Jim Goulart

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Andy LaRoche collected four hits, including a home run, scored three times and knocked in two to pace a 17-hit attack in Jacksonville?s 12-5 victory over Huntsville Sunday night in the second of a four-game set at Joe Stadium. The Stars dropped to 4-2 in the second half of the season and maintained their share of the lead in the North Division after Carolina was defeated by Birmingham, while the Suns improved to 3-3 in the second half and 41-34 overall. The Stars had a four-game win streak snapped and fell for a fifth time in eight games against the Suns. The visitors jumped on starter Ryan Costello for four runs in the first inning on a two-run, bases loaded single by Joel Guzman, a run-scoring ground out by James Loney and a two-out, run-scoring hit by Nick Alvarez. The Suns tacked on four more in the second on a two-run double by Delwyn Young and a two-run clout by LaRoche, his fifth long ball in 10 games with the Suns and 26th of the season. Costello then walked Tydus Meadows for a second time and was taken out of the game and replaced by Glenn Woolard, who made his first appearance in relief after 14 starts. Costello suffered the loss to drop to 0-4 after being charged with eight runs on seven hits and three walks in an inning plus five batters. The Stars got on the board in the third inning on a run-scoring ground out by Tony Gwynn, Jr. but Jacksonville answered with four more in the fourth on run-producing singles by Guzman and Alvarez and a fielding error by Kennard Bibbs that allowed two runs to score. Enrique Cruz countered with a three-run home run in the home fourth, his 10th of the season and second in as many nights. Eric Hull lasted five innings to earn his fifth win despite giving up four runs on six hits and a pair of walks. Hong-Chih Kuo worked two scoreless frames in his Jacksonville debut and fanned six. The Korean left-hander has now worked 18 scoreless innings this season during which he has fanned 35. Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton finished up with an inning of relief work each and the four hurlers combined to strike out 11, the third time this season Stars hitters have fanned that many times in a game. The series continues Monday with left-hander Dana Eveland starting for the Stars against Suns right-hander Joel Hanrahan. 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.

Final: Arizona Cubs 7, Arizona Brewers 1 Arizona Brewers Box Score: Definitely a strong Latin presence on this squad... YTD YTD CUBS AB R H BI AVG BREWERS AB R H BI AVG E.Serrano 2B 5 0 0 0 .154 S.McKnight 2B 3 1 1 0 .125 R.Brown CF 4 1 0 0 .167 A.Delarosa CF 4 0 1 1 .222 J.Defendis RF 5 2 3 0 .444 M.Brantley LF 3 0 0 0 .143 N.Crouch 3B 2 1 0 0 .200 J.Jimenez 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 M.Mercedes DH 5 1 0 0 .222 H.Mejia SS 4 0 1 0 .333 R.Episcopo LF 5 2 4 2 .444 A.Ayala 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Canzler 1B 3 0 1 1 .167 J.Blanc RF 4 0 0 0 .000 P.Farina CAT 2 0 1 0 .500 B.Dennis III CAT 2 0 1 0 .500 J.Morgan PH 0 0 0 0 .500 O.Vicioso DH 3 0 1 0 .167 J.Morgan CAT 1 0 1 2 .500 J.Garcia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Rivera SS 4 0 2 1 .375 M.Kretzschma PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Fernandez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Labasta PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Williamson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Villar PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Pina PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Lefort PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 7 12 6 TOTALS 31 1 5 1 CUBS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2- 7 12 0 BREWERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 5 2 E--H.Mejia, B.Dennis III. DP--CUBS 1, BREWERS 1. LOB--CUBS 9, BREWERS 6. 2B--J.Defendis (1), R.Canzler (1), A.Delarosa (1). SB--M.Mercedes (1), R.Episcopo (1). CS--R.Canzler. HBP--R.Brown, N.Crouch 2. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CUBS R.Fernandez 2.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 4.50 S.Williamson 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5.40 J.Pina (W,1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.50 M.Lefort 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 BREWERS J.Garcia 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.25 M.Kretzschma 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 W.Labasta (L,0-1) 1.2 3 4 2 3 3 0 10.80 N.Villar 1.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 13.50 HB--J.Garcia, W.Labasta, N.Villar. WP--M.Kretzschma. SO--E.Serrano, R.Brown, N.Crouch 2, M.Mercedes, R.Episcopo, R.Canzler, A.Rivera, S.McKnight, A.Delarosa, J.Jimenez 2, A.Ayala 2, J.Blanc 2. BB-- N.Crouch, R.Canzler 2, P.Farina, S.McKnight, M.Brantley, B.Dennis III. T--2:30.Stats through two of the four games that have been reported on, again to help familiarize you with the names... AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Angoma, Ruben, C ... .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *Ayala, Angel, 1B ... .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Blanc, Jhonathan, OF ... .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 *Brantley, Michael, OF ... .143 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 Cain, Lorenzo, DH ... .600 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Delarosa, Anderson, OF ... .222 9 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 Dennis III, Bernie, C ... .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jimenez (Luna), Herman, 1B ... .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #Jimenez, Jose, 3B ... .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Leclercq, Lenny, OF ... .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 *McKnight, Scott, 2B ... .125 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Mejia, Harold, SS ... .333 9 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 #Vicioso, Osvaldo, 3B ... .167 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 Cespedes, Carlos 0 0 13.50 1 0 0.2 3 3 1 0 1 13.5 Fermin, Jorge 0 0 6.75 1 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 6.8 Garcia, Jose 0 0 2.25 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 2.3 Kretzschmar, Mathew 0 0 0.00 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 13.5 Labasta, William 0 1 10.80 1 0 1.2 3 4 2 3 3 16.2 Ledezma, Alirio 0 1 0.00 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 1 2 6.8 Periard, Alexandre 0 0 6.00 1 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 0.0 Rivas, Amaury 0 0 3.00 1 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 9.0 Villar, Nathanael 0 0 13.50 1 0 1.1 4 2 2 1 1 6.8Arizona Brewer Game Log: Nice job, MILB.com -- never thought I'd live to see a game log from Maryvale... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_brrrok_1

Helena 10, Great Falls (White Sox) 4 Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...705_01.txt Braun leaves respectable first impression By KEVIN SHIVELY - IR Sports Writer The Helena Brewers seemed to cool off a bit after a one-hour rain delay Sunday afternoon, but were able to pick things up in the final innings to secure their 10-4 win over the Great Falls White Sox. The win kept the Brewers perfect on the season with a 6-0 record. First-round draft pick Ryan Braun had a very respectable outing in his first professional game. Braun was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a sacrifice fly as the Helena club's designated hitter. The Brewers were down 1-0 after the top half of the first when Braun hit the sac-fly to land his first RBI and spark a hitting streak by the Brewers that led to six runs on six hits. In the bottom of the third, the rain came down and the tarps came out, suspending play for over an hour. After the delay, Helena didn't score again until the seventh inning when Braun hit an RBI single to score center fielder Charlie Fermaint. White Sox pitcher James Casey walked in the second run of the inning. Fermaint was 3-for-5 in the game with three runs scored. In the eighth, Helena catcher Angel Solome picked up his fourth hit, second double and second and third RBI with a hard double off the left field wall. Christopher Jean started on the mound for the Brewers, pitching three complete innings before the rain delay and allowing only four hits and one run. Rafael Lluberes relieved Jean after the rain let up and pitched four innings of five-hit baseball, posting his first win of the season. Yunior Novoa gave up six runs in his two innings on the mound and collected his second loss of the season. Brandon Allen led the White Sox at the plate, collecting three RBI. Evan Tartaglia scored on a fielder's choice from Allen in the first, and then Allen sent a 3-1 pitch over the wall in the fifth to score twice more. Helena will look to keep its perfect record tonight as they play host to the Missoula Osprey. Tyler Morrison (1-0, 3.00) will take the mound for Helena and Derik Nippert (0-0, 10.80) will pitch for the Osprey. The first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m (8:05 Central). Helena Box Score: Angel Salome now 12-for-26 with six extra-base hits, OPS of 1.379; West Virginia management must be salivating when reviewing this lineup... YTD YTD GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG HELENA AB R H BI AVG E.Tartaglia CF 5 1 1 1 .174 D.Ford LF 5 2 2 0 .435 D.Guest 2B 4 0 1 0 .188 C.Fermaint CF 5 3 3 0 .375 C.Getz SS 4 1 2 0 .350 A.Salome CAT 5 2 4 3 .462 B.Allen 1B 4 1 2 3 .409 R.Braun DH 4 0 2 2 .500 M.Rodriguez LF 3 0 1 0 .318 B.Willcutt 1B 4 1 0 0 .250 M.Tribble RF 4 0 0 0 .250 B.Katin RF 2 1 1 1 .333 M.Sharp DH 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Bell SS 3 1 1 3 .235 E.Hollis CAT 4 1 1 0 .267 R.Crew 3B 4 0 2 1 .444 B.Johnson 3B 4 0 1 0 .286 K.Holmberg 2B 3 0 0 0 .421 Y.Novoa PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Jean PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 I.Chirino PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Lluberes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Lemon PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Roberts PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Casey PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Pena PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 35 10 15 10 GREAT FALLS 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0- 4 10 2 HELENA 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 X-10 15 1 E--C.Getz, B.Johnson, A.Salome. DP--GREAT FALLS 2, HELENA 1. LOB-- GREAT FALLS 7, HELENA 7. 2B--M.Sharp (1), E.Hollis (1), C.Fermaint (1), A.Salome 2 (4), M.Bell (2). HR--B.Allen (2). SB--A.Salome (1), R.Braun (1), R.Crew (2). CS--R.Crew. SF--R.Braun. SH--D.Guest, K.Holmberg. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREAT FALLS Y.Novoa (L,0-2) 2.0 8 6 6 1 0 0 10.80 I.Chirino 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 N.Lemon 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.71 J.Casey 2.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 14.40 L.Pena 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8.10 HELENA C.Jean 3.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3.18 R.Lluberes (W,1-0) 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 7.71 K.Roberts 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 WP--C.Jean. PB--A.Salome. SO--M.Rodriguez, M.Tribble, B.Willcutt, B.Katin, M.Bell, K.Holmberg. BB--M.Rodriguez, B.Willcutt, B.Katin 2, M.Bell. T--4:30. A--713Helena Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

Final: Nashville 10, Oklahoma (Rangers) 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: Sounds Turn Three, Come Back For 10-4 WinOKLAHOMA CITY ? The Nashville Sounds handed the Oklahoma RedHawks their 12th consecutive defeat on Sunday evening, scoring nine late runs to post a 10-4 victory at SBC Bricktown Ballpark in the second game of a four-game series. With the win, Nashville (42-36) extended its lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division to a season-best 3 ½ games over second-place Memphis, which lost earlier in the day in New Orleans. Outfielder Corey Hart went 3-for-4 to continue his red-hot hitting, first baseman Tony Zuniga drove in a season-high four runs and slugged his second homer of the year, and the Nashville defense turned four double plays or better behind Sounds pitchers. Every Nashville batter with an official at-bat recorded at least one hit with the exception of center fielder Dave Krynzel, who had his six-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-4 effort. The come-from-behind victory was the Sounds? 11th this season in games in which they trailed in the seventh inning or later. Nashville posted a double-digit run total for the 11th time this year; four of the efforts have come in their 10 games against the RedHawks. The Sounds added to the record books early on when they turned the sixth triple play in the franchise?s 28-year history in the bottom of the first inning. After Esteban German and Ian Kinsler opened the frame with consecutive singles off Nashville starter Jeff Housman, Chad Allen hit a line drive to Sounds second baseman Warren Morris with the runners in motion. Morris caught the ball, stepped on second, and threw to Zuniga at first base to complete the team?s first triple play since July 28, 2000. Housman ran into control problems in the bottom of the second, walking four consecutive batters to allow Oklahoma to grab an early lead. The southpaw struck out Jason Botts and retired Jason Conti on a groundout for the first two outs of the inning. Housman followed by issuing walks to Adrian Gonzalez, Rashad Eldridge, and former Sound Keith McDonald before Jace Brewer drew an RBI base on balls to put the RedHawks ahead, 1-0. German followed with a two-out, two-run single to right to up the lead to 3-0. Housman lasted only two innings, his shortest outing of the season, and allowed three runs on three hits and four walks. Clint Weibl came on in relief for the Sounds in the third inning and gave up an RBI double to Conti in the frame as the RedHawks extended their advantage to 4-0. After the early wildness, Nashville pitchers settled down and allowed only one hit and zero walks over the final six innings of play. Hart ripped his team-leading 22nd double in the top of the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to six games. Nashville got on the board in the sixth when Morris? two-out RBI single to left against RedHawks starter John Hudgins brought in Krynzel, who had walked earlier in the frame, to make it a 4-1 game. The Sounds erupted to take a 6-4 lead with a five-run top of the seventh. Zuniga tied the contest at 4-4 and extended his hitting streak to a season-best seven games with a three-run home run off Hudgins. The blast ? Zuniga?s second of the year ? scored Hart and Brad Nelson, who had singled and walked to open the inning, and chased Hudgins from the ballgame. Nashville catcher Julio Mosquera greeted Oklahoma reliever Kelvin Jimenez with a double to left and moved to third when Chris Barnwell grounded out for the first out of the inning. Sounds shortstop Steve Scarborough followed with a two-run homer, his eighth of the year, to break the tie and give Nashville its first lead of the night at 6-4. Scarborough?s eight home runs lead all active Sounds hitters. The Sounds continued to pour it on in the eighth, tallying four more runs against the Oklahoma bullpen. Reliever Michael Tejera opened the inning on the hill for the RedHawks and left the contest four batters later after failing to retire anyone. Morris walked before Hart and Nelson singled to load the bases for Zuniga, who continued his solid night with an RBI single to left up the lead to 7-4. Jose Veras came on in relief of Tejera, and Mosquera quickly drew an RBI walk on four straight pitches from the right-hander to up the lead to 8-4. Scarborough and outfielder Ryan Knox, who tied a Nashville record by striking out in his first four plate appearances, each added a run-scoring single later in the frame against Veras to push Nashville into double digits and a 10-4 lead. Infielder Corey Hart made his Sounds debut with a walk in the top of the ninth inning, fittingly doing so as a pinch-hitter for outfielder Corey Hart. Reliever Kane Davis (4-1) made his first appearance in eight days and fanned three batters over two perfect innings to earn the victory for Nashville. Jimenez (2-6) absorbed his team-leading sixth loss of the year after allowing two runs in his lone frame of work. The teams meet again on Monday evening at 7:05 p.m. CT. Right-hander Rick Helling (5-3, 4.17) takes the hill for Nashville and will face Oklahoma right-hander Josh Rupe (1-1, 7.33). Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Russell Branyan, who has been out of action since June 1 after fracturing his left middle finger on a bunt attempt in San Diego, is scheduled to join the Sounds to begin a rehabilitation assignment as the club?s DH in Monday?s contest. Nashville Box Score: Wonder if Branyan will leadoff in order to maximize plate appearances; Mike Adams with a better outing in this one... YTD YTD NASHVILLE AB R H BI AVG OKLAHOMA AB R H BI AVG D.Krynzel CF 4 1 0 0 .266 E.German 3B 4 0 2 2 .335 R.Knox LF 5 0 1 1 .227 I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 1 0 .272 W.Morris 2B 4 1 1 1 .320 C.Allen DH 3 1 1 0 .303 C.Hart DH 4 2 3 0 .307 J.Botts LF 4 0 0 0 .277 C.Hart PH 0 0 0 0 .307 J.Conti CF 4 0 1 1 .240 C.Hart DH 0 0 0 0 .307 A.Gonzalez 1B 2 1 0 0 .289 B.Nelson RF 4 2 2 0 .248 R.Eldridge RF 3 1 0 0 .287 T.Zuniga 1B 5 2 2 4 .407 K.McDonald CAT 2 1 0 0 .267 J.Mosquera CAT 4 1 1 1 .215 J.Brewer SS 1 0 0 1 .244 C.Barnwell 3B 4 0 1 0 .216 J.Hudgins PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Scarboroug SS 4 1 2 3 .256 K.Jimenez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Housman PIT 0 0 0 0 .133 M.Tejera PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Weibl PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Veras PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Davis PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Mercado PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 10 13 10 TOTALS 27 4 5 4 NASHVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0-10 13 0 OKLAHOMA 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0- 4 5 1 E--J.Hudgins. DP--NASHVILLE 3, OKLAHOMA 1. LOB--NASHVILLE 6, OKLAHOMA 3. 2B--C.Hart (22), J.Mosquera (11), J.Conti (13). HR--T.Zuniga (2), S.Scarboroug (8). CS--W.Morris. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA NASHVILLE J.Housman 2.0 3 3 3 4 1 0 5.38 C.Weibl 3.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 5.03 K.Davis (W,4-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.13 M.Adams 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5.40 OKLAHOMA J.Hudgins 6.0 6 4 3 2 4 1 4.75 K.Jimenez (L,2-6) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.98 M.Tejera 0.0 3 4 4 1 0 0 5.96 J.Veras 0.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.58 H.Mercado 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 SO--D.Krynzel, R.Knox 4, W.Morris, C.Hart, B.Nelson, J.Mosquera, C.Barnwell, E.German, I.Kinsler, J.Botts 2, J.Conti 2, A.Gonzalez, R.Eldridge. BB--D.Krynzel, W.Morris, C.Hart, B.Nelson, J.Mosquera, C.Allen, A.Gonzalez 2, R.Eldridge, K.McDonald, J.Brewer 2. T--2:52. A--6600Nashville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_orhaaa_1

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Final: Jacksonville (Dodgers) 12, Huntsville 5 Huntsville Box Score: YTD YTD JACKSONVILLE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG T.Donovan CF 6 1 2 0 .287 A.Gwynn CF 5 0 0 1 .291 D.Young 2B 4 3 2 2 .296 K.Bibbs LF 5 0 0 0 .262 A.LaRoche 3B 5 3 4 2 .317 V.Rottino 3B 5 1 3 0 .292 T.Meadows LF 2 2 1 0 .297 N.Cruz RF 5 0 0 0 .303 J.Guzman SS 5 2 3 3 .275 B.Gemoll 1B 4 1 0 0 .246 J.Loney 1B 5 0 1 1 .266 E.Cruz SS 5 1 1 3 .294 N.Alvarez RF 4 0 2 1 .328 J.Winchester CAT 4 2 3 0 .289 E.Langill CAT 5 0 2 0 .362 C.Crabbe 2B 4 0 2 0 .234 E.Hull PIT 2 1 0 0 .053 R.Costello PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Kuo PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Woolard PIT 1 0 0 0 .053 C.Bilingsley PIT 0 0 0 0 .235 B.Evert PIT 1 0 1 1 .500 R.Bartlett PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Broxton PIT 0 0 0 0 .188 TOTALS 40 12 17 9 TOTALS 39 5 10 5 JACKSONVILLE 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0-12 17 1 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0- 5 10 2 E--J.Guzman, A.Gwynn, N.Cruz. DP--JACKSONVILLE 0, HUNTSVILLE 4. LOB--JACKSONVILLE 7, HUNTSVILLE 10. 2B--D.Young (14), A.LaRoche (4), J.Loney (13), J.Winchester 2 (6), C.Crabbe (11). HR--A.LaRoche (5), E.Cruz (10). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA JACKSONVILLE E.Hull (W,5-4) 5.0 6 4 4 2 3 1 3.91 H.Kuo 2.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0.00 C.Bilingsley 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.79 J.Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.19 HUNTSVILLE R.Costello (L,0-4) 1.0 7 8 8 3 0 1 7.83 G.Woolard 6.0 7 4 4 2 3 0 5.52 B.Evert 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2.70 WP--H.Kuo, G.Woolard 2. SO--T.Donovan, T.Meadows, J.Loney, N.Alvarez, A.Gwynn 2, K.Bibbs, V.Rottino 2, N.Cruz, B.Gemoll 3, E.Cruz 2. BB--D.Young, T.Meadows 3, N.Alvarez, E.Hull, B.Gemoll, G.Woolard 2. T--3:07. A--1968Huntsville Game Log: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Final: West Virginia 2, Lake County (Indians) 0 West Virginia Site Game Summary: Power Complete First Sweep of the SeasonCharleston, WV ? The West Virginia Power were 0-1 in sweep opportunities this season going into Sunday afternoon?s game against Lake County. The Power evened up their second half record, and their record in sweep opportunities with a 2-0 victory over the Captains at Appalachian Power Park. There was no scoring through the first seven and a half innings of the contest. The starters in the contest, Josh Wahpepah and Chuck Lofgren both pitched terrific games. In the bottom of the eighth inning, with two outs, Hernan Iribarren delivered an RBI single to give the Power their first run of the inning. Will Lewis followed Iribarren with an RBI base knock to give the Power a 2-0 lead. In the top of the ninth inning Robert Hinton struck out Brian Finegan, allowed a single to Wyatt Toregas, and then got Mike Butia to ground into the game ending 3-6-3 double play. Justin Barnes (5-1) earned the victory, Hinton (4) earned the save and Chris Niesel (5-3) obtained the loss. The Power improve to 3-3 in the second half with the win and the Captains fall to 2-4 with the loss. The Power will take three days off for the All Star break, and then begin a four game series at Delmarva, which begins on Thursday. The starting pitchers have not been announced. West Virginia Box Score: Only one fly ball out against Josh Wahpepah in his nearly-perfect five innings -- my life will be complete when I hear Bob Uecker say "Wahpepah" every fifth day a few years down the road... YTD YTD LAKE COUNTY AB R H BI AVG WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG J.Valdes CF 4 0 0 0 .217 A.Escobar SS 4 1 3 0 .305 B.Finegan SS 4 0 1 0 .291 H.Iribarren 2B 4 1 1 1 .323 W.Toregas DH 3 0 1 0 .227 W.Lewis LF 2 0 1 1 .303 M.Butia LF 4 0 0 0 .248 G.Richardson DH 4 0 0 0 .249 C.Longworth RF 3 0 1 0 .283 J.Brady 1B 2 0 0 0 .244 M.Whitney 3B 3 0 0 0 .186 N.Corredor CAT 3 0 0 0 .205 J.Noviskey CAT 3 0 0 0 .230 J.Murray 3B 3 0 0 0 .198 F.Pacheco 1B 3 0 0 0 .231 F.Parejo CF 3 0 0 0 .230 M.Szabo 2B 3 0 2 0 .232 A.Mannon RF 3 0 0 0 .139 C.Lofgren PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Wahpepah PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Niesel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Martin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Barnes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Hinton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 0 5 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2 LAKE COUNTY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 5 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X- 2 5 0 DP--LAKE COUNTY 0, WEST VIRGINIA 2. LOB--LAKE COUNTY 4, WEST VIRGINIA 5. SB--A.Escobar 2 (20), H.Iribarren (25). CS--A.Escobar. HBP--W.Lewis. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LAKE COUNTY C.Lofgren 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 1.42 C.Niesel (L,5-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 4.73 WEST VIRGINIA J.Wahpepah 5.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 3.86 F.Martin 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 5.19 J.Barnes (W,5-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.27 R.Hinton (S,4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.25 HB--C.Lofgren. SO--J.Valdes, B.Finegan 2, W.Toregas, M.Butia 2, C.Longworth, M.Whitney, J.Noviskey, F.Pacheco 2, H.Iribarren 2, G.Richardson, J.Brady 2, N.Corredor 2, J.Murray, F.Parejo, A.Mannon. BB--W.Toregas, W.Lewis, J.Brady. T--2:04. A--2758West Virginia Game Log: The Brewers need to have Will Lewis do his utility thing in Brevard County -- he'll be 24 in August... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

Final: Brevard County 5, Jupiter (Marlins) 0 Game Summary form the Hammerheads' Site: JUPITER, FL - Tim Dillard (4-7) pitched a complete game shutout for the Brevard County Manatees en route to a 5-0 victory over the Jupiter Hammerheads at Roger Dean Stadium. The loss is Jupiter?s ninth in a row, and puts them at 0-4 to start the second half of the Florida State League season. Adam Brandenburg (0-1) made his Hammerheads debut and took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits in 5 plus innings of work. He also struck out two, walked two and hit two batters. Dillard was outstanding for the Manatees, going the distance while allowing seven hits. Two of those hits were infield singles. Dillard also struck out seven and did not walk anybody. Brevard did most of their scoring in the sixth. Steve Moss led off the inning with an infield single, followed by back-to-back doubles from Lou Palmisano and Jeff Eure. Eure had two RBI on the day for the Manatees. Kevin Randel, Juan Figueroa and Lee Mitchell each had doubles for the Hammerheads. Randel went 2-4 on the day for Jupiter, and Figueroa went 2-3. The same two teams play tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. (6:05 Central) at the Dean, when the Hammerheads will try to end their losing streak and score their first win of the second half. Brevard County Box Score: Thanks to the Manatees for this tidbit -- coming into Sunday's game, Steve Sollmann was batting .467 in his last ten games with 14 hits and .333 in the month of June both of which lead the team to increase his average over 40 points to .260. He went 1-for-3 in this one... YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG JUPITER AB R H BI AVG T.Ezi RF 5 0 0 0 .279 K.Randel 2B 4 0 2 0 .277 O.Chavez SS 4 0 0 0 .235 L.Mitchell 3B 4 0 1 0 .238 D.Anderson LF 5 0 1 0 .277 A.Molina RF 4 0 0 0 .274 A.Heether 3B 3 1 1 0 .287 R.Abercrombi CF 4 0 1 0 .278 S.Moss CF 3 1 2 0 .265 R.Bear DH 4 0 0 0 .307 L.Palmisano DH 4 1 1 1 .235 J.Figueroa 1B 3 0 2 0 .304 J.Eure 1B 4 1 2 2 .215 A.Rohleder LF 3 0 1 0 .157 C.Medlin CAT 3 1 1 0 .273 P.Arlis CAT 3 0 0 0 .222 S.Sollmann 2B 3 0 1 0 .261 M.Brock SS 3 0 0 0 .166 T.Dillard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Brandenbur PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hoff PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Demontel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Martinez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 5 9 3 TOTALS 32 0 7 0 BREVARD COUNTY 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0- 5 9 0 JUPITER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 7 2 E--L.Mitchell, M.Brock. DP--BREVARD COUNTY 2, JUPITER 2. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 7, JUPITER 5. 2B--L.Palmisano (7), J.Eure (18), C.Medlin (6), K.Randel (11), L.Mitchell (14), J.Figueroa (6). SB--S.Moss (9). HBP--A.Heether, C.Medlin. SH--S.Sollmann. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY T.Dillard (W,4-7) 9.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 2.50 JUPITER A.Brandenbur (L,0-1) 5.0 6 4 3 2 2 0 5.40 B.Hoff 2.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2.41 J.Demontel 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 C.Martinez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.06 HB--A.Brandenbur 2. SO--T.Ezi, S.Moss, L.Palmisano, K.Randel, L.Mitchell 3, A.Molina, R.Abercrombi, P.Arlis. BB--O.Chavez, S.Moss. T--2:26. A--961Brevard County Game Log: Truly a breakout season for Tim Dillard... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jupafx_1

In progress: Brevard County 1, Jupiter (Marlins) 0, after four innings RHP Tim Dillard is your Manatee starter today... In progress: Lake County (Indians) 0, West Virginia 0, bottom of the 6th at Appalachian Power Park RHP Josh Wahpepah faced the minimum in five innings, allowing one hit, followed up with a double play, while striking out six; RHP Forrest Martin with one scoreless inning of relief thus far...

Nashville Media Notes for Sunday (PDF Format): www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

www.starsboxscore.com/ Stetter was betterTonight's pitching duel wasn't between the two starting pitchers in this game -- William Juarez, who directed this game at a molasses pace, and David Bradley, the duel was between two relievers -- Richard Bartlett, who threw three no-hit innings against the Diamond Jaxx his last time out on Wednesday, and Mitch Stetter, and the weapons weren't strikeouts....... Stetter was at the plate for only the fourth time this year, and he had the bat....... Bartlett had the ball. With starter David Bradley finished after four innings, Stetter was trying to win with a 2-1 lead, and he was up in the 6th inning with the bases loaded and one out....... Should Stetter lay the bunt down? That's what Frank Kremblas might have done...... Draw a walk? The Stars' pitching staff had drawn only two all year.......... Stetter had a bat in his hand and he intended to use it......... He worked Bartlett to a full count, then fouled off four pitches while Bartlett was working him inside........ On Bartlett's 11th pitch to the left-hander, he got a little too close to the middle of the plate and Stetter hit it sharply enought that 1st baseman James Loney had to come out of his position to knock the ball down. Loney couldn't control it, however, and the ball leaked into the outfield grass, allowing Nelson Cruz, who led off with a single, and Nelson Castro, who reached on a fielder's choice, to score....... Stetter's hit gave the Stars breathing room, but the clutch hit gave Tony Gwynn, Jr. a chance to come up to the plate and with runners on the corners, he smashed a ball to the right-center field wall for a triple to score both runners, making it a 6-1 ballgame and giving the Stars a 4-1 start to the second half of the season. The Stars needed only 5,020 tonight to break the five million mark in total attendance since entering the league in 1985. Ticket manager was expecting 7,000+ and he got it tonight........ Lori Ready of Trinity was the lucky five millionth fan through the gate. The underwhelmed housewife stood on top of the Stars dugout during the 7th inning stretch to be presented with a laundry list of prizes that included two season tickets to the Stars for the next five years, two tickets to see the Brewers play Atlanta at Turner Field (although most people would rather see the Braves play than the Brewers), an autographed ball which will be signed after she throws it out as the first pitch in an upcoming ballgame (can't wait to see what an athlete she is), and a custom-made Stars uniform that says "5 millionth fan"......... That brought the season attendance to 115,674 --- 4,360 up on the pace, two years ago and 8,541 up over last year. Both years, the Stars finished below 200,000 in total attendance for the first time since 1988. The Stars scored in the 1st after Andy LaRoche, facing the Stars for the first time, doubled with two out to the right-center field wall to score Delwyn Young. Gwynn, .234 as a leadoff hitter despite his .293 average, hit a hard grounder for a single up the middle. He toured the bases on a walk to Kennard Bibbs, a wild pitch, and finally scored on a Vinny Rottino liner to left field....... Bibbs, whose walk was key to the inning, had walked only three times this month and 14 times in the first half....... Enrique Cruz put the Stars ahead in the 2nd inning with his 9th home run of the year, hit on a 2-1 pitch over the wall in left-center field in front of the scoreboard. The Stars are 6-2 when Enrique homers (he had two in one game vs. Carolina, May 23). Enrique extended his hitting streak to tengames, six of which are multi-hit games. He's 16-for-40 in the streak with nine runs scored and five RBIs and is hitting .429 since the second half began. Other Stars hitting over .400 since the start of the second half: Gwynn (.409), Brandon Gemoll (.412), and Rottino (.409). John Vanden Berg is 2-for-5........ Enrique has had a good month defensively, too, committing just three errors after making seven in April and nine in May........ Gwynn has seven RBIs in 22 at-bats in the five games that have made up the 2nd half of the season, despite the fact that he has led off. That's more runs batted in than he's had the rest of June, covering 50 at-bats ...... Rottino's sacrifice fly in the 1st was his 5th, which leads the club....... Stetter had not allowed a run in 12 innings until he walked in Nick Alvarez in the 7th inning...... Bradley had another good outing in his second start of the year. He has now given up just one earned run in nine innings pitched as a starter, and lowered his ERA to 2.08. Bradley threw 71 pitches, 52 for strikes (73.2%) in his four innings of work. Bradley had been unscored upon in five of his 22 appearances coming into the game........ After striking out in his first three at-bats, Gemoll singled to left in the 7th and now has hit safely in 16 of his last 20 games...... With a 2-1 count on Gemoll in the 4th inning, Jacksonville catcher Russell Martin was thrown out of the game by home plate ump Garrett Watson, who will be working the Southern League All-Star game in two weeks. On two consecuitive pitches, both of which were balls, Martin held the ball up for Watson to see. On the 3rd, Martin must've smarted off, because that's when he got the heave-ho....... Martin, a league .316 hitter, has been hitting just a weak .222 (4-for-18) vs. Stars pitching. He accounted for half of Bradley's strikeout total of four tonight. Stars pitchers are now 20-for-153 (.131) at the plate this year, so far the 2nd worst average since the Brewers became affiliated with Huntsville in 1999. (The 2003 pitching staff hit .127)...... But they have hit three HRs, more than were hit in any of the other years combined (one in 1999 and one last year), and have driven in 14 runs, twice as many as last year, when the pitching staff hit .158...... By the end of the year, this year's staff could surpass the 2001 record of 18 runs batted in. Sunday, the Stars will go with southpaw Ryan Costello (0-3, 5.32) against the Suns' right-hander Eric Hull (4-4, 3.68), then Monday, it's Dana Eveland's turn again as he goes for his 9th victory. More from David Weiser: www.starsboxscore.com/standing.html

From Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times: The Stars have added a new pitcher, Keith Stamler, who will join the team today. He's a 25-year-old right-hander from New Jersey who played collegiately at St. John's. He was signed as a free agent, after going 3-1 with a 7.32 ERA for Oklahoma, the Rangers' Triple-A farm team then making six appearances for Oakland's Sacramento Triple-A team. ... Stamler replaces Matt DeWitt, who went on the disabled list with a sore elbow. Career numbers through 2004 for RHP Keith Stamler: www.thebaseballcube.com/p...mler.shtml 2005 Statistics: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...pid=451238

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Stars notebook (through Friday's Games) Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times Covering the bases Pitcher Glenn Woolard is back with the team, having served a five-game suspension imposed by manager Don Money. Woolard briefly left the team after his last performance. Dana Eveland goes for his ninth win this week. He is tied with Tennessee's Enrique Gonzalez at eight. The Stars record for wins in a season is 14, held by Dan Eskew (1990) and Bobby Chouinard (1995). But don't figure the pitching-poor Brewers would leave Eveland here long enough this year to threaten the record. ... The Stars' 12-run fifth inning Thursday at Mobile tied a franchise record for most runs in an inning. ... They won three consecutive road games for the first time all season. ... The Stars may be batting only .267 as a team, seventh in the league, but they have the fewest strikeouts. The Southern League All-Star teams will be announced this week. The game is July 13 in Mobile. ... The popular ex-Star Derek Lee has signed with the Rangers' organization after beginning the year in independent ball. In his lone Triple-A appearance at Oklahoma City, he threw seven shutout innings. ... The Stars' youth camp has been postponed until July 28-30. For registration information, call 882-2562 or see www.huntsvillestars.com. Around the league Adam Bass, the Smokies' pitcher from Huntsville, pitched nicely Friday against Montgomery but didn't get the decision. He held Montgomery to one run over eight innings, allowing only five hits and retiring 14 of the last 15 batters he faced. ... Jacksonville's Andy LaRoche has 25 homers for the season, the most in minor league baseball, with four for the Suns and 21 at Class A Vero Beach. He is the younger brother of Atlanta first baseman Adam LaRoche and son of ex-major league pitcher Dave LaRoche. ... Before a Thursday loss at Montgomery, Tennessee had won six straight games, 12 of 13 and nine consecutive on the road. ... Jacksonville's Jon Weber (.520, four homers) and West Tenn's Renyel Pinto (12 scoreless innings, one win) are the most recent SL Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. ... Dewon Brazelton made an appearance for Montgomery on Tuesday, then was sent back to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. Brazelton threw 46 pitches, 31 for strikes, in a three-inning start, his first appearance since May 11. He had first refused a minor league assignment, costing him some $6,000 per day in salary. ... A rarity in the Southern League: Birmingham has a knuckleball pitcher, right-hander Charles Haeger, who made his debut Wednesday in a win at Chattanooga. He shut the Lookouts down for the first four innings before giving up four runs in the next two. ... We're only quoting here from a Jacksonville press release. The math is up to you: "Three Suns players were ejected Wednesday and six Suns players took called strike threes Thursday.'' Brewings Triple-A Nashville Sounds (40-36, first place in Pacific Coast League American Division): OF Corey Hart .301, 6 HRs, 33 RBIs Single-A Brevard County Manatees (1-2, third in Florida State East Division): RP Brian Wolfe four saves, 0.00 ERA in 11 appearances Single-A West Virginia Power (1-3, seventh in South Atlantic League Northern Division in second half): INF Hernan Iribarren 27 SBs, .325 On deck The Stars host Jacksonville this evening at 6:05 and on Monday and Tuesday at 7:05, then travel to West Tenn. Fans bringing a church bulletin will be admitted for half-price today. Jake the Diamond Dog appears tonight, followed by the furry mascot Reggy on Monday. Tuesday is buy one, get one free on general admission tickets, hot dogs, pizza and soft drinks.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Trinity's Ready is Stars' five millionth fan Mark McCarter Huntsville Times Lori Ready of Trinity entered the gates at 7:17 p.m. Saturday and became the five millionth fan at Joe W. Davis Stadium for a Stars game. She wins two season tickets for five years, a customized jersey, an autographed baseball and two tickets to the Atlanta-Milwaukee game July 9. The Stars, in their 21st season, had drawn 4,994,980 before Saturay's game. By contrast, Jacksonville, the Stars' opponent Saturday, recently celebrated its one millionth fan into the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, which opened in 2003.

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/sports/huntsvi...amp;coll=1 Stars rev up offense Racing theme jerseys fuel Huntsville win By MARK McCARTER Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com It was NASCAR Night. So ... the Huntsville Stars stood on the throttle. There was no restrictor plate on their offense. After being in the pits just a few weeks ago, they're zooming at 200 miles per hour. They're running on all cylinders now. OK, OK. Enough already. Throw the caution flag and stop all that bit of rambling. On Saturday night, the Stars drafted past the Jacksonville Suns 6-2 for their fourth consecutive win. It came in front of an announced crowd of 7,131, the third largest of the season. (The Stars are averaging 3,216 per game.) They were bedecked in special jerseys with a NASCAR theme - red around the shoulders, checkered flag around the midsection. Subtle, they were not. The jerseys were auctioned to fans whose devotion to either the Stars or racing clearly overrode any sartorial taste. Alas, the biggest heroes for the Stars weren't wearing especially pertinent NASCAR numbers. (Why, in the interest of driving up auction dollars, didn't they temporarily wear 2, 3, 8, 20, 48 and some popular driver numbers?) There was No. 23, Enrique "The Other'' Cruz, the Stars' shortstop, who hammered his ninth homer of the season. There was No. 19, David Bradley, the starting pitcher, who allowed only four hits and whiffed four in four innings. There was No. 41, Mitch Stetter, who had a crucial hit in a dramatic at-bat and pitched three innings of quality relief. There was, at least, a Junior, a son of an immortal. Tony Gwynn Jr. (wearing No. 11) belted a sixth-inning triple, driving in two, to break the game open. Stetter is a 24-year-old out of Huntingburg, Ind., the part of the country where open-wheel racing is a little more prevalent. "Growing up,'' he said, "my grandfather was a big Dale Earnhardt fan. So every Sunday, my family and other families would go over to my grandpa's house and watch the race. We'd pick a number, pick the cars to see who'd win. We'd always give him Dale Earnhardt.'' Stetter took the green flag on this season - OK, OK, enough already - as a short relief specialist, a guy the Stars would use in prickly situations to face tough lefties. But that role has expanded. He's been a closer, a long reliever, a multi-purpose guy. Saturday brought his second consecutive three-inning stint. It also brought his first win of the season, in his 28th appearance. His ERA is 2.22, and he has six saves. The Suns scored in the first on a sharp single by Delwyn Young and a long fly by Andy LaRoche that right fielder Nelson Cruz dropped in full gallop on the warning track. But Gwynn opened the bottom of the first with a single, Kennard Bibbs walked and both moved up on a wild pitch by Suns starter William Juarez (4-1) - the perfect set-up for Vinny Rottino's sacrifice fly to left. Enrique Cruz's leadoff homer in the second made it 2-1. In the Huntsville sixth, reliever Richard Bartlett loaded the bases on a hit and two walks. Stetter, in only his fourth at-bat of the season, battled him, finally chopping a 3-2 pitch off the first baseman's glove, driving in two runs. As Stetter was going to the plate, pitching coach Rich Sauveur offered advice: "Be patient.'' "I ended up 3-2 and I said I'm not going down looking,'' Stetter said. "So anything close, I'm going to hack. I know Don (Money, Stars manager) doesn't like you standing up there with a bat on your shoulder. I kept fouling it off, getting a piece of it. I got lucky and put it in play and made something happen.'' Gwynn followed with his two-run triple - and plenty of cushion for when a tiring Stetter - "that run from first to home I got a little winded,'' he said - walked in a run in the seventh. Then Khalid Ballouli became the final thread as the Stars' staff wove together an effective, if not pretty, evening. Ballouli, for the record, wears No. 31. Which means he's having a better time of it than NASCAR's No. 31, Jeff Burton, winless since 2001.

Just for fun: Nicknames rule the minors Scott Brown, Florida Today A quick quiz. The best thing about minor-league baseball is: a: You can take your family to a game and spend significantly less than a mortgage payment. b: Fans often push themselves as hard as the players (you spend 23 hours a day in a used Geo Metro or a night shoveling sardines into your mouth after eating hot dogs, cheeseburgers and ice cream sandwiches as part of a promotion). c: Kids leave a game with autographs, a foul ball or both. d. Intimidators, Biscuits, Lugnuts, Muckdogs and Sand Gnats. The answer, by a nose, is "d" and those seemingly disparate objects do have one thing in common: They are nicknames for minor-league baseball teams. Monikers like those, and others such as Boll Weevils, Green Jackets and Aqua Sox, aren't just a reflection of the minor leagues' wacky nature but also the bond that teams try to create with their respective communities. A Muckdog doesn't exist any more than Santa Claus does, but the name means something to the folks who live in Batavia, a small northern New York community between Buffalo and Rochester. Batavia has a rich agriculture heritage, and the farmers who work the thick soil are known as "muckers." As for where the dog part of the nickname comes into play, well, using a dirt-caked farmer as a mascot wouldn't exactly appeal to kids. "We do have a very handsome mascot," said Linda Crook, who works in community relations for Batavia, "a 7-foot, dorky-looking dog." Like Batavia, Augusta (Ga.) picked a nickname that relates to something unique to its area. Augusta is best-known for the Masters, one of the four major championships in men's golf. The tournament winner gets a ceremonial green jacket, hence the nickname of Augusta's Class A baseball team is the Green Jackets. "Everyone associates Augusta with The Masters," Brevard County Manatees general manager Buck Rogers said. "They piggybacked that ride and sold merchandise off it. That's the beauty of minor-league baseball. You can take a fun name that ties into your community and no one else has." Sometimes those names are not fun for everybody. Not long after Rogers started working for the Manatees last year, he received an email from a member of a boating association complaining about the use of Manatees as a nickname. When Tom Dickson and Sherrie Myers bought a team in Lansing, Mich., and gave it the nickname of Lugnuts, some bristled. After all, it could be seen as a reminder of the automobile plants that had left town. But Dickson and Myers -- they are married but have different last names -- do not mind making a stir with their nicknames. When they bought the Double-A team in Montgomery, Ala., they announced the new moniker at a city festival on Memorial Day 2003. How well did the name Biscuits go over? "Seventy-thousand people went quiet," said Jim Tocco, the team's radio voice among other things. "The same people that said, 'I'm never going to put on that hat,' were all wearing Biscuits merchandise Opening Day." In fact, the nickname and accompanying logo -- an animated biscuit with big eyes, hands and feet -- have become so popular that the organization has sold merchandise in all 50 states, Tocco said. Last year, Tocco added, Montgomery ranked second among all minor-league teams in merchandise sales. Money generated from the peddling of hats, shirts and other paraphernalia helps minor-league teams defray costs. Another bonus of having a unique nickname: It adds to the appeal of teams whose stewards increasingly see their task as providing more than just developmental baseball to their community. When he worked for the Lansing Lugnuts, Tocco once polled fans as they were leaving a game. Half of them, he said, didn't even know the score. "Minor-league baseball isn't even close to what it used to be," Tocco said. "Nowadays, we don't just necessarily cater to baseball fans." And what better way to cater to people in the Kannapolis, N.C, area then calling their baseball team the Intimidators? Kannapolis is the birthplace of racing legend Dale Earnhardt, whose racing style earned him the nickname "Intimidator." Earnhardt bought a significant share of the team not long before his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500, and Kannapolis' nickname fits the two most important criteria: something creative and unique to the area. Same goes for the Iron Birds -- a Class A team owned by baseball's "Ironman" Cal Ripken Jr. And the Blue Claws. And the Timber Rattlers. And on and on. . .

Link while active, text follows: www.wvgazette.com/section...2005062543 Power wastes lead, but still wins By Doug Smock Charleston Gazette Staff Writer All was well for the home side Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. The host West Virginia Power beat the Lake County Captains 6-4 before a paid attendance of 4,134. Grant Richardson supplied the winning hit, a two-out, two-run double in the seventh. John Denver?s ?Country Roads? never sounded better in the postgame. But after the handshakes and backslapping subside, an itchy question remains: How can those guys help poor Greg Kloosterman improve that 3-10 record? Kloosterman persevered through five innings Saturday, giving the Power a 4-2 lead on his way out. His bullpen would have preserved the win if not for two consecutive errors that helped the Power squander the lead. This comes after Kloosterman lost two consecutive 1-0 games, including early last week on a no-hitter by Hagerstown?s Gabby Hernandez. ?I kind of looked up [at the scoreboard] in the ninth inning and I was like, ?Aw, man, he didn?t get the win!? That?s tough,? Richardson said. ?He?s battled his ass off all year long. The record doesn?t show it, but his ERA is dropping and dropping. He?s a hell of a pitcher.? Kloosterman?s earned-run average over his last four starts, 23 innings, is a spiffy 2.35, dropping his full-season ERA to a respectable 4.20. Saturday night, he spotted the Captains a 2-0 lead after two innings, but allowed no more. His last act was to work out of a fifth-inning jam in which he had runners on second and third with one out. Manager Ramon Aviles and pitching coach John Curtis stuck with him despite a pitch count that reached 91. They wanted to get him that win. ?We were thinking about that in the fifth,? Curtis said. ?We had somebody warming up and Ramon said, ?Boy, we?ve got to do everything we can to get him through this inning.? ? The Power took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the second on some bad Lake County fielding and an Alcides Escobar single. Hasan Rasheed led off with a single off Lake County starter Cody Bunkleman?s bare hand, then stole second and scored when Tony Festa?s routine grounder to first was booted by Fernando Pacheco. After a balk, Clay Blevins was hit by a pitch and Escobar singled to right field to tie it at 2. Then Bunkleman caught Escobar off base, starting a rundown that ultimately retired Escobar. But Blevins ? a catcher who does not exactly run like Escobar ? streaked home uncontested, crossing the plate in time to give the Power the lead. Escobar tripled to start the fifth, scoring on Hernan Iribarren?s grounder to give West Virginia, and the just-departed Kloosterman, a 4-2 lead. It was too good to be true. To start the seventh, Iribarren fumbled a grounder and then Escobar dropped the feed from Iribarren on a routine double-play ball. Those errors turned into game-tying runs after a Wyatt Toregas single and a Mike Butia double-play grounder. With Blevins and Escobar on base in the seventh, Richardson poked a long shot to the fence in deep right-center field. Juan Valdes caught up with it, but his collision with the wall dislodged the ball. Blevins and Escobar scored. ?He?s a great outfielder,? Richardson said of Valdes, ?and I?m fortunate that he didn?t quite hold onto it. It would have been a great play.? That left Derek DeCarlo, the victim of the two unearned runs, to pick up the win, with Dave Johnson pitching the ninth for his first save. And it leaves Kloosterman still looking for his first win since May 24. ?The quality of his pitching is showing through, despite the record,? Curtis said. ?He?s battled, he?s running up his innings total now. It?s a compliment when you keep running a guy out there when you?re 3-10.? POWER POINTS: The brief homestand wraps up today, with Josh Wahpepah (4-3, 4.00 ERA) starting for the Power against lefty Chuck Lofgren (1-0, 1.82) ... The Power entered the game hitting .258 in June, its best month of the season. The season average is up to .247 ... Escobar is 9-for-25 over his last six games ... Freddy Parejo stole his 14th base, third on the team. Rasheed stole his fifth and sixth ...The Captains, who were hitting .288 in June, squandered two doubles by Marshall Szabo.

Link while active, text follows: www.helenair.com/articles...605_01.txt Brewers still perfect as they down White Sox By TOM COTTON - IR Sports Editor The venue may have changed, but the result was the same for the Helena Brewers. The 2005 edition of Helena's Pioneer League team won its home opener Saturday 6-4 over Great Falls. That moved the Brewers record to a perfect 5-0 in the early season. The start of the contest was delayed due to a rain storm that hit Helena in mid-afternoon and first pitch was at 8:23 p.m., about 83 minutes past the scheduled start. Despite having to cool their heels, the Brewer bats staked the club to an early 1-0 lead, as lead-off hitter Darren Ford drew a walk and came home when Great Falls pitcher Clayton Richard tossed the ball into centerfield, when trying to put out Charlie Fermaint at second base. That was the only offensive highlight until the fifth inning when Great Falls scratched together three runs, all unearned. Steve Hammond pitched admirably for four innings, but a single and two errors, filled the sacks with White Sox. A single by Evan Tartaglia and a sacrifice fly by Chris Getz, gave Great Falls a 2-1 lead. The third run of the inning scored when Dane Renkert, who replaced Hammond with one out, unleashed a wild pitch. Out of the first four runs both teams scored, none were earned, however, the next two certainly went into the earned column. Fermaint launched a home run over the left-field wall off of Carlos Perez to tie the game. One inning later, Perez was the victim of another long ball as Brendan Katin launched a shot to centerfield for his second home run of the season. Helena tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth and two more in the eighth to salt away the win. Renkert picked up the win for Helena moving his record to 1-0. Fermaint, Katin, Brad Wilcutt and Kenny Holmberg each had two hits for Helena. Great Falls was paced by Tartaglia and Eric Hollis who each had two hits. Hollis also scored two runs in thecontest. The win continued the Brewers run atop the Northern Division of the Pioneer League. They are one game ahead of Billings, which downed winless Missoula Saturday night. The two teams will meet again tonight at 5:05 p.m. (6:05 Central) at Kindrick-Legion Field. Yunior Novoa is scheduled to start for Great Falls. Chris Jean will take the mound for Helena.

Keep in mind that once you see the "cut-and-paste" versions of the box scores in the most recent Link Report, you can click on the word "Scoreboard" on the home page to see a complete listing of box scores, by far the easiest way to get perhaps a printed report of box scores only each day -- but we still want you to read all the details here http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif AM-NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]NASHVILLE SOUNDS (MILWAUKEE) 41 36 .532[/b] MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (ST.LOUIS) 38 38 .500 2.5 OMAHA ROYALS (KANSAS CITY) 37 40 .481 4.0 IOWA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 35 42 .455 6.0 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 4 1 .800[/b] CAROLINA MUDCATS (FLORIDA) 4 1 .800 WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 3 2 .600 1.0 TENNESSEE SMOKIES (ARIZONA) 3 2 .600 1.0 CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 2 3 .400 2.0 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB ST. LUCIE METS (NEW YORK METS) 4 0 1.000 VERO BEACH DODGERS (LOS ANGELES DODGERS) 3 0 1.000 .5 [b]BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES (MILWAUKEE) 2 2 .500 2.0[/b] PALM BEACH CARDINALS (ST.LOUIS) 1 3 .250 3.0 DAYTONA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 1 3 .250 3.0 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (FLORIDA) 0 3 .000 3.5 NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (PHILADELPHIA) 4 1 .800 LEXINGTON LEGENDS (HOUSTON) 3 2 .600 1.0 HICKORY CRAWDADS (PITTSBURGH) 3 2 .600 1.0 [b]WEST VIRGINIA POWER (MILWAUKEE) 2 3 .400 2.0[/b] LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (CLEVELAND) 2 3 .400 2.0 HAGERSTOWN SUNS (NEW YORK METS) 2 3 .400 2.0 GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS (FLORIDA) 2 3 .400 2.0 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (BALTIMORE) 2 3 .400 2.0 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]HELENA BREWERS (MILWAUKEE) 5 0 1.000[/b] BILLINGS MUSTANGS (CINCINNATI) 4 1 .800 1.0 GREAT FALLS WHITE SOX (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 1 4 .200 4.0 MISSOULA OSPREY (ARIZONA) 0 5 .000 5.0USA Today's Minor League Index Page -- Stats, League Leaders: www.usatoday.com/sports/b.../index.htm

Final: Arizona Mariners 9, Arizona Brewers 8, 11 innings This close to a perfect organizational day.... Arizona Brewer Box Score: This was Game Three for the squad, but all numbers reflect this game only; 2004 draft pick, 3B Ronnie Prettyman, signed with the Mariners this year; eight combined errors not unusual for an Arizona Rookie game; one of the things to look for is K-to-BB ratio, both offensive and pitching -- Brewer pitchers fared well in that regard here, batters not so well; biggest day below for draft-and-follow signee Lorenzo Cain, at DH; three strikouts in an 0-for-5 day for 2004 11th round pick Lenny Leclercq, seeing action in LF here - 17-year-old newcomer Harold Mejia gets the starting nod at Leclercq's 2004 position, shortstop, in this one, anyway, and bats fifth -- perhaps a name to watch this summer, maybe an Alcides Escobar in the wings, although Alcides was at Helena at an even younger 17 years of age, by four months... YTD YTD BREWERS AB R H BI AVG MARINERS AB R H BI AVG S.McKnight 2B 5 2 0 0 .000 J.Guzman 2B 6 2 2 1 .333 A.Delarosa RF 5 2 1 1 .200 R.Prettyman 3B 5 0 1 0 .200 M.Brantley CF 4 1 1 1 .250 K.Gergel CAT 6 0 2 0 .133 L.Cain DH 5 1 3 2 .600 S.Bradford CF 5 1 1 1 .286 H.Mejia SS 5 0 2 2 .400 A.Hargrove 1B 5 1 2 1 .462 L.Leclercq LF 5 0 0 0 .000 M.Liverpool PR 0 1 0 0 .250 R.Angoma CAT 5 1 1 0 .200 D.Ruiz LF 6 1 2 0 .300 H.Jimenez 1B 4 1 0 0 .000 J.Hernandz DH 5 1 2 2 .400 O.Vicioso 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Bonilla SS 5 1 1 0 .200 J.Jimenez 3B 2 0 0 1 .000 G.Halman RF 5 1 1 1 .111 A.Rivas PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Bannister PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Periard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Bonilla PIT 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Fermin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Lamont PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Cespedes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Sullivan PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Ledezma PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Suriel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 43 8 8 7 TOTALS 48 9 14 6 BREWERS 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0- 8 8 4 MARINERS 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1- 9 14 4 E--S.McKnight 2, O.Vicioso, J.Jimenez, J.Guzman, A.Hargrove, L.Bonilla, J.Suriel. DP--BREWERS 0, MARINERS 1. LOB--BREWERS 5, MARINERS 12. 2B--L.Cain (1). 3B--H.Mejia (1), S.Bradford (2), T.Bonilla (1). HR--A.Delarosa (1), J.Hernandz (1). SB--M.Brantley (1), J.Guzman (1), M.Liverpool 2 (3). HBP--S.McKnight, L.Bonilla. SF--S.Bradford, A.Hargrove. SH--J.Jimenez. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREWERS A.Rivas 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 3.00 A.Periard 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 6.00 J.Fermin 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6.75 C.Cespedes 0.2 3 3 1 0 1 1 13.50 A.Ledezma (L,0-1) 2.2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0.00 MARINERS B.Bannister 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 4.50 L.Bonilla 3.0 4 5 0 1 4 0 0.00 T.Lamont 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.50 J.Sullivan 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.50 J.Suriel (W,1-0) 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 HB--A.Ledezma, L.Bonilla. WP--J.Fermin. PB--R.Angoma. SO--S.McKnight, A.Delarosa, H.Mejia, L.Leclercq 3, R.Angoma, H.Jimenez, O.Vicioso 2, R.Prettyman, S.Bradford 2, A.Hargrove, D.Ruiz, J.Hernandz, T.Bonilla. BB--M.Brantley, R.Prettyman, J.Hernandz. T--3:20.If you're unfamiliar with some of the names, these batting and pitching statistics may help; keep in mind each player has his own Brewerfan Player Index Page as well... AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Angoma, Ruben, C ... .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *Brantley, Michael, OF ... .250 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Cain, Lorenzo, DH ... .600 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Delarosa, Anderson, OF ... .200 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Jimenez (Luna), Herman, 1B ... .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #Jimenez, Jose, 3B ... .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Leclercq, Lenny, OF ... .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 *McKnight, Scott, 2B ... .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mejia, Harold, SS ... .400 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 #Vicioso, Osvaldo, 3B ... .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 Cespedes, Carlos 0 0 13.50 1 0 0.2 3 3 1 0 1 13.5 Fermin, Jorge 0 0 6.75 1 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 6.8 Ledezma, Alirio 0 1 0.00 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 1 2 6.8 Periard, Alexandre 0 0 6.00 1 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 0.0 Rivas, Amaury 0 0 3.00 1 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 9.0

Final: Helena 6, Great Falls (White Sox) 4 Winning the blowouts and the nailbiters, now 5-0 Helena Box Score: Interestingly, both LHP Steve Hammond and RHP Robbie Wooley working on three days' rest, reliever Dane Renkert on two; two hits apiece for Fermaint, Willcutt, Katin, and Holmberg -- Kenny Holmberg is 8-for-16 to start his pro career (two extra-base hits)... YTD YTD GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG HELENA AB R H BI AVG E.Tartaglia CF 5 0 2 2 .167 D.Ford CF 3 1 0 0 .444 C.Getz SS 4 0 1 1 .313 C.Fermaint LF 4 1 2 1 .273 D.Roberts RF 4 0 0 0 .056 A.Salome CAT 4 0 0 0 .381 B.Allen 1B 4 0 1 0 .389 J.Alonso DH 3 0 1 0 .500 M.Rodriguez LF 4 0 1 0 .316 N.Yost PR 0 0 0 0 .200 R.Acosta 2B 4 0 0 0 .167 N.Yost DH 1 0 0 0 .200 E.Hollis CAT 3 2 2 0 .273 B.Willcutt 1B 3 1 2 0 .300 J.Schmidt DH 3 1 0 0 .000 B.Katin RF 4 2 2 1 .313 M.Tribble PH 0 0 0 0 .375 M.Gamel 3B 3 1 0 0 .111 M.Tribble DH 1 0 0 0 .375 A.Septimo 3B 1 0 0 0 .375 B.Johnson 3B 3 1 1 0 .333 R.Crew SS 3 0 0 0 .429 C.Richard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Holmberg 2B 4 0 2 1 .500 C.Perez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Hammond PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Rote PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Renkert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Marshall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Wooley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 4 8 3 TOTALS 33 6 9 3 GREAT FALLS 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1- 4 8 3 HELENA 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 X- 6 9 2 E--B.Johnson, C.Richard, J.Marshall, R.Crew, S.Hammond. DP--GREAT FALLS 0, HELENA 0. LOB--GREAT FALLS 7, HELENA 6. HR--C.Fermaint (1), B.Katin (2). SB--E.Tartaglia 2 (2). SF--C.Getz. SH--B.Johnson, R.Crew. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREAT FALLS C.Richard 3.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 0.00 C.Perez (L,1-1) 3.0 3 3 2 0 3 2 6.00 R.Rote 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 J.Marshall 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 9.00 HELENA S.Hammond 4.1 5 3 0 0 3 0 0.00 D.Renkert (W,1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.13 R.Wooley 2.1 2 1 1 1 5 0 3.60 S.Beresford (S,1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 WP--C.Perez, D.Renkert 2, R.Wooley. SO--E.Tartaglia, D.Roberts 2, B.Allen, M.Rodriguez 3, R.Acosta 2, B.Johnson, D.Ford 2, C.Fermaint, A.Salome 2, J.Alonso 2, N.Yost, B.Katin, M.Gamel 2, A.Septimo, R.Crew. BB--E.Hollis, D.Ford, B.Willcutt. T--2:52. A--847Helena Game Log: Some of these H-Crew pitchers are going to need to see West Virginia soon, like the 23-year-old Hammond, but the Brewers aren't big on setting off chain reaction-like promotions; Simon Beresford with the tough relief duty in the 9th -- tying run at the plate, one out.. www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1

any news on Arizona? Yup, we know every little detail, but we're not telling http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif I love when we get comments such as "any news on the (Jemile) Weeks negotiations?" Again, any information Brewerfan "staff" becomes aware of, is 99.9% of the time posted by one of us within a matter of minutes. So believe us, we're not holding back -- except in those rarest occasions, for which any info I reveal will earn me double-secret Brewerfan probation...

From the Grass Isn't Always Greener Category: Drew Olson in the Journal-Sentinel: Jeff Cirillo's injury occurred a week after Nashville third baseman Kevin Orie exercised an "out" clause in his contract. Orie subsequently signed with Washington and is now playing for the Nationals' top affiliate. "It always happens that way," Gord Ash said. I think the Brewers would still have called up Trent Durrington (for speed) over Orie, however. By the way, reliever Chad Paronto ended up signing with the Braves' organization and has been hit hard in two relief appearances thus far at AAA Richmond.

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Mitch Stetter worked three solid innings in relief and chipped in with a key two-run single in Huntsville?s 6-2 win over Jacksonville Saturday night in the first of a four-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars improved to 4-1 in the second half of the season and maintained their share of the lead in the North Division, while the Suns dropped to 2-3 in the half. The Stars won a fourth straight game for a first time since April 28 through May 1 and won for a third time in seven tries against the Suns. Vinny Rottino?s sacrifice fly tied the game at one in the home first inning and Enrique Cruz blasted a leadoff long ball in the second to give the Stars a 2-1 lead. It was Cruz?s ninth of the season and the Stars fifth in the last two games. David Bradley worked four innings in his second start of the season for Huntsville, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk. The right-hander struck out four and has allowed just two runs in 10 2/3 frames against Jacksonville in two relief outings and a start. Stetter took over and worked scoreless relief in the fifth and sixth and came through with the biggest hit of the game in the home sixth against Richard Bartlett. The left-handed hitter fouled off five 3-2 pitches before singling past first baseman James Loney to drive in Nelson Cruz and Nelson Castro to push the Stars lead to 4-1. Tony Gwynn, Jr. followed with a triple to plate John Vanden Berg and Stetter to make it 6-1 and give him multiple RBI's in three of the last five games. Stetter walked Andy LaRoche with two outs to force in a run in the seventh to cut the lead to 6-2 but retired Loney on a ground ball to end the inning and earn his first win of the season. Khalid Ballouli tossed two scoreless frames in his eighth relief appearance. The series continues Sunday with left-hander Ryan Costello starting for the Stars against Suns right-hander Eric Hull. 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.

Links to follow Sunday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_orhaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_jupafx_1 West Virginia: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1 Helena: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...k_helrok_1 Arizona: Unavailable via this feature, unfortunately...