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Link while active, text follows: www.nashvillecitypaper.co...s_id=43277 Sounds snap losing skid By Nate Rau, nrau@nashvillecitypaper.com The sluggish Nashville Sounds awoke from their slumber Sunday. The Sounds had been playing like a team desperate for a break ? it?s been 18 days since they had a day off. But the Sounds (60-49) shrugged off their four-game losing streak, downing Sacramento 5-1 in front of 4,785 fans at Greer Stadium. The win bumped Nashville?s lead in the PCL American North Division up to 6.5 games with a little more than a month remaining in the regular season. The Sounds have two more games before they finally get an off day Wednesday. ?We?re a little tired,? Sounds center fielder Dave Krynzel said. ?We?re in the middle of waking up, going to the ballpark and not a lot of downtime. The end of the season is coming up and a playoff run. Everything is going good right now. ?We definitely could use the day off.? Corey Hart and Tony Zuniga both turned in starring roles, again, as each contributed a home run to the Nashville cause. Hart?s came in the fifth inning. The two-run shot is No. 13 on the year. Nashville pushed across five runs against Sacramento starter Juan Cruz, who entered the game 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA. ?He had one of the better changeup?s I?d seen all year,? Krynzel said. ?Either he didn?t have all his stuff or he did, but we came out ahead against him.? In the first inning, Nelson Cruz plated Krynzel on a smash line drive, which ricocheted off Juan Cruz and into the outfield. Krynzel struck again in the bottom of the second, when he lined a single to right center, scoring Chris Barnwell, who had tripled. In the fourth inning, Zuniga launched a solo homer, which hit the scoreboard in left center. Sounds starter Wes Obermueller (1-0) clamped down the Sacramento offense. He allowed just one run, while striking out six in 5.2 innings. In the sixth, Obermueller and reliever Kane Davis teamed to thwart a River Cat scoring threat. The bases were loaded with one out when Obermueller fanned clean-up hitter Brant Colamarino. Davis then ended the inning by coaxing Shawn Garrett to ground out to second base. Cruz went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Sounds. Krynzel was 2-for-3, his second multi-hit game in a row.

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Sounds end a four-game slump Hart, Zuniga hit HRs off former Brave Cruz By JOSH THURMAN Tennessean Staff Writer The Sounds got their bats going against a hot pitcher and ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Sacramento River Cats last night in front of a crowd of 4,785 at Greer Stadium. Nashville increased its division lead over Memphis, who lost 6-2 to Fresno, to six games. Outfielder Corey Hart and Tony Zuniga both homered, and Nelson Cruz had three hits against former Atlanta Braves pitcher Juan Cruz. Juan Cruz, who started the season with Oakland after being sent to the A's in the Tim Hudson deal, gave up all five runs, four of them earned. It was the first time he had surrendered more than two runs in any of his seven previous starts. The Sounds, however, were not concerned with how tough of a pitcher they were facing. "We were just trying to win," said Nelson Cruz, who went 3-for-4. "We lost four straight, so it doesn't matter who's pitching." Hart's two-run homer to center with one out in the fifth gave the Sounds a 5-1 lead. Nashville continued to hit the ball hard off Juan Cruz, but drives from the bats of Prince Fielder and Zuniga were caught by Sacramento outfielders to end the rally. Wes Obermueller (1-0) pitched well in earning his first victory for Nashville. In his second game since joining the Sounds from Milwaukee on July 22, the right-hander scattered seven hits over 5 2/3 innings, walked two and allowed one earned run. Obermueller was able to evade trouble with six strikeouts and was helped by two pickoff plays in the second inning. Obermueller caught Sacramento's Bobby Smith leaning at first base in the second inning. "I'll take outs anyway I can get them," Obermueller said. "I hadn't picked off first base in a while. I had been working on some variations and it was nice to have it work out." Brant Colamarino followed the first pickoff with a ground-rule double that bounced over the fence in right. Colamarino then danced too far off second base when catcher Julio Mosquero knocked down a pitch in the dirt. Mosquero threw to shortstop Chris Barnwell to get the second out of the inning. What they said: "They're in first place and it's a nice test to see how you play against another first-place team. They're a good team." ? Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas on Sacramento, currently leading the PCL Pacific Southern division. Today's starters: Nashville ? RHP Mike Meyers (4-3, 4.60); Sacramento RHP Mike Iegler (4-3, 5.08).

Brevard County Site Game Summary: Manatees Rally Late Falls Short Settle For 2-2 Series Split With Yanks The Manatees staged a late comeback Sunday against the Tampa Yankees, but fell short in a 9-5 loss. After being down 4-0, the Manatees scored all their runs from the fifth inning on. The Manatees made it interesting in the ninth. After an Ozzie Chavez walk to start the inning, Steve Sollmann would single to put runners on first and second. A close play at first on a ground out by Robby Deevers would advance the runners to second and third with one out. An RBI single by Travis Ezi would plate Chavez and chase Yankees reliever Heath Castle from the ballgame. With runners on first and third, Yankees closer Paul Thorpe came on and recorded the final two outs to end the Manatees threat. Ezi wound up going 2-5 with three RBI's. Manatees starter Ryan Costello never got into a rhythm, giving up four runs on four hits in an inning and two-thirds before being removed for reliever Ken Durost. Durost found things equally difficult in giving up three runs in three innings. Manatees pitchers again were torched by Yankees leadoff hitter Justin Christian, who went 3-3 with four RBI's and two walks. Yankees third baseman Josh Hollingsworth would add a home run and two RBI's in a 1-3 performance. With the Dodgers loss to Lakeland on Sunday, the Manatees remain two games out of first place in the East Division. The Manatees are off Monday before heading west for a four game series against the Sarasota Reds on Tuesday.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars pound out 20 hits vs. Biscuits Ten of Huntsville's hits come during 8-run 2nd inning By SKIP VAUGHN For The Times skipv@htimes.com Sunday was a fun day for the Huntsville Stars. The Stars beat the Montgomery Biscuits 11-3 before an announced crowd of 2,033 at Joe Davis Stadium and swept the three-game series. "Swinging the bats early (in the game)," Huntsville manager Don Money said of the key to the win. "(We) got 10 hits, eight runs in the second inning. That makes it much easier on the pitcher. "We played good solid defense and (the) pitching went along with it. When you get all three you usually win." With Glenn Woolard picking up the win, Huntsville (17-19 in the second half) outhit the Biscuits 20-9 and played errorfree defense. Guilder Rodriguez had four hits and Tony Gwynn Jr. and Nelson Castro added three apiece. Brandon Gemoll, Enrique Cruz, Ben Van Iderstine and Jeff Winchester had two hits each. "It was a good night, can't complain," Gwynn said. "We put those eight runs up in the second inning and that was all she wrote from there." "I concentrate on the game, try to make the team win," Rodriguez said through Castro, his Spanish interpreter. "(I) just concentrate on the game, see the ball and hit it." "I feel good because we're winning," Castro said. Wes Bankston put Montgomery ahead 1-0 in the second with his 10th homer, a towering drive to left off Stars starter Woolard (5-9). Woolard went seven innings and allowed three earned runs, eight hits with one walk and five strikeouts. "Obviously I'll take the result but I thought I made a few mistakes," the right-hander said. "Overall I think I did pretty good." The Stars erupted for eight runs and chased Montgomery's Chris Flinn (3-5) in the bottom of the second. Gwynn had a two-run single while RBI hits came from Castro, Gemoll, Callix Crabbe, Cruz, Van Iderstine and Winchester. Van Iderstine hit his second homer - and second in two days - off reliever Scott Autrey in the fourth. It was a towering drive over the left field fence. "I just feel comfortable at the plate right now," Van Iderstine said." The Biscuits (15-21) made it 9-2 in the fifth on Elliot Johnson's RBI hit. They added another run in the sixth on Shawn Riggans' double, scoring Bankston from first. Castro's two-run double off reliever Brian Lockwood in the sixth upped the lead to 11-3. The Stars travel to West Tenn for a three-game series beginning Tuesday in Jackson, Tenn. "We were five games under (.500) after being swept by West Tenn (at home July 26-28)," Money said. "West Tenn's got a pretty good ballclub."

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2005073121 Power 8, Hickory 6: More heroism from Helena The infusion of talent from rookie-level ball continues to spark the West Virginia Power, who got an 11th-inning home run from Angel Salome to beat the Hickory Crawdads 8-6 at Appalachian Power Park. A crowd of 3,255 attended on Appalachian Power Employee Day. It was the second game-ending home run in three days for the Power (19-17 second half) and fourth of the season, as the Power took three in the four-game series. Ryan Braun, another incoming player from the Milwaukee Brewers? rookie team in Helena, Mont., struck Friday night. West Virginia won despite losing a 5-1 lead when Hickory (21-14) scored five runs in the top of the sixth. Salome tied the game at 6 with a solid single in the bottom of the seventh. Justin Barnes stifled the Crawdads for five innings to improve to 7-1. He replaced Kevin Roberts, who in his Class A debut surrendered the five-spot with the help of an Alcides Escobar error. Four of those runs were unearned. Salome, who has two homers in two games, arrived from Helena before Saturday?s game along with Roberts, Charlie Fermaint and Brendan Katin. Fermaint continued his hot hitting out of the leadoff spot, smacking a three-run double in the second to break a 1-1 tie. Fermaint is 5-for-10 in two games. Escobar hit a solo homer to left to make it 5-1, a score that stood until Roberts? second inning in relief of starter Josh Wahpepah. Roberts hurt himself by walking two of the first three batters to start the sixth. Mike Cockrell singled up the middle to make it 5-2. Hyung Cho hit a grounder to Escobar at short, but the ball slipped away when Escobar tried to throw to first. Dan Schwartzbauer made the Power pay with a three-run double, made possible when right fielder Hasan Rasheed got himself turned around on the fly ball. Schwartzbauer took third on the throw home, then scored on a Jermel Lomack single to give Hickory a 6-5 lead. Hernan Iribarren singled to start the seventh, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Salome?s two-out single. The Power missed an opportunity to take the lead in the eighth. Josh Brady doubled and went to third on a Fermaint single. Reliever Felipe Garcia threw a wild pitch, but catcher Neil Walker hustled to the backstop and threw to Garcia at home plate to nab Brady. Garcia (3-2) got the first two Power batters out in the 11th before Braun singled and Salome settled the issue. Mike Hofius homered in the second to start the Hickory scoring. Charleston Gazette photos by Kenny Kemp Hickory Crawdads pitcher Felipe Garcia tags out West Virginia Power?s Josh Brady, who tried to score on a wild pitch to the backstop in the eighth inning Sunday. Ducking in the foreground is Power batter Alcides Escobar. http://www.wvgazettemail.com/images/stories/POUT1.jpg The Power?s Brendan Katin slides into second as Hickory?s Dan Schwartzbauer can?t handle an errant force-play throw on a ground ball by Grant Richardson in the sixth inning. http://www.wvgazettemail.com/images/stories/PWILD1.jpg

From Friday's Baseball America: The Elijah Dukes enigma continues at Double-A Montgomery. While Biscuits manager Charlie Montoya said, ?I haven?t had any problems,? Dukes continues to make as much news for his temperament and makeup as for his talent. First, the Devil Rays? toolsy outfielder declined his spot in the Southern League all-star game when he wasn?t selected as a starter. "I'm not a backup," Dukes told the Montgomery Advertiser. "If I'm not selected to begin with, I'm not going. If I didn't earn it, I don't see why I should go." Then Dukes missed a weekend series against West Tenn to attend to personal business back in his hometown, Tampa. It was no surprise, then, that while Dukes oozes tools, no manager in the league gave him the nod in any category in BA?s Best Tools survey, though he got some support for Best Throwing Arm. ?Elijah has as much talent as anyone in this league,? went the refrain, and one manager elaborated. ?He?s a little high-strung, though. If he learns to have a better temperament?just not being negative?he?s got a chance to be a star.? The manager added that the Devil Rays? decision to have Delmon Young room with Dukes on the road raised eyebrows around the league. ?Delmon?s a real good kid, but that?s not the vibe you got when he was running with Elijah.? the manager said. ?It rubbed off a little bit.?

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Final: Nashville 5, Sacramento (A's) 2 Nashville Site Game Summary; Link for Nelson Cruz photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1721 NASHVILLE ? Tony Zuniga and Corey Hart both homered as the Nashville Sounds snapped their four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Sacramento River Cats on Sunday evening at Greer Stadium in the second game of a four-game set. With the win, Nashville (60-49) extended its lead back to six games over Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. The Sounds took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Dave Krynzel and Warren Morris opened the frame with walks before Sacramento starter Juan Cruz fanned Corey Hart and Prince Fielder consecutively for the first two outs of the frame. Former River Cat Nelson Cruz, who led Nashville with a 3-for-4 evening, followed with a double to right-center off the shin of Juan Cruz to plate Krynzel with the game?s first run. Krynzel doubled the lead with his bat in the second, driving in Chris Barnwell, who had tripled, with a one-out RBI single to increase the Nashville lead to 2-0. Third baseman Tony Zuniga belted his sixth home run of the year and second in as many nights to up the advantage to 3-0 in the fourth, driving a 3-1 Juan Cruz offering off the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. Audio Link of Tony Zuniga's Guitar Shot: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-31.mp3 Sacramento jumped on the board in the fifth when Charles Thomas ripped a two-out RBI double to right to score Bobby Smith, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a 3-for-3 effort. All-Star Corey Hart made it a 5-1 game in the bottom of the frame when he crushed his 13th home run of the season, a one-out two-run shot to center off Juan Cruz. Warren Morris, who had singled, scored on the blast. The River Cats threatened in the sixth, loading the bases with one out against Nashville starter Wes Obermueller. However, the right-hander fanned Brant Colamarino and reliever Kane Davis came on to induce an inning-ending groundout from Shawn Garrett to escape the jam. Sacramento got a run back in the eighth against Sounds reliever Jose Capellan on Smith?s two-out RBI double into the left field corner, which plated Andrew Beattie. Smith came up lame while rounding first and was lifted for a pinch-runner after suffering an apparent hamstring injury. Obermueller (1-0) picked up his first Triple-A victory of the season after holding Sacramento to one run on five hits and matching a season high with six strikeouts in his 5 2/3 innings of work. Juan Cruz (3-1) suffered his first loss with the River Cats after allowing a season-high five runs (four earned) on seven hits in five frames. The teams continue the series with a 7 p.m. meeting on Monday evening at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Mike Meyers (4-3, 4.60) will make his second start of the season for the Sounds and face Sacramento right-hander Mike Ziegler (4-3, 5.08). Nashville Box Score: Prince 0-for-4, three K's... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Final: Huntsville 11, Montgomery (Devil Rays) 3 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Second Inning Surge Sends Stars to SweepNelson Castro collected three hits and drove in three runs to pace a season-high 20-hit attack in Huntsville?s 11-3 win over Montgomery Sunday night to complete a three-game series sweep at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars improved to 17-19 in the second half and finished the season series with five wins in six games, while the Biscuits dropped their fourth game in a row to fall to 15-21 in the second half. Huntsville had been swept in a three-game set by West Tenn and outscored 25-7 before turning the tables and outscoring the Biscuits 22-6 to pull off their first series sweep since June 10-11 at home over Chattanooga. Wes Bankston?s leadoff home run in the second inning cleared all three tiers of signage in left field and put the visitors ahead 1-0 and gave Montgomery its first lead of the series, However, the lead would not last long, as Huntsville plated eight runs on 10 hits in the home half of the inning. Callix Crabbe singled in the first run of the inning to tie the game before Tony Gwynn, Jr. singled home a pair of runs to put the home team ahead to stay at 3-1. Castro followed with a single to score Guilder Rodriguez, who became the fifth Stars hitter to collect four hits in a game, to make it 4-1 in front of Vinny Rottino?s strike out for the second out of the inning. Brandon Gemoll, Enrique Cruz, Ben Van Iderstine and Jeff Winchester all followed with run-scoring hits to cap off the Stars second highest scoring inning of the season. Winchester?s ground rule double was the only extra-base hit of the frame. Van Iderstine smacked a leadoff home run in the fourth, his second of the year and his second in as many nights, and Castro finished the scoring in the sixth with a two-run double. Every Stars hitter had at least one hit and Rottino was the only batter who did not score at least once. Seven of the nine hitters drove in at least one run. Glenn Woolard earned his fifth win of the season with seven solid innings of work during which he allowed three runs on eight hits and a walk. The right-hander struck out five and lasted seven frames for a third time in his last five starts. Brian Wolfe closed out the win with two scoreless innings, his third two-inning stint without allowing a run since joining the team. The Stars open a three-game series Tuesday night against West Tenn with right-hander Ty Taubenheim throwing for the Stars against Diamond Jaxx right-hander Ricky Nolasco. 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: Thirteen ground ball outs for Glenn Woolard... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Nashville Media Notes for Sunday (PDF format): Mike Meyers to start Monday's game... www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

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Final: Tampa (Yankees) 9, Brevard County 5 Brevard County Box Score: Streaky Steve Moss quiet as of late; lefty Ryan Costello's had his share of brief, ineffective starts the last couple of months -- faces ten batters in this one; should've just sent Brendan Katin directly to the Manatees -- Robby Deevers OPS about to fall below .400, 169 AB's, three walks -- painfully still getting AB's.... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

Final: West Virginia 8, Hickory (Pirates) 6, 11 innings Two games in low-A, two HR's for Angel -- if an Angel hits it, is it a "fly-off" home run? West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER WIN ON SALOME'S HOMERCharleston, WV ? On Friday night Ryan Braun hit a walkoff two-run homer to beat the Hickory Crawdads, and on Sunday afternoon, the Power did it again as Angel Salome hit a walkoff two-run homer in the bottom of the eleventh inning to beat the Hickory Crawdads 8-6 at Appalachian Power Park. Mike Hofius hit a solo shot in the top of the second inning to give the Crawdads a 1-0 lead. Josh Brady tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second on an RBI single, and Charlie Fermaint gave the Power the lead on a three-run double. Alcides Escobar began the bottom of the third inning with his second home run of the year, a solo shot to give the Power a 5-1 lead. In the top of the sixth inning the Crawdads scored five times to take their second lead of the game. Mike Cockrell knocked in the first run of the inning on an RBI single and Dan Schwartzbauer tied the game two batters later on a three-run double. Schwartzbauer scored later in the inning on an RBI single from Jermel Lomack to give the Crawdads a 6-5 lead. The Power tied the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning on Salome?s RBI single. The game remained tied at 6-6 until Salome struck again in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Justin Barnes (7-1) pitched five scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn the victory, and Felipe Garcia (3-2) obtained the loss. The Power are 19-17 in the second half after the win and the Crawdads move to 21-15 with the loss. The Power are off on Monday but will begin a four game series against the Asheville Tourists at Appalachian Power Park on Tuesday night. The starting pitchers have not been announced. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: Two outs when Angel won it; this is the second time Justin Barnes has gone deep, deep, deep into extra innings with an incredible staff-saving performance this month -- wow; J.J. Hardy's defense is appreciated more and more when you see SS error counts off-the-charts at the lower levels; four Power double plays turned; Josh Wahpepah's line looks fine to me -- perhpas the pitch count was up, but that'd be unusual with no walks... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: Kudos for Ryan Braun, keeping the 11th inning going with a single; looks like a failed double steal attempt in the Power 8th... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 SL series format going to five games By MARK McCARTER Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com Its geography stretched to grueling distances - 839-mile bus rides for teams headed from Zebulon, N.C. to Pearl, Miss. - the Southern League is implementing a dramatic scheduling change for 2006. The league has adopted a five-game format for its series, up from the three- and four-game series that now take place between clubs. Southern League president Don Mincher championed the idea, primarily to help clubs financially. It is expected to reduce travel costs by some 25 percent, he said. For instance, Huntsville should reduce its overnight stays from 67 to 59 and its travel miles will be reduced from 10,279 to 7,630. Additionally, he said, this will eliminate teams playing back-to-back series - for instance, the Stars and Mississippi played eight consecutive games against each other, home and road - and will permit off days after the longest travel days. "The big thing,'' Mincher said, "it's getting us closer to our ambition and goal of having a balanced schedule. It's not there, but it's close.'' With the current schedule, and the five-team North and South divisions, there is some almost illogical unbalance. For instance, Carolina and Chattanooga - 491 bus miles apart - play each other 37 times this season out of 144 games. "I think this will work out very well,'' Mincher said. "It's completely unique. The more you look at it, the more you like it. "The only negative thing is it creates a longer homestand and fans could get worn out by the end of it.'' The schedule was designed by Charlie Blaney, a retired official from the Dodgers system who produces schedules for other leagues.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Sarfate strong as Stars secure another victory By JOHN FERRY Times Sports Staff, jferry@htimes.com It wasn't a complete-game win, like teammate David Bradley had Friday night. Still, what the Stars' Dennis Sarfate did Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium was very impressive. For himself and for his team. In six innings, the hard-throwing Sarfate did not allow Montgomery batters to get around on his deliveries. Of his 106 pitches, 35 were fouled off, and the only six hits he allowed were singles. The Huntsville offense was also on, producing 14 hits in a 7-1 victory, the Stars' second straight in a three-game series that concludes tonight. "I had my best fastball since the beginning of the season," said Sarfate, who was out two weeks this month because of a blister and then lost his next three starts. "I threw a fastball and changeup tonight. Once I figure out the slider (which he said he throws 12-15 per game) I'll be good to go." Ben Van Iderstine and Tony Gwynn Jr. led the Stars' attack with three hits each. "We've actually caught some breaks the last two games," Van Iderstine said. "Some balls dropped in and we got some infield hits. Things went our way." Van Iderstine was part of an outfield that handled few chances as Sarfate and relievers Keith Stamler and Jerome Gamble made it easy. "Sarfate had dominating stuff," Van Iderstine said. "As long as he finds the strike zone he gets guys out. He worked on his changeup and had them guessing at it." In the second inning, Brad Nelson led off for the Stars by walking. Vinny Rottino singled, and Enrique Cruz doubled Nelson home. Van Iderstine then came through with a two-run single to make it 3-0. Montgomery got a run back in the fourth. Rico Washington, Wes Bankston and Shawn Riggans produced one-out singles, with Washington scoring. A Huntsville outfield not known now for its power made some noise in the fourth when Van Iderstine's drive to right just cleared the fence for his first home run of the season. That made it 4-1. In the seventh the Stars scored with the benefit of two miscues by the Biscuits. Gwynn began it with an infield single, stole second, and then throwing errors got him both to third and across the plate. In the eighth, the Stars (16-19 in the Southern League North Division, second half) loaded the bases with none out. Gwynn singled for one run and Nelson Castro got the final run of the night across with a sacrifice fly. Brandon Gemoll, Rottino and Cruz had two hits each for Huntsville, which played errorless ball. Jamie Shields took the loss for Montgomery, throwing six innings and allowing eight hits and four runs. He struck out eight. Juan Silas finished up for the vistors. Washington, Bankston and Riggans had two hits each in a seven-hit attack by the Biscuits (15-20). Tonight Glenn Woolard (4-9) is scheduled to pitch for the Stars against Chris Flinn (3-4). The game marks the end of the current homestand, with the Stars moving on to West Tenn for a Tuesday night game.

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 59 49 .546 - 30-27 29-22 L4[/b] Memphis 54 54 .500 5.0 30-27 24-27 W1 Iowa 48 57 .457 9.5 31-25 17-32 W1 Omaha 48 60 .444 11.0 19-28 29-32 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 21 12 .636 - 12-9 9-3 W3 West Tenn 21 14 .600 1.0 10-8 11-6 L2 [b]Huntsville 16 19 .457 6.0 6-10 10-9 W2[/b] Tennessee 16 19 .457 6.0 7-7 9-12 L2 Chattanooga 12 23 .343 10.0 5-12 7-11 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vero Beach 22 13 .629 - 13-7 9-6 W2 St. Lucie 21 14 .600 1.0 10-8 11-6 W1 Palm Beach 22 15 .595 1.0 11-8 11-7 L1 [b]Brevard County 20 15 .571 2.0 9-9 11-6 W1[/b] Jupiter 13 21 .382 8.5 10-8 3-13 W1 Daytona 13 22 .371 9.0 7-11 6-11 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 24 10 .706 - 15-1 9-9 W2 Hickory 21 14 .600 3.5 10-7 11-7 L2 Lexington 19 16 .543 5.5 11-8 8-8 W3 [b]West Virginia 18 17 .514 6.5 9-7 9-10 W2[/b] Lakewood 18 18 .500 7.0 12-10 6-8 W2 Lake County 15 20 .429 9.5 8-10 7-10 L2 Greensboro 14 21 .400 10.5 5-9 9-12 L2 Hagerstown 11 21 .344 12.0 4-9 7-12 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billings 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1 [b]Helena 1 0 1.000 - 1-0 0-0 W1[/b] Great Falls 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1 Missoula 0 1 .000 1.0 0-0 0-1 L1Arizona League Standings: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...mp;lid=121 Stats and League Leaders, USA Today (or go to MILB.com): www.usatoday.com/sports/b.../index.htm

Links to follow Sunday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Arizona: Not updated live, but usually later during the overnight... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_athrok_1

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central except for Arizona Rookie; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Wes Obermueller at home vs. Sacramento (A's), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Nashville Site Gamecast Feed: www.nashvillesounds.com/live/xlive.htm Huntsville: RHP Glenn Woolard at home vs. Montgomery (Devil Rays), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 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. Tampa (Yankees), 12:00 PM; no audio for this series West Virginia: RHP Josh Wahpepah at home vs. Hickory (Pirates), 1:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: Idle Arizona: TBD at the Athletics' complex, 7:00 PM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Link for Ben Van Iderstine photo, text follows -- www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=683 Ben Van Iderstine homered and knocked in three runs to back the solid pitching of Dennis Sarfate in Huntsville?s 7-1 win over Montgomery Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars won their second straight to improve to 16-19 in the second half, while the Biscuits lost their third in a row to fall to 15-20 in the second half. The Stars seven runs were the most they have scored since a 9-2 win over Mobile on July 18 and their 14 hits were the most they collected since gathering 14 in a 6-2 win at Mississippi on July 9. Sarfate struck out Gabriel Martinez and Scott Neuberger with one out and runners at second and third base in the second inning to keep the game scoreless. Brad Nelson led off the home second with a walk, moved to second base on a Vinny Rottino single and scored on a double by Enrique Cruz that pushed Rottino to third base. Van Iderstine followed with a bouncing ball through the middle into center field to score both runners to give the home team a 3-0 lead. Shawn Riggans? single in the fourth scored Rico Washington and moved Wes Bankston to third base with one out to trim the Stars lead to 3-1 before Sarfate escaped further damage by fanning Martinez and getting Neuberger to pop out to second base. Van Iderstine deposited his first long ball of the year just over a leaping Neuberger, just over the right field wall with one out in the bottom of the inning to push the Huntsville lead to 4-1. Van Iderstine finished with three hits in a game for the fifth time this season and drove in three in a game for the first time all year. Sarfate lasted six innings, allowing a lone run on six hits and a walk, the first time since May 15, a stretch of 11 starts, that he issued fewer than two bases on balls. The right-hander ended a four-game losing streak and earned his first win since June 23 at Mobile. Keith Stamler retired all six hitters he faced and Jerome Gamble worked a scoreless ninth. The Stars added a run in the seventh and a pair in the eighth on a run-scoring single by Tony Gwynn, Jr., who finished with three hits, and a sacrifice fly by Nelson Castro. The series concludes on Sunday evening with right-hander Glenn Woolard throwing for the Stars against Biscuits? right-hander Chris Flinn. Coverage of the game gets underway at 5:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

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Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Kremblas keeps tinkering, builds Sounds into winner By JEFF LOCKRIDGE Tennessean Staff Writer What image pops into your mind when you picture a mad scientist? A cartoon character, perhaps. Short, bald with green skin. Laboratory inside a spooky castle nestled on a hill with lightning flashes in the background. There's no Frankenstein in this tale, but there is a Frank Kremblas. He manages the Nashville Sounds. "(Pitching coach) Stan Kyles calls him the mad scientist," Sounds outfielder Ryan Knox said. "I play my guitar to mimic the noise that I think is going on in Frank's head. It sounds like a computer." Kremblas, 38, is the mastermind behind a winning Sounds team that sits comfortably atop its division with just over a month remaining in the season. He is aggressive ? even daring ? in his approach. The numbers show he is undeniably successful, both in terms of wins and the talent he's developed in the Milwaukee Brewers' farm system over the last few years. "Some people love to hate winners," Kremblas said. "They hate the Yankees, Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson. To me, that's stupid. When you see winners like that, you want to do two things: emulate what they do and study their habits." Kremblas goes along with the mad scientist bit. He concedes that his managerial style is not exactly conventional. He's been known to test defenses in every imaginable way. He will send runners home from second base on infield groundouts and call for double steals with runners on first and third. If a pitcher is struggling at a key point in the game, he may leave them in to see how they respond after getting knocked around. Kremblas once suggested that Knox, who was on first base at the time, should run toward second on a foul ball and remain one step short of the bag rather than return to first, thus taking an 89-foot leadoff before the next pitch. Then when the ball was put in play, he could take one step and have a stolen base. Knox declined. "I didn't want to get hit in the head (the next time at bat)," Knox said between laughs. "The pitcher was big and he was throwing like 95 miles per hour. "A bunch of Frank's ideas would make baseball purists upset. He likes to experiment." The Brewers seem to feel Kremblas's approach has a home in their organization. Prior to his arrival this year in Nashville, Kremblas managed the Double-A Huntsville Stars for three seasons. He was Southern League Manager of the Year in 2003 and was recognized by his peers as the "best managerial prospect" in the Southern League in a 2004 Baseball America poll. "It's always been the organization's take that when a manager is named best prospect in his league that it's a credit to him, the people that work around him, and that we have good players," said Reid Nichols, who oversees managers as the Brewers' special assistant to the general manager for player development. "That's not taking anything away from Frank and what he's done. On the baseball field, there isn't anything that gets by him in a game. He's able to manage his staff and players well." Last year the Brewers dropped three of their top prospects, including sons of two former major league All-Stars, in Kremblas's lap: Prince Fielder (son of Cecil Fielder), Tony Gwynn Jr. (son of Tony Gwynn) and Rickie Weeks. Fielder is now with the Sounds. Weeks, the NCAA's all-time career batting leader (.473) in three years at Southern University, is now in Milwaukee. Kremblas was praised for the way he handled the situation. "He let us keep playing, knowing we're going to make mistakes and he let us try to fix them," Prince Fielder said. "He handles himself like a big-league manager already. He lets you go out there and play. He has that fire, he's still young and he's always into the game. You feed off him as a player. He would still play himself if he could." Kremblas' playing days ended after 671 games in the minors spanning eight years. He posted a career .235 batting average as a utility player and topped out at the Triple-A level. A native of Carroll, Ohio, Kremblas was twice an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection at Eastern Kentucky before being drafted by Cincinnati in 1989. He grew up in a household of ballplayers. His younger brother, Mike, was a catcher and actually played under him two years ago in Huntsville. His father, Frank Sr., quarterbacked Ohio State to a Rose Bowl victory and a share of the 1957 national title. "The most important thing I learned from (Frank Sr.) is that if you're going to do something, be the best at it," Kremblas said. "The second thing was to play hard, hustle and have fun." Kremblas, a bachelor, fills what little spare time he has with books, sleep and online poker. When he's away from baseball, he enjoys golf and finds peace in fishing. How many mad scientists do you know who can reel in a largemouth bass? "I've been with him for five of my seven years with the Brewers," Knox said. "If you don't play for him, it's very difficult to get a read on him. One time he screamed at me and I was sure he was joking, but he was dead serious. "He's brilliant in his subtle motivation of players, and he understands the mentality of what it's like to struggle and what it's like to do well. He understands the psyche of baseball players. And he understands opponents. Sometimes he'll make a decision based on the mental stability of a guy on the other team." Although Kremblas never made it to the major leagues as a player, he hopes to as a manager. That was not his objective when he accepted his first coaching job in the Expos organization in 1996. He was just looking for work. "They were offering a player/coach position, with an emphasis on coaching," Kremblas said. "I almost got activated once. "It would be nice to manage (a World Series) ? with the Brewers, preferably. There have been enough good players coming through the system that they could someday be in the playoffs and contend for a World Series. I've told them I want to be a part of that." Current statistics suggest that it's a long shot. Of the 30 men managing today in the big leagues, only the Florida Marlins' Jack McKeon did not make it to the majors as a player. There were two when the season began, but Cincinnati fired former Sounds Manager Dave Miley in June. Nichols said that Kremblas' vision is a possibility, but more time must pass. "It's too early to tell," Nichols said. "Everybody in the game is working toward a big-league job. I think Frank is certainly capable of doing that. It's just a matter of experience for him." Jeff Lockridge is a staff writer for The Tennessean. Reach him at jlockridge@tennessean.com.

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....328/SPORTS Big inning bites Sounds Sacramento scores all five runs in sixth By MIKE ORGAN Tennessean Staff Writer The largest crowd in two years showed up at Greer Stadium last night only to see the Sounds disappear in the sixth inning. The Sounds gave up five runs in the sixth on the way to a 5-3 loss to Sacramento. It was Nashville's fourth consecutive loss and trimmed its division lead over Memphis, a 4-3 winner over Fresno last night, to five games. It also was the Sounds' first series-opener loss in its last 11. The standing room only crowd of 12,333 was the largest for a home game since July 4, 2003. And it appeared the fans would be treated to a win before the River Cats erupted at the plate in the sixth. Sacramento failed to get a hit through the first five innings and didn't get another in the last three. But the River Cats clubbed three consecutive hits to start the sixth. They finished with five hits and five earned runs. Charles Thomas, John Baker, and Freddie Bynum scored before Bobby Smith crushed a two-run homer to right field, scoring Matt Watson and giving the River Cats a 5-2 lead. Baker's double was particularly tough to stomach for Sounds Manager Frank Kremblas because it barely stayed fair after bouncing down the left field line. "I'm sure those first three hits got them going, but that second one was just freaky,'' Kremblas said. "It was one of those that was just a squibber off the end. "But the big blow was the two-run home run. That was with two outs. If we can get that guy out instead of giving up a homer, we're looking a little better. But, they did what they needed to do.'' The five runs allowed by Sounds pitcher Gary Glover (3-2) matched his season high. He was pulled in the sixth with two outs and replaced by Jeff Bennett. It was Bennett's first appearance since July 15. The native of Gordonsville was re-activated yesterday after being on the disabled list with viral meningitis. Bennett ended Sacramento's rally by striking out Andrew Beattie and was replaced by Mitch Stetter in the seventh. The Sounds threatened to re-emerge in the ninth inning. Tony Zuniga hit a line drive shot, his second hit of the game, down the right field line for a single that scored Nelson Cruz from second. But Sacramento's Jairo Garcia struck out Mike Rivera, and Zuniga was thrown out on his way to second after Chris Barnwell grounded to third. Garcia earned his 12th save. "We got the middle of the order coming up,'' Kremblas said. "We had a good feeling about it. We get Cruz on, Zuniga got another hit, an RBI. "We had a chance; the tying run was at the plate. That's all you could ask for.'' Game at a glance ? Losing pitcher: Gary Glover (3-2) ? Big stick: Sounds center fielder Dave Krynzel was 2-for-4 with a triple, a double and an RBI. ? How they lost: Sacramento scored five runs in the sixth inning, including a two-run homer by Bobby Smith. ? What they said: "He probably got a little tired in the fifth, but then again he might not have.'' ? Kremblas about Glover. ? Today's starters: Nashville RHP Wes Obermuller (0-0, 2.57). Sacramento ? RHP Juan Cruz (3-0, 1.54).