Jim Goulart

Box/Gameday (so far): Columbus (indians) 1, Nashville 0, after three innings Sounds and Clippers Suspended at First Horizon Park Game To Be Resumed Sunday at 5:00 PM Central LHP Aaron Ashby 6 K's, one BB (video evidence). Jeff Hem with an Ashby stat of note. RH reliever Luke Barker makes a point and I chime in (read all the way through the quoted tweets here. RH reliever Justin Topa's rehab transferred from Biloxi to Nashville.

Box: ACL Brewers Gold 4, ACL Brewers Blue 1, seven innings For the victors, 20-year-old 3rd-year-pro and Dominican native 3B/2B/SS Alberis Ferrer has some pop, home run here his 8th in 296 career at-bats. OPS is 1.045 in 2021. It was only one game late in the 2018 season, but Tijuana, Mexico native RHP Fernando Olguin made his pro debut at age 17 in the Mexican Summer League (often compared to AAA). The Brewers then signed him the following May, and he's been fantastic since. Wonderful outing here, including stranding two runners when he first entered. 18-year-old Venezuelan C Blayberg Diaz with his first pro HR and falls a triple shy of the cycle thanks to the 7-inning game. That HR was the lone Blue run.

Box: DSL Brewers #2 Squad 3, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 2, seven innings Walk-off loss... No wait, walk-off win! The teams combined for five hits and five errors. The team that won had four of the hits and committed only one of the errors. And yes, there's a reason these Brewer DSL box scores have a lot of tiny numbers. There are 46 DSL teams. Sortable team stats can be found here. Through 15 and 14 games, respectively: DSL Brewers #1 - One Home Run DSL Brewers #2 - Four Home Runs DSL Brewers #1 - 15th in walks (offense) DSL Brewers #2 - 36th DSL Brewers #1 - 38th in K's (offense, so 38 is good) DSL Brewers #2 - 22nd DSL Brewers #1 - OPS .649 (23rd) DSL Brewers #2 - OPS .552 (44th) *** DSL Brewers #1 - ERA 3.05 (5th best of 46) DSL Brewers #2 - ERA 2.32 DSL Brewers #1 - WHIP 1.23 (7th) DSL Brewers #2 - WHIP 1.07 (3rd) DSL Brewers #1 - Walks Allowed (62 in 106.1 IP, 20th fewest) DSL Brewers #2 - Walks Allowed (45 in 101 IP, 6th fewest) DSL Brewers #1 - K's (153 in 106.1 IP, 2nd most) DSL Brewers #2 - K's (107 in 101 IP, 25th most) *** It was a walk-off HBP, by the way. Catcher Darlin Lora, an 18-tear-old Dominican native, made his pro debut. He had an infield single to lead off the final inning and scored the game-winner.

The two Brewers Arizona Complex League clubs are in action against each other in a day game

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Chris Mehring's guest Friday night would of course be a fan of the ACL Brewers Gold team. Gold, Chris, Gold!

Box: ACL Mariners 8, ACL Brewers Gold 5, seven innings The good guys trailed 7-0 after two, rough night in the desert. Soon-to-be 18-year-old Venezuelan RHP Yujanyer Herrera struggled in his start. One wonders what factors lead to the stateside vs. DSL debuts, could the player's fluency in English be a factor? Mario Feliciano was the DH, 2-for-4 (double). His 25 Maryvale at-bats have gone swimmingly. Hedbert! 2-for-4, now .327/.373/.509.

Box: ACL Dodgers 12, ACL Brewers Blue 1 There may be a nugget or two of goodness within worth noting, but you'd need a microscope to locate it.

As I type, Team USA is facing South Korea, Westbrook contributing again (box). Good news for Jamie and Team USA!

Box: Carolina 4, Lynchburg (Indians) 3 LHP Antoine Kelly stretched to 56 pitches (38 strikes) and a darn good line. Hillcats lose a heartbreaker as Carolina rallies late Via the "News and Advance" For eight innings Friday, Lynchburg pitchers confounded Carolina. Then the Mudcats bats came alive in the top of the ninth and a Lynchburg comeback bid in the bottom half fell short as the Mudcats snapped Lynchburg's four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory at a steamy Bank of the James Stadium. Lynchburg starter Lenny Torres and reliever Zach Hart were sensational through eight. Torres threw five innings, gave up just two hits, walked one and struck out six over five innings. Hart didn't allow a hit and fanned four in three innings of work. But Carolina battered right-hander Serafino Brito in the ninth, tagging the Brooklyn native for four runs, all earned, on five hits across 2/3 of an inning. It was Brito's first appearance for Lynchburg this season. On Friday, Lynchburg took a 1-0 lead in the fourth off an RBI single by Johnathan Rodriguez and went up 2-0 in the seventh on a single to center by Andres Melendez, the former Brewer farmhand traded to the Indians for Mark Mathias. Carolina (45-31) hit Brito hard in the ninth, most notably receiving a run-scoring single from Micah Bello and a line-drive, two-run homer to left from Joey Wiemer. Lynchburg scored once in the ninth when Jhonkensy Noel entered as a pinch hitter and singled home Korey Holland. Lynchburg threatened to walk this one off against closer Cam Robinson, and put runners at first and second with one out. But Robinson struck out Yordys Valdes and Petey Halpin to end the game. Game 5 of the six-game series is scheduled for Saturday. *** If you're wondering why we don't have the Voice of the Mudcats Greg Young's Media Notes, Game Summary, etc., for this series, there is a very good reason. Congrats Greg! *** VIDEO Tweets from the sweet 9th inning via the Mudcats for this road game -- Bello! Wiemer! *** VIDEO Tweet via @BrewersPD: Ashton McGee HR (Thursday's game) By the way, good for the game -- Maura Sheridan - Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations. Maura is in her first year with the Lynchburg Hillcats. She will serve as the team's main play-by-play voice for the 2021 season. A native of Burlington, Vermont Maura studied Broadcast Journalism at Syracuse University, where she graduated in 2018. She started covering baseball in 2017 as a field reporter and play-by-play broadcaster in the Cape Cod League. She spent her first professional season in baseball as a Broadcast and Media Relations Assistant for the Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Houston Astros). In the off-season, Maura serves as the voice of University of Vermont Men’s Hockey. Maura enjoys watching movies, rooting for Boston sports teams, listening to podcasts, and reading in her free time.

Box: Cedar Rapids (Twins) 6, Wisconsin 5, eleven innings Kernels Stop Wisconsin 6-5 in Eleven Innings In a game of wild momentum swings, Cedar Rapids get the win By Chris Mehring *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "Friday's game was a draining, emotional game with lots of high and low points. Chris Mehring lets Kyle Lobner take the wheel for some of this podcast to discuss the 6-5, eleven-inning loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels." *** Holy cow, Toby (five days before it happened!) Detroit fans are introduced to Reese Olson *** VIDEO Tweet via @BrewersPD: Another peek at RHP Joey Matulovich's start Thursday night

Box, Game One: Biloxi 4, Mississippi (Braves) 1 Box, Game Two: Biloxi 3, Mississippi 1 Each game seven innings. Shuckers Sweep Double Header To Claim Series Against Biscuits Bullock Spins Six Frames, Earns Win in Double-A Debut RHP Justin Bullock, 7 K's and 0 BB's, young man is unreal when it comes to that ratio. *** VIDEO Via WXXV: Really nice highlight package from Game One, and cool jersey on display for Saturday! VIDEO Tweet: Catcher Brent Diaz with the F-2 the entertaining way

As I type, Team USA is facing South Korea, Westbrook contributing again (box).

Box: Nashville 10, Columbus (Indians) 5 Sounds Score Seven Runs in First, Defeat Clippers Nashville Sends 13 Batters to Plate in First Inning Daniel Vogelbach single and walk, but Rowdy Tellez available option or not, no room in the big league inn, right? Ditto Travis Shaw. Corey Ray's first game since June 27th. *** VIDEO Tweets via the Sounds -- Luke Maile expands early lead Daniel Robertson helps continue the big frame Christian Kelley had a big night as the DH Versatile Weston Wilson would have been called up to one of several MLB rosters if he were elsewhere *** Jamie Westbrook played LF in the USA Olympic-opening 8-1 win over Israel, leading off, 1-for-5 (box).

Pre-Game Media Notes -- Nashville Biloxi Wisconsin (download) - Via the new Timber Rattler Virtual Press Box

AAA Nashville Transactions -- C Payton Henry traded to Miami OF Corey Ray reinstated from the 7-day injured list RHP Patrick Weigel designated for assignment INF Keston Hiura optioned from Milwaukee *** AA Biloxi Transaction -- RHP Brooks Hall (Retro 6/21) placed on injured list Pretty much a paper move base don the significant Achilles injury Hall recently suffered. *** High-A Wisconsin Transaction -- RHP Reese Olson traded to Detroit

Box: DSL Diamondbacks #2 Squad 4, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 3, eight innings (scheduled for seven) A two-out walk forced in the eventual "losing" run in the top of the final inning. In the bottom of the 8th, the Crew got the ghost runner to 3rd with one out, but the runner did not attempt to score on a groundball to short, infield in (we certainly assume). Top signing CF Jackson Chourio singled to lead off the 6th. Then, after a flyout, he was pinch-run for. Odd. 17-year-old Venezuelan LF (and the too-rare LH bat) Yeison Perez immediately left the game after reaching on an infield single in the 2nd. 18-year-old Dominican Luis Watter stole three bases to give him six on the season. Listed as a second baseman, he split time at 3B and CF here. *** Soon-to-be-20-year-old RHP Dominican RHP Domingo Mejia has been fine in his first three pro starts.

Box: DSL Brewers #1 Squad 7, DSL Mets #2 Squad 0, seven innings Cerveceros pitchers limited the Mets to 1-for-11 with RISP, and the one hit did not score a run (obviously). Had to dance around six singles and five walks. Ten K's helped. In his age 18 season, Dominican RHP Patricio Aquino still has not allowed a run (20 K's, 4 BB in 12 IP). It's always encouraging when the Brewers identify a pitcher as a starter right from the beginning and the results immediately justify the longer leash. The other two pitchers, 19-year-old Venezuelan RHP Miguel Segura and 19-year-old Dominican 2nd-year-pro RHP Stanley Encarnacion have combined with Aquino for 31.1 scoreless innings in 2021! *** Positive contributions at the plate from the first eight in the lineup, including a triple from 17-year-old Dominican LH bat CF Hendry Mendez, now sporting a .371/.450/.657 line (1.107 OPS) over his first 13 pro games. He committed his first error of the season.

FYI: The Wednesday and Thursday incomplete Link Reports have been temporarily moved to our secret staging area. They will be brought back with all the notes and usual highlights soon. On to Friday's updates...

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Article: RHP Zach Brown's road back next goes to Biloxi

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Going to be a late day for the detailed updates, folks, follow the box score links in the initial post for the basics, thanks.

Going to be a late day for the detailed updates, folks, follow the box score links in the initial post for the basics, thanks.

http://www.brewerfan.net/images/store/dailylinkreport.jpg Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores No Arizona or Dominican games today. *** Links for affiliate audio *** Standings and sortable stat pages *** MiLB.TV options: MiLB.TV available throughout. Only Carolina is on the road, and the only audio for the Mudcats series is from the Lynchburg feed.