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Beloit Site Doubleheader Summary and Player of the Day Info: Interesting to see lights-out lefty Mitch Stetter with the start... www.snappersbaseball.com/...me_id=1353

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: Mavs score late to pick up victory Mavericks' Parra pitches eight scoreless innings FROM STAFF REPORTS BAKERSFIELD ? It appeared that the High Desert Mavericks would once again squander a gem of a pitching performance. But against Bakersfield on Tuesday, the Mavs' bats came through late to provide starter Manny Parra ? who allowed no runs on just four hits in eight innings ? with a win. High Desert (6-12) tallied three runs in the ninth inning to edge the Blaze 3-1 and snap its four-game losing streak. Jeff Eure singled with one out in the ninth and advanced to second on a wild pitch by Blaze reliever Chad Orvella. After Bakersfield intentionally walked Travis Hinton, Froilan Villanueva launched a double off the top of the left-center field fence that scored Eure. The next batter, Ben Van Iderstine, laced a grounder down the first base line to drive in Hinton and Villanueva. High Desert's scoring came after Bakersfield starter Jamie Shields exited the game having allowed no runs on four hits through eight innings. In one stretch the Blaze right-hander sent down 15 straight Mavs before Hinton singled in the seventh. Shields struck out seven. Bakersfield (7-11) scored a run in the bottom of the ninth off Mavs' reliever Nick Slack and eventually sent the tying run to the plate. But Slack held on for his fifth save of the season. Parra (5-2) earlier this year pitched a five-hit, complete game shutout in High Desert's 4-0 win over San Jose. Against Bakersfield, the right-hander allowed just four singles while striking out six. The Mavericks are now 2-8 on the road against North Division opponents and have won four of their last six road games overall.

Final, Game Two: Beloit 3, Fort Wayne (Padres) 0 As I listen here to the Snappers recap, I gain more venom for the insidious Sports Network site -- which clearly had the Snappers winning Game One. Well, guess what, turns out here is your correct final: Final, Game One: Fort Wayne (Padres) 4, Brewers 2, eight innings, scheduled for seven Yup, Fort Wayne scored three in the top of the eighth, and then held on. And this is the site Baseball America wants to hang its hat on for scores and stats going forward? Bad, really bad.... So, once again to summarize, Snappers split, not sweep...

Final, Game One: Beloit 4, Fort Wayne (Padres) 2, eight innings, scheduled for seven Snappers gave up a run to fall behind 2-1 in the top of the eighth, but a walk-off HR gives Beloit the win -- details on the how's and who's later... In progress, Game Two: Beloit 3, Fort Wayne (Padres) 0, bottom of the 6th in another game scheduled for seven Adam Heether just homered for the third Snapper run...

Final: Arizona Brewers 5, Arizona Padres 2 Details in the AM...

Nelson blows away derby competition By BRUCE McLELLAN Times Sports Staff brucem@htimes.com CHATTANOOGA - Huntsville Stars manager Frank Kremblas saw which way the wind was blowing and felt good about the Southern League All-Stars home run derby. The wind was blowing in from left field at BellSouth Park Tuesday evening, making it harder for a right-handed hitter to yank home runs. That was an advantage to two left-handed sluggers whom Kremblas managed: Prince Fielder and Brad Nelson were in the home run derby because their home run totals were among the top three on the West team. Kremblas, who was managing the West, felt particularly good about Nelson. "I expected Brad to win it," Kremblas said. "He's got a lot of power." Kremblas was right. Nelson hit home runs on the first three of his five swings in the final round to beat Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Brian Peterson, who had no homers in the round. Nelson had only two homers in 10 swings in the preliminary round, but that was more than either of his West teammates in the competition and allowed him to advance. Fielder and Mobile first baseman Greg Sain had one homer apiece in the derby preliminary round. By the second round, Nelson, who has hit 13 homers this season, relaxed and got in a groove with the event's pitcher, Lookouts pitching coach Jamie Dismuke. "I think he figured out the spot I liked," Nelson said.

We've since learned that RHP Jesse Harper is going for the Mavericks this evening.

The forecast is dank and gloomy in Rhode Island, but hopefully the AAA All-Star Game will be good to go. VCR Alert: 6:00 PM Central Wednesday 7/14, ESPN2 I was unlucky in that I saw Ben Hendrickson's roughest start this season on this same mound in May -- pretty sure he'll put on a show for us tonight. As mentioned elsewhere on the forum, former Brewer first base farmhand Bucky Jacobsen (putting up ridiculous monster numbers for AAA Tacoma -- Mariners) continues to win over fans wherever he is, as he's become a favorite of the locals and media here as well during the Fan Fest activities this week.

Wednesday's Daily Menu -- All times Central except Arizona Rookie (local Mountain); pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio begins approx. 15 minutes prior to game time listed... INDIANAPOLIS: Watch Ben Hendrickson make the start and Corey Hart at the plate in the AAA All-Star Game, ESPN2, 6:00 PM HUNTSVILLE: Idle HIGH DESERT: RHP David Bradley at Bakersfield (Devil Rays), 9:30 PM Audio link: www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm BELOIT: TBD and TBD at home in a doubleheader vs. Fort Wayne (Padres), 6:00 PM Audio link (Wizards' feed with former Brewer Pioneer League announcer Terry Byrom): www.wizardsbaseball.com/t...p?pageId=4 HELENA: TBD at Ogden (Dodgers), 8:00 PM Audio link (Raptors' feed): www.ogden-raptors.com/ ARIZONA ROOKIE: TBD at the Padres' complex, 10:30 AM local Arizona time; never any audio for this league...

Arizona Brewer Box Score: RHP Victor Arias is a 20-year-old Dominican making his pro debut this summer...2003 10th rounder Tyler Morrison is still only 19 years old... GAME DATE: 7/13/04 ATH at BRR ATHLETICS 0 AT BREWERS 1 YTD YTD ATHLETICS AB R H BI AVG BREWERS AB R H BI AVG W.Perez 2B 3 0 0 0 .224 S.Chapman CF 3 0 1 0 .207 W.Long SS 3 0 1 0 .290 A.Delarosa LF 4 0 1 0 .294 A.Ogando RF 3 0 0 0 .366 H.Iribarren 2B 3 1 0 0 .479 R.Padron 1B 3 0 0 0 .309 F.De La Cruz 3B 3 0 1 1 .286 F.Martinez DH 3 0 0 0 .255 C.Gallardo 1B 2 0 0 0 .371 T.Best CAT 4 0 1 0 .209 B.Opdyke CAT 2 0 0 0 .222 A.Piper-Jord CF 3 0 0 0 .246 L.Leclercq SS 2 0 0 0 .208 C.Carela LF 2 0 0 0 .190 J.Blanc DH 3 0 1 0 .294 H.Pratt LF 1 0 1 0 .200 J.Rivera RF 2 0 0 0 .097 A.Valdez 3B 3 0 1 0 .305 V.Arias PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Muessig PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Mosquea PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Torres PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Morrison PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 0 4 0 TOTALS 24 1 4 1 ATHLETICS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 4 0 BREWERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 4 0 DP--ATHLETICS 1, BREWERS 0. LOB--ATHLETICS 7, BREWERS 4. 3B--F.De La Cruz (2). SB--W.Long (2), A.Piper-Jord 2 (6), H.Pratt (2). CS--H.Pratt, A.Valdez, J.Blanc. HBP--A.Ogando, B.Opdyke. SH--F.Martinez. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA ATHLETICS J.Muessig 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 3.10 L.Torres (L,1-2) 3.0 3 1 1 3 0 0 2.63 BREWERS V.Arias 5.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.73 D.Mosquea (W,2-0) 2.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 6.94 T.Morrison (S,1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.70 HB--J.Muessig, V.Arias. SO--R.Padron, T.Best, C.Carela 2, A.Valdez, S.Chapman, A.Delarosa, L.Leclercq 2, J.Rivera. BB--W.Perez, W.Long, R.Padron, A.Piper-Jord, S.Chapman, C.Gallardo, L.Leclercq, J.Rivera. T--2:22.

High Desert Box Score: How "Manny" reasons to love Parra? Froilan Villanueva guns down all three Blaze baserunners trying to steal... GAME DATE: 7/13/04 HD at BAK HIGH DESERT 3 AT BAKERSFIELD 1 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG BAKERSFIELD AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs CF 4 0 0 0 .285 L.De Paula 2B 3 0 1 0 .287 C.Crabbe 2B 4 0 0 0 .285 G.Martinez 1B 4 0 0 0 .312 J.Eure 3B 4 1 1 0 .242 M.Rico CF 3 0 1 0 .241 T.Hinton 1B 3 1 2 0 .318 L.Mateo RF 4 1 2 0 .289 F.Villanueva CAT 4 1 1 1 .251 J.Lincoln 3B 3 0 1 1 .308 B.Van Iderst LF 4 0 2 2 .349 E.Dukes LF 4 0 0 0 .278 J.Frost DH 4 0 0 0 .257 S.Aracena DH 3 0 0 0 .261 M.Mendez RF 4 0 1 0 .266 G.Merritt CAT 3 0 1 0 .215 E.Cruz SS 3 0 0 0 .199 M.Maniscalco SS 3 0 0 0 .234 M.Parra PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Shields PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Orvella PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 3 7 3 TOTALS 30 1 6 1 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3- 3 7 2 BAKERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 1 6 0 E--J.Eure, M.Parra. DP--HIGH DESERT 1, BAKERSFIELD 0. LOB--HIGH DESERT 5, BAKERSFIELD 5. 2B--F.Villanueva (13), B.Van Iderst (6), M.Mendez (7), J.Lincoln (3). CS--L.De Paula 2, M.Rico. SH--J.Lincoln. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT M.Parra (W,5-2) 8.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 3.48 N.Slack (S,5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.74 BAKERSFIELD J.Shields 8.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 3.73 C.Orvella (L,0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 7.36 WP--C.Orvella. BALKS--M.Parra. PB--F.Villanueva. SO--C.Crabbe, J.Eure, F.Villanueva 2, B.Van Iderst, M.Mendez 2, E.Cruz, G.Martinez 2, M.Rico, J.Lincoln, S.Aracena, G.Merritt, M.Maniscalco. BB--T.Hinton, L.De Paula, M.Rico. T--2:19. A--586High Desert Game Log: Scoreless until the ninth -- respect shown for Travis Hinton in that inning... www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=17766

Final: Arizona Brewers 1, Arizona A's 0 The desert wind was blowing in http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ; details in the AM... FINAL R H E - - - ARIZ ATHLETICS 0 4 0 ARIZ BREWERS 1 4 0

Tuesday's Daily Menu : INDIANAPOLIS: Idle HUNTSVILLE: Idle; Prince Fielder and Brad Nelson participate in the Southern League All-Star Game in Chattanooga -- see the All-Star thread on this forum for audio details... HIGH DESERT: LHP Manny Parra at Bakersfield (Devil Rays), 9:15 PM pre-game, 9:30 gametime (Central); the Mavs haven't fared well on their Northern Division road trips for at least a couple of years now... Audio link: www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm BELOIT: Idle HELENA: Idle ARIZONA ROOKIE: TBD at home vs. the A's in Maryvale, earlier this AM

You can listen to tonight's Southern League All-Star Game here -- it's a small link, but you'll see it... www.lookouts.com/ After three innings (as of 7:10 PM Central), it's the East 8, West 4 (Prince Fielder and Brad Nelson represent the West squad -- I don't have details for you at this time.)

R: BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR .500 16 68 19 34 2 16[/b] Gerez, Francisco MRN .400 11 45 7 18 0 5 Green, Zane CUB .395 15 43 6 17 0 10 Griffin, Preston CUB .395 12 43 13 17 1 6 [b]Gallardo, Carlos BRR .383 16 60 8 23 0 10[/b] Bubela, Jaime MRN .364 13 55 10 20 2 10 Vazquez, Kelvin PDR .362 16 69 14 25 0 9 Cruceta, Julio PDR .361 16 72 8 26 0 14 Cruz, Reynaldo MRN .359 11 39 7 14 0 7 Mooney, Mike GIA .353 17 68 15 24 1 24 RBI Mooney, Mike GIA 24 [b]Parejo, Freddy BRR 21[/b] Vega, Miguel RYL 19 Gac, Ian RNG 18 [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR 16[/b] TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS GIANTS .306 601 108 184 5 56 117 19 12 MARINERS .302 596 104 180 9 52 124 22 13 [b]BREWERS .295 576 100 170 4 52 130 22 21[/b] PADRES .292 633 91 185 3 52 129 23 5 RANGERS .264 595 105 157 14 83 171 14 9 ROYALS .263 593 91 156 12 78 154 31 19 ATHLETICS .261 589 101 154 7 65 123 23 10 CUBS .251 577 80 145 1 60 123 17 13 ANGELS .243 596 68 145 3 59 143 26 15 HITS [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR 34[/b] Cruceta, Julio PDR 26 Vazquez, Kelvin PDR 25 Falu, Irving RYL 25 Mooney, Mike GIA 24 DOUBLES Cowles, Josh ANG 7 [b]Parejo, Freddy BRR 7[/b] Falu, Irving RYL 7 Vega, Miguel RYL 7 Several Players Tied at 6 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR .553[/b] Griffin, Preston CUB .519 Green, Zane CUB .517 Johnson, Joshua RYL .472 Sanders, Marcus GIA .459 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR .706[/b] Vega, Miguel RYL .685 Griffin, Preston CUB .605 Rosario, Anderson ANG .585 Green, Zane CUB .581 EXTRA-BASE HITS Vega, Miguel RYL 15 Falu, Irving RYL 10 [b]Parejo, Freddy BRR 9[/b] Mooney, Mike GIA 8 Several Players Tied at 7 RUNS SCORED [b]Iribarren, Hernan BRR 19[/b] Desouza, Daniel GIA 19 Sanders, Marcus GIA 18 Vega, Miguel RYL 17 Perez, Wilber ATH 16 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 13 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO [b]*Lluveres, Rafael BRR 2- 0 0.53 17 7 9 17[/b] Damico, Yovany RYL 1- 0 0.56 16 13 6 12 *Whittington, Anthony ANG 1- 1 0.64 14 14 6 15 Park, Chan Ho RNG 1- 1 1.71 21 15 6 20 McCleland, Bruce RYL 1- 1 2.05 22 21 2 16 Krosschell, Ben PDR 1- 0 2.20 16 18 1 13 *Farach, Juan GIA 2- 0 2.30 16 8 5 16 Goins, Mitch RYL 1- 0 2.42 26 24 7 25 *Santana, Andy CUB 0- 1 2.45 15 18 4 22 Matos, Osiris GIA 0- 0 2.45 15 12 6 17 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO GIANTS 10- 7 3.29 143 0 1 6 4 66 149 ROYALS 10- 7 3.30 165 0 1 4 6 53 138 PADRES 10- 7 3.35 155 0 1 6 3 51 112 ATHLETICS 8- 9 3.82 167 0 0 2 6 50 140 [b]BREWERS 8- 8 4.36 150 0 0 3 11 80 104[/b] CUBS 6- 11 4.76 172 0 0 5 9 64 147 ANGELS 4- 13 4.90 176 0 0 2 4 75 144 RANGERS 10- 7 5.12 191 0 2 4 5 55 129 MARINERS 10- 7 5.25 157 0 1 4 10 63 151 WALKS Morillo, Lennyn ANG 16 Yepez, Jesus CUB 12 [b]Montes, Oscar BRR 11[/b] Several Players Tied at 10 HOME RUNS ALLOWED [b]Labasta, William BRR 4[/b] Ortiz, Jose CUB 3 Tucker, Cardoza MRN 3 Several Players Tied at 2

R+: BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Centeno, Jaen MSO .451 20 71 13 32 3 18 Rodriguez, Sean PRV .422 13 45 15 19 2 9 Valentin, Geraldo IDF .414 19 70 17 29 2 18 Batz, Daniel OGD .414 18 70 10 29 0 12 Smith, Seth CAS .400 18 75 17 30 0 14 Sutton, Nathanael PRV .392 14 51 17 20 1 15 Solis, Eddie IDF .387 16 62 13 24 0 9 [b]Richardson, Grant HEL .363 23 80 17 29 2 22[/b] Lucas, Edward IDF .361 19 72 16 26 0 15 Castillo, Luis OGD .355 15 62 15 22 3 15 HOME RUNS Mosby, Robert BIL 8 Fox, Ryan CAS 7 Collaro, Tom GRF 5 [b]Mannon, Adam HEL 5[/b] Westervelt, Christopher OGD 5 RBI Mosby, Robert BIL 23 [b]Mannon, Adam HEL 23[/b] [b]Richardson, Grant HEL 22[/b] Gulick, Travis MSO 19 Several Players Tied at 18 STOLEN BASES Young, Eric CAS 14 Hahn, Dustin CAS 7 [b]Escobar, Alcides HEL 7[/b] Batista, Alexander IDF 6 Leblanc, Joshua PRV 6 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS IDAHO FALLS .320 812 175 260 15 116 197 33 18 OGDEN .315 833 162 262 19 71 195 20 6 MISSOULA .279 748 111 209 19 66 168 13 12 PROVO .278 742 152 206 21 97 190 22 8 [b]HELENA .277 822 147 228 14 129 182 28 19[/b] CASPER .274 720 147 197 14 114 149 35 9 BILLINGS .250 703 118 176 17 91 199 19 12 GREAT FALLS .242 741 106 179 15 80 165 17 14 DOUBLES [b]Festa, Tony HEL 10[/b] Batista, Alexander IDF 9 Hahn, Dustin CAS 8 Smith, Seth CAS 8 [b]Mannon, Adam HEL 8[/b] ON-BASE PERCENTAGE Rodriguez, Sean PRV .581 Fox, Ryan CAS .553 Sutton, Nathanael PRV .523 [b]Richardson, Grant HEL .514[/b] Centeno, Jaen MSO .506 EXTRA-BASE HITS [b]Mannon, Adam HEL 14[/b] Fox, Ryan CAS 12 [b]Festa, Tony HEL 12[/b] Batista, Alexander IDF 12 Several Players Tied at 11 RUNS SCORED Fox, Ryan CAS 21 [b]Festa, Tony HEL 21[/b] Dewitt, Blake OGD 21 Batista, Alexander IDF 20 Several Players Tied at 19 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 18 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO [b]Wooley, Robbie HEL 1- 0 2.18 21 20 5 13[/b] *Pelland, Tyler BIL 3- 2 2.21 20 19 9 27 Ramirez, Ramon BIL 1- 2 2.54 28 15 10 24 [b]Barnes, Justin HEL 2- 0 2.66 20 21 1 30[/b] Vaillancourt, Tim MSO 3- 2 3.00 30 19 13 25 Krantz, Ben MSO 1- 1 3.00 21 12 11 13 Mattheus, Ryan CAS 2- 2 3.32 19 16 8 11 Lingenfelter, Adam BIL 1- 1 3.50 18 17 8 15 [b]Martinez Sosa, Alvaro HEL 2- 2 3.57 23 17 13 20[/b] Suarez, Sony GRF 3- 1 3.65 25 20 11 25 STRIKEOUTS Deduno, Samuel CAS 35 [b]Barnes, Justin HEL 30[/b] Sobkow, Phil OGD 29 Pelland, Tyler BIL 27 Johnson, Blake OGD 27 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO BILLINGS 11- 10 4.23 170 0 1 2 13 98 170 [b]HELENA 14- 10 4.25 219 0 0 7 23 82 198[/b] GREAT FALLS 11- 12 4.54 209 0 2 5 14 103 186 MISSOULA 9- 13 4.79 194 1 2 3 15 83 160 IDAHO FALLS 12- 11 5.93 243 1 0 8 21 79 140 PROVO 11- 11 6.15 225 0 1 4 14 92 170 OGDEN 11- 12 6.27 227 0 0 8 21 133 224 CASPER 11- 11 6.35 230 0 0 4 13 94 197

A: BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI Kinsler, Ian CLN .402 59 224 52 90 11 52 Francia, Juan WMI .340 59 203 37 69 0 15 Ryan, Brendan PEO .336 56 217 28 73 0 30 Haerther, Cody PEO .324 81 309 46 100 5 45 [b]Trofholz, Terry BLT .317 81 315 59 100 2 31[/b] Snyder, Brian KNC .315 84 305 48 96 11 53 Dopirak, Brian LAN .311 85 328 56 102 24 70 Kaplan, Jonny SBN .307 57 212 44 65 8 29 Valenzuela, Fernando FTW .301 81 299 46 90 7 46 [b]Palmisano, Lou BLT .301 80 289 45 87 3 45[/b] RBI Dopirak, Brian LAN 70 [b]Rottino, Vinny BLT 64[/b] Spanos, Vasili KNC 61 Duncan, Eric BTC 57 Several Players Tied at 56 STOLEN BASES Walker, Chris LAN 37 Maier, Mitch BUR 34 [b]Trofholz, Terry BLT 33[/b] Bonifacio, Emilio SBN 26 Francia, Juan WMI 21 TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS PEORIA .273 2967 441 811 66 291 625 77 37 CLINTON .265 2769 442 733 57 381 713 92 40 BATTLE CREEK .263 2862 404 752 66 269 692 68 38 [b]BELOIT .262 2831 396 742 52 230 571 66 30[/b] KANE COUNTY .261 2969 485 775 70 422 667 56 22 SOUTH BEND .260 2966 390 770 52 193 561 104 41 LANSING .259 2974 418 769 87 235 662 78 32 CEDAR RAPIDS .257 2911 423 748 83 221 695 86 44 WISCONSIN .253 2892 413 732 58 302 632 83 39 WEST MICHIGAN .249 2932 361 729 61 233 754 80 40 FORT WAYNE .245 2922 379 717 56 254 689 58 29 QUAD CITY .240 2805 373 674 38 252 638 91 41 DAYTON .236 2865 365 677 71 300 883 61 39 BURLINGTON .225 2765 307 623 34 262 640 99 47 HITS Dopirak, Brian LAN 102 Haerther, Cody PEO 100 [b]Trofholz, Terry BLT 100[/b] Snyder, Brian KNC 96 Maier, Mitch BUR 95 RUNS SCORED [b]Trofholz, Terry BLT 59[/b] Dopirak, Brian LAN 56 Ingram, Brian KNC 55 Several Players Tied at 54 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO LANSING 46- 42 3.38 709 1 5 27 55 237 710 SOUTH BEND 50- 37 3.39 726 5 8 31 53 260 657 QUAD CITY 44- 40 3.50 655 1 9 23 37 321 686 KANE COUNTY 54- 33 3.51 730 3 6 23 51 207 750 FORT WAYNE 43- 43 3.77 746 1 5 20 65 278 734 WEST MICHIGAN 36- 50 3.88 745 3 5 18 48 262 593 PEORIA 46- 41 4.00 715 5 7 21 59 293 624 CEDAR RAPIDS 50- 36 4.02 710 2 8 24 50 314 694 CLINTON 46- 39 4.11 728 1 5 18 65 225 622 BURLINGTON 32- 55 4.24 736 4 6 18 69 258 638 BATTLE CREEK 42- 45 4.31 769 4 7 19 53 308 687 [b]BELOIT 46- 41 4.49 735 2 5 24 84 287 629[/b] WISCONSIN 37- 49 4.57 765 2 7 17 77 285 681 DAYTON 33- 54 5.13 783 0 3 20 85 310 717 WALKS Wright, Chase BTC 57 Burgos, Ambiorix BUR 47 Tata, Jordan WMI 47 Gomez, Abel BTC 46 [b]Montalbo, Brian BLT 45[/b] HOME RUNS ALLOWED [b]Villanueva, Carlos BLT 14[/b] Marmol, Carlos LAN 13 Oldham, Thomas WIS 12 Feierabend, Ryan WIS 11 Several Players Tied at 10

Helena Independent Republic Game Story: Brewers close out homestand with loss to Billings By KEVIN SHIVELY - IR Sports Writer The Helena Brewers might have had a shot at coming back from a two-run deficit if the Billings Mustangs hadn't turned double plays in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. The Billings defense kept the Brewers to three batters an inning in the last four frames Monday at Kindrick Legion Field on their way to a 6-3 win, capping off a three-game series victory 2-1. Ramon Ramirez got the save for Billings. The Venezuela native pitched the last five innings of the game, allowing only three hits and two walks. The Brewers didn't score while he was on the mound. Helena had an early 1-0 lead in the game after third baseman Tony Festa was hit by a pitch and then scored on a wild pitch from Mustangs starter Jacobo Meque. The Brewers scored two more times in the third. Steve Sollman was on base with a walk and Grant Richardson was hit by a pitch when designated hitter Charlie Lozada sent a two-out pitch from Meque off the center field wall, scoring Sollman from second and moving Richardson to third. Charlie Fermaint singled to bring Richardson home and tie the game at 3. Fermaint was 2-for-4 in the game. Billings shortstop Paul Janish, who had been a crucial player in the first two games, homered to left-center in the fourth, giving the Mustangs the lead, and slugger Bobby Mosby sent another ball over the fence in the fifth to extend Billings' lead to two. Billings leadoff hitter Philip Gentry singled in the seventh and scored from second on a Helena error. Gentry was 2-for-5. Mosby's homer put him in a tie for first in the Pioneer League for RBI with Helena outfielder Adam Mannon. Each player has 23. Mannon finished the game 2-for-3. Mosby and Janish each were 2-for-4 in the game. Robert Hinton, who took the mound in the fourth and pitched five innings was given the loss, but not without collecting nine strikeouts first. Helena plays the Raptors on Wednesday in Ogden, Utah, for a three-game series before heading to Provo for a series. The Brewers don't return home until they host Ogden for four games starting July 21.

Huntsville Times Article: Huntsville reps savor trip to Futures Game By GENE DUFFEY For The Times HOUSTON - Prince Fielder sat in one of the heavily padded chairs in front of the big screen television in the Houston Astros clubhouse. The Huntsville Stars first baseman was enjoying the luxury of the major leagues before Sunday's All-Star Futures Game at Minute Maid Park. "It's a good feeling," said Fielder, who dressed in the locker usually occupied by Houston right-hander Wade Miller. "It makes you want to work that much harder." Fielder started at first base and batted cleanup for the U.S. team, getting a single to left and striking out in his two at-bats. Rickie Weeks, his Stars teammate, entered the game in the fourth inning at second base and popped up to second in his only at-bat. The U.S. beat the World team 4-3 in the seven-inning game. "It's everybody's dream to be here," said Weeks, sitting in a director's chair in front of the locker where Carlos Beltran dresses. Minute Maid Park looked very inviting to a player from Double-A ball, Houston's locker room is five times the size of the home team's quarters at Joe Davis Stadium. "It's a state-of-the-art facility," Weeks said. "Taking batting practice on a big league field, what more can you ask for?" "Everything's a little nicer," added Fielder. "The clubhouse is better. You feel a little more comfortable here. I'm going to take advantage of it and have fun." Weeks learned a little about life in the big leagues at the end of the 2003 season when he was called up to Milwaukee. He appeared in seven games with the Brewers in September. "You got a taste of the people you'd been seeing on TV all your life," he said. "That makes it more appealing to go out and play ball (in the minors)." Any player in the minors would have relished this weekend. Instead of a bus trip to Greenville or Mobile, Weeks and Fielder flew to Houston on Saturday. They stayed at the Hyatt-Regency. Nice place, Weeks reported. "The bus trip is a start," Weeks said of his career. "But you've got to go out there and work hard and hopefully get back up to the big show." Milwaukee's back-to-back No. 1 picks the last two years spent Saturday with family. Several of Fielder's uncles and cousins live in the Houston area. He hung out with them and ate dinner at their house. He had been to Texas for Christmas. Weeks' parents flew in from Altamonte Springs, Fla. So did his girlfriend, KaShanna, from Savannah State, where she is a grad student and volleyball coach. KaShanna's brother lives in Houston and attends Prairie View A&M, about 50 miles northwest of the city. The entourage gathered for dinner Saturday night at the year-old Downtown Aquarium. Fielder's father, Cecil, arrived from Atlanta, where he owns a cable TV station. He watched the Futures Game from the U.S. team dugout and participated in the celebrity softball game later. "This is awesome," Cecil said. The elder Fielder acknowledged that his son doesn't always enjoy being known as the son of someone famous. "He wants to be his own man," Cecil said. "I'm playing baseball, I'm healthy, I'm exactly where I want to be," said Prince, who is hitting .256 with 14 homers and 46 RBIs for Huntsville. "I let the Brewers worry about where I am. Fielder, 20, struck out on three pitches in his second at-bat, flailing away at a fastball out of the zone for strike three. "It was over my head," Fielder said. "I had no business swinging at it. These (pitchers) are real good and you only get one at look at them. They have the advantage." "There was some pretty good stuff out there," Weeks said.

Huntsville Times Game Story: Stars fall with 2 starters absent By BROOKE MILAM For The Times The Huntsville Stars could find consolation in two things on Sunday. First, their three-day vacation for the All-Star break was about to begin. Second, they entered the break tied for first place with Birmingham in the Southern League Western Division. Otherwise, there was little to like about an 8-1 loss to the Mobile BayBears in front of an announced crowd of 1,106 at Joe Davis Stadium. After winning the first two games in the series, the Stars (10-8 second half) lost Saturday and Sunday by a combined 15-5 score. Huntsville entered both the losses at a disadvantage - first baseman Prince Fielder and second baseman Rickie Weeks were in Houston for Sunday's Futures Game. "We didn't have two of the main guys in our lineup and I'm not sure how much of an effect it had, but it looked to have a lot," Stars manager Frank Kremblas said. "I'm just theorizing, but it seemed to me that (Mobile) played a lot sharper and with more confidence with those guys out." Kremblas, who will manage the West during the Southern League All-Star Game on Tuesday in Chattanooga, took Sunday's loss in stride. "You focus on being fundamentally sound every day, but it's not bad to split a series since you play every day," he said. Josh Barfield homered for Mobile in the second inning and the BayBears added two more runs in the third before Stars starter Dennis Sarfate was relieved by Paul Stewart one out into the sixth. Sarfate (4-8) took the loss, striking out six while giving up eight hits and three runs. Things didn't get better for the Stars, as lefty Brian Adams started the seventh inning and gave up five runs on five hits. The crushing blow was a three-run homer by Ben Johnson. Huntsville shortstop Ozzie Chavez ruined the shutout for winning pitcher Mike Thompson (5-0) with a home run in the eighth. Mobile (7-11 second half) piled up 13 hits to Huntsville's four. "Not that this was our only weakness, but when we made mistakes pitching-wise they hit them and made us pay," Kremblas said. "They aren't always going to do that, but this series they hit them." Two Stars - Fielder and outfielder Brad Nelson - will participate in Tuesday's All-Star Game, and hitting coach Sandy Guerrero will join Kremblas on the West coaching staff. The rest of the team is off until Thursday when the Stars host the Montgomery Biscuits at 7:05 p.m. in the opener of a four-game series. "We tell them to enjoy their days off and think about anything but baseball," Kremblas said.

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: Lake Elsinore completes sweep High Desert falters again in late innings By KRIS REILLY/Staff Writer ADELANTO ? Lake Elsinore's sweep of High Desert could serve as a microcosm of the Mavericks' entire 2004 campaign. Victory was tantalizingly within reach in all three games of the series, but late-inning pitching breakdowns and a lack of opportunistic hitting led to three demoralizing losses. The Mavericks lost 5-3 to the Storm at Mavericks Stadium on Sunday despite tying the game heading into the eighth inning. High Desert (5-12, 30-57) either led or tied in the sixth inning or later in all three games of the series. "You can be in games, but you've got to be able to close them," High Desert manager Mel Queen said. "For whatever reason, our pitching has just faltered in the seventh, eighth and ninth, and the same thing happened today." But the bullpen wasn't solely to blame. The High Desert lineup managed just three hits in the first six innings Sunday, as Storm starter Jon Huber racked up a season-high 10 strikeouts. Travis Hinton launched a solo homer off Huber to lead off the seventh, tying the game 1-1. A single by third baseman Troy Farnsworth chased Huber with no outs in the seventh, bringing on Storm reliever Natanael Mateo. Outfielder Mario Mendez hit a two-out single and later stole second, putting runners at second and third for shortstop Enrique Cruz, who struck out swinging to end the inning. High Desert struck out 14 times in all, and seven of nine Mavs struck out at least once. "We haven't done a good job all year of putting the ball in play with two strikes," Mavs hitting coach Stanton Cameron said. "We swing at a lot of bad pitches, and we've got to address that, quickly." While the Mavs were swinging and missing in two-strike counts, Lake Elsinore (8-8, 42-44) was taking advantage of them. The Storm put up three runs on four hits off reliever Khalid Ballouli in the eighth, despite the fact that Ballouli found himself ahead in more than a few counts. "I had everybody 0-2 or 1-2, and I just didn't put them away," Ballouli said. "I felt like I had everybody in position to strike them out, and I just didn't." Down 5-1 in the bottom of the ninth, High Desert got a one-out double from catcher Froilan Villanueva. Outfielder Ben Van Iderstine singled and advanced to second on a throwing error charged to Storm third baseman Kervin Jacobo, which also allowed Villanueva to score. Mendez singled into left, and Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to score Van Iderstine. Kennard Bibbs flew out to end the game. Both starting pitchers were stellar despite not factoring into the decision. High Desert got five strong innings from starter Greg Bruso, who allowed four hits and one unearned run while striking out two and walking two. Huber, however, was just as dominant, allowing one earned run on five hits in six innings of work. Still, High Desert had its chances against Lake Elsinore's relievers. "You have to make the plays when you have a chance to make them," Farnsworth said. "It's not anything different in this series than against any other team on any other day. The team that makes the plays wins, and we just haven't been making the plays when we need to make them." Queen echoed that sentiment: "It's the little things that beat you, and that's what this club doesn't do. They don't do the little things, and that's why there are a lot of losses behind this club's name." NOTES: Hinton hit his 16th homer of the season with his father, John Hinton, in the stands at Mavericks Stadium. John, a Phoenix firefighter, makes the 6 1/2-hour drive to see Travis play whenever possible. The first baseman's strong season hasn't come as a surprise to his father. "This is probably the first time he's been able to play the whole year healthy," John said. "I think he knew this was going to be the year where he had to show something." Hinton is already seven home runs past his previous career high of nine, and he won the home run derby and garnered MVP honors at the California-Carolina League All-Star Game last month. Scott Smeltzer/Victor Valley Daily Press Staff Photographer High Desert's Troy Farnsworth hits a single in the seventh inning of Sunday's game against Lake Elsinore at Mavericks Stadium. The Storm won 5-3. http://www.vvdailypress.com/storypics2/071204_mavs.jpg

Beloit, Helena, and Arizona leaders later today...

A+: HOME RUNS Napoli, Michael RC 19 [b]Hinton, Travis HD 16[/b] Trumble, Dan SJ 16 Barker, Sean VIS 15 Quentin, Carlos LNC 15 RBI Napoli, Michael RC 78 Barker, Sean VIS 72 Baker, Jeffrey VIS 63 [b]Hinton, Travis HD 62[/b] Fallon, Chris VIS 59 STOLEN BASES Aybar, Erick RC 38 Willits, Reggie RC 28 [b]Bibbs, Kennard HD 25[/b] Coughlan, Cameron STK 24 [b]Morris, Chris HD 24[/b] TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS MODESTO .305 3091 525 942 66 301 548 49 27 LANCASTER .294 3013 543 887 96 277 555 76 51 BAKERSFIELD .276 2967 407 820 58 251 633 79 44 INLAND EMPIRE .274 2965 449 813 43 255 581 81 47 VISALIA .274 3008 510 825 76 370 624 56 22 RANCHO CUCAMONGA .271 3011 441 815 76 269 658 109 65 [b]HIGH DESERT .269 3021 440 813 78 255 631 98 52[/b] STOCKTON .267 2979 458 794 63 343 669 90 33 LAKE ELSINORE .265 3007 410 798 58 293 705 60 42 SAN JOSE .262 2934 444 770 60 331 628 98 43 HITS Aybar, Erick RC 120 Salazar, Jeff VIS 109 Suomi, John MOD 107 [b]Hinton, Travis HD 105[/b] Ethier, Andre MOD 105 TRIPLES Harris, Gary INL 12 Salazar, Jeff VIS 9 Aybar, Erick RC 8 [b]Crabbe, Callix HD 8[/b] Lewis, Fred SJ 7 EXTRA-BASE HITS [b]Hinton, Travis HD 41[/b] Salazar, Jeff VIS 40 Gates, David RC 40 Several Players Tied at 39 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 68 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Cain, Matt SJ 7- 1 1.86 73 58 17 89 Hernandez, Felix INL 9- 3 2.74 92 85 26 114 *Saunders, Joe RC 8- 7 3.29 93 85 22 69 Shell, Steven RC 7- 3 3.32 100 86 25 117 *Livingston, Bobby INL 8- 3 3.51 121 114 19 102 [b]Bradley, Dave HD 3- 5 3.53 79 70 33 68[/b] *Goocher, Clint LNC 9- 2 3.67 91 94 12 82 *Rowland-Smith, Ryan INL 4- 2 3.67 74 76 22 83 *Davidson, Daniel RC 7- 4 3.75 101 105 27 78 Huber, Jon LKE 7- 5 3.80 90 89 37 83 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO SAN JOSE 45- 41 3.80 742 0 4 21 67 257 655 INLAND EMPIRE 48- 39 3.83 749 0 7 24 52 214 703 LAKE ELSINORE 42- 44 4.24 803 1 3 20 54 285 610 RANCHO CUCAMONGA 44- 43 4.43 818 2 1 25 78 296 620 MODESTO 56- 30 4.49 795 0 1 27 56 305 597 BAKERSFIELD 35- 51 4.53 844 0 3 19 49 381 638 LANCASTER 54- 32 4.63 847 2 1 24 76 295 611 STOCKTON 40- 47 4.86 835 1 6 14 60 293 535 VISALIA 38- 48 5.57 930 1 1 20 91 287 577 [b]HIGH DESERT 30- 57 5.70 914 1 1 12 91 332 686[/b] SHUTOUTS [b]Parra, Manny HD 1[/b] Several Players Tied at 0 LOSSES Johnson, Doug VIS 9 [b]Ballouli, Khalid HD 9[/b] Comolli, Mark BAK 8 Crockett, Ben VIS 8 Bonine, Eddie LKE 8 WALKS Comolli, Mark BAK 84 DeBarr, Nick BAK 49 Wilson, Phil RC 42 [b]Henderson, Eric HD 39[/b] Sadler, William SJ 39 HOME RUNS ALLOWED [b]Ballouli, Khalid HD 16[/b] Sandoval, Juan INL 14 Wilson, Phil RC 13 [b]Hall, Bo HD 13[/b] Several Players Tied at 12

AA: TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS CHATTANOOGA .277 3035 426 840 68 297 643 95 25 GREENVILLE .275 2922 382 803 77 248 671 62 39 WEST TENN .275 2774 403 764 59 261 648 78 44 TENNESSEE .266 2861 430 762 86 319 639 80 28 BIRMINGHAM .261 2912 394 759 72 290 651 87 40 CAROLINA .259 2885 420 747 89 310 715 90 41 MONTGOMERY .256 2866 342 733 50 225 621 32 27 JACKSONVILLE .254 2909 375 738 77 243 679 58 41 [b]HUNTSVILLE .241 2831 349 683 62 277 623 83 47[/b] MOBILE .238 2837 380 676 96 290 712 57 32 DOUBLES Gutierrez, Jesse CNG 25 Lewis, Richard WTE 23 Johnson, Kelly GRV 22 [b]Nelson, Brad HVL 22[/b] Several Players Tied at 21 EXTRA-BASE HITS Gutierrez, Jesse CNG 40 [b]Nelson, Brad HVL 38[/b] Sain, Greg MOB 37 Lewis, Richard WTE 37 Willingham, Josh CAR 36 PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 69 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO *Munoz, Arnaldo BIR 7- 2 2.05 75 52 22 68 Brownlie, Bobby WTE 7- 6 2.82 102 83 28 77 Matthews, Jarod MTG 2- 6 2.91 77 60 16 62 Kelly, Steve CNG 6- 5 3.20 104 104 24 83 [b]*Housman, Jeff HVL 3- 5 3.23 84 82 24 86[/b] *Thompson, Derek JAX 3- 4 3.25 80 86 31 64 Cummings, Jeremy TEN 5- 1 3.30 76 63 25 60 Nall, T.J. JAX 5- 4 3.31 84 88 21 63 Rose, Brian CNG 9- 2 3.40 87 87 11 70 Rojas, Chris MOB 7- 4 3.51 92 83 37 66 STRIKEOUTS Pinto, Renyel WTE 114 Murphy, Bill CAR 102 Narveson, Chris TEN 87 Meyer, Dan GRV 86 [b]Housman, Jeff HVL 86[/b] TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO BIRMINGHAM 45- 42 3.47 735 0 6 21 55 258 627 CHATTANOOGA 51- 37 3.57 738 1 4 26 73 225 722 MOBILE 47- 41 3.86 749 1 6 24 68 252 575 JACKSONVILLE 42- 44 3.91 788 2 4 19 70 292 685 WEST TENN 45- 41 3.93 685 3 5 19 74 300 670 [b]HUNTSVILLE 42- 46 4.05 773 0 2 24 82 280 686[/b] GREENVILLE 39- 48 4.20 760 0 5 19 55 315 701 TENNESSEE 46- 42 4.42 732 4 9 22 80 288 610 MONTGOMERY 36- 52 4.44 789 5 8 20 86 241 642 CAROLINA 44- 44 4.57 756 0 6 20 93 309 684 LOSSES Miner, Zach GRV 8 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 8[/b] Narveson, Chris TEN 8 Several Players Tied at 7 WALKS Murphy, Bill CAR 53 Pinto, Renyel WTE 48 [b]Sarfate, Dennis HVL 45[/b] Belizario, Ronald CAR 43 Narveson, Chris TEN 41

AAA: TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS BUFFALO .296 3126 545 926 127 288 603 74 41 TOLEDO .281 3120 461 876 95 232 640 91 35 COLUMBUS .277 3001 470 831 97 292 572 36 23 DURHAM .275 2995 479 824 109 283 671 86 29 RICHMOND .275 2930 420 807 90 274 600 60 43 ROCHESTER .274 3118 459 855 88 278 511 60 26 OTTAWA .270 3085 412 833 80 241 579 66 26 SCRANTON-WB .270 2964 438 801 59 314 530 76 34 LOUISVILLE .268 3009 458 807 87 291 673 78 35 NORFOLK .263 2946 359 775 77 205 606 61 41 CHARLOTTE .262 3075 419 807 118 249 564 77 32 PAWTUCKET .262 3082 460 807 117 366 767 42 21 SYRACUSE .257 3049 396 784 78 307 626 24 22 [b]INDIANAPOLIS .256 2953 388 757 69 267 520 63 40[/b] PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 72 IP) PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO [b]Hendrickson, Ben IND 8- 2 2.27 99 93 22 74[/b] *Halsey, Brad COL 6- 3 2.77 88 82 20 52 *Gassner, Dave ROC 11- 5 2.95 110 103 17 56 Rayborn, Kenny BUF 6- 2 3.05 77 69 26 41 Rauch, Jon CHR 6- 3 3.11 72 57 25 61 *Graman, Alex COL 8- 3 3.16 91 84 33 85 Drew, Tim RMD 4- 5 3.24 81 90 24 43 Diaz, Felix CHR 8- 2 3.38 80 68 15 65 Ahearne, Pat TOL 7- 7 3.41 119 111 27 84 Guerrier, Matt ROC 4- 7 3.63 97 87 14 68 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO SCRANTON-WB 52- 37 3.92 784 6 7 26 90 209 500 RICHMOND 47- 41 4.03 750 1 4 24 71 282 625 COLUMBUS 49- 40 4.20 814 5 4 19 79 233 613 NORFOLK 41- 47 4.28 819 0 5 27 85 284 574 TOLEDO 49- 43 4.29 816 4 6 30 82 280 592 PAWTUCKET 40- 51 4.34 854 2 5 13 122 235 556 ROCHESTER 47- 44 4.35 823 2 5 24 101 235 611 LOUISVILLE 43- 48 4.50 808 3 5 19 84 326 657 DURHAM 47- 42 4.55 806 0 7 23 83 327 644 [b]INDIANAPOLIS 42- 47 4.56 840 2 4 23 90 277 609[/b] CHARLOTTE 43- 49 4.58 820 2 4 21 120 282 614 SYRACUSE 40- 52 4.75 839 3 1 25 104 256 641 BUFFALO 50- 41 5.01 845 2 5 19 82 326 578 OTTAWA 42- 50 5.13 872 3 3 25 98 335 648 GAMES Shackelford, Brian LOU 37 [b]Michalak, Chris IND 37[/b] Colon, Roman RMD 36 Several Players Tied at 35 HOME RUNS ALLOWED Kohlmeier, Ryan CHR 23 Stephens, John PAW 20 Bergman, Sean OTT 18 Stewart, Josh CHR 18 [b]Liriano, Pedro IND 17[/b]