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Nashville Pre-Game Audio with infielder Chris Barnwell: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-25.mp3

Final: Nashville 7, Omaha (Royals) 1 Nashville Site Game Summary: Link for Ben Hendrickson photo, text follows -- www.nashvillesounds.com/n...ewsId=1709 OMAHA ? The Nashville Sounds continued to dial long distance during their trip to Nebraska, belting three home runs on Monday afternoon to post a 7-1 victory over the Omaha Royals at Rosenblatt Stadium in the finale of a four-game series. Dave Krynzel, Warren Morris, and Julio Mosquera all mashed roundtrippers in the Sounds? win, which gave the club a three-games-to-one series victory over their division rivals. Nashville slugged 11 homers in the four games against Omaha, equaling their most in one series all season. With the victory, Nashville (58-45) improved to a season-high 13 games over .500 and temporarily increased its lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division to a season-best 6 ½ games, pending the result of Memphis? game against Round Rock later in the day. In addition, the Sounds improved the PCL?s best road record to 29-22 and upped their standing to 19-6 in afternoon contests this season. Sounds starter Ben Hendrickson (5-7) continued his recent run of solid outings, earning his fifth victory of the season after limiting Omaha to one run on five hits while striking out four batters over seven innings of work. Nashville has been victorious in nine of the right-hander?s last 12 starts. Although he didn?t add to his team-high homer total, first baseman Prince Fielder continued to swing a red-hot bat for the Sounds, pacing the club with a 3-for-5 afternoon at the plate. The Brewers? # 2 prospect is batting a blazing .383 (18-for-47) with 16 RBIs, including one on Monday, over his last 13 games. Nashville jumped out to an early lead with five runs over the first two innings of play against Royals starter Ryan Jensen. Fielder and Tony Zuniga contributed RBI singles in the top of the first before Corey D. Hart ripped an RBI double in the second then scored on Morris? sixth home run of the year, a two-run shot to right off Jensen. Audio Link to Warren Morris' Two-Run HR: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-25.mp3 Neither team scored again until the sixth when the big flies continued for the Sounds. Mosquera led off the frame with his second tater of the series and third of the year, a solo shot to center off Omaha reliever Shawn Sonnier. Two outs later, Krynzel took the right-hander deep to left for his eighth longball of the year and a 7-0 Nashville lead. Omaha broke up Hendrickson?s shutout bid in the bottom of the seventh. Matt Diaz opened the inning with a double to center then scored the Royals? first run three batters later on Paul Phillips? two-out RBI two-bagger, making it a 7-1 contest. Jensen (1-4) took the loss for Omaha after allowing five runs (two earned) in his three innings of work in a spot start. The Sounds travel back to Music City on Tuesday to begin an eight-game homestand against the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA-Giants) and Sacramento River Cats (AAA-A?s). Nashville right-hander Wes Obermueller (0-0, 0.00), who picked up his first professional save on Thursday with 1 1/3 scoreless innings in his initial Sounds appearance, makes his first Triple-A start of the season when he toes the rubber in Tuesday?s 7:00 p.m. series opener against Fresno. The Grizzlies will counter with right-hander Matt Cain (6-5, 4.15). Nashville Box Score: Nelson Cruz two walks, Mitch Stetter a clean inning... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1

Link while active, text follows: www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...005072515/ Power pitchers hit tough times Michael Dailey Charleston Daily Mail sportswriter As a former Major League pitcher and current minor league pitching coach, John Curtis knows the importance of a lively arm and pinpoint control. Curtis also knows the importance of patience when dealing with young pitching prospects. He knows that learning to pitch professionally involves more than a strong arm. That's why a recent five-game stretch, in which West Virginia Power pitchers dished out 27 walks, surrendered 56 hits and allowed 34 runs to the Lakewood BlueClaws, isn't particularly discouraging. "We can't expect these youngsters to become Major League-quality pitchers overnight," said Curtis following the Power's 8-3 loss to the BlueClaws Sunday at Appalachian Power Park. "They're going to learn more from their failures than they are from their successes." The loss, in front of 2,313 sweat drenched fans, dropped the Power to 14-15, while Lakewood improved to 14-16. "Generally the work has been good," Curtis said, "but we're going to have days when pitches are up and they get hit. "Another thing to consider is that this is a time of year when they're way beyond their pitching inning totals from years past. "They've thrown a lot of pitches. It's a process, but I truly see development here." The best way for Curtis, a first-round pick by the Red Sox in 1968 and 15-year big league veteran, to handle the ups and downs associated with coaching young pitchers, is to remember back to his own days as a struggling minor leaguer. "All you have to do is remember when you were 20 years old," said Curtis. "That helps put things into perspective. "My second-year (professionally) was the worst year of my life," continued Curtis, who played with the Red Sox, Cardinals, Giants, Padres and Angels. "It was a low-A club in the Western Carolinas League (1969 at Greenville, S.C.). I led the league in walks and it was just a horrible year. "I think most of the kids here are doing better than I ever did in that year. So, I hold out for them that they're going to go through down times, but things are going to get better. You just have to keep going after it. You don't get discouraged and you don't give up." As Curtis once learned, today's adversity will help the Power's young pitchers deal with future roadblocks and challenges. "It's easy for me to think that they have 1,000 innings under their belts, but they don't," said Curtis. "They're still young chicks out there and they're still investigating a new world and having things happen to them that they don't quite know how to deal with just yet. "Instruction and understanding is important, and helping them deal with adversity is paramount in our approach to them. "You want to help them shape their outlooks. You try to help them keep a good outlook on things. We're looking at the broad picture here, not just one game or even one week. "They'll stumble, but that doesn't mean that they're not any good. They'll continue to have bad days throughout their careers and this experience will help them deal with that. "It's a learning process that never stops." Power pitcher Greg Kloosterman (3-14) took the loss Sunday, while Derek DeCarlo and Justin Barnes saw action out of the bullpen. Kloosterman has moved within one of the franchise's Class A record (since 1987) for losses in a season. Phil Merrell went 5-15 for the 1998 Alley Cats. The South Atlantic League record is 17, set by Charles Thompson of Charleston (S.C.) in 1990, and tied in 1997 by Hagerstown's Gary Glover. Lakewood's Maximo De La Cruz (6-8) went six innings for the win. The Power opens a three-game series tonight at Lexington, then returns to Charleston for an eight-game homestand beginning Thursday night. Hickory and Asheville visit for four-game series, separated by an off day next Monday.

Link while active, text follows: dailymail.com/news/Jack+B...k-20050725 Honesty, patience drive Aviles Jack Bogaczyk Charleston Daily Mail Sports Editor Ramon Aviles has been here. He has been there. The West Virginia Power manager made his Major League baseball debut 28 summers ago in a city that his players hope one day to call home. It was a 1977 summer Sunday in Milwaukee. Boston Manager Don Zimmer, his Red Sox with a double-digit lead in the American League East, watched the Brewers bring in Bob McClure from the bullpen for a lefty-lefty matchup. With two men on base, Zim called for buried backup infielder Aviles to pinch-hit for Bernie Carbo. "He told me, ?You're bunting, even with two strikes,' " Aviles recalled of that day at County Stadium. The 25-year-old rookie wasted no time. First pitch. Sacrifice. Runners move up. Bosox win. Aviles spent three months in the majors that season, with one plate appearance and no official at-bats in one game. Two years later, he won a World Series ring with the Philadelphia Phillies. Yet, now in his 36th year in pro baseball and 10th season in which he's managed, the proud Puerto Rican grandfather of two hasn't forgotten the summer of ?77. It has become his basis for teaching Charleston's Baby Brewers. "You have to have patience dealing with young kids," Aviles said Sunday, before the Power's 8-3 loss to Lakewood at Appalachian Power Park. "You have to stay on an even keel. Some kids don't know how to do that, but they'll learn." Aviles' teammates included names like Yastrzemski, Carlton, Fisk, Rose, Schmidt, Eckersley and Tiant, but just to have that opportunity, he spent a decade in the minors first, wrapped around one Boston bunt. Aviles, 56, has shown Power players his 1980 Series ring, told them to try it on and see how it feels. He carries in his briefcase a Phils' team photo that appeared in a recent Sports Illustrated 25-year retrospective -- the first time the Power has been mentioned in SI. His players know that. There's another thing they know, too. "Zimmer lied to me in 1977, lied to me more than once," said Aviles. "I never forgot that, and when I became a manager (21 years ago in Bend, Ore., with Phillie rookies), I told myself the one thing I'd never do to a player is lie. "These players here know that I'll tell them what I think, I'll tell them the truth. I always say, ?If you want me to tell you what you want to hear, don't ask.' If they really want to know, then I'll be glad to tell them the truth." Aviles said Zimmer told him he'd make the ?77 Boston team out of spring training if he hit .250. He batted .325, but was shipped to Class AAA Pawtucket when the Red Sox went north. He was recalled in May, then sat. "We had a nine-game lead and we were playing in Yankee Stadium when I was called up," Aviles said. "Yankee Stadium, my first weekend in the big leagues ... Zimmer told me if we beat the Yankees two out of three, he'd play me the following Monday and Tuesday in Detroit to rest (shortstop Rick) Burleson." The Red Sox swept New York, and Aviles was somewhat giddy on the plane to Motown. Teammate Luis Tiant asked why. Aviles told him he was going to play in a Major League game. " ?You should believe it when it happens,' " Aviles recalled Tiant saying. "Looie said (Zimmer) had lied to him before and others ... The next day came, and I looked at the lineup. I wasn't there." That winter, he was sold to the Phillies, for whom he played 117 games in the next three seasons. In 1982, he started the season at Triple-A Denver after a winter trade to Texas, but after only a few games went back to the Phils, playing at Class AAA Oklahoma City. "We finished with 93 losses ... that caused me to retire," Aviles said, half-jokingly. He was a couple of games off, but those 89ers finished 43-91, so his current Power players should know their skipper was on a club mired much more than the 24 games below .500 that has been the West Virginia nadir. Aviles and coaches John Curtis and Johnny Narron have turned a potential disaster of a Power season -- the first for the Brewers in Charleston, and in a new ballpark -- into something respectable in July. "We've made a lot of progress hitting with men in scoring position," Aviles said. "We were fine in spring training, and then we started the season (with 14 games, 2-12) against Hagerstown and Lexington, teams with very good pitching. "The only thing that's disappointed me is at the beginning of the season, we lost our confidence. I stayed as positive as I could. I did tell the players that I didn't think they had the pride they needed." Aviles recalled his ?82 season in OkCity, "and when we'd come into the clubhouse after a loss you could hear a pin drop ... Here, at the start of the season, we'd lose and there would be all kinds of noise in the clubhouse. "I told the team it was too happy, that it needed more pride. You have to have pride in this game. I think as much as anything it was a lack of experience. You have to learn that when you have two hits and the team loses, you really didn't do your job." Aviles found that many of his Power players were listening, but they weren't hearing. He had started his career where they were, in 1970, in Greenville (S.C.) in the Western Carolinas League, which in 1980 became the South Atlantic League. "I know what they're going through and you talk about that," Aviles said, as his team reaches the 100-game mark tonight at Lexington, and the dog days are scorchers. "Most have never played more than 70-something games in a (short) season before. It's an adjustment you have to make if you're going to keep moving up." Aviles' team is a lot like the wiry 5-foot-9 former infielder. A scout for one organization passing through Charleston a month or so back said the Power may have been struggling, but was the hardest-working team in the league. Most days, the players are on the field by 2 p.m., if they haven't had a morning workout following a night game. West Virginia (14-15 second half) ranks fourth in the SAL in stolen bases, but doesn't have the power to take advantage of the way the balls flies out of their new yard. So, the Brewer bosses here preach gap-to-gap hitting. As far as the other gaps -- generational, informational -- Aviles has made solid strides in bridging those with the Power, in comparison to two months ago. "My goal is still to finish .500 for the season, which means we have to win 45 this half (after a 25-45 first half)," he said. "I still think we have a chance at that. If not, if we can play 10 games over .500 for the second half, that would be a big improvement." That would fit with Aviles, too. It's no lie.

Nashville Media Notes for Monday (PDF format): Old friend Matt Kinney (Giants' organization) faces the Sounds Friday.... www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 A player right on the Money 11 years as a Brewer - four as an All-Star - lead to team's Walk of Fame By MARK McCARTER Huntsville Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com Don Money was in a rut. The Phillies weren't happy with his hitting style. He wasn't producing enough power. There was a promising kid named Mike Schmidt coming up behind him in the organization. So, like a couple of fantasy-league seamheads, the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers got together for a trade. Seven players would swap uniforms. The day of the trade, Oct. 31, 1972, Money was pretty much clueless about his new destination. He had never been there. "I knew nothing about who the manager was or anything,'' he says. How, then, could he have imagined what would be in store - 11 seasons, four All-Star selections, a World Series, a major role on a near-legendary team. "It turned out to be the best thing that could ever happen,'' he says. Now, the biggest, best thing of all: Money, the manager of the Huntsville Stars, is being inducted into the Brewers' Walk of Fame, the team's most prestigious honor, Tuesday evening before the Brewers' game with Arizona. He joins his former manager, the late Harvey Kuenn, in growing the Walk of Fame to 12 members. Among those previously inducted are Commissioner Bud Selig, the Brewers' former owner, and Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and Rollie Fingers. Money, 58, will be joined at the ceremonies by wife Sharon, son Don Jr., daughter Shannon and his five grandchildren. "It makes me feel very good,'' Money says. "The biggest thing is that it was voted by the fans. I always had a good rapport with the fans and tried to play hard.'' "A professional's professional,'' his former teammate Charlie Moore calls him. Moore, a Milwaukee catcher who now lives in Cullman, Alabama, noted that the Milwaukee organization was "always trying to get players to fit the city. It was a hard-working, blue-collar type people. And we had players like that.'' "It's a blue-collar city, and we had guys like Gorman Thomas and Pete Vukovich; if you ever saw them, they looked like they walked in from the coal mines and put on a uniform,'' Money says. "People liked them. And there was a lot of tailgating in those days. "We'd have a day game and we'd get to the park and see them at 9 o'clock in the morning. We'd stop and say hello to them. And, four or five in the afternoon, they were still there. We had a good rapport between the players and the fans.'' Cecil Cooper, familiar to Huntsville fans as the Brewers' one-time farm director, was the Milwaukee first baseman in those days and is now a coach for the Houston Astros. "I played against him and I played with him. Don showed up every day ready to go,'' Cooper says. "He was a hard worker. He was always focused on the game, thinking the game. I never saw him out of position to make a play. "He always threw the ball (to first base) in one area,'' Cooper continues. "He didn't have a strong arm. It was always in the same spot, every time. I don't think I ever got a bad throw from him. He was a good glove man. He played third, he played second, he played first. He did what he could to beat you.'' There are some strong ties in the Cooper-Money relationship. In 1974, Cooper broke his leg and Money moved from second to first base. But Money was on the All-Star ballots, printed before the season, as a second baseman. He wound up leading the vote at second base, becoming the first Brewer elected by the fans to start in an All-Star Game. Then, when Money got the itch to return to pro ball, he contacted Cooper, who was able to offer him a job in the Brewers' organization. Money batted .270 as a Brewer, with 134 homers (of his career 176) and 529 RBIs (out of 729 career RBIs) while in Milwaukee. At the time of his retirement he owned the record in both leagues for most consecutive games by a third baseman without an error. He played on the Brewers' 1982 World Series team that lost to St. Louis. Those Brewers were a slugging team nicknamed "Harvey's Wallbangers,'' in honor of their manager, Kuenn. It was the end of an era in which Money says "we were as good as anybody (in baseball) for three or four years.'' Getting into the Walk of Fame may ultimately prove to be easier than getting to the Walk of Fame itself. Several weeks ago, Money's wallet was stolen from the clubhouse in Mobile. He has a temporary driver's license, but spent hours trying to obtain a photo ID. "I don't know how I'm going to get on the plane,'' he bemoaned one day earlier in the month. What? Airport security won't accept an '82 Topps baseball card with your picture on it as adequate identification? Houston free-lance writer Gene Duffey, a former Times sports writer, contributed to this story.

LHP Brandon Parillo, the 19-year-old 2004 8th rounder who's been outstanding in Arizona Laegue action this season (and last), has been transferred to Helena.

Manatees no longer in first place... Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 57 45 .559 - 29-23 28-22 W1[/b] Memphis 51 51 .500 6.0 27-24 24-27 L1 Iowa 47 52 .475 8.5 31-25 16-27 W1 Omaha 45 57 .441 12.0 19-27 26-30 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina 17 11 .607 - 10-8 7-3 W1 West Tenn 18 12 .600 - 10-6 8-6 L1 Tennessee 15 15 .500 3.0 7-7 8-8 W1 [b]Huntsville 14 16 .467 4.0 4-7 10-9 L1[/b] Chattanooga 11 19 .367 7.0 5-10 6-9 L1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vero Beach 18 11 .621 - 11-6 7-5 W3 Palm Beach 18 12 .600 0.5 7-5 11-7 W1 [b]Brevard County 17 12 .586 1.0 6-6 11-6 L2[/b] St. Lucie 16 12 .571 1.5 5-6 11-6 L2 Jupiter 12 16 .429 5.5 10-8 2-8 W1 Daytona 11 18 .379 7.0 6-9 5-9 W2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 21 8 .724 - 14-1 7-7 W2 Hickory 18 11 .621 3.0 8-6 10-5 L2 Lexington 15 14 .517 6.0 10-6 5-8 L2 [b]West Virginia 14 15 .483 7.0 7-6 7-9 L2[/b] Lakewood 14 16 .467 7.5 8-8 6-8 W2 Lake County 13 16 .448 8.0 7-8 6-8 W3 Greensboro 11 18 .379 10.0 3-8 8-10 L1 Hagerstown 10 18 .357 10.5 3-9 7-9 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 22 10 .688 - 9-4 13-6 L1[/b] Billings 19 13 .594 3.0 11-5 8-8 L3 Great Falls 12 20 .375 10.0 9-10 3-10 W1 Missoula 10 22 .313 12.0 4-12 6-10 L2Arizona 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 Monday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_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

Monday's Daily Menu: Check out the sounds of the Sounds over lunch... All times Central except for Arizona Rookie; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Ben Hendrickson in the heat at Omaha (Royals), 11:45 AM pre-game; 12:05 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: Idle Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 6:00 PM; no audio for this series West Virginia: LHP Steve Hammond at Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: TBD at home vs. Billings, 8:05 PM; five games remain in the first half schedule; the H-Crew leads Billings by three -- big series here... Audio link: www.billingsmustangs.com/index.cfm Arizona: TBD at home vs. the mini-Royals at the Maryvale complex, 10:30 AM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

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Final: Arizona Giants 11, Arizona Brewers 1 It's official -- organization 0-for-7 on Sunday... Weather: 100 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, Varies. T: 2:21. Att: 13. Arizona Box Score: SS Harold Mejia's "Will he walk this season?" watch continues -- zero walks, 95 AB's... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_giarok_1 Arizona Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_giarok_1

Provo, Utah is a pretty unique place: Link while active, text follows -- www.harktheherald.com/mod...mp;thold=0 Owlz are the only game in town - playing on Sundays A professional sports game has not been played on Sunday in Utah County since the semi-pro Provo Timps played ball about 50 years ago. But today (Sunday), the Orem Owlz, a rookie baseball league affiliate of the American League's Anaheim Angels, break with that tradition when they face the Helena Brewers at Utah Valley State College. The team's management insists that the insular life of Utah County is not coming to an end. As usual at Owlz games, alcohol won't be sold. And Michael Moore is not throwing out the first pitch. "Don't worry," Owlz co-general manager Ryan Pace said. "We know a lot of fans might choose to do their typical routines of going to church. But we're still going to maintain a family atmosphere. It's not going to become a Playboy pool party or anything." Traditionally, teams play at 1 p.m. on Sundays across the country. The Owlz will start at 4 p.m. today, so that fans may attend religious services before hoarding the hot dogs. Season-ticket holders who don't want to attend Sunday games can exchange their tickets for other nights. Management remains unsure exactly what sort of reaction today's game will get, though it expects attendance to decline. The question is how much. The Owlz, in their first year at Utah Valley State College after spending the previous four years playing at BYU, are averaging about 2,000 fans through 18 home games. A crowd of half that might be expected today, co-manager Zachary Fraser said. Maybe less. One-quarter of the usual attendance -- 500 -- wouldn't be a shocker. (Attendance was 1,063.) Selling baseball is a little different in Utah County, even before factoring in Sunday play, he said. With Sunday now added to the mix, the team needed to adjust its marketing. Instead of the beer-lovers generally found at baseball games across America, the Owlz are chasing Latinos. It's no secret the team wants Hispanics at the park. Beto's, a local Mexican restaurant, received 600 tickets to distribute free. During Sunday games, announcements will be heard in English and Spanish. Sunday play at minor league parks in Salt Lake City and Ogden is common, and crowds tend to skew toward the adult age bracket, as though fans are looking for respite from a passel of kids. The spectator experience frequently involves soaking up the sun and ignoring the ball. Beer and PG-13 jokes flow more freely at Utah's other venues. The Owlz, by contrast, are hoping to establish a higher tone at UVSC as they continue to promote baseball as a family activity. "We're treating it as an experiment," Pace said. "We're just as curious as a lot of other people. Zach and I are LDS, and we think some are going to take advantage of a Sunday game. It's a way of life in a lot of places. But we just don't know." The Owlz were able to avoid the Sunday experiment before they changed their name and switched ballparks. In past years they were the Provo Angels, and they played at LDS Church-owned BYU, which forbids Sunday athletic events in its facilities, even events that don't involve its own teams. The rules changed this year when the Owlz moved to a stadium on a state college campus, where there is a separation of church and baseball. Before the move, Fraser said, the team's management and owner Jeff Katofsky had expressed concerns about Sunday play to league officials. The team worried about possible negative reaction in the community and the impact it might have on gate receipts. The league's other owners and its commissioner responded that no team would always have Sunday off, regardless of locale, because it complicates scheduling. With the move to Orem, the BYU excuse evaporated. Owlz field manager Tom Kotchman is indifferent about the extra day. Interviewed last week, he was unaware that his team would be playing today and that it had two other home games on Sundays, Aug. 28 and Sept. 4. "It probably matters more to the Pioneer League than it does to us," said Kotchman, who has spent the last five summers in Utah. "The tough thing was the league planning the entire schedule around one team. It helps other teams' travel schedules, but it doesn't matter much to us. We'll play no matter what." Whether local baseball fans show that same resolve will soon be seen.

Final: Orem (Angels) 5, Helena 4, 13 innings You simply can't lose games when you out-hit the opponent 18-7 (but you can lose games when you load the bases with no outs in the 13th and don't score)... Orem Site Game Summary: The Orem Owlz fought through rain, fatigue, and the best team in the league to win Sunday night with an amazing homerun from Dallas Morris in the bottom of the thirteenth inning to finish off their homestand against The Helena Brewers. The first Sunday game in franchise history had it all; including extra innings, a scary rain shower that delayed the game for 40 minutes, three Owlz homeruns, and a bench-clearing celebration when Dallas Morris ended it all with one swing of the bat. The Owlz started off the second inning with Mark Trumbo hitting a monster shot to right field. In the fifth they added to their lead when Josh Cowles reached first on a single and Billy Boyer hit a homerun of his own. With all the homeruns and bad weather it might have been hard to notice the way The Owlz worked their way out of jams. Helena left an amazing 17 runners on base, thanks to Owlz pitchers? 10 Ks. But of course it was the finale that made all the difference and put smiles on all the Owlz fans? faces. With one out in the bottom of the thirteenth Dallas Morris, who had gone 0-4 up to that point, made things right with an amazing shot over the leftfield wall. The Owlz record is now 17 and 16 as they head to Casper and Ogden for a six game road trip. Helena Independent Record Game Notes: Brewers lose after 13 innings After 13 long fought innings, the Helena Brewers took a 5-4 loss to the Orem Owlz Sunday on the road. Dallas Morris of Orem hit a solo home run to left field with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning to end the game for the Owlz win. The homer was just one of Orem's three in the game. The Brewers started with a lead in the first inning and by the ninth, the two teams were tied at three runs a piece and remained errorless through the entire game. The Brewers' Angel Salome added another double in the first to bring his total on the season to 15. Orem's Mark Trumbo homered to right field in the second to bring the score to 1-1. Salome would double again in the top of the fifth, but the Brewers would not be able to get a needed run. The Owlz came back from a one run deficit in the fifth after Billy Boyer homered to left field for a two-run home run. In the eighth, Helena's Charlie Fermaint scored off of a wild pitch to force extra-innings at 3-3. Helena pitcher Will Inman replaced Luis Bernal in the eighth and had five strikeouts during his three innings of play. Darren Ford of Helena hit a line drive triple in the 11th inning to right fielder Anderson Rosario. Ford has three triples on the season. The loss brings only a three game difference between Helena and league foe Billings for first place in the Northern Divison standings. Billings is on a three game losing streak after losing to Casper 5-2 Sunday. Helena will try to add more comfort room to their divison lead as they begin a three game series against Billings tonight. The Brewers will have six home games this week as the end of the first half of the season nears. The first pitch against the Mustangs is set for 7:05 p.m. (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field. Helena Box Score: 5-for-7 day for SS Ryan Crew... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_orerok_1 Helena Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_orerok_1

Final: Lakewood (Phillies) 8, West Virginia 3 West Virginia Site Game Summary: LAKEWOOD WINS THE RUBBER MATCHCharleston, WV ? The West Virginia Power and Lakewood BlueClaws split the first four games of their five game series, but the BlueClaws walked away with an 8-3 victory in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park. The BlueClaws scored the first run of the game on Brad Harman?s solo home run in the top of the first inning. The Power scored twice in the bottom of the second to take their only lead of the game. Josh Murray tied the game on an RBI single and Josh Brady scored the second run of the inning when Alcides Escobar reached on an error committed by third baseman Sam Orr. Lakewood took the lead for good on a three-run homer from Ryan Frith in the top of the fourth inning. It remained a 4-2 game until Lakewood plated three more runs in the top of the seventh inning. Mike Dzurilla reached on an error committed by Brady, allowing Derek Brant to score the first run of the inning. Jason Jaramillo knocked in the second run on an RBI single and Frith walked with the bases loaded to bring in the final run of the inning. The BlueClaws went up 8-2 in the top of the eighth inning after Sam Orr?s RBI double. The Power scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the eighth on Freddy Parejo?s RBI single but it was too little and too late. Maximo De La Cruz (6-8) earned the victory, and Greg Kloosterman (3-14) obtained the loss. The Power are 14-15 in the second half after the loss and the BlueClaws move to 14-16 with the win. The Power will begin a three game series against the Lexington Legends at Applebee?s Park on Monday night. The Power will throw LHP Steve Hammond (2-0, 2.08) and the Legends have not announced their starter. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: Apathy setting in within the West Virginia media -- to start the season, no home game was played without a first-hand report -- now, that's often the norm -- losing will do that... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 West Virginia Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 The Power?s Hernan Iribarren (left) barely beats the tag of Lakewood first baseman Doug Gredvig in Sunday?s game at Appalachian Power Park. Charleston Gazette Photographer: Kenny Kemp http://www.wvgazettemail.com/images/stories/POWSAFE.jpg

Final: Lakeland (Tigers) 15, Brevard County 5 Brevard County Site Game Summary: Is "looked sharp" for real, below? MANATEES MAULED BY TIGERS The Brevard County Manatees were unable to cool off the hot bats of the Lakeland Tigers on Sunday, succumbing 15-5 on an even hotter afternoon. The Tigers cranked out nineteen hits against Manatees pitching in a lopsided battle between two of the first place teams in the Florida State League. Manatees starting pitcher Forrest Martin looked sharp, but ultimately was unable to figure out the Tigers' offense. He was removed in the fourth after surrendering twelve hits and seven runs. Relievers Bo Hall (3.0IP, 3ER) and Nick Slack (1.2IP, 5R, 4ER) both proved to be ineffective in holding down the top ranked offense in the FSL. Tigers hitters were paced by DH Derek Nicholson, who went 4-5 with three RBI's. Brent Clevlen and Garth McKinney both added three run homers to cap off the afternoon. The Manatees offense managed to keep the game close through the seventh inning, narrowing the gap against Lakeland to 8-5. The Manatees got on the board in the second after a Lou Palmisano triple scored Adam Heether. An RBI ground out by Heether in the fourth, and a three run home run by C.J Medlin in the sixth would be the only other runs scored by the Manatees. Palmisano continued his hot hitting by going 3-4 with an RBI, only a HR short of hitting for the cycle. Brevard County Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 Brevard County Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 11, Huntsville 5 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Big Inning Carries Barons to Win Over StarsCasey Rogowski and Tommy Nicholson knocked in three runs and Kris Honel worked six solid innings in Birmingham?s 11-5 win over Huntsville Sunday night in the final game of a three-game set at the Hoover Met. The Barons took two out of three to improve to 17-9 in the second half and push their lead over Jacksonville to three games in the South Division after the Suns lost to Carolina, while the Stars slipped to 14-16 in the second half. The Stars completed their seven-game road trip with two wins and slumped to 2-5 against the Barons. The Stars loaded the bases in the seventh inning on singles by Nelson Castro and Jeff Winchester and a walk to Guilder Rodriguez that also spelled the end of the night for the Barons starter Honel. Birmingham manager Razor Shines called on left-hander Corwin Malone to face lefty-swinging Tony Gwynn, Jr., who chased home Castro with a sacrifice fly to trim the home side?s lead to 4-3. Callix Crabbe singled to load the bases again before Malone struck out Brandon Gemoll, hitless in his first 12 at-bats in the series, for the second out. Brad Nelson hit a ground ball that was gloved by a sliding second baseman Tommy Nicholson moving to his left on the outfield grass and his throw to first retired the Huntsville left fielder for the final out of the frame. Nicholson, originally drafted and signed by the White Sox, was let go in spring training and played in the Rockies organization before being released and resigned by Chicago. He was playing in his first game this season with the Barons. A sacrifice fly in the home seventh by Nicholson, the Barons second of the game and fourth in the last two nights, that scored Ryan Sweeney pushed the home team?s lead to 5-3. B.J. LaMura opened the eighth inning on the hill for the Barons and issued a leadoff walk to Enrqiue Cruz and a one-out free pass to Castro before being taken out of the game after falling behind Winchester 2-0. Ryan Meaux, the winner in Friday?s game, took over and got Winchester to pop up his first pitch to Rogowski at first for the second out and Rodriguez to pop up to Rogowski two pitches later. Birmingham then blew the game open with six runs on four hits, two walks, two hit batters and an error in the home eighth. It was the third time the Stars have yielded six runs in a frame this season, all in the eighth inning, and a second time the Barons have plated six runs in an inning against Huntsville. The Stars tallied twice on four hits in the ninth against Meaux, who recorded his third save of the year. Honel, who had allowed eight runs on nine hits to the Stars on July 7, earned his second win of the season and first since April 18 after allowing three runs on six hits and three walks. He struck out two and lasted six frames for a third time on the season. Dennis Sarfate suffered the loss for the Stars and dropped to 7-7 on the year after allowing four runs, only one earned, on a season-high eight hits and four walks. The right-hander is winless since June 23 and has been on the wrong end of the decision in each of his last four turns. The Stars are off Monday and begin a six-game home stand on Tuesday night against West Tenn. Coverage of the game gets underway at 6:45 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Rough finish for RHP Alec Zumwalt, not aided by LHP Andy Pratt (three inherited runners scored); is Callix Crabbe finally heating up? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1 Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1

Final: Nashville 12, Omaha (Royals) 3 Nashville Site Game Summary: OMAHA ? Prince Fielder slugged his second grand slam of the season and Mike Rivera belted a pair of roundtrippers to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 12-3 rout of the Omaha Royals on a blazing Sunday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium, where the game time temperature was 97 degrees with a heat index well into triple digits. With the victory, Nashville (57-45) extended its lead over Memphis to six games in the PCL American Conference Northern Division and improved to a season-best 12 games over .500. Nashville starter Rick Helling (9-3) pulled into a tie for the Pacific Coast League with his ninth victory, which he earned by hurling his team-best tenth quality start. The veteran allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out seven over six innings of work. The Sounds, who improved to 18-6 in day games, scored in seven of their nine innings and had five different players post multiple-hit efforts on the afternoon, led by Chris Barnwell (3-for-5), who ripped his second homer of the year, and Rivera (3-for-5), who posted three RBIs and has crushed four home runs in his last four games of action. Another offensive highlight for Nashville was red-hot shortstop Steve Scarborough, who turned in a 2-for-5 outing to continue his recent hot streak at the plate. The infielder is batting .379 (11-for-29) over his last eight games. Fielder gave the Sounds an early lead with his first-inning slam, which was the young slugger?s team-leading 20th jack of the year, as Nashville jumped out to a 7-2 lead through the first three innings of play. Rivera, who registered the Sounds? ninth two-homer game of the season, smacked solo shots in the third and eighth frames, and Barnwell mashed his second tater of the year in the second, a solo shot off George. George has given up 24 home runs in his 22 games this season, which is now tied for the Pacific Coast League lead with Tucson's Chris Michalak. Since striking out a career high eleven batters in a 2-1 loss to the Iowa Cubs on July 2nd, George is 0-2 with a 10.80 ERA over his last four starts. He has yielded 30 hits, including six home runs, in 16-and-two-thirds innings over that span. He fell to 0-6 at Rosenblatt this year. Audio Link to the 1st Of Two Mike Rivera HRs: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-24.mp3 George (6-7) took the loss after surrendering a season-high nine runs on nine hits over his six innings of work. Kane Davis worked two scoreless frames of relief for Nashville, fanning a pair of batters, before giving way to Jose Capellan, who allowed one run on Calvin Pickering?s two-out RBI single while working the bottom of the ninth for the Sounds. The teams wrap up the four-game set with a 12:05 p.m. matinee on Monday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium, where the game-time temperature is expected to push triple digits. Right-hander Ben Hendrickson (4-7, 4.46) takes the mound for the Sounds to face Omaha right-hander Shawn Camp (3-6, 3.86), who pitched for Nashville during the 2002 & 2003 campaigns. Link while active, text follows: www.omaha.com/index.php?u...id=1467386 Prince does the Royals no favors BY CRAIG SESKER Omaha WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER He is mature, poised and polished. And strong, powerful and immensely talented. He's only 21, but anybody who questioned whether Prince Fielder was a bona fide big-league prospect when the Milwaukee Brewers drafted him in the first round three years ago isn't saying much right now. The left-handed hitting Fielder sat on a 1-1 pitch from Omaha's Chris George and belted a towering grand slam in the first inning to spark Nashville to a 12-3 Pacific Coast League baseball win over Omaha. "I was just looking for a pitch I could drive or get in the air to get the guy in from third," Fielder said. "I just tried to stay patient and not do too much. He threw me a slider and I was able to make solid contact." Omaha (45-57) lost for the fourth time in five games before 2,130 fans on a steamy Sunday afternoon at Rosenblatt Stadium. First-place Nashville (57-45) has won two of the first three games in the series. The drive by the stocky 6-foot, 260-pound Fielder caromed off the top row of bleachers in right-center field and eventually bounced out of the stadium. Fielder's 20th homer of the season put his team up 4-0 before an out was recorded. He has 62 RBIs. "Prince obviously has a lot of potential," Nashville manager Frank Kremblas said. "He's becoming more relaxed and comfortable at the plate. That allows his potential to come out a little bit more." George sandwiched walks to Dave Krynzel and Corey Hart around a single by Corey D. Hart to load the bases for Fielder with the game barely underway. Fielder, son of former major league all-star Cecil Fielder, then connected for the second time in as many days. He launched a homer to almost the exact same spot on Saturday. Fielder rejoined the Sounds recently after a three-week stint with the Milwaukee Brewers. He batted .328 with one homer and six RBIs in 13 games after reaching the majors for the first time. He was used as a designated hitter in interleague play and as a pinch hitter. "It was a great experience," said Fielder, who hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium with a wood bat at age 12. "I did all right up there, so that really helped my confidence. It was fun and hopefully I can make it back. If I keep working, that should take care of itself." Fielder hit his second grand slam of the season for Nashville. "Prince is learning very quickly and he seems to get better every day," said Nashville catcher Mike Rivera, who hit two solo homers Sunday. "He's a great prospect. It's fun to watch him hit." Nashville starter Rick Helling (9-3), a former 20-game winner in the majors who won two World Series rings with the Florida Marlins, earned the victory. He allowed two runs in six innings. He struck out seven. He had been 0-2 against Omaha. "We didn't help him much defensively on a couple ground balls and with losing a couple balls in the sun," Kremblas said. "But he's a veteran guy and he was able to pitch around that. He did a very nice job." George (6-7) allowed nine runs in six innings, including three home runs. Nashville Box Score: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_omaaaa_1 http://www.omaha.com/imglib/mainsite/pub_0/photos/large/724jlpf.jpg

Nashville Media Notes for Sunday (PDF format): Steve Scarborough hot... www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf Nashville Pre-Game Audio with Infielder Corey D. Hart: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-23.mp3 Nashville Audio Plays of the Week: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...207-24.mp3

Pacific Coast League (AAA) - American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Nashville 56 45 .554 - 29-23 27-22 L1[/b] Memphis 51 50 .505 5.0 27-23 24-27 W1 Iowa 46 52 .469 8.5 31-25 15-27 L3 Omaha 45 56 .446 11.0 19-26 26-30 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern League (AA) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Tenn 18 11 .621 - 10-6 8-5 W2 Carolina 16 11 .593 1.0 9-8 7-3 L1 [b]Huntsville 14 15 .483 4.0 4-7 10-8 W1[/b] Tennessee 14 15 .483 4.0 6-7 8-8 L1 Chattanooga 11 18 .379 7.0 5-10 6-8 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida State League (A+) - East Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Brevard County 17 11 .607 - 6-5 11-6 L1[/b] Vero Beach 17 11 .607 - 11-6 6-5 W2 Palm Beach 18 12 .600 - 7-5 11-7 W1 St. Lucie 16 12 .571 1.0 5-6 11-6 L2 Jupiter 11 16 .407 5.5 10-8 1-8 L1 Daytona 10 18 .357 7.0 5-9 5-9 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Atlantic League (A) - Northern Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delmarva 20 8 .714 - 14-1 6-7 W1 Hickory 18 10 .643 2.0 8-5 10-5 L1 Lexington 15 13 .536 5.0 10-5 5-8 L1 [b]West Virginia 14 14 .500 6.0 7-5 7-9 L1[/b] Lakewood 13 16 .448 7.5 8-8 5-8 W1 Lake County 12 16 .429 8.0 7-8 5-8 W2 Greensboro 11 17 .393 9.0 3-7 8-10 W1 Hagerstown 10 17 .370 9.5 3-8 7-9 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pioneer League (R+) - North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Helena 22 9 .710 - 9-4 13-5 W1[/b] Billings 19 12 .613 3.0 11-5 8-7 L2 Great Falls 11 20 .355 11.0 8-10 3-10 L1 Missoula 10 21 .323 12.0 4-12 6-9 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_omaaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_biraax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_orerok_1 Arizona: Not updated live, but usually later during the overnight... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_giarok_1

Sunday's Daily Menu: Go get 'em, Rick Helling -- we'd love to deal you off for a prospect... All times Central except for Arizona Rookie; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: RHP Rick Helling at Omaha (Royals), 1:15 PM pre-game; 1:35 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Huntsville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at Birmingham (White Sox), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 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. Lakeland (Tigers), 12:00 PM; no audio for this series -- wonder why Luis Pena, Saturday's listed starter, didn't pitch... West Virginia: LHP Greg Kloosterman at home vs. Lakewood (Phillies), 1:05 PM Audio link: www.sportsjuice.com/provi...e=wvpower. Helena: TBD at Orem (Angels), 5:05 PM Audio link (opponent's, scroll to bottom left-hand side of linked page): www.oremowlz.com/ Arizona: TBD at the Giants' complex, 10:30 AM local time; never any web audio for Arizona Rookie ball...

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Why did we exactly get rid of Craig Breslow? A 7.19 ERA in 23 relief appearances at High Desert, too many walks. Also, where is Tommy Phelps at? Nashville, but sidelined day-to-day for now.

Brewers come back for victory over Owlz By IR Staff The Helena Brewers bounced back from Friday's loss in a big way, shellacking the Orem Owlz 15-3 Saturday night. Helena's big inning was the fourth when the Brewers slapped their hosts with 10 runs. Helena had nine hits in the inning, including two by Ned Yost, who had a two-run double to start the scoring and an RBI single to finish it. The Brewers (22-9) cruised from there, getting strong work from three pitchers who did not give up an earned run. Josh Louis got his first professional win with three innings of work out of the bullpen. Orem (16-16) scored three unearned runs off Helena starter Tyler Morrison in the bottom of the second, thanks in part to two Helena errors, a wild pitch and a passed ball. Helena got on the board when Ryan Crew opened the third with a double and scored on a single by Angel Salome. The Brewers polished off the blowout win with three runs in the eighth, two on a home run to right field by Stephen Chapman, and one in the ninth. Salome extended his hitting streak to 17 games while Brendan Katin pushed his to 18 in the win. Salome leads the Pioneer League with a .427 average followed by Katin at .424. The Brewers finish the four-game series in Orem today at 4:05 p.m. (3:05 Central) before returning to Helena for a six-game homestand, the final five of which will conclude the first half of the league season. After Saturday's games, the Brewers have a three game lead over second place Billings in the standings.