Jim Goulart

Weather: 110 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, L to R. First pitch: 6:58 PM. T: 3:29. Welcome to pro ball, guys!

Timber Rattler DVR Alert MON. 6/12 vs. Quad Cities, 7:00 PM Spectrum Sports are available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332 in Eastern Wisconsin The big league Brewers are idle on this particular evening.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official blog Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: New Orleans, LA Biloxi, MS Woodbridge, VA Grand Chute, WI Helena, MT Maryvale, AZ

Follow Sunday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Taylor Jungmann at New Orleans (Marlins), 11:30 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson) MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup. ********** Biloxi: RHP Freddy Peralta makes his AA debut at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 4:15 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available. ********** Carolina: LHP Frank Lopez makes his Brewers organization debut at Potomac (Nationals), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County. MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Braden Webb at home vs. Kane County (Diamondbacks), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime; expect to see LHP Cameron Roegner take the mound in a tandem role Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance. *** Helena: RHP Harold Chirino at home vs. Billings (Reds), 1:45 PM Central pre-game, 2:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link The broadcast duo of Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham) and Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017 *** Maryvale: at home vs. the Diamondbacks' kids, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: Idle DSL Brewers/Indians: Idle

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Amazing professional debuts in Maryvale -- Two batters combined to reach in all ten of their first-game professional plate appearances! The two pitchers making their pro debuts combined to retire all eight men they faced, one striking out the side in his inning. Details on the Arizona Brewers season-opening win coming soon via Toby ("And That").

Victory! Helena 16, Billings 9 Big Innings Push Brewers to First Victory Eight-run 2nd and six-run 5th help Brewers down Mustangs Fine job summarizing all the game's action at the link above. *** It's a happy birthday for Helena's Henry Brewers slugger launches homer, plates career-high five By Gerard Gilberto / MiLB.com Payton Henry also walked and was hit by a pitch, and has six hits in 19 at-bats through five Pioneer League games. (Helena Brewers photo) Quotes from the young catcher within... *** That's Henry as he crosses home plate upon his home run, this photo accompanied the Helena Independent Record's game story, which included additional quotes. *** Helena Box Score My offseason connection, RHP Andrew Vernon with three perfect frames of relief and four K's, as he's hopefully back in Wisconsin soon; 9th round 3B Dallas Carroll now 9-for-15 with three walks (OBP .684), but oddly still looking for that first extra-base hit; obviously others contributed to their batting lines, so check out the box for a fairly typical Pioneer League experience (OK, so maybe 25 runs is a bit extreme even for this environment). And yeah, I'm already all-in on 18-year-old switch-hitting shortstop Antonio Pinero, on base here four times and moved to the leadoff spot. Always take notice when the Brewers jump a kid a level at that age, and then place him in a prominent everyday spot -- they see more than the usual something when that happens. Helena Game Log Goodness gracious, RHP Braulio Ortiz, who by age and experience should be in Biloxi -- Billings Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Braulio Ortiz replaces Andrew Vernon. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Pabel Manzanero replaces Andy Sugilio. Pabel Manzanero walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Nadir Ljatifi replaces Leandro Santana. Nadir Ljatifi walks. Pabel Manzanero to 2nd. With Morgan Lofstrom batting, passed ball by Charlie Meyer, Pabel Manzanero to 3rd. Morgan Lofstrom walks. Nadir Ljatifi to 2nd. Alejo Lopez walks. Pabel Manzanero scores. Nadir Ljatifi to 3rd. Morgan Lofstrom to 2nd. Carlos Rivero pops out to shortstop Antonio Pinero on the infield fly rule. Zeke White hit by pitch. Nadir Ljatifi scores. Morgan Lofstrom to 3rd. Alejo Lopez to 2nd. Pitching Change: Rodrigo Benoit replaces Braulio Ortiz. Miles Gordon singles on a line drive to right fielder Yerald Martinez. Morgan Lofstrom scores. Alejo Lopez scores. Zeke White to 2nd. Stuart Fairchild grounds into a double play, third baseman Chad McClanahan to first baseman Gabriel Garcia. Zeke White out at 3rd.

Final: Colorado Springs 1, New Orleans 0 *** OK, that was all you need to know! (Kidding...) Toto, we're not 6,035 feet above sea level any more! Sox Shut Out Cakes Leadoff home run proves to be the difference By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox From the brief linked write-up, this saves me from summarizing the mound efforts -- Forrest Snow (2-1, 5.06) bounced back from his first Sky Sox start, shutting out the Baby Cakes over five innings in his first Triple-A road start of the season. Tristan Archer and Tom Wilhelmsen held the Cakes through the next three innings, while Rob Scahill (5) earned his fifth save of the season with a scoreless ninth. Colorado Springs Box Score Kyle Wren also walked twice, and an Ivan De Jesus, Jr. single was the only other Sky Sox baserunner... Colorado Springs Game Log

AUDIO via Friday's Sky Sox pre-game: Newly re-acquired infielder Nick Noonan

Final: Wisconsin 9, Kane County 5 Biggest Home Crowd of Season Sees a Wisconsin Win Braun homers, Villar drives in three, and Rattlers end 12-game losing streak By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers From the highly-suggested read of the summary linked above -- Jonathan Villar went 3-for-4 with three RBI in Saturday's game. He is 7-for-10 with a walk and six RBI in three games of his rehabilitation assignment. Ryan Braun walked twice and struck out once to go along with his home run in his four plate appearances on Saturday. He is 2-for-4 in two games of his rehab assignments. Both are expected to play on Sunday afternoon for the Rattlers. *** Just something about Ryan Braun in a "Star Wars" jersey, Chris Mehring getting to call a Braunie HR as part of his broadcast career, and the kids getting to congratulate Ryan makes this special -- *** Oh, by the way, wow! *** Speaking of highly-suggested, what Chris and Kyle are doing after every home game is pretty much unprecedented across all of minor league baseball -- again, how lucky are we, hope you've been tuning in, as I am while typing this: AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "The Papa John's Pizza Postgame Podcast is about the Timber Rattlers 9-5 win over the Kane County Cougars on June 24. Chris Mehring & Kyle Lobner discuss the win and have comments from Parker Berberet, Trever Morrison, Ryan Aguilar, and Hainley Statia." *** VIDEO: More Braun and Villar via Fox11Online *** Wisconsin Box Score One downer note - Demi Orimoloye 0-for-4 with three K's, now 0-for-his-last-18, this is where we remind ourselves this is his age 20 season. Wisconsin Game Log *** Enjoy!

VIDEO TWEET: Game highlights via the Shuckers Oh man, the first Braves' run in a 2-1 loss was earned, but preventable. LF Clint Coulter really misplayed the ball and let it get by him. The go-ahead run scored when RHP Josh Uhen entered the game and issued a leadoff walk. And finally, you'll see the rip-your-heart-out game-ending double play with the bases loaded off the bat of solid ballplayer Dustin DeMuth.

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Posted before his 1-for-4 night Saturday, this note from Greg Young should have everyone feeling better about the Mudcats' third baseman: Lucas Erceg is batting .377/.426/.528 over his last 15 games (20-for-53, 8 R, 5 2B, 1 HR, 13 RBI)

Catcher Tyler Heineman back to Colorado Springs from Biloxi. He never did see action for the Shuckers during the brief move.

NOTE: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link.

Last reminder on the Mudcats' "Double Dare" jersey auction - ends Sunday. *** Also, the Timber Rattlers have two distinct auctions going on -- "Star Wars" and "Military Appreciation", and conveniently, big league rehabbers should help next extra funds for the respective charities.

Happy 20th Birthday to 2016 6th round catcher and current Helena Brewer Payton Henry!

The Carolina series in Potomac is not available via MiLB.TV, nor their next in Buies Creek.

Timber Rattler DVR Alert MON. 6/12 vs. Quad Cities, 7:00 PM Spectrum Sports are available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332 in Eastern Wisconsin The big league Brewers are idle on this particular evening.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official blog Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: New Orleans, LA Biloxi, MS Woodbridge, VA Grand Chute, WI Helena, MT Scottsdale, AZ Santo Domingo, DR

Follow Saturday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Forrest Snow at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson) MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup. ********** Biloxi: RHP Aaron Wilkerson at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available. ********** Carolina: RHP Cody Ponce at Potomac (Nationals), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County. MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Nattino Diplan at home vs. Kane County (Diamondbacks), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance. *** Helena: RHP Carlos Herrera at home vs. Billings (Reds), 7:45 PM Central pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link The broadcast duo of Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham) and Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017 *** Maryvale: at the Diamondbacks' complex in Scottsdale, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Phillies "White" Squad, 9:30 AM DSL Brewers/Indians: at the DSL Cubs #1 Squad, 9:30 AM For each DSL contest, game data won't be available until later in the day We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men. You can also use that link to differentiate between Brewer and Indians' prospects on the co-op team.

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I believe it's today vs. the Diamondbacks. Yup, have included that date in the Daily Menu of the Link Report for several days now. We'll have the new Link Report up Saturday afternoon, it's a 9:00 PM Central start time at the Diamondbacks' complex, you'll be able to follow the box/log then.