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Baseball America confirmed that the Brewers did indeed need to burn an option on Jeffress after adding him to the 40-man.Which in my opinion was just foolish roster management, and my biggest problem with the whole situation, but I guess that's just par for the course from where I'm sitting.

Long story short the storms knocked out my internet and my response ended up back in the thread edit. After catching up on the thread I'm not sure how it's a good idea to trade something we don't have enough (pitching) for more pitching? Aren't we just breaking even? It doesn't matter the name, surely some of prospects will fail, but that's not really the point. To the example mentioned I'm not convinced Jeffress will ever throw enough strikes to be anything, and he's certainly throwing fewer pitchers and getting less work in as a reliever than he would be as a starter. As a trading chip I wouldn't think Jeffress has much value at this point in time. X you missed my point. I've said many times I'd take any of those pitchers discussed in a heartbeat for Hart, but what if a deal like that doesn't happen? Then what? Many people in this thread have talked negatively about acquiring more prospects... if it's not MLB ready pitching we should move on... I say hogwash, add as much impact talent to the system as possible, whenever possible. I forget what thread it was now but And That made a solid point that if all we can get for Fielder is impact hitting talent Melvin should still take the deal. Well the more I thought about it, the more I liked the suggestion, I think he's dead on. I'm hung up on pitching, but in truth the more impact talent we add to the system the better off we are long term. Any legit prospect > than a draft pick, so I'm always going to want to trade for players instead of waiting for picks. Some people have begun equating prospects with flaming out, I equate prospects with the future. If all we can get for Hart or Fielder are prospects, I still say we take what we can get. Again we only have 2 ways to acquire impact talent, either we draft it or we trade for it because aren't winning a bidding war for it in FA, free agency just isn't a realistic option for the Brewers when it comes to legit impact talent. Since we haven't been trading for it and aren't able to buy it, the only impact talent we have in the system is that which we've drafted, and we simply don't have enough. So to my point about trading for a prospect, outside of Hellickson the pitcher I most like in the TB system is Alex Colome and he's pitching in the Midwest League (same league as the T-Rats) right now. Yea the deal wouldn't help for 2011, but how would it look in 2012 or 2013? Which Corey Hart will the team that signs him in FA get? I would trade 2011 for an extended run of success in '12, '13, and '14... who else would? I'm alright going into a holding pattern for another year if it means a giant leap forward later. I think the whack-a-mole philosophy of team building has gotten us to where we are, regressing during what was supposed to our peak as our young hitters matured into their respective peaks, at some point here we have to turn a corner and start moving forward again as a franchise. While I desperately want to win in 2011, and I believe we can if we add some pitching, I'm more interested in progressing the entire organization forward than I am concerned about individual slots in the batting order or rotation. You all can continue to argue that stuff into the ground if you like, that's just not my thing and honestly has never been. I've literally repeated myself thousands of times since 2007-2008, I don't think I'll be changing my core philosophies anytime soon.

That's fine paul, but why trade for an MLB ready pitcher just because he's MLB ready? What are we gaining from that deal that Butler wouldn't do for a us? I can see being down on Rogers because he's unhittable but doesn't throw enough strikes, but I'm struggling with people being down on Rivas. Amaury is already stretched out to 130ish IP, he could easily make the jump to 160ish this season (health permitting) and give 180 innings next season. His FB reaches the mid 90s, reportedly has good sink, and his change up is fantastic. In fact the only thing he doesn't do well is hit, he seems to hit like Sheets. Getting back to Rogers reportedly the Brewers are limiting Mark's repertoire as well, they are making him work his least best pitches to death in games, which is a solid plan in my opinion, but has contributed to the unpredictable results we've seen. I'm really not sure what the fascination is around here with prospects spending a full season in AAA. I don't mind keeping them down past the super 2 deadline, but if they can help the team now I see no reason to keep them in AAA for the sake of them progressing 1 level at a time, the one exception is that I don't want them called up to sit on the bench, if they are up, they should play as often as possible otherwise save the service time and keep them in AAA. AAA is a storage area for major league depth, not a prospect proving ground. If we aren't acquiring legit talent I don't see any good reason to make a trade at all. We simply cannot continue to manage the roster one year at a time "trying to compete", all that's done is stagnate the franchise. In fact, we might actually be regressing each year even though people don't like that notion at all. If Melvin's isn't able or is unwilling to give up what it takes to acquire an impact pitcher, I'd rather go into 2011 with the guys we already have inside the organization than make a move to acquire another aging FA pitcher or more low ceiling players just to fill out the roster, it's time for a different approach. If the rotation next season is Yo, Wolf, Doug Davis, random scrub, random scrub what will be the difference in our end result? But if Parra can become that #2 type pitcher he has the talent to be, well that changes everything in the immediate future. I know he's not the most popular guy around here, but he's the only pitcher we have with enough to talent to make a significant jump results wise, he's always been that important to the franchise given the woeful lack impact pitching at the top of the organization. We're 2 impact pitchers away from a pretty competitive rotation, they don't have to be "aces" the just need to have talent. If impact talent is on the table, take it. AAA, AA, A+, A... I don't care, add impact talent to the system. If not then please don't make the same ole trade for the sake of making of trade that we've become accustomed to over the years. Quit building to be average and start building to be special and let the chips fall where they may. edit. The storm knocked out my internet connection while I was posting this, but Yuku still inserted it back into the middle of the thread.

T-Rats postponed. Perry the Postponement Penguin regrets to inform you... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S3Fk1v4vsCQ/TD5CPPHkhyI/AAAAAAAAE3w/uqQqhswUMNY/s320/penguin.jpg Hi, folks. I know. I know. You don't want to see me. I don't want to be here. But, as Perry, the Postponement Penguin, it is my job to inform you of the following: Wednesday's game between the Timber Rattlers and the Lansing Lugnuts has been rained out. There will be a doubleheader on Thursday night. Game one starts at 5:35pm. Have a good night and here's to better weather upon the morrow.

Thunder and lightening all around the Fox Valley, I doubt the T-Rats will play. TW32 is a curse.

I'm not forgetting that in some people's minds the Brewers won't have any prospects ready for 2011, but we don't need to make another Bush/Jackson/Gross deal, we need to focus more on pure talent and be less concerned with MLB readiness. I realize I'm not going to convince anyone, if you look back you'll find I didn't like signing Hoffman not only because he was old and a closer, but because we had Axford and Braddock waiting, and the overwhelming majority didn't see it that way. I care much less about readiness than I do about ceiling and value. I don't want to rehash Melvin's trade history again but he's primary focused on MLB ready high floor/low ceiling pitching and that focus put us on this path we are wearily trudging today. If TB is willing to part with Alex Colome or Matt Moore for Hart I sign off on that deal 100 times out of 100. Moore will be in AA to start next season, and Colome could easily do half the year in A+ and the other half in AA as well. I think the latter is likely going to be Odorizzi's career path. They'll build up Jake's IP this season and then let his talent and performance dictate how fast he'll move going forward. He'll start in A+ but I could see him getting the bump to AA at the break if he performs. In 2006 Yo went from A+ to AA and was pitching in Milwaukee for good by Jun 18th 2007, it's a reasonable assumption that any pitcher performing well in AA this year will likely impact Milwaukee sometime next season. Truth be told, I'll sign off on most any deal for impact pitching talent, I'll hoard pitching talent until we don't have any rotation slots left from MLB through R ball.

No, the idea should be to get back as much talent as possible. If the perfect deal doesn't exist you take potential impact pitching where you can get it... You're way over the hyperbole line at this point. How can you complain about the rotation on one hand, and argue against acquiring impact pitching talent on the other? The immediate future hinges entirely on Parra. If he becomes a viable sub 4 ERA starter like he has the talent to be, then we have Yo, Parra, and Wolf (unfortunately) and we only need to fill 2 more spots. I have a very hard time believing that Hart is worth Minor, Niemann, Garza, or Davis (just the throwing names out there let's not get hung up on semantics)... but lets just say the team is desperate enough that he his. That would make next year's rotation Yo, Parra, Wolf, Minor/Niemann/Garza/Davis and we only need to fill one slot with Loe, Butler, Rivas, and Rogers all in AAA waiting for a slot. I'd be pretty pleased, we would have 3 legit #2 type starters in the rotation that we control for multiple years, that would be a good start. If Parra fails, and he might, then we're in tough shape unless we can acquire a young pitcher via trade because we only have 2 spots solidified in the rotation, which probably means Davis comes back and someone like Narveson is once again in the rotation, and he just does nothing for me. I'm not going to hold my breath though, 1 young impact pitcher would make such a tremendous difference for the future that I don't see it happening, it's too good to be true. Regardless, I'm not concerned with MLB readypitching at all. Ideally I'd like someone that can step in next season if not this season, but if that opportunity doesn't present itself I'll take as much potential impact pitching as I can get.

Final: Billings 8, Helena 4 Helena Boxscore Last I looked Hiram Burgos was leading the league in Ks, the 10 Ks he put on the board tonight surely helped him hold if not pad his lead. Burgos went 7 incredibly strong innings allowing just 3 hits and 2 walks against those 10 strike outs. After he was replaced it all fell apart from there... Alex Jones only got through .1 IP allowing 4 runs, replaced by Eric Marzec who went .1 IP and gave 3 runs, who was replaced by Rob Currie who couldn't stop the bleeding going the final .1 IP allowing 1 run of his own and all of the inherited runners to score. All 3 outs in the disastrous 8th inning were record via strike out giving H-Crew pitching a total of 13 for the game, the first 7 runs of the 8th inning were all unearned. Offensively Cody Hawn was a stud once again going 3-5 with a 2B, Brandon Sizemore went 3-4, Brent Dean seems to be finding his swing as he was 3-4 with 2Bs. Mike Walker hit a HR in his 4 plate appearances and Carlos George was 1-5 with a 2B. Connor Lind and Brandon Sizemore committed the errors in the 8th. Helena Recap Helena was up 4-0 to the 8th... the play by play speaks for itself. Billings Bottom 8th Pitcher Change: Alex Jones replaces Hiram Burgos. Cristobal Rodriguez hit by pitch. Theo Bowe reaches on fielding error by left fielder Brandon Sizemore. Cristobal Rodriguez to 2nd. Billy Hamilton walks. Cristobal Rodriguez to 3rd. Theo Bowe to 2nd. Trey Manz strikes out swinging. Jonathan Kaskow hit by pitch. Cristobal Rodriguez scores. Theo Bowe to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Eric Marzec replaces Alex Jones. Donald Lutz strikes out swinging. Devin Lohman reaches on fielding error by second baseman Connor Lind. Theo Bowe scores. Billy Hamilton scores. Jonathan Kaskow to 2nd. Sean Conner walks. Jonathan Kaskow to 3rd. Devin Lohman to 2nd. Oliver Santos walks. Jonathan Kaskow scores. Devin Lohman to 3rd. Sean Conner to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Robert Currie replaces Eric Marzec. Cristobal Rodriguez doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Sizemore. Devin Lohman scores. Sean Conner scores. Oliver Santos scores. Theo Bowe singles on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Sizemore. Cristobal Rodriguez scores. Theo Bowe to 2nd on the throw. Billy Hamilton strikes out swinging.

Reggie Keen did indeed break his hand in a couple of spots after being hit in the hand by that pitch in the 9th inning last night. Given how little time is left in the season I'd be shocked if he saw action again this season.

Can someone explain to me how trading these players equates to "cashing in on 2010" or 2011 already? You see, I keep reading the same arguments every year, and from where I'm sitting, the team hasn't gotten any better since 2008? In 2008 it was we couldn't trade X and Y because we'd be punting on 2009. In 2009 it was we couldn't trade W and Z because we'd be punting on 2010. In 2010 we can't trade because we're only C number of games back and we'll be punting on 2011. When does it stop? When is it okay to trade? How are we ever going to get a different result if we continue to operate the exact same way year after year? What about the fact that we've already punted 2009 and 2010 without trying? Yes I know we're still mathematically in it but let's be realistic. We're going to judge the CC deal 2 years later? Oh and by the way, the Brewers screwed Cleveland trading damaged goods in Bryson, he was having shoulder problems all season. Yea I get it, prospects fail... how come those that don't want to trade a player never acknowledge the other side and the deals that worked out fabulously for the sellers? Doesn't it all come back around to scouting due diligence in the end? I don't like Matt LaPorta, but there's no way I'd qualify him as a bust today, it's way too early in his career for that. For every CC deal there's a Teixeira where the best player turned to to be an A baller, or a Garza/Young, or Zambrano/Kazmir. I would rather pay 1 Matt Garza, Mike Minor, or Wade Davis than pay Doug Davis, Trevor Hoffman, Latroy Hawkins, or Randy Wolf. Spending money on Garza makes a hell of a lot more sense than spending it on any of the FAs we did this winter. Things are never going change around here until people become more concerned with value on the dollar than they are about proven production. We don't have to have an ace in the rotation, we'll be a very, very good team with 4 number 2s in the rotation. I've been saying it since day 1... I'm not interested in acquiring Aces, they cost too much to obtain and then later to retain, I've always been into that 2nd tier of young pitching. James Shields, Matt Garza, Jeff Niemann, Clay Buchholz, Ervin Santana, Shawn Marcum, just to name a few I've advocated trading for since 2008... sometimes i've posted about upside guys like Brandon Morrow, if you can hit on a Parra/Morrow type in a trade you've likely won big because they don't cost much to acquire. I've never posted in favor of acquiring Lee, Sabathia, Peavy, whomever. Young #2 type pitchers are the best value to be had in pitching, hence my interest. I want FB velocity, I want an out pitch, I want a K rate over 7, and I'll go from there.

Final: Wisconsin 15, Burlington 12 Rattlers rally to stun Bees By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers trailed the Burlington Bees 12-7 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. A bout of wildness and a pair of big hits by Michael Marseco and Austin Stockfisch brought Wisconsin back to even and the Rattlers would go on to defeat Burlington 15-12. The victory gave the Rattlers a three-game series sweep of their Western Division rivals. Burlington (30-56 overall, 8-9 second half) struck first. A leadoff double by Deivy Batista was followed by an error on a throw to first after a grounder by JD Alfaro. The error was the first of six committed by the Rattlers. The first error did not get Wisconsin (35-51, 9-9) down too much as they rallied for the first time with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Khris Davis doubled in the first run. Hunter Morris followed with an RBI triple. Morris scored on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead. But, the Bees scored six times in the second inning and knocked Wisconsin starting pitcher Kyle Heckathorn out of the game. An error on a wild pickoff throw by Heckathorn allowed the first run of the inning to score. An error on a grounder to second let the tying run to score. Gerard Hall's sacrifice fly gave the Bees a 4-3 lead. Joey Lewis had an RBI grounder later in the frame. Rene Oriental singled in the final two runs of the inning and the Bees were up 7-3. In the middle part of the game, the Rattlers would edge closer only to have Burlington pull away again. Wisconsin scored twice in the third on an RBI single by Morris and an RBI grounder by Cutter Dykstra to make the score 7-5. Then, the Bees scored twice in the top of the fourth on RBI singles by Oriental and Jose Bonilla. Khris Davis continued his assault on Burlington pitching in the bottom of the fifth inning. He lined a solo homer to left for his fifteenth dinger of the year. Davis has hit seven of those home runs against the Bees. D'Vontrey Richardson got Wisconsin to within 9-7 with an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth. The Bees pulled away again in the top of the seventh inning thanks to some wildness by Wisconsin reliever Adrian Rosario. The right-hander, who was making his Midwest League debut, threw wildly on another pickoff throw to first to let a runner score from third. He would walk the next two batters to load the bases. Lewis drew a third consecutive walk to force in a run. Matt Costello took over for Rosario and gave up a sacrifice fly to Oriental that put Burlington up 12-7. The wildness of Rosario was nothing compared to Burlington reliever Rodolfo Encarnacion. The Bees hurler came out of the bullpen and walked the first four Rattlers he faced in the bottom of the seventh inning. Dykstra drew the final walk from Encarnacion to force in a run to cut Burlington's lead to 12-8. Sam Runion entered the game for the Bees at this point. Marseco greeted Runion with a double to the gap in left-center to drive in a pair of runs. Stockfisch hit the next pitch through a drawn in infield to plate a pair of runs to tie the game 12-12. Costello worked a 1-2-3 top of the eighth and the Rattler hitters went back to work in the bottom of the eighth against Runion. Kentrail Davis and Khris Davis both singled. One out later, Dykstra walked again to load the bases for Marseco. Runion got ahead of Marseco 0-2. Then, he tried to work inside on the left-hand hitting shortstop. The pitch came too far in and hit Marseco to force in the go-ahead run. Stockfisch line the next pitch into the outfield to drive in two more runs and give Wisconsin a 15-12 lead. Closer Jon Pokorny pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to end the game and get his seventh save of the season. The Rattlers are off on Tuesday. They return to action on Wednesday night against the Lansing Lugnuts at Time Warner Cable Field. Game time is 7:05pm. If you can't make it to the game, you may tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. HOME RUN: WIS: Khris Davis (15, 0 on in 5th inning, off Keaton Hayenga, 1 out) WP: Matt Costello (1-2) LP: Sam Runion (2-2) SAVE: Jon Pokorny (7) TIME: 3:02 ATTN: 2,534 Wisconsin Boxscore I don't have much to add to what others and Chris posted, but I do need to correct Chris, the HR today was actually Khris Davis' 16th HR of the season, not his 15th. Promote the young man already. Only Dykstra, Gennett, and Miller went hitless in this contest, everyone else had at least 2 hits. Adrian Rosario with a debut to forget, and Santo Manzanillo continues to be frustrating. Wisconsin Recap I could have posted most of the play by play, lots of reading if your interested. edit. Fixed the score, my goodness

If Garza and Davis and are slightly above average pitchers, than so is Yo... all 3 guys have approximately the same stuff, each guy hast a different flaw in his game. I have no idea what people are using to evaluate pitchers but whatever it is, it's wrong. How can you dismiss the fact that Davis is a rookie and Garza has a career line better than any other pitcher on the Brewer's staff not named Gallardo, both of whom are pitching the AL East, easily the most loaded division in baseball? So Garza had a tough June, he faced Tex, Bos, Fla (2), and San Diego. While his ERA has climbed each year, his rates are holding steady, he's a solid #2, he can pitch on my team anytime. As far as Davis goes I've already said all I have to say, he continues to be up and down from start to start, yet at as a rookie he's still having a better season than Wolf, Bush, Narveson, Suppan, and Davis. I think it's ridiculous that people are concerned about ditching old soft tossing pitchability guys for younger players with live arms. The idea should be to acquire young pitching with solid upside, not overpay for established MLB pitching.

I don't know what you're talking about as he sucks, he's not a good enough return for Corey Hart in a straight up trade, he has no value as a prospect.

That's so far from true it's not even funny. Player OPS Weeks .773 Hardy .796 Hart .807 Fielder .839 Who destroyed the league in that first group? Hart was a league MVP with barely an .800 OPS. Since that first group. Braun .956 LaPorta .978 Gamel .933 Salome .973 Lawrie .832 Lucroy .798 Cain .843 I jsut can't believe how dismissive you're being. The pitching hasn't changed all that much, our hitters have just been that good. Success hasn't translated yet? Well cripes what's a reasonable amount of time? Most of those young players didn't even get an extended look in MLB yet and the couple that have played well below their talent level. So because a couple of underperformed as they learn at MLB AA performance is meaningless? No one is saying that raking in the SL translates into an All-Star performer at MLB, but how about we give this second group sometime to work into their careers before we start passing judgments? If the expectations for prospects are to hit the ground running like Braun and Fielder did, then in most cases people are going to be disappointed. Even Fielder had that horrible slump at the start of the season as a rookie, I remember the crowd giving him a nice ovation to try and help him get going.

Final: Billings 9, Helena 4 Helena Boxscore Tyler Cravy started and wasn't sharp, but he deserved a better fate in the 3rd. Tyler went 2.1 IP, giving up 5 hits, 3 walks, 8 runs, 6 earned, against 2 strike outs. Tony Butler had his best outing for the H-Crew going 2.2 IP giving up 1H, 1BB, and he struck out 2. Thomas Keeling finished the game and Steve had nice things to say about him, apparently Thomas is just very raw as a pitcher. He went 3 IP, gave up a run without allowing a hit on 3 walks and striking out 4. Offensively Shea Vucinich was 2-4 and Brent Dean was 2-3.. Reggie Keen was hit by a pitch square on the top of his left hand during the 9th and had to exit the game, hopefully he's OK. The Brewers were horrible defensively, particularly in the 3rd, and had 4 errors on the evening, though Carlos George had a fantastic diving play and flip from the seat of his pants to end the 1st. Helena Recap The game was out of reach early. Billings Bottom 1st Dayne Read singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Bivens. Billy Hamilton singles on a ground ball to shortstop Carlos George. Dayne Read to 2nd. Jefry Sierra walks. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd. Trey Manz strikes out swinging. Jonathan Kaskow walks. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd. Jefry Sierra to 2nd. Donald Lutz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Reggie Keen. Billy Hamilton scores. Jefry Sierra to 3rd. Jonathan Kaskow to 2nd. Juan Duran singles on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Jefry Sierra scores. Jonathan Kaskow scores. Oliver Santos grounds into a force out, shortstop Carlos George to second baseman Shea Vucinich. Juan Duran out at 2nd. Billings Bottom 3rd Jefry Sierra grounds out, shortstop Carlos George to first baseman Cody Hawn. Trey Manz reaches on fielding error by left fielder John Bivens. Trey Manz to 2nd. Jonathan Kaskow walks. Donald Lutz doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Trey Manz scores. Jonathan Kaskow scores. Fielding error by center fielder Reggie Keen. Juan Duran doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens. Donald Lutz scores. Pitcher Change: Tony Butler replaces Tyler Cravy. With Oliver Santos batting, Juan Duran steals (1) 3rd base, Juan Duran scores. Throwing error by catcher Brent Dean. Oliver Santos flies out to right fielder John Dishon. Cristobal Rodriguez strikes out swinging. Keelings 6th. Billings Bottom 6th Pitcher Change: Thomas Keeling replaces Tony Butler. Oliver Santos walks. Cristobal Rodriguez walks. Oliver Santos to 2nd. With Dayne Read batting, wild pitch by Thomas Keeling, Oliver Santos to 3rd. Cristobal Rodriguez to 2nd. Dayne Read walks. With Billy Hamilton batting, wild pitch by Thomas Keeling, Oliver Santos scores. Cristobal Rodriguez to 3rd. Dayne Read to 2nd. Billy Hamilton strikes out swinging. Jefry Sierra flies into double play, right fielder John Dishon to catcher Brent Dean. Cristobal Rodriguez out at home on the throw. The almost rally in the 9th, bases loaded with 1 out. Helena Top 9th Pitcher Change: Porfirio Martinez replaces Blaine Howell. Brandon Sizemore singles on a ground ball to third baseman Oliver Santos. Brent Dean singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Duran. Brandon Sizemore to 2nd. John Bivens strikes out swinging. Reggie Keen hit by pitch. Brandon Sizemore to 3rd. Brent Dean to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Connor Lind replaces Reggie Keen. Carlos George lines out to first baseman Jonathan Kaskow. Cody Hawn strikes out swinging.

Final: Wisconsin 4, Burlington 1 Odorizzi & Davis sting Bees By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - Jake Odorizzi and Khris Davis continued their domination of the Burlington Bees. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers duo led the team to a 4-1 victory over the Bees Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Odorizzi, the starting pitcher, tossed seven shutout innings and struck out nine. Davis hit a pair of home runs in his three hits against the Bees. Scooter Gennett put the Rattlers (8-9 second half, 34-51 overall) in front with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning against Burlington starter Tyler Sample. That was more than enough for Odorizzi. The Rattlers right-hander worked around a leadoff walk in the second and a leadoff double in the fifth to protect that 2-0 lead. Davis hit his first homer of the game to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning. He drilled the first pitch of the at bat versus reliever Sam Runion into the Burlington bullpen past the wall in left-center and the Rattlers were up 3-0. The Bees (8-8, 30-55) threatened in the seventh against Odorizzi. Burlington loaded the bases on a walk, a single, and another single. Odorizzi got out of the jam with his ninth strikeout of the game and a fly out to right. In the eighth inning against reliever Caleb Thielbar, Carlo Testa homered off the foul pole in right field to get the Bees to within 3-1. Davis answered with one out in the bottom of the eighth. He lined a 2-1 pitch from Scott Kelley just over the wall in left field and the Rattlers were up 4-1. Davis, who is the first Rattler with a multi-homer game this season, has 15 home runs in 2010. Thielbar walked the leadoff batter in the top of the ninth, but retired the next three batters to nail down the win and his third save of the season. Odorizzi is 3-0 in four starts against the Bees this season. He has allowed one run and struck out 35 in 25 innings in those four starts against Burlington. Davis has hit six of his 15 home runs against the Bees in 2010. In 15 games against the Bees this season, Davis is 26-for-59 (.440) with 14 RBI. The Timber Rattlers and Bees wrap up their series Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Kyle Heckathorn (6-5, 2.48) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Keaton Hayenga (1-6, 8.23) is set to go for Burlington. Game time is 12:05pm. If you can't make it out to the game, you may tune into the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM. The Miller Lite Pregame Show starts at 11:45am. HOME RUNS: BUR: Carlo Testa (8th, 0 on in 8th inning, off Caleb Thielbar, 1 out) WIS: Scooter Gennett (6th, 1 on in 1st inning, off Tyler Sample, 1 out) Khris Davis (14th, 0 on in 6th inning, off Sam Runion, 0 out) Khris Davis (15th, 0 on in 8th inning, off Scott Kelley, 1 out) WP: Jake Odorizzi (5-1) LP: Tyler Sample (3-6) SAVE: Caleb Thielbar (3) TIME: 2:19 ATTN: 2,69Wisconsin Boxscore Jack Odorizzi was fantastic but I'm going to take a contrary opinion to the ones already offered in this thread. Odorizzi is gong to get skipped at least one more time this season, he doesn't have enough IP built up. Instead I'd rather see Kyle Heckathorn and Khris Davis catch that plane together, 2 college players who should be on the fast track given their age. Odorizzi's final line was 7IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, and 9Ks. Caleb Thielbar pitched the final 2 innings continuing his recent string of appearances allowing a run, this time on a HR, but he did pick up his 3rd save of the season. On the offensive side of things D' Vontrey Richardson had a big day going 3-4 with a triple but continues to make outs on the bases, he's just so raw yet. Scooter Gennett went 2-4 with a HR, but Khris Davis was the story here again today going 3-4 with 2 HRs! The Timber Rattlers also played a rare clean game defensively. Wisconsin Recap The T-Rats jumped out early and never looked back. Wisconsin Bottom 1st D' Vontrey Richardson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Hilton Richardson. With Cutter Dykstra batting, D' Vontrey Richardson steals (13) 2nd base, . D' Vontrey Richardson advances to 3rd, on throwing error by catcher Drew Robertson. Cutter Dykstra strikes out swinging. Ryan Gennett homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. D' Vontrey Richardson scores. Kentrail Davis walks. Khristopher Davis strikes out swinging. Hunter Morris flies out to left fielder Carlo Testa in foul territory. Wisconsin missed a chance in the 4th Wisconsin Bottom 4th Kentrail Davis walks. With Khristopher Davis batting, wild pitch by Tyler Sample, Kentrail Davis to 2nd. Khristopher Davis singles on a line drive to center fielder Hilton Richardson. Kentrail Davis to 3rd. Hunter Morris strikes out swinging. With Cameron Garfield batting, Khristopher Davis steals (11) 2nd base. Cameron Garfield called out on strikes. Michael Marseco strikes out swinging. Odorizzi's worst inning was his last. Burlington Top 7th Rene Oriental walks. Fernando Cruz singles on a ground ball to second baseman Ryan Gennett. Rene Oriental to 2nd. Deivy Batista flies out to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Drew Robertson singles on a fly ball to right fielder Erik Miller. Rene Oriental to 3rd. Fernando Cruz to 2nd. Hilton Richardson strikes out swinging. Gerard Hall flies out to right fielder Erik Miller.

Final, 11 Inniings: Billings 5, Helena 4 Helena Boxscore Stosh Wawrzasek retired the first 8 batters he faced cruising through 3, however the 4th inning wasn't kind to him. Stosh went 3.2 IP allowing 4 hits, 3 earned runs, and he struck out 3. Eric Marzec pitched the next 2.1, he's yet to allow an earned run this season. Tony Bulter pitched an inning and allowed a run without giving up a hit on 2 walks to start the 8th, but only because Brian Garman walked the bases loaded and then walked in the tying run. Garman did manage to double his season strike out total over his 3IP striking out 8! Rob Currie took the loss and a soft sinker liner that the outfielder John Bivens made a diving attempt at to extend the game but couldn't come up with. Offensively Cody Hawn was 2-6 with 2 doubles, Reggie Keen was 1-5 with a 2B, Shea Vucinich was 2-5 with a 2B, Mike Walker was 2-4 with a 2B, John Dishon was 2-4, and finally Gerald Ogrinc was 2-5. Carlos George continues to be a butcher in the field committing his 7th error in Helena so far this season. Helena Recap The Billings 4th Billings Bottom 4th Dayne Read singles on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens. Billy Hamilton singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Bivens. Dayne Read to 2nd. Jefry Sierra out on a sacrifice bunt, catcher Gerald Ogrinc to second baseman Shea Vucinich. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd. Sean Conner reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Shea Vucinich. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd. Jonathan Kaskow singles on a line drive to center fielder Reggie Keen. Billy Hamilton scores. Sean Conner to 3rd. Oliver Santos reaches on force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Carlos George. Sean Conner scores. Jonathan Kaskow to 2nd. Juan Duran strikes out swinging. Pitcher Change: Eric Marzec replaces Stosh Wawrzasek. Chris Berset grounds out, first baseman Brandon Sizemore to pitcher Eric Marzec. had bad feeling gifting Billings a run would be the difference in the game. Billings Bottom 8th Dayne Read walks. Billy Hamilton walks. Dayne Read to 2nd. Pitcher Change: Brian Garman replaces Tony Butler. Jefry Sierra walks. Dayne Read to 3rd. Billy Hamilton to 2nd. Sean Conner strikes out swinging. Jonathan Kaskow strikes out swinging. Oliver Santos walks. Dayne Read scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd. Jefry Sierra to 2nd. Juan Duran strikes out swinging. Helena had a good chance in the 10th. Helena Top 10th John Dishon called out on strikes. Brandon Sizemore singles on a ground ball to third baseman Oliver Santos. Gerald Ogrinc singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Duran. Brandon Sizemore to 2nd. John Bivens flies out to left fielder Dayne Read. With Reggie Keen batting, passed ball by Chris Berset, Brandon Sizemore to 3rd. Gerald Ogrinc to 2nd. Reggie Keen grounds out, shortstop Billy Hamilton to first baseman Jonathan Kaskow. The willing rally Billings Bottom 11th Pitcher Change: Robert Currie replaces Brian Garman. Jonathan Kaskow grounds out, first baseman Brandon Sizemore to pitcher Robert Currie. Oliver Santos hit by pitch. Juan Duran called out on strikes. Oliver Santos steals (1) 2nd base. Chris Berset singles on a line drive to left fielder John Bivens. Oliver Santos scores.

Final: Huntville 7, Chattanooga 3 Huntsville Boxscore Lucas Luetge started and ended up allowing the only the 3 runs the Lookouts would score. He went 3IP giving up 6H, 2ER, 2BB, while striking out 3. Robert Hinton was awesome in relief going 4IP allowing a single hit and he struck out 5. Andre Lamontagne closed out the game going 2 innings allowing 2 walks and striking out 3. Lee Haydel went 2-5, Zelous Wheeler had a monster game going 2-4 with a 2B and a HR, Drew Anderson went 3-5, and Taylor Green was 1-3 with a 2B. Anderson Machado had a tough game at SS committing 2 errors. Huntsville Recap The Stars scored 2 runs in the 1st, 5th, and 9th. Steffan Wilson gunned at home to end the 1st. Huntsville Top 1st Lee Haydel singles on a line drive to right fielder Jerry Sands. With Caleb Gindl batting, Lee Haydel caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Jessie Mier to shortstop Ramon Nivar. Caleb Gindl walks. Zelous Wheeler flies out to right fielder Jerry Sands in foul territory. Drew T. Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Lambo. Caleb Gindl to 2nd. Steffan Wilson singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jaime Pedroza, deflected by pitcher Chris Withrow. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. Drew T. Anderson to 2nd. Taylor Green walks. Caleb Gindl scores. Drew T. Anderson to 3rd. Steffan Wilson to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Coaching visit to mound. Anderson Machado singles on a line drive to right fielder Jerry Sands. Drew T. Anderson scores. Steffan Wilson out at home, right fielder Jerry Sands to first baseman Eduardo Perez to catcher Jessie Mier to third baseman Corey Smith to shortstop Ramon Nivar. Lutege had eventful 1st and 2nd innings and it caught up with him in the 3rd, a missed double play opportunity didn't help his cause. Chattanooga Bottom 3rd Trayvon Robinson singles on a line drive to center fielder Lee Haydel. Ramon Nivar singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew T. Anderson. Trayvon Robinson to 2nd. Jerry Sands walks. Trayvon Robinson to 3rd. Ramon Nivar to 2nd. Corey Smith reaches on force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop Anderson Machado, assist to second baseman Zelous Wheeler. Trayvon Robinson scores. Ramon Nivar scores. Jerry Sands to 2nd. Andrew Lambo strikes out swinging. Eduardo Perez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew T. Anderson. Jerry Sands to 3rd. Corey Smith to 2nd. Jaime Pedroza grounds into double play, second baseman Zelous Wheeler to first baseman Steffan Wilson to shortstop Anderson Machado. Jerry Sands scores. Eduardo Perez out at 2nd. Lamontagne was a tad shaky in the 8th but worked out of it. Chattanooga Bottom 8th Pitcher Change: Andre Lamontagne replaces Robert Hinton, batting 7th, replacing shortstop Anderson Machado. Defensive Substitution: Juan Sanchez replaces pitcher Robert Hinton, batting 9th, playing shortstop. Corey Smith grounds out, shortstop Juan Sanchez to first baseman Steffan Wilson. Andrew Lambo walks. Eduardo Perez strikes out swinging. Jaime Pedroza walks. Andrew Lambo to 2nd. Jessie Mier called out on strikes.

Final: Wisconsin 2, Burlington 1 Home is a welcome site for Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers returned home from a 2-7 road trip in need of some wins. The team responded to the return to the friendly confines of Time Warner Cable Field with a 2-1 win over the Burlington Bees on Saturday night. Efrain Nieves pitched 4-2/3 scoreless innings of relief after the Rattlers scratched out a pair of runs to erase an early deficit. Burlington (30-54 overall, 8-7 second half) took the lead with one out in the top of the first inning. Deivy Batista tripled. Carlo Testa followed with a triple and the Bees were up 1-0. That would be about all the Burlington offense could manage in the game. Wisconsin (33-51, 7-9) manufactured a couple of runs in the third inning to take the lead. D'Vontrey Richardson reached on a fielder's choice. He stole second and went to third on a grounder to the right side. Scooter Gennett delivered a two-out RBI single to send Richardson across the plate with the tying run. The Rattlers weren't done against Burlington starter Dusty Odenbach. Khris Davis was hit by a pitch and Hunter Morris drew a walk to load the bases for Chris Dennis. Odenbach made it an anticlimactic at bat for one of the Midwest League leaders in RBI. The Bees pitcher committed a balk to send Gennett home with the go ahead run. The Wisconsin pitchers took over from that point. Rattlers starting pitcher Damon Krestalude pitched four innings and gave up just one more hit after the consecutive triples in the first inning. Nieves came on in the fifth and retired nine of the first ten batters he faced. Nieves also worked around a leadoff walk in the top of the eighth. A leadoff single in the top of the ninth inning was followed by a double play. But, with two outs, Jose Bonilla singled to chase Nieves. Closer Jon Pokorny came on to get Fernando Cruz to pop out to end the game and pick up his sixth save of the season. Game two of the series with the Bees is Sunday afternoon at 1:05pm. Jake Odorizzi (4-1, 3.14) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Tyler Sample (3-5, 3.97) is set to start for the Bees. Milwaukee Brewers legend Cecil Cooper will be on hand for a Brewers Sunday presented by 107.5, The Fan. He will throw out a first pitch and be available for autographs before the game. Timber Rattlers players will wear jerseys inspired by the 1982 Brewers. Sunday is Strike Out Cancer Day, too. One dollar for every ticket sold on Sunday will go to area charities that fight cancer. Please follow this link for more information on Strike Out Cancer[/i] Day. If you can't make it out to Time Warner Cable Field, you may tune in to the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 12:45pm. WP: Efrain Nieves (3-3) LP: Dusty Odenbach (4-6) SAVE: Jon Pokorny (6) TIME: 2:28 ATTN: 4,721 Wisconsin Boxscore Well i fell asleep waiting for the game to start, so I missed one of the better pitching performances of the season. Damon Krestalude was more effective in his 2nd appearance off the DL, and Efrain Nieves turned what I believe to be his best outing of the season. As you may have guessed from the story and the score there wasn't much offense in this game, Cutter Dykstra was 1-3 with a 2B and Chris Dennis went 2-4. Wisconsin Recap Good pitching usually means a pretty boring play by play.

Final, 10 Innings: Helena 7, Great Falls 6 Brewers storm back to win in extra innings By Brett Billings In what looked to be a sure series sweep for the Great Falls Voyagers, the Helena Brewers stormed back to win in the 10th inning in front of a crowd 1,091 at Kindrick Field. Great Falls (11-8) led by four runs in the seventh inning. Cody Hawn, stepped to the plate after Reggie Keen and Carlos George singled with two outs. Hawn, who had a two-run double in the third inning, doubled off the wall in right field to score both and cut the deficit to two. Both of his doubles were with two outs. Helena scored a run in each of the final three innings on their way to the win. John Dishon doubled with one out in the eighth inning. One batter later, Brent Dean unloaded on a ball off the wall in dead center to make it a one run game. Dean finished the game 2 for 5 with an RBI. The runs in innings nine and ten weren't quite as routine. The Brewers were down to their final out in the ninth after Keen and George both grounded out to start the inning. Hawn, who finished the game 2 for 4 with four RBI, was then walked on four pitches and pinch ran for by Brandon Sizemore. Shea Vucinich kept the inning alive with a line drive double off the left field wall. After Mike Walker walked to load the bases, John Dishon did the unthinkable. He laid down a perfect safety squeeze bunt that scored the tying run. After a scoreless top-half of the tenth for Great Falls, Dean led off the Brewers' tenth with a single to center field. John Bivens, who was robbed of two base hits earlier, came to the plate just looking to lay down a sacrifice bunt. He got more than he bargained for as Juan Silverio's throw was a little off target to second base. With nobody covering third, Dean sprinted ninety feet closer and Bivens made it to second. Carlos George walked to load the bases after Keen struck out. Sizemore, who hit for Hawn after pinch running for him in the ninth, hit a ground ball to first that scored the game-winning run after a bad throw to the plate. Adrian Rosario received the win for the Brewers. Rosario, who was called to Low-A Wisconsin after the game, pitched the final three frames without allowing a run. He struck out two and walked one. With the win, the Brewers improve to 12-7 and gain sole possession of first place in the Pioneer League North again. The Brewers will hit the road for a three-game series against the Billings Mustangs starting tomorrow. They will return home Wednesday to host the Ogden Raptors. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 with gates opening at 6:00 Helena Boxscore Another come from behind late inning dramatic victory for the H-Crew, I love this team. Matt Miller was stellar again today, this pick is really growing on me. 2nd Round pick Jimmy Nelson continues to struggle very early in his pro career, he allowed 5 ER on 6 hits over 2 innings. Adrian Rosario was very good going the rest of the way to earn the victory and a call up to WI. I really liked him last him last year, he's a player I'll be keeping my eye on. Reggie Keen was 2-6, Carlos George was 2-6, Cody Hawn 2-4 with 2 doubles, Shea Vucinich was 1-5 with the critical double late, Brent Dean was 2-5 with a double and some clutch hitting. Helena Recap The fun... Helena Bottom 7th Defensive Substitution: Jeffrey Tezak replaces second baseman Rafael Vera, batting 4th, playing second base. Pitcher Change: Pete Gehle replaces Steven Upchurch. Brent Dean grounds out, shortstop Ross Wilson to first baseman Andy Wilkins. John Bivens grounds out, shortstop Ross Wilson to first baseman Andy Wilkins. Reggie Keen singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ryan Lee. Carlos George singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ryan Lee, deflected by pitcher Pete Gehle. Reggie Keen to 3rd. Cody Hawn doubles (8) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan Lee. Reggie Keen scores. Carlos George scores. Shea Vucinich called out on strikes. Helena Bottom 8th Michael Walker strikes out swinging. John Dishon doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Michael Earley. With Connor Lind batting, wild pitch by Pete Gehle, John Dishon to 3rd. Connor Lind called out on strikes. Brent Dean doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan Lee. John Dishon scores. John Bivens grounds out, shortstop Ross Wilson to first baseman Andy Wilkins. Helena Bottom 9th Pitcher Change: Stephen McCray replaces Pete Gehle. Reggie Keen grounds out, second baseman Jeffrey Tezak to first baseman Andy Wilkins. Carlos George grounds out, second baseman Jeffrey Tezak to first baseman Andy Wilkins. Cody Hawn walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Brandon Sizemore replaces Cody Hawn. Shea Vucinich doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Dusty Harvard. Brandon Sizemore to 3rd. Michael Walker walks. John Dishon singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Juan Silverio. Brandon Sizemore scores. Shea Vucinich to 3rd. Michael Walker to 2nd. Connor Lind strikes out swinging. Helena Bottom 10th Brent Dean singles on a line drive to center fielder Ryan Lee. John Bivens hits a sacrifice bunt. Brent Dean to 3rd. John Bivens to 1st. With Reggie Keen batting, John Bivens advances to 2nd on defensive indifference. Reggie Keen called out on strikes. Carlos George walks. Brandon Sizemore reaches on force attempt, throwing error by first baseman Andy Wilkins. Brent Dean scores. John Bivens to 3rd. Carlos George to 2nd.

Fianl: Beloit 4, Wisconsin 3 Ninth inning homer sinks Rattlers in Beloit BELOIT, WI - Danny Rams did it to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The catcher for the Beloit Snappers hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth inning at Pohlman Field on Friday night to beat the Rattlers 4-3. The loss was the third time during the just concluded nine-game road trip that the Rattlers suffered a 'walk-off' defeat. Wisconsin, despite a few late heroics of their own, ended the trip with a 2-7 record. Beloit (44-40, 7-8) jumped on the board with two runs in the first inning. Yorby Martinez drew a leadoff walk and scored on an RBI triple by James Beresford. One out later, Yosmil Pinto sent a grounder to second. The Rattlers infield was pulled halfway in, but the throw home did not get Beresford. Wisconsin (32-51, 6-9) got one of those runs back in the top of the third inning. Michael Marseco tripled with one out. A grounder to second off the bat of Erik Miller got Marseco home to make the score 2-1. But, Beloit answered in the bottom of the fourth. Anderson Hidalgo doubled with one out and took third on an error on the play. Reggie Williams singled through the drawn in infield to drive in Hidalgo for a 3-1 Beloit lead. Beloit starting pitcher Miguel Munoz gave up two hits and retired 19 of the first 21 batters he face. Then, two swings got the Rattlers back to even in the top of the seventh. Khris Davis singled with one out. Morris hammered the next pitch over the wall in right-center for a two-run homer and a 3-3 game. Rams wasted no time in the bottom of the ninth inning. He drove the first pitch from Rattlers reliever Jon Pokorny past the scoreboard in left-center for the game winning homer. Friday was the second time this season the Snappers have hit a game winning homer to beat the Rattlers at Pohlman Field. Wang Wei Lin hit a 'walk-off' homer to beat the Rattlers in the bottom of the tenth inning on May 3. Opponents have eight 'walk-off' wins over Wisconsin in 2010. The Rattlers return to Time Warner Cable Field on Saturday night to start a three-game series with the Burlington Bees. Damon Krestalude (3-3, 5.55) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Burlington counters with Dusty Odenbach (4-5, 4.44) as their scheduled starter. It's Taco Bell Night and there is a postgame fireworks display sponsored by FOX 11. Some tickets remain Saturday's game and may be purchased in person at the Time Warner Cable Field Box Office, over the phone at (800) WI-TIMBER, or on the web at www.timberrattlers.com. Game time on Saturday is 6:35pm. If you can't make it to the game, you can tune in to the radio broadcast on AM1280, WNAM, starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm. HOME RUNS: WIS: Hunter Morris (2nd, 1 on in 7th inning, off Miguel Munoz, 1 out) BEL: Danny Rams (8th, 0 on in 9th inning, off Jon Pokorny, 0 out) WP: Eliecer Cardenas (3-0) LP: Jon Pokorny (4-3) TIME: 2:25 ATTN: 2,199 Wisconsin Boxscore While Maverick Lasker did give up the 3 Earned Runs... lets just the say it was really more like the 1 as WI was shoddy in the field again. The "triple" was misplayed by not one but two outfielders, and Gennet's throw beat the runner home but somehow Garfield wasn't able to apply the tag. Maverick's (I just like typing that) final line: 6 2 IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 5K. Jon Pokorny who's been Mr Reliable just couldn't get them to extra innings, not that it would have mattered given the T-Rats record in 1 run/extra innings games... but hey, the law of averages has to start working in our favor at some point doesn't it? Kentrail Davis did not play again today, Scooter Gennett's hit streak came to an end at 14, Hunter Morris was 1-4 with that big HR, Chris Dennis was 1-4 with a 2B, and Michael Marseco was 1-3 with another triple. Wisconsin Recap Not the best sequence of events here.. Beloit Bottom 4th Michael Gonzales flies out to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Anderson Hidalgo doubles (24) on a fly ball to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Anderson Hidalgo advances to 3rd, on fielding error by center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Reggie Williams singles on a line drive to center fielder D' Vontrey Richardson. Anderson Hidalgo scores. With Daniel Rams batting, Reggie Williams caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Cameron Garfield to second baseman Ryan Gennett. Daniel Rams reaches on missed catch error by first baseman Hunter Morris, assist to shortstop Michael Marseco. Wang-Wei Lin singles on a ground ball to right fielder Erik Miller. Daniel Rams to 2nd. Yorby Martinez pops out to first baseman Hunter Morris in foul territory. Dennis doubled after the Morris HR but WI couldn't push him across. Wisconsin Top 7th Ryan Gennett lines out to shortstop James Beresford. Khristopher Davis singles on a ground ball to left fielder Reggie Williams. Hunter Morris homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Khristopher Davis scores. Chris Dennis doubles (23) on a line drive to center fielder Wang-Wei Lin. Cameron Garfield strikes out swinging. Michael Marseco grounds out, first baseman Michael Gonzales to pitcher Miguel Munoz

Final: Huntsville 8, Chattanooga 2 Huntsville Boxscore Mark Rogers was flat out dominant tonight as noted in previous posts, he only threw 73 pitches, 43 for strikes through his 5 innings, he could have gone another inning + in this one. Eddie Morlan struck out 3 in his 2 scoreless innings of relief, Nick Green gave up 2 runs in his 2 innings. Brett Lawrie was 2-5 with a 2B, Caleb Gindl was 2-5 with a 2B, Drew Anderson was 1-3 with a HR, and my boy Mark Rogers was 1-3 with a 2B. It's worth nothing that Mark has a .221 average so far this season, he can swing a little bit, I like have all these pitchers that can also hit. Huntsville Recap The Stars could have gotten more in the 3rd. Huntsville Top 3rd Dayton Buller strikes out swinging. Mark Rogers doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Lambo. Brett Lawrie called out on strikes. Caleb Gindl doubles (20) on a fly ball to center fielder Trayvon Robinson. Mark Rogers scores. Drew T. Anderson walks. Zelous Wheeler hit by pitch. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. Drew T. Anderson to 2nd. Taylor Green grounds out, second baseman Jaime Pedroza to first baseman Jerry Sands. Most of Rogers' innings look like this. Chattanooga Bottom 5th Jaime Pedroza strikes out swinging, catcher Dayton Buller to first baseman Steffan Wilson. Kyle Russell strikes out swinging. Keyter Collado walks. Mario Alvarez grounds out to first baseman Steffan Wilson. edit. poor grammar

3 out of Cody's last 4 appearances have been dominant which is what I was hoping to see from both Scarpetta and Peralta all season. He still has some work to do, but it's tough not to be excited about the progress he's made the last 3 weeks. Still not a big fan of his FB based on what I saw last year, but I love that K rate.

Do you mean Feliz?

I really want Perez from Texas if we're trading Prince to them. Yes I know he hasn't been great as a 19 year old thus far in AA, but he's an impact arm. Trading Smoak just means the deal would would have to be pitching heavy and Texas has plenty of pitching. I thought Daniels had learned his lesson, but apparently not. Unless they win the WS or are able to resign Lee this off season I think this deal stinks.