Disciples of Uecker

Nashville Sounds: (1-3), 2.0 GB

RHP Brian Baker:  (W, 1-0) 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K — 0.00 ERA
LHP Dan Meadows:  (H, 1) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K — 0.00 ERA
RHP Mike McClendon:  (S, 1) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — 0.00 ERA

1B Sean Halton:  1-4, R, 2 K — .429 AVG
C Martin Maldonado:  0-2, RBI, K — .182 AVG

Huntsville Stars: (2-2), 1.0 GB

RHP Kyle Heckathorn:  5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K — 4.76 ERA
RHP Roque Mercedes:  1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K — 6.75 ERA
RHP Santo Manzanillo:  (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR — 4.50 ERA

LF Khris Davis:  1-2, HR (1), RBI, R, K — .182 AVG
1B Hunter Morris:  2-4, 2 2B, R, K — .133 AVG
RF Kentrail Davis:  3-4, BB, R — .333 AVG

Brevard County Manatees: (2-1), 1.0 GB

Did not play.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers: (1-2), 1.0 GB

Did not play.

Prospect of the Day:  RHP Brian Baker

Baker is a 29-year-old right-hander, who the Brewers signed as a minor-league free agent this offseason. He spent his entire career with the Tampa Bay Rays organization prior to coming to the Brewers organization, and results coming out of spring training were encouraging in terms of strict numbers. The scouting reports, however, have never been overly impressive.

On Sunday afternoon, Baker twirled an effective five innings of scoreless of baseball. He struck out four batters in five innings, though do not expect those strikeout numbers to continue throughout the remainder of the year. His strikeout rates over the past two years in Triple-A were 6.17 K/9 and 6.54 K/9, respectively.

The right-hander should be nothing but an organizational player this year, but organizational players can make the difference in terms of minor league performance. On Sunday, Brian Baker paced the Sounds on the mound and made the Sounds’ one hit enough to come away with a victory.