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AAA stadiums must seat a minimum of 10,000.

VIDEO: The latest from ESPN is another three and a half minutes of quality nuggets, and captures Tyler Wagner and the clubhouse getting his big news *** ARTICLE: Via @sportslogosnet, awesome article on the Shuckers logo and its development; we learn the Bilox mascot will be named "Shuck Norris". My life is complete. Also posted this in our year-long Shuckers' feature thread...

VIDEO: The latest from ESPN is another three and a half minutes of quality nuggets, and captures Tyler Wagner and the clubhouse getting his big news

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Chattanooga, TN Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

DVR ALERT! Tonight's Timber Rattler game airs on MyNew32 TV, air time is 6:30. Depending on when the suspended game ends, perhaps you'll catch the end of that game as well...

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at home vs. Sacramento (Giants), 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 Hiram Burgos at Chattanooga (Twins), 6:00 PM pre-game, 6:15 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 looking off to his very promising "Shuck Dynasty" blog. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Seven of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi staff indicates it is hopeful it will be eight when the new stadium opens. NOTE: This series is NOT available online for MiLB.TV subscribers. ********** Brevard County: RHP Eric Marzec at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 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: First, it's the completion of Friday's suspended game (tied at 3-3 in the 6th) at home vs. Beloit (Athletics), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime, then RHP Orlando Torrez gets the start in the regularly scheduled nightcap 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. *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Red Sox #2 team, 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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AUDIO / VIDEO: Shuck Dynasty Blog -- Tyler Wagner Reacts to Promotion to Milwaukee

Final: Colorado Springs 8, Sacramento 3 Rain Delays Game, Not Sox In 8-3 Victory Backed by a 15-hit attack, Tyler Thornburg turns in third-straight quality Sox start to top Sacramento By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/4/6/127524646/cuts/05_29_012sm_pk_exbh7ccp_cuszb4r0.jpg Scooter Gennett's leadoff long ball in the home first got the Sky Sox offense going in Friday night's 8-3 win over Sacramento. (Photo by Paat Kelly) COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - An hour and fifteen minute rain delay could not dampen the Sky Sox spirits on Friday night as the lineup quenched it's thirst for hits with the offense racking up 15 of them en route to a convincing 8-3 win over the Sacramento River Cats in front of 3,331 fans at Security Service Field. Sox starter Tyler Thornburg (1-2, 4.41) would allow a first inning run after a Jarrett Parker single drove home former Brewers favorite Casey McGehee. Thornburg would settle down however, striking out two in that first frame and keeping the River Cats off the scoreboard until the top of the seventh. The right-hander allowed a one-out, two-run home run to Sacramento first baseman John Bowker. The long ball would ultimately chase Thornburg, but not before tossing 6.1 strong innings of three-run ball. He allowed seven hits while striking out four in the impressive bounce-back start. Scooter Gennett answered for the Sox in the home first, taking River Cats starter Ty Blach (4-5, 3.82) deep for a solo blast to tie the ballgame at one. The leadoff shot marked the first by a Sox hitter at Security Service Field in nearly two years to the day with Corey Dickerson providing the last such occurrence on 5/30/13 against the Tacoma Rainiers. The second baseman has been on a tear since joining the Colorado Springs club, hitting .325 with two dingers, five RBIs and eight runs scored. The Sox offense would not score again until the fifth when they broke the game open with a six-run frame thanks to some frustratingly sloppy play by the River Cats defense. Blach wouldn't be charged with an earned run in the frame, allowing six unearned on five hits and two errors. The errors by McGehee and Bowker would extend the inning with four runs already home, allowing Donnie Murphy to come to the plate with one on and one out. Murphy made Sacramento pay for their miscues as he drilled his first home run of the season to right field on a 2-2 offering from Blach. Shane Peterson, Matt Long and Robinzon Diaz also added RBIs in the frame en route to three-hit nights for each. Colorado Springs would take their new 7-1 lead into the seventh before the River Cats were able to chase Thornburg. Jim Henderson worked out of the seventh, tossing 0.2 of an inning with a strikeout before a lefty/righty combination of Michael Kirkman and Rob Wooten would end any hopes of a Sacramento comeback in the game's final frames. Holding a 7-3 lead going into the home seventh, the Sox would tack on one more run to cap the nights scoring off of side winding, left-hander Clay Rapada. Yadiel Rivera tripled to deep right-centerfield with one out in the inning, extending his current hitting-streak to a Sox season-high nine games, before a Diaz single plated the hot-hitting shortstop. Colorado Springs would not relinquish the 8-3 lead as Wooten slammed the door in the ninth to secure the series-opening victory. The Sox have now won three-straight games for the first time this season, improving their record to 19-28 with tonight's victory. The River Cats are trending in a very different direction however as they have now lost ten-consecutive games, dropping their season record to 21-28. The Sky Sox will look to continue their hot-streak on Saturday evening as they take on the River Cats in the second of a four-game set. Josh Roenicke (2-1, 5.12) takes the hill for Colorado Springs against Sacramento right-hander Clayton Blackburn (1-3, 5.06) with first pitch set for 6:05 PM MDT (7:05 Central) at Security Service Field. Colorado Springs Box Score Another huge night for Shane Peterson, now with a .945 OPS; as noted above, big evening for many as the Sky Sox are starting to show signs of competence... Colorado Springs Game Log

AUDIO / VIDEO: Shuck Dynasty Blog -- Tyler Wagner Reacts to Promotion to Milwaukee

Shuckers shade Chattanooga Lookouts, 3-2 by Kelley Smiddie, Chattanooga Times Free Press Although he was penciled into the last spot in Biloxi's batting order Friday, Nathan Orf was right in the middle of what the Shuckers did offensively in a 3-2 Southern League baseball victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. Both teams still lead their respective divisions, Biloxi (29-19) in the South and Chattanooga (29-18) in the North. The fourth game in the series of five is tonight at 7:15 (6:15 Central). Orf went 2-for-3 and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning. He was on first base when Kyle Wren fouled out to catcher Carlos Paulino near the backstop, then tagged up and took off for second. Although Paulino's throw to second sailed into center field, allowing Wren to take third, Lookouts manager Doug Mientkiewicz didn't lay all the blame on his catcher. "We've got to get off the bag there and catch that," Mientkiewicz said. With Orf at third with one out, Chattanooga brought its infield in, but Tyrone Taylor lined a double to the left-center-field gap. He was thrown out trying to stretch the hit, but the go-ahead run was in. Biloxi took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning when, with the bases loaded and two out, Orf singled through the middle. Michael Reed and Brandon Macias, both of whom walked, scored before Parker Berberet was thrown out trying to advance from first to third. Chattanooga tied it in the fifth on Jorge Polanco's single. Polanco drove in Paulino, who had walked, from second, and Byron Buxton also scored on the play. Buxton had reached on a single and moved around to third on Polanco's hit. Then when left fielder Wren threw the ball into the infield, there was some confusion between Shuckers pitcher Brent Suter and catcher Berberet as the ball came rolling across the diamond between the pitcher's mound and home plate. It seemed at the last second each thought the other would get the ball, so both ended up going to cover home. As the ball rolled on toward the first-base dugout, Buxton was able to score standing up. Lookouts starting pitcher Greg Peavey threw six innings and got a no-decision. Aside from the second inning, he allowed one hit and one walk. "He's been pretty good," Mientkiewicz said of Peavey, who came into the game 4-1 but with a 6.32 earned run average. "He's had two bad starts, maybe his second and third of the year. He's the guy we wanted in the Rule 5 draft this year. He had a good year in the Eastern League last year, which is a tough league to pitch in. That's kind of what he does." At 2-for-4, Steve Wickens was the only Chattanooga player with more than one hit, although the Lookouts stranded nine runners while Biloxi left four on base. "They pitched well," Mientkiewicz said of the Shuckers' four pitchers, reliever Mike Strong (2-0) getting the victory and Damien Magnifico earning his fourth save. "There's a reason why they're leading their division. They're fundamentally sound. They gave us two runs, but we gave them one back. "We definitely can swing the bats better, but their pitchers did a good job keeping us off balance."

Final: Biloxi 3, Chattanooga 2 Orf, Shuckers turn tables and win 3-2 Friday Nathan Orf was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI's in the win Biloxi Shuckers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/7/0/4/127480704/cuts/_BRP4543_hswdw2wo_s8xe3lmv.jpg Nathan Orf drove in two runs and scored the game-winner in Biloxi's 3-2 win Friday night (Benton Reed Photography) CHATTANOOGA, TN - A night after falling 3-2 to the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Shuckers turned the tables and defeated the Lookouts 3-2 on Friday at AT&T Field, taking a 2-1 series edge. Nathan Orf drove in two runs and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth to lead Biloxi to their 29th win of the season, matching them with Chattanooga for the most in the Southern League. Biloxi's first place cushion remains 2.5 games with 22 games remaining in the first half. The Shuckers' (29-19) bullpen has tossed 13.1 scoreless in the series and they were masterful behind Friday's starter Brent Suter. The 25-year-old lefty out of Harvard worked 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. Relievers Austin Ross (1.1, 2 H, 2 SO), Mike Strong (W, 2-0 - 2.0 IP, BB, 2 SO) and Damien Magnifico (S, 4 - 1.0 IP, BB) blanked the Lookouts over the final 4.1 as Strong earned his first win since April 18 and Magnifico locked down his fourth save this month. The Shuckers scored first for the first time in the series in the top of the second as Orf brought home Michael Reed (1x3, R, BB) and Brandon Macias (1x3, R, BB), who had each walked, giving Biloxi an early 2-0 advantage. Chattanooga (29-18) sent eight batters to the plate in the fifth inning and shortstop Jorge Polanco plated Carlos Paulino with a two out single and Byron Buxton scored on a throwing error by left fielder Kyle Wren (0x4). Suter walked the next two batters to load the bases and turned it over to Ross, who fanned Adam Brett Walker to leave the bases loaded. Chattanooga stranded nine on-base Friday. VIDEO: Watch Orf's big base hit here via Chattanooga TV WDEF's report, also the huge strikeout from Ross Tyrone Taylor (1x4) had the go-ahead and eventual game winning hit on Wednesday and the 21-year-old from Torrence, CA provided an RBI double that scored Orf from third to break the tie and give Biloxi back the lead for good at 3-2. Orf reached on his singled to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a popped up bunt from Wren and advanced to third on a throwing error by Paulino. Reed extended his hitting streak to seven games on Friday and Parker Berberet (1x3) upped his to eight games. Orf has hit in each of his last four games. The Shuckers will go in search of their 30th win and third straight series victory on Saturday night, in game four of the series at Chattanooga's AT&T Field. RHP Hiram Burgos (1-0, 3.97) starts for the Shuckers and RHP D.J. Baxendale (3-0, 2.47) toes the rubber for the Lookouts. First pitch is scheduled for 6:15 PM, with coverage beginning at 6:00 on 1240-AM WGCM , WPMO-AM 1580 and the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network. Fans can also listen to the game using the TuneIn Radio app or by going to www.biloxishuckers.com. Biloxi Box Score Inherited runners-scored: Ross 3-0. Nothing prettier for a reliever. Bullpen ERA's can be misleading, especially at only the end of May, but check out the box and realize those accurately reflect the season-to-date effectiveness of the dynamic Shucker trio. Biloxi Game Log

Bullpen-saver: @BCManatees Jorge Ortega has 62 IP in 9 starts, ERA 2.03; his 1st High-A season, age 21, skipped A-ball; that's heady stuff

Good try, Shuckers fans, but Flying Squirrels win Logomania

Just going to copy my two tweets here -- Y'know #Brewers bloggers, someone please dissect magic that is @BCManatees Jorge Ortega; most efficient man in USA Re: Ortega, he's just 22 soon, he skipped Wisconsin, he walks NO ONE, but also isn't a K or GB guy. WHIP amazing, enigma wrapped in a riddle

Originally posted in March -- Should be noted that Santana is no longer 6'3", 210 but a hefty mound presence at 6'4", 241.

Shuckers Press Release on Tyler Wagner (via Brewer Nation's blog)

Latest from Jeff Levering's Minor Details blog includes this: VIDEO: Shane Peterson hits his second home run of Colorado Springs' 8-3 win at Las Vegas As Jeff notes, watch the second baseman!

Lucroy helping young players while on rehab Michael Parsons, FLORIDA TODAY http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e136a98b296e4fedfbb8dbe47668d164b09b95f5/c=0-16-3059-2310&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2015/05/29/Brevard/B9317529786Z.1_20150529101710_000_GHSAU40IF.1-0.jpg Jonathan Lucroy of the Milwaukee Brewers, on rehab assignment with the Brevard County Manatees, talks with starting pitcher Javier Salas during Thursday's game in Viera. (Photo: Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY) Just hours before Jonathan Lucroy made his first rehab start in Viera, he was behind the batting cage watching his new teammates. Lucroy, who is getting back into playing shape after a toe injury sidelined him for more than a month, was giving some tips and sharing his wisdom with the young team. "To have a guy like him come in and talk to the hitters about their approach and stuff … It is a great experience for these guys just to pick his brain," Manatees manager Joe Ayrault said after Thursday night's game, a 2-0 Brevard County win against Charlotte. The National League All-Star starting catcher is one of those players who doesn't mind taking the time to help the other guys. After all, he was once in their shoes. In 2008, Lucroy played 64 games with the Manatees and hit .292 with 10 home runs and 44 RBI. "Just seeing guys like him and learn from them. They will give us tips and that is really cool," said Brevard County second baseman Chris McFarland, who played with Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez last season as well. Lucroy made his presence felt right from the beginning of Thursday's game. After McFarland walked, Lucroy took a pitch and punched it through the hole between first and second to get a rally started. It resulted in one of the two runs scored by the Manatees. But, he admitted he was rusty. "Honestly, I missed some pitches tonight," Lucroy said. "That is what I have to work on because up there (Milwaukee), you can't afford to miss the mistakes." Defensively, he was just as impressive, whether it was running to back up first base or helping prevent a big inning by getting the lead runner on a bunt. Lucroy showed everyone at Space Coast Stadium how the catching position should be played. "He is one of the best receivers in the game. He is fun to watch," Ayrault said. "It is good for our catchers to get a chance to watch someone like him." And that was just Day 1. The Manatees have the luxury of Lucroy's experience all weekend. "When we found out we were getting him, we were really fired up," Ayrault said. For good reason. Not only will he help the team win this weekend, he shows them that if you play the game the right way, they can reach the goal of making it to the major leagues. He is living proof. *** NOTE: Lucroy is DH'ing Friday night...

DVR ALERT! Tonight's and Saturday's Timber Rattlers games will air on MyNew32 TV, air time each night is 6:30.

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Chattanooga, TN Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI