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Adam McCalvy tweet: #Brewers OF prospect Monte Harrison has tibia fracture & dislocated fibula of his left ankle. Out for the year. Further evaluation to come.

Jeff Levering's latest entry on his "Minor Details" blog

The Brewers' Player Development Twitter timeline has some nice statistical updates this AM.

Includes Tuesday's pregame Interview w/Matt Erickson (Discussing: Injuries to Brandon Diaz, Dustin DeMuth, Francisco Castillo, Zach Cooper, and Josh Uhen; and the plan for Nathan Kirby) By the way, there's a trove of injury details in that interview -- do listen in for the six minutes if you can; if our Timber Rattlers guru TheCrew07 isn't able to bullet-point the list later tonight, I'll do so by Thursday. And no, there's no rhyme nor reason as to when injuries are discussed so openly in the organization, and when they're not. Our thanks to Matt Erickson (via Chris Mehring) for these updates.

Nathan Orf pokes a hit through to give Biloxi a 6-5 Tuesday win over Mobile

Colorado Springs' Juan Centeno triples home a run as the Sky Sox fall to Nashville, 7-6, on Tuesday

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

Includes Tuesday's pregame Interview w/Matt Erickson (Discussing: Injuries to Brandon Diaz, Dustin DeMuth, Francisco Castillo, Zach Cooper, and Josh Uhen; and the plan for Nathan Kirby)

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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 Pensacola, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Cedar Rapids, IA Missoula, MT Glendale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

Follow Wednesday'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

Turns out we typed and linked a lot more in February about New Zealand catcher Beau Bishop than we needed to -- Details galore here This article link *** The Brewers announced they released Bishop today after just one Maryvale game, player earlier this week. We wish the young man well moving forward...

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at home vs. Nashville (Athletics), 1:05 PM pre-game, 1:35 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 Johnny Hellweg 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: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at St. Lucie (Mets), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 gametime 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: RHP David Burkhalter at Cedar Rapids (Twins), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime; expect RHP Cody Ponce 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. 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 Marcos Diplan at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 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): at the Dodgers' complex in Glendale, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Marlins, 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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Well, it took until July 22nd, but I finally made that mistake, although technically it doesn't count since Colorado Springs is playing Nashville. *** VIDEO via WLOX: Here's more highlights from the Biloxi win to cap things off this AM....

Nashville and Wisconsin matinees today, look for an early Wednesday Link Report (opposite the big league matinee, though).

Final: AZL Brewers 6, AZL Dodgers 5 Maryvale Box Score A-Crew scored two in the 6th to take the lead, then held on for the win. As noted earlier in the thread, Texas HS 3rd round RHP Nash Walters had a tough go of things, walking six in an inning + of work. But just call up undrafted RHP Alex Farina to the big club right now. He limited Walter's damage, and then tossed three scoreless (click that player link to see his amazing season thus far). Another non-drafted find, RHP Aaron Myers, tossed two scoreless for the save. Maryvale Game Log 2014 Dominican Summer League batting champ Joantgel Segovia was 4-for-4 with a walk and is now 5th in average in the Arizona League. More goodness -- HR: Orimoloye, D (3, 5th inning off Ramirez, O, 2 on, 1 out). And the cherry on top: Triple Play: (Leonardo-Lara, G-Perry-Wallace). AZL Dodgers Top of the 4th Pitching Change: Nash Walters replaces Scott Grist. Jared Walker walks. With Carlos Aquino batting, Jared Walker steals (7) 2nd base. With Carlos Aquino batting, wild pitch by Nash Walters, Jared Walker to 3rd. Carlos Aquino walks. Moises Perez walks. Carlos Aquino to 2nd. With Federico Giordani batting, wild pitch by Nash Walters, Jared Walker scores. Carlos Aquino to 3rd. Moises Perez to 2nd. Federico Giordani walks. Jordan Tarsovich grounds into a triple play, second baseman Daniel Leonardo to shortstop Gilbert Lara to first baseman Tyrone Perry to catcher Beau Wallace to shortstop Gilbert Lara to first baseman Tyrone Perry. Carlos Aquino scores. Moises Perez out at home. Federico Giordani out at 2nd.

Final: Nashville 7, Colorado Springs 6 Sky Sox looking for stronger showing in second half Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet expects better things from his Triple-A baseball club as the second half of the season unfolds. He's already seeing it. "There's no doubt that in the last month we have played better baseball and we are starting to see that show in wins and losses," Sweet said. "Overall we have sent guys up (to parent club Milwaukee) and they have done well there. Some are still there and others have returned. We have done well in developing players." The Sky Sox entered Tuesday's home game against Nashville at 38-55 with a 12-15 mark since June 20. Colorado Springs started that season 6-14 in April. As a result, a move toward a .500 season is not out of the question with 50 games remaining after Tuesday's contest. The Sky Sox are 4-1 since the All-Star Break including a road sweep of New Orleans. The key behind the improved play lies with starting pitching. Of late, the Colorado Springs starters are lasting longer and keeping the bullpen from being overworked. That has been complemented by the hitting provided by the likes of Matt Clark, Jason Rogers and Logan Schafer. Rogers opened his stint with the Sky Sox with hits in his first 15 games and that hot streak has set up RBI chances for a power hitter like Clark (46 RBI). "Jason Rogers has been excellent," Sweet said. "Having him has helped Matt Clark and the rest of the lineup. Logan Schafer has really, really been playing well. "(Logan) is as good a defensive outfielder as anyone at the Major League level right now, but he wasn't hitting well enough to be an everyday player. He is getting that opportunity (to play every day) and he has really improved." Sweet expects to see the Sky Sox continue to improve in wins and losses as a team and prepare for when an individual opportunity arises with Milwaukee. There have been 15 promotions to the Brewers so far this season including right-handers Tyler Cravy and Corey Knebel who have made the trip to Wisconsin twice. Developing players remains the priority over wins. "That's what we're about, getting them ready when needed," he said. "We weren't quite prepared for the altitude here earlier this season. We have never entirely adjust to it (due to frequent road trips). The organization understands this so we will be better prepared next year." *** Sky Sox fall short in rally against Nashville Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette The Sky Sox fell just short of a ninth-inning comeback in a 7-6 home loss to Nashville Tuesday night. Juan Centeno hit a two-out RBI triple to make it 7-5 for Colorado Springs (38-56) before a crowd of 8,112. An RBI single for pinch hitter Nevin Ashley kept the rally alive, but a fielder's choice ground out by Yadiel Rivera ended the game. Former Sky Sox outfielder Jason Pridie picked up where he left off on Monday. The veteran hit a two-run homer to put Nashville ahead for good with his third homer in two games at Security Service Field. Pridie is having a career year at age 31 with 64 RBI and 15 homers in 92 games, his most since 86 RBI and 17 homers in 2004 in Single-A. After the Sky Sox cut the lead to 5-4, reliever Ariel Pena gave up a double, triple and wild pitch as Nashville went ahead 7-4 in the sixth. Colorado Springs Box Score No formal recap from the Sounds site (at least not as of this post). RHP Tyler Thornburg allowed five runs (eight hits and three walks) in just five innings. RH reliever Austin Ross tossed two scoreless to keep things close at the end, however. Catcher Juan Centeno was 3-for-5 and could actually be considered "hot", as his linked player page will tell you. Colorado Springs Game Log

Orf makes the Shuckers walk-off winners in series finale By Jeff Clark, Special to the Sun Herald PHOTO GALLERY: Nine Biloxi game images via John Fitzhugh of the Sun-Herald BILOXI -- It was a nail biter at MGM Park on Tuesday night as the Biloxi Shuckers went into the bottom of the ninth tied 4-4 with the Mobile Baybears. A hit down the third base line by Shuckers second baseman Nathan Orf brought catcher Adam Weisenburger home, sealing the victory, 5-4. The win ends a three-game losing streak for the Shuckers. "It’s always great to be on the winning side, especially after that three-game skid, which is something we are not used to,” Orf said. “This team has a lot of character and it feels good to win. Orf said he didn’t allow his emotions to get the best of him during his last at bat. “The fans got behind me,” he said. "I think I was more excited than I was feeling the pressure on me. Our fans have been great and they kind of pulled me up.” The Shuckers struck first as right fielder Josh Fellhauer doubled in his first at bat, bringing Orf around the bases to give the Shuckers a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Fellhauer’s double set the tone for the Shuckers. “We’ve been coming off some slow starts and we wanted to get on top in the first inning and see what would happen,” he said. “We didn’t want to get in the hole again. We head to Pensacola next and they have been playing some good baseball in the second half. Hopefully, we have some momentum going into the series." Center fielder Michael Reed followed Fellhauer’s lead with a triple that brought in the Shuckers' second run as shortstop Orlando Arcia scored from third base. BayBears first baseman Rudy Flores led off the top of the second with a solo home run, his second of the series. The hot streak continued for the Shuckers in the bottom of the third when first baseman Nick Ramirez brought the team's third run on a line-drive single and left fielder Victor Roache closed the inning with another RBI single, bringing the score to 4-1 going into the top of the fourth. The Shuckers lost some of their momentum going into the top of the sixth as an error proved to be costly. Gabriel Guerrero took a shot to centerfield that was dropped by Reed, allowing left fielder Zach Borenstein to score. Catcher Mark Thomas brought Guerrero home on single to bring the BayBears within one run. Manny Barreda relieved Shuckers starting pitcher Wily Peralta in the sixth. Barreda retired two batters before being replaced by left-hander Mike Strong. Strong pitched one ⅓ innings. Jacob Barnes pitched one inning for the Shuckers, allowing no hits from the BayBears in the top of the eighth. The Shuckers went scoreless for five innings and gave up three unanswered runs in the process. The BayBears scored their final run of the game when Guerrero brought in the game-tying RBI at the top of the ninth. Base thieves The Shuckers struggled at stealing bases Tuesday as Nick Shaw was thrown out trying to steal second during the bottom fourth and, in the next inning, Orf was also thrown out trying to steal second. Arcia was able to get to third from second due to a bad throw by the BayBears in the bottom of the fifth but was left stranded on base. Weisenburger successfully stole second base in the bottom of the seventh. The homecoming Biloxi native and former New York Mets catcher Barry Lyons threw out the first pitch of the game. Lyons, who was the backup catcher for Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter, received an enthusiastic round of applause from the crowd for his role in helping to bring baseball back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The win Wily Peralta, the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher who is in Biloxi on a rehab assignment, started the game for the Shuckers. He pitched five complete innings, allowing one run on three hits and one walk. He also struck out five in his second appearance for the Shuckers. After getting saddled with a blown save, Jacob Barnes ended up getting the win for Biloxi. The right-hander allowed one run on two hits and one walk in two innings. He also struck out two. Another day, another town The Shuckers move to 54-38 overall and remain in fourth place in the Southern League South at 11-13 in the second half of the season. The Shuckers travel to Pensacola Wednesday for a five-game series with the Blue Wahoos. The Shuckers had another solid turnout with 3,190 fans in attendance Tuesday.

AUDIO: Chris Harris' Biloxi call of the game-winner *** Nathan Orf's walk-off -- The 5th Biloxi Shuckers walk-off win at MGM Park in 18 home games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxm0bPsaNB8

Final: Helena 5, Orem 1 Brewers series with 5-1 win Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (15-16) topped the Orem Owlz (20-13) 5-1 on Tuesday at Kindrick Field to split their four-game series. Christian Trent (2-1) was outstanding in the start, throwing five shutout innings and striking out four batters. The Brewers took the first lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth. David Denson doubled off Aaron Rhodes (0-1) and scored when Dustin Houle doubled right behind him. Houle was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double. Helena then added four late runs, scoring three in the seventh and one in the eighth. George Iskenderian added a double and a run in the eighth, collecting his second hit of the game. Jordan Yamamoto earned his first professional save, throwing the last four frames for the Brewers. The league-leader in strikeouts added three more on Tuesday to bring his season tally to 36. The win gave the Brewers their fourth win in seven outings against the Owlz this year. The Brewers now head to Missoula for a two-game series with the Osprey starting Wednesday at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). *** PHOTO GALLERY: Five images via Gary Marshall, Blackfoot Media Group *** Helena Independent Record -- DIGGS TOSSED: Brewers manager Tony Diggs was tossed for the first time this season after arguing a call in the second in the inning. Diggs believed a line-drive down the third-base line which was called foul was actually fair. Helena Box Score Sweet work by the southpaw Christian Trent and right-hander Jordan Yamamoto... The catcher in this one was Dustin Houle, 2-for-4 with a double, and not RHP J.B. Kole, as the MiLB error in the box score would have you believe (at least as of this early morning post). Helena Game Log

VIDEO: While the initial game log made it appear Monte Harrison's injury may have happened in a home plate collision, you'll see that he had barely rounded third base when he fell into foul ground well up the line near the bag, where he was tagged out.

Brewers' Harrison suffers broken ankle No. 3 prospect injured while running bases for Rookie-level Helena By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com http://www.milb.com/assets/images/3/4/8/137947348/cuts/Harrison960_reeqwmat_3n4xyw6c.jpg Monte Harrison was hitting .400 with nine RBIs and 10 steals in 17 games in July. (Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) Monte Harrison suffered a broken ankle on Tuesday night, sidelining the Brewers' No. 3 prospect in what he expected to be his first full professional season. In the first inning of Rookie-level Helena's 5-1 over Orem, the 19-year-old outfielder walked, stole second base and was rounding third on a single by Steven Karkenny when, according to the Helena Independent Record, he appeared to slip on wet grass. Harrison's foot was pointing in the wrong direction following the fall, the newspaper reported. He was carried from the field on a stretcher but was in good spirits after receiving treatment. The Missouri native was taken in the second round of the 2014 Draft out of Lee's Summit West High School and posted a .402 on-base percentage with 32 stolen bases in 34 tries in 50 games in the Rookie-level Arizona League last summer. Harrison struggled with an aggressive assignment to Class A Wisconsin at the beginning of this season, batting .148 with 77 strikeouts in 46 games. Since coming to the Pioneer League in mid-June, he'd established himself at the plate. Through 28 games, he's batting .299 with a .410 on-base percentage and 14 steals in 16 attempts. Harrison has had six games with at least two hits, including a five-hit performance on July 3.

Helena Bottom of the 1st Troy Stokes grounds out, second baseman Hutton Moyer to first baseman Jeff Boehm. Monte Harrison walks. With Steven Karkenny batting, Monte Harrison steals (14) 2nd base. Steven Karkenny singles on a line drive to right fielder Ranyelmy Mendoza. Monte Harrison out at home on the throw, right fielder Ranyelmy Mendoza to catcher Taylor Ward. Helena Brewers right fielder Monte Harrison left the game due to an injured ankle. George Iskenderian singles on a ground ball to shortstop David Fletcher. Steven Karkenny to 2nd. David Denson grounds out to first baseman Jeff Boehm. *** Text from Helena Brewers tweets: No score for Brewers and Owlz after 1. Carlos Belonis in to replace Monte Harrison after a pretty serious looking twist of the leg. EMTs have arrived to transport Monte. No other word yet. Via Ryan Collingwood of the Independent Record (not at the game himself) -- Re: Monte Harrison injury: per source, he twisted foot so bad on wet grass while rounding third that it was facing the wrong direction. Source also noted it's more likely torn ligaments than a break. Still waiting on official diagnosis, though.

MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez had previously reported -- Source: Brewers have signed OF Jesus Lujano (Venezuela) for $450K