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David Castillo of Kane County is starting ahead of Cap'n Lou. He is having a wonderful season. www.baseballamerica.com/c...LLO%2C+DAV Full Midwest League Lineups: www.milb.com/articles/?id=1848

On Jacksonville HS RHP Stephen Barnes, 36th round: From the Florida Times-Union... Barnes, a hard-throwing right-hander, posted an undefeated record in the regular season (8-0) before suffering his first loss against Fernandina Beach in the District 5-4A tournament. Barnes combines a fastball that can reach 90 mph with a sharp breaking ball. Buccaneers pitching coach Doug Corbett said Barnes will likely stick with a commitment to Lake City Community College and re-enter the draft next year. "With a little more development, he could improve his stock tremendously -- I mean 10 rounds or more," said Corbett. "He's completely revamped his mechanics over the last two years, so he's still taking small steps. A year from now, he should be [at 90 mph] consistently, not just once in a while."

Oops -- squarepusher, we need to build a Jeff Farnsworth Player Index Page -- thanks.

40th round LHP Chris Rickey out of a Reno, NV high school: Reno High left-hander Chris Rickey was taken in the 40th round by the Milwaukee Brewers. Rickey, the 1,186th overall pick, was on vacation in Hawaii on Tuesday. ?I just found out I got drafted when I walked off the plane,? Rickey said. ?It?s pretty exciting.? Rickey has already signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Nevada. ?I?m going to listen to what they (the Brewers) have to say,? Rickey said. ?I?ll talk it over with my family.? Rickey said he would also consider going to a junior college next season so that he would be eligible to sign with the Brewers before next June?s draft as a draft-and-follow pick. ?I?m just going to see what they (the Brewers) say and make a decision when I get back,? he said. Full article, which includes non-Brewer related news on Rickey's fellow Reno ballplayers, who were also drafted: www.rgj.com/news/stories/...ews/sports From a separate article: Rickey, who is headed to the Nevada Wolf Pack next season, was 7-2 with a 3.28 ERA. The left-hander struck out 75 in 601/3 innings. ?Chris Rickey was an absolute warrior, a bulldog on the mound,? Savage said. ?On many staffs around the league he would have been the ace.?

Fixed -- and now I count 23 healthy there as well; are you counting Bowles, he's on the DL. Thanks.

I almost literally burst out sobbing at the Pods double, and then again after the last out. Not like for joy, but like I'd just had a near-death experience. Starting the 13th inning I was telling myself, it's just a meaningless baseball game! Any minute now my wife's gonna wake up and wish I were in bed with her. Why the hell am I watching this? bernieh, my wife woke up to go to the bathroom at 1:30 AM to find me transfixed in front of the computer. She already thinks I'm nuts, but thank goodness she was too tired to do much but shrug. I told a fib this morning that I had fallen asleep between 10:00 and 1:00 to wake up and find the game on. Of course, it was 2:55 when I crawled into bed after the game. Now the real test for everyone is tonight's game for those who don't nap today http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif .

Daily Press High Desert Game Story: Manny Parra was tossed from the game.... Lancaster's Bass fishes out win over High Desert By MARK A. PEINADO/Staff Writer ADELANTO ? The High Desert Mavericks ? in the midst of a nine--game losing streak ? had to have a little smile on their faces as they prepared for their game with the Lancaster JetHawks on Tuesday night. Why? Adam Bass was on the mound. In Bass' three previous starts against High Desert, he had a record of 0-2 with a 12.66 earned run average. It appeared the Mavericks had every right to feel good about possibly ending their season--worst losing streak. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans. Bass had his best outing of the season, allowing three runs, two unearned, on five hits in a complete ? game 8-3 victory for the JetHawks over High Desert at Mavericks Stadium. "If he threw like that in every start he'd be 8-1 ? he was unbelievable tonight," Mavs manager Mel Queen said of Bass' outing. "That's probably as good as any pitcher has thrown against us all year. It's no good to take (pitches) because he was throwing nothing but strikes. He pitched a great game. When you're up against a guy like that, there isn't anything you can do." The Mavs (20-39) have now lost 10 in a row. The season-high last season, in which the team went 42-98, was nine and the club record is 18, set in 1994. Bakersfield holds the California League record with 22. Bass had the High Desert hitters silenced for much of the evening. At one point, he retired 13 Mavericks in a row. Enrique Cruz broke up the string in the bottom of the ninth with a lead-off single with the Mavs trailing 8-1. Kennard Bibbs followed with an RBI triple. With one out, Dan Boyd doubled in Bibbs. But Bass retired the final two batters to end the game. The ninth was one of the rare times that Bass was in trouble, the other occurring in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs, Boyd reached on an error and Travis Hinton drove him in with an RBI double. Up until the ninth inning, Bass had held the Mavericks to two hits, their lowest total of the season. "In the past, I was trying to throw it by everybody, that isn't the way to pitch," Bass said. "Maybe in high school and occasionally in college, but you can't get away with it at this level. I hit some spots, was working my off-speed pitches a lot more and I didn't feel I was throwing as hard even if I wanted to. "It's a great feeling to get a good game under your belt. It hasn't been the season I would have liked, but it feels good have a good outing like this." Especially in front of family and friends. Bass' parents are in town and they saw him get roughed up against Lake Elsinore on Thursday. He allowed five runs on four hits in two innings while walking two. It was a different story against the Mavs as he notched his first complete game as a professional and improved his record to 4-4. Bass' last complete game came in college at Alabama-Huntsville a few years ago. "(My parents) came in on Thursday and saw me get lit up against Lake Elsinore," Bass said. "They haven't seen me pitch in over a year and I really wanted to pitch well for them. Like I said, it feels great, especially against these guys." If it weren't for a couple of poor innings from Mavericks starter Chris Capuano, the game might have actually tilted in High Desert's favor. Capuano, on his fourth rehabilitation assignment for the Milwaukee Brewers, gave up six runs on six hits. He struck out two, walked two and didn't get out of the third inning. The Mavs were down 7-0 after three and trailed 8-1 after five innings. High Desert's Craig Breslow, Manny Parra (the scheduled starter), Homero Rivera and Mike Kusiewicz combined for seven innings of relief. They allowed two runs on five hits and struck out nine. Parra was tossed out of the game in the seventh inning by second base umpire David Rackley for questioning home-plate umpire Will Robinson's strike zone. Mark A. Peinado can be reached at 955-5365 or via e-mail at mark-peinado@link.freedom.com.

Came across this interesting "almost pick" from the Round 11-15 time frame, thus placing this in this thread... Fort Myers (FL) News-Press: Jeff Corsaletti?s Major League Baseball draft experience didn?t leave him with good feelings. But a few more bucks could change that. The Cleveland Indians chose the University of Florida junior outfielder in the 22nd round Tuesday. Problem was, Corsaletti was led to believe he?d be chosen Monday. ?Leading up to the draft, the Milwaukee Brewers were most interested,? said Corsaletti, a Charlotte High School graduate. ?During the ninth round, they called and said, ?We want to sign you in the 11th. Will you sign?? I told them yes, but they didn?t take me. ?The (Colorado) Rockies also called me in the 13th round but didn?t pull the trigger. ?I learned a big lesson. It?s a crapshoot. You can?t trust anybody, and you can?t go on what scouts say.? Cleveland drafted Corsaletti despite the fact he said he wouldn?t sign for their first offer of a $30,000 bonus or their second of $40,000. ?They called back and said, ?Jeff, we?ll try to get you as much we can get you.? ? Corsaletti said. ?The money has to be right. I have a lot to go back to. Coach (Pat McMahon at Florida) is a great guy.? Corsaletti is hitting .328 for Florida with five homers, 43 RBI and 11 stolen bases heading into this weekend?s super regional against Miami.

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com Huntsville update: A LITTLE BIT OF LUCKIt was nice to see after only 800 showed up Monday night, but can anything else but a buyout night lure over 4,500 fans into the Joe on a weeknight?...... It's an old marketing tactic that was used a lot in the early years by former owner Larry Schmittou. It seems like every business in town gave away free Stars tickets on their counter........ Give 'em a sample of Southern League baseball, and they'll come back for more....... It served its purpose after several years in introducing Huntsvillians to professional baseball, but new ownership decided it wasn't good business to give away your product, and it became rarer to see, but it comes around once in awhile....... Redstone Federal Credit Union still sponsors these, and tonight, the general admission seats were filled with fans........ And it was fans for fans, as they walked in. The old-fashioned way to cool off was handed out as free gifts, along with water bottles, but a nice breeze and dry air made them needless. Those who actually paid money to get in, got their money's worth....... It was so typical of a Barons-Stars game. Well-fought, well-pitched, and full of sudden turns and twists of fate.......... One of the best games of the year, and will probably earn a place on my Top Ten at the end of the season, but the real excitement didn't come until the 9th inning...... Matt Ford had a 50-pitch limit, but only threw 41 before manager Frank Kremblas came to pull the plug..... Ford had given up a two-run double to left-centerfield by Scott Bikowski on his first pitch....... Ford left a runner in scoring position in the first two innings, saved by his infield each time, but a throwing error by Ozzie Chavez, followed by a single and a wild pitch, opened up trouble in the 3rd........ For Chavez, it was his fourth straight game with an error, one short of the record by a shortstop, held by Dionys Cesar in 2001 and Francisco Matos in 1990....... Ford managed to strike out Aaron McNeal on an 89 mph fastball, but Bikowski would be the last batter he would pitch to....... Glenn Woolard came in and pitched the best of his four appearances for the Stars since joining them on May 26. Carlos Maldonado greeted him with a long drive to left field, nearly over Brad Nelson's head, but Brad's last-second leap to spear it was successful....... The Stars' good luck in this game started right here. Woolard would retire nine of the next ten Barons to face him, with a mix of fastballs, sliders, change-ups, and curves, as opposed to Birmingham's pitchers who fed the Stars a steady diet of breaking balls tonight....... They went a long way. The Barons were able to hold onto a 2-1 lead for most of this game, adding what they thought to be an insurance run in the 8th on Carlos Maldonado's double to the left field wall........ Prince Fielder, with another good game, hit his 12th HR --- an opposite-field shot that snuck into the left field corner, 345 ft. away........ Prince is now 11-for-24 (.458) in his last six games, and 10-for-20 in his last five with two doubles and two HRs....... His 12th HR of the year puts him behind Jason Stokes, Greg Sain, and Birmingham's Aaron McNeal among the SL's home run leaders. Rickie Weeks, who also had a good night at the plate, doubled in the 5th with two out........ He had swung late on the previous pitch, fouling it down the left field line, but on the next pitch, turning on another fastball late again, with his quick wrists, got it inside the left field line for a double this time....... The opportunity to score was wasted, however, when he tried to steal third base after Tony Gwynn, Jr. took Ryan Meaux's fifth pitch for ball four. I'll never live to see anything as dumb as that........ Fans around the stadium are starting to get mighty displeased at Weeks, Gwynn, and Fielder (not so much on the latter, now that he's gotten hot), promised by all the hype that this trio would easily lead their Stars to a first half title, and now cynical at their chances, and aching for an end of the Kremblas regime......... I can back up some of their complaints by saying that I've seen Weeks and Fielder lolligag and not run out the bases during infield practice and BP, where Tony goes in the cage every day to practice and runs everything out in field practice....... Gwynn is a hard worker and is trying to prove he belongs in Double-A....... I've always believed this team was underachieving and while Gwynn is trying, and may be playing at a level too high, Weeks and Fielder seem to think the effort in practice is a waste........ So much for that rant. The Stars had another chance to score in the 6th....... With one out, Brad Nelson and Ryan Knox put together back-to-back singles....... Some of Frank's ideas work, some not. The person next to me voted 60-40 not, but anyway, this was another stroke of luck for the Stars........ Kremblas called for the hit-and-run. With the runners going, Chris Barnwell hit a sharp one-hopper right back to the pitcher, but instead of a double play, the Stars had runners in scoring position........ Unfortunately, the Stars were in the bottom half of their order, and Razor Shines called for the intentional walk to get to Nestor "0-for-redor" Corredor....... He bounced out to the pitcher for the third out......... Going into this game, the Stars were 5-23 when trailing after six. The bottom of the 9th began with Corredor striking out swinging. Barons' closer Josh Fields, with a strikeout-walk ratio of 31:3, walked weak-hitting Ozzie Chavez, who is only 3-for-27 this month....... More luck........Weeks then came up with his first three-hit game since May 14 when he singled straight up the middle........ Shortstop Michael Morse smothered the ball near the outfield grass, but could not make a play........Gwynn then laced a 1-1 pitch to right going through the gap on the right side of the infield, scoring Chavez, and sending Weeks, who was going, to third........ Now for the first time in a long time, I felt confident when Fielder came to bat........ Maybe he's learning how to be more patient and wait for his pitch. He took the first two pitches, which were outside, fouled a ball in back of the plate, then drove a 3-1 pitch into right field on one hop to bring home Weeks, tying the game, 3-3........ Brad Nelson was wisely walked (from Birmingham's point-of-view) to load the bases and pitch to Ryan Knox, only a day after returning to Huntsville........ That mad scientist, Frank Kremblas, put the squeeze sign on and Knox made an attempt, but fouled it off........ He took the sign off and this time Knox swung........ Unfortunately, Knox did not get a good piece of the ball, making contact on the middle part of his bat, but the results were better than a bunt........ The ball rolled on the grass on the third base side of the infield. 3rd baseman Rob Sasser had to come in quick on it and could not pick up what would have been a difficult play to make anywhere........ Gwynn, the stolen base leader on the team, raced home as the ball lay dead on the grass. For all their luck, the Stars could gain only a half-a-game on Mobile, washed out in Greenville...... The Diamond Jaxx kept their two-game lead over the Stars by shutting out Montgomery, 6-0........ Brian Adams, who has done well in his last six appearances, giving up just two earned runs in 8 1/3 IP, got his first win since August 11 of last year........ Mike Jones will return to the mound for Wednesday afternoon's game, a 12:05 Businessman's Special. Jonesy will have a 35-pitch limit before he gives way to Jeff Housman (1-4, 3.54). He'll be opposed by Courtney Duncan, a major league veteran also trying to come back. Duncan pitched in 36 games in relief for the Cubs in 2001, and pitched for the Diamond Jaxx from 1998-2000. Jason Belcher made his Eastern League debut for the Harrisburg Senators tonight, going 2-for-4 and driving in a run, but his team lost to Altoona, 9-3....... Elie Alfonzo, who was just called up by the Carolina Mudcats from Class A - Jupiter (Florida State), struck out in a pinch-hit appearance in his first game for the Mudcats........ Elie hit .258 with 7 HRs in 69 games for the Huntsville Stars in 2002. Now up on my link are the top 20 draft picks by the Brewers in this year's high school/college draft....... Number 20 was pitcher Jose Garcia, a familiar name to many of you Stars fans, but this Garcia is from Iowa. Better luck to this Jose. http://www.starsboxscore.com/standing.html

Indianapolis Post-Game Notes: Michel Hernandez hit a grand slam over the left-field wall in the eighth inning Tuesday night, giving Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 6-5 victory over the Indianapolis Indians. It was the fifth straight victory for the Red Barons, whose five runs in the eighth inning erased a 3-1 Indians lead. Jim Rushford's RBI single brought home the first run and sent Mark Budzinski to third base. Pablo Ozuna was then intentionally walked, loading the bases, and Hernandez followed with his fourth homer of the season. "I knew the pitcher had good sliders and good sinkers and I was looking for a sinker," Hernandez said. "I got the pitch I was hoping for and was able to get a lot of power into it. "We just go out and do what it takes to win," Hernandez said. "No one got nervous when we got down because we were patient and just waited for our chance." The Indians got two runs back in the bottom of the ninth when Steve Scarborough hit an RBI double and scored on a single by Peter Bergeron. Reliever Jim Crowell then struck out Chris Magruder and earned his ninth save when Bergeron was thrown out at second on a fielder's choice to end the game. Spike Lundberg (2-0), the second of the Red Barons' four pitchers, got the victory. Dan Reichert (3-1) took the loss.

WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (NEW YORK YANKEES) 31 25 .554 [b]INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (MILWAUKEE) 30 26 .536 1.0[/b] TOLEDO MUD HENS (DETROIT) 30 29 .508 2.5 LOUISVILLE BATS (CINCINNATI) 28 30 .483 4.0 WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 32 27 .542 MOBILE BAY BEARS (SAN DIEGO) 31 27 .534 .5 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 30 29 .508 2.0[/b] BIRMINGHAM BARONS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 29 30 .492 3.0 MONTGOMERY BISCUITS (TAMPA BAY) 25 34 .424 7.0 SOUTH DIVISION W L PCT GB LANCASTER JETHAWKS (ARIZONA) 36 22 .621 INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS (SEATTLE) 33 25 .569 3.0 LAKE ELSINORE STORM (SAN DIEGO) 30 28 .517 6.0 RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (ANAHEIM) 28 30 .483 8.0 [b]HIGH DESERT MAVERICKS (MILWAUKEE) 20 39 .339 16.5[/b] WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB KANE COUNTY COUGARS (OAKLAND) 36 22 .621 PEORIA CHIEFS (ST.LOUIS) 35 22 .614 .5 CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS (ANAHEIM) 35 23 .603 1.0 [b]BELOIT SNAPPERS (MILWAUKEE) 32 27 .542 4.5[/b] CLINTON LUMBER KINGS (TEXAS) 30 27 .526 5.5 QUAD CITY RIVER BANDITS (MINNESOTA) 26 28 .481 8.0 WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS (SEATTLE) 25 33 .431 11.0 BURLINGTON BEES (KANSAS CITY) 18 41 .305 18.5

A wonderfully bizarre six minutes... Check out the current audio link on the Mavericks' home page: www.hdmavs.com/

All you weenies on Central Time need to stay up one hour after this game to prove you're a real man like East Coast MassBrew.

If Donnelly had held Counsell, I swear I was going to delete this entire thread.

25 K's -- NL record. One more is the major league record.

You just know ESPN's Jayson Stark is going to get like three lenghty columns out of this game.

Just think, as soon as Wednesday morning's Brewer game finishes, you can immediately tune in to Huntsville and Indy http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif ; it's all home cookin' -- we need it! Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio begins approx. 15 minutes prior to game time listed... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Pedro Liriano at home vs. Scranton / Wilkes-Barre (Phillies), 2:00 PM Audio link: www.newstalk1430.com/ Alternate audio link (Red Barons' feed): www.sportsjuice.com/provi...swbrbarons HUNTSVILLE: RHP Mike Jones (cool!) at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 12:05 PM Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ HIGH DESERT: RHP Khalid Ballouli at home vs. Lancaster (Diamondbacks), 9:05 PM Audio link: www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm BELOIT: IDLE (Hey, why do they get to rest?)

Huntsville RHP Mike Jones activated from the Stars' DL. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif If Kade Johnson clears waivers, young fill-in catcher Nestor Corredor would be the choice, you'd think, to free up a needed roster spot.

HOFFY's going to crap when he wakes up and they're still playing.

Final: Lancaster (Diamondbacks) 8, High Desert 3 High Desert Box Score: GAME DATE: 6/08/04 LNC at HD LANCASTER 8 AT HIGH DESERT 3 YTD YTD LANCASTER AB R H BI AVG HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG J.Ball CF 5 1 1 0 .282 K.Bibbs CF 4 1 2 1 .306 J.Ball RF 0 0 0 0 .282 C.Crabbe 2B 4 0 0 0 .308 D.Richar DH 4 0 1 0 .352 D.Boyd LF 4 1 1 1 .299 C.Jackson LF 4 1 3 0 .338 T.Hinton 1B 4 0 1 1 .306 C.Quentin RF 3 1 0 0 .290 S.Candelaria RF 4 0 0 0 .249 B.Simon CF 1 0 0 0 .157 F.Villanueva CAT 3 0 0 0 .242 J.D'Antona 3B 3 2 3 2 .321 J.Frost DH 3 0 0 0 .263 S.Luellwitz 1B 3 1 0 0 .235 T.Farnsworth 3B 3 0 0 0 .163 M.Morgan 2B 4 1 2 1 .256 E.Cruz SS 3 1 1 0 .221 P.Avlas CAT 5 1 1 3 .299 C.Capuano PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Haley SS 4 0 0 1 .303 C.Breslow PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Bass PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Parra PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Rivera PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Kusiewicz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 8 11 7 TOTALS 32 3 5 3 LANCASTER 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0- 8 11 1 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2- 3 5 1 E--A.Haley, E.Cruz. DP--LANCASTER 1, HIGH DESERT 0. LOB--LANCASTER 11, HIGH DESERT 2. 2B--J.D'Antona (18), D.Boyd (12), T.Hinton (17). 3B--K.Bibbs (6). HR--P.Avlas (6). SB--J.D'Antona (2). CS--J.Ball. SF--J.D'Antona, A.Haley. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LANCASTER A.Bass (W,4-4) 9.0 5 3 2 0 7 0 5.31 HIGH DESERT C.Capuano (L,0-1) 2.0 6 6 6 3 2 1 27.00 C.Breslow 2.0 1 1 0 1 3 0 8.29 M.Parra 3.1 3 1 0 3 6 0 5.06 H.Rivera 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 M.Kusiewicz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57 WP--M.Parra. PB--F.Villanueva 2. SO--J.Ball 2, D.Richar, C.Jackson, C.Quentin 2, P.Avlas 2, A.Haley 3, C.Crabbe, T.Hinton 2, S.Candelaria, F.Villanueva, J.Frost, T.Farnsworth. BB--J.Ball, D.Richar, C.Jackson, C.Quentin, J.D'Antona, S.Luellwitz 2, M.Morgan. T--2:35. A--1701High Desert Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=17912

It's 1:15 on the East Coast. My alarm goes off in less than four hours. I'm screwed.

Huntsville Site Game Summary: Rival Birmingham arrived in Huntsville Tuesday, both teams in the thick of a pennant chase. Trailing 2-1 into the fifth, the Stars squandered scoring chances in consecutive innings. The Barons scored a key insurance run in the seventh. Down to their final two outs with the bases empty in the ninth, their pennant hopes hanging by a thread, the Stars responded. A dramatic ninth-inning rally brought Huntsville a walk-off win over Birmingham (29-30), 4-3, at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars (30-29) have won two of their last three games to remain in third place, two games out of first in the Southern League West. The Barons forged ahead with a third-inning rally sparked by a Stars miscue. Edwin Yan hit a routine ground ball to short, but Ozzie Chavez?s throw to first pulled Prince Fielder off the bag for an error. Michael Morse singled Yan to second and both men advanced on a wild pitch. Scott Bikowski delivered a one-out, two-run single to center for a 2-0 Birmingham lead. Fielder?s opposite-field solo homer, his 12th of the year, brought Huntsville within a run in the fourth. In the bottom of the fifth, Rickie Weeks doubled to left with two outs. As Tony Gwynn Jr. took ball four, Weeks was thrown out trying to steal third base, ending the threat. In the sixth, singles by Brad Nelson and Ryan Knox put runners at first and second with one out. With the runners in motion, Chris Barnwell hit a come-backer to the mound, and Ryan Meaux threw him out at first as Nelson and Knox advanced. Johnny Raburn was intentionally walked, and Nestor Corredor grounded out to Meaux to close the frame. Birmingham got its insurance in the eighth. Scott Bikowski singled to center and Carlos Maldonado drilled a pitch deep to left. Nelson chased and leapt at the wall as the ball glanced off his glove. Maldonado was thrown out at third after oversliding the bag, but his run-scoring double put the Barons up, 3-1. In the bottom of the ninth, Chavez walked with one out. Weeks? infield single put runners at first and second, and Gwynn singled to right, scoring Chavez and sending Weeks to third. Prince Fielder?s broken-bat single to right plated Weeks and pushed Gwynn to third. After Nelson was intentionally walked, Ryan Knox?s squeeze bunt bounced foul. On the next pitch, Knox hit a swinging bunt up the third base line. Third baseman Rob Sasser watched helplessly as the ball stayed fair and Gwynn scored the winning run. Brian Adams (1-1) picked up his first win, giving up one run on two hits while fanning four over the final three innings. Josh Fields (3-2) suffered the loss, surrendering three runs on four hits and two walks with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning. Huntsville sends righty Mike Jones (0-2, 4.50), making his first appearance since April 23 after rehabbing a sore elbow, to the mound against Barons right-hander Courtney Duncan (0-0, 0.00) in game two of the series Wednesday afternoon at Joe Davis Stadium. Game time is 12:05 p.m.

Beloit Game Summary from the Dragons' Site: I'm not making friends among the organization tonight, but while I'm in this foul mood I'll mention that when the Snappers return home, this is what a team website game summary looks like. The two-sentence game blurbs aren't cutting it... The Beloit Snappers (32-27) slugged four home runs against Dayton Dragons pitching (24-35) and took three of four from the Dragons on the first half series winning the finale by an 8-3 count on Tuesday night. The Dragons finished the eight game, eight day home stand at four wins and four losses, taking three of four from Battle Creek and dropping three of four from Beloit. Beloit got on the board in the top half of the first inning off Dayton starter Tyler Pelland (L, 1-7) with the first of four homers on the night. Vinny Rottino, who finished the series with seven RBI, knocked a Pelland pitch over the wall in left center for a three run shot and the Snappers led 3-0. In the second inning, Beloit was at it again picking up a single tally off the Dragons starter. Robbie Deevers led off the inning with a double and came home on a Will Lewis single for a 4-0 lead. In the top half of the third, Steve Moss picked up his second of four hits on the night with his second long ball of the season and the lead grew to 5-0. Pelland was finished after three, allowing five runs on five hits and a walk. The two teams traded runs in the fourth inning as Beloit added a single tally off reliever Dirt Ursin with three straight two out singles. Moss picked up his second RBI driving home Lewis for a 6-0 Snappers lead. The Dragons got on the board in the bottom half of the frame off Beloit starter Carlos Villanueva (W, 5-5) on a mammoth opposite field homer to left center by Joey Votto. Votto?s eighth of the season broke up the one hit shutout and gave the Dragons their first run of the night. Dayton got as close as 6-3 in the bottom half of the sixth inning on back to back extra base hits by Chris Dickerson and Luis Bolivar. Dickerson tripled off the wall in left center and jogged home on Bolivar?s sixth homer of the season, a blast over the Dragons Lair in left field. Both Dickerson and Bolivar, along with pitcher Calvin Medlock were named to the MWL All-Star Team, which was announced earlier on Tuesday afternoon. Bolivar had a good night at the plate for Dayton, picking up three hits, lacking only a triple for the cycle. Villanueva?s night was finished after 6.0 innings of work. The right hander picked up the win scattering five hits, striking out three and allowing three earned runs. Beloit added to the homer total with solo shots in the seventh and the ninth to close out the scoring at 8-3. Manuel Ramirez picked up his second of the series off Derek Hawk in the top of the seventh and Josh Murray added his second of the series off Trey Rice in the ninth. Mitch Stetter and Tim Dillard blanked the Dragons over the final three innings to preserve the win for Villanueva.

A little surprised Kade Johnson wasn't in the Stars' lineup?

Huntsville Box Score: Awesome job by the bullpen; that 1-thru-6 in the order had a nice night... GAME DATE: 6/08/04 BIR at HVL BIRMINGHAM 3 AT HUNTSVILLE 4 YTD YTD BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG M.Spidale CF 5 0 0 0 .296 R.Weeks 2B 4 1 3 0 .246 R.Yan 2B 5 1 1 0 .261 A.Gwynn CF 4 1 1 1 .247 M.Morse SS 4 1 1 0 .303 P.Fielder 1B 5 1 3 2 .267 A.McNeal 1B 3 0 0 0 .264 B.Nelson LF 4 0 1 0 .296 S.Bikowski RF 4 1 2 2 .276 R.Knox RF 5 0 2 1 .262 C.Maldonado DH 4 0 1 1 .262 C.Barnwell 3B 3 0 1 0 .226 R.Sasser 3B 4 0 0 0 .234 J.Raburn DH 3 0 0 0 .244 N.Murphy LF 4 0 2 0 .285 N.Corredor CAT 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Stewart CAT 3 0 2 0 .228 O.Chavez SS 3 1 0 0 .211 A.Munoz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Ford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Meaux PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Woolard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.McNichol PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Fields PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 3 9 3 TOTALS 35 4 11 4 BIRMINGHAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0- 3 9 0 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3- 4 11 2 E--O.Chavez, G.Woolard. DP--BIRMINGHAM 0, HUNTSVILLE 0. LOB--BIRMINGHAM 8, HUNTSVILLE 12. 2B--S.Bikowski (6), C.Maldonado (9), R.Weeks (9). HR--P.Fielder (12). CS--R.Weeks. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BIRMINGHAM A.Munoz 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.13 R.Meaux 4.0 5 1 1 3 3 1 5.43 B.McNichol 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.83 J.Fields (L,3-2) 0.2 4 3 3 2 1 0 1.82 HUNTSVILLE M.Ford 2.1 5 2 1 1 1 0 3.27 G.Woolard 3.2 2 0 0 1 5 0 4.32 B.Adams (W,1-1) 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 4.63 WP--M.Ford 2. SO--M.Spidale 2, R.Yan, M.Morse, A.McNeal 3, R.Sasser, N.Murphy 2, B.Nelson 2, R.Knox, N.Corredor, O.Chavez 2. BB--A.McNeal, C.Stewart, R.Weeks, A.Gwynn, B.Nelson, C.Barnwell, J.Raburn, O.Chavez. T--2:52. A--4512Huntsville Game Log: Here's your winning rally: Huntsville Bottom 9th - Corredor, N struck out looking. - Chavez, O walked. - Weeks, R singled to shortstop; Chavez, O advanced to second. - Gwynn, T singled to right field, RBI; Weeks, R advanced to third; Chavez, O scored. - Fielder, P singled to right field, RBI; Gwynn, T advanced to third; Weeks, R scored. - Nelson, B walked; Fielder, P advanced to second. - Knox, R singled to third base, RBI; Nelson, B advanced to second; Fielder, P advanced to third; Gwynn, T scored. www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=12000