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Box: Wisconsin 4, Lake County 2 Wisconsin Closes Out Captains to Win Series Rattlers beat Lake County 4-2 with a pair of late runs and eight strikeouts from Lazar By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "This is an abbreviated Postgame Podcast as Chris Mehring is solo after the win. There is a recap of the scoring, where Max Lazar sits in the strikeout race and how many he has in so few innings, and a look ahead to the Kane County series that starts on Monday. Lazar and Hitting Coach Dave Joppie have a few Clubhouse Comments, too.

Pre-Game Media Notes: San Antonio Carolina

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes

By the way, you get Adam McCalvy at the 43:20 minute mark here.

Friday May 10th: AUDIO via The Bill Michaels Show: WSSP's Tim Allen AUDIO via 97.3 FM's 'Mike Heller Show' (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Adam Hoge of WGN radio talking Brewers and Cubs (go to the 115:50 minute mark) AUDIO via The Bill Michaels Show: National Baseball analyst Seth Everett AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's 'Big Show': "Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions looks inside the numbers of the Brewers recent winning streak. What’s changed for the Brewers’ pitchers? How can teams go about valuing positional versatility, like that of Hernan Perez, on the diamond? Statistically, how dominant of a home-run robber is Lorenzo Cain? Are “openers” cementing their legitimacy across MLB?" AUDIO via WSCO's 'The Show with Leo and Balky': Gary Brilowski from the ‘HBY CrewCast drops in to talk about the Brewers-centric podcast he’s doing for WHBY with Zach Morris. (go to the 27:30 minute mark) Here was the Thursday May 9th ‘HBY CrewCast podcast, we'll begin linking going forward. AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM: Their post-game show after the 7-0 blanking of the Cubs AUDIO via WTMJ's 'Sports Central': Sophia Minnaert

Matt Erickson commented on Justin Bullock (Thursday elbow injury). No formal injured list stint yet, but that will happen. Bullock is in Milwaukee to be evaluated further, everyone hoping for the best.

Happy Birthday to a couple of RHP's that were acquired by Milwaukee via trade: Coming off Friday night's victorious eight-inning effort, the Mudcats' Noah Zavolas turns 23 today. He arrived from Seattle's organization with Ben Gamel for Domingo Santana. http://www.milb.com/images/681928/t249/180x270/681928.jpg *** Chad Whitmer of the Timber Rattlers celebrates turning 24 today, given his career success, he probably will be joining Zavolas at a higher level before too long. The Brewers ponied up a minimum of a quarter of a million dollars to acquire Whitmer from the Yankees last June 15th. http://www.milb.com/images/676642/t572/180x270/676642.jpg

http://www.brewerfan.net/images/store/dailylinkreport.jpg Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores *** Links for affiliate audio Have great seasons Garrett in Biloxi, Greg in Carolina, and Chris in Appleton! And welcome to Mike Haeger (@samissionsradio ) down in San Antonio! *** Standings and sortable stat pages *** MiLB.TV options: On Saturday, the Timber Rattlers host an afternoon affair, while the other affiliates have evening action taking place after the Brewers-Cubs matinee. Everybody is on MiLB.TV, with home feeds for Carolina and Wisconsin.

On Saturday, the Timber Rattlers host an afternoon affair, while the other affiliates have evening action taking place after the Brewers-Cubs matinee. Everybody is on MiLB.TV, with home feeds for Carolina and Wisconsin.

Box: Wisconsin 5, Lake County 4 Wisconsin Has Just Enough Insurance to Beat Lake County By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "In tonight's Postgame Podcast, Chris Mehring and Kyle Lobner have a little fun with the Copa de la Diversión contest between Los Cascabeles and Picantes de Lake County. There is talk of pitching and defense along with strategy and situational hitting in Wisconsin's win. Hear Clubhouse Comments on the game and the jerseys from Chad McClanahan, Aaron Ashby, Robbie Hitt, and Matt Erickson."

Box: Carolina 5, Myrtle Beach 1 Zavolas Zips Through Eight Complete While Leading Carolina to 5-1 Series Opening Victory Carolina defeated Myrtle Beach 5-1 in front of 5,636 at Five County Stadium on Friday night *** Quick VIDEO tweets via the Mudcats: Noah Zavolas Rob Henry Celebration

Box, Game One: Montgomery 2, Biloxi 0 Box, Game Two: Montgomery 4, Biloxi 0 The Brewers have been fortunate not to lose players on waivers as of late (and they have not DFA'd any "prospect" types during that stretch), so we can scratch our heads as to RHP Marcos Diplan's 40-man roster spot despite continued long-term ineffectiveness and final option year in 2020, but it hasn't harmed the organization yet. *** The Shuckers have not posted the summaries online yet, but we do have a copy-and-paste option here for you this morning: http://SHUCKERS HELD SCORELESS THROUGHOUT DOUBLE HEADER IN LOSSES TO BISCUITS With Series in Hand, Biloxi Drops Final Two Against Biscuits Garrett Greene, Biloxi Shuckers BILOXI, MS – After clinching the series with three-consecutive wins, the Biloxi Shuckers (17-18) saw the Montgomery Biscuits (21-13) flip the script during Friday's doubleheader, handing Biloxi a pair of shutout losses. Despite strong showings from starters Bowden Francis (L, 0-3) and Tyler Spurlin, the offense did not tally an extra-base hit on the night and landed a man on third just twice over the two contests. Jesus Sanchez supplied both runs for Montgomery in game one. Miles Mastrobuoni singled off Francis to open the game and advanced to third base on a fly out from Dalton Kelly. Sanchez then plated the run with a sacrifice fly to give Montgomery an early 1-0 lead. Later in the third, Mastrobuoni reached again on an infield error and scored when Sanchez rolled an infield groundout to first. Francis managed to complete five innings in his start, allowing just the one earned run on three hits and striking out three. The Shuckers best scoring opportunity came in the fifth inning against Brendan McKay (W, 2-0). Alexander Alvarez walked, Michael O'Neill reached on a fielder's choice and Trent Grisham drew ball four to load the bases. McKay settled in and struck out Weston Wilson and Patrick Leonard to escape the jam and preserve the lead. Curtis Taylor (S,4) followed McKay with two scoreless innings, earning the save and locking up a 2-0 victory. Looking to recover in game two, Tyler Spurlin tossed perfect baseball out of the gate in his first start of the season. The sidewinder struck out four over two perfect innings before turning the game over to Marcos Diplan (L, 0-3) in the third. Robbie Tenerowicz doubled with one out and Miles Mastrobuoni walked to put a pair of runners on. Diplan offered a low and away fastball to Josh Lowe in the next at bat and the Biscuits first baseman punched it over the left field wall, giving Montgomery a 3-0 lead. Montgomery got another five-inning shutout effort from Kenny Rosenberg (W, 3-0), who stranded a pair of runners in scoring position in the second inning. Luis Aviles Jr. supplied the only multi-hit night in game two, singling in the ninth off Benton Moss (S,1) before getting thrown out trying to swipe second. Cooper Hummel struck out and Bruce Caldwell flied out to center as Montgomery walked away from the series with a 4-0 win. After taking three of five games over the Biscuits the Shuckers now head on the road for a five-game series with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp beginning on Saturday at 5:35 PM CT. The Shuckers will send RHP Alec Bettinger (0-3, 8.13) to the mound while Jacksonville will counter with RHP Cody Poteet (2-3, 4.00). The game can be heard locally in Biloxi on Cruisin' WGCM AM 1240/100.9 FM, TuneIn Radio or the MiLB First Pitch App and can be seen on MiLB.TV. Fans can save $10 off their subscription when they use the promo code 'Shuckers' at checkout.

Box: San Antonio 9, New Orleans 8 Voice of the Missions Mike Saeger confirmed this was simply a scheduled night off for Keston Hiura. The final five of seven relievers to appear have pitched for the big league Brewers this season. Missions Comeback Late to Defeat Baby Cakes Five-run eighth inning lifts San Antonio *** Winning with three outfield standouts Ray, Taylor, Stokes homer in Missions' victory By Jerry Briggs / San Antonio Missions Come for the quotes and the notation that it's Jimmy Nelson's turn again Saturday in New Orleans (if rain allows). *** Still an Isan Diaz fan? Photos from earlier in this series are here.

Once a slugging first baseman, new Tiger Nick Ramirez gets to majors as reliever Chris McCosky, The Detroit News Fun quotes within, congrats Nick!

Mudcats Press Release: Roster Update: Dula reinstated; Meister released The Brewers released RHP Christian Meister and reinstated RHP Chris Dula from the Carolina IL today Dula, 26, had been sidelined since an April 13th outing. Below is the post from his agent Joshua Kusnick in late March: Via BrewCrewBall, the backstory on the Chris Dula signing last December. *** Meister, 25, the former Indians farmhand, was signed by the Brewers late last June. Walks have been an issue throughout his pro career, including stints in Australia the past two off-seasons. Hopefully he'll get another opportunity elsewhere.

Via the Missions: INF Blake Allemand transferred from San Antonio to Rocky Mountain OF Troy Stokes Jr. activated from the Injured List The Brewers making liberal use of the 35-man roster limit for the Rocky Mountain paper roster. That will become more difficult after the start of the Pioneer League season on June 14th.

Pre-Game Media Notes: San Antonio Carolina Wisconsin

http://www.brewerfan.net/images/store/dailylinkreport.jpg Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores *** Links for affiliate audio Have great seasons Garrett in Biloxi, Greg in Carolina, and Chris in Appleton! And welcome to Mike Haeger (@samissionsradio ) down in San Antonio! *** Standings and sortable stat pages *** MiLB.TV options: Home feeds for everybody!

Thursday May 9th: AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show: Jerry Augustine, Brewers TV Analyst on Fox Sports Wisconsin AUDIO via 97.3 FM's 'Mike Heller Show' (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 113:15 minute mark) AUDIO via WTMJ's 'Brewers Weekly': Matt Pauley talks about the Brewers current hot streak, previews their series with the Cubs this weekend, and more." The Cubs discussion is with David Schuster of 670 The Score in Chicago, an interview which can be heard as a stand-alone here. *** Friday May 10th: AUDIO via WTMJ's Morning News: TV Voice Matt Lepay AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show: "Matt Spiegel from 670 The Score in Chicago joins Chuck and Bart to preview this weekend series between the Cubs and Brewers. How important is this series for both teams?" AUDIO via WSCO's 'BJ and the Bear Show': Justin Hull (Brewers Overtime Podcast) talks about the team and their 6-game winning streak! (go to the 28:25 minute mark)

Another day, another #OldFriend released -- RHP Forrest Snow (by the Angels).

All night action Friday night, although Biloxi kicks things off early with a doubleheader at 5:35 Central.

Remember all those Corey Ray extra base hits in 2018? None in 57 AB's in 2019, and of course, part of that is due to the above. But a .408 OPS in those AB's is hard to do. Let's just pretend his season starts now, but those early at-bats won't come off his batting line all season, major drag on the numbers.

Box: San Antonio 5, New Orleans 4 Flying Chanclas Regain Series Lead Against New Orleans San Antonio ties season high with three home runs Exhibition A, Juiced AAA Ball: "Tyler Saladino cleared the batting eye in center field with a 467-foot home run" VIDEO Tweet: There she goes! *** Capping a momentous week Wedding bells to ring for Tyler Saladino By Jerry Briggs / San Antonio Missions Includes news/updates on RHP Miguel Sanchez and OF Troy Stokes... *** GALLERY: Corey Ray photos from earlier this week Fantastic Mauricio Dubon photo here.

Box: Fayetteville 4, Carolina 2 Carolina Loses 4-2 to Fayetteville, Falling Short in Sweep Attempt The Mudcats lost for the second time this season when playing as the "Micro Brews" on Thursday Fayetteville's starter Enoli Paredes and reliever Cristian Javier combined to total 17 strikeouts in the series finale defeat of Carolina. The Mudcats also combined to go 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position. Ugh... *** RH starter Matt Smith has a pitch count reach mentioned. He missed all of 2017 and 2018 recovering from Tommy John surgery. By the way, we just contacted Baseball Reference so they may drop eight independent league games in 2018 from Smith's page there, listed in error.

Without providing further details, Wisconsin broadcaster Chris Mehring described Michael Mediavailla's placement as "precautionary" on Thursday's postgame podcast.