Jim Goulart

Biloxi's Brett Phillips doubles home a run as the Shuckers beat Jackson, 5-1, on Thursday in Game 1

Colorado Springs' Matt Clark belts a leadoff homer in the ninth inning of a 10-5 loss to Tacoma

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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 Glendale, 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 Ariel Pena at home vs. Tacoma (Mariners), 7:35 PM pre-game, 8:05 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: RHP Tyler Wagner at Jackson (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Johnny Hellweg 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 Cody Ponce at Peoria (Cardinals), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime; expect RHP David Burkhalter to pitch in a tandem role 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: LHP Jake Drossner 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 White Sox complex in Glendale, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Mets #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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New York Times: A Gay Baseball Player, in Statistical Perspective

Yes, the August 21st edition includes FOUR Brewers? How many did you name?

From a July 21st audio interview Matt Erickson gave Chris Mehring -- So it's been quite a lengthy "day-to-day".

With Domingo Santana's recall, the Sky Sox are at 25 again (14 pitchers, 11 position players, including three catchers and only three true OF's -- Reed, Long, and Wren -- but Orr and Clark have played some left field).

Double play would indeed have ended the inning, regardless of the timing. I look forward to watching the MiLB archive on the 9th and 10th inning heroics, unfortunately it'll be the River Bandits audio.

From Wed. 8/20's Link Report -- *** All falls into place for Desguin After making switch to pitcher two years ago, Newport Harbor alum turns pro and signs with Brewers By Steve Virgen, Daily Pilot (Fountain Valley, California) Also posted in full in our season-long Helena/Maryvale feature article archive thread...

From Wed. 8/20's Link Report -- *** All falls into place for Desguin After making switch to pitcher two years ago, Newport Harbor alum turns pro and signs with Brewers By Steve Virgen, Daily Pilot (Fountain Valley, California) http://www.trbimg.com/img-55d6b969/turbine/desguin-jpg-20150820/525/349x525 Jordan Desguin (Newport Harbor High), a Florida Gulf Coast University pitcher, decided to turn pro last month after being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 36th round in June. (Linwood Ferguson / Captive Photos / August 20, 2015) The summer of 2013 turned out to be a season of change for Jordan Desguin. Or as Desguin put it, something happened that was just meant to be. While playing summer baseball for Feather River Community College, which is located in Quincy, Calif., Desguin saw three pitchers suffer injuries. Desguin, who played shortstop basically his whole life while growing up in Newport Beach, was asked about his pitching. That's when the change started. Desguin offered that he had a decent knuckleball and he could throw pretty hard. Apparently, that's all he needed to begin the transition to pitcher. "It felt right and it felt good," Desguin said Wednesday, talking about his switch to pitcher during a phone interview. "I asked myself, 'How long can I play baseball?' I realized I can play baseball a lot longer as a pitcher." Turns out pitcher was where he should play. Maybe this was really meant to be. After standout seasons at Feather River and Florida Gulf Coast University, Desguin, 21, made the big decision to turn pro since the Milwaukee Brewers drafted him. The right-hander was picked in the 36th round of the Major League Baseball Draft in June. Last month, he carefully weighed his decision whether to return to FGCU or begin a pro career with the Brewers organization. "I saw it as a great opportunity," Desguin said of turning pro. "I felt this was the year to go. It just felt like the right move. I had a lot of confidence." Where did that confidence come from? Desguin not only had confidence as a pitcher, but also as a pure athlete. He had successfully made the switch for that reason, because he could rely on his athleticism. However, Desguin denied taking all of the credit for his recent success. "It was very challenging," Desguin said of switching from shortstop to pitcher. "I don't think any switch is easy in baseball. But I felt confident in my abilities. Yes it was hard, but I also feel like it was pretty smooth. But to credit me is not correct. I think I was lucky enough to be surrounded with great coaches. Being surrounded by them is what made it so easy for me. It was truly meant to be." While growing up in Newport Beach, Desguin never really thought pitching would be his ticket to play professional baseball. He mostly played shortstop, growing up as a coach's son, in the Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. program. His father, Joel, was also a head coach at Newport Harbor High before Jordan played there. Jordan played for Evan Chalmers, then three years for Patrick Murphy while with the Sailors. Jordan had a big season his senior year, earning first-team All-Sunset League honors in 2012. He was bound for Florida State, where he spent a year before transferring to Feather River, led by Coach Terry Baumgartner. As a pitcher at Feather River, Jordan Desguin made it seem as if he had been pitching all his life. He was named Golden Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year after leading the Golden Eagles to the conference title. He finished the season with a 6-2 record and a 2.28 earned-run average, and he led the conference in strikeouts with 74. Then it was on to Florida Gulf Coast. There was a reason he was drafted. Desguin went 6-1 in 20 appearances last season, which was tied for the most victories on FGCU's staff. He held opposing batters to a .216 average, best on the team. He finished with a 3.63 ERA and struck out 58, which was second on the team. "I was pretty confident I would get drafted," Desguin said. "I thought there was interest from multiple teams. Then I felt that after talking with my parents and other people that this was the year to go. I learned a lot at Florida Gulf Coast, thanks to my pitching coach Pete Woodworth. He taught me a lot about pitching. He's big on the mental side of the game. I got more mentally strong. He made more of a difference than anyone could've done." Desguin made an impact on FGCU before leaving the Eagles for the Brewers. "He's a special arm, a special kid," FGCU Coach Dave Tollett told the Naples Daily News. "We're not only losing a good player, but a great kid and a leader on the team." Desguin now hopes to make an impact with the Brewers. He's 2-2 with the Arizona League Brewers. He has a 1.77 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings. "I'm on a five-man rotation," Desguin said. "I pitch once every five days. Basically I show up at 1 p.m. and have a game at 7 every night. I'm working out and just getting better. I'm making sure I'm always lifting correctly, doing all that good stuff. "It's a dream come true. I don't have to worry about school or tests. It makes it a lot easier to enjoy baseball and work at it. It's now just baseball, baseball, baseball." Desguin hopes it stays that way for a long time.

Final: AZL White Sox 11, AZL Brewers 1 Maryvale Box Score Pitching-wise, rehabbing LHP Brent Leach and RHP Caleb Smith fared well. RHP Miguel Diaz, also rehabbing (elbow fracture) but remember, still yet to pitch above the Maryvale level, allowed five runs in the 3rd inning, although all five runs were unearned. The error belonged to Diaz, though. The other six runs scored in the 8th inning against 33rd round RHP Connor Baits, making his 1st appearance since August 5th, and his 8th overall. Baits could not complete the 8th, as he allowed two hits, walked three, hit a batter, and threw two wild pitches. I used to think RHP Santo Manzanillo's rookie 2006 season in Maryvale was the standard for eye-popping numbers (13.22 ERA, 47 walks and ten wild pitches in 16.1 innings). However, Baits, the UC-Santa Barbara product, is making his own case (46.06 ERA in 5.2 IP, 6.00 WHIP, 22 walks, 20 wild pitches). Here's Baits' UCSB college player page, and you'll see his 2015 stats weren't exemplary, but didn't match his pro troubles. So let's just remind Baits that not only did Manzanillo eventually reach AA, he was actually added to the Brewers' 40-man roster. Hang in there, Connor. Maryvale Game Log AZL Brewers Bottom of the 8th Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Gregory Munoz replaces Trent Clark. Hopefully just some rest for Clark in the 8th inning of an 11-1 contest.

Final: Tacoma 10, Colorado Springs 5 Tacoma Turns Tales On Sox In 10-5 Loss COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Sky Sox could not keep up their torrid offensive pace, dropping Thursday night’s 10-5 contest to the Tacoma Rainiers before a crowd of 5,515 at Security Service Field. Sox starter Hiram Burgos (2-3, 3.50) tossed a scoreless first before allowing individual runs in each of the next three frames. Leury Bonilla’s second-inning RBI single, Jabari Blash’s solo blast in the third and Steve Baron’s run-scoring sac fly in the fourth accounted for the Tacoma damage against the right-hander. Blash’s homer was his second solo shot in as many nights and his 16th on the season. Burgos would depart after four innings of work, allowing those three runs on six hits and a walk while striking out two. His counterpart, former New York Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang (3-3, 4.78), looked to be in vintage form on the warm Colorado Springs evening. The right-handed sinker-baller surrendered three runs (just two earned) on seven hits while striking out five and walking none over seven impressive innings of work. Jeremy Horst took over for the Sox in the Tacoma fifth with his team trailing 3-0. The left-hander would give up four hits and a free pass in the frame with Baron, Patrick Brady and Shawn O’Malley driving in runs on back-to-back RBI singles. The Rainiers doubled their lead by the time Horst retired Chris Taylor with the inning’s final out, holding a commanding 6-0 advantage they would maintain until the seventh. Rob Wooten tossed a scoreless sixth before being taken deep for a solo home run by Brady with two out in the seventh. The infielder’s first career Triple-A home run extended the Rainiers lead to 7-0 heading to the home seventh. Colorado Springs broke through for their only runs of the night in the that very next frame, scratching three across the plate against Wang on three singles and a couple of productive outs. Matt Clark, Michael Reed and Nevin Ashley loaded the bases with consecutive singles before Clark and Reed came around to score on a Juan Centeno RBI groundout and throwing error by Patrick Kivlehan. Matt Dominguez added an RBI groundout of his own to cut the Sky Sox deficit to 7-3 before Wang induced an inning-ending groundout off the bat of Pete Orr. Tim Dillard would take the bump to start the Rainiers eighth, allowing four consecutive hits before recording an out. Stefan Romero’s RBI double pushed the first run of the frame across before Kivlehan represented Tacoma’s scoring with a run-scoring base knock. Dillard settled down to record three quick outs, ending the frame with the Rainiers now leading the Sky Sox 9-3. Jim Henderson gave up the Rainiers’ final run on a Chris Taylor RBI single in the ninth before Clark cut the Sox deficit to 10-4 in the home ninth on his 18th long ball of the season. Orr added an RBI sac fly against the recently acquired Rainiers reliever Jose Ramirez. The right-hander struck out Kyle Wren to end the ballgame, securing Tacoma’s 10-5 win on Thursday night. The win improves Tacoma to 59-67 while the Sox drop to 52-73 on the season. The Sox will look to avenge the tough loss with a win on Friday night. The Sox will send Ariel Pena (1-2, 4.68) to the mound against Tacoma lefty Edgar Olmos (1-1, 3.55) in game three of this four-game set with the Rainiers. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM MDT at Security Service Field. Colorado Springs Box Score RHP Ariel Pena is currently on the Temp Inactive List, so the Sky Sox will continue their roster gyrations again before Friday's game. Free Nevin Ashley! The catcher DH'd here, and went 3-for-4. The top of the order (LF Kyle Wren, SS Luis Sardinas, and CF Domingo Santana) (yes, CF Domingo Santana, more on that in a bit), combined to go 0-for13 with four K's. This was only Santana's 12th appearance in center field over 612 career games. He had appeared in one game there with Fresno earlier this season (two games in 2014, eight in 2013). Certainly this appearance lends credence to a likely Khris Davis - Santana - Ryan Braun alignment at times in the coming days. Colorado Springs Game Log

Final: Ogden 13, Helena 8 Raptors bats explode for 13-8 win Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (4-16) lost their ninth game in 10 days on Thursday, falling 13-8 to the Ogden Raptors (12-8) at Lindquist Field in Utah. Ogden scored 13 runs on 17 hits in the game, their hit tally would tie a season-high for opponents. It is the third time this season Helena has given up 17 hits in a game. Alex Santana led the early surge for the Raptors, going 4-for-5 with two home runs and a triple in the game. He added in six RBI and two runs scored. The Raptors would score all 13 of their runs in the first five innings. Drake Owenby (1-2) was roughed up in the start, giving up seven runs in two innings. It was just his third appearance since taking two weeks off due to fatigue. Lefty Christian Trent also made his return from almost a month off of pitching. The Ole Miss alum threw just one inning of relief, giving up three runs on three hits. The Brewers' offense woke up in the third when Jonathan Oquendo and Carlos Belonis hit back-to-back doubles to get the scoring started. Two runs scored in the inning on just those two hits. Troy Stokes added to the tally with a three-run home run in the sixth, his fifth of the season. The Brewers scored six unanswered runs over the last four innings, but the deficit would be too great to overcome. Helena had the bases loaded in the top of the ninth, but only one run would come in to score as Marcus Crescentini struck out Belonis to end the game. The Brewers now return to Helena to host the Great Falls Voyagers in a four-game series. First pitch on Friday is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). Helena Box Score 1B David Denson, SS Jake Gatewood, and 2B Jonathan Oquendo each reached base thrice, while LF Malik Collymore, CF Troy Stokes, DH Yerison Pena and RF Carlos Belonis each reached two times as the Brewers drew ten walks. Somehow (pace of play rules), the game squeezed under three hours at 2:56. Helena Game Log RHP Jordan Yamamoto was relatively effective while soaking up four relief innings (six K's).

From the DSL game -- DSL Brewers Bottom of the 5th Ignacio Otano singles on a line drive to center fielder Raymundo Moreno. With Franly Mallen batting, Ignacio Otano caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Brayan Rodriguez to second baseman Holman Miranda. Franly Mallen flies out to right fielder Juan De Leon. Anderson Jesus grounds out, third baseman Algeni Mateo to first baseman Miguel Flames. DSL Yankees2 Top of the 6th Defensive Substitution: Javier Castillo replaces second baseman Franly Mallen, batting 2nd, playing second base. *** Perhaps another removal at the lower levels for lack of effort? Hard to speculate, perhaps Mallen tweaked something in the box or on his way to first base? But if not, then the Brewers have definitely established a new policy on this at the rookie levels this year, as we've learned of several examples. With only two games left in the DSL season, if Mallen doesn't play, we can figure it was an injury of some sort.

Orioles' 2009 3rd round 1B Tyler Townsend (career stats, reached AA before injury forced retirement), indicates he would have come out if he reached the majors. This article with playing days' insights from Townsend provides an additional perspective to what David Denson has experienced.

Wisconsin's Alan Sharkey singles home a run as the Timber Rattlers fall to Quad Cities, 3-2, in Game 1 on Wednesday

AUDIO: Johnny Hellweg Pregame Interview, joins the Manatees Radio Network *** AUDIO: After striking out a career high 10 men Tuesday night, Brandon Woodruff joins the Manatees Radio Network

Domingo Santana doubles in two in Colorado Springs' Wednesday 9-4 win over Tacoma The thing about the Sky Sox home MiLB.TV feed is that every view is crystal clear except for the view in from center field. Wipe the lens!

Fitting with Cy Sneed on the mound tonight that his wife Hannah has updated her blog. *** By the way, with the Manatees in Clearwater and Brevard not providing their own audio of this game, it's a chance for you all to sample the work of the lone lead female broadcaster in affiliated ball, Kirsten Karbach. Read all about her here and here. AUDIO: Kirsten's game highlight package from the most recent Clearwater game.

Thursday's Farmhand Birthday -- Happy 19th Birthday to Venezuelan catcher Yoel Vasquez. Vasquez made his pro debut late in 2014 in the DSL, and opened 2015 on the DL with an unidentified injury; he's missed the whole season, unfortunately, but youth remains!

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