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Newest Shuckers give team a late lift Patrick Magee, Biloxi Sun Herald Two photos at the link The Biloxi Shuckers stumbled through some stagnant play early in the second half of the season, but the addition of a handful of players have brought new life to the roster. Right-handed started starting pitcher Luis Ortiz has been outstanding in his first four starts with the team and outfielder Clint Coulter continues to make an impact each game at the plate. Also, Dustin DeMuth has given the team a lift at first base through 22 games in Biloxi. Ortiz has made four starts for the Shuckers and has yet to give up an earned run in 17.1 innings with a record of 2-0. He has yet to issue a walk while striking out 11 batters. Ortiz was acquired this season by the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade that sent catcher Jonathan Lucroy to the Texas Rangers. Ortiz was rated as the top pitching prospect in the Rangers' organization prior to his trade. The Sanger, Calif., native was a first-round selection in the MLB Draft by the Rangers in 2014. Ortiz split time this year between Single-A and Double-A in the Rangers' organization and his numbers have improved significantly since joining the Shuckers. At Double-A Frisco (Texas), Ortiz was 1-4 with a 4.08 ERA in seven appearances. The arrival of Coulter and DeMuth was badly needed for a Shuckers team that ranks last in the Southern League with a team batting average of .235. Coulter continues to be the top bat for the Shuckers, reaching base in each of the last 13 games prior to Tuesday's home game against the Mississippi Braves. He has played in 16 games with the Shuckers and has a .392 batting average. He also has a pair of homers and seven RBIs with 12 runs scored. Coulter entered the 2016 season as the eighth-best prospect in the Brewers' organization and is showing significant improvement at Double-A. He has was batting .220 in 87 games at Class A Brevard County (FL). DeMuth is batting .298 at Biloxi since making the jump from Brevard County on July 26. He has yet to homer in Biloxi but has three doubles and a pair of triples. Demuth, a former Indiana standout, has knocked in five runs and knocked in 11. He was batting .287 with six homers and 43 RBIs for Brevard County prior to his promotion. Closing strong Shuckers right-handed reliever Stephen Kohlscheen picked up his 20th save of the season in his 22nd opportunity Monday night in a 2-1 win over the Mississippi Braves. Shuckers pitchers have combined for a whopping 46 saves this season, including 16 by Jaye Chapman, who is now with the Southern League rival Montgomery Biscuits in the Tampa Bay organization. Kohlscheen needs just one more save to set the Biloxi record for saves in a season. Damien Magnifico, who made his Major League debut with the Brewers last week, saved 20 games last year. Kohlscheen, 27, is 2-3 with a 2.35 ERA in 45 appearances this season. Improvement at the plate The Shuckers scored 28 runs over the five-game series at Mobile with an average of 5.6 runs a game. The team averaged just 2.4 runs a game over the previous seven games and is averaging 3.4 runs overall. On the upswing Shortstop Angel Ortega has at least one hit in five of the last six games and is batting .375 over that stretch with a pair of doubles, a homer and seven RBIs. Ortega is batting .288 in August, raising his batting average from .191 to .223.

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MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers It's an 11:45 AM pre-game with Chris Mehring for the Corbin Burnes Timber Rattlers start (Zack Brown in tandem). Here's all your pre-game info via Chris, hope you get a chance to listen this afternoon. I think I'll take it in as well.

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Final: Great Falls 5, Helena 3 Voyagers Hold On for 5-3 Win Helena Brewers HELENA, MT - The Great Falls Voyagers built up a 4-0 lead in the first four innings and held on for a 5-3 victory over the Helena Brewers on Monday night at Kindrick Legion Field. Wuilder Rodriguez (5-3) was uncharacteristically wild, allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits, two walks and four hit batsmen. The Venezuelan right-hander hit Great Falls first baseman Anthony Villa three separate times, and now leads the Pioneer League with ten hit batters this season. Rodriguez was relieved by Santos Saldivar, who did not allow an earned run for his fifth straight outing. Juan Diaz pitched the final three frames for the Brewers, striking out three and allowing one single. Demi Orimoloye got the Brewers on the board with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the fifth, his second home run in as many games. He then scored the second Brewers run, stealing second and coming around on two Voyagers errors. Helena made it a two run game in the bottom of the eighth, but a perfect ninth inning from Matt Foster kept the Brewers from making it two in a row at home. The series now shifts back to Great Fall for two games beginning Tuesday night at 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). Helena Box Score PHOTOS! Helena Game Log

Final: Arizona Brewers 11, Arizona Royals 10 Maryvale Box Score Brewers trailed 9-6 after seven innings, then pushed across five in the 8th, and held on for the win. Top five in the order did very well, reaching base 15 times, wow. Catcher Payton Henry reached four times and drove in three. Maryvale Game Log RHP Kaleb Earls last pitched with Brevard on July 7th, but began a rehab assignment in this one.

Wei-Chung Wang, Luis Ortiz, Jordan Desquin, Wuilder Rodriguez... Hope to get back to a normal kickoff tomorrow.

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Hader dominates to nab first Triple-A win Milwaukee's No. 4 prospect fans career-high 12 in six shutout innings By Michael Avallone / MiLB.com Quotes from Josh...

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Final: Helena 6, Great Falls 3 Wow, much like the first Maryvale game, one extra-fruitful 7th inning -- PHOTOS! One day after getting no-hit, the Brewers had one hit through six in this one, and were dismal against ChiSox highly-touted RHP Alec Hanson. Game summaries via Helena (at the photo links above) and Great Falls perspectives. Helena Box Score Four pitchers fared well, but RHP Nash Walters still looking for his control; Gilbert Lara pulled after his second K of the game in the 4th. Helena Game Log Helena Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Brandon Magallones replaces Alec Hansen. Demi Orimoloye homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Yerald Martinez singles on a line drive to left fielder Jackson Glines. Cooper Hummel hits a sacrifice bunt. Fielding error by pitcher Brandon Magallones. Yerald Martinez to 2nd. Cooper Hummel to 1st. Yoel Vasquez singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Brady Conlan. Yerald Martinez to 3rd. Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Franly Mallen singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Jackson Glines. Yerald Martinez scores. Cooper Hummel to 3rd. Yoel Vasquez to 2nd. Pitching Change: Kevin Escorcia replaces Brandon Magallones. Ryan Aguilar singles on a ground ball to right fielder Aaron Schnurbusch. Cooper Hummel scores. Yoel Vasquez to 3rd. Franly Mallen to 2nd. Trever Morrison singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Glines. Yoel Vasquez scores. Franly Mallen to 3rd. Ryan Aguilar to 2nd. Weston Wilson walks. Franly Mallen scores. Ryan Aguilar to 3rd. Trever Morrison to 2nd. Caleb Whalen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Frank Califano. Ryan Aguilar scores. Trever Morrison to 3rd. Weston Wilson to 2nd. Pitching Change: Richard McWilliams replaces Kevin Escorcia. Demi Orimoloye strikes out swinging. Yerald Martinez strikes out swinging.

Final, regularly scheduled game (now seven innings): Arizona Brewers 8, Arizona White Sox 2 Maryvale Game Two Box Score The previously mentioned Gabriel Garcia was 3-for-4; LF Jose Gomez had a perfect day, moving his average to .299; three others reached twice as well. Maryvale Game Two Game Log 32nd round RHP Wilson Adams and 19-year-old Venezuelan RHP Nelson Hernandez did not allow an earned run in the seven-inning contest.

Final, Completion of Suspended Game: Arizona Brewers 9, Arizona White Sox 6 By the time the 7th innings stretch arrived, the A-Crew was down 6-0. Then, this, and all nine runs scored with two outs! AZL Brewers Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Evan Bell replaces Brandon Agar. Mario Feliciano doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Louis Silverio. Trey York grounds out, second baseman Ricky Mota to first baseman Franklin Reyes. Mario Feliciano to 3rd. Gabriel Garcia strikes out swinging. Payton Henry singles on a line drive to center fielder Trevin Sonnier. Mario Feliciano scores. Jay Feliciano singles on a line drive to center fielder Trevin Sonnier. Payton Henry to 3rd. Tyrone Perry singles on a line drive to center fielder Trevin Sonnier. Payton Henry scores. Jay Feliciano to 2nd. Francisco Thomas walks. Jay Feliciano to 3rd. Tyrone Perry to 2nd. Jose Gomez singles on a line drive to center fielder Trevin Sonnier. Jay Feliciano scores. Tyrone Perry to 3rd. Francisco Thomas to 2nd. Zach Clark walks. Tyrone Perry scores. Francisco Thomas to 3rd. Jose Gomez to 2nd. Pitching Change: Sean Renzi replaces Evan Bell. Mario Feliciano walks. Francisco Thomas scores. Jose Gomez to 3rd. Zach Clark to 2nd. Trey York reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Maiker Feliz. Jose Gomez scores. Zach Clark scores. Mario Feliciano scores. Trey York to 2nd. Gabriel Garcia doubles (11) on a fly ball to center fielder Trevin Sonnier. Trey York scores. Payton Henry flies out to right fielder Louis Silverio. Three runs on a an E-5? That's one wild toss. Maryvale Game One Box Score RHP Carlos Herrera took the mound when the game resumed, he got the win fanning seven and walking just one (although he did hit two). Maryvale Game One Game Log Seventeen of Gabriel Garcia's 35 hits have gone for extra bases.

Google images of the very unique face of Fyvush Finkel, gone at 92, he played lawyer Douglas Wambaugh in the TV series "Picket Fences" and Harvey Lipshultz in the series "Boston Public"

Jack Riley, Who Played Carlin on ‘The Bob Newhart Show,’ Dies at 80 As you'll read, he also provided the voice for the absent-minded dad Stu Pickles on “Rugrats” and its spinoff, “All Grown Up!” Riley also rode Cosmo Kramer's memorable bus on the Peterman Reality Tour in the "Muffin Tops" Seinfeld episode. The link is to the Associated Press notes. Bob Newhart among those to tweet on Riley's passing.

Smith was activated on Sunday, and RHP Thomas Jankins (Quinnipiac) was transferred to Maryvale as it seems he's maxed out his innings limit.

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Final: Great Falls, 2, Helena 0 Oh, by the way, Helena got no-hit Saturday night... Trio of Voyagers No-Hit Brewers on Saturday By Craig Durham / Helena Brewers GREAT FALLS, MT - The Great Falls Voyagers became the first Pioneer League team in 2016 to throw a no-hitter as they defeated the Helena Brewers 2-0 on Saturday night at Centene Stadium. Voyagers starter Yosmer Solarzano went seven, allowing just one walk and hitting a batter as he struck out eight. The 19-year-old right-hander becomes the first pitcher in the Pioneer League to six wins on the season. Adam Panayotovich walked one in the eighth, and Jaider Rocha walked one in the ninth, but neither allowed a hit. The loss was the Brewers fourth in a row, and the team has failed to score more than two runs in a game since last Monday night when they topped Grand Junction 12-5. The no-hitter for Great Falls overshadowed a trio of tremendous pitching performances from the Brewers' Cameron Roegner, Shawn Clowers and Scott Serigstad. Roegner and Clowers each allowed a single run, while Serigstad finished the game with three shutout innings. Serigstad allowed just one hit, Roegner and Clowers each allowed two. The Voyagers scored the game's first run in the bottom of the first on an Aaron Schnurbusch ground out. They doubled their lead in the top of the fifth when Corey Zangari led off with a home run. The series of eight straight games between these two teams shifts to Helena on Sunday for a matinee. Rodrigo Benoit will be on the mound for the Brewers opposite Alec Hansen for the Voyagers. *** Of course, MiLB.com has their own feature. *** Helena Box Score Helena Game Log