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Dennis with an Error to lead off the bottom of the 2nd, that's the 82nd error of the season for the T-Rats in 49 games.

Heether Sends 'Em Home Happy In Homestand Opener Nashville Bests Iowa On Infielder's Walkoff Homer In Bottom Of Ninth NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Third baseman Adam Heether belted a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Nashville Sounds a dramatic 6-5 victory over the division-rival Iowa Cubs on Friday evening at historic Greer Stadium in the opener of a four-game series. The game-winning homer, Heether's team-leading seventh longball of the year, capped a two-out rally against Iowa reliever Brian Schlitter (0-1), who took the loss following his second blown save of the year. After the first two Sounds batters were retired in the ninth, Ray Olmedo singled to left to set the table for Heether, who launched a 2-0 Schlitter offering for a walkoff blast over the wall in left-center. With the win, Nashville (27-20) improved its record in divisional play to 11-4 on the year, the best such mark among the 16 PCL clubs, and notched its ninth last-bat victory of the season. Nashville took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning against Iowa starter J.R. Mathes. With one out, Johnny Raburn tripled to left-center. After Patrick Arlis drew a walk, pitcher Chris Capuano laid down a well-executed squeeze bunt to plate Raburn and reached first on the play due to a throwing error by Mathes. Norris Hopper followed with an RBI single to left to double the Sounds' advantage as Arlis scored in unearned fashion. Sounds shortstop Luis Cruz upped the lead to 3-0 in the third with a one-out solo homer to left-center, his third roundtripper of the year. Nashville extended its lead in the fifth when Cruz contributed his second run-scoring knock of the night, plating Erick Almonte with a two-out double down the left field line just out of reach of hustling left fielder Jason Dubois. Capuano made his fourth and final start for Nashville and allowed one hit over four scoreless innings, striking out three batters while walking one. The southpaw threw 59 pitches (37 strikes) in the contest. He will have his contract purchased by Milwaukee tomorrow, returning to the majors for the first time since 2008. Capuano turned in a solid minor league season, posting a 3-1 record and 1.59 ERA (7er/39.2ip) in seven starts between Advanced-A Brevard County and Triple-A Nashville. Opponents batted just .209 against him this season (32-for-153); issued only four walks in 39 2/3 innings of work, adding 33 strikeouts. With Nashville, he went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA in four starts (5er/25.0ip), including three quality starts. The Cubs rallied to pull within a run at 4-3 with a three-run rally against Tim Dillard in the sixth. Chad Tracy doubled with one out and score the first Iowa run when Dubois followed with an RBI single to left. Chris Robinson added a sacrifice fly later in the inning. The third Cubs run crossed the plate unearned when Almonte was unable to handle a Matt Camp grounder at first base. Iowa moved ahead, 5-4, with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh against reliever David Johnson. Sam Fuld opened the frame with a walk and scored the tying run later in the inning on a wild pitch. The I-Cubs took their first lead of the night later in the frame when Tracy scored on a Bryan LaHair groundout. The Iowa bullpen was on cruise control in the late innings, retiring 12 of 13 Nashville batters from the sixth through ninth innings, before Olmedo's late single jump-started the game-winning rally. Chris Smith (1-1) was the beneficiary of Heether's late heroics for the Sounds, picking up the victory after striking out the side around a hit in the top of the ninth. The teams continue the series with a 6:35 p.m. meeting on Saturday night. Left-hander Chris Waters (4-2, 3.74) will take the hill for Nashville to face off against Iowa right-hander Thomas Diamond (3-1, 2.01

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 8, Huntsville 6 Stars attempt late comeback, but fall short against Barons By Connor Shreve The Huntsville Stars trailed the entire way on Friday en-route to an 8-6 loss to the Birmingham Barons at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. After splitting the series opening double header on Thursday, Birmingham leads the five game series two games to one. The visitors jumped to an early lead with two runs in the first inning. A passed ball charged to Martin Maldonado allowed the Barons’ Dale Mollenhauer to second after a leadoff single. Brent Morel and Christian Marerro followed with back to back RBI base hits scoring Marerro and Jim Gallagher, who was aboard thanks to a one out walk. Chris Errecart doubled home Mat Gamel in the second to get Huntsville to within one run but the Stars best early chances to even the score died on the base paths. In the third frame, Maldonado and Lorenzo Cain were victimized by a strike him out, throw him out double play. Second baseman Brett Lawrie was caught trying to stretch a leadoff double in to three bases with a perfect relay in the fourth inning. Stars defensive miscues allowed Birmingham to extend the lead in the sixth inning. Brett Lawrie was the first to misplay a hard hit grounder with two outs. Lawrie’s ninth error loaded the bases for Tyler Kuhn, who followed with a two run double. After an infield single, Stars reliever Donovan Hand threw a wild pitch past Maldonado that allowed Kuhn to score from third. After scuffling through the first inning, Huntsville’s starting pitcher Mark Rogers (2-4, 3.60) completed his night with four innings of no hit baseball. Rogers tossed five full innings, allowing two runs on five hits. The Stars nearly bailed out their hurler with a late rally but after a three run home run by Caleb Gindl in the eighth, momentum seemed to die and Barons reliever Deunte Heath picked up his first save of the season. Rogers’ counterpart Brandon Hynick (1-0 2.89) picked up one out in the sixth before departing. Hynick saw 22 batters, allowed two runs on five hits and struck out four in picking up his first win. The penultimate game of the current five game series is scheduled for a 6:00 pm (CDT) first pitch Saturday night at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The contest will feature a fireworks display following the game, the first Stars fireworks show of the season. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on the Huntsville Stars Radio Network (AM 1450 FM 92.9 WTKI, Huntsville) and online at www.huntsvillestars.com Notes: Chris Errecart finished the game 2-3 including a solo home run in the seventh. Against the Barons this season, Errecart is batting .375 (9-24) with six runs. Huntsville Box Score The Stars rallied almost all the way back, but came up short. Mark Rogers struggled out of the gate, cruised through the 2nd, walked back to back batters in the 3rd but got out of it, then cruised through the rest of the game without a problem. Lots of ground balls again tonight Mark, his final line 5IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 4SO. The Stars were only down 2-1 when Rogers exited the game. Donovan Hand just couldn't get out of it the 6th after a Brett Lawrie error with 2 outs extended the inning, eventually 4 unearned runs would score. Hand then gave up 2 more runs in the 7th before being lifted for Nick Green who pitched 2 scoreless, Jim Henderson stranded Green's base runner in the 9th pitching 2/3 of an inning. Chris Errecart appears to be emerging from his slump, he had the only multi hit game tonight both were for extra bases, a 2B and a HR. Lee Haydel, Brett Lawrie, and Matt Gamel all doubled, Caleb Gindl added a big HR himself, hopefully Caleb gets things turned around now, he had been hitting .097 over his last 10 games prior to that HR. Huntsville Game Log Mark Rogers' Birmingham 1st. Birmingham Top 1st Dale Mollenhauer singles on a ground ball to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. With Robert Hudson batting, passed ball by Martin Maldonado, Dale Mollenhauer to 2nd. Robert Hudson strikes out swinging. Jim Gallagher walks. With Brent Morel batting, Dale Mollenhauer steals (5) 3rd base. Jim Gallagher steals (3) 2nd base. Brent Morel singles on a ground ball to pitcher Mark Rogers. Dale Mollenhauer scores. Jim Gallagher to 3rd. Christian Marrero singles on a fly ball to left fielder Lee Haydel. Jim Gallagher scores. Brent Morel to 3rd. Christian Marrero out at 2nd, left fielder Lee Haydel to third baseman Mat Gamel to second baseman Brett Lawrie. Cole Armstrong grounds out, second baseman Brett Lawrie to first baseman Chris Errecart. The ugly Birmingham 6th. Birmingham Top 6th Pitcher Change: Donovan Hand replaces Mark Rogers. Jim Gallagher pops out to catcher Martin Maldonado. Brent Morel singles on a fly ball to right fielder Caleb Gindl. Christian Marrero strikes out swinging. Cole Armstrong walks. Brent Morel to 2nd. Salvador Sanchez reaches on fielding error by second baseman Brett Lawrie. Brent Morel to 3rd. Cole Armstrong to 2nd. Tyler Kuhn doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Caleb Gindl. Brent Morel scores. Cole Armstrong scores. Salvador Sanchez to 3rd. Coaching visit to mound. John Shelby III singles on a ground ball to shortstop Anderson Machado. Salvador Sanchez scores. Tyler Kuhn to 3rd. With Dale Mollenhauer batting, wild pitch by Donovan Hand, Tyler Kuhn scores. John Shelby III to 2nd. Dale Mollenhauer walks. Robert Hudson walks. John Shelby III to 3rd. Dale Mollenhauer to 2nd. Jim Gallagher grounds out, first baseman Chris Errecart to pitcher Donovan Hand. The Huntsville Rally in the 8th Huntsville Bottom 8th Pitcher Change: Joe Torres replaces Henry Mabee. Brett Lawrie walks. Mat Gamel strikes out swinging. Zelous Wheeler walks. Brett Lawrie to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Caleb Gindl homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Brett Lawrie scores. Zelous Wheeler scores. Chris Errecart grounds out, pitcher Joe Torres to first baseman Christian Marrero. Anderson Machado walks. Coaching visit to mound. Pitcher Change: Deunte Heath replaces Joe Torres. Martin Maldonado flies out to right fielder Jim Gallagher.

Rattlers get heartbreak in Iowa By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers flirted with disaster all night against the Western Division leading Cedar Rapids Kernels. It finally caught up to them in the ninth inning. Luis Jimenez singled in the winning run to cap a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth to give Cedar Rapids a 3-2 win. Wisconsin (18-30) scored first. Chris Dennis doubled to start the fourth. A grounder by Cameron Garfield moved Dennis to third. Pete Fatse knocked in Dennis with a sacrifice fly to left for a 1-0 lead. Rattlers starter Nick Bucci was in and out of trouble all night. He stranded a runner at third in the first, second, and fourth innings. In the third, the Kernels had a runner thrown out at the plate. But, Bucci could not escape trouble in the sixth. Casey Haerther singled with one out. An infield single by Jimenez and a throwing error on the play put runners at the corners. Justin Bass followed with an RBI single to tie the game. Bucci got the second out on a grounder, but the runners moved up to second and third. Caleb Thielbar relieved Bucci to try for the third out. Carlos Ramirez sent a smash off Thielbar's glove and the ball trickled past the mound. But, shortstop Michael Marseco charged, made a bare-handed pickup, and fired a strike to first to get the final out of the inning to keep the game tied 1-1. Bucci's line on the night was 5-2/3 innings with six hits, four walks, four strikeouts, a wild pitch, and one unearned run. Cedar Rapids (30-18) threatened again in the seventh inning. Mike Trout wound up on third base with one out after two errors on one play. The Kernels attempted a suicide squeeze, but Matt long fouled off the bunt attempt. He would eventually strikeout. Trout was left stranded at third when Thielbar got a grounder to short to end the inning. Wisconsin went back in front in the top of the eighth. D'Vontrey Richardson singled to lead off the inning. Cutter Dykstra sacrificed him to second base. Davis lined an 0-2 pitch inside the bag at first for an RBI double and a 2-1 lead. In the eighth, Thielbar got the first two batters. Then, Cedar Rapids strung together consecutive singles. The call went out for Rattlers closer Andre Lamontagne to get the final out. The runners pulled a double steal with Ramirez at the plate. But, Lamontagne got Ramirez to pop out to end the inning. Through the first eight innings, Cedar Rapids had stranded six runners at third base and had one runner thrown out at the plate. But, it was different story in the ninth. Lamontagne walked Jon Karcich to start the inning. Trout dropped a bunt for a hit and a wild throw from Lamontagne let Karcich take third base. Trout would steal second to get into scoring position. Lamontagne got a strikeout for the first out of the inning. Then, an intentional walk was handed out to Jean Segura to load the bases and set up a double play. Haerther foiled the strategy by sending Karcich home and Trout to third with a sacrifice fly to right. Jimenez continued to torment the Rattlers as he drove in Trout with single for the winning run. Jimenenz had three hits on the night and is 11-for-28 (.392) with 11 RBI in seven games against Wisconsin this season. The Rattlers and Kernels continue their series on Saturday night. Maverick Lasker (2-2, 4.26) is the scheduled starter for the Rattlers. Cedar Rapids will send Tyler Skaggs (3-2, 2.37) to the hill. Tune in to AM1280, WNAM for the action. The Miller Lite Pregame Show starts at 6:15. Game time is 6:35pm WP: David Carpenter (1-2) LP: Andre Lamontagne (2-2) TIME: 2:50 ATTN: 3,144

Final: Nashville 6, Iowa (Cubs) 5 Nashville Box Score Let me just start by saying that beating the Cubs at any level makes me extremely happy, especially in this fashion. Down to their last out Ray Olmedo singles and just after Stu says Adam could win the game with one swing, Adam Heether hits the walk off home run. Chris Capuano was excellent prior to his promotion going 4 scoreless giving up 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3. The effort from the bullpen left something to be desired, Tim Dillard gave up 3 runs, David Johnson 2 more. A.J. Murray had Johnson's back in the7th, pitched a scoreless 8th, and Chris Smith blew away the Cubs striking out the side in 9th for the win. Olmedo, Cruz, and Heether all had multi hit games. Cruz doubled and homered, Olmedo doubled, Raburn tripled, and Heether added the game winning home run. Nashville Game Log It was looking bleak after the Iowa 6th and 7th innings. Iowa Top 6th Darwin Barney strikes out swinging. Chad Tracy doubles (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Norris Hopper. With Jason Dubois batting, wild pitch by Tim Dillard, Chad Tracy to 3rd. Jason Dubois singles on a line drive to left fielder Trent Oeltjen. Chad Tracy scores. With Bryan LaHair batting, wild pitch by Tim Dillard, Jason Dubois to 2nd. Coaching visit to mound. Bryan LaHair walks. Brad Snyder walks. Jason Dubois to 3rd. Bryan LaHair to 2nd. Chris Robinson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Norris Hopper. Jason Dubois scores. Bryan LaHair to 3rd. Matt Camp reaches on fielding error by first baseman Erick Almonte. Bryan LaHair scores. Brad Snyder to 2nd. Pitcher Change: David Johnson replaces Tim Dillard, batting 9th. Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter James Adduci replaces J. R. Mathes. Coaching visit to mound. James Adduci grounds out, second baseman Ray Olmedo to first baseman Erick Almonte. Iowa Top 7th Sam Fuld walks. With Darwin Barney batting, Sam Fuld steals (5) 2nd base. Darwin Barney singles on a line drive to left fielder Trent Oeltjen. Sam Fuld to 3rd. Chad Tracy reaches on a fielder's choice out, first baseman Erick Almonte to third baseman Adam Heether to catcher Patrick Arlis. Darwin Barney out at 3rd. Chad Tracy to 2nd. With Jason Dubois batting, wild pitch by David Johnson, Sam Fuld scores. Chad Tracy to 3rd. Jason Dubois walks. Coaching visit to mound. Bryan LaHair grounds out, third baseman Adam Heether to first baseman Erick Almonte. Chad Tracy scores. Jason Dubois to 2nd. Pitcher Change: A. J. Murray replaces David Johnson, batting 9th. Coaching visit to mound. Brad Snyder grounds out, second baseman Ray Olmedo to first baseman Erick Almonte. The game winning rally. Nashville Bottom 9th Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Joe Koshansky replaces Chris Smith. Joe Koshansky strikes out swinging. Norris Hopper called out on strikes. Ray Olmedo singles on a line drive to left fielder Jason Dubois. Adam Heether homers (7) on a line drive to left field. Ray Olmedo scores.

Adam Heether just joined Corey Hart hitting the 2nd Walk Off home run of the night, picking up the Nashville Bullpen, details coming shortly.

Stu just reported the move during the Nashville broadcast, it's official.

Stu just reported that Capuano was indeed just called up to Milwaukee. Congratulations Chris on a fantastic recovery beating the longest odds and making it all the way back to MLB.

Manatees one-hit in loss to Miracle Brevard County manages just six base runners By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees VIERA - The Manatees managed just one hit, that came in the first inning, and had just six base runners all night, as Brevard County was shut out 6-0 by the Fort Myers Miracle on Friday night at Space Coast Stadium. The game remained scoreless until the fifth, with the Manatees best chance at a run being in the second inning. With two outs, Shawn Zarraga walked and Scott Krieger reached on an error, but Juan Sanchez flew out to right to leave them stranded. With one out and the bases loaded, Miracle third baseman Deibinson Romero ripped Cody Scarpetta's 1-2 pitch back up the middle to make it 2-0 Fort Myers. R.J. Seidel would relieve Scarpetta and two batters later with two outs, it looked like the Manatees were going to get out of the inning on a fly ball by Evan Bigley to Brock Kjeldgaard in left. But Kjeldgaard dropped the ball and two more runs came around to score. Scarpetta would finish the night going 4 1/3 innings and allowing four runs (one earned) on three hits. He walked five and struck out four. The score remained 4-0 into the top of the eighth and Evan Frederickson relieved Seidel. Frederickson pitched to five batters in the inning and was unable to record an out as he gave up two runs on three hits, while walking two. The Manatees committed two errors and had just one runner in scoring position the whole game. Matt Cline had Brevard County's lone hit. Brevard County and Fort Myers will continue their series on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. at Space Coast Stadium. It will be Military Appreciation Night at the ballpark as we salute our armed forces and those who support them! There will be a skydiver during the National Anthem and a post-game fireworks show. AVET Project will be at the stadium collecting donations for our troops overseas and the players and coaches will be wearing camouflage jerseys that will be auctioned off.

Final: Cedar Rapids (Angels) 3, Wisconsin 2 Wisconsin Box Score The T-Rats drop a heart breaker as the incredibly steady Andre Lamontange coughs up 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th after the T-Rats just scored the go ahead run in the top of the 8th. As noted above Nick Bucci managed to pull his usual Houdini act, Caled Thielbar picked him up in the 6th stranding both inherited runners on a great play by Michael Marseco. Bucci actually lowers his ERA as the only run he gave up was unearned, it's now a ridiculous 1.59 on the season. Not a single multi hit game on the offensive side of things, though Kris Davis and Chris Dennis both doubled. Wisconsin Game Log Mike Trout is really a pain in the rear, but he bailed out Bucci in the 3rd. Cedar Rapids Bottom 3rd Mike Trout doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Erik Miller. Matt Long out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Nicholas Bucci to first baseman Chris Dennis. Mike Trout to 3rd. Mike Trout out at home, catcher Cameron Garfield to pitcher Nicholas Bucci. Jean Segura flies out to right fielder Erik Miller. Bucci also gave up a triple in the 4th and escaped without giving up a run. Cedar Rapids Bottom 4th Casey Haerther grounds out, pitcher Nicholas Bucci to first baseman Chris Dennis. Luis Jimenez triples (5) on a fly ball to left fielder Peter Fatse. Justin Bass lines out to shortstop Michael Marseco. Jeremy Cruz grounds out, second baseman Kyle Dhanani to first baseman Chris Dennis. The fateful bottom of the 9th. Mike Trout continues to own the T-Rats, Lamontagne hurts himself. Cedar Rapids Bottom 9th Jon Karcich walks. Mike Trout singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Andre Lamontagne. Jon Karcich advances to 3rd, on throwing error by pitcher Andre Lamontagne. With Matt Long batting, Mike Trout steals (24) 2nd base. Matt Long strikes out swinging. Andre Lamontagne intentionally walks Jean Segura. Casey Haerther out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Erik Miller. Jon Karcich scores. Mike Trout to 3rd. Luis Jimenez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Erik Miller. Mike Trout scores. Jean Segura to 2nd.

BC game summary from the Twins perspective... Miracle Win Big As Osterbrock Gets First Victory By Alex Margulies VIERA, FL (May 28, 2010) - After a disappointing 4-3 loss on Thursday night in the series opener against the Manatees, the Miracle pitching staff was impressive on Friday - limiting Brevard County to just one hit in 6-0 shutout victory. In his fifth start with the Miracle, Dan Osterbrock (1-4) finally broke through with a win, as he allowed just a first-inning single to Matt Cline. The lefty lasted two outs into the seventh inning before passing things off to Jose Gonzalez. The 20-year-old was lights out - retiring the final seven batters in order - including four strikeouts. After both teams went scoreless through the first four innings of play, the Miracle broke through with four runs in the fifth. Jhonathan Goncalves started things off by reaching on a throwing error by shortstop Josh Price, with Brevard County starter Cody Scarpetta proceeding to load the bases with two one-out walks. Deibinson Romero then smoked a line-drive up the middle to score the first two runs. After a groundout by Chris Herrmann, Evan Bigley hit a ball to the left-field wall that was ruled an error to bring home the final two runs of the inning. The score stayed the same until the Miracle tacked on two more runs in the eighth against Manatees reliever Evan Frederickson. The left-hander gave up three hits and two walks before exiting without recording an out. Jhonathan Goncavles singled in a run with the bases loaded before Joe Benson drew a walk to put Fort Myers up 6-0. Frederickson was then removed, as Lucas Luetge was called in to clean up the mess. He did an excellent job, getting Estarlin De Los Santos to pop-out, and then induced an inning-ending double-play against Chris Parmelee. Tonight's win was the second time the Miracle have tossed a one-hit shutout, the first coming back on April 29th with Kyle Gibson throwing a complete-game. With the series tied at one, the Miracle (20-28) look to at least split the series with Brevard County (17-31) starting Saturday night. RHP Adrian Salcedo (1-1, 6.00) will take the mound with the first pitch set for 7:05 p.m. from Space Coast Stadium.

Final: Fort Myers (Twins) 6, Brevard County 0 Brevard County Box Score I know I've been more bearish on Scarpetta than most, and in his defense I never saw him dominate a game last year when I was in attendance. Tonight was petty much par for the course for Cody as he falls victim to the big inning once again, cruising along until the 5th when the wheels came off. Offensively BC only managed a single hit by who else but Matt Cline. Osterbrock was the pitcher for Fort Myers, he's the pitcher who no hit the T-Rats earlier in the season, but had been struggling a bit in the FSL until tonight. Brevard County Game Log Scarpetta's 5th Inning. Fort Myers Top 5th Jonathan Goncalves reaches on throwing error by shortstop Josh Prince. Joe Benson flies out to right fielder Erik Komatsu. With Estarlin De Los Santos batting, Jonathan Goncalves steals (2) 2nd base. With Estarlin De Los Santos batting, wild pitch by Cody Scarpetta, Jonathan Goncalves to 3rd. Estarlin De Los Santos walks. With Chris Parmelee batting, Estarlin De Los Santos steals (4) 2nd base. Chris Parmelee walks. Deibinson Romero singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kentrail Davis. Jonathan Goncalves scores. Estarlin De Los Santos scores. Chris Parmelee to 2nd. Pitcher Change: R. J. Seidel replaces Cody Scarpetta. Chris Herrmann grounds out, first baseman Sean Halton to pitcher R. J. Seidel. Chris Parmelee to 3rd. Deibinson Romero to 2nd. Evan Bigley reaches on fielding error by left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard. Chris Parmelee scores. Deibinson Romero scores. Evan Bigley to 2nd. Brian Dozier pops out to first baseman Sean Halton in foul territory.

The rain delay was only 18 minutes, and between the first and second innings, I'm not sure that's our answer at this point.

Nashville Bottom 4th * Defensive Substitution: Bryan LaHair replaces first baseman Micah Hoffpauir, batting 5th, playing first base. * Patrick Arlis singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jason Dubois. * Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Tim Dillard replaces Chris Capuano. * Tim Dillard called out on strikes. * Norris Hopper grounds into double play, second baseman Matt Camp to first baseman Bryan LaHair. Patrick Arlis out at 2nd. I'm listening in now.

Wisconsin Timber Ratters Pre Game Audio Chris interviews pitching coach Chris Hook. They discuss the pitching trend in general then Heckathorn's efficiency, Nick Bucci's fastball command, and the pros of the tandem system. Finally they finish off the interview by discussing the organizational goal that no pitcher exceeds more than 30 IP from the previous season. I was hoping they would discuss Arnett, I'd like to get the organization's take on him, but no such luck this time.

Not sure I was bouncing between BC and WI audio wise, while working on the pre game audio.

The Fort Meyers feed is indeed available, though this has to be lowest volume broadcast ever.

True but the Phillies have a much greater margin of error as well.

Good luck coach and thanks for the insights!

An excellent pitching day for the organization.

First let me just say that it would be nice if the live box scores would ever actually become "live" again instead of 3 hours behind on a good day. At any rate I liked it much better when Cody was dominant and we were talking about him having to continue to prove himself as he moves up. Why was he so successful last year in AA, and now he's pitching worse this year in AA, than he did last year in AAA? I truly hope he finds whatever he's been missing. Is it an attitude deal because he got bumped back down to AA with the additions of Lofgren, Loe, and Estrada? A mechanical thing? A physical thing? To be honest I figured he'd come back down and dominate the SL until he was recalled to AAA again.. edit. BK that was an intentional bad joke, but I appreciate the correction anyways, I just don't like blue font at all for some reason

He just pitched a scoreless 6th, he's right around 75 pitches going to the 7th, wish our MLB staff would do the same.

Heckathorn has been very solid through 5. 4H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K, ERA rapidly approaching 3.0

Too bad, Bowman runs out of gas, leaving lots of pitches up in the 6th and now the 7th, Kintzler in to finish off game 1. Runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. edit. Kintzler allows both of his inherited runners to score, then 1 of his own, he finally has an ERA. Stars up 6-5 now with 2 out and a runner on 1st. edit 2. Kintzler gets the K to end game 1... a more cynical poster would think he just wanted the save.

Lawrie is batting .324 over his last 10 games, that's nice to see. Outside of Lawrie, Wheeler, and Cain everyone else on the team has been slumping. As I'm typing this Errecart homers, his BA had dropped all the way to .219. Gamel 1 for 3 in his continuing rehab. edit. Right after I hit post Cain doubles, his OPS is currently .949 according to Gameday, with the sample size getting larger by the day, over 100 ABs now.