Jim Goulart

Game Suspended: Nashville 5, Colorado Springs 0, still in the first inning They jammed a lot into 30 minutes of game time here. As noted above, Hiram Burgos exited nearly immediately. Much more happened, here's the game log to make it easy on us. Col. Springs Top of the 1st Kyle Wren called out on strikes. Ivan De Jesus Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Ryan LaMarre. With Ryan Cordell batting, Daniel Gossett picks off Ivan De Jesus Jr. at 1st on throw to Matt Olson. Ryan Cordell strikes out swinging. Nashville Bottom of the 1st Colorado Springs Sky Sox Manager Rick Sweet ejected by 1B umpire Clay Park. Jaycob Brugman singles on a ground ball to shortstop Ivan De Jesus Jr. Pitching Change: Tristan Archer replaces Hiram Burgos. Franklin Barreto grounds into a force out, shortstop Ivan De Jesus Jr. to second baseman Nate Orf. Jaycob Brugman out at 2nd. Franklin Barreto to 1st. Matt Olson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Kyle Wren. Franklin Barreto to 2nd. Renato Nunez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Franklin Barreto scores. Matt Olson to 2nd. Joey Wendle singles on a fly ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Matt Olson to 3rd. Renato Nunez to 2nd. Matt Chapman called out on strikes. Jaff Decker singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Phillips. Matt Olson scores. Renato Nunez scores. Joey Wendle to 3rd. Jaff Decker to 2nd. Throwing error by center fielder Brett Phillips. Matt McBride hits a ground-rule double (5) on a line drive to left field. Joey Wendle scores. Jaff Decker scores. *** No word on what Rick Sweet was arguing about, the pickoff, maybe? If Burgos is going to be out, that opens a starting spot for one of the now-six starters in Biloxi to move up. Maybe Aaron Wilkerson gives the PCL another try, he's slated to start Sunday for Biloxi. The Sky Sox' Michael Blazek remains a 6th starter / swingman option as well. And the first inning isn't even over yet, two outs only. What could have been avoided if the game had never been started - apparent injury, ejection, big deficit, the need to play at least 16 innings on Tuesday. At least Colorado Springs has Wednesday off as they make their way from Nashville to Oklahoma City.

Final: Tennessee 6, Biloxi 5 Shuckers lose heartbreaker in ninth to Smokies Jason Vosler's walk-off double hands Shuckers a fifth straight loss KODAK, TN - The Biloxi Shuckers dropped their fifth straight game Saturday in heartbreaking fashion, losing 6-5 to the Tennessee Smokies on a walk-off double in the ninth inning. It marks the second time this series the Shuckers have been walked off after not experiencing such a loss through the season's first 46 games. Rest of the recap at the link above... Biloxi Box Score This one hurt. 21-year-old Luis Ortiz has worked between four and five innings pitched in each of his nine starts this season. Much of that may be by design by the Brewers, but even in his scoreless five-inning effort three starts ago, he threw 88 pitches. His last two lines look remarkably similar, which isn't a good thing. Biloxi Game Log Teams combined for 15 walks and two HBP... *** The bomb off Luis Ortiz in the first inning --

VIDEO TWEET: Troy Stokes' HR for the Mudcats *** Carolina's Jon Olczak pitched well in relief, the HR he was victimized by was less majestic than the one below --

Happy Birthdays -- Isan Diaz - 21 Franly Mallen - 20

Chris Harris points out the Shuckers will be starter-heavy upon Corbin Burnes' official arrival and will need to make a corresponding move. Since Burnes pitched Friday night, his official transfer "report date" to AA may not be for a few days.

No MiLB.TV for Wisconsin for this series in Clinton, nor the next in Peoria.

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Nashville, TN Kodak, TN Zebulon, NC Clinton, IA

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

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at Nashville (Athletics), 6:05 PM pre-game, 6:35 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 Luis Ortiz at Tennessee (Cubs), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 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 Conor Harber at home vs. Myrtle Beach (Cubs), 3:45 PM pre-game, 4:00 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 Thomas Jankins at Clinton (Mariners), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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.

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VIDEO TWEET: The Mudcats captured Corbin Burnes strikeout highlights on their final night with him

From the Clinton Herald game story -- CLINTON — Nick Wells tried to get back on the success train, but his misfortune in two-plus innings didn’t allow that to happen. Wells allowed four earned runs and was pulled in the third inning after allowing a couple of baserunners in Clinton’s 7-4 loss to Wisconsin on Friday at Ashford University Field. He allowed six hits, with three coming in the third inning. Tucker Neuhaus was a pain in his side, too. Neuhaus doubled to right field in each of his at-bats against Wells. Neuhaus is 5-for-16 with six RBIs this year at AU Field. He doubled his RBI total in Friday’s win. He’s gotten five RBIs in his past 33 at-bats. “I’ve had a pretty good track record here,” Neuhaus said. “Both situations were RBI situations, so I was looking for something elevated I could drive and not swing at the pitch that he wanted me to. I got what I was looking for, which was something up in the zone.” http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/clintonherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/64/c64d97e4-b1e6-5d26-8fc8-81ebb2c8656e/592901c757002.image.jpg Clinton reliever Jack Anderson allowed only one unearned run in four innings, included the Herald photo just for the sweet submariner / sidewinder shot.

VIDEO: Trent Clark double for the Mudcats

Final: Tennessee 3, Biloxi 2 Ventura's stellar start not enough as Shuckers come up short against Smokies Ventura allowed just three hits and one run over six innings on Friday Angel Ventura logged his third quality start in seven starts for the Shuckers on Friday night (Hunter Reed photo) BILOXI, MS - The Biloxi Shuckers dropped their fourth straight game Friday night, falling 3-2 to the Tennessee Smokies. With the loss, the Shuckers are 25-23 with 22 games remaining in the season's first half. Rest of the recap at the link above... *** Biloxi Box Score Mauricio Dubon (double) and Dustin Houle each reached base twice. Biloxi Game Log

Brewers make RHP Corbin Burnes' promotion to AA Biloxi official after another fine performance Friday night.

As also posted in the Sky Sox feature article thread for archiving purposes -- Outfielder Ryan Cordell supplies spark for Sky Sox Brent Briggeman, Colorado Springs Gazette Asked who might most closely compare to Ryan Cordell, the mind of Rick Sweet churned through its 40-plus years of baseball experience to find the most fitting examples. He settled on Jason Bay and Jay Bruce. Rest of the feature article at the link above... He's now exclusively an outfielder Actually no, Cordell started his 9th game at third base Friday night.

Outfielder Ryan Cordell supplies spark for Sky Sox Brent Briggeman, Colorado Springs Gazette Asked who might most closely compare to Ryan Cordell, the mind of Rick Sweet churned through its 40-plus years of baseball experience to find the most fitting examples. He settled on Jason Bay and Jay Bruce. Rest of the feature article at the link above... He's now exclusively an outfielder Actually no, Cordell started his 9th game at third base Friday night.

AUDIO via Thursday's Sky Sox pre-game: Manager Rick Sweet How easy is it for folks here to listen to the Link Report audio while reviewing the "text" portion of the thread? Easy-peasy! Hope many take advantage. I love the audio interviews, you can learn more than in several reports/articles.

Posted May 21st -- Following up on my tweet Thursday night, Todd Rosiak provides this update -- "C Andrew Susac’s DL stint at Class AAA Colorado Springs is for cluster headaches. Not concussion-related. Being treated and progressing."

AUDIO via the Shuckers Pre-Game: "Jacob Nottingham talks about his first home run and good month of May. Also discusses the success of he and Dustin Houle catching opposing base stealers."

*** AUDIO via WTMJ Thurs. AM 5/25: GM David Stearns *** AUDIO via the SportsZone in Arizona Thurs. 5/25: The Journal-Sentinel's Todd Rosiak provided a Brewers overview to the visiting audience *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Thurs. 5/25: A fun chat with Keon Broxton *** AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show Thurs. 5/25: Tom Haudricourt (go to the 136:50 minute mark) *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Pre-Game Show Thurs. 5/25: Extended clips from Craig Counsell's pre-game presser at the 05:10 minute mark; the "roundtable" discussion is at 16:00; bullpen catcher Marcus Hamel at 23:45 *** AUDIO via WTMJ Fri. AM 5/26: Jerry Augustine of Fox Sports Wisconsin *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Fri. 5/26: Richard Justice of MLB.com *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Fri. 5/26: WSSP's Tim Allen *** VIDEOS via Brewers.com: Just a reminder that the Brewers post their own collection of clips on a daily basis

Jeff Pickler, who was clancyphile's Brent Suter at the dawn of Brewerfan.com, is on the Twins' big league coaching staff, good for him.

No MiLB.TV for Wisconsin for this series in Clinton. *** Fangraphs gives Biloxi's Mauricio Dubon a mention. *** Thursday's game --

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Kodak, TN Zebulon, NC Clinton, IA