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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 Jackson, TN Clearwater, FL Davenport, IA Ogden, UT Maryvale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Tacoma (Mariners), 7:05 PM pre-game, 7:35 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: RHP Adrian Houser and LHP Josh Hader in a doubleheader at Jackson (Mariners), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 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: RHP Cy Sneed at Clearwater (Phillies), 6:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater Feed Only) No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Eric Hanhold at Quad Cities (Astros), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 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. 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. NOTE: This game is available via MiLB.TV (River Bandits' feed) *** Helena: LHP Drake Owenby at Ogden (Dodgers), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 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 home vs. the baby White Sox, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. 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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Denson spoke with Adam McClavy as well.

Great Twitter point made here in reply. Demi, Demi, Demi!

Veteran RHP John Ely, released July 21st, has signed on with an indy ball team as his post-Tommy John career continues.

Final: AZL Brewers 5, AZL Royals 1 Maryvale Box Score Huge game ball to 36th round RHP Jordan Desguin, who stranded three of starter Nash Walters' 2nd inning baserunners, and then followed up with four additional scoreless frames. Looks like the bullpen was managed for the win in the late innings (tight second-half standings). You saw our Gilbert Lara and Trent Clark note earlier in the thread. Maryvale Game Log Only six hits, two walks, and an HBP for the A-Crew, but efficiency usually wins: Team RISP: 3-for-7. Team LOB: 4.

Final: Ogden 4, Helena 2 Cuas homers, but Brewers fall Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (4-15) dropped a 4-2 contest on Wednesday to the Ogden Raptors (11-8) at Lindquist Field in Utah. It was Helena's eighth loss in nine games. J.B Kole (0-4) got the start for the Brewers, pitching five innings of three-run baseball. He gave up three hits while walking a season-high five batters. Ogden jumped out to an early lead scoring two in the top of the first. Scott De Jong and Matt Jones each had doubles in the inning, and Ogden's first three hits would all be for extra bases. Kevin Brown threw three shutout innings for Ogden, but went home with no decision in just his second start of professional baseball. He struck out two and allowed two hits. Six pitchers were rolled out for the Raptors on Wednesday, with none throwing more than two innings in relief. Helena got their scoring started in the sixth when Jose Cuas collected his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot to the opposite field. He is now tied for the team lead in round-trippers with Steven Karkenny. Carlos Belonis put together a good night at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Helena had the bases loaded twice in the game with just one out, and the Brewers were unable to convert a run in either spot. The Brewers and Raptors will face off in the finale of their four-game series Thursday at Lindquist Field in Ogden. First pitch is set for 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). Helena Box Score Leadoff man LF Malik Collymore on base three more times (single, two walks). Will say this about the 2016 Timber Rattlers -- not sure what we'll see in terms of pitching strength, but the lineup will be SLG-heavy with names like Harrison, Gatewood, Cuas, Karkenny, Belonis, and Denson. Helena Game Log RHP Conor Harber was solid over the final three innings.

Final: Colorado Springs 9, Tacoma 4 Sox Offense Rolls Rainiers In 9-4 Win Sox Continue to Swing Hot Bats in Series-Opening Victory By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/7/4/144220874/cuts/08_19_030sm_pk_5iedssf2_y15mlel9.jpg Brent Suter gave the Sky Sox seven strong innings in his Security Service Field debut on Wednesday night. (Paat Kelly photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox duplicated their early offensive production from a night ago, plating nine runs over their first four frames en route to a 9-3 series-opening defeat of the Tacoma Rainiers before a crowd of 1,838 at Security Service Field on Wednesday night. The Sox jumped out to an immediate 2-0 advantage against Tacoma starter Adrian Sampson (1-3, 6.56) on three first inning singles and a walk with Juan Centeno ultimately cashing in on a two-run single to center. Colorado Springs starter Brent Suter (2-0, 2.95) tossed two scoreless frames before the Rainiers offense knotted the ballgame in the third on the strength of a John Hicks solo shot and a run-scoring double play off the bat of infielder Chris Taylor. The Sky Sox would take the field for good in the very next frame, scoring three times off of Sampson to take a 5-2 lead after three innings of play. Two of the runs would score via fielding error in the third with Michael Reed collecting the only RBI on a one-out base knock. Suter surrendered another solo blast; this time to outfielder Jabari Blash in the Tacoma fourth. Blash's 15th round-tripper of the season cut Tacoma's deficit to 5-3 heading into the home half of the inning. The Sox would help themselves to a big four-run fourth to put Tacoma away for good. Colorado Springs would plate two on a one-out RBI double by Domingo Santana before Sampson and Rainiers manager Pat Listach were ejected by home plate umpire Alex Ortiz. Logan Kensing took over with a runner on second, getting Matt Clark to fly out before allowing back-to-back runs-scoring extra-base-hits to Reed and Centeno. Centeno's RBI triple gave the catcher three runs driven in on the night and the Sky Sox a 9-3 lead. In all, Sampson was tagged for eight runs (six earned) on nine hits and walk while striking out two over an abbreviated 3.1 inning performance. Suter gave up the last of his four runs in the Tacoma sixth when Stefan Romero plated Taylor with a sacrifice flyout to Matt Long in left. The Sox southpaw would depart after seven innings, allowing the four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out two on his way to his second win in three starts since being called up to Colorado Springs. The trio of J.C. Ramirez, Rob Rasmussen and Tony Zych combined to allow just four base runners over the game's final three innings to finish out the evening for the Rainiers bullpen. Preston Guilmet tossed two perfect innings of relief to secure the Sky Sox series-opening 9-4 victory, helping improve his team to 52-72 while dropping Tacoma to 58-67 on the season. Colorado Springs will look to make it two in a row as they play these same Tacoma Rainiers in game two of this current four game set on Thursday evening. Hiram Burgos (2-2, 3.28) leads the way against former Cy Young Award runner-up Chien-Ming Wang (2-3, 5.14) with first pitch set for 6:35 PM MDT (7:35 Central) from Security Service Field. *** Fast-pitching Brent Suter, Colorado Springs Sky Sox top Tacoma Rainiers in 9-4 rout By Mike Curto, Tacoma Olympian Contributing Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — If Major League Baseball is looking to pick up the pace of play, it should consider hiring a team of scientists to clone Colorado Springs starting pitcher Brent Suter. Working at a rapid rate not seen in these parts since Rusty Meacham graced the Pacific Coast League in the late 1990s, Suter quick-pitched his way through seven strong innings and his Sky Sox beat the Rainiers on Wednesday night, 9-4. Suter (2-0) barely wasted a moment between pitches. As soon as he received the ball back from catcher Juan Centeno, he was into his motion with the next delivery. “It was throwing our timing off,” said Tacoma hitting coach Cory Snyder, who acted as manager after Pat Listach was ejected. “Our guys kept trying to call time with the umpire, but he wouldn’t give it to them, so they had to keep stepping in and stepping out. A lot of guys came in the dugout and said they got rushed.” Suter allowed six hits and four runs through seven innings. That’s not a bad result at high-elevation Security Service Field, which sits roughly 6,500 feet above sea level. It was Suter’s third Triple-A start, and his first at home for Colorado Springs. Tacoma did manage two home runs, with John Hicks and Jabari Blash each hitting solo shots. Blash’s homer was his 13th in 33 games since the All-Star break. Rainiers starting pitcher Adrian Sampson (1-3) was charged with eight runs (six earned) in 3 1/3 innings. Sampson’s day ended early in the fourth inning when he was ejected by home plate umpire Alex Ortiz, presumably for arguing about balls and strikes after Domingo Santana hit a two-run double. Listach was tossed at the same time. Sampson’s defense let him down in the third inning. Second baseman Shawn O’Malley and shortstop Chris Taylor each made errors, leading to a pair of unearned runs as the Sky Sox took a 5-2 lead. “We didn’t look like we were ready to play today,” Snyder said. “We came out flat and just kind of stayed that way all game.” Reliever Rob Rasmussen made his Tacoma debut after being optioned by Seattle on Monday. He pitched a perfect eighth inning. Colorado Springs Box Score We knew LHP Brent Suter was quick, nice to see confirmation it can mess with opponents. Pretty box score lines for RF Domingo Santana (4-for-5, double, he better be up for the Cleveland series), SS Luis Sardinas (3-for-4, double, walk), CF Michael Reed (2-for-3, double, walk) and C Juan Centeno (2-for-4, triple, three RBI). Colorado Springs Game Log

AUDIO: RHP Jorge Ortega joins the Manatees Radio Network after throwing a complete game shutout Tuesday

After 183 AB's, SS Gilbert Lara has his first professional home run. Speaking of professional, Trent Clark hit his 6th triple tonight.

The position player gap in the system at Brevard County and Wisconsin is a giant chasm. Ned Yost Jr. and Chuckie Caufield haven't exactly produced success story year-to-year jumps outside of Garrett Cooper.

Have to believe Santana will be up so Khris Davis can DH in the upcoming Cleveland series. Too bad it's only a two-game set.

Quotes from Tuesday's Brevard County game via the Manatees Examiner (full article at link) -- Brevard County starter Brandon Woodruff struck out a career-high 10 Daytona Tortugas Tuesday night and the Manatees offense backed him up with 10 hits, leading to a 5-1 ‘Tees victory in front of 1,120 fans at Space Coast Stadium. Woodruff (3-5) pitched 6.2 solid innings, giving up one unearned run on five hits and walking two. He threw 106 pitches. “I feel like the last few outings I’ve felt pretty good,” Woodruff said. “Just felt like the big thing tonight was establishing the fastball early on, so that helped me out a ton. It’s always good for a pitcher whenever early on the offense is going. You can settle down and just go out there and worry about throwing strikes and letting your defense play.” Woodruff struck out at least one Daytona batter from the second inning on, including striking out the side in the sixth. “He did a good job,” said Brevard County manager Joe Ayrault of his pitcher. “He was aggressive with his fastball, got ahead and got some big outs when we needed him to. He had his change-up working pretty well tonight, too.” The Tortugas finally got on the board in the fifth inning, which included a couple hits and a passed ball. Jeff Gelalich had an RBI single in the inning, making it a 5-1 game. Got a little shaky there,” said Woodruff. “I settled down and re-focused and was able to hit my spots… that was the main thing.” Woodruff, who has made a couple appearances since returning from an oblique injury that landed him on the disabled list, said he felt pretty good. “I haven’t had any problems,” he said. Credit that to our trainer Tommy Craig. He’s done a really good job.”

Wednesday's Farmhand Birthday -- Happy 21st to Helena RF Carlos Belonis! From prior to the 2012 season: Carlos Belonis signed for $550,000 and is considered the top signing. He'll probably get a chance at SS but his size may move him to an OF spot eventually, above-average runner. Belonis missed nearly all his age 18 season with a broken thumb in 2013, but regardless, hasn't met hopeful expectations. But he's obviously just 21 today, and has shown a tempting combination of power and speed this summer.

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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 Daytona Beach, FL Davenport, IA Ogden, UT Maryvale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Tacoma (Mariners), 7:05 PM pre-game, 7:35 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: RHP Adrian Houser 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: LHP's Wei-Chung Wang and Zach Hirsch in a doubleheader at Daytona (Reds), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all home games and the "commuter" road games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2015. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Angel Ventura and LHP Kodi Medeiros in a doubleheader at Quad Cities (Astros), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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 J.B. Kole at Ogden (Dodgers), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 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 home vs. the mini-Royals, 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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This is the lead picture on the Ogden MiLB game story -- http://helena.brewers.milb.com/assets/images/8/2/8/142231828/cuts/card_oggie_3n36tvr0_a1k79dhs.jpg That's all, enough said.

Final: Helena 13, Ogden 7 Brewers end losing streak Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (4-14) snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 13-7 victory over the Ogden Raptors on Tuesday at Lindquist Field in Utah. Ivan Vieitez (1-3) would not make it out of the first inning for the Raptors, giving up three runs on four hits before being pulled with two outs. It was a far different outing from the first time Helena would face him, as Vieitez threw five shutout innings at Kindrick Field just a week ago. The Brewers collected 17 hits in the game, 13 of which were for extra bases. Both were new season-highs for the team. Malik Collymore and Jake Gatewood each came up a home run shy of the cycle. Collymore would triple in the first on his way to a 3-for-4 night and Gatewood would go 3-for-6. Neither had a triple this season before Tuesday. The Brewers collected 12 of their 13 runs in multiple-run innings, peaking with four runs in the top of the seventh. The Raptors put five pitchers on the hill. All of them would give up runs. Carlos Belonis cranked a three-run homer in the ninth to extend the Brewers lead back to six runs. It was his fifth of the year. Helena and Ogden will face off in the third game of their four-game series Wednesday at Lindquist Field. First pitch is set for 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). Helena Box Score You'd be hard-pressed to identify another Link Report box score since we started in 2001 in which a Brewers affiliate had 13 extra-base hits, wow! What a gorgeous offensive box score. Must have been a rewarding two-inning effort for RHP and local boy Bubba Blau to close things out. Helena Game Log

Final: Reno 17, Colorado Springs 11 Big Second Carries Aces In 17-11 Win Reno Outlasts Colorado Springs in Slugfest By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/5/6/8/144007568/cuts/08_18_005sm_pk_oazclzu4_vxbajdfi.jpg Domingo Santana's second Sky Sox home run gave the home team an early 2-0 lead in an eventual 17-11 loss to Reno on Wednesday. (Paat Kelly photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Sky Sox scored early and often but would not be able to match Reno's offensive firepower in Tuesday night's 17-11 loss to the Aces before a crowd of 4,847 at Security Service Field. Colorado Springs would score the contest's first runs thanks to a two-run blast off the bat of Domingo Santana. The one-out round-tripper was Santana's 18th of the season and second since joining the Sky Sox following the July 31st MLB non-waiver trade deadline. The Sox early 2-0 lead did not last long as the Aces offense turned it on in the following frame. Josh Roenicke (6-10, 6.20) worked a scoreless first before being tagged for eight runs in the second. The right-hander recorded just two outs in the frame before the Sox turned to right-hander Austin Ross to get the final out. Roenicke gave up seven total hits and walked three without recording a strikeout in the abbreviated outing. The big blows would come on Brandon Drury's lead off home run, a bases-clearing double by first baseman Nick Evans and a Peter O'Brien three-run blast. Evans and O'Brien combined for six RBI's in the frame to help Reno take an 8-2 lead after an inning and a half of play. The Sox responded to Reno's monster inning with another pair of runs in the home second to cut the early deficit to 8-4 after just two innings of play. The Sky Sox benefitted from a fielding error by third baseman Jamie Romak in the frame, putting runners on first and second with no out against Aces starter Caleb Clay before Ross moved the runners up 90 feet with a sac bunt. Kyle Wren followed Ross with an RBI groundout before Luis Sardinas cashed in with a two-out RBI single. Danny Dorn and O'Brien each drove in a run against Ross in the top of the third to extend Reno's lead to 10-4 before the Sox offense answered with yet another pair of runs in the home half of the inning. Nevin Ashley singled home Michael Reed and advanced to third on O'Brien's second fielding error of the inning before Pete Orr capitalized with an RBI sac fly. The Sox third straight two-run frame cut the home team's deficit to 10-6 after three explosive innings. Unfortunately for Ross and the Sox, Reno's lineup would not show signs of slowing down in the fourth, plating two more runs on three hits (two extra-base knocks) against the right-hander. Jordan Pacheco's one-out triple set up Mike Freeman and Dorn to extend the Aces lead. Freeman came through with a two-out RBI single before Dorn capped the frame with a run-scoring double. The now 12-6 lead would last for just one more out as Colorado Springs had a few more runs in them yet. The Sox put a three spot up in the fourth, chasing Clay before the Reno righty could record an out in the frame. Wren's leadoff double set Sardinas up for his RBI single in the following at-bat before Santana drew a walk against newly-implanted Aces reliever R.J. Hively. Matt Clark added an RBI sac fly to plate Sardinas before Ashley capped the frame with a two-out RBI single. The three-run fourth pulled Colorado Springs within three, now trailing 12-9 halfway through. The sides held one another scoreless over the fifth and sixth innings as Reno right-hander Seth Simmons (3-2, 3.45) and Sky Sox southpaw Mike Strong each made impressive scoreless appearances in a night that clearly favored the hitter. Brandon Kintzler would be tagged for three runs in the seventh on four singles with RBI's coming from Pacheco and Dorn. Dorn added a two-out, two-run shot against Jaye Chapman in the Aces ninth to cap Reno's offensive outburst at 17 runs on the night. Dorn would end up going 4-for-6 with three runs scored and five RBI's in the contest to lead the way for Reno. Kevin Munson tossed two scoreless innings of relief before turning the ball over to right-hander Kevin Vance in the ninth with the Aces leading 17-9. Colorado Springs would collect three hits and a walk in the frame against the Reno reliever, scoring twice on an Ashley RBI double and Orr RBI single before an out was recorded. Vance settled down however, getting Matt Dominguez to lineout before inducing a game-ending double play off the bat of Robinzon Diaz to secure Reno's big 17-11 win. The Aces improve to 60-63 after taking three of four from the Sky Sox who fall to 51-72 on the season. The Sky Sox will look to erase this current three-game skid with a win in their series-opener with the Tacoma Rainiers on Wednesday evening. Left-hander Brent Suter (1-0, 2.38) will make his home field debut to begin the four-game set against right-hander Adrian Sampson (1-2, 4.95) with first pitch set for 6:35 PM MDT (7:35 Central) from Security Service Field. Colorado Springs Box Score Did you get all that? Ed does a great job with the pinball game summaries! LF Domingo Santana walked three times after his first-inning home run. I'm now at the point where I'll really be ticked if they don't reward catcher Nevin Ashley with a big league September. The new GM could always attempt to clear him off the 40-man after the season. Colorado Springs Game Log

Colorado Springs falls 17-11 and Helena gets a much-needed win 13-7. Details on those games a bit later this AM, thanks for your patience.