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As of 10:00 PM Central, listen in: In progress: Nashville 4, Round Rock (Astros) 4, after nine innings Mitch Stetter awesome in his three-inning relief stint...

Final: Palm Beach (Cardinals) 7, Brevard County 4 Weather: 0 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 0 mph, In from LF. T: 3:05. Att: 991. Must have been a cold front coming through Florida http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Brevard County Box Score: RHP Bo Hall's line more reminiscient of his High Desert days -- the bullpen followed up nicely; 13 Manatee hits, but only one for extra bases; Lou Palmisano on base four times -- .649 OPS coming into the game isn't particularly exciting, even in the FSL; looks like Josh Murray was activated from the DL and made his high-A debut -- Manatees really got sold short in losing Adam Heether to Huntsville when Ryan Braun was shut down for the season.... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 Brevard County Game Log: Four outfield assists for the 'Tees, Drew Anderson with a throw to home for an out... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

Nashville Media Notes for Friday (PDF format): LHP Tommy Phelps gets the start Sunday -- Jeff Housman will likely be the long-relief follow-up guy... www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Huntsvillefan or others heading to Joe Davis this weekend, please provide some scouting analysis on RHP's Carlos Villanueva and Ty Taubenheim, particularly Ty later this weekend. The folks at Baseball America are looking for some input, who knows, your comments may make it into their next prospect handbook http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ! Thanks.

This is it Manatees -- pressure's on ! Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 70 63 .526 - 33-35 37-28 L5[/b] Omaha 66 67 .496 4.0 30-35 36-32 L2 Memphis 65 67 .492 4.5 33-31 32-36 W1 Iowa 61 69 .469 7.5 38-29 23-40 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 34 24 .586 - 19-11 15-13 L1 West Tenn 32 27 .542 2.5 17-11 15-16 L1 Tennessee 26 33 .441 8.5 13-14 13-19 L2 [b]Huntsville 24 35 .407 10.5 9-18 15-17 W1[/b] Chattanooga 23 36 .390 11.5 15-20 8-16 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 36 24 .600 - 18-14 18-10 W1 Vero Beach 35 24 .593 0.5 19-12 16-12 W2 [b]Brevard County 31 28 .525 4.5 13-16 18-12 L2[/b] St. Lucie 31 28 .525 4.5 14-14 17-14 W1 Daytona 28 30 .483 7.0 18-13 10-17 L1 Jupiter 23 35 .397 12.0 15-13 8-22 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 38 20 .655 - 21-7 17-13 L1 Lexington 33 25 .569 5.0 19-13 14-12 W5 Lake County 29 28 .509 8.5 14-13 15-15 L1 Hickory 29 29 .500 9.0 16-12 13-17 L1 [b]West Virginia 27 30 .474 10.5 15-14 12-16 L2[/b] Lakewood 27 31 .466 11.0 16-16 11-15 W1 Greensboro 27 32 .458 11.5 10-16 17-16 W3 Hagerstown 21 35 .375 16.0 11-16 10-19 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 17 7 .708 - 7-4 10-3 L1[/b] Missoula 13 11 .542 4.0 8-5 5-6 W2 Billings 12 12 .500 5.0 6-5 6-7 W6 Great Falls 10 14 .417 7.0 6-7 4-7 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Athletics 16 8 .667 - 10-3 6-5 L1 AZL Mariners 15 8 .652 0.5 9-4 6-4 W2 AZL Giants 14 9 .609 1.5 5-6 9-3 W2 AZL Rangers 13 11 .542 3.0 7-6 6-5 W1 AZL Royals 12 11 .522 3.5 7-5 5-6 L3 AZL Padres 10 14 .417 6.0 4-9 6-5 W3 [b]AZL Brewers 9 13 .409 6.0 3-8 6-5 L7[/b] AZL Cubs 8 15 .348 7.5 4-8 4-7 L1 AZL Angels 8 16 .333 8.0 2-5 6-11 L2Stats and League Leaders, USA Today (or go to MILB.com): www.usatoday.com/sports/b.../index.htm

Follow Friday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All starts Central Time; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Mike Meyers at Round Rock (Astros), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; somebody stop the bleeding for this team! Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Carlos Villanueva at home vs. Tennessee (Diamondbacks), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ If that link is down for bandwidth, use: specs.eyecentric.com/pres...opup.shtml Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:00 PM; this is do-or-die for the Manatees, they really need to sweep this series! Audio link (opponent's): www.palmbeachcardinals.com/ West Virginia: LHP Greg Kloosterman at Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: TBD at home vs. Billings (Reds), 8:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.billingsmustangs.com/ Arizona: Idle

Link Report Trivia: The Brewers' organization probably leads the majors in number of farmhands / current big leaguers who have dads who were major leaguers, six by my count. Don't reply, please, just play along at home and see how well you remember what you've read here this season. How many of these father / son duos can you name off the top of your head? Oh, OK, if you wimp out and need help, maybe the Brewerfan Player Index list will help you: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerIndex.do The list of six does not count Helena's Darren Ford, his grandfather Ted Ford played with Cleveland in the early 70's. The answer will kick off Saturday AM's Link Report. The official kickoff to Friday's Link Report will come early this afternoon.

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Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Hitting Coach Gary Pettis: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...208-25.mp3

Final: Round Rock (Astros) 4, Nashville 0 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Ryan Knox photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1768 ROUND ROCK, Tex. ? Former Sound Jimmy Anderson tossed a complete-game seven-hit shutout against his old team on Thursday evening at Dell Diamond, leading the Round Rock Express to a 4-0 victory over Nashville. Despite suffering its season-high fifth straight loss, Nashville (70-63) maintained its four-game lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division as second-place Omaha lost to Oklahoma for the second consecutive night, reducing the Sounds? magic number to eight. The Sounds have dropped 11 of their last 13 games overall and have scored one run or less in four of the five contests during their current losing streak. Anderson (2-0) fanned two and walked none in logging the first complete-game shutout by an opposing pitcher against Nashville this season. The goose egg was the Sounds? fourth of the year. Round Rock took a 1-0 lead against Sounds starter Gary Glover in the bottom of the second when Royce Huffman led off with a double and scored on a Tommy Whiteman RBI single. Huffman struck again in the fourth when he led off the frame with his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot to left. Luke Scott upped the Express lead to 3-0 an inning later when he slugged his team-leading 30th tater, a one-out solo bomb to left off Glover. The Express wrapped up the evening?s scoring in the seventh when Whiteman drew a bases-loaded walk from Alec Zumwalt to force in Scott. Ryan Knox went 2-for-3 to pace the Sounds? offense. Glover (6-3) took the loss for Nashville after allowing three runs on nine hits over his five innings of work. The teams meet again on Friday evening for the third game of the five-game series. Right-hander Mike Meyers (6-4, 5.20) gets the starting nod for the Sounds in the 7:05 p.m. contest. Round Rock counters with right-hander Fernando Nieve (4-4, 4.92). Nashville Box Score: Jeff Cirillo 1-for-3 after two games off; Nelson Cruz down to .279, but the OPS is still in the .850 range... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1

Final: Huntsville 5, Mobile (Padres) 0 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link for Dennis Sarfate photo, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=711 Dennis Sarfate, Brian Wolfe, Jerome Gamble and Gerrit Simpson teamed up on a seven-hit shutout as Huntsville blanked Mobile 5-0 Thursday night at Joe Davis Stadium in the final game of a four-game series. The Stars salvaged the final game of the series to improve to 24-35 in the second half of the season and take the season series 12-11. The Stars completed their third shutout of the year and won for just the fifth time in their last 18 games at home soil. Tony Gwynn, Jr. led off the home first with a single, just his second hit in 24 at-bats, stole second base, his 30th of the season, and scored on a two-out double by Enrique Cruz. The Stars pushed their lead to 2-0 in the third inning when Adam Heether doubled home Guilder Rodriguez for his first run batted in at the double-A level. Sarfate, activated from the disabled list earlier in the day, walked Jeff Duncan and gave up singles to Steve Baker and George Kottaras to load the bases with one out in the fourth. The right-hander worked out of trouble by getting Joe Gerber to foul out to third and striking out Peter Ramos, who fouled off a half dozen pitches with two strikes in the count before waving through a 94 mile per hour heater. The home side tacked on three runs against Mobile starter and loser Sean Thompson in the fourth on a pinch-hit, run-scoring single by Nelson Castro, a bases loaded walk to Rodriguez and a fielder?s choice grounder by Heether that plated Castro. Thompson dropped to 4-5 after allowing five runs on seven hits and six walks over five frames. The only other time he has issued more than three walks in his 19 starts came against the Stars on June 21 at Mobile when he walked five. Wolfe, who had given up eight runs in his last three outings, earned his second win with the Stars after tossing two scoreless frames. Gamble also worked two shutout innings and has gone 11 straight frames over his last five appearances without yielding a run. Simpson worked a perfect ninth and has been scored upon only once in his nine outings since joining the team. The Stars open a four-game series with Tennessee on Friday night with right-hander Carlos Villanueva meeting Smokies? southpaw Clint Goocher. Coverage of the game gets underway at 6:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Stars ten-man pitching staff becomes 11 upon Sarfate's return; listening to this one, I can tell you Adam Heether is impressing the locals defensively at third base... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Final: Billings (Reds) 2, Helena 1 Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...605_07.txt Billings downs Brewers By TOM STUBER - IR Sports Writer The last time the Helena Brewers met the Billings Mustangs there was more at stake and it showed. The Brewers outplayed the Mustangs in every facet of the game, but Thursday night Billings took a 2-1 nailbiter that wasn't quite as crisp. Helena managed just four hits and squandered a golden opportunity to tie the game in the ninth when it loaded the bases with one out only to see its final two batters strike out. "Our emotions probably got to us a bit in the last inning," hitting coach Bobby Randall said. "It was a good learning experience. Sometimes you just want it so badly, though, that it works against you." That's been rare in a year when Helena has rolled to a 41-21 mark? 17-7 in the second half. Billings scored the first run of the game when Kenny Lewis got the lone extra-base hit of the night with a lead off double in the fifth and scored on Brandon Roberts single. An inning later the Mustangs made it 2-0 when Mark Rodriguez ground into a double play with the bases loaded scoring J.D. Roberts from third. Helena came back with a run in the eighth. Kenny Holmberg managed a one-out single and scored on Mike Bell's groundout. Bryan Opdyke and Scotty McKnight coaxed one out walks from Billings reliever Kenny Geiersbach in the ninth and after Freddy Parejo lined a ball off the leg of third baseman Rodney Delgado the bases were full. Geiersbach was able to get ahead of Darren Ford and Holmberg and struck both batters out. "We only had four hits and bunch of Ks," Randall added. "We didn't swing the bats real well and have been struggling a bit. "One thing is we're tired and that's due to this being the first year in the pros for most of these guys. They need to learn that they need to concentrate and focus. It's a long grind." The win moved Billings to 12-12 in the second half of the Pioneer League's Northern Division standings. In their last meeting against Billings, Helena wracked up a 12-0 win with four homers, while getting two-hit pitching. Helena Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Helena Game Log: Looks like RHP Ronny Malave might be a "keeper" from the Latin program... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer - Helena Brewer Scotty McKnight tries to make a catch, but is off the mark at second base. Brandon Roberts of Billings is called safe. http://www.helenair.com/content/articles/2005/08/26/sports_top/b01082605_07.jpg

Final: Lexington (Astros) 7, West Virginia 1 West Virginia Site Game Summary: Power pounded by the LegendsLexington, KY ? The Lexington Legends scored early and often at Applebee?s Park on Thursday night, scoring five runs through the first three innings and they went on to beat the West Virginia Power by the final score of 7-1. The Legends plated the first run of the game on Drew Sutton?s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Sutton struck again with an RBI double in the bottom of the third inning and Beau Torbert broke the game open with a three-run blast later in the inning. It remained a 5-0 ball game until the Power plated their only run of the contest on newcomer Matt Gamel?s first home run with the team, a solo shot in the top of the fifth making it a 5-1 contest. The Legends would answer that call in the bottom of the sixth inning on a solo homer from third baseman Bryan Triplett, making it 6-1 Lexington. The Legends plated the final run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning when Edwin Maysonet reached on a fielder?s choice, driving in Lou Santangelo in the process. Paul Estrada (5-7) earned the victory, and Justin Barnes (8-2) obtained the loss. The Power are 27-30 in the second half after the loss and the Legends move to 33-25 with the win. The Power will continue the four game series with the Lexington Legends at Applebee?s Park on Friday night. The Power will throw LHP Greg Kloosterman (4-17, 5.12) and the Legends will counter with RHP Chad Reineke (9-8, 3.96). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: Justin Barnes the surprise start; Matt Gamel and Hasan Rasheed on base three times apiece -- Gamel's defensive woes carryover from Helena... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1

Dennis Sarfate winning me over this evening, just willed his way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam, to wrap up his fourth shutout inning, the "intimate" crowd in Huntsville showing their appreciation...he's on a limited pitch count this evening.

RHP Robbie Wooley your "TBD" starter in Helena tonight.

Nashville RHP Clint Weibl back on the disabled list, still fighting that right hand contusion Huntsville RHP Dennis Sarfate (elbow strain) expected to be activated to make Thursday's start

Nashville Media Notes for Thursday (PDF format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 70 62 .530 - 33-35 37-27 L4[/b] Omaha 66 66 .500 4.0 30-34 36-32 L1 Memphis 64 67 .489 5.5 33-31 31-36 L1 Iowa 60 68 .469 8.0 38-29 22-39 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 34 23 .596 - 19-11 15-12 W2 West Tenn 32 26 .552 2.5 17-11 15-15 W1 Tennessee 26 32 .448 8.5 13-14 13-18 L1 [b]Huntsville 23 35 .397 11.5 8-18 15-17 L3[/b] Chattanooga 22 36 .379 12.5 14-20 8-16 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach 36 24 .600 - 18-14 18-10 W1 Vero Beach 35 24 .593 0.5 19-12 16-12 W2 [b]Brevard County 31 28 .525 4.5 13-16 18-12 L2[/b] St. Lucie 31 28 .525 4.5 14-14 17-14 W1 Daytona 28 30 .483 7.0 18-13 10-17 L1 Jupiter 23 35 .397 12.0 15-13 8-22 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 37 19 .661 - 20-6 17-13 W5 Lexington 32 25 .561 5.5 18-13 14-12 W4 Lake County 29 27 .518 8.0 14-13 15-14 W1 Hickory 29 28 .509 8.5 16-12 13-16 W1 [b]West Virginia 27 29 .482 10.0 15-14 12-15 L1[/b] Lakewood 26 31 .456 11.5 15-16 11-15 L5 Greensboro 26 32 .448 12.0 10-16 16-16 W2 Hagerstown 20 34 .370 16.0 11-16 9-18 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 17 6 .739 - 7-3 10-3 W2[/b] Missoula 12 11 .522 5.0 7-5 5-6 W1 Billings 11 12 .478 6.0 6-5 5-7 W5 Great Falls 10 13 .435 7.0 6-7 4-6 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona League (R) - Arizona League Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AZL Athletics 16 7 .696 - 10-3 6-4 W2 AZL Mariners 15 8 .652 1.0 9-4 6-4 W2 AZL Giants 14 9 .609 2.0 5-6 9-3 W2 AZL Rangers 12 11 .522 4.0 7-6 5-5 L1 AZL Royals 11 11 .500 4.5 6-5 5-6 L3 [b]AZL Brewers 9 13 .409 6.5 3-8 6-5 L7[/b] AZL Padres 9 14 .391 7.0 3-9 6-5 W2 AZL Cubs 8 14 .364 7.5 4-8 4-6 L1 AZL Angels 8 15 .348 8.0 2-4 6-11 L1Stats and League Leaders, USA Today (or go to MILB.com): www.usatoday.com/sports/b.../index.htm

Follow Thursday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_rreaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lexafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Arizona: Not updated live, but usually later during the overnight... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

Thursday's Daily Menu: All starts Central Time except for Arizona Rookie; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Gary Glover at Round Rock (Astros), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at home vs. Mobile (Padres), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime -- Dennis comes off the disabled list for this one.... Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ If that link is down for bandwidth, use: specs.eyecentric.com/pres...opup.shtml Brevard County: Idle West Virginia: RHP Kevin Roberts at Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: TBD at home vs. Billings (Reds), 8:05 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.billingsmustangs.com/ Arizona: TBD at home vs. the itty-bitty Cubbies, 7:00 PM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

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Here's your AFL roster (PDF format): www.minorleaguebaseball.c...roster.pdf LHP Dana Eveland RHP Chris Saenz (Taxi squad, Wed.'s and Sat's only) LHP Mitch Stetter 1B Prince Fielder SS J.J. Hardy OF Corey Hart (There could be another Brewer pitcher named, yet to be determined.) Manager is current Nashville Hitting Coach Gary Pettis. Notice former farmhand LHP Craig Breslow (Padres) is on the same squad. Some big names on this Peoria Javelinas squad. For an article discussing the other squads as well, see this link: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...;fext=.jsp

Final: Arizona Mariners 7, Arizona Brewers 4 Team in freefall mode... Weather: 100 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, None. T: 2:42. Att: 17. Arizona Box Score: Wow, Michael Brantley on base all five plate appearances, he's on fire -- he's only struck out 13 times in 165 AB's (21 walks); Brewers outhit Mariners 11-5 in losing effort, but lost the base on balls matchup 5-2; four members of the Latin mound staff combined on all the action; Milwaukee just might get a couple of bats out of this group way down the road... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_mrnrok_1 Arizona Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_mrnrok_1

Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...005082544/ Power gives away game with miscues Christopher Wade For the Charleston Daily Mail The West Virginia Power gift-wrapped Lake County starting pitcher Reid Santos a special birthday present Wednesday night. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Santos needed it because the Captain hitters didn't provide him with an offensive explosion or even much run support. However, Santos' left arm, Lake County's timely fielding, and a couple huge Power miscues gave Santos a victorious 23rd birthday and the Captains a 1-0 victory at Appalachian Power Park in front of a paid crowd of 2,948. "This was one of the better birthdays I've had in a while," Santos said. "It seemed to be one of those days that I could throw my breaking ball at anytime." Santos (5-7) entered the game with a 5.18 earned run average and in his last outing, gave up eight runs on nine hits in just three innings of work in a loss to Greensboro. The Power, however, was only able to earn one hit off Santos in his 6 2/3 innings and the Power offense struck out 11 times during that span. Adrian Schau and Jesus Soto combined for 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief to preserve the victory for Santos and the Captains (29-27). Power right-handed pitcher Mark Rogers deserved a better fate as he allowed only three hits in 5 1/3 innings of work. Rogers' record falls to 1-9 while also in defeat for the Power (27-29), Dave Johnson and Robert Hinton pitched well in relief, allowing just two hits combined in their 3 2/3 innings of work. "You rarely see a pitching performance from both teams like that, especially in the minor leagues," Santos said. "Their pitcher (Rogers) did a great job, too. People like to come out and see an offensive explosion and don't seem to appreciate a good pitcher's performance." Lake County scored the first and only run of the game in the first inning. With two outs and Wyatt Toreagas on first base, Power catcher Carlos Corporan attempted to pick off the Captain's catcher. However, the ball sailed over the head of first baseman Grant Richardson and into the right field corner before hitting the tarp, allowing Toreagas to reach third base. Following a walk, a Rogers wild pitch allowed Toreagas to score on a bang-bang play at the plate. "We made a mistake and threw the ball away when we shouldn't even be throwing the ball anywhere anyway and then they score the game's only run on a wild pitch," Power Manager Ramon Aviles said. "I thought the runner was out. Mark blocked the plate pretty good but the umpire didn't see it that way." The first six Power players struck out. The Power didn't get its first hit until right fielder's Brendan Katin's bloop single to center field in the fifth inning. The Power finally got past first base with a scoring chance in the seventh inning as with two outs, Katin walked, ending Santos' evening. After Richardson singled to put Power runners on first and third with two outs, third baseman Matt Gamel -- in his first start with the Power after getting called up from Helena -- hit a line drive shot to left-center field. It seemed as if the Power would tie the game and Gamel would earn his first hit with his new team, but Lake County center fielder Juan Valdez raced in and made a diving catch to preserve the lead. "That was pretty much the ball game," Lake County Manager Mike Sarbaugh said. "Gamel hit it right on a line. It looked like it may fall in but Juan made a great catch and somehow one run held up for us." The Power had one last chance to tie the game in the ninth inning as Will Lewis hit an infield single and reached second on a throwing error. However, with one out, Katin struck out and Richardson grounded out to shortstop to end the game.