Jim Goulart

Final, Game One: West Virginia 2, Lakewood (Phillies) 1 Final, Game Two: Lakewood (Phillies) 17, West Virginia 4 SS Alcides Escobar misses the doubleheader after leaving Saturday's game early -- he left after hitting a double... West Virginia Site Doubleheader Summary: POWER WINNING STREAK STOPS AT 3LAKEWOOD, NJ ? The West Virginia Power extended their winning streak to three games on Sunday, but had it snapped in the second half of the doubleheader at First Energy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The Power won the first game by the final of 2-1 and lost game two 17-4. In game one the BlueClaws took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on Mike Dzurilla?s RBI single. The Power tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth inning when Nestor Corredor reached on an errant throw from Lakewood shortstop Brad Harman that brought in Josh Murray. The Power took the lead during the very next at bat when Hasan Rasheed drove in Agustin Septimo on a sacrifice fly. The game ended when Doug Gredvig grounded into a game-ending 6-4-3 double play. The Power scored the first two runs of the second game on Adam Mannon?s two-run single in the top of the second inning. The BlueClaws tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning on a pair of two-out RBI singles, one from Timi Moni and the other from Brad Harman. The BlueClaws pulled away, scoring six runs in the bottom of the third. Mike Lombardi, Timi Moni, Ryan Frith and Brad Harman hit two-out RBI singles consecutively and Mike Dzurilla finished the scoring in the third inning on a two-run double to make it an 8-2 Lakewood lead. The BlueClaws put the finishing touches on the Power in the bottom of the fifth inning when they hit three home runs and scored nine times. Timi Moni hit a grand slam, Ryan Frith hit a solo shot and a two-run homer, Greg Isaacson knocked in a run with a single and Mike Lombardi walked with the bases loaded in the inning. The Power scored the final two runs of the game on Mannon?s two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning. The home run was his second of the season. In game one Dave Johnson (2-1) earned the victory, Ben Stanczyk earned his second save and Nate Johnson (4-2) obtained the loss. In game two Joe Bisenius (2-2) earned the victory and Robbie Wooley (1-4) obtained the loss. The Power move to 19-38 with the split and the BlueClaws also move to 19-38 with the split. The Power will conclude the four-game series against Lakewood on Monday evening at First Energy Park. RHP Josh Wahpepah (2-3, 3.81) will throw for the Power and the BlueClaws will counter with LHP Derek Griffith (2-2, 2.85). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM (6:05 Central). West Virginia Game One Box Score: The Power pitchers survived this one, more so than dominated it... YTD YTD WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG LAKEWOOD AB R H BI AVG H.Iribarren 2B 4 0 1 0 .312 R.Frith RF 4 1 1 0 .302 F.Parejo RF 4 0 1 0 .242 B.Harman SS 4 0 0 0 .274 J.Brady LF 4 0 0 0 .264 M.Dzurilla 2B 2 0 1 1 .349 G.Richardson 1B 3 0 0 0 .250 S.Orr 3B 4 0 1 0 .281 C.Corporan DH 2 0 1 0 .245 D.Gredvig 1B 3 0 0 0 .250 J.Murray 3B 3 1 1 0 .189 C.Galloway DH 3 0 2 0 .233 A.Septimo SS 3 1 1 0 .231 T.MoniErgbli CF 3 0 1 0 .239 N.Corredor CAT 3 0 0 1 .194 D.Brant CAT 2 0 0 0 .250 H.Rasheed CF 2 0 2 1 .267 R.Plumsky LF 2 0 1 0 .333 G.Klosterman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Klemm PH 0 0 0 0 .227 D.Johnson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Klemm LF 1 0 0 0 .227 B.Stanczyk PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Carrasco PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Johnson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Allen PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 2 7 2 TOTALS 28 1 7 1 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0- 2 7 1 LAKEWOOD 1 0 0 0 0 0 X- 1 7 1 E--J.Murray, B.Harman. DP--WEST VIRGINIA 1, LAKEWOOD 0. LOB--WEST VIRGINIA 8, LAKEWOOD 10. 2B--C.Corporan (6), A.Septimo (4). SB--F.Parejo (12), H.Rasheed (1). HBP--D.Brant. SF--H.Rasheed. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST VIRGINIA G.Klosterman 3.1 6 1 0 1 3 0 4.90 D.Johnson (W,2-1) 2.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.34 B.Stanczyk (S,2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.79 LAKEWOOD C.Carrasco 5.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 6.02 N.Johnson (L,4-2) 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 3.45 K.Allen 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.12 HB--G.Klosterman. WP--G.Klosterman. SO--H.Iribarren 2, J.Brady, J.Murray, R.Frith, B.Harman, S.Orr, R.Plumsky. BB--G.Richardson, C.Corporan, M.Dzurilla 2, D.Gredvig. T--2:15. A--7123West Virginia Game One Game Log: Check out Greg Kloosterman's high-wire act in the 2nd; the good guys wasted their chances as well... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lwdafx_1 West Virginia Game Two Box Score: When Josh Brady's your best pitcher on the day, you know you're in trouble; disappointing because Robbie Wooley's capable of so much more, Josh Baker had started to turn things around, and Simon Beresford's been struggling for a few weeks now; all five inherited runners scored, so nobody picked up their predecessor... YTD YTD WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG LAKEWOOD AB R H BI AVG H.Iribarren 2B 3 0 1 0 .312 R.Frith RF 5 3 4 4 .319 N.Corredor PH 1 0 1 0 .205 B.Harman SS 4 1 2 2 .281 F.Parejo CF 4 0 0 0 .236 M.Dzurilla 2B 5 1 2 2 .351 C.Lozada CAT 4 0 1 0 .167 S.Orr 3B 4 0 0 0 .275 C.Corporan 1B 3 1 0 0 .240 D.Gredvig DH 4 2 2 0 .267 J.Murray 3B 2 0 0 0 .187 C.Klemm LF 3 3 0 0 .221 A.Septimo SS 3 2 2 0 .247 G.Isaacson 1B 4 1 1 1 .289 A.Mannon RF 3 1 2 4 .145 M.Lombardi CAT 3 2 1 2 .333 C.Blevins DH 3 0 1 0 .210 T.MoniErgbli CF 4 4 4 6 .264 H.Rasheed LF 3 0 1 0 .273 J.Bisenius PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Wooley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Baker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Brady PIT 0 0 0 0 .264 TOTALS 29 4 9 4 TOTALS 36 17 16 17 WEST VIRGINIA 0 2 0 0 0 2 0- 4 9 2 LAKEWOOD 0 2 6 0 9 0 X-17 16 0 E--H.Iribarren, J.Murray. DP--WEST VIRGINIA 0, LAKEWOOD 1. LOB-- WEST VIRGINIA 6, LAKEWOOD 7. 2B--H.Iribarren (7), N.Corredor (5), A.Septimo (5), C.Blevins (3), M.Dzurilla (9). HR--A.Mannon (2), R.Frith 2 (6), T.MoniErgbli (2). HBP--S.Orr. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST VIRGINIA R.Wooley (L,1-4) 2.2 7 8 6 2 0 0 5.84 J.Baker 2.0 6 6 6 2 2 1 8.51 S.Beresford 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 2 7.18 J.Brady 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 LAKEWOOD J.Bisenius (W,2-2) 7.0 9 4 4 2 2 1 6.99 HB--R.Wooley. WP--R.Wooley, J.Bisenius. SO--C.Corporan, J.Murray, M.Dzurilla, S.Orr, C.Klemm, G.Isaacson. BB--C.Corporan, J.Murray, B.Harman, D.Gredvig, C.Klemm 2, M.Lombardi. T--1:58. A--7123West Virginia Game Two Game Log: Enter at your own risk... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lwdafx_2

Game Suspended: Jupiter (Marlins) 2, Brevard County 2, after nine innings, rain Manatees had a golden chance in the bottom of the 9th to win it, but Ozzie Chavez popped up a bunt with one out and the winning run at 3rd base... Brevard County Box Score: Manatees K 12 times, draw only one walk; even in an extreme pitcher's league, how can you help but like the trio of Taubenheim - Villanueva - Dillard at the top of this rotation? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 Brevard County Game Log: Yes, that's the Valerio de los Santos, now 32 years old, at high-A for Florida, making only his third appearance of the season -- injury rehab of some sort or just starting over? www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1

Nashville Media Notes: www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf In progress: Omaha (Royals) 3, Nashville 0, still in the top of the 1st in Nashville Jeff Housman just burned by a broken-bat two-out two-run single; Trent Durrington gets the start in right field tonight as Corey Hart gets the night off...

Jim Callis is Jim Powell's pre-game guest Sunday afternoon -- link to the audio interview later tonight.

RHP Tim Dillard starting for Brevard County today.

Life's no dream for Fielder Prospect severs ties with father Tom Haudricourt, Journal-Sentinel Since being selected in the first round of the 2002 draft out of high school by the Milwaukee Brewers, Prince Fielder has been one of the youngest players in his league on a yearly basis. Accordingly, the 21-year-old first baseman has had to grow up fast, like it or not. Complicating matters for Fielder is a tragic family situation created by his father, former big-league slugger Cecil Fielder. With a series of gambling losses and financial boondoggles, he squandered most of the family's considerable fortune, resulting in the loss of their $3.7 million home in Melbourne, Fla. When Cecil Fielder's 13-year major-league career ended in 1998, he had amassed approximately $47 million in earnings. It took him about five years to fritter it away, mostly through losses at casinos, including the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J. Failed business ventures, such as Big Daddy Classic Cars and a small airplane service, also contributed to the family bankruptcy. Before the Fielders knew what hit them, they were swamped by lawsuits, liens on their property and process servers. Prince Fielder discovered how bad the situation had become in startling fashion in August 2002, while playing for the Class A Beloit Snappers. He came off the field one day and was handed papers by a process server, who was searching for his runaway father. Though Prince Fielder declined to get into the details of the sordid affair, it is assumed he was able to protect the $2.4 million signing bonus he received from the Brewers after being the seventh player drafted in 2002. Prince remains in contact with his mother, Stacey, who filed for divorce, and sister, Ceclynn, who were forced to move out of the family mansion when a bank foreclosed on the mortgage. But he has cut all ties with his father, who no longer comes to watch the hitting prodigy play minor-league games. "I can't think about it," said Fielder, who has been on a home-run spree of late at Class AAA Nashville. "I've got games to play. I wish it didn't happen, but there's nothing I can do about it now." A feature by HBO's "Real Sports" over the off-season showed mother and daughter standing outside of the boarded-up mansion, peering through locked gates. Stacey Fielder had only recently recovered from a serious auto accident. With a 10-month-old son and a fiancée, Prince Fielder has his own family unit to support. Ever aware of the horrors visited on his mother and sister by his father's gambling, he says his budding new family helps him get through the tough times. "It takes your mind off baseball at times," he said. "You don't want to think about baseball all the time, for six months." Not to mention the ruination of his family by a father no longer welcome to watch his talented son, a chip off the baseball block, sock tape-measure home runs. Not his main focus When the Brewers selected second baseman Rickie Weeks with the second pick of the 2003 draft, they gave him a five-year major-league contract guaranteed at $4.8 million with a chance to make $5.5 million. To max out that deal, Weeks had to make the Brewers' opening day roster in 2004. The package was worth $5.325 million if he earned a roster spot at the start of this season. The last chance to earn incentives comes next year, when Weeks' deal is worth $5.1 million if he is on the opening day roster. After that, the minimum of $4.8 million is the best he can do. "The last time I looked at that was when I was drafted," said Weeks. "After that, I couldn't even tell you what the money is. "If you worry about that, you put added pressure on yourself. It's hard enough to come out here every day and try to hit a baseball. The more pressure you put on yourself, the harder it is to play the game." By giving the first major-league contract in club history to a draft pick, the Brewers will run out of minor-league options on Weeks by 2007. Considering the offensive binge he has been on at Nashville (.326, 14 doubles, 8 triples, 11 home runs, 45 RBI entering the weekend), that shouldn't be a problem. As for his high profile in the minors, Weeks said, "You're going to have certain critics saying, 'He should be doing this, doing that.' Nobody has higher expectations than I do." North of the border Because of work visa restrictions in the United States in the wake of 9/11, all players selected in the amateur draft Tuesday out of Canada will be unable to play rookie ball this season. That hasn't stopped the Brewers from doing extensive scouting in that country, however. General manager Doug Melvin and assistant Gord Ash are Canadians, so it stands to reason they would be in tune with prospects in that country. But the primary force behind the club's emphasis on Canadian baseball is Dick Groch, Melvin's top scout. "Dick was a pitching coach for the Canadian national team for a number of years so he has a good background up there," said Ash. "Forget that Doug and I are Canadian. The fact that Dick has that background is very important." The Brewers drafted seven Canadian players last year, more than twice as many as any other club. They gave six-figure signing bonuses to two right-handers - Quebec's Alexandre Periard ($243,000) and Nova Scotia's Greg Langille ($107,000). Though baseball is suffering at the grass-roots level in Canada due to financial cutbacks, more players are making it to the big leagues out of that country, including stars such as Eric Gagne, Jason Bay and Justin Morneau, as well as impressive Colorado rookie left-hander Jeff Francis. "We believe there is talent there," said Ash. "It is under-evaluated. It's not like you're competing against 30 clubs. There's about 10 or 12 that are really into it, and the rest just do the surface. "A lot of the kids from there are late bloomers because they haven't had the background in the game. You've got colleges coming north and looking for kids to give scholarships to because they don't have scholarships in Canada." The top high school players this year are first baseman Nick Weglarz of Stevensville, Ontario, and right-hander Ivan Rusova of Toronto. Right-handers Jonathan Forest of the University of British Columbia and Kyle Cuthbertson of Lethbridge (Alberta) Community College also should go in the early rounds.

NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB LEXINGTON LEGENDS (HOUSTON) 34 21 .618 HAGERSTOWN SUNS (NEW YORK METS) 33 21 .611 .5 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (CLEVELAND) 31 25 .554 3.5 KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 28 28 .500 6.5 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (BALTIMORE) 25 31 .446 9.5 HICKORY CRAWDADS (PITTSBURGH) 21 32 .396 12.0 LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (PHILADELPHIA) 18 37 .327 16.0 [b]WEST VIRGINIA POWER (MILWAUKEE) 18 37 .327 16.0[/b] AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB *Bates, Dallas, OF ... .237 131 15 31 3 1 3 13 13 26 2 *Blevins, Clay, C ... .203 59 6 12 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 Brady, Joshua, 1B ... .274 106 16 29 8 1 4 20 12 28 4 #Corporan, Carlos, C ... .241 141 20 34 5 1 5 21 12 47 0 Corredor, Nestor, C ... .203 69 4 14 4 0 0 7 5 14 2 Escobar, Alcides, SS ... .312 218 36 68 10 5 0 15 7 48 14 *Iribarren, Hernan, 2B ... .313 198 29 62 6 4 2 25 23 41 19 Lewis, Will, OF ... .292 120 14 35 5 1 3 26 6 17 3 Lozada, Charlie, C ... .156 32 1 5 2 0 0 7 0 4 0 Mannon, Adam, OF ... .115 52 7 6 1 0 1 2 12 20 0 Murray, Josh, 3B ... .187 182 19 34 3 1 4 15 14 63 4 Parejo, Freddy, OF ... .242 153 17 37 5 2 2 15 9 28 11 *Rasheed, Hasan, OF ... .214 28 6 6 1 0 0 2 3 11 0 Richardson, Grant, 1B ... .257 113 11 29 8 0 2 10 13 29 3 #Septimo, Agustin, OF ... .227 75 9 17 3 0 1 6 5 18 3 *Tuttle, Jason, OF ... .000 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 Baker, Joshua 1 3 7.46 10 0 35.0 41 31 29 16 35 9.0 Barnes, Justin 2 1 3.72 4 1 9.2 11 7 4 1 10 9.3 Beresford, Simon 1 1 6.23 18 1 26.0 34 23 18 10 26 9.0 Decarlo, Derek 2 2 4.06 12 0 37.2 36 18 17 13 32 7.6 Gallardo, Yovani 0 3 3.76 11 1 40.2 37 19 17 19 40 8.9 Hinton, Robert 2 2 2.19 18 3 24.2 17 8 6 7 25 9.1 Johnson, David 1 1 5.06 7 0 16.0 19 16 9 10 16 9.0 *Kloosterman, Gregory 3 7 5.18 11 0 57.1 56 41 33 24 45 7.1 Martin, Forrest 1 4 6.75 6 0 26.2 35 22 20 11 25 8.4 Montalbo, Brian 1 2 5.63 16 1 48.0 56 33 30 20 34 6.4 Rogers, Mark 0 4 4.97 9 0 29.0 21 17 16 21 39 12.1 Stanczyk, Ben 1 1 2.89 19 1 28.0 20 9 9 12 26 8.4 Wahpepah, Joshua 2 3 3.98 11 0 54.1 53 26 24 7 42 7.0 Wooley, Robert 1 3 4.72 10 0 34.1 51 23 18 11 21 5.5

EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB VERO BEACH DODGERS (LOS ANGELES DODGERS) 31 22 .585 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (FLORIDA) 29 25 .537 2.5 DAYTONA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 26 25 .510 4.0 PALM BEACH CARDINALS (ST.LOUIS) 26 28 .481 5.5 [b]BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES (MILWAUKEE) 22 33 .400 10.0[/b] ST. LUCIE METS (NEW YORK METS) 19 32 .373 11.0 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB *Anderson, Drew, OF ... .288 205 31 59 7 3 2 12 21 46 5 Campana, Wandel, 3B ... .252 143 9 36 6 1 1 14 4 10 0 #Chavez, Ozzie, SS ... .237 177 15 42 10 3 1 11 16 32 3 De La Cruz, Carlos, 3B ... .194 67 2 13 2 0 1 9 3 20 0 Deevers, Robby, OF ... .175 97 4 17 4 1 0 3 0 33 3 Eure, Jeffrey, 1B ... .218 193 33 42 13 1 11 29 13 65 0 #Ezi, Travis, OF ... .266 79 13 21 4 5 1 8 10 25 6 Heether, Adam, 3B ... .295 78 18 23 6 0 2 9 11 11 0 Medlin, C.J., C ... .316 76 14 24 3 0 5 22 13 17 0 Moss, Steve, OF ... .272 180 24 49 9 4 6 23 14 44 7 Palmisano, Lou, C ... .260 169 17 44 4 4 2 20 18 28 1 *Serfass, Jake, OF ... .111 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 14 0 Sollmann, Steven, 2B ... .235 187 23 44 6 1 0 14 18 26 7 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 *Anderson, Ryan 0 0 0.00 2 0 2.1 1 0 0 1 4 15.4 Diggins, Ben 0 0 3.86 4 0 4.2 2 2 2 8 4 7.7 Dillard, Tim 2 5 2.90 11 0 68.1 55 31 22 16 44 5.8 Durost, Kenny 0 8 7.71 11 0 37.1 44 36 32 20 42 10.1 Evert, Brett 0 2 5.06 7 2 10.2 9 6 6 4 7 5.9 Grybash, Dan 0 1 8.24 17 1 19.2 32 21 18 11 25 11.4 *Habel, Josh 1 3 2.03 5 0 26.2 19 8 6 10 26 8.8 Hall, Bo 0 0 4.24 17 0 34.0 29 19 16 20 30 7.9 *Lewis, Jeremy 1 4 5.54 21 2 26.0 25 18 16 9 24 8.3 Pena, Luismar 1 3 4.03 5 0 29.0 25 14 13 13 25 7.8 Slack, Nick 0 2 9.43 18 2 21.0 29 23 22 6 15 6.4 Stockman, Landon 0 2 3.86 11 1 14.0 20 10 6 6 11 7.1 Taubenheim, Ty 8 1 2.49 11 0 76.0 57 23 21 19 47 5.6 Villanueva, Carlos 5 0 2.28 9 0 47.1 26 13 12 14 61 11.6 Wolfe, Brian 0 0 0.00 4 1 6.0 4 0 0 1 5 7.5

NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 38 18 .679 CAROLINA MUDCATS (FLORIDA) 37 18 .673 .5 TENNESSEE SMOKIES (ARIZONA) 23 33 .411 15.0 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 23 33 .411 15.0[/b] CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 22 34 .393 16.0 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB *Bibbs, Kennard, OF ... .280 161 19 45 13 4 0 14 13 21 10 #Crabbe, Callix, 2B ... .241 166 20 40 9 1 1 15 35 34 10 Cruz, Enrique, SS ... .271 192 23 52 9 1 6 23 13 46 8 Cruz, Nelson, OF ... .296 169 28 50 13 0 11 39 20 51 1 *Gemoll, Brandon, 1B ... .229 144 15 33 6 2 2 12 9 32 2 *Gwynn, Anthony, OF ... .286 203 39 58 9 0 0 12 35 38 22 #Rodriguez, Guilder, 2B ... .238 21 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Rottino, Vinny, C ... .274 197 21 54 9 3 2 24 14 29 1 Van Iderstine, Ben, OF ... .284 81 9 23 4 1 0 5 7 10 1 Vanden Berg, John, 1B ... .258 89 11 23 6 1 1 13 11 26 0 Winchester, Jeff, C ... .284 109 13 31 1 0 0 12 7 15 0 Zuniga, Tony, 3B ... .253 158 13 40 5 0 3 21 17 25 0 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 Ballouli, Khalid 2 4 5.22 12 1 50.0 66 37 29 19 35 6.3 Bradley, Dave 2 1 1.56 17 0 34.2 24 7 6 12 29 7.5 *Costello, Ryan 0 1 9.00 2 0 6.0 8 6 6 2 3 4.5 Dewitt, Matt 1 2 3.42 21 5 26.1 33 13 10 11 25 8.5 *Eveland, Dana 5 4 2.94 12 0 70.1 62 30 23 25 64 8.2 *Ford, Matt 1 3 6.00 16 0 21.0 34 20 14 12 19 8.1 Gamble, Jerome 1 0 9.64 12 2 14.0 23 15 15 1 21 13.5 Miller, Ryan 0 0 5.40 4 1 5.0 3 3 3 1 4 7.2 *Parra, Manny 2 4 3.86 11 0 60.2 72 31 26 12 59 8.8 Sarfate, Dennis 4 3 3.56 11 0 60.2 52 27 24 20 61 9.0 *Stetter, Mitch 0 3 2.81 21 4 32.0 27 10 10 4 31 8.7 Woolard, Glenn 3 5 5.40 11 0 53.1 58 35 32 30 44 7.4 Zumwalt, Alec 1 2 4.26 19 1 38.0 36 18 18 18 29 6.9

AM-NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]NASHVILLE SOUNDS (MILWAUKEE) 30 27 .526[/b] MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (ST.LOUIS) 28 27 .509 1.0 OMAHA ROYALS (KANSAS CITY) 24 33 .421 6.0 IOWA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 23 33 .411 6.5 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Barnwell, Chris, 3B ... .250 60 9 15 5 0 0 3 5 9 0 Borders, Pat, C ... .245 98 8 24 2 0 3 14 3 18 1 Durrington, Trent, 3B ... .270 159 29 43 7 2 2 19 31 41 15 *Erickson, Matt, 3B ... .429 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 *Fielder, Prince, 1B ... .256 203 29 52 12 0 11 39 33 50 3 Hart, Corey, OF ... .265 196 32 52 13 4 4 22 19 35 8 Knox, Ryan, OF ... .230 100 17 23 5 0 2 8 11 22 5 Mosquera, Julio, C ... .194 98 13 19 8 0 1 11 6 15 1 *Nelson, Brad, OF ... .254 197 33 50 14 1 6 29 28 51 3 Orie, Kevin, 3B ... .314 137 26 43 14 0 9 34 28 17 2 Rivera, Mike, C ... .267 30 5 8 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 Scarborough, Steve, SS ... .242 153 28 37 8 0 7 24 20 31 4 Weeks, Rickie, 2B ... .333 189 41 63 14 9 12 48 23 46 7 W L ERA G SV IP H R ER BB SO SO/9 Adams, Mike 0 0 0.00 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 6 13.5 Bennett, Jeff 1 0 4.45 21 7 28.1 23 15 14 15 20 6.4 Capellan, Jose 4 2 4.39 11 0 55.1 59 29 27 23 41 6.7 Davis, Kane 2 1 2.86 22 1 28.1 27 10 9 16 33 10.5 Helling, Rick 4 2 4.50 11 0 68.0 62 42 34 35 52 6.9 Hendrickson, Ben 2 5 4.45 12 0 62.2 65 40 31 28 52 7.5 *Housman, Jeff 2 4 5.57 11 0 53.1 61 36 33 30 45 7.6 Lehr, Justin 5 4 5.79 18 1 37.1 53 29 24 13 25 6.0 Meyers, Mike 3 3 6.15 20 0 33.2 37 24 23 19 31 8.3 Paronto, Chad 2 0 2.59 22 4 31.1 30 11 9 14 30 8.6 *Pratt, Andy 2 4 8.85 13 0 39.2 57 45 39 31 41 9.3 Santana, Julio 2 0 1.50 8 1 12.0 8 2 2 4 15 11.3 Weibl, Clint 0 2 5.54 17 1 39.0 46 25 24 23 29 6.7

Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Stars Notebook (Through Friday's Action) Mark McCarter Huntsville Times Covering the bases The Stars are hardly playing any role of "The Comeback Kids'' this season. Going into Saturday's game, they were yet to win - going 0-for-25 - in games they trailed after eight innings. Of late, they have been even more anemic, well, late. Manager Don Money had these stats scribbled on a piece of paper on his desk: Against opponents' relievers, in the last 30 2/3 innings, the Stars have mustered one earned run, only 18 hits, six walks and struck out 22 times. ... Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to eight games with a first-inning single Saturday night. In his first seven games back from the disabled list, he was 12-for-30. ... Milwaukee's promotion this week of outfielder David Krynzel isn't expected to have a domino effect on the Stars. At this point, there are no plans to promote anyone from here to Nashville, where Ryan Knox can step in as the starting center fielder.... The Stars are at 22 players, one short, as it is, with no replacement yet for Matt Ford, who was released earlier in the week. ... Reliever Ryan Miller continues to rehab. He'll throw live batting practice this week to check his progress. ... Fellow reliever Jerome Gamble is still out for several more weeks, according to Money. He's playing catch on the side, but he's not ready to pitch. ... There was an old Brewers reunion Saturday night. Scouting the game for the Pirates, and popping in to see Money, was former pitcher Pete Vuckovich, a Cy Young winner for Milwaukee. Movie buffs will remember Vuckovich as Klu Haywood in "Major League." ... Fitting, then, as official scorer Don Rizzardi noted, there would be a player named Serrano (Mississippi catcher Ray) in the game. Ex-Star Dusty Wathan had three homers, including a grand slam, for Triple-A Buffalo Thursday night. ... The Stars won't see any immediate impact from this week's baseball draft. Historically, Milwaukee scouting director Jack Zduriencik leans toward high school prospects. A guess: The Brewers' No. 1 pick will be Asheville, N.C., high school star Cameron Maybin. ... If you're counting, it'll be eight games in a row the Stars will be playing Mississippi. "The schedule,'' Money said, "is ridiculous.'' ... Here's your Stars' clubhouse golf rankings: coach Rich Sauveur, Matt DeWitt, Glenn Woolard and Dana Eveland. Hmmm. All pitchers. Coincidence? Around the league Going into Saturday's play, the Southern League South was a traffic jam. Jacksonville, Mississippi and Montgomery were all tied at 28-27, with Birmingham a half-game back at 27-27. Meanwhile, West Tenn and Carolina are bunched at the top of the SL North, with everybody else in their dust. The Mudcats and Diamond Jaxx opened a four-game series at Carolina last night. ... West Tenn ace Rich Hill, who led the league with 90 strikeouts in 58 innings, was promoted last week to Triple-A and whiffed 14 in his debut. ... Jacksonville's Chad Billingsley struck out 12, including six in a row, in the Suns' win Thursday against Mobile. ... Chelsea Cooley, Miss USA 2005 and Miss North Carolina, will be at the Mudcats' game on June 13. The same night, at Joe Davis Stadium, a family of four, for $40, will get four tickets, four hot dogs and four soft drinks. Who wins that promotional war? Brewings Triple-A Nashville Sounds (30-26, first place in Pacific Coast League American Division): 1B Prince Fielder PCL Player of the Week with seven homers, 16 RBIs, 32 total bases, 1.280 slugging percentage and .360 average. Single-A Brevard County Manatees (21-32, fifth in Florida State East Division): P Ty Taubenheim 8-1, 2.55 ERA Single-A West Virginia Power (17-37, seventh in South Atlantic League Northern Division): SS Alcides Escobar .307, 14 SBs On deck The Stars host Mississippi today at 2:05. Fans who bring their church bulletins will be admitted for half-price. Monday's game is 7:05, with a 12:05 start on Tuesday. After a two-game visit to Chattanooga, the Stars are back Friday to host the Lookouts.

Links to follow Sunday's action as it happens: Nashville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1 Huntsville: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1 Brevard County: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_breafx_1 West Virginia Game One: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lwdafx_1 West Virginia Game Two: www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lwdafx_2

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change -- Nashville: LHP Jeff Housman at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 5:40 PM pre-game; 6:00 gametime Audio link: www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/ Nashville Site Gamecast Feed: www.nashvillesounds.com/live/xlive.htm Huntsville: RHP Dennis Sarfate at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 1:50 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ If that link is down for bandwidth, use: specs.eyecentric.com/pres...opup.shtml Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Jupiter (Marlins), 12:00 PM Audio link (opponent's): www.live365.com/cgi-bin/m...2747300015 West Virginia: LHP Greg Kloosterman and RHP Robbie Wooley in a double-dip at Lakewood (Phillies), 12:05 PM Audio link (opponent's -- right side of web page link): www.blueclaws.com/

Link while active, text follows: www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll...012/SPORTS BlueClaws fall into tie for last with Power BY JOE ADELIZZI Asbury Park Press STAFF WRITER LAKEWOOD ? When the teams with the second- and third-worst records in all of minor league baseball match up, you can expect to see some sloppy play, some poor pitching and some big innings helped by mishaps. So when the West Virginia Power, the holder of last place in the South Atlantic League's North Division, and the Lakewood BlueClaws, a game above West Virginia in the standings before Saturday night's game, you would be hard pressed to expect a crisp game. You would be right. The Power pounded out 13 hits, took advantage of two BlueClaw errors and are now tied for last place after their 13-8 victory against the Claws. Both teams are now 18-37, better than the Phillies' other Class A affiliate, Clearwater, which has baseball's worst record at 12-41. It was an uphill battle all night for the Claws. The Power got their first run when Lakewood threw out Josh Brady on an attempted steal in the first inning. Alcides Escobar scored from third on the play. Lakewood tied the score in the second when Greg Isaacson singled in Doug Gredvig. It all came apart for Baldwin and the Claws in the top of the fifth. Agustin Septimo singled in the first run of the inning when Chris Klemm bobbled the ball, allowing Carlos Corporan to score the lead run. The Power followed with another single, a double, a triple and a two-run home run by Brady. The Claws tried to get back in it in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three runs, two on Brad Harman's two-out single and the third on Mike Dzurilla's hit, which broke an 0-for-12 slide. But the Power built on the lead in the seventh inning, scoring five more, all of them unearned. To make matters worse, catcher Jason Jaramillo was hurt in a collision at the plate and had to leave the game. The Claws will get a chance to crawl out of the basement today when they play a doubleheader, which starts at 1 p.m. (noon central).

Link while active, text follows: www.news-journalonline.co...060505.htm Cubs' bats come alive By JERRY SCHAEFFER Daytona Beach News-Journal Correspondent DAYTONA BEACH -- Fireworks were scheduled for the post-game celebration at Jackie Robinson Ballpark Saturday night, but the Daytona Cubs started an early version in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs, who had dropped a 2-1 decision in the first game of a doubleheader, smashed open a 1-1 pitcher's duel in the bottom of the sixth in the second game to salvage a split in Florida State League action. By sticking eight hits with a hit batsman and a sacrifice fly, Daytona erupted for nine runs in the sixth for a 10-1 conquest of the Manatees. The win snapped a three-game losing skid for the Cubs while halting a four-game win streak for Brevard County. "Our team really came together in the sixth," Daytona manager Richie Zisk said. "We put together some success that we hadn't had all night up to that point, then we seemed to wake up when Brevard's pitcher (reliever Jeremy Lewis) hit (Carlos) Rojas with a pitch in the middle of the inning." When the sixth-inning smoke had all cleared, Lewis had been ejected, the two benches had cleared for a verbal-only confrontation near the mound, and first baseman Kevin Collins, leftfielder Paul O'Toole and centerfielder Chris Walker had each driven home two runs. "That was certainly a big inning and a big win for us," Zisk said. "They had beaten us three straight." Second baseman Robinson Chirinos, third baseman Scott Moore, right fielder J.J. Johnson and catcher Jake Scott also had timely hits to drive home runs for the Cubs. "It was a big boost for us that Nate Sevier, normally a reliever, got the spot start for us and pitched five shutout innings," said Zisk. "I can't say enough about his coming through when we really needed it." Sevier allowed only two hits and faced only 16 batters--one over the minimum. He did not get the win, however, as Manatee rightfielder Travis Ezi lined a two-out solo homer in the top of the sixth off eventual winning pitcher Jordan Gerk to even the score at 1-1. Then came the fireworks in the Daytona sixth. The Cubs had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Second baseman Robinson Chirinos walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. One out later, he scored when doubled, etching his team-leading 35th RBI. In the first game, Brevard's C.J. Medlin pulverized a first-inning fastball from Daytona Cubs pitcher Sean Marshall, sending the Manatees to a 2-0 advantage. It was his fourth of the season and plated Steve Moss, who had been issued a two-out walk. "The pitch was a little up--probably a little higher than the pitcher wanted it," Medlin described. "I got it good, but I didn't know I had hit it well enough to go out until I saw the outfielders watching it go over the fence." With Brevard starter Josh Habel's effective mound work, the guests didn't need any other offense. Habel retired 17 of the 22 Cubs he faced in 5 2/3 innings, grabbing his first win of the season. The only chink in his Saturday armor was Walker's solo homer down the left-field line with two out in the third inning.

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Link while active, text follows: www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...amp;coll=1 Little hits add up to a lot of runs for Stars in victory By MARK McCARTER Times Sports Staff markcolumn@aol.com The biggest hit of the night was short enough it could have been attached to a leash. The Stars' collection of hits was more like a pile of change you find behind the sofa cushion, instead of some humongous pile of gold. It was the little things, but a big deal for a Huntsville team limping with a four-game losing streak, and seven losses in eight starts. In front of an announced crowd of 5,224 Saturday night, Huntsville overwhelmed the Mississippi Braves 8-1 with a 16-hit attack, only two of which went for extra bases. Third baseman Tony Zuniga, who had been in a slump that mirrored the team (three hits for his last 25 at-bats), had four hits. Nelson Cruz, who extended his hit streak to eight games, and Callix Crabbe had three hits each. The Stars' good offensive work backed up another splendid pitching performance by Dana Eveland (5-4), who yielded only three hits in six innings. This, after a seven-inning one-hit gem last Monday - otherwise known as the day the Stars had last won a game. The Stars and Braves, who had swept Huntsville in a four-game set in Mississippi, meet again today at 2:05. The trip to Mississippi meant the Stars didn't arrive in Huntsville until 5 a.m. Saturday. "We came out loose today,'' Zuniga said. "I think we were just having fun.'' Zuniga said he slept in until 2 in the afternoon, "got some lunch and came straight here. Maybe,'' he mused, "that's what I need to do tomorrow.'' The 30-year-old Zuniga said he hasn't been merely struggling the past few games. "I feel like I've been struggling a little all year. "I've been pressing. Hopefully things are changing. We'll start winning and I'll start seeing the ball better.'' Of course, there could be even bigger forces at work. Ed Sedar, the Brewers' roving outfield instructor, visited Nashville last weekend and got the Triple-A Sounds U-turned from a 2-6 road trip into a 7-1 streak. The Stars patched together a three-run third off Mississippi starter Brian O'Conner (4-2) with only one ball hit out of the infield. Tony Gwynn walked with two out, Cruz singled to left and a wild pitch hopscotched them both up a base. Vinny Rottino battled off a 2-2 pitch for the biggest little hit in a week, chopping one 45 feet up the line toward third, in no man's land for the defense, scoring Gwynn. Ben Van Iderstine followed with a worm-burner to deep short that scored Cruz, then Zuniga singled off O'Conner's leg to drive home Rottino. In the sixth, Zuniga and Brandon Gemoll singled, and pinch-hitter John Vanden Berg singled home Zuniga. Gemoll scored on a passed ball, then Vanden Berg wound up scoring on another one of Crabbe's hits. After Gwynn singled, Cruz drove in Crabbe and an alert Gwynn scored when Jeff Francoeur's throw from right was well off-target.

Link while active, text follows: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....1/SPORTS04 Omaha beats Sounds with tough pitching Nashville lets scoring opportunities slip by By BRYAN MULLEN Tennessean Staff Writer A big crowd saw the home team come up just short. The Nashville Sounds, playing in front of their largest crowd of the season, was nipped 5-4 by visiting Omaha in front of 10,825 last night at Greer Stadium. The Sounds never led and continuously chipped into the Royals lead. But Nashville couldn't quite get over the hump and was hurt by not enough timely hitting coupled with questionable baserunning. Still, Nashville has won seven of its last nine games and leads Memphis by one game in the Pacific Coast League's American Northern division. "Out pitch selection wasn't very good tonight," Nashville Manager Frank Kremblas said. "We put ourselves in holes swinging at bad pitches. (Omaha starting pitcher Jimmy) Gobble made some pitches, though. His cutter was really sharp tonight. Not taking anything away from him, but our guys have to realize if he's going to it and keeps going to it, we have to make an adjustment there." The Sounds (30-27) were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, with the only run coming when Rickie Weeks (3-for-4, two RBIs) had an RBI single to center in the ninth, drawing Nashville to within one run. But Prince Fielder followed by grounding into a game-ending double play. Nashville's pitchers kept the game tight despite the offensive struggles. Starter Ben Hendrickson (2-5) allowed four earned runs in five innings and struck out six. Mike Meyers and Jeff Bennett combined to throw four innings and allowed only three hits and one run. Omaha (24-33) right fielder Aaron Guiel broke a scoreless tie in the third, lining a two-run double. Sounds left fielder Brad Nelson almost made a nice grab on the play, leaping to make the catch near the warning track, but the ball bounced off the tip of his glove. Nashville cut Omaha's lead in half moments later. Weeks drilled a solo home run to left in the third. It was Weeks' team-leading 12th home run of the season. Nashville had plenty of scoring chances but struggled often. In the third inning Fielder ran through a stop sign and was tagged out after getting into a rundown. In the fifth the Sounds had the bases loaded and designated hitter Kevin Orie had a 3-0 count. Instead of taking a pitch, Orie swung away and popped foul to the catcher to end the inning. "He's got the green light there, that's his decision," Kremblas said. "I leave it up to them. However I was thinking myself, after seeing the first three pitches and them being so wild, that that would probably put some indecision in your mind as a hitter." Game at a glance ?Losing pitcher: Ben Hendrickson (2-5) ?Big stick: Rickie Weeks, 3-for-4, two RBIs. ?How they lost: Omaha went up 4-1 in the fifth when Adrian Brown slapped an RBI single. Two batters later Aaron Guiel drove in a run with a sac fly. Nashville managed a run in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't tie the score. ?What they said: "We just have to go out and do our job every day, and hopefully we will have a chance to win in the last inning," Hendrickson said. ?Tonight's pitchers: Sounds ? LHP Jeff Housman (2-4, 5.57 ERA). Omaha ? Dennis Tankersley (2-5, 6.38). Bryan Mullen covers sports for The Tennessean. He can be reached at bmullen@tennessean.com.

Final: West Virginia 13, Lakewood (Phillies) 8 West Virginia Site Game Summary: POWER OFFENSE EXPLODES IN VICTORY OVER LAKEWOOD LAKEWOOD, NJ ? The West Virginia Power scored 13 runs on 13 hits on Saturday night against the Lakewood BlueClaws and went on to beat the BlueClaws 13-8 at First Energy Park. The Power jumped on top 1-0 in the top of the first inning. With runners on first and third, Josh Brady took off for second base, and Alcides Escobar scored on the throw down to second base. Lakewood tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second inning on Greg Isaacson?s RBI single. The Power scored six runs in the fifth inning and pulled away. Agustin Septimo drove in the first run with a single, Escobar knocked in the next two runs with a double and Hernan Iribarren followed him with an RBI triple. With a runner on third base and two outs, Brady smacked his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot that completed the six-run inning for the Power and gave them a 7-1 lead. The BlueClaws answered by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Brad Harman drove in the first two runs with a single and Mike Dzurilla drove Harman in later in the inning on an RBI single to make it a 7-4 game. The Power added five insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning. Brady drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly, Grant Richardson knocked in the next two with a double and the Power finished the inning on back-to-back RBI singles from Carlos Corporan and Freddy Parejo to take a 12-4 lead. Isaacson brought the BlueClaws two runs closer with a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to make it 12-6. The Power added another run in the top of the ninth inning on Corporan?s second RBI single of the game to go up 13-6. The BlueClaws scored the final two runs of the game on Sam Orr?s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little, and too late. Justin Barnes (2-1) earned the victory and Andy Baldwin (0-4) obtained the loss. The Power improve to 18-37 with the win and the BlueClaws move to 18-37 with the loss. The Power will continue the four game series against Lakewood on Sunday afternoon in a double-header at First Energy Park. In game one LHP Greg Kloosterman (3-7, 5.18) will throw for the Power and the BlueClaws will counter with RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-5, 6.35). In game two the Power will throw RHP Robbie Wooley (1-3, 4.72) and the BlueClaws will counter with RHP Joe Bisenius (0-1, 8.25). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM (12:05 Central). West Virginia Box Score: YTD YTD WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG LAKEWOOD AB R H BI AVG A.Escobar SS 3 1 2 2 .312 R.Frith RF 5 0 0 0 .304 J.Murray PR 0 0 0 0 .187 B.Harman SS 5 1 2 2 .283 J.Murray SS 2 2 0 0 .187 M.Dzurilla 2B 5 1 2 1 .347 H.Iribarren 2B 4 2 2 1 .313 S.Orr 3B 5 2 3 2 .282 J.Brady 3B 4 2 2 3 .274 J.Jaramillo CAT 3 0 0 0 .291 G.Richardson 1B 5 1 1 2 .257 D.Brant CAT 2 0 0 0 .260 C.Corporan DH 4 2 3 2 .241 D.Gredvig 1B 3 1 0 0 .264 F.Parejo RF 5 0 1 1 .242 C.Klemm CF 3 2 2 0 .229 A.Septimo LF 4 1 1 1 .227 G.Isaacson DH 2 1 2 3 .293 H.Rasheed CF 3 1 1 0 .214 R.Plumsky LF 4 0 0 0 .286 C.Blevins CAT 3 1 0 0 .203 A.Baldwin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Montalbo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Tompkins PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Barnes PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Dueitt PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Martinez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 13 13 12 TOTALS 37 8 11 8 WEST VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 1-13 13 0 LAKEWOOD 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2- 8 11 2 E--B.Harman 2. DP--WEST VIRGINIA 1, LAKEWOOD 3. LOB--WEST VIRGINIA 2, LAKEWOOD 6. 2B--A.Escobar 2 (10), G.Richardson (8), G.Isaacson (3). 3B--H.Iribarren (4). HR--J.Brady (4), S.Orr (9). CS--J.Brady. HBP-- C.Klemm. SF--J.Brady. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WEST VIRGINIA B.Montalbo 4.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 5.63 J.Barnes (W,2-1) 3.1 3 2 2 1 4 0 3.72 S.Beresford 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 6.23 LAKEWOOD A.Baldwin (L,1-4) 4.2 8 6 6 1 4 0 4.70 J.Tompkins 2.0 3 6 1 3 1 1 3.32 C.Dueitt 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.95 J.Martinez 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8.18 HB--J.Barnes. WP--A.Baldwin 2, J.Martinez. SO--J.Murray, J.Brady, G.Richardson 3, C.Corporan, F.Parejo, H.Rasheed, C.Blevins, R.Frith 2, B.Harman, M.Dzurilla, S.Orr, D.Gredvig 2, R.Plumsky 2. BB--H.Iribarren, C.Corporan, H.Rasheed, C.Blevins, D.Gredvig, G.Isaacson 2. T--3:08. A--7012West Virginia Game Log: Always too much to digest in these 21-run games... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_lwdafx_1

Final: Huntsville 8, Mississippi (Braves) 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary: Dana Eveland tossed six shutout innings and Tony Zuniga collected four hits for the first time this year in Hunstville?s 8-1 victory over Mississippi Saturday night in the first of a four-game series at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars ended a seven-game slide to the Braves and improved to 23-33, while the visitors saw their seven-game win string snapped and fell to 28-28. Jacksonville shut out Chattanooga 4-0 and Montgomery held off Mobile 10-8 to remain in first place in the South Division and move one game in front of the Braves, who entered Saturday?s action in a three-way tie for the top spot. The Stars broke open a scoreless game by scoring three runs in the third inning, all with two outs. Tony Gwynn, Jr. started the rally with a walk and scored on an infield hit by Vinny Rottino, who snapped a 12 at-bat hitless streak. Ben Van Iderstine followed with another infield hit to score Nelson Cruz and Zuniga singled to right field to plate Rottino and knock in his 22nd run of the year. Huntsville strung together six singles, a passed ball and a throwing error in a five-run sixth inning to match its highest scoring frame of the year and seize control of the game. Mississippi starter Brian O?Connor was taken out of the game with runners at second and third base and one out and reliever Steve Kent was greeted by a pinch-hit single by John Vanden Berg that scored Zuniga to make it 4-0. A passed ball by Ray Serrano allowed Brandon Gemoll to score and Vanden Berg to advance to third before scoring on a base hit by Callix Crabbe, who had his first three-hit game of the season. Nelson Cruz singled home Crabbe and Gwynn, who had singled and moved to third on the hit by Cruz, scored when Jeff Francoeur?s throw from right field got past Serrano at the plate. The Stars totaled five runs in an inning for the sixth time and established a season-best for hits in an inning. Huntsville had been held to two runs in 31 2/3 innings by the Tennessee and Mississippi bullpens over the last eight games before tallying three time against Kent, who had tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings since joining the Braves. Eveland allowed three singles and recorded 11 ground ball outs to become the first Stars pitcher to win five games this season. The southpaw fanned six and walked one and avoided early trouble when Wes Timmons was thrown out at the plate in the second inning on a ground ball against a drawn-in infield hit to shortstop Enrique Cruz by Luis Hernandez. Eveland did not allow a runner past second base over his final three frames and has not allowed an earned run in 13 innings over his last two starts. Khalid Ballouli earned his first save of the season in his third relief outing with three innings of work during which he allowed one run on two hits and two walks. Mississippi first baseman Scott Thorman went hitless in three at-bats and walked once and saw his 18-game hitting streak come to an end. Nelson Cruz finished with three hits in five at-bats and extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games. He has totaled 15 hits in 35 at-bats and knocked in nine runs during the streak and has driven in a run in eight of his last nine games. Six different Stars drove in a run and all eight position players had at least one of the team?s 16 hits, one shy of a season-high set on April 11 at Jacksonville. The series continues Sunday afternoon with right-hander Dennis Sarfate getting the start for Huntsville against Braves? left-hander Chuck James. Coverage of the game gets underway at 1:50 p.m. central time on ESPN 1450 AM and via the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com. Huntsville Box Score: Brett Pollock always does an awesome job mixing in season-to-date info with all the details from the game... YTD YTD MISSISSIPPI AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG G.Blanco CF 4 0 1 0 .214 C.Crabbe 2B 5 1 3 1 .241 O.Joseph LF 3 0 0 0 .243 A.Gwynn CF 4 2 1 0 .286 J.Francoeur RF 4 0 2 0 .268 N.Cruz RF 5 1 3 1 .296 S.Thorman 1B 3 0 0 0 .321 V.Rottino CAT 5 1 2 1 .274 W.Timmons 3B 3 1 0 0 .313 B.Vn Idrstne LF 5 0 1 1 .284 J.Schuerholz 2B 4 0 1 0 .268 T.Zuniga 3B 4 1 4 1 .253 L.Hernandez SS 4 0 1 0 .208 B.Gemoll 1B 4 1 1 0 .229 R.Serrano CAT 3 0 0 0 .222 E.Cruz SS 3 0 0 0 .271 B.O'Connor PIT 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Eveland PIT 2 0 0 0 .087 S.Kent PIT 0 0 0 0 1.000 J.Vandn Berg PH 1 1 1 1 .258 C.Duran PH 1 0 0 1 .000 K.Ballouli PIT 1 0 0 0 .214 B.Boyer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Basner PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 1 5 1 TOTALS 39 8 16 6 MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 1 5 1 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 X- 8 16 1 E--J.Francoeur, C.Crabbe. DP--MISSISSIPPI 0, HUNTSVILLE 1. LOB-- MISSISSIPPI 7, HUNTSVILLE 9. 2B--N.Cruz (13), T.Zuniga (5). SB-- G.Blanco (9). HBP--O.Joseph. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA MISSISSIPPI B.O'Connor (L,4-2) 5.1 9 5 5 1 6 0 3.97 S.Kent 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 4.50 B.Boyer 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.44 R.Basner 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.79 HUNTSVILLE D.Eveland (W,5-4) 6.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 2.94 K.Ballouli (S,1) 3.0 2 1 1 2 0 0 5.22 HB--K.Ballouli. WP--B.O'Connor. PB--R.Serrano. SO--G.Blanco, O.Joseph 2, S.Thorman 2, B.O'Connor, A.Gwynn 2, N.Cruz, V.Rottino, B.Vn Idrstne 2, B.Gemoll, E.Cruz, K.Ballouli. BB--S.Thorman, W.Timmons, R.Serrano, A.Gwynn, E.Cruz. T--2:42. A--5224Huntsville Game Log: Eveland overcomes a Crabbe error in the 2nd; Braves thrown out at home in the 2nd and 3rd... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_hunaax_1

Pre-game Nashville Audio Chat with Corey Hart: www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-4.mp3 Final: Omaha (Royals) 5, Nashville 4 Nashville Site Game Summary: NASHVILLE ? The Nashville Sounds had their three-game winning streak come to a close with a 5-4 loss to the division-rival Omaha Royals on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium in front of a season-high 10,825 fans in the opener of a four-game series. Despite the loss, Nashville (30-27) retains a one-game lead over Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division. The Royals jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Aaron Guiel?s two-out, two-run double off Nashville starter Ben Hendrickson in the top of the third inning. Nashville second baseman Rickie Weeks, who finished 3-for-4 on the evening with a walk, put the Sounds on the board in the bottom of the inning when he belted a two-out solo homer to left off Royals left-hander Jimmy Gobble, his team-leading 12th longball of the season. The home team threatened later in the frame but Prince Fielder, who had singled, was caught between third and home on a Kevin Orie double for the third out of the inning. Audio Link of Rickie Weeks' HR -- you just have to check out the classic (and humorous) call of Sounds announcer Chuck Valenches http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif : www.nashvillesounds.com/a...%206-4.mp3 Omaha pulled ahead 4-1 in the fifth with another pair of runs against Hendrickson. With one out, Luis Ugueto tripled to right on a line drive that barely eluded the glove of a diving Corey Hart. Former Sound Adrian Brown followed with an RBI single to center then later scored on a Guiel sacrifice fly. The Sounds climbed back within a run at 4-3 with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth. Brad Nelson extended his hitting streak to a season-best six games with a leadoff single and moved to second on a Hart single. After both runners advanced a base on a Gobble wild pitch, Ryan Knox hit a dribbler to the mound and Gobble threw to the plate to catch Nelson in a rundown but Royals catcher Scott Walter misfired on his throw back to third, allowing Nelson to score. The overthrow was mishandled by Ugueto, the left fielder, to allow Hart to come in with the frame?s second run. The Royals added an insurance run against Sounds reliever Jeff Bennett in the top of the ninth on Alejandro Prieto?s two-out RBI single to right. The run turned out to be a big one as Weeks plated Steve Scarborough with a one-out RBI single off Nashville native Wes Wilkerson in the bottom of the inning. The right-hander induced a game-ending double-play grounder from Fielder to escape further damage and preserve the win. Gobble (2-6) struck out a season-high seven batters and allowed three runs (one earned) over 5 1/3 innings to earn his second victory. Hendrickson (2-5) drew the loss after allowing four runs in five innings of work. Wilkerson earned his third save for Omaha after allowing one run over the final 3 2/3 frames. The teams continue the series with a 6 p.m. meeting on Sunday evening. Left-hander Jeff Housman (2-4, 5.57) takes the hill for the Sounds to face Omaha right-hander Dennis Tankersley (2-5, 6.38 ). Nashville Box Score: YTD YTD OMAHA AB R H BI AVG NASHVILLE AB R H BI AVG A.Brown CF 5 1 1 1 .258 T.Durrington 3B 5 0 1 0 .270 A.Prieto SS 4 1 2 1 .273 R.Weeks 2B 4 1 3 2 .333 A.Guiel RF 4 0 2 3 .279 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 1 0 .256 K.Harvey 1B 4 0 0 0 .345 K.Orie DH 3 0 1 0 .314 C.Pickering DH 3 0 1 0 .162 B.Nelson LF 4 1 1 0 .254 S.Walter CAT 4 0 0 0 .328 C.Hart RF 4 1 1 0 .265 C.Truby 3B 4 0 0 0 .263 J.Mosquera CAT 4 0 1 0 .194 J.Gemoll 2B 4 2 2 0 .313 R.Knox CF 4 0 0 0 .230 L.Ugueto LF 2 1 1 0 .218 S.Scarboroug SS 4 1 1 0 .242 J.Gobble PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hendrkson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Wilkerson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Meyers PIT 0 0 0 0 .500 J.Bennett PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 5 9 5 TOTALS 36 4 10 2 OMAHA 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1- 5 9 3 NASHVILLE 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1- 4 10 1 E--S.Walter, L.Ugueto, J.Gobble, R.Weeks. DP--OMAHA 1, NASHVILLE 1. LOB--OMAHA 7, NASHVILLE 8. 2B--A.Guiel (17), K.Orie (14), J.Mosquera (8 ), S.Scarboroug (8 ). 3B--L.Ugueto (3). HR--R.Weeks (12). SB--J.Gemoll (2). SF--A.Guiel. SH--L.Ugueto. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA OMAHA J.Gobble (W,2-6) 5.1 7 3 1 3 7 1 6.56 W.Wilkerson (S,3) 3.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 5.14 NASHVILLE B.Hendrkson (L,2-5) 5.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 4.45 M.Meyers 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.15 J.Bennett 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.45 WP--J.Gobble. SO--K.Harvey, C.Pickering 2, S.Walter, C.Truby, J.Gemoll, L.Ugueto, T.Durrington 3, R.Weeks, P.Fielder, B.Nelson 2, C.Hart, J.Mosquera 2. BB--A.Prieto, C.Pickering, L.Ugueto, R.Weeks, P.Fielder, K.Orie. T--2:52. A--10825Nashville Game Log: Big strikeout of Fielder in the 1st; as I mentioned earlier, that 3-0 pitch to Kevin Orie in the 5th hurt as well... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_nasaaa_1

Final, Game One: Brevard County 2, Daytona (Cubs) 1 Final, Game Two: Daytona (Cubs) 9, Brevard County 1 Brevard County Game One Box Score: Why did the Cubs release C.J. Medlin early in 2004 again? At least the Brewers are recognizing they might have something here -- Batman, we need one of your newcomer series http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ... YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG DAYTONA AB R H BI AVG S.Sollmann 2B 3 0 0 0 .235 C.Walker CF 3 1 1 1 .286 D.Anderson LF 3 0 1 0 .288 R.Chirinos 2B 3 0 0 0 .242 A.Heether 3B 2 1 0 0 .295 B.Dopirak 1B 3 0 0 0 .225 C.Medlin DH 3 1 2 2 .316 S.Moore DH 3 0 1 0 .285 S.Moss CF 3 0 1 0 .272 J.Johnson RF 1 0 0 0 .296 L.Palmisano CAT 3 0 1 0 .260 K.Collins LF 3 0 1 0 .243 J.Eure 1B 2 0 0 0 .218 F.Salas 3B 3 0 1 0 .222 O.Chavez SS 2 0 0 0 .237 E.Cruz PR 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Deevers RF 2 0 0 0 .175 T.Richie CAT 2 0 0 0 .226 J.Habel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.O'Toole PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Evert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Granato SS 3 0 1 0 .218 S.Marshall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 23 2 5 2 TOTALS 25 1 5 1 BREVARD COUNTY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0- 2 5 0 DAYTONA 0 0 1 0 0 0 X- 1 5 0 DP--BREVARD COUNTY 1, DAYTONA 0. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 2, DAYTONA 5. 2B--A.Granato (4). HR--C.Medlin (5), C.Walker (4). SB--S.Moore (11). CS--D.Anderson, C.Medlin. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY J.Habel (W,1-3) 5.2 4 1 1 2 4 1 2.03 B.Evert (S,2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.06 DAYTONA S.Marshall (L,4-3) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 1.92 SO--A.Heether, S.Moss, L.Palmisano, O.Chavez, B.Dopirak, J.Johnson, K.Collins, T.Richie 2, A.Granato. BB--A.Heether, J.Eure, J.Johnson 2. T--1:48.Brevard County Game One Game Log: A hideous game on the basepaths for the 'Tees... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_dbcafx_1 Brevard County Game Two Box Score: Tie game heading to the bottom of the 6th in this seven-inning contest; what the heck, another C.J. Medlin mention -- two walks, OPS over .900... YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG DAYTONA AB R H BI AVG T.Ezi RF 3 1 2 1 .266 C.Walker CF 3 1 1 2 .286 D.Anderson LF 3 0 1 0 .287 R.Chirinos 2B 2 1 0 1 .250 A.Heether 3B 3 0 0 0 .303 B.Dopirak DH 2 0 0 0 .229 C.Medlin CAT 1 0 0 0 .301 K.Boyer PR 0 0 0 0 .198 S.Moss CF 3 0 0 0 .271 K.Boyer DH 1 2 1 0 .198 L.Palmisano DH 3 0 1 0 .259 S.Moore 3B 3 1 2 1 .284 J.Eure 1B 3 0 0 0 .220 J.Johnson RF 3 1 2 1 .298 O.Chavez SS 2 0 0 0 .240 K.Collins 1B 4 1 1 2 .241 W.Campana 2B 2 0 0 0 .252 P.O'Toole LF 3 1 1 2 .261 C.Villanueva PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Fox CAT 3 1 2 1 .247 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Rojas SS 2 1 0 0 .240 L.Stockman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Sevier PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Lewis PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Gerk PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Atlee PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 23 1 4 1 TOTALS 26 10 10 10 BREVARD COUNTY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 4 0 DAYTONA 1 0 0 0 0 9 X-10 10 0 DP--BREVARD COUNTY 1, DAYTONA 2. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 3, DAYTONA 5. 2B--S.Moore (12), J.Johnson (12), J.Fox 2 (7). 3B--C.Walker (3). HR--T.Ezi (1). SB--T.Ezi (6), S.Moore (10). CS--B.Dopirak. HBP-- C.Walker, C.Rojas. SF--R.Chirinos. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY C.Villanueva 2.1 1 1 1 1 3 0 2.28 B.Hall 1.2 0 0 0 3 1 0 4.24 L.Stockman 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 J.Lewis (L,1-4) 0.0 5 7 7 0 1 0 5.54 N.Slack 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 9.43 DAYTONA N.Sevier 5.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 5.48 J.Gerk (W,1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 6.53 T.Atlee 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.45 HB--B.Hall, J.Lewis. WP--C.Villanueva, J.Lewis. SO--D.Anderson, A.Heether, S.Moss, L.Palmisano, J.Eure, O.Chavez, B.Dopirak, K.Collins, P.O'Toole, J.Fox, C.Rojas. BB--C.Medlin 2, R.Chirinos, B.Dopirak, S.Moore, J.Johnson. T--2:12. A--1999Brevard County Game Two Game Log: Jeremy Lewis' ERA jumps from 2.89 to 5.14 in a matter of seven batters; Lewis wasn't pulled, he was ejected, probably not sleeping well tonight... www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_dbcafx_2

Brewers lose games in this series started by Derek Thompson and D.J. Houlton.

In progress: West Virginia 7, Lakewood (Phillies) 1, bottom of the 5th at Lakewood Josh Brady a HR, Hernan Iribarren another triple, Alcides Escobar with two doubles -- Escobar was pinch-run for after his second double, hopefully the 18-year-old is OK... In progress, Game Two: Daytona (Cubs) 1, Brevard County 0, after three innings Carlos Villanueva made the start, with announced starter Bo Hall coming in after Carlos goes 2.1 innings -- was it Carlos' day to throw on the side? Odd... In progress: Mississippi (Braves) 0, Huntsville 0, bottom of the 3rd at the Joe Dana Eveland has the ground ball pitch going early on; Vinny Rottino behind the plate for the first time in a while... In progress: Omaha (Royals) 4, Nashville 3, bottom of the 6th in Nashville Very odd Frank Kremblas call in the 5th -- Sounds at bat, two outs, then single, two walks, and then a 3-0 count to Kevin Orie, who gets the green light and pops out. Green light when third consecutive walk is imminent? Fortunately, the Royals botched a rundown in the 6th to let the Sounds sneak closer...

Nashville Media Notes: www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf