Wed. 8/2 - DSL Teams Rest; Brewers Fans Recover From an Ugly 9th by Diving Into Five Evening Tilts

[Joseph Zarr]

Let's exercise those baseball woes together and get back to the Minor League circuit!

This thread, as we know, will be utilized for any minor league news Wednesday, lineup updates, etc.

Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

[Joseph Zarr]

Let the healing begin fellow Brewer Fanatics. 

Here's a look at our shiny new bat in 3B Brock Wilken as he smacks his first long ball (that launch angle, tho?) over the wall in Left Center and hits a walk-off line drive to LF. Love that moxy. More of this, please, Mr. Wilken!
 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

We're keeping the positivity and recovery road paved with celebrations. Here's one of yesterday's 'Game Ball' winners in one CF Luis Lara getting the love from our favorite 'Brewers Player Development' twitter...or is it 'X'...or is it...
 

 

[wibadgers23]

We really could use some Chourio magic tonight to lift our spirits after the Brewers debacle.

[Ro Mueller]

Boushley (Nashville) and McKendry (then-Durham) were originally scheduled to face each other today. Now it’s Boushley for Nashville today, McKendry for Nashville tomorrow against his former teammates.

The schedule is also showing Woodruff penciled in to start on Sunday, but that’s more likely to be Fernandez or Alexander.

[Joseph Zarr]

2 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Boushley (Nashville) and McKendry (then-Durham) were originally scheduled to face each other today. Now it’s Boushley for Nashville today, McKendry for Nashville tomorrow against his former teammates.

The schedule is also showing Woodruff penciled in to start on Sunday, but that’s more likely to be Fernandez or Alexander.

Maybe they can still face each other but, in this scenario, no matter what the Sounds get the 'W'?

[Ro Mueller]

High-A Wisconsin needs a win to even their series in South Bend 1-1. RHP Cameron Wagoner (7.53 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 7.3 K/9 in 69.1 IP) gets the start today. 2B Jose Acosta will try to homer for the 3rd straight game. 

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville looks for a 2-0 series lead at home against Durham. RHP Caleb Boushley (4.45 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 7.3 K/9 in 95 IP) aims to earn his 7th win. 3B Patrick Dorrian has an 8-game hitting streak to lift his season OPS to .821. 

[Ro Mueller]

The Low-A Mudcats are tied 1-1 in this week's series in Fayetteville and RHP Quinton Low (4.23 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 12.7 K/9 in 27.2 IP) gets the start today. 3B Luke Adams has a 1.119 OPS in 73 PAs during his 16-game on-base streak. 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Max Lazar (2.96 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 9.5 K/9 in 54.2 IP) gets his first start of 2023 as he seeks to lead AA Biloxi to a 2-0 series lead in Pensacola. 1B Tyler Black has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games. 

[wibadgers23]

Quite the start for Lara. Doubled and scored in the top of the 1st and then threw a runner out at home in the bottom half. 

[Ro Mueller]

Traded just yesterday, Alex Jackson is Durham’s starting catcher today, batting 5th. He homered off Caleb Boushley in his first plate appearance.

Nashville C Payton Henry responded with a 2-run shot in the next half-inning. Sounds lead 2-1, now in the 3rd inning. 

[brooks_quichenick]

Pretty disappointing defense from Biloxi already tonight, and the Blue Wahoos are batting around in the 2nd inning as a result. Nightmare inning, Lazar deserved better.

[Ro Mueller]

After playing 3 games in the ACL, Cubs’ 13th overall pick Matt Shaw is playing shortstop in High-A ball against the Timber Rattlers.

The Rattlers lead 3–1 in the 7th inning, with RHP Cameron Wagoner registering 7 Ks in 6 innings. 3B Eduardo Garcia had an RBI triple and scored on a sac fly.

[Joseph Zarr]

Well, in a cruel twist of rural mountainous fate, my power and my interwebs went dark on me at 15:06 PST. BUT, alas, I return to four very intriguing games. Let's get into this!

[Joseph Zarr]

Well, we managed one outing before RHP Robbie Baker gave up another HR. Man, he has a case of the long balls and it is really not bueno.

[Joseph Zarr]

OF Skye Bolt has a really weak arm. He has shown it time and again in 2023. All that speed. Good range. Can not throw the baseball. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Web gem diving snag by SS Daniel Guilarte. Heck of a stab to help Wehrle exit the sixth with no damage. Mudcats lead 5-2.

[Joseph Zarr]

Ruh roh. INF Luke Adams just took a smoking heater inside off his lead elbow/forearm. He was in immense pain on contact and feel immediately Manager Victor Estevez came out with the trainer. And, it appears he has risen and taken first base. Whew. That was a scary moment for us Luke Adams Stans!

[Joseph Zarr]

Leading 5-2 in the 7th, the Mudcats had the bases juiced with nobody out and they did their best Milwaukee Brewers impression:

Luis Castillo strikeout, Gregory Barrios pop up to the catcher, Kaylan Nicasia weak fly to shallow CF. 

Not great! Let's hope the lead holds and we simply shrug it off.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

2B Josh Van Meter blows a beautiful DP feed from SS Cam Devanney in the hole at SS. Throws the ball high allowing C Alex Jackson to reach with two down. LHP Darrell Thompson goes down 2-0 on the next batter and proceeds to give up an absolute moon shot over the wall in LF. It certainly felt much longer than the listed 412 feet. Sounds now trail 6-2.

Have I said before that in baseball it is almost always the little things? You can't airmail that throw. You make that out there and it's a 4-2 lead and a clean inning for Thompson. Mistakes matter. As the Brewers showed us today.

[Joseph Zarr]

RHP Sam Gardner was very good for two innings. Leading 4-1 in the 9th he was pulled after seeing the first two batters reach in the 9th. RHP Tanner Shears is on in relief. He gets the pop fly to CF on his first pitch. But, in an 0-2 count he throws a very wild pitch into the dirt and to the backstop. Runners now advance and the double play ball is off the table. 1-2. Big moments here. Still 4-1.

The 0-2 count goes full. Foul ball atop the T-Rats dugout. Still full. Another foul. Walk on a heater way inside. Bases are juiced. One down. The blood pressure is elevated.

[Joseph Zarr]

Shears digs deep and works the scouting report with C Darrien Miller. He works the high and inside of the zone and strikes out the Cubs hitter on three straight pitches. He rips a 96 mph heater in the upper zone to the next batter. 0-1 count. AND, another wild pitch from Shears to the backstop - his second of the inning. 4-2 T-Rats and the runners advance again eliminating the force out.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, C Payton Henry just smashed his 2nd long ball of his fine evening - a three run jack just over the Left CF wall baby. 5-6 Sounds! Let's get the comeback! Henry has all 5 Sounds RBI's. Epic stuff. 

AND Shears shows the cajones grandes ripping another high 96 mph heater right past the Cubs batter. Those wild pitches? Those happen because Shears has a filthy filthy curveball. I believe sometimes with his wicked arm action he simply loses that pitch. I can't blame him. T-Rats win 4-2!

[Ro Mueller]

Organizational debuts for 3rd round pick Eric Bitonti and 6th round pick Cooper Pratt with the ACL Brewers.

Pratt drew the lucky straw and is playing shortstop. Bitonti DHing. Brock Wilken is not in the lineup - could he be on his way to Wisconsin or Carolina? Juan Baez shifted over to 3rd base, as expected.

In their first plate appearances, Pratt reached on an infield single (scoring on a Mike Boeve single - why is Boeve still in Arizona?) and Bitonti K’d. 1-1 game early.