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This is an article definitely worth digging into... I was wondering where the heck this guy came from after he pitched against WI at the end of July. I just looked him up on Baseball-reference.com, I didn't realize his entire story so didn't know what to say about him at the time. Obviously now it all makes sense... Reds’ Garrett Decides To Become A Full-Time Baseball Player August 12, 2014 by J.J. Cooper

Late LumberKings rally tops Timber Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/7/9/8/89337798/cuts/August_12_DeMuth_3p5wf08n_0k1w3d16.jpg Dustin DeMuth is congratulated by Angel Ortega after hitting his first Midwest League home run. (Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Clinton LumberKings scored three runs with two outs in the top of the eighth inning to erase a 2-1 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers lead on Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Clinton would hold on to defeat the Wisconsin 4-2 in game one a three-game series. Dustin DeMuth gave the Timber Rattlers (64-55 overall, 28-22 second half) a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the second inning. The home run was the first in the Midwest League for DeMuth, the 5th round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers from the 2014 draft. The LumberKings (52-66, 22-28) tied the game in the top of the fourth inning. Tyler O'Neill reached on a single and a balk by Clint Terry moved O'Neill to second base. Joe DeCarlo followed with a single to left to drive in O'Neill and the game was even 1-1. That fourth inning run was the only one allowed by Terry in the game. He pitched six innings and matched his single game high as a professional with eight strikeouts. Terry walked two, but got a no decision. Wisconsin went back in front in the bottom of the seventh inning. Johnny Davis was hit by a pitch from Clinton reliever Ricardo Peireira with one out. Davis stole second with two outs. Michael Ratterree doubled to left-center on the next pitch to drive in Davis for a 2-1 lead. Rattlers reliever Chad Thompson took over for Seth Harvey, who had pitched a scoreless seventh, to start the eighth. Austin Wilson doubled with one out. Thompson got the second out with a strikeout, but DeCarlo singled to center to drive in Wilson with the tying run. Justin Seager kept the inning going with a single to left on the next pitch. Then, Jeff Zimmerman lined an 0-1 pitch from Thompson to the gap in left-center to drive in two runs and the LumberKings were up 4-2. Aaron Brooks pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth inning. Omar Garcia started the Wisconsin ninth with a single off Brooks. Angel Ortega lined the next pitch towards right-center field, but second baseman Martin Peguero made a leaping grab for the first out and fired to first to double Garcia off first base. Brooks got the final out on a popout to short and the LumberKings held on for the win. Ratterree had three hits, including two doubles, on the night. Ratterree now has 52 extra-base hits this season. The loss also dropped the Timber Rattlers out of a tie with the Cedar Rapids Kernels for the second half Western Division lead and allowed the Peoria Chiefs to pick up a game in the second half Western Division Wild Card race. The Kernels won 12-5 at Beloit and the Peoria Chiefs won 4-2 in 14 innings at Beloit. The Rattlers trail Cedar Rapids by a game and lead Peoria by two games with twenty games remaining in the second half. Game two of the series is Wednesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Preston Gainey (4-7, 4.07) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Clinton has named Seon-Gi Kim (1-2, 2.92) as their starter. Game time is 7:05pm. Thrivent and the Timber Rattlers invite fans to bring in school supplies to donate to the Stuff the Bus Drive before the game on Wednesday night. School supplies (Backpacks, folders, notebooks, colored pencils, markers, filler paper, rulers, erasers, etc.) will be collected for this drive and distributed to children in need in Northeastern Wisconsin. Enjoy Cher-Make hotdogs, Pepsi products, and Miller beer for $1 during a WIXX Bang For Your Buck Night. Then, settle in for a special Wednesday night postgame fireworks display presented by Thrivent. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to catch the action. MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown has the television broadcast beginning at 7:00pm. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. Subscribers to MiLB.TV my watch the game, too. HOME RUN: WIS: Dustin DeMuth (1st, 0 on in 2nd inning off Carlos Misell, 0 out) WP: Paul Fry (3-4) LP: Chad Thompson (2-1) SAVE: Aaron Brooks (4) TIME: 2:55 ATTN: 4,962 Wisconsin Boxscore Well that was a deflating loss to watch, Chap Thompson wasn't pitching into bad luck, he came by those 3 runs honestly. Other than Michael Ratterree's day detailed above Omar Garcia (2-4,2B) had the other multi-hit game for the T-Rats. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

Heredia goes long in West Virginia defeat Pittsburgh's No. 14 prospect allows three hits over career-high seven

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Monday night's game at Greer Stadium, which was scheduled to be the final game of a five-game series between the first-place Nashville Sounds (66-56) and the Round Rock Express (61-61) has been postponed due to unplayable field conditions. The outing has been postponed and will be rescheduled as a part of a doubleheader at The Dell Diamond during the Sounds' final series against the Express at Round Rock. The date of the game has yet to be determined, though the series will run from Thursday, August 28 to Monday, September 1. The Sounds will hit the road Tuesday to begin an eight-game road trip that starts with a four-game series against the El Paso Chihuahuas followed by a four-gamer with the Albuquerque Isotopes. Nashville sends RHP Jay Jackson (0-0, 0.00) to the hill against the Chihuahuas LHP Juan Oramas. Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5-FM "The GAME". Fans that purchased tickets for Monday's rainout may exchange them at the Greer Stadium Box Office for a future ticket to a Sounds game this season, subject to availability.

I completely agree, in fact sports etiquette has nose dived over the last 15-20 years. The number of people who will get out of there seat when there is action happening on the field is astonishing, somehow that's not even considered rude anymore. There are plenty of breaks in the action to get up and out of your seat regardless of the game (with the exception of maybe soccer), but people are so inconsiderate they have to do it "now". I'm the guy who stands at the top of the top of the section at a Brewer game until the half inning or an obvious long break like a pitching change happens, I won't come down and interrupt the other fans while there is something going on in the field and I'm the same way at the Badger games. Our seats are in the exact middle of the row at Camp Randall so I always wait for the quarter, possession change, or a TV time out before making my way to and from my seat. It's just rude to do otherwise.

There's no doubt to that question. Johnny Davis beat Carlos Gomez in Spring Training, it was talked about in great detail at the beginning of the season.

I haven't read the thread past the OP but I feel like I should probably comment since I've been so outspoken about the short-term philosophy the Brewers have embarked on since 2006. I completely understand that's the way baseball has traditionally operated, I just vehemently disagree that it's a viable strategy for Milwaukee to follow. I'm not going to elaborate on that further as I have 100s of posts on this subject over the years which should leave no doubt to my reasoning if people will actually take the time to read them. Undoubtedly other moves would have been made, the Brewers weren't going to hang onto "surplus" talent and roll with the craptastic pitching they had in house so my issue has always been the targets, not the idea of trading for pitching, which I believe is absolutely necessary when you aren't developing pitching in house. Melvin, like many posters here on the forum believe in "good enough" pitching, as in good enough pitching to get into the playoffs and then let the chips fall where they may. I've always been looking to build a dynasty where the organization is extremely competitive year in and year out and to do that requires impact pitching at the MLB level and depth of impact pitching in the organization. So where as many people focus on the 8 position players who are out there every day I've been the exact opposite, looking to get 3 #2 type pitchers or more than we can control for years to come. With that in mind I've always focused on young pitching. I would have targeted players like Buccholz and Niemann, players with talent who were stuck in AAA while their teams made post season pushes. There aren't a ton of deals for young impact pitching floating around so in order to capitalize on those deals Melvin would have to be willing to give up a piece that would have hurt the big league club on the surface like Hart or Hardy. I say on the surface because in the end I think those deals would have ended up being a wash in that first year by erasing negative WAR from the pitching rotation. This organization has never been willing to sell if they think the MLB is "in it", they've historically wanted to buy with prospects. Since I've always wanted young impact pitching to team with Gallardo and build around (now Peralta) I'm much more flexible when it comes to trades, I'm looking to maximize the potential return not arbitrarily limit myself to predefined MLB team situations... I'd trade just about anyone at any time if the return is what I was looking for... Prospect for prospect deals? Sure! MLB pieces for impact pitching prospects? Sure! Really the only type of deal I've been against are the rental player deals because less than 2 years later all the same problems come back around again. I'm into fixing problems, the actual core issues, I'm not into applying band aids to the MLB rotation to get by. Also, I really didn't have any faith in the Brewers' ability to draft and develop pitching so draft picks have never appealed to me. What I would like is what Tampa Bay has been able to do; get over the hump with impact pitching and then use that pitching to continually cycle back fresh impact arms into the organization. Pitching is king and always will be, everyone needs it and most teams don't have enough of it so if you have surplus pitching then you're bargaining from a truly powerful position. We can continue to draft and attempt to develop pitching, but being to able to cycle players away as they approach FA lessens the burden on the part of the farm system with which the Brewers have historically struggled. There are 1-3 deals per year in which young impact pitching is involved, that's where I would have looked to make a splash. I've always liked Odorizzi, he was my favorite pitching prospect at the time of the Greinke trade, I thought he would be a #2 but his secondary stuff just never turned that corner to be filthy so BA ultimately ended up being correct in that he'll likely be a #3. Regardless I would love to have a relatively young rotation full of legitimate 2s and 3s, players that we could later flip and recycle for younger versions of themselves. I'd like to have enough depth where we can make decisions based more on talent rather than experience and/or cost. Give me 3 young #2 type pitchers and I feel very good about a playoff series against anyone. I don't care about "proven", I care about relative talent, I'm always willing to be patient with and give talent the opportunity to shine. Baseball needs to get past the idea that young players need to be productive right away or they aren't "ready", every player is going to have his own learning curve. Instead of being hounded by the pressure to produce they need the room to be comfortable and learn from failure without constantly having to look over their shoulder. This is basic sports psychology stuff that MLB has typically been horrible at, baseball is probably the most mentally challenging sport there is because the margins between good and bad are so very small. I believe professional sports are a young man's game so I'm looking to cut bait with all players by the time they are 31-32 and continually turn the roster over. I don't believe in "Brewer for life", I used to as I grew up infatuated with that notion as I'm sure many others on this forum did, but I just don't think those romantic/idealistic notions have any practical application in the modern sports world. I've thrown out tons of alternative specific trade scenarios in the past, some would have flopped (McGowan), some would have worked out well (Niemann), but in general I would have looked towards talented yet inexperienced pitchers as opposed to proven CY quality pitchers with limited team service. Give me talent and longevity over an immediate short term production boost. With the idea of the playoffs expanding yet again I think it will allow teams to think more about building something long-term as no longer have to be 1 of the top 2 teams in the league to get in, or 4 as was the case for most of the Brewers' recent history. It's much easier to be in the top 6 or 8 in any given year than it is to be in the top 4 every single year.

Rogers Lifts Sounds Again In 4-2 Win Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/3/8/89027838/cuts/Jason_Rogers_723_Large_u8pgxwq0_w8v8kgd8.jpg NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds (66-56) and third baseman Jason Rogers continued their impressive nights with a 4-2 win over the Round Rock Express in the nightcap of Sunday's doubleheader. Rogers, who went 3-for-3 with two home runs in the first game of the night, took another ball out of the park in the third inning of game two. The three-run blast marks his seventh dinger since joining the Sounds on June 27. Sounds shortstop Hector Gomez led off the inning with his team-leading 13th home run of the season, which tied the game 1-1. Sounds starter Ariel Pena (9-7) helped keep the Express in check, allowing only one run on five hits over 5 2/3 innings of work. His lone blunder was a home run allowed to Express designated hitter Michael Choice, who later homered off closer Rob Wooten. Pena fired eight strikeouts in his 86-pitch outing to pick up his ninth win of the season. He also walked a pair. Reliever Brent Leach picked up the final out in the sixth inning to strand a pair of Pena's runners, while Wooten collected his 10th save. Logan Schafer led the team with two hits, but it was Rogers who delivered the knockout punch. The win keeps Nashville two game ahead of Memphis for first-place in the American Conference Southern Division with 22 games to play. The Sounds will try for the five-game series sweep in Monday's 7:05 p.m. finale. Right-hander Donovan Hand (1-7, 5.40) will make the start for the Sounds and face Round Rock southpaw Ryan Feierabend (8-5, 4.54). Nashville Game 2 Boxscore Have a day Jason Rogers! He nearly doubled his AAA HR output in a single day. I believe Ariel Pena is destined for the BP but starts like this one prove that the door as a starter isn't closed yet, there's still hope... It will be interesting to see what happens with Pena, Hellweg, and Segura going into next year. A trade that once looked like a slam dunk win is on shaky footing these days with Hellweg's surgery, Segura under performance at the plate, and Pena's continued rollercoaster in AAA. Nashville Game 2 Recap Nashville Game 2 Gameday

Rogers Homers Twice, Drives In Six To Power Sounds To 13-4 Win In Twinbill Opener Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/2/2/4/88978224/cuts/Jason_Rogers_628_Large_47wenr79_mso2kiu4.jpg (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Third baseman Jason Rogers belted a pair of homers and drove in a career-high six RBIs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 13-4 win over the visiting Round Rock Express in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday evening at Greer Stadium. The 13 runs scored matched a season high for Nashville (65-56), which extended its division lead to two games over cross-state rival Memphis. Sounds right fielder Jeremy Hermida also enjoyed a strong night at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and season-high four RBIs. On the hill, Taylor Jungmann (6-5) authored a quality start to pick up his second win in his last three trips to the hill for the Sounds. The right-hander allowed two runs, both on solo homers, and matched his career high with nine strikeouts over his six innings of action. The Sounds jumped out to a quick lead in the bottom of the first inning against Round Rock starter Luke Jackson, as the first four batters of the frame reached base and scored. Hermida put Nashville on the board with an RBI double that plated Logan Schafer before Rogers (3-for-3) delivered the big hit of the initial frame, a line-drive three-run homer to left. The blast was the infielder's fifth of the year and gave the home team a 4-0 lead. Nashville tacked on three more runs in the second against Jackson (1-1), who suffered his first Triple-A loss of the year after giving up nine runs in one-plus innings of work. The Sounds loaded the bases with a Hector Gomez (3-for-3) double and a pair of walks before Eugenio Velez (2-for-4) ripped an RBI single and Hermida followed by smacking a two-run double off the right-center wall to make it a 7-0 game. Rogers continued his big evening by chasing Jackson from the contest with a two-run single to left that stretched the Nashville lead to nine. Round Rock right fielder Jared Hoying put the visitors on the board in the fourth inning with the first hit of the night against Jungmann, a one-out solo homer to right-center. The 432-foot blast was the slugger's 20th big fly of the year. Rogers swatted his second homer of the day in the fourth, a one-out shot to left off Express reliever Lisalverto Bonilla, that upped his RBI total to six to match his career best , established last season. Express center fielder Ryan Strausborger -- who, like Rogers, enjoyed a two-homer contest -- made it a 10-2 contest in the top of the sixth with an opposite-field solo homer to left-center, his first roundtripper of the year. Nashville wrapped up its scoring with three runs in the home half of the fifth off Jimmy Reyes. Velez and Hermida each contributed RBI singles in the frame and Gomez scored on a wild pitch to stretch the lead to 13-2. Strausborger connected for his second home run of the day in the seventh, belting a two-run shot to left off Sounds reliever Kyle Heckathorn to bring the score to its final 13-4 standing. Nashville Game 1 Boxscore Taylor Jungmann had a real nice game, I'd like to see him close on a high note and be ready to provide quality spot start depth in Milwaukee next season. Jason Rogers and the rest of the sounds really busted out the whupping stick in game 1, I hope they have some runs in them for Game 2 as well. Nashville Game 1 Recap Nashville Game 1 Gameday

Everything about your post is so wrong it's not worth getting into so I'll just say there's no way he's going from the DSL to Milwaukee in just 2 full baseball seasons.

Chiefs beat Rattlers 6-4 to earn split in series Brewers pitcher Wang works three innings in rehab start for Wisconsin By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/9/4/88970694/cuts/August_10_Wang_Web_Cred_to_Dennis_Sievers_ms6q19b0_61l1lmoa.jpg Wei-Chung Wang pitched three innings in a rehabilitation start for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Sunday at Dozer Park in Peoria, Illinois. (Peoria Journal Star/Dennis Sievers) PEORIA, IL - The Peoria Chiefs won't go away. The Midwest League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 6-4 on Sunday afternoon at Dozer Park. The win pulled the Chiefs back to within three games of the Timber Rattlers in the second half Western Division playoff standings with 21 games remaining in the season. Peoria (62-56 overall, 25-24 second half) scored an unearned run against Wei-Chung Wang in the bottom of the first. Vaughn Bryan walked to start the inning. Wang got CJ McElroy, Jr to send a double play ball to short, but the ball was missed for an error that put runners on the corners. McElroy would steal second to give Peoria runners at second and third. Justin Ringo's grounder to second was enough to get Bryan home for a 1-0. Jose Pena put the Rattlers (64-54, 28-21) in front in the top of the second inning with a two-run single to left with two outs. Wang, who is on a MLB rehabilitation assignment for the Milwaukee Brewers, worked a scoreless second and got the first two outs of the bottom of the third inning. But, McElroy singled to right and stole second. Carson Kelly followed with a single to drive in McElroy with the tying run. Wang got Ringo to send a slow grounder to first, but Ringo beat Wang to the base for an infield single to keep the inning alive. Ronald Castillo would be next and his single drove in Kelly for a 3-2 Peoria lead. Wang pitched three innings, allowed three runs - two earned - on four hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Barrett Astin relieved Wang in the bottom of the fourth and walked Cesar Valera to start the inning. Rafael Medina followed with a two-run homer and Peoria was up 5-3. Wisconsin would close to within a run with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Pena lead off the Wisconsin fifth inning with a home run. David Denson doubled to start the sixth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Davis to close to within 5-4. But, the Chiefs added a run in the bottom of the sixth inning against Chris Razo on a sacrifice fly by Richy Pedroza to make it 6-4. The Rattlers would not threaten to score after that. The win earned the Chiefs a split in the four-game series at Dozer Park. The teams will meet again in Peoria in a three-game series from August 21-23. The Timber Rattlers have their final scheduled off day of the regular season on Monday. They return to action on Tuesday night at home against the Clinton LumberKings. Clint Terry (3-2, 2.41) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Clinton plans to send Carlos Misell (8-9, 4.30) to the mound as their starter. Game time is 7:05pm. Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado was a Timber Rattler in 2009 and he is the next bobblehead in the 20th Anniversary Series. The first 1,000 fans to attend Tuesday's game will receive the Martin Maldonado bobblehead courtesy of Baycom. Tuesday is a Throwback Night as part of the 20th Anniversary season presented by Bergstrom Automotive. Tickets are thrown back to 1995 prices of $5 for box seats, $4 for reserved bleacher seats, and $3 for grass seats. Plus, look for a special item at the concession stands to be thrown back to its 1995 price and The Timber Rattlers players and coaches will be wearing jerseys based on the ones worn by the 1995 Rattlers. Baycom also presents Emergency Services Night. Police, Fire, first responders, and other emergency services workers are honored before and during the game. Show your business card when you purchase a ticket and for $13.50 you will receive a box seat ticket, a beverage, and your choice of brat or hot dog to take advantage of the Baker Tilly Business Person special. The offer is also available to senior citizens (55 & older) courtesy of WVBO and AM1280 WNAM. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are many ways to catch the action on Tuesday. MyNEW32's Sports Showdown will have the television broadcast starting at 7:00pm. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM and IHeartRadio starting at 6:45pm. Subscribers to MiLB.TV can follow the game, too. HOME RUNS: WIS: Jose Pena (9th, 0 on in PEO: Rafael Medina (2nd, 1 on in 4th inning off Barrett Astin, 0 out) WP: Kyle Helisek (1-0) LP: Wei-Chung Wang (0-1) SAVE: Kyle Barraclough (4) TIME: 2:35 ATTN: 5,807 Wisconsin Boxscore Wei-Chung Wang is still very raw, not covering 1B cost him an earned run, but is typical of the sort of mistakes that are made at this level. I was out and about so I didn't get to listen to the game and unfortunately don't have any more insights than that. I will say that I'm thrilled he's going to be around next year, I would hope he starts at A+ but I guess we'll have to let that one play out. Wisconsin pounded out 10 hits and walked 3 times, but only 2 of those hits were for extra bases and the Rattlers didn't string hits together enough to score more than 4 runs. Omar Garcia (2-4), Chris McFarland (2-4), David Denson (2-4,2B), and Jose Pena (2-4,HR) had the multi hit games for the T-Rats. Barrett Astin has been getting pounded over his last 10 games with just 2 scoreless relief outings in that span of innings. On the flip side Chris Razo has gone scoreless in 6 of his last 10 appearances. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

It's much longer list than that (Looper, Davis, Hall, Hart, Weeks, Riske, and Gagne off the top of my head) and it's awfully difficult to claim anything about Garza before the contract is even 25% up. Of course Free Agency is a trap, I've been saying it for years and have no desire to revisit that conversation. My main point here is that people are continually calling out our division rivals for doing the same things the Brewers did to get to where they did... only our division rivals have more resources at their disposal whether it be in depth of talent, financial resources, or both. For any Brewer fan to criticize any other GM for bad contracts is hypocritical at best when to date Mike Cameron's contract has been the only deal which worked out well start to finish. I'm not saying Brewer fans should like the other teams in the division but I do think we're all capable of objectively respecting them for what they've done and the talent they have without being dismissive for whatever reason(s) one would choose. I hate the Cubs as much as anyone on this board, I will never attend another Cub game at Miller Park, but at the same I'm not going to pretend that the Brewers are truly the most talented team in the division and claim that they are well positioned for the future. The Pirates, Cubs, and Cardinals have done well on the farm and have the talent to maintain or ascend while the Brewers and Reds... not so much.

If he lost 6 MPH then whatever they changed his delivery to was more incorrect than what he started with, that doesn't make any sense. The 6 MPH may be a bit of an over exaggeration but still... If a pitcher's velocity drops and never recovers when you mess with his mechanics than obviously something is very wrong. There can be any number of reasons for a temporary drop in velocity but come on, no one thought to revisit the issue with him?

Just about every college guy has been worse in Helena than he was in WI including Wagner and Williams. Devin Williams will be on that staff which will be interesting and I"m guessing one of the latin kids in the AZL gets bumped past Helena as well. A couple of pitchers will ascend, they always seem to. If not then ya it's going to be a long season.

Yea because the Brewer's FA pitching record under Melvin is spectacular... I don't want to jinx Lohse but so far he's the only one hanging in there, though Wolf did for 2 seasons as well.

Wisconsin wins big with 11-3 decision at Peoria Coulter hits two homers, Halcomb collects four hits and homers, too By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers solved Arturo Reyes on Saturday night and it led to an 11-3 victory at Dozer Park of the Peoria Chiefs. Clint Coulter hit a pair of homers and drove in five runs while Tristan Archer and Zach Quintana kept the Chiefs offense in check. Reyes had made three appearances against the Timber Rattlers in 2014 prior to Saturday night. He had allowed three runs - two earned - and had struck out nineteen over sixteen innings versus Wisconsin. Those numbers changed in a big way in the third inning. Wisconsin's outburst started with a bunt single by leadoff batter Johnny Davis. Chris McFarland followed with a double to the left field corner. The ball was bobbled and that was all Davis needed to race for the plate to score the first run of the game. Michael Ratterree drew a walk to put two runners on base. Arturo Reyes got the first out on a fly ball and that brought Coulter to the plate. The Rattlers catcher hadn't homered since July 29 and the Rattlers hadn't had a home run since Taylor Brennan hit a grand slam against the Chiefs at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on August 1. That changed when Coulter crushed a 3-1 pitch from Reyes nearly out of the stadium for a three-run homer and a 4-0 lead. Taylor Brennan restarted the rally by drawing a walk after the Coulter home run. Dustin DeMuth and Halcomb followed with singles to load the bases. Jose Pena was next and his double to the wall in left drove in two runs for a 6-0 lead. That chased Reyes from the game. Davis came back to the plate for the second time in the inning and lifted a sacrifice fly off reliever Steven Sabatino to knock in Halcomb for a 7-0 advantage. David Denson doubled with one out in the top of the fourth inning to get Coulter back to the plate. Coulter drove a 1-0 pitch from Sabatino out of the stadium. The ball bounced on the street and came to a rest on the grass in front of the Caterpillar office building across the street. The Rattlers (64-53 overall, 28-20 second half) were up 9-0 after Coulter's nineteenth homer of 2014. Rowan Wick got the Chiefs (61-56, 24-24) on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth. The inning started with Wisconsin starter Tristan Archer issuing a four-pitch walk to Juan Herrera and Justin Ringo reaching on catcher's interference. Archer got the first out on a strikeout, but Wick lined an opposite-field homer to left. The three-run shot cut Wisconsin's lead to 9-3. That homer snapped Archer's scoreless streak at 15-2/3 innings. But, he just started another streak as he closed out his night with 2-2/3 more scoreless innings before turning the game over to Zach Quintana for the bottom of the seventh. Archer scattered five hits, three walks, and a hit batsman over his six innings. He struck out five and earned his sixth win of the season. The Rattlers got their tenth run of the night in the top of the sixth inning when Denson scored from third with two outs on a wild pitch by Jhonny Polanco. Halcomb provided the final run of the night for Wisconsin. The Rattlers shortstop hit a no doubt home run to left with two outs in the ninth inning. The solo shot was the first professional home run for Halcomb, who went 4-for-5 in Saturday's game. Quintana allowed one hit over the final three innings and picked up his second save of the season. The final game of the series - and Wisconsin's road trip - is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Dozer Park. Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Wei-Chung Wang is scheduled to make the start for the Timber Rattlers as part of his Major League rehabilitation assignment. Kyle Helisek (0-0, 9.00) set to make his second start of the season for the Chiefs. Game time is 2:00pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 1:40pm. HOME RUNS: WIS: Clint Coulter (18th, 2 on in 3rd inning off Arturo Reyes, 1 out) Clint Coulter (19th, 1 on in 4th inning off Steven Sabatino, 1 out) Steve Halcomb (1st, 0 on in 9th inning off Blake McKnight, 2 out) PEO: Rowan Wick (3rd, 2 on in 4th inning off Tristan Archer, 1 out) WP: Tristan Archer (6-5) LP: Arturo Reyes (6-8) SAVE: Zach Quintana (2) Wisconsin Boxscore STOMP THE CARDS! So Clint Coulter's (3-5, 2HR) offensive explosion tonight got me thinking and I went to look where the Rattlers were ranking team wise in HRs. With the injuries to Denson and McFarland coupled with the mid season power outages to Coulter and Pena the Rattlers have slipped from 1st all the way down to 5th in team HRs. There's no chance they catch Lake County who were up by 23 HRs coming into today's action. Zach Quintana had a nice night allowing just 1 hit in his 3 IP while striking out 2 batters. Coulter had a tough night behind the dish getting nailed with an error for Catcher's Interference and his 13th PB but made up for it with what he did offensively. Chris McFarland's (3-5,2B) effort pushed his AVE back up to .300 even and David Denson (2-4,2B,BB) had a nice night as well. Denson has been a tad slow out of the gate coming back from his injury, hopefully he starts a nice hot streak after tonight. He's still got time to lift his OPS up past .750. That would be monumental considering his very slow April and lost injury time. Speaking of OPSing... McFarland's OPS is a very respectable .770 after today's game which is currently a full .100 higher than last season. Chris still needs defensive work but his offensive game has come a long way in just 1 season. Steven Halcomb (4-5,HR) had his best day as a professional eclipsing his previous day which was a 3 hit effort on Aug 3rd. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

Saturday Sounds Game At Greer Postponed Game Rescheduled as part of a Sunday Doubleheader NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Saturday night's game at Greer Stadium, which was scheduled to be the third game of a five-game series between the first-place Nashville Sounds (64-56) and the Round Rock Express (61-59). The outing has been rescheduled as a part of a doubleheader for Sunday, August 10, at 5:05 p.m. The pair of games will each be seven-innings. The Sounds will send Saturday's scheduled starter RHP Taylor Jungmann (5-5, 4.90) to the hill in the first game opposite Round Rock's Luke Jackson (1-0, 6.58). In Game 2, Sounds RHP Ariel Pena (8-7, 4.41) will start against RHP Justin Germano (4-12, 4.41). Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5-FM "The GAME" beginning at 5:55 p.m. Fans that purchased tickets for Saturday's rainout may exchange them at the Greer Stadium Box Office for a future ticket to a Sounds game this season, subject to availability.

Mehring mentioned that last night but I didn't go looking for it either.

Chris said last night the T-Rats are going to be hosting a silent auction at the end of August for the Lopez family which I thought was pretty cool.

Sounds Edge Express in Nightcap, 2-1 Nashville's Schafer Provides Game-Winning Single Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/3/0/88703630/cuts/MPS_0250_Large_gk6xcpn4_hrclpyes.jpg NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Logan Schafer's bases-loaded single in 5th inning powered the Nashville Sounds (64-56) to a 2-1 victory over the Round Rock Express in the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader at Greer Stadium. Schafer's one-out hit scored Matt Clark, who drew a walk to lead off the inning, and Irving Falu, who singled through the infield. Schafer extends his season-best hit streak to eight games. Keeping the Express off the rails was newcomer Jay Jackson, who made his first start as a Sound a good one by scattering three hits over four scoreless frames. The right-hander fanned seven batters and walked only one in his 54-pitch debut. Sounds reliever Jose De La Torre (3-2) served up a scoreless fifth inning and left the game with two outs in the sixth after walking Ryan Rua. Brent Leach entered to close the inning, but allowed a single and committed a throwing error on a pickoff attempt to grant Round Rock their only run. Dustin Molleken delivered a spotless seventh inning to pick up his fourth save of the year. De La Torre was awarded the win. Nashville also picked up hits from Sean Halton, Eugenio Velez, and catcher Adam Weisenburger, who ripped a double to left-center field in his first Triple-A at-bat in the 3rd inning. The teams continue the series with a 6:35 p.m. matchup. Right-hander Taylor Jungmann (5-5, 4.90) will make the start for the Sounds and face Round Rock right-hander Luke Jackson (1-0, 6.58). Nashville Game 2 Boxscore SWEEP! What a nice debut for Jay Jackson Nashville Game 2 Recap Nashville Game 2 Gameday

Chiefs score three in eighth to beat Rattlers 5-2 Wisconsin fought back to tie the game at Peoria By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers PEORIA, IL - Ronald Castillo's two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning snapped a 2-2 tie and led the Peoria Chiefs to a 5-2 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Friday night at Dozer Park. The Chiefs (61-55 overall, 24-23 second half) scored with a two out rally in the bottom of the fourth. Wisconsin starter Javier Salas had two outs and none on when he allowed a hit to Castillo and walked Rowan Wick. Steve Bean lined a single to right to drive in Castillo and Peoria was up 1-0. Peoria added a run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Juan Herrera to go up 2-0. The Timber Rattlers (63-53, 27-20) got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning against Peoria starter Rob Kaminsky. Angel Ortega singled to start the inning. Johnny Davis singled on a hit-and-run to send Ortega to third base. Davis wound up at second base after a slight bobble in the outfield. Chris McFarland drove in Ortega with a ground out to get the Rattlers to within a run. Wisconsin tied the game in the top of the seventh inning. Omar Garcia doubled with one out to knock Kaminsky out of the game. Zach Lorraine took over on the mound for the Chiefs and Garcia stole third with Steve Halcomb at the plate. Halcomb lined a 1-2 pitch over the drawn-in infield to drive in Ortega and the game was tied 2-2. Wisconsin reliever Victor Diaz entered in the bottom of the sixth and retired the first six batters he faced. But, ran into trouble in the bottom of the eighth. CJ McElroy, Jr. singled to start the inning and was sacrificed to second base. Justin Ringo didn't chase any of the first three pitches of his at bat and was intentionally walked on ball four. Both McElroy and Ringo were running on the first pitch to Castillo and they easily scored on Castillo's double to left-center for a 4-2 lead. Diaz struck out Rowan Wick, but a dropped third strike allowed Wick to reach and Castillo to take third base. Bean made the Rattlers pay for that miscue with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Castillo from third for a 5-2 lead. Kyle Barraclough pitched around a one out walk in the top of the ninth inning to close out the game for his third save. The Timber Rattlers and Chiefs continue their series at Dozer Park on Saturday night. Tristan Archer (5-5, 3.72) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Arturo Reyes (6-7, 3.48) is set to start for Peoria. Game time is 6:30pm. Tune in for the radio broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:10pm. WP: Zach Lorraine (2-1) LP: Victor Diaz (3-5) SAVE: Kyle Barraclough (3) TIME: 2:22 ATTN: 5,883 Wisconsin Boxscore I suppose we should all get used to Rob Kaminsky now as he'll likely rise at the same rate as our crop of prospects and hit AAA Memphis when our WI group hits AAA. Victor Diaz was on fire... but it all fell apart in a hurry. Javier Salas wasn't dominant but got the job done allowing 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, and 2 SO over 5 IP. Angel Ortega (2-3) had the only multi-hit game. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

Clark Belts Walkoff Blast For Sounds In Twinbill Opener Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/3/2/88664132/cuts/Clark_Walkoff0808_mbueib4c_lwulvizr.jpg (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - First baseman Matt Clark belted a walkoff two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Nashville Sounds a dramatic 4-2 victory over the Round Rock Express in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday evening at Greer Stadium. It was the 10th last at-bat victory of the season for Nashville (63-56), which extended its lead to one game over Memphis in the PCL American Conference Southern Division. Clark's game-ending homer, his fifth of the year, came against Round Rock starter Robbie Ross, Jr. (4-4), who drew the loss. The Sounds, who entered the bottom of the seventh trailing 2-1, tied the score against Ross when Jason Rogers led off with a single and Sean Halton followed with a single, which plated pinch-runner Kevin Mattison with the tying run when right fielder Bryan Peterson misfired to the infield. Clark followed by blasting Ross' 3-0 offering to right to end the contest. Sounds starter Michael Blazek, who took a no-decision for Nashville after allowing one run in 6 1/3 innings, continued his recent dominance of PCL hitters before late Express heroics ruined his chance at a victory. Prior to giving up a run in the top of the seventh, he extended his scoreless streak to 17 2/3 consecutive frames over his last three starts. In 13 starts for the Sounds, the right-hander carries a 2.73 ERA (17er/56.0ip). The Sounds took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when Clark (3-for-3) led off with a single against Ross and later scored on Irving Falu's two-out RBI single. With the Sounds two outs away from notching a shutout, Round Rock first baseman Tomas Telis belted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. Telis' blast, an opposite-field shot to left which came on a 2-0 offering from Sounds reliever Alfredo Figaro, was the infielder's first of the year and also plated Ryan Rua, who had singled earlier in the frame against Blazek. Nashville extended a couple of significant streaks during the opener. Jeremy Hermida singled in the first inning to up his home on-base streak to 32 consecutive games, the longest such streak by a PCL player this season. Logan Schafer (2-for-3) doubled in the third inning to run his longest hitting streak of the year to seven games. Nashville Game1 Boxscore Quite the win in game 1! Nashville Game1 Recap Nashville Game1 Gameday

Cape Cod League Focus: Kolton Mahoney, Kyle Twomey August 8, 2014 by Aaron Fitt

Who doesn't like a well thought out article written by Callis? Much more at the link. Pipeline Perspectives: Taveras has leg up on Baez Cards outfielder is more disciplined hitter, has better lineup support than Cubs infielder By Jim Callis

Wow an actual article centered on a prospect and not MLB related in some way. Thank you Tom. Brewers Spill Over For Dominican Shortstop July 31, 2014 by Tom Haudricourt