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Gennett is missing from the WI line up for the second consecutive day.

That's actually a little disappointing, I hopes it's only temporary.

Link while active, text follows: Sounds' Wright dazzles in one-hitter Veteran southpaw untouchable after leadoff batter singles By Danny Wild / MLB.com http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2010/06/16/xozFuHGl.jpg Chase Wright is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA in three starts this month. (Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds) Chase Wright managed something on Wednesday that he hadn't accomplished since 2007, something he's hoping gets him back to where he was about four years ago. "It's been awhile," Wright laughed. "I felt pretty good." http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/images/news/articles/related_content_header.gif · Gameday box score · Wright's player page · See a game in Nashville http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/images/news/articles/related-content-capper.gif Wright tossed a one-hitter for his first complete-game shutout in nearly three years as the Triple-A Nashville Sounds rolled past the Memphis Redbirds, 9-0. Jon Jay's line drive single to center field leading off the game was the only hit the Redbirds managed against the 27-year-old southpaw. "I'm just doing everything, I'm mentally and pshyically preparing in between starts," Wright said. "When I'm able to get the ball and go out and be effective, that's where I had us tonight and that's what you hope might get you back to the big leagues." Wright, who last went the distance in a four-hitter for Double-A Trenton on Aug. 25, 2007, hopes he can climb his way back to the Majors. After going 12-3 with a 1.88 ERA in the Florida State League in 2006, he earned a promotion to New York, where he won two of three appearances in between an infamous night in Boston. He hasn't pitched in the Majors since. Has he thought much about getting to Milwaukee? "Absolutely," Wright said. "But when you're here, you take it start by start and work, and that's all you can do. You hope you get hot at the right time, when they need someone up there. You gotta keep working." Wright had everything working Wednesday, walking four and striking out four in his third career complete game. He threw 67 of 111 pitches for strikes, using his sinker-slider combo to induce 10 groundouts. "I felt pretty good, especially since we have two doubleheaders with these guys, so it's good to get out here and be efficient, work fast, let them put it in play," he said. "We didn't have to eat into the bullpen, so that'll keep them fresh." Wright, who erased Jay with a double play in the first, walked fellow Major League veteran Joe Mather to open the second. He also issued free passes to Tyler Greene and Allen Craig in the fourth and allowed one more baserunner when James Rapoport worked a one-out walk in the eighth. Wright was that close to a no-hitter, although it was never on his mind. "After the game, I was just talking to the strength coach and he said, 'You realize the one was just the one hit.' But that's the way it goes. "I used my sinkerball, changeup and slider and was just able to work first-pitch strikes. Keep everything down in the zone." Wright improved to 5-3 and lowered his ERA to 3.73 in his first win since June 5. His success this season has been interrupted occasionally by forgettable outings -- he's allowed three earned runs or fewer in seven of his last 10 outings but has surrendered 18 earned runs in the other three starts. "I'd like to get away from that," he said. "I'd like to roll out 10-12 good ones in a row, keep that bad one outta there. You've just got to prepare in between, and when you get the ball be able to go at it." Wright is just hoping to get the chance to join a Brewers team that is 10 games under .500 and near the bottom in the National League with a 5.12 ERA. Of course, it's difficult to avoid Wright's previous Major League history. He surrendered four consecutive home runs in a nationally televised game at Fenway in 2007. He made one appearance for the Yankees later that season but never returned, eventually getting traded to Milwaukee in 2009. The Brewers re-signed him in February and he's been at Nashville ever since. "You just go out tomorrow and get ready for the next one," Wright said. He had plenty of run support Wednesday. Mat Gamel launched a two-run homer in the fourth inning and added a two-run single to cap a six-run seventh. Three of those runs scored on bases-loaded walks to Wright, Norris Hopper and Trent Oeltjen. Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.

Final: Nashville 9, Mephis (Cardinals) 0 Wright Tosses One-Hit Shutout For Sounds Gamel Homers, Drives In Four As Nashville Routs Division-Rival Redbirds NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Left-hander Chase Wright tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 9-0 rout of the division-leading Memphis Redbirds on Wednesday evening at historic Greer Stadium. Wright (5-3) allowed only Jon Jay's game-opening single in his third career shutout and first since 2007. He walked four batters and struck out four in his 111-pitch effort. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/images/news/articles/related_content_header.gif · AUDIO: Mat Gamel Two-Run Home Run http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/images/news/articles/related-content-capper.gif The complete-game shutout was the first by a Nashville hurler in four seasons, dating back to an Adam Pettyjohn seven-hit gem on July 30, 2007. Third baseman Mat Gamel homered and drove in four runs as part of a 2-for-4 night to lead the Nashville offensive effort. The prospect continues to swing a hot bat, hitting .350 (28-for-80) over his last 21 contests. The win was the fifth shutout of the year for Nashville (35-31), which pulled back within a game of the division lead with its second straight victory. Gamel propelled the Sounds to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when he lined a two-run homer to right off Memphis starter Evan MacLane. Trent Oeltjen, who preceded Gamel by drawing a walk, also scored on the infielder's second homer of the year for Nashville. Oeltjen smacked his fifth homer of the year in the bottom of the sixth, an opposite-field shot to left-center off MacLane, to up the Nashville advantage to 3-0. Nashville pushed across six more runs in the seventh to increase the lead to 9-0, plating the first four scores without a hit after the bases were loaded against a pair of inaccurate Memphis hurlers. With the bags full and one out, MacLane hit catcher Martin Maldonado with a pitch to force home Brendan Katin, who had doubled to open the frame. The Memphis lefty then walked Wright on five pitches to bring Erick Almonte plateward. Rich Hill took over on the Memphis hill and fared no better, walking Norris Hopper and Oeltjen consecutively to force in two more runs as the patient Sounds kept their bats on their shoulders. Gamel followed with a two-run single up the middle to make it a 9-0 contest and up his RBI total to four on the night. Memphis outfielder Mark Shorey took the hill to pitch the eighth inning for the visitors and worked around three walks to toss a scoreless frame. MacLane (4-4) took the loss for the Redbirds after allowing eight runs in his 6 1/3 innings. The teams wrap up the series with a 6:05 p.m. doubleheader on Thursday night, when it will be Throwback Thursday at Greer Stadium. Right-hander Mike Jones (0-0, 0.71) will take the hill for the Sounds in the opening contest to face Memphis right-hander Lance Lynn (4-4, 4.13). Neither team has announced its starter for the second contest of the twinbill. Nashville Boxscore Wow Chase Wright... not sure what else to say, just an outstanding performance. Mat Gamel's night and the rest of the offensive contributions are detailed above, just keep hitting Mat. Did you know that even after an 0-3 night tonight (with a BB) Chase Wright is batting .375 on the season? Nashville Recap The Nashville 7th... a beautiful thing. Nashville Bottom 7th Brendan Katin doubles (3) on a line drive to center fielder James Rapoport. Erick Almonte singles on a ground ball to shortstop Tyler Greene. Luis Cruz grounds out to first baseman Allen Craig. Brendan Katin to 3rd. Erick Almonte to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Evan MacLane intentionally walks Johnny Raburn. Martin Maldonado hit by pitch. Brendan Katin scores. Erick Almonte to 3rd. Johnny Raburn to 2nd. Chase Wright walks. Erick Almonte scores. Johnny Raburn to 3rd. Martin Maldonado to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Pitcher Change: Rich Hill replaces Evan MacLane, batting 5th. Defensive Substitution: Donovan Solano replaces pitcher Evan MacLane, batting 9th, playing second base. Norris Hopper walks. Johnny Raburn scores. Martin Maldonado to 3rd. Chase Wright to 2nd. Trent Oeltjen walks. Martin Maldonado scores. Chase Wright to 3rd. Norris Hopper to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Mat Gamel singles on a line drive to center fielder James Rapoport. Chase Wright scores. Norris Hopper scores. Trent Oeltjen out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder James Rapoport to third baseman Ruben Gotay. Brendan Katin flies out to right fielder Joe Mather.

He was pitching up in the zone quite a bit, which he can get away with because he throws so hard, but I agree that he's doing exactly what he should. Other than the fact that he's healthy there's nothing really to get excited about until he has success at AA.

Fiinal: Montgomery (Tampa Bay) 9, Huntsville 4 Huntsville Boxscore Well my boy Michael Bowman continues his uneven campaign, his ERA is rapidly approaching 6. Mark Willinsky continues to struggle, throwing gas onto the fire in the 4th, allowing 2 ER over 3 IP. Casey Baron threw a scoreless inning, Robert Hinton and Jm Henderson were magnificent in their 1 inning stints, each striking out the side. The wining pitcher for Montgomery was LHP Alexander Torres the Rays #9 prospect according to BA, check out his peripherals. He's sort of a pitchability guy, his FB tops out 91 which is above average for a lefty but it's got plenty of run. Taylor Green homered and was 2-3, Anderson Machado was also 2-3 but with a double. Dayton Buller added a 2B of his own, but with the pitching effort it wasn't close to enough. Caleb Gindl left with an injury in the 4th (this season is quickly becoming infuriating). Huntsville Recap Bowman and Willinsky combine for a putrid top of the 4th Inning. Gindl gets hurt playing defense. Montgomery Top 4th Cody Cipriano walks. With Drew M. Anderson batting, Cody Cipriano steals (4) 2nd base. Drew M. Anderson singles on a line drive to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Cody Cipriano scores. Coaching visit to mound. With Emeel Salem batting, Drew M. Anderson steals (4) 2nd base. Emeel Salem walks. Rashad Eldridge singles on a ground ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Drew M. Anderson scores. Emeel Salem to 2nd. Nevin Ashley doubles (8) on a fly ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Emeel Salem scores. Rashad Eldridge scores. Pitcher Change: Mark Willinsky replaces Michael Bowman. Coaching visit to mound. Chris Nowak walks. Leslie Anderson flies out to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Nevin Ashley to 3rd. Matt Fields singles on a line drive to right fielder Caleb Gindl. Nevin Ashley scores. Chris Nowak to 3rd. Defensive Substitution: Zelous Wheeler replaces right fielder Caleb Gindl, batting 3rd, playing shortstop. Defensive switch from shortstop to right field for Anderson Machado. Injury Delay. John Matulia out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Anderson Machado. Chris Nowak scores. Cody Cipriano singles on a line drive to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Matt Fields to 3rd. Coaching visit to mound. Drew M. Anderson flies out to left fielder Lee Haydel in foul territory.

Final: Wisconsin 7, Clinton (Seattle) 1 Rattlers crack Clinton By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CLINTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Clinton LumberKings 7-2 on Wednesday night at Alliant Energy Field. Jake Odorizzi and three Wisconsin relievers combined to strikeout 12 LumberKings batters. Cameron Garfield drove in three runs as the Rattlers knocked Clinton out of the first half Western Division playoff picture. The LumberKings (35-30) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Nick Franklin walked to start the inning. He moved to second on a wild throw to first that was an attempt to double him off second after a flyball to center. A grounder to first sent Franklin to third base. Tim Morris drove in Franklin with a single. Kentrail Davis tied the game in the top of the third inning with an RBI single. D'Vontrey Richardson singled with two outs and none on base. Cutter Dykstra drew a walk. Davis followed with a single to center. Richardson crossed home plate just before Dykstra was thrown out at third base. Clinton had a chance to go in front in the bottom of the fourth inning. Matt Cerione tripled with one out. Wisconsin played their infield in to try to cut down the run at the plate and it worked. Odorizzi got Steve Baron to send a grounder to Michael Marseco at short. The throw home was in plenty of time to get Cerione. Odorizzi struck out the next batter to end the inning. Marseco used his bat to put the Rattlers (24-41) in front. Erik Miller started Wisconsin with a double in the top of the fifth. Kyle Dhanani sacrificed Miller to third. Marseco dropped a perfect suicide squeeze bunt with Miller charging from third. The only play for Clinton was to first base and Wisconsin had a 2-1 lead after Miller crossed home plate. The Rattlers tacked on another run in the sixth on an RBI grounder by Garfield. Odorizzi allowed that first inning run and that was it. He tossed five innings, gave up four hits, and struck out five before turning the game over to the Wisconsin bullpen in the sixth. Santo Manzanillo tossed a scoreless sixth inning. Then, Jeremy Jeffress pitched two scoreless and hitless innings. The radar gun in the ballpark registered one pitch from the right-hander at 99 mph as he struck out Vinnie Catricala in the eighth inning. Jeffress struck out five and walked one in his relief stint. The Rattlers put the game away in the top of the eighth inning with a four run outburst. Garfield knocked in a pair with a double. Then, Richardson drove in the final Wisconsin runs of the night with a two-run single. Andy Sauter allowed a run in the bottom of the ninth, but struck out a pair as he recorded the final three outs in Wisconsin's second straight victory. The final game of the series is Thursday night. Del Howell (0-2, 6.68) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Erasmo Ramirez (5-2, 2.43) is set to start for Clinton. Game time at Alliant Energy Field is 7:00pm. You may tune if for all the action on AM1280, WNAM beginning with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40 pm. WP: Jake Odorizzi (3-1) LP: (Jimmy Gillheeny (4-5) TIME: 2:46 Wisconsin Boxscore As Chris noted above Jake Odorizzi recovered nicely from his 2 previous outings that weren't very Odorizzi like. Nice to see hard throwing Santo Manzanillo put up a scoreless frame, the 6 runs he gave up on June 9th are going to hurt his ERA for a long time. Andrew Sauter has his scoreless streak broken at 3 games, one bad outing is making his season look worse than it has been as well. After working in the mid 90s touching 96 twice during his first inning, the last 4 pitches Jeremy Jeffress threw were 99 MPH FB (noted above), 98 MPH FB (fouled off), 88 MPH Slider (it was so filthy Chris was laughing), and 98 MPH FB for the K. Defensively... well lets just say it was more of the same. The triple right before Marseco gunned the runner at home was another fly ball that D'Vo lost track of, recovered to get a glove on, but didn't catch. D'Vo also had a throwing error, his 10th on the season. Richardson, Kentrail Davis, Khris Davis, and Eric Miller all had 2 hits a piece. Kris Davis, Cameron Garfield, Eric Miller, and Mike Marseco each doubled during the game. Wisconsin Recap WI got robbed in the 4th, a line drive deflected by the pitcher to the SS... I was bitter at the time. Wisconsin Top 4th Khristopher Davis doubles (15) on a line drive to right fielder James Jones. Cameron Garfield lines into double play, pitcher James Gillheeney to shortstop Nick Franklin. Khristopher Davis doubled off 2nd. Chris Dennis strikes out swinging. Jeffress' 2 innings of work. Clinton Bottom 7th Pitcher Change: Jeremy Jeffress replaces Santo Manzanillo. Matthew Cerione strikes out swinging. Steven Baron walks. Gabriel Noriega strikes out swinging. Nick Franklin strikes out swinging. Clinton Bottom 8th James Jones grounds out, shortstop Michael Marseco to first baseman Chris Dennis. Vincent Catricala strikes out swinging. Tim Morris strikes out swinging.

Final, 10 Innings: Clearwater (Phillies) 2, Brevard County 1 Clearwater Site Story Hanzawa Sweeps Away Manatees With Walk Off Single By Adrian Martinez CLEARWATER, Fla. - Troy Hanzawa's 10th inning single gave the Clearwater Threshers (33-31) a 2-1 victory over the Brevard County Manatees (23-39) Wednesday night at Bright House Field. With the game knotted up at one, Joel Naughton legged out an infield hit and advanced to second when pitcher Andre Lamontagne (1-1) mishandled a bunt by D'Arby Myers. Both runners then advanced after a passed ball, paving the way for Hanzawa who stroked the 2-2 pitch into centerfield for the win. It was the second time this season that these two clubs went into extra innings as the Threshers prevailed 6-5 back on April 29, which was also at Bright House Field. Clearwater broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth as Harold Garcia singled home Anthony Gose. The hit extended Garcia's hit streak to 20 games, becoming the third Thresher in franchise history to reach that mark. The Manatees capitalized on an error the next half inning to force extras when Darin Ruf could not come up with a grounder hit by Brock Kjeldgaard. Jesus Sanchez started the game for the Threshers and gave up just one hit in five innings. He was followed by Phillippe Aumont who hurled three scoreless frames. Justin De Fratus (2-0) then came on and worked the final two innings for the win. All three pitchers allowed just four hits combined and struck out seven. Gose was held hitless for the first time in 12 games. With the sweep, Clearwater will now take on Tampa starting Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. The game will be immediately followed by a concert by the Grammy Award winning Baha Men. Tickets start at just $5 and admission is free after the game has concluded. It will also be Thirsty Thursday at the ballpark as all drinks are two-for-one all night long. Tickets can be ordered online or at 727-467-4457 Brevard County Boxscore First things first... How did the Baha Men ever win a Grammy for "Who Let the Dogs Out?"... seriously? But hey, if they attract more fans to the FSL its' all good. As Mass noted, The Merk had a very nice outing. He went 7 innings, giving up 3 hits and walks, no earned runs, and 7 strike outs. Another outing like that and his ERA will fall below 4 for the season. Andre Lamontagne gets the loss on more horrible defense, as noted above, the organization needs a WOAH SOLVVD for it's defensive deficiencies. The 2 runs Andre gave up were the first runs he's allowed in A+ since his promotion. Brock Kjeldgaard had the only multi game for the Manatees and there were no XBHs tonight. Angel Salome was 1 for 4 as the DH Brevard County Recap BC missed a chance in the 6th Brevard County Top 6th Pitcher Change: Phillippe Aumont replaces Jesus Sanchez. Juan Sanchez walks. Erik Komatsu strikes out swinging. Juan Sanchez steals (3) 2nd base. Angel Salome pops out to first baseman Darin Ruf in foul territory. Sergio Miranda flies out to center fielder Anthony Gose. Merklinger had an interesting 7th Clearwater Bottom 7th Harold Garcia flies out to center fielder Erik Komatsu. Derrick Mitchell walks. Darin Ruf lines out to right fielder Juan Sanchez. Steve Susdorf singles on a line drive to left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Derrick Mitchell to 2nd. With Tim Kennelly batting, wild pitch by Dan Merklinger, Derrick Mitchell to 3rd. Steve Susdorf to 2nd. Dan Merklinger intentionally walks Tim Kennelly. Joel Naughton strikes out swinging. BC was fortunate to get to the 10th. Brevard County Top 9th Erik Komatsu walks. Pitcher Change: Justin De Fratus replaces Phillippe Aumont. With Angel Salome batting, Erik Komatsu caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Joel Naughton to shortstop Troy Hanzawa. Angel Salome singles on a ground ball to center fielder Anthony Gose. Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Matt Cline replaces Angel Salome. Sergio Miranda singles on a line drive to center fielder Anthony Gose. Matt Cline to 2nd. Sean Halton called out on strikes. Brock Kjeldgaard reaches on fielding error by first baseman Darin Ruf. Matt Cline scores. Sergio Miranda to 2nd. Anderson De La Rosa flies out to right fielder D'Arby Myers.

He actually went 2 IP, that will be part of my recap unless Chris steals my thunder.

Too many, he has 7 errors already.

Kentrail Davis has to crowd the plate. He was hit yesterday by a pitch and just plunked again, he's already been hit 12 times in only 150ish ABs on the season.

Luck has become a convenient fall back option for statisticians. Instead of digging harder to quantify all of the variables, or admit that there isn't enough data to make a definitive conclusion, we end up debating the merits of statistical noise and luck, which is garbage in my opinion. It's become a convenient excuse used when production doesn't come close to the approximation projected by whatever metric people are trying to use. Take my least favorite metric ever... BABIP, and one of my favorite pitchers, Manny Parra. For 2 years now BABIP supporters have been riding the "he's just unlucky" card when if you watch the games it's pretty clear Manny left way too many pitches up and over the plate, and they were getting crushed. Instead of giving the hitters credit for doing exactly what they are supposed to do in crushing a meatball, excuses about luck are made to explain an extraordinarily high BABIP. If MLB hitters cannot turn on a mid thigh to waist high FB... when then they wouldn't be MLB hitters to begin with because everyone can hit that pitch, except maybe Ben Sheets. Even though I really like Manny's talent, he's stunk, but the difference this season is just obvious as his failings were in the past. This season he's been mostly working down in the zone with much better results. He still misses up and he still gets hit hard, but any pitcher that misses up is going to get hit hard. I'm not saying Parra is fixed yet, but what I am saying is that I don't believe he was unlucky for a season and a half and now he's suddenly lucky which is leading to better results. Basically, luck is garbage, the end.

Don't you worry, I'm sure Doug Davis will be taking his spot in the rotation when he comes off the DL. Yay?

Almost a month ago now I posted I wasn't sold on Narveson, I remain extremely skeptical at this point in time.

If Escobar goes and plays winter ball again instead of working in the weight room I'm going to flip out, the results don't even compare. Enough with Brewers insisting on winter ball ABs against inferior competition, how about we focus on an off season strength and conditioning program to reduce injuries, improve quickness, improve speed, build bat speed, and maximize power potential? I know I'm crazy for wanting to maximize athletic potential...

I always like the shoulder soreness and elbow tendinitis diagnosis we get for our minor leaguers... cause they never end up more serious.

I would have never guess the team would have exploded like this offensively.

Yea because Suppan is a better pitching than Parra or Narveson...

I've listened to quite a few minor league games over the years (capt obvious I know), I don't recall any infielder struggling with pop ups the way Dykstra has the last couple of weeks. There have been some issues outside of his control like wind and weather, but catch the ball young man. Lasker has pitched pretty well so far, I wonder if he comes out for the 7th? I'm pretty high on him.

You guys just aren't looking at it from Ken's perspective. He can't win with 3 young players in the lineup so every time he plays Lucroy either Escobar or Gomez have to sit... or something.

I wouldn't worry about picking up advance tickets unless it's a holiday or special event. Most of their business is walk up from what I can tell when I've been there.

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That's fine, then don't spend money to replace average in Bush with more expensive and above average declining... like I said, I'm not one of these people that has to make a move or has to spend money because we can. I'd rather work at spend money as efficiently possible than doing what has been done. Free agent pitching is not going to fix what's wrong with the Brewers.

Just say no to FA pitching! If my choices are limited to FA, I'd honestly rather sit still and wait on the youngsters as they will be a year closer than sign someone just to sign someone. However in the interests of participating in the exercise. My criteria for the Brewers follows: Not a pitchability guy, I do not want an average FB or below average FB velocity. Average FB velocity around 87 is very poor for a RH I'd want his FB velocity >91 for this seasonERA around 3.5 K/9 over 7BB/9 under 3Someone's who's trends suggest they will be still be a top 3 pitcher in our rotation by the end of his contractSomeone that Melvin doesn't immediately target as "our guy" and overpay for both in years and dollars. Id' be happy if he could just manage to buy wins at the market rate Someone who's less than 32 years old, I'd rather not sign another aging pitcher to a multi year contract when they are already in the exponential part of the injury curve

Kottaras is on his way to being a trivia question.... which batter in MLB had the biggest spread between his AVE and OPS?