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Daily Menu for Friday -- finally, a little bit of home cooking! All listed times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio available approx. 15 minutes prior to game times listed here; no audio available for Beloit... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Pascual Coco at home vs. Buffalo (Indians), 7:00 PM HUNTSVILLE: RHP Ben Diggins at Chattanooga (Reds), 6:15 PM, the final match-up in an eight-game home-and-home series HIGH DESERT: LHP Brian Mazone at home vs. Stockton (now a Rangers' affiliate), 9:05 PM BELOIT: LHP Jeff Housman looks to continue his stellar start to the season at South Bend (Diamondbacks), 6:30 PM Friends and family of the Snappers: These are the Midwest League teams which offer free online audio of their broadcasts... Battle Creek Yankees Burlington Bees Cedar Rapids Kernels Fort Wayne Wizards Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Kane County Cougars Quad City River Bandits

Nice to see Krynzel wil 3 hits, a steal, and 3 walks. Unfortunately also a CS and 2 K's. Still that seems like a lot of walks lately. .290 in the Southern League is very nice, and David's 2003 OBP sneaks over the always-desired .360 mark at .364. Strikeouts are down -- nice. But 10 steals in 17 attempts against AA catchers leaves much to be desired. And only five extra-base hits (no HR's) among his first 31 hits doesn't invoke Steve Finley comparisons, which we've read in the past. Ryan Knox has some nice tools, but it'd be interesting to find out why Knox has hit leadoff and Krynzel second all season. Does that somehow put less pressure on David, or force him to concentrate on other skills? Does Sanchez' future presence in Milwaukee influence that decision? Not sure... We keep waiting for Krynzel to "wow us". He certainly isn't failing, and in fact, continues to improve in several key areas. I guess we're just looking for across-the-board improvements, and for that, we apparently need a bit more patience. David Krynzel YTD numbers: www.baseballamerica.com/c...er=krynzel

Inland Empire (Mariners) 5, High Desert 2 High Desert Site Game Summary: SAN BERNARDINO, CA- The High Desert Mavericks saw their season-best, three-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday night, as the Inland Empire 66ers salvaged the final game of the three-game set, winning by a score of 5-2 at Arrowhead Credit Union Park. Dan Hall gave up two runs in the first and two in the sixth as he failed to become the California League's first five-game winner this season. Hall put forth six good innings, but received little offensive help, as the Mavs were held to a season-worst three hits on the night. The 66ers took the early lead, scoring a pair of first inning runs, as John Castellano and Rich Pohle had run-scoring hits for a 2-0 lead. The Mavs were subdued in the early going, as 66ers starting pitcher Ryan Ketchner (4-1) retired the first 13 batters, throwing a perfect 4.1 innings. The Mavs first base runner didn't come until a one-out single off the bat of Jason Belcher in the fifth. The Mavs finally got their first run of the night, when Todd West doubled with one out in the sixth inning. After moving to third on a wild pitch by Ketchner, West scored on a ground ball to third by Johnny Raburn. The 66ers would take a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth, as Hall surrendered two more runs. Shin Soo Choo walked to lead off the inning, then scored on a Castellano single to make it 3-1. After Pohle was hit by a pitch, and Hunter Brown singled, Castellano scored on a sacrifice fly from Evel Bastida. They added one more, getting a run off of Kenny Ray in the eighth, as Castellano doubled and scored on Brown's sacrifice fly. The Mavs made things interesting in the ninth, as Raburn and Chris Morris walked to lead off the inning. After Daryl Clark lined out to left, Kade Johnson knocked in Raburn to pull to within three runs at 5-2. After reliever Russ Morgan was lifted in favor of closer Mike Steele with the tying run at the plate, Jason Belcher grounded into a game-ending double play. Steele earned his eighth save of the year by mopping up. Johnson's RBI gives him 30, tying him with Clark for the team lead. The Mavs return home on Friday to face Stockton. LHP Brian Mazone (0-2) takes on Jason Andrew of the Ports at 7:05 (9:05 Central). High Desert Box Score: YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG INLAND EMPIRE AB R H BI AVG J.Raburn 2B 3 1 0 1 .309 S.Fulse CF 4 0 1 0 .260 C.Morris CF 3 0 0 0 .236 I.Castro SS 4 0 1 0 .235 D.Clark LF 3 0 0 0 .354 S.Choo LF 3 2 0 0 .238 K.Johnson CAT 4 0 1 1 .318 J.Castellano 1B 3 3 3 2 .319 J.Belcher RF 4 0 1 0 .312 R.Pohle DH 3 0 2 1 .321 M.Ernster 3B 3 0 0 0 .354 H.Brown 3B 3 0 1 1 .310 S.Candelaria 1B 3 0 0 0 .275 E.BstdaMrtnz 2B 3 0 0 1 .167 D.Boyd DH 3 0 0 0 .270 J.Williamson RF 4 0 0 0 .184 T.West SS 3 1 1 0 .258 C.Collins CAT 3 0 2 0 .176 D.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Ketchner PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Ray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Fruto PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Morgan PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Steele PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 2 3 2 TOTALS 30 5 10 5 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1- 2 3 2 INLAND EMPIRE 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X- 5 10 1 E--K.Johnson, K.Ray, H.Brown. DP--HIGH DESERT 2, INLAND EMPIRE 2. LOB--HIGH DESERT 3, INLAND EMPIRE 6. 2B--T.West (4), J.Castellano (3), R.Pohle (8). SB--S.Fulse (8), S.Choo 2 (7). CS--J.Castellano. HBP-- R.Pohle. SF--H.Brown, E.BstdaMrtnz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT D.Hall (L,4-2) 6.0 7 4 4 2 2 0 4.85 K.Ray 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 10.13 INLAND EMPIRE R.Ketchner (W,4-1) 6.1 2 1 1 1 5 0 2.97 E.Fruto 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.91 R.Morgan 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 9.72 M.Steele (S,8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.15 HB--D.Hall. WP--R.Ketchner. SO--C.Morris, D.Clark 2, K.Johnson 2, M.Ernster, S.Candelaria, I.Castro, S.Choo, J.Williamson. BB--J.Raburn, C.Morris, D.Clark, S.Choo, J.Castellano. T--2:25. A--1581

Well, Today's Menu spreads the dining in such a way that you can tune in to three Brewer broadcasts (four if you squeeze in both Huntsville games before High Desert), even with the parent club off for the day. All listed times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio approx. 15 minutes prior to game time, except for Beloit, with no audio available Thursday... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Dave Burba in his Tribe debut at Norfolk (Mets), 11:15 AM HUNTSVILLE: LHP Derek Lee and RHP Pedro Liriano in a double-dip at Chattanooga (Reds) at 5:00 PM; remember former farmhand SS Santiago Perez? The Reds just inked him to a Chattanooga deal.... HIGH DESERT: RHP Dan Hall looks for win #5 when the Mavs look to continue their newfound winning ways on the road when they battle the evil Inland Empire (that's San Bernadino, Mariners) at 9:05 PM. BELOIT: RHP Luis Pena at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:35 PM EZBoard ate an hour's worth of my editing on the Alumni thread the other night; I'll be more careful and try another update soon; a whole bunch of guys have recently signed independent league deals and some have begun play. Look for all former Brewers now active in the major leagues to be added with links as well, thanks to the research of pogokat and others....

Indianapolis Media Notes for Wednesday: TONIGHT: The Indians and Tides meet for game three of this four-game series. The teams have split the first two meetings. Last year, the Indians went 2-10 against the Tides. The Tribe dropped all six contests at Victory Field and went 2-4 at Harbor Park. The Indians look to put back-to-back wins together for the first time since a four-game winning streak from April 9-12. Other than that four-game streak, the Tribe has not won consecutive games all season. The Indians will have to accomplish the feat against a lefthanded starter. The Tribe is 0-8 against southpaws and are hitting just .219. Mark Smith (.379) and Wilton Veras (.333) are the Tribe's top hitters against lefties. The Tribe roster remains at 22. The Indians had just three player moves the first three weeks of the season, but beginning last Monday lost six players in four days. Since Thursday the Indians have added pitchers Shane Nance, Robert Marquez, Nate Teut and Dave Burba. Nance and Teut are the Tribe's first lefties on the pitching staff this season. YESTERDAY: The Indians beat Norfolk for the first time since last May 31 - a stretch of nine straight losses. The Tribe plated a season-high 11 runs on a season-high 17 hits. It was the first time the Tribe had scored more than 10 runs since July 4 of last season. In 2002, the Indians scored 10 or more runs just three times. Bill Hall, Joe Lawrence and Veras each went 3-for-5 and scored two runs to lead the Tribe. Jason Conti hit his team-leading fourth home run in a 2-for-4 night. Francisco Campos turned in seven solid innings to earn the win. He allowed two runs on a walk and seven hits. ON THE MOUND: Righthander David Manning makes his third start and eighth appearance. He moved into the rotation on April 23 and in two starts has allowed two earned runs in 10.1 innings (1.74 ERA). Manning is coming off a seven-inning performance at Richmond last Friday where he gave up one run on five hits and two walks. He fanned seven as he earned his first win. HOT AT THE PLATE: Two Indians boast batting averages above .300. Mark Smith leads the team with a .333 mark and a team-high eight-game hitting streak. Smith has hit safely in 19 of his last 21 games (.351, 27-for-77) and leads the team with 13 RBI and seven multi-hit games. Mark Budzinski is hitting .312. Over his last 13 games, Budzinski is hitting .302 (13-for-43). Five Indians are hitting better than .300 on this road trip. Pete Zoccolillo has a five-game hitting streak during which he is hitting .368 (7-for-19) with four doubles and four RBI. PITCHERS AT THE PLATE: The Indians are eight games into a stretch of 10 straight games where pitchers bat for themselves. Tribe hurlers are 4-for-24 with 10 strikeouts and three sacrifices so far this season. The pitchers have hit safely in three of the last four games. LONG BALL PROBLEMS: The Indians have hit 18 home runs which ranks 11th in the IL while the pitching staff has surrendered a league-high 35 long balls. A ROUGH 'ROAD' TO HOE: The Tribe opens the season with 22 of its first 32 games on the road. The Indians are 6-14 away from Victory Field. The Indians are hitting .224 on the road and have scored 69 runs (3.5 rpg). Four of the Tribe's 11 position players are hitting below .200 on the road. The Indians are hitting .288 on this trip and have scored 28 runs (4.7 rpg). Five Indians are hitting above .300. TROUBLE IN THE FIELD: The Indians have committed 27 errors which is sixth-most in the IL. Twenty-two of those have come on the road leading to 27 unearned runs. UPCOMING PROBABLES: Thursday at Norfolk - RHP Dave Burba (1-3, 2.05) vs. RHP Jeremy Griffiths (1-2, 1.99) Friday vs. Buffalo - TBA vs. RHP Pasqual Coco (2-4, 5.17) Saturday vs. Buffalo - TBA vs. LHP Nate Teut (0-1, 7.20) Sunday vs. Buffalo - TBA vs. RHP Francisco Campos (2-3, 5.80)

Beloit Daily News Game Story: Simply an additional detail or two on this road game, as all we had previously was the West Michigan recap... www.beloitdailynews.com/503/snap7.htm

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...107,83418, Daily Press Sasaki Story: Facing the Mavs... www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...025,12760,

From the SportsTicker / BA Daily Highlights: INLAND EMPIRE (CAL) RHP KAZUHIRO SASAKI started his rehab assignment and pitched a scoreless inning for the 66ers, but did not figure in the decision in an eventual 8-5 loss to the High Desert Mavericks. Sasaki, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a back injury, struck out the first batter he faced, induced a groundout to the shortstop, issued a base-on-balls and struck out the final batter to complete the inning. Selected as an American League All-Star last season, Sasaki was 1-1 with four saves and a 9.00 ERA this season before being placed on the disabled list on April 23. High Desert C KADE JOHNSON hit a two-run double to snap a 5-5 tie in the top of the 11th inning. Johnson, who is batting .331, has hit nine homers and driven in 29 runs in just 29 games this season. HUNTSVILLE (SOU) 3B COREY HART hit two homers and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Stars to a 10-3 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts. Hart, who had not recorded a hit in his previous eight at-bats, singled in two runs in the third frame to give Huntsville a 3-1 lead. After flying out to center field in his next at-bat, the 11th-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2000 crushed a grand slam to cap a five-run seventh and added a solo homer in his final at-bat to close out the scoring for the Stars. Including last night's offensive outburst, the 21-year-old Kentucky native has a .298 batting average and has knocked in a team-leading 29 RBI.

Wednesday's Daily Menu allows you to sneak in a little Stars' audio before flipping to the Brewers' sweep attempt, and back-to-back evening choices as well.... All times Central, pitchers subject to change, pre-game audio approx. 15 minutes prior to game time listed; no audio available for Beloit today... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP David Manning at Norfolk (Mets), 6:15 PM HUNTSVILLE: LHP Derek Lee, always there when the Stars need him, at Chattanooga (Reds), 11:15 AM HIGH DESERT: RHP Chris Saenz at Inland Empire (Mariners), 9:05 PM; the Mavs need him to eat some innings today... BELOIT: RHP Dennis Sarfate at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:35 PM Yesterday's organizational sweep was all the more impressive when you realize all five wins came on the road -- a good day, indeed -- minus J.M. Gold's injury issues...

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Quote on Hart from Sandy Guerrero, too... www.huntsvillestars.com/n...?newsid=55 David Weiser's Huntsville Update: IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHTComing in on the heels of a harrowing bus ride, rain beating down on their bus like a meteor storm as it rode through the threatening dark grey sky, the Stars caught a break in the weather and decimated the Lookouts with a lightning bolt borrowed from the trip....... On an absolutely still night at Chattanooga's BellSouth Park, the Stars exploded for 4 home runs, the most in one game since August 18, 2001 against the Smokies. But it was the single-handed work of Corey Hart that inflicted most of the punishment --- 2 home runs, including a grand-slam that put the game away in the 7th inning and 7 RBIs. The 7th inning began with the Stars nursing a 3-2 lead..... John Koronka, wilting in the humidity, gave way to Casey DeHart, who immediately walked Dave Krynzel......... Richard Paz, who next to J.J. Hardy, probably has the best eye at the plate for the Stars, walked on four pitches. Ryan Gripp scores and the score is 4-2........ One Hart comes in. Dehart goes out......... Corey, the team's best RBI man and 2nd best in the league, had a 2-out, 2-run single in the 3rd inning to break up a 1-1 tie, and stood at the plate looking for more....... Without the whisper of a wind, Hart launched reliever Dave Therneau's 2-2 pitch, a hanging breaking ball, off the scoreboard for a grand-slam HR, his 2nd of the season. Another Stars victory for the second coming of Mark McGwire.. The Stars go to 18-12 and remain three games in front in the Western Division race.They have won 7 of their last 10....... On paper before the season began, we were the team to beat and the Stars have gone out and proven it and if 1st place is Olympus, then Corey Hart is our god of war........ Before the game was over, Hart added one more shot........ In the top of the 9th, Hart went for the moon with a towering shot into a still sky in left field for his 2nd HR of the game and his 7th RBI, the most by a Stars player since Pete Zoccolillo had his 3-HR day vs. the Smokies last August ....... Though it was Hart's show, it was a field day for some other Stars hitters........ Brandon Gemoll hit a 0-1 pitch off John Koronka in the 2nd inning that appeared to hit off the Victory Chevrolet sign in right-center field. Gemoll rounded second then headed back, thinking he had a ground-rule double when he saw umpire Tyler Bolick make the circular motion with his hand....... The press box, puzzled because they believed they saw the ball hit the sign, was told it had hit the light pole above the sign, instead....... Chris Barnwell blasted his 2nd HR in as many games in the 8th inning. He's the first hitter to do that since Keith Luuloa homered in three consecutive games last August. Stars lefty Luis Martinez once again had to get the wildness out of his system, his worst since walking four and hitting a batter in his first start on April 5, but he managed to pitch his way out of jam after jam with his slider, breaking ball, and fastball and some slick infield defense, keepng his ERA under 1.00 at a league-leading 0.86........ Matt Childers struck out 5 in relief, a personal high in his three seasons with the Stars........ Hart now has 29 RBI in 28 games, far and above the best RBI man on the Stars. Only league leading hitter Miguel Cabrera of the Carolina Mudcats has more RBI than games played in the league. Hart made his 1st error in 11 games, but in an inning where the Stars made two in the 4th, neither hurt them........ He won't win the Gold Glove there right now, but he's improving......... The Stars are 6-3 since J.J. Hardy left the lineup with a strained hip flexor muscle. J.J., by the way, is restless and anxious to get back into action, hoping to play at the end of this current series, but more realistically, it will be sometime when the team goes to Jackson........ Ben Hendrickson's next start has been pushed back to May 11. That's because Mike Jones will miss his turn tomorrow against Chattanooga because of a cut on the finger of his throwing hand. Derek Lee (3-0, 2.45) will make his 3rd start of the year. The Stars will get their second look at Josh Hall (1-3, 2.83), who went 6 innings, giving up 4 hits in an 8-3 victory for the Lookouts last week.

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Beloit 4, West Michigan (Tigers) 3 Snappers win another close one; Wilhelmsen (4-0) and Breslow combine nicely... West Michigan Site Game Summary: COMSTOCK PARK, MI - For the West Michigan Whitecaps, the last eight games have been decided by one run. Unfortuntely for the 'Caps they have been on the losing side of seven of them. Despite some early offense and right fielder Brent Clevlen's second homer of the year, the 'Caps lost to the Snappers 4-3. The 'Caps started early as second baseman Juan Francia scored on a groundout by Wilton Reynolds in the bottom of the first. Brent Clevlen led off the second inning with a solo homer over the Batteries Plus Deck for his second home run of the year but it wouldn't be enough. With his father Cecil in town, Snappers first baseman Prince Fielder hit a two-RBI triple in the top of the third to give Beloit the lead for good. The 'Caps have not beaten Beloit at Fifth Third Ballpark since the 2000 season, a series of ten straight losses. They will try again Wednesday night in the third game versus Beloit. Scheduled starters are Humberto Sanchez (2-3, 2.70) for the 'Caps and Dennis Sarfate (2-0, 1.96) for the Snappers. Beloit Box Score: GAME DATE: 5/06/03 BELOIT 4 AT WEST MICHIGAN 3 YTD YTD BELOIT AB R H BI AVG WEST MICHIGAN AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs CF 3 3 2 0 .253 J.Francia 2B 4 1 2 0 .257 C.Crabbe 2B 3 0 1 0 .240 J.Francia SS 0 0 0 0 .257 S.Moss RF 3 0 0 1 .281 J.Gonzalez 3B 0 0 0 0 .262 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 2 3 .342 J.Gonzalez SS 3 0 1 0 .262 J.Eure 3B 3 0 0 0 .215 S.Moore 3B 3 0 1 0 .277 M.Mendez DH 4 0 1 0 .271 G.Mejia 2B 0 0 0 0 .194 P.Esparragz CAT 3 0 0 0 .250 W.Reynolds LF 4 0 0 1 .325 N.Carter LF 4 0 0 0 .131 V.Mendez CF 4 0 0 0 .212 C.Terni SS 4 1 1 0 .222 B.Clevlen RF 2 2 1 1 .245 T.Wilhelmsen PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Roughton DH 4 0 1 0 .302 C.Breslow PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Rabelo CAT 3 0 1 0 .310 C.Maples 1B 3 0 0 1 .179 T.Pickford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Graham PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 4 7 4 TOTALS 30 3 7 3 BELOIT 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0- 4 7 1 WEST MICHIGAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 3 7 2 E--P.Esparragz, S.Moore, M.Rabelo. DP--BELOIT 2, WEST MICHIGAN 1. LOB--BELOIT 7, WEST MICHIGAN 4. 3B--P.Fielder (1). HR--B.Clevlen (2). SB--K.Bibbs (12), J.Eure (6), J.Francia (9), W.Reynolds (3). CS-- B.Clevlen. SF--S.Moss. SH--C.Crabbe, P.Esparragz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT T.Wilhelmsen (W,4-0) 5.2 6 2 2 3 3 1 1.78 C.Breslow (S,1) 3.1 1 1 1 1 5 0 0.93 WEST MICHIGAN T.Pickford (L,1-3) 6.0 5 4 3 3 2 0 2.94 J.Graham 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 SO--P.Esparragz, C.Terni, J.Gonzalez, S.Moore, V.Mendez 2, B.Clevlen, J.Roughton 2, M.Rabelo. BB--K.Bibbs 2, C.Crabbe, J.Eure, J.Gonzalez, S.Moore, B.Clevlen 2. T--2:28. A--2539

Surprisingly, OF Stephen Hunt has been placed on the voluntarily retired list, off of the Helena roster. Hunt was the Brewers' 35th round draft pick in 2001 out of Chandler-Gilbert Communtiy College in Arizona, which has been a pipeline for Brewer farmhands recently. He wasn't signed until just prior to the 2002 draft as a "draft and follow" candidate. Hunt, now 21 years old, then went on to have a nice year with the Arizona Rookie League team, hitting .290 with an .847 OPS. Late in the year, he tag-teamed with Steve Moss to give the Ogden Pioneer League team some late-season help. The rookie levels of the Brewers' system will need an infusion of outfield help via the draft. Currently, Manuel Melo, Tommy Carrow, and Francisco Plasencia are on the Helena roster. There are four young OF's on the Arizona roster, with Dallas Bates, who saw significant time with Arizona last year, the most likely candidate to help out in Helena. It's not worth speculating at this time about the reasons behind Hunt's retirement. Maybe we'll see him back at some point. Stephen Hunt Brewerfan Player Profile Page: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPla...ayerId=314

No home cookin' in today's Daily Menu; we'll be dining out a lot this week; unfortunately, that means most game reports and newspaper accounts will be limited... All times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio approx. 15 minutes prior to the first pitch; no audio for Beloit tonight... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Francisco Campos at Norfolk (Mets), 6:15 PM HUNTSVILLE: LHP Luis Martinez at Chattanooga (Reds), 6:00 PM HIGH DESERT: RHP J.M. Gold at Inland Empire (Mariners), 9:05 PM BELOIT: RHP Tom Wilhelmsen at West Michigan (Tigers), 6:30 PM

Our Weekly Look at League Leaders: We suggest you compare league hitting and pitching stats to get a sense of who's in a pitcher's/batter's league; also always interesting to study where each team falls in terms of BB's and K's, both offensively and defensively... AAA: [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b] AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] OTTAWA .293 1008 151 295 12 116 201 24 16 CHARLOTTE .283 900 131 255 29 64 176 21 8 LOUISVILLE .279 993 151 277 30 83 182 22 11 ROCHESTER .279 937 144 261 26 75 199 16 10 DURHAM .276 987 129 272 25 92 203 23 14 PAWTUCKET .276 882 144 243 34 85 179 27 10 BUFFALO .261 907 126 237 20 85 176 30 16 TOLEDO .261 899 121 235 27 73 225 31 11 SCRANTON-WB .258 994 121 256 12 103 175 17 5 RICHMOND .255 977 111 249 18 72 219 19 10 NORFOLK .249 914 122 228 20 100 178 43 6 COLUMBUS .245 930 113 228 24 92 198 11 8 SYRACUSE .244 887 109 216 23 71 166 13 3 [b]INDIANAPOLIS .222 928 89 206 17 73 208 15 9[/b]No Indianapolis batters among the league leaders, although OF's Mark Budzinski and Mark Smith are having fine starts to the season... [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b] W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] BUFFALO 18- 9 3.08 218 1 1 11 16 91 192 NORFOLK 17- 11 3.18 229 1 3 8 21 69 221 SCRANTON-WB 13- 17 3.64 257 1 4 5 12 72 193 RICHMOND 15- 15 3.76 239 0 3 10 26 108 235 TOLEDO 13- 15 3.83 236 2 3 3 24 83 141 COLUMBUS 11- 17 3.90 241 1 1 4 24 84 215 DURHAM 13- 17 4.04 260 0 0 8 24 68 176 LOUISVILLE 16- 13 4.15 273 1 3 5 20 64 192 CHARLOTTE 17- 11 4.24 232 0 3 12 32 76 204 OTTAWA 15- 15 4.24 260 0 0 8 21 93 200 PAWTUCKET 16- 11 4.24 247 0 1 6 11 91 179 [b]INDIANAPOLIS 10- 19 4.57 252 0 1 6 32 99 195[/b] ROCHESTER 15- 14 4.65 263 2 0 9 30 71 185 SYRACUSE 11- 16 4.81 251 1 2 8 24 115 157No Indianapolis pitchers among the league leaders... AA: [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b] AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] CAROLINA .298 1037 178 309 25 107 188 29 13 TENNESSEE .283 998 133 282 22 97 211 18 12 ORLANDO .267 1047 119 280 19 88 207 22 11 CHATTANOOGA .253 950 119 240 23 95 244 15 13 WEST TENN .249 952 112 237 15 99 199 14 13 GREENVILLE .246 910 113 224 20 113 243 20 7 [b]HUNTSVILLE .243 1000 126 243 14 98 215 39 22[/b] MOBILE .240 989 112 237 23 90 239 24 7 JACKSONVILLE .239 988 124 236 17 110 238 21 21 BIRMINGHAM .231 930 89 215 8 99 195 23 18 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 78 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR .419 30 117 23 49 5 33 Diaz, Matt ORL .363 30 113 12 41 0 12 Martinez, Gabby ORL .361 25 108 16 39 2 7 Dubois, Jason WTE .359 26 78 17 28 4 16 Valdez, Wilson CAR .351 28 111 24 39 0 9 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .333 20 78 18 26 4 13[/b] Cosme, Caonabo TEN .333 28 108 11 36 1 13 Jacobsen, Bucky TEN .333 27 96 22 32 7 17 Aguila, Chris CAR .330 30 112 24 37 7 21 Molina, Yadier TEN .329 22 82 10 27 0 14 [b]RBI[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR 33 Wilson, Josh CAR 22 [b]Hart, Corey HVL 22[/b] Aguila, Chris CAR 21 Brock, Tarrik JAX 19 [b]STOLEN BASES[/b] Valdez, Wilson CAR 12 [b]Knox, Ryan HVL 10[/b] [b]Krynzel, Dave HVL 9[/b] Alvarez, Nick JAX 8 Several Players Tied at 7 [b]TRIPLES[/b] [b]Krynzel, Dave HVL 3[/b] Several Players Tied at 2 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Dubois, Jason WTE .485 Cabrera, Miguel CAR .462 Diaz, Matt ORL .443 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .438[/b] Brock, Tarrik JAX .421 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] Cabrera, Miguel CAR .684 Dubois, Jason WTE .641 Jacobsen, Bucky TEN .635 [b]Hardy, J.J. HVL .590[/b] Aguila, Chris CAR .580 [b]RUNS SCORED[/b] Valdez, Wilson CAR 24 Aguila, Chris CAR 24 Cabrera, Miguel CAR 23 Jacobsen, Bucky TEN 22 [b]Knox, Ryan HVL 21[/b] [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b] W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] TENNESSEE 19- 10 2.62 225 0 2 13 17 71 247 JACKSONVILLE 16- 14 2.79 255 0 2 6 12 71 203 [b]HUNTSVILLE 17- 12 2.94 236 0 5 7 20 120 224[/b] BIRMINGHAM 12- 17 3.44 263 0 2 8 17 115 212 ORLANDO 10- 20 3.68 266 0 1 3 18 99 203 GREENVILLE 14- 14 3.75 235 0 3 8 15 92 172 CAROLINA 21- 9 3.89 250 0 3 11 14 116 239 MOBILE 13- 16 4.02 217 0 1 10 23 128 254 CHATTANOOGA 10- 19 4.06 270 0 1 6 25 83 192 WEST TENN 14- 15 4.43 286 0 0 7 25 101 233 [b]PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 23 IP)[/b] [b]PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO[/b] [b]*Martinez, Luis HVL 3- 1 0.75 36 20 16 44[/b] Haren, Danny TEN 5- 0 0.88 41 28 4 30 Pacheco, Enemencio BIR 2- 0 1.14 32 21 9 28 *Cotts, Neal BIR 4- 1 1.38 33 18 19 46 *Willis, Dontrelle CAR 4- 0 1.49 36 24 9 32 Stokes, Brian ORL 1- 3 1.72 31 29 7 19 Farmer, Tom JAX 1- 1 1.82 25 30 4 12 Nelson, Bubba GRV 3- 1 2.20 33 20 15 19 [b]Diggins, Ben HVL 2- 2 2.27 40 38 15 28[/b] Basham, Bobby CNG 1- 3 2.43 30 28 8 21 [b]STRIKEOUTS[/b] Cotts, Neal BIR 46 [b]Martinez, Luis HVL 44[/b] Parrott, Rhett TEN 39 Stewart, Cory MOB 38 Guzman, Angel WTE 35 [b]INNINGS PITCHED[/b] Haren, Danny TEN 41.0 [b]Diggins, Ben HVL 39.2[/b] Moseley, Dustin CNG 38.2 Totten, Heath JAX 38.2 Snare, Ryan CAR 37.0 [b]WALKS[/b] Malone, Corwin BIR 24 Rojas, Chris MOB 21 Cotts, Neal BIR 19 [b]Jones, Mike HVL 18[/b] [b]Liriano, Pedro HVL 18[/b]HIGH-A: [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b] AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] LAKE ELSINORE .301 1065 198 321 28 128 236 39 15 [b]HIGH DESERT .300 1095 185 329 30 98 197 46 19[/b] BAKERSFIELD .291 952 153 277 21 62 208 30 14 LANCASTER .287 1050 179 301 30 108 247 33 5 STOCKTON .275 1042 190 287 19 152 238 31 15 INLAND EMPIRE .268 926 127 248 13 103 166 21 15 RANCHO CUCAMONGA .267 980 120 262 18 79 197 24 15 MODESTO .262 1040 173 272 16 147 238 23 3 VISALIA .241 974 131 235 21 103 239 21 12 SAN JOSE .235 902 100 212 13 71 204 24 11 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 78 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] Raymundo, G.J. STK .379 28 103 20 39 2 22 Barfield, Josh LKE .377 29 130 21 49 4 33 [b]Clark, Daryl HD .375 30 120 31 45 12 30[/b] Oliveros, Luis INL .360 20 75 9 27 2 12 Florence, Branden SJ .358 27 106 15 38 6 17 Furmaniak, J.J. LKE .355 27 110 21 39 1 21 Kroeger, Josh LNC .354 29 113 22 40 4 25 Jacobs, Greg INL .351 27 94 20 33 2 23 Bowser, Matt MOD .345 30 116 22 40 3 22 Gathright, Joey BAK .343 29 108 23 37 0 11 [b]HOME RUNS[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD 12[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD 9[/b] [b]Foster, Brian HD 7[/b] Sain, Greg LKE 7 Florence, Branden SJ 6 [b]RBI[/b] Barfield, Josh LKE 33 [b]Clark, Daryl HD 30[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD 27[/b] Swisher, Nick MOD 26 Kroeger, Josh LNC 25 [b]STOLEN BASES[/b] [b]Morris, Chris HD 19[/b] Williams, Marland LNC 18 Guzman, Freddy LKE 12 Gathright, Joey BAK 11 [b]Santana, Ralph HD 10[/b] [b]HITS[/b] Barfield, Josh LKE 49 [b]Clark, Daryl HD 45[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC 40 Bowser, Matt MOD 40 Several Players Tied at 39 [b]TRIPLES[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC 5 Chavez, Angel SJ 4 [b]Clark, Daryl HD 4[/b] Meyer, Drew STK 4 Several Players Tied at 3 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Raymundo, G.J. STK .465 [b]Clark, Daryl HD .454[/b] Jacobs, Greg INL .446 Swisher, Nick MOD .441 Several Players Tied at .438 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] [b]Clark, Daryl HD .767[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC .655 [b]Johnson, Kade HD .655[/b] Florence, Branden SJ .632 Sain, Greg LKE .618 [b]EXTRA-BASE HITS[/b] Kroeger, Josh LNC 21 [b]Clark, Daryl HD 19[/b] [b]Johnson, Kade HD 18[/b] Barfield, Josh LKE 17 Florence, Branden SJ 15 [b]RUNS [b]SC[/b][/b] Clark, Daryl HD 31[/b] Guzman, Freddy LKE 25 [b]Johnson, Kade HD 24[/b] Several Players Tied at 23 [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b] W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] BAKERSFIELD 21- 8 3.11 222 1 4 10 17 95 203 RANCHO CUCAMONGA 17- 12 4.09 252 0 0 8 16 102 218 STOCKTON 16- 14 4.28 288 0 1 6 20 109 221 LAKE ELSINORE 16- 13 4.40 286 0 1 5 19 93 190 INLAND EMPIRE 14- 14 4.42 249 0 1 10 23 95 237 LANCASTER 16- 14 4.47 306 0 0 5 24 106 196 VISALIA 12- 17 4.73 268 1 3 4 15 96 228 MODESTO 14- 16 4.88 286 0 2 9 24 116 190 SAN JOSE 9- 19 5.10 255 0 2 6 11 99 234 [b]HIGH DESERT 11- 19 6.77 332 0 0 7 40 140 253[/b] [b]WINS[/b] [b]Hall, Dan HD 4[/b] Crawford, Chris BAK 4 Hampson, Justin VIS 4 Several Players Tied at 3 [b]SAVES[/b] Parker, Josh BAK 8 Steele, Mike INL 7 [b]Bystrowski, Bobby HD 6[/b] Fischer, Steve MOD 5 Wodnicki, Mike LKE 4 [b]STRIKEOUTS[/b] Santana, Ervin RC 42 Hannaman, Ryan SJ 42 [b]Saenz, Chris HD 40[/b] Ketchner, Ryan INL 37 Hampson, Justin VIS 33 [b]WALKS[/b] Thomas, Jared INL 24 Mozingo, Dan RC 19 [b]Mazone, Brian HD 19[/b] Esposito, Michael VIS 19 Several Players Tied at 16 [b]HOME RUNS ALLOWED[/b] [b]Kolb, Dan HD 9[/b] Barber, Scott LNC 6 [b]Nolasco, Dave HD 5[/b] Matthews, Jarod BAK 5 Several Players Tied at 4LOW-A: [b]TEAM BATTING[/b] [b] AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS[/b] LANSING .268 857 115 230 14 81 183 27 14 CEDAR RAPIDS .266 1001 147 266 22 92 207 31 17 KANE COUNTY .263 1048 169 276 18 106 227 30 8 WISCONSIN .263 990 130 260 17 85 208 30 17 PEORIA .261 980 146 256 15 109 219 45 17 DAYTON .254 987 140 251 10 114 216 16 11 WEST MICHIGAN .253 1003 137 254 18 102 219 24 17 BATTLE CREEK .249 928 123 231 19 93 184 15 12 CLINTON .247 926 125 229 7 117 231 43 14 FORT WAYNE .239 942 134 225 7 130 213 17 18 [b]BELOIT .237 940 122 223 15 96 231 38 15[/b] QUAD CITY .231 973 120 225 11 81 201 19 12 SOUTH BEND .224 888 85 199 6 82 203 38 11 BURLINGTON .217 1008 108 219 7 118 237 31 12 [b]BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 81 PLATE APPEARANCES)[/b] [b]BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI[/b] Hanson, Travis PEO .359 30 117 22 42 3 29 Santor, John PEO .350 29 100 16 35 2 14 Aybar, Eric CR .348 29 112 19 39 1 15 Weed, B.J. CR .343 27 108 16 37 0 10 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .336 29 107 17 36 6 19[/b] Reynolds, Wilton WMI .336 30 110 17 37 3 16 Hanigan, Ryan DTN .324 22 71 11 23 0 12 Drobiak, Jayson BTC .322 30 115 20 37 6 17 Callaspo, Alberto CR .321 28 109 22 35 1 15 Baker, John KNC .321 28 106 17 34 2 18 [b]HOME RUNS[/b] Cruz, Nelson KNC 8 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT 6[/b] Drobiak, Jayson BTC 6 Gates, David CR 5 Several Players Tied at 4 [b]ON-BASE PERCENTAGE[/b] Santor, John PEO .454 Delucchi, Dustin WIS .432 Kennedy, Bryan QC .429 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .427[/b] Coughlan, Cameron CLN .424 [b]SLUGGING PERCENTAGE[/b] Drobiak, Jayson BTC .609 Cruz, Nelson KNC .593 Hanson, Travis PEO .590 [b]Fielder, Prince BLT .561[/b] Reynolds, Wilton WMI .536 [b]TEAM PITCHING[/b] [b] W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO[/b] LANSING 16- 11 2.51 181 2 3 5 3 91 199 FORT WAYNE 18- 11 2.93 210 0 0 7 11 65 232 KANE COUNTY 22- 9 2.97 220 3 7 7 8 91 237 [b]BELOIT 16- 12 3.14 245 0 2 9 11 92 252[/b] SOUTH BEND 9- 19 3.19 222 2 5 2 8 84 192 WEST MICHIGAN 15- 16 3.33 232 2 0 7 10 128 223 BATTLE CREEK 16- 14 3.51 236 1 4 5 12 98 200 PEORIA 16- 14 3.53 241 1 4 6 13 87 181 CEDAR RAPIDS 16- 14 3.94 227 1 5 4 16 115 213 BURLINGTON 9- 21 4.12 264 1 1 2 20 109 207 WISCONSIN 14- 14 4.27 263 0 3 7 13 117 224 QUAD CITY 13- 17 4.64 260 0 0 6 25 118 216 DAYTON 15- 16 4.72 267 0 2 8 16 117 230 CLINTON 11- 18 5.11 276 0 0 7 20 94 173 [b]PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 24 IP)[/b] [b]PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO[/b] [b]*Mendoza, Gabriel BLT 1- 0 0.75 24 18 10 31[/b] Garcia, Jose BTC 3- 1 1.08 33 22 8 25 *Connolly, Jon WMI 4- 0 1.17 31 25 12 13 Hawksworth, Blake PEO 3- 0 1.50 24 13 6 27 Loe, Kameron CLN 0- 1 1.50 24 19 5 24 [b]Wilhelmsen, Tom BLT 3- 0 1.52 30 21 8 27[/b] Zumaya, Joel WMI 2- 1 1.69 32 17 12 56 *Sisco, Andy LAN 2- 2 1.78 30 16 13 24 *Frias, Juan DTN 2- 2 1.80 35 25 11 28 *Vasquez, Carlos LAN 2- 1 1.80 25 17 5 18 [b]SAVES[/b] Figueroa, Juan WMI 6 [b]Hall, Bo BLT 5[/b] Neshek, Pat QC 5 Muessig, Jeff KNC 5 Wylie, Jason LAN 4 [b]LOSSES[/b] [b]Alliston, Josh BLT 4[/b] Christensen, Danny BUR 4 Griffin, Colt BUR 4 Wilkinson, Matty SBN 4 Scheffel, Dustin CLN 4

Beloit Box Score: Includes updated averages and ERA's: GAME DATE: 5/05/03 BELOIT 2 AT WEST MICHIGAN 1 YTD YTD BELOIT AB R H BI AVG WEST MICHIGAN AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs CF 4 1 3 1 .239 J.Francia 2B 4 1 2 0 .248 C.Crabbe 2B 3 0 0 0 .238 J.Gonzalez SS 3 0 1 0 .260 S.Moss RF 4 0 2 0 .296 V.Mendez CF 4 0 0 0 .220 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 0 0 .336 W.Reynolds LF 4 0 2 1 .336 J.Eure 3B 3 0 0 0 .221 S.Moore 3B 4 0 2 0 .273 T.Hinton LF 3 0 0 0 .172 B.Clevlen RF 4 0 0 0 .240 N.Carter PH 0 0 0 0 .138 J.Roughton 1B 4 0 2 0 .306 N.Carter LF 0 0 0 0 .138 M.Rabelo CAT 3 0 1 0 .310 J.VandenBrg CAT 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Knoedler DH 3 0 0 0 .174 M.Mendez DH 4 0 0 0 .273 J.Zumaya PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Terni SS 2 1 0 0 .220 J.Rodriguez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Parra PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 I.Ostlund PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Parris PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 2 5 1 TOTALS 33 1 10 1 BELOIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0- 2 5 0 WEST MICHIGAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0- 1 10 2 E--J.Francia 2. DP--BELOIT 2, WEST MICHIGAN 0. LOB--BELOIT 6, WEST MICHIGAN 6. 2B--K.Bibbs (2), S.Moore (4). 3B--S.Moss (1). CS--J.Francia. SH-- C.Crabbe, J.Eure, J.Gonzalez. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT M.Parra (W,2-0) 7.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 3.03 B.Hall (S,5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.47 WEST MICHIGAN J.Zumaya 7.0 3 0 0 0 14 0 1.69 J.Rodriguez (L,0-1) 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 4.50 I.Ostlund 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 M.Parris 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.16 SO--K.Bibbs, S.Moss, P.Fielder 3, J.Eure 2, T.Hinton 3, J.VandenBrg, M.Mendez 2, C.Terni, J.Francia, J.Gonzalez, V.Mendez 2, J.Roughton, J.Knoedler. BB--N.Carter, C.Terni. T--2:07. A--2552

Beloit 2, West Michigan (Tigers) 1 Snappers rally for two in the 8th after being dominated all night; LHP Manny Parra with the win, scattering nine hits, not walking a single batter; closer Bo Hall continues his outstanding spring... Whitecaps' Site Game Summary and Box Score: Neat boxscore includes defensive stats; Beloit offense is struggling, but more often than not, scoring just enough to win as of late... www.whitecaps-baseball.co...gr505.html

Norfolk (Mets) 4, Indianapolis 1 LHP Nate Teut gives up runs early in his Tribe debut; Indians manage nine hits, but just one run on a Keith Luuloa HR... Indy Site Game Summary: NORFOLK, VA. -- The Norfolk Tides defeated the Indianapolis Indians 4-1 Monday night to remain in first place in the International League South. All five runs crossed the plate in the first two innings. For the first time in five games the Indians did not score first. The Tides (17-11) took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning. Jose Reyes led off with a double to left. Former Indianapolis Indian Marco Scutaro sacrificed Reyes to second, and Russ Johnson lofted a sacrifice fly to right to drive him in. The Indians (10-19) tied the game in the second when Keith Luuloa belted his first home run of the season. For Luuloa, who was 3-for-4 Sunday against Richmond, it was his first homer at Triple-A since the 2001 season. Tribe starter Nate Teut (0-1) created his own problems in the bottom of the second as Norfolk plated three runs to take the lead for good. Teut, who was 0-4 with a 9.50 ERA for two teams in the Pacific Coast League before joining the Indians over the weekend, walked Jorge Toca to start the second. Prentice Redman then bunted back to the mound, but Teut threw the ball into right field to put runners on second and third with nobody out. The 6'7" lefthander then walked Virgil Chevalier to load the bases. Esix Snead blooped a single into left-center to drive home Toca with the winning run. Two ground outs plated another run and advanced Snead to third. As Teut made a pick-off throw to first, Snead stole home for the final Norfolk run. For Snead, it was his 10th stolen base of the season. Norfolk leads the IL with 43 stolen bases in 49 attempts. The Indians got back-to-back singles in both the seventh and eighth innings but couldn't push any runs across. Jason Roach (1-1) earned the win with five innings of work, while three relievers closed it out. Tribe first baseman Mark Smith singled in the eighth to extend his team-leading hitting streak to eight games. Game two of the four-game set is Tuesday night at Harbor Park. Indianapolis Box Score: RHP Danny Kolb's been sweet; 1 ER and 21K's in 14.2 IP... GAME DATE: 5/05/03 INDIANAPOLIS 1 AT NORFOLK 4 YTD YTD INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG NORFOLK AB R H BI AVG M.Budzinski RF 4 0 0 0 .324 J.Reyes SS 3 1 1 1 .252 D.Kolb PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Scutaro 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 B.Hall SS 4 0 1 0 .192 R.Johnson 3B 3 0 0 1 .266 J.Conti CF 4 0 1 0 .233 L.Mouton RF 4 0 1 0 .294 M.Smith 1B 4 0 1 0 .333 J.Toca 1B 3 1 0 0 .247 P.Zoccolillo LF 3 0 1 0 .267 P.Redman LF 3 0 2 0 .240 P.Zoccolillo RF 1 0 0 0 .267 V.Chevalier CAT 3 1 0 0 .150 K.Luuloa 2B 4 1 1 1 .216 E.Snead CF 3 1 1 1 .209 C.McKay CAT 4 0 1 0 .127 J.Roach PIT 2 0 1 0 .250 W.Veras 3B 4 0 2 0 .195 P.Zamora PIT 1 0 1 0 .500 N.Teut PIT 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Cerda PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Childers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Wheeler PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Seabol PH 1 0 1 0 .222 S.Seabol LF 1 0 0 0 .222 TOTALS 35 1 9 1 TOTALS 28 4 7 3 INDIANAPOLIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 9 1 NORFOLK 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 X- 4 7 0 E--N.Teut. DP--INDIANAPOLIS 0, NORFOLK 0. LOB--INDIANAPOLIS 8, NORFOLK 6. 2B--P.Zoccolillo (6), J.Reyes (4), J.Roach (1). HR-- K.Luuloa (1). SB--B.Hall (2), J.Reyes (19), E.Snead (10). SF--R.Johnson. SH--M.Scutaro. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA INDIANAPOLIS N.Teut (L,0-1) 5.0 5 4 4 3 1 0 7.20 J.Childers 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.00 D.Kolb 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0.61 NORFOLK J.Roach (W,1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 4.29 P.Zamora 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.65 J.Cerda 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D.Wheeler (S,2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.02 WP--N.Teut. SO--M.Budzinski, J.Conti, P.Zoccolillo 2, C.McKay, W.Veras, M.Scutaro, R.Johnson, L.Mouton, P.Redman, E.Snead 2. BB-- N.Teut, J.Reyes, J.Toca, P.Redman, V.Chevalier. T--2:30. A--3442

Brewer Minor League Players of the Month for April: No surprises here... OF Daryl Clark and LHP Luis Martinez earned the Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Month awards for April. Clark hit .375 with 11 HR and 26 RBI for Class A High Desert. Martinez was 3-1 with a 0.31 ERA in 29 innings for Double-A Huntsville. He struck out 38 and held opponents to a .134 average. Indianapolis Media Notes: TONIGHT: The Indians final stop on this eight-game road trip is in Norfolk. The Tribe meet the Tides for the first time this season. Last year, the Indians went just 2-10 against the Tides. The Tribe dropped all six contests at Victory Field and went 2-4 at Harbor Park. The Indians have lost eight straight to Norfolk with the last win coming May 31. The Indians are undefeated (1-0) on Mondays. The Tribe roster remains at 22. The Indians had just three player moves the first three weeks of the season, but beginning last Monday lost six players in four days. Since Thursday the Indians have added pitchers Shane Nance, Robert Marquez, Nate Teut and Dave Burba. Nance and Teut are the Tribe's first lefties on the pitching staff this season. YESTERDAY: The Indians beat Richmond 4-2 to gain a split of the four-game series. Keith Luuloa went 3-for-4 with 2 R and a RBI, and Pete Zoccolillo went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Pasqual Coco earned the win allowing two runs in 6.1 innings. ON THE MOUND: The Indians will start a lefty on the mound for the first time this season. Nate Teut makes his Tribe debut after being purchased from Iowa Friday. Teut was 0-1 with a 7.56 ERA in two starts for Albuquerque before being released on April 15. He signed with Iowa the next day and went 0-3 with a 11.17 ERA in three starts. Teut worked five innings in two of his starts allowing two earned runs both times. HOT AT THE PLATE: Two Indians boast batting averages above .300. Mark Budzinski tops the team with a .343 mark. Over his last 11 games, Budzinski is hitting .361 (13-for-36). Mark Smith is hitting .338 with a team-high seven-game hitting streak. Smith has hit safely in 18 of his last 20 games (.356, 26-for-73) and leads the team with 13 RBI and seven multi-hit games. PITCHERS AT THE PLATE: The Indians are four games into a stretch of 10 straight games where pitchers bat for themselves. Tribe hurlers are 2-for-18 with nine strikeouts and three sacrifices so far this season. LONG BALL PROBLEMS: The Indians have hit 16 home runs which ranks 12th in the IL while the pitching staff has surrendered a league-high 32 long balls. The staff has tightened the belt recently and has not allowed a home run in the last five games. A ROUGH 'ROAD' TO HOE: The Tribe opens the season with 22 of its first 32 games on the road. The Indians are 5-13 away from Victory Field. The Indians are hitting .208 on the road and have scored just 57 runs (3.2 rpg). Six of the Tribe's 12 position players are hitting below .200 on the road. The Indians are hitting .256 on this trip and have scored 16 runs (4.0 rpg). TROUBLE IN THE FIELD: The Indians have committed 26 errors which is fifth-most in the IL. Twenty-one of those have come on the road leading to 27 unearned runs. UPCOMING PROBABLES: Tuesday at Norfolk - RHP Francisco Campos (1-3, 6.59) vs. RHP Pat Strange (3-0, 2.13) Wednesday at Norfolk - RHP David Manning (1-0, 2.50) vs. LHP Mike Bacsik (0-2, 6.63) Thursday at Norfolk - RHP Dave Burba (1-3, 2.05) vs. TBA

Huntsville Times Game Story: I don't think the headline writer saw the final score; and watch out, Manager Frank Kremblas is using Ned Yost's "battling" lines now... www.al.com/stars/huntsvil...304760.xml

See, now this is what a perfectly written game story tells you that a box score can't: Failure to get down a bunt, missing signs twice (while daydreaming?), wind shifts and their affects on HR balls, catcher's throw sailing into left field, two runners picked off (while leading off innings!), failure to slide on a steal of second, one obviously upset manager, and a partridge in a pear tree.. See, now you know why you should cherish the game stories and quotes, and why Brewerfan helps link you to more than just the box scores! And you thought it was just your run-of-the-mill extra-inning loss here... Beloit Daily News Game Story: www.beloitdailynews.com/503/snap5.htm

Technically, these moves are from March... The Brewers finally managed to arrange for SportsTicker to get a Helena roster onto their own site. Of course, we've always had it here, but based on the Brewers' own posting, we were able to cross-check, which prompted us to ask about the following players, and the Brewers were kind enough to give us an immediate response -- thanks!! RHP Carl Michaels - Voluntarily Retired during Spring Training That's too bad, as the 21-year-old from South Africa had posted decent numbers in Arizona, Ogden, and Beloit with a 3.31 ERA, 59 K's and only 14 BB's in 65.1 IP over the past two seasons. With the earlier release of fellow South African Paul Bell, 17-year-old infielder Jonathan Phillips will be the only player from this untapped player pool in the organization this spring. Maybe Michaels was homesick.... SS Wilber Montano - DSL roster for 03; initially this newcomer was assigned to the Arizona roster C Matt Serafini - Released during Spring Training The 23-year-old Serafini, the Brewers' 43rd round pick in 2001, apparently became a victim of the young catcher crunch in the system... LHP Julio Jimenez - Released during Spring Training The 21-year-old Dominican had a 3.75 ERA in 127.1 IP over four seasons, three in Dominican ball (the first two in the Reds' system), and one season in Arizona. We're guessing that his 101 walks in those 127.1 IP had something to do with this release, despite good H/IP and K/IP ratios.

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: As per usual, plenty of insights among the quotes -- good stuff... www.vvdailypress.com/cgi-...969,90636,

Daily Menu : Light fare today -- hope you're not too hungry... INDIANAPOLIS: at Norfolk (Mets), 6:15 PM Central; we're guessing that newly-acquired 6'7" LHP Nate Teut will get the start; he last pitched on Monday the 28th as mentioned below... UNHAPPY HOMECOMING: Nate Teut?s return to Albuquerque didn?t go as well as planned as he was roughed up by his former teammates. Teut could not get through the second inning as he allowed three home runs and seven earned runs in 1.1 innings of work. It could also be new Tribe member Dave Burba, but not sure when the veteran last pitched for Buffalo... HUNTSVILLE: Idle HIGH DESERT: Idle BELOIT: It's odd how both Huntsville and Beloit will play back-to-back home-and-home series this week, in effect, eight-game series. The Snappers are at West Michigan (Tigers); no online audio for the 5:35 PM Central time start. Starting pitcher is listed as TBA, although if LHP Manny Parra gets the nod, he'd be pitching on normal four days' rest.

David Weiser's Huntsville News: Includes the injury updates... 2-OUT RALLIES DOOM STARSChattanooga has one of the most powerful lineups in the league (2nd in HRs). Good hitters seem to grow there. In the past five years, four Chattanooga hitters have won batting titles, including the Brewers' Brady Clark, although a Lookout player has not won a home run title since 1992....... This year seems to no exception, so there's little room for error by a pitching staff or by the defense. You can't afford to give this team too many breaks......... That's just what the Stars did on this sunny, warm and breezy Sunday afternoon........ Seven walks and an error. Eight runs with two out, three runs the result of a throwing error by Ryan Gripp, three as the result, direct or indirect, of a walk......... So the Stars wind up with a split with one of the worse teams in the league, instead of a sweep, or at least 3 of 4........ The Stars will get a day off, then travel to BellSouth Park and play four more with Chattanooga starting Tuesday. Pedro Martinez (3-1, 0.75) will match up with John Koronka (2-2, 3.19). Now I'll note that this was a Freudian slip by David, listing Pedro Martinez, but the way Luis has been pitching, it's easy to see why this happened http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Ben Diggins had an 11-pitch, 1-2-3 first inning, a harmless 15-pitch second inning, letting Chris Haas reach 2nd on a stolen base, and looked to be clear of the 3rd, after getting Ray Olmedo and Bobby Basham out on a 1-2 fly out to left, and a 1-2 grounder to third........ But then Diggins went 3-and-0 on Wilmy Caceres, who then ripped a fast ball to center. Alejandro Diaz then got hold of an 0-and-1 slider and pulled it in the direction of Ryan Gripp, but Gripp's throw was short and off-target to Brandon Gemoll, who tried to dig it out of the dirt....... With the wind blowing out to left, Guye Senjem (who is not a Dutch product. He was born and lives in Minnesota) sent a 2-2 pitch over the wall in right that Cristian Guerrero helplessly watched. In the 4th, Diggins gave up a leadoff walk to Dernell Stenson and retired Reed Secrist and Ray Olmedo, but then perhaps because of a breakdown in mechanics, fell into a streak of wildness, walking three straight hitters. The final walk to Caceres forced in Stenson and an infield single by Diaz scored Olmedo to make it 5-1........ Digs got out of the inning, but that was all for his day. Ryan Miller came in and had a relatively easy time of it in the 5th and 6th innings, allowing a pair of runners to second. Like Diggins, it looked like he would get through the 7th, even though he allowed a leadoff walk to Senjem, but with two out Chris Haas singled to short on his first pitch, sending Senjem to third and Reed Secrist pulled a pitch into the wind that just cleared the wall near the 345 marker in left field. The Lookouts now had an 8-1 lead. "All it takes is a few runs to get back in this ballgame" ....... Those, in essence, are the words of crazed optimism I heard from Robert Portnoy. I'm impressed with anyone who can sound that hopeful on the radio, and Robert does a good job in keeping the game alive when all appears to be lost. It seems like he has the power to defiantly create a comeback into happening........ It looked like it would....... With Paul Darnell in as the new pitcher, the Stars scored quickly, as Dave Krynzel walked, Richard Paz singled to center, and Gemoll singled to right to score Krynzel....... With one out, Guerrero hit a bouncer to Stenson. He threw the ball away trying to throw out Gemoll advancing to second. The lead runner, Paz, scored......... Then with two runners on, light-hitting Chris Barnwell found the air stream and parked a ball just over the Admiral sign in left field, about 350 feet from home plate to make it 8-6........ The Stars have come from behind to win seven times this season. The excitement in Portnoy's voice validated his optimism, but that was all as Scott Dunn and David Gil retired the last four Huntsville batters in the game. The maligned Lookout pitching staff held the Stars to a .216 average in this series. The Lookouts held the hot-hitting Cristian Guerrero to 1-for-15 in this series. He was 8-for-19 in his six previous games....... Matt Hammons is unscored upon in his last four relief apperarances.... ....... Spotted Ben Hendrickson wearing an appliance on his forearm, but he is still on schedule to return to the rotation when the Stars return home from Chattanooga to face the Tennessee Smokies next weekend....... J.J. Hardy is scheduled to return to action later in the week when the Stars go to Pringles Park to face the Diamond Jaxx.