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Kevin Goldstein is at the Rattlers game tonight, so we should get some interesting insights. The first: After the 2nd inning: I asked him if Arnett's velocity had picked up any after the 1st, and he said he "saw a couple 92s". After the 3rd inning: I think it's safe to say Arnett's not winning over Goldstein: More: He says Arnett's inconsistent mechanics are leading to a lack of control.

To open a spot for Anderson, LHP Casey Baron was placed on Huntsville's DL. At BC, RHP Buddy Flores was put on the DL as well.

Final: Sacramento 8, Nashville 1Sounds fall to River Cats, 8-1 Nashville Sounds WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Former Major League hurler John Halama tossed seven scoreless innings in his first start of the year to lead the Sacramento River Cats to an 8-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds on Wednesday afternoon at Raley Field. The Sounds (26-19) suffered the defeat despite out-hitting Sacramento, 9-8, in the contest. Halama (1-0), who spent 2010 spring training in Brewers camp before requesting his release in mid-April, made his first appearance of the year after signing with the Athletics organization earlier in the week. The 38-year-old southpaw allowed six hits over his seven scoreless frames, adding five strikeouts in his 103-pitch effort. Sacramento took a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning as the first six batters of the frame reached base and scored against Sounds starter Chase Wright. Shortstop Michael Affronti led off the River Cats' third with a solo homer to left, his first longball of the season. Corey Wimberly followed with a bunt single before scoring the frame's second run on an Eric Sogard triple to right. After Josh Donaldson added an RBI single and Chris Carter drew a walk, Sacramento center fielder Matt Carson concluded the scoring with his first home run of the year, a three-run shot to left-center off Wright. The River Cats concluded the afternoon's scoring in the eighth when Corey Brown legged out a two-run triple to right off reliever Mitch Stetter that plated Carson and Anthony Recker to bring the score to its final 8-0. Nashville had a pair of runners thrown out at the plate in the contest while attempting to score on infield grounders. In the third inning with runners on first and third and one out, Adam Stern was thrown out at the plate by Halama while attempting to score on Norris Hopper's infield grounder. In the sixth, Adam Heether was gunned down by Carter from first base as he tried to take an extra base and cross the plate from second on Erick Almonte's infield single to short. Nashville didn't go down without a fight in its last at-bat, breaking up the River Cats' shutout big in the top of the ninth. The Sounds loaded the bases in the top of the ninth when Joe Koshansky and Almonte, who each finished with two hits on the day, reached on consecutive singles and Trent Oeltjen drew a four-pitch walk from River Cats reliever Brad Kilby. The Sacramento left-hander recovered to strike out Luis Cruz and Stern for the first two outs before catcher Patrick Arlis drew a walk from Kilby to force home Koshansky for the visitors' first run of the day. Edwar Ramirez took over on the hill for Sacramento and retired Hopper on a game-ending flyout. Hopper went 0-for-5 on the afternoon to snap the Sounds' longest active hitting streak at eight games. Wright (3-2) took the loss for Nashville after giving up six runs on six hits, including a pair of homers, in his five innings of work. Rehabbing reliever David Riske threw a scoreless inning for the Sounds in the contest and has now retired all nine batters faced over his three relief outings since joining Nashville. The teams wrap up their four-game season series with a 9:05 p.m. CT finale on Thursday night. Right-hander Kameron Loe (4-2, 2.70) will make the start for the Sounds to face Sacramento right-hander Graham Godfrey (1-4, 4.11). Nashville box scoreNashville play-by-play

Mat Gamel and Josh Butler were transferred to Huntsville to continue their rehabs.

Final: Nashville 8, Sacramento 1Olmedo, Sounds slam River Cats, 8-1 Nashville Sounds WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Second baseman Ray Olmedo belted a grand slam to lead the Nashville Sounds to an 8-1 victory over the host Sacramento River Cats on Tuesday evening at Raley Field. With the win, Nashville (26-18) maintained its one-game division lead and snapped a seven-game losing streak to Sacramento, defeating the River Cats for the first time since the 2008 season. The game began almost an hour late due to a rain delay. Nashville took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run against River Cats starter Fernando Hernandez in the top of the first inning. Josh Anderson (2-for-3) led off the contest with a single and later scored the game's first run on Erick Almonte's two-out RBI single. Olmedo's grand slam, the Sounds' first of the season, highlighted a five-run second inning as the Nashville lead increased to 6-0. Adam Stern led off with a single and scored when Luis Cruz followed with an RBI double to center. Ben Johnson was hit by a pitch and Anderson reached on a missed catch error during a sacrifice bunt attempt to load the bases for Olmedo, who belted his second home run of the year to right off Hernandez for the slam. The Sounds tacked on another run in the fifth when Almonte doubled to right with one out and later scored when River Cats left fielder Corey Wimberly committed an error on a two-out fly ball hit by Stern, making it a 7-0 contest. Nashville plated its third unearned run of the evening an inning later to extend the advantage to 8-0. Anderson drew a one-out walk from River Cats reliever Justin Souza, moved to third on an Olmedo infield single combined with a throwing error by second baseman Adrian Cardenas, and scored on a Trent Oeltjen groundout. Sacramento finally got on the board in the home half of the sixth when Sounds starter Chuck Lofgren issued a two-out, bases-loaded walk to Eric Sogard. Lofgren (6-3) picked up his team-leading sixth victory of the year for Nashville. The left-hander held Sacramento to one run on four hits but also walked five batters in his 5 2/3 innings of work. Tim Dillard closed out the win with three innings of scoreless, one-hit ball to nail down his first save of the year for the Sounds. Hernandez (0-4) remained winless on the year for the River Cats as he absorbed the loss after surrendering seven runs (four earned) in his four frames of action. The teams continue the series with a 1:35 p.m. CT matinee on Wednesday, a morning start in California. Left-hander Chase Wright (3-1, 3.77) will take the hill for the Sounds to face Sacramento left-hander John Halama, who will make his first appearance of the year after signing with the A's as a minor league free agent. Halama spent 2010 spring training with the Brewers organization. Nashville box scoreLofgren struck out only two, and he and Dillard each hit two batters. For some reason, Nashville's site renders Lofgren's name as "Löfgren", which I think would be a humorous, possibly ironic nickname for him in the "über"/heavy-metal umlaut style. Adam Heether was 0-5. Nashville play-by-play

Final: Daytona 5, Brevard County 3Brevard County box score Josh Butler, still shaking the rust off, allowed a run on a hit and three walks in 2.1 innings, striking out one. Mike Fiers relieved and, though his peripherals were decent--5.2 innings, five hits, five strikeouts, two hit batsmen, one walk--two poorly timed extra-base hits netted the Cubs all five of their runs. Kentrail Davis, showing some welcome signs of life, was on base in his first three plate appearances on a triple, a single, and a HBP; the triple is just his sixth extra-base hit of the year and the HBP already his ninth in 129 PAs. Sergio Miranda and Erik Komatsu also had two hits, and Komatsu added a walk, while Josh Prince was 1-5. The 'Tees had a good night on the basepaths: Davis stole two bases, eight on the year for him now, while Komatsu remained perfect, nabbing his 13th, and Prince tallied his 11th. Matt Cline was 0-4 in his return to the lineup, and Mat Gamel was 0-3 with two walks. Brevard County play-by-play The two innings that were Fiers', and BC's, undoing: Daytona Bottom 3rd Brett Jackson lines out to first baseman Sean Halton. DJ LeMahieu walks. Pitcher Change: Michael Fiers replaces Josh Butler. Ryan Flaherty singles on a line drive to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. DJ LeMahieu to 2nd. Rebel Ridling flies out to right fielder Erik Komatsu. DJ LeMahieu to 3rd. Kyler Burke homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. DJ LeMahieu scores. Ryan Flaherty scores. Jake Opitz flies out to center fielder Kentrail Davis. Daytona Bottom 4th David Macias strikes out swinging. Michael Brenly singles on a line drive to right fielder Erik Komatsu. Junior Lake bunt grounds out, pitcher Michael Fiers to first baseman Sean Halton. Michael Brenly to 2nd. Brett Jackson walks. DJ LeMahieu triples (3) on a line drive to center fielder Kentrail Davis. Michael Brenly scores. Brett Jackson scores. Ryan Flaherty pops out to catcher Anderson De La Rosa in foul territory.

Final: Wisconsin 3, Kane County 0Odorizzi tosses zeroes at Kane County Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GENEVA, IL – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers started their longest road trip of the 2010 season on the right foot with a 3-0 win over the Kane County Cougars. Starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi struck out seven over seven shutout innings to lead the Rattlers to victory in the first game of a 13-game road swing. Pete Fatse homered and drove in two runs for the Rattlers Tuesday night at Elfstrom Stadium. Wisconsin has won four straight games. The Cougars (20-26) had a chance to score first. Chris Affanito singled and Mike Gilmartin doubled to right-center to put runners on second and third. The Rattlers infield was playing back and Tyreace House sent a hard grounder to shortstop Michael Marseco. Instead of going to first for the out, Marseco came home and threw out the slow-running Affanito. Odorizzi got the final out of the inning to keep the game in a scoreless tie. Fatse put the Rattlers (17-28) in front with a leadoff homer in the fifth inning. It was the third home run of the season for Fatse. Wisconsin tacked on two more runs in the sixth. Khris Davis singled in Franklin Romero, Jr. from second base early in the inning. Fatse struck again with a two-out RBI single to knock in Erik Miller for a 3-0 advantage. But, the story was Odorizzi. He worked around five hits and two walks over his seven innings and kept the Cougars off the scoreboard. In the seventh, he walked the leadoff batter, but got a 1-6-3 double play for two outs. Then, he blew a fastball past Affanito to catch the Cougars’ designated hitter looking at strike three. His seven innings pitched was a career high as a professional. The seven strikeouts was one shy of his professional high in a single game. Odorizzi turned the game over to Caleb Thielbar and the lefty worked a scoreless eighth and a 1-2-3 ninth for his first professional save. Game two is set for Wednesday night at Elfstrom Stadium. Eric Arnett (0-4, 8.57) is the scheduled starter for the Timber Rattlers. Kane County will send Ian Krol (2-2, 2.00) to the mound. Game time is 6:00pm. Tune in to AM1280 WNAM starting at 5:40pm for the Miller Lite Pregame Show for all of the Timber Rattlers action. Wisconsin box scoreHey, four in a row! With Arnett pitching tomorrow, getting to five may be interesting; the Rattlers are 2-6 in Arnett's starts this year. Fantastic effort tonight from Odorizzi, and I'm glad to read reports of him blowing guys away with the fastball. Davis tripled to go along with his RBI single; he and Fatse were the only Rattlers with multiple hits. Cutter Dykstra was 1-4 and Chris Davis 0-4. Scotter Gennett and D'Vontrey Richardson missed the bus and the game. Wisconsin play-by-play

Final: Mississippi 5, Huntsville 2Huntsville box score Ahead 2-0 in the 5th, Alex Periard surrendered a three-run homer to give Mississippi the lead in one fell swoop; two tack-on runs in the next inning off Donovan Hand sealed the deal. Periard allowed eight hits and three walks while only striking out two in his five innings, but he did keep the ball on the ground (9/3 GO/AO)--apart from the homer, of course. Brandon Kintzler worked a perfect 8th with a strikeout. Lorenzo Cain tripled and walked, Brett Lawrie had a two-out RBI single, Caleb Gindl walked, and Lee Haydel had two hits. Huntsville play-by-play

Final: Daytona 4, Brevard County 2Brevard County box score Trey Watten cruised along for three innings, striking out three and allowing just a single while getting exclusively ground balls, but couldn't escape the 4th, eventually allowing four runs to score--too much for BC to overcome. Mike Ramlow tossed three shutout innings in relief, and R.J. Seidel worked a perfect 9th, inducing three ground outs, in his first game of the year. Josh Prince and Sean Halton each had two hits for the 'Tees, with Halton adding a walk. Erik Komatsu was 1-3 with a sac fly, Kentrail Davis 0-4 with a walk, and Shawn Zarraga 0-4. Prince stole his 10th base and Komatsu his 12th; Komatsu is perfect on the year in that department. Mat Gamel was 0-4. Brevard County play-by-play Down by three in the 7th, the Manatees loaded the bases with no outs but could only plate one run: Brevard County Bottom 7th Anderson De La Rosa walks. Kentrail Davis walks. Anderson De La Rosa to 2nd. Josh Prince singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Chris Siegfried. Anderson De La Rosa to 3rd. Kentrail Davis to 2nd. Erik Komatsu out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyler Burke. Anderson De La Rosa scores. Kentrail Davis to 3rd. Mat Gamel strikes out swinging. Pitcher Change: Mike Perconte replaces Chris Siegfried. With Sergio Miranda batting, Josh Prince steals (10) 2nd base. Sergio Miranda flies out to center fielder Brett Jackson.

The Stars are facing Wisconsin native Erik Cordier tonight. He was going to be the Brewers' 2nd-round pick in '04 had Gallardo been off the board.

I think that was Mike Roberts, not Tyler Roberts.

The Rattlers have played all of two road games since May 3rd. Nice to see them start to capitalize on the home-field advantage.

Final: Wisconsin 4, Burlington 2Rattlers win third straight Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are on a three game winning streak. They defeated the Burlington Bees 4-2 on Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field to reach that milestone for the first time this season. The Rattlers got three solo homers, solid starting pitching, and clutch work by the bullpen to nail down the win. Burlington (15-28) grabbed the early lead with a two-out, two-run homer by Carlo Testa in the top of the first inning. Rattlers starting pitcher Damon Krestalude retired the first two batters, but gave up a single to Wil Myers before Testa hit his fourth homer of the season. Bees starter Tyler Sample pitched a scoreless first inning, but did not come out for the second. Rattlers leadoff batter D’Vontrey Richardson smashed a line drive off Sample’s right ankle. The ball deflected to first base for an out and Sample completed the inning, but Mike Lehmann relieved Sample to start the bottom of the second. Cameron Garfield provided a rude welcome to Lehmann. The Rattlers’ catcher lined the first pitch of the bottom of the second over the left field wall for a home run. Richardson hit a ball hard against Lehmann in the third inning, but this one cleared the wall in left and tied the game 2-2. Lehmann committed an error on a play at first to allow Francisco Romero, Jr. to reach first in the fifth inning. Romero stole second and went to third on a grounder off the bat of Richardson. Scooter Gennett, who earlier in the game had singled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, got Romero home with a sacrifice fly to put Wisconsin (16-28) up 3-2. Khris Davis followed with another solo homer and a 4-2 lead. Krestalude cruised through six innings and went back out for the seventh. But, he hit the leadoff batter and gave up a double to put the tying runs in scoring position with no outs. Jon Pokorny took over at that point. The lefty out of Kent State struck out the first two batters he faced and got a popout to end the inning and strand both runners in where they were when he entered the game. Pokorny has inherited 14 runners this season. He has allowed only one to score. In the eighth, Pokorny struck out the first two batters he faced before Testa tripled. Pokorny struck out Rene Oriental to end the inning. Andre Lamontagne came on to close out the game in the ninth, but gave up a single to Fernando Cruz to start the inning. Cruz stole second as Jose Bonilla struck out. Deivy Batista popped out to third and Cruz, who had wandered too far off second base, was doubled off to end the game. The Rattlers begin a 13-game road trip on Tuesday night at Kane County. Wisconsin has Jake Odorizzi (1-1, 4.28) as the scheduled starting pitcher at Elfstrom Stadium. The Cougars have Rob Gilliam (3-2, 3.33) scheduled to start. Game time is 6:00pm. Tune in to AM1280, WNAM for all the action on the road trip. The Miller Lite Pregame Show begins at 5:40pm. Wisconsin box score Like Nick Bucci last night, good job by Krestalude to finish strong, though he relied heavily on his defense, striking out only one. Amazing relief work again Pokorny, who's desperately trying to win over TheCrew07. Five strikeouts (and no walks) in two innings really pops out from the box score. Davis and Garfield each singled to go along with their homers, and Davis also walked. Chris Dennis was 0-2 but walked twice. Dennis has been running wild lately, trying, apparently, to dispel the notion of himself as a sluggardly slugger; he attempted two steals today and was successful once. Cutter Dykstra was 1-4. Wisconsin play-by-play

Here's a crowd-pleaser: RHP R.J. Seidel transferred from Helena to Brevard County.

This has the Deputy's fingerprints all over it. Seriously though, they're just protecting him. Gomez came out after six innings in his first rehab start as well. The rest of the team is trying to win the game, but Gamel's just trying to knock off the rust.

Thanks for the report, colby. Has Bucci been throwing any cutters or two-seamers? Players on the DL (either 15-day or 60-day) can be assigned to a minor league club for 20 days (position players) or 30 days (pitchers) on a medical rehab. They don't count against the roster limit of the minor league team.

Final: Charlotte 10, Brevard County 3Brevard County box score You know the game's gone wrong when Shawn Zarraga pitches the last innings. Starter Cody Scarpetta fared poorly, going only 2.2 innings while allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits, four walks, and a hit batter, striking out only one--probably his worst start since his first. Evan Frederickson was next and was Frederickson-y, getting the last out of the 3rd but walking the first four batters of the 4th, with two wild pitches mixed in, before being mercifully removed. Even the pitcher-friendly FSL can't save you if you walk everyone. On offense, Josh Prince had three hits, Anderson de la Rosa had two, both doubles, and Erik Komatsu had a hit and a walk. Kentrail Davis was 0-4 with a HBP. The aforementioned Zarraga went 0-4 and started at DH before being called upon for mop-up mound duty; the pitcher has to hit if you switch your DH to a field position, but if your DH is pitching, I guess that doesn't matter. Matt Cline didn't play a day after being hit twice and removed from the game. Mat Gamel, continuing his rehab, was 0-2 with a walk. Brevard County play-by-play Charlotte Bottom 8th Pitcher Change: Shawn Zarraga replaces Lucas Luetge, batting 8th. Stephen Vogt singles on a line drive to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Greg Sexton flies out to center fielder Kentrail Davis. Leslie Anderson flies out to right fielder Erik Komatsu. Reid Fronk doubles (11) on a line drive to right fielder Erik Komatsu. Stephen Vogt scores. Matthew Hall pops out to second baseman Steve Braun.

Final: Fresno 4, Nashville 3 (11 innings)Sounds lose 4-3, split series with Fresno Nashville Sounds FRESNO, Calif. - The Nashville Sounds lost to the Fresno Grizzlies, 4-3, in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at Chukchansi Park in the finale of a four-game set. With a runner on the second base, Fresno's Jesus Guzman drove home the winning run off David Johnson (1-1) with a base hit the bottom of the 11th inning to propel the Grizzlies to a 4-3 win. With the loss, Nashville (25-17) splits the four-game series with Fresno. Three of the four games in the series were decided by just one run. Geno Espineli (2-1) earned the win after throwing a scoreless 11th frame, allowing one hit in relief. Sounds starter Chris Capuano helped his own cause, singling home Nashville's first run of the ball game in the top of the second inning. Shortstop Luis Cruz hit a base hit to reach base earlier in the frame, moved to third on a Ben Johnson single combined with a Fresno throwing error, and then came home on Capuano's RBI-base hit for an early Nashville 1-0 lead. The Grizzlies got to Capuano in the bottom of the sixth inning, scoring both runs with two outs to take a 2-1 lead. After the first two batters were retired, Fresno catcher Buster Posey knocked a base hit to left field, followed by a Joe Borchard single to right. Jesus Guzman then singled home Posey to knot the game at 1-1. Capuano proceeded to hit the next batter and then walked home the other run that gave the Grizzlies the 2-1 advantage. The Sounds tied the contest at 2-2 in the top of the eighth inning. Outfielder Drew Anderson reached base on a single, and then scored in the next at bat thanks to a pinch-hit double to right field by Joe Koshansky off pitcher Waldis Joaquin. Nashville regained a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th inning thanks to a solo home run to right field by Drew Anderson off reliever Osiris Matos, his second long ball of the year. Chris Smith came in the game to close the contest, but blew his second save of the year after allowing a run in the bottom of the 10th frame to end the game. Tyler Graham singled to reach base, stole second, and then came home on a Brad Boyer RBI-single to extend the contest. Fresno starter Madison Bumgarner scattered 12 hits while allowing one unearned run over 6 2/3 innings pitched. For his third consecutive quality start for Nashville, Capuano surrendered two runs on seven hits with one walk and one strikeout in 6 2/3 innings pitched. Reliever Mike Jones pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits with five walks and no strikeouts. Norris Hopper and Adam Heether each added three hits in the defeat. The Sounds continue out west with their eight-game road trip and open a four-game series with the Sacramento River Cats (AAA-Athletics) beginning tomorrow at 9:05 pm CT at Raley Field in Sacramento. Left-hander Chris Waters (4-1, 2.55) takes the hill against Sacramento right-hander Clayton Mortensen (4-2, 5.03). Nashville box scoreTough loss for the Sounds. They did a nice job getting hits against Madison Bumgarner, who's been busy reclaiming his spot as one of the best pitching prospects in the game, but couldn't get them across--in fact, their only run against him was driven in with two outs by Capuano. Nashville play-by-play

Final: Mississippi 9, Huntsville 5Huntsville box score The Stars mounted a spirited comeback, rallying to score three times in the 8th to take a one-run lead...and then Nick Green allowed six runs. Oh well. Amaury Rivas, who I'm sure was rather disappointed to be starting in Pearl, MS rather than Minneapolis, MN, was knocked around--11 hits in six innings--but stayed on his feet and allowed just three runs; he struck out four and walked one, throwing 90 pitches, 61 for strikes. His recent wormburning tendencies were not present today, as he coaxed eight air outs against six ground outs. Brett Lawrie had a great day at the plate, 3-4 with his third home run of the year and a walk. He's flashed his pure hitting talent through, but he may finally be making that key adjustment to AA pitching: over his last ten games, he's hitting .361/.452/.667, and most importantly has only struck out three times against six walks, reversing a worrisome early-season K rate. Lorenzo Cain was 1-5, Lee Haydel was 2-4 with a walk, and Caleb Gindl was 1-4 with a walk. Huntsville play-by-play

Final: Wisconsin 11, Burlington 2Bucci stays hot Chris Mehring/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher Nick Bucci scattered seven hits over seven innings and was backed up by a 14-hit attack in an 11-2 win over the Burlington Bees on a warm Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Khris Davis led the way for the offense with four hits and two RBI. Bucci has won three consecutive starts. But it wasn’t an easy start. Burlington (15-27) scored first. The Bees got a one-out RBI double from Wil Myers in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. That run broke Bucci’s scoreless streak at 15-1/3 innings. Wisconsin (15-28) answered with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Davis singled in a run to tie the game. Cameron Garfield got a run home from third with a grounder to second to put the Rattlers up 2-1. The Bees tied the game in the top of the second inning on a two-out RBI double by Hilton Richardson. That was all Bucci would allow. He pitched a total of seven innings and gave up two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts. The Rattlers went back in front with three runs in the bottom of the second inning. Cutter Dykstra singled and went to second on a wild pitch. Erik Miller drove in Dykstra with a single. D’Vontrey Richardson singled later in the inning to drive in Miller. Richardson scored from first on a double by Scooter Gennett and an error. Gennett went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and extended his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest current hitting streak in the Midwest League. Bucci went into cruise control between the third and sixth innings as the Rattlers added to their lead with two runs in the fifth on a two-run single by Dykstra. In the sixth, Davis singled in a run for the Rattlers to go up 8-2. In the seventh, Bucci walked the leadoff hitter and allowed a single to put two Burlington runners on with no outs. The Rattlers starter retired the next three batters to keep the Bees from scoring. Chris Dennis tripled in two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored on a wild pitch for the final three runs of the game. Del Howell came out of the Rattlers bullpen and struck out four over two scoreless innings to close out the Bees. Wisconsin wraps up their homestand on Monday with an afternoon game against the Bees. Damon Krestalude (1-3, 3.86) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Burlington will send Tyler Sample (1-2, 4.89) to the hill. If you can’t make it to the game, you may tune in for all the action on AM1280, WNAM. The broadcast starts with the Miller Lite Pregame show at 11:45am. Game time is 12:05pm. Wisconsin box scoreThat 7th inning gives you some insight into Bucci's bulldog mentality and the respect he's garnered from the organization. His final line: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K. As the hits inevitable start falling against him, he'll have to pick up the strikeouts and cut down on the walks, and that's just what he did today. Great finish from Howell, too; he seems to really be turning things around. Richardson finished 2-4 with a double and a walk. Dennis was 2-4 with a triple and a walk; I'm glad he's back in the cleanup spot. Dykstra and Miller also had two hits. Oddly, what I'm perhaps most encouraged by is Garfield's 0-3 line, coming as it did with two walks, tripling his monthly walk total. Stay patient, Cam. Wisconsin play-by-play "Big man walking in the park": Burlington Top 7th Rene Oriental walks. Fernando Cruz singles on a line drive to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Rene Oriental to 2nd. Ryan Wood pops out to pitcher Nicholas Bucci on the infield fly rule. Allen Caldwell pops out to third baseman Cutter Dykstra in foul territory. Hilton Richardson grounds out, second baseman Ryan Gennett to first baseman Chris Dennis.

Of course, by saying that you go there, and you also elided the relevant information that Scheppers is exclusively a reliever and widely perceived to have a ticking time bomb in his right shoulder.

About a week ago. After DHing for awhile, he got one start at 1B and it's been 3B ever since.

Final: Nashville 2, Fresno 1Sounds score game-winner in 9th to beat Fresno Nashville Sounds FRESNO, Calif. - The Nashville Sounds plated a run in the top of the ninth inning to eke out a 2-1 victory over the PCL-leading Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. With the win, Nashville (25-16) improved to 15-4 in games decided by one or two runs this season. Neither team scored over the first five innings as Nashville's Kameron Loe and Fresno's Matt Kinney engaged in a pitchers' duel. The Sounds finally broke the scoreless deadlock in the sixth against Grizzlies reliever Henry Sosa, who took over for Kinney after the right-hander worked five scoreless frames. Josh Anderson greeted Sosa with a double to center and came around to score two batters later on Trent Oeltjen's ground-rule double that hopped over the right field wall. Fresno knotted the contest at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh. With runners on the corners and two down, the Grizzlies executed a double steal with reliever A.J. Murray on the hill for Nashville. On the play, Jesus Guzman swiped second and then Ben Copeland stole home following the throw to second to tally the game-tying run. Nashville pulled back ahead, 2-1, in the top of the ninth thanks to some aggressive baserunning by Oeltjen. The Sounds' left fielder led off with a walk against Fresno reliever Alex Hinshaw then stole second, his eighth theft of the year. Following a Joe Koshansky strikeout, Oeltjen swiped his second bag of the inning, taking third, and hustled home to score on Adam Heether's sacrifice fly to center. Loe turned in his team-leading sixth quality start of the year for Nashville but took a no-decision for his efforts. The big right-hander held Fresno to one run on two hits over 6 2/3 solid innings of work. Loe walked five batters and struck out four in lowering his team-leading ERA to 2.70. Rehabbing right-hander David Riske (1-0) followed Loe to the hill and worked a 1-2-3 eighth, including a strikeout, to earn a victory in his first appearance for the Sounds. Chris Smith took over in the ninth for Nashville and worked around a two-out walk to notch his league-leading 15th save of the year. Hinshaw (0-2) took a tough-luck loss for the Grizzlies after allowing the game-deciding run despite not giving up a hit in his two innings of work. Nashville second baseman Ray Olmedo went 0-for-4 on the night to snap his longest hit streak of the year at 11 games. The teams wrap up their four-game season series with a 4:05 p.m. CT matinee on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Chris Capuano (1-1, 1.88) makes his third Triple-A start of the year for Nashville. Fresno will counter with southpaw Madison Bumgarner (3-1, 3.64). Nashville box scoreHey, a Matt Kinney sighting! Nashville only had three hits, but hey, whatever works. Josh Anderson returned after a three-game absence; meanwhile Drew Anderson didn't play for the second straight game. Nashville play-by-play

Final: Charlotte 5, Brevard County 4 (15 innings)Brevard County box score Wow. I tuned in just in time to hear the walk-off run score for Charlotte--figures. BC tied it at four in the 8th, and that was all the scoring until the 15th. Amazingly, the Manatees used only three pitches, Dan Merklinger for 5.1 innings, Dan Meadow for 4.2, and Brandon Ritchie for the final 4.1. Sergio Miranda posted the best offensive line of the day, 3-6 with a double and a walk. Kentrail Davis started the game 1-2 with two walks but went 0 for his last 5. Erik Komatsu was 2-8 with a double, Brock Kjeldgaard and Shawn Zarraga were each 2-6 with a walk, and Mat Gamel was 1-4 with a walk before coming out in the 10th inning. Josh Prince was 2-7 but left the bottom of the 13th; I'm not sure why. Brevard County play-by-play The final frame: Charlotte Bottom 15th Greg Sexton singles on a ground ball to right fielder Erik Komatsu. Michael Sheridan out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Brandon Ritchie to first baseman Sean Halton. Greg Sexton to 2nd. With Kyeong Kang batting, wild pitch by Brandon Ritchie, Greg Sexton to 3rd. Brandon Ritchie intentionally walks Kyeong Kang. Brandon Ritchie intentionally walks Matthew Hall. Kyeong Kang to 2nd. Isaias Velasquez singles on a line drive to pitcher Brandon Ritchie. Greg Sexton scores. Kyeong Kang to 3rd. Matthew Hall to 2nd.

There still needs to be a move made to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.