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Final: New Orleans 12, Colorado Springs 8 Sky Sox Suffer 12-8 Loss To Zephyrs New Orleans bullpen pitches four scoreless innings to win series finale By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/3/4/2/187838342/cuts/ey_triple_1i0z5ktu_2ximqwe9.jpg Eric Young Jr. recorded his 21st career triple with the Sky Sox in Sunday's loss. (Paat Kelly photo) *** Colorado Springs Box Score Honestly, we can get upset about Josh Hader's outing in the altitude here, or we can learn to shrug it off, as he'll have to, because his next start will be at home as well. Will he over-compensate on things that normally work for him, because we know he shouldn't, and just trust the process. I wasn't going to type "what a mess", because it's probably an over-reaction to the situation, but yes, what a mess. Look at the hit totals in the box for the first six Sky Sox. Oh yeah, those numbers skew terribly as well. But crooked can be cool, unfortunately in a loss this time. The fact Yadiel Rivera only has an OPS of .606 in 146 PCL at-bats this year should speak volumes as well. Colorado Springs Game Log

BREWERS PICK UP EXPLORERS’ RHP SCOTT Sioux City Explorers Media Relations http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Scott-324x200.jpg Sioux City, Iowa – The Sioux City Explorers announced today that the Milwaukee Brewers have purchased the contract of Explorers RHP Tayler Scott. Scott will report to the Biloxi Shuckers (Double-A) of the Southern League. Scott turned 24 years old on June 1st. Scott was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Notre Dame Prep High School (Scottsdale, Ariz.). A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Scott got his first taste of professional baseball in 2011 playing at the rookie level in the Arizona League. Scott was impressive in 2012 pitching for the Cubs’ affiliate in Boise where he made 15 starts on the mound, tossing 71.1 innings, allowing just 66 hits while accumulating 43 strikeouts and owning a 2.52 ERA to go along with his 5-1 record. Following the 2012 season, Baseball America ranked Scott as the Northwest League’s #17 prospect. Scott continued rising through the Cubs system making 24 starts at the class A level in 2013 and making 26 more starts in 2014 for the Advanced-A Daytona Cubs. The 6’3" right-hander moved to the bullpen last season and in 11 games with Myrtle Beach he posted a 2-2 record with a miniscule 1.96 ERA while striking out 27 to just 6 walks with 2 saves. Scott owned the Carolina League’s fifth-lowest opponent batting average against at .197 and third most strikeouts per nine innings pitched at a 9.90 average. For his efforts, Scott was promoted to the Double-A Tennessee Smokies and finished the season there appearing in 15 games out of the bullpen while owning a 4-1 record with a save in 31 innings pitched. In seventeen games with the Explorers this season, Scott has posted a 1.88 earned run average while recording 32 strikeouts and only six walks in 28.2 innings pitched. That includes an incredibly tough-luck start he shrugged off with a remarkable 23.1 scoreless innings over his last 13 outings. *** MLB.com report in 2013 *** This 2015 write-up includes a 2012 video in which Scott discusses his journey to America from South Africa at age 16.

AUDIO via Saturday's Sky Sox pre-game show: For the first time I can remember, LHP Craig Breslow talks in some detail about his release from the Brewers' organization within his third pro season. Of course, after an indy league stint that led to an affiliated Padre contract, Breslow has had a pretty solid career that peaked in Boston's championship 2013 campaign.

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 Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Birmingham, AL Clearwater, FL Burlington, IA

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: LHP Josh Hader at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 7:30 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him 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 Brandon Woodruff at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) 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. ********** Brevard County: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:15 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater feed) Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Jake Drossner at Burlington (Angels), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime; expect RHP Conor Harber to pitch 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. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: Idle ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle ********** DSL Brewers: Idle 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.

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Rattlers' final out of the road game I love how Chris sets up his camera for the road game "final outs", but one of these days (hopefully not for a long time), he's going to catch a disappointing walk-off loss.

And of course, @DimTillard follows up!

Sweet! (image via the Sky Sox)

Final: Missoula 3, Helena 2 And suddenly, the H-Crew drops to .500 at 8-8... Brewers Fall in 9th, Osprey Sweep Series Helena Heads to Billings as Road Trip Continues By Craig Durham / Helena Brewers MISSOULA, MT - With runners on first and third and one out in the 9th, Colton Cross got the ground ball he wanted. Luis Silverio's broken bat roller to short was charged by Gilbert Lara, but skipped under the shortstop's glove, giving the Missoula Osprey (7-9) their first lead of the night and their first walk off win of the season, 3-2 over the Helena Brewers on Saturday night at Ogren Park. The defeat was the fourth straight for the Brewers (8-8), who fell out of first place for the first time this season. Helena took an early 2-0 lead on the fourth Yeraldy Martinez home run of the week, a two-run shot in the second, but was unable to add on throughout the rest of the night. Rodrigo Benoit tossed four effective innings in his second start of the year, limiting the Osprey to one unearned run on five hits in four innings of work. The 22-year-old right-hander struck out three and walked just one. Gentry Fortuno followed Benoit with four strong innings of his own, allowing a run on seven hits with five strikeouts. Cross (0-1) was the tough luck loser for the Brewers, allowing the unearned run in the ninth after facing just four batters. The Brewers head into their first off day of the season just one game behind first place Billings (9-7) and will kick off a three game series with the Mustangs on July 4 at Dehler Park in Billings. *** Nice Franly Mallen photo among two images at the link below -- Osprey run win streak to 4 with walkoff over Helena, 3-2 AJ Mazzolini, the Missoulian Written from the home team perspective, but still worthwhile as Helena's poor defense (and Missoula's clean game) were key. *** Helena Box Score So, this Gilbert Lara growth process is going to take a while, isn't it? Two K's, two errors here, on an 0-for-4 night. Helena Game Log 20-year-old 4th year pro Dominican native Yerald Martinez had seven career home runs in 175 games before hitting four blasts in his last four games. Baseball, baby...

Final: Arizona Dodgers 11, Arizona Brewers 1 It was 9-0 after four innings, but nice to see so many returning arms. Maryvale Box Score Fifth-year pro, 22-year-old Venezuelan RHP Victor Diaz got the start, first game back coming off Tommy John surgery, regardless of the numbers Saturday, congrats to him on all the hard rehab work; another 5th-year pro, 25-year-old RHP Preston Gainey, who has been out all season with a stress fracture in his back, followed Diaz to the hill. Also, LHP Mitch Lambson (turns 26 later this month), who opened up the season with the Sky Sox after impressing during his big league camp appearances this spring, made his first appearance since April 24th (specific injury hasn't been noted online). 33rd round RHP Emerson Gibbs (Tulane) had the strongest mound outing of the night. Maryvale Game Log Three infield errors... Taking some walks (five here), but this group has been struggling offensively. Review the stats (sort on games played), some of the guys who have seen very limited action played here. Will there be breakout candidates there? It's not obvious. Catcher Yoel Vasquez hasn't appeared since the 22nd, a game he left in the 5th inning; 17-year-old 8th round SS Francisco Thomas also last played on the 22nd, and another 17-year-old, 37th round Puerto Rico native Jomar Cortes, hasn't played since June 24th, a game he exited after four innings. Whew, quite a set of updates for an AZL game!

VIDEO via KRDO: More from the Sky Sox game

Final: Colorado Springs 8, New Orleans 6 Sky Sox Come Back To Top Zephyrs 8-6 Five run seventh pushes Sky Sox to fifth win in a row By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/4/8/8/187619488/cuts/07_02_4245sm_pk_sdyai4jm_791dwwvu.jpg Yadiel Rivera scored twice in the Sky Sox win on Saturday. (Paat Kelly photo) Enjoy the game story write-up which features this moment, but the audio is messed up at the link below -- *** Colorado Springs Box Score Baby step for Wily Peralta; Damien Magnifico (3 R, 2 ER) touched up a bit for a second consecutive outing, hasn't cost the team wins, however; Josh Hader on the mound Sunday night with postgame fireworks, yeah, that crowd's going to have a good time... Colorado Springs Game Log Manny Pina and Josmil Pinto again, go figure; big nights off the bench for Pinto and Eric Young, Jr. -- that's when you know a team is rolling, bobblehead Manager Rick Sweet pushing the right buttons...

VIDEO via KRDO: Sky Sox on a hot streak heading into July *** VIDEO via Fox21 News: Sky Sox host Heroes Classic Batting Practice

As also posted in our season-long Timber Rattlers archived features thread -- Includes VIDEO interview and a profile Q&A Rattlers’ Isan Diaz could be part of Brewers’ future Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent Manager Matt Erickson's comments insightful...

Includes VIDEO interview and a profile Q&A Rattlers’ Isan Diaz could be part of Brewers’ future Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent Manager Matt Erickson's comments insightful...

Brett Phillips fanned three times Saturday, now with a not-so-awesome 90 K's in 249 AB's. He also did a nine-minute Periscope chat you can check out here. *** VIDEO via WLOX: Biloxi game, including the early-inning home runs

DSL Rockies 0, DSL Brewers 0, suspended, one inning, rain Not a guarantee, but they'll almost surely complete this nine-inning game on Monday, and follow it up with a seven-inning nightcap in the Rockies' complex DSL Brewers Partial Box Score DSL Brewers Partial Game Log

Bernie Pleskoff on Yadiel Rivera Standard fare, but we also have newcomers here catching up...

Now reads as such on Baseball America's site, Tolentino newly added: Milwaukee Brewers Jean Carlos Carmona, ss, Dominican Republic (No. 20 prospect), $725,000. Pablo Abreu, of, Dominican Republic (No. 44 prospect), $800,000. Francis Tolentino, of, Dominican Republic, $500,000. Anderson Melendez, of, Venezuela Victor Maria, ss, Dominican Republic, $375,000. Yancarlos Cruz, ss, Dominican Republic

MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez' tweet -- #Brewers finalize to $725K deal with INF Jean Carmona, #30 on @MLB Top 30 International

Ben Badler Tweet -- The Brewers signed Venezuelan OF Anderson Melendez, the sharpest-dressed prospect for July 2

Friday's game --