Quick: Name the two fastest-moving prospects in the Pirates' system.

Neil Walker and Andrew McCutchen?

Wrong and wrong.

Those two former first-round draft picks have spent all year with their respective Class A teams and, by all accounts, will not move up by season's end.

	MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT Sunday's results INDIANAPOLIS (65-56) won at Charlotte, 9-6. RHP Matt Ginter (2-2, 3.93) allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings. RHP Brian Rogers (0.00), making his Class AAA debut, pitched two perfect innings of relief and struck out one. RHP Jonah Bayliss (1.73) pitched two scoreless innings for his 19th save. CF Rajai Davis (.283) went 2 for 5 with a double. ALTOONA (66-51) lost at New Britain, 12-0. LHP Mike Connolly (7-6, 4.68) allowed seven runs in five innings. LYNCHBURG (50-67) lost to Kinston, 11-5. RHP Matt Lorenzo (1-3, 3.94) allowed five runs in 1 1/3 innings. C Neil Walker (.272) went 1 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. He also committed his third throwing error. HICKORY (60-58) won at Lake County, 7-4, in 12 innings. RHP Todd Redmond (9-6, 2.92) allowed one run in seven innings. CF Andrew McCutchen (.293) went 2 for 6. He scored the winning run in the 12th by singling, taking second on a teammate's walk, stealing third and coming home on a double by RF Brad Corley (.289). WILLIAMSPORT (17-34) lost to Aberdeen, 2-1, in 15 innings. RHP Eric Krebs (0-0, 1.80) allowed one unearned run in three innings. RHP Patrick Bresnehan (3.00) pitched seven scoreless innings of relief and allowed one hit. 2B Alexander Peralta (.206) went 4 for 6 with a double and a steal.

The answers: Romulo Sanchez and Dave Davidson.

Each is a 22-year-old reliever, and each has followed the same path this summer of starting out with low Class A Hickory, then moving to high Class A Lynchburg, then being promoted two weeks ago to Class AA Altoona.

More important, each is being considered for inclusion on the Pirates' 40-man roster this fall.

"We're very happy with both of them," director of player development Brian Graham said. "And we want to see what they've got. The best way to do that is to keep them moving along at the pace they dictate."

Sanchez is a 6-foot-6, hard-throwing right-hander out of Venezuela whose numbers have not been terribly impressive: He has a 5.94 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 26 walks in 53 innings.

Still, the Pirates say they have seen steady improvement since he was converted to relief after three subpar starts -- 10.64 ERA -- to open the season.

"Right off the bat, we saw much better velocity, from 92 to 95 mph, when he went to the bullpen," Graham said. "And his slider became that much more of a weapon for him."

Sanchez is the furthest along of the prospects signed since Rene Gayo became the Pirates' Latin American scouting director in 2003, a position that had been essentially vacant beforehand.

"A lot of us are watching Romulo with a lot of pride because he was our first," Gayo said.

Davidson is a 6-foot-1 left-hander who was the Pirates' 10th-round pick in 2002 out of high school in Ontario. And his numbers are much brighter: 1.85 ERA, 87 strikeouts and 26 walks in 68 innings.

He was burdened through his first three professional seasons by shoulder trouble and other ailments but has emerged this season into a dominant bullpen presence.

"Plain and simple, he's healthy for the first time," Graham said. "He's a fastball-curve type of pitcher, and he's got great command."

No issues with Chacon

On Friday, starter Shawn Chacon described his ailing right knee as having been "sore all year." But Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield, who acquired Chacon from the New York Yankees July 31 for outfielder Craig Wilson, said yesterday he has no issue with the trade.

"We're aware that he's had some surgeries on it," Littlefield said of Chacon's knee. "But this is something that's identified to us as being different than past issues."

Chacon has said he likely has a torn meniscus but will wait until after the season to have surgery.

McLouth to DL?

Outfielder Nate McLouth's sore left ankle -- the result of legging out a sixth-inning triple Friday -- showed no sign of improvement yesterday, and it is possible he could be placed on the 15-day disabled list soon.

"It has not improved since we took him out of the game," manager Jim Tracy said.

Unwise words?

Seems the Pirates, fresh off sweeping first-place St. Louis, now are being targeted for a sweep.

After the Milwaukee Brewers lost, 7-4, in Atlanta yesterday, reliever Matt Wise minced no words in discussing his team's 21-38 road record with reporters.

"If we knew what the deal was on the road, we would have fixed it in April," Wise said. "We've talked about it a lot. Enough is enough. Now we go into Pittsburgh, and they've played us tough, but we need to get in there and sweep them. Not just win the series, but sweep them."

The Pirates have taken six of the past seven meetings with the Brewers.

Buried treasure

Victor Santos will make his first start since June 15 tonight, filling in for Chacon. His arm is built up to 90 pitches, Tracy said, and he is coming off a 79-pitch relief outing Wednesday in Houston. He allowed five runs in 3 1/3 innings that night, part of a 14-1 loss.

Second baseman Jose Castillo was back in the lineup after being benched for two games.

Solo home runs by Jason Bay and Joe Randa yesterday continued a curious trend for the Pirates, who have hit 12 in a row and 25 of their past 28 with no one on base. Sixteen of Bay's have come that way.

Reliever Matt Capps, perhaps addressing concerns that he is tiring, pitched a scoreless eighth inning despite two hits. The capper: He closed it out with 96-mph heat to strike out Aaron Miles.