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Final: Nashville 11, Omaha (Royals) 5 Nashville Box Score: Tony Gwynn with a bases-loaded triple, the most exciting play in baseball (actually, that would be an inside-the-park grand slam); Sounds turn three double plays; Dennis Sarfate removed after 79 pitches (four innings)... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

Huntsville Site Game Summary: www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=778 Stars Bats Stymied, Again Yunel Escobar?s two-out, two-run double in the third inning stood up as the decisive hit in Mississippi?s 3-1 victory over the Stars Sunday afternoon at Trustmark Park. The Braves have won the last two games of the series to draw even in the five-game set with the decisive game to be played Monday night. Braves? catcher Ray Serrano legged out a controversial infield hit as he dived safely into first base to open the home third. Pitcher Chris Waters bunt attempt was fielded by Huntsville hurler Jeff Housman, who threw out Serrano at second for the first out. Martin Prado singled with two outs and Escobar then laced a double to right to chase home both runners to give the Braves the lead and mark the first time they had scored first in the series. The home side added a run in the eighth inning against Andy Pratt on a two-out single by Onil Joseph, who knocked in 13 runs against Huntsville pitching last season. Two-out singles by Steve Moss, Ron Acuna and Adam Heether loaded the bases for the Stars in the third before Lou Palmisano flied out to end the threat. The visitors broke through in the fifth when Acuna?s ground out plated Drew Anderson, who had tripled. Waters was taken out and replaced by Paul Bush, who retired Heether on a foul pop to end the inning. Bush tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief to earn the win and square his record at 1-1. Brad Baker worked a scoreless eighth and Manny Acosta closed out the game with a scoreless ninth to earn the save. The Braves bullpen has blanked the Stars since the sixth inning of Friday night's game, a span of 12 2/3 innings. Huntsville totaled a season-high nine hits but stranded a season-worst 12 runners, including at least one in every inning but the fourth. ?Our hitters are not being selective when we have runners in scoring position. We?re swinging at too many high fastballs, hitting too many balls in the air and it is hard to succeed that way in the conditions we?re playing in,? said manager Don Money. The five-game set wraps up Monday night with right-hander Khalid Ballouli taking the hill for Huntsville against Mississippi right-hander Daniel Curtis. 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.

Final: Mississippi (Braves) 3, Huntsville 1 Could be a long Southern League season offensively for the Stars... Huntsville Box Score: LHP Jeff Housman OK, but a long way from a 40-man roster spot and AAA gig at this time last year... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1

West Virginia Site Game Summary: So painful... SHOREBIRDS STUN THE POWER The Delmarva Shorebirds entered the ninth inning of Sunday afternoon?s ballgame at Appalachian Power Park trailing the West Virginia Power 7-3. The Shorebirds scored five times in the top of the ninth inning, and beat the Power 8-7, despite Angel Salome?s 5 for 5 performance. The Power took an early lead scoring three times in the second inning. Brad Wilcutt drove in the first run on an RBI single and Darren Ford knocked in the last two runs with a single. Arturo Rivas hit a solo homerun in the top of the fourth inning to make it 3-1. In the bottom of the sixth inning Ryan Crew drove in Mat Gamel with a sacrifice fly to make it a 4-1 game. The Shorebirds brought themselves within a run in the eighth inning on Brandon Snyder?s two-run homer to make it a 4-3 game. The Power scored three more times in the bottom of the eighth inning to increase their lead to 7-3. Salome began the inning with a solo homer, Wilcutt drove in a run on an RBI double and he scored later in the inning on an error committed by Stuart Musslewhite. The Shorebirds did most of their damage in the ninth inning. Ryan Finan and Musslewhite both walked with the bases loaded, bringing in the first two runs of the inning. Snyder drove in a run on an RBI single and Mark Fleisher tied the game with an RBI groundout. During the next at bat Rivas hit an RBI single to give the Shorebirds the lead. The Power had runners on second and third in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out when Crew lined into a game ending double play. Manny Basilio (1-0) earned the victory, Dan Lonsberry (1) earned the save and Dane Renkert (0-1) obtained the loss. The Power fall to 1-3 with the loss and the Shorebirds improve to 3-1 with the win. The Power will begin a new series on Monday night against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at First Horizon Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. RHP Robbie Wooley will start for the Power. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM (6:00 Central).

Final: Delmarva (Orioles) 8, West Virginia 7 Horrible, horrible loss -- up 7-3 in the 9th, and Delmarva scores five; then, watch what happens in the Power's last at-bat...hopefully not lost in this is Angel Salome's 5-for-5 monster game -- ten total bases, a triple shy of the cycle... West Virginia Game Log: Placing the game log first, because you need to see to believe; we may look back in September and say the organization's worst loss of the year was in the first week... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Box Score: Third baseman Mat Gamel with three errors already; LHP Brandon Parillo's outing so uncharacteristic for him... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Welch is an Aussie who was attending junior college in Texas. He was part of the combined Helena no-hitter last summer. Different note, Nashville taking out some frustration today; Mike Rivera still an extra-base machine, Dennis Sarfate enjoying his birthday, and Brad Nelson goes "boom!" from the eight-hole, proving members of Brewer management geniuses (genei?).

Brad Nelson, 0-for-7 thus far with four K's, batting 8th today for the Sounds, behind Jermaine Clark and Brent Abernathy -- ouch. Dennis Sarfate on the mound on his 25th birthday. Familiar lineup in Huntsville. Angel Salome still in the lineup, as the DH on his catching day off, down in West Virginia.

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Standings through Saturday's action: Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omaha 3 0 1.000 - 3-0 0-0 W3 Iowa 2 1 .667 1.0 2-1 0-0 W2 Memphis 0 3 .000 3.0 0-0 0-3 L3 [b]Nashville 0 3 .000 3.0 0-0 0-3 L3[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Huntsville 2 1 .667 - 0-0 2-1 L1[/b] West Tenn 2 1 .667 - 0-0 2-1 L1 Chattanooga 1 1 .500 0.5 0-0 1-1 W1 Carolina 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 W1 Tennessee 1 2 .333 1.0 0-0 1-2 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 3 0 1.000 - 0-0 3-0 W3[/b] St. Lucie 3 0 1.000 - 2-0 1-0 W3 Palm Beach 2 1 .667 1.0 0-1 2-0 L1 Jupiter 1 2 .333 2.0 0-2 1-0 W1 Daytona 0 3 .000 3.0 0-3 0-0 L3 Vero Beach 0 3 .000 3.0 0-1 0-2 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greensboro 3 0 1.000 - 3-0 0-0 W3 Lake County 3 0 1.000 - 0-0 3-0 W3 Lexington 3 0 1.000 - 3-0 0-0 W3 Delmarva 2 1 .667 1.0 0-0 2-1 W2 [b]West Virginia 1 2 .333 2.0 1-2 0-0 L2[/b] Hagerstown 0 3 .000 3.0 0-0 0-3 L3 Hickory 0 3 .000 3.0 0-3 0-0 L3 Lakewood 0 3 .000 3.0 0-0 0-3 L3

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2006040839 Power pitcher learned from rookie league experience By Mike Whiteford Charleston Gazette Staff writer Giving up home runs in such rapid succession may have been a shock to Will Inman?s psyche. In the third inning of his Pioneer League debut in Helena (Mont.) last year, Inman surrendered four home runs and seven runs. After finally making it through the inning, he trudged into the dugout, approached pitching coach Mark Littell and offered a confession: ?I?ve got to do better than that, don?t I??? The one-inning experience taught him that the pitching approach that worked so well against high school competition in southwestern Virginia would not suffice at the professional level. Specifically, it taught him one of professional pitching?s most fundamental lessons ? that simply throwing hard is not the answer and that a fastball thrown without an appropriate location often will be subjected to severe punishment. To his credit, Inman bounced back, listened to his pitching coach and began pitching like a guy who was the Milwaukee Brewers? No. 2 selection in the 2005 draft. He?s now a part of the West Virginia Power rotation. The memories of that fateful day in Helena, however, are still fresh. ?I just lost it. I wasn?t mentally prepared because in high school I didn?t get hit that hard,?? he said Friday at Appalachian Power Park. ?I was just trying to throw it by ?em. The adrenaline was going.?? The first home run caught Inman off-guard and probably led to the subsequent damage. ?Then I gave up another bomb [home run] and then a guy got a base hit and another bomb. It was just a tough inning,?? the 19-year-old recalled. His next outing went much better ? after an initial scare when the leadoff hitter drove a long fly to left. ?I just threw my head down and said, ?Oh, no, that can?t go out.? It didn?t,?? he said. As a high school pitcher in Dry Fork, Va., near Martinsville, Inman overwhelmed the competition with a 90-mph fastball and a rear-back-and-throw-it mentality. He set a Virginia high school record with 599 strikeouts in 252 innings and, as he recalls, allowed just ?15 or 16 runs?? in four years. But his pitching approach changed dramatically in his first year as a professional. Littell slowed his windup, tinkered with his delivery and emphasized that each pitch must be thrown to a predetermined location. Inman listened. ?I learned real quick that the philosophy I had in high school wasn?t as dominant as it was in high school,?? he said. ?It opened my ears to listen to what my pitching coach, Mark Littell, had to say. He taught me so much. Last year was a year I learned the most ever in my life. I never really had a pitching coach. I?m not knocking any of my high school coaches, but we didn?t have anyone who was that knowledgeable.?? Early in his senior year at Dry Fork, Inman made a commitment to pitch at Auburn University, but when the Brewers selected him as their second pick ? in the third round ? of last year?s draft and offered him a nice signing bonus, he decided to sign. After the draft, he pitched in one game in the Arizona League and was then moved to Helena, where the 6-foot, 200-pound right-hander compiled a 6-0 record and a 2.00 earned run average. In 45 innings, he yielded just 29 hits and struck out 58. Despite his high school success, however, he was not overwhelmed with college offers or pro interest. Part of the problem was the rural obscurity of his high school and the small-school competition he faced. In addition, he may have worn himself out at the wrong time. In his junior year in high school, he pitched about 90 innings and then joined an American Legion team where he continued to accumulate innings. Late in the summer before his senior year, he competed in Virginia?s Commonwealth Games, an annual showcase of high school talent that attracts pro scouts and college coaches. But by that time, an arm-weary Inman had lost about 5-mph off his fastball, prompting many of the scouts and coaches to lose interest. ?The wear and tear got to me to where I was kind of tired when I went in,?? he said. The Brewers scouts, however, stuck with him. Power pitching coach John Curtis worked with Inman in Instructional League last fall and discovered that he not only has the physical talent but the mental toughness necessary to succeed. ?He has an exceptional arm and he?s a competitor,?? said Curtis. ?He?ll eat nails rather than give up a hit to someone. He seems to be a pretty severe self-critic. And those are qualities you like to see in a young man." http://www.wvgazettemail.com/images/stories/INMAN.jpg

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2006040840 Delmarva edges Power 6-5 By Doug Smock Char;eston Gazette Staff writer Most of the West Virginia Power?s problems Saturday night ran through Delmarva leadoff hitter Lorenzo Scott, who began his season with a bang. Scott, who didn?t play the first two games of the series, went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in the Shorebirds? 6-5 victory. About two-thirds of the announced 2,296 watched on a chilly night at Appalachian Power Park. Scott caused the Power trouble in four of his five plate appearances. In the first, he walked and was quickly doubled in by Stuart Musslewhite for the game?s first run. In the third, he hit an infield single, advancing to second when Kenny Holmberg threw to an uncovered base. He stole third, scoring when Angel Salome?s throw sailed down the left-field line. That put Delmarva up 2-0. The Power had knotted the game at 4 when Scott doubled into the left-field bullpen, a difficult play for left-fielder Michael Brantley. That put Delmarva up 5-4. The Power got that run back in the bottom of the seventh on a Holmberg single, a Mat Gamel double and a Salome single. Patrick Ryan (0-1) got himself out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the eighth, but had to face Scott to begin the ninth. Scott doubled down into the left-field corner, then moved to third on a Musslewhite bunt. He scored the go-ahead run when a Ryan pitch caromed off the front of the plate and into the screen. That set the table for James Hoey, who picked up his second save in as many nights. He gave up a leadoff single to Lorenzo Cain but struck out Gamel and Salome to end the threat. Blake Owen (1-0) picked up the win. The Power opened its scoring in the first when Salome walked, stole second, went to third on a Nate Yoho single and scored on a wild pitch. In the fifth, RBI singles by Holmberg and Ned Yost tied the game at 4. Will Inman started and pitched three innings plus one batter. He struck out six. BRIEFLY: The Power returns to action at 2 p.m. today (1:00 Central), or as soon as possible after the 10:30 a.m. Marshall-Memphis game. The team then goes to Greensboro for four games before returning home for a three-game set with Lexington, beginning Friday. ... Holmberg?s 2-for-3 outing makes him 5-for-10 this series. POWER POINTS: In Thursday?s season opener, Wheeler Bob sold $1,050 in programs and Alley Cat caps. The steady rain, however, forced many of the fans to seek shelter under the third-base canopy and elsewhere, making them less accessible to his sales pitch. Last year?s opener under ideal weather conditions was much more lucrative, he said. ... An ?Appalachian Power Park?? sign at the entrance at Brooks and Lewis streets was added in time for the season opener. ... Instead of showing a major-league game on the message board during Friday?s three rain delays, Power management chose the film ?King Kong.?? The rain delays, however, ended before King Kong scaled the Empire State Building.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Hitting lets Stars and Thurman down Pitcher making comeback solid but Huntsville loses By MARK McCARTER Huntsville Times Sports Staff, markcolumn@aol.com PEARL, Miss. - Mapquest might try to disprove it, but this is halfway between Florence, Ky., and Toronto, Canada. At least it is for Stars pitcher Corey Thurman. Thurman, a 27-year-old right-hander, is plotting a major comeback trip. "I've got to get back up there (to the big leagues),'' he said. Four innings of no-hit pitching, with five strikeouts and a devilish changeup, was a pretty good start. "To be honest, I look at it as a steppingstone, getting back into the game, coming off this (shoulder) surgery,'' Thurman said. "I felt great just being out there, being in competition.'' Alas, Huntsville let a two-run lead go to waste and lost its first game of the season, a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Mississippi Braves Saturday. The Stars managed only two hits and despite the 2-1 mark are batting only .161 as a team, with 26 strikeouts, 10 Saturday night. "It's still early,'' said manager Don Money. "We're OK as long as the guys don't start wracking their (heads) over it.'' The Stars and Braves play game four of the five-game series today at 1:05, then Huntsville opens its home season Tuesday at 7:05 against Birmingham. For the third straight game, Huntsville took an early lead, this time on a Callix Crabbe two-run double after a pair of M-Braves errors extended the inning. After Thurman's exit, the bullpen let the lead dissolve. Mike Meyers gave up two soft singles, then a double by Carl Loadenthal. That was followed by another hit, an error and poorly played fly, all leading to a five-run inning. Meyers was charged with four earned runs. In 21 innings last season at Huntsville, over the course of 11 appearances, Meyers allowed a total of only four earned runs. Before the game, while teammates watched the movie "Pure Country" on the clubhouse TV, Thurman was plugged into a headset, listening to Jagged Edge and some mellow music. "It calms me down,'' said Thurman, who admits to having "a football player mentality.'' He had rocketed through the Royals organization, then reached the majors with Toronto in 2002, pitching in 43 games. He pitched six more the following season. Then his right shoulder went bad. He plummeted to the low minors, then eventually underwent surgery and had to hook on with the Florence (Ky.) Freedom of the independent Frontier League. The Brewers eventually gave him a contract. "I want to take it day by day,'' Thurman said. "Hopefully my arm will stay healthy and I can have a good season.'' To be nitpicky, Thurman threw only four first-pitch strikes. But, said pitching coach Rich Sauveur, "I'm real happy with what he did. We had a plan going out there, and he stuck to it and did a great job.''

David Weiser's: www.starsboxscore.com/ ONE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCHThe spasmodic change in the weather is not unusual in the South around April. At game time, it was 57°, nearly 30 degrees cooler than it was the previous night, and with the north wind blowing in. Here in Huntsville, the temps dropped from the 70s to the upper 40s. But the forecast, now revised, still sees sunny skies for the home opener, with temps in the low 70s, rather than close to 80°......... Corey Thurman, a free agent pick-up, made his debut for the Stars tonight, and made our starting rotation this year look good again, striking out two in the 1st inning, then proceeding to pitch four no-hit innings before leaving. Thurman, coming back from rotator cuff surgery, was held to a 75-pitch count........ Both managers shook up their lineup a little. The Stars moved Jeff Eure up in the lineup and started Jean Boscan behind the plate. The Stars were foiled in their bid to win their 3rd straight game on the road to open the season for the first time since 1999. Callix Crabbe took advantage of his good speed to get the Stars off to a good start. He hit an opposite field two-run double with one out in the 2nd on a 2-2 pitch from Brady Endl that rolled into the right field corner to score Kennard Bibbs and Ozzie Chavez. That put the Stars ahead, 2-0....... The Stars have now scored first in each of their first three games of the season. That has only happened five other times in club history ---1985, 1987, 1989, 2001 and 2004...... Reliever Bryan Digby, who came in to relieve Endl, walked Ron Acuna to load the bases in the 5th, but Eure hit into a 6-4 force to end the inning. Say goodbye to the Stars' golden chance in this game, and the Braves probably knew it. Coming in for Thurman in the 5th, Mike Meyers gave up a line drive single to Dax Norris on the first pitch he saw. He went 1-and-1 on the next hitter, Matt Esquivel, who then singled to right....... Carl Loadenthal followed and on the 4th pitch he saw, he lined a ball past a diving infield for a double to right, scoring Norris and sending Esquivel to third. The Braves were on the scoreboard....... Meyers threw three pitches to Josh Arteaga before he drove in the tying run on a ground ball to third baseman Adam Heether. Arteaga hit .248 with the M'Braves last year after a season with the Diamond Jaxx.......... With Loadenthal on third, pinch-hitter Onil Joseph gave the Braves a 3-2 lead by lining a ball up the middle for a hit, scoring Loadenthal......... Gregor Blanco swung at the first pitch he saw, grounding a ball to Chavez, but his throw pulled Eure off the bag, sending Joseph to 2nd ........ Martin Prado then drove the first pitch he saw to Acuna who tried to reach over his head as the ball flew toward the wall, emptying the bases, and giving Mississippi a 5-2 lead. That was all for Meyers who last year had a 1.71 ERA in 21 relief appearances for the Stars before he was promoted to Nashville on July 19th......... 6'4" Matt Yeatman, who struck out the side in his exhibition appearance against UAH with a very, very good curve ball, came on to make his Huntsville Stars debut and he proceeded to strike out his only hitter, Yunil Escobar. Boscan then turned and threw out Prado trying to steal third, ending the inning. Yeatman in the 6th quickly found himself in a bases full situation after walking Jarrod Saltalamacchia, giving up a hit to Dax Norris, and hitting Esquivel with a pitch...... He managed to get Loadenthal to fly out to left, but Arteaga sent a 2-1 pitch deep enough this time to Drew Anderson to score the runner from third, making it 6-2. Yeatman struck out Stockman on three pitches to end the inning, but the Braves bullpen was too much for the Stars tonight, holding the Stars to just one hit over five innings to preseve the win. Ben Sheets is scheduled to make his second rehab start in Nashville, Tuesday night, with a more advanced pitch count --- 75 pitches I heard.

Brevard County Game Summary from the Daytona Site: Manatees Too Tough Once Again Brevard County continues to pound out runs [DAYTONA BEACH, FL] The Brevard County Manatees (3-0) continued their offensive explosion, beating the Cubs (0-3) 7-1 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. For the second consecutive night, things looked good early for Daytona. Sam Fuld singled to center to lead off the bottom of the first. A throwing error by Manatee catcher Carlos Corporan allowed Fuld to advance to third, and he scored on a wild pitch to give the Cubs an early 1-0 lead. Brevard County, as they have done all series, answered back in the top of the second. Luke Hagerty (0-1) struggled with his control walking the leadoff hitter Hernan Iribarren. After stealing second, Iribarren reached third on a wild pitch. Travis Ezi singled in Iribarren to tie the game at 1-1. Carlos De La Cruz follwed with a walk, and Charlie Fermaint hit a two-out RBI single to give the Manatees their first lead at 2-1. Alcides Escobar hit a double down the left field line on the next pitch to drive in Ezi and De La Cruz making it 4-1 Brevard County. That was all the run support Manatee starter Yovani Gallardo (1-0) would need as he pitched five and two-thirds innings allowing only one run on three hits while striking out three and walking just one. ?I had an outstanding spring training. I?m just hoping to continue into the season and keep it going the whole year,? Gallardo said. Brevard County added another run in the seventh and two more in the ninth to complete the 7-1 win. The Manatees have scored 25 runs on 39 hits in three games, and Gallardo attributes the team?s fast start to their familiarty with each other. ?Pretty much the whole team played together last year in West Virginia,? Gallardo said. ?Last year we had a rough start, but towards the end we got it moving. This year, since we?ve been together we pretty much know what we?ve got to do.? The Cubs wrap up their series with the Manatees at 6:05 pm Sunday night (5:05 Central) as Mark Holliman takes the mound against Josh Wahpepah. Daytona Cubs second baseman Nate Spears waits for the referee's call at Jackie Robinson Ballpark Saturday. Brevard Manatees Travis Ezi was called safe. Daytona News-Journal Photo: Ji-Eun Lee http://www.news-journalonline.com/downloads/0409spt.jpg

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link, then text -- www.huntsvillestars.com/n...newsId=777 Five-Run Fifth Slows Down Stars Martin Prado?s two-run double capped a five-run rally that led Mississippi to a 6-2 come back win over Huntsville on a cold, windy night at Trustmark Park. The Braves picked up their first win of the year and improved to 1-2, while the Stars were stymied in a bid to win a third straight road game to open the season. Corey Thurman threw four scoreless, hitless frames for the Stars in his first outing in organized ball since August, 2004. The right-hander walked two and struck out five and ended three of the four innings with a punch out. Mike Meyers took over to open the fifth inning and gave up a single to Dax Norris on the first pitch and a single to Matt Esquivel on his third pitch before Carl Loadenthal doubled to drive in Norris and move Esquivel to third. Josh Arteaga?s ground ball to third scored Esquivel to tie the game before Onil Joseph?s pinch-hit single, his first hit of the season, plated Loadenthal to put the Braves on top 3-2. Gregor Blanco hit a ground ball to shortstop Ozzie Chavez but his throw to second base pulled Callix Crabbe off the bag and allowed Joseph to stay alive on the bases. Prado followed with his two-bagger to right to clear the bases, give the home team a 5-2 lead and chase Meyers from the hill. The Braves had been limited to four runs over the first 22 innings of the series before the five-run frame. Meyers had allowed only four earned runs in 21 innings over 11 outings with Huntsville last season. Crabbe?s two-out, two-run double in the second inning put the visitors in front 2-0 and marked the third straight night the Stars had scored first. Mississippi starter Brady Endl was taken out after four innings after yielding the two runs on one hit and three walks. Bryan Digby, a second round selection by Atlanta in 2000 making his double-A debut, walked the bases loaded in the fifth inning before retiring Jeff Eure on a fielder?s choice grounder to end the threat and pick up the win. Phil Stockman took over for the home side and worked three scoreless frames without giving up a hit, walking one and fanning five. The Australian right-hander has retired 15 of the 16 hitters he has faced in the series and has struck out eight. Glenn Tucker issued a leadoff walk to Kennard Bibbs in the ninth and a single to Chavez before retiring the next three hitters to end the game. ?We need to get the middle of the lineup going offensively,? said manager Don Money after the defeat. Huntsville has been held to 15 hits in the first three games of the series, although the Stars have drawn 17 walks. The five-game set continues Sunday afternoon with left-hander Jeff Housman taking the hill for Huntsville against Mississippi southpaw Chris Waters. Coverage of the game begins at 12:50 p.m. and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1450 AM locally and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

West Virginia Site Game Summary: SHOREBIRDS HOLD OFF POWER The Delmarva Shorebirds allowed a 4-0 lead to slip away in Saturday night?s game against the West Virginia Power at Appalachian Power Park, but Lorenzo Scott scored on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth inning to give the Shorebirds a 6-5 victory. Stuart Musslewhite drove in the first run of the game on an RBI double in the top of the first inning. Delmarva took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Lorenzo Scott scored on Angel Salome?s errant throw. Rob Marconi tripled in Arturo Rivas in the top of the fourth inning and later scored on Kyle Dahlberg?s sacrifice fly. Angel Salome scored the first run of the game for the Power on a wild pitch in the fourth inning. The Power scored three times in the fifth inning to tie the game. Kenny Holmberg drove in the first run on an RBI single. Two batters later, Salome hit into a double play scoring Lorenzo Cain, and Ned Yost tied the game with a pinch hit RBI single. Lorenzo Scott struck again in the top of the seventh inning with an RBI double to give Delmarva their second lead of the game. The Power tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of seventh when Salome drove in Holmberg with an RBI single. In the top of the ninth inning Scott led off with a double, and later scored the winning run on a wild pitch. Blake Owen (1-0) earned the victory, Jim Hoey (2) earned the save and Patrick Ryan (0-1) obtained the loss. The Power fall to 1-2 with the loss and the Shorebirds improve to 2-1 with the win. The Power will conclude the series with the Shorebirds on Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park. Left hander Dave Welch will start for the Power and Delmarva will counter with right-hander Brad Bergesen. The first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM (1:05 Central).

Follow Sunday'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_omaaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Final: Mississippi (Braves) 6, Huntsville 2 First two Stars reached in the 9th, but the "rally" fizzled quickly... Huntsville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_msbaax_1 Detailed Huntsville site game summary later on...

Sunday's Daily Menu: Don't forget to spend your early evening listening to the undefeated Manatees, who have the late-day listening audience all to themselves... All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Omaha (Royals), 1:15 PM pre-game, 1:35 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_omaaaa_1 Huntsville: LHP Jeff Housman at Mississippi (Braves), 12:50 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ Brevard County: RHP Josh Wahpepah at Daytona (Cubs), 5:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.wele1380.com/ West Virginia: LHP Dave Welch at home vs. Delmarva (Orioles), 1:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower.

Corey Thurman (Huntsville) had a no-hitter thru 4 innings and got pulled. Do you think it was a pitch count issue? Yes, it was; that, plus they wanted to get some other Stars' bullpen members some work; unfortunately minor league vet Mike Meyers had a disastrous outing (five runs, 1/3 of an inning); Huntsville has only one hit through seven innings -- a Callix Crabbe two-run single in the 2nd, it's 6-2 Braves in the bottom of the 8th in Mississippi; Thurman was dealin', though...

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Final: Delmarva (Orioles) 6, West Virginia 5 Nice comeback from 4-0 down early on, but not enough in the end; a lesson in defensive prowess, this game was not... West Virginia Box Score: A Patrick Ryan wild pitch scores the winning (well, losing) run in the 9th; the Power was sloppy while Will Inman was in the game, but young Will did put the leadoff man on three times in four chances; Mat Gamel and Angel Salome strike out in the 9th with the tying run in scoring position... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: The Power put up a three-spot in the 5th, but it could have been so much more, with a Salome GIDP right in the middle of it all; review the entire game log in detail -- Power Manager Mike Guerrero will lose some sleep over this one that could have been... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 We should see a detailed game story from the Gazette Sunday AM...

Final: Brevard County 7, Daytona (Cubs) 1 Perfect season continues for the 'Tees... Brevard County Box Score: Alcides Escobar has already walked twice this season -- he went the entire Arizona Fall League without drawing one (while playing well otherwise); this team's going to be fun to watch, huh? Yovani Gallardo, so economical, managing 5 2/3 innings; not sure if Robert Hinton ever went beyond two IP while closing in West Virginia last season -- 2 1/3 tonight; it looks like RHP Josh Alliston is going to get the closer's nod early on in the season, despite the presence of the 2005 Power closer duo of Hinton and Ben Stanczyk... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 Brevard County Game Log: This game log was chock full of adventures on the basepaths for both clubs, both good and bad... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_dbcafa_1 The Daytona site should have a fairly detailed recap later on...

Nashville Site Doubleheader Summary (link for Nelson Cruz photo -- from their archives, not today's action -- text follows): www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1891 Sounds Swept In Twinbill, Fall To 0-3 On Year OMAHA ? The Omaha Royals swept a doubleheader from the Nashville Sounds on Saturday evening, scoring the winning run in their last at-bat in both contests at Rosenblatt Stadium to drop Nashville to 0-3 on the young season. Omaha took the opener 2-0 then posted a 3-2, eight-inning victory in the nightcap to improve to 3-0 on the year. The first game featured a pitchers? duel between Sounds southpaw Zach Jackson and Omaha left-hander J.P. Howell. Neither team scored until the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Royals broke through for a pair of runs against Jackson on Chad Allen?s two-out, two-run double into the right field corner. Ruben Gotay, who reached on a two-out single, and Aaron Guiel, who followed with a walk, scored on the two-bagger. Nashville?s best scoring opportunity in the opener came in the fifth when Brent Abernathy ripped a one-out double but was left on the basepaths as Chris Barnwell grounded out and Zach Sorensen flew out to end the frame. Howell (1-0) allowed only two hits, struck out five batters, and walked none over six innings for Omaha to pick up the win. Dave Elder worked a scoreless seventh to notch his first save. Jackson (0-1) opened with 5 2/3 frames of scoreless, one-hit ball for Nashville before being touched for a pair of runs and took the loss in his Sounds and Brewers organization debut. The Sounds got right to business in the nightcap, plating a pair of runs against Omaha starter Kyle Snyder in the top of the first inning. Tony Gwynn reached on an error to open the contest and moved to third on a ground-rule double by Dave Krynzel. Abernathy plated Gwynn with an RBI groundout and Nelson Cruz doubled the Sounds? lead to 2-0 with a run-scoring double to left-center that brought in Krynzel. Audio Link -- Nelson Cruz RBI Double: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...04-8-2.wma Omaha leftfielder Chip Ambres answered with a leadoff solo home run off Sounds starter Dana Eveland in the bottom of the second inning to pull the home team back within a run at 2-1. The score held until the bottom of the sixth when the Sounds bullpen failed to hold a lead for the second time in the team?s first three games of the year. Brett Evert opened the frame on the hill in relief of Eveland, who allowed one run on two hits over his five innings of work. With one out, Kerry Robinson hit a comebacker to Evert but the right-hander misfired into right field. One out later, a wild pitch moved Robinson to third before Guiel delivered a two-out RBI single to right to knot the contest at 2-2. Omaha won the game with an old-fashioned manufactured run in the bottom of the eighth against Sounds reliever Mitch Stetter. Robinson opened the frame with a walk then moved to second on a Gotay sacrifice bunt. After stealing third, the veteran outfielder scored the game-winner on Guiel?s sacrifice fly to center. Justin Huisman (1-0) earned the victory in relief for Omaha after tossing 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit while striking out two. Stetter (0-1) took the loss for Nashville after surrendering the game-winner. The Sounds look to avoid a sweep when they wrap up the season-opening four-game series with a 1:35 p.m. matinee finale against the Royals on Sunday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium. Right-hander Dennis Sarfate takes the hill for Nashville to square off against Omaha right-hander Runelvys Hernandez.