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My guess is that nearly all the tank fans aren't watching games live right now. They check the box scores later on and then are upset at the final score. Then they'll say they wanted Zach Davies to do well, but wanted one of the relievers to lose the game instead. If they were watching the game at a pub with me and started muttering about that in the 8th inning, openly rooting for a loss -- heck, let's not let Zach get that first win after all, let's just say next drink's not on me.

Nevin Ashley has two minor league options remaining. He was added to Tampa Bay's 40-man in December of 2010, optioned in the spring of 2011, then outrighted off their 40-man January of 2012.

Here's the initial list with the recent releases stripped from it. along with adding recently outrighted RHP's Preston Guilmet and Brandon Kintzler: Potential (and likely) free agents: C Nevin Ashley -- ADDED TO THE 40-MAN ROSTER 9/8 RHP Manny Barreda RHP Yhonathan Barrios -- ADDED TO THE 40-MAN ROSTER 9/22 RHP Hiram Burgos RHP Jaye Chapman C/3B/LF Robinzon Diaz RHP Tim Dillard OF Josh Fellhauer IF Taylor Green OF Ben Guez RHP Preston Guilmet RHP Jim Henderson LHP Jeremy Horst RHP Brandon Kintzler LHP Jarret Martin C Sandy Martinez OF Matt Long IF Pete Orr RHP Ariel Pena -- ADDED TO THE 40-MAN ROSTER 9/4 RHP Josh Roenicke OF Hainley Statia RHP Rob Wooten

Via Tom Haudricourt -- Miami - The Brewers announced Monday evening they are recalling infielder Luis Sardinas and purchasing the contract of catcher Nevin Ashley from Class AAA Colorado Springs, which finished its season with an 8-7 loss to New Orleans earlier in the day. Sardinas, 22 who spent time with the Brewers earlier in the season, was batting .282 for the Sky Sox with a .320 OBP. He was acquired in late January as one of three players coming from Texas for pitcher Yovani Gallardo. Ashley, 31, in his 10th minor-league season without a day in the majors, was hitting .306 with eight homers, 61 RBI and .816 OPS. The Brewers opted to purchase the contract of Ashley and add him to their 40-man roster rather than summon catcher Juan Centeno, who is on the 40-man roster. Centeno batted .295 in 51 games for the Sky Sox but had only one hit in 21 at-bats (.048) in 10 games with the Brewers earlier in the season. The Brewers also opened spots on their 40-man roster by outrighting relievers Brandon Kintzler and Preston Guilmet to Colorado Springs, where they had been pitching. Kintzler once was a prominent member of the Brewers' bullpen but missed much of this season with a knee injury that landed him on the DL. Guilmet was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers and appeared twice in relief for the Brewers in early August before being sent to Colorado Springs. Those moves left the Brewers with 37 players on their 40-man roster with additions coming when Class AA Biloxi’s season is done. Biloxi begins the playoffs in the Southern League on Thursday. *** One note (not from Tom, back to us) -- LHP Mike Strong and 1B/LF Matt Clark are the only two 40-man roster players from the Sky Sox who were not called up. Clark, who will be 29 in December, still has two more minor league option years. Tough when you're added to the 40-man for the first time late in your pro career.

Also Martin Milner from Adam-12 at 83 and Judy Carne of Laugh-In, 76. Learned that Carne suffered from several of life's hardships, many of them brought upon via addiction.

PHOTO GALLERY: Some sweet shots from the Sun Herald from Biloxi Game One, including a couple of images from a Tyrone Taylor circus catch I hope we get to see later on...

All reinstated from DL: RHP Victor Diaz (arm issues while with Wisconsin, never learned the specifics, 6-day DL May 7th) *** RHP Yosmer Leal Posted on May 28th: The Brewers have placed 19-year-old Venezuelan RHP Yosmer Leal on the Arizona roster for the purpose of medical rehab. Leal has had elbow surgery (Tommy John, we presume, but not confirmed), and will miss the 2015 season. The tall (6'4", 170 lb.) Leal has two Dominican Summer League seasons under his belt. Leal has the distinction of being the only "Yosmer" to ever play professional baseball. *** LHP Joan de la Cruz Posted on May 1st: Joan De La Cruz, the 6'3", 175 lb. LHP still only 20 years old after pitching his age 17, 18 and 19 seasons in the Dominican Summer League, had Tommy John surgery last October, as per the Brewers media guide. Too bad, as you'll see by the linked player page, the native Dominican had made nice strides in his 2014 season. At least with the timing, De La Cruz will be about 20 months from surgery by the time the 2016 Maryvale and Helena seasons begin. *** C Johel Atencio Posted June 20th in our Helena / Maryvale thread -- As per this twitter reply from Brewers Player Development, looks like a lengthy absence. Hat tip R.C. Giese. We never did see exactly what the injury was. *** OF Johnny Davis Torn ACL while with the Manatees, on DL as of April 21st. *** We'll place similar posts here once players are officially activated from the full-season team DL's.

Originally posted July 31st -- Latest from Baseball America: The Dodgers groomed 26-year-old speedster Robbie Garvey to be a designated pinch-runner, but they cut ties with the center fielder last week after he appeared in 24 games at Double-A Tulsa and stole 11 bases in 18 tries without actually taking a turn at bat. He hit .240/.267/.272 in 45 games at high Class A Rancho Cucamonga earlier this season, batting 137 times and stealing eight bases.

Colorado Springs' Matt Clark hits his second RBI double in the fifth inning of a 9-2 Sunday win over New Orleans

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Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Home games only, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Sky Sox' site. 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 de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Biloxi, MS Burlington, IA Helena, MT

Follow Monday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Game One Biloxi Game Two Wisconsin Helena Completion of Suspended Game Helena Regularly Scheduled Game MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 2:05 PM pre-game, 2:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome Dan Karcher, who is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox; follow him on Twitter @SkySoxKarch 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 Josh Hader and RHP Tyler Wagner in a doubleheader at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 12:55 PM pre-game, 1:10 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link We also welcome Chris Harris as the very first play-by-play voice of the Shuckers! Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. 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! All the Biloxi games for the rest of the season are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Brevard County: Season complete, the team finished the season at 55-80, last in Florida State League ********** Wisconsin: RHP David Burkhalter at Burlington (Angels), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link - WNAM 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. *** Helena: First, it's the completion of the August 28th smoke-suspended game vs. Missoula (Helena leads 8-2 after five innings), then a seven-inning nightcap follows, 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; expect RHP Nate Griep to see action today Free Live Audio Link We welcome back and again look forward to hearing second-year Voice of the H-Crew Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter). *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete, the team finished the season at 23-33. *** DSL Brewers: Season complete, the team finished the season at 32-40.

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Wet field conditions postpone Sunday's Shuckers, Smokies contest Doubleheader scheduled for Monday starting at 1:10 pm Biloxi Shuckers BILOXI, MS - After a lengthy delay, Sunday's game between the Shuckers and Tennessee Smokies has been postponed due to wet field conditions at MGM Park. The contest will be made up as part of a Labor Day, Monday doubleheader at 1:10 pm. The originally scheduled game will be played 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Both games are scheduled for seven innings. Any fan with a ticket to Sunday's game may exchange it for another of equal value for Monday's doubleheader, or game one of the Southern League South Division Series, on Thursday night at 7:10 pm. The Shuckers will host game one and two of the best-of-five Division Series at MGM Park. Monday's doubleheader will wrap up the five-game series with the Tennessee Smokies and the 2015 regular season. LHP Josh Hader and RHP Tyler Wagner will be the starting pitchers. Coverage of the doubleheader will begin at 12:55 p.m. on 1240-AM WGCM, 1580-AM WPMO and the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network. Fans can also listen to the game using the TuneIn Radio app or by going to www.biloxishuckers.com.

Final: Colorado Springs 9, New Orleans 2 Wang, Sox Breeze By Zephyrs In 9-2 Win Southpaw Allows Just Four Hits, Strikes Out Five Over Six Scoreless in Triple-A Debut By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/4/5/0/147810450/cuts/09_06_041sm_pk_85qi40il_23lflotw.jpg Wei-Chung Wang allowed just four hits while striking out five over six shutout frames to pick up the 9-2 win in his Sky Sox debut. (Paat Kelly photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox won their second straight contest with a convincing 9-2 defeat of the New Orleans Zephyrs before a crowd of 8,152 at Security Service Field on Sunday afternoon. Making his Sky Sox debut, starter Wei-Chung Wang (1-0, 0.00) turned in six extremely impressive innings of shutout ball. The Taiwanese southpaw surrendered just four hits while striking out five and walking none in his first Triple-A appearance. Wang made the jump from rookie complex ball to Milwaukee as a Rule 5 pick in 2014 before beginning the 2015 season in Brevard County. The Sky Sox offense would score early and often against Zephyrs starter Jake Esch (1-3, 5.40) to support Wang's exceptional outing. Matt Clark drove in the first run of the contest in the home first, plating Pete Orr with an RBI double to give the Sox an early 1-0 lead. The lineup would tack on four more runs in the bottom of the third on the strength of six consecutive two-out singles. Clark added his second RBI of the afternoon to extend the Sox lead to 2-0 before Michael Reed and Matt Long combined to drive in three over the following two at-bats. The Sox took their 5-0 lead into the fifth where they continued to punish Esch with timely base hits. Clark plated Nevin Ashley with yet another double for his third RBI of the night before Long picked up his third with a run-scoring sac fly to center. Clark and Long were responsible for six of the Sox runs as the home side took a 7-0 lead after five innings of play. Esch's day would be done after the two-run frame having allowed seven runs on 11 hits and a walk while striking out two over five laborious innings. Colorado Springs added individual runs in the sixth against reliever Chris Reed and the eighth against right-hander Scott McGough. Orr scored Kyle Wren with an RBI knock in the sixth before Wren joined the hit parade himself with a run-scoring double in the eighth. The Sky Sox took their commanding 9-0 lead into the New Orleans ninth after right-handers Jim Henderson and Austin Ross teamed up for two scoreless innings of relief to maintain the shutout. Left-hander Michael Strong took over for what would be the game's final frame as he looked to secure the comprehensive win. The reliever allowed three hits and two walks in the shaky appearance but would ultimately secure the 9-2 Sky Sox win. Juan Diaz drove in the visiting side's first run with an RBI groundout before Jhonatan Solano capped the scoring with an RBI single. Colorado Springs improves to 62-80 with the win as the Zephyrs fall to 57-86 with just one more game left in the PCL season. The Sky Sox will look to wrap up their 2015 campaign with a series-clinching victory against these same Zephyrs on Monday afternoon. Josh Roenicke (7-11, 5.72) gets the honor of starting the last game of the season against Australian southpaw Travis Blackley (4-7, 5.25) with first pitch slated for 1:35 PM MDT (2:35 Central) from Security Service Field. Colorado Springs Box Score I'm just a huge Wei-Chung Wang mark, still can't believe the Brewers picked about the only possible time they could to successfully pass him through waivers. And during a season in which the 40-man roster hovered around 37 or 38 much of the way, and given the fact they'll need to re-add Wang now, was the waiver exposure worth the risk? At least it seemed to shake Wang out of his then-funk. If the Brewers were still debating bringing up 40-man roster LHP Mike Strong, that final inning didn't help his cause. Luis Sardinas back in the starting lineup after Saturday's unexplained box score departure. Colorado Springs Game Log Pretty! Col. Springs Bottom of the 3rd Wei-Chung Wang strikes out swinging. Pete Orr grounds out, third baseman Zack Cox to first baseman Kila Ka'aihue. Luis Sardinas singles on a ground ball to center fielder Isaac Galloway. Nevin Ashley singles on a ground ball to center fielder Isaac Galloway. Luis Sardinas to 2nd. Matt Clark singles on a line drive to center fielder Isaac Galloway. Luis Sardinas scores. Nevin Ashley to 2nd. Michael Reed singles on a ground ball to right fielder Austin Wates. Nevin Ashley scores. Matt Clark to 3rd. Michael Reed to 2nd on the throw. Matt Long singles on a line drive to right fielder Austin Wates. Matt Clark scores. Michael Reed scores. Brandon Macias singles on a line drive to left fielder Vinny Rottino. Matt Long to 2nd. Kyle Wren flies out to left fielder Vinny Rottino.

Final: Billings 5, Helena 0 Mustangs shut out Brewers, 5-0 Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (14-21) were shut out for the third time this season, falling 5-0 to the Billings Mustangs (18-18) on Sunday at Dehler Park. It was the second time they have been shut out in Billings this year. Jose Lopez (3-2) was nearly untouchable in the start for the Mustangs, posting his best outing of the year. He would go seven innings of quality baseball, allowing just one hit and walking one. He would strike out a career high 10 batters. The sixth-rounder out of Seton Hall also tied his career high in innings pitched. The Mustangs picked up their first runs of the game in the third off Marcos Diplan (2-2). Ed Charlton led off the inning with a walk and later scored on the RBI triple of Hector Vargas. Vargas scored in the next at-bat when Shane Mardirosian hit a sacrifice fly to center. The Mustangs came up with six hits in the game, all of which would be for extra bases, including four doubles in the eighth. Lefty Jake Drossner pitched solid middle relief for Helena, going four innings and allowing no runs. He issued one hit and struck out two. The Mustangs posted three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth when Kevin Garcia, Reydel Medina, and Tyler Stephenson were all able to come up with RBI doubles off Alex Farina. With the loss the Brewers have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. They now return to Helena to finish off their season against the Missoula Osprey. A double-header against the O's starts Monday at 4:05 PM (5:05 Central). Helena Box Score Unlike Colorado Springs and Wisconsin, Helena's regular season ends on Tuesday. Brewers only managed six baserunners -- three singles, two walks, one HBP. Only second baseman George Iskenderian reached base twice. RHP Marcos Diplan struck out five in three innings (two runs allowed). Helena Game Log

Colorado Springs' Kyle Wren lines a two-run double to left as the Sky Sox top New Orleans' 6-4 on Saturday

Biloxi's Victor Roache belts a solo home run in the ninth inning of a 7-2 Saturday loss to Tennessee

On the other hand, everybody Wei-Chung tonight!

Wow, I knew the Rattlers box score would be tragic after your post, but wow, that was a nasty finish.

Doug Melvin's waiver history (claims and losses) updated and detailed here.

Even the Brewers get confused sometimes (twitter) -- RHP Tyler Cravy has been reinstated from the 15-day DL. He will be active for today's game. With his addition, the 40-man roster is full. I countered -- Cravy was already on 40-man roster, his 15-day DL status wouldn't have impacted that. *** So the roster is at 39 as of Sunday AM. I think multiple staff members, including Jeff Levering, have access to post under the Brewers' twitter account. Oops on that one.

18-year-old Marcos Diplan'slast three appearances with Helena -- 11 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 13 K, gets the start today looking to finish with a bang...

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