This weekend, we kick things off with one of the feel-good stories of the minors this season. Triple-A Columbus center fielder Brandon Watson extended his hit streak to 41 games, going 2-for-4 in the Clippers’ 4-1 loss to Ottawa. You have to go all the way back to April 30 to find the last time Watson went hitless. He’s now just one game away from the International League record of 42, set by Jack Lelivelt in 1912.

• Low Class A Lakewood righthander Kyle Drabek made his first start since May 26, but was pulled in the first inning for precautionary reasons. The Phillies 2006 first-rounder had been out three weeks with elbow inflammation, and allowed a run on a pair of hits in the Blue Claws’ 8-7 win against Delmarva. Second baseman Adrian Cardenas, Baseball America’s 2006 High School Player of the Year, went 4-for-7 with three RBIs.

• The Southern League was not kind to Brewers righthander Will Inman in his Double-A debut. Inman, who went 4-3, 1.72 at high Class A Brevard County, allowed six runs on six hits over just 2 2/3 innings in Huntsville’s 9-3 loss to Birmingham.

• Red Sox righthander Michael Bowden dealt in Double-A Portland’s 9-3 win against Akron. Bowden allowed a run on three hits and whiffed eight over 6 2/3 innings.

• Reds righthander Rafael Gonzalez picked up his ninth win of the season, moving low Class A Dayton to 20 games over .500 in the Dragons’ 10-0 win against West Michigan. Gonzalez allowed four hits over seven shutout innings and is now 9-1, 2.04 in 79 innings.

• While all the talk has centered around recently signed righthander Max Scherzer at high Class A Visalia, righthander Brooks Brown took the limelight in the Oaks’ 11-2 win against Stockton. Brown scattered four hits over seven shutout innings, striking out seven. This season, Brown is now 6-3, 2.81 in 80 innings.

• Triple-A Albuquerque rattled out 18 hits in a 12-4 win against Round Rock, and outfielder Brett Carroll collected four of them, including a pair of doubles.

• Adam Jones and Wladimir Balentien each homered in Triple-A Tacoma’s 9-7 win against Tucson. It was a career night for Balentien, who went 5-for-6 with four RBIs.