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Final, Game Two: Battle Creek (Yankees) 5, Beloit 4 Beloit Game Two Box Score: Lou Palmisano DH'ing in both games; Tim Marks and Carlos Corporan share catching duties on the day... GAME DATE: 5/23/04 BTC at BLT BATTLE CREEK 5 AT BELOIT 4 DH GAME #2 YTD YTD BATTLE CREEK AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG M.Cabrera CF 2 2 0 0 .344 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 0 1 0 .296 E.Andrus LF 3 0 1 1 .259 T.Trofholz RF 3 0 0 0 .289 E.Duncan 3B 3 1 1 2 .303 V.Rottino LF 4 1 1 0 .331 W.Vasquez 1B 3 0 1 1 .282 L.Palmisano DH 3 2 1 1 .324 H.Made SS 3 0 0 0 .267 A.Heether 3B 3 1 1 0 .246 E.Harris RF 3 0 1 0 .240 S.Moss CF 1 0 0 1 .135 J.Treadway RF 0 0 0 0 .194 M.Ramirez 1B 2 0 0 1 .256 P.Santos CAT 3 1 1 1 .227 C.Corporan CAT 3 0 2 1 .254 B.Kartler DH 2 1 0 0 .193 R.Deevers PR 0 0 0 0 .231 R.Rodriguez 2B 2 0 1 0 .242 T.Marks CAT 0 0 0 0 .203 A.Gomez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Murray SS 2 0 0 0 .156 M.Gardner PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Pena PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Thorp PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Dillard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 24 5 6 5 TOTALS 25 4 6 4 BATTLE CREEK 2 0 0 0 3 0 0- 5 6 0 BELOIT 0 0 0 1 0 3 0- 4 6 1 E--M.Ramirez. DP--BATTLE CREEK 0, BELOIT 0. LOB--BATTLE CREEK 3, BELOIT 6. HR--E.Duncan (8), P.Santos (1), L.Palmisano (2). CS-- E.Andrus. HBP--S.Moss. SF--M.Ramirez. SH--E.Andrus, R.Rodriguez, T.Trofholz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BATTLE CREEK A.Gomez (W,5-0) 5.1 3 3 3 3 7 1 2.49 M.Gardner 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.42 P.Thorp (S,10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 BELOIT L.Pena (L,4-1) 5.0 6 5 3 2 4 2 3.43 T.Dillard 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.95 HB--M.Gardner. SO--E.Duncan, W.Vasquez, E.Harris, B.Kartler, R.Rodriguez, G.Rodriguez, T.Trofholz 2, V.Rottino, L.Palmisano, S.Moss, M.Ramirez. BB--M.Cabrera 2, B.Kartler, L.Palmisano, S.Moss, J.Murray. T--1:58. A--1497Beloit Game Two Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=12483

Final, Game One: Beloit 11, Battle Creek (Yankees) 1 Beloit Game One Box Score: Nice to see SS Josh Murray back in the lineup, and on base twice... GAME DATE: 5/23/04 BTC at BLT BATTLE CREEK 1 AT BELOIT 11 DH GAME #1 YTD YTD BATTLE CREEK AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG M.Cabrera CF 4 0 0 0 .344 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 2 3 1 .296 E.Andrus LF 4 0 2 0 .259 T.Trofholz CF 2 1 1 1 .289 E.Duncan 3B 3 0 0 0 .303 V.Rottino LF 4 2 2 2 .331 J.Urick 1B 2 0 0 0 .222 L.Palmisano DH 4 1 1 3 .324 W.Vasquez SS 3 1 1 0 .282 A.Heether 3B 4 0 2 2 .246 E.Cruz 2B 2 0 1 0 .222 T.Marks CAT 4 1 0 0 .203 E.Harris DH 3 0 1 1 .240 R.Deevers RF 4 1 1 0 .231 T.Rojas CAT 3 0 1 0 .234 M.Ramirez 1B 3 2 3 1 .256 B.Kartler RF 3 0 2 0 .193 J.Murray SS 2 1 1 1 .156 C.Wright PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Durost PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Harmsen PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Castle PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Stetter PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 27 1 8 1 TOTALS 31 11 14 11 BATTLE CREEK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 8 1 BELOIT 2 3 1 0 0 5 X-11 14 0 E--E.Cruz. DP--BATTLE CREEK 1, BELOIT 2. LOB--BATTLE CREEK 7, BELOIT 5. 2B--A.Heether (12), M.Ramirez (6). HR--L.Palmisano (2). SB--G.Rodriguez (6), T.Trofholz (8), V.Rottino (1). HBP--J.Murray. SF--T.Trofholz. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BATTLE CREEK C.Wright (L,4-4) 2.0 7 5 5 1 1 0 5.56 B.Harmsen 3.0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2.76 H.Castle 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 1 8.24 BELOIT K.Durost (W,3-3) 5.0 5 0 0 2 6 0 3.58 S.Beresford 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.81 M.Stetter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32 HB--B.Harmsen. WP--B.Harmsen, S.Beresford. SO--E.Andrus, E.Duncan 2, J.Urick, W.Vasquez 2, E.Cruz, G.Rodriguez, L.Palmisano, R.Deevers 2. BB--J.Urick, E.Cruz, T.Trofholz. T--1:47.Beloit Game One Game Log: Just a huge offensive outburst squeezed into six innings... www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=20743

Final: High Desert 9, Lake Elsinore (Padres) 7 High Desert Game Coverage: From the Storm's local paper, the North County Times... Mavs roll a '7' in sixth for win By: SHAWN HOBSON - For The Californian LAKE ELSINORE--The High Desert Mavericks terrorized the basepaths with seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 9-7 victory at The Diamond on Sunday, snapping the Storm's four-game winning streak. The Storm held a comfortable 7-1 lead before 13 batters came to the plate in the sixth inning for the Mavericks. All seven High Desert runs scored with two outs. Wilmer Villatoro relieved Storm starting pitcher Gabe Ribas, who had just thrown 102 pitches, in the middle of the sixth and promptly struggled. "What do you think happened?" Storm manager Rick Renteria said about the sixth-inning breakdown. "We threw a lot of balls. 'Villa' came in there with two outs with a runner on first and second, and he just wasn't very effective. He was out of the zone." Villatoro walked three batters and gave up one hit, allowing four earned runs. "That's a pretty good lead to work with," Renteria said. "The most important thing they have to remember is that they have to throw strikes. They get a little excited. 'Villa' was trying to do a lot instead of just trying to stay within himself." After Villatoro failed to get any of the five batters he faced out, Kevin Beavers relieved him with bases loaded. The first batter Beavers faced, Troy Farnsworth, hit a three-run double. The Mavericks (17-27) scored the go-ahead run and led, 8-7, at that point. Beavers (0-1) took the loss. With the win, the Mavericks snapped an eight-game road losing streak. "All I know is we were losing. I don't know if it was home or on the road, they were losses," Mavericks manager Mel Queen said. "It feels good to win whether you're home or on the road. "We were able to win today because of their pitchers inability to throw strikes, which has plagued us a lot. This time it was our turn to be the beneficiary of the base on balls. Plus, we got some timely hitting, which we didn't get yesterday." The Storm (24-18), who beat the Mavericks, 5-4, in 12 innings Saturday night, lead the season series with the High Desert, 8-5. Lake Elsinore appeared on cruise control and destined to clinch its fifth consecutive series before the ghastly sixth inning. The Storm led 3-1 after four innings before bashing out four more runs in the fifth inning, shooting ahead 7-1. Lake Elsinore sent nine batters to the plate in the fifth. Michael Johnson walked and scored on a bases loaded walk thrown by High Desert reliever Eric Henderson (2-3). Luke Carlin walked and scored on a two-run double hit by Luis Cruz. Cruz was 2-for-5 with three RBIs for the Storm. Paul McAnulty went 3-for-5, improving his batting average to .330. High Desert Box Score: Six doubles among 15 base hits for the Mavs; for everything the newspaper account above says, High Desert pitchers still issued more walks than their counterparts, 8-5... GAME DATE: 5/23/04 HD at LKE HIGH DESERT 9 AT LAKE ELSINORE 7 YTD YTD HIGH DESERT AB R H BI AVG LAKE ELSINORE AB R H BI AVG K.Bibbs CF 5 1 1 0 .296 M.Nettles LF 4 2 1 0 .250 C.Crabbe 2B 6 1 3 1 .285 L.Cruz SS 5 0 2 3 .316 D.Boyd LF 3 1 0 0 .278 P.McAnulty DH 5 1 3 1 .317 T.Hinton 1B 4 1 1 1 .307 S.Baker CF 5 0 1 0 .301 J.Vanden ber CAT 4 1 1 1 .320 M.Johnson 1B 3 1 1 1 .214 T.Farnsworth 3B 5 2 2 3 .167 J.Carter RF 4 1 1 0 .273 S.Candelaria RF 4 0 1 0 .240 K.Jacobo 3B 3 0 0 0 .235 P.Rasmusen DH 5 1 3 2 .176 L.Carlin CAT 4 1 0 1 .344 E.Cruz SS 5 1 3 1 .357 B.Burgamy 2B 3 1 1 1 .278 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Lima 2B 2 0 0 0 .213 E.Henderson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Ribas PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Bradley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Villatoro PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Beavers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Sevier PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 41 9 15 9 TOTALS 38 7 10 7 HIGH DESERT 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1- 9 15 3 LAKE ELSINORE 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0- 7 10 1 E--T.Hinton, J.Vanden ber, E.Cruz, B.Burgamy. DP--HIGH DESERT 1, LAKE ELSINORE 0. LOB--HIGH DESERT 11, LAKE ELSINORE 12. 2B--K.Bibbs (5), T.Farnsworth 2 (2), P.Rasmusen 2 (3), E.Cruz (1), L.Cruz 2 (11), M.Johnson (7). SB--M.Nettles (8). HBP--D.Boyd. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HIGH DESERT B.Hall 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 6.75 E.Henderson (W,2-3) 4.0 6 5 5 5 3 0 6.89 D.Bradley (S,1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3.63 LAKE ELSINORE G.Ribas 5.2 9 3 3 1 3 0 4.25 W.Villatoro 0.0 1 4 4 3 0 0 10.45 K.Beavers (L,0-1) 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2.45 N.Sevier 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.52 HB--G.Ribas. WP--W.Villatoro. BALKS--E.Henderson. SO--K.Bibbs 2, C.Crabbe, D.Boyd, E.Cruz, P.McAnulty, J.Carter, K.Jacobo 2, L.Carlin 2, J.Lima. BB--K.Bibbs, D.Boyd, T.Hinton, J.Vanden ber, S.Candelaria, M.Nettles 2, M.Johnson 2, J.Carter, K.Jacobo 2, L.Carlin. T--3:16. A--6009High Desert Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=18954

Huntsville Box Score: Rickie Weeks misses another game with his foot injury... GAME DATE: 5/23/04 JAX at HVL JACKSONVILLE 1 AT HUNTSVILLE 6 YTD YTD JACKSONVILLE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG R.Abercrombi CF 4 0 0 0 .120 J.Raburn 2B 4 0 1 1 .253 N.Castro SS 4 1 2 1 .280 A.Gwynn CF 3 1 1 0 .254 J.Loney 1B 3 0 0 0 .203 P.Fielder 1B 4 1 1 2 .257 W.Aybar 2B 3 0 0 0 .283 B.Nelson LF 4 1 1 0 .285 B.King 3B 4 0 0 0 .279 J.Belcher RF 3 0 0 0 .287 D.Michaelis RF 4 0 1 0 .270 C.Barnwell 3B 3 1 1 1 .213 N.Alvarez LF 2 0 0 0 .269 J.Alvarado CAT 4 1 1 0 .174 T.Socarras CAT 3 0 0 0 .216 O.Chavez SS 3 0 0 0 .167 R.Leek PIT 2 0 0 0 .125 J.Housman PIT 1 0 0 0 .300 W.Ruan PH 1 0 0 0 .193 P.Stewart PIT 0 1 0 0 .000 E.Nina PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 B.Steffek PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 1 3 1 TOTALS 29 6 6 4 JACKSONVILLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 3 2 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 X- 6 6 0 E--J.Loney, E.Nina. DP--JACKSONVILLE 0, HUNTSVILLE 0. LOB--JACKSONVILLE 6, HUNTSVILLE 4. 2B--B.Nelson (14). HR--N.Castro (6), P.Fielder (10). CS--B.Nelson. HBP--N.Alvarez, J.Belcher. SF--C.Barnwell. SH--P.Stewart. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA JACKSONVILLE R.Leek (L,1-3) 6.0 3 3 3 1 4 1 5.13 E.Nina 1.0 3 3 1 1 2 0 3.74 B.Steffek 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 HUNTSVILLE J.Housman (W,1-2) 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 3.11 P.Stewart (S,2) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.38 HB--R.Leek, J.Housman. WP--E.Nina. SO--R.Abercrombi, B.King, D.Michaelis 2, T.Socarras, R.Leek, W.Ruan, J.Raburn, P.Fielder, B.Nelson, C.Barnwell, J.Alvarado, O.Chavez. BB--J.Loney, W.Aybar, N.Alvarez, A.Gwynn, J.Housman. T--2:16. A--1569Huntsville Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=11981

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com Huntsville update: GOODBYE TO OLD BLUEAt 4:29 pm, the scoreboard read two balls and two strikes on Nick Alvarez as his stat line appeared below the line score. It was the last thing Stars fans saw on the old scoreboard before he hit into a force play to end the game........ Monday morning at 6:30 AM, a crew will arrive with a crane as they begin dismantling, piece by piece, every bit of old blue....... There's no telling how much of it will actually come down by the time Game Three of this series begins tomorrow night......... Four trucks will converge on the back end of the stadium during the course of the day or the week, carrying elements of the new scoreboard. In the meantime, GM Bryan Dingo tells me, a temporary old-fashioned manual scoreboard, operated by two people, will be in place in the bleacher section where the Home Depot Party Deck is........ The Stars will have the triple fortune of having not only a new scoreboard for fans to feast their eyes on, but the schoolkids in the county will also be out for the summer, and it's fireworks night, which generally attracts the largest crowds of the season....... 10,000 is not far-fetched, even with the new, more conservative head counts they've adopted this year. I don't know what kind of team Jacksonville had when they started the season with seven straight victories, but they looked today like the kind of team that would lose 11 of their last 14 ballgames........ Until Paul Stewart walked Willie Aybar in the 9th, Jacksonville hadn't had a baserunner since the 4th --- 14 straight batters set down........ Paul polished off Brennan King and Derek Michaelis on strikeouts, then got the force play to end the game....... Outside of the first three inning, the Suns looked inept and impotent. The Suns had their chances early....... Jeff Housman expended 60 pitches to get through the first three innings. He went deep on two of the four hitters he faced in the 1st, including Nelson Castro, who homered over the first wall in center field near the 405 mark....... 25 pitches in the 2nd as Housman faced a situation with one out and runners on second and third, then battled Tony Socarras before getting him to ground out on the 7th pitch to get the 2nd out........ 15 more as he gave up a single to Castro and walked struggling top prospect James Loney with one out....... Housman has struggled through the early innings all season. Opposing hitters are 26-for-80 (.325) in the first two innings off him to date........ Castro's hit, though, would be the last and it would be the last threat the Suns would ever mount........ The Suns managed only two more runners the rest of the game, one of whom (Alvarez) was hit by a pitch, in what appeared to be the continuing knockdown war between these two teams. (Jacksonville pitchers hit seven Stars batters in the May 6-9 series at The Baseball Grounds.)....... Housman finished strong, throwing just 31 pitches, 22 for strikes in his final three innings. His run support was his May average of three runs per game, but it was certaily enough, as the Stars locked the win, getting three more for Paul Stewart........ Last year, Housman won three games in his eight starts...... Finally after nine starts this year, he wins his first game....... That's not a knock. It was just a combination of a bad April, pitch limits and lack of run support in May when he was pitching well........ Housman did not get charged for three of the four games the Stars lost this month prior to today, but they had only scored six runs in the 18 innings he worked, and three in the game the Stars won against Mobile in the late innings............ But after five May starts, he has actually been brilliant, owner of a 1.86 ERA, 49 Ks and 12 walks in 46 1/3 innings. Randy Leek did not give up a hit in this fast, two hour, five minute game, until the 4th inning when Tony Gwynn led off with a single to right....... Leek went to a dangerous 3-1 count on slumping Prince Fielder (four hits in his last 45 at-bats), who, looking for his pitch, drove his first homer since May 4 to dead center, hitting the top of the wall and bouncing over to put the Stars on top, 2-0......... Next, Brad Nelson lofted a long fly ball to right that looked like the first out, but Derek Michaelis, looking at a bright sky without his shades, lost the ball in the sun near the track, giving Nelson his 10th double of the month....... Nelson is actually the last Huntsville Star to hit 10 or more doubles in a month when he closed out the last month of the 2003 season with 10........ A pair of sac flies followed, and the Stars had a 3-0 lead........ The last one came from Chris Barnwell, who is making the most of his .213 average. He drove in his 22nd run, 3rd among club leaders. Eight men faced reliever Elvin Nina in the 7th inning, as Huntsville doubled their run total........ Barnwell and Joel Alvarado led off with singles. For Joel, his single up the middle snapped an 0-for-20 slump....... With Paul Stewart at the plate and one out, the Suns were drawn in, expecting the bunt, and Stew laid one down a little too quick to Nina. Nina threw to third, or at least in that direction, for the ball sailed off the retaining wall and toward the bullpen. Both runners scored and Stewart ended up on third....... Johnny Raburn then singled on a 2-1 pitch under the glove of a diving Nelson Castro, scoring Stewart with the Stars' final run....... Fielder came within a few feet of making this a 9-1 game when he hit a 2-2 pitch deep to right field, foul by just, I guess, six feet, hitting the top of a blue wall that buffers the groundskeeper's storage area, but he struck out swinging on the next pitch. Nina then fanned Brad Nelson on a 1-2 pitch to end the inning...... Barnwell also narrowly missed a home run in the 2nd inning when he got a hold of a hanging curve and yanked it just a few feet to the left of the 345-ft. mark. Monday, Chris Saenz (3-2, 4.58) will start for Huntsville against Derek Thompson (1-2, 2.76), tied for 10th among Southern League ERA leaders with teammate Glenn Bott........ Jacksonville, with one of the toughest pitching squads for three years running, leads the league in ERA, has four pitchers among the top ten. Johnny Raburn had what looked to be the game's only double play in the second inning when he tagged Nick Alvarez coming towards him on Tony Socarras' grounder. The out was made at first, but the ump caught Raburn tagging him with his glove with the ball, just removed, in his throwing hand....... No warning came from the umps when Jeff Housman retaliated in the 4th inning for Jason Belcher being hit in the 2nd inning on the right forearm, by decking Derek Michaelis with a first-pitch fastball up and in....... So far in what is to be an eight-game season series, eight Stars and three Suns have been plunked. Paul Stewart made his 8th relief appearance this month....... He's been magnificent and really doesn't belong in this level at all. He's given up just one earned run in 19 1/3 innings in May --- a 0.47 ERA, best May since Matt Parker last year tossed 18 2/3 innings without giving up an earned run...... Tony Gwynn singled to left-center in the 7th inning to run his hitting streak to 7 games. He's also hit .360 in safely hitting in 11 of his last 12....... With Stewart's save, the Stars are one shy of recording their 700th in their history. They won their 1,400th game, Saturday night....... The Stars are also 44 strikeouts shy of 17,000 in their 20-year history and 45 away from hitting their 2,000th home run.

Final: Huntsville 6, Jacksonville (Dodgers) 1 Huntsville Site Game Summary: For the second straight day, Huntsville put it all together. After a convincing 10-1 win the night before, timely hitting and solid pitching led the Stars (24-20) past Jacksonville (23-21), 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville has won four straight games and remains 1 ½ games behind West Tenn in the Southern League West standings. Stars starter Jeff Housman finally recorded his first win in his fifth straight quality start. Over his last five outings, Housman has surrendered two runs or less, and Sunday he permitted just one run on three hits and two walks while fanning four over six innings. After giving up Nelson Castro?s first-inning homer, Housman (1-2) allowed only two more hits, both singles, retiring 11 of the last 12 hitters and eight in a row to complete six frames. Prince Fielder, battling through a 3-for-40 (.075) slump entering the game, homered for the first time since May 4, a two-run shot to dead-center that put Huntsville up, 2-1, in the fourth. Later in the inning, Chris Barnwell?s sacrifice fly made it 3-1, and the Stars? three-run seventh sealed the game. After Barnwell and Joel Alvarado led off with singles, pitcher Paul Stewart laid down a one-out bunt. Pitcher Elvin Nina threw the ball up the leftfield line for an error, scoring both Barnwell and Alvarado and sending Stewart to third. Johnny Raburn?s run-scoring single gave the Stars a 6-1 lead. Randy Leek (1-3) suffered his third loss, allowing three runs on three hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings. Stewart notched his second save, fanning three while permitting just one walk over three scoreless frames. The Stars and Suns continue the series Monday night at 7:05 p.m., with Huntsville righty Chris Saenz (3-2, 4.58) meeting Jacksonville lefty Derek Thompson (1-2, 2.76) at Joe Davis Stadium.

Final: Indianapolis 8, Durham (Devil Rays) 4 Indianapolis Post-Game Notes: Jeff Liefer smacked two home runs, Luis Figueroa homered and drove in four runs and Ben Hendrickson (4-2) pitched 6.2 solid innings as the Indians defeated Durham Sunday afternoon, 8-4. Indianapolis continues to lead the IL West Division with a 24-17 record. Durham drops to 23-19. The Tribe is now 5-2 on the homestand, with the final game to be played Monday night against Durham. Overall, Indianapolis has posted a 13-9 record at Victory Field this season and owns a 11-11 record in May. TRIBE HIT PARADE: Jeff Liefer, 3-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI Luis Figueroa, 3-4, R, HR, 4 RBI Brnadon Gemoll, 1-4, 2 R, 2B, SO TRIBE HILL TOPPERS: Ben Hendrickson (4-2), 6.2 IP, 10 H, R, BB, 6 SO Chris Michalak, 1.1 IP, H, R, 2 SO Todd Erdos, 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, SO QUOTES: Indians pitcher Ben Hendrickson on his performance: "They made some hits early on in the game, but I didn?t let it bother me," said Hendrickson. "I was making my pitches and our guys provided good offense today. I just wanted to go in there and get the lead for the team." Tribe catcher Mark Johnson on Hendrickson?s start: "Ben did a great job changing speeds in hitter?s counts," said Johnson. "He got ahead of hitters today that helped him get the job done." Tribe third baseman Luis Figueroa on hitting streak and first home run of year: "I just feel comfortable," said Figueroa. "Everything that I am putting into practice, I am putting into the game. On the home run, I put a good swing on the ball, that?s all." Jeff Liefer, Indians first baseman on winning today?s game: "I am kind of a streaky hitter and I hope to continue this as long as I can," said Liefer. "I?ve won two championship rings at the Triple-A level. This club is a lot like Durham?s team from last year in that we have a mix of veterans and some young guys. It?s good to have a veteran presence. NOTES: Luis Figueroa has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games. He has a team-high 10-game hitting streak. Jeff Liefer has hit four home runs in the last seven games. All 10 of Liefer?s homers this year have been at Victory Field. Jon Nunnally?s streak of reaching base consecutively for 13 home games ended today. Indianapolis Box Score: Wow, talk about limiting the damage -- Ben Hendrickson did just that; Ben's ERA is 2.12 after his first 46.2 AAA innings pitched... GAME DATE: 5/23/04 DUR at IND DURHAM 4 AT INDIANAPOLIS 8 YTD YTD DURHAM AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG J.Maxwell 2B 5 1 3 0 .262 R.Knox CF 4 1 0 0 .230 B.Upton SS 5 1 3 0 .364 M.Erickson SS 4 0 1 0 .216 M.Diaz RF 5 0 1 1 .297 C.Magruder LF 3 0 0 0 .285 F.McGriff DH 3 0 0 0 .154 J.Liefer 1B 3 2 3 3 .324 J.Cantu 3B 5 1 3 2 .279 J.Nunnally RF 4 0 0 0 .267 M.Cummings LF 5 0 1 1 .341 S.Scarbrough 2B 3 1 1 0 .227 P.LaForest CAT 4 0 0 0 .182 B.Gemoll DH 4 2 1 0 .375 E.Guzman 1B 4 1 1 0 .215 M.Johnson CAT 2 1 1 0 .247 C.Gipson CF 4 0 2 0 .321 L.Figueroa 3B 4 1 3 4 .297 J.Gonzalez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hendrckson PIT 0 0 0 0 .286 M.Holtz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Michalak PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Fortunato PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Erdos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 40 4 14 4 TOTALS 31 8 10 7 DURHAM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2- 4 14 3 INDIANAPOLIS 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 X- 8 10 1 E--J.Maxwell, P.LaForest, J.Gonzalez, S.Scarbrough. DP--DURHAM 0, INDIANAPOLIS 0. LOB--DURHAM 11, INDIANAPOLIS 5. 2B--B.Upton (3), J.Cantu (10), B.Gemoll (1). 3B--J.Cantu (1). HR--J.Liefer 2 (10), L.Figueroa (1). SF--J.Liefer. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA DURHAM J.Gonzalez (L,0-1) 6.0 7 5 4 2 2 2 6.00 M.Holtz 0.2 3 3 3 2 1 1 4.00 B.Fortunato 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.38 INDIANAPOLIS B.Hendrckson (W,4-2) 6.2 10 1 1 1 6 0 2.12 C.Michalak 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.60 T.Erdos 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 6.59 WP--J.Gonzalez. SO--J.Maxwell 2, B.Upton 2, M.Diaz 2, F.McGriff, M.Cummings, P.LaForest, R.Knox, M.Erickson, J.Nunnally 2, B.Gemoll. BB--F.McGriff 2, R.Knox, C.Magruder, S.Scarbrough, M.Johnson 2. T--2:22. A--6934Indianapolis Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=14132

The only time a DH is not used is when both affiliates are National League teams. With only two A.L. affiliated teams in the Southern League, Huntsville rarely gets to use a DH. So a team like Durham (AAA Tampa Bay) never sees its pitchers bat. And of course, below AA, pitchers don't bat at all.

Fans of RHP Mike Adams can hear his Saturday pre-game interview with Jim Powell here: www.brewersradionetwork.c.../index.asp

I'm just thankful this has become a two-game series only. The Pirates have had the Crew's number for what seems like forever.

Couple of notes / thoughts: If you're driving around or in the stands at Beloit today, it is a scheduled local radio day for ESPN Radio 1380 ?The Jock? (WTJK AM) to have coverage. With the newly scheduled doubleheader, I'd imagine they'll call both games... Do the Mavericks drive home from Lake Elsinore even after a night game when a day game is scheduled the following day? After that extra-long affair last night, here's hoping the boys got some local hotel convenience... Brad Nelson sure is making a fine charge at Ozzie Chavez for Organizational Player of the Month honors with a week to go; trying to think which pitcher has really stood out this month -- for rock-solid consistency, Beloit's RHP Luis Pena comes to mind; Pena must be approaching Power 50 range, I would think...

Sunday's Daily Menu: As usual for a Sunday, nearly all the action, except for the High Desert late innings and perhaps a portion of Game Two of the Beloit doubleheader, is up against the Crew; friends and families of players, enjoy the links below! All times Central; pitchers subject to change; pre-game audio begins approx. 15 minutes prior to game time listed... INDIANAPOLIS: RHP Ben Hendrickson at home vs. Durham (Devil Rays), 2:00 PM Audio link: www.newstalk1430.com/ Alternate audio link (Bulls' feed): www.sportsjuice.com/provi...ame=dbulls HUNTSVILLE: LHP Jeff Housman at home vs. Jacksonville (Dodgers), 2:05 PM; get Jeff some run support! Audio link: www.espn1450.com/ HIGH DESERT: RHP Bo Hall at Lake Elsinore (Padres), 4:05 PM Audio link: www.hdmavs.com/listen_live.htm BELOIT: RHP Kenny Durost and RHP Luis Pena at home in a twinbill vs. Battle Creek (Yankees), 1:00 PM; rain, rain go away! Audio link (Yankees' feed): www.battlecreekyankees.com/

WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB [b]INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (MILWAUKEE) 23 17 .575[/b] COLUMBUS CLIPPERS (NEW YORK YANKEES) 21 19 .525 2.0 TOLEDO MUD HENS (DETROIT) 22 22 .500 3.0 LOUISVILLE BATS (CINCINNATI) 19 23 .452 5.0 WEST DIVISION W L PCT GB WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 24 18 .571 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 23 20 .535 1.5[/b] BIRMINGHAM BARONS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 22 20 .524 2.0 MOBILE BAY BEARS (SAN DIEGO) 22 21 .512 2.5 MONTGOMERY BISCUITS (TAMPA BAY) 17 26 .395 7.5 SOUTH DIVISION W L PCT GB INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS (SEATTLE) 27 16 .628 LAKE ELSINORE STORM (SAN DIEGO) 24 17 .585 2.0 LANCASTER JETHAWKS (ARIZONA) 22 19 .537 4.0 RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (ANAHEIM) 19 22 .463 7.0 [b]HIGH DESERT MAVERICKS (MILWAUKEE) 16 27 .372 11.0[/b] WESTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB KANE COUNTY COUGARS (OAKLAND) 26 15 .634 CLINTON LUMBER KINGS (TEXAS) 24 18 .571 2.5 PEORIA CHIEFS (ST.LOUIS) 23 18 .561 3.0 CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS (ANAHEIM) 23 18 .561 3.0 [b]BELOIT SNAPPERS (MILWAUKEE) 23 18 .561 3.0[/b] WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS (SEATTLE) 19 23 .452 7.5 QUAD CITY RIVER BANDITS (MINNESOTA) 18 22 .450 7.5 BURLINGTON BEES (KANSAS CITY) 14 28 .333 12.5The Snappers can't seem to gain any ground, despite seven wins in a row...

Indianapolis Post-Game Notes: Travis Phelps threw 4.2 innings of no-hit baseball Saturday night before Durham delivered five runs in the seventh inning as the Indianapolis Indians knocked off the Bulls, 7-5. The Tribe offense produced eight timely hits, including home runs from Jeff Liefer (8) and Jon Nunnally (6). Indianapolis improves to 23-17, Durham falls to 23-18. Both clubs left four runners on base. QUOTES: Indians starting pitcher Travis Phelps: "I had a good game plan tonight," said Phelps. "I was in a good tempo most of the night. It was important to shut them down early. They hit some good pitches in the seventh inning. I am gradually getting my endurance and strength back." Tribe third baseman Luis Figueroa on his hitting streak: "I am working hard every day," said Figueroa. "The guys were really focused a little more tonight. We had good swings and good pitches." Tribe designated hitter Brandon Gemoll on his first appearance as an Indian: "I definitely had the jitters," said Gemoll. "I was more nervous during batting practice. Once the game started, I settled in. This is a beautiful stadium with lots of fans and I?m glad that I started off well." Tribe right fielder Jon Nunnally on home run: "I put a good swing on it and the bull jumped out," said Nunnally. "I don?t really pay much attention to the stats. I just go out and hope that we win. This is not a sprint." Indians left fielder Chris Magruder: "We went out tonight and swung the bats well," said Magruder. "We had a couple of good swings tonight." Indians first baseman Jeff Liefer is congratulated by third-base coach Bobby Randall after leading off the second inning with a home run. -- Steve Healey / The Indianapolis Star http://www.indystar.com/images/pics2/image-148932-1704.jpg

Shucks, not a perfect minor league day.. Final: Lake Elsinore (Padres) 5, High Desert 4, 12 innings Time_4:23. Attendance_6294 -- wow... High Desert Box Score: Teams combined to leave an incredible 33 men on base; 27 combined hits, only three for extra bases; in addition to the 27 hits, the teams combined for 16 walks and a HBP; their must have been high drama in this one... www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=18953 High Desert Game Log: Where can you possibly begin with this game log? Baserunners everywhere -- sombody needed to hit a bases-clearing something! www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=18953

Huntsville Box Score: GAME DATE: 5/22/04 JAX at HVL JACKSONVILLE 1 AT HUNTSVILLE 10 YTD YTD JACKSONVILLE AB R H BI AVG HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG R.Abercrombi RF 4 0 0 0 .130 J.Raburn 2B 4 0 0 0 .253 R.Abercrombi CF 0 0 0 0 .130 A.Gwynn CF 4 1 1 0 .253 N.Castro SS 4 0 1 0 .275 P.Fielder 1B 5 2 1 0 .258 J.Loney 1B 4 0 0 0 .214 B.Nelson LF 5 3 3 3 .286 W.Aybar 2B 3 0 1 0 .289 J.Belcher RF 3 1 1 1 .298 B.King 3B 3 0 1 0 .286 C.Barnwell 3B 3 1 1 1 .211 S.Garcia LF 1 1 1 0 .296 K.Johnson CAT 4 1 3 2 .247 W.Ruan CF 3 0 0 0 .194 O.Chavez SS 4 0 0 0 .222 Y.Brazoban PIT 0 0 0 0 .333 D.Sarfate PIT 3 0 2 1 .182 N.Alvarez PH 1 0 0 0 .275 F.Rijo PIT 1 1 1 0 .500 T.McGee CAT 3 0 0 0 .267 G.Bott PIT 1 0 0 0 .083 J.Rojas PIT 0 0 0 0 .500 F.Osoria PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Michaelis RF 1 0 0 0 .271 TOTALS 28 1 4 0 TOTALS 36 10 13 8 JACKSONVILLE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1 4 2 HUNTSVILLE 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 X-10 13 1 E--B.King, S.Garcia, D.Sarfate. DP--JACKSONVILLE 1, HUNTSVILLE 2. LOB--JACKSONVILLE 6, HUNTSVILLE 6. 2B--B.King (11), B.Nelson 2 (13), C.Barnwell (7), K.Johnson 2 (6). HR--B.Nelson (9). SB--N.Castro (7). CS--B.King. HBP--S.Garcia. SF--J.Belcher. SH--C.Barnwell. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA JACKSONVILLE G.Bott (L,1-3) 5.0 7 6 3 0 0 1 2.76 J.Rojas 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.63 F.Osoria 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 4.91 Y.Brazoban 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1.67 HUNTSVILLE D.Sarfate (W,2-4) 7.0 2 1 0 4 5 0 4.83 F.Rijo 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 4.00 HB--D.Sarfate. WP--D.Sarfate. SO--R.Abercrombi, J.Loney, W.Aybar, B.King, W.Ruan 2, T.McGee, B.Nelson, D.Sarfate. BB--W.Aybar, B.King, S.Garcia 2, G.Bott, J.Raburn, A.Gwynn. T--2:28. A--3789Huntsville Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=11979

Huntsville Times Game Story: Stars break out against Jacksonville Johnson, Sarfate halt slumps in 10-1 rout By PAUL GATTIS Times Sports Staff pgattis@htimes.com Just consider this baseball's version of some kind of miracle drug. And consider Dennis Sarfate and Kade Johnson healed. The two Huntsville Stars came into Saturday's game in woeful slumps and left it with all those miseries fading from memory. Sarfate allowed only two hits in seven innings while Johnson had three hits - including two doubles off the wall that narrowly missed being home runs - as the Stars smashed Jacksonville 10-1 before 3,789 fans at Joe Davis Stadium. Asked if he cured himself, Johnson said, "I think I did." Johnson, the Stars catcher, was languishing in a 4-for-45 slump before getting an infield single that knocked in a run in the second inning. Then he doubled in a run in the fourth and scored and doubled again in the sixth. "I've been working my butt off in the (batting) cage," said Johnson, who was 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs. "It's been a mental block with me. They said my swing is fine. "It was definitely good to get back on track." The same could be said for Sarfate, who lugged a 5.82 ERA into the game and had just one win in seven starts. But he improved to 2-4 after allowing two hits and one unearned run while striking out five. "I knew he was going to have that kind of game," Johnson said. "He had electric stuff in the bullpen." Johnson said Sarfate spotted his mid-90s mph fastball well, which made his breaking pitches even more effective. But for Sarfate, according to pitching coach Fred Dabney, it wasn't a sudden awakening. "It wasn't just tonight," Dabney said. "It's what he did to prepare before this start since his previous start." In that game against Greenville, Sarfate allowed five runs in five innings. "He had a good mind-set (since that start)," Dabney said. "Then he warmed up well in the bullpen and he took it into the ball game." Of course, Sarfate and Johnson had help. Brad Nelson blasted his ninth home run, doubled twice and was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored. And Sarfate even had two hits himself and knocked in a run. Fernando Rijo pitched the final two innings and allowed just two hits. He also had two strikeouts. It all made for an easy night for Stars manager Frank Kremblas as the offense pounded out 13 hits and the Suns offense answered with only four hits. The Stars scored two runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings before adding three more in the seventh and another in the eighth. "They both did a good job," Kremblas said of Johnson and Sarfate. "But thing is, you have to be consistent. And I don't mean throw a two-hitter or get three hits. But you have to be able to (play well) more often."

Talking of Weeks does anyone know if he is injured? He was taken out of last night's game and didn't appear tonight. And as David Weiser pointed out: Rickie Weeks was a late scratch after fouling a ball off his foot in Friday night's game Gee, not Krynzel-like, we hope...

David Weiser's www.starsboxscore.com Huntsville update: A NIGHT FOR NELLY'S FANSI don't know who this team was. They wore these powder blue jerseys with the old 1982-style Brewers logo on their left breast and the '82 Brewer caps like the one I was wearing and I swear they played like the 1982 Brewers, the Harvey Wallbangers who took the World Series with against the Cardinals to the brink....... Someone named Brad Nelson had two doubles and a homer, but I don't know. I think it was probably Gorman Thomas........ And who was that on the mound anyhow? Sure wasn't Dennis Sarfate...... Pitched more like a right-handed Mike Caldwell. I know it wasn't Pete Vuckovich cause this guy had no moustache........ Whoever this team was, they didn't play like the team usually occupying this stadium. That team is last in the league in hitting and whoever it was on the mound, pitched like I've never seen Sarfate pitch....... Whatever...... The win is going to go to the Huntsville Stars and they'll be back tomorrow. Back to reality...... The unis the Stars wore tonight were auctioned off and as usual, I didn't spend big money (the bids started at $50) and I didn't win a bid ...... Prince Fielder is still the most popular player, despite his deep slump. His uniform top was auctioned off for $220....... Tony Gwynn, Jr.'s went for $120. ........ Adding to the novelty of the night was Bernie Brewer and the Famous Sausages. No imitation either. They were the same ones who entertain at Miller Park........ The Stars flew these guys in from Milwaukee and the crowd seemed to love it. Not as much as fireworks, of course....... The highlight was the sausage race from third base to first base where Bernie Brewer and an office intern held up the finish tape....... The bratwurst won....... They also participated in the usual between-innings diversions --- the base race, the tug-of-war, et.al......... All of it complemented tonight's throwback theme, but what was most enjoyable was the Stars victory --- an effortless, one-sided manhandling of the first place Jacksonville Suns, now losers of 10 of their last 13 games. Sarfate pitched his best game for the Stars this season....... A quick worker, he was able to pitch into the 7th for the first time this year --- a first for any Huntsville starter........ Sarfate surrendered only one run, unearned at that, when left fielder Sergio Garcia, who was hit by an 0-1 pitch, went to third on his own throwing error trying to hold the runner on........ He then scored on a wild pitch with Jacksonville newcomer Tom McGee.at-bat......... Sarfate finished strong, retiring 10 of the last 11 batters to face him, getting two strikeouts in the 7th, putting away WIlkin Ruan on a 94-mph fastball. Rickie Weeks was a late scratch after fouling a ball off his foot in Friday night's game, so for the first time, Johnny Raburn was in at his primary position in a familiar spot in the order to him when he was playing at High Desert........He hit the ball hard, but he wasn't the table-setter he was put there to be, but the burden was evenly distributed tonight....... Brad Nelson got things going in the 2nd with a double over first base down the right field line. With one out, Chris Barnwell hit a liner to left that appeared to be easy for Sergio Garcia, but Garcia ran right past it for a three-base error and Nelson scored. Kade Johnson then singled off the heel of Brennan King's glove, a play that just as easily could have been scored an error. But that scored Barnwell to make it 2-0........ Ozzie Chavez lined the first pitch to him to right, but Reggie Abercrombie made one of several eye-popping plays on the night, when he rushed in to make a shoe-top catch. In the 4th, Jason Belcher led off with a single on a 1-2 pitch to right and went to second on Barnwell's well-placed bunt back to the pitcher.........It's hard to conceive that Kade Johnson has been on a 3-for-38 slump, because he really looked good tonight, effortless delivering two blasts to the outfield wall....... The first of them came in the 4th inning on an 0-1 breaking ball from Jacksonville starter Glenn Bott, scoring Belcher. Kade then scored on Dennis Sarfate's second hit --- another single to left......... Huntsville pitchers had a really good night at the plate........ Sarfate and Fernando Rijo combined to go 3-for-4 and drive in a run to raise the batting average of the pitching staff to .174. Brad Nelson was perplexed, but pleasantly, over his own cheering contingent tonight in a post-game wrap with Brian Neese......... They all sat on the first base side of the lower section, which is in itself unusual because the majority of Stars rooters sit on the opposite side. They would shout "Brad! Brad! Brad!" every so often when he came to the plate and maybe it energized him. I don't know. He didn't need it necessarily. He's hitting .366 in his last 10 games and has 14 extra-base hits this month, but the louder they'd get, the better the results........ In the 5th inning, he belted a long two-run home run to left to give the Stars a 6-1 lead........ On his next trip, in the 7th inning, he doubled deep to center near the wall to score Tony Gwynn, Jr........ I talked to some of them after the game, waiting by the clubhouse door for him to come out, the kind of crowd I usually see when some major leaguer is rehabbing here....... These guys, I don't know where exactly they came from --- they said "all over", but they sounded like Midwesterners who were on a minor league hejira. I knew they couldn't possibly be from around here. One -- they were enthusiastic throughout the whole game. Two -- the regulars here don't bother with signs, or cheering a great deal when nothing is seeming to go on. Three -- they were smart and knew their baseball. .......The Stars led off with three consecutive hits that inning off reliever Franquelis Osoria that inning, Nelson's being the third....... Nelly would score on Chris Barnwell's double, his 20th RBI....... Despite a .211 average, Barnwell is still one of the most productive players on the team, third in RBIs. Prince Fielder is working with Sandy Guerrero on his pitch selection....... It seems Fielder picked his pitches a lot better in April, and as usually happens in slumps, the hitter stops going deep in the count, looking for anything to hit, even if it's usually the wrong pitch. Fielder took one count full tonight. The others were 2-1 or 1-1...... Fielder was sent to the dirt by Glenn Bott's 1-1 pitch in the 3rd inning. Instinctively, he clutched the bat close to his chest as he tried to duck out of the way from an inside pitch near his head....... To his surprise and everyone's, home plate ump Rob Hansen called a strike on Fielder for moving his bat. He wound up grounding out to second. As I said, there were some real defensive gems in this game........ Tony Gwynn, Jr. in the 6th went back to the track on a deep fly ball hit by James Loney....... Looking as if it would go over his head, Gwynn stuck his glove out in front of him running at full speed toward the wall, his back to the plate, and made the catch...... Ozzie Chavez. By my observations, he is leaps and bounds better at short than Enrique Cruz! Chavez made a couple of plays tonight that reminded me of the range J.J. Hardy had last year....... In the 5th, with Sergio Garcia on first, Chavez ranged back to the outfield grass and leaping, made an over-the-shoulder grab of Wilkin Ruan's blooper in shallow left....... Then in the 9th, Chavez climbed the ladder to snare a liner off the bat of leadoff hitter Nelson Castro, snow-coning the hot liner in the webbing of his glove. The Stars broadcast has this promotion they call the "Kroger Inning-to-Win"....... Robert Portnoy picks the inning and if a Stars batter gets a hit that inning, he or she wins a Kroger Gift Card ranging from $25 to $100 depending on the hit....... For the first time, the Stars gave away three in one inning, which happened to be that three-run inning they had in the 7th........ In the early days of this contest, the winners were all local, but thanks to the power of the Internet, two of the winners tonight were from New York and Iowa. "It's amazing. You think no one is listening," says Robert Portnoy, "then you're proven all wrong by something like this"...... Same thing I guess goes for the attention I get on this site. Sometimes I think no one bothers, then I get e-mail from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, or somewhere handing me compliments........ As I said, the power of the internet. (Note from MassBrew: certainly the Iowa winer was a Brad Nelson fan...) Reggie Abercrombie hit a foul ball in the 8th inning I swear is the longest I've ever seen since 1995 when Brian Lesher sent a drive about 15 feet from the foul line over the grandstand in left and disappeared........ Abercrombie's had far more height, arcing above the light standard in left, and distance, clearing the left field grandstand where nobody ever sits and probably into the parking lot beyond........ It was one hell of a moonshot. Sunday, fans can bring their dogs into the stadium to watch Jake the Wonder Dog....... I wonder how many dogs are going to go nuts wanting to get on the field and try to make out with Jake........ The dog owners can get in for half-price for this 2:05 start....... Jeff Housman (0-2, 3.35) will face left-hander Randy Lee (1-2, 5.27)........ Corey Hart did not play in Saturday's game for the Brewers against Pittsburgh, but Brandon Gemoll had two hits in his debut for the Indianapolis Indians.

Huntsville Site Game Summary: In one of their most comprehensive performances of the season, the Stars pounded out 13 hits and starter Dennis Sarfate dominated over seven outstanding innings in Huntsville?s 10-1 rout of Jacksonville (23-20) on Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars (23-20) won their third straight to seize second place in the Southern League West, 1 ½ games behind leader West Tenn. Sarfate (2-4) snapped a personal four-game losing streak and allowed just two singles and four walks over seven innings, his longest outing of the season. Sarfate fanned five and surrendered only one unearned run in his second win and first since April 27. Only three runners advanced past first against Sarfate, who retired nine of the last 10 hitters he faced. Brad Nelson led the Stars? 13-hit salvo, slamming his ninth homerun ? a two-run shot that tied him for the club lead with Prince Fielder ? doubling twice, driving in three runs and scoring three. Kade Johnson, mired in a 4-for-45 slump entering the game, went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a single, two runs batted in and one run scored. Stars pitchers combined for three hits: Sarfate singled twice and drove in one and Fernando Rijo singled and scored a run. Glenn Bott (1-3) suffered the loss, permitting six runs, three earned, on seven hits with no walks and no strikeouts in five innings. Rijo authored two scoreless innings of relief for Huntsville, allowing two hits and one walk and fanning two. The Stars send lefty Jeff Housman (0-2, 3.35) against Suns lefty Randy Leek (1-2, 5.27) in game two of the series Sunday afternoon. Game time is 2:05 p.m. for Dog Days of Summer at Joe Davis Stadium. Stars fans receive half-price tickets if they bring their dog to the park and Jake the Diamond Dog entertains throughout the game.

Final: Huntsville 10, Jacksonville (Dodgers) 1 Details soon...

Indianapolis Box Score: Welcome to AAA, Brandon Gemoll... GAME DATE: 5/22/04 DUR at IND DURHAM 5 AT INDIANAPOLIS 7 YTD YTD DURHAM AB R H BI AVG INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG C.Gipson CF 4 0 0 0 .314 R.Knox CF 3 0 0 0 .243 B.Upton SS 4 0 1 0 .333 M.Erickson 2B 3 1 0 0 .214 J.Cantu 3B 4 1 1 0 .267 C.Magruder LF 4 0 1 0 .291 F.McGriff 1B 3 1 1 0 .200 J.Liefer 1B 2 2 1 2 .309 M.Diaz RF 4 1 2 0 .301 J.Nunnally RF 3 2 2 3 .276 P.LaForest CAT 4 1 1 1 .189 S.Scarbrough SS 3 1 0 0 .223 J.Sandberg LF 3 1 0 1 .200 B.Gemoll DH 4 0 2 1 .500 E.Guzman DH 4 0 1 1 .213 A.Delgado CAT 4 0 0 0 .100 L.Ordaz 2B 4 0 0 0 .275 L.Figueroa 3B 3 1 2 0 .280 D.Gonzalez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Phelps PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Magrane PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Reichert PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Seay PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Giron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 5 7 3 TOTALS 29 7 8 6 DURHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0- 5 7 1 INDIANAPOLIS 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 X- 7 8 1 E--F.McGriff, D.Reichert. DP--DURHAM 2, INDIANAPOLIS 1. LOB--DURHAM 4, INDIANAPOLIS 4. 2B--E.Guzman (4). HR--J.Liefer (8), J.Nunnally (6). SB--M.Diaz (4). CS--R.Knox. HBP--J.Liefer. SF--J.Nunnally. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA DURHAM D.Gonzalez (L,1-1) 4.0 4 5 5 3 2 2 3.12 J.Magrane 2.1 3 2 0 1 2 0 5.40 B.Seay 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.45 INDIANAPOLIS T.Phelps (W,4-1) 6.1 5 4 3 0 3 0 5.40 D.Reichert 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0.79 R.Giron (S,1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 HB--J.Magrane. SO--C.Gipson, B.Upton, F.McGriff, P.LaForest, J.Sandberg, M.Erickson 2, S.Scarbrough, B.Gemoll. BB--F.McGriff, J.Sandberg, R.Knox, M.Erickson, J.Liefer, S.Scarbrough. T--2:12. A--8983Indianapolis Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=14129

Beloit Site Game Note and Player of the Game Info: www.snappersbaseball.com/...me_id=1297 Beloit Box Score: GAME DATE: 5/22/04 BTC at BLT BATTLE CREEK 0 AT BELOIT 3 DH GAME #1 YTD YTD BATTLE CREEK AB R H BI AVG BELOIT AB R H BI AVG M.Cabrera CF 3 0 2 0 .365 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 1 1 0 .291 E.Cruz 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Trofholz RF 3 1 2 1 .279 E.Duncan 3B 2 0 1 0 .304 D.Anderson LF 3 0 0 0 .252 E.Andrus LF 3 0 0 0 .257 L.Palmisano CAT 3 1 2 1 .336 W.Vasquez 1B 3 0 1 0 .292 V.Rottino DH 3 0 1 0 .333 H.Made SS 3 0 0 0 .258 A.Heether 3B 3 0 1 1 .252 E.Harris RF 3 0 1 0 .222 S.Moss CF 3 0 1 0 .156 P.Santos CAT 3 0 0 0 .244 M.Ramirez 1B 3 0 1 0 .234 B.Kartler DH 3 0 0 0 .190 G.Acosta SS 3 0 0 0 .180 T.Clippard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Villanueva PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 26 0 5 0 TOTALS 28 3 9 3 BATTLE CREEK 0- 0 5 2 BELOIT 0- 3 9 0 E--H.Made 2. DP--BATTLE CREEK 0, BELOIT 0. LOB--BATTLE CREEK 6, BELOIT 7. 2B--M.Cabrera 2 (16), W.Vasquez (5), E.Harris (5). CS-- V.Rottino. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BATTLE CREEK T.Clippard (L,3-4) 6.0 9 3 2 0 8 0 3.45 BELOIT C.Villanueva (W,3-4) 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 4.04 WP--T.Clippard. SO--E.Cruz, W.Vasquez, H.Made, E.Harris, P.Santos, G.Rodriguez, D.Anderson 2, L.Palmisano, S.Moss, M.Ramirez, G.Acosta 2. BB--E.Duncan.Beloit Game Log: www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=20742

Update, in progress: Huntsville 9, Jacksonville (Dodgers) 1, after seven innings In progress: High Desert 1, Lake Elsinore (Padres) 0, bottom of the first Mavs draw first blood on a Travis Hinton RBI base hit; looks like a chance at a 4-and-0 farm team record tonight -- we'll see...

Final: Indianapolis 7, Durham (Devil Rays) 5 Details soon...