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Includes Tyler Wagner's huge double - he must love the fact he pitches for a National League affiliate...

Via the Shuck Dynasty blog, we can see LHP Brent Suter's stumbling travel towards home plate that unfortunately ended Thursday's 2-1 loss. Better ending Friday!

Colorado Springs' Juan Centeno hits a walk-off single in the ninth inning of a 2-1 Thursday win over Nashville

Arizona League teams play four games, then have a day off.

Did you click? Ugh...good luck getting in 14 uninterrupted innings tonight, gents.

So Wei-Chung Wang faces one batter yesterday -- great consultation with local weather folks. We get it -- it rains a lot in Florida, especially (big-time) in July, my relatives in the Tampa area were just talking to me about this. But mistakes like yesterday's, those can hurt -- developmentally, physically, oh well, Mother Nature has a really good W-L %, she's tough to beat.

Reporter and Cameraman in Florida State League Dugout -- The video with the privileged access is actually quite underwhelming, you wonder what landed on the cutting room floor, especially in a loss (Fort Myers Miracle). But it's a novel concept, too bad you couldn't proceed without the players' knowledge, that would have produced a more compelling look, but hey, U.S. Constitution and all.

DVR ALERT! Tonight's and Saturday evening's Timber Rattlers games are on local MyNew32 TV, 7:00 airtime tonight, 6:30 Saturday.

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- 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: Omaha, NE Pensacola, FL Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Helena, MT San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at Omaha (Royals), 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: RHP Tyler Wagner at Pensacola (Reds), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:35 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! NOTE: Pensacola does provide MiLB.TV coverage for this series (Blue Wahoos' feed, naturally) ********** Brevard County: First, it's RHP Cy Sneed picking up where they left off in Thursday's suspended game (bottom of the 1st, review the game log here) and RHP Brandon Woodruff in the regularly scheduled nightcap. The games will be played at home in Space Coast Stadium, but St. Lucie (Mets) is the home team in the completion of the suspended game, 3:30 PM pre-game, 4:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings (we think) 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. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Luis Ortega at home vs. Clinton (Mariners), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 at Kane County is available via MiLB.TV (Cougars' feed). *** Helena: RHP Joshua Torres at home vs. Billings (Reds), 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). 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): Idle *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Cubs, 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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Great news via the Voice of the H-Crew, Dustin Daniel (tweet) -- Nothing too serious with @Jake_Gatewood2's forearm. Just a bone bruise. Should hold him out a few days at max.

Late post... Late Heroics Send Sox To Second Straight Walk-Off Clutch Clark and Centeno Complete Sky Sox Rally In 2-1 Win By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/7/4/6/138363746/cuts/04_09_128_pk_63241tcb_2pqs0qvv.jpg Juan Centeno went 0-for-3 before knocking in the winning run in Thursday night's 2-1 walk-off win over the Sounds. (Paat Kelly photo) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Juan Centeno sent 7,696 Sky Sox fans home with a second consecutive walk-off win, defeating the Nashville Sounds 2-1 on Thursday night at Security Service Field. Starters Tyler Cravy and Zach Neal turned in stellar performances for their respective sides as neither right-hander allowed more than four base hits and two walks. Cravy would allow his lone run in the very first frame as the Sounds scored without the benefit of a base hit. Back-to-back walks to Craig Gentry and Joey Wendle opened the contest before Ryan Roberts' fly out to right allowed both runners to advance into scoring position. Jason Pridie would once again hurt his former team with a sac fly RBI to plate Gentry and give Nashville a 1-0 lead they would hold until decisive ninth inning. Neal held the Sox offense scoreless through seven impressive innings of work, issuing two free passes and four hits while striking out four. The Colorado Springs offense would ground into four double plays during Neal's time on the mound to help the starter out of a few jams along the way. Cravy dazzled in his first Sox start since returning from a two-week big league stint in Milwaukee. The 2015 PCL All-Star gave up just three hits and two walks while striking out three over six strong frames. The lefty-righty tandem of Michael Kirkman and Rob Wooten (3-1, 6.30) combined to twirl three innings of shutout ball in relief of Cravy to keep Colorado Springs within a run of pulling even late in the contest. Sounds reliever Phil Coke (0-1, 9.82) gave Nashville a scoreless eighth before returning to the mound in the ninth. Logan Schafer and Jason Rogers worked the left-hander, reaching on a base hit and a base on balls respectively to bring the always dangerous Matt Clark to the plate with no outs. Clark delivered, lacing an RBI single into centerfield to score Schafer with the game-tying run. Sounds manager Steve Scarsone immediately pulled Coke in favor of the right-hander R.J. Alvarez with Matt Dominguez due up next. The move paid off as Alvarez set the slugging third baseman down on strikes, bringing Juan Centeno up in the game's most pivotal moment. The catcher faced a one-out, runners on the corners situation in the bottom of the ninth after having gone 0-for-3 with a flyout and two double play groundouts. Centeno would follow in his fellow catcher's lead, lining a base hit over the shallowly drawn infield to score pinch-runner Kyle Wren with the game-winner. The Sox second straight walk-off earned Colorado Springs a 2-1 victory and a series-split with the Sounds. The Sky Sox win improves them to 40-56 on the season while dropping Nashville to 45-54. Colorado Springs will look to make it three-in-a-row on Friday night as they begin a four-game set with the Omaha Storm Chasers. Last week's PCL pitcher of the week Hiram Burgos (2-1, 3.51) is slated to start for the Sky Sox with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 PM MDT (7:05 Central) from Werner Park in Omaha.

Former Kernels pitching coach Lucas returns with opposing team Lands with Brewers after Twins let him go Jeff Johnson, The Cedar Rapids Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – Gary Lucas technically stayed unemployed for a mere matter of hours. *** That article is also posted in full within our season-long Coaching Thread, but you'll also find VIDEO of the Cedar Rapids offense Thursday night at the link.

Former Kernels pitching coach Lucas returns with opposing team Lands with Brewers after Twins let him go Jeff Johnson, The Cedar Rapids Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS – Gary Lucas technically stayed unemployed for a mere matter of hours. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitching coach was stunned last fall when Minnesota Twins farm director Brad Steil informed him his contract would not be renewed. He’d been a part of the organization for 15 years, including a stint in Cedar Rapids in 2013, was held in high regard and was coming off a 2014 season in which his Fort Myers team won the Florida State League championship. One of his pupils there was Jose Berrios, who emerged as one of the minor leagues’ top pitching prospects. “It just caught me by surprise. I was really in shock at first because I didn’t see it coming,” Lucas said Thursday afternoon, before his team’s 6-5 loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Memorial Stadium. “I respect Brad and all those guys over there. They wanted to go a different direction. They didn’t give me a complete answer. It might have been age, it might have been philosophy, whatever. “Anyway, they gave me some great opportunities for 15 years. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t feel a certain amount of gratitude for all they did for me. They helped develop me as a coach, and I wouldn’t be where I am today without all those years.” That’s a typically gracious response from Lucas, one of the good guys in the game. The 60-year-old got a phone call from the Milwaukee Brewers the very same night Steil gave him his bad news, offering him a job on the spot. After sifting through some other offers, he decided that’s where he’d go. Appleton, Wis., home of the Timber Rattlers, is about three hours from Lucas’ home in Rice Lake, Wis. He has a daughter, son in law and grandchildren in Milwaukee. It has been a perfect fit. “It was slow (at first), in terms of everything being new,” Lucas said. “Going out to Arizona for spring training, I hadn’t been out there for years. But the whole Brewer organization has made it easy. They gave me a lot of information, a lot of mentors that have been with the organization for awhile. Guys who have been pitching coaches in the organization, guys I knew. “The whole experience has gotten easier and easier each day moving forward. Some great people to work with. They have made me feel welcome.” Wisconsin (31-66) has the Midwest League's worst overall record, but Lucas has been in charge of some top pitching prospects, including Devin Williams, who pitched Thursday night. He said the Brewers and Twins have similar player philosophies for the most part. “I think so,” he said. “Big emphasis on player development, big emphasis on watching the pitch counts and the innings for all these young pitchers. It’s certainly no different over there (with the Kernels). They have six-man rotations, I think, and we have a tandem, piggyback situation. That’s a little different. But the bottom line is we’re trying to protect these guys and watch their workload. I think the people here who are in charge of player development and the pitching are on top of things. I’ve been pretty impressed with how they handle it.”

Final: AZL Brewers 1, AZL Giants 0 Maryvale Box Score Combined four-hit shutout for three 22-year-old non-drafted pitchers, in order -- LHP Brad Kuntz, RHP Jose Flores, and LHP Shawn Clowers, please click the box and then their names for details and YTD yumminess, as this non-drafted class continues to impress, regardless of age advantage. This bodes well for a deeper quality staff at Wisconsin next year, with more options for management to choose from. Next year's minor league spring training is going to be ultra-competitive for spots, moreso than we've seen in the Link Report era. Veteran LHP Ricky Romero made the rehab start for the Giants. Brewers managed just five singles and four walks, one each for CF Trent Clark, RF Yerald Martinez, and 3B Jorge Quiterio. Demi (that's all we need, like Cher, Madonna, Fabio) was 0-for-4, two K's. Maryvale Game Log Amazing, look at how the game's only run scored -- AZL Brewers Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Matt Pope replaces Randy Ortiz. Trent Clark walks. Nicolas Pierre out on a sacrifice bunt, third baseman Nathanael Javier to second baseman Tyler Brown. Trent Clark to 2nd. Demi Orimoloye strikes out swinging, catcher Rene Melendez to first baseman Dillon Dobson. Trent Clark to 3rd. With Juan Ortiz batting, Trent Clark steals (6) home. Juan Ortiz called out on strikes. Wow!

Walk-off win!! Final: Colorado Springs 2, Nashville 1 Another evening without the normally fully-detailed Sky Sox site game summary... Sky Sox beat Nashville in last at-bat for second straight day By Aaron Reiss, Colorado Springs Gazette The Colorado Springs Sky Sox won their second straight game by walk-off Thursday. Juan Centeno singled to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Kyle Wren and seal a 2-1 win over the Nashville Sounds (45-54). The two teams split a four-game series. Two batters before, Colorado Springs' Matt Clark singled to center off Phil Coke to drive in a runner from second base and tie the score at one in the ninth inning. Cook took the loss. Nashville led early, after Jason Pridie hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning to drive in Craig Gentry. Pridie had nine RBIs in the series. Reliever Rob Wooten earned the win for Colorado Springs (40-56). He went two innings, giving up two hits and no runs. The Sky Sox now travel to Omaha for a four-game series. Colorado Springs Box Score Another nice night for Tyler Cravy in the home ballpark - 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K. Cravy has similarly effective lines home and away, but this was only his 5th home start (ten road starts, quirk of the schedule and his brief call-ups). 3B Matt Dominguez doubled, singled, and walked, his 3rd straight two-hit game. Colorado Springs Game Log Via the Nashville site -- Phil Coke threw a scoreless eighth, but ran into trouble in the ninth as he aimed to complete the two-inning save. Logan Schafer led off the frame with a single and next batter Jason Rogers walked. Matt Clark then singled to plate Schaefer, knocking Coke from the game and tying the score up. R.J. Alvarez entered the game with runners on the corners and zero outs. He would strike out Matt Dominguez before Juan Centeno singled to drive in the winning run. Both runs were charged to Coke who suffered his first loss of the season.

Final: Helena 9, Missoula 8 Brewers Overcome 6-Run Deficit, Win 9-8 Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (16-17) made a six-run comeback on Thursday night against the Missoula Osprey (19-14) to win 9-8 and split their two-game series. Helena took the first lead of the night, scoring two runs in the top of the first. Steven Karkenny singled and scored on the RBI double of Jake Gatewood. Gatewood would go 1-for-2 adding two runs scored before having to leave the game after six innings with a wrist injury. He was hit by a fastball from Bo Takahashi on the left wrist, but would finish the inning on the basepaths and came in to score. He did not return defensively and Jose Cuas would take over at short. Trailing 8-2 going to the sixth, Helena mounted their largest comeback in a win of the season. Four runs crossed the plate in the sixth, highlighted by a George Iskenderian RBI double. Iskenderian would go 4-for-4 with two RBI, two runs scored, and a walk. It was the first four-hit performance of his professional career. Cutting the deficit to one going to the ninth, Cody Clark (0-3) recorded the first two outs of the inning for Missoula and looked to be in cruise control. He then surrendered three straight hits to the Brewers to tie the game, 8-8. Dustin Houle hit an RBI single to right with men on second and third and David Denson trotted in from third for what would be the game-winning run on a throwing error by the catcher, Matt Jones. Chad Reeves (1-0) picked up his first professional win in his second year in the Brewers' system, pitching the final two innings and throwing shutout baseball. The Brewers now head back to Helena for a two-game series with the Billings Mustangs. First pitch on Friday from Kindrick is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). VIDEO: Highlights (and some lowlights) from the early portions of this game via KTVH, including a poorly-played ball in right field by Carlos Belonis Helena Box Score Nice combined seven-inning effort by RHP Bubba Blau (5 IP, 3 R, 2 ER) and LHP Chad Reeves to allow the comeback to take place; starter RHP Milton Gomez has scuffled, as he did in Wisconsin. Hopefully Jake Gatewood's departure was just precautionary; Steven Karkenny, an award-winning defensive outfielder in college and converted to first base by the Brewers, started at third base in his prior game and subbed there in this one. Helena Game Log As Brian Anderson always says, you have to "secure the out" at first base on a strikeout -- Helena Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Dan Savas replaces Cody Clark. Steven Karkenny called out on strikes. Troy Stokes pops out to first baseman Austin Byler in foul territory. George Iskenderian singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joey Armstrong. David Denson doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder Jake Peevyhouse. George Iskenderian to 3rd. Dustin Houle singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joey Armstrong. George Iskenderian scores. David Denson to 3rd. Charles Galiano strikes out swinging. David Denson scores. Dustin Houle to 2nd. Charles Galiano advances to 1st, on a throwing error by catcher Matt Jones. Carlos Belonis flies out to right fielder Joey Armstrong

Looks like 2013 3rd round RHP Barrett Astin (Broxton deal, Reds) will face Biloxi in the finale of this Pensacola series Sunday afternoon. You'll see at the link that Astin has had a nice season split between High-A and AA. RH reliever Kevin Shackelford (also Broxton deal) hasn't pitched since June 10th, but was just activated from the disabled list.

Michael Reed doubled twice on Thursday and has reached base six times over the last two days (Benton Reed Photography) Just remembered that Benton is Michael's father, and it's not just pictures of Michael that the Shuckers have used.

(NO AUDIO) Michael Reed hits an RBI double in Biloxi's 2-1 loss to Pensacola

RHP Cy Sneed tweeted this link to an article about is college pitching coach. It's an interesting read on the influence coaches/ life mentors can have on these young men.

Fun 2014 Yhonathan Barrios write-up and a nice set of five individual at-bat videos via Fangraphs H/T Jaymes Langrehr ‏for the tweet *** BrewCrewBall-- A glance at Yhonathan Barrios Nice write-up by Noah...