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Final: @Huntsville 9, West Tenn 7Huntsville box score The Stars rode a huge seven-run 6th to victory. Wily Peralta started and finally posted the peripherals we keep expecting out of him, yet paradoxically got poorer results: 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 7/4 GO/AO, 99 pitches, 63 strikes. Peralta allowed four runs through the first two innings but then kept the DiamondJaxx off the board until their two-run 6th, at which point the Stars trailed 6-1. Jeremy Jeffress closed out the win with a scoreless inning, allowed a hit, walking one, and fanning one; the walk is his first in 10 innings with Huntsville. He threw 15 pitches, nine for strikes. As homer pointed out, Brett Lawrie doubled twice again today and now has five doubles over the last three games/two days. Taylor Green was 2-3 with a double and a walk, and Caleb Gindl and Drew Anderson also doubled and walked. Chris Nowak also doubled, and Zelous Wheeler was 1-3 with a walk. Huntsville play-by-play Peralta's three unearned runs were pretty truly unearned, thanks to Andy Machado: West Tenn Top 1st Matthew Lawson grounds out, pitcher Wily Peralta to first baseman Chris Nowak. Johan Limonta doubles (36) on a ground ball to right fielder Drew T. Anderson. Alex Liddi reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Wily Peralta. Johan Limonta advances to 3rd, on missed catch error by shortstop Anderson Machado, assist to pitcher Wily Peralta. Carlos Peguero singles on a ground ball to shortstop Anderson Machado. Johan Limonta scores. Alex Liddi to 2nd. Scott Savastano reaches on fielding error by shortstop Anderson Machado. Alex Liddi to 3rd. Carlos Peguero to 2nd. Joseph Dunigan singles on a line drive to left fielder Lee Haydel. Alex Liddi scores. Carlos Peguero scores. Scott Savastano to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Leury Bonilla called out on strikes. Brandon Bantz strikes out swinging. The big inning: Huntsville Bottom 6th Lee Haydel singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Alex Liddi. Brett Lawrie doubles (33) on a line drive to left fielder Joseph Dunigan. Lee Haydel to 3rd. Zelous Wheeler singles on a line drive to center fielder Leury Bonilla. Lee Haydel scores. Brett Lawrie scores. Coaching visit to mound. Drew T. Anderson doubles (17) on a line drive to left fielder Joseph Dunigan. Zelous Wheeler to 3rd. Pitcher Change: Wes Littleton replaces Jarrett Grube. Chris Nowak reaches on fielding error by shortstop Carlos Triunfel. Zelous Wheeler scores. Drew T. Anderson to 3rd. Taylor Green walks. Chris Nowak to 2nd. Anderson Machado walks. Drew T. Anderson scores. Chris Nowak to 3rd. Taylor Green to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Caleb Gindl walks. Chris Nowak scores. Taylor Green to 3rd. Anderson Machado to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Nick Hill replaces Wes Littleton. Anderson De La Rosa strikes out swinging. Lee Haydel strikes out swinging. Brett Lawrie doubles (34) on a fly ball to right fielder Carlos Peguero. Taylor Green scores. Anderson Machado scores. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. Nick Hill intentionally walks Zelous Wheeler. Drew T. Anderson flies out to right fielder Carlos Peguero.

Final: Cedar Rapids 11, @Wisconsin 10Wisconsin win streak slips away Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers let one get away on Monday afternoon. The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Rattlers 11-10 at Time Warner Cable Field. The loss prevented the Rattlers from getting their fifth win in a row and from getting back to the .500 mark in the second half. Jose Jimenez, who had four RBI in the game, singled in the tying and winning runs with two outs in the top of the ninth. Wisconsin (50-68 overall, 24-26 second half) appeared to take a very comfortable 6-0 lead when they sent ten men to the plate and scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning. Michael Marseco drove in the first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly. There were two out and D’Vontrey Richardson in scoring position when Cutter Dykstra singled to drive in Richardson with the second run. Scooter Gennett followed with a two-run homer. Then, Kentrail Davis singled and Khris Davis walked. Hunter Morris tripled off the wall in right-center and the Rattlers were up 6-0. Cedar Rapids (71-46, 28-21) started their first comeback of the afternoon with their first of four home runs. Jake Odorizzi gave up a two-out solo homer to Jon Karcich in the third inning. In the fourth, the Kernels had a pair of runners in scoring position with two outs. Jimenez foreshadowed his later heroics with a single to score both runs and make the score 6-3. Odorizzi gave up a single and a hit batsman to start the top of the fifth. Jean Segura hit a three-run homer and the Kernels tied the game 6-6. Wisconsin rallied to retake the lead by sending ten men to the plate again – this time in the sixth inning. Dykstra was hit by a pitch to start the inning and Gennett followed with a single, his third hit of four on the day. Kentrail Davis doubled in Dykstra, Khris Davis singled in Gennett. Morris sent a grounder to third, but the throw went to the plate and Kentrail Davis beat the throw. Later in the inning, Cameron Garfield singled to knock Khris Davis home for a 10-6 lead. Nick Bucci came on in relief for the Rattlers to start the seventh inning and he worked around a leadoff walk. But, in the eighth, Eric Oliver lead off the inning with a homer to bring the Kernels to within 10-7. The top of the ninth inning started with Bucci giving a free pass to Karcich. Jean Segura was retired on a long fly ball to center. But, Matt Long was next and his fly ball cleared the fence in right for a two-run homer and a 10-9 score. Closer Jon Pokorny was summoned from the bullpen to finish off the Kernels. Instead, Jeremy Cruz singled. Then, uncharacteristically, Pokorny walked Oliver to put the lead run on base. Pokorny had walked just 16 batters in 53-1/3 innings before Monday. Randal Grichuk popped out to shallow right and Gennett made the catch, but the second baseman stumbled to the ground after making the play. Terrell Alliman, who was pinch running for Cruz at second, tagged and headed for third. Gennett got to his feet and fired an ill-advised throw wide of third base. Alliman stayed at third, but Michael Demperio, who was pinch running for Oliver at first, took off for second and made it safely to put the go ahead run in scoring postion. Pokorny got ahead of Jimenez 1-2 to get the Rattlers to within one pitch of the victory. But, Jimenez got a pitch up and out over the plate and he drove a single to left that scored both runs to give the Kernels an 11-10 lead. A scary play started the bottom of the ninth. Kernels closer Johnny Hellweg, who had entered the game in the bottom of the eighth, hit Dykstra on the batting helmet with a 95mph fastball on a 3-1 pitch. Dykstra went to the ground and stayed down for a few moments before walking off the field under his own power. There was no word on Dykstra’s condition after the game. One out later, Kentrail Davis drew a walk to move the tying run into scoring position. Hellweg got the next two batters on fly balls to the outfield to finish the game. The Rattlers are off on Tuesday night. They return to action on Wednesday night at Time Warner Cable Field against the Beloit Snappers. Wisconsin will send Damon Krestalude (2-8, 6.47) to the hill. Beloit has Clint Dempster (2-2, 3.38) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Game time is 7:05pm. Wednesday is a special WAPL Bang For Your Buck Night with soda, hot dogs, and Miller Beer for $1. Plus, the first 500 fans into Time Warner Cable Field will receive a Scooter Gennett Magnet courtesy of Lamers Bus Lines. If you can’t make it out to Time Warner Cable Field on Wednesday night, you can tune in to the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. Wisconsin box score What can you say? At least you know the games will always be interesting. Odorizzi's final line: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 3 K, 2 HR, 6/4 GO/AO, 70 pitches, 43 strikes. Bucci's: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, 3/3 GO/AO. Odorizzi has allowed seven homers this year, but five of those have come in two games. Gennett sure came back from his day off raring to go, which is great to see. Khris Davis was also on four times with three walks and a single; this is the second time in three games he's drawn three free passes. Dykstra was on five times with two singles, a walk, and two HBP, though of course the last is nothing to celebrate in this case. Kentrail Davis and Garfield both had two hits and a walk, and Richardson doubled and walked twice. Wisconsin play-by-play The Rattlers ran their way out of a rally in the 4th: Wisconsin Bottom 4th Cutter Dykstra walks. Ryan Gennett singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Michael Wing. Cutter Dykstra to 2nd. With Kentrail Davis batting, Max Russell picks off Cutter Dykstra at 2nd on throw to Jon Karcich. Kentrail Davis reaches on throwing error by first baseman Eric Oliver. Ryan Gennett to 3rd. Kentrail Davis out at 2nd, second baseman Jean Segura to shortstop Jon Karcich. Khristopher Davis flies out to center fielder Matt Long. Gennett was also picked off after a leadoff single in the 7th.

Final: Salt Lake 5, @Nashville 4Sounds lose third straight to Bees, 5-4 Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds suffered their third consecutive loss to the visiting Salt Lake Bees, falling 5-4 on Sunday evening at historic Greer Stadium. Right fielder Brendan Katin spotted the Sounds their first lead of the series in the bottom of the second inning when he belted his 16th home run of the year, a two-run shot to left-center off Salt Lake right-hander Fernando Rodriguez (audio available via the link above). Erick Almonte, who doubled to lead off the frame, also scored on the blast. The Sounds' designated hitter went 5-for-5 in the game and has recorded hits in each of his last seven plate appearances. Almonte's five hits were the most by a Sounds player in a single game since Alcides Escobar recorded five on July 25, 2009 at Oklahoma City. Nashville increased its lead to 3-0 in the third when Mat Gamel drew a two-out walk, moved to third on an Almonte single, and scored when Joe Koshansky struck out but the ball bounded to the backstop for a wild pitch. Salt Lake got onto the board in the fourth, pulling within one at 3-2. Michael Ryan and Mark Trumbo opened the inning with consecutive singles off Sounds starter Tim Dillard before designated hitter Paul McAnulty doubled to right to plate Ryan with the Bees' first run. Katin misplayed the ball, allowing Trumbo to score a second run on the error. The Bees threatened to tie the contest, loading the bases with only one out, but Dillard rebounded to strike out Dwayne Bailey then made an athletic, bare-handed grab-and-throw from near the third-base line on a Terry Evans comebacker to retire the Salt Lake center fielder and end the frame with no further damage. The Sounds missed an opportunity to extend their lead in the home half of the fourth after placing runners on second and third with only one out. Carlos Gomez lined out sharply to third then, after Eric Farris walked to load the bases, Gamel hit a comebacker to Rodriguez to end the frame. Gomez went 2-for-5 on the night in his third rehab game for the Sounds. He is batting .250 (3-for-12) since joining the club on Friday. Salt Lake pulled in front by a 4-3 margin with a pair of runs in the fifth which were charged to Dillard but given up by reliever Donovan Hand. After Dillard walked a pair of batters to put runners on first and second with two out, Hand took over on the hill and was greeted by a game-tying RBI single off the bat of Hank Conger. Nick Gorneault followed with a go-ahead double to left, the outfielder's 9th RBI of the series. Including the two Salt Lake runs in the decisive fifth frame, the Nashville bullpen has allowed 13 of its last 16 inherited runners to score. The Bees added an insurance run in the seventh when Conger delivered his second RBI knock of the night, an RBI single to right off Carlos Villanueva that extended the visitors' lead to 5-3. Nashville rallied to make things interesting in the bottom of the ninth. Gomez led off with a single against Bees reliever Bobby Mosebach and later moved to third on Gamel's single that put runners on the corners with one out. Almonte followed with his fifth hit of the evening, an RBI single through the left side of the infield, to plate Gomez to pull the Sounds within a run at 5-4. Mosebach recovered to induce a game-ending double play grounder from Koshansky to preserve the lead and nail down his fourth save of the year. Reliever Gabe DeHoyos (3-1) picked up the win after hurling two hitless innings behind Rodriguez, who lasted only four frames in his start. Dillard (3-6) took the loss for the Sounds after allowing four runs on six hits over his 4 2/3 innings. He walked three batters and struck out five. The teams wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Monday night. Left-hander Chase Wright (7-8, 4.87) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Salt Lake right-hander Amalio Diaz (4-4, 4.71). Nashville box score Congrats to Almonte on the nice game. Villanueva's been allowing a lot of baserunners at Nashville, three hits and two walks in two innings tonight. Mitch Stetter pitched a perfect 9th with a strikeout Nashville play-by-play

'Tees bounce back against Dunedin Frank Longobardo/Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. - After dropping the first game of Sunday's doubleheader and falling behind 1-0 early in the second game, the Brevard County Manatees came from behind and defeated the Dunedin Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday night in Viera. Down 1-0 after one half inning, the Manatees scored once in the second, once in the third and once in the fourth to take the lead and hold on for a win. A two-out RBI single by Juan Sanchez that scored Shawn Zarraga evened the game up for Brevard County. In the third, Erik Komatsu and Angel Salome both drew back-to-back one out walks and chased Dunedin's starter Bobby Bell. Dan DeLucia came in for the Blue Jays and was greeted rudely by Sergio Miranda as he battled and singled to left, to drive in Komatsu. DeLucia then retired Brock Kjeldgaard and Zarraga to end the inning. Sanchez led off the fourth with a single and then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Steve Braun. Peter Fatse then came up and drove in Sanchez with a single to right-center and went to second on the throw as the Manatees extended their lead to 3-1. Matt Cline was then hit by a pitch and after Komatsu lined out to third, Salome drew a walk to load the bases with two outs. But Brevard County could not scratch another run across as Miranda flew out to center to end the inning. Trey Watten started the second game of the twin-bill for the Manatees and went 4 1/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits, while walking two and striking out four. Watten did not factor into the decision as Daniel Meadows picked up the win in relief by throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Corey Frerichs shut the door in the seventh to earn his ninth save of the season. Sanchez was the only Manatee with multiple hits in game two as he went 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored. With the Tampa Yankees sweeping the Daytona Cubs in a doubleheader on Sunday, the Yankees jumped into first place with the Cubs falling into second. Brevard County is two games behind Daytona for second place and three behind Tampa for first place in the North Division. Brevard County and Dunedin will continue their four-game series on Monday night at Space Coast Stadium beginning at 7:05 p.m. Dan Merklinger is scheduled to start on the mound for the Manatees.

BC blanked 1-0 in first game of twin-bill Frank Longobardo/Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. - Despite seven hits and a solid outing by Cody Scarpetta, the Brevard County Manatees were blanked 1-0 by the Dunedin Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday evening at Space Coast Stadium. Scarpetta's only trouble came in the second inning as he allowed a RBI double to Yan Gomes that scored Mark Sobolewski. Sobolewski led off the inning with a single, moved to second on a ground out and then moved to third on a wild pitch. Following the second inning, Dunedin had only one more hit and just three more baserunners, but the damage had been done. Scarpetta allowed four hits, while walking one and striking out three. Brevard County had a chance early on in the first inning to get on the board, with runners on second and third with two outs, but a ground out by Sean Halton ended that threat. Then with one out and runners on first and second in the fifth, Erik Komatsu lined into a double play to end that inning. With one last chance in the seventh and final inning with a runner on second and two outs, Josh Prince struck out swinging to end the game. Matt Cline was a perfect 3-for-3 in the first game, but as a team Brevard County was 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Final (game two): @Brevard County 3, Dunedin 1 (7 innings)Brevard County box score Trey Watten continues to do his thing: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 8/1 GO/AO. The Manatees fell behind in the 1st inning but scored individual runs in the next three innings. Dan Meadows and Corey Frerichs tossed scoreless relief for the win and save, respectively. Matt Cline continued his nice day by going 1-2 with a walk and HBP, meaning that he reached base six of seven times between the two games. Juan Sanchez had two hits, Erik Komatsu singled and walked, Angel Salome walked twice, and Shawn Zarraga doubled. Brevard County play-by-play BC's three runs: Brevard County Bottom 2nd Sergio Miranda flies out to left fielder Concepcion Rodriguez. Brock Kjeldgaard flies out to left fielder Concepcion Rodriguez. Shawn Zarraga doubles (12) on a line drive to center fielder Kenny Wilson. Juan Sanchez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Welinton Ramirez. Shawn Zarraga scores. Steve Braun walks. Juan Sanchez to 2nd. Peter Fatse called out on strikes. Brevard County Bottom 3rd Matt Cline flies out to center fielder Kenny Wilson. Erik Komatsu walks. Angel Salome walks. Erik Komatsu to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Daniel DeLucia replaces Bobby Bell. Sergio Miranda singles on a fly ball to left fielder Concepcion Rodriguez. Erik Komatsu scores. Angel Salome to 2nd. Brock Kjeldgaard lines out to left fielder Concepcion Rodriguez. Shawn Zarraga grounds out, second baseman Ryan Schimpf to first baseman Michael McDade.Brevard County Bottom 4th Juan Sanchez singles on a ground ball to second baseman Ryan Schimpf. Steve Braun out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Daniel DeLucia to first baseman Michael McDade. Juan Sanchez to 2nd. Peter Fatse singles on a line drive to center fielder Kenny Wilson. Juan Sanchez scores. Peter Fatse to 2nd on the throw. Matt Cline hit by pitch. Erik Komatsu lines out to third baseman Mark Sobolewski. Angel Salome walks. Peter Fatse to 3rd. Matt Cline to 2nd. Sergio Miranda flies out to center fielder Kenny Wilson.

Final (game one): Dunedin 1, @Brevard County 0 (7 innings)Brevard County box score Tough loss for Cody Scarpetta, who went all seven innings, allowing four hits, walking one, and hitting a batter, while striking out three. Uncharacteristically, he also got a ton of ground outs, posting a 12/3 GO/AO. The 'Tees had seven hits and drew three walks but couldn't score. Three of the hits belong to Matt Cline, who had a perfect game at the plate. Sergio Miranda was also perfect, 1-1 with two walks. Erik Komatsu also singled and walked. Brevard County play-by-play BC's best chance to score probably was in the 1st, when they loaded the bases: Brevard County Bottom 1st Josh Prince flies out to right fielder Concepcion Rodriguez. Matt Cline singles on a ground ball to shortstop Ryan Goins. Erik Komatsu singles on a fly ball to center fielder Anthony Gose. Matt Cline to 2nd. Angel Salome grounds into a force out, shortstop Ryan Goins to second baseman Jesus Merchan. Matt Cline to 3rd. Erik Komatsu out at 2nd. Angel Salome to 1st. Sergio Miranda walks. Angel Salome to 2nd. Sean Halton grounds out, shortstop Ryan Goins to first baseman Michael McDade. They ended three of their seven innings by hitting into double plays.

Final (game two): West Tenn 6, @Huntsville 2 (7 innings)Stars miss multiple opportunities in game two loss Aaron Morse/Huntsville Stars The Huntsville Stars (26-24, 59-61) gave up four runs with two outs, Alex Liddi hit a home run over the scoreboard, and the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx (24-26, 63-56) prevailed 6-2 in game two of Sunday’s double header. The two-out trouble started in the very first inning. With two away, Huntsville starter Andre Lamontagne (3-2) gave up a line drive single to Liddi up the middle. A wild pitch moved him to second and Lamontagne walked Johan Limonta. He got a little unlucky when Scott Savastano’s weak chopper bounced over the mound for an infield single to load the bases. That’s when Carlos Peguero provided the two-out lightning with a two-RBI double to left. Huntsville got two on with only one away in the bottom half of the frame, but West Tenn starter Cesar Jimenez worked out of the jam. That’d be the theme of game two as the Stars got a one-out walk in the second and were unable to score as well. Meanwhile, Liddi cranked a mammoth homer over the left-center field scoreboard to extend the West Tenn lead to 3-0 in the third. Jimenez hit Caleb Gindl with a pitch in the bottom of the frame, and this being his first start after rehabbing in Arizona, that signaled the end of the southpaw’s day. Robert Rohrbaugh (4-2) came on in relief and was greeted by a sharp Brett Lawrie liner to left. Unfortunately the hard hit ball was right at Peguero for out number one. Then, with Zelous Wheeler at the plate, Gindl inexplicably tried to steal second in a three-run game and was promptly picked off by the lefty Rohrbaugh. Wheeler proceeded to strike out and that was that. The fourth inning proved to be more two-out trouble for the Stars. Brandon Bantz led-off with a double to deep left. One out later Joe Dunigan drew a walk. Stars’ manager Mike Guerrero opted to bring in Nick Green at that point. Green blew three heaters past Nate Tenbrink for the second out of the frame. But Liddi struck again, this time with a double down the right field line. On the play Bantz scored, but the Diamond Jaxx tried to hold Dunigan at third. A base-running mistake by Liddi, who was not looking at the fact Dunigan had been held up at third, forced Dunigan to head home. The Stars had him dead for rights, but Lawrie’s throw sailed over everyone’s head, scoring another run and giving West Tenn a 5-0 advantage. Huntsville finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. Drew Anderson singled to left to get things started. One out later, Taylor Green hit into a force out and two were away. Luckily Andy Machado came up big with a double, driving in Green and cutting the score to 5-1. The Stars left a man in scoring position in the fifth and loaded the bases in the sixth. Singles by Green, Machado, and Caufield put runners on every base with two away. Unfortunately, Guerrero opted not to pinch hit with Lee Haydel. Instead he allowed the sub-.100 hitting Patrick Arlis to bat for himself. He grounded out to third and the threat was neutralized. Johan Limonta tacked on another run in the top half of the seventh with a homer that snuck over the right field fence by mere inches. Gindl started the seventh with an infield single. One out later Wheeler worked a great AB and doubled home Gindl to the cut the score to 6-2. But that’d be it for Huntsville as they dropped game two of the twin bill. Huntsville left nine men on base and they only managed a 3-11 clip with runners in scoring position. They out-hit West Tenn 9-8 to no avail. Wheeler and Machado both tallied multi-hit games. With the loss the Stars are 4.5 games back of the Diamond Jaxx in the Wild Card Race. They play the finale of the five game set Monday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. central time. Tune in to www.huntsvillestars.com beginning at 12:45 for the Window World Pre-Game Report. Huntsville box score Nothing wrong with a little second-guessing in the recap. Lamontagne's final line: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 3/6 GO/AO, 57 pitches, 31 strikes. His first three starts were so unexpectedly great, but he was bound to have a rough one eventually. Lawrie doubled again to give him three total on the day, and I like hearing that even his outs are hard-hit. Huntsville play-by-play

Final (game one): @Huntsville 10, West Tenn 1 (7 innings)Stars shine Sunday morning Aaron Morse/Huntsville Stars Chris Nowak drove in three runs, Amaury Rivas (11-6) pitched well, and eight Huntsville Stars (26-23, 59-60) collected hits on their way to 13 of them in a 10-1 romp over the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx (23-26, 62-56) Sunday morning. The Stars took advantage of some shaky West Tenn defense in the first inning. Lee Haydel drew a lead-off base-on-balls against Steven Hensley (7-11). They played some small ball as Brett Lawrie bunted Haydel to second base. That’s when Zelous Wheeler singled to left. Initially manager Mike Guerrero opted to hold Haydel at third. But Joe Dunigan’s throw to the plate sailed over everyone’s head, allowing Haydel to cross the plate for a 1-0 Stars lead (audio). They tacked on two more in the fourth. Once again it was a lead-off walk that started things as Drew Anderson reached on the free pass. Nowak made Hensley pay as he drilled a two-run home run to deep left (audio). Rivas was dominant through four, surrendering only a lone Alex Liddi single in the second. However the fifth inning was a rocky one. Nate Tenbrink led-off with a walk, the first of the game issued by Rivas. Guillermo Quiroz followed with a chopper up the middle. Wheeler ranged to his left and looked like he’d be able to turn the double play. But the ball snuck under his glove for a single and Tenbrink went to third on the play. Rivas got Carlos Peguero to hit into a 6-3 double play as Wheeler made a nice play behind the bag at second. The twin killing did push across the first one of the game for West Tenn as they cut the Stars’ lead to 3-1 (audio). Rivas had to work hard to get out of the frame without any more damage as he walked Dunigan and surrendered a single to Carlos Triunfel. He struck-out pinch hitter Leury Bonilla to get out of the jam. It’d be his final frame of work as he finished with a line of five innings pitched, three hits, one run, two walks, and seven strikeouts. Huntsville got all the insurance they needed and more in their half of the fifth. Haydel doubled to deep right center on a ball that Peguero badly misjudged. Lawrie followed with a ringing double off the top of the wall in left-center to drive in Haydel and extend the lead to 4-1 (audio). The Stars got lucky when Wheeler hit a chopper to third that Alex Liddi gloved. Lawrie had started towards third and appeared to be caught dead to rights. But he managed to avoid Liddi’s tag and dive head-first in to third safely. Everyone was safe, setting up an Anderson RBI single that made the score 5-1 (audio). That was all for Hensley as the Diamond Jaxx brought on Nick Hill to put out the fire. He was unable to as he immediately gave up a single to Nowak. That plated Wheeler to give the Stars a 6-1 edge (audio). Hill got a little wild as he hit Taylor Green and walked in a run when Andy Machado drew a base-on-balls (audio). A Chuckie Caufield RBI grounder completed the scoring as the Stars put across five runs in the frame to take an 8-1 lead (audio). Huntsville greeted new pitcher Aaron Jensen rather rudely in the bottom of the sixth. Lawrie smacked another double to lead things off. One out later Anderson singled him home (audio). Then with two away Green singled in the hole to right field. Machado continued his hot hitting with a RBI double down the right field line to complete the scoring as the Stars grabbed a commanding 10-1 advantage (audio). Meanwhile Eddie Morlan was untouchable out of the bullpen, striking out all six batters he faced (final out). The Diamond Jaxx managed only three hits in the game, while the Stars had a multitude of players have big days. Four of the first five hitters in the order had multi-hit games. Haydel and Lawrie were 2-3 with two runs scored each. Anderson went 3-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. Nowak had a solid day as well, going 2-4 with two runs scored, the homer, and three RBI. Machado only had one hit but drove in two runs in the contest. Huntsville box score Rivas threw 80 pitches, 48 for strikes, and posted a 3/5 GO/AO. I echo the sentiment that it's nice to see him striking out more batters lately. Love seeing multiple extra-base hits from Lawrie. Also, you have to love any game in which Haydel both smacks a legitimate gapper and draws a walk. Caleb Gindl didn't play but is fine; he started the second game. Huntsville play-by-play

Final: @Wisconsin 10, Cedar Rapids 7Wisconsin outslugs Cedar Rapids Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI – Hunter Morris was at it again. On Saturday night, he drilled a game winning two-run double in the eleventh inning for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. On Sunday afternoon, Morris hit a pair of monstrous home runs and drove in five runs. The Rattlers outslugged and outlasted the Cedar Rapids Kernels for a 10-7 win at Time Warner Cable Field. Wisconsin has won four straight games and six of their seven keep climbing into second half playoff contention. It was the Kernels (70-46 overall, 27-21 second half) who grabbed the early lead by scoring a first inning run off Rattlers starting pitcher Efrain Nieves. Eric Oliver drove in Matt Long with a two out single. Wisconsin (50-67, 24-25) responded immediately. Cutter Dykstra walked to start the bottom of the first. He stole second and scored on a single by Kentrail Davis. One out later, Morris unloaded on a pitch from Kernels starter Ariel Pena. The Rattlers first baseman powered the ball over the Miller High Life Home Run Porch in right field for a two-run homer and a 3-1 Wisconsin lead. The Rattlers added single runs in the second and third on hits by Austin Stockfisch. The Wisconsin catcher doubled a run in the second and blooped in a single to left to plate another run for a 5-1 lead. Tempers flared before the second Stockfisch RBI hit. Rattlers center fielder D’Vontrey Richardson was hit by a pitch and took first. The next play was a grounder back to Pena. He turned and threw to second and Richardson took out Cedar Rapids shortstop Jon Karcich with a slide. Words and shoves were exchanged between Richardson, Karcich, and second baseman Jean Segura. Both benches and both bullpens emptied. After order was restored, Richardson and Karcich were both ejected. Nieves retired eight straight after a third inning single by Segura and was one out from qualifying for the win. Then, the Kernels made it interesting. Nieves gave up consecutive singles to Segura and Long. Then, Nieves walked Michael Wing to load the bases. A walk to Oliver drove in a run. Randal Grichuk was next and he singled in two runs to pull the Kernels to within 5-4. Andy Sauter got out of the frame by striking out Justin Bass looking. Wisconsin added to their lead thanks to an error by Segura in the bottom of the fifth. But, the Kernels scored again in the top of the sixth on a two-out RBI single by Long and the Rattlers lead was back to a single run at 6-5. Kentrail Davis and Morris teamed up in the bottom of the sixth to put a crooked number on the board against Kernels reliever Carson Andrew. Dykstra doubled to start the inning. Davis followed with an RBI triple. Khris Davis was hit by a pitch. Andrew missed the strike zone with his first three pitches to Morris. Morris had the green light and cranked the 3-0 pitch into the Wisconsin bullpen just to the right of the batter’s eye in center. Morris’s seventh homer of the season put the Rattlers up 10-5. Cedar Rapids scored twice in the seventh inning. Bass singled home Grichuk and took third when Jose Jimenez doubled to chase Sauter. Rigoberto Almonte entered the game and gave up a sacrifice fly to Carlos Ramirez, but nothing else over his final 1-1/3 innings. Jon Pokorny closed out the game by striking out the side in order in the top of the ninth for his fifteenth save of the year. The series with the Kernels concludes on Monday afternoon. Jake Odorizzi (6-3, 3.21) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Cedar Rapids sends Max Russell (1-2, 4.20) to the hill. Game time is 12:05pm. If you can’t make it to Time Warner Cable Field, you can tune in for the broadcast of the game on AM1280, WNAN starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 11:45am. Wisconsin box score We drove up for the game today and had a great time: http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc349/battlekow/photo-2.jpg?t=1281924026 Came away with a pretty fierce sunburn, but oh well. The Rattlers put on a good show, especially Morris and Ke. Davis. Morris's second homer was a real poke and earned a large round of applause, as did D'Vo's conflagration at second base. His body language was very animated, and they hustled him away from the scrum pretty quickly before something worse could happen. I tried to get a movie of it, but by the time I was rolling it was just a cocktail party. Morris also walked, and Kentrail was 3-4 with a walk. His hamstring may be a chronic problem, but he was moving pretty well on his triple. I also got a laugh when he was forced out at second base a few innings after the dust-up and he popped out of his slide and kind of gave the second baseman a hug and a pat on the butt. Stockfisch was quietly 3-3 with a walk. Pokorny was very impressive--all three strikeouts were swinging. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: @DSL Mariners 5, DSL Brewers 2DSL Brewers box score Christopher Roman tossed a scoreless inning for the Babiest Brewers, his second in a row, which is pretty impressive when you scope out his game log. Jose Pena and Jose R. Garcia were each 1-3 with a double; other than Orton Rodriguez's two walks, not much going on offensively for the D-Crew. DSL Brewers play-by-play

Final: AZL Angels 8, @AZL Brewers 4AZL Brewers box score The Brewers got one in the 8th to tie the game at 4, but the Angels responded with four in the 9th to take the game. Mystery man Michael Schaub started and struggled, allowed four runs in 1.2 innings. Charly Bashara came on and pitched shutout ball until the 9th, when he and Seth Harvey each let in two runs. Tyler Roberts, Jason Rogers, and Demetrius McKelvie were each 2-4 with a double. AZL Brewers play-by-play AZL Brewers Bottom 8th Kenneth Allison strikes out swinging. Tyler Roberts doubles (16) on a line drive to center fielder Chevez Clarke. Thomas Mittelstaedt called out on strikes. Jason Rogers doubles (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Chevez Clarke. Tyler Roberts scores. Maxwell Walla flies out to center fielder Chevez Clarke. AZL Angels Top 9th Michael Bolaski grounds out, shortstop Yadiel Rivera to first baseman Jason Rogers. Gary Mitchell singles on a line drive to right fielder Maxwell Walla. Steven Irvine walks. Gary Mitchell to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Seth Harvey replaces Charly Bashara. With Ryan Bolden batting, passed ball by Tyler Roberts, Gary Mitchell to 3rd. Steven Irvine to 2nd. Ryan Bolden doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Kenneth Allison. Gary Mitchell scores. Steven Irvine to 3rd. Chevez Clarke walks. Wendell Soto singles on a line drive to center fielder Kenneth Allison. Steven Irvine scores. Ryan Bolden scores. Chevez Clarke to 2nd. With Taylor Lindsey batting, Chevez Clarke steals (8) 3rd base. Wendell Soto steals (11) 2nd base. With Taylor Lindsey batting, Tyler Roberts picks off Chevez Clarke at 3rd on throw to Kyle Dhanani. Taylor Lindsey triples (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Kenneth Allison. Wendell Soto scores. Taylor Lindsey out at home, center fielder Kenneth Allison to shortstop Yadiel Rivera to catcher Tyler Roberts.

Final: @Helena 5, Missoula 4Brewers rally past Birds Amber Kuehn/Helena Independent Record It was exactly the kind of inning the Helena Brewers needed. Three walks, three hits, and a costly throwing error by Missoula shortstop Raul Navarro helped Helena score five unanswered runs in the seventh Saturday in a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Osprey. It was the fourth time at Kindrick Legion Field this season that the Brewers put together a late-inning rally to beat Missoula (20-32 overall, 6-8 second half). “Something about these guys, like they have been early in the season, they’re a late-inning team,” said Helena manager Joe Ayrault. “These guys never die; they’re always capable of putting together a big inning.” That big inning came after Missoula starter Patrick Schuster hurled six shutout frames, sitting down 12 straight. The southpaw entered the seventh with just a 79-pitch count and all was quiet in the Osprey bullpen. But on Schuster’s first throw to the leadoff man, Cody Hawn, he appeared to tweak his ankle. That sent trainers and coaches to the mound, but the lefty stayed put. He then walked two and gave up a double to Greg Hopkins to give new life to the Brewers (26-25, 7-6), who came into the inning with just two hits. Justin Albert relieved Schuster in the bases-loaded situation and a Brent Dean fielder’s choice coupled with a Missoula error — one of four on the evening for the visitors — brought in two runs. Carlos George then tied the game with a blooper to shallow center, and Robbie Garvey hit an RBI single straight up center to provide the go-ahead run. Another error by the Osprey brought in the Brewers’ fifth run of the inning. “We were trying to come back and I was trying to do the best I can to help my teammates,” said George, who said the ball he hit was a changeup, not his favorite pitch to take. “I could not let it pass this time.” George was 2 for 3 to lead Helena at the plate. Center fielder Chris Jarrett had a big night offensively for Missoula, going 3 for 4 and finishing just a triple shy of the cycle. The Osprey tried to get their own comeback brewing in the ninth off closer Brian Garman. After Garman issued a two-out walk to Navarro, Adam Eaton and Bobby Stone came through with back-to-back base hits. Stone’s single scored Navarro to trim Helena’s lead, but Richie Rowland flew out to center with the tying run 90-feet from home to end the game. Jose Oviedo earned his first win for the Brewers and Garman got his sixth save. Albert was tagged with his first loss of the year. “I thought Stosh (Wawrzasek) did a nice job working out of a couple jams and Oviedo putting up a bunch of zeros was big,” Ayrault said. “(Missoula) just really battled and put together a couple nice at-bats against Garman.” Helena has today off before facing Casper for four games at home. Ayrault said he knows little about the Ghosts, except for that they have some solid arms. “Great Falls manager Chris Cron and Billings’ Delino DeShields told me Casper has good pitching, so we’ll have to be ready,” Ayrault said. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/4/15/f41/415f4138-a820-11df-89ab-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c67640d7b088.image.jpg Brewers' Carlos George tags out Missoula's Raul Navarro Saturday night at Kindrick Legion Field. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/11/9bc/5119bcc0-a820-11df-af24-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c676428d225c.image.jpg Brewers' Cody Hawn removes his batting gloves after striking out Saturday night against Missoula at Kindrick Field. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/e0/4b5/5e04b52a-a820-11df-8bea-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c67643dd29a4.image.jpg Brewers' Shea Vucinich walks off the field after striking out Saturday night against Missoula at Kindrick Legion Field. http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/7/74/c7a/774c7afe-a820-11df-9f38-001cc4c002e0-revisions/4c676468d0d35.image.jpg Brewers' Brent Dean hits a line drive that was caught Saturday night against Missoula at Kindrick Field. (All photos: Dylan Brown/Independent Record) Helena box scoreWawrzasek's final line: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 6 K, 1 HR, 1/4 GO/AO. Helena play-by-play

Final: @Wisconsin 6, Cedar Rapids 5 (11 innings)Rattlers hunt down an extra-inning win Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Hunter Morris shook off a rough night at the plate and erased a season of extra-inning frustration for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Morris drove in a pair of runs with a two out double in the eleventh to give the Rattlers a 6-5 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday night. The win gave the Rattlers their first extra-inning victory of the season in their eleventh try. It also was the fifth win in the last six games for the Rattlers and put the team in the thick of the Midwest League playoff race with twenty-two games remaining in the season. Cedar Rapids (70-45 overall, 27-20 second half) grabbed the early lead on a first inning sacrifice fly by Eric Oliver. The Kernels added to their lead in the fourth inning on a two-out, two-run homer by Jon Karcich. The Kernels were poised for more runs in the top of the fifth inning against Rattlers starting pitcher Hiram Burgos. They had runners at second and third with one out. Burgos struck out the next batter, but hit Oliver to load the bases. The Rattler starter got out of the inning with his fifth strikeout of the game. Wisconsin (49-67, 23-25) had stranded six runners through the first four innings. Then, they cashed in their opportunities against Cedar Rapids in the bottom of the fifth. Cutter Dykstra doubled to start the inning. Then, a walk and infield single loaded the bases. Khris Davis smacked a two-run single to center to put Wisconsin on the scoreboard. An RBI grounder by Chris Dennis sent the tying run home. In the sixth, the Rattlers took the lead. D'Vontrey Richardson walked to lead off the inning. Michael Marseco bunted Richardson into scoring position. Then, Dykstra doubled to left-center - his third double of the night - and Richardson scored for a 4-3 lead. But, the Kernels rallied to tie the game in the eighth against reliever Santo Manzanillo. Oliver started the inning with a double. A grounder to the right side moved Oliver to third. Then, Manzanillo threw a wild pitch to allow Oliver to score the tying run. Cedar Rapids took the lead in the eleventh on a fluky play. Jose Jimenez walked and was replaced by pinch runner Terrell Alliman to start the inning. A sacrifice moved Alliman to second. Jean Segura singled to right, but Alliman stopped at third. The throw went home and Segura took second base. Wisconsin decided to intentionally walk Matt Long to load the bases. But, reliever Adrian Rosario, who had been keeping the Kernels off the board through his first 2-2/3 innings on the hill committed an unforced error. Ball one to Long was too high for catcher Cameron Garfield to pull down and the pitch went to the backstop to allow Alliman to score the go-ahead run. Rosario got the final two outs, but the Rattlers trailed 5-4 heading to the bottom of the ninth. The Rattlers looked like they were headed for their eleventh extra inning loss of the season when Kernels reliever David Carpenter retired the first two batters of the bottom of the ninth. Kentrail Davis kept the game alive by slamming a single through the left side of the infield. Khris Davis fouled off a pair of 3-2 pitches from Carpenter before laying off a pitch in the dirt to draw a walk. That brought Morris to the plate. The Rattlers first baseman was 1-for-5 on the night with four strikeouts heading into the at bat in the eleventh. He fell behind Carpenter 0-2 as he took strike one and fouled the next pitch to the backstop. Then, lightning struck. Morris drove an 0-2 pitch that got too much of the plate to the gap in right-center. As the ball rolled to the 405' sign at the wall, both Davises circled the bases to give the Rattlers a thrilling come-from-behind 6-5 win. Both the Western division leading Kane County Cougars and the Clinton LumberKings, the current holders of the wild card spot, lost on Saturday night. As the season heads into the action on Sunday afternoon, the Rattlers trail the Cougars by 4.5 games and the LumberKings (and now Beloit) by 2.5 games. The series continues on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Efrain Nieves (3-3, 4.23) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Cedar Rapids has Ariel Pena (6-4, 3.94) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Game time is 1:05pm. Sunday is a Brewers Sunday presented by 107.5 The Fan. Timber Rattlers players will be wearing jerseys and caps based on those of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers. Fans may play catch on the field before the game. There is also a post-game autograph session with the players. Additionally, Time Warner Cable subscribers may bring in their bill and receive up to four half priced reserve seat tickets. Sunday is also Bring Your Dog to the Ballpark Day presented by The Nutro Company. A special section of Time Warner Cable Field will be set aside for canine Rattlers fans and their owners. Human tickets are $5 and tickets for the pooches are $2. Please see this release for the full details of the day, including the necessary proof of updated vaccinations needed for the dog to attend. Proceeds from the tickets for the pups will go to the Fox Valley Humane Association. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 12:45pm. Wisconsin box score Sweet release. Great game from Dykstra. Ke. Davis, Morris, and Garfield all each had two hits, and Kh. Davis singled and walked three times. Richardson tripled in addition to his walk. Scooter Gennett had a tough night, 0-5 with a walk. Burgos's final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 5 K, 1 HR, 5/5 GO/AO. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: @Brevard County 7, Lakeland 4'Tees salvage series finale with Lakeland Frank Longobardo/Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. - The Brevard County Manatees snapped a three-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 7-4 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers at Space Coast Stadium in front of 1,741 fans. The Manatees (55-62 overall, 28-20 second half) broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of seventh, by scoring three runs in the inning. Lakeland (59-57, 22-24) helped Brevard County's cause by committing two errors as the Manatees sent nine hitters to the plate in the frame. Brock Kjeldgaard led the way at the plate for Brevard County, as he was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored. Due to a 49 minute rain delay in the bottom of the fourth, Manatees starting pitcher Kyle Heckathorn went just four innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits, while striking out three. Mike Ramlow came in after the delay and went three innings and also allowed two earned runs on five hits. Brevard County jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning, thanks to a two-out two-run triple by Matt Cline and with Sergio Miranda up, Cline scored on an error by Lakeland shortstop Gustavo Nunez. Lakeland answered with two in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie it up at 3-3. But the Manatees would regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a RBI double from Kjeldgaard that scored Angel Salome. Kjeldgaard was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple, to end the inning. A two-out RBI single for Lakeland's Brent Wyatt in the top of the seventh would tie the game back up at 4-4. Scott Krieger was a perfect 3-for-3 on the night with a RBI and a run scored, with Cline also driving in two runs. Mark Willinsky pitched two scoreless innings to earn his third save of the season. At the end of play on Saturday, the Manatees sit two games behind the Tampa Yankees for second place in the North Division and three games behind the Daytona Cubs for first place. Brevard County will open up a four-game series with the Dunedin Blue Jays on Sunday night with a doubleheader beginning at 5:05 p.m. Cody Scarpetta (7-9, 3.58) will start game one for the Manatees, while Trey Watten (3-8, 3.80) will start game two of the twin-bill. Brevard County box scoreErik Komatsu just keeps getting on, 1-3 with two walks tonight. Cline was on four times, walking twice and getting hit by a pitch in addition to his triple. Krieger was also hit by a pitch to go along with his three hits. Brevard County play-by-play

Final: Salt Lake 9, @Nashville 4Bees sting Sounds on Saturday, 9-4 Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nick Gorneault smacked two home runs to propel the Salt Lake Bees over the Nashville Sounds with a 9-4 victory at historic Greer Stadium in the second game of a four-game set. Dropping the first two games of the series to Salt Lake, the Sounds have now lost 11 of their last 17 games and trail the first-place Iowa Cubs by 6.5 games. Gorneault went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and three runs scored in the game, missing the cycle by a triple. Ryan Vogelsong (1-2) tossed a quality start in his first visit to historic Greer Stadium since the 2003 PCL postseason. The veteran right-hander allowed two runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts in six innings for the win. The Bees took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning as former Sound and 2001 PCL All-Star Luis Figueroa and Nick Gorneault cranked consecutive one-out doubles off Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren. Figueroa was a 2001 PCL All-Star for Nashville. Bees center fielder Terry Evans cranked his team-leading 14th home run over the left field wall in the next inning to give Salt Lake a 2-0 lead. The Sounds plated their first run in the bottom of the third inning. Norris Hopper walked to leadoff the frame, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Ryan Budde, and then scored on a Martin Maldonado infield groundout to trim the lead to 2-1. Gorneault followed with his first homer of the game that made it 3-1, his sixth of the season. Nashville scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to again come with one run. Mat Gamel smacked a deep ball to right center that missed a home run by a couple of feet, causing the slugger to stop at second with a double. Gamel moved to third on an Erick Almonte infield groundout and scored as Luis Cruz hit a lazy fly ball down the right field line just over the first baseman's reach. Salt Lake put the game out of reach in the top of the seventh by plating four runs for a 7-2 lead. Mitch Stetter entered the game and gave up a walk and four singles as the Bees scored the first two runs. Later in the frame with two outs and the bases juiced, Brandon Kintzler relieved Stetter and surrendered a two-run single to Dwayne Bailey. As two more runs scored on the play to put Salt Lake up by four runs, Gamel threw out Budde from right field at third base to end the inning. Nashville got a run back in the next frame, as Carlos Gomez led off the inning with a walk, stole second base, and then scored on an infield groundout from Gamel. The Bees added insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning. Gorneault belted his second home run off the guitar-shaped scoreboard off Chris Smith. The two-run long ball was his second of the game and third of the series. Joe Koshansky singled home Almonte for the club's lone score in the bottom of the ninth inning. In his first start since coming off the disabled list, Lofgren fell to 7-7 after allowing three runs on five hits and five walks with two strikeouts in three innings pitched. David Johnson fanned three while matching his season-high of three shutout innings in relief. Stetter was touched for four runs in 2/3 of an inning in the game, as the left-hander has recorded a 13.51 ERA in his last six outings (6.2 IP). Kintzler pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and walking one. Almonte posted the only multi-hit performance for Nashville with three hits. Gamel made two outfield assists in his fourth career game in the outfield. The Sounds and Bees will play the third game of a four game series at 6:35 pm CT on Sunday evening at historic Greer Stadium. Right-hander Tim Dillard (3-5, 4.88) will make the start for Nashville against Salt Lake right-hander Fernando Rodriguez (4-4, 5.27). Nashville box score Cruz had an RBI single; you can listen to it here. Gamel finished 1-5, and Gomez was 0-3 with two walks. Nashville play-by-play

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Eric Arnett was placed on the disabled list at Wisconsin, with RHP Rigoberto Almonte promoted from the DSL Brewers to take his spot. Almonte pitched with Wisconsin and Brevard County last year. You can discuss Arnett here.

Final: Wisconsin 5, @Quad Cities 3Wisconsin beats Bandits for a winning road trip Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers DAVENPORT, IA – D’Vontrey Richardson was all over the field to lead the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 5-3 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits on Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Richardson homered, drove in three runs, scored two runs, and made an excellent defensive play that save several runs. Jon Pokorny retired the last six batters of the game to pick up the save and allow the Rattlers to head home with a 4-3 record on a seven game road trip. Cutter Dykstra tripled with two out in the top of the third inning. He scored on a wild pitch by Eric Fornataro and the Rattlers (47-68 overall, 22-25 second half) were up 1-0. Richardson stepped to the plate one inning later with two Rattlers on and two out. The Rattlers center fielder lined an opposite field blast to right-center that cleared the wall. Richardson’s fifth home run of the season gave Wisconsin a 4-0 lead. The River Bandits (67-47, 27-18) broke through against Rattlers starting pitcher Damon Krestalude in the bottom of the fourth. The first two batters reached on a double and a walk. Then, CJ Beatty singled into right to drive in a run. Krestalude got the next two outs, but another walk loaded the bases for Luis Mateo. That was when Richardson came into play again. Mateo drove a 2-1 pitch to deep center, but Richardson ran the ball down just shy of the wall to end the inning and rob Mateo of extra bases and multiple RBI. Quad Cities drew closer in the bottom of the fifth and it was Beatty who did the deed. His two-out, two-run single off reliever Matt Costello cut Wisconsin’s lead to one run. But, Costello worked a scoreless sixth and a scoreless seventh before turning the game over to Rattlers closer Pokorny. The left-handed Pokorny retired the side in order in the eighth by chalking up a pair of strikeouts and getting a grounder to third. Richardson started a Rattlers rally in the top of the ninth. He singled with one out, took second on a wild pitch, and went to third on a throwing error. Michael Marseco doubled in Richardson and Wisconsin was up 5-3. Pokorny converted the six-out save with a perfect ninth inning to close out the Bandits. Pokorny is 14-for-15 in save opportunities in 2010. Wisconsin returns home on Saturday night to take on the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Hiram Burgos (4-5, 3.77) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Cedar Rapids sends Buddy Boshers (2-0, 5.40) to the hill. There is a FOX 11 fireworks display scheduled for after the game and on the way out of Time Warner Cable Field, fans aged 13 and up will receive a free sample of Fruit Roll-Ups as part of Fruit Roll-Ups Fun Night. If you can’t make it out to the game, you may tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm. Game time is 6:35pm. Wisconsin box score I love hearing about Richardson's excellent defense. Even if he never really learns to hit, he could be have a career as a fifth outfielder, especially if he can learn the subtle art of baserunning. He did make a throwing error, but let's accentuate the positive. Khris Davis walked twice and Kentrail Davis doubled, while Scooter Gennett was 1-5. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: Missoula 10, @Helena 4Helena box score As with the last two times through the rotation, Tyler Thornburg started but Tyler Cravy was the de facto starter, as Thornburg's inning capacity is severely limited at this point. Thornburg did pitch more than an inning for the first time since coming back from an intercostal strain that cost him a month, and he continued to show his "Lincecum Lite" stuff by recording all five of his outs via strikeout; however, three walks, two hits, a wild pitch, and a balk led to two runs and Cravy coming on in the 2nd inning. He got out of that frame fine, but later innings were a different story; Cravy ultimately allowed seven runs in 5.1 IP to put the game out of reach. Helena actually held a 1-0 lead initially, thanks to a leadoff homer from Robbie Garvey, who finished 2-5. Cody Hawn had three singles, and Shea Vucinich hopefully busted out of his slump by reaching four times with a single, two walks, and a HBP. Greg Hopkins followed up his 6-6 performance yesterday with two more hits tonight. Johnny Dishon doubled and was hit by a pitch after entering the game in the 6th inning when Franklin Romero was ejected. Helena play-by-play It's like Thornburg is playing in the DSL: Missoula Top 1st Roberto Rodriguez flies out to left fielder Brandon Sizemore. Raul Navarro walks. Adam Eaton strikes out swinging. With Bobby Stone batting, Raul Navarro advances to 2nd on a balk. Bobby Stone strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Tyler Thornburg. Raul Navarro to 3rd. Bobby Stone to 1st. Eric Groff walks. Bobby Stone to 2nd. Matt Helm strikes out swinging.Missoula Top 2nd Fidel Pena walks. With Jae Yun Kim batting, passed ball by Gerald Ogrinc, Fidel Pena to 2nd. Jae Yun Kim singles on a line drive to center fielder Franklin Romero. Fidel Pena to 3rd. Javan Williams strikes out swinging. Roberto Rodriguez strikes out swinging. Raul Navarro singles on a line drive to right fielder Robert Garvey. Fidel Pena scores. Jae Yun Kim to 3rd. Adam Eaton reaches on fielding error by second baseman Gregory Hopkins. Jae Yun Kim scores. Raul Navarro to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Tyler Cravy replaces Tyler Thornburg. Bobby Stone flies out to left fielder Brandon Sizemore.

Final: Salt Lake 6, @Nashville 2Sounds lose homestand opener, 6-2 Nashville Sounds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Salt Lake right-hander Matt Palmer hurled seven scoreless innings to lead the visiting Bees to a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Friday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series. Palmer (2-1) lowered his ERA to 0.72 on the year with an impressive start, earning the win after holding the Sounds to three hits while striking out four over his seven frames. Salt Lake took a 2-0 lead against Nashville starter Sam Narron in the second inning. Mark Trumbo led off with a single before scoring on Paul McAnulty's RBI double to left. Nick Gorneault later plated the frame's second run with a sacrifice fly. The Bees doubled their advantage to 4-0 in the fourth. Trumbo (2-for-4) and McAnulty (3-for-5) led off with consecutive singles to put runners on the corners for top Angels prospect Hank Conger (3-for-5), who ripped an RBI double off the top of the left field wall. Former Sound Luis Figueroa followed with a sacrifice fly to left. Gorneault, who drove in half of the Bees' runs on the night, upped the Salt Lake lead to 6-0 in the eighth when he belted a two-run homer to left off Sounds reliever Carlos Villanueva, the outfielder's fifth longball of the season. The Sounds finally got onto the board in the eighth against Bees reliever Jordan Walden, cutting the deficit to 6-2 with a pair of runs. Eric Farris (2-for-4) greeted the right-hander with a single, moved to second on a groundout, and scored the first Nashville run of the night on rehabbing outfielder Carlos Gomez's bloop single to center. Following a walk to Norris Hopper, Mat Gamel ripped an RBI single up the middle off the glove of Salt Lake second baseman Nate Sutton. The Sounds left the bags full in the frame, however, as new reliever Bobby Mosebach retired Joe Koshansky on a first-pitch groundout to escape without any further damage. Mosebach added a scoreless ninth to nail down his third save of the year. Narron (7-6) took the loss for the Sounds after allowing four runs on nine hits over six innings of work. The teams continue the series with a 6:35 p.m. meeting on Saturday night. Left-hander Chuck Lofgren (7-6, 5.14) will man the bump for the Sounds to face Salt Lake right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (0-2, 4.66), who pitched in Nashville during the 2001 & 2003 seasons. A spectacular fireworks show will follow the on-field action. Nashville box score Gomez was 1-4 and Gamel was 1-3 with a walk. Koshansky's failure was highlighted above, but he was also 1-3 with a walk. Hopper added a double to his walk; way to boost that ISO, Norris. Luis Cruz grounded into two double plays, which makes 16 GIDP on the year for the presumably speedy shortstop. Villanueva allowed three hits and two walks while fanning two in 1.2 innings. He threw 42 pitches, 23 for strikes. Nashville play-by-play

Tigers top 'Tees Frank Longobardo/Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. -After a 4-4 road trip, the Brevard County Manatees returned home to Space Coast Stadium on Friday night, but could only muster five hits in a 4-3 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers in front of 1,762 fans. Manatees starter Darren Byrd went six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits, while tying his season-high in strikeouts with six. With the game tied 3-3 in the seventh, the ball was handed over to Daniel Meadows. Meadows started the inning by allowing a single to John Murrian. After recording a strikeout, Francisco Martinez ripped a double to center field to put runners on second and third. Next up was Christopher Sedon who recorded a sacrifice fly to left to score Murrian and that was all the Tigers would end up needing to take the game. Brevard County had a chance to even the game in the eighth when Erik Komatsu reached on a one-out double. Angel Salome then ripped a ball into the right center field gap, but Lakeland's center fielder Daniel Fields was able make a diving catch and double up Komatsu at second, who took off as soon as the ball was hit, thinking it dropped in for a hit. The Manatees took an early 2-0 lead after two innings, thanks to a sacrifice fly off the bat of Komatsu in the first and a RBI ground out by Sean McCraw. Lakeland tied the game with two in the third and then took the lead with a solo homer from Jordan Lennerton in the fourth. The Manatees would counter with a solo shot of their own in the fourth off the bat of Sergio Miranda, his second of the season. But after Miranda's homer, Brevard County would record just one more hit the rest of the game. With the Flying Tigers taking the first two games in the series, the Manatees will look to salvage it by winning the series finale, Saturday beginning at 7:05 p.m. at Space Coast Stadium. Brevard County will send Kyle Heckathorn (2-0, 2.70) to the hill to try and snap its three-game losing streak. Lakeland will counter with Adam Wilk (9-4, 2.99).

Final: @Lakeland 4, Brevard County 3Brevard County box score Darren Byrd tossed a quality start and left after six innings with the game knotted at three, but the run Dan Meadows let in in the 7th proved to be decisive. Don't be too hard on Meadows, though: that's the first earned run he's allowed since June. Sergio Miranda cracked a solo shot for BC, doubling his homer total of one from last year. Erik Komatsu singled and had a sac fly, and Pete Fatse and Sean Halton also doubled. Brevard County play-by-play This sounds a lot like last night: Brevard County Bottom 8th Matt Cline strikes out swinging. Erik Komatsu doubles (25) on a fly ball to center fielder Daniel Fields. Pitcher Change: Jared Gayhart replaces Shawn Teufel. Angel Salome lines into double play, center fielder Daniel Fields to second baseman Christopher Sedon. Erik Komatsu doubled off 2nd. Either the Manatees have fallen victim to some terrific--perhaps literally Flying--Tigers defense over the last couple games or there's a monster living in second base that's eating their common sense.

Final: @DSL Cardinals 7, DSL Brewers 4DSL Brewers box score Ouch. This one hurts. Well, it would hurt, if anyone cared about the Cerveceritos, but you know what I mean. The Cardinals scored five times in the 9th inning to steal away the win. 18-year-old righty Jeffrey Saba had gone eight innings, allowing just two runs, but he came back out for the final frame and it didn't go well. Reliever Carlos Sosa was unfortunately no better. Offensively, Ruben Sanchez posted the Ruben Sanchez special, getting hit by a pitch twice, plus a single. Jose Pena singled and doubled, and Andres Martinez notched his first homer of the year. Raul Mondesi was 1-4 and probably conjured up the image of his father for the fans coaches by throwing a runner out at home. DSL Brewers play-by-play With a whimper: DSL Cardinals Top 9th Luis Perez walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Victor Encanacion replaces Luis Perez. Victor Ferreira called out on strikes. With Jose Pena batting, wild pitch by Jeffrey Saba, Victor Encanacion to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Jorge Lopez replaces Jose Pena. Jorge Lopez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ruben Sanchez. Victor Encanacion scores. Pitcher Change: Carlos Sosa replaces Jeffrey Saba. Amaury Capellan singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ruben Sanchez. Jorge Lopez to 2nd. Fernando Baez hit by pitch. Jorge Lopez to 3rd. Amaury Capellan to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Andres Beras replaces Jose Agustin. Andres Beras singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ruben Sanchez. Jorge Lopez scores. Amaury Capellan to 3rd. Fernando Baez to 2nd. Domingo Diaz walks. Amaury Capellan scores. Fernando Baez to 3rd. Andres Beras to 2nd. Daniel Barbuena grounds out to first baseman Ronny Puello. Fernando Baez scores. Andres Beras to 3rd. Domingo Diaz to 2nd. With Robelys Reyes batting, throwing error by Deivi Mejia on the pickoff attempt, Andres Beras scores. Domingo Diaz to 3rd. Robelys Reyes grounds out, shortstop Andres Martinez to first baseman Ronny Puello.