision to promote Joe Winkelsas from Double-A Huntsville might not be popular with players at Triple-A Nashville who were passed over. Mike Adams, Jared Fernandez, Jason Kershner, Dennis Sarfate and Allan Simpson were among those considered. "There are going to be some guys in Nashville who are unhappy with this move," said Ash, who spoke to Nashville pitching coach Stan Kyles about that topic on Tuesday morning. "I told him to tell them, 'Don't get down and don't put yourself in a negative position, because our bullpen is far from settled. There will continue to be changes.'"

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 Tuesday's action as it happens: Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Window". 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_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_ftmafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at home vs. Portland (Padres), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. Jacksonville (Dodgers), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ Brevard County: RHP Josh Wahpepah at Fort Myers (Twins), 6:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): miraclebaseball.com/ West Virginia: RHP Kevin Roberts at Kannapolis (White Sox), 5:55 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower.

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Adam McCalvy, MLB.com: Triple-A infielder Zach Sorensen is targeted to return to action next week, Gord Ash said. Sorensen has been on Nashville's DL since April 19 with right biceps tendinitis.

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Final: Jacksonville (Dodgers) 7, Huntsville 1 Huntsville site summary later on... Huntsville Box Score: If we just posted the same Huntsville box score on offense all season, would anyone even notice? They all look the same -- hitting coach Sandy Guerrero must be beside himelf; RHP Chris Mabeus didn't exactly inspire the hopefuls for a Friday Milwaukee call-up with his second inning; Stars draw one walk; remember to the beginning of 2005, when we all wondered what Callix Crabbe could bring in trade with Rickie Weeks ahead of him -- so much for that idea; Steve Bray, we still love your 32-to-1 K/BB ratio... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: Congrats, Joe Winkelsas, back in the bigs after seven years -- Carlos Villanueva looked sweet! Oh yeah, this game log -- don't bother. Are home fans bringing pillows to these games? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Chris Barnwell photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1966 Sounds Drop Second Straight To Beavers, 5-4 NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? The Nashville Sounds lost their second game in a row to the Portland Beavers, falling 5-4 on Tuesday night at Greer Stadium. Despite the loss, Nashville (25-20) maintains a five-game cushion in the PCL American Conference North Division while Portland (27-18) jumps into first place in the Pacific North for the first time all season, leapfrogging past Salt Lake. The Beavers beat the Sounds to the scoreboard for the second night in a row when Jack Cust scored on a passed ball charged to Sounds catcher Mike Rivera in the top of the first inning. The Sounds struck back in the bottom half of the second as they chalked up a run to tie the game. Nelson Cruz started the inning off with a single but was thrown out at second as he tried to stretch his single into a double. Rivera was the next batter and reached first after he struck out on a wild pitch that the catcher was unable to handle. Rivera advanced to third on a Vinny Rottino ground-rule double and scored on the next play, a Brad Nelson RBI groundout. Cruz and Rottino?s hits in the second extend their current hitting streaks to six games and seven games, respectively, the longest streak of the year for each player. Neither team was able to break the tie until the top of the sixth. Once again, Cust would reach base on a walk and later scored on a two-run home run by Beavers first baseman Jon Knott. The home run was Knott?s 11th of the year, putting him in a two-way tie for the second-most home runs in the PCL with Cruz, and gave the visitors a 3-1 lead. Portland extended the lead to three later in the frame when Justin Leone singled right after the home run and later advanced to third on a Jason Hill double to left. On the same play, Leone scored on a fielding error by Brent Abernathy as he overran the ball. The Beavers? lead was short-lived, however, as the Sounds fought back against the Portland bullpen and knotted the game at four runs apiece. Rottino scored from third on an RBI single off the bat of Chris Barnwell that also moved Brad Nelson to third. Nelson would later score on a Milko Jaramillo fielder?s choice that erased Barnwell at second, making the score 4-3. The Sounds continued to manufacture runs with Jaramillo on second and Tony Gwynn on first. Manager Frank Kremblas called for the double steal that saw both players advance a base to tie the score as Jaramillo crossed home. The Beavers broke the tie for good in the top of the seventh against Sounds reliever Allan Simpson when Dustin Delucchi scored on a sacrifice fly hit by Knott. Portland reliever Cla Meredith (1-0) threw 1 1/3 innings and struck out one on his way to his first win of the season, picking up the victory after blowing a save. Beavers closer Brian Sikorski tossed a perfect ninth to pick up his seventh save of the year. Simpson (1-3) took the loss for the Sounds after surrendering the game-deciding run in his three innings of work. Both Jermaine Clark and Tony Gwynn were able to record stolen bases in the game for Nashville, which moved them into a two-way tie for most stolen bases in the PCL with 14 thefts each. The clubs face off again on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. for game three of the four-game set. The Sounds will give the starting nod to southpaw Zach Jackson (1-2, 2.87), while the Beavers will counter with right-hander Tim Stauffer (2-3, 5.15). AUDIO: Rivera Hangs On For Out At Home -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...205-23.wma

Final: Brevard County 11, Fort Myers (Twins) 3 Brevard County Box Score: Freddy Parejo and Carlos Corporan with back-to-back jacks; C.J. Medlin three hits, two of them doubles... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_ftmafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: Manatees got a lot of help from the Miracle in this one -- eight walks, four hit batsmen, and costly errors (all three at third base); when Robert Hinton hit a batter with two out out and no one on in the 6th, three Manatees had already been plunked -- purpose pitch? Oh yeah... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_ftmafa_1

Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 6, West Virginia 2 Power lose to a team that was 8-35 and a pitcher who was 0-8... West Virginia Site Game Summary: Intimidators snap losing streak at Power's expense The Kannapolis Intimidators used a three-run fourth inning to fight off the West Virginia Power and end a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Power at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium on Tuesday night. Francisco Hernandez singled into right field with a runner on first base in the bottom of the second inning, and Lorenzo Cain bobbled the ball, allowing Anderson Gomes to score on the play to give Kannapolis the lead. In the fourth inning the Intimidators scored three times on four hits to pull away. Gomes drove in the first run on a triple, Hernandez struck again with a run-scoring double and Brandon Johnson knocked in the last run on a sacrifice fly. Kannapolis went up 5-0 after an RBI single from Daron Roberts in the fifth inning. Back-to-back doubles from Angel Salome and Mat Gamel in the sixth inning produced the first Power run of the game. The Power got on the board in the seventh inning when Michael Brantley scored on a wild pitch. Kannapolis plated their final run of the game on a Brent Matheny RBI triple in the seventh. Ryan Rote (1-8) earned the victory, and Ronny Malave (3-1) obtained the loss. The Power are 23-20 after the loss and the Intimidators improved to 9-35 with the win. The Power will continue the four game series against Kannapolis on Wednesday night. Kannapolis will start right hander Derek Rodriguez (1-4, 4.91) and the Power will counter with right hander Kevin Roberts (2-5, 4.87). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_kanafx_1

Final: Portland (Padres) 5, Nashville 4 Details from Sounds site shortly... Nashville Box Score: Dave Krynzel off -- Brent Abernathy in left field... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: Allan Simpson hit for himself with two out, none on in the 8th, in a one-run game -- wouldn't see that at the major league level... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Latest DFE signing (34th round RHP Brock Kjeldgaard): p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...mp;stop=49

The Brewers have signed their third 2005 DFE, a Canadian, eh: Notes from Brewerfan's Patrick Ebert: 34. Brock Kjeldgaard, RHP (Indians Hills CC, IA) The Brewers likely discovered Kjeldgaard when scouting Jose Garcia at Indian Hills CC, a DFE candidate from a year ago. Like Garcia, Kjeldgaard will be under the tutelage of former Milwaukee Brewers farmhand Cam Walker. Like Walker, a native of Manitoba, and several other players on this list, Kjeldgaard is Canadian and a native of London, Ontario. At 6'5" he has a very imposing, strong frame with room for even more strength. Kjeldgaard profiles as a staff workhorse, and could easily add velocity to his 89-91 fastball. He has committed to play for the University of Nevada for the 2006-07 year if he doesn't go pro this spring or summer. Brewerfan.net Draft Day page Indian Hills CC Baseball page NJCAA Baseball page Link while active, text follows: slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseba...8-sun.html Kjeldgaard signs with Brewers By ERIC BENDER -- London Free Press Right-handed pitcher Brock Kjeldgaard had just graduated from Indian Hills College in Centerville, Iowa, and had a baseball scholarship at the University of Nevada starting in the fall. But the 20-year-old grad of Oakridge secondary school and London Badgers baseball felt he was ready for a pro career. So did the pros. Kjeldgaard signed last week with the Milwaukee Brewers, the organization that drafted him last year in the 34th round, 1,015th over all. The Brewers had been watching the progress of the six-foot-five, 215-pounder and liked what they saw. "I just thought I was ready to get into their system and get into their development program and make more progress," Kjeldgaard said in London, where he is visiting his parents. His Indian Hills team was knocked out of the regional championships even though he had pitched a crucial shutout game in the run for the college World Series. Kjeldgaard will now go to Phoenix, Ariz., for the Brewers' extended spring training season and indications are that he will be assigned to the Helena, Mont. Brewers of the Pioneer League for the season. Kjeldgaard played last summer with Medicine Hat in the Western Major Baseball League with Indian Hills teammate A. J. Reed of London, who is with the London Majors this summer. Kjeldgaard helped Ontario to a gold medal at the Canada Summer Games in Regina last August with former Badger Brad McElroy, who is also with the Majors this summer. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/colbyjack/brock_kjeldgaard.jpg