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Final, Game One: Helena 5, Great Falls 2 Game Summary via the Helena site -- The Brewers came out of the gate hot, scoring twice in the first and never looking back in a 5-2 victory. Ronnie Gideon's RBI single in the top of the first put the Brewers up 2-0, and a strong start from Michael Petersen made it stand up. Petersen allowed two runs in four innings of work, recording a season high five strikeouts in the process, and got run support throughout the game. After Great Falls cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second, Demi Orimoloye crushed his first Pioneer League home run in the bottom of the fourth - a two run blast - to put the Brewers ahead 4-1. That was all the offense the Brewers would need as Trey Supak (1-0) followed Petersen with three scoreless innings of dominant relief work, earning his first victory as a member of the Milwaukee organization. Supak allowed just two hits, did not walk a batter and fanned four in his second outing of the year. *** Helena Game One Box Score At some point, we'll learn the backstory behind 6'7" 17th round (2015) RHP Michael Petersen (with an "sen", not "son"). He was born in the U.K. and his middle name is "Kenechukwu". Drafted four times and still not a sure Brewers sign last year (here's the draft history), there was one article that proved very helpful during the wait for a signature last summer, check that out here. Nice tandem for this seven-inning game with RHP Trey Supak, who now has two matching glorious scoreless three-inning outings. Supak only needed 22 pitches, and threw only three balls outside the strike zone in the three innings. Helena Game One Game Log Six Brewers had a single base hit, four were singles. Joantgel Segovia doubled and as you saw above, this -- Helena Top of the 4th Juan Ortiz flies out to center fielder Aaron Schnurbusch. Ronnie Gideon grounds out, shortstop Mitch Roman to first baseman Corey Zangari. Weston Wilson singles on a line drive to left fielder Jameson Fisher. Demi Orimoloye homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Weston Wilson scores. *** Great Falls Bottom of the 4th Yerald Martinez called out on strikes. Helena Brewers left fielder Yerald Martinez ejected by HP umpire Trevor Danneger. Can't do that, young man. Guess who the manager sat in Game Two...

Final: Arizona Padres 9, Arizona Brewers 2 Weather: 107 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, R to L. Team falls to 2-3, four errors here added to the ugliness... Maryvale Box Score Two of those errors were by starting RHP Carlos Herrera (Adam Lind trade), both on pickoff throws. 34th round RHP Matt Smith (Georgetown) allowed one run in his three innings of work, and 22-year-old rookie RHP Miguel Sanchez made his stateside debut after just two DSL appearances (2 IP, 3 H, 2 R). The three hurlers combined for an impressive 10-to-0 K-to-BB line, despite the final score. Maryvale Game Log Four Brewers reached base twice, yet the four combined for just two hits - CF Jose Gomez, 2B Trey York, DH Zach Taylor, and C Johel Atencio, who added a sacrifice fly. Through five games, the Brewers are last in the 14-team Arizona League with a .174 average and .512 OPS. Still early, but hopefully not a sign of the summer to come.

Final: Colorado Springs 8, Round Rock 5 This is the most fun 36-37 team around, no? Now 4.5 games out of first place... Early Runs Pace Sky Sox Past Express 8-5 Sky Sox blast three homers to give Burgos second win in a row By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox Excellent detail in the write-up, be sure to give it a read... *** Colorado Springs Box Score Very productive top four in the order, on base ten times plus Michael Reed's sacrifice fly; on a Will Middlebrooks designated hitter day, Yadiel Rivera played third base - Garin Cecchini has played 12 games at third vs. 49 at first base. Colorado Springs Game Log RH closer Damien Magnifico remains solid...

Final: DSL Yankees #2 Squad 6, DSL Brewers 3 DSL Brewers Box Score Tied at 2-2, a three-run Yankee 3rd inning happened; the D-Crew couldn't recover from that. Team RISP: 2-for-15. Team LOB: 11. Brewers had their chances; 17-year-old Venezuelan leadoff SS Luis Avila was on base four times, and now sports a .300/.367/.300 line, all 21 hits are singles, one would think at least one base knock would find a gap; first error for bonus baby catcher Jose Sibrian, that's promising, although we had highlighted some passed balls in earlier games. The two players we highlighted Friday as leaving with likely injuries, SS Luis Manon and 1B Josue Herrera, did not play. DSL Brewers Game Log Shaky start for 20-year-old 2nd year RHP Joaquin De La Cruz - 3 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K; 19-year-old rookie RH reliever Daniel Acosta has struglled with control in his six appearances, ten walks in five innings.

From Yahoo's Jeff Passan's "Prospect Heat Check" -- 21. Josh Hader, SP, Triple-A, Milwaukee Speaking of, Hader once was an Astro. Now he's the Brewers' best pitching prospect, an unorthodox left-hander who piles up strikeouts. It's still too early to say whether the Brewers have found long-term rotation pieces in Zach Davies and Junior Guerra, but Hader is the sort who will make room for himself. First he needs to brave the altitude of Colorado Springs and survive the Pacific Coast League. Then, come next season – he's not yet on the 40-man roster, so a September call-up is less likely than not – he'll join the rotation at some point and see whether his funk can translate. 22. Marcos Diplan, SP, Low-A, Milwaukee At 12.3 strikeouts per nine, Diplan punches out even more hitters than Hader. Why isn't he more highly touted? Well, size for one: Diplan stands only 6-foot. As does Red Sox uberprospect Anderson Espinoza. So let the crowding of the Diplan bandwagon begin here. The Rangers saw enough to give him $1.3 million to sign before shipping him off to the Brewers in the Yovani Gallardo deal. Diplan is still just 19, and one scout said: “Nobody, not even Hader, has his upside.”

And now we learn more... Before linking to the new article below, here is Nicky Delmonico's current statistical status, as he was raking in AA before a bump to the White Sox' AAA club (Delmonico turns 24 in July) -- MiLB.com Player Page Baseball Reference Page *** Charlotte Knights’ Nicky Delmonico holding onto big-league dreams By Brendan Marks, Charlotte Observer Read the full article, but here's one snippet -- In 2013, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. There he struggled with personal issues and the drug Adderall, which he’d taken since high school for attention deficit disorder (ADD). “I wasn’t able to sleep very well and I just kind of wanted to get off of it,” he said. “I didn’t know once you come off it, you go through mood swings.” Delmonico stopped using the drug but not for good. He ended up taking Adderall again, this time without the permission of Major League Baseball. A random drug test came the next day. He knew he would fail. He did, and was suspended 50 games. The Brewers were unhappy, but wanted to keep Delmonico on their High Class A team. The feeling was not mutual. “I don’t know if it was just the medicine that made me feel down,” he said, “but I kinda didn’t want to come back and play at that time. And so I kept asking for my release. “I was like, ‘I’m not gonna play anymore.’ I changed my phone number. I called my mom and was like, ‘I guess this is it.’ And I get the call they finally released me.” *** So, at this point, it's like, whatever -- it was Melvin/Ash/Nichols on the call, not the current regime. Happy for Delmonico? Sure, actually, OK, I guess

Chris Harris tweet from Biloxi -- A battle of friends from Taiwan Saturday night at MGM with @LeftyWang51 facing off against Montgomery's Chih-Wei Hu.

Congratulations to two of our friends in the Brewers' blogosphere, Marcus and Brad of Miller Park Prospects (see why)!

AUDIO via Friday's Sky Sox pregame - The weekly visit with Manager Rick Sweet (Positive news on catcher Manny Pina's hamstring injury; honest breakdown of St. Louis top pitching prospect Alex Reyes)

Saturday's farmhand birthday -- RHP Emerson Gibbs, the Brewers' 33rd round pick out of Tulane, turns 22; he made his pro debut on Wednesday with an inning of work (1 R, 2 H)

Several Timber Rattlers DVR Alerts, including TONIGHT! SAT, June 25, vs. Quad Cities River Bandits, 6:30 PM, MyNew32 TV MON, June 27, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV WED, June 29, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV THU, June 30, vs. Clinton LumberKings, 7:00 PM, TWC SportsChannel

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: Round Rock, TX Biloxi, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Great Falls, MT Peoria, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:05 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: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at home vs. Montgomery (Rays), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:10 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: RHP Bubba Derby at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry folks, no audio available for this series... 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: RHP Marcos Diplan at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 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. 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: RHP Michael Petersen and TBD in a doubleheader at Great Falls (White Sox), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham ([b@CraigMDurham[/b] on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Padres' complex in Peoria, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Yankees' #2 Squad, 9:30 AM, although 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.

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AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Fri. 6/24: Tim Allen of WSSP *** AUDIO via ESPN 540 Milwaukee Fri. 6/24: Tom Haudricourt *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 6/24: Adam McCalvy

Just prior to the announcement of Monte Harrison's hamate bone (wrist) injury -- Todd Rosiak of the Journal-Sentinel: Pair of Brewers' 2014 picks (Harrison, Gatewood) starting to come around

Adam McCalvy -- Brewers hope to move with Class A Manatees

Arizona Rookie League guru Bill Mitchell tweet -- Strong pro debut for AZL #Brewers RHP Corbin Burnes. 2 perfect inn, FB 93-96, got K on 79 mph curveball. Excellent value in 4th round.

VIDEO from Colorado Springs - Brief clip, but includes a sweet Will Middlebrooks defensive play at the hot corner

Esquire Magazine And yes, there's room for both the sociological aspect of this, and the on-the-field baseball-only analysis of Denson within this thread...

Manatees Shriners Jersey Auction ends Saturday night at 11:00 PM Central http://www.milbauctions.com/images/stores/87/500/Shriners-Jersey-Front_500.jpg

VIDEO via WLOX - Biloxi game highlights, includes Brett Phillips' three-run oppo shot and the first of Nick Ramirez' two HR's *** AUDIO: Biloxi highlights via Chris Harris' broadcast *** AUDIO: Eight-time All-Star and four-time World Series Champ Darryl Strawberry stopped by the radio booth for a visit with Chris during the sixth inning of Friday's Shuckers game. *** Once again, the Twitter timeline of @BrewerProspect will provide you with Vine images of other Biloxi highlights not seen at the link above, along with other affiliate action.

Final: Arizona Padres 8, Arizona Brewers 6 Weather: 108 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, L to R. A-Crew scored three in the 6th to tie things at 6-6, but lost it in the 9th... Maryvale Box Score First of all, pretty bold move at birth by the parents of the Padres' starting pitcher. Seven errors in the game, four by the Brewer kids. SS Jomar Cortes exited after the 4th inning, no apparent reason. 21-year-old 4th round RHP Corbin Burnes (St. Mary's) made his pro debut with two perfect innings of relief. First baseman Tyrone Perry has been idle for three games after playing in the opener. Maryvale Game Log This is glorious -- HBP: Henry (by Henry); Payton Henry hit by a pitch thrown by RHP Henry Henry

Final: Colorado Springs 11, Memphis 6 Loving all these wins over the Cards' AAA club... Sky Sox Rout Redbirds 11-6 To Win Series Cravy pitches six strong innings to earn second win of season By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/9/4/186060694/cuts/06_23_4103sm_pk_8u6gxhke_m7wfhubh.jpg The Sky Sox earned a series win over Memphis with their victory on Friday. (Paat Kelly photo) Yes, you will read that summary, because you want to learn how 18 hits were distributed! Colorado Springs Box Score Crooked numbers, baby! Good ones! Colorado Springs Game Log