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Final: DSL Nationals 2, DSL Brewers 1 Att: 250. DSL Brewers Box Score Brewer batters fanned 13 times and drew only one walk, young infielder Edwin Sano got stuck with the golden sombrero. Shouldn't it be paper sombrero, golden would seem to indicate positive. DSL Brewers Game Log Rookie SS Luis Manon injured on this groundout? DSL Brewers Top of the 3rd Jesus Lujano singles on a ground ball to first baseman Jose Cabello. With Josue Herrera batting, Jesus Lujano advances to 2nd on a balk. Josue Herrera strikes out swinging. Luis Manon grounds out, second baseman Luis Aquino to first baseman Jose Cabello. Jesus Lujano to 3rd. Luis Avila flies out to center fielder Yoel Andujar. DSL Nationals Bottom of the 3rd Defensive Substitution: Javier Castillo replaces shortstop Luis Manon, batting 9th, playing shortstop. And was 1B Josue Herrera injured on this forceout at second base? DSL Brewers Top of the 6th Pitching Change: Yefri Pena replaces Gerald De La Cruz. Josue Herrera walks. Javier Castillo grounds into a force out, shortstop Juan Pascal to second baseman Luis Aquino. Josue Herrera out at 2nd. Javier Castillo to 1st. With Luis Avila batting, wild pitch by Yefri Pena, Javier Castillo to 2nd. Luis Avila pops out to first baseman Jose Cabello in foul territory. Edwin Sano called out on strikes. DSL Nationals Bottom of the 6th Defensive Substitution: Luis Avalo replaces first baseman Josue Herrera, batting 8th, playing first base.

That was posted June 12th. Brennan has landed with the New Jersey Jackals of the independent Can-Am League, two games already under his belt.

RHP Miguel Sanchez, a 22-year-old rookie who has made two appearances for the Dominican Summer League Brewers (one start), has received a quick bump stateside to Maryvale.

At Biloxi, RH closer Daniel Tillman, who has been rock solid, goes on the 7-day DL retroactive to 6/22. LHP Hobbs Johnson is activated from the DL for the Shuckers.

Helena rained out, doubleheader Saturday evening at 6:00 Central.

Thursday's game --

Pretty sure you meant to type Javier Salas, not Cody Ponce, WVB. Salas has walked 15 in his last 6.1 innings -- he's basically unusable right now.

Via WSSP's Pre-Game Shows (Roundtable Discussions) -- SATURDAY (go to the 08:15 minute mark) SUNDAY (go to the 11:30 minute mark) TUESDAY (go to the 03:30 minute mark)

Via WSSP 105.7 FM: MONDAY: Former Brewers RHP Paul Wagner WEDNESDAY: Adam McCalvy

AUDIO via WTMJ: Brewers Farm Director Tom Flanagan on "Brewers Weekly"

WTMJ audio -- SUNDAY: Al Bethke of Al's Ramblings THURSDAY: Brewers Farm Director Tom Flanagan on Brewers Weekly FRIDAY: Jerry Augustine

Friday's farmhand birthdays -- Colorado Springs LHP Sam Freeman is 29 Maryvale catcher Payton Henry is 19 Enjoy!

So many Timber Rattlers DVR Alerts, including TONIGHT! FRI, June 24, vs. Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV 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: Colorado Springs, CO Biloxi, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Great Falls, MT Maryvale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Tyler Cravy at home vs. Memphis (Cardinals), 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 Javier Salas 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 Cody Ponce 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 Miguel Diaz at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime 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 home vs. the mini-Padres, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Nationals, 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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Forgot to link to catcher Rene Garcia's two big video moments from Wednesday -- Here and here

Via the Manatees: While the Manatees (0-1) finished the first half with a record of 23-45, the team saw five players move up in the Milwaukee system. Johnny Davis, Angel Ortega, Brandon Woodruff, Gage Smith and Tyler Spurlin were all called up to Double-A Biloxi. Said manager Joe Ayrault, "Seeing those guys move up was definitely the highlight of the first half. That is a big part of our job is player development. Starting a new, this second half, it has been reiterated to these guys that it is huge for their careers how they finish here. Whether or not they move up to Double-A, staying here or possibly looking for another career. It's a cliché, but it's not how you start but how you finish. If you had to pick a half you had to win, you'd pick the second half to go into playoffs hot. Excited about starting fresh, getting after it and finishing strong."

As in our Manatee stadium thread, the latest official news on their move.

IMPORTANT: While the Manatees are moving to Kissimmee, just outside Orlando, it remains to be seen whether the franchise will still be affiliated with the Brewers. Their Player Development Contract is up as of this fall, and there have been no reports of extension talks. It is thought that the Brewers would like to retain the affiliation. *** Formal update today via the Orlando Sentinel -- Kissimmee lands Brewers' Florida State League affiliate Orlando Sentinel Staff Report http://www.trbimg.com/img-576d30a1/turbine/orl-osceola-county-stadium-photo-20150305/750/750x422 Osceola County Stadium will get a Class A Florida State League team, beginning in 2017 when the Brevard County Manatees move from Space Coast Stadium in Viera. (Stephen M. Dowell photo/Orlando Sentinel) Professional baseball is not leaving Osceola County after all. The Class A Brevard County Manatees will move to Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, beginning with the 2017 Florida State League season, according to a news release Friday. The Manatees are the Milwaukee Brewers' top Class A affiliate and currently play at Space Coast Stadium. A news conference is planned for Thursday. The Houston Astros had trained at the 5,300-seat ballpark in Kissimmee since 1985 but are moving to a new complex in West Palm Beach that they will share with the Washington Nationals, beginning next spring. The Nationals had trained in Viera since 2003, dating to their days as the Montreal Expos.

Final: Great Falls 7, Helena 3 Voyagers Strike Early, Often in 7-3 Win Four Straight for Great Falls By Craig Durham / Helena Brewers GREAT FALLS, MT - The Great Falls Voyagers scored three runs in the top of the 1st - before the Helena Brewers even recorded an out - on their way to a 7-3 victory to kick off a four game series at Centene Stadium. The fifth meeting of the season between these North Division rivals was suspended for 28 minutes in the bottom of 1st inning due to lightning, but the Voyagers were able to pick up right where they left off in the 2nd, adding a run to take a commanding 4-0 lead early. Helena got on the board with Ronnie Gideon's first career home run, a solo shot in the top of the 4th, but the Voyagers responded with two in the bottom of the inning to take their largest lead of the night at 6-1. Yosmer Solarzano (1-0) was dominant for Great Falls, allowing just four hits in five innings to earn his first victory of the season. Zack Brown (0-1), meanwhile, struggled in his pro debut, surrendering three earned runs on three hits in just 0.1 inning of work. Brown did not return to the game following the delay, and was replaced by Thomas Jankins who also made his pro debut. The Brewers highlight of the night came in the top of the 8th inning when Lucas Erceg launched his first career home run, a two run shot, over everything in right to pull Helena to within four at 7-3. That was as close as the Brewers would get however, and they have now dropped two straight to Great Falls in the head-to-head season series. The Brewers (5-2) remain atop the Pioneer League North Division standings, and will try to get back in the win column tomorrow when they send Michael Petersen to the hill in game two of the series. Great Falls will counter with Adam Panayotovich, with first pitch scheduled for 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). Helena Box Score Joantgel Segovia, Gilbert Lara, and Demi Orimoloye a combined 0-for-11 with a walk (Segovia), each had a bit of a slow first week. Helena Game Log

As also posted in our season-long Helena/Maryvale thread for archiving purposes -- PHOTO at link Erceg thankful after college career derailed Second-round draft pick already shining for Brewers Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record Just hours after putting pen to paper on a $1.15 million dollar signing bonus, Lucas Erceg, the 46th overall pick in this month's MLB Draft, was on a plane to Helena, his first assignment in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He expected his career to start in the lower rungs of MLB-affiliated baseball. He didn't know what to expect when he got there, though. More...

PHOTO at link Erceg thankful after college career derailed Second-round draft pick already shining for Brewers Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record Just hours after putting pen to paper on a $1.15 million dollar signing bonus, Lucas Erceg, the 46th overall pick in this month's MLB Draft, was on a plane to Helena, his first assignment in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He expected his career to start in the lower rungs of MLB-affiliated baseball. He didn't know what to expect when he got there, though. Once he landed in Montana's capital city, he got his first glance of Kindrick Legion Field, the rookie league Helena Brewers' old, diminutive facility that seats all of 2,100 spectators and is shared with local legion teams. Having played his final year collegiately at little Menlo College, however, the stadium was somewhat similar to the ones he frequented in the NAIA's Golden State Athletic Conference. "Bad fields make you a better player. I really believe that," Erceg said. "When I was playing as a kid, it was every weekend, and they were definitely a lot worse than this." The 21 year old can make the distinction between high-end and run-of-the-mill ballparks. Two years of starring at the Pac-12's University of California gives him as good a frame of reference as any. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound third baseman had a sophomore season at Cal that included a .303 average, 11 homers and 42 RBIs. He was an All Pac-12 first-teamer, to boot. Academia was another story. Erceg's GPA fell below a 2.0 average and he didn't generate enough credits to be eligible for the 2016 season, his junior year. He made a last-ditch effort shore up his grades in summer school, but fell just short of the requirement. He'd just signed an apartment lease in Berkeley for the upcoming school year, too. "It was heartbreaking news. I felt like I let a lot of people down," he said. "Just moving forward, I knew I had to do something that was going to change the way I acted as a student and as an athlete." He immediately phoned his agent, who began weighing his options. The 2015 MLB Draft was three months before the news his of ineligibility at Cal, and another year of college grooming would do him good, they figured. Fortunately for Erceg, the NAIA has less stringent eligibility requirements than the NCAA. Five minutes after he made the call, his agent told him he was going to nearby Menlo College, located just 20 minutes from Erceg's hometown of Campbell, California. Erceg, already a known commodity by dozens of pro scouts, felt fortunate to get another year of college ball, albeit with an obscure, marginally successful program. Conversely, he felt like he permanently damaged his professional stock, once expected to be high as mid first-round. Erceg would have been a sure-fire Pac-12 MVP candidate had he been eligible in 2016, some analysts say, but was instead relegated to a season of weaker pitching. "Personally, ever since I had to transfer, I thought I was going to drop into the fifth or sixth round," Erceg said. "I thought it was going to be a way worse situation than what I ended up getting. I could have signed for a Snickers bar and a ticket to get out here." He immediately proved there was a chasm between him and other players in the GSAC, setting the Menlo College record in single-season home runs (20) to go with 56 RBIs and a .308 average. The Brewers had been eyeing the hard-swinging Erceg since his best days at Cal. He was still on their early rounds radar, despite the transfer. On the first day of this year's draft, Milwaukee used its first pick on electric Louisville outfielder Corey Ray, the draft's fifth overall pick. When the club came to it its second pick at No. 46, it pulled the trigger on Erceg. So far, he's living up to the lofty expectations. In five games, Erceg is hitting .417 with two doubles, a home run, a triple and six RBIs. "I'm loving life. I couldn't be happier," Erceg said. "Just the whole experience of coming out here and playing in the Brewers organization. It's something beyond me." Having some extra coin doesn't hurt, either. "Very humbling. I still can't believe it right now," Erceg said of signing a seven-figure contract. "But I feel just like another ballplayer. I try not to think about it. It's very easy to get a lot of money and become self-absorbed."

As also posted in our season-long Helena/Maryvale thread for archiving purposes -- Former Pacer Cooper Hummel drafted by Brewers Matt Sherman, Lake Oswego Review (Portland, OR) To say it’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Cooper Hummel would be an understatement. The Lakeridge graduate recently finished his junior year at the University of Portland where he put up very strong numbers as the team’s starting catcher. More...