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Sounds Rally Late To Wrap Homestand With 9-5 Victory Khris Davis Belts First Triple-A Homer In Win NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds plated five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to wrap up their homestand with a come-from-behind 9-5 victory over Albuquerque on Tuesday evening at Greer Stadium in the finale of a five-game series. With the victory, Nashville (50-61) finished its nine-game stand with a 5-4 record despite dropping three of five to the Isotopes. Trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the eighth, the Sounds rallied for five runs in the frame to post the victory, marking the 16th time this season they've scored the winning run in their final turn at the plate. Five Nashville batters posted two-hit efforts as part of the club's 13-hit attack, led by outfielder Khris Davis (2-for-4, 3 RBIs), who belted his first Triple-A homer in his second game with the club. Albuquerque took a 4-0 lead against Wily Peralta in the top of the first inning. After Scott Van Slyke put the visitors on the board with an RBI single, red-hot Isotopes outfielder Jerry Sands provided the big blow with a one-out, three-run homer to left, his 19th of the year. Sands finished the five-game series against Nashville with a .524 average (11-for-21) with four home runs and 15 RBIs. After the Sands homer, Peralta -- who took a no-decision -- calmed down to keep Albuquerque off the board over the next six innings, retiring 19 of his final 22 batters faced, including nine strikeouts. The Sounds got onto the board in the second inning against Isotopes starter Will Savage. Taylor Green led off with a double to right and scored two batters later on Jordan Brown's opposite-field double down the left field line that caromed off the glove of Sands, making it a 4-1 contest. Davis evened the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the third when he belted his first career Triple-A home run, an opposite-field, three-run shot to right off Savage. Jeff Bianchi and Caleb Gindl each preceded Davis with singles before scoring on the roundtripper. AUDIO: Davis Three-Run HR Isotopes third baseman Alex Castellanos put the visitors back in front, 5-4, in the eighth when he belted a two-out solo homer to left off Nashville reliever Donovan Hand. It was the infielder's 14th home run of the season and third of the series. Nashville answered immediately, putting up five runs in the bottom of the eighth to grab a 9-5 lead. Davis led off with a single off Scott Rice, moved to second on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a Green single. Sean Halton followed with a game-tying double to right to even the contest. After Brown drew a walk to load the bases with no outs, catcher Humberto Quintero chopped a go-ahead, two-run single over the left side of the drawn-in infield to give the Sounds their first lead of the night at 7-5. AUDIO: Quintero Puts Sounds In Front Edwin Maysonet followed with a bunt single to the left side of the mound, which Rice grabbed and misfired to first that allowed both baserunners to score and Maysonet to advance to third. Robert Wooten closed out the game with a perfect ninth for the Sounds. Hand (3-1) earned the victory as the beneficiary of the late Sounds rally, while Rice (0-2) absorbed the loss for the 'Topes. On Wednesday, the Sounds embark on an eight-game road trip, which begins with a 9:05 p.m. opener of a four-game series at Fresno (AAA-Giants). Right-hander Brian Baker (2-4, 5.15) will make the start for the Sounds. He'll face Grizzlies left-hander Clayton Tanner (0-1, 7.80). Nashville Box Score Fun fact of the night, Wily Peralta is actually batting .231. He was pretty dominant after the 1st, but that inning was brutal. Khris Davis... or shall I refer to him as "Krush" Davis, has done nothing but hit all season. He's not one that's going to set prospect lists on fire but I feel good about him as a hitter, kind of the same way I feel about Fiers as a pitcher. In addition to Davis' night which was detailed above Taylor Green (2-4,2B), Jordan Brown (2-3,2B,BB), Humberto Quintero (2-4), and all had multi-hit games. Nashville Play By Play As always the game story was very thorough. In honor of Peralta's ascension over the course of the season... http://youtu.be/Qpyd3-GHH7I Those of us who grew up with rotary phones and Nintendo will understand Si's genius... "Nah, no, I just said it... it's back in!" edit. And yes I've been wanting to use that quote for months.

Final: DSL Angels 4, DSL Brewers 2 DSL Brewers Box Score Well this second half sure has been a bummer for the DSL squad, I believe this was the 6th straight loss. Jorge Ortega got beat around for the first time allowing 10 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 2 over his 5 innings. However he didn't walk anyone so it wasn't all bad. Marcos Padilla, Melvin Tejada, and Doni Arias combined to finish off the final 4 innings without allowing a run. Elvis Rubio (2-3,2B,BB) led the way with the bats, Jose Dicent (2-4) and Yunior Santana (2-4) notched the other multi-hit games. Raphachel Colatosti added a 2B which was the only other XBH. Santana did get picked off of 1B but the young Brewers played clean defense for the first time in quite a while. DSL Brewers Play By Play This inning is a good metaphor for the rest of the game. DSL Brewers Bottom of the 1st Raphachel Colatosti doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Angel Montilla. Alejandro Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Angel Guerra to first baseman Ismael Dionicio. Raphachel Colatosti to 3rd. Juan Ortiz called out on strikes. Juan De Leon flies out to left fielder Ayendy Perez. Ortega's 5th. DSL Angels Top of the 5th Ranyelmy Mendoza triples (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Juan Ortiz. Ayendy Perez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Elvis Rubio. Ranyelmy Mendoza scores. With Erick Salcedo batting, wild pitch by Jorge Ortega, Ayendy Perez to 2nd. Erick Salcedo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Juan Ortiz. Ayendy Perez to 3rd. Enyelber Vivas singles on a fly ball to center fielder Juan Ortiz. Ayendy Perez scores. Erick Salcedo to 2nd. Ismael Dionicio pops out to second baseman Alejandro Mendoza. Luis Jolly grounds into a force out, shortstop Raphachel Colatosti to second baseman Alejandro Mendoza. Erick Salcedo to 3rd. Enyelber Vivas out at 2nd. Luis Jolly to 1st. Angel Montilla flies out to center fielder Juan Ortiz.

I would debate this with you considering Hart's age and pending FA, but that discussion belongs in a different forum.

I'm not sure how to answer this because what I think might be a 10 wouldn't necessarily be what others would think. If Profar straight up or Olt & Perez would have been a 10 for Greinke (unrealistic of course but what's the ceiling on the scale?) then I'd give the 2 trades a 6. I think DM got the best possible package he could for Greinke and as I've said elsewhere I think the Angels actually overpaid. This is new ground for me but I'm actually pretty happy with the Greinke trade, I was fearing the trade would go in a different direction and I'm glad my fears proved unfounded. I'll take a legit middle infield prospect and 2 high ceiling arms for a rental every single time. Fautino De Los Santos was a decent return for Kottaras considering he wouldn't have made it through waivers, he may never pan out but he sure has a big arm.

Prospect lists are always very subjective based on whatever criteria whomever is doing them is using to judge the prospects. I'm certainly an upside guy, but I also like to see production, and I will factor in the likely hood of a MLB career into the mix as well. Our most projectable pitcher has been so injury prone with horrible peripherals that no one has him on any top 10 list, I didn't even put him on my last 50. Who you ask? Mark Rogers... and it should be pretty obvious I've had a huge man crush on him, but how do you project a player like him with any kind of certainty given all he's been through? Take a guy like Bradley... if he throws as hard as he did on the cape, then he's legit. If his average FB is in that 90ish range then he's just slightly above average for a LHP and and isn't missing bats anymore. Where's the truth? In his college career he never threw as well as he did that one summer, but that talent is obviously in there someplace... Or did he push himself too hard and burn his arm in the cape? Jed wasn't abused in college, not like Arnett's final year, he topped out at 98 innings, he's currently at 103. How could he possibly be suffering from a dead arm since May? With spring training he only had about 8 weeks of real baseball in by then? He should be good for at least another 20-30 innings. As such, there's no way Jed sniffs my top 10, #15 overall pick in the draft or not. If he had this level of production but was still reaching the mid 90s then absolutely, but right now I'm not sure why he deserves to be in the top 10? I'm willing to be convinced, I've always been biased towards our LHPs, but I'm just not seeing anything to hang my hat on right now other than him being LH? Zach Jackson was a first round pick but there's wide gulf between his stuff at his peak and the rest of the pitchers taken in the 1st round in 2004. I just picked Zach because pretty much everyone should be familiar with him and coming out of college his velocity was right where Bradley is now, from BA's draft report(subscriber content): I don't mean to compare Bradley to Jackson because I don't think they are all that comparable as pitchers, I'm just saying there is legitimate cause for concern based on his current stuff and performance. However if someone wants to latch onto his performance in the Cape or his draft position as justification for a top 10 slot on their list then that would be absolutely fine with me, we're all going to latch onto different aspects of different players, and I'm not sure there are any right answers. I'm just trying to say that I don't think draft position is more important that any other measure, be it raw tools, production, projection, whatever... I'm not going to go out on a limb and make a definitive statement about any player until I feel I have a very good understanding of what that player is going to become, which is why I don't do it all that often. Unfortunately for me, the players from this last crop that I would have gone out on a limb for all got traded or got hurt. I tend to have plenty of questions/concerns about every young man and the more questions I have the harder it is for me to project them and then slot them on a list. I'll be honest, I don't have any more idea what to do with Bradley than I did with Rogers. That's just my angle on prospects and specifically a player like Bradley who isn't flashing tools or production but was highly thought of coming into the draft.

2nd feature in a week for Didi IL notes: Gregorius thriving at new level Reds prospect already boasts stellar glove, adding quick bat By John Wagner / Special to MLB.com http://www.milb.com/images/2012/07/29/8VPFhBsR.jpg Didi Gregorius already has six homers, one shy of a career high. (Louisville Bats) No one has ever argued that Didi Gregorius doesn't have the defensive skills to play shortstop. Just 22 years old, Gregorius ranks among the Reds' top prospects because of his strong throwing arm and good range. But Gregorius, who was promoted to Louisville two weeks ago, has garnered more attention these days because of improving hitting, including developing power. "He's a well-rounded player," Bats manager David Bell said. "One thing that jumps out at you is his arm strength, but before it's all said and done, he's going to show people he has a lot more skills than that. "He's going to hit. He's young and he's still developing. He's going to be a good all-around Major League player." Gregorius began the season with Double-A Pensacola in the Southern League and hit .278 with one homer and 31 RBIs in 81 games to earn a promotion at the All-Star break. "I was playing like I think I can play," Gregorius said. "I relaxed in Double-A and I think I'm bringing that same game to Triple-A." "The pitchers here are more in the strike zone. You face big league pitchers every day, guys who have pitched in the Majors before they were sent down." Gregorius has thrived against IL pitching, going 5-for-10 in his first two games and hitting .314 through 17 contests with the Bats. "What excites me about his offense is that he has a quick bat," Bell said. "He can get to a fastball, and that's what separates Major League players from Triple-A players. "He's going to adjust to the other pitches and he's going to learn how to hit in certain situations. But you can't teach bat quickness, and he has that." Gregorius said he is working on developing his offense by taking batting practice seriously. "I'm just working hard every day, trying to get better every day," he said. "I take BP like it's game time, trying to get ready for every game. I'm just trying to hit line drives." What has been most notable about Gregorius in his brief time in Triple-A is that he's hit four homers in only 70 at-bats with Louisville. Last year, it took him nearly 200 at-bats to hit five home runs for Class A Advanced A Bakersfield in the California League. "He's not going to be a home run hitter, he's going to be a line-drive hitter who hits some home runs," Bell said. "He has four home runs [for us], and I'm sure he didn't try to hit any of those four home runs. He's trying to hit a line drive and occasionally, he's going to pop one that goes out." Bell said Gregorius continues to work on driving the ball to the opposite field, pitch recognition and other refinements to his batting. "He's young and he's going to go through struggles -- at this level and at the Major League level," Bell said. "But he's swinging the bat really well and showing what he is capable of." In brief Something old, something new: Gwinnett made a pair of moves to help restock its pitching staff this week. One was the addition of 41-year-old RHP Miguel Batista as a free agent. In his first start for the G-Braves, he allowed two runs over five innings to earn a victory against Charlotte on July 28. The other addition was 22-year-old LHP Sean Gilmartin, who was promoted from Double-A Mississippi. Atlanta's first-round pick in the 2011 Draft, he was 5-8 with a 3.54 ERA with 86 strikeouts and 26 walks in 20 Southern League starts. Sweet Lew: Norfolk's Lew Ford was closing in on contending for the IL batting title, moving within 20 plate appearances of qualifying. And with a .331 batting average through 62 games, he certainly had the numbers to step into the top spot. But Ford, who had 11 homers and 40 RBIs with the Tides, ran into a roadblock: He was promoted, joining the Orioles on Sunday and returning to the big leagues for the first time since playing for the Twins from 2003-07. East Division showdown: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has used a strong start coming out of the All-Star break to set up a showdown for first place in the East Division with Pawtucket. The Yankees won their first four games following the break to jump-start an 11-4 run that vaulted them atop the division, a half-game in front of the PawSox. The teams began a four-game home-and-home series Sunday. He said it: "The pitching wasn't good. The defense wasn't good. Today, we made a lot of mistakes. We've got to be more consistent and play smarter baseball. We made a lot of mistakes in the whole series. I've seen lack of communication. Physical errors are going to happen. ... But if you're not mentally prepared, it's a different story. It's getting to the time where we've got to kinda kick it in the butt here if we think that we've got a chance [at the playoffs] at all. We've got to play better baseball." -- Bisons manager Wally Backman to the Buffalo News. His team won its first three games following the All-Star break, then lost 11 of 14, including eight of nine.

Taillon hasn't found his groove yet, but he drops a gem like this every so often. Marauders' Taillon tames Tigers Pirates' top prospect allows two hits over seven innings By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com http://www.milb.com/images/2012/07/30/L3zC3WIH.jpg Jameson Taillon is 5-7 with a 4.07 ERA in 20 starts for Bradenton. (Cliff Welch/MiLB.com) In every start, there are two or three situations that can change the outcome of the game. Jameson Taillon's success in those situations on Monday night were the difference in his performance and could be the difference in his long-term outlook. The Pirates' No. 1 prospect allowed two hits and struck out four over seven shutout innings, but did not figure into the decision as Class A Advanced Bradenton fell to Lakeland, 1-0, in 10 innings. Taillon held the Flying Tigers hitless through the first four innings before Wade Gaynor singled to lead off the fifth. The 20-year-old right-hander worked his way out of trouble in that frame after walking Daniel Fields and uncorking a wild pitch. Taillon recovered to strike out Adolfo Reina and James Robbins back-to-back before getting Hernan Perez to fly out to center field. "Honestly I wasn't thinking much, I stuck to my plan," Taillon said. "I had second and third, and I knew I had an open base to work with the bottom of the lineup. I wouldn't say I worked around guys, but I threw my pitches. It worked when I got ahead and I varied a couple of curveballs." Taillon walked three and faced four over the minimum for the Marauders, but left with the game scoreless. "Early on, I kind of just eased my way into the game," the Florida native said. "It was an aggressive offensive team and I was pitching in and using their aggressiveness to my advantage. I went at them early with kind of a fastball-heavy dosage the first time through the lineup. I was at 31 pitches through four innings and that allowed me to go deeper into the game." MLB.com's No. 5 prospect has endured a tough season for the Marauders, going 5-7 with a 4.09 ERA. In his previous start July 25, Taillon was touched up for four runs on eight hits over six innings against St. Lucie. He pointed to his success Monday in big spots as being the difference. "Last start, I felt really good out there," Taillon said. "I would say there were three pitches that made the difference. Tonight, I had a couple of situations and I made big pitches when I needed to." "Absolutely," he added when asked whether the fifth was one of those situations. "Just keep sticking to my plan, I had done well to that point. That's a situation that can make or break an outing." Taillon thinks there are a couple of things that he can improve upon in order to take the next step. "I'd say consistency from start to start," Taillon said. "One of the smaller aspects of the game that people don't pay attention to is holding runners on. I'm not the best at it, I'm a big guy and I'm not the quickest to the plate. There are different ways to go about it, from holding the ball longer to being quicker to the plate, those are the things I'm going to work on." Kenn Kasparek (0-3) took the loss after allowing a run on five hits over 2 1/3 innings of relief for Bradenton. Marcus Lemon delivered the win for Lakeland with a walk-off single in the 10th. Matt Crouse earned his fifth win after giving up a hit and fanning four over two innings of relief

A certain peanut inning is actually the most irritating thing in MiLB audio and I can't believe the fans are such sheep they'll repeat it so incessantly. I love me some peanuts at the ball game, well I actually just love peanuts but the crowd mic just grates on you after a while. There has a to be a way to sabotage the PA...

I was just looking at the T-Rats position prospects and a solid argument could be made that both Walla and Rivera should repeat WI. The problem would be holding back the development of the guys behind as the Helena OF is actually pretty stacked with talent and Alfredo Rodriguez has been performing well. I bet they both get bumped, but a sub .700 OPS from Walla was certainly unexpected. He could easily get above .700 for the season but I would have hoped he'd have at least matched last year's OPS from Helena (.785) and that he would be ascending as a prospect right now.

Maysonet Delivers Walk-Off RBI Single In 4-3 Win Gindl Homers; Vargas Tosses Quality Start NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Edwin Maysonet hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Nashville Sounds a 4-3 victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday night at Greer stadium. The last at-bat victory was Nashville's 15th of the season, which also snapped a four-game losing streak. With the scored tied at 3-3 entering the bottom of the ninth, outfielder Khris Davis worked a leadoff walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a infield groundout, and came home on Maysonet's hit to score the game-winning run in his Sounds debut. AUDIO: Maysonet Game-Winning Hit Albuquerque jumped out to a 1-0 lead as Elian Herrera opened the contest with a soft line drive single. The shortstop moved to second on a groundout, advanced to third on a fly out, and scored on Jerry Sands RBI single. Nashville quickly went ahead in the next inning, beginning with a double down the third base line by second baseman Eric Farris. Next batter Caleb Gindl then jacked his eighth homer of the season over the right field wall. AUDIO: Caleb Gindl Homer The Isotopes tied the game at 2-2 in the visiting half of the third thanks to a Tim Federowicz RBI double. Both teams traded runs in the seventh. Tyler Henson began the frame with a leadoff walk, moved to third on a couple of infield groundouts, and scored on a soft flair to the outfield by Elian Herrera. Jordan Brown began the bottom of the seventh with a leadoff walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a bunt combined with a fielding error, and scored as pinch hitter Sean Halton hit a deep sacrifice fly to center. Nashville starter Claudio Vargas pitched a quality start in a no-decision, allowing three runs on eight hits in seven innings of work. Fautino De Los Santos pitched a scoreless frame in his Sounds debut. With runners on first and second and no outs, Juan Perez (2-0) escaped a jam for a scoreless ninth for the victory. Albuquerque starter Fernando Nieve struck out a season-high eight batters in seven innings while giving up three runs (two earned) in a no-decision. Luis Vasquez (0-1) took the loss. The Sounds conclude their homestand and wrap up their season series with the Isotopes at 7:05 pm CT on Tuesday night at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Wily Peralta (6-9, 4.92) makes the start for Nashville against Albuquerque righty Will Savage (10-4, 5.47). Nashville Box Score The Sounds scored their 4 runs on just 5 hits, that's about as efficient as it gets. In fact Nashville was out hit 9-5 in the game. I refuse to believe Claudio Vargas pitched in this game because it was over in under 3 hours, I used to make a sandwich between his pitches. On a serious note he's had 3 pretty good starts in a row and 4 out of the last 5 have been good. The stuff before that... well, it wasn't good. Still if he ever starts another game for the Brewers I might have to commit hara-kiri, I don't mind him in the bullpen but there are just plenty of other options both starting and relieving that I'd like to entertain before recycling Claudio back to the active roster. However, he's been very solid as of late and I won't take that away from him. I didn't realize Fautino De Los Santos' ERA was over 7 for the season, but it's nice that he got off to a good start for Nashville. I did catch up and read that trade thread, he's an interesting "flyer". Juan Perez has also been very effective in AAA, but he's just never gotten an extended look in MLB, though he's had his fair share of poor MiLB seasons. Khris Davis continued his hitting ways going 1-3 with the walk mentioned above. Nashville Play By Play

Me too, though I'm not surprised his overall view of the system hasn't changed much since they did their organizational ranking.

Man I hope not, Tunnell can have a much larger impact on the organization where he is, going around and tinkering with the mechanics and development of our minor league guys. edit. I compared Jungmann's curve to Axford's 2011 version and while the pitch improved from last year to this, it's still too loopy and he leaves it up in the zone, it's not a "swing and a miss" pitch, it's a "I let it go by because I was looking for something else pitch". It's an MLB average pitch now, but his slider is a much better pitch from a strike out perspective and I'm curious why he's throwing it less each season. Is it causing him arm problems? Is he having trouble locating it? I've only watched Axford throw something like 10 innings all season but everything was up in the zone. I noticed a while back, and as I said I haven't been watching Brewer games much at all this season so it may have changed, but when Axford is struggling to throw strikes his arm slot is more 3/4. The closer he was to over the top, the more accurate he was.

My simple answer would be the pitchers with the higher upside. I like what TB did bumping Sonnanstine (4.38 ERA in 2008) to the pen to make room for higher ceiling starting pitchers. Certainly if some those guys fail they could be bumped to the pen but I don't see any reason why Narveson (pending recovery) and Estrada should stand in the way of better talent. I'd rather not repeat the Parra saga of starting, then the pen, then starting, then back to the pen so we're never really sure what he have. Give the younger players the room to fail for a bit and let them grow into their roles, at least 1 full season. If the production never approaches the ceiling after a couple of years or the organization is convinced the young man isn't going to cut after it that first season then you can bump said pitcher to the pen and bring back Estrada or Narveson or call-up the next young pitcher. If both Thornburg and Peralta are ready for 2013 there's simply no reason for them to repeat AAA just so we're breaking in fewer young starters at 1 time. I'm not concerned with super 2 status given their age and the fact we really don't have anyone better standing in their way, Greinke is already gone and it doesn't seem like that Marcum and Wolf will be retained. We can easily drop Gallardo type contracts onto any young starters that succeed locking them up into their early 30s then let them walk or trade them. Out of this coming wave of prospects; Peralta, Thornburg, Burgos, Hellweg, Rogers, and Pena, the only one who doesn't really have control concerns is Burgos. Hiram has pitchability like Fiers (BA actually picked Burgos for best control in 2010) and while I find it difficult to project best case scenarios for any prospect I'm willing to acknowledge what that the 2 guys with the least "stuff" in Fiers and Burgos might ultimately end up being the best performers but right now that's nearly impossible to call.

Ohh there were plenty more than BH's dad... bjames had that one thread where he literally posted double digit times in one day (I want to say it was 21 posts before I jumped in) and was every 3rd post in the thread. I still think Brian's suggestion of Troll Amnesty Day has merit, it could be a fun way to get through the dog days of August.

Further coverage of McClung's horrible day. Two slams better than one for Sands

working hard is the thing to do. Final: AZL Royals 5, AZL Brewers 4 AZL Brewers Box Score As MH noted Francisco Rivero started here and only went one inning, he's had quite a weird career path. Anthony Banda was smacked around for 2 HRs and 5 runs in 4 innings while striking out 6. Joel Dicent pitched a clean final 3 innings. Jose Sermo (2-5) had the only multi-hit game for the Brewers though Clint Coulter (1-3,HR) provided instant offense for the 2nd time on the season. Coulter was lifted for the Royals 6th. The rest of the box was busy, I'll list it below: BASERUNNING SB: Ortega (3, 2nd base off Lovvorn/Johnson, C), Dowell (6, 2nd base off Lovvorn/Johnson, C), Garcia, Jo (1, 2nd base off Newberry/Johnson, C). PO: Smith-Brennan 2 (1st base by Newberry, 1st base by Castillo). FIELDING E: Coulter (6, fielding), Pena, Jo (3, fielding). Outfield assists: Garcia, Jo (Patino at 2nd base). DP: (Garcia, Jo-Sermo). AZL Brewers Play By Play Brewers went up 3-0 in the 3rd, hyphenated names are the devil. Thankfully I haven't had to LR on a name like Escalera-Maldonado, I'd have to cut and past that too. AZL Brewers Top of the 3rd Malcolm Dowell called out on strikes. Jose Sermo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado. Dustin Houle grounds into a force out, third baseman Mauricio Ramos to second baseman Alfredo Patino. Jose Sermo out at 2nd. Dustin Houle to 1st. Jose Pena singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jerrell Allen. Dustin Houle scores. Jose Pena to 3rd. Fielding error by left fielder Jerrell Allen. Clint Coulter homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Jose Pena scores. Alan Sharkey grounds out, second baseman Alfredo Patino to first baseman Bobby Fisher-Brown. But the Royals got 2 right back. AZL Royals Bottom of the 3rd Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado strikes out swinging. Ramon Torres homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Alexis Rivera singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Garcia. With Mauricio Ramos batting, wild pitch by Anthony Banda, Alexis Rivera to 2nd. Mauricio Ramos strikes out swinging. Bobby Fisher-Brown singles on a line drive to center fielder Malcolm Dowell. Alexis Rivera scores. Chad Johnson grounds out, third baseman Taylor Smith-Brennan to first baseman Alan Sharkey. After scoring 1 in the 4th the Brewers went quiet and the Royals came back for the win with 3 in the 5th. AZL Royals Bottom of the 5th Alfredo Escalera-Maldonado flies out to left fielder Jose Garcia. Ramon Torres homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Lance Harper singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Garcia. Mauricio Ramos triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Jose Pena. Lance Harper scores. Bobby Fisher-Brown out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jose Garcia. Mauricio Ramos scores. Chad Johnson strikes out swinging.

Good form in taking this game so TC07 didn't have to, Brad. Very cool. Yep thank you much.

Sessile are you getting the AZL game? I just saw your post from earlier and wasn't sure what you and Troy had worked out?

Final Game 2: Albuquerque 11, Nashville 0 (7 Innings) Sands' Two Slams Sink Sounds In Nightcap Outfielder Ties PCL Record In 11-0 Rout Of Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Albuquerque outfielder Jerry Sands tied a PCL record by crushing two grand slams to power the visiting Isotopes to an 11-0 victory over the Sounds in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday evening at Greer Stadium. The Isotopes swept the Sounds in the twinbill. The defeat was the eighth shutout loss suffered by Nashville (48-61), which dropped its fourth straight contest. Prior to the nightcap, the Sounds had allowed only one grand slam through the first 108 games. Sands crushed two bases-loaded blasts in the first four innings. Former Sound Trent Oeltjen led off the game with a bunt single and McClung proceeded to walk the next two batters to load the bases, two of the Sounds season-high and personal career-high eight free passes issued by the big right-hander on the night. Sands followed with his first grand slam of the evening to give the visitors a 4-0 lead. After McClung had already walked in one run in the top of the fourth, Sands struck again, sending a 1-0 offering over the top of the guitar-shaped scoreboard in left-center. His second slam made it a 9-0 contest and sent the Nashville starter to the showers. McClung (2-13) suffered his PCL-leading 13th loss of the season after surrendering nine runs on six hits, including the two Sands slams, while walking eight and striking out three in his 3 1/3 frames. Tim Dillard took over for the Sounds and gave up another Albuquerque longball later in the frame when Tyler Henson touched him for a two-out solo homer, his fifth of the year. Albuquerque tacked on their final tally in the fifth when Oeltjen tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly to up the lead to 11-0. Lost in the shuffle of the Albuquerque offensive explosion was a solid performance by Isotopes starter Blake Johnson (3-0), who allowed two hits over five scoreless innings to pick up the nightcap win. Ramon Troncoso and Angel Guzman each worked a scoreless frame for the Isotopes to close out the three-hit shutout. The teams continue the series with a 7:05 p.m. meeting on Monday night. Right-hander Claudio Vargas (4-1, 4.29) will toe the rubber for the Sounds to face Albuquerque right-hander Fernando Nieve (5-6, 5.68). Game 2 Nashville Box Score 2 grand slams, little did And That know... So yeah, basically Rob Wooten's 2 scoreless innings were the only thing worth discussing from this game. He allowed 1 hit and no walks while striking out 3 which was the best outing out of his last 10. He's been getting beat around a little bit lately so he's in need of a hot streak to get Sept consideration for a call-up. The best news is that another non-prospect in Claudio Vargas should be next up in the rotation... yay. No Sounds player had a multi-hit game but Caleb Gindl did manage to double. MiLB will certainly have more coverage on this later. Nashville Game 2 Play By Play edit. was just finishing up and the game story popped, inserting it at the top.

McClung allows 4 runs in the 1st inning in game 2 for Nashville. I have 3 of my TV shows to watch, I'll catch up with game 2, Helena, and AZ around midnight central.

Final: DSL Braves 6, DSL Brewers 1 DSL Brewers Box Score This team has been quite a bit like the big club in the second half, the bullpen just hasn't been very good at all. Pedro Peguero made his 2nd appearance and first start going just the 1 inning, but it was a clean inning and lowered his ERA 60 points to 20.25 on the season. Milton Gomez was very good pitching the next 5 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 4. Joan De La Cruz was pounded in his .1 allowing 4 runs on 3 hits, a walk, and a wild pitch. Victor Diaz would have gotten out of the 7th without allowing an inherited runner to score but he too uncorked a wild pitch which gifted a run to the young Braves. Felix Paulino gave up an unearned run in the 9th. Alejandro Mendoza (2-4, SB), Jose Dicent (0-2,2BB,SB), Yunior Santana(2-4) and Juan De Leon (1-4,HR) were the key players offensively in this game. Gomez and Dicent each a fielding error. In case you've been wondering I'm unable to spell "cerveceritos" correctly without cutting and pasting it which is why I don't use it. In fact is that even correct? I suppose I could just drop a txt file on my desktop with it... However I can at least spell Lucroy correctly, it amazes me when we fans can read a MLB player's name for years and still not spell it correctly. DSL Brewers Play By Play The Brewers score their 1 run in the 2nd, this was the difference. DSL Braves Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Joan De La Cruz replaces Milton Gomez. Juruengelo Tielman walks. Isael Henriquez singles on a fly ball to right fielder Yunior Santana. Juruengelo Tielman to 3rd. Nisandro Cleofa singles on a ground ball to right fielder Yunior Santana. Juruengelo Tielman scores. Isael Henriquez to 3rd. With Gerald Chin batting, wild pitch by Joan De La Cruz, Isael Henriquez scores. Nisandro Cleofa to 2nd. Gerald Chin singles on a fly ball to center fielder Juan Ortiz. Nisandro Cleofa to 3rd. Johan Camargo grounds out, second baseman Alejandro Mendoza to first baseman Juan De Leon. Nisandro Cleofa scores. Gerald Chin to 2nd. Pitching Change: Victor Diaz replaces Joan De La Cruz. Ibrahim McKenzie grounds out, shortstop Raphachel Colatosti to first baseman Juan De Leon. Gerald Chin to 3rd. With Eugenio Diaz batting, wild pitch by Victor Diaz, Gerald Chin scores. Eugenio Diaz strikes out swinging.

Final Game 1: Albuquerque 4, Nashville 2 (8 Innings) 'Topes Clip Sounds In Extras In Twinbill Opener NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jerry Sands ripped an opposite-field two-run double in the top of the eighth inning to power the Albuquerque Isotopes to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Sounds in the opener of a doubleheader on Sunday evening at Greer Stadium. It marked the tenth extra-inning contest of the year for the Sounds, who fell to 4-6 in extra frames. In the top of the eighth, the visitors loaded the bases against a pair of Nashville relievers. Mitch Stetter (0-1) hit consecutive batters to start the inning and was relieved by Jesus Sanchez. After Alex Castellanos popped up a sacrifice bunt attempt, Scott Van Slyke drew a walk from Sanchez to load the bags for Sands, who ripped his go-ahead two-bagger over the head of right fielder Jordan Brown. Nashville didn't go down without a fight in the home half of the eighth against Isotopes closer Josh Wall. The Sounds returned the favor from the top of the inning, loading the bases using a throwing error by the pitcher followed by a pair of walks. Jordan Brown followed with a flare to shallow center, which was gloved on an outstanding sliding play by Albuquerque shortstop Elian Herrera with his back to the infield. Wall recovered to strike out Juan Sanchez and Corey Patterson in succession to quell the threat and notch his league-leading 19th save of the year. Erick Threets (5-2) was the beneficiary of Sands' heroics, picking up the win after working one scoreless frame for Albuquerque. Newly-added catcher Humberto Quintero enjoyed a solid Sounds debut, going 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs to pace the Nashville offense. Brown continued his hot hitting for Nashville, extending his hitting streak to seven games with a 3-for-4 effort. Neither starting pitcher factored in the decision despite a pair of outstanding efforts. Nashville starter Hiram Burgos -- who entered the game as the minor league ERA leader -- made his Triple-A debut and tossed a quality start, allowing two runs on five hits over six innings. The right-hander, who took a no-decision, walked one batter and struck out five during his 89-pitch effort. Albuquerque left-hander Derrick Loop matched Burgos' quality-start effort with one of his own, holding the Sounds to two runs on eight hits over six frames. He also took a no-decision. Burgos got off to a rough start for Nashville, as he was touched for a pair of first-inning runs courtesy of a two-run Scott Van Slyke homer to left-center, the slugger's 12th longball of the year. The Sounds got a run back in the second when Quintero lined a two-out RBI single to right off Loop in his first Nashville at-bat. Andy Gonzalez, who drew an inning-opening walk, scored on the knock to make it a 2-1 game. Former Sound Trent Oeltjen attempted to add to the visitors lead with overzealous baserunning in the top of the fifth. The outfielder drilled a two-out triple off the center field wall then ran through 'Topes skipper Lorenzo Bundy's stop sign as he rounded third and was thrown out at the plate on a strong relay from Brown to Jeff Bianchi to Quintero. Quintero struck again for the Sounds in the home half of the fifth when he led off the frame with his first homer of the year, a game-tying solo shot to left off Loop. Nashville Game 1 Box Score I've been following the minor leagues and prospects since 2003 and I don't ever recall a player making as meteoric a rise as Hiram Burgos has. Someone with greater resources may be able to answer this but I don't ever remember any pitcher outside of a team's top 30 ever being the minor league leader in ERA this late into a season? Hopefully he continues to pitch well through the next month and earns a September call-up. We've discussed Hiram at length but I'll say that I had personally dismissed him after his K/9 dropped to 6 last year, that was the one rate stat which had me really intrigued through 2010.

I was like who? Then I remembered there was a trade I didn't read when I got home early this morning. Could be he'll be the one.

There were so many epic quotes from that 2003-2007 time frame. You won't have to look very far in WOAH SOLVDD to find this quote. I still think this would be epic tribute too all of those posters who were banned over the years, actually it's been really quiet on that front around here for a couple of years. It's too bad, some of those epically hatefully posts had comedic value, I wonder how many of those people still bitterly read the board?