Jim Goulart

From Friday's game -- sorry, Greg: http://www.pjstar.com/storyimage/IP/20150821/SPORTS/150829845/EP/1/2/EP-150829845.jpg&MaxW=315 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players watch teammate Greg McCall almost fall over the railing while attempting to snatch a foul ball Friday at Dozer Park. Photo by Sarah Gardner, Peoria Journal Star

Thanks sir, corrected above.

I thought you had to go 5 to get the win as a starter but even if the Minor Leagues have an exception to that, Hellweg was largely ineffective while Archer was great so if there is judgement involved, Tristan should have got the win. Not that it matters much. There we go, a quick email to MiLB Friday, and now it's fixed.

What a tough week for this fan. First Batgirl, and now Wrangler Jane from F Troop, Melody Patterson. In January 2008, I did one of our "Google Won't Save You" mystery threads on Melody, but the image links didn't stay active. Just 66, darn it.

The three Biloxi escape routes -- Jackson Bottom of the 3rd Luis Caballero walks. Ian Miller singles on a bunt pop to pitcher Hobbs Johnson. Luis Caballero to 2nd. Tyler Smith hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Hobbs Johnson. Luis Caballero to 3rd. Ian Miller to 2nd. Tyler Smith to 1st. Marcus Littlewood pops out to shortstop Yadiel Rivera. Aderlin Rodriguez grounds into a force out, first baseman Nick Ramirez to catcher Parker Berberet. Luis Caballero out at home. Ian Miller to 3rd. Tyler Smith to 2nd. Aderlin Rodriguez to 1st. Jordy Lara strikes out swinging. Jackson Bottom of the 4th Guillermo Pimentel doubles (3) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Tyler Marlette singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Brett Phillips. Guillermo Pimentel to 3rd. Jabari Henry walks. Tyler Marlette to 2nd. Luis Caballero lines into an unassisted double play, shortstop Yadiel Rivera. Tyler Marlette doubled off 2nd. Ian Miller grounds out, second baseman Nick Shaw to first baseman Nick Ramirez. Jackson Bottom of the 6th Jordy Lara hit by pitch. Guillermo Pimentel walks. Jordy Lara to 2nd. Pitching Change: Jacob Barnes replaces Hobbs Johnson. Tyler Marlette singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Josh Fellhauer, deflected by third baseman Nathan Orf. Jordy Lara to 3rd. Guillermo Pimentel to 2nd. Jabari Henry called out on strikes. Luis Caballero strikes out swinging. Ian Miller flies out to center fielder Brett Phillips.

We posted this in the spring via Baseball America about two Dominican Summer League Brewers players -- Most interesting among the Yankees’ roll of released players are a pair of Dominican amateurs signed last July 2 (2014). Outfielder Adolfo Morillo signed for $50,000 (at age 16) and catcher Bismar Nunez signed for $10,000 (at age 19) just nine months ago, but New York released both players on March 31 rather than keep them in extended spring training. Neither played a game for a Yankees affiliate. Morillo, still 17 until next month, only posted a .550 OPS in 145 at-bats. Nunez, in his age 20 season, posted a fine .311/.351/.415 (.766 OPS) in 32 games (106 AB's). Between the good folks at Miller Park Prospects and what we do here, you'll see season-ending recaps on each affiliate during September. As for breakout newcomers, 18-year-old SS Ignacio Otano posted intriguing offensive (.821 OPS) and defensive (35 errors) numbers in 50 games. Panamanian RHP Carlos Luna was spectacular over nine appearances (eight starts), and was named the MVP pitcher of the DSL All-Star Game. The team finished the season at 32-40.

The next time the Brewers need a 5th starter is Saturday 9/5 in Cincinnati. With RHP Zach Davies on the mound tonight, his next regular turns with the Sky Sox would be Thursday 8/27 and Tuesday 9/1, so he'd be pitching on three days rest on the 5th. That's not going to happen. So while he's still the prime candidate for the 5th spot, the Brewers could get creative, start Davies at home in Miller Park at any point during the Miller Park Pirates' series 9/1 thru 9/3, and shuffle others as needed. We'll see...Davies may have as few as two Colorado Springs starts remaining before a potential call-up.

Colorado Springs' Ariel Pena racks up double-digit strikeouts with his 10th K in a 5-2 win over Tacoma (no audio)

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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 Brevard County Media Notes - It's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. 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 Jackson, TN Clearwater, FL Peoria, IL Helena, MT Surprise, 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 Maryvale DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Zach Davies at home vs. Tacoma (Mariners), 6:35 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Hobbs Johnson at Jackson (Mariners), 5:50 PM pre-game, 6:05 gametime 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: RHP Javier Salas at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:30 gametime Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater Feed Only) No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jon Perrin at Peoria (Cardinals), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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. NOTE: Forty-two (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (34) 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 Joshua Torres at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime 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): at the Royals' complex in Surprise, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Mets #2 squad, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day NOTE: Season Finale 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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Final: AZL Brewers 3, AZL White Sox 2, 11 innings Maryvale Box Score Curious to know if any yet-to-turn-18-year-old stateside player across all of MiLB has had a more impressive summer than 18th round RHP Gentry Fortuno! He faced just one over the minimum in five scoreless innings here, be sure to click on his player page. Great work by newcomer RHP Jack Finnegan over the final four innings for the win. Tweets from ESPN's Eric Longenhagen -- Gilbert Lara's bat speed has evaporated (see brief conversation). David Lucroy 87-92, low slot, unique, fringe average slider and change, 40 curveball. Multiple solid big league plays at SS from Gilbert Lara. Finally saw him go to the hole, backhand a ball, plant & throw. Strong & accurate. Maryvale Game Log The three runs, CF Trent Clark in the midst of everything: AZL Brewers Top of the 1st Trent Clark walks. With Gregory Munoz batting, Trent Clark steals (18) 2nd base. Gregory Munoz strikes out swinging. With Yerald Martinez batting, wild pitch by Christopher Comito, Trent Clark to 3rd. Yerald Martinez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jake Fincher. Trent Clark scores. With Juan Ortiz batting, Yerald Martinez caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Jacob Cooper to shortstop Amado Nunez. Juan Ortiz grounds out to first baseman Corey Zangari. AZL Brewers Top of the 5th Gilbert Lara singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Sullivan. Zach Taylor strikes out swinging. Nicolas Pierre strikes out swinging. Trent Clark singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Sullivan. Gilbert Lara scores. Trent Clark to 2nd. Missed catch error by first baseman Corey Zangari, assist to center fielder Tyler Sullivan to shortstop Amado Nunez to second baseman Micah Johnson. Gregory Munoz flies out to left fielder David Walker in foul territory. AZL Brewers Top of the 11th Pitching Change: Ryan Powers replaces Taylore Cherry. Trent Clark singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Sullivan. Gregory Munoz out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Ryan Powers to first baseman Corey Zangari. Trent Clark to 2nd. Yerald Martinez reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Maiker Feliz. Trent Clark to 3rd. Juan Ortiz singles on a line drive to right fielder Jake Fincher. Trent Clark scores. Yerald Martinez to 2nd. Max McDowell grounds into a double play, third baseman Maiker Feliz to second baseman Daniel Mendick to first baseman Corey Zangari. Juan Ortiz out at 2nd. *** Demi Orimoloye (lower right in picture) heading to Japan with the Canadian Junior National Team -- Good Luck!

Final: Helena 8, Great Falls 1 Brewers win series opener 8-1 over GF Helena Brewers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/4/8/4/144634484/cuts/Jake_Drossner_m8sa9vms_c4nusdiq.jpg The Helena Brewers (5-16) took their series opener 8-1 over the Great Falls Voyagers (12-9) on Friday at Kindrick Field in Helena. Helena put four runs on the board in the bottom of the first and never looked back, leading the whole way. Malik Collymore led off with a single in the first as part of a five-hit inning. Steven Karkenny and David Denson added in doubles to back up the RBI triple of Troy Stokes in the inning. Evin Einhardt (5-2) was roughed up for the second time in as many starts against the Brewers. He went three-plus innings of work, giving up five runs on 10 hits. It was a new high for Einhardt in hits allowed. He would strike out four batters. Jake Drossner (3-2, pictured above) made an outstanding start, throwing shutout baseball through five innings. He allowed two hits in the first inning and did not allow another hit the rest of his time on the hill. The Voyagers broke through for their first and only run in the top of the seventh. Sikes Orvis hit a solo homer, his fourth homerun of the season, off Marcos Diplan. Helena added two runs in both the fourth and seventh to run away with it. Collymore, Karkenny, and Carlos Belonis led the Helena offense with three hits apiece. The two teams will face off in the second game of their four-game series Saturday at Kindrick Field. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). Helena Box Score Awesome box score from every Helena perspective, except for three defensive lapses... Helena Game Log

My goodness, catcher Nevin Ashley, batting 3rd, had his 3rd consecutive three-hit game, now sports an amazing (and only partly PCL-fueled, although his home OPS is .967, road .767) stat line of .322/.389/.464 with an August OPS of 1.038. Yes, he just turned 31, but my goodness, and the Brewers need a big leaguer who looks like no-hit master Mike Fiers since the trade.

Final: Colorado Springs 5, Tacoma 2 Four-Run Seventh Sparks Sox 5-2 Comeback Win Colorado Springs Pitching Sets Franchise Record with 17 Combined Strikeouts By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/2/4/141258124/cuts/04_10_128_pk_fw2dweho_55q7tutq.jpg Ariel Pena allowed just four hits while striking out 10 Rainiers batters over 5.1 scoreless innings in the Sox record-setting 17-strikeout night. (Paat Kelly photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - On a night where Colorado Springs welcomed their 7 millionth fan through the gates, the Sky Sox set a home field strikeout record while rallying to a late 5-2 win over the Tacoma Rainiers before a crowd of 5,788 on Friday at Security Service Field. Ariel Pena and Tyler Olson treated fans to quite the pitcher's duel as each held their opponent scoreless through five innings of work. Pena would depart after dazzling over 5.1 frames. The right-hander allowed just four base hits while striking out a whopping 10 Rainiers hitters and walking none in his best Sky Sox performance to date. Brandon Kintzler (1-1, 7.50) came on with one out and the bases empty in the sixth with Pena reaching his pitch count limit, retiring the frame's final two batters to maintain the scoreless tie. Tacoma broke through for the game's first runs in the top of the seventh against Kintzler in his second inning of work. With two on and two-out in the frame, Patrick Brady singled on a soft groundball back to Kintzler who was unable to make the play in time at first when Matt Clark missed the catch. John Hicks and Leury Bonilla scored on the play to give the Rainiers a late 2-0 lead. Colorado Springs' offense would finally break through in the home seventh against Olson and Rainiers reliever Logan Bawcom (2-3, 4.54). The Sox plated four runs on three hits, a walk and a sac fly. Juan Centeno's one-out RBI double scored the Sox first run before Matt Dominguez's two-run triple against Bawcom gave Colorado Springs their first lead of the night. Matt Long added an RBI sac fly to extend the Sox advantage to 4-2 by inning's end. Olson would be charged with two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings of work. Jaye Chapman took over in the eighth to help the Sky Sox maintain their newly-acquired two-run lead. Chapman would strike out the side to do just that, giving Colorado Springs pitching a combined 15 strikeouts through eight innings of play. This was the first time a Sox staff has recorded 15 punchouts in a game since a 13-inning contest at home against the Iowa Cubs on April 26, 2014. The home record for strikeouts in a game was set at 16 on May 12, 1998; coincidentally against Iowa. Chapman would have his chance to help break that record in the ninth. The Sox added the final run of the night on back-to-back doubles by Nevin Ashley and Clark in the eighth. Clark's 68th RBI of the season came off of lefty and former Brewers farmhand Lucas Luetge and extended Colorado Springs' lead to 5-2. Chapman would slam the door in the ninth, striking out two in the frame to secure the 5-2 comeback win and set a new Sky Sox record for strikeouts in a home game. The record-setting 17th strikeout came courtesy of Rainiers infielder Ji-Man Choi to end the contest. The Sox improve to 53-73 with the exhilarating win as they drop Tacoma to 59-68 on the season. The Sky Sox hope to make it two straight as they look to secure a series-clinching win in the final game of this four-game set with Tacoma. Colorado Springs sends Zach Davies to the mound (1-0, 4.50) against Rainiers righty Forest Snow (8-8, 3.91) with first pitch set for 6:05 PM MDT (7:05 Central) at Security Service Field. Colorado Springs Box Score Pena, Kintzler, and Chapman walked none while fanning 17! Tacoma broadcaster Mike Curto pointed out -- "Sky Sox reliever Jaye Chapman just struck out the side on nine pitches. Got Taylor, Romero, Blash. "Immaculate Inning." Brewers fan Brad Ford tweeted -- Since being moved to the starting rotation for the Sky Sox, Ariel Pena has a 1.96 ERA in 18.1 IP, 20 K, 5 BB. Too little, too late for the minor league free agent to be? Pena already extended his Brewers association once by signing a minor league pact for this season. Colorado Springs Game Log

Somebody help us out here -- How did Johnny Hellweg get credited with the win for the Manatees (box score)? He only went four innings. RHP Tristan Archer, who followed up with four scoreless, should have the victory, right?

From the Chiefs' perspective, but includes highlights for both squads -- The Peoria Chiefs dropped the opening game of the series to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 2-1, despite the strong effort from SP Dewin Perez. Perez went 7 innings, allowing 1 ER.

Orlando Arcia homers in Biloxi's 3-0 win at Jackson

Tonight's trade of LH reliever Neal Cotts to the Twins bumps this deal off the initial post in this thread, which details the last trade with all 29 other MLB teams. Twins (06/02/11) -- Acquired cash in exchange for OF Jeremy Reed

Houser feeling at-home with new organization Dekota Gregory, Pryor (OK) Daily Times Sports Correspondent Former Locust Grove pitcher Adrian Houser has found a new home with the Milwaukee Brewers organization since being traded in July. Since the trade Houser has posted a 2-0 record and 2.86 ERA with the Biloxi Shuckers, Milwaukee’s Double-A affiliate. The right-hander has also struck out 23 batters in 22 innings pitched. “I mean something just clicked for me after the trade,” Houser said. “I just got more relaxed on the mound and stopped worrying and overthinking things. I just feel really comfortable on the mound right now.” Houser was sent to the Brewers from the Houston Astros organization with teammates Josh Hader and Brett Phillips. The trio made the 641-mile trip from Corpus Christi, TX to Biloxi, MS together after receiving the news of being traded. Since then the Shuckers have welcomed the newcomers, while the three also formed a special bond of their own. “It’s great to have Hader and Phillips here with me,” Houser said. “I think that’s what helped me with the transition of the trade. It’s always nice to have some familiar faces around you. And the guys here are really cool and made it easy for us to join with them.” Houser and Hader both received starts on the mound Thursday in a double-header at Jackson, the Seattle Mariners affiliate. Houser began the day by notching his second straight win in a five-inning performance. The Locust Grove product only gave up a lone run on seven hits, and struck out six batters. In Houser’s previous outing, against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos Aug. 13, he picked up his first win as a Shucker. Houser gave up two runs in six innings while striking out a season-high eight batters. “I feel really comfortable and right where I need to be with (Biloxi),” Houser said. “It’s pretty nice.”

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Blake Allemand hits a game-tying double in Wisconsin's 7-4 Thursday win at Quad Cities

FULL AT-BAT (over five minutes): Biloxi's Josh Hader fans his 10th batter as the Shuckers fall to Jackson, 4-0, in Game 2 on Thursday