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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 *** 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 Mobile, AL San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 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 makes his Brewers organization debut at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 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! ********** Brevard County: Idle ********** Wisconsin: Idle *** Helena: Idle (All-Star Game is Tuesday, 8:00 PM CT, in Spokane, WA) *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Red Sox #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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On Sunday RHP Tim Dillard went back on the Temporary Inactive List with Colorado Springs.

Wisconsin's Elvis Rubio throws out Bryan Muniz trying to stretch a double in the Timber Rattlers' 6-1 loss

Impressive photo gallery from the Shuckers' game in Mobile Sunday

From Saturday's game -- Biloxi's Jorge Lopez works out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning against Jackson

Final: AZL Rangers 2, AZL Brewers 1 A-Crew scored in the 3rd, Rangers answered with two in the top of the 4th... Maryvale Box Score 21-year-old 6'7" RHP and United Kingdom-born Michael Petersen faced the minimum over his three inning start; 19-year-old RHP Karsen Lindell allowed the two runs, but they were unearned, as four Brewer pitchers combined to not allow an earned run all game... Maryvale Game Log Scheduled day off for SS Gilbert Lara, but he was called on to pinch-hit in the 9th (groundout); catcher Max McDowell was on base three times (single two HBP's); multi-hit games for CF Trent Clark, LF Demi Orimoloye, red-hot 3B Beau Wallace (actual formal first name Bobby, by the way), and 2B Jorge Quiterio. Team RISP: 2-for-12. Team LOB: 10. That helps explain the one run...busy in this department, too: BASERUNNING SB: Clark (11, 2nd base off Arredondo, E/Mendoza), Orimoloye, D (15, 2nd base off Arredondo, E/Mendoza), Wallace (5, 2nd base off Shortslef/Mendoza), McDowell (1, 2nd base off Shortslef/Mendoza). CS: Quiterio (1, 2nd base by Shortslef/Mendoza). PO: Orimoloye, D (1st base by Arredondo, E).

Final: Iowa 9, Colorado Springs 7 Sox Lose Early Lead, Fall In 9-7 Loss To I-Cubs The Sky Sox let an early 3-0 lead get away in an eventual 9-7 loss to the Iowa Cubs before a Sunday evening crowd of 5,384 at Security Service Field. The Colorado Springs offense jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead against I-Cubs starter Dallas Beeler (3-5, 6.04) on the strength of five first-inning hits. Luis Sardinas led off the frame with a single before crossing the plate on Pete Orr’s run-scoring triple in the very next at-bat. Beeler settled down momentarily, striking out the next two batters he faced in Michael Reed and Matt Clark to leave the Sox with two out, a runner on third and the recently acquired Domingo Santana coming to the plate. The newest Sky Sox outfielder drilled the first pitch he saw to the right field wall for an RBI double, plating Orr with the second run of the game. Nevin Ashley followed with an RBI single to extend the Sox lead to three before Matt Dominguez added to the early hit parade with a double of his own. Beeler would stop the bleeding with an inning-ending strikeout of Matt Long. Despite the three-run frame, the Iowa right-hander struck out the side to escape further damage. Iowa chipped away at the early Sox lead, scoring runs in the second and third against Tyler Cravy (7-7, 3.97) to cut their deficit to one after three innings of play. A two-out second-inning RBI triple by Taylor Davis plated the first Iowa run before John Andreoli scored in the next inning on a wild throw by Dominguez. The Sky sox right-hander kept the I-Cubs off the board in the fourth before allowing another in the fifth on a Javy Baez game-tying RBI knock. The Iowa offense would ultimately chase Cravy in the sixth after allowing all five batters faced in the frame to reach safely. Former top prospect Mike Olt laced an RBI double in the frame to give the Cubs their first lead of the night at 4-3 but the biggest blow for Cravy came against his last batter. Having overcome his own struggles on the evening, Beeler strolled to the plate with the bases loaded and no out in a prime knockout opportunity. Batting just .083 coming into the contest, the righty-swinging Beeler looped a soft line drive single over the drawn-in Sox infield, scoring two and prompting Rick Sweet to pull his starter in favor of Rob Wooten with Colorado Springs now trailing 6-3. Wooten would work out of the inning but not before allowing Adron Chambers to double home another run, closing the book on Cravy’s night. The starter would be charged with seven runs (six earned) on 11 hits and three walks while striking out one in a down performance. The Sox added two more runs on Beeler in the next frame as back-to-back doubles by Dominguez and Long pulled Colorado Springs within three before a throwing error by Olt allowed Kyle Wren to reach and make it all the way to third, scoring Long to cut the deficit to two after six innings of play. Beeler surrendered five runs (four earned) on 11 hits and a walk while striking out four, doing just enough to secure the win. The Sky Sox plated two more runs over the game’s final frames against left-hander Ryan Buchter and righty Blake Cooper thanks to RBIs by newest Sox outfielders Santana and Reed. Recently promoted left-hander Michael Strong gave the Sox a scoreless seventh in his Triple-A debut before giving up two runs in the Iowa eighth. Speedster John Andreoli tagged the reliever for a run-scoring triple before Chambers plated him from third with a sac fly to center. The RBI gave the I-Cubs left-fielder three driven in on the night. Jeremy Horst made his Security Service Field debut with a perfect ninth, sending the Sky Sox into the home ninth, trailing 9-7. Iowa closer Brian Schlitter (S, 15) came on to close out the two-run contest with Ashley, Dominguez and Long due up. The right-hander tossed a 1-2-3 inning to lock down the win, improving the Cubs to a 58-50 on the season. The loss drops Colorado Springs to 20 games below .500 at 43-63. The Sox are back at it on Monday night as they look to get back in this four-game series with a win over I-Cubs. Hiram Burgos (2-2, 3.32) is set to lead the charge against Iowa right-hander Felipe Paulino (2-6, 4.57) with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 PM MDT (7:35 Central) from Security Service Field. *** Sky Sox lineup gets a boost from Milwaukee trades By Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette The Colorado Springs Sky Sox picked up two slugging outfielders and a couple of young arms that could jump-start their lineup heading into the final five weeks of the regular season. Right fielder Domingo Santana and right-handed pitcher Zach Davies arrived in Colorado Springs on Sunday after trades by the parent Milwaukee organization with Houston and Baltimore before Friday afternoon's deadline. By Sunday evening, Santana made his home debut as the No. 5 batter in right field. His 16 home runs and 59 RBIs at Triple-A Fresno were tops on the hosts' roster entering Sunday's game against Iowa. "We're real excited to have them both," Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet said. Santana, who turns 23 on Wednesday, is excited to join a new organization and play at hitter-friendly Security Service Field. "It's a fresh start," the 6-foot-5, 225-pounder said. "The goal remains the same. Show them what I can do and make the big club. I just need to go out, have fun and do my job." Santana certainly has the bat to make the Brewers. "He has tremendous power," Sweet said. "He's a good defensive player and a good prospect for the major league level." If he can limit his strikeouts (91 for Fresno), the native of the Dominican Republic could find himself in Milwaukee. "I need to work on shortening my swing and making contact more often," he said. He introduced himself to his new teammates by muscling a line drive down the right-field line for an RBI on his first pitch faced Sunday. Davies, listed at 5-11, 155 pounds, may not pass the eye test for a major league prospect. But after a few minutes' conversation, the 22-year-old has a quiet, strong-minded determination about him that may explain his 5-6 record and 2.84 ERA in Norfolk of the International League. "He is definitely not a big guy," Sweet said. "He is a tremendous competitor who relies on his defense. He gets batters out and you can never have too many of those guys." Davies' role is unclear, he said, but he may start as early as Thursday. He has started 18 games in a breakout season in Norfolk with 81 strikeouts in 101 innings. He was ranked as a top-10 prospect for Baltimore and projected as a possible back-of-the-rotation starter in the bigs. "I am pretty happy about this new beginning," he said. "I will just do whatever it is wherever it is they want me." The roster shuffle also included a couple of promotions from Double-A Biloxi, one of whom made himself known in Saturday's debut. Center fielder Michael Reed collected four RBIs in his first game to spark a rally for the hosts in an eventual 13-8 loss. Left-handed reliever Michael Strong (4-1, 2.59 ERA, 49.2 innings) was called up as well. The four new players resulted in the release of lefties Nick Additon and Michael Kirkman, infielder Donnie Murphy and outfielder Bryan Petersen. Colorado Springs Box Score Seven Sky Sox had multiple hits, so Michael Reed's 0-for-5, the polar opposite of his first game, stands out for the wrong reasons; RF Domingo Santana finished 2-for-5 (double, two RBI) in his Brewer debut; 1B Matt Clark was on base four times (double, walk); 3B Matt Dominguez doubled twice... Colorado Springs Game Log

Final: Helena 7, Great Falls 6 Brewers snap four-game losing streak Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (2-4) snapped their four-game losing streak with a 7-6 win on Sunday over the Great Falls Voyagers (4-2) at Centene Stadium. Great Falls took the first lead of the game with a run in the top of the first. Johan Cruz singled to center to score Landon Lassiter who walked to lead off the inning. Lassiter went 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, and a run scored. Lefty Jake Drossner (2-1) delivered another quality start for a Helena pitcher, giving up just one run over five innings of work. He would set a new season-high for strikeouts for a Brewer pitcher with nine over his five frames. Helena would take the lead in the fifth with three runs and never trail again in the game. Jake Gatewood added a single and scored on the two-RBI hit of Mitch Ghelfi. Gatewood would go 3-for-4 with a solo homer, his fifth of the season. The Voyagers would mount several late rallies, but fall short each time. Junior Rincon was brought in to close out the final out of the ballgame, striking out Lassiter to lock it up. The Brewers now return to Kindrick Field for a four-game series with the Idaho Falls Chukars. First pitch on Thursday (after the All-Star break) is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). Helena Box Score LHP Jake Drossner not only struck out nine, but had no fly ball outs in his five innings; LF Malik Collymore made his Helena debut, 1-for-4 with a walk and two K's; have to admit I had to look up in what state Collymore's prior team, the Johnson City Cardinals, played in... Helena Game Log

Several updates to the top of this thread since first posted.

RHP Zach Davies will be an automatic 40-man add this fall. Although the 22-year-old's stat line begins in 2012, he was drafted in 2011 (26th round), and that year counts for 40-man purposes. He was likely to debut next spring with the big club regardless.

Actually, this was Kirkman's most recent tweet -- he certainly was not pleased given his solid performance since signing with the Crew.

The Brewers released 27-year-old RHP Derek Eitel from the Biloxi roster. Here is the June post from when Milwaukee inked Eitel as a minor league free agent.

The Brewers released both 27-year-old LHP Nick Additon and 32-year-old utility infielder Donnie Murphy on Sunday. Best wishes to both. Along with LHP Michael Kirkman and OF Bryan Petersen, released Saturday, that's four veteran releases in two days. OF Domingo Santana was activated today at Colorado Springs, and had an RBI double in his first Brewer organization at-bat.

Hopefully it's nice where you all are today, it's absolutely glorious here in Massachusetts. If transaction news comes up today, we can count on our community to fill everyone in. And thanks again to our team of Link Reporters who free up my evenings until the early morning updates. Enjoy your Sunday, folks!

Wisconsin's Mitch Meyer guns down Quad Cities' Kristian Trompiz at third in the Timber Rattlers' 5-0 loss (the River Bandits' announcer incorrectly identifies the throw as coming from CF Omar Cotto)

In Saturday's Link Report, we showed you one of Michael Reed's two AAA doubles. Here's his 9th inning triple --

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: TBD (likely RHP Tyler Cravy) at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 5:35 PM pre-game, 6:05 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 Brent Suter at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 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! ********** Brevard County: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at Jupiter (Marlins), 12:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link - This is the Hammerheads' feed No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP David Burkhalter at Quad Cities (Astros), 4:55 PM pre-game, 5:15 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. So, for the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sky Sox games, most Shuckers games, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: This series in Quad Cities is available via MiLB.TV (River Bandits' feed) *** Helena: LHP Jake Drossner at Great Falls (White Sox), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 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). MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Idaho Falls in August, those games will be available to watch online. *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-mighty morphin' power Rangers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: Idle 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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