Jim Goulart

DVR ALERT: As Mr. Mehring reminds us: If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to follow the action. Saturday's Timber Rattlers game will be televised on CW-14 in Northeastern Wisconsin and on My-24 in Southeastern Wisconsin starting at 6:30 PM. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM and the TuneIn Radio app starting with the Papa John's Pizza Pregame Show at 6:15pm. MiLB.tv subscribers can watch the game over the internet.

DVR ALERT: As Mr. Mehring reminds us: If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to follow the action. Saturday's Timber Rattlers game will be televised on CW-14 in Northeastern Wisconsin and on My-24 in Southeastern Wisconsin starting at 6:30 PM. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM and the TuneIn Radio app starting with the Papa John's Pizza Pregame Show at 6:15pm. MiLB.tv subscribers can watch the game over the internet.

2017 25th round LHP Karlos Morales turns 20 years old today. He has seen limited time in 2019 in Maryvale, but has pitched as recently as Wednesday. *** Rookie Dominican Summer League RHP Brailin Rodriguez has been toiling all summer as a 16-year-old, but the Dominican native turns 17 today. http://www.milb.com/images/683637/t607/180x270/683637.jpg

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The Missions noted Saturday AM that Lucas Erceg extended his multi-hit game streak to a career-high five games while David Freitas recorded multiple hits for the fifth straight game as well.

Box: AZL Indians Blue 9, AZL Brewers Gold 4 38th round RHP Eli Nabholz tossed four hitless innings in his 7th start (10th appearance). The only baserunner he allowed was via HBP. Bullpen efforts were not as strong, and usually extra-reliable RHP Jose Parra (1.06 WHIP) was victimized the most. 20-year-old corner infielder Aaron Familia is showing improvement in his second year stateside, but not "let's take note" kind of stuff. He singled twice and walked here.

Box: AZL Rangers 7, AZL Brewers Blue 2 HBP: Urbaez (by Serrano); Miller (by Richardson); Moss (by Baez); Hernandez, H (by Baez); Pena (by Baez). That's two Brewers plunked, while RHP Jeyner Baez hit three (only one HBP prior to Thursday). It's a wonder we don't read about more serious, like hospital-stay, HBP's at the lower levels. In this box score, all 18 players played the entire game. *** Weather: 108 degrees, Partly Cloudy. I've heard it's a dry heat. *** Here were your two runs: 19-year-old 2nd-year-pro and Bahamian native Orveo Saint has seen all his action at second base this year. He hit his 3rd HR of the summer, but fanned in his other three AB's, that's been an issue as his linked page will attest. 18-year-old rookie LH bat YongKang Kou hit his first home run. It's been a tough season, so that must have felt really good. I often check those home runs in the game log just to see if perhaps they were of the inside-the-park variety. Both of these cleared the fence. We've likely missed a couple from the Dominican or Maryvale in that regard this year.

Box: DSL Brewers 5, DSL Rangers #2 Squad 0 Two starts ago, RHP Juan Gomez tossed seven scoreless. Six innings of two-hit ball on Friday, as he continues to put his lost (missed) 2018 season well behind him. At 22 years old, he needed to. Normally a catcher, Farlyn Manon made his first start of 2019 at first base, he homered and added a sacrifice fly.

Box: DSL Rangers #1 Squad 15, DSL Brewers/Indians 3 Wait, there's good news, despite the latest losing streak up to five games for the 13-42 club. 17-year-old Venezuelan rookie RHP Edwin Jimenez walked only one - that's been an issue - in five strong innings, 2.80 ERA in ten appearances (eight starts). RHP Felipito Santos is 0-9, 13.03, but he belongs to Cleveland. Talk about a career game - rookie 17-year-old Venezuelan OF Isaac Curbata was 4-for-4. Prior to Friday, he had been 8-for-68. 19-year-old switch-hitting 2nd-year Dominican infielder (third baseman here) Francisco Gonzalez is emerging - on base three times here, line up to .290/.378/.379.

Box: Albuquerque 11, San Antonio 10 It was 11-5 after six innings, as the late rally came up just short. Darn pinball PCL sites -- Zack Brown 75 pitches through three innings, LHP Angel Perdomo had only allowed three runs in an outing once all season (six runs here). HR: SA: Hager (11) , Erceg (15) , Saladino (15) . ABQ: Hilliard (30) , Soto (7) , Nunez (16) .

Box: Wisconsin 7, Burlington 2 Rattlers Cruise to 7-2 Win in Burlington Small tosses three perfect innings as the starter; Dillard cracks four hits and drives in three By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Yeah, early results on the top five draft picks this year are pretty sweet.

Box: Biloxi 5, Tennessee 2 Series Secured As Shuckers Win Third Straight In Tennessee Long Ball Lifts Biloxi to 70 Wins By Andrew Chapman / Biloxi Shuckers Pitches-strikes: Rasmussen 51-31 Brewers consistent in their treatment of Drew.

Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Carolina 6, Salem 4 Feliciano and Lutz Power Mudcats in Series Opening 6-4 Victory Feliciano hit his league best 19th homer and Lutz hit a go-ahead 3-run homer versus Salem *** VIDEO Tweet: Tristen Lutz HR *** "I've been wanting and waiting for the right moment to drop a "great googa mooga" on a home run call. Mario Feliciano's last homer was for sure the time to do just that. Another missed opportunity on my part." - Voice of the Mudcats Greg Young Jr. Sorry, no video on that one. We've tried to do our part . Very glad both he and Payton Henry survived the trade deadline.

Box: Rocky Mountain 2, Billings 1 Alternative box includes inning-by-inning linescore Vibes hold off Billings Mike Clark, Billings Gazette BILLINGS — Nick Kahle hit a two-run home run and Rocky Mountain’s pitching made it stand up — not without some ninth-inning drama, however — as the Vibes defeated the Billings Mustangs 2-1 Friday night in front of 3,013 fans at Dehler Park. Vibes starter Brock Begue threw four shutout innings, and he combined with three other pitchers to limit the Mustangs (7-4, 22-27) to seven hits. The final pitcher, Taylor Floyd, escaped a ninth-inning jam when the Mustangs loaded the bases with one out on an error, a hit by pitch and a single by Jonathan Willems. But Floyd threw to home on Victor Martinez's comebacker for the second out and induced a game-ending fly ball from Quincy McAfee to earn his first save. Kahle’s home run, his sixth of the season, came in the fourth inning, and the Mustangs pulled within a run in the sixth when TJ Hopkins scored on a Rocky Mountain error. Arman Sabouri (2-3) allowed an unearned run in three innings of work for the win. The Vibes (5-6, 22-27) won despite getting just four hits. Mustangs starter Carlos Carreno (3-5) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings and was tagged with the loss. *** VIDEO highlights from this road game: Defense gets the Vibes into, and then out of, trouble *** PHOTO GALLERY: Some shots of the Vibes amid the Billings focus in this collection - are you a fan of Rocky Mountain's tan and brown jerseys? *** First baseman Ernesto Martinez now all the way back, makes the start. This was Nick Kahle's first game in a week, and good to see he was behind the plate for all of it. RHP Steve Pastora had not pitched for five weeks. *** AUDIO Tweet: Kahle's home run

Yes, but it is not clear what his injury status is. You'll rarely see the standard 7-day IL utilized for players at the rookie league level.

Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch activated from the IL at AAA San Antonio.

Gosewisch: Why I'm proud to be a journeyman Good stuff...

Gosewisch: Why I'm proud to be a journeyman Good stuff...

Pre-Game Media Notes: San Antonio Wisconsin

RHP Edinson Mejia made his Dominican Summer League pro debut with two June starts, but has not pitched since. We wish him a happy 18th birthday today. http://www.milb.com/images/690851/t617/180x270/690851.jpg *** Recently activated and just three games into his pro career, picture-less DSL RHP Ramon Carrasco turns 17 today.

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Box: DSL Cardinals "Red" Squad 5, DSL Brewers 4 Playoff chances slipping away, and this one was a walk-off loss yet. Suddenly 18-year-old stat-studly rookie Fernando Olguin is scuffling -- inning pitch count reached here? DSL Cardinals Red Bottom of the 1st Smith Vargas reaches on a fielding error by right fielder Alejandro Marte. Smith Vargas steals (20) 2nd base. Sander Mora walks. Albert Inoa out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Fernando Olguin to first baseman Jesus Parra. Smith Vargas to 3rd. Sander Mora to 2nd. Luis Andujar walks. Claudio Ramirez called out on strikes. Fernando Brazoban triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Alejandro Marte. Smith Vargas scores. Sander Mora scores. Luis Andujar scores. Pitching Change: Wellington Nunez replaces Fernando Olguin. Erick Thomas walks. Diego Velasquez flies out to right fielder Alejandro Marte. *** Five errors hurt, only the final Cardinal run was earned. 16-year-old 3B/2B Jesus Parra made his first pro appearance at first base, starting there. Hit his 6th home run, .824 OPS, will finally turn 17 later this month. Somebody wipe the drool from Toby's chin, please.

Box: DSL Cubs #1 Squad 9, DSL Brewers/Indians 3 Making only his third start at 3rd base (normally at 1st), Francisco Gonzalez committed three throwing errors. Seven of the team's eight singles came from Brewers, four of the six walks.

Maryvale details by mid-day: Blue falls while fanning 16 times Gold falls while fanning 15 times Despite the losses piling up, the Maryvale box scores normally include positive individual performances, and that was the case Thursday as well. Season-long positives tougher to find.

Box: Billings 4, Rocky Mountain 2 Alternative box includes inning-by-inning linescore Brief summary from the Mustangs' site *** Nice to see first baseman Ernesto Martinez back after his July 26th collision exit, He struck out as a pinch-hitter here. *** AUDIO Tweet: RHP Brady Schanuel highlight