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Yes and yes. Lopez was working 91-92 and reached 94 on the stadium gun per Chris during the broadcast.

The tandems flip-flop with each outing. Today's starter is the reliever the next time the pair is up and vice versa.

Final: Wisconsin 6, Great Lakes (Dodgers) 4 Comeback Rattlers do it again Wisconsin rallies late for win over Loons By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers MIDLAND, MI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are starting to make a habit of this comeback thing. For the second night in a row, the Rattlers rallied late for a come from behind victory. On Saturday at Dow Diamond, the Rattlers were down 3-0 to the Great Lakes Loons heading into the seventh inning. The Rattlers scored one in the seventh, two in the eighth, and three in the ninth for a 6-4 victory. The Loons (12-16) took the lead in the bottom of the second. Wisconsin starting pitcher Austin Blaski walked James Baldwin on four straight pitches to open the inning. A passed ball let Baldwin take second. A sacrifice bunt put Baldwin on third base. Corey Seager drove in Baldwin with ground out to second. Wisconsin (11-14) had a few chances early in the game against Great Lakes starter Carlos Frias. Tyrone Taylor singled and stole second with two outs in the third. Mitch Haniger and Adam Giacalone singled in the fourth inning to put runners on the corners with one out. In the fifth, Orlando Arcia singled with one out and was at second with two outs. However, Frias escaped each time without allowing a run. Great Lakes had one hit in the bottom of the fifth inning, but scored a pair of runs. Blaski walked Jesmuel Valentin, the number nine batter in the Loons lineup, with one out. Valentin stole second and took third on a grounder to the right side of the infield. Jeremy Rathjen sent a grounder to short that was misplayed for an error to let Valentin score. Rathjen would steal second and score on a single by Seager for a 3-0 lead. Frias pitched a scoreless sixth inning and left the game with six strikeouts along with that 3-0 lead. Wisconsin chipped away with a single run in the top of the seventh against the Loons bullpen. Taylor singled with two outs to drive in Clint Coulter from second base. In the eighth, the Rattlers loaded the bases with one out against Arismendy Ozoria. Haniger walked and Victor Roache was hit by a pitch. Giacalone bunted the runners into scoring position and Jose Sermo drew a walk. That walk brought Scott Griggs, the fourth Loons pitcher of the night, out of the bullpen. Griggs got the second out of the inning and was ahead of Chris McFarland 1-2. But, the Wisconsin designated hitter lined the next pitch to center to drive in the runs that tied the game 3-3. Rodolfo Fernandez, who relieved Blaski to start the bottom of the sixth inning, pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning to keep the game tied. Griggs struggled to start the top of the ninth as he walked Taylor. One out later he walked Haniger and hit Roache to load the bases. Giacalone was not bunting in this spot. He lined a 2-2 pitch from Griggs to right-center to knock in two runs and give the Rattlers the lead. New London, Wisconsin native Jake Hermsen took over for Griggs and Jose Sermo greeted him with a sacrifice fly to score Roache for a 6-3 lead. Taylor Wall came on in the ninth and gave up a two-out solo home run to Pat Stover. But, that was as close as the Loons would get. Wall earned his third save of the season when he got the final out of the game to nail down Wisconsin's first three-game winning streak of the season. Fernandez was rewarded for his three scoreless frames with his first professional victory. The Timber Rattlers had trailed Lansing 8-2 with two outs in the eighth inning on Friday night at Cooley law School Stadium, but rallied for a 10-8 win in ten innings. Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon. Ryan Gibbard (1-1, 2.04) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Loons have Lyndsey Caughel (0-2, 1.29) as their scheduled starter. Game time is 2:05pm CDT. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 1:45pm. Sunday's game is also available on MiLB.TV. HOME RUN: GL: Pat Stover (1st, 0 on in 9th inning off Taylor Wall, 2 out) WP: Rodolfo Fernandez (1-0) LP: Scott Griggs (0-2) SAVE: Taylor Wall (3) TIME: 3:02 ATTN: 3,405 Habit forming – Postgame post for May 4, 2013 Wisconsin Boxscore Wisconsin Recap

Once again, he's pitched 13 innings against the Brewers and has given up 1 run and allowed a total of 8 hits, largely with just a FB... that's impressive in itself. As for "letting him off the hook time after time", that's not what I saw. The Brewers only had 7 hits in 6 innings, it's not like how Lohse was escaping mess after mess when the Cards had double digit hits against him after 5 and had made 3 outs at home plate. What I saw was Miller making a very good pitch when he needed to, like the Curve that Ramirez popped up, and at least 3 of the hits were pretty good pitches which Brewer hitters did a nice job with. For example Ramirez' first hit was a FB at the knees on the inside corner, excellent location, just a better job by a good hitter. The simple fact that we'd like all of our starting pitchers to have 3 plus pitches and Miller has had success his entire career working primarily with just a FB is the point. He's the exception to the rule, pitchers just don't succeed with his kind of pitch ratios above A ball... but he does, that's what makes him special. He doesn't have to be an "Ace", he'll be fine if he's "just" a #2... but as I've said numerous times I take a rotation full of #2s and we'll be in the World Series. From a development standpoint I don't like the Cards calling up young starting pitchers to work out of the bullpen, especially out of AA like Martinez, but Carlos showed enough in his debut last night that he obviously has the arm to earn that 1/2 label as well and should be a concern for Brewers fans in the future.

We are solidly in the bottom 3rd, which means we are a bottom 10 organization from a minor league standpoint. Real quick because it's very late.. if you search the minor league forum for the player names you'll find ton's of opinions/commentary on them giving you different points of view on each guy. These are the best case scenarios as I see it for each guy, for a realistic projection jump a step down.. so the pitcher is a #2 best he's likely a 3/4, the Brewers haven't had much success with pitchers reaching their ceilings, though we had a fairly good run with Hart, Braun, Fielder, Hardy, Escobar, and Cain... so the positional side has historically done better. Player - Best Case Morris - Above average 1B Coulter - Possible impact bat, not sure he sticks at C Haniger - Above average OF, like a Hart Taylor - Above average CF, I don't think he'll develop enough power to be elite, but he has the frame Roache - Impact bat in LF. Huge power but struggles with breaking pitches right now Arcia - Above Average SS, not sure he'll develop power McFarland - Above Average 2B, very toolsy and should be a double digit HR guy if he makes it Reed - Above Average OF, don't think he'll put up the power numbers either Gennett - Could be a league average 2B, his best tool is the hit tool which is the most important Gindl - An average corner OF Pena - looks like a BP arm if anything to me right now, hasn't recovered from a horrible showing in the future's game. Nelson - #2 best case, depends on if the command of his pitches keeps improving Bradley - no idea, maybe he could be a #3 best case, was hoping he was a top of the rotation guy on draft day Thornburg - #2 his control and mechanics worry me Lopez - He topped out at 96 in his last start and flashes a plus curve, but he gets beat around. His ceiling is a #2 but he's a long ways away right now. Jungmann - I hoping he was a #3 on draft day, looking more like an innings eater back of the rotation type right now Hellweg - #2... huge FB, decent breaking stuff, poor command... his command will determine his future as a starter or as a reliever Gagnon - #3 not flashy, decent arm, decent stuff, a mid rotation guy best case

Rattlers overcome big deficit to top Lansing Wisconsin trailed 8-2 in the 8th, wins 10-8 in ten innings By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers LANSING, MI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers didn't score any ninth inning runs in their first 23 games of the 2013 season. They scored five in the ninth inning on Friday night to force extra innings in a game against the Lasing Lugnuts at Jackson Field at Cooley Law School Stadium. Jose Sermo completed the comeback with a two-run triple in the tenth to give Wisconsin a stunning 10-8 victory over the Lugnuts. Dwight Smith, Jr. started the Lansing (8-17) first inning with a double. He took third on a ground out. Christian Lopes knocked in Smith with another ground out for a 1-0 Lansing lead. Lansing loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the third inning on a pair of walks and a bloop single. Rattlers starting pitcher Leonard Lorenzo limited the damage to one run. He got Dalton Pompey to ground into a 4-6-3 double play that scored the run from third. Lorenzo got the third out with a line out to first. But, the Lugnuts scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. They had runners at second and third with one out. Gustavo Pierre singled to center to drive in the runner from third. The throw into the infield was wild and the runner from second, who had stopped at third, trotted in as the Rattlers defense chased the baseball. Wisconsin (10-14) cut into the Lansing lead with two runs in the top of the fifth inning. Mike Garza doubled with one out. Alfredo Rodriguez plated Garza with a single. Later in the inning, Mitch Haniger sent Rodriguez home with an RBI single and the Rattlers were only down 4-2. But, the Lugnuts pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning off reliever Damien Magnifico. The first two batters reached on a walk and a hit-and-run single to put runners on the corners. A tough error on a difficult hop on second baseman Chris McFarland let the first run score and allowed the Lugnuts to put runners on second and third with no outs. Pierre followed with a two-run single for a 7-2 Lansing lead. The final run of the Lugnuts sixth inning scored when Kellen Sweeney grounded into a force out at second with runners at the corners. Wisconsin started their rally in the eighth. Parker Berberet doubled with one out against Lansing reliever Tucker Donahue. Garza collected his third hit of the game on a two-out RBI single to center. Rodriguez followed with another single, but Donahue got the final out to end the threat. In the ninth, Haniger walked to start the inning. Victor Roache was next and he sent a sharp grounder to short that might have been a double play. But, the ball was mishandled for an error and Wisconsin had two on with no outs. Giacalone delivered an RBI single to make the score 8-4. The Lugnuts got the first out of the inning when Donahue struck out Sermo, but Berberet followed with a towering flyball to left that hit the top of the wall for a double. Roache scored on the play and Giacalone could only take third due to the possibility that the ball could have been short of the wall and caught for an out. Lansing went to Chuck Ghysels, their closer, after the double by Berberet. Chris McFarland greeted Ghysels with a bunt single that scored Giacalone to make the score 8-6. Garza followed with an RBI single to send in Berberet and get McFarland around to third base. Rodriguez tied the game with a sacrifice fly. In the tenth inning, Haniger walked and stole second. Giacalone was up with one out and the Lugnuts elected to walk him intentionally to face Sermo. Sermo, who was 0-for-8 with four strikeouts in his first eight plate appearances of the series, lined the first pitch he saw in the tenth inning into the right field corner for a two-run triple and a 10-8 Timber Rattlers lead. Taylor Wall pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the tenth to nail down the Wisconsin's big comeback. The Timber Rattlers continue their trip through Michigan with a series against the Great Lakes Loons on Saturday night in Midland. Austin Blaski (1-1, 2.04) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Great Lakes, the Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has Carlos Frias (3-0, 1.14) as their scheduled starter. First pitch at Dow Diamond is scheduled for 6:05pm CDT. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 5:45pm. Saturday's game is also available on MiLB.TV. WP: Damien Magnifico (3-0) LP: Chuck Ghysels (0-1) SAVE: Taylor Wall (2) TIME: 3:05 ATTN: 4,710 Wisconsin Boxscore I have family commitments most of the weekend so I wasn't able to listen in tonight and I'm sorry I missed such a terrific comeback. Chris doesn't have his blog story up yet which always has more insight and useful tidbits. Once again the Rattlers struggled defensively giving up 2 errors and and PB but Michael Reed did manage an OF assist. Youngsters Orlando Arcia and Clint Coulter got the night off. Taylor Wall has been impressive from a results standpoint in the early going. Michael Garza had a 4-5 night including the double, easily his best game of the young season. Alfredo Rodriguez, Mitch Haniger, Adam Giacalone, and Parker Berberet each had 2 hits, but Haniger also walked 3 times in the contest and Giacalone added 2 walks of his own. Just a wonderful effort offensively. Wisconsin Recap The comeback! Wisconsin Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Tucker Donahue replaces Kramer Champlin. Jose Sermo grounds out to first baseman Kellen Sweeney. Parker Berberet doubles (4) on a fly ball to left fielder Dwight Smith. Christopher McFarland grounds out, first baseman Kellen Sweeney to pitcher Tucker Donahue. Parker Berberet to 3rd. Mike Garza singles on a fly ball to center fielder Dalton Pompey. Parker Berberet scores. Alfredo Rodriguez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Chris Hawkins. Mike Garza to 2nd. Michael Reed grounds out to first baseman Kellen Sweeney. Wisconsin Top of the 9th Mitch Haniger walks. Victor Roache reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Shane Opitz. Mitch Haniger to 2nd. Adam Giacalone singles on a fly ball to left fielder Dwight Smith. Mitch Haniger scores. Victor Roache to 3rd. Jose Sermo strikes out swinging. Parker Berberet doubles (5) on a fly ball to left fielder Dwight Smith. Victor Roache scores. Adam Giacalone to 3rd. Pitching Change: Chuck Ghysels replaces Tucker Donahue. Christopher McFarland singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Gustavo Pierre. Adam Giacalone scores. Parker Berberet to 3rd. Mike Garza singles on a fly ball to right fielder Chris Hawkins. Parker Berberet scores. Christopher McFarland to 3rd. Alfredo Rodriguez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Chris Hawkins. Christopher McFarland scores. Michael Reed strikes out swinging. For the win! Wisconsin Top of the 10th Mitch Haniger walks. With Victor Roache batting, Mitch Haniger steals (6) 2nd base. Victor Roache pops out to first baseman Kellen Sweeney. Chuck Ghysels intentionally walks Adam Giacalone. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Orlando Arcia replaces Adam Giacalone. Jose Sermo triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Chris Hawkins. Mitch Haniger scores. Orlando Arcia scores. Parker Berberet reaches on a fielder's choice out, second baseman Christian Lopes to catcher Aaron Munoz. Jose Sermo out at home. Christopher McFarland flies out to right fielder Chris Hawkins. edit. Post game from Chris just popped, it's loaded with the usual assortment of goodies and a very apt quote. Earl Weaver was right – Postgame post for May 3, 2013

yeah i really dont see why this kid is considered a future ace. you aren't going to last long in the majors relying on the fastball 80% of the time. the majority of those fastballs are in hittable spots. brewers hitters are stupid and unlucky. they should be crushing this kid right now. I think both of you are missing the point here... you don't need pitches 2 and 3 if you can get outs with your FB, and he moves his FB all over the zone. He also works up in the zone like Sheets did getting many hitters to swing at FBs just out of the strike zone that they can't catch up with, I've harped on that concept for a long time, it bothers me that few pitchers attack hitters up and/or up and in anymore. We have no one with an arm like Miller who can locate like Miller, give the young man his due. Yes he'll have to develop his secondary stuff at some point, but we'd take him in a heartbeat if we could. He painted a couple of FBs at 96 MPH at the knees on the outside corner without Molina having to move his glove but he's not impressive? Come on... I wish any of our young arms had that much gas and control, our best pitching prospect in the last decade in Gallardo has never even been able to locate like that which is why he gets into way too many 3 ball counts, and his arm was never that good. Ohh and both his curve and change flash plus potential when he actually uses them, he was one of the best prospects in baseball for a reason and he learned some hard lessons in AAA last year which he's obviously applied and is better off for. It irks me how well the Cards do consistently developing talent, their 2 recent world series wins, I hated TLR, dont' care for Molina, not a big of fan of their sanctimonious fanbase whining about HR stuff when no one admired a HR like Pujols, I dislike and/or am jealous of everything they've done. However, at the same I believe we should at least be realistic and give credit where credit is due. It's a fantastic organization with a ton of history that continues to do just about everything the right way from a talent standpoint and while I certainly don't like it, I'm not going to spin their success in a way that belittles their accomplishments. They've been better than us at MLB, they've out scouted us, and they've out developed us in the minors, and they've made better moves from a talent perspective... we've simply just been worked. We don't have to like it but we should acknowledge and appreciate their success... other than getting lucky with Suppan nothing was an accident, they are just very solid and well run organization through and through. Any team that sustains MLB success and yet has a loaded farm system is obviously doing something right... hopefully some day we can reach that point as an organization.

Well I'm still 0 for "however many questions I've asked" as my questions about Jungmann and Bradley went unanswered, I'm into my 7th year of futility in that regard. Prospect Hot Sheet Chat With Jim Shonerd

This has been covered a couple of times over the first month, if this was a Brewer prospect I'd be absolutely livid. It doesn't hurt my feelings that he's a highly touted Cubs' prospect though. Juan Carlos Paniagua Still Waiting For Visa

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Well we have 2 prospects mentioned but only 1 in a good way, congrats Drew Gagnon! It's interesting that Nick Kingham made the list for his work against BC and then Gagnon returned the favor on Wednesday. Submit some questions, chat starting soon! Prospect Hot Sheet (May 3): Jonathan Villar’s Bat Perks Up At Triple-A NOT HOT

I've beat this drum in the past, it only makes sense. Yankees’ Oppenheimer Wants Physicals Before Draft

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I don't have one, I've always gravitated towards the big arms who needed more control in the low minors, getting attached to guys like Manzanillo and Cravy in Helena, but no one has jumped out at me in a while. Some of my attachments like Bowman and Trejo were guys I put into OOTP who were the prospects that randomly turned and into all-stars for me at the MLB level, but I haven't played OOTP in years.

Final Game 2: Wisconsin 9, Lansing(Toronto) 3 (7 Innings) Rattlers get fast start to earn split Wisconsin jumps to 7-0 lead and cruises to 9-3 win in game two By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers LANSING, MI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored four runs in the first inning and built a 7-0 lead in game two of Thursday's doubleheader against the Lansing Lugnuts. Tyler Wagner pitched six solid innings as the starter for the Rattlers and the team picked up a doubleheader split with a 9-3 win at Jackson Field at Cooley Law School Stadium. Wisconsin (9-14) jumped on Lansing starting pitcher Ben White with four runs in the top of the first inning. Tyrone Taylor and Michael Reed singled to start the game. Victor Roache singled with one out to drive in Taylor with the first run of the frame. The Timber Rattlers loaded the bases on a walk to Adam Giacalone. Then, Alfredo Rodriguez popped to short right field for an infield fly out. Second baseman Christian Lopes made the catch, but then threw to third base for some reason. The throw was wild and Michael Reed scored. Roache and Giacalone also moved into scoring position on the throw. Parker Berberet drew a walk to reload the bases for Mike Garza. Garza, who had two hits and an RBI in game one of the doubleheader, delivered a sharp single to center that knocked in two runs for a 4-0 advantage. Giacalone made it 5-0 with an RBI double in the top of the third inning. Mitch Haniger launched a two-run home run to left field in the top of the fourth inning. Haniger's third home run of the season put the Timber Rattlers up 7-0. Lansing (8-16) scored a run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Lopes. They added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth on consecutive RBI singles by Dalton Pompey and Lopes. The Rattlers added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth to push their lead back out to 9-3. Orlando Arcia scored on a two-out error and Haniger scored from third on a wild pitch. Wagner finished his night with a 1-2-3 sixth inning. The right-hander out of Utah allowed three runs on six hits, walked none, and struck out six. He is now 2-1 on the season. The final game of the three game series is Friday night. Leonard Lorenzo (1-1, 6.75) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Lansing has Javier Avendaño (2-1, 3.91) as their scheduled starter. Game time is 6:05pm CDT. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 5:45pm. HOME RUN: WIS: Mitch Haniger (3rd, 1 on in 4th inning off Arik Sikula, 2 out) WP: Tyler Wagner (2-1) LP: Ben White (0-2) TIME: 2:11 ATTN: 4,125 Wisconsin Game 2 Boxscore In addition to sporting the best OPS of his career to this point Michael Reed is also 5 for 7 in SB attempts. After T-Rat pitchers walked 8 batters in Game 1 without any of those walks coming around to score, Tyler Wagner and Jonathan Armold combined to walk... ...none and strike out 9 in 7 innings. I figured Chris would cover that in his blog post as he mentioned it repeatedly between games and during game 2, but the post is not up yet and I need to head to bed. Wisconsin Game 2 Recap Hard to nitpick a 9 run game but I would have liked more in the 3rd. Wisconsin Top of the 3rd Victor Roache walks. Adam Giacalone doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Dalton Pompey. Victor Roache scores. Pitching Change: Arik Sikula replaces Ben White. Alfredo Rodriguez flies out to right fielder Chris Hawkins. Parker Berberet strikes out swinging. Mike Garza pops out to catcher Seth Conner in foul territory. The 6th was fun... Wisconsin Top of the 6th Orlando Arcia singles on a fly ball to center fielder Dalton Pompey. Tyrone Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt, catcher Seth Conner to first baseman Kellen Sweeney. Orlando Arcia to 2nd. Michael Reed strikes out swinging. Mitch Haniger walks. Victor Roache reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Gustavo Pierre. Orlando Arcia scores. Mitch Haniger to 3rd. With Adam Giacalone batting, wild pitch by Ian Kadish, Mitch Haniger scores. Victor Roache to 2nd. Adam Giacalone grounds out, third baseman Gustavo Pierre to first baseman Kellen Sweeney. A nice debut for Jonathan Armold. Lansing Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Jonathan Armold replaces Tyler Wagner. Seth Conner strikes out swinging. Kellen Sweeney strikes out swinging. Dwight Smith singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tyrone Taylor. Dalton Pompey called out on strikes.

This comment is not related to the player action in anyway but Chris has been hating been on an annoying fan for about 3 innings now, I don't recall him every laying into a fan like this before... I've found it strangely amusing.

Final Game 1: Lansing(Toronto) 5, Wisconsin 3 (7 Innings) Late Lansing barrage beats Rattlers Lansing scores three in the sixth to beat Rattlers in game one By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers LANSING, MI - The Lansing Lugnuts scored three times in the bottom of the sixth inning of game one of a doubleheader to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5-3. The Lugnuts got consecutive homers to start their game winning rally. The Timber Rattlers (8-14) took the lead with three straight two-out hits in the top of the third. Victor Roache had started the inning with a single, but he was still at first with two outs in the frame. Roache would steal second base to get into scoring position. Then, Chris McFarland doubled down the right field line to drive in Roache. Mike Garza followed with an RBI single to make the score 2-0. Garza stole second to get into scoring position. Orlando Arcia grounded a single up the middle that Lansing shortstop Jorge Flores made a diving stop in short center and flipped the ball to second baseman Christian Lopes who tried to throw behind Garza at third base. But, the throw from Lopes sailed to the stands to allow Garza to score for a 3-0 lead. Lansing (8-15) rallied in the bottom of the second with some help from the Rattlers. Chris Hawkins reached on a bunt single and took second on a throwing error to start the inning. Shane Opitz tripled with one out to knock in Hawkins. Rattlers starting pitcher Mike Strong walked the next two batters to load the bases. Strong would get Dwight Smith, Jr. to pop up to short right for an infield fly rule, but the ball was dropped to allow Opitz to score. Strong regrouped and got the final out of the inning to keep the Rattlers up 3-2. The Rattlers lefty made it tough on himself again in the bottom of the fourth. He walked the leadoff batter, got the next two outs, and walked two more to load the bases. Strong would get the final out on a strikeout to escape again with Wisconsin still in front 3-2. Lansing struck in a hurry in the bottom of the sixth inning against reliever Taylor Mangum. Kellen Sweeney and Smith. hit back-to-back homers with one out to put Lansing up 4-3. Flores followed with a double. An RBI single by Dalton Pompey drove in Flores and the Lansing lead was 5-3. Reliever Wil Browning, who worked a 1-2-3 sixth inning, allowed a leadoff double to Mike Garza in the top of the seventh. But, Browning retired the next three batters to end the game. The Lugnuts ended their five game losing streak and sent the Rattlers to their fourth straight setback with the comeback in game one. HOME RUNS: LAN: Kellen Sweeney (2nd, 0 on in 6th inning off Taylor Mangum, 1 out) Dwight Smith, Jr. (1st, 0 on in 6th inning off Taylor Mangum, 1 out) WP: Wil Browning (2-3) LP: Taylor Mangum (1-2) TIME: 1:56 Wisconsin Game 1 Boxscore Chris played an interview with manager Matt Erickson between games regarding the first month of the season, unfortunately the audio quality very poor initially but it did improve as time went on. Matt said that he expects "drastic" improvement from this club over the course of the season. He talked as he usually does about getting the players into a routine they can be successful with. They also discussed the early promotion of Brent Suter and then Chris and Matt started discussing the 4 OF prospects when the audio crackled on me again. I did catch something about having a good problem to be getting all of those players playing time, and everyone on his roster enough PT. I missed who the player was when Chris asked about someone who started slow but picked it up (Micheal Reed?) and Matt talked about how the player was getting into good hitting counts but not taking advantage, now that player is being more aggressive with his pitch selection and is getting better results. Wisconsin Game 1 Recap From the game story McFarland was the unnamed culprit who allowed the run to score. Lansing Bottom of the 2nd Chris Hawkins singles on a ground ball to third baseman Jose Sermo. Chris Hawkins advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by third baseman Jose Sermo. Carlos Ramirez flies out to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Shane Opitz triples (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Chris Hawkins scores. Aaron Munoz walks. Kellen Sweeney walks. Aaron Munoz to 2nd. Dwight Smith pops out to second baseman Christopher McFarland. Shane Opitz scores. Aaron Munoz to 3rd. Kellen Sweeney to 2nd. Fielding error by second baseman Christopher McFarland. Jorge Flores flies out to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Sweeney's HR was a bomb but then Smith's homer actually left stadium. Lansing Bottom of the 6th Aaron Munoz flies out to left fielder Victor Roache. Kellen Sweeney homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Dwight Smith homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Jorge Flores doubles (6) on a fly ball to right fielder Michael Reed. Dalton Pompey singles on a fly ball to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Jorge Flores scores. With Christian Lopes batting, Taylor Mangum picks off Dalton Pompey at 1st on throw to Mike Garza. Christian Lopes doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Chris Hawkins pops out to first baseman Mike Garza.

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I was thinking of Gindl, Gennett, and Morris but Davis would make a 4th interesting player to follow now that he's been demoted.