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Final: Omaha (Royals) 4, Nashville 2 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1910 Sounds Win Streak Ends With 6-2 Loss NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Aaron Guiel belted a pair of home runs to lead the visiting Omaha Royals to a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series. The loss snapped Nashville?s four-game winning streak. Royals designated hitter Justin Huber put the visitors on the board in the top of the second with a leadoff home run to left-center off Sounds starter Brett Evert. The blast was his team-leading fifth of the year. Omaha extended the lead to 4-0 with a three-run fourth inning. Guiel opened the fourth with a leadoff homer to right off Evert, his fourth roundtripper of the season. A Chad Allen walk followed by consecutive singles by Paul Phillips and Ricky Bell loaded the bases, at which point Evert was lifted in favor of Jason Kershner. Mike Aviles greeted the southpaw with a bad-hop, two-run single up the middle. Chris Barnwell put the Sounds on the board in the bottom of the fourth with a sacrifice fly that brought home Nelson Cruz, who drew a walk to open the frame. The Sounds pulled the score to 4-2 in the fifth on another sacrifice fly, this one by catcher Mike Rivera that scored Jermaine Clark. Rivera had singled in the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to seven games, matching Clark?s previous effort of the same length for the longest by a Sound this season. Guiel added a pair of insurance runs to the Omaha tally in the top of the ninth when he belted his second home run of the night, a two-out, two-run blast to right off reliever Mitch Stetter. The tater tied Guiel for the Omaha team lead with Huber at five on the year. Howell (3-0) earned the victory after tossing five innings and allowing two runs on five hits. Evert (0-1) took the loss for the Sounds in his spot start. He gave up four runs on four hits in 3 1/3 innings of work. Adam Bernero earned his first save of the year by tossing 2 1/3 scoreless frames to close out the contest. Left-hander Kershner turned in a solid relief outing for Nashville, working 3 2/3 scoreless innings behind Evert and striking out two batters while allowing four hits. The clubs continue the series with a 6 p.m. Wednesday meeting. Left-hander Dana Eveland (1-0, 1.50) makes the start for Nashville to face Omaha right-hander Runelvys Hernandez (1-1, 11.00). Nashville Box Score: Chris Barnwell with a nice start to his season... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Nashville Pre-Game Audio Chat with Catcher Mike Rivera: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-18.wma

Final: Palm Beach (Cardinals) 6, Brevard County 5, 10 innings Brevard County Site Game Notes: Cards squeak past Manatees Tyler Greene raced home on a wild pitch in the 10th inning, giving the Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Manatees on Tuesday. Greene drew a leadoff walk in the 10th off reliever Ben Stanczyk (2-1), then advanced to second on a bunt, took third on a passed ball and scored the decisive run on the wild pitch. Relievers Matthew Scherer, Dennis Dove and Mike Sillman combined on five scoreless innings, with Sillman (1-0) striking out one in a perfect 10th for the win. Palm Beach starter Mark Michael was roughed up for five runs on 10 hits in five innings. The Cards benefited from a four-run third. Juan Lucena reached on a fielder's choice and scored two batters later on a single by Terry Evans. Michael Ferris followed with a three-run homer to give Palm Beach a 4-1 lead. The Manatees (10-2) rallied in the fourth and sixth to regain the lead. Steve Sollmann drew a leadoff walk in the sixth, Carlos Corporan reached on a ground-rule double and Hasan Rasheed delivered a two-run single to give Brevard County a 5-4 cushion. Palm Beach (6-6) tied it in the bottom of the inning on Simon Williams' second homer of the season. Brevard County starter Mark Rogers lasted three innings and gave up four runs on six hits. Dave Johnson gave up a run on two hits before Stanczyk struggled with his control. The teams conclude their three-game series at 10:35 a.m. ET (9:35 Central) on Wednesday. -- Marc Jimenez/MLB.com Brevard County Box Score: Has the real Carlos Corporan decided to play this year -- another catcher to watch, nice; Ryan Braun slumping; lefty Jeremy Lewis still seeking that promotion to AA... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

With LHP Rafael Lluberes taking the mound for the start today, you hope Will Inman is fine. This is normally his spot, and the Power even had the day off Monday for an extra day between starts.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: Miller strikes out eight in loss to Hagerstown Derek Miller threw five strong innings for the Power, striking out eight batters and left the game with a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Suns took advantage of two costly Power errors and went on to win by the final of 4-3. Mat Gamel ripped an RBI double in the top of the first inning to give the Power a 1-0 lead. In the top of the fifth inning the Power scored twice to go up 3-0 on Angel Salome?s RBI single and Kenny Holmberg?s sacrifice fly. Hagerstown plated their first run in the bottom of the fifth inning on Jose Castro?s RBI single. In the bottom of the ninth inning Jonel Pacheco reached base after Ned Yost dropped a pop up at first base. Three batters later Fernando Martinez drove in the first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to make it a 3-2 game. During the next at bat Jose Castro hit a ground ball to third baseman Gamel who committed a throwing error that allowed the tying run to score. Leivi Ventura followed Castro with the game-winning RBI single to win the game for the Suns. Kevin Tomasiewicz (2-0) earned the victory, and Dane Renkert (1-2) obtained the loss. The Power are 5-7 after the loss and the Suns improved to 6-6 with the win. The Power will continue the four game series against the Suns at Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. Left hander Rafael Lluberes (1-1, 6.00) will start for the Power and the Suns will counter with right hander Jeff Landing (0-1, 0.90). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM (12:05 Central).

Final: Hagerstown (Mets) 4, West Virginia 3 Awful ninth inning loss as the Suns score three to win it -- more bad defense, this time Ned Yost and Mat Gamel -- ugh! West Virginia Box Score: Dominant outings by LHP Derek Miller, who really needs to get to high-A, and RHP Wilfrido Laureano are wasted; Kenny Holmberg on base three times and adds a sacrifice fly... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Another pickoff attempt by Angel Salome goes awry in the 2nd; check out the Power baserunning in the 6th... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_1

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com/ BISCUITS SNAP STARS' 4-GAME WIN STREAKI took a little road trip to Riverwalk Stadium, Monday. About a 190-mile drive....... The directions off the interstate seemed simple. You get off Exit 172, turn off on the map what seems to be a left off the exit, proceed on Herron, and then when it turns to Bibb, you look for Coosa and turn left....... Well, you really don't make a true left turn in the conventional sense. You can turn left, but you're better off staying in the center lane, which gets you at the same place. Where I made my mistake is overshooting Coosa because the street sign is hard to pick up. So I tried again, after getting half-assed directions from one of the locals who didn't know the streets, and in true Southern fashion, directed me using generalities (roads without numbers, streets without names, buildings without names, constant generic references to here, there, and everywhere. Thanksalot!)....... As it turns out, the left is just one street past Commerce. One more light, and you can get free parking if you're early enough. I've been to every Southern League park in the league except for the distant Baseball Grounds in Jacksonville and Trustmark Park in Mississippi, which I plan on seeing in August. Riverview Stadium beats everything I've seen from inside. The railroad motif is all around -- in the architecture beyond the outfield, where a fan pavilion rests in front of what looks like a pick-up station to the skyboxes behind the plate, which jut out so fans there can see the game from the outdoors. And if that doesn't make you train-lovers feel at home, the real things roll by just outside the left field fence several times during a game, so close, a good 420-foot home run can hit one of the cars....... The park is definitely fan friendly. I could walk just a few steps out of my seat to get a drink and a delicious Italian sausage without missing a pitch, and be back before the hitter's retired. A wrap around allows fans to lean on a railing in the outfield, if by chance someone like Callix Crabbe chooses to hit a home run in your direction, which is what happened in the 1st inning, when he parked one in front of the flagpole in right field where two fans were stationed........ The seating is low-angled. Unless you're in one of the skyboxes, you don't get a bird's eye view of the action........ The dimensions are quirky, one of the charming features of all retro ballparks. 333 straight to the right field line, 375 to RCF, 400 to dead center, 395 to LCF where there's a little nook, and an easy 314 to left, where Greg Sain skied his two-run HR just inside the foul pole in the 1st inning Monday night, to give the Stars a 3-0 lead. It's the 2nd shortest left field distance in the league. (Pringles Park is 310 to left)....... Every employee there was helpful and friendly........ Was someone from brewerfan.net there? Someone wearing an old powder-blue Brewers road jersey smiled walking in the opposite direction, and seeing my Stars cap, shouted "Go Brewers!". I know one of our boosters, Jimmy Jones, was there as well. Moving on to Tuesday...... A near-capacity crowd showed up for a 10:35 a.m. game, one of two Grand Slam School Kids days on the Biscuits schedule.... The Stars will have one next Monday when they entertain the Bay Bears and another on May 11 vs. the Biscuits. These games drew big crowds in the past. Of course, the vast majority were brought over on school buses rather than pickup trucks and "economy" vans....... One of three scheduled last year brought in nearly 6,000 in attendance. In his two previous starts, all Corey Thurman allowed were two bunt singles in ten innings. Could Thurman continue his magic spell and take the yeast out of the Biscuits? Well, it didn't take long to answer that........... On his third pitch in the bottom of the 1st, leadoff hitter Elliot Johnson (a .368 hitter leading off) yanked a pitch to the berm in right to get them on the scoreboard, but only after the Stars opened the 1st with a run themselves........ Then, the Biscuits scored three runs in a 31-pitch 2nd inning by Thurman when with two out, Kennard Bibbs misjudged a deep fly ball, possibly losing it in the morning sun. The ball ripped by Jason Pridie hit off the high wall in left, clearing the bases, and giving Montgomery a 4-1 lead........ It was an all-or-nothing day it seemed for Johnson, who struck out in his two times after that first homer, then in the 7th, he hit a ball deep to right to make it 5-1. All Bibbs could do is look over his head and watch it go into a parking area. It was a blast........ Johnson is now on a seven-game hitting streak, averaging .323 in his last seven games. The Stars for the second straight night, scored in the first, after Bibbs grounded out and Crabbe struck out swinging. After Drew Anderson walked for his 6th time in 12 games, Sain's single to center moved him 2nd........ Adam Heether then singled in Anderson for the Stars' only run. But the day was disappointing for Huntsville at the plate, and particularly for Anderson........ A leadoff double by Bibbs off the wall in the top of the 3rd went for naught....... Anderson hit into a force with two on and two out in the 5th, flied out to left with the bases loaded in the 7th, and hit into a game-ending double play in the 9th........ The Stars left a total of 11, and Anderson (.174, 1, 6) left three in scoring position with two out, including a game-ending double play with the bases loaded. He's now left a team-leading 11 w/RISP and two out and is 0-for-7 in bases-loaded situations, even though he's driven in a run, and 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position. After 47 pitches in the first two innings, Thurman gave up a stand-up double to Michael Coleman to open the bottom half of the 3rd inning. With one out, Gabby Martinez walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd, but Matt Maniscalco hit into a double play right to Adam Heether, who made a nice backhand dig to start the twin killing...... Corey lasted six innings, leaving the Stars in a 4-1 hole, but only one of those runs was earned, so still winless, his ERA after three games is just 0.56 -- still among the league leaders in a season so far dominated by stellar pitching (Tennessee's 4.08 ERA is the worst in the league!). The Biscuits snapped a five-game losing streak in ending the Stars' four-game win streak....... The Stars' last six games have all come in under 2:30........ The Stars are still, like most of the league, struggling at the plate, hitting .217 after 12 games. Eight of the ten teams in the league are hitting under .250 and Montgomery, the league-leader, is hitting just .259. Kennard Bibbs had his first two-hit game of the year, raising his average to .185, after a 3-for-23 start to the season......Steve Moss is in an 0-for-13 slump going back to April 14...... Callix Crabbe is the team's batting leader at .293. The team is slugging just .324....... Twelve games into the season, the Stars have had just one game with 10 or more hits. The deepest any Stars team has gone with just one 10+ day was back in 2000 when they had 14 hits on Opening Day and then fewer than 10 for the next 12 games.

Nashville Press Notes: EVERT MAKES SPOT START: Right-hander Brett Evert makes a spot start for the Sounds tonight in place of left-hander Zach Jackson, who is being withheld from action in a precautionary measure after a line drive off the bat of Augie Ojeda struck his pitching hand during the third inning of his last outing on Thursday at Iowa. Jackson suffered bruising and is expected to make his next scheduled start on Sunday in Oklahoma. Evert, who was the winning pitcher in the Sounds? PCL title-clinching victory last September 16 at Tacoma, spent the second half of the 2005 season with Nashville and made two starts, going 0-1 with a 5.00 ERA (5 ER / 9.0 IP). He matched his single-game career high with 11 strikeouts in his final start of 2005 on September 5 against Round Rock.

Because of the recalls to Milwaukee of relievers Mike Adams and Chris Demaria (discussed on the Major League Forum in the link below -- outfielder Corey Hart and RHP Jared Fernandez to Nashville), Huntsville has also moved someone up to AAA: p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...1454.topic Huntsville Press Release: STARS MEYERS PROMOTED TO NASHVILLEHuntsville, AL- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that Huntsville Stars relief pitcher Mike Meyers has been promoted to Nashville, the Triple-A affiliate of the Brewers. Meyers, a right-hander out of the pen for the Stars this season, was 1-1 with no saves and a 6.45 ERA in 6.2 innings. He was signed by the Brewers as a 6th year free agent in December of 2005 and was in his second season with the Stars after going 0-0 with a 1.71 ERA in 11 relief appearances last season. Meyers spot on the roster will be taken by Russ Rohlicek who was signed by the Brewers on April 5th of this season. Rohlicek was originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2001 draft. He was then traded from the Astros along with Mike Nannini and Travis Anderson to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Gordon in August of 2002. The 6?6? left hander spent the 2005 season with the Iowa Cubs and finished with a 3-1 record with three saves and a 4.33 ERA in 55 appearances for theTriple-A affiliate. He has also spent time in the Southern League with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in 2003 and 2004.

Notice the summary conflicts with the box score and game log, and indicates Drew Anderson made the critical outfield error in the 2nd inning... Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=788 Johnson's Jacks Lead Biscuits Past Stars Elliot Johnson hit two solo home runs and Jim Magrane tossed six strong innings as Montgomery ended a five-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over Huntsville Tuesday morning and afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium. The Biscuits improved to 7-6 and maintain at least a share of the top spot in the South Division, while the Stars dropped to 7-6 and saw their four-game overall win streak and three-game road win string halted. The Biscuits earned just their second win in the last nine meetings with the Stars dating back to the start of last season. Drew Anderson walked with two outs in the first inning, moved to second base on a Greg Sain single and scored on a base hit by Adam Heether, marking the third straight game in which the Stars had scored first. Corey Thurman, who had allowed only a bunt single and no runs in his first 10 innings, took the hill for the Stars and saw his third pitch of the day hit over the wall in right-center field for a home run by Johnson to tie the game. Thurman walked Gabriel Martinez and Matthew Maniscalco and yielded a single to Jeremy Owens to load the bases in the home second inning with nobody out before fanning Mark Schleicher and Johnson to give himself a chance to get out of the inning with the game still tied. Jason Pridie then lined a 1-0 pitch to left field to Anderson, who started in, backed up and had the ball hit off his glove for an error that allowed all three runners to score and give the Biscuits their first lead of the series. Magrane worked around a leadoff double by Kennard Bibbs in the third and stranded two runners in the fifth and left after yielding the visitors lone run on five hits. He struck out six, one in each inning, and walked two to grab his second win of the season. Thurman retired the last 10 hitters he faced and departed after six innings, allowing five hits, walking three and fanning four. The Stars have lost all three of his starts and have been outscored 14-3 in the process. Huntsville loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh inning but Brian Henderson got Anderson to fly out to end the threat. Juan Salas issued two walks to load the bases in the ninth but induced Anderson to bounce into a game-ending double play. The Stars left fielder is hitless in seven tries with the sacks full. The Stars will send southpaw Jeff Housman to the mound on Wednesday morning for the fourth game of the series against Biscuits? left-hander Chuck Tiffany. Coverage of the game begins at 10:20 a.m. central time and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

Final: Montgomery (Devil Rays) 6, Huntsville 1 Details from the Stars' site later on... Huntsville Box Score: Those batting averages will hurt your eyes; Callix Crabbe three walks... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: After loading the bases with no one out, Corey Thurman strikes out two, but Kennard Bibbs' three-run error in right-field won't get the Stars out of the inning -- about as big as an error can get right there... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1

Standings through Monday's Action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 8 4 .667 - 5-3 3-1 W2 Iowa 7 5 .583 1.0 5-3 2-2 W1 [b]Nashville 7 5 .583 1.0 4-0 3-5 W4[/b] Memphis 1 11 .083 7.0 1-3 0-8 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 8 3 .727 - 1-0 7-3 W1 Chattanooga 8 4 .667 0.5 4-1 4-3 W1 [b]Huntsville 7 5 .583 1.5 2-3 5-2 W4[/b] Carolina 5 7 .417 3.5 1-1 4-6 L1 Tennessee 4 8 .333 4.5 2-3 2-5 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 10 1 .909 - 5-1 5-0 W5[/b] St. Lucie 9 2 .818 1.0 4-1 5-1 W4 Palm Beach 6 5 .545 4.0 1-2 5-3 L2 Jupiter 4 7 .364 6.0 3-5 1-2 L4 Daytona 2 9 .182 8.0 1-7 1-2 L1 Vero Beach 2 9 .182 8.0 2-1 0-8 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lexington 8 3 .727 - 6-2 2-1 L1 Delmarva 7 3 .700 0.5 2-1 5-2 L1 Greensboro 7 4 .636 1.0 5-3 2-1 W1 Lake County 6 5 .545 2.0 2-2 4-3 L2 Hagerstown 5 6 .455 3.0 3-0 2-6 W2 [b]West Virginia 5 6 .455 3.0 2-5 3-1 W1[/b] Hickory 4 7 .364 4.0 2-5 2-2 L1 Lakewood 1 9 .100 6.5 1-2 0-7 W1

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_monaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hagafx_1

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

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Zach Jackson at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Nashville Game Day Feature from MILB.com: Please note that GameDay links will not become active until approximately 1-2 hours before game time www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: RHP Corey Thurman at Montgomery (Devil Rays), 10:20 AM pre-game, 10:35 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ Brevard County: RHP Mark Rogers at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:35 PM Audio link (opponent's): Hopefully working this week from Palm Beach! www.palmbeachcardinals.com/ West Virginia: LHP Derek Miller at Hagerstown (Mets), 5:35 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower.

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Final: Brevard County 3, Palm Beach (Cardinals) 1 Brevard County Site Game Notes: Fermaint's double lifts Manatees Charlie Fermaint's two-run double in the top of the fifth inning helped Brevard County to a 3-1 victory over Palm Beach on Monday. Fermaint, who finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, broke a scoreless tie by plating Carlos Corporan and Freddy Parejo with a one-out drive into right-center field. He came around to score on a groundout by Travis Ezi as the Manatees amassed all the runs they'd need en route to their season high-tying fifth straight win. Brevard County opened the season 5-0 before an 11-9 loss to Palm Beach last Tuesday. Steve Hammond (1-0) earned his first win for Brevard County (10-1), allowing a run on three hits over 6 1/3 solid innings. Robert Hinton worked 1 2/3 frames before Josh Alliston pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. Christopher Patrick's run-scoring double in the seventh provided the only offense for the Cardinals (6-5), who have dropped consecutive games. Mitchell Boggs (0-2) took the loss, yielding three runs on four hits over five innings. The teams continue their three-game series at 6:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday. -- Marc Jimenez/MLB.com Brevard County Box Score: Carlos de la Cruz at shortstop -- that's new... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_pbcafa_1

Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=49234 Nelson Cruz hits walk-off homer to keep Sounds perfect at home By Nate Rau, Nashville City Paper Sports Correspondent Home certainly has been sweet to the Nashville Sounds. Nelson Cruz hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to power the Sounds to an 8-7 victory over Oklahoma on Monday at Greer Stadium. With the win, Nashville notches a series sweep of the RedHawks and moves to a perfect 4-0 at home this season. The Sounds did pay a price for their victory, however. Outfielder Dave Krynzel, who had off-season surgery to repair a broken collarbone, crashed into the center field wall after making a stellar catch and had to come out of the game in the third inning. Of his opposite field game-winning blast off Oklahoma reliever Scott Feldman, Cruz said, ?It felt great. We?re finding a way to win here.? The Sounds (7-5) found a way to win in rather unusual circumstances. Oklahoma retired the first two Nashville batters in the bottom of the ninth, which brought Vinny Rotino to the plate to face Feldman. Rotino was grazed by a pitch, allowing him to take first base and setting the table for Cruz. ?It was nice we took advantage of a break, because the guy barely knicked [Rotino?s] shirt,? Manager Frank Kremblas said. ?Then Nelson had a pretty good piece of hitting.? The pitch before the game-winning homer, Cruz hit a ball that narrowly sliced foul down the right field line. Cruz said Feldman threw him the same pitch on the home run as he did on the long foul ball. ?I was just trying to see the pitch and make a good swing,? he said. After the game, Kremblas couldn?t say how severe Krynzel?s shoulder injury was. Kremblas said Krynzel was ?pretty sore though? and the team would know more today. Krynzel is off to a strong start this season, hitting .371 and playing strong defensively. Ben Hendrickson got the start for the Sounds and allowed his first runs of the season en route to a no-decision. Hendrickson began the season with an 15-inning scoreless streak before giving up a home run to Adam Hyzdu in the fourth inning. ?I feel great,? Hendrickson said. ?I?m feeling better and better every time. [As for] the command on my fastball, I threw where I wanted to throw. I was just off on a few pitches.? Nashville had the lead going into the ninth inning, but the RedHawks scored a pair of runs off reliever Allan Simpson. Mitch Stetter spelled Simpson, allowing one inherited runner to score before a double play line out ended the inning.

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS New umps not making big impact MAURICE PATTON, the Tennessean After nearly two weeks, Pacific Coast League President Branch Rickey III said the on-field difference between the current working umpires and the striking umpires they have replaced has been negligible. "The most common comment we're getting is 'Yeah, they're missing some (calls) ? but so were the other guys,'" Rickey said during last night's Sounds game with Oklahoma as he stopped through Greer Stadium for a brief visit. The Association of Minor League Umpires announced its strike prior to the beginning of the season because of what it called unfair labor practices and compensatory issues. In the aftermath, the PCL and other leagues have had to come up with stopgap umpires. "It's a different scenario than anything we've done," Rickey said. "We're mixing and matching. As availability and circumstances warrant, we're doing what's necessary to make things work. We're so accustomed to a fixed formula. We've had to come up with the staffing, and had to do it pretty much at the last minute. "But we've got over 90 (umpiring) contracts in hand, more in the offing, and we expect in the next few weeks there will be a whole lot of supplemental personnel available." There have been few glitches on the field with the umpires. "I'd say the overriding reaction we're getting right now is pretty positive," Rickey said. "Certainly I think there is comment from some of the managers to the players saying, 'Look, we don't know these guys; let's not rush to confront.' But our ejections are few and far between. We're not getting an uproar or a negative reaction from the fans. We're not getting any kind of sentiment that would indicate the average fan is in any way impacted. "It's a pretty favorable start, as opposed to saying we're not going to play all the infielders in the PCL and we're going to bring in independent infielders." Krynzel shaken up: Sounds center fielder Dave Krynzel left the game prior to his third-inning at-bat, after slamming into the wall in right-centerfield to track down a drive by Oklahoma catcher Nick Trzesniak. On the collision, Krynzel appeared to aggravate the left collarbone that he broke over the offseason. "He banged it pretty good," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said. "It was an off-balance, falling kind of thing. He's pretty sore. We'll see how it feels (today)." Tony Gwynn Jr. replaced Krnyzel in the Sounds lineup and had a two-run bases-loaded double in the seventh inning. Streakin': Nashville catcher Mike Rivera extended his hitting streak to a team-high six games with his fourth-inning double off Oklahoma starter John Rheinecker .

Link for Vinny Rottino photo while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds win on walk-off Cruz homer Get a sweep after Oklahoma goes ahead in ninth By MAURICE PATTON Tennessean Staff Writer The Nashville Sounds wound up on the high end of a seesaw battle last night with visiting Oklahoma, as Nelson Cruz's two-run home run in the ninth inning gave the hosts an 8-7 victory. Nashville trailed 5-1 heading into its half of the seventh inning, but scored five unearned runs off former Sounds pitcher John Wasdin. Ex-Nashville outfielder Adam Hyzdu hit his second solo homer of the game ? and his third in the last two games ? to key a two-run ninth inning comeback for Oklahoma. Down 7-6 with two outs in the ninth, the Sounds stayed alive as Vinny Rottino was hit by a pitch from Scott Feldman. Cruz, the MVP in last year's Pacific Coast League championship series, made Feldman and the RedHawks pay with a game-ending drive over the right-field fence. "They weren't bad pitches; they were down in the zone," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said of Cruz's at-bat. "Cruzer went down and got them, hit the first one foul and stayed with his approach." The win marked the first four-game series sweep for the Sounds since Aug. 8-11 at Salt Lake, and the first at home since beating New Orleans May 27-30. It was also Nashville's first win of the 2006 season in its final at-bat, after registering 22 such victories last year. Nashville starter Ben Hendrickson ? who came into the game with a string of 11 scoreless innings ? squandered a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning as Hyzdu's solo homer off the guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the left-field fence. Oklahoma added a pair of runs in each of the next two innings to take a four-run lead. "Any time you can come back and win in the ninth, it's a great thing," Hendrickson said after taking a no-decision. "That's what makes it so much fun for the players, the managers and the fans." The Sounds went up in the second inning with a Brent Abernathy two-out single, a passed ball and a Chris Barnwell RBI base hit. Prior to his ninth-inning heroics, Cruz was the only Nashville player without a hit as the Sounds finished the night with 12 hits. For the series, Nashville battered RedHawk pitching for 56 hits. What they said: "That's why it's a team game. They came through." ? Hendrickson, who left the game trailing 5-1 in the seventh but wound up with a no-decision.

Final: Nashville 8, Oklahoma (Rangers) 7 Link, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1907 Cruz Homers Sounds To Win In Bottom Of Ninth NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Outfielder Nelson Cruz belted a two-out, two-run opposite-field homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to erase a 7-6 deficit and give the Nashville Sounds a thrilling 8-7 victory over the Oklahoma RedHawks on Monday evening at Greer Stadium in the finale of the clubs? four-game series. Nashville (7-5) completed a four-game sweep with the victory ? its fourth in a row ? and has won six of its last seven contests after starting the season with a 1-4 mark. The dramatic blast, Cruz's PCL-leading ninth extra-base hit of the year, came off RedHawks reliever Scott Feldman and was his lone hit in five trips to the plate on the evening. The outfielder leads Nashville with three home runs and 11 RBIs on the season. The win was the Sounds? first in their last at-bat this season. The club thrived on those victories in 2005, recording 22 en route to winning the PCL title. After Erasmo Ramirez retired the first two Sounds batters in the ninth, Oklahoma skipper Tim Ireland summoned Feldman from the bullpen to attempt to record the final out. After hitting Vinny Rottino, Feldman delivered a 2-1 down-and-away offering to Cruz that the slugger lined over the fence in right to provide the Nashville victory. AUDIO: Nelson Cruz's Game-Ending HR -- www.nashvillesounds.com/a...204-17.wma The game-ending homer was only part of the ninth-inning drama that unfolded on the Greer Stadium turf. With Nashville leading 6-5 in the top of the ninth, former Sound Adam Hyzdu (2-for-3, 3 R) belted his second home run of the night to stave off defeat for the RedHawks. The veteran led off the frame and crushed a 2-1 Allan Simpson offering over the wall in straightaway center for a 6-6 tie. The blast was Hyzdu?s third of the season. Oklahoma scored the go-ahead run later in the inning when Drew Meyer drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk from Mitch Stetter on a 3-2 pitch, forcing home Jamie Burke from third with the eventual winning run. Stetter (1-2) picked up the victory following Cruz?s heroics, while Feldman (0-1) took the loss for Oklahoma after surrendering the game-winning blast. Every Sounds position player recorded at least one hit in the contest. Rottino (2-for-3) and Brent Abernathy (2-for-4) paced the club with two-hit efforts. Nashville jumped on the board first with an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Abernathy singled off Oklahoma starter John Rheinecker. After advancing to second on a passed ball by catcher Nick Trzesniak, Chris Barnwell brought him in with an RBI single to left. Sounds right-hander Ben Hendrickson ran his scoreless innings streak to 15 frames to open the season and held the RedHawks offense hitless through the first four innings before Hyzdu belted a game-tying solo homer off the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. The blast accounted for the first run and only the third hit allowed by Hendrickson in 2006. Oklahoma jumped ahead 3-1 with a pair of sixth-inning runs against Hendrickson. Ruddy Yan opened the frame with a bunt single and moved to third on Meyer?s double. Yan scored and Meyer moved to third on a Hendrickson wild pitch, which made it a 2-1 game. Joaquin Arias followed with a sacrifice fly to deep right-center to plate Meyer for a two-run lead. The RedHawks tacked on two more in the seventh against Hendrickson, plating the first on a Trzesniak sacrifice fly and the second in unearned fashion on a fielding error later in the inning by centerfielder Tony Gwynn to increase the lead to 5-1. Nashville reclaimed a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the inning with a five-run rally against ex-Sound John Wasdin. All five runs in the frame were unearned. Mike Rivera opened the frame by reaching on a throwing error by Burke, the Oklahoma third baseman, and later scored on a Brad Nelson RBI single. With two down in the frame, Gwynn ripped an 0-2 Wasdin offering into right-center for a two-run single to pull the home team with a run at 5-4. After Gwynn stole second, Rottino put the Sounds in the lead with a two-run infield single to third as Frank Kremblas sent Gwynn home to score without a throw on the play. Nashville centerfielder Dave Krynzel left the game in the middle of the third inning after colliding with the wall in center while making a running catch on a ball hit by Trzesniak in the top of the inning. The Sounds continue their opening homestand on Tuesday when they welcome the division-rival Omaha Royals to town for the 6 p.m. opener of a four-game series. Nashville left-hander Zach Jackson (0-1, 1.64) makes his Greer Stadium debut when he starts for the Sounds. Omaha will counter with southpaw J.P. Howell (2-0, 2.25). http://www.nashvillesounds.com/images/news/cruzscoring.jpg

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Final: Huntsville 5, Montgomery (Devil Rays ) 2 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=787 Sain Stings Biscuits, Again Greg Sain homered for a third straight game and the bullpen tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings to preserve Huntsville?s 5-2 win over Montgomery Monday night in the second game of a five-game set at Riverwalk Stadium. The Stars won their fourth straight after a three-game slide to improve to 7-5 overall and 5-2 on the road, while the Biscuits dropped their fifth in a row after a six-game win streak to fall to 6-6. The Stars did not win three consecutive games on the road last season until June 22-24 at Mobile. Kennard Bibbs started the game with a ground ball out and Callix Crabbe followed by hitting the first pitch he saw over the wall in right field for his first home run of the year and the 14th of his five-year career. He went 4-for-20 against Biscuits pitching last year and the long ball was his fourth hit in five at-bats in the series. Drew Anderson doubled on the next pitch and Sain then blasted a two-run home run to left field to make it 3-0 Stars. It was his fourth home run of the year and his 10th in 30 games against Montgomery. He has knocked in 23 runs against the Biscuits and has nine extra-base hits in 15 games in Montgomery. Biscuits? pitcher Tony Peguero retired the next four hitters, gave up a single to Ozzie Chavez and then set down the next 17 hitters he faced before a single in the eighth by Chavez chased him from the game. Peguero suffered the loss and dropped to 2-1. Tim Dillard tossed five scoreless frames for the Stars before allowing three straight singles to open the sixth inning, including a base hit by Wes Bankston that plated Elliot Johnson for the home team?s first run. However, Jason Pridie was tagged out between second and third base for the first out of the frame. Michael Coleman greeted Mike Meyers with a single to score Bankston, who had advanced to second during the rundown, to trim the Stars lead to 3-2. Meyers worked out of further trouble and was followed on the hill by Matt Yeatman, who worked two scoreless innings and has now gone 7 2/3 innings without giving up a run over his last four appearances. Jose Rodriguez issued two-out walks to Adam Heether and Lou Palmisano in the ninth before Ron Acuna singled into right field to score Heether and end a hitless string of 11 at-bats. Palmisano advanced to third and then scored on a wild pitch. Alec Zumwalt tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth to register his third save in as many opportunities. The Stars bullpen has allowed just one run in its? last 15 2/3 innings of work since Micah Schnurstein?s game-winning home run in the seventh inning on Thursday night. The Stars will send right-hander Corey Thurman to the hill on Tuesday morning for the third game of the set against Biscuits? right-hander Jim Magrane. Coverage of the game begins at 10:20 a.m. central time and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Link for Ozzie Chavez photo while active, text follows: www.montgomeryadvertiser....80340/1002 Stars shine again By A. Stacy Long Montgomery Advertiser Tony Peguero's sketchy first inning didn't turn into a horrid start. Montgomery's starting pitcher bore the brunt of the Biscuits' 5-2 loss to the Huntsville Stars on Monday. Callix Crabbe's solo home run and Greg Sain's two-run shot gave Huntsville a 3-0 lead in the first. The Stars barely touched Peguero again. "He was doing a great job," Huntsville manager Don Money said. "We were just hitting the ball into the ground. I wouldn't say we were beating it." Peguero retired 17 straight hitters at one point and allowed only two more hits until he left. Ozzie Chavez singled in the second and singled again in the eighth. The last chased Peguero (2-1). "I felt good," Peguero said. "The only bad thing was that first inning." Crabbe shot the first pitch he saw from Peguero over the right-field wall. Drew Anderson followed with a ringing double into the left-center gap. Sain came up and did what he always seems to do against the Biscuits -- homer. He has 10 home runs in 30 career games against Montgomery. Monday's blast left Montgomery staring at a 3-0 deficit before it even batted. "The first inning, that was it," catcher Chairon Isenia said. "He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently in the zone." Peguero rallied without overpowering the Stars. His strikeout of Jeff Eure to lead off the eighth was only his third. The right-hander finished with 13 groundball outs. When he left, the Biscuits trailed only 3-2. "Some kids give up three runs and it's all downhill," Montgomery manager Charlie Montoyo said. "Peguero didn't do that. When you get down like that, that's when you find out what type of makeup the guy has." The Biscuits regularly had baserunners against Huntsville's Tim Dillard (2-1), but didn't score until the sixth. Two Biscuits were caught stealing and three others stranded in the first five innings. "When a team is doing good, you let them do good," said Montoyo, whose team has scored only 10 runs on its current five-game losing streak. "When you're struggling, you try to make something happen." Montgomery's two-run sixth could have been more except for a mistake on the bases. With runners on first and second, Wes Bankston laced an RBI single to right. Jason Pridie rounded second too far and was caught in a rundown for the inning's first out. Bankston advanced to second on the play and scored on Michael Coleman's single to make it 3-2. Matthew Maniscalco's flyout -- a borderline potential sacrifice fly -- instead ended the inning. "That was bad baserunning on our part," Montoyo said of Pridie. "That made a difference in that inning. When you're struggling to score runs, that's something you don't want to do." The Stars added two in the ninth when Biscuits reliever Jose Rodriguez handed out two two-out walks. Ronald Acuna hit an RBI single and Rodriguez uncorked a run-scoring wild pitch. Huntsville's Alec Zumwalt gave up two hits in the ninth before recording his third save. Huntsville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_monaax_1

Standings through Sunday's Action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 7 4 .636 - 5-3 2-1 W1 Iowa 6 5 .545 1.0 5-3 1-2 L1 [b]Nashville 6 5 .545 1.0 3-0 3-5 W3[/b] Memphis 1 10 .091 6.0 1-2 0-8 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 7 3 .700 - 0-0 7-3 L1 Chattanooga 7 4 .636 0.5 4-1 3-3 L1 [b]Huntsville 6 5 .545 1.5 2-3 4-2 W3[/b] Carolina 5 6 .455 2.5 1-0 4-6 W1 Tennessee 4 7 .364 3.5 2-3 2-4 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 9 1 .900 - 5-1 4-0 W4[/b] St. Lucie 8 2 .800 1.0 4-1 4-1 W3 Palm Beach 6 4 .600 3.0 1-1 5-3 L1 Jupiter 4 6 .400 5.0 3-5 1-1 L3 Daytona 2 8 .200 7.0 1-6 1-2 W1 Vero Beach 1 9 .100 8.0 1-1 0-8 L6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lexington 8 3 .727 - 6-2 2-1 L1 Delmarva 7 3 .700 0.5 2-1 5-2 L1 Greensboro 7 4 .636 1.0 5-3 2-1 W1 Lake County 6 5 .545 2.0 2-2 4-3 L2 Hagerstown 5 6 .455 3.0 3-0 2-6 W2 [b]West Virginia 5 6 .455 3.0 2-5 3-1 W1[/b] Hickory 4 7 .364 4.0 2-5 2-2 L1 Lakewood 1 9 .100 6.5 1-2 0-7 W1

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